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A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. June 24 in Slee Concert Hall, North Campus, for Richard V. Lee, internationally renowned professor of medicine and a physician in private practice who died May 7 in his Orchard Park home. He was 75.
"Dick Lee's dedication as a physician and ambassador for medical education has had a tremendous and lasting impact on our community and on UB's medical school," said Michael E. Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. "He was first and foremost a caring and dedicated physician, here in Western New York and throughout the world.
"He was also an important member of our delegation when we visited China to renew our affiliation agreement with Capital University in Beijing," Cain said. "I will remember him as someone who used his profession fully and with passion to bring medical care to patients worldwide and to help ensure that our medical students were exposed to a global perspective."
Lee's professional life was as varied in disciplinary terms as it was in its geography. A faculty member in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences since 1976, he was passionate about international health and tropical medicine, interests that took him and graduate students on annual medical expeditions to provide care to populations in some of the most remote areas on the planet.
In an interview published in 2000 in the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Lee said of his professional interests: "I still like to think of myself as a diagnostician, an old-fashioned notion that has gone out of style, I think, in internal medicine. I find that to be fun." He summed up his perspective on medicine: "I think doctoring is quintessential anthropology. We study humankind."
"Dr. Lee was a wonderfully gifted physician and faculty member," said Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education. "He had the bedside manner of an old country doctor, personally interested and invested in the well-being—in all senses of that term—of his patients and his students. He extended that personal concern to everyone he met," Dunnett said. "Everyone—friend and stranger—benefited from Dick's open, personable and helpful manner. He was unfailingly good humored and always ready with hearty laugh of good cheer that put you at ease.
"His gift for being with others was complemented by his superb professional skills as a clinician and his far-ranging intellectual and artistic interests, which made him a highly regarded teacher and author, not to mention an impassioned advocate for the arts in Western New York," Dunnett said. "An exceptionally cultured yet modest man, Dick wore his learning lightly, but he could discourse insightfully on nearly any subject one could think of. He was a scholar and a gentleman in the very best sense."
Lee's primary interests were in international health, the complexities of managing medical complications of pregnancy and the health status of geographically isolated human populations. He maintained an active research program, studying the health of the Rendille tribe of Northern Kenya; the Kayapo, Parakana and Apalai tribes of Brazil; and the Ladakh people of Northwestern Himalaya.
"Dr. Lee was very proud of his Chinese heritage," said Anne B. Curtis, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor of Medicine at UB. "He was the leader of the international medicine program for the medical school, and through his efforts, generations of students learned cultural sensitivity and traveled around the world. He will be sorely missed by all of us."
His work abroad included medical treks with students and other physicians to remote villages in Kashmir and Ladakh, India, in the 1980s and '90s, and visits to the Amazon jungle, the Andes and northern Kenya. In addition, he provided health services in Thailand to refugees from Laos and Cambodia. He also consulted for the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center for Health in Housing, based in Buffalo.
His work with Tibetan refugees in India later led to an acquaintance with the Dalai Lama, and Lee was part of the committee that brought him to UB in 2006. Lee and his wife also established a fund to support Tibetan students and Tibetan studies at UB.
Lee was renowned in the field of obstetric medicine, which concentrates on treatment of disease, infection and complications during pregnancy. In 2007, he received the C.G. Barnes Award from the International Society of Obstetric Medicine in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field. The North American Society of Obstetric Medicine also established a lecture in Lee's name to be delivered at its annual meeting.
In addition to his primary appointment in the Department of Medicine, Lee also was a professor in the departments of Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Health Professions; and in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Through his posts at various institutions, Lee has had a major impact on the Western New York community. He was a consultant to the Buffalo Zoo, head of the Department of Medicine at Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, chief of medical service at the Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center and medical director of Ecology and Environment. He also was a consulting physician for the Bronx Zoo.
He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London and the Explorers Club in New York, and a trustee of the Yale-China Association, Nichols School and Buffalo Academy of Medicine, of which he also was president from 1985-96. He served as secretary of the board of trustees of the Yale-China Association and maintained academic interchanges with medical schools in Hong Kong, Changsha (Hunan Province) and Beijing.
Born in Islip, Lee's paternal grandfather, Li Yan Phou, was one of the first Chinese students to study in the United States, at Yale, where Lee also received degrees in 1960 and 1964. While in college, he was awarded the Ferris Prize in anatomy and the Winternitz Pathology Prize, and maintained a lifelong interest in promoting educational exchanges between the U.S. and China.
Lee held bachelor's and medical degrees from Yale and did his residency and postdoctoral training at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He worked for the Indian Health Service at the Fort Peck Reservation in eastern Montana and was a professor of medicine at Yale before coming to UB.
A member of the board of directors of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Lee also was a member of the Great Lakes Interurban Club, the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Medical Association, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine in London.


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All of the waiting, watching and hoping didn't pay off in the end.
Seton Hall will not be going to the NCAA Tournament.
In the field of 68 — announced moments ago — the Pirates did not find themselves on the right side of the bubble. Seton Hall, which hurt itself by losing twice to close out the regular season to Rutgers and then by 28 at DePaul, will head to the NIT.
The NIT field will be announced later this evening.
Seton Hall's NCAA Tournament drought has now reached six full seasons, with the program's last appearance coming in 2006.
UPDATE: Seton Hall will enter NIT as No. 1 seed, face Stony Brook in first round, after missing NCAA Tournament
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The University of Texas-Pan American had a record enrollment this semester, jumping 5.13 percent from last year, while the University continues to attract higher caliber students.
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Rodolfo Arévalo credits the growth, in part, to articulation agreements with community colleges, including South Texas Community College, Coastal Bend College, and Texas State Technical College. This fall, UTPA had a 12.7 percent (164 students) boost in community college transfer students.
"The University has been actively recruiting students from local high schools and developing articulation agreements with community colleges to ensure that students have the best information about how to seek admission to the University," Arévalo said. "It is clear that our efforts have been successful and that more students see The University of Texas-Pan American as the institution of first choice."
Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services John A. Edwards said UTPA's efforts with local school districts to increase the number of students who enroll in more rigorous high school coursework paid off in helping keep last year's students and with the overall enrollment increase.
UTPA's entering full-time freshmen retention rate has grown from 54.9 percent in 2000 to 64.9 percent in fall 2002.
"This is a remarkable increase in retention over a two-year period. It speaks to the positive affects the University has had on improving the quality of entering freshmen," Edwards said. "Many more of our students in South Texas are being well-prepared by enrolling in the Recommended High School program (RHSP); but also many more students are taking concurrent courses, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses while in high school."
