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Tribune Chronicle WARREN — On the heels of more than a week of tension and violence in the city, Warren G....
it wasn't safe at the football game due to the "threats" was mostly made to the police officers and was afraid it would induce panic and too many innocent ppl would be hurt, they said it wasn't worth the risk.
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If you really want to clean up the streets in Trumbull County form a countywide task force of law enforcement and let them do their jobs. They know who the dirtbags are and where they hang out. The same people who bit*ch about law enforcement when they have to shoot a criminal are the same people bit*ch that they don't feel safe in their communities or homes. Time for the people to look the other way for a change, some boots to the throat or some teeth kicked in would be a nice start.If not just stay in your homes cowering behind closed drapery.
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Some one explain to me why it wasnt "safe" to be at a Football game in a Single location on friday Night , YET THURSDAY Night it was Safe for our kids to be ALL over the city trick or Treating ?? Still waiting ....
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paradise it is called a smart phone that is paid for by me and my husband. smartphones are wonderful things you can use the internet and they have wonderful apps that keep me connected. I suggest you invest in one and get a life.
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An entire city held captive by a bunch of jag xxxs who are 100% on the dole, This is out of hand.
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"I always away from my computer". LOL
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They should have moved the game to Lorain or moved the game to Saturday morning with a strong police presence. Police 0 Thugs 1 that appears to be the score.
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MYNAMEISEARL You always manage to amaze me. Every time I think you can't write anything stupider. You DO. At least your statement are so stupid it makes for light-hearted reading. Thanks for the stupidity.
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arnold, i don't know why your afraid of the sunrise, the wpd is there all the time, there's always at least one car posted in the parking lot,, @ BeerSlavery,, really?? 2 kinds of ppl criminals and the naieve??, you forgot elderly and homeowners that have live here 40 plus years, do you honestly think with all this going on someone's gonna buy a house here,, some ppl are just stuck,, and other ppl refuse to tuck their tail and run and hide, they wanna stand up for what they have worked for all their lives.
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The facts are correct. Abuse of entitlements have cost this country our very future
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FYI paradise I always away from my computer its called a life and working to pay taxes. I suggest you stop blaming other people and start blaming the ones who deserve the blame.
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It was the hatred for obama that led louis mann to strangle his mom,beat his dad in the head and shoot him several times,only a blackhearted,souless republican can kill his parents w/no remorse.
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Sorry Fair and Equal - check your facts, and there is no need for name calling. We're trying to have a civil discussion here.
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Please ms smith, just get away from your computer for just one day!
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Sober Mullet.
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The costs that the Republicans incurred pale in comparison to the cost of entitlements, pinhead.
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Well said, Mullet.
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I have to agree this was a bad decision. The solution...instead of announcing a cancellation, they should have been announcing that only one or maybe 2 entrances would be open and everyone would be 'wanded' with a hand-held metal detector and all bags would be searched. You also double-up on security.
Remember the Walker Boys were the guys shooting...one is dead and other in jail.
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But at the end of the day, any critics of this asinine, ill-advised move that has set this city back years in the fight to assure folks that it is safe can simply say "We did it for the safety of the kids" or "We did it for the safety of the police"
Two bullet-proof (pun intended) defenses that will assure that even the filmiest defense of their decision is not taken apart like the sub-par, Class D vacant home it is.
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Yes, the police may know more than the general public, but they also have a job where getting shot is not only a risk, but is a rare occurrence.
Let us say there is truth to this RUMOR, what is the more likely scenario: A cop gets shot in front of 4,000 people at a football game or gets shot sitting alone in a parking lot on Franklin Street surfing his ipad while waiting for a call.
What sounds more likely?
And if there is grounds to these rumors that caused the perception of the safety of this city to plummet, what other precautions have the PD taken this week? Have they started to double up on patrols? Are they responding to calls not alone now? Are they now wearing their vests as a matter of course now? We won't know this stuff, but it probably is the stuff they are doing if this rumor had grounds...
I think the game was cancelled because the people who made the call heard RUMORS and did not want any liability if anything happened. Simple as that.
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Well, msmith, that is still speculation and rumor mongering. Hey everyone, what is your favorite Walker shooting aftermath RUMOR?
Here are some of the RUMORS I've heard:
1- Gang members were coming from either Detroit, Texas or New York City (and I heard all three from different people) to either shoot up cops or the first citizens they saw
2- Walker and his father were surrounded by police last weekend and were arrested.
