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Twenty-five years ago this month, Microsoft released an extension to its Disk Operating System (DOS) that gave users a graphical, mouse controlled environment with which to interface with their computers. Bundled with the new setup were a few applications like a drawing program, a simple word processor, an appointment calendar and a clock. Each program could be launched in its own box – or window – and tiled around the display screen. It wasn't a noted success but marked the start of a technology snowball that sees Windows currently being used on nearly 90 per cent of the world's computers.
Originally pegged for a future as something called Interface Manager, Microsoft's new graphical user interface for its MS-DOS operating system was renamed Windows ahead of a press launch in New York on November 10, 1983. Bill Gates announced that Windows 1.0 would be available by the following April. It was, in fact, a little late.
Not the firstOf course Windows wasn't the first, nor the only, graphical experience on offer to a growing number of computer users in the post-punk decade of the 1980s. The graphical user interface was born of research at XEROX PARC in the late 1970s. Apple's LISA computer offered a graphical Office System experience when it was introduced in January 1983.
The huge cost of VisiCorp's Visi On effort for IBM-compatible computers in December 1983 was likely the cause for its short life, while Apple's first Macintosh system brought a cheaper consumer option in January 1984. It was also faster than other solutions available at the time, was bundled with MacWrite and MacPaint and used familiar, real-world icons to represent virtual applications. Then GEM/1 brought some interface color to Atari ST computers in February 1985.
On November 20 1985, Windows version 1.0 was released. Bitmap displays and a mouse controlled cursor allowed users to open numerous boxes onscreen and click the mouse to start and run applications. In addition to an MS-DOS file management application and the MS-DOS Executive, users were treated to a calendar, a digitized card file system, a notepad, an onscreen clock and telecommunications programs. Instead of a one-at-a-time application environment, it was now possible "to work with several programs at the same time and easily switch between them without having to quit and restart individual applications."
The press release announcing Windows 1.0 explained that with multi-tasking, "it is easy to move from a spreadsheet program to a charting program, to a word processing program, and back to the spreadsheet program with a couple of keystrokes or click of a mouse. This greatly reduces the time normally required to switch from one application to another, allowing the user to interrupt an activity and return to it exactly where it was left off."
Windows 1.0 was not in fact a full operating system but rather a graphical front end for MS-DOS that offered icons instead of a command line prompt blinking on a blank screen and let users tile open windows or move them around like pieces in a jigsaw. Microsoft priced its new baby at US$99 and bundled in Paint and Windows Writer to sweeten the deal.
Onward and upwards...Overlapping onscreen boxes only appeared with version 2.0 of Windows, released in December 1987. The new release was a vast improvement over the earlier outing and made the most of processing speed improvements offered by Intel's 286 processor, as well as increases in available memory. Users were given more onscreen control with navigational keyboard shortcuts, the Control Panel made its first appearance and non-Microsoft applications began to be written by third party developers.
Improvements continued with version 3.0 in May 1990. It offered more colors (16 of them), improved speed and was less buggy. Users were treated to improved icons, a file manager, print manager and program manager and better multi-tasking thanks to virtual memory. Third party developers were given a new Windows development kit that allowed them to concentrate on coming up with clever applications and worry less on creating drivers. Microsoft had success on its hands and as a result, this is probably the version that most PC users of a certain age are familiar with.
In April 1992 came Windows 3.1 that improved on the fonts, offered embedded objects, program reboots, and had screensavers for inactivity time-outs.
Launching a new version of Windows aimed at corporate users in 1993, Bill Gates said: "Windows NT represents nothing less than a fundamental change in the way that companies can address their business computing requirements." It was originally to be called Windows Advanced Server for LAN Manager but sensibly was renamed NT, which simply stands for "new technology" and, to keep it in line with other releases, had the number 3.1 added to the end.
Windows NT was a 32-bit system available in both workstation and server versions and was based on a brand new kernel. Amongst its many new features, it brought the now familiar NTFS file system and gave system analysts and mainframe programmers some graphical relief from all those eye-straining text-based interfaces that were still in widespread use at the time.
Also in 1993, Windows-based PCs became network aware for the first time with the introduction of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 – which also brought in features of particular interest to corporate users such as centralized configuration and security, significantly improved support for Novell NetWare networks, and remote access service (RAS).
And now for something completely differentThe next year saw long file names being introduced to the business system (something youngsters may assume has always been possible) and the year after that brought with it something of a revolution. Before Windows 95, users would have to first install MS-DOS and then load Windows – very tiresome. DOS was still kicking around behind the scenes of course but its importance to system operation had given way to Windows. But the revolution didn't stop at DOS.
Windows 95 had a very different look and feel to everything that had gone before. Plug and play featured to ease hardware and software installation. A new taskbar and Start button and My Computer and the Recycle Bin appeared. It offered better support for multimedia, had built-in Internet capabilities via 32-bit TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and dial-up networking. Internet Explorer version 1.0 was also premiered. A million copies were sold within days of its release.
The Windows 95 user interface was introduced to the business platform with the unveiling of Windows NT 4.0 in 1996, which also added intranet management and development tools, the facility for higher network throughput and improved network support. The ability to close failed applications without rebooting the system no doubt helped to garner a reputation of stability and robustness for the new platform.
The next revision of Windows was made available in June 1998. The initial release caused a number of irritations – such as the shut down of a PC if it was left running for 50 consecutive days – and was quickly followed by a Second Edition the following year. The new flavor made getting connected to the Internet much simpler and once online, was much more dynamic thanks to the inclusion of IE5. It also included DVD read capability and support for the now ubiquitous USB. Windows Update helpfully informed users of available enhancements and patches for the first time and the MS-DOS kernel breathed its last breath.
A shaky start to the new MillenniumWhen it was discovered that the digital world didn't grind to a cataclysmic halt, Microsoft celebrated with a Millennium edition in September 2000. Although it brought many new and powerful features to the Windows environment, it was notoriously buggy and unstable. PC World magazine even went as far as renaming it "Windows Mistake Edition." However, automatic updates over the Internet, universal Plug and Play, System Restore, Windows Media Player 7 and Windows Movie Maker all made their debut.
The business world was also treated to Windows 2000 Professional which was designed to put NT 4.0, 95 and 98 to bed on corporate desktops and laptops.
