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5 Video Game Strategies That Are Way Less Useful in Reality
#2. Ramming Cars
Having slain the exceedingly polite and patient Troll of Some Importance, you race away from his dungeon in your highly tuned sports car, embarking on the next leg of your cross-country race.
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Seriously, someone make this game.
As you jockey for position with your competitors, a moment of distraction (changing out of your beekeeper's outfit) causes you to fail to notice a sharp turn ahead, and the braking point for it, which you've just badly missed. Or maybe you deliberately missed your braking point because you know you'll be able to T-bone into three or four of your hapless competitors, bouncing around the turn less like a car and more like a bowling ball, without any negative consequences at all.
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I have logged a lot of time in video game race cars, and it's shocking how well this works in almost every racing game made, including the "realistic" ones. Obviously a certain amount of contact is a part of race car driving; rubbin' is famously racin'. But so are things like black flags and traumatic head injuries and physics. There are only so many T-bone collisions a car can inflict (zero) before it will be incapable of T-boning any further.
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"Maybe ... maybe try that corner in second next time."
#1. Death Warping
After a couple of insanely reckless turns that sent a few people (who weren't you and don't count) plummeting to their deaths, you realize something. You want to go home. But don't worry! This isn't a moment of growth or self-realization! You just want to drop off your loot.
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And maybe pick up a more powerful pair of trousers.
But home is a long, long way to go, and to save yourself a tedious drive, you simply pitch yourself off a cliff instead.
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This works in a lot of games, depending a bit on the particular game's mechanics for checkpoints and progress retention. Sometimes you don't end up home, but in a hospital, or at a previous checkpoint, or wherever. But the point is, you end up somewhere else, and in many game situations, that's worth the price of your profoundly valueless life. Essentially, every video game player has deliberately killed themselves at some point, purely out of convenience.
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"I want to live! Just not here!"
When consulted, death scientists point out that this doesn't work so good in real life. "Also, I'm just a regular scientist -- don't write that," they add. You see, it turns out you've only got one of those real lives to give, raising one side of the pro/con equation rather heavily. Also, a cliff or swamp or pool of lava isn't going to transport you anywhere you want to go, the only possible destinations being a world of hurt or a house of pain.
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Also possibly the Hotel California.
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The Margin: San Antonio Spurs 110, Miami Heat 95
As you probably already know by now, The Margin — a blatant rip-off of Rob Mahoney's 'The Difference' — takes the difference in the final scores and flips it into bullet points. There are a lot of them tonight, but nearly as many as there have been in my typical appearances in this capacity. Also, did the Spurs really need to make everything there at the end? I feel like they had it pretty well wrapped up with about 90 seconds left.
- If you hadn't heard this one already, the Spurs really had to overcome the Heat to beat Miami. (Pauses for effect…….) GET IT?
- In all seriousness, though, it was a weird evening. Word on the street was that the air conditioning in the AT&T Center had begun malfunctioning earlier Thursday afternoon, and that workers weren't able to repair it in time. It was really hot. And stinky. Stinky hot. There was finally an official announcement at the end of the third quarter, and the folks in the arena voiced their displeasure. But that just made everything interesting, right? Actually, it did.
- LeBron James experienced some apparently brutal cramps, forcing him from the game with 7:31 remaining. The Heat had a two-point lead at the time. Then, the Spurs freaking exploded. San Antonio finished the game on a 26-9 run and outscored Miami 36-17 in the fourth.
- I realize it sounds weird, but losing LeBron really seemed to hurt the Heat. Miami outscored San Antonio by 38.1 points per 100 possessions during his 14 second-half minutes. Still, the Spurs did what they needed to do.
- In the final 7:31, San Antonio hit 10 of its 12 shot attempts, including 6-of-6 from the arc, and dished out nine assists. And it was Danny Green who lit the fuse. After missing his first five attempts from the floor, Green entered when LeBron left and promptly shook himself loose for two 3-pointers, a breakaway dunk and another deep ball in a span of less than four minutes. "That's what he does, you know. That's his major skill." Thanks Gregg.
- Andrew McNeill pointed out this little ditty following the game as we sat in the makeshift media workroom specifically created for the Finals: The Duncan-Boris-Leonard-Manu-Parker lineup played eight minutes in Game 1, most of any of the Spurs' five-man units. When those five were on the floor at once, San Antonio boasted a 190.4 offensive-efficiency rating and a 57.1 defensive rating. Which is good.
- If the Heat continue to go small (which I'm sure they will), Duncan is going to dominate this series. He hit nine of his 10 shots on his way to 21 points for the night. There was very little resistance at the rim regardless of who was in the game.
- Was a little surprised Pop went back to the Duncan-Splitter duo in the starting lineup after the success the team had when going away from that in Games 5 and 6 of the Oklahoma City series. It wasn't very successful on this night, either. The Spurs were outscored by nearly 28 points per 100 possessions when the two were on the floor together, and you could see from the start it wasn't going to work. Miami was spreading it out with its stretch bigs, Chris Bosh and Rashard Lewis, and I felt like I was vicariously living a nightmare along with Duncan and Splitter. Watching them chase shooters all over the floor and navigate screens was exhausting to watch. I was already sweaty, so I really didn't need the help.
- Miami jacked up 29 3-pointers — twenty-nine — and made 12 of them. You'll take it when you shoot 41 percent from deep, but they left more opportunities on the table. Heat players were open all night.
- The Spurs turned the ball over 23 times as a team in this game with eight coming in the third quarter alone when the Heat outscored them by nine points. It's not often you survive a game against the two-time defending champs when giving it away that often. Then again, Miami had 18 of its own.
- Just when you think Marco Belinelli has a good game, you look up and he's minus-11 — by far the worst of any Spur.
- Just when you think Boris Diaw didn't do much, he's got 10 rebounds and six assists, and he's plus-30 for the game — by far the best of any Spur.
- Manu Ginobili started the game absolutely scorching, hitting his first three 3-pointers and lighting the already sweltering AT&T Center crowd on fire. He cooled off a bit, but still found ways to get to the rim when his jumper stopped falling; and on top of that, his 11 assists were a team high and his plus-22 was good for second best.
- The Spurs' big lineup didn't work, but Splitter had a fantastic stretch of basketball that spanned the end of the third and the start of the fourth. The big man was 4-of-4 from the floor and scored nine points, including a big dunk, in the second half. After the misery that was the Finals for him a year ago, I'm sure that felt pretty good.