3- The police had a checkpoint on Parkman road and were searching all vehicles coming into the city.
4- Shooting at a popular eatery near downtown/west side.
5- The game last night was cancelled because the opposing team refused to come to Warren.
Again, all RUMORS!
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MandatoryMullets, great post, I agree with you 100%. Too bad there are still fools out there--no names needed--who blame all the problems on segregation. Seriously?? These young people have never experienced segregation, nor have their parents or grandparents. That would be the same as my blaming all my problems on the discrimination my grandfather faced when he immigrated here 100 years ago.
And I'm glad all you anonymous poster, who are calling the police, school administrators, and politicians "fraidy cats" and "spineless leaders." No doubt you have more information on any threats than they do. You have more knowledge of the facts and threats, sitting there playing on the internet while watching your soap operas, than the people whose job it is to know about such things do. Maybe you'd be happier if more people were shot and killed.
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Thank you Lincoln!!!! Thank You!!
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w Clearwatertom on this one...not like raiders been on way to st champs ....
would of been differnt story if they been undefeated like back in the day...they would of play in somebody;s backyard so long as panthers be staying on road to state champ
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Move over Dr. Oz: America's corporations and insurers are going to new extremes to make you healthy.
For all the debate over the new health law and its insurance mandate, 56 percent of Americans still get coverage through their workplace – and employers are becoming even more aggressive than government about reducing medical costs by enticing you to be healthier.
In this area, Ingram Micro is paying $5,000 in cash to employees who lose the most weight. Independent Health pays its customers to eat fresh fruit and vegetables. BlueCross BlueShield's cafeteria cut the cost of whole-wheat pizza, hoping more employees would buy it instead of traditional pizza.
The stakes are high. Health insurance costs have risen 80 percent since 2003, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation – nearly three times as fast as inflation. The vendors that sell wellness programs tout savings of $3 or more for every $1 spent, and the Affordable Care Act allows subsidies for participating workers that can cut their premiums by 30 percent.
Conversely, the act also allows employers to charge more to employees who decline to join these programs.
"Sometimes you can take the carrot. And sometimes you can take the stick. And sometimes you can take the combination of the two," said Pamela Pawenski, regional vice president of sales for Univera Healthcare.
Some analysts doubt the effectiveness of wellness programs and financial incentives.
Further, critics worry about employers intruding so deeply into personal lives. And they suggest penalties just aren't fair, disproportionately affecting low-income populations and people genetically disposed to being heavy.
With health costs rising so fast, however, some experts argue there is little choice.
"A lot of this is employer-driven – they're the ones paying the bill," said Leslie Moran, senior vice president of the New York Health Plan Association.
State bars penalties
Drivers with a long histories of moving violations or accidents pay higher car insurance rates. But health insurance generally doesn't work that way. For the most part, people in an insurance pool – a workplace or a region – pay the same premiums whether a person is a young, athletic nonsmoker or an older, obese smoker.
This concept is called community rating. The federal standard, which carries over in the Affordable Care Act, permits limited differences based on age and tobacco use. But in New York, companies and insurers must offer the same insurance rates regardless of age, sex, health status or occupation within each pool of insured people. Carriers may charge different rates only for single and family plans and within different geographic areas. (Companies that want to leave the community rating can choose to be "experience rated," which can lead to different costs.)
So companies that want to encourage healthy living – and penalize bad habits – must be careful how they do it. The law says companies can offer incentives meant to encourage healthy choices.
"The programs that we offer cannot be outcome-based," said Mary Miller, director of business planning and product management for BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. "What we do instead is opportunities. You have an opportunity to participate in this program."
Cold cash, cheap fruit
In some cases, the opportunities come with nice sums attached. Univera Healthcare offers ActiveUnivera, which gives customers the chance to earn up to $500 a year by, for example, completing a wellness profile, quitting – or never – smoking and finishing a fitness program.
More than 95 percent of BlueCross BlueShield employees have signed up for a three-step program that screens weight, cholesterol and other metrics; an online health assessment; and, if needed, work with a health coach, said BlueCross BlueShield's Miller. The incentive: avoiding a deductible of $500 for individual coverage or $1,000 for family coverage.
And the company subsidizes the cost of food in its cafeteria to make sure the healthy option, such as pizza on whole-wheat crust, costs less than the unhealthy option, such as pizza with a white-flour crust.
"It's about the small changes," said Gretchen Fierle, the Blues' senior vice president for marketing and communications. "You can't ask somebody to go from A to Z."