Leaving behind the Windows 95 code base for good, Microsoft united business and consumer users with the release on Windows XP in October 2001. The user's visual experience was vastly improved over previous incarnations, Windows Messenger brought instant, real-time communication within reach and the much maligned but still widely used IE6 made an appearance. Various flavors emerged – including the Home and Professional editions, the excellent Media Center edition, the 64-bit edition and a tablet PC edition in 2002 – and by the end of 2006 it had sold over 400 million copies worldwide.
Microsoft took a long time to develop the next incarnation, codenamed Longhorn. The January 2007 release of Windows Vista caused a lot of initial excitement but, like Windows Me before it, was problematic enough to receive a good deal of derision. One of the main issues that caused ire amongst users was the number of alerts generated by the system's User Account Control. It could also be a little pedestrian in its operation.
However, it did introduce searching from the Start button and thumbnail previews and window transparency. Desktop gadgets/widgets or whatever you want to call them also made their first outing and despite its problems, Vista – in all its various editions – still managed to notch up considerable sales.
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And so (at last) to the latest version – which is of course Windows 7. Its October 2009 release brought support for touchscreen devices, easier home networking and a revamped, taller Taskbar – and a system tray which (thankfully) generates fewer pop-up alerts. Other features include one-click Wi-Fi that shows all the available networks and a much-improved Internet browser experience with IE8.
The Show Desktop icon from the Quicklaunch area of the taskbar of previous versions has been replaced with an Aero peek button that allows users to see through open windows to the desktop beneath. And installing the new operating system doesn't necessarily require a hardware upgrade, as previous versions inevitably had.
For some though, Windows 7 will always be associated with a certain thoroughly embarrassing promotional video:
This brief trip down memory lane has of course omitted much in the interests of brevity – such as the various corporate wranglings and legal challenges that have cropped up throughout the development of Windows, the other key platform developments such as Microsoft's DirectX multimedia technology and of course that productivity behemoth, Microsoft Office. We'll have to visit those another time...


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The early portion of the Giants' Friday practices are devoted to special-teams situations, a final opportunity to refine coordinator Tom Quinn's unit while the 45-man active roster begins to crystallize.
The special-teams players available for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions suddenly came under question Friday when the group's most notable player — kicker Lawrence Tynes — suffered a sprained left ankle in practice.
Officially, Tynes is listed as questionable. He said he feels fine, expects to play and that he injured the ankle when his planted foot stuck in the turf after a kick in the indoor practice facility.
"I can't tell you what I don't know," coach Tom Coughlin said, when asked if the team would pursue another kicker for Sunday's game. "We have to watch. We'll have to see what he does."
Tynes' most likely replacement, if it came to that, would be former Saints kicker John Carney. Carney played for the Giants in 2008 while Tynes recuperated from a knee injury. He kicked so well in Tynes' absence that Tynes never regained his job.
Punter Matt Dodge, who had been Tynes' holder, could replace him on kickoffs but not for field goals.
The insult to Tynes' injury is that the Giants' special teams have already been struggling. Last week, backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels replaced Dodge as the holder. The move was made to relieve a burden from Dodge, who had enough trouble simply punting the ball.
Dodge said he kicked off in college, so he knows the technique and is capable of filling the role.
"I haven't done it nearly as much as I did in college, but I feel I could do it," Dodge said. "We've done it a couple days, just to make sure you can still do it."
Dodge had his best game of the season last week, although Quinn said it was not related to losing his holding responsibilities. But Quinn, who was publicly defended by Coughlin earlier this season, still has not seen much improvement from his return units.
The Giants are last in the NFL in punt return average and 30th out of 32 teams in kickoff return average. Even worse for returner Darius Reynaud, he has struggled catching the ball, including a muffed punt in last week's victory over the Houston Texans.
Coughlin cleared Reynaud of the entire responsibility for unfruitful returns because of a lack of holes. However, Coughlin emphasized the importance of ball security.
"The kickoff return has been a lot better than punt return," Quinn said. "Punt return is not doing much of anything there. Have to keep working on it and hope we get one."
The punt returns were affected the past two weeks by punters with impressive hang time.
Nonetheless, Reynaud said he's finally becoming comfortable in the Giants' system.
"I guarantee you, it's about to change," Reynaud said. "Quote me on that."
Tynes' health, Rosenfels' holds and Reynaud's returns will all be important Sunday. The Giants have been more productive with better personnel than the Lions on both offense and defense, but the Lions' edge on special teams could keep the game close.
"They have a very good group," Quinn said. "I call them the Detroit All-Stars because they took what seems like the best special teams players from each team, and now they're all on one team."
Lions safety C.C. Brown, who played for the Giants last season, provided a critique of QB Eli Manning to Detroit-area reporters:
"You never know if he's going to come in and make bad decisions; you don't know if he's just going to have one of them Peyton Manning games where he lights you up," Brown said, according to the Detroit Free Press.
"I'm going to leave that one alone," defensive end Justin Tuck said. "Just let it be known that I laughed."
The Giants ruled five players out: FB Madison Hedgecock (hamstring), DE Mathias Kiwanuka (neck), DB Brian Jackson (neck), OL William Beatty (foot) and WR Victor Cruz (hamstring).
C Shaun O'Hara (ankle), LB Keith Bulluck (toe), RB D.J. Ware (groin) and Tynes are questionable. S Kenny Phillips (knee) and DE Osi Umenyiora (knee) are probable.
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It remains to be seen if Hurricane Sandy will set any records, but weather experts say it will be among the storms that make history, especially at the Jersey Shore.
Its sheer size and its unprecedented beeline for the New Jersey coast already have set it apart from many of the region's notable storms, such as the especially destructive coastal storm of 1962, the "superstorm of 1993," and Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
As he looked at pictures from the Shore on Monday, Jon Nese, a meteorologist at Pennsylvania State University, said he was most reminded of the famed March 1962 nor'easter that inundated the New Jersey coast. "Many communities along the Jersey Shore were literally rearranged by that storm," he said. In a book he wrote with Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz, The Philadelphia Area Weather Book, Nese included pictures of water in the streets of Wildwood and a Navy destroyer washed up on Long Beach Island.


