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|Musicians contribute to third Olivers Market benefit CD
Highlighting Sonoma County musicians for the community and raising vital funds for the underprivileged are becoming regular occurrences for Oliver's Markets. "Real Music Vol. 3, A Taste of Sonoma County…" generates a new collection of local musicians as well as benefiting the Redwood Empire Food Bank.
"We try and represent a broad profile of Sonoma County music. We're always trying to find more variety and groups we haven't heard of before," says Real Music's recording engineer Blair Hardman.
The artist selection for the CD compilation is a process.
"They (Oliver's) asked Frank (Hayhurst) and I – since we are really well connected in the music industry here in Sonoma County – to find the bands that would contribute songs to the CD," said Hardman, who is also the owner of Zone Recording.
In turn, Hardman and Hayhurst (who has a track on Vol. 3), connect with dozens of industry related businesses to, "suggest who they think should be on the CD," Hardman explains.
Once the artists are identified and contacted, the potential tracks are submitted by the artist.
"My job is to make them (recorded tracks) all flow. One of the unique challenges is making all the songs match each other in volume and tone - that's called mastering," Hardman said.
Oliver's Markets designs and generates the final product.
"The first volume we had a huge learning curve regarding getting releases to use the artists material, production timelines, and content for the artwork. But after doing it a couple of times, this one was a breeze," says Tom Scott, Oliver's vice-president and general manager.
"I've been aware of the CD for the last couple of years, and have had friends music featured on the last two," musician Jesse Brewster said." I'm always a big supporter of charitable causes. So when Frank asked me to be a part of the CD, I was happy to send him one of my new songs to feature."
"Our band had eagerly been trying to make it on the Real Music volumes since the first," says Down Dirty Shake's Aj Lopez. "Late last year we began recording our first full-length album, and fortunately for us we finished recording just in time for the third Real Music establishment."
Once again, "Real Music" boasts excellent recordings, mastering and production value. The genres featured are primarily country, folk, blues, rock, gospel and bluegrass, with an abundance of electric and acoustic guitar work. Legendary harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite is one of the more prominent artists, and the traditional French sounds of Un Deux Trois or Latin-fused rock of Chava Cruz & Trapezio may be discovered. The packaging is of high quality, with a 24-page color booklet containing professional photography and design.
The 33 artists on the two-disc Vol. 3 are: CD1-Pete Stringfellow, David Luning, Pine Needles, John Allair, Mr. December, Misner and Smith, Andy Dru Rodgers, David Hamilton, Brothers Comatose, Jug Dealers, Rhythmtown Jive, Down Dirty Shake, Mark Growden & The New Orleans Heavies, Amber Lee Baker, Gary Vogensen, Hayhurst and Hughes; CD2- Charlie Musselwhite, Jesse Brewster, Nick Graventes, Dan Imhoff and Cahoots, The Incubators, Alison Harris, Un Deux Trios, BC Fitzpatrick, Whiskey Thieves, Little Lost Boys, Girls In Suede, Chava Cruz and Trapezio, Sherry Lee Jones, Steve Pile Band, Pat Jordan Band, Luv Planet, Chip Dunbar and Terra Nova.
"I am extremely proud to be involved with it," Hardman said.
Since "Real Music Vol. 1", 99 different local artists have contributed and submissions are currently being accepted for Vol. 4.
"This project is driven by a lot of committed folks who love the local music scene," Scott said. Scott acknowledges the help of Hardman, Hayhurst, Doug Jayne at the Last Record Store who manages the in-store CD displays, KRSH radio, which sponsored the CD release party, and Jim Corbett (Mr. Music Foundation) for organizing the CD release party. "Its really a community effort for a great cause."
More than $10,000 has been raised in donations through the first two volumes, according to Scott. All proceeds of "Real Music Vol. 3, A Taste of Sonoma County…" benefit the Redwood Empire Food Bank and are available at Oliver's stores and The Last Music Store.


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Kihei house fire called 'accidental'
A blaze that gutted a Kihei home Sunday afternoon has been called "an accidental fire," fire officials said Monday.
Although the cause of the fire is still undetermined, "investigators could not find anything that could substantiate anything other than an accidental fire," Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga said.
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Fire officials and the police Criminal Investigation Division conducted the investigation.
A woman, a man and two children were displaced by the fire, and the Red Cross has since assisted the family.
At about 1:45 p.m., fire crews responded to the multifamily home at 204 Humupea Place, finding flames coming from the rear of the home.
The fire was under control at 3:25 p.m. and extinguished about two hours later.
No injuries were reported, but the home was destroyed by fire, fire officials said.
Estimated damage was $450,000 to the structure and $150,000 to its contents.
Concert fundraiser set for July 6
The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Maui Resort will host a concert fundraiser from 5 to 10 p.m. July 6 for the newly named Malama Maui Nui, formerly the Community Work Day Program.
Tickets cost $25 (not including fees) for adults and are available by calling 877-2524 or by going online to fortheloveofmaui.eventbrite.com.
Held in conjunction with the Arts Education for Children Group and Jazz Maui 2013, the concert will feature a lineup of jazz musicians, a visual and live performance by ArtCore Maui, a silent auction, environmental education and a native and edible plant sale.
Jazz artists scheduled to perform include trumpeter Jim Seeley and saxophonist Peter Brainin of the Arturo O'Farril Latin Jazz Orchestra live from New York, the Gene Argel Latin Band, the Louis Romanos Quartet from Louisiana, and pianist Tommy James of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Lahaina office grand opening set
The Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing will hold the grand opening of its Lahaina satellite office at 10:30 a.m. Friday.
The Lahaina satellite office is located at 335 Keawe St., Suite 209. The office will be open from noon to 4 p.m. on that day.
Regular hours are from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays.
For more information, call 270-7363.
Three firefighters receive promotions
Firefighters Clement Enomoto, Matthew Akiona and Jesse Aloy have been promoted to the rank of firefighter II hazardous materials specialist and assigned to C Watch at the Kahului Fire Station.
Enomoto has been with the Maui Fire Department for seven years, working on Molokai and Maui, his last assignment being with a Kahului engine company.
Akiona, a firefighter for seven years, worked at the Napili and Paia fire stations, his last assignment being with a Kahului engine company.
Aloy, who has been with the Maui Fire Department for four years, spent three months on Lanai before being assigned to the Kahului Fire Station. Before joining the department on Maui, Aloy was firefighter on the Big Island for five years.
The promotions took effect June 16.

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Contract research firm Crown Bioscience has made a deal with the National Resource Center for Mutant Mice (NRCMM), in Nanjing, China, to develop new experimental cancer models to advance treatments and translational medical research. The companies believe this deal will expand both firms' research capabilities in translational oncology.
NRCMM is a research organization for which the genetically engineered mutant mouse (GEMM) is its specialty. The firm brings to the table a large collection of GEMMs, many of which, according to NRCMM, mimic human cancers. Crown is bringing its translational oncology platforms, which feature collections of xenograft models. The two companies believe their respective backgrounds in both oncology and GEMMs is complementary and will offer expanded new mouse cancer and leukemia models based on GEMM as well as new human xenografts. The novel mouse strains, the firms say, could be very useful for immune-oncology research and immunotherapy drug evaluations.
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This deal is likewise part of Crown's recent focus on expanding its global footprint. A little over a week ago, Crown announced a partnership with Japan-based CRO Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL) to promote Crown's services to SNBL's Japanese client base.