Edwards said the University's "Success Strategies" - which are designed to assist students, mostly freshmen, in adjusting to University life and their curricular endeavors has also played an important role in the enrollment boost.
"These efforts are producing positive results; the academic division has greatly improved the course offerings for our students." Edwards said. "More courses and sections enable our students - many of whom are also working at least part-time - to "build" a class schedule which fits with their work and family responsibilities."
The growth is part of an overall growth reported by the UT System among all of its academic institutions, except for UT Austin, which has an enrollment cap.
"While the increase in enrollment is a good effort, we will need to continue these efforts, and improve, in order to meet the ambitious goals of Closing the Gap - the state wide effort to enroll 500,000 More Texans in higher education by 2015," said Edwards.


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Briere signs with Habs; Elias staying with Devils
Danny Briere's heading home to his native Quebec. Patrik Elias is staying in New Jersey.
And leave it to the Boston Bruins and Dallas Stars to steal the headlines Thursday by completing a blockbuster trade a day before the start of the NHL's free-agency period. In exchanging seven players, the rebuilding Stars acquired forwards Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley in exchange for veteran forward Loui Eriksson.
The trade should be a benefit to the Bruins in their approach to free agency. They were able to clear about $4.75 million in space under the salary cap, which they can use to add and re-sign players.
Otherwise, the list of high-profile free agents continued to shrink even before the official signing period begins at noon Friday. Briere and Elias became the latest to be taken off a market that's already minus Vincent Lecavalier, who signed with Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Briere signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens.
The Devils re-signed Elias to a three-year, $16.5 million deal, locking up the franchise's career goals and points leader before he was eligible to test the market.
New Jersey also re-signed veteran forward Dainius Zubrus to a three-year, $9.3 million contract. A second person familiar with the contract revealed the terms of Zubrus' deal on the condition of anonymity because the Devils didn't disclose those numbers.
Defenseman Keith Ballard didn't wait long to find a new team. Not long after having the final two years of his contract bought out by Vancouver, Ballard agreed to a two-year deal with Minnesota on Thursday.
- The Buffalo Sabres told forward Nathan Gerbe he has been placed on waivers for the purpose of having the final year of his contract bought out, the player's agent said.
Jordan Neumann said he was informed by e-mail of the Sabres' plans on Wednesday, and added the team told Gerbe by phone. The move caught Neumann by surprise after general manager Darcy Regier indicated several times he had no plans to buy out any contracts.
Gerbe was set to make $1.85 million next season. He had 72 points (29 goals, 43 assists) in 188 career games.
- Other teams were busy taking advantage of their final opportunity to free up salary cap space.
Toronto forward Mikhail Grabovski headed a list of five players that were placed on unconditional waivers with the intention of having their contracts bought out.
"It was not an easy decision to make as Mikhail made numerous contributions to our hockey club," Toronto general manager Dave Nonis said. "This is a roster move that will give us salary cap flexibility moving forward."
The Maple Leafs' decision to waive Grabovski came after they signed him to a five-year, $27.5 million contract in March.
New Jersey goalie Johan Hedberg, Colorado defenseman Greg Zanon, Nashville defenseman Hal Gill and Edmonton center Eric Belanger were also placed on unconditional waivers and are eligible to have their contracts bought out. The person who revealed Zubrus' contract number provided the list of players on the condition of anonymity because the NHL does not release that list.
Players who have contracts bought out on compliance buyouts don't count against the salary cap. They do receive two-thirds of their remaining salary spread out over double the years left on the deals.
Grabovski is a three-time 20-goal scorer, but he is coming off an inconsistent season in which he had nine goals and seven assists in 48 games. His best season came with Toronto in 2010-11 when he had 29 goals and 29 assists in 81 games.
The Maple Leafs' decision to free up cap space is a clear sign they intend to be aggressive in free agency to continue improving a team coming off its first playoff appearance since 2004. The Leafs were knocked out by Boston in a seven-game, first-round series.
They'll have to choose from a dwindling list of impact players, such as Mike Ribeiro, Nathan Horton, David Clarkson, and aging stars such as Jarome Iginla and Jaromir Jagr.
Hedberg's release adds yet another veteran goalie to a growing list of free agents at that position.
It is a group that includes Tim Thomas, who is exploring the possibility of a comeback after taking a season off; Rick DiPietro, whose contract was bought out by the New York Islanders; and Ilya Bryzgalov, whose contract was bought out by the Flyers.
Then there's a Buffalo Sabres team that is open to trading Ryan Miller, who is entering the final year of his contract.
Hedberg is a 12-year NHL veteran who has become expendable to the Devils. He is stuck behind Devils starter Martin Brodeur and Cory Schneider, who was acquired from Vancouver in a draft-day trade on Sunday.
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SEATTLE -- Matt Hasselbeck had a throbbing shoulder, to go with broken ribs.
His Seahawks had even bigger issues. Faster than you can say "road kill," they were down 17-0 at home to the Lions.
"It was like, 'You've got to be kidding me.' Seriously?"' Hasselbeck said, raising his voice as high as he then raised his game.
Told by coaches to win the game himself, the ailing, three-time Pro Bowl passer did. He rallied Seattle to 25 consecutive points with a franchise-record 39 completions, and the desperate Seahawks held off Detroit 32-20 Sunday to avoid the indignity of being the first home team to lose to the Lions in more than two years.
"I don't care who you're playing, if you have Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, whoever at quarterback -- Troy Aikman -- you don't want to get down 17-0. We're just fortunate," said T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who caught a 2-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter to finally put Seattle ahead.
Yet he still thought his team was going to win.
"It could be that we were playing Detroit," Houshmandzadeh said.
Yep, could be.
Seemingly headed for their first road win since Oct. 28, 2007, at Chicago, the Lions (1-7) instead flew home unhappy. Again.
"It's super tough, man," said Detroit cornerback William James. "We were so close. We're always so close. I'm tired of being so close."
Josh Wilson returned an interception 61 yards for a touchdown with 22 seconds left, the last of five INTs by rookie Matthew Stafford.
Playing his second game since missing two weeks with a knee injury, Stafford was 22 of 42 for 203 yards. When he wasn't forcing long throws, Stafford watched passes clang off the hands of tight end Casey FitzSimmons and others.
Starting at his own 5 with no timeouts remaining and 2:03 left, he moved Detroit to midfield before his final, decisive mistake.
He stood on the sideline with his hands on his hips and silver helmet popped halfway off his head. He spat into the ground. For a while, no teammate or coach came near him.
