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Planned Parenthood: Respectful Care For All
By Lori Lamerand
Originally printed 6/12/2014 (Issue 2224 - Between The Lines News)
On the day that he started his first real job, W. got a call from his college partner who had just tested positive for HIV. W. needed to get tested.
The news was a sobering wake-up call for W. As a teen, he'd received sexual health education as a part of the Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan (PPMSM) peer education program, a leadership development group that trains teens about how to talk to their peers about abstinence, safer sex, healthy sexuality and healthy relationships. It was within that context that he came to accept and embrace with his own identity as a gay man.
"It was surreal that I'd spent so much of my time talking about safer sex, only to be faced with the consequences of my own unsafe choices," he said. "I got tested and I was HIV-negative. I was stunned. That experience has given me a second-chance. It's allowed me to recognize that even with all of the information and tools for safer sex, sometimes we still choose to be unsafe. We're all human."
W. epitomizes PPMSM's core belief that people deserve quality health care with respect and without judgment. We are tireless in our efforts to provide education and information so that people can make their own health decisions.
We understand that the LGBTQ community faces greater obstacles to obtaining and benefiting from sexual and reproductive health services than the community at-large. In addition to high rates of stress due to systematic harassment and discrimination -- which has been shown to effect physical and mental health -- the LGBTQ community faces low rates of health insurance coverage, high rates of HIV/AIDS and cancer, and high rates of discrimination from medical providers. LGBTQ people of color are at an even higher risk for these disparities.
This is why our 17 health centers from Detroit to Benton Harbor are safe spaces for LGBTQ patients who come to us for everyday health care, including annual exams, cancer screenings, breast health, testing and treatment of STDs and HIV tests. And it's why we touched more than 13,000 people last year with sensitive and accurate information, education, and resources on sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity to youth, parents, and men and women of all ages.
Don't let the hetero name fool you. Planned Parenthood is about safe, healthy sexuality for all. Our 61,000 patients annually don't comprise any one identity, and we're grateful for the many volunteers, staff, and supporters of all genders and identities who work every day to ensure that people in Michigan get the health care and information they need--no matter what.
For appointments or more information on a health center near you, call 734-926-4800, or go to http://ppmsm.org.Lori Lamerand is the CEO of Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan. PPMSM offers affordable reproductive health care through medical services, education and advocacy. Ninety-seven percent of our services are focused on cancer screening, Pap tests, breast exams, birth control, vasectomies, sex education (including abstinence), and diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. With 17 health centers serving 31 Michigan counties, PPMSM serves more than 61,000 women, men and teens each year.
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Prosecutor Marcia Clark was playing it sweet. "I hope I haven't done anything to offend you," she inquired while questioning an elderly prospective juror during O.J. Simpson's murder trial in 1995. "Well," the woman replied tartly, "your skirts are way too short." Clark laughed, but in that moment Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, working with defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran, knew they had an edge. "The jury," she says, "loved Johnnie's suits."
Is there really a connection between a lawyer's clothing and the outcome of a criminal trial? Dimitrius and many legal experts say yes—that among other things, hemlines can make a difference. One of the nation's foremost jury consultants, Dimitrius, 44, has spent the last 15 years helping lawyers choose jurors in big-time trials like those of Simpson and serial killer Richard "the Night Stalker" Ramirez. Now she is sharing her insights in a new book, Reading People (Random House), coauthored with San Diego lawyer—and current beau—Mark Mazzarella. "I've sized up thousands of prospective jurors, witnesses, lawyers and even judges," she says. "It's all applicable to real life. You can't assume that a person who walks through the door is exactly as they appear."
During Simpson's trial the challenge for Dimitrius was to discern which of the 358 potential jurors would be most sympathetic to his plea of innocence. Some observers assumed African-Americans in general would be, but "any number of the African-American females we interviewed thought he was guilty," she says. "We needed jurors who did not buy into the fact that you can go from spouse abuse to murder as a logical conclusion."
And a wise counsel should pay attention to the little tics that can emphasize or even contradict a person's words: the too-quick smile indicating nervousness, the wriggling and blinking that can reveal a lie, the puffed-up demeanor of the arrogant. "If you pay attention to someone's appearance and listen to how they ask and respond to questions, you can get a sense of who they are," she says.
It is a skill that Dimitrius admits she hasn't always applied in her personal life. Undergoing a divorce from Ralli Dimitrius, a private-school owner, Dimitrius says her failed marriage, among other things, helped her realize "I should practice what I was preaching."
Raised in Glendale, Calif., the first of three daughters of patent-lawyer Harlan Huebner, now deceased, and his wife, Joan, a retired school-teacher, Dimitrius was married in 1977 and had three children—now 19, 16 and 14—before earning a Ph.D. in criminal justice in 1984. First hired by an accused child rapist and murderer who had read about her jury-selection theories (he was later convicted), Dimitrius soon launched a profitable career in a controversial field. "The purpose of a jury isn't to gain advantage for one side or another," comments Stephen Adler, who criticizes the new breed of consultants in his book The Jury. "Juries are supposed to be a cross-section of the community."
Dimitrius agrees but says it does not happen. "People rarely get juries of their peers—just people who can afford to serve." And she has no misgivings about her work in the Simpson case. Though Dimitrius doesn't expect to see all of the $500,000 her firm charged him, the trial "gave me an international reputation." And another victory in her quest to remedy what she calls a widespread bias against defendants. "I truly believe that 80 percent of the people who walk in believe you're guilty just for being arrested," she says. "All I do is even the playing field."
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I have Baltimore and San Francisco on my roster, and they both face good offenses this week (Indy and Denver, respectively). I am considering picking up a defense from the waiver wire. The top choices seem to be Cleveland (@Detroit), Detroit (@Cleveland), or Jacksonville (@Buffalo). Who should I go with this week?