- I'd be surprised if Pop goes with the same starting lineup on Sunday. If Miami stays this way, it's going to be difficult for the Spurs to keep up. But there are a lot of things that have to happen between now and then. Among them: better coverage on Miami shooters, better ball protection, and the payment of the AT&T Center's electrical bill.


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Erie football star faces trial on drug charges (Updated: 5:37 p.m.)
Former Erie football standout Roosevelt Benjamin was ordered held for trial this afternoon on all charges that he helped run one of the larger local marijuana-trafficking operations on record.
Benjamin, 36, of the 300 block of East 21st Street, faces 15 counts, including the first-degree felony of being an employee in a corrupt organization, following the hearing in Erie County Central Court.
His co-defendant, John A. Woodward, 33, waived his right to a preliminary hearing this afternoon. No plea agreement accompanied his waiver, his lawyer, Gene Placidi said.
Investigators described three transactions in which they said Benjamin sold a confidential informant five pounds of marijuana. They also said they found some remnants of marijuana and packaging in his home and several hundred pounds of marijuana in a van they believed was used to deliver marijuana to Benjamin.
Benjamin's lawyer, Rodney Blaine Jones II, challenged the evidence, saying investigators never saw Benjamin engage in a hand-to-hand drug deal. He also said the evidence of a conspiracy was weak, especially since scant amount of drugs were found in Benjamin's home.
The charges were filed in April.
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OCEAN ISLE BEACH—Less than 1 percent of last year's taxes remain unpaid to the town of Ocean Isle Beach.
Tax collector Wendy Barbee provided the board of commissioners with a settlement report from the 2008-2009 fiscal year at Tuesday's meeting. The report shows 98.85 percent of all taxes have been paid, which leaves 1.15 percent—$43,589—uncollected.
"Kudos to Wendy Barbee," Mayor Debbie Smith said. "She has been diligent," in working to collect taxes.
MIDWAY ROAD—Mike Richards, owner of Midway Trading Post at the corner of N.C. 211 and Midway Road, is in the midst of his own annexation fight, but not in the state legislature. This fight is much closer to home.
On May 8, Richards signed a petition to have the trading post property non-contiguously annexed to Oak Island in an effort to avoid St. James annexing the property. Other property owners in the Midway area have done the same.
On May 12, the town of St. James called a special meeting and adopted a resolution of intent to annex the property.
CALABASH—The Calabash Board of Adjustment has upheld a decision to deny a business owner permission to install 30 sweepstakes computer stations.
The action came after the owners of Nesbitt's Jackass Saloon failed to show up for an appeals hearing scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday.
Business owner Ronald Nesbitt had filed an appeal from a previous decision by the town, seeking to install 30 sweepstakes computer stations at his business at 947-4 Carter Drive.
LELAND—With 263 square miles to patrol in the northern end of the county, the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office is preparing to open its second substation in Leland.
Headquartered in Bolivia, the sheriff's office opened its first substation in Carolina Shores in May for residents in the southwestern part of the county.
The victims lied motionless on the ground—bloodied, bruised and wounded—as they waited for emergency personnel to descend on the scene.
Behind them was little more than rubble: shards of broken glass and wood in the place where a home once stood. The whirring of emergency radios grew louder as emergency crews approached the scene, where more victims were inside the mangled house.
SUPPLY—Wearing tightly fitting masks over their faces and jail-issued attire, shackled inmates were escorted from Brunswick Community Hospital to the jail transport van waiting to take them back to the Brunswick County Detention Facility.
The 31 inmates whose tuberculosis skin tests were reactive to TB received chest X-rays at Brunswick Community Hospital last Friday to determine if active TB developed in their lungs. County health director Don Yousey said none of the 31 inmates or two staff members with positive skin tests had active cases of TB.
Brunswick County Emergency Services Department's latest grant-funded procurement is the first of its kind in southeastern North Carolina.
Funded by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant, the emergency services department recently acquired a $324,000-mass evacuation bus, which is the first one in this part of the state, Brian Watts, Brunswick County Emergency Medical Services Director said.
With summer comes a host of insect pests attacking our ornamental trees and shrubs. The Cooperative Extension Service is providing updates periodically by specialists at the university to alert us as to what is happening. We have some new "bugs" to watch out for according to Steve Bambara.
Where is the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug?
To finish the discussion on mosquitoes, let's look at control. Because some mosquito species can fly far from breeding sites, efforts by individuals to control mosquitoes on their property rarely succeed.
A community-wide effort may be needed to reduce mosquitoes to tolerable levels. This requires the formation of a local mosquito control program to organize community-wide "clean-up" efforts and to determine the need to treat breeding sites or to apply insecticidal sprays to control adults.
Laura Francis Asbury and Jerry Council Scott of Ash were married May 16 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The Rev. Harold Mitchell officated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Connie and Dean Asbury of Southport.
The groom is the son of Donald Francis of Lansing, Mich.
The bride was given in marriage and escorted by her father.
She wore a white satin dress with white pearls and spiraled beads across the bodice and an ivory veil edged with crystal beads.
She carried a bouquet of roses, white carnations and tulips.
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Occipitofrontalis (Epicranius) Muscle
is a muscle which covers parts of the skull. It draws the scalp back which raises the eyebrows and wrinkles the forehead. ((using this muscle to pull your eyebrows BACK causes your ears to wiggle))
Frontalis Muscle
is located on the front of the head. It lifts the eyebrows, especially when looking up. It also acts when a view is too distant or dim.
Orbicularis Oculi Muscle
is a muscle which wraps around the top of the eye socket. Its function is to close the eyelids.
Corrugator Supercilii Muscle
is a muscle located at the medial end of the eyebrow, beneath the Frontalis and just above Orbicularis Oculi. Its function it to wrinkle the forehead.
Levator Palpebrae Superioris Muscle
is the muscle in the orbit that elevates the superior eyelid. Its function is to retract and elevate the eyelid. Is assisted by the Superior Tarsal Muscle.
Superior Rectus Muscle
functions to elevate, adduct, and medially rotate the eye. Located within the eye socket.