"You have to understand, I can't turn the ball over. I [gave] it right back to them," Stafford said.
Asked if the top overall pick regressed against a defense that had shared the NFL low with three interceptions in seven games, coach Jim Schwartz said, "I agree in some part. We also need to do a better job helping our quarterback out."
Hasselbeck banged his shoulder making a tackle following the interception he threw on Seattle's first play. He then relied on short throws until his shoulder loosened and finished with the first 300-yard passing game in two seasons for the Seahawks (3-5). He was 39 of 51 for 329 yards.
"He shows his true leadership to me. He showed everything that he is," said Seattle coach Jim Mora, who's been in the league 26 years. "I don't know if I have had any more respect for any player I've ever coached."
So what did Hasselbeck do to celebrate keeping Seattle at least within sight of the NFC West-leading Cardinals (5-3), heading into next weekend's game at Arizona?
He took his family to Krispy Kreme.
Sure beat the doughnut he and his team swallowed in that first quarter.
Seattle's first six plays included the interception; a lost fumble by Justin Griffith forced by former Seahawks linebacker Julian Peterson; two negative-yardage runs by Julius Jones; then another for no gain on a fourth-and-inches gamble in his team's own end by a desperate Mora.
"I'd had enough," Mora said.
Stafford turned the interception into a 7-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Pettigrew. Bryant Johnson made a diving, one-armed catch in the back of the end zone for a 29-yard score off Griffith's fumble. Then, after Larry Foote denied Jones on fourth down, Jason Hanson atoned for missing from 34 yards at the end of a 14-play opening drive by making a field goal.
Detroit had its largest lead on the road since Sept. 7, 2007, in the third quarter of an eventual 15-point win at Oakland. And the Seahawks had their formerly lovable home fans booing them off the field.
Seattle was helped late in the third quarter by a 16-yard pass-interference penalty on James when Hasselbeck's pass skidded 20 yards past Nate Burleson on third-and-3. That set up Houshmandzadeh's go-ahead score.
"He said I impeded his progress," James said in expressing his displeasure at the call by side judge Keith Washington.
- It was only the second time this decade Seattle had five INTs in a game.
- Detroit WR Calvin Johnson caught just two passes for 27 yards in his first game since Oct. 11 following a right knee injury.


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Tony Gregory and radical change
Deaglán de Bréadún
One has a feeling of great personal sadness at the death of Tony Gregory. He was in the proud tradition of spiky, outspoken loners in Irish politics such as Noel Browne and Jack McQuillan who embodied the true meaning of that contemporary phrase, "The Power of One".
Tony's great moment for demonstrating the influence of a single TD came with his famous (critics would of course say "infamous") deal with Charles Haughey. If it was Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown or Dublin South there might be more reason to object (although there are pockets of deprivation there too) but the fact that it was inner-city Dublin, with its slums and its poverty, meant there were few who could really condemn what Gregory was doing.
He sought to correct the balance and to even the score on behalf of his long-suffering constituents, most of whom never got a place at life's banquet or a chance to achieve the status and prosperity attained by others in this unequal society.
If memory serves, Fine Gael did not have any objection in principle to a deal in return for Gregory's vote in that long-ago hung Dáil of the early 1980s but Haughey just turned out to be much more efficient at bringing Gregory on-side.
Most of the deal was never delivered, through no fault of Gregory's or indeed Haughey's. After that, he faded a bit, although still a presence in the House. He was a sworn enemy of the drug-dealers on the streets who became yet another blight on the lives of the poverty-stricken and underprivileged.
What a pity he did not find a political party to suit him. None of them was really radical enough for Gregory whose roots were in the left-republican tradition. He was an admirer of the late Séamus Costello, a charismatic republican leader who was shot dead in 1977. A quiet, dogged individual, Gregory had plenty of personal charm but no aspirations to be a leader in his own right.
I shall miss our lunchtime conversations in the Leinster House canteen and his mordant observations on his constituency rival, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Gregory was irritated by the wave of tribunal-induced sympathy for his competitor that he encountered on the doorsteps in the last general election. He recounted with some annoyance how he was being told, "We have to vote for poor Bertie, he's in trouble." He would have smiled wryly at the sympathy expressed on his demise by the former Fianna Fáil leader.
A minor achievement but one that caught attention was his refusal to wear a tie in the Dáil chamber. The male journalists still have to wear them however!
Can radical change be achieved through the Irish political system? The example of Gregory suggests only minor, local adjustments can be at least promised to you, if you have the good fortune to hold the balance of power for a while.
Whereas it is comparatively easy (in contrast with Britain) for smaller parties as well as Independents to become part of the governing coalition in the Dáil, the concessions they achieve are often cosmetic or confined to their constituencies.
Arguably, Labour pushing through the abolition of third-level fees in the coalition with Albert Reynolds was an exception to this rule. Noel Browne's successful battle with the TB scourge in the 1948-51 government was another.
Up to now, Irish people have shown themselves to be a conservative lot, largely content to have two right-of-centre parties taking turns at the helm. This could change with the economic crisis. A real alternative could emerge. But what would it look like and who would it be? Anyone got any ideas on this subject?
Deaglán de Bréadún, Political Correspondent


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Guests staying at Holiday Inn Laguna Beach enjoy an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and free WiFi in public areas. Self parking is available for USD 15 per day. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can assist with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and securing valuables. Additional amenities include a meeting room, a business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
- Walking distance to Main Beach Park
- Free WiFi and wired Internet in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Outdoor pool
Holiday Inn Laguna Beach696 S Coast Hwy Laguna Beach CA 92651
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Holiday Inn Laguna Beach features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 2 poolside bars and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measure 285 square feet (26 square meters). This Laguna Beach hotel also offers a library, multilingual staff, and a garden. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Holiday Inn Laguna Beach is a smoke-free property.
- One meeting room
- Conference space size (feet) - 285
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 54
- Outdoor pool
- Number of floors - 3
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Number of poolside bars - 2
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Business center
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Garden
- Conference space size (meters) - 26
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Furnished patio
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Rainfall showerhead
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Room service (limited hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Flat-panel TV
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- iPod docking station
Where to Eat
Mare Culinary Lounge - Overlooking the pool and garden, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Boat tours nearby
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per pet, per stay
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 20 lb)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No elevators
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 15 per day
- Pet fee: USD 75 per pet, per stay
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Holiday Inn Hotel LAGUNA BEACH
- Holiday Inn LAGUNA BEACH
- LAGUNA BEACH Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Laguna Beach Hotel Laguna Beach
- Holiday Inn Laguna Beach Hotel
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Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Every atom of a particular element contains the same number of --------------------? But varies in--------------------?