Fairly standard scoring (12 points for a shutout, 7pts 1-7, 4pts 8-14, 1pt 15-21, 0 pts 22-28, -1pt 29-35, -4pts 36+, 2pts for a turnover, sack, safety).
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I don't trust either Cleveland or Detroit, even though this looks likely to be a low-scoring game. Jacksonville is an okay choice.
As a note, Denver is playing San Diego, not San Francisco (they're playing GB). In either case, I'd probably just play that defense - Orton is injured, and Rodgers is a sack waiting to happen.
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It is a pleasure to greet the second edition of Congenital Abnormalities in Infancy edited by A.P. Norman. I am so impressed by the quality and usefulness of this book that I recommend it for the basic library of every pediatrician; in fact, the section on "Abnormalities of the Central Nervous System" by K.M. Laurence and R. Weeks should be "required" reading not only for pediatricians, but for all health professionals dealing with such children and families.
Norman himself contributes only a brief chapter on "Syndromes Due to Chromosomal Abnormalities"; the other ten chapters include (1) a first-class section by Cedric O. Carter on the "Incidence and Etiology" (of congenital anomalies); (2) the above mentioned chapter on the CNS by Laurence and Weeks; (3) "Abnormalities of the Cardiothoracic System" by R.J.K. Brown; (4) "Abnormalities of the Ear, Nose and Throat" by H.S. Sharp; (5) "Abnormalities of the Eyes and Associated
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Review
The Force Unleashed II isn't a bad game by a long stretch - just a game that's over in a flash and almost entirely devoid of any memorable moments.
As far as sequels to multi-million selling titles go, Force Unleashed II is one of the most disappointing. It's not that the first game was superb - it was merely an entertaining game set in the Star Wars universe - but that the sequel could, and probably should, have been able to better it. While LucasArts has created a fun, and at times visually stunning game, the campaign is over in next to no time at all and there are very few memorable moments throughout. The Force Unleashed II is, sadly, a by-the-numbers sequel which simply doesn't excite as much as the original.
Despite dying at the end of the last game, you are once again cast as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Starkiller, but with a twist: you might be a clone. Vader insists you are, explaining how his many prior attempts all ended in grisly failure, but you and many others aren't so sure. With flashbacks indicating that something isn't right, you flee from the dark master in an attempt to find out the truth, and are quickly reunited with your friends. What follows is a fairly forgettable story, one that isn't nearly as interesting as that found in the original, but enough to get you from planet to planet in order to fight endless waves of Stormtroopers, AT-AT walkers and ambiguous robot nasties.
Starkiller is a pretty badass warrior, highly skilled with his dual lightsabers and adept with the Force. This makes him more than a match for whatever Vader throws at him over the course of the five or so hour adventure (that's right: five hours). Combat with your saber is quite basic, with just a single button handling strikes, but you can combo this with Force push and lighting attacks, while well timed blocks will repel projectiles back at enemies. It's no Bayonetta (or even God of War) in terms of combat depth, but it's good fun and, importantly, looks spectacular.
Another offensive option is using the environment. This can simply be pushing a trooper off the edge of a platform to his death, or lobbing an explosive barrel into a group of foes. Takedowns can be performed when up close, and larger enemies can be downed with successful QTE button presses once you've depleted their energy to a sufficiently low level. None of these are particularly taxing, but they generally look exciting enough to avoid becoming tedious.
As was the way in the previous game, your general stats and abilities can be upgraded through experience points, meaning that by the end you're extremely powerful. The Force push is my favourite move to use, especially when maxed out, but the repulse ability - which sends a shockwave all around you - is incredibly handy for taking out large groups of enemies. In an attempt to spice up combat, certain enemies are immune to Force attacks, while others can only be beaten once hit by a certain strike.
Minute to minute gameplay in Force Unleashed II is good, solid fun, with the use of Force powers never becoming tiresome even after you've flung a Stormtrooper off a platform for the 50th time. Seeing a door open with tens of enemies behind it is never a bad thing, as you know it's going to present some great opportunities for carnage.


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Cleveland Play House is turning to a 60-year-old comedy for its next production at the Allen Theatre.
"Bell, Book and Candle" predates "Bewitched" by about 15 years, but it has more than few similarities as it tells the story of Gillian, a smart, independent and beautiful woman who also happens to be a witch, surrounded by eccentric aunts, warlock brothers and a supernatural cat. When she decides to cast a spell on her handsome young neighbor, her life is turned upside down. It was written by John van Druten, whose other plays include "I Remember Mama" and "I Am a Camera," the basis for the musical "Cabaret."
According to Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Bloom, "This is one of those classic comedies that is just as fresh now as when it was written. I believe 'Bell, Book and Candle' is wildly underestimated, and nothing makes me happier than introducing undiscovered gems to our audiences."
Bloom is directing the production, which stars Eric Martin Brown, Georgia Cohen, Patricia Kilgarriff, Marc Moritz and Jeremy Webb.
"Bell, Book and Candle" runs Friday through Feb. 3 at Playhouse Square's Allen Theatre, 1407 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Show times are 7 p.m. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $49 to $69 for adults and $15 for students and are available at the www.clevelandplayhouse.com and by calling 216-241-6000.


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Can they share? That's the question most had regarding Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic after the Phoenix Suns traded for the former over the summer.
With both featuring best at point guard, the question was whether they'd each get enough touches and how, exactly, last-second possessions would be divvied up. Then, after Bledsoe was named the starting point guard, with Dragic sliding over to the two-guard, a picture was painted of the new, hot acquisition usurping the proven Sun — becoming the team's offensive focal point.