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MPMA's Annual Conference will be held in Topeka, Kansas, from October 2-5, 2002. William Least Heat-Moon - noted author of Blue Highways, River Horse and other books - and Ed Able, CEO of the American Association of Museums, will be the keynote speakers.
Special features include a tour of local private collections, a visit to the beautiful Konza Prairie, and fun events at the many unique museums in the Topeka area. A Safari Pajama Party, featuring popcorn and an award-winning documentary on early 20th-century world travelers Martin and Osa Johnson, will close the conference. Join your peers in a relaxed and educational setting to learn of the latest trends in the museum field and catch up on all that is happening in the mountain-plains region.
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And go read batty's journal if you're not already doing so. Holy Inspiration, Batty!
As the evening went on, I got the munchies. I blame the sugary Thai tea. As time goes on, it's easy to see how my cheats derail my progress, no matter how small they are- even if they fall within the 20%. [/QUOTE]
Yup. Some of us just don't have that much latitude. It hit me pretty clearly looking at picks of Cindy Sisson. She shoots for about 2000 cals daily and quite frankly works out a lot. Lifting a lot of heavy stuff. With a personal trainer. Her RMR is definitely higher than mine. And she lifts more heavy stuff more frequently. I can't eat as much as she does. Period.
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Alyce Laviolette is back in the news. Recently she was interviewed by CNN's Ted Rowlands. She once again took to the public airwaves to have her words presented to the millions of people. She was not forced to give this interview, just as she was not forced to testify on behalf of Jodi Arias.
In her interview, Ms. LaViolette said that she would not be testifying in Jodi's upcoming trial because of the death threats and negative backlash that she received when first testifying on Jodi's behalf.
If you remember after her testimony in the first trial she was quite indignant that she was being severely criticized by many people including public spokespeople for domestic violence organizations.
Remember people, when you voluntarily decide to ascend to the national public podium you can no longer hide your words from widespread national scrutiny. Millions of people will listen to you, judge you and form and vocalize an opinion. Alyce thought that she would be well received. She was not. The opinions and ideas that she had formed and worked on over many years were now being placed in front of a very large public audience. Her theories were no longer being presented to small groups of people. Her theories were now placed before the public at large. She quickly found out that most people simply didn't accept the "wisdom" that she was trying to sell.
Alyce was shocked to see how the public reacted. Before she decided to testify, someone who cared about her well-being should have taken her aside, and told her the following. "Alyce, you've been a small fish in a small pond. Your ideas and theories may be right or may be wrong but most people have never come across or been presented with your theories. Millions of people will watch or read your testimony at the Jodi Arias trial. If you're right in your theories of domestic violence, then most people will agree with you and you will be well received. But if your theories, thoughts and conclusions about Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander are wrong, you will be severely criticized and rejected. Do you want to take that chance at this late stage of your career? I mean, you're just about to retire and in that small pond in which you've swam, nobody's paid too much attention to you. You pretty much swam where you wanted to and said what you wanted to. Nobody really challenged you. In essence, you've published very little and what you have published has been in small pond publications, read by very few people and certainly not read by the public at large. I know that you have not made a lot of money during your career. I know this because you've said exactly that. I know that you can make somewhere between $30,000 and $60,000 if you get involved in the Jodi Arias case. But is it worth it? You are putting your reputation, your entire career on the line. Think it over carefully Alyce because once you climb those steps to the public podium you won't be in Kansas anymore."
Alyce Laviolette, should never have testified in the Jodi Arias trial. It was a tactical error on her part. In essence she sold her career and good name for approximately $50,000. It wasn't worth it. Remember, the people viewing the trial were forming their own opinions about Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias and the possibility of domestic violence. Many people were deeply involved in the trial and formed strong opinions. Many victims of domestic violence, completely rejected Alyce's conclusions that Travis had been guilty of domestic violence. There was absolutely no evidence that Travis had abused Jodi. Now we had the sworn testimony of Jodi Arias herself but Jodi is an internationally renowned liar. In all honesty no one with half a brain would believe anything she had to say. I mean undoubtedly there are times that Jodi tells the truth because it's too difficult to lie all the time but it's impossible to determine when she is telling the truth and when she's lying. Once you know that someone is capable of and willing to lie about virtually anything, you can no longer believe anything they say. You can allow for the fact that what they're saying may be true. But you simply cannot believe that what they are saying is true because they swear that it is true. You very simply would be a fool to take them at their word for any purpose.
Alyce stated on the stand that she believed the things that Jodi told her. Doesn't this alone make Alyce a total fool? Well it made her a total fool in the eyes of most Americans familiar with this case.
Now let's look at the issue of death threats. Did she really have any legitimate death threats? Where is the police involvement? You know that they would have investigated and brought charges if there were legitimate death threats. I can find no evidence of an investigation or charges being brought against any individual. Alyce herself, when discussing death threats, gave the example of someone writing to her and saying "I hope you choke on a chicken bone."
Does that sound like a death threat to you?
We are a nation of laws. If you break the law you should be punished. If anyone made a death threat, a real death threat, to Alyce LaViolette they should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But the very real question remains, is there any evidence that death threats, legitimate death threats, were made to Alyce LaViolette?
As far as Alyce's theories and opinions regarding domestic violence, there is certainly no scientific evidence, evidence published in journal articles, to support her theories. I have studied her theories, I have read her book and I can sum up her theories very succinctly. Everyone, every mother, every father, every brother, every sister, every boyfriend, every girlfriend, every husband and every wife, is guilty of domestic violence. Her ideas are so outlandish as to be ridiculous.
Why do you think so many victims of domestic violence publicly reacted with vehement rejection and criticism of her testimony? They said, "hey I'm a real victim of domestic violence. I know what it is. I struggled to live through it. I carry the scars of that violence on my body and in my soul and Jodi Arias is no victim of domestic violence."
Alyce is back on the airwaves complaining. She thinks people should just accept her as an unchallenged expert. Well she can complain all she wants to but it will do her no good. People just aren't buying the nonsense that she's gotten away with selling for all those many years.


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Festival Frenzy!
August 9, 2013 - Jim Price
More festivals and special events continue to punctuate the late summer live music slate, with several happening this weekend.
The wilds of southern Bedford County come alive with music this weekend with the annual Wills Mountain Festival. From Friday through Sunday, 39 different bands and artists will perform on two stages, and play a wide variety of music; spanning folk and bluegrass to funk, jam music and rock. The event takes place at the base of Wills Mountain, at Fort Royale Farm. The music begins at 11 a.m. each day. Tickets are available for the weekend at $75 at the gate. For Sunday's bluegrass-themed day, tickets at the gate will be $25.
Also taking place this year is the annual Portage Summerfest at Crichton-McCormick Park. Again happening in the second weekend of August, Summerfest will feature food, refreshments, children's activities, arts and crafts, and live music from Friday night through Sunday afternoon. Some of the weekend's musical highlights include Neil Diamond impersonator Tom Sadge on Saturday evening, and The Conniptions with Johnny Angel & the Halos on Sunday night. Fireworks will also take place on Saturday evening.
Altoona outdoor stages will be busy this weekend as well. State College-based jazz group Quintessence will perform at Heritage Plaza on Friday evening in the latest installment of the Summer Sounds Concert Series. The festivities begin at 6 p.m., and admission is free.