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Time change for UH football practice on Maui
April 16, 2012 - Robert Collias
Saturday's University of Hawaii football scrimmage and practice on Maui has been shifted to a 9:30 a.m. start, 90 minutes prior to the originally announced start time. Anyone who attended this event three years ago knows that the parking lot at War Memorial Stadium will be packed, partially because there will be key MIL tournament baseball games going on sharing the lot.
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WAILUKU – The University of Hawaii football team will hold its 12th practice of the spring at Maui's War Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The trip marks the fourth consecutive year the team will hold a practice on a neighbor island and second to Maui. The team will conduct a two-hour practice from 9:30-11:30 a.m., then hold an autograph session from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event is free to the public. "We're excited for this opportunity to showcase our football team to our fans on Maui," head coach Norm Chow said. "Our players and coaching staff understand the responsibility we have to represent the state of Hawai'i and this is our way to tell our Maui fans 'thank you.' We're excited and I can't wait to show them what the 2012 Warriors are all about." The event is sponsored by Hawaiian Airlines. The Warriors started this island-hopping tradition with a practice and scrimmage at War Memorial Stadium in 2009, which drew a crowd of close to 3,000. It was the team's first visit to a neighbor island since UH opened the 2001 regular season against Montana at War Memorial Stadium. In 2010, UH practiced at Kaua'i's Vidinha Stadium while last year's event was held at Kamehameha Schools Keeau on the Big Island.
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KC Scout: Getting you there
Rich McGurn
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Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.
Overland Park, Kansas
Editor's Note: The KC Scout Traffic Management Center is included in the Technical Tour program during APWA's 2005 North American Snow Conference. On April 20, the final day of the conference, attendees can either tour the Missouri Department of Transportation's Operations Facility and KC Scout Traffic Management Center, or tour the City of Lee's Summit Resource Recovery Park and new Maintenance Facility (see page 18 for related article). Both of the Technical Tours are included in the registration fee as a part of the Snow Conference educational program. See pages 13-16 for more details on the conference and a registration form, or visit the Snow Conference website at www.apwa.net/meetings/snow/2005.
|Crews work to install an overhead truss-mounted dynamic message sign facing drivers westbound on I-435 near Mission Road. All installations were completed during early morning hours on Saturdays to minimize any inconvenience to motorists.
Traffic. On any given day, it can make all the difference in the world. Maybe it's a job interview. Maybe it's your child's first recital. Maybe it's just a hot date on a Saturday night. Or, if you drive an emergency vehicle, maybe it's the difference between life and death. Traffic makes no exceptions for need, and at some point, we have each found ourselves peering down the highway, guts churning, and wondering if that row of taillights ahead spells merely delay, or catastrophe. Where do you turn in times like these? Well, in Kansas City, there's a simple answer to that question. You turn to the Scout.
The KC Scout transportation system, designed by local engineering giant Black & Veatch and initialized in late 2003, gives this community of nearly two million the advantages of today's most advanced traffic management strategies and technology. Like many Midwestern towns, Kansas City prides itself on giving its citizens an exceptional quality of life: world-class shopping, arts and sporting venues, all couched in small-town convenience and culture. And with one of the largest geographic footprints of any U.S. city, the locals have long understood that smooth traffic flow is an inseparable part of that picture. In fact, according to an annual Texas Transportation Institute study of urban mobility, Kansas City has long ranked as one of the least congested major urban areas in the nation. But in the 1990s, the traffic demands of a growing population increasingly began to stretch the capacity of key interchanges, and slowly, Kansas Citians began to get a taste of traffic life in the big city. It was a taste they didn't like.
This sign is found on southbound I-435, just before motorists enter one of the city's busiest interchanges. The sign alerts motorists to congestion ahead and suggests an alternate route.
With gridlock gaining a fast foothold, and driver patience wearing thin, traffic solutions were clearly needed. But constructing miles of new highway lanes was an expensive and unpopular option. Indeed, the city already had more highway miles per capita than most of the nation, and building more in an attempt to keep up with suburban sprawl seemed like a flawed strategy at best. So when the opportunity arose in 1991 to take advantage of a Federal Highway Commission program promoting modern Intelligent Transportation Systems, the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation moved quickly, and with an unprecedented cooperative vision. The goal: increase highway capacity and traffic safety through an information pipeline linking Kansas City drivers directly to the roads.
Knowledge is power, and this adage holds as true on the highway as in every other aspect of life. With the right information, each motorist can drive more safely and efficiently, allowing the entire traffic system to operate with less disruption. Knowing the conditions of the road, the location of an accident, or the lane-closing schedule for a construction zone allows every driver to make smart decisions, whether that means simply slowing down for icy roads, or taking an entirely different route to avoid a backup. The role of the KC Scout system is to generate and distribute that kind of knowledge quickly to the widest possible driving audience. Through a series of sensors, video cameras, and computers, the Scout system gathers data from miles of Kansas City's most congested highways, and interprets it in real time. Then, through dynamic message signs, Internet links and highway advisory radio, Scout broadcasts warnings and alternatives to those most directly affected.
For example, when there is an accident on a major interstate, traffic speeds in the area decrease dramatically. That change is detected by pavement sensors programmed to immediately alert the KC Scout Traffic Operations Center to such a variation. Staff at the Center can then view the incident through closed-circuit television cameras, alert the response crews, and coordinate with emergency services to ensure the most appropriate response. The team then posts traffic messages on dynamic message signs and a dedicated Internet site, giving the driving public time to select alternate routes. While this process can't always eliminate traffic backups, it can shorten them dramatically, and often prevent additional accidents from occurring as new traffic reaches the first incident. The end result in most cases is increased safety and convenience for those affected. In some cases, the end result can be a life saved.
|One of many ways Scout is available to the public is through the www.kcscout.net website. Users can check average traveling speeds, identify incident locations and construction activities, and view real-time CCTV images.
Scout directly supports the Motorist Assist programs for both Missouri and Kansas, as well as the regional "AMBER Alert" process designed to help police locate vehicles known to have been used in child abductions. By quickly posting a message alerting drivers to an abduction, KC Scout operators help local authorities to see through the eyes of thousands of drivers, greatly aiding their ability to locate the subject vehicle. And because the signs post only a brief message directing drivers to tune to local radio for details, safety is not compromised by vehicles slowing abruptly to view a longer message. In every instance, Kansas City motorists have proven more than willing to do their part during these emergency situations.