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Displaying Video in an ASP.NET Web Pages (Razor) Site
This article explains how to use a video (media) player in an ASP.NET Web Pages (Razor) website to let users view videos that are stored on the site. ASP.NET Web Pages with Razor syntax lets you play Flash (.swf), Media Player (.wmv), and Silverlight (.xap) videos.
What you'll learn:
- How to choose a video player.
- How to add video to a web page.
- How to set video player attributes.
These are the ASP.NET Razor pages features introduced in the article:
- The
Software versions used in the tutorial
- ASP.NET Web Pages (Razor) 2
- WebMatrix 2
This tutorial also works with WebMatrix 3.
You might want to display a video on your site. One way to do that is to link to a site that already has the video, like YouTube. If you want to embed a video from these sites directly in your own pages, you can usually get HTML markup from the site and then copy it into your page. For example, the following example shows how to embed a YouTube video:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Embedded Video Example</title>
Embedded Video Example

The following video provides an introduction to WebMatrix:

If you want to play a video that's on your own website (not on a
public video-sharing site), you can't directly link to it using embedded markup like this.
However, you can play videos from your site by using the
Video helper, which
renders a media player directly in a page.
Choosing a Video Player
There are lots of formats for video files, and each format typically requires a different player and a different way to configure the player. In ASP.NET
Razor pages, you can play a video in a web page using the
Video helper. The
Video helper simplifies the process of embedding videos in a
web page because it automatically generates the
object and
embed HTML elements that are normally used to add video to the page.
Video helper supports the following media players:
- Adobe Flash
- Windows MediaPlayer
- Microsoft Silverlight
The Flash Player
Flash player of the
Video helper let you play Flash videos (.swf files) in a
web page. At a minimum, you have to provide a path to the video file. If you specify nothing but the
path, the player uses default values that are set by the current version of Flash. Typical default settings are:
- The video is displayed using its default width and height and without a background color.
- The video plays automatically when the page loads.
- The video loops continuously until it's explicitly stopped.
- The video is scaled to show all of the video, rather than cropping the video to fit a specific size.
- The video plays in a window.
The MediaPlayer Player
MediaPlayer player of the
Video helper lets you play Windows Media videos (.wmv files), Windows Media audio (.wma files), and MP3 (.mp3
files) in a web page. You must include path of the media file to play; all other parameters are optional. If you specify only
a path, the player uses default settings set by the current version of MediaPlayer, such as:
- The video is displayed using its default width and height.
- The video plays automatically when the page loads.
- The video plays once (it doesn't loop).
- The player displays the full set of controls in the user interface.
- The video plays in in a window.
The Silverlight Player
Silverlight player of the
helper lets you play Windows Media Video (.wmv files), Windows Media Audio (.wma files), and MP3 (.mp3 files). You must set the
path parameter to point to a Silverlight-based application package (.xap file). You also must set the
width and height parameters. All other parameters are optional. When you use the
Silverlight player for video, if you set only the required parameters, the Silverlight player displays the video without a background color.
Note In case you don't already know Silverlight: the .xap file is a compressed file that contains layout instructions in a .xaml file, managed code in assemblies, and optional resources. You can create a .xap file in Visual Studio as a Silverlight application project.
Silverlight video player uses both the settings that you provide for the player and the settings that are provided in the
.xap file.
Playing Flash (.swf) Videos
This procedure shows you how to play a Flash video named sample.swf. The procedure assumes that you've got a folder named Media on your site and that the .swf file is in that folder.
- Add the ASP.NET Web Helpers Library to your website as described in Installing Helpers in an ASP.NET Web Pages Site, if you haven't already added it.
- In the website, add a page and name it FlashVideo.cshtml.
Add the following markup to the page:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <title>Flash Video</title>   @Video.Flash(path: "Media/sample.swf", width: "400", height: "600", play: true, loop: true, menu: false, bgColor: "red", quality: "medium", scale: "exactfit", windowMode: "transparent")
Run the page in a browser. (Make sure the page is selected in the Files
workspace before you run it.) The page is displayed and the video plays automatically.
You can set the
quality parameter for a Flash video to
high, and
 @Video.Flash(path: "Media/sample.swf", quality: "autohigh")
You can change the Flash video to play at a specific size using the
scale parameter, which you can set to the following:
showall. This makes the entire video visible while maintaining the original aspect ratio. However, you might end up with borders on each side.
noorder. This scales the video while maintaining the original aspect ratio, but it might be cropped.
exactfit. This makes the entire video visible without preserving the original aspect ratio, but distortion may occur.
If you don't specify a
scale parameter, the entire video will be visible and the original aspect ratio will be maintained without any cropping. The following example shows how to use the
scale parameter:
 @Video.Flash(path: "Media/sample.swf", width: "1000", height: "100", scale: "exactfit")
The Flash player supports a video mode setting named
windowMode. You can set this to
opaque, and
transparent. By default, the
windowMode is set to
window, which displays the video in a separate window on the
web page. The
opaque setting hides everything behind the video on the
web page. The
transparent setting lets the background of the web page show through the video, assuming any part of the video is transparent.
Playing MediaPlayer (.wmv) Videos
The following procedure shows you how to play a Window Media video named sample.wmv that's in the Media folder.
- Add the ASP.NET Web Helpers Library to your website as described in Installing Helpers in an ASP.NET Web Pages Site, if you haven't already.
- Create a new page named MediaPlayerVideo.cshtml.
Add the following markup to the page:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <title>MediaPlayer Video</title>   @Video.MediaPlayer( path: "Media/sample.wmv", width: "400", height: "600", autoStart: true, playCount: 2, uiMode: "full", stretchToFit: true, enableContextMenu: true, mute: false, volume: 75)
Run the page in a browser. The video loads and plays automatically.
You can set
playCount to an integer that indicates how many times to play the video automatically:
 @Video.MediaPlayer(path: "Media/sample.wmv", playCount: 2)
uiMode parameter lets you specify which controls show up in the user interface. You can set
uiMode to
mini, or
full. If you don't specify a
uiMode parameter, the video will be displayed with the status window, seek bar, control buttons, and volume controls in addition to the video window. These controls will also be displayed if you use the player to play an audio file. Here's an example of how to use the
uiMode parameter:
 @Video.MediaPlayer(path: "Media/sample.wmv", uiMode: "mini")
By default, audio is on when the video plays. You can mute the audio by setting the
mute parameter to true:
 @Video.MediaPlayer(path: "Media/sample.wmv", mute: true)
You can control the audio level of the MediaPlayer video by setting the
volume parameter to a value between 0 and 100. The default value is 50. Here's an example:
 @Video.MediaPlayer(path: "Media/sample.wmv", volume: 75)
Playing Silverlight Videos
This procedure shows you how to play video contained in a Silverlight .xap page that's in a folder named Media.