Now, although Dragic has struggled with a nagging early-season ankle injury and Bledsoe has looked like the star the Suns hoped he would be, it seems late, high-pressure possession could still be evenly distributed between the two.
So, the question was posed to Suns' radio color analyst, Tim Kempton, Wednesday on The Doug & Wolf Show: Who would he give the ball to in the final possession?
"Either one," he responded.
"Let me look at the defense first — who's guarding who? I'm going to go with the matchup."
Seven games in, Bledsoe has tallied one such successful possession, hitting a game-winning three-pointer versus the visiting Utah Jazz in the team's second game.
It will be interesting, however, to continue to observe the progression in ball handling in high-pressure situations, especially as Dragic's ankle heals.
Kempton, for one, counters the notion that the two cannot co-exist, by saying having two capable handlers as the clock ticks downward is a major advantage.
"That's the beauty of having those two guys on the floor," the analyst continued. "Either one is able."
And the idea that Bledsoe, a career-long backup prior to this season, would be incompetent in big situations has been all but dismissed by his performance in the first seven games.
"Eric Bledsoe has definitely come up and shown us that he can do it," says Kempton.
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Geneticist J. Craig Venter recently announced that his research team in Maryland had created a synthetic life form, a genome of bacterium dubbed "Synthia." The cell was derived from a synthetic chromosome.
"It's a bright line in the history of synthetic biology," Venter said. "This cell is the first one on the planet whose parent came from a computer."
Artificially created DNA codes are at the heart of Vincenzo Natali's new thriller, "Splice," in which two scientists create a human hybrid.
"It's pretty wild," said the director.
Venter's reality and Natali's fiction intersect at the bioengineering hot-button issues of cloning, stem-cell research, DNA manipulation and playing God.
"Clearly, it's a very complicated topic that treads a moral gray zone. Like any technology, it can be used for wonderful things. But there are dangers involved as well," said Natali from Los Angeles.
"My take on it is more philosophical, because I think no matter what, we're just destined to do it. The human species has always changed its environment. I think it's inevitable, now that the technology exists, that we'll start to change ourselves."
"Splice" opens nationwide Friday, June 4. It stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley as bioengineers who splice together DNA from various animals in the hope of creating disease-fighting synthetic compounds.
When they add a dash of unauthorized human DNA to the experiment, the result is Dren, an intelligent human hybrid (played by Delphine Chaneac, along with a lot of computer-generated visual effects). Before they can figure out what to do with her, Dren gets a little, shall we say, testy.
It's part sci-fi thriller, part creature feature, part psychodrama. In the trailer, however, Warner Bros. is promoting it as more of a horror movie, a summer screamer.
"I'm a great lover of creature films, so I'm very conscious of all of the labels," said Natali. "The kinds of horror and science fiction movies that I enjoy are the ones that mutate the genre. That was my motivation with 'Splice,' to make a creature film that you haven't seen before."
Natali, 41, has always leaned toward the surreal. He made a splash in 1997 with his directorial debut, "Cube," about six people breaking out of a bizarre maze. His follow-up, "Cypher," was a taut drama about brainwashing and corporate espionage that starred Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu.
"Cypher's" claustrophobic camera angles, strange lighting and edgy tone are on display in "Splice." It also helped to have risk takers like Brody and Polley playing along.
"Fortunately, Adrien and Sarah are both kind of perverted and weird," he said, laughing, "so they immediately glommed on to the material. They were attracted to everything that was dangerous in this story. Other actors of their stature might have gone running to the hills when they read the script."
Although the timing of Venter's synthetic-cell announcement will help hype "Splice," the inspiration for the film (which Natali co-wrote with Doug Taylor and Antoinette Terry Bryant) came from a different biological breakthrough: the "Vacanti mouse."
In 1995, Dr. Charles Vacanti and Dr. Linda Griffith-Cima grafted synthetic material treated with cartilage cells onto the back of a mouse. The resulting growth resembled a human ear.
"To me, it looked like something from a Salvador Dali painting," said Natali. "I felt sorry for the mouse. It looked very vulnerable. But I knew immediately there was a movie in that mouse."
Each time he started developing a script, science surpassed his fiction (In 1997, Dolly the cloned sheep was revealed; in 2001, a working draft of the human genome sequence was published).
One thing "Splice" does not do is take a strong position on the good vs. evil aspects of genetic manipulation or the technology that enhances it. The movie is more about the relationship between the creators and the creature.
"Normally, when one approaches a 'Frankenstein' type of story, it's more cut and dry," said Natali. "Mary Shelley's novel was originally subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus.' I don't think 'Splice' is quite that.
"The film isn't saying, 'Don't steal fire from the gods.' It's questioning what one does with the fire. It's a cautionary tale. But it doesn't condemn the use of this technology."
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When he started working on the railroad, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, the Braves were still in Boston, and the Cleveland Indians were on their way to that season's World Series title.
The "he" was Thomas H. Merrick. The "railroad" was New York City's subway system.
And the reason Mr. Merrick is drawing considerable attention is that he finally retired on Aug. 31, two months shy of his 92nd birthday, after 65 years of employment in the Big Apple's mass transit system.
Mr. Merrick began working as a railroad clerk in the summer of 1948. Born in Wilmington, N.C., he served in the U.S. Army's 92nd Infantry from 1942-46, including World War II duty as a howitzer gunner in Italy and France.
After his honorable discharge from the military, he was a Veterans Administration clerk before taking that entry-level job with the transit system.
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So lest you whine about being on your job too long, consider Mr. Merrick's extended tenure — and sage advice: "You should take one day at a time, and if you enjoy your work, it will motivate you to continue working."