Independent Health offers an Empower benefits plan that promises lower, out-of-pocket expenses to members who complete a health assessment that shows they are non-smokers with good blood-pressure and body mass index readings. If the assessment shows an issue in one of those areas, members are still eligible for the lower expenses, but they must follow a physician-approved action plan.
Independent Health also subsidizes the cost of fruits and vegetables. For every $2 that eligible members spend on fresh produce, they earn $1 to spend later at Tops Friendly Markets. "It's been very clear that if you lower the barriers, people will seek out services," said Dr. Michael Cropp, Independent Health's president and CEO.
No pizza and wings
Given the law requiring that everyone within a group be charged the same rates, employers have an interest in improving their entire work force's health.
Ingram Micro, the wholesale technology distributor with an office in Amherst, had nearly 400 employees organize last year into about 50 teams and take part in a 12-week corporate "Lose to Win" contest. The employees lost a total of 1,130 pounds. Ingram Micro finished second to Tops.
Ingram Micro has seen some longer-lasting changes in employee habits, said Jeff Streb, the company's North American senior director of human resources. Workers who always used to order pizza and wings switched to salad and grilled chicken. "That's something that really got traction once we launched this contest," he said.
Northtown Automotive Cos. started biometric screening of all of its employees in 2010, including a blood draw and weigh-in. The few workers who opt out of the screening pay higher out-of-pocket costs as part of their coverage, said Terri Alverson, Northtown's director of human resources.
Between 2011 and 2013, the proportion of Northtown employees with good cholesterol readings rose from 66 percent to 71 percent, and those with normal-range blood-pressure readings rose from 49 percent to 57 percent.
"We have reduced the number of smokers. We've absolutely seen our premiums decrease," Alverson said.
Tops Markets has introduced wellness programs, biometric screening and has signed up for the "Lose to Win" contest two years in a row. Overall participation in the contest has gone from 215 workers last year to 593 workers this year, the company says.
"Health care costs have risen faster than anybody's ability to keep pace," said Jack Barrett, senior vice president for human resources at Tops. "We participate in anything and everything they have to encourage and incent our employees to participate."
High cost of smoking
The ACA allows subsidies of up to 30 percent of the value of an employee's premiums, or an average of $1,620, for workers to take part in wellness programs – or a penalty of up to the same $1,620 for those who opt out.
Before an employer can use the stick of higher premiums for insurance, however, a "reasonable alternative" must be offered the employee to avoid paying a surcharge, according to a U.S. Labor Department rule.
For example, the alternative might be enrollment in a smoking-cessation plan.
The average smoking employee costs a company an extra $5,816 per year, over a nonsmoker, in health care benefits, absenteeism, smoking breaks and other expenses, according to research published in the journal Tobacco Control.
But it is difficult to scare, guilt-trip, berate or persuade someone to permanently quit smoking, said Dr. Martin C. Mahoney, a professor of oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and medical director of the New York State Smokers' Quitline.
An employer-provided smoking-cessation program can be "another arrow in the quiver" along with higher taxes on cigarettes, clean indoor air laws, motivation from family members and the social stigma against smoking, he said. "Smokers, or anyone looking to change a behavior, are ultimately unlikely to be successful unless they have internalized that desire to change," Mahoney said.
A long-term fix?
Wellness programs are a $6 billion industry for the vendors that market them to employers large and small, according to Reuters. But can these programs, tied to incentives, lead to better health?
A major clinical research study, the Diabetes Prevention Program, found that modest weight loss, stemming from increased physical activity and changes in diet, sharply lowered the participants' risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"It's measurable. They can link premiums to measurable outcomes," said Tina Colaizzo-Anas, associate professor in SUNY Buffalo State's dietetics and nutrition department.
However, a report from the RAND Corporation, required under the ACA legislation and released earlier this year, found that employees who took part in wellness programs had medical costs, on average, that were just $2.38 less per month than nonparticipants in the program's first year and $3.46 less in the fifth year. These modest savings couldn't be definitively linked to the programs.
It is not clear whether financial incentives offer a permanent solution to better health.
Three researchers published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association in July reporting on the incentives included in the ACA and calling for more study of their health effects. "It's very clear to me that you can use financial incentives to change behavior in the short term," said Kristin Madison, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University. "What's less clear is whether you change behavior in the long term."
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my new lovebird has labored breathing and tufted feathers.
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my new lovebird has labored breathing and tufted feathers. What could this be?