- Add the ASP.NET Web Helpers Library to your website as described in Installing Helpers in an ASP.NET Web Pages Site, if you haven't already .
- Create a new page named SilverlightVideo.cshtml.
Add the following markup to the page:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <title>Silverlight Video</title>   @Video.Silverlight( path: "Media/sample.xap", width: "400", height: "600", bgColor: "red", autoUpgrade: true)
Run the page in a browser.
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Is JON GOSSELIN a cad or just a newly single guy navigating the dating scene? To recap: Nineteen days after his wife, KATE, filed for divorce, Jon, 32, took HAILEY GLASSMAN, 22, to Saint-Tropez and announced they were dating. Ten days later he was squiring another blonde (KATE MAJOR, 26, a tabloid reporter who resigned after revealing their relationship) in the Hamptons. Jon denied two-timing anyone, saying, "I'm single—per se." Later he tried to clarify: "I will love Hailey forever.... We're going to chill out for a while." As if casting an alternate reality show of his own, Jon then took on an adviser of sorts, Lindsay Lohan's dad, Michael, who has put him on a "lifestyle diet" according to Jon. What's that mean? We can only hope the return of Jon & Kate Plus 8 Aug. 3 will offer some answers.
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After more than two years as a picture-perfect couple, Kim Kardashian, 28, and her New Orleans Saints running back beau Reggie Bush, 24, have called it quits, her rep confirms to Scoop. "They were a dream couple living a fairy-tale romance," adds a friend of Kim's. But their busy schedules—he'll be heading off to NFL training camp and she'll soon resume shooting Keeping Up with the Kardashians—left them with minimal time together. "They loved each other so much, but they hardly saw each other," says another pal. "They're still friends and there was no drama. They just needed a break."
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At the Jonas Brothers' July 26 Detroit concert, Joe Jonas, 19, reportedly looked a bit heartbroken—and apparently for good reason. After about nine months of dating, Jonas and Camilla Belle, 22, "have broken up," Belle's rep confirmed to Scoop, adding, "They care deeply about each other and will remain friends."
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After being involuntarily held for psychiatric evaluation in L.A., Mischa Barton is on the mend. Since leaving Cedars-Sinai Medical Center July 19, Barton, 23, has been "resting," says a source. Adds her rep: "She continues to improve and will likely head to New York to resume production" on the CW drama The Beautiful Life July 31.
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Talk about too close for comfort! Rihanna and Chris Brown both stayed at Manhattan's Trump International Hotel over the weekend. "It was purely a coincidence," says a source. When Brown, forbidden by court order to come within 50 yards of Rihanna, heard his estranged lover may have been there, he left "immediately."
Hollywood headed south to San Diego for the 40th Annual Comic-Con International, pumping up the public for their upcoming sci-fi, superhero and fantasy flicks. Megan Fox celebrated her horror film Jennifer's Body at a July 23 party with the film's writer, Diablo Cody. Two days later stars hit the ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY/Syfy soiree, where blood-sucking cast members from True Blood and The Vampire Diaries met for the first time.
• 7/25, Malibu: Kelly Rutherford threw a Mexican-style family BBQ at the Sierra Mist Beach House with 2-year-old son Hermes and 2-month-old daughter Helena in tow. The next day Selena Gomez hung at the house with her Wizards of Waverly Place costar Jake T. Austin. • 7/24, East Hampton: Jon Bon Jovi had cocktails with wife Dorothea—and was mobbed by female fans at Georgica Restaurant. • 7/26, L.A.: An upbeat Jessica Simpson ate with her parents and pals at Katana's Red Sun BBQ.
Holly Robinson Peete honored Michael J. Fox for raising awareness about Parkinson's disease at the HollyRod Foundation's DesignCare benefit (to help people battling the disease and autism).
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Reality TV! It's funny, because reality TV is terrible for actors since it takes jobs away from us. But I'm a huge fan of The Biggest Loser. People in that show fight for their lives.
2 Are you a whiz in the kitchen?
I don't really cook. I eat out too much. It's easier, especially as a single guy. I like to eat alone. I'll just sit at the sushi bar at my favorite sushi spot and eat.
3 What's a deal breaker when you're dating?
Complainers! I dated a complainer recently. We'd go out to dinner, and she'd complain about everything at the restaurant! I was just dating her—she's going to know!
4 What's the first thing you do when you visit your hometown?
I go to a bar I bought into, the Dublin Down Tavern in Blue Point, N.Y.
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A Range Rover. I like an immaculately clean car. I cleaned out a bunch of water bottles today. I always keep a couple of hats and a sweatshirt.
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Evan Rachel Wood quits Spider-Man musical
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London, March 12 : The much-anticipated Spider-Man musical has suffered a series of problems and delays in the past six months - and now it has been hit with another major blow. The project''s star, Evan Rachel Wood, has quit.
A financial problem temporarily shut down production in August (09), just two months after Wood confirmed she''d be playing Spider-Man''s love interest, reports the Daily Star.
And now Wood has walked over a scheduling conflict, forcing producers to find a new Mary Jane.
Previews were expected to begin last month, but now the Broadway stageshow, titled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, is not expected to make its debut until the end of the summer (10). (ANI)
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Jeffrey Barach Sr. admits to being something of a Mardi Gras fanatic. When his son, Jeff Jr., was a little boy, they would decorate the Christmas tree with beads, and during Carnival season they would go to the Uptown parades and then head straight to Metairie.
"I used to catch 15 to 20 gross of beads every year. We used to go every night," Barach, 76, says.
He remembers one year when the weather was so bad they had to wear sailing slickers and boots to the Pegasus parade.
"There weren't a lot of people there, so we got a lot of stuff," he says.