But the KC Scout system is remarkable as much for how it came to be as for its cutting-edge technology. The Kansas City metropolitan area straddles the Missouri-Kansas state line, and includes more than 136 cities across 11 counties. With that many entities involved, consensus-building for a major program can be a challenging process. To advance the KC Scout program in time to secure 90% federal funding for construction, the Kansas and Missouri Departments of Transportation displayed an exceptional degree of cooperation and shared vision that resulted in clear and reasonable agreements for cost sharing and operational responsibilities. The project was pitched successfully to local government and citizens, and KC Scout soon became its own entity, run jointly by the two organizations. Today a small staff monitors the roads from the Traffic Operations Center, ensuring constant coverage for the most congested areas of the city. And with large system expansions planned for the future, Scout will ultimately serve much greater areas of the metropolitan traffic network.
No town looks beautiful when you're stuck in gridlock, and the new KC Scout transportation system ensures that Kansas City won't be trading its Midwest charm for big-city congestion any time soon. Both citizens and visitors now enjoy the benefits of one of the most advanced traffic management systems in the world. So whether you're responding to an emergency, or just meeting a friend for some of that great Kansas City barbecue, the power of Scout will be getting you there.
Rich McGurn can be reached at (913) 458-7285 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Identity theft. It is a crime that hits millions of Americans each year and thieves are coming up with new ways to rob consumers every day, including using the latest technology.
In 2011, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 1.8 million complaints from consumers. Fifteen percent of those complaints involved some type of identity theft.
When it comes to shopping, just swiping with a credit or debit card is the way to pay in today's fast-paced world.
Identity Swiped
"We always use our card. We don't use cash at all. It's just as easy to just pull a card out and swipe it than use cash," Chuck Chalfant, in Virginia Beach, Va., said.
Chalfant said he has always enjoyed using his check card to pay for everything, from gas to groceries.
But that made him an easy target for identity thieves.
"He said your account has been hacked. Somebody in New Jersey had randomly gotten her (wife's) debit card number," he told CBN News.
Crooks had gone on a shopping spree and used his wife's stolen debit card information to run up charges to their checking account.
"They randomly got her number and hit our account. I think it was about eight or 10 times, $65 here, $88 here," Chalfant said.
"We hadn't noticed because it was all like bang, bang, bang, bang in just a series of a couple days," he explained.
Skimming Crimes
According to the FTC, identity theft has topped the list of consumer complaints 12 years in a row. Nearly 27,000 complaints had been filed or identified in 2011 alone.
Something known as skimming at ATM machines and gas stations has become all too common. Identity thieves purchase the devices right off of the Internet. Some thieves even make them.
Police told CBN News that thieves usually target the gas pumps that are nearest the outside of the gas station or far away from the attendant. They then insert a skimming device over the card reader and when you go to swipe your card to pay for gas, your personal information has just been stolen.
The consumer's stolen information is then transferred onto unused-pre-approved credit cards or blank gift cards.
Tammy Baderman, with the Virginia Beach Police Department, said the identity theft crimes happen at restaurants, too.
"An unscrupulous waiter can walk away with your credit card and take a picture of it with a phone, write down the information," she commented.
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Sgt. Margie Hobbs said crooks are also using new technology to their advantage.
"As people are becoming more and more techno savvy, they're going to develop even better devices with which to gather people's information and it's got to be designed to look believable," she told CBN News.
For example, thieves can now use heat generated from your fingertips on ATM key pads to steal your card pin number using high-tech infrared cameras.
They can also tap into accounts via credit cards that contain a radio frequency identification or RFID chip. This chip allows consumers the ease of just waving the card at the register.
Scam artists can buy parts that increase the frequency or the strength of the antenna in the card. This allows them to pick up your credit card information from a foot or more away.
Hobbs said tracking the perpetrators is challenging because often the operations are well coordinated.
"It's very difficult and one thing," she said. "There's also the ones that go all up and down the East Coast, committing these crimes. And by the time you start getting a tail on them, they move to another state starting all over again."
Protecting Yourself
Security consultants suggest using credit cards instead of debit cards to prevent such scams, that way you're risking the credit card company's money instead of your own.
Here are a few other ways to protect against being scammed:
Sgt. Hobbs said businesses can do more to protect their customers as well.
"By asking identification identifying the information of the person you're dealing with would also lessen the economic hit to that company and to the victim," Hobbs said.
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Chalfant's bank eventually restored the funds that were stolen from his account.
But he said it was frustrating knowing that more isn't being done to protect consumers from these types of crimes.
"It just feels like, what in the world, you know?" he said. "That the credit union, 'Oh, you got hacked? Yeah, we're going to reimburse your money.' The police: Sorry you got hacked. We're doing the best we can.'"
"Who knows -- that it's that big that it's almost expected, this is going to happen to people," he said. "It's just a sad situation that we've come to this."
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Several children took photos with Christie, and even Santa Claus showed up to meet the governor.
At Style Rocket, a clothing store on the boardwalk, Christie asked manager Jaime Williamson about the recovery since Hurricane Sandy.
"He said that he's hoping for a great summer for us and hopes we do well, and just wished us luck," said Williamson, adding that the store opened Easter weekend after the storm smashed in the door and caused flooding inside. "It was nice that it was very personal."
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The Federal Government supports farmers through USDA programs such as commodity-related program payments made directly to farmers and indemnity payments from Federal crop insurance. In the next farm bill, Congress may adjust both the portion of the overall Federal budget going to farm programs and the design of these programs. Even if there are no changes in farm policy, ongoing changes in farm structure are altering the distribution of farm support. We analyze the impact of program design, farm organization, and changes in farm structure on the distribution of farm support as policymakers contemplate future farm-related legislation.
Total Federal Government program payments to U.S. farms, which summed to about $12.3 billion in 2009, have ranged from as high as $24.4 billion in 2005 to as low as $7.3 billion in the late 1990s. Indemnity payments from Federal crop insurance have grown larger in recent years. In 1991, total Federal crop insurance indemnity payments to farms were $955 million. By 2009, that figure had increased to $5.2 billion. Not all of the increase in Federal crop insurance indemnity payments represents net benefits to farms, because farms also pay premiums. Similarly, not all Government program payments directly benefit farms, because higher payments can lead to higher production costs, especially for land rentals. Higher payments attached to cropland can lead landowners and farmers to bid up the price of land and rental rates for land. Thus, some of the benefits of Government program payments flow to non operator landlords in the form of higher land rents. A significant percentage of U.S. agricultural landlords are not farmers.