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How long have you had her? What temperature is the room at now? Do you have any other birds, and where did you get her? Have you seen any other out of the ordinary behaviors? Is her tail bobbing up and down with her breathing?
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Reply to Dr. Chenoa's Post: I've had her for about 6 weeks. I purchased her through a local pet shop. I don't have any other birds. I do notice that she won't eat anything else but sunflower seeds. I have a healthy mix of seed and even tried to feed her fresh fruits and veggies, but she won't eat anything! Her tail doesn't bob up and down and the room is set at about 70F.
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Okay, the first thing you want to do is warm the room up even more, preferaby 78-80F. Sick birds need it this warm.
Fluffing feathers is a sign of illness, when it persists beyond rearranging the feathers or a quick nap. It's great that you picked up on this.
6-8 weeks is the classic time in which a bird in a new environment will become ill. There are a few infections that will show up in the first few days, but I see many more that show up with any form of illness much later.
The diet is a concern, and I am glad that you have started trying to remedy it. Ideally we would get her on a good quality pelleted diet, with around 15 % fruits and veggies and also small amounts of (not sunflower though) seeds. This we will deal with later, when she is feeling better. I always want a sick bird to keep eating, and switching foods will be counterproductive right now.
Tail bobbing is usually seen with labored breathing, but it can be quite subtle. Unfortunately, as I am about to describe why, birds with breathing issues don't always have respiratory disease.
Birds do not have diaphragms, which separates the chest from the abdomen. Their lungs and the extentions, called air sacs, extend all the way down the body. So anything enlarged anywhere in the body can press on these organs, causing breathing discomfort.
The seeds come in where that they are very high in fat, and birds are prone to hardening of the arteries (like people), and fat build up in the liver, called fatty liver disease. In fatty liver disease, the liver often enlarges, and can press on the air sacs. Heart disease can also cause breathing troubles.
Fluid build up in the belly can also put pressure on the air sacs. This is most commonly related to egg issues in lovebirds, such as egg yolk peritonitis. The simple presence of an egg, or an egg binding situation can also frequently cause the signs you are seeing in a love bird.
Respiratory infections are also often seen. These can be upper (nares, sinus, choana, etc) or lower in the lungs or air sacs. This can be caused by bacterial or fungal infections.
Unfortunately, as you can see, the list is quite long. The problem with birds is that they hold out as long as they can without showing signs of illness, so whatever the cause, there is a good chance it has been coming on for a while. She could just be showing signs now because she is running out of reserves to keep up the "show" of health. The possibility of difficulty breathing is especially concerning, as far as waiting the weekend to go to a vet goes.
As above, keep her very warm, and if you can, increase the humidity in the area a little bit. I would strongly recommend getting her to an avian veterinarian tonight, or worst case tomorrow morning. (Animals always do seem to get sick on the weekends!) Make sure that the vet is familiar and comfortable with bird handling, conditions, and treatments. If you can't find such a hospital on a Saturday night, a larger emergency facility may at least be able to keep her in an incubator with a great controlled warm, dark, quiet environment until their exotics vet can get in tomorrow. Until she gets somewhere, keep her nice and warm, and humidity if possible.
Good luck, and let me know if you need assistance, even in just trying to find a vet. Association of Avian Veterinarians website is a good place to start.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - After dodging the issue for months, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday took a position on citizenship for undocumented immigrants, saying Congress must deal with the children of those who are in the United States illegally.
"This is about basic fairness. These children were brought here on no accord of their own. And frankly, they are in a very difficult position. And I think many of our members believe that this issue needs to be addressed," Boehner said at the weekly press conference with House GOP leaders.
Boehner has made it clear the House will not take up the bipartisan immigration bill that passed the Senate, which did provide a path to citizenship, but the speaker has repeatedly sidestepped the issue of whether he could support any sort of legalization proposal.
Although Boehner did finally weigh in on one component of reform, he would not say how the House would ultimately address the broader issue of the 11 million undocumented workers currently in the United States. But he did repeat earlier comments that he believed addressing the status of those here illegally was part of the overall problem Congress needs to tackle.
"We are trying to be deliberative in terms of how we deal with all of these issues, both fixing the problem with border security and enforcement, how to fix a broken legal immigration system, and yes - we've got the problem with those who are here who are undocumented," Boehner said.
Most House Republicans oppose allowing eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the country. But at a meeting last week of all House Republicans, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suggested that children fall into a special category and shouldn't be penalized for their parents' decision to break the law.