When Jeff, an only child, was born, Barach and his first wife lived in the French Quarter, and when he was in sixth grade, they moved Uptown to Napoleon Avenue. So Jeff was always in prime parade territory when he was growing up.
"I guess I was spoiled as far as going to parades was concerned," Jeff says. "But I didn't have a ladder. I had to fend for myself."
To save his children, Konrad, 9, and Chloe, 7, from fending for themselves at the many parades they attend, Jeff designed the perfect ladder for them in 2005. A clothes dryer exhaust hose connects a hole in the top of the bright yellow ladder to a large bead bag on the ground, so they can just drop the treasures they catch down the "bead chute" instead of handing them off to Jeff and their mom, Virginia.
Barach remembers that one year when Jeff was fending for himself at a parade many years ago he accidentally stepped on his son's fingers when they were going after the same trinket.
"The only way I could excuse it was by saying, 'You have to learn the hard way if you're going to be a good bead catcher,'" Barach says.
In 1982 Barach joined the Krewe of Bacchus and found out he liked throwing beads even better than he liked catching them.
"Some people don't believe it, but it really is better to give than to receive," he says. "It's wonderful fun throwing beads."
What's even more fun is having Jeff beside him throwing beads, too.
Jeff joined the Krewe of Bacchus at 18, 23 years ago.
"It's been great," Jeff says. "It's one guaranteed day of the year we know we'll be together."
Today will be special, because three generations of the Barach family will ride in Bacchus: Konrad will be on the king's float, serving as a page to King Bacchus, actor Andy Garcia.
And what is he most excited about?
"Getting to throw beads," Konrad says.
"What about meeting the king?" his dad asks him.
"Oh, yeah, and meeting the king," he says.
Konrad, a third grader at Abita Springs Elementary School, is least excited about wearing ballet shoes. And how excited is he about wearing tights?
"Not at all," he says.
"When he found out about that, he gave me this look like, 'What did I sign up for?'" Jeff says.
When Konrad first heard about the parade theme, "Bacchus Salutes America's Greatest Generation -- A tribute to World War II Veterans," he was hoping he'd get to wear some kind of Army-themed costume.
"So he was not really happy to learn about the tights and bloomers," Virginia says.
Konrad might not realize just how happy his grandpa will be to see him on the king's float and to see this day. In December 2001, right around the time his grandson was born, Barach learned that he had Stage 3 kidney cancer. It was discovered almost by chance.
He wasn't feeling well. When he tried to make an appointment with his longtime doctor, his records had been misplaced, and he learned he would have to be a "new" patient and wait a month to get an appointment.
"So I went to a different doctor, and she said, 'Since you're my new patient, let's do a CT scan,'" Barach says. "If I hadn't gone to her, I'd be dead by now. Elizabeth McDonald saved my life."
The first oncologist he went to after the cancer was discovered told him he probably wouldn't be alive in three years.
"So I went to another oncologist," Barach says.
He was a business professor at Tulane University when he got sick. Someone took over his classes for him the semester after he had his kidney removed, but two weeks after the surgery he was back in his classroom.
"I went in to do a couple of lectures," he says.
And the Sunday before Mardi Gras he was standing next to his son throwing beads with abandon. His wife, Barbara, delivered him right to the float.
"I wasn't doing much walking, but I wasn't going to miss the parade," Barach says.
He used to dance until 3 a.m. at the ball, but now he's just glad to be there, taking it all in.
"I drink a bottle of champagne and sit there and watch the crowd, and I feel like I'm part of something good for the city," he says.
After this year, Konrad won't be able to ride in Bacchus again until 2020. That's when he'll be 18 and old enough to join the Krewe.
"I'd love to still be riding when I'm 85," his grandpa says. "That would be wonderful fun, to have us all there together on the float."
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised the outlook to positive from stable on its long-term ratings on New York State Dormitory Authority's $11 million series 2010 revenue bonds and Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, N.Y.'s $30.6 million series 2005 revenue bonds, issued for Highland Hospital of Rochester, reflecting recent and substantial balance sheet growth. Standard & Poor's has affirmed its 'BBB+' long-term ratings on the bonds. It is our opinion that Highland has a solid business position as a subsidiary of Strong Partners Health System, a subsidiary of the University of Rochester, of which Strong Memorial Hospital is a division, and an increasingly strong overall financial profile. Historically, Highland's income statement performance has consistently exceeded the 'BBB+' medians. However,...
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LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK — Jane Fogg, of Canton, knew her son was in trouble when she saw a missed call from Johns Hopkins Hospital in the early morning of Jan. 14 with a Maryland area code.
The hospital called at about 4 a.m., but didn't leave a message. When Jane called back, her worst nightmare became a reality.
She received word that her 30-year-old son, Jon Fogg, a Canton native who now lives in Baltimore, was robbed and brutally beaten with a brick near his apartment.
"I knew it wasn't his number, but I knew it was a Maryland area code," Jane recalled over the weekend. "I told my husband, 'It can't be good.' My first thought was a car accident — but never this."
Jon, who graduated from Sacred Heart, in Vineland, and had worked at Today's Sunbeam, was coming home from his sportwriting job at the Baltimore Sun.
In a previous Times article, Jane explained that on Jan. 14, Jon parked his car and went inside his apartment. Remembering he forgot his phone, he went back outside, where he was confronted by a man on a yellow bicycle.
The man asked for a cigarette, but Jon told him he didn't smoke. The man threw Jon to the sidewalk, took a brick that was part of landscaping around a tree and hit Jon in the face with it.
Jon had six skull fractures, a brain bleed and lost 10 teeth as a result of the assault. Fingers on both hands were also fractured.
"He could have easily been killed," Jane said. "You worry about kids living in the inner city. He did research, and it was supposed to be safe. He felt very safe. I would always worry though."
Local newspapers said where Jon lives is considered one of the city's safest neighborhoods.
Mustafa Eraibi, 19, was arrested in the attack last week. According to local news outlets, police were able to identify the suspect after he was caught on a surveillance camera using Jon's credit card. Eraibi could spend the rest of his life behind bars, according to reports.
Jon was recently released from the hospital and is under the care of family, friends and loved ones.
The apprehension gave Jon some relief, Jane said, adding that this will also be a long process.
She said his spirits are better and his reporter instincts have him journaling his experience.