The Alive @ Five Summer Concert Series at Altoona's Railroaders Museum concludes on Saturday night with the annual series appearance by Pittsburgh favorites The Clarks, with local country favorites Pistol Peg & the Beer Kegs opening. The Clarks are expected to preview material from their forthcoming new studio album, "Feathers & Bones." The music begins at 6 p.m.
And free concerts wrap up the weekend on Sunday evening at Altoona's Valley View County Park and Hollidaysburg's Canal Basin Park. Your Dad's Friends perform their wide variety of vintage rock'n'roll from the '60s, '70s and '80s on the Valley View Park stage beginning at 6 p.m. Fresh off of performing at Bethlehem's prestigious Musikfest, the Daisy Jug Band will perform a mix of Americana and popular rock'n'roll sounds at Canal Basin Park starting at 6 p.m.
There are lots of performers and shows to check out, so support live music this weekend and upcoming week! And if you plan to celebrate heavily while doing so, please designate a driver or call a cab!
Here is a full listing for live music on area stages this weekend and the coming week:
Wills Mountain Festival at Fort Royale Farm, Wills Mountain, Bedford County; featuring Tyler Eversole, Bears on Bikes, Hannah Bingman, J.C. Wheaton, Washington Slept Here, Andrew McKnight, Borrowed Time, Matt Otis and the Sound, Preach Freedom and Connect, Pat Watson, Voodoo Fix, Megan Jean and the KFB, Yarn, Mixing Numbers with Sounds, and Walker's Bluegrass Rangers (starts 11 a.m.)
Summer Sounds Concert Series with Quintessence at Heritage Plaza, Altoona (starts 6 p.m., free admission)
Portage Summerfest at Crichton-McCormick Park, Portage; featuring One For The Road and Flood City Brass
Force Of Habit at Huntingdon County Fair, Huntingdon
Ground Crew at Trianon, Altoona (starts 9:30 p.m.)
NailDriver and Black Sun at Aldo's, Altoona
White Shadow at Newburg Firehall, Altoona
Backlash at Petersburg Firehall, Petersburg
Portage Summerfest at Crichton-McCormick Park, Portage; featuring Denise Baldwin, Christ Apostolic Church Group, Ray Owen, Old Skool and Tom Sadge (Neil Diamond Impersonator)
Wills Mountain Festival at Fort Royale Farm, Wills Mountain, Bedford County; featuring Red Clover Ghost, Kendy Gable, Chris Volpe, Washington Slept Here, the Bumper Jacksons, Mixing Numbers with Sounds, Jon Felton and his Soulmobile, The Black Lilies, Drumplay, Ben Sollee, Megan Jean and the KFB, Dangermuffin, the Tonehounds, Funktion, Mysterytrain and Grand Ole Ditch (starts 11 a.m.)
Jim Mosey at Beach Concession, Canoe Creek State Park (starts 2 p.m., free admission)
Alive @ Five Concert Series at Railroaders Museum, Altoona; featuring The Clarks and Pistol Peg & the Beer Kegs (starts 6 p.m.)
The House Band at Family Pizza, Altoona
7th Gear at Belmar Hotel, Altoona
Felix & the Hurricanes at Claysburg Community Days, Claysburg (starts 7 p.m.)
Locked & Loaded and Strings Radio at Wyld Syde Saloon (former Mug Shotz), Gallitzin
Emberstitch at Magoo's, Cresson
Nobody's Heroes and Ben Dumm & the Deviants at Castle Pub, Ebensburg
PT Cruiser at City Hotel, Northern Cambria
One Adam 12 at Liberty Café, Nanty Glo
The Hawks Blues Band at Place of the Rocks Roadhouse, Grampian
Dakota at Schellsburg VFW Picnic, Schellsburg (starts 6 p.m., members and guests)
Portage Summerfest at Crichton-McCormick Park, Portage; featuring The Hallmarks, Ray Owen, Tree, Phil McCaulley (Elvis impersonator), Jim Koban, The Conniptions and Johnny Angel & The Halos
Wills Mountain Festival at Fort Royale Farm, Wills Mountain, Bedford County; featuring Striped Maple Hollow, Coal Mountain Ramblers, The New Edition, Frost Mountain Revival, Revised Edition, Mama Corn, Mountain Therapy, Driftwood, Stewed Mulligan and Cabinet (starts 11 a.m.)
The Country Travelers at Beach Concession, Canoe Creek State Park (starts 2 p.m., free admission)
Phil Baskin at Baker Mansion (lawn), Altoona (starts 2 p.m., free admission)
Felix & the Hurricanes at Mad Hatters, St. Boniface (starts 4 p.m.)
Your Dad's Friends at Valley View County Park, Altoona (starts 6 p.m., free admission)
Daisy Jug Band at Canal Basin Park, Hollidaysburg (starts 7 p.m., free admission)
Felix & the Hurricanes at Shaw's Bar, Altoona
Ty Ayers (acoustic) at 4D's Lounge, Altoona
A.X.E. at Heritage Plaza, Altoona (starts 7 p.m., free admission)
Jack and the Country Gentlemen at Clair's Ashville Inn, Ashville (starts 6 p.m.)
Wertz & Pletcher at 4D's Lounge (upstairs), Altoona
Open Mic/Jam Night at Pellegrine's, Altoona (starts 9 p.m.)
Felix & the Hurricanes at Legion Park Wing Festival, Hollidaysburg (starts 6 p.m.)
Downtown Live! Concert Series with Shallow 9 on the Diamond, Hollidaysburg (starts 6 p.m.)
Triple Threat at Pellegrine's, Altoona (starts 9 p.m.)
Steve Summerhill at Jethro's, Altoona (starts 7 p.m.)
Partners in Crime at Bad Boyz Bistro, Bedford (starts 9 p.m.)
Conner Gilbert at Zach's, Altoona
(More shows may be added to this list as information becomes available. Feel free to check back.)
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Scott Blasey of The Clarks, during the group's appearance last year at the Railroaders Museum. The Pittsburgh group will conclude the Alive @ Five Summer Concert Series this Saturday night at the Railroaders Museum.
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The extent of the coverage given to Paul Newman's death was a little surprising. A major star in the past, he was not a name on the lips of young moviegoers today. But like all good actors, he had a strong sense of timing and this showed, even in his departure. (more…)


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KAIZER Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter is dreading the looming African Nations Cup tournament as the Premier Soccer League (PSL) will suspend domestic premiership fixtures for nearly two months to accommodate the continental showpiece.
The PSL will take a seven-week break from December 19 to accommodate the African Nations Cup — to be staged in South Africa from January 19 to February 10 — and Baxter said on Wednesday he was worried that the rhythm of his premiership leaders could be affected by the time the season resumes on February 13.
"The African Nations Cup is a worrying issue for me," Baxter said. "If (Bafana) are successful and get to the final, we will get the players back maybe three or four days before the league resumes after the African Nations Cup.
"I cannot play my players two days after that and they will need to have some time off. That may mean we will go into the first few games with a very depleted team."
Chiefs have goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, defenders Tsepo Masilela and Siboniso Gaxa, midfielders Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Siphiwe Tshabalala, and strikers Bernard Parker and Lehlohonolo Majoro in the Bafana squad that will play Malawi in a friendly international in Durban on December 22.
Defender Eric Mathoho is on a standby list of 12 players and will join the Bafana squad on December 27.