According to several members who attended the closed door session, many agreed with that approach. The details are still unclear, but Cantor and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, are drafting legislation that provides some type of process permitting citizenship for these children.
On Wednesday Cantor emphasized that this was one area where both political parties should work together to provide some certainty for children.
"The history of our country is one that has moved away from holding kids liable for the deeds, misdeeds, commitment of crimes by parents. These are, in many instances, kids without a country if we don't allow them to become full citizens of our country," Cantor told reporters Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee, which has passed several piecemeal immigration bills on party line votes, announced it would hold its first hearing on the topic of children next week.
House Democrats have criticized GOP leaders for not working across the aisle on immigration legislation.
"They're allowing once again, the tea party element in the Republican Party to drive the immigration debate," House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, D-California, said Wednesday. Becerra and a group of lawmakers from both parties have been working on a comprehensive bipartisan immigration bill, but the group has had trouble finalizing the proposal.
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TRENTON -- It was 350 years ago when Charles II of England granted a large portion of land on the east coast of North America to his brother James, Duke of York, who then gave a piece of the valuable land to two loyal noblemen, Sir George Carteret and John Lord Berkeley.
Berkeley and Carteret then sold the land — which would soon be called New Jersey — and allowed the settlers to have political and religious freedom, making New Jersey more ethnically diverse than many other colonies.
It was in 1664 when New Jersey was given its name.
On Sunday, June 22, the state will celebrate its birthday with a family festival at the Capitol Complex in Trenton, hosted by the Trenton Downtown Association.
The event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., is the first of its kind and festivities will span the length of the Capitol Complex, from the State Museum to the Old Barracks, including the State House, festival coordinator Colleen Finnegan said.
"The whole idea of the festival is to bring together some partners and highlight the different art and historical pieces of New Jersey," she said.
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The festival will include outdoor theater and music performances, as well as history tours, exhibitions and interactive programming at the State House, the NJ State Museum, the State Archives, Petty's Run and the Old Barracks Museum, Finnegan said.
Also at the festival will be a State House Rotunda exhibition of the original 1664 land grant — what Finnegan refers to as New Jersey's birth certificate — that documents the creation of the state.
"The arts and history are so tightly interwoven in the fabric of Trenton that a family festival here on the Capitol Complex should be both a fun and fitting celebration of New Jersey's 350th birthday," Trenton Downtown Association executive director Christian Martin said in a news release.
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''All governmental agencies find themselves in competition for funding, so it is crucial that elected officials use their allocation wisely,'' he said.
Harwood, who became a practicing attorney in 1991, worked as in-house counsel and chief administrative hearing officer for the Trumbull County Child Support Enforcement Agency from 1993 to 2002, establishing orders regarding paternity, child support orders and modifying existing orders.
Before being limited in the number of terms, Harwood served four terms in the state legislature, from 2003 to 2011, including chairing the House Judiciary Committee in her final term.
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Still, James said he and Judge Pamela Rintala have plans for developing new programs, which are still in the conceptual stage.
''The programs involve cooperation and interaction with other service-providing local agencies. One program we're working on would be a 'Big Brother' type mentoring program designed for at-risk youth, particularly lower income minorities,'' James said.
The courts are continuing to work with local school districts to cut acts of truancy, similar to a pilot program run between the court and Brookfield Local Schools, he said. The court also has a program being designed as an ''anti-bullying'' initiative, he said.
Harwood has been critical of James for an escape from the juvenile lockup a young gang member; James points out that the court reviewed the program in the Juvenile Justice Center and got the funds to physically fix the problem there.
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Sliva to have 3 fights in UFC........
Don't know if this has been posted yet but.....we know the Silva Vs. Liddell is for the belt and Silva will have a total of three fights at least in UFC..
When asked during the post-UFC 61 press conference whether the Liddell-Silva fight will be a title fight, UFC president Dana White reportedly said, "It will be for the title." When asked by another reporter whether Silva is signed for a certain number of fights in the UFC, White reportedly said, "Yeah, three [fights]. We're probably going to have him for three." When asked by another reporter whether there will be more Pride stars fighting on future UFC cards, White reportedly said, "Possibly. Every year, we try to take it to another level
One also has to wonder what exactly is going to happen if Silva manages to beat Liddell for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title. One would certainly think that the UFC would not sign a Silva-Liddell fight without having a contractual guarantee that Liddell gets a rematch if he loses to Silva, but that is pure conjecture and is just one of the many questions that MMA fans are pondering right now.