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My favorite line in this trailer for 'She's Funny That Way,' the new film by Peter Bogdanovich (and his first in eight years), is "This is all very confusing." Because it is! It took me two viewings to start to pin it all down. So Owen Wilson plays a theater director, who hires a prostitute (Imogen Poots). She only, uh, "escorts" to pay the bills while she tries to make it as an actress, and then she's hired to star in Wilson's new play. And then Will Forte (who, according to Wikipedia, is the play's writer) falls for Poots, and then Kathryn Hahn is involved as well (Wikipedia, which is never wrong, says she plays Wilson's wife). So everyone is either working with or sleeping with everyone else. Shenanigans!


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Josey's punch to the woman's head, which knocked her to the ground and bloodied her face, appeared to be a case of excessive force being used to make an arrest, Ramsey said.
The woman, Aida Guzman of Chester, was arrested Sunday for disorderly conduct at a celebration in Nprth Philadelphia following the city's Puerto Rican Day parade. Police apparently thought she was throwing liquid at a group of officers, which led Josey to target her.


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GULF SHORES, Alabama -- Mikee's Seafood restaurant is celebrating its 25th year, and what better way to do that than to charge 25 cents for a shrimp po'boy? In fact, owner Eddie Spence is offering almost anything on the menu for a quarter on Monday from 4 to 11 p.m.
Yep, bring your pocket change because that catch-of-the-day dinner for $14.99 will cost just 25 cents. And snowbirds can get their fill of oysters for 25 cents a dozen. Spence will even throw in two alcoholic beverages for 25 cents apiece.
"This was the start to everything I've got," said Spence of the restaurant on Second Avenue East across from the beach.
Today, he owns 14 restaurants, including 12 Shrimp Baskets, and employs more than 500. His son, E.J., is the general manager at Mikee's, and his first stop after leaving the hospital as a newborn 23 years ago was Mikee's, of course.
Spence and his brother, Mike, first opened Mikee's on a Friday after sinking every penny they had into the restaurant. "We were broke," he recalled, adding that they had until Monday to pay the power bill or the lights would go out.
Twenty-five years later, he's ready to mark the occasion with customers, family and friends. "I wanted to do something different," he said.
The day will cost him about $20,000, he said. (The three items excluded from the 25-cent menu are steak, crab claws and snow crab legs.) Wait staff, cooks and managers from many of his other eateries will help serve the expected crowd.
If the line spills out the door, not to worry. There will be animals for everyone to see, thanks to the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.
Spence will hold a silent auction under a big tent in the parking lot, with proceeds benefiting the zoo. Auction items have been donated by local businesses.
Over at the zoo, "It's Mikee's Seafood Day on Monday and admission will be 25 cents from 9 to 4," said director Patti Hall. "We're ever so thankful for this event. We have 520 mouths to feed every day and this will help."
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Intra-NAFTA Trade in Mid-South Industries: A Gravity Model
Using a rich dataset on traffic between members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), this paper examines industry-level trade growth since the implementation of NAFTA for five Mid-South states. Gravity model results show significant disparities across states and industries. For exports within the NAFTA region, the results show large differences in growth rates both between states and between industries. For imports within the NAFTA region, the growth rates vary more between industries than between states. Our results also confirm the importance of intra-industry trade in the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship and suggest a considerable relocation of production linked to trade between NAFTA members.
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Relaxing the shoulders.
I'm naturally quite a stiff, tense person and this impacts negatively on my speed. If I 'flop' my shoulders so my hands hang a bit lower my punching speed picks up noticeably and I land many more shots. The flipside is (of course) that I am much more exposed.
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Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960) of Chicago presented his outstanding collection of Lincolniana to the Library of Congress in 1953. Begun by Mr. Stern in the 1920s, the collection documents the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) both through writings by and about Lincoln as well as a large body of publications concerning the issues of the times including slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and related topics.
The collection contains more than 11,100 items. This online release presents more than 1,300 items with more than 4,000 images and a date range of 1824-1931. It includes the complete collection of Stern's contemporary newspapers, Lincoln's law papers, sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, campaign tickets, and other ephemeral items. The books and pamphlets in this collection are scheduled for digitization at a later date.
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'Champ' ruling due today
Foes enter the ring in a Beverly Hills court today, in the latest round to stop Fox from bowing "The Next Great Champ" on Sept. 7.
Most observers expect California Superior Court Judge Lisa Hart Cole to rule in an afternoon hearing that it would be unconstitutional to enjoin Fox and "Champ" producers Endemol USA and Lock & Key from airing their boxing reality series.
If that happens, Burnett and Katzenberg would seem to have lost their legal bid to stop "Champ" from bowing.
DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg and reality maven Mark Burnett claim "Champ" producers broke numerous state boxing laws in order to rush the show onto the air before Katzenberg and Burnett were able to premiere their boxing reality series "The Contender" on NBC.
Today's hearing is part of a multipronged court action set off last week when Burnett and Katzenberg filed suit against "Champ" producers. They are steamed, saying Fox ripped off the idea from them.
"Contender" still isn't ready for air, giving Fox a key advantage.
Courts generally have refused to enjoin broadcast television shows, saying the First Amendment issues involved are almost impossible to surmount. And Fox says such a drastic action would violate its First Amendment rights.
However, if Cole rules that Fox's First Amendment rights wouldn't necessarily be violated, Hart then will hold another hearing Sept. 7 — the day of "Champ's" premiere — to consider issuing a preliminary injunction stopping the show.
Lawsuit filed by Katzenberg and Burnett is based on a report prepared by former California State Athletic Commission chair Sanford Michelman, who determined that "Champ" producers willfully violated the rules and regs governing the sport of boxing.