A long-term shift in production to larger farms has contributed to a shift in the distribution of commodity-related Government program payments and Federal crop insurance indemnity payments toward larger farms, most of which are family farms. Since operators of larger farms tend to earn higher household incomes, this shift has in turn led to a shift in the distribution of commodity-related Government payments toward higher income farm households. Most commodity-related program payments now go to farms operated by households with annual incomes over $89,000-significantly higher incomes than the typical U.S. household. Federal crop insurance indemnity payments have also shifted toward farms operated by higher income households, although not as much as commodity related program payments.
Congress has created upper limits on the amount of Government program payments that can be made to an individual, as well as income caps that restrict eligibility to households with income below specified levels. The levels differ, depending on program type and income type (farm or off-farm). The current payment limits and income eligibility caps affect few recipients and only a small share of total payments. Several of the recent proposals to lower payment limits or income eligibility caps would still only affect a few recipients. However, some types of farms-especially rice and cotton farms-could be affected more than others, because they tend to receive larger payments than others. Nonetheless, given the small number of farms potentially affected by the proposed limits, in most areas these effects would be small. Payment limits do not apply to Federal crop insurance indemnities or premium subsidies.
We used data from four main sources: USDA's Farm Sector Accounts, the annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), the U.S. Censuses of Agriculture, and summaries of business reports from USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA). We used the Farm Sector Accounts data to estimate total annual Government payments to farms from 1999 to 2009. The ARMS data were used to examine receipt of Government payments and indemnities from Federal crop insurance by different types of farms, the shift of production to larger farms, and changes in the distribution of insurance indemnities and Government payments by the level of operator household income. Note that some of the programs enacted by the 2008 Farm Act, such as the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program, are not reflected in the 2009 ARMS data. We used the Census of Agriculture for comprehensive data on multi-year changes in acreage and production by crop. Those data are not available in either the ARMS or administrative data. Finally, we use summaries of business reports from the RMA's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to calculate totals for Federal crop insurance indemnities received by farmers.
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May 28, 2009 | Compugen Reports Promising In Vivo Results
Compugen reported positive in-vivo results for CGEN-856 and CGEN-857, two novel peptide agonists of the MAS G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) which the company discovered using its in silico platform. Recently studies demonstrated the cardioprotective and anti-hypertensive effects of these two product candidates, says Compugen.
Compugen VP for R&D Dr. Anat Cohen Dayag said, "All of our product candidates, including CGEN-856 and 857, begin purely as computer generated theoretical predictions. Thus we are extremely pleased by the rapidly growing amount of experimental validation supporting the validity of our in silico predictions, both in terms of breadth of applications and depth of confirmation." Read release. Genetic Anti-Discrimination Law Takes Affect
A long-awaited federal law that shields people from genetic discrimination delivered its first layer of protection last Thursday. The measure will prevent health insurers from denying coverage, adjusting premiums or otherwise discriminating based on genetic information, a term that includes family history. The law does not apply to life insurers, according to a Forbes/AP report. Read article.
Switzerland Grants $25M for Systems Biology StudiesThe Swiss National Science Foundation has granted CHF27.5 million ($25 million) to fund several biomedical research and genomics and technology development grants focused on systems biology. The SNSF SystemsX.ch program has approved six projects that will fund research coordinated by the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics; the Universities of Basel, Lausanne, Geneva, and Zurich; the Friedrich-Miescher Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation; and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology. Funding is part of a CHF100 million systems biology program funded by the Swiss government that runs between 2008 and 2011. Read GenomeWeb report.
Asubio Pharma to Use Genedata Biomarker Discovery Platform
Asubio Pharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo, is using the Genedata Expressionist system to support its compound profiling and biomarker discovery process. "We were looking for a bioinformatics solution to manage a huge volume of DNA array data generated internally at Asubio as well as to integrate additional external molecular profiling data," said Michinori Kadokura, associate senior researcher at Asubio Pharma. Read release.
NIH Grants $2M for Development of e-Microscope to Film Biological Processes
The plan is to extend the capabilities of a powerful new imaging tool called the dynamic transmission electron microscope or DTEM. These instruments can snap 10 to 100 images per millionth of a second, while capturing details as small as 10 nanometers, or about four times the diameter of a DNA molecule. Read article.
Ingenuity Systems Releases IPA 7.5
The latest version of the software enables researchers to quickly integrate and understand multiple lines of experimental evidence from either publicly available or proprietary data sources. "These enhancements really position IPA as a powerful tool for disease research," stated Brigitte Ganter, director of product management, Ingenuity Systems. Additional new tools in IPA 7.5 enable researchers to bring a wide range of data together for better biological understanding: updated mapping and comparison tools for rapid data assessment; additional Path Designer tools for customization of pathway graphics; SBML pathway import (beta) for the creation of custom pathway libraries; new disease-focused content including 46 new signaling pathways. Read Release.
Genego and Omicsoft Announce IntegrationGeneGo, a leading provider of pathway data mining & analysis solutions, and OmicSoft Corporation, provider of visualization and analysis software for high dimensional data, announced the integration of the MetaCore pathway analysis platform with Array Studio. "Array Studio is a powerful analysis platform and we have mutual customers that this integration will benefit," said Julie Bryant, VP of Business Development at GeneGo. Read release.
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Wil Myers had to leave today's Rays game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after fouling a ball off his knee.
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"Myers, the reigning AL Rookie of the Year, limped around as he tried to walk it off, getting attended to by athletic trainer Paul Harker. Myers bent over a few times, clearly in discomfort, and was helped into the dugout by Harker."
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While housing prices are soaring, you can still get a cheap mani, pedi or bikini wax in Houston.
Yep, Houston has been ranked the No. 6. most affordable city in the U.S. for bikini-related services, according to MyTime.com's Bikini Price Index.
The 'Bikini Price Index' calculates the average amount spent in each city for bikini-related services like waxes, tanning, pedicures and manicures. It was created by MyTime.com, a free service that makes it quick and easy to book local appointments.