Protons; neutrons
When is a valance electron less reactive? When is it more reactive?
It is less reactive when there are more valance electrons
It is more reactive when there are less valance electrons
How do chemists classify a metal
They classify them on their physical properties such as; hardness, shininess, malleability and ductility.
the metals in a group or family have similar properties and these family properties change gradually as you move across the table. True or false?
How many valance electrons do Alkali metals have?
one. Easily transferred to other atoms during chemical change.
Transition metals
Groups 3 through 12. form a bridge between the very reactive metals on the left side and the less reactive metals in the right side.
Nonmetal elemnts are gases at room temperature? true or false?
True. In general physical properties of metals are opposite to those that characterize the metals.
Oxygen Family
Group 16. Contains elements that have 6 valance electrons in their atoms. Typically gains or shares twoelectrons when it reacts.
In what order did Mendeleev arrange the elements in the periodic table?
in order pf increasing atomic mass
What can you predict about an element from its posotion on the peridoc table?
An elements properties
What do elements in the same column in the periodic table have in common?
the elements have the same number and arragement of valance electrons
Valance electron
is involved in the transfer or sharing of electrons.
The number of electrons on the outer(last) shell
Sodium and calcium are in different families of metals. Name the families of metals in which they belong, and describe each family's characteristics.
Sodium(Na) belong to Group 1 where as calcium (Ca) belongs to Group 2. Both families are highly reactive and Na is a alkali metal and Ca is a alkaline earth metal. Na is highly reactive. Ca is not AS reactive.
Would a metal in group 13 be more reactive than a metal in group 1? Explain.
No, because Group 1(Alkali metals) metals are VERY reactive where as group 14(Metals in Mixed Groups) are not as reactive.
Noble Gases
Group 18, do not ordainarly form compounds. they do not gain or loose or share electrons.
substances that under some conditions can carry electricity like a metal, while under some additions other conditions cannot, like a nonmetal.
state of matter, atoms are stripped of their electrons and the nucllei are packed closely together.
nuclear fusion
atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nucleus, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process.
How do starts create heavier elements?
In a nuclear fusion tah tcombines smaller nuclei into larger nuclei


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The Stetson University women's golf team is just one week away from playing in the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship Tournament, but will play in one finale tune-up event before heading to Georgia.
The Hatters will play in the Bash at the Beach this weekend at the LPGA Jones Course. The tournament is hosted by Embry-Riddle and will feature some of the best teams in the nation from Division II and NAIA.
"In our schedule, we had planned to play in the Jacksonville Tournament up at Marsh Landing," Hatters coach Floyd Kerr said. "For whatever reason, our entry form didn't get in and we didn't get into that tournament. Embry-Riddle has a local tournament they are hosting and, hopefully, that will give us a good tune-up for the conference tournament."
The Bash at the Beach will feature two 18-hole rounds, with shotgun starts scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The field includes six teams from the NAIA ranks, three from NCAA Division II, one Division III team and one junior college.
"There are some good teams in this tournament," Kerr said. "Lynn University won the Division II national championship last year and they are ranked No. 1 this year. Northwood (No. 5) is also in the tournament and they are pretty good. We will have to play well to get the result we want."
The Hatters will send the five players who will represent Stetson at the A-Sun Tournament, which is slated to be played April 14-16 at Jekyll Island, Ga.
"My job is to try, this time of the year, to have the five best people we have playing their best," Kerr said. "So, we settled who will play in the tournament this weekend and then again at the conference tournament. We will have the four seniors and one freshman play."
Stetson's four seniors are Ryan Ashburn, Jenna Hoecker, Mallory Viera and Claudia Redinger. The one freshman to break into that group is Alessandra Kutz.
"Ryan and Mallory both received exemptions because of the way they have played in the last two tournaments," Kerr said. "Both have played well all year. Mallory has a history at Pine Lakes. She finished fourth in the conference tournament there last year, playing even par through three rounds. People tend to play certain courses well just because they like the way the course lays out and I think that is the case there for Mallory."
Kerr said that Hoecker, who is coming off a top 15 finish at the last event, is playing the best golf of her collegiate career. Kutz, who had a strong fall season, has recovered from surgery she had during the holiday break and is back to where she was.
"I think her swing is back to where it was in the fall and I think she is confident in her swing again," Kerr said. "Mentally, she has a lot of confidence right night. I think she is back to where she was in the fall."
The final member of the group has yet to hit her stride this spring, but Kerr said Redinger is on the verge of playing her best golf as well.
"Claudia, and those other three seniors, have just two tournaments left in their careers," Kerr said. "I told them to go out over these last 118 holes and enjoy playing. There is no reason for them to put any pressure on themselves. Claudia is a really good ball-striker and is a student of the game. Sometimes she over-analyzes things rather than just play."
Other teams scheduled to play in the Bash at the Beach include Flagler College, Illinois-Springfield, Johnson & Wales, Loyola-New Orleans, Seminole State College, Southeastern, Warner and Webber International.


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Meets at the Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County
6386 Route 87, Loyalsockville
Contact: Ed Kelley, 322-5582
Open 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sundays and 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. New shooters welcome and lessons are available.
A 5-Stand Clays Fun Shoot will be held at the skeet field from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 19. It is open to the public. The cost is $5 per 25 targets. Participants must bring their own shotguns and ammo and must wear eye and ear protection. Membership not required. For more information, call Terry Knittle at 326-2524.
The Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County has set its 2012 schedule for metallic silhouette rifle matches. Shooters do not need to be a member to compete. For more information, contact Al Foust at 435-0043 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
CSLC Silhouette Highpower Rifle: 8 a.m. start, May 26, June 23, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 22
Smallbore Rifle: 9 a.m. start, May 20; June 17; July 15; Aug. 19; Sept. 16; Oct. 21
Cowboy Lever Action on Saturdays: 12:30 p.m. start, May 26, June 23, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept.22
Cowboy Lever Action on Tuesdays: 4:30 p.m. sight-in, 6 start, May 8 and 22, June 5 and 19, July 3, 17 and 31, Aug. 14 and 28
Cowboy Pistol Cartridge and Smallbore Cowboy Rifle: 4:30 p.m. sight-in, 6 start, May 15 and 29, June 12 and 26, July 10 and 24, Aug. 7 and 21
The Lycoming Trap Shooters at CSLC has open shooting from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sundays and 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The cost is $4 for members and $5 for non-members.