Some of these players have been regulars in coach Gordon Igesund's Bafana squad and they are expected to make the final African Nations Cup squad.
Chiefs have topped the log since the start of the season in August and have a three-point lead over second-placed Orlando Pirates.
The Briton is worried that injuries sustained during the African Nations Cup, fatigue and loss of form could scuttle his plans to win the premiership title.
"It is a concern because we have got so many players who will be part of the team, even if they do not play. Even if they do not all play, they will be on six or seven weeks of national duty. It will be a challenge for everybody to quickly get back into the same rhythm.
"It will be a challenge for everybody to get fit at the same time."
Baxter said the other problem was around the number of players who were selected for the Malawi match on December 22. The Briton said many of these players could have done with a rest after shuttling between Chiefs and the national team for the past few months. He cited the example of striker Bernard Parker, who was in scintillating form in the first few matches of the premiership season but has since lost a bit of form after returning from a Bafana camp in October.
Baxter said Parker had struggled since travelling with Bafana to play in Poland and Kenya, mainly due to an overloaded programme.
"I will speak to Gordon and I will speak to (the South African Football Association) about the bigger picture and the overloading of the players.
"The national team took our players to Poland and Kenya, and when they came back they had to play against Bidvest Wits two days later, which we have suffered for since.
"You know we have been walking a tightrope with Parker since then (because) of fatigue," he said.
"We have been told by Safa that they take no responsibility for the fitness or the injuries that happen on the players and we have to. So there will be a discussion.
"Basically we want our players to play in the national team. Basically we want to support the national team wherever we can. But we cannot let our players be invalids in the future. We have to use them with common sense and respect."


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The noses that know who smokes
SOME people tell their doctors that they are non-smokers in a bid to get cheaper life insurance. But an electronic nose could scupper such deception.
A team led by Paul Thomas at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, tweaked a commercially available e-nose so that it would detect the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the breath of a person who had smoked a cigarette. The e-nose uses an array of 32 sensors whose electrical resistance changes as different VOCs are detected. The resultant "smellprint" correctly identified 37 out of 39 volunteers as either smokers or non-smokers (Journal of Breath Research, DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/3/3/036003).
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October 21, 2013 - Robert Collias
Couldn't sleep so I thought I would take the chance to get back to the Roblog. Sorry for leaving y'all hanging for the last week or so, super busy, but no excuses — I will try not to let it happen again.
Our MIL statistics package will be in Tuesday's paper, but below are a few highlights that document the absolute domination of the Lahainaluna football team this season. Of course, the Lunas showed Baldwin and the state they can do basically what they want when they want in their 48-3 win on Friday night.
Team-wise, the Lunas average 404.6 yards per game, 73.3 better than second-place Baldwin in MIL offensive team numbers. On defense, it continues to be staggering: Lahainaluna gives up just 121 yards per game — second-best Maui High surrenders 295.1 ypg.
Lahainaluna's rushing total is 2,440 yards, 869 better than second-best Maui High.
In individual rushing, the Lunas go 1-2-4 on the list and the numbers are eye-popping. Jared Rocha-Islas leads the way with 674 yards on 54 attempts — an average of 12.5 yards per carry — and 12 touchdowns. Makoa Filikitonga is second with 658 yards on 62 carries, 10.6 per tote, and seven TDs. Christian Whitehead is fourth, with 529 yards on 72 carries (7.3 ypc, 8 TD).
Baldwin's Dusty Flores (105-642, 5 TD) was the MIL rushing leader until the Lunas limited him to 11 yards on six carries Friday night.
For good measure, Lahainaluna's Kiko Kohler-Fonohema (18-144, 8.0 ypc, 2 TD) and Jeffery Ancog (8-125, 15.6 ypc!, 2 TD) are 15th and 16th on the rushing list.
Rocha-Islas' 13 touchdowns and 40 PATs give him 118 points, 70 more than second-place Whitehead. Filikitonga is fourth on that list with 42 points, 3 behind Maui High's Jared Kapisi.
On the passing chart, Filikitonga has moved into fourth place with 392 yards and his three TD passes have all come in the last three games, an encouragin sign of life for the Luna passing game.
There are other individual notables in this league, however.
Kamehameha Maui junior Chase Newton rang up 324 passing yards — the league high this season — in the Warriors' final game of the season Saturday to give him 1,521 for the season, the highest number for an MIL QB since Jordan Helle of Baldwin was a senior in the 2007 season.
Elijah Tasini of Maui High has gained 383 of his 442 yards rushing in the last two games to vault to fifth in the league.
Baldwin's Kawela Kaeo-Mata has 40 catches to lead the receiving chart — he has 446 yards receiving and four TDs, tied for the top there with Kamehameha's Joshua Hiwatashi and Keoni Keanini.
Want one more Lahainaluna number? The Lunas have outscored MIL opponents 294-30. Whoa, this just may be an all-time team we are witnessing.
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Ever since I can remember, I have enjoyed the outdoors. My grandparents took me camping every summer and we would explore different places. I also tended to hog the camera on family vacations. My dad had an old Canon AE-1 film camera which I took many photos with. The appreciation for nature and interest in photography naturally led me to landscapes.
I wanted to be able to share my experiences with others – to preserve the scenes that I witnessed. Photography allows me to share what I see and to preserve a moment in time which will never happen quite the same way again.
I strive to make my photography an accurate representation of what I was seeing at the time. This is not to say that editing is not done, but is done with care to reproduce a scene accurately. I make extensive use of on-camera filters to get an exposure which is able to be captured with a single shot. I hope that you enjoy my photography.


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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Rocket City Democrats will host a "meet and greet" tonight with Steve Raby, the Democratic nominee for the 5th Congressional District, and Jeff Enfinger, Democratic candidate for state Senate District 7.
The meeting is at Amendment XXI, 123 Northside Square, from 5:30-7 p.m. The meeting will include brief speeches by the candidates, followed by a question and answer session.
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GALVESTON — Women arrive at Beacon Place fleeing domestic violence. They come from shelters all over Texas and sometimes as far away as Louisiana. They always arrive with children and often with little else.
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Katie Couric is leaving and Meredith Vieira is taking her place, but one thing will remain constant about the Today show: Matt Lauer.
He's staying – through 2011, at least.
"It's an important time for this show," Lauer, 48, tells The New York Times. Of extending his contract, which apparently was done with few machinations, the anchor said from his NBC office, "I like it here. I can be cagey about it and do all the things you're supposed to do. I like this job."
Lauer agreed to add three years to his current contract, which was set to expire in 2008, the Times reports. The Times also writes that, according to a person familiar with the deal, Lauer will earn more than $13 million a year. (In 2002, he reportedly made $4 million a year.)
Once this contract expires in 2011, Lauer will have been on Today for 14 years, only a shade less than Couric's 15-year stint, which made her the 53-year-old program's longest-running host.
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Tunnel Excavation
Application ID: 9750
This model provides an estimation of the behavior of the soil during a tunnel excavation. The surface settlement and the width of the plastic region around the tunnel are important parameters needed to predict the reinforcements to use during the excavation.
Two study steps are used. The first computes the stress state of the soil before excavating the tunnel. The second computes the elastoplastic behavior after removing the soil inside the tunnel, and uses the in situ stresses calculated from the first step. In the first step, the soil is considered elastic and in the second step, a soil plasticity feature with Drucker-Prager criterion is added. The model is solved in 2D plane strain.