The family has never been through something like this, but Jane reinforced the incredible support by Jon's side.
Fogg's family is seeking assistance for Jon's medical bills. His sister, Melissa Castone, who is a teacher at West Deptford High School, has set up an account at GoFundMe.com. As of Jan. 22, donations for Jon totaled more than $23,000.


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A man in his 20's has been arrested after a stabbing in a St. Leonard apartment that was followed by more violence during a getaway attempt.
The drama began shortly after 4 o'clock Thursday morning when police responded to a call about a woman who had been stabbed during an altercation in an apartment on Cannes Street near Jean-Talon.
Patrol officers found a woman in her fifties who'd been stabbed in the neck and a younger woman who'd been beaten up.
The older victim is in critical condition, the other is in stable condition.
As police hunted their attacker, patrol officers set up a series of roadblocks. They discovered that a garbage collector, a passerby and a Montreal Transit bus driver had been roughed up by a person matching the description of the women's assailant.
Tracking dogs led police to an apartment building where the home of two seniors had been broken into by someone looking for a place to hide. The two seniors were not injured.
A suspect was taken into custody, and then transported to hospital. Police believe he may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Police say the suspect knew the two women he attacked; however their relationship still needs to be determined. Another witness and a three year old child were in the apartment at the time of the altercation.
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M&P magazine disconnect removal
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July 23, 2008, 05:13 PM
Is there any simple way to do this. I have looked at the mechanism and compared it to my .45 which doesn't have one and it looks like it should be simple to overcome. However I thought I would ask here first.
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July 23, 2008, 06:54 PM
i know it's doable. hopefully someone with the knowledge will chime in soon. good luck.
July 24, 2008, 06:45 PM
It's in there somewhere.
Chris Rhines
July 26, 2008, 08:35 AM
I'm surprised no one else has chimed in here - removing the M&P magazine disconnect is a piece of cake.
First, go here and download the trigger job instructions. http://www.burwellgunsmithing.com/misc/M&Ptriggerjob.pdf Read them over, to get an idea of how the trigger mechanism comes apart.
Check that your gun is unloaded. Field strip it normally. Use a hammer and roll pin punch to drive the sear block roll pin out of the frame. Carefully pry the sear block up and out of the frame, then pull it off the trigger bar.
Look at the sear block. The front-most pin holds the yellow sear deactivation lever, and the silver magazine disconnect. Push the pin out, remove the magazine disconnect, and throw it away. You'll need to find a small spring or something to replace it with, so as to hold the sear deactivation lever in place.
That's it. Reassemble and test.
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July 26, 2008, 10:19 AM
I know lots of folks disagree, but I wouldn't do it.
I've never been involved in a shooting incident and, like most of us, it's my fervent prayer that I never will be.
But many of the folks whose opinions I've read who teach the defensive use of firearms and virtually all of the ones from those who regularly work on both sides of the criminal and civil court systems agree that if you do have to shoot someone, it's a virtual certainty that somebody's going sue you.
Mas Ayoob and a slew of others with a heckuva lot more direct experience with the consequences of actual cases have seen the 'issue' of having "deactivated a safety device" raised repeatedly in actual cases and strongly advise against giving the plaintiff's attorney any opportunity to muddy the waters with it.
They also mention the very different legal standards of proof between criminal and civil court actions and some of the ways they've seen a slick litigator try and use those to generate enough sympathy and 'reasonable doubt' in the minds of a majority of a jury to win a judgement.
Given that it's highly unlikely that anyone will volunteer to be defending me (or you) 'pro bono' or on a contingency basis, and that the plaintiff's attorney is almost certain to be operating that way, why even contemplate doing something that's liable to encourage one to try?
July 26, 2008, 10:29 AM
I have heard that argument made a number of times but I have never heard a single case where it has ever been brought up in court for a Criminal or Civil trial. In addition S&W makes the same gun without the Magazine disconnect therefore the gun can not be said to be unsafe or more dangerous without it. Changing this is about the equivalent of changing out the beavertail safety on a 1911.
July 26, 2008, 11:41 AM
Azizza, just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean that it hasn't happened. Believe whatever you'd like but if you'll do a little reading in the back issues of "American Handgunner" for Mas Ayoob's "The Ayoob Files" column and in several of his other published works you'll find that it has been, and on more than a couple of cases.
If you want case names, numbers and particulars you can look 'em up there. I'm darned if I'll do it for you just to try and convince you not to do something I wouldn't do. It's your butt and future; risk them as you will.
FWIW, the point would be that if the feature was there when it was originally manufactured, and you removed it, whether another model of the same basic weapon has one or not has no relevance whatsoever.
What will be argued is that it was an additional 'safety' feature on the one on the evidence table (your gun!), you willfully and negligently deactivated it and that contributed materially to poor Mr. Scumbag ending up in that wheelchair for life.
It doesn't have to be technically correct for him to be able to pose a credible argument on the point, especially to the right jury.
And, with respect, I'd argue that replacing a safety device is in no way "equivalent" to deactivating one. On the 1911, 'pinning' that grip safety would be the equivalent, and would put you in the same frying pan at a trial.
Mr. Ayoob is a member on this forum and, while he undoubtedly has better things do do with his time, he might even respond to a PM or add a comment here if you ask politely.
July 26, 2008, 03:30 PM
Mainmech I really find your tone quite condescending, rude, and insulting. I understand that we disagree on this but you could be a bit more respectful about it.
July 27, 2008, 01:11 PM
I did add "with respect", and please bear in mind that how you choose to perceive the tone or manner of my comments and/or observations might well differ radically from my intent in offering them.
I can't, and don't, know how much personal experience you may have had with the way things are really done in civil litigation or criminal proceedings these days. While my own has been gratefully limited to the civil end, what there has been was a truly rude awakening for me as far as how radically the reality differed from the way it's depicted television, my preconceptions of the way "things should be" and as it was presented in Civics class.
As you know, we have more lawyers per capita than anywhere else in the world. The resulting intense competition seems to bring out the worst in many people and, from what I've observed, the factors of rampant greed, personal ambitions and political agendae into the equation seems to be playing a large role in how the 'game' is being played.