So what are the most expensive cities to get your bikini groomed? Here you go:
10 Most Bikini Expensive Cities:
1. New York ($117)
2. Seattle ($114)
3. San Francisco/Bay Area ($113)
4. Minneapolis ($110)
5. Dallas/Ft. Worth ($109)
6. Chicago ($100)
7. Philadelphia ($99)
8. Cleveland ($98)
9. Phoenix ($97)
10. Washington DC ($96)
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10 Most Bikini Affordable Cities:
1. Orlando ($78)
2. Detroit ($79)
3. Denver ($85)
4. Miami ($86)
5. Boston ($89)
6. Houston ($90)
7. Tampa ($92)
8. Atlanta ($93)
9. Sacramento ($94)
10. Los Angeles ($95)
Other interesting findings include:
* New York is the most expensive city in the U.S. to get "bikini fabulous."
* Cold, foggy San Francisco is also one of the most expensive bikini cities (with $113 per capita spent on bikini sexiness).
* Surprisingly, Los Angeles is ranked #10 on the most affordable list, with an average spend per person of $95 to prep for bikini season.
Upon request, I'm happy to provide more technical information about how this index was calculated and the specific categories of "bikini-related services" that were included.
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Primefact number: 894 Edition: First edition Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Keeping two or three hives of bees as a hobby can be an interesting and rewarding experience but NSW DPI occasionally receives complaints about bees in swimming pools, neighbours being stung or the disease risk of neglected hives.
This Primefact has been written to make some points which need to be considered in relation to backyard beekeeping:
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THURSDAY, April 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Children with Down syndrome, compared with those without this genetic condition, are more likely to survive to discharge following surgical repair of congenital heart disease, according to research published online April 22 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Jacqueline M. Evans, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California in Davis, and colleagues conducted a population-based study of 51,309 children, younger than 18 years of age, in the United States who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease. The researchers compared outcomes for children with and without Down syndrome.
The researchers found that 8.2 percent of the children had a diagnosis of Down syndrome. Overall, children with Down syndrome had a significantly lower rate of in-hospital death following surgical repair of congenital heart disease than children without Down syndrome (1.9 versus 4.3 percent; P < 0.05). After adjustment for risk category and other variables, the odds of death among children with Down syndrome after congenital heart surgery were 0.60 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.47 to 0.76; P < 0.05).
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Paterson Tells Senate to Pull it Together
June 10th, 2009
Gov. David Paterson just called on the Senate Democrats to "act like adults" and open up the Senate chamber to take another leadership vote. "They can resolve that issue by just holding another vote. If the votes are sustaining that leadership, then they would hold up," Paterson told reporters.
He said he did not have any reason to think the vote would turn out differently than it did when Republicans took control of the Senate on Monday.
Paterson said he relayed his message to Sen. Malcolm Smith and intended to inform Sen. Dean Skelos and Sen. Pedro Espada of his wish. He admitted that he was not going to force any action.
"They have to work this out," said Paterson. "Yes, we could go in and bring OGS and Homeland Security and blast through the doors of the Senate. This is getting a little ridiculous, they�ve got to act like adults. They�ve got to address this issue."
Liz Benjamin is now reporting that Espada said that he and his Republican colleagues have obtained keys to the Senate chamber.
Monday's coup took place with less than two weeks remaining in the session and lots of unresolved issues need to be addressed. Those issues include: mayoral control of schools, gay marriage, affordable housing, issues relating to the city's budget and election reform.
The session calendar on the Senate web site, presumably still controlled by Democrats, now shows no scheduled session days past June 8. It had previously listed session dates until late June. Espada and Republicans have said they could extend session through the Summer.By David King on June 10, 2009, 12:54 pm
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Ethan Cox would not be the first Buffalonian to declare that more beer is key to the community's future.
He does it sober, though, not at last call. Cox leads a group called Community Beer Works that's opening a brewery in Buffalo, the second after Flying Bison.
The "nanobrewery" should turn out its first 45-gallon batches this winter at its Lafayette Avenue site, if all goes according to plan. Buffalo beer supporters, invited to donate money to a Kickstarter campaign on its behalf, have in two weeks pledged over $10,000 of the $15,000 goal.
Cox, who has a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, spoke to the recent TedX Buffalo ideas conference about his drive to "embeer Buffalo." He would like to emulate Portland, Ore.'s success in linking beer to urban renewal, and Community Beer Works is his first step.
"First of all, it will increase the number of breweries in Buffalo by 100 percent, so that's a good start," he said. "But what we're promoting is the idea that other people can, and should, start breweries too."
So you're trying to make beer and prove a point?
"Yes, by showing that you don't have to get $400,000 worth of funding behind you to get a brewery started. That somebody with a home-brewing background can actually make that work. I think that will help bring other people out of the woodwork."
You're encouraging competition without even being open yet?
"We don't really see it as competition. Think about it this way: When Buffalo had its peak number of breweries in the late 1800s, early 1900s, the population of Buffalo was the same as it is today. There's no question in my mind that Buffalonians drink beer. There's also no question in my mind that Buffalo can support more than a few breweries. I think it's synergistic up to a point.
How much will it cost you?
"When all is said and done, we'll get this going for $150,000. It's more than we need to get started, but we're spending a little bit more to get ready for growth. We're getting a much larger water line put in than we really need right now, to get started. But we know that we're going to be using a bigger system on down the line."
How else are you locally focused?
"I know people who are interested in opening up urban farms on the East Side to grow hops, anticipating that we would use them, and we would. I'd like to make an urban estate beer, where the hops and maybe some of the specialty malts come from farms within the city. I don't think anyone can grow enough barley."
If you could have opened without the Kickstarter drive, why do it?
"We want people to feel, 'Hey, I helped open that brewery.' That's what we want. We want people to feel like we're theirs."
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Taxi's can get expensive but Drexel provides a shuttle between center city and main campus
The public transportation system can get you wherever you need to go. There is also Amtrak right next to campus and the Bolt and Mega busses to NYC.
I think Drexel provides great, free transportation around the city.
Drexel has a free shuttle service that goes in two different locations, so I get to most places for free. It's also right by the train station and there are many subway services around so transportation is easy. Getting to the airport is very easy, since it's a 15 minute train ride away.
I have online courses but the college is in a very good area for public transit
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Philadelphia's public transportation system is extensive. The subway is not as big as New York's or Boston's, but it'll get students anywhere they want to go and can be just as effective when coupled with the SEPTA regional rail lines or buses. Drexel is in an ideal location to take advantage of Philly's public transportation system. Its transit makes traveling around the city a whole lot easier, as it is how people get downtown or out of the city. SEPTA is convenient, but it has been cutting back its service.