The summer league began April 1. Shooters may shoot any Wednesday or Sunday to complete a 300-target competition, ending July 29 with a picnic honoring the top gun and top team. League shooters must be members of CSLC. For more information, call Mark Forsburg at 321-0783.
NRA Basic Handgun shooting courses will be held 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays. Each course will be a minimum of 10 hours. New classes begin every two weeks. For more information, call Raymond George 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 368-1107.
Hillside Archery
Taylor Run Road, Blossburg
Contact: Eric McRoberts, 404-6918, or Clyde Mitstifer, 404-0727
3D archery shoots will be held 8 a.m.-2 p.m. May 6, June 10, July 8, Aug. 12, Sept. 9 and Sept. 23. The cost is $8 for adults and $3 for youth age 17 and younger.
Keystone Sportsmen's Association
1090 Hughes Road, Muncy
For all ATA shoots, registration begins at 9 a.m., shooting at 10, unless otherwise noted.
Open trap shooting, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays.
May 12 and 13, ATA shoot, Mother's Day weekend, all ladies entering the shoot will receive a gift
May 20, Youth Spring League concludes, 1 p.m.
May 26-28, club championships, 900 ATA targets, $5,000 added money, pig roast Saturday, fee charged to eat. Registration begins at 8 a.m., shooting at 10 a.m.
June 3, ATA shoot, state shoot warmup
June 23, ATA shoot, MS benefit
Lambs Creek
Sportsman's Club
339 Sportsman's Club Road, Mansfield
All events are open to general public; family participation encouraged.
Monthly membership meeting, 7:30 p.m.: May 28, June 25, July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 22
5-stand sporting clays; $5 adults, $4 youth, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: May 6 and 20, June 3 and 17, July 1 and 15, Aug. 5 and 19, Sept. 2,
NRA-registered rimfire silhouette, 8 a.m. registration: May 27, June 24, Aug. 26, Sept. 23,
State YHEC at Scotia Range, volunteers appreciated: June 16
NRA Women On Target, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., advance registration required: June 23
State Game Commission hunter-trapper education classes, advance registration required: July 7-8
Range closed: July 20-26, Nov. 26-30, Dec. 1-8, Dec. 25
Shooting day for kids, 8 a.m.-noon: July 28
Running deer shoot, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18
Sight-in Days, 10 a.m.-sunset: Nov. 24-25
Lycoming Creek
Sportsman's Club
75 Sportsman's Club Lane
Marsh Hill
The Sheshequin Buckskinners will hold a monthly blackpowder shoot at noon on the second Sunday of each month until further notice. It is open to all shooters and the registration fee is $5.
North Mountain Sportsmen's Club
Muncy Valley
Cowboy action shooting, no time provided, May 25-27 (PA State Championship, advance registration required), June 24, July 22, Aug. 26, Sept. 23, Oct. 28. For more information, contact Black Hills Barb at 538-9163 or visit www.northmt.com/cowboy.
Sportsmen Club
Sportsmen Club Road, Orangeville
Bud Bowman, 394-4788 or 784-3686, or Keith Laylon, email@example.com or 394-1336
Regular trap range open, 9 a.m. Wednesdays; 6 p.m. Thursdays; 1 p.m. Sundays
Southern Clinton County Sportsman's Club
55 S. Sportsmans Road, Loganton
Sporting clay shoots will be held noon-4 p.m. May 20, June 24, July 15, Sept. 16 and Oct. 14. The Youth Hunter Education Challenge team helps with the events.
Tripoli's Triggers Firearms Training & Educational Center
531 Washington Blvd.
Open 1-8 p.m. Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays; 1-5 p.m. Wednesdays/Fridays; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays
Summer Challenges - Every Tuesday evening, shooters will compete in a different challenge. Each event costs $12, and a fully automatic shoot is $30. At the end of every event, points will be awarded to each participant. The total points accumulated by Aug. 28 places shooters for prizes. The top five will receive trophies. Contact the range for specific challenges and times.
Ladies 5-week program: Must attend each date - Revised dates are 5 p.m. May 17, May 24, June 7, 14, 21. No class will be held on May 31.
Three-step Firearms Program: Over the course of three weeks, participants learn about firearms safety and handling; home safety and home intrusion; and identifying a threat or intruder. Each week includes time on the range. Fees apply. Participants must attend all three classes - 6-8 p.m. May 14, 21 and 31
Challenge of the Wolf - Shooters will challenge each other in this new competition that may be shot Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays upon request. Shoots must be monitored and supervised by Ken Baker, range officer. Distance is 20 yards with a .22-caliber LR handgun. Five shots are allowed in five minutes. Cost is $1.50 plus tax.
Winners will be determined by most hits; winners will challenge one another for one final winner at the end of term. Contact the range to sign up.
Beginners Firearms Safety Course: Participants will learn how to safely load a firearm, safely unload a firearm, safe clearing procedures and more. One-day classes will be held 5-8 p.m. May 9, 17 or 23; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 12, 19 or 26.
Troy Rod & Gun Club
Gate 3 Alparon Park, Troy
Contact: Barry Estep, 297-8957
5-stand, trap and skeet shoots, 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, $5 for 25 targets.


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Nothing says traditional home comfort like a crocheted throw pillow, so check out Granny Gee's Crocheted Pillow Cover. Berta Gilholm's design will make a lovely addition to any room.
- (A) Caron, One Pound, (claret) Acrylic worsted weight, 16 oz., 453.6 g
- (B) Red Heart Super Saver, multi (Williamsburg print) Acrylic, worsted weight medium, 5 oz., 141 g
- Crochet hook size k - 10.5mm
- 1 – 17 inch pillow form
Finished Size: 17" x 17"
Stitches: (ch) chain stitches, (sc) single crochet stitches, (dc) double crochet stitches, (sl st) slip stitch
Front Part of Pillow Cover (working in rounds)
Beginning ring: With (B) ch 5, sl st into first ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1: ch 3 counts as first dc, 2 dc into ring, ch 3, *3 dc into ring, ch 3, repeat from * 2 times, sl st in third chain of beginning ch 3.
Rnd 2: sl st in next 2 dc, (ch 3, dc - ch 3 - 2 dc) in corner ch 3 space, dc into next 3 dc, *(2 dc - ch 3 - 2 dc) in corner ch 3 space, dc into next 3 dc, Repeat from * around, sl st in third chain of beginning ch 3.
Rnd 3: sl st in last dc's over to corner, **chain 3, (ch 3, dc - ch 3 - 2 dc) in corner ch 3 space, dc into each dc on side section, *(2 dc - ch 3 - 2 dc) in corner ch 3 space, dc into each dc on side section, Repeat from * around, sl st in third chain of beginning ch 3.