But the commission didn't have a chance to act on the report before Michelman's term expired in early August. It has scheduled and then canceled several meetings on the issue due to a lack of quorum, including a Sept. 3 session.
Acting Athletic Commission chair Chris Mears, an Orange County attorney, said Tuesday that he's now trying to hold a meeting Sept. 7 or Sept. 17 to consider whether to refer Michelman's report to the California Attorney General's Office for investigation and possible action. He said, however, that the commission wouldn't consider the issue of whether to stop "Champ" from being broadcast.
"It's not our proper role to get involved in whether Endemol should be allowed to move forward. That's not our charge. The commission won't be converted into some sort of kangaroo court that times its actions and motivations to an outside lawsuit," Mears said.
Mears said Endemol and Lock & Key could face substantial fines if it's determined by the commission and then the attorney general that they violated boxing regs.
Originally, the court set a Sept. 8 hearing date on the request for a preliminary injunction, but that date was moved up when Fox announced it would preem "Champ" on Sept. 7 instead of Sept. 10 for competitive reasons.


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Judicial Lawmaking at the WTO: Discursive, Constitutional, and Political Constraints
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Judicial lawmaking in the WTO is marked by elastic interpretive discourse and constitutional rules that do not serve as a meaningful restraint. Politics, however, constrains both discursive and constitutional latitude, which should alleviate concerns that WTO judicial lawmaking is so expansive as to undermine the sovereignty of powerful states, create a serious democratic deficit for their citizens, or catalyze withdrawal of their support for the organization.
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Randy KimbleACES Enrollee
Randy Kimble has been a soil conservationist in the NOWCC ACES program in the Hazlehurst Field Office, Copiah County, Mississippi, since February of 2009; but he has been in the "People" business since 1978.
Randy was Mayor of Hazlehurst, Mississippi for 20 years and prior to that, served as a Justice Court Judge and a Municipal Judge in Hazlehurst. He has been owner of a Napa auto parts store; he was a Scout Master for 16 years and he even taught school for a while in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi.
Randy's campaign for re-election as Mayor was affected by a series of personal life events including an emergency health crisis with his oldest son who was attending Ole Miss at the time and the death of his mother-in-law. Still, he only lost by 40 votes.
Firmly believing that God has a hand in everything, Randy and his wife Janet realized it was time to start something new. They sold the Napa auto parts store they owned and moved to the country to remodel Janet's late mother's house which is located on a farm.
Although Randy was enjoying his retirement and had plenty to do on the farm, he still missed his personal contacts from years as mayor and he missed helping people as well. He saw an advertisement for a soil conservationist position in the local newspaper and decided to apply. Randy had previous dealings with NRCS having been a recipient of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for forestry some years ago and knew a bit about the mission of NRCS. Randy was selected for the position and now works 3 days per week. Randy finds it fascinating to see how NRCS "fixes erosion problems and helps farmers to improve their land". He does as much as he can to assist with the EQIP and to learn about other programs.
Working part time allows Randy and Janet to still enjoy their favorite hobby of RVing. In the past year, they have enjoyed camping in Missouri, Louisiana, Florida and the Smokies. As a former teacher, Boy Scout leader, judge, business owner, city leader and politician, devout Christian family man, and now NRCS ACES enrollee, Randy believes that God had a definite plan for him. His love of people has come full circle and he believes the work he is doing is helping others to be better stewards of the land.
Read the lettering on Randy's shirt – it says "I'd like to help you out" – that's pretty much what Randy Kimble is about!


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April 28, 2011
Our Charity this year is the GOLD GROUP of Swimmers from CW. If you are unfamiliar with this click on Gold Group on our home page of the website. This is a group of Children swimming with CW that have Oncology needs, coordinated with Mott Children's Hospital. Also 90% of the money your family raises will be credited to your family fee.
1. Individual Prizes for Swimmers participating in the Swim-a-thon on May 1st, at 1:00. Anyone that shows up will receive a Coaches Award and tickets (ala Chuck E Cheese) to select from an array of participation prizes which include t-shirts, kick boards, mesh equipment bags, fins, finger paddles, CD's, books, goggle pouches, candy, etc. There will be a raffle drawing for two Grand Participation Prizes . .either a autographed poster of Natalie Coughlin (US Olympian) or an opportunity to Star in an upcoming CW YouTube video. Also, if you can swim 100 or 200 lengths you will receive a 100 or 200 lengths Pin from USA Swimming
2. Swimmers can qualify to participate in a Special Motivational Clinic Wednesday, May 18th : Swimmers can qualify by sending/emailing at least 10 sponsor letters out by May 1st (If you do so, please contact Sue Whitener at firstname.lastname@example.com to receive an invitation to the clinic.)
3. Prizes for Total amount of donations collected (Swimmer does not have to be present at the Swim-a-thon to win these prizes) Whether you choose to send out sponsor letters, collect donations/pledges in person, or a combination of both methods, all donations should be logged on a Pledge Tracking Form. You can get the Pledge Tracking Sheet and Receipts by downloading Pledge Tracking Sheet and Receipts from "Swim-a-Thon" link on our website, or email email@example.com and a packet will be mailed to you promptly. All Donations must be turned in by the CW Annual Banquet on Wednesday, May 18th to be eligible for CW's Grand Prizes for Highest Total Amount of Donations Collected (all swimmers combined)
Grand Prizes for Highest total amount of donations collected:
· 1st Prize - Four tickets to Kalahari Water Park!!!