Drexel is within one to two blocks of a subway entrance, both east and west of campus. The 30th Street Station, which has Amtrak and SEPTA regional rail trains, is only two blocks away. At two miles away, Greyhound is also extremely close. There is a trolley stop on campus and a taxi stand three blocks away. Bus stops are all over campus. Students can get wherever they want, and they'll learn all the routes in a snap. Prices for student transpasses are not that bad compared to what non-students pay. It really beats driving any day. Unfortunately, some routes close early, which can be inconvenient, but it doesn't seem to be too much of an issue with students. Drexel also assists by providing a free shuttle between the various campuses (Center City and Hahnemann), which students utilize frequently.
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> Here We Go! Chicago's Next! Go NRA!
June 26, 2008, 04:10 PM
Gun Lobby Quickly Sues To Overturn Chicago Ban
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June 26, 2008, 04:12 PM
"Gun Lobby"?
That's funny. I thought lobbyists' jobs involved sucking up to Congresscritters, not filing lawsuits.
Did something change since yesterday? Do lobbyists file lawsuits, now?
Did I miss something about the new role of lobbyists in the Heller decision?
June 26, 2008, 04:23 PM
It's civil rights organization. The right it seeks to protect just happens to be one specified in the 2nd amendment.
June 26, 2008, 04:26 PM
Only police officers, aldermen and a handful of others are exempt from the ban
...the mayor said, "and to me, I think this decision really places those who are rich and those are in power, they'll always feel safe. Those who do not have the power do not feel safe, ...
Ok. Now I'm confused again. Which is it Dick?
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2 b: a high-ranking member of a borough or county council in Ireland or formerly in England chosen by elected members
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June 26, 2008, 04:27 PM
Make sure you guys post a comment. There is a link on the page to post. Overwhelmingly, people support the 2nd Amendment. It's a great thing.
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June 26, 2008, 04:29 PM
Way to strike while the iron's hot! Excellent!
June 26, 2008, 04:32 PM
I am so confused, what is this "Gun Lobby" they keep talking about???
do they mean us? the private citizens who want to protect our rights??
who are these politicians who are not afraid to take on the "gun lobby", i mean for crying out loud, do they not understand that the NRA is made up of the public??????
Stick it to Chicago, they need to to get with the program anyway. Its their fault (Chicago) that the state is so wacked out
June 26, 2008, 04:45 PM
anyone want to bet that the nra filing the lawsuit is a preemptive strike to make sure they have control of the case? they were very unhappy that gura stole their thunder in parker/heller.
June 26, 2008, 04:50 PM
Most gun stores don't have a lobby.:)
Beretta Galleries, and the like, probably do, but otherwise there aren't many gun lobbies.
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Bank Robbery Suspect: Incarceration Beats Living With WifeA 70-year-old man accused of robbing a bank in Kansas told investigators he would rather be imprisoned than living with his wife.
Dallas Man Sentenced To 125 Months In Prison For Bank RobberiesA U.S. district judge has sentenced a Dallas man to 125 months in prison after the admitted robbing or attempting to rob five banks in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Mesquite PD Release Video Of Gun-Weilding, Bike Riding Bank RobberPolice in Mesquite have released video of the man who robbed a local bank and then made his escape on a bicycle.
Suspected Bank Robber Flees, Causes Crash During Police ChaseA robbery suspect who police say held up two banks in two cities and carjacked two different vehicles, led authorities on a chase that ended with a devastating crash in Arlington.
Frisco Police Capture Bank Robbery Suspect In Kroger BathroomFrisco police arrested a suspected bank robber Saturday afternoon after he fled on foot to a neighborhood store.
Arlington Woman Arrested, Charged With Robbing 10 BanksProsecutors say an Arlington woman suspected of as many as 10 North Texas bank robberies had notes in her vehicle saying 'This is a robbery.'
Police & Dallas FBI Searching For "Black Hoodie Bandit"Authorities are asking for assistance identifying the woman they believe is responsible for robbing nine different banks across North Texas.
Dallas-Area Bank Robber Gets Nearly 17 YearsProsecutors say a man who robbed nearly two dozen Texas banks since 2006 will head back to prison after returning to a life of crime.
'Mesh Mask Bandit' Sentenced To 20 YearsA serial bank robber dubbed the 'Mesh Mask Bandit' has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
Prosecutors Want Longer Sentence For Mesh Mask BanditFederal prosecutors want a convicted bank robber, once dubbed by the FBI as the "Mesh Mask Bandit," to spend twice as much time in prison than has been recommended.
Car Accident May Have Foiled Suspected North Texas Bank RobberOfficials in Denton County foiled what possibly could have been a fourth bank robbery by a suspect wanted in several North Texas counties.
2nd Brother Guilty Of Robbing North Texas Bank Twice A second brother has pleaded guilty to robbing the same North Texas bank twice. Prosecutors in Dallas say 45-year-old Johnny Charles Butler on Wednesday pleaded guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery.


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Adam Lambert is walking away from his deal with 19 Records. But don't worry -- though his style and attitude are fierce, his relationship with the label is perfectly friendly, and he's still got another deal.
Adam Lambert is walking away from his deal with 19 Records. But don't worry -- though his style and attitude are fierce, his relationship with the label is perfectly friendly, and he's still got another deal.
Adam Lambert has one heck of a set of pipes, so it's not surprising that he'd have strong opinions about musicals. The 'American Idol' runnerup took to Twitter to voice his frustrations about the new film adaptation of 'Les Miserables.' Basically, he thought the movie wasn't bad -- but that a lot of the singing was.
The 'VH1 Divas' 2012 special aired last night (Dec. 16) and our favorite ladies of pop music went all out with both their performances and their attire. Miley Cyrus was daring in both her performance and her onstage and red carpet outfits, while the newly-engaged Kelly Clarkson played it safe in a dress we didn't love, even though we lurve her. Adam Lambert, who hosted the event, went all out in lots of furry fabric. They don't call him "Glambert" for nothing.
Adam Lambert loves the color black. He's pretty much the new Man in Black. It's his signature hue, and he rocks it on the cover of the new issue of Fiasco, which hits stands today (Dec. 10).