This application was built using the following:Geomechanics Module
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Alumni Society holds Long Trout Winery Tour and Wine TastingThe Alumni Society is holding a tour of Long Trout Winery and wine-tasting event on Thursday, September 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
Although Long Trout Winery has a new facility, visitors will think they took a trip in a time machine when they see all the peace signs, tie dye, bell bottoms, flower rings of baby's breath and daisies, headbands and halter tops that give the winery its unique flair. Visitors will enjoy '60s music, smoldering incense, and clean, crisp homemade wines, which are available for purchase.
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There will be no 2014 Summer Arts Festival
The Erie Summer Festival of the Arts is reinventing itself -- again.
There will be no 2014 festival as organizers "rethink, reshape and reimagine" the event for 2015, festival President Vince Palermo said.
"It's been done before, in 1988, when the festival was skipped and reorganized. It came back stronger, and with a loud bang, in 1989," Palermo said. "That's what we're doing this year."
The festival was also reshaped, as the Erie Arts Fest, in 2013. The event was moved from Liberty Park to the Bayfront Convention Center and rescheduled from June to July. Attendance, estimated at 25,000, was half what it was in 2012, when 50,000 people came.
The change in venue was mostly to blame for the poor attendance, Palermo said. "To take an outdoor event and bring it completely indoors just was not a good fit for us," he said.
Other disappointments: no food vendors were allowed inside the Convention Center, and festival entertainment and craft sales didn't mix, Palermo said.
"When we had 100-plus crafters on one side of the room and music on the other, you could not hear yourself think in that gigantic room," Palermo said. "Crafters couldn't explain their wares, and many of the booths were historical, but no one could talk about what they had."
Organizers will use Baltimore's successful Artscape festival as a model for Erie's 2015 arts festival, Palermo said. Artscape includes art, literature, music, dance and film events at a variety of locations through the city.
"It will give us the outline that we can tweak to be our own unique event, maybe with things like poetry at Perry Square, crafters at the Bayfront Convention Center, a music headliner at the Burger King Amphitheater, a film at the Tom Ridge (Environmental Center) and events on the Villa campus," Palermo said.
Financial troubles that plagued the Erie festival in 2012, when the event finished $15,000 in the red, have been largely resolved, although the festival still owes the Erie County Convention Center Authority about $7,000 for use of the Bayfront Convention Center in 2013, Palermo said. That's beyond the $10,000 provided by the Jefferson Educational Society for the rental. The society helped to fund the 2013 Erie Arts Fest as part of the Perry 200 celebration.
Festival organizers will also reorganize themselves this year, with a new board of directors and an advisory board that Palermo has asked Erie County officials to appoint.
"The festival for some years has had the same people organizing it, with no outside help, critique or opinions. And as a result, it went into a permanent funk," Palermo said.
The Ruth Jageman Panorama Juried Art Exhibit generally held during the arts festival will be held this year, but maybe not until August, Palermo said.
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Under a scorching sun, Riina Stockemer wipes sweat from her face. Since mid-July, she and scores of volunteers have been searching the dense scrublands around Grand Junction, Colo., for their missing friend Paige Birgfeld. "I've been out here from dusk to dawn for the past week, and I'll be out here until we find her," says Stockemer, 34. Friends know the dynamic Birgfeld as a supermom who juggled several jobs—including selling Pampered Chef cookware and opening a dance school—to take care of her three young children. "She could carry a baby, cook, talk on the phone and do six other things at the same time," Stockemer says. "Everyone wanted to be like her."
Yet since Birgfeld, 34, disappeared June 28, the Mesa County sheriff's office has discovered a darker side to supermom. They say Birgfeld, using the pseudonym 'Carrie,' ran an escort service, Models Incorporated, from her home and a nearby office. Birgfeld's closest friends knew her secret, but the revelation stunned her parents, who now think the escort business might be tied to her disappearance. "It's a fertile area for investigators to look at," says Frank Birgfeld, 64, retired director of the National Association of Securities Dealers, who traveled from Denver with his wife, Suzanne, 61, to join the search and look after their grandchildren. "I mean, I don't think anyone assaulted her because of the Pampered Chef products she was selling."
Cops say that on Thursday, June 28, the twice-divorced Birgfeld met her first husband, Howard Beigler, 37, for a date in Eagle, Colo. At 9 p.m., as she made the 120-mile drive back to Grand Junction, Beigler called her cell phone and she told him she was nearly home. By Saturday, though, she still hadn't arrived. Her nanny, accustomed to her employer's irregular hours, called police at the insistence of Birgfeld's daughter Jess, 8. The following night, her 2005 Ford Focus was found burning in a parking lot about three miles from her home, and on July 15 searchers found her checks and business cards scattered over an 11-mile stretch along a highway southeast of Grand Junction. "Everything so far indicates foul play," says Heather Gierhart, spokeswoman for the sheriff's department. "We don't have anything to indicate that she walked away on her own."
The younger of Frank and Suzanne's two children, Birgfeld loved her own kids too much to leave them, say friends. One longtime pal, Andrea Lake, once asked her if she ever wanted to get away from it all. "She said, 'Sure,'" says Lake. "'But I'd want to take my kids with me.'" Birgfeld's other passion was dancing. While she taught dance to kids, she'd also worked as an exotic dancer in her 20s. In fact, she met her second husband, Robert Dixon, while dancing at a strip bar in Denver. "I knew she did exotic dancing and maybe she had some dancers she booked jobs for, but that didn't matter to me," says Lake. "Her actions as a mother spoke much louder than anything else."
Cops have interviewed several of her escort service clients and searched the home of mechanic Lester Ralph Jones, 56, who works across the street from where Birgfeld's car was found. (Police call him "a person of interest.") They say both of her ex-husbands, including Dixon, the father of her children Jess, Taft, 6, and Kohl, 3, are cooperating fully. Frank Birgfeld says his daughter's divorce last year from Dixon put her under heavy financial stress. She struggled to keep up payments on the six-acre home where they had lived, and "started setting up things she could do from home," Birgfeld says. Among other schemes, she tried flipping houses, selling baby slings and considered breeding dogs. "If there was a buck to be found somewhere, she could find it," Birgfeld says.
With a sigh, he acknowledges his daughter's entrepreneurial spirit does appear to have extended into the escort business. One of Paige's online ads offered an "escort, erotic massage, private dancer" who would even travel out of state to meet clients—but only by chartered jet. She went on to describe herself as having a "beautiful body and face, nice hair and teeth. Sensual mannerisms with a fun attitude." Friends say she rarely sent other women on 'dates,' but mostly went herself—and they insist she would have never prostituted herself. "There is a very clear line between legal and illegal and she made sure that line was never crossed," says another longtime friend, Jamie Silvernail. "She knew if she crossed that line, she could jeopardize her kids." Regardless, her clients seemed satisfied. In a June 25 post online, one of them raved she was "a little bit pricey [but] worth every dime."
For now, the search continues. Frank Birgfeld holds out hope. "We know the odds aren't good in our favor," he says. "But at the same time, the Elizabeth Smart case comes to mind where there was some bizarre ending and that's what we're hoping for. In the meantime, we're searching hard to find her."
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MILWAUKIE -- Army National Guard Pvt. Kyle S. Crowther, son of Anita Crowther of Milwaukie, recently graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman.
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Two men charged in burglaries of cabins in Westfield, N.Y.