· 2nd Prize - $100 VISA Giftcard
· 3rd Prize - $50 VISA Giftcard
Other prizes include:
$500 - $749
USA Swimming t-shirt
$750 - $999
USA Swimming towel
$1000 +
USA Swimming bag


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WW2: Frontline Command
A. Personal info
1) Tell us a little about yourself
My name is Jamie Barber, I live in London and work for The Bitmap Brothers, I live with my cat, Grey. He has recently worked out that to get attention all he has to do is pull the controller out of whatever console i'm playing on at the time, he learnt that sitting on the keyboard works years ago 😀
2) What is your background ?
I have worked for The Bitmap Brothers for 6 years, initially working on the computer systems and as an assistant to the designers. I had previously worked for GT Interactive, Warner, Renegade and Blacklegend in various roles including support, production and design. I was the Lead Designer for Z: Steel Soldiers and have been supervising the design of FC, I am the Creative Director at the Bitmaps.
B. The company
1) For our readers not knowing about The Bitmap Brothers: Who are The Bitmap Brothers, the people, the company, and the games… ?
The Bitmap Brothers are a team of 16 dedicated developers, most of whom have worked here for more than 5 years, and some have been here since the company was formed in 1987! Mike Montgomery is the sole remaining founder, and is Managing Director, with Ed Bartlett heading up the commercial direction of the company as Business Development Director, and Technical Director John Phillips overseeing the programming and technical aspects of the company and our games. We became famous for our early classic 16-Bit titles such as the Speedball, Chaos Engine and Xenon series of games, and then in 1996 we developed our first RTS title, the hugely successful 'Z'. There were a number of areas we wanted to refine, so we developed a sequel to Z known as Z: Steel Soldiers, which recieved unilaterally high critical acclaim. Then in late 2001 we decided to try applying some of what we had learnt about RTS development to a real-world scenario, and so Frontline Command was born.
C. The Game
1) What will WWII:FC offer to distinguish it from other RTS-games, what makes it unique ?
The style sets it apart from the other titles in the genre. It's certainly a little more touchy feely than you'd usually find, it was important for us to create an interface for a relatively complex title that was intuitive and didn't swamp the player with stats. We try to avoid a too formulaic approach to our games, after all what works for one title probably won't for another and if developers do this too often you end up with a plethora of titles that are all basically the same, as can be seen in the genre now.
So, rather than take our technology and throw it at a WWII title we sat around and worked out what we wanted for it and what it could offer to gamers. We felt it was important to make it flow and play in an accessible way to attract a wider audience but we also felt that it was very important to attract the hardcore strategy gamers as well.
We feel that we have accomplished this in various ways. The interface is simple, yet comprehensive, the game is a full on 3D battle fest that allows complex strategies to be employed, there are two gaming modes on offer, Recruit and Veteran that allow either an arcadey or a deeper strat experience to be enjoyed. Unit stats vary between the two modes and different features and play styles come into play in each. For example ammunition counts are used in Veteran and various support vehicles come into play as part of this, in recruit mode you can pop away to your hearts content. The AI will also take the current play mode into account, in that it'll prioritize weapons differently to conserve ammo if required. The levels designers have used the 3D nature of the game to great effect, we don't need to use tricks such as using lots of trees to block movement within the play area, each level is viewed as a full scenario that can be explored and allows you to deploy your forces as you see fit, creating a more natural environment where combat is more open.
The in game units are all modelled accurately and balanced accordingly. Armour thicknesses are correct for the tanks and if you use your infantry properly you can sneak through cover and take them out carefully, all done before yes, but done in with pace in 3D? No. Weaponry is modelled in a similar way; each weapon reflects the correct ammo count for a magazine or hull load and reload times are taken into account. AI wise, tanks will predominantly only take on infantry with secondary machine guns or attempt to run them over whereby the turret will be trying to engage any enemy armour in the vicinity. Infantry units are classed and grouped to ease strategies and combat. The infantry we have comprises of Sub Machine Guys, Rifle Guys (Who both have grenades), Flame Thrower Units, Heavy Machine Gunners, Mortar Crews, Snipers (Who can see into the FOW and pick off enemy units using his sniper scope), Recon guys (Can call in Air strikes & Off map artillery), Engineers (Bazookas / Panzershrek & TNT Charges) and Commanders (Have binoculars which can see far into the fog of war and reveal enemy positions to artillery units that can fire upon targets revealed by shared line of site). You can also tow artillery pieces around the battlefield with many of the vehicles in the game to maximize your firepower.
The game can be viewed from a top down "Battle map" screen that will show iconic representations of your forces and revealed enemy positions, this is really useful for planning major attacks and keeping tabs on current objectives.
We are using a fully animated fog of war system that doesn't ever fully occlude the landscape. You can identify areas that you have yet to explore FOW), areas where you've been but can no longer see (Shroud) and fully revealed, where you currently have line of sight (LOS). We have created a hearing system whereby you can detect enemy units that are within range of your units but out of line of sight. This is displayed to the player as an enemy icon on screen at the enemy's approximate position allowing you to plan an attack or bring trajectory weaponry to bear.
There is a non-linear campaign within the Veteran mode, whereby the players' performance and choice of levels will influence the final mission in each sub campaign. There are 5 blocks of 5 levels each. An example of this is within the second block of levels, the final objective has the player taking out all of the region's enemy command staff escaping from a Chateau, and this task is made easier if the player has managed to assassinate some of these commanders as a bonus objective in a previous level whilst they were on route to the meeting. The recruit mode has a linear campaign of 12 levels.
Each block of levels plays differently as the terrain influences the way that the units perform. We've tried as much as possible to vary the blocks in style to reflect the terrain for the period of conflict where you are currently fighting. The units under your command are affected by terrain, which will slow them down or speed them up where appropriate. We have introduced "Cover" that both your forces and the AI can take advantage of.