Generations collide as Adam Lambert duets with '80s queen and LGBT activist Cyndi Lauper for 'Mad World' in this fan-filmed footage.
Adam Lambert looked like he was celebrating Movember at the 2012 MNet Asian Music Awards. Sporting spikey, two-tone black and silver hair, eyeliner and a bit of a goatee, Glambert took to the stage to perform 'Whataya Want From Me' and 'Trespassing.'
If you thought Adam Lambert's forearm tattoo was big, check out his brand new ink, which covers his entire shoulder. Lambert's followers on Twitter and Instagram were the first to see the tattoo, which was unveiled this morning (Nov. 27) and appears to depict a horned human face breathing fire or wind.
We all knew Adam Lambert could hit high notes, but who knew all the work that went into it? The 'American Idol' alum shows just how much he works at sounding as amazing as he does in new promos for VH1 'Divas Live,' which he'll host on Dec. 16.
Adam Lambert gave his South African fans a pretty big treat on Nov. 14. The 'American Idol' alum performed a rollicking cover of Lenny Kravitz's 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' to a sold out crowd at his Cape Town show.
Adam Lambert had a cameo on 'Pretty Little Liars' where he performed and acted. So it was a two-fer, sorta like Bruno Mars on 'SNL' last week, but not really. It was the Halloween-themed episode, so he was dressed in a ruffled ascot and his teeth were sharpened into fangs, Dracula-style.
Adam Lambert is all about modifying his look as of late. After bleaching his hair platinum last week, the singer has inked a thick, black script tattoo on his forearm. He tweeted an image of the tat, which reads "Musica Delenit Bestiam Feram." So what's that mean? Something about music and beasts, given our minimal knowledge of Latin?
Adam Lambert is known for his spiky, inky black locks. They are his signature, along with his thick eyeliner. The glammy and infinitely stylish 'Better Than I Know Myself' singer has gone rogue and to the complete opposite end of the style spectrum, bleaching his hair platinum blond.


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ATLANTA — Outdoors retailer Half Moon Outfitters has won Prana's "Build a Prana Environment" merchandising contest that was launched in June 2007.
The contest, designed to encourage retailers to conceptualize and build Prana-themed environments in their stores, received an overwhelming number of entries, Prana said. The winning display featured aspects of Prana's wind power initiative, an abstract wind farm, methods of sustainability, recycled materials and Prana apparel.
Half Moon Outfitters, based in Charleston, S.C., with stores also in Greenville, Columbia and Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., duplicated the theme in four of its five locations.
First prize is a three-day vacation to San Diego for two that includes a private sightseeing flight with Prana founder and pilot, Beaver Theodosakis, as well as additional discounts on all fall 2007 pre-season orders.
Second place was awarded to Landsharks in Saugatuck, Mich., and that prize includes a climbing trip for two with world-class climber Chris Sharma.
Said Theodosakis, "We were truly inspired by the creativity and passion of the teams that built these displays, especially their take on the theme of sustainability."


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Roberts noted that Martha Washington, the first First Lady, also described living in the role as akin to being a state prisoner.
"There are some prison elements to it," she joked. "But it's a really nice prison."
Former first lady Laura Bush reminded the crowd that First Ladies had a chef.
"You can't complain," Michelle Obama admitted. "But there is definitely elements that are confining."
It's important to note that Martha Washington didn't say that during a $100 million taxpayer-funded trip around the world.
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SUMTER, S.C. — Three years after he walked these roads for the last time, family and friends of Aaron Jacobs marched to the spot on Patriot Parkway in Sumter where the young man was shot and killed in an altercation with a police officer.
About 40 marchers, many of them relatives of Jacobs, recently retraced his steps in the early morning in a walk from a relative's home on Cane Savannah Road to a small makeshift memorial in a field near the intersection with Louella Lane. They marched partly to memorialize their loved one, and partly to protest that no charges were ever filed in his death.
"Every time we get here, it's still fresh, like the first day it happened," said Jacobs' older brother Tim Jacobs, standing near a small wooden cross marked with his brother's childhood nickname "Nine."
On Sept. 28, 2010, the 25-year-old Jacobs was stopped while walking on the side of Patriot Parkway by Sumter police officers who thought he matched the description of a suspect in a carjacking earlier that morning. After a struggle, Jacobs was shot and killed when he reportedly pulled a handgun from his waistband.
After an investigation, the shooting was ruled justifiable, and prosecutors declined to pursue any charges against the officers involved. A different man was later identified as the suspected carjacker.
In the three years since, Jacobs' family has marked the anniversary of his death with a march along Patriot Parkway. This year, the group carried homemade signs decrying the shooting and plastered with photos of Jacobs. As they made their way past small homes on a shady residential section of Eagle Road headed toward the Parkway, a few of the protesters would occasionally break into a chant, "We want justice, we want justice."
While the event was tinged with sadness, several of the marchers laughed, shouted and sang while smaller children ran alongside the marchers' route to keep up. The atmosphere matched the memories Jacobs' sister Paula "Pepa" Harvin has of her brother.
"(I remember) his friendly spirit, being with his family, the laughter, and most of all him just aggravating everybody," she said. "We keep this going to remember him."
"The reason we do this is to keep him here," Tim Jacobs said. "This brings him back to us."
Jacobs' cousin Tiffany Archie organized the march, and after reaching the Patriot Parkway memorial, she helped pull weeds from around the cross.
"Mainly I just remember the good times," she said. "I picture him walking along here. He was always walking this way. His aunt lives over there, and we have cousins back there," she said, pointing along the parkway.
After standing around in the field for a while talking about Nine and taking cellphone pictures of each other's signs, the marchers walked back to the roadway and headed back the way they came, at least until next year.


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THERE ARE many experiential wrinkles in play during a visit to a craft cocktail bar. Baroque discussion of obscure aperitifs. Citrus peels set alight tableside. Raconteur barkeeps eager to share the cultural profile of a scotch you've not heard of before artfully cascading it into a chilled highball glass.
All this whimsy, of course, is worthless if the drinks taste like death. If they're made right, by the right people with the right ingredients, it's never an issue.
Until the bill comes.
Customers griping over booze prices is as ancient as overdrinking, but there's a special brand of griping that aligns itself with cocktails. Much of it is because you can rarely see or comprehend exactly what goes into them.