WESTFIELD, N.Y. -- Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies have charged two Westfield men with committing burglaries at three cabins in March.
Garett J. Bowen, 19, and Jalen J. Matve, 18, are accused of breaking into seasonal cabins on Belson, Pigeon and Douglas roads in the town of Westfield and stealing items from them. Evidence collected from the cabins led them to identify Bowen and Matve as the suspects, deputies said today.
Stolen items including a shotgun and a compound hunting bow have been recovered, deputies said.
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"House Show" unites sixteen local curators and artists working to organize simultaneous exhibitions in a home in West Oakland, CA.
56 backers pledged $3,150 to help bring this project to life.
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The U.S. power grid is vulnerable to terrorist attacks, and the growing use of rooftop solar panels will provide protection against lengthy blackouts, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
"It wouldn't take that much to take the bulk of the power system down," FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said today at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit in New York. "If you took down the transformers and the substations so they're out permanently, we could be out for a long, long time."
Distributing generation units more widely on the grid, such as by deploying fuel cells and rooftop solar panels will help consumers avoid blackouts.


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Many of you know that I am a big believer of health and wellness. I believe beauty starts on the inside and no matter what product you buy it won't look good on dehydrated skin and skin that needs internal repair. Wellness Wednesdays are here to promote beauty as a lifestyle and not just a product. I love a good workout, but wanted to write about wellness more and I have asked my good friend Xina to contribute to a few posts to help you on your beauty and wellness journey.
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Wellness Wednesday: My Personal French Diet
Over the past three years, since returning from my first visit in Paris, France in November 2012, I've been thinking about starting a new blog on the adventures of my life. Friends, family, and colleagues tell me that I really have great stories to share, especially about my life as a PR strategist living in D.C. Although I agree that I work with some of the most amazing clients in the world, there is a greater message that I want to share with everyone – good health.
My work as a PR strategist includes not only projects with nonprofits, government, and corporate clients but also businesses and organizations that focus on health. I've worked on national large-scale campaigns such as HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, flu vaccination, cancer, diabetes and many others. While working on these campaigns, two common threads I see as I travel all over the United States – deteriorating health in African Americans, Hispanics and other disenfranchised communities and obesity among children and teens.
Americans enjoy one of the most luxurious lifestyles on earth: Our food is plentiful. Our work is automated. Our leisure is effortless. And it's killing us.
I went to Paris with a group of friends who are fashion and beauty bloggers to visit a few beauty houses around the city. My friend Julia Coney, creator of this blog suggested I go even though I wasn't a blogger. It was supposed to be a five-day excursion but due to Hurricane Sandy, I was there for an extra four days. It was the first time I had ever been out of the country, except for trips to the Caribbean and Mexico.
While I was in Paris, I became fascinated with the culture of the city and the food. I couldn't get enough of the rich foods the French eat. Food is a very important part of the French culture. The French are notoriously chic, especially when it comes to cuisine. They eat lots of rich foods, creamy cheeses, decadent desserts and drink full-bodied wines.
{Market bounty. Fresh, local, and healthy.}
{Exceptional food and normal size portions.}
Before I arrived in France, I was at least 15 lbs heavier even though I am pretty athletic and a healthy eater. Like most people on vacation, I decided not to worry about my weight and indulged on the French cuisine without worry or guilt. The end result: I lost at least 5-7 lbs when I returned to the U.S.
So how, then, did this weight loss happen? Why did I come to Paris weighing more than I ever have in my entire life and lost the pounds that I was struggling to shed in the U.S. in the "City of Lights?"
Subconsciously, I started living as if I were a Parisian. I took in everything I saw them do, including how they eat.
While I was standing in the crepe line, yes I said the crepe line, I asked a French woman how do the French stay so skinny and they don't deprive themselves of food. She gave me a few answers: watch food portions, eat locally-grown produce, walk or take stairs as much as possible, drink more than eight ounces of water and finally no in-between snacking; only eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.
With that said, she went on to tell me that her teenage daughter lived on the U.S. West Coast for a summer and gained 10 pounds. She said that she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw her daughter the first time after she returned to Paris.
{Stuck in Paris for a few more days in Paris. I'll take it.}
Once I returned home, many of my friends commented on my weight loss. I had no idea of what they were talking about. To me, I looked the same but it wasn't until my girlfriend showed me the difference in the before and after pictures did I notice how much weight I took off in such a short amount of time.
I was on the French diet without realizing it. Now, I want to share those adventures with you.
My blog posts aren't about dieting; it's more about changing your lifestyle. I will share with you trips to farmers markets and discussing the different fruits and vegetables I buy to make my meals at home. I've stopped eating out as much unless it is for business. I will also be about talk about my runs, workout classes and other methods I try to keep the weight off.
You will also learn about my weak moments with food such as whenever I go home to Detroit to visit with friends and family I eat more than I ever have in months. It will be about how I fall back into old habits that sometimes take me days to get back on the healthy track.
Welcome to "La vie de Xina." I hope you enjoy!!!
{Living the French lifestyle in Miami}


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DJ Baby Swiss goes solo…as Dr. StrangeDub overslept and missed the show. An amazing mix of old and new that was described by the dubmaster The Technician as "F#$%@#@ Great!" The big cheese for the night threw together some Skatalites at Tubby's, Steve Turre, Voodeux, Otto von Schirach, Subatomic Sound System, Amadi featuring Bunny Rugs, and more, culminating in a John Brown's Body track, Ghost Notes, going out to some newly-minted ghosts… victims of Col. Gaddafi's war on his own population.
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Old School Miguel, New School Steven On this episode of Radio Pocho we hit you with some classic funk and tejano cuts! Chale, that's my jam
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For some time now, Minnesota has been a refuge for immigrant communities displaced from their homes due to a variety of circumstances. Minnesota's Liberian community grew rapidly in the aftermath of a series of civil wars that ravished their country. However the story of Liberians in Minnesota does not begin with these civil wars, but stretches over more than 50 years.
In this radio documentary, producers e.g. Bailey and Sha Cage explore Liberian history, along with the growth and development of the community here in Minnesota.
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The light snow falling in the Newark area should end this morning, the National Weather Service says.
No more than an inch of snow is expected to accumulate and the NWS has no active advisories for any of the state's 21 counties.
There is a 45 mph speed restriction on the New Jersey Turnpike between exit 8 and East Windsor and exit 11 in Woodbridge, according to 511nj.org, the Department of Transportation's traffic website.
More light snow could fall again tonight into Wednesday morning before skies turn sunny in the afternoon. The high temperature will be about 40 degrees.
There is also a chance of light snow Thursday night into Friday and Friday night into Saturday.
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People seeking health pay a lot of attention to diet, exercise and sleep. And rightfully so. What we eat, how much we eat, when we eat, how often we eat... What exercise we do, how long for, how frequently, in what environment... When we sleep, how long we sleep, how deep we sleep, what we do before we sleep and how we wake up... All perfectly valid, important things to factor in when optimizing our health as "human animals". But we often neglect another part of our lives entirely.