Certain terrain features allow "Cover" and your forces become harder to hit and take less damage when they are concealed. You can place your infantry units in many of the buildings within the game; this not only protects them but also allows them a height advantage and accuracy boost. In a similar vein your troops can walk, run or crawl, each of which will modify the troops accuracy. If you choose to make the infantry crawl then you can navigate maps by hiding behind hedges and low walls, sneaking around enemy positions. Units can be put into Ambush or Defend modes that will also modify their performance. When an ambush is set the units will not fire until the enemy are within the killing zone whereas if they are set to Defend mode they will engage at the outer limits of their weapon range.
We have implemented a morale system into FC. If your units are fairly close together they "Support" each other and gain morale, if they engage in battle against even or inferior forces then morale is again increased. When objectives are completed and enemy units destroyed then significant morale gains occur. When a tank has high morale its chances of causing a critical hit and disabling an opponent. The converse is also true, when your units are spread to thinly, are out on their own or being decimated in combat then their morale will seriously deplete. When morale is high the infantry can reach a hero state whereby special actions will be performed giving you massive bonuses. When morale is really low the infantry can freeze in combat and their combat effectiveness is reduced. We feel that it's unfair to completely make the units route and leave the play area though so even when morale is at rock bottom the units can still be controlled. The in game unit speech is also linked to morale so when morale is high the units respond in a hyped state whereas when morale is low they are more despondent and surly.
2) Will gameplay focus more on Command & Conquer style where anyone can play or will it be more hardcore a la Cossacks ? Or will it be something completely different which we haven't seen before ?
It's actually quite hard to answer this question as I'm obviously very close to the game at the moment; I haven't played any other strategy titles for quite a while. I think it's fair to say that it's as easy, in fact easier to play than the C&C series but has the depth of a game like Cossacks. You can play it by clicking on units and subsequently targets or locations and get by, to really excel, especially in Veteran mode then you really need to learn the units and the techniques required to take on a heavily entrenched opponent, focusing upon micromanagement of your units.
3) Where there any particular problems that you encountered during development ?
Not really, obviously we've had some problems that you may have read about along the way but the core team has just got on with the game and to be honest it's gone quite well!
Although not really a problem, the research for the title was very intensive and we had a lot to learn in a very short space of time. Finding accurate information on some things was a nightmare and obviously some stuff is still censored in Germany and other countries that has caused a few minor difficulties.
4) How much 'historically correct content' will there be in the game/storyline ?
Rather than adhering to EXACT situations we've followed our chosen timeline to the day and taken a "What if?" approach. So basically you'll fight in the right region, with the correct forces, against the proper opposition but we didn't want to be restricted by specific, real world locations. We took the approach of where would you be if you weren't in one of the famous towns in Normandy but 10 miles up the road, like many, many people were. There are obviously reconstructed situations including the Beech landings, Market Garden, Bastogne, The Siegfried Line and Berchtesgarden.
The missions are very varied and offer many different objectives and if we'd stayed 100% accurate then we felt the game would have been too repetitive.
5) Which parts of WW2 will gamers be able to play ?
Initially the game commences as a prelude to D-Day and culminates with to the allied assault at Berchtesgarden. We sincerely hope that we'll be able to add to the game as time goes on, tackling other theatres within the war and personally I would like to do the planned German invasion of Britain next (Operation Sealion) but obviously we need to make people like and buy the game to accomplish this! We also want to do the Africa Campaigns, the Eastern Front and the Pacific battles.
6) What are your expectations as far as the sales are concerned?
Well for all the critical acclaim, Z: Steel Soldiers didn't sell as well as expected, which we partly attributed to the fact that many people found it hard to relate to the robots. The WWII theme for FC came about because it not only offers an amazing wealth of hardware and locations to consider, but also offers a scenario that allows players to become emotionally attached, and we have played on this fact with features like the morale system. We have kept the minimum machine specs as low as possible without losing the rich detail of the environments, and we have kept the interface as simple as possible to allow an uncluttered and direct approach to the gameplay, which is echoed by the squad-based nature of the infantry units. We have spent a lot of time playing other similar RTS titles out there and are confident that players who currently play the current best-selling titles will feel compelled to cross over to our game, and we also offer several new unique features to the genre.
7) What exactly do you mean with "Intuitive context-sensitive interface" ? Please elaborate.
The interface is based around a few core elements rather than sticking huge panels all over the place. The Minimap is dimmed and doesn't highlight until you move the mouse over it (You can set it to be permanently on though) and then when you group select units their information is displayed iconically at the bottom of the screen allowing for secondary weapon selection and it
makes it really easy to quickly identify which unit you want. When you right click on a unit or a selection an order ring is displayed which will display the current options that are available for your selection. If the units you've clicked on contains other units (like a truck) then it will in turn show you whose inside it, you can then select to eject a specific squad or all of the units contained inside it by what is displayed on the order ring…
We just wanted to ensure that the game was easy to play and didn't throw people out by being overly complicated and cumbersome. At some point we'd like to do a version of the game for online consoles and for this to be possible the interface would have to be handled on a controller and we're not far away from achieving that now.
You can pretty much play the entire game through with just the mouse. Obviously we've included all the standard RTS key combos and commands for those that like to use them though.
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They said that they had applied to both the nasdaq and the NYSE for uplisting, that they were in negotiations with both, and hadn't decided which it would be (assuming they have a choice). But they said to expect it within the next few months.
All follow-up questions asked by institutional investors. Most of them were congratulatory as well, especially on gross margin improvement. Mid-20's this time last year, 36% in this past quarter.
Sounds like everything is on track to gross $100-125 million this year. GLTA
Sentiment: Buy
very happy for the gain today, finally in the black on this stock.