After each 3 rnds fasten off yarn and join next color in corner chain.
Continue adding rounds as follows:
Rnd 4: repeat round 3 from **with (A)
Rnd 5 – 6: repeat round 3 with (A)
Rnd 7: repeat round 3 from **with (B)
Rnd 8 – 9: repeat round 3 with (B)
Rnd 10: repeat round 3 from **with (A)
Rnd 11 – 12: repeat round 3 with (A)
Rnd 13: repeat round 3 for one more round from **with (B) Fasten off yarn and join (A) in second set of dc in corner, weave in ends.
Back Pillow Cover (working in rows and using (A) until finished)
Row 1: Ch 3 in corner dc, dc in next corner dc and in each dc across, turn (50 dc + 1ch 3dc)
Row 2: Ch 3 counts as dc, dc in each dc across, turn (50 dc + 1ch 3dc)
Row 3: Ch 3 counts as dc, *sc in next dc, dc in next dc, repeat* 24 times, turn (25 dc, 25 sc + 1ch 3dc)
Row 4: Ch 3 counts as dc, dc in each sc and in each dc across, turn (50 dc + 1ch 3dc)
Row 5 - 29: Repeat - alternating row 3 and 4 for pattern, Fasten off at end of last row and weave in ends.
Finishing and Stuffing
To sew cover together, thread yarn needle with (A), fold the granny and rows of sc/dc right sides together flat with fold facing you, join yarn at corner near fold and blanket stitch through row end back loops only, hide yarn as you work. Work up right side , across top and down left side halfway to leave room for stuffing the pillow inside. Turn cover inside out and stuff pillow inside cover and finish sewing together. Fasten off yarn and hide inside. Take (A) and thread yarn needle, join in center ring of granny, sewing around the bottom of the 1st row of dc over ring, make 12 French knots in the ring. Fasten off, weave in ends.
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Yup, Primal is expensive.
I share a small apartment with two other students and our fridge is very small. When I ate lots of pasta, rice, and take-out I had plenty of places to store non-fridge related food. Now everything I buy is going into the fridge or freezer. I need to make trips to the store or farmer's market 3+ times a week! I am a full-time student and I work 5 days a week. Cooking usually involves a trip to the store, prep, cooking, eating, and washing dishes which can take close to two hours when all is said and done.
I have actually managed very well, and I do enjoy taking time out of my day to shop for different vegetables and cook different meals. But when it gets to be midterms or finals (or when I'm a little lazy) it can get challenging. I have largely cut out social life except for girlfriend related excursions, but luckily I get plenty of social interaction as a bartender.
I have a cold. I used to get them ALL the time. I haven't had one in well over a year since being primal.
I have NO tolerance for them anymore! I'm so annoyed with feeling crappy. It's my fault, I cut way back on my vitamin D3 and now I am paying the price.
Primal made me a wimp
Using low lectin/nightshade free primal to control autoimmune arthritis. (And lost 50 lbs along the way )
...Waiting for work-sponsored biometrics results.
We did the testing on the 2nd and still don't have the results back. I DO know that my BP was 120/78, I've lost 6" off my waist and 10" from my hips, but I'm REALLY interested in the lipid panel and A-1C results.......
They called me the very next day last year because my results were so horrible that I'm sure they thought I was gonna drop dead any moment -- (which I'll give 'em because my BP was 138/92, my A-1C was 7.1 and my BMI was over 45!!)
Started 7/5/11 at 274 lbs
Now 214 -- that's 60 lbs!
Goal 160 lbs -- last time there was in junior high!
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Still Craving Pterodactyl--my Primal Blueprint blog
70 is the new 50--without the hot flashes!
Goals: Feel good, be stronger, and hopefully kick that arthritis in the backside! Oh, yeah, and losing more weight would be okay, too.
I have one! Since losing all this weight, the customer service rep at kohls thinks I'm a lunatic because I keep returning clothing! I buy clothes then 2 weeks later they are too effing small! And I didn't even get to wear them! I have been back so much she knows me now lol. I think I may have turned her on to primal though haha. That's why I shop at kohls though, they have a no questions asked insurance policy so they take anything back thank goodness.
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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Sigh...still no results!
Started 7/5/11 at 274 lbs
Now 214 -- that's 60 lbs!
Goal 160 lbs -- last time there was in junior high!
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I'm selling some digital products, through a number of sales pages that I've set up ( http://www.turnkeywebsitestudio.com/40blogs/40blogs.html ), and I need to send my customers an email with the link to the download page, automatically, immediately after purchase.
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I need a php script that I can add to my sales pages, that will have the above functionl. I believe Paypal has it's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) function, that can be used, along with a php script on my server..I read something about that. I need a developer to do this for me, in such a way that I can add the script my self, to all of my sales pages. I need access to the code and clear instructions on how to install it.
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Malone University Provost Donald Tucker, Ed.D., announces the appointment of Debra A. Lee, Ph.D., R.N., (pictured left) as the new Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Lee earned a diploma degree in nursing from Akron General Medical Center School of Nursing, a BSN from Malone University, and her Ph.D. at The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University. The focus of her research was the role of relationships during chronic critical illness.
Lee has extensive nursing experience that includes critical care, rehabilitation, and research in acute care, outpatient, and academic settings. She has also served as an administrator. Lee joined the nursing faculty at Malone in 2007 as adjunct professor and became full time in 2009. She has taught in clinical settings and in the classroom across the curriculum for the BSN program. She has also taught Nursing Research and Math and Statistics courses in the RN-to-BSN program, and currently serves as an advisor to MSN students in the Research Project courses. She currently serves as the director of the BSN program, which has an enrollment of more than 250 students.
She has authored and co-authored several professional journal articles. Her most recent publication is titled "Adjunctive therapies for the chronically critically ill", in AACN's Advanced Critical Care. She has presented research findings at multiple national meetings. Her professional memberships include American Association of Critical Care Nurses and Sigma Theta Tau International.
Lee and her husband, Greg, have three grown children and belong to Holy Family Parish in Stow, where she serves as the chair for the stewardship committee and as a cantor.
"The prospect for me is incredibly exciting...I could not have been offered a greater opportunity than exploring this leadership role," says Lee.
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It looks fine to me, I say you sell it on WiiHacks under a dummy account.
Want to buy a Wii?
It looks fine to me, I say you sell it on WiiHacks under a dummy account.
Nice blog, never forget!