IMHO, the term "Civil Litigation" has become a complete oxymoron and the way that many decisions as to whether or not to instigate criminal charges and just how agressively they're to be prosecuted has become more a matter of personal convenience, personal aggrandizement and the potential for advancing personal political causes or careers than "justice" as it was once defined.
And again in MHO, those of us who choose to include the means for the application of lethal force into our personal defensive options need to give a good deal of time and effort to indentifying as many of the tactics used against those who've faced that "Gravest Extreme" and plan for how we might go about "short-stopping" as many of them as we possibly can in case we should ever find ourselves in similar jeopardy.
I would suggest, again respectfully that, for your own sake and that of those who depend on you, you take some time look into the published data and satisfy yourself as to the existence of actual case law where the defendant's actions, specifically regarding alterations to "as-manufactured" features of a firearm have been a factor in the decision to pursue criminal and/or civil action against them and/or the eventual outcome of those cases before you dismiss the possibility out-of-hand or draw conclusions from comparisons demonstrably false-to-fact.
I sincerely believe that you will pardon me for whatever personal umbrage your perceptions as to the tone or intention of my remarks may have caused you once have looked into the substance of them and found it, while perhaps harshly presented, to be both valid and truthfull.
Mr. Ayoob is a highly knowlegable and respected authority on both the application and consequences of lethal force with decades of experience garnered from his participation as an expert witness and consultant in actual cases. He has perhaps more direct experience in court actions of this type than any other man now alive. He has repeatedly documented and published what he's witnessed of the tactics and practices used by both sides of the bar over those years and his opinions and insights on the subject are highly regarded and sought after by the attorneys who pratice there. IMO, the conclusions he's drawn may be sobering and at odds with what we'd like to believe, but prudence and self-preservation should compell one to read and consider them carefully before betting the farm on what might turn out to have been wishfull thinking.
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â–¶ In Recessive Times, Marketers Prove Progressive: The economic turmoil is prompting marketers to implement many short-term strategies, says a report released by the Association of National Advertisers. The study found that 47% of marketing professionals plan to use special pricing deals to facilitate business, with 26% planning social networking and WOM ventures and 23% planning PR efforts. In addition:
• 73% of respondents said they would ideally implement increased marketing activities three to six months before the recession ends, and an additional 16% as soon as it ends;
• Media budgets are being reduced by 56% of marketers;
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A funny thing happened to a football coach on his way Clayton for his new job - he found another one.
That weird turn of events has left the Clayton Yellowjackets one football coach short with two-a-day workouts underway. First-year coach David Burns knows he has his work cut out for him, but he's taking all in stride.
He and assistants Brian Jones and Colby Becker are ready to handle the challenge. Handling 30 to 40 players on the football field is no easy task, especially when you're learning them a new system.
Here's how the scenario unfolded. Burns, who was hired in the summer, offered a coach who used to coach with him at Laguna Acoma to come take an assistant job at Clayton. The coach accepted the job and was on his way to Clayton to move. About 20 miles down the road he stopped in Thoreau, where he was offered a job and accepted. Now the Yellowjackets' four-man staff is one coach short.
"I guess he decided to take the job in Thoreau because he wouldn't have to move," said Burns. "Thoreau is close to Laguna Acoma so he wouldn't have to move."
That leaves Burns and assistants Colby Becker and Brian Jones. Becker, who is also the head boys' basketball coach, comes from Houston, and Jones coached at Clayton last year.
"Coach Jones is the only holdover from last year's staff and he's done a great job," said Burns. He's worked hard and he's made my transition easier. Coach Becker hasn't gotten to work as much since he's getting things ready for basketball too."
Jones will be the offensive coordinator while Burns will run the defense. Three coaches instructing 30-40 players is no easy task. Offensively, Burns will coach the back and quarterbacks while Becker will work with the wide receivers and Jones will take the linemen. Defensively, Jones will again have the linemen while Becker will coach the secondary and Burns will take the linebackers.
"I'll do both sides as much as I can," said Burns. "We'll kind of work our way into it."
How big of a burden is it being one coach short?`
"I'm just glad to be here," he said. "If that's the worst thing than happens this season, being one coach short; it's going to be a fantastic season. It's a lot of worst things that could happen."
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Of all the things she prepared for in being a new mom, Ashley Koza wasn't expecting this....
"Right around four-five months I started getting some central back pain. The bigger I got, the harder it was to deal with. And I also started getting numbness in my ribs," says Ashley Koza, new mom.
Her obstetrician suggested she give therapy a try. Not just any physical therapy, but techniques fine-tuned for pregnant women. Many which experience the same pain, resulting from their bulging baby bump.
"They'll have pain going all the way around, especially as they get a little bit heavier. Their ribs start to flare out a little bit and they start to have pain there, and a little shortness of breath. But usually I've had patients with thoracic pain, mid-back pain," says Pat Curr, physical therapist with Lee Memorial Health System.
The problem grows as the belly grows. But there are solutions. In women's health rehabilitation, they use a combination of massage and exercise techniques, to take some of the pressure off.
"I went twice a week from 45 minutes to an hour. And in the beginning it was a massage and she would work on my back to move things in place and see where the problems were, but eventually we started doing exercises. She showed me how to strengthen my shoulders, my arms, my back, all of that, in order to hold the baby better," says Koza.
"We teach them how to self manage with body mechanics and strengthening exercises. You can still strengthen your core when you are pregnant. And then afterwards sometimes they are left with issues, weak muscles and stretched ligaments and we can help them re-cooperate," says Curr.
She's still carrying baby Lily, but Koza has newfound strength to go with her new mom status.
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cable repairs
Can anyone direct me to an internet site that shows how to correct cable errors in situ without frogging the entire piece back to the error? Thanks!
Can anyone direct me to an internet site that shows how to correct cable errors in situ without frogging the entire piece back to the error? Thanks!
I bought two bundles of yarn for my stash this week:
1) From a seller on Craig's List I bought about 30 skeins of Red Heart yarn. Assorted colors. All of it is the usual acyrlic or acrylic/nylon blend. Not a bad deal. I don't usually use this kind of
crap stuff (I'm a wool or cotton man) but it can't hurt to have it around for the next Knit a River project or something.