I had a couple of questions I wasn't able to hold on the line and ask, was wondering if anyone could help me out...
1. Did they mention possibly expanding to any other retail partners? Right now they have GNC, VS, and BB, which are great, but would like to see them at Amazon.
2. Did they specifically give any numbers on FitMiss and how that is doing? A percentage maybe of what came from FitMiss? Are they encourage or cautious after it's launch?
3. Their consultation charge that swung them to a loss, is that expected to continue, or was that a one-time event for last quarter only?
Thanks to anyone that can help.
On Muscle Pharms website they list their retail partners. Amazon is listed along with many others! Take a look and you can get an idea of all that are there. It's great to see.
It looks good for this co. I believe we will see $40/sh within 18 months. They just need to trim the fat a little bit more and get FitMiss into the retail outlets.
I am bullish on MSLP in the long term. With a positive earnings report and a potential listing with either the NASDAQ or NYSE the stock is positioned to take off, but how do you figure $40/share within 18 months?
Sentiment: Strong Buy


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I sometimes knit two rows to start and 1 row at the end before casting off. Also I knit 2 rows even before starting decrease rows. These things will make for a better looking dishcloth.
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that I slip the first stitch of each row as well.
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is that including row one ?
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so how do you get the patterns?
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Could you please post the pattern or where I can find them Thanks
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By Teri O'Brien -
Ladies, can you imagine anything more romantic?
For the last 40 years, bitter, angry feminists, whose personalities, haircuts and sensible shoes provide more birth control than a truckload of condoms, have sold young women a bill of goods. Misery loves company, after all, and since they were never going to have husbands, why should anyone else know what it's like to be loved, honored and cherished by men who are willing to slay dragons for us? Better to convince them, as one angry feminist once told me, that being a wife is a "slave status," and that the key to "liberation" is hitting the sheets with as many guys as possible, knowing that they can get rid of any inconvenient tissue mass that might result. Wait-who does that benefit? Men or women? Maybe women are stupid after all, like all those sexist male chavinist pigs were supposedly saying all along!
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In Brief: Utility urges customers to get reconnected
Utility urges customers to get reconnected
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation is urging residents who have their gas service disconnected to make payment arrangements to have service restored.
"Anyone knowing of a resident or family member living without heat, should urge them to contact the company immediately to discuss restoring the service or call National Fuel with their name and address," the utility said in a statement.
National Fuel said a company representative will review the situation and offer solutions, including payment plans or help from community services agencies, for restoring service.
Customers should call (800) 365-3234 Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Combi USA recalls more than 33,000 child seats
Combi USA is recalling more than 33,000 child car seats made before January 2013 because the harnesses aren't strong enough to meet federal safety standards.
The Charlotte, N.C., company is recalling the Coccoro, Zeus Turn and Zeus 360.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the seat straps don't meet minimum strength requirements. If there's a crash, children may not be properly secured.
A company spokeswoman says the seats are still safe to use because the harness as a whole meets safety standards. She says one part of the harness that includes a plastic button failed strength tests. Seats made after January 2013 don't have the same problem.
Combi will notify registered owners and send out free harness replacement kits starting in February. Owners can contact Combi at (800) 543-7734.
Question and Answer: Malibu's loss of coolant turns into a torrent
Q My husband and I have a four-cylinder 2006 Chevrolet Malibu with 137,000 miles on it. Since the fall of 2012, the car has been leaking coolant. It's not leaking to the ground and it's not leaking into the engine -- oil is clean. Five shops, including a Chevy dealership, looked at the car but have been unable to find a leak.
They've done their pressure tests but the car passes and they can't tell where the leak is located. One or two mechanics suggested the head gasket as a potential culprit.
Six months ago we added a sealant product to the radiator that seemed to resolve the issue temporarily, but after a few months the cooling system was clogged and the car was starting to overheat. Within the past couple of weeks, the car has started to hemorrhage coolant. In the past couple of days, we've gone through a gallon of coolant. We need to figure out the real issue and fix it. We would greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions you may have for us.
AAt this point, you've got a big problem. Sample the coolant with a coolant test strip for the presence of hydrocarbons -- anything more than a trace would indicate that combustion gases are getting into the coolant. The most likely causes for this are a failed head gasket, cracked head or cylinder.
A second test can be done in one of two ways. With the engine cold, remove the coolant pressure cap and start the engine. If coolant bubbles up and out of the reservoir, combustion pressure is entering the cooling system.


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RealtyTrac Review: Service For Vultures
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When it comes to making money, I'm all for capitalism. I like a free market and you can try to make money from as many means as possible. However, do you really need to be a vulture and swoop in on a foreclosure? There may or may not be a family living in that house but if you wanted to make money, do you want to use a service that preys on the misfortune of others?
There are plenty of places you can go to make a buck, you don't have to tempt fate by making a couple bucks off someone you have to kick out of their home. (yeah, they made mistakes, but do you want to be the person who puts the nail in the coffin… just for an extra dollar?)
In all honesty, RealtyTrac doesn't prey on the downtrodden… but they let other people pick at the bones of the dead. Is that worse? I think so, but that's up to you.{ 13 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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Honey Boo Boo Mom's Amazing Makeover and New Look [PHOTO]
We told you that Mama June, mother of "Honey Boo Boo Child" and TLC reality star had dropped nearly 100 pounds. Now she's gotten a makeover and looks like a completely different person!
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo's Mama June dramatically dressed up her newly slimmer body Saturday at the GLAAD Awards, where her show was nominated for best reality series according to People magazine.
Mama thought she looked sophisticated yet sexy, or "smexy" as she put it.