Humans are social animals. We were made to cooperate beyond breeding and child-rearing. We are designed to live in a complex social environment, with leaders, followers, workers, soldiers, craftsmen and even serfs and slaves. We were designed to each serve a purpose and fulfil a task. But we ignore that that alone doesn't a "social animal" make. Indeed, that structure, on its own, is a HIVE. And humans were not made (neither by nature, nor by the gods, nor by evolution, nor by ourselves) to be hive creatures. We are SOCIAL animals. And social animals, on top of the aforementioned, have frequent physical contact. They rub, nuzzle, pat, rest, headbutt, paw, nibble, lick, groom... Some even hug and kiss. And this isn't just between breeding pairs or parents and children. Their entire dynamic, as social animals, is based on communication, a huge amount of which is physical and mostly involving touch. But humans seem to have moved away from that.
We live in a socially cold world, where we don't know most people we see and are continually slightly on edge due to a natural fear of unknown humans. We shun public displays of affection. We send kids to schools where a teacher giving them a comforting hug or a pat on the shoulder is sexual harrassment. We teach boys that contact is for sissies and girls that their bodies are private temples, never to be touched. Many people fear even becoming too physically close with their friends as, in this overly sexualized world, we perceive any physical attention to be sexual or inappropriate. Many people don't share living space with family or a partner, meaning they very rarely get physical contact. Some people don't even get a hand rested on their shoulder or a palm to the middle of their back when talking informally with friends, teachers and co-workers. Everything is cold and professional.
And yet, we often ignore this side of ourselves and don't seem to understand how crucial it may be to regain control over it. Almost every form of friendly contact releases oxytocin, endorphines and other "happy hormones", making you feel joyful and comfortable, leading to a greater trust of that person, as well as empathy toward them. All these things improve social interactions in any environment, professional or social alike. Kissing, nuzzling and hugging rubs some of our own pheromones onto the other person and some of theirs onto us. Whilst humans perceive pheromones far less than other animals, we do still appear to pick up on them slightly and our subconscious appears to still use pheromonal cues in social interactions. This enhances the bonding experience, meaning we're more closely bonded to people we hug and kiss often, like very close friends, family and partners.
Hugs and other affectionate forms of physical contact are also almost instant de-stressors. When you're hugged, kissed, held... the dumping of "happy hormones" actually counters stress, anxiety and depression faster than medication, time alone, binging or even crying it out. We were meant to be comforted, to share our woes and put them behind us. This also means that physical contact can take the edge off intense emotions, like rage, passion or panic, not removing them entirely, but calming them enough (into anger, joy or fear) so that you can take a calmer, more rational approach to your situation.
We didn't build all we have by staying one metre away from everyone, refusing hugs from age 12 upwards, jumping when touched and calling a pat on the shoulder "harrassment". I believe that, as humans are social animals, we should act like such. Just as we factor in different aspects of diet, exercise and sleep, in our quest for optimal health we must also factor in human contact. Try and get at least one moment of friendly, non-sexual human contact a day, to start with, and build up from there.
It could be: a hug, letting someone brush your hair, letting them arrange your collar/tie, a kiss, a hand on your arm or back, cuddling up together, massaging or being massaged, rubbing the back, thigh or arm, holding hands...
And (as long as appropriate) it doesn't matter who you do it with. It may be a partner, parent, close friend, sibling, child... Doesn't matter. Find someone to give you a hug and enjoy it.


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And so another year gallops to a close, thundering through the ribbon into January on a wave of good cheer and over-eating. And what a cracker of a year it's been for gaming, with all the major platforms delivering some absolutely stonking exclusives along with some truly spectacular blockbusters spread across all formats, like warm butter on the crumpet you're hopefully eating right now to ward off the December chills.
For Xbox 360 owners, it's been the year in which Master Chief finally returned to the gaming stage. Absent for five years - an eternity in games terms - his triumphant return in Halo 4 not only kickstarted the new Reclaimer Trilogy, but also introduced new developer 343 Studios to the series. 343 immediately put its stamp on Bungie's universe, crafting a game with sumptuous visuals and a distinctly personal spin on storytelling, as Chief battles not just to save the galaxy, but his AI companion Cortana, whose code is deteriorating. Add in an exhaustive suite of multiplayer modes, a full co-op campaign, and the ongoing Spartan Ops bonus missions and you've got one of the best games of the series, and of this year.
Halo wasn't the only Microsoft legend getting a makeover in 2012. Forza Horizon took the imposing racing simulation and gave it a funky mainstream twist, combining developer Turn 10's impeccable vehicle physics with an open world underground racing vibe. Everything from drift racing to hardcore rallying is covered as you roar around a virtual Colorado racing festival, looking for events and opportunities to show off your talent behind the wheel.
The wonderful land of Albion also showed off a new perspective in Fable: The Journey. This Kinect-fuelled spin-off from the superb RPG series puts you right into the action as a young boy, separated from his tribe and forced to travel across this magical land alone as dark forces gather against him. Using precision motion control, you steer your wagon, fire off spells and even look after your loyal horse. It's an unusual game, offering an experience far removed from the other Fable titles, yet it's also one of the best Kinect games. Immersive and packed with genuine challenge, it's a good sign that motion gaming doesn't have to just mean simple mini-games for little kids.
Definitely not suitable for little kids was The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Previously a well-deserved smash hit on the PC, the game crossed over to consoles exclusively for Xbox 360. This was no mere half-hearted port either. Czech developer CD Projekt went out of its way to recreate the game specifically for a console audience, adding four hours of fresh questing content, as well as new cinematics. The result was one of the best role-playing games, not just of 2012, but of all time. A thorny, challenging adventure set in a bawdy, complex world torn apart by racism, political strife and class war.
On the digital frontline, the Xbox continued to thrill. World conquering epic Minecraft came to consoles just for the 360, allowing a whole new audience to experience the genius of Mojang's communal block bashing and building. No surprise that it quickly became one of the most popular online games, challenging even the heavyweight shooters. Indie hit Fez got critics hot under the collar too with its mind-bending puzzle platforming action, and knockabout motocross romp Trials Evolution offered gamers the chance to punish their ragdoll rider in the year's biggest highs and most hilarious fails.
Xbox owners weren't left out when it came to multi-format releases either. The brilliant Borderlands 2, with its lunatic mix of co-op action and loot-swapping mayhem, is what your Xbox LIVE Friends List was invented for, while the online action of hits such as FIFA 13 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted made the most of Microsoft's ever-evolving digital community. Even the biggest game of the year had something extra special for Xbox players, as Activision announced that all the DLC maps for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be exclusive to Xbox 360 for a limited time.
And that's just this year. Where will Xbox be in another twelve months? Will there be a new console to save up for? How long will we have to wait for Halo 5? And what will developers do next with the controller-free Kinect? One thing's for sure, it's going to be an amazing ride finding out.
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Ypsilanti Eyeball
was an experimental Wiki designed to serve the community needs of Ypsilanti Michigan.
It currently lives at:
Pretty soon (some time in the next year or so), we're going to move it off onto a public server and put up a more spiffy front page. The objective of the Wiki part will be to let interested people in the community exchange information. I have friends on several public commissions who are interested in using it to post meeting minutes for public perusal.
Several friends and I are also putting together an artist resource center that will have conventional and high-tech art production tools. I imagine that we'll either carve out a corner of the
for our purposes, or else we'll set up another database.
Please feel free to visit the site and make commentary either here or on the site. I've been refactoring pages and structure regularly to try and get an efficient portal to the information inside!