2) Yarn.com is having an incredible sale. I'm really digging Araucania Nature Wool. It was a recommended substitute for my all time favorite, Rowan Magpie (which was sadly discontinued last year.) Nature Wool is a 100% wool yarn from Chile. It is kettle-dyed by a women's cooperative. There are subtle (and some not so subtle) changes in the color throughout the hank. Very cool. I haven't had a chance to felt any yet but I've heard it's fantastic felted (oh boy, more clogs!)
Hey guys, I sometimes forget that I'm not all alone and you all have VERY GOOD suggestions. I thought I'd see what you all had to say before I made a trip to my LYS.
I am
knitting trying to make an orangutan for one of my nephews. It's done on US #3's, and a DK-weight mohair yarn. I already altered the pattern instructions slightly to be able to knit in the round on DPNs. It's just plain and simple stockinette stitch. I've already ripped out 60 rows I had done back & forth because I was dropping so many stitches and creating YO's on the purl rows. Doing it in the round has been a bit better, but I've dropped stitches again and I'm really not having any fun and it's not calming to me as knitting usually is. I keep splitting the yarn, can't see it, etc. ARGH!
So, my present collection of projects in progress is about to dissapear. As I am going to be spening Labor Day at a secluded lake house I can't think of anything better to do than gather supplies to start a new project! For some reason I have this voice in my head telling me to make a Cable Scarf...and it is a forcefull voice!
Is this a dumb idea for a new knitter? How hard (honestly) is this endevor going to be? I really have the burning desire to try it! Does anyone have any cool basic Cable-Scarf patterns? Resources?
Dare I...?
This is my first post to a knitting blog, so I am excited to kick it off with a photo of a recently completed project. I have a hard time finishing what I start (a common condition among the knitters I know), so it was especially satisfying to bind off after finishing this one. There were a lot of false starts with this project, as it's a pattern of my own design and I had to start over a couple of times to figure out what I wanted to do. If anyone has some suggestions on how to better photograph knitting, please let me know. Thanks!
Although the major work on my penguin was done about a month ago, I finally got around to assembling the little guy. Muchas Gracias to Wil for posting about the pattern.
Please don't laugh at his little thumb-tack eyes, he's very sensitive about them. Besides, I haven't decided what I want to use for the eyes yet and the push pin is purely temporary.
I feel pretty groovy because knitty.com labeled the pattern 'piquant', "A little something for the seasoned knitter." Yee Haw!
The pattern is "Nicholas's Fingerless Gloves" that I found on Knitting pattern Central. It's "no-cable-needle" cable was really quite fun to work, and both gloves came together pretty quickly. This was my first attempt at working glove fingers (I had previously made fingerless "mittens" and regular mittens with just a thumb). I ended up buying a pair of shorter DPN's in the same size to work the fingers on the second glove and that made things a little easier to handle. I could just leave the un-needed stitches on their own needles rather than put them on a holder or onto waste yarn while each finger was worked. I found closing the gap between the fingers a bit tricky (picking up 2 stitches to close gap, and working the ends of the yarn as each new finger was started) but I think I managed it okay.
i'd like to learn how to make a sock. i don't know how yet and have been looking over patterns and everything seems to be tailored for men with dinky little feets. definitely am feeling a little left out since i've got honking huge big feet. anyone have any suggestions?? i almost started Jacquiline Fee's spiral socks then my friend M. took one look at the picture of 'em and said "OOOOOHH!!! how clever!!!! a dildo-cozy!!!"
I'm working on Fetching, from the latest Knitty, and it gives me this set of directions for the thumb:
"[...] there will be 7 sts below the opening and 6 sts above. Attach yarn and k the 7 sts on lower needle; using a second needle, pick up and k 2 sts in space between upper and lower needle, k first 3 sts from upper needle; using a third needle, k remaining 3 sts from upper needle and pick up and k 2 sts in space between this needle and lower needle. [...] "
Can anyone make sense of that "knit in space business"? It has halted my forward momentum.
The socks I've been slowly working on are finally done! They are 100% alpaca and very cozy. I'm pretty happy with them, they look nice and fit well. The only thing I've noticed is that the second one is just slightly bigger than the first. I think my guage was a little looser on the second. Does anyone know if there is a way to safely shrink the left sock to match the right one? Again, it's pretty minor, but if it's anyone has any tips, I might try to rememdy it. Thanks everyone and take care! -Ken


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Women are more likely to get a pertussis vaccination for their infants or a prenatal flu shot for themselves if a physician has advised them to do so and provides them with information, according to a pair of studies presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) meeting in October. The findings suggest a simple recommendation from a physician can have a powerful effect on vaccination rates.
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'American Idol 2013' comes to a close for Mount Pleasant's Shubha Vedula
Shubha Vedula knew going into the Las Vegas round of"American Idol 2013" that she and her nine semi-finalists were in for a tough night.
Every one of them was talented, warned judge Keith Urban on tonight's broadcast, "so you need to take it to the next level."
Frankenmuth is Michigan's top attraction by 1 million visitors, Bridge Magazine report shows
Frankenmuth is the most popular place to visit in Michigan by about 1 million people.
The town of fewer than 5,000 people receives 3 million visitors each year.
Saginaw County Amigo officials hope Scooter Store raid will help end Medicare fraud
For many years, Bridgeport Township-based Amigo Mobility has beenworking to crack down on Medicare fraud.
The company's mobility scooters are only partially covered while larger, more expensive models — sometimes costing thousands of dollars more — from places like The Scooter Store are covered in full.
Workers stop iPad theft at Best Buy, robbery suspects arrested near Saginaw, police say
A pair suspected of a robbery at Best Buy were arrested while driving on Interstate 75 soon after one of them pushed a loss prevention employee to the ground while fleeing the store, police said.
Jamarish J. Heard, 32, and Nicole M. Robinson, 35, tried to walk out of the store near the intersection of Bay and Tittabawassee on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 17, with two iPads and a laptop, but several employees surrounded them near the doorway and took back the items, police said.
Police: Man found 'slumped over' with suspected heroin paraphernalia inside parked car in Saginaw Township
A man found "slumped over" inside a parked car in Saginaw Township was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment related to suspected heroin use, police said.
Police and MMR responded to the anonymous report of a small red Toyota parked on Delevan near Foss on Friday, Feb. 15, about 9 p.m., Saginaw Township Police Department Lt. Gary Grauf said.