This is one of the first major things that our generation lived through (I'm 25 btw), so as these events make their way to the history books (it's already in my college US history book) our kids will be learning about it and asking us in the same way that we asked out parents where they were when... (JFK was killed, assassination attempt on Reagan, ect.) and as we still learn about the horrible events at pearl harbor, no one will be allowed to forget. As I don't know anyone personally who was affected by this, just know that my heart DOES go out to anyone here in this community who was.
-Thank you.
I just added my latest work "Patriotic". It's tested on 4.1 and working great.
I plan on making some videos for both my themes this weekend before I move on to the next one.
My next creation is almost complete. I'm hoping to have it done tonight.
edit: It wont be tonight. More likely tomorrow night.
Yeah, I doubt I'll try it,until I find an old Wii that has the possibility of boot2. I just have priiloader on it now, and my 4 yr old will be pretty upset if I brick. Been checking pawn shops but it is hard to find one w/seriel # below LU63.
If don't have bootmii installed as boot2 then you shouldn't mess with custom themes. It is very dangerous and can lead to bricks. If you don't have bootmii installed as boot2 and priiloader installed and still willing to take the risk, I CAN NOT A WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF ANY THING GOES WRONG!!! If you choose to do so then check out this guide here. It will tell you how to convert my mym file into a csm file and load it into your wii. Go luck and be afraid... very afraid because as I said this can be dangerous if not done properly.
I would like to check it out, but not sure to even go about it. Will the homebrew app Wii Home allow me to install this, and is it compatable for 4.2 SM?
I will try it
Would love to see 'em -- maybe include screen-shots in your next post?
congrats, great theme
I'll see what I can do. If I can find enough pics I should be pretty simple.
if you take requests ...can you make a luigi theme....
tried it on sneek 4.2E,3.2E works
(i might try to make one)
Thanks for trying it out...
The message board icon will change when there is a new entry and looks much better. I still need find the alpha setting value for the icon when there isn't a new entry. That is on my to do list with the theme I'm working on now.
I think one of the things that help me was I tried to start from scratch as much as possible (all though I did use two files from other themes.. Thanks Fiire). I could have found someone else's theme and just change the pics but where is then fun in that.
pretty awesome for a first theme the bullets were a nice touch
(the wii message board button is a bit blurry the envelope need a lil touch up)


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By Andres Oppenheimer
When President Barack Obama welcomes Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the White House on April 9, both leaders will say that their countries' bilateral ties are better than ever, and growing steadily. But don't believe the official story.
Brazilian officials are miffed by the fact that despite Brazil's emergence as a global power, the White House has not granted Rousseff's trip to Washington the status of "state visit," the highest level diplomatic distinction for such trips. State visits generally come along with a black-tie state dinner at the White House, a formal address by the visiting leader to Congress, and weeklong cultural events.
The White House's explanation was that, because this is an election year in the United States, Obama does not grant state visits. But the Brazilian press was quick to note that British Prime Minister David Cameron was in Washington on a state visit two weeks before Rousseff's trip.
An article in March 9's O Estado de Sao Paulo, under the headline "Dilma will be welcomed by Obama without a state visitor's honors," noted that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were granted state visits to Washington in 2011 and 2009, respectively. Not mentioned in the story, but perhaps harder to swallow for Brazilian officials, was that Mexico's President Felipe Calderon made a state visit to Washington in 2010.
"Ninety-five percent of international relations is symbolic, and state visits are important," said Peter Hakim, president emeritus of the Inter American Dialogue think tank, at a March 12 conference on Brazil-U.S. Relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington. "The fact is that Brazil wanted this to be a state visit, and that they felt a bit insulted."
Carl Meacham, a top staffer of the Republican minority at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the conference that the Obama administration's handling of the Rousseff visit reflects the fact that -- despite Brazil's status as the world's sixth-largest economy and its recent discovery of massive oil reserves -- "Brazil is not viewed as a first- or second-tier issue for U.S. foreign policy within the White House."
Diplomatic niceties aside, there are several other issues that are raising bilateral tensions. Among them:
• Brazilians are taken aback by the U.S. Air Force's unexpected Feb. 28 decision to cancel a $355 million contract to buy 20 military planes from Brazil's giant Embraer aircraft company, citing technical problems with the documents presented by the company. The contract had been objected in U.S. courts by a competing firm, Kansas-based Hawker Beechcraft.
• Brazilian officials are concerned by a Florida legislature decision earlier this month to prohibit local governments from contracting firms that do business with Cuba, which could prevent Brazil's Odebrecht company from building a $700 million hotel, office and shopping complex on Miami International Airport's grounds.
• Brazilians have long been irked by the fact that when Obama visited India in 2010, he openly supported India's quest for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council. By comparison, when he went to Brazil last year, Obama merely expressed his "appreciation" for Brazil's desire to obtain that seat.
• While the United States has a "strategic dialogue" -- a regular meeting at the ministerial level to advance common agendas -- with China and India, and a nuclear technology exchange program with India, it does not have a similar agreement with Brazil.
• U.S. officials, in turn, are frustrated by Brazil's alignment with some of the world's worst dictatorships, especially Iran. While U.S. officials like Rousseff better than her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, they were dismayed when she criticized human rights abuses at the U.S. Guantanamo base during her recent visit to Cuba but didn't utter a word about human rights on the island.
My opinion: The fact that Rousseff will go ahead with her visit to Washington despite not being granted a state visit proves that she is eager to improve U.S.-Brazilian ties. She knows that Brazil is too dependent on raw material exports to China and badly needs to increase its exports of manufactured goods to the United States.
Andres Oppenheimer is a Latin America correspondent for the Miami Herald (McClatchy-Tribune).


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Japan's greatest wrestlers have not always translated their star power to the promotions in the United States, but there have been a number of big stars from Japan in WWE, WCW, AWA and elsewhere.
Language and culture differences, a lack of behemoths from the Land of the Rising Sun and various other factors have kept the Japan-to-America talent exchange a mostly one-sided affair.
The success rate for North American wrestlers heading to Japan and succeeding is far greater. Stan Hansen, Terry Funk, Steve Williams and Bruiser Brody were all huge stars in Japan.
Going from Japan to America with star power intact has been a difficult journey. WWE especially has struggled to find a way to promote and utilize Japanese stars.
Still, U.S. wrestling fans have come to know some great Japanese wrestlers and champions. From a man who held the tag team titles with Mr. Fuji for nearly a year to the innovator of the green mist, there are several Japanese success stories in the U.S.
Not included on this list are the men who were Japanese in kayfabe only.