Thanks for your help! --
By the way -- I use about a half-dozen other private Wiki databases for fact collection, drill-down and trouble-ticket tracking for mission critical software projects. It works great, but only if you figure out how to make it work. Unlike bug-tracking databases where everything is pretty much spelled out, you have to design an intelligent structure. The best thing is that you can add more information and structure free-form as you go, so the system morphs to fit your changing needs -- without a significant investment in software or database development.
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A structure fire in a residential area forced some Santa Barbara residents to evacuate their homes early Friday morning.
The fire started just after 1:15 a.m. Friday on the 1100 block of De La Guerra.
A spokesperson for the Santa Barbara City Fire Department says the fire started in a shed, but that it quickly grew and threatened four to five buildings.
The Santa Barbara Police Department stepped in to help evacuate homes near the fire.
Firefighters were able to keep the flames from causing significant damage to nearby buildings. No one was hurt.
Fire investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire.
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The Massachusetts Port Authority said the Conley Terminal will be upgraded with an additional berth and three new cranes, while the Boston Harbor will be dredged to accommodate 12,000-TEU vessels.
The South Korean carrier said certain providers have been charging its customers more than what it would have charged to transport cargo and has tried to intervene, taking its concern up with the Federal Maritime Commission.
The Water Resources Development Act has mostly received bipartisan support, but Democrats in the House are upset that a provision that would have protected Harbor Maintenance Tax receipts from being diverted for other uses was removed from the final draft.
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Following Hanjin Shipping filing for receivership, Hyundai Merchant Marine will start up two new services, one between Korea and the U.S. and one between Korea and Europe.
A bankruptcy court in Newark, N.J. will hear requests for modifications as Hanjin Shipping's biggest shareholder, Korean Air Lines, has postponed a decision to provide cash to the carrier.
Third-party logistics providers like Expeditors International of Washington have traditionally benefitted from disruptions in direct shipper/carrier relationships, according to a recent client note from William Blair Equity Research.


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By Jeff Brumley
Go to Google and type "Millennials, church," and the screen will be dominated by links to articles, blogs and studies documenting that generation's exodus from American congregations.
What irks some, however, is that evidence is being overlooked that the problem is not one that plagues the 'capital-C church.'
A growing group of African-American, Hispanic and other ethnic ministers are pushing back. And they are armed with yet more articles, blogs and studies — this time revealing that the departure of young adults from churches is a largely white-church problem.
Writing for the Christian Post recently, theologian Anthony Bradley kindly asked if white evangelicals in general, and Southern Baptists in particular, would please stop projecting their own demographic declines onto "the Church" as a whole.
"For example, many Southern Baptist writers … have been writing on the issue of Millennials leaving the church," Bradley writes. "It turns out, that this is not an evangelical problem nor an American church problem, but a white problem in certain circles."
Bradley, an associate professor of theology at The King's College in New York City, added that Asian American, Hispanic, and African American Millennials are actually growing.
"Black Millennials are not leaving the church," he added.
Others say the tendency to paint with a broad isn't brush not limited to Southern Baptists, and some African-American and Hispanic pastors contend that their own churches face challenges similar in seriousness to the exodus of Millennials from white churches.
Less conservative Baptists are often just as guilty of assuming their experience with Millennials is true across the larger Christian church, said George Bullard, a church consultant and president of The Columbia Partnership
"Many moderate to progressive Baptists who consider themselves open and liberated in their thinking about race, ethnicity, socioeconomics, and other issues are at the same time very myopic and parochial in seeing issues from a middle class, white, Baptist perspective," Bullard said.
Internal struggles
Nor is it a tendency limited to whites.
"I would agree we project our issues and expectations on different parts of the body of the church, and there are certainly times when that can cause some trouble or misunderstanding," said Jesse Ricones, a Lubbock, Texas, pastor and executive director of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas.
While the Christian Post article raised valid points, Ricones said Hispanic churches are struggling with attracting and retaining young people. However, the reasons are unique to Hispanic and other ethnic traditions: language.
Many congregations are shrinking because their first-generation members still want and need Spanish as the language of worship. But that's a turn-off to younger Christians who want English to be the dominant language at church.
Internal struggles ensue: should Sunday school and youth group activities be offered in English? Ricones knows of churches where those offerings ceased, angering youth who could no longer invite friends to church with them.
'Lost an entire generation'
Catholic parishes where English is the dominant language are doing better than those where Spanish is mostly spoken, he said — which mirrors the situation for Baptists and other Protestants.
"We also see that in Asian congregations where second- and third-generations lose the native language and it becomes a challenge for the pastor — who also has to deal with generational issues," Ricones said.
Once those issues are dealt with — if they are dealt with — ethnic church leaders then have the same challenges at keeping Millennials that their white counterparts do, Ricones said: providing that sense of community and vibrancy that young people yearn for in a church.
That are rigid and do not adapt to the challenges are the ones in decline, he said.
"I think we've lost an entire generation."
'A cultural transformation'
And those losses will continue as long as churches — white, black, Hispanic — continue to strive for relevancy, said Barry Wright, pastor of Destiny Ministries, an Orange Park church plant of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida.
The issue isn't race, or even age, but how Christ and the gospel are presented, Wright said. Some of the fastest growing churches are ones that cater to Millennials and Baby Boomers.
"They are leaving the traditional settings in droves," he said. "I think we are seeing a cultural transformation in how people do church."
Church doesn't always have to be at church for many Americans, he said. "They may go to a financial conference that uses biblical principles."
That would be an example of where an everyday need — solid money management skills — are being met in a spiritual context, he said.
'Where the needs are met'
And that's what churches need to do across the range of daily needs and challenges of its members. That's the only way they can stem the tide of Millennials, Wright said.
It's what Destiny Ministries, a mostly ethnic congregation, was designed to do from its beginning two years ago. So in addition to worship and Bible studies it offers counseling sessions and support groups focused on addiction recovery, personal loss and family trauma.
Wright said an African-American church can lose Millennials just as fast as a white one can if leadership doesn't provide relevant worship experiences and isn't tuned into the struggles of its people.
"Some churches are not adjusting to the needs, and people are going to flock to where their needs are being met," he said.


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Today = the twentieth issue of SCOUTS SHOUTS, where I blog about my favourite song of the week, my album of the week, film of the week…you get the idea. Be sure to check back every Thursday to see what's hot that week. I'm going to start this week, with two of the most beautiful, versatile models in the world…
Female model (and crush) of the week
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Vogue Germany
November 2011
Photographed by Alexi Lubomirski
Male model of the week
Jon Kortajarena
El País Semanal
Film of the week
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore & Emma Stone and it is a hilarious, well-written comedy. Analeigh Tipton (ANTM) makes her big screen debut as the obsessed babysitter and Mekia Cox (This Is It) also puts in a performance as Tiffany, a hairdresser/hairstylist. Marisa Tomei's Kate Tafferty is one of the more colourful characters and she provides a lot of laughter throughout the film. Definitely worth a watch if you want to actually watch a rom-com that's both romantic and comical (for once!).
Song of the week
It has to be Coldplay ft. Rihanna – Princess of China
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Video of the week
Directed by Melina Matsoukas, the video for WE FOUND LOVE by Rihanna, may just be her best visual offering yet. I love that what you see; a love that is both good and bad. Ugly. In turmoil. Consuming…is the complete opposite to what you hear; which is the dance-pop, upbeat song. This causes a beautiful and at times dark mood = there's a perfect juxtaposition between the video and the Calvin Harris produced song. Check out the video below…