Tojo Yamamto, Mr. Fuji and Pat Tanaka from the Orient Express were all from Hawaii. Yokozuna was American-Samoan. Kato, who teamed with Tanaka, was actually from Croatia.
Ranked here based on their longevity and renown in the U.S. and their stateside career accomplishments, including championships and being a part of big shows, these are the biggest and brightest Japanese stars who made a name for themselves across the ocean.


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And the answer is…TIKO TEXAS. Oh she bad tho! That gas mask kinda scares me but that ass is on point. Hey Tiko what say you and me squash this beef and pop some bubbly in the hot tub together? Tell your friends, to get with my friends, and we can be friends.
How much she pay you to be on today's GTA?
Looks like she sucked on the shot glass too long
i know it's likely somewhere on twitter but would you mind posting the link to that gofundme? thanks kevin
I feel like Kevin McCallister when he sees Buzz's girlfriend.
Need the roommate to sign off on that chocolate vanilla threeway
She looks way better than she raps
same dentist as Strahan?
Is this supposed to be funny or something?
It's sad to say, but this twitter feud has me on the edge of my seat. Keep it up, KFC
this girl is gross….
pets heads are falling off!
The grinch goes ghetto
Why are the pockets on her shorts so high?
No chance Kevin has ever experienced a black chick before
Ass zits like you read about.
I really hope no one is actually going to click on her links and give her unwarranted pageviews
I will actually be checking periodically throughout the day how this feud turns out. Keep it up .
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When you history is as long as stoic as a band like Helloween's, people tend to come into each release with a series of expectations. They also tend to judge anything new they release by comparison to the rest of the catalog instead of as a standalone release. Certainly, that's justified. For me, I first remember discovering Helloween when I was stationed in Korea. They used to play their videos in a bar called the "MTV Club" in Itaewon, Korea. I watched for a year as videos for "I Want Out" and "Halloween" played over and over in this club. I remember buying KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS: PART 1 in some bootleg shop in Seoul, and literally wearing that tape out in only a few months. From that point on, I've never missed a release of a disc by Helloween, and I've compared every release to KEYS 1. Some have been hit and some have been miss, but all have pretty much maintained the core sound of the band. Even changes in core members hasn't derailed Helloween...at least to my ears.
Now, we come to STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL. Really, there's not a whole lot to say about this release to be honest. In short, this is Helloween doing what Helloween does. STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL is a solid collection of power metal that's worth a listen or six, but ultimately seems destined to be one of the more unmemorable releases from the band. That's not to say it's horrible. It's really not. That said though, it's definitely a downgrade from the last two releases - 2010's 7 SINNERS and 2007's brilliant release GAMBLING WITH THE DEVIL. By comparison, these songs just sort of lay there. There's some cool stuff going on, but there's a little too much trying to sound like Helloween instead of simply "being" Helloween. On some of the songs, they try to hard to wedge a bit too much into the music. Take a song like "World Of War" as an example. This song is just way too busy. For one thing, the guitars of Sascha Gerstner and Michael Weikath are a mixture of classic power metal and modern D-tuning in some of the riffs. That does not work, at all. Some of the breakdowns leave the song sounding like what you would imagine Meshuggah would sound like taking a stab at power metal. That may work for some bands, but not a legacy band like Helloween. This problem surfaces over and over, which is surprising for Helloween. Songs like "Live Now" also feature new, lower tunings which are detrimental to the overall vibe of this release.
Another further distraction on STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL are the vocals of Andi Deris. While they are certainly clean and strong, they are just not as crisp and soaring as on previous releases. Further, there's a lot of echo and effects thrown in all over this album which is not, in my eyes, an enhancement by any stretch. Simply put, Deris is a brilliant vocalist who's voice doesn't need to be complicated by studio effects. When the effects are not overwhelming, his newly adopted passion for growling on almost every song is not overly welcomed either. Songs like "Far From The Stars" find him sounding like a cleaner vocal version of Jon Oliva than that of the once huge vocalist that has powered this band for more than half their career. Maybe it's just age setting in on Deris, but whatever the reason, STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL is simply not his best vocal performance in his history with the band.
PITRIFF RATING - 65/100 - As a huge fan of Helloween, I come into every release pumped up for greatness from one of my favorites. I didn't get that this time. STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL is not a bad release, but it's far less than expected from a band that has a standard with a bar raised sky high. Adequate listen, but not likely to find it's way to the player often.
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It was plainly evident during Thursday's 40-10 loss to the Detroit Lions that the Green Bay Packers badly miss injured quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
However, Rodger's absence has only served to amplify an issue that was already there in Titletown. It's going to be there when Rodgers gets back into the lineup.
The Packers' offensive line isn't playing very well right now.
Granted, some of Thursday's struggles can be attributed to the Packers being on their fourth starting quarterback of the season. But, when a team gains only 13 rushing yards and 40 total yards in a half (as the Packers did in the first half Thursday) and get outgained by 500 yards, it's reasonable to assume there wasn't much room to roam or time to throw.
Sure enough, running back Eddie Lacy, who has been tasked with carrying the offense since Rodgers went down, managed only 1.6 yards per carry. Matt Flynn was sacked seven times, including a safety.
The odd thing is, as a unit the line had been performing at a fairly high level. Entering Week 13, Football Outsiders ranked Green Bay seventh in run-blocking and 12th in pass protection this season. Their 25 sacks allowed through 12 games was the eighth-fewest number in the league.
Yeah, um...about that:
Even Ryan Tannehill is appalled by those pressure numbers pic.twitter.com/0B3PAHhHjy— SB Nation NFL (@SBNationNFL) November 28, 2013
So what happened? How did a seemingly competent offensive line fall apart so completely?
Well, the problem would appear to be on the outside.
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As this data from Pro Football Focus (subscription required) demonstrates, Green Bay's decision to insert Marshall Newhouse into the starting lineup at right tackle hasn't worked, and both tackle spots continue to be a problem.
Will the Green Bay Packers make the playoffs in 2013?
A problem that was on full display at Ford Field.
It's not a new problem either. No quarterback in the NFL was sacked more than Aaron Rodgers in 2012. Now that same Rodgers is rushing back from a broken collarbone to try to salvage Green Bay's season behind a line that looked absolutely abysmal against Detroit.
Unfortunately, there's not a lot the Packers can really do about it. Head coach Mike McCarthy can shuffle personnel around, but the last time he did that (with Newhouse), things got worse.
This late in the game, the offensive line the Green Packers have is what they have.
And that doesn't bode well for their chances of running the table and making the playoffs.


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