Yes but what are the Rules going to be????Silva is the master at the Thai Clinch and following up with kicks on the ground....HE wont be the same without them.
Sounds pretty reasonable, although I would hate to see a rematch of the same fight like I always hate to.
Yeah Eminem i was thinking the same thing if it is UFC rules i thing this will be a disadvantage for Silva...I know he has fought in the UFC B4 but he is so used to his fighting style now, where kicks on the ground are allowed i am wondering if this will have any affect on this match.......
I dont see why they wont make it Legal just for this one fight.I mean come on Liddell doesn't even use Elbows or those Soccer kicks or Thai Clinch that much.This is Silva's Game i wish they would allow both rules just this once.
They don't need to change the rules. Wand will knock him out standing. He won't need to stomp him.
Its simple to know what the rules will be.. it is a UFC fight. Silva signed to fight in the UFC... See where I am going.. the rules will be.. UFC rules.. end debate...
So obviously Silva is aware the rules and is prepared to follow them..
None of these guys want to take the fight to the ground anyways, so stomps and soccer kicks aren't going to matter much. These guys are only going down when one of them gets knocked the **** out. And I really want to see Silva's elbows fly for once.
all of you seem to think wandy is gonna kill chuck...its gonna be a kickboxing match with four ounce gloves..imo chuck is the better kickboxer, thereofore he wins by decision or ko
o yea and by the way if wandy does win...he'll fight tito for the belt and tito will win his belt back, cuz he'll use the cage and just put wandy down against it and win another decision..
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UPDATE: Dallas defense attorneys collecting money to buy air conditioners for those in need because of oppressive heat
UPDATE: Brad Lollar reports that attorneys raised $ 4,740 — enough for at least 38 units.
Original post: 11:28 a.m. Aug. 3
The Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association is collecting money to help Dallas County buy air conditioners for those in need. Defense attorney Brad Lollar will be on the third floor of the Frank Crowley criminal courthouse collecting money until noon today and then from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow.
Here is an email Lollar sent to defense attorneys:
In the face of the oppressive heat we are seeing, with the reports of the elderly and the young without air conditioners dying , I thought the members of the DCDLA might start a support group for an emergency fund raiser to help Zach Thompson, the director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, buy and distribute air conditioners to those in the greatest need.
Zach is one of the very good people in Dallas County government, and you have probably seen him on the news lately. His department has identified hundreds of people who need air conditioners, and his staff is distributing and installing acs as fast as they can.
I will set up a table on the 3rd floor of Crowley tomorrow and Thursday between 9-Noon to take contributions. Please make your check out to "Dallas County Health and Human Services".
A check for $25, $50, $100, or more would be deeply appreciated.
I thank God every day for my law license, and that I am not one of those guys out there in the heat. This is turning out to be the second worst summer we have ever had, and I think we can do something to help these desperately needy families.


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This collection of various papers published at dates ranging from 1874 to 1900 forms a very readible volume of nearly 500 pages, which may well be added to any physician's library. Of course the matter in these essays is not new, but they are all of them timely and none are out of date, notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since their first appearance. The leading idea of a number of them, as the author says in his preface, is the action of enzymes, and this is a subject that is well to the fore in physiology at the present time. The longest paper, that on stimulants and narcotics, is a quasi popular but scientific statement of the leading facts in regard to these substances and others are almost equally practical in their tenor, though the inclusion of more strictly scientific and technical papers like those on gas absorption by
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In many ways, The Hundred Secret Senses (1995) is a very different novel to those that preceded it, not least because it failed to achieve the critical acclaim and attention of Amy Tan's highly successful The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God's Wife. What also distinguishes Tan's third novel is its focus on a different intercultural relationship between two half sisters, the American-born Olivia Yee and the Chinese-born Kwan Li, along with its representation of a different history and a different reality: mid-nineteenth century China and the "World of Yin" (p. 3). These differences mark something of a departure from the matrilineal narrative, and with this departure comes a realistic and, at times, semi-…
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Zeigler Sr., Williamsport, observed their 70th wedding anniversary March 1, 2012.
They were married at Bethany Lutheran Church, Altoona.
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Mr. Zeigler, a native of Altoona, is the son of the late Anna J. and Oscar B. Zeigler. He graduated from Altoona High School and attended Penn State University. He served in the Navy during World War II as an aviation metalsmith (1st class) 1C Fleet Air Wing 6. He worked for The former Williamsport Technical Institute, now Pennsylvania College of Technology, from 1940 to 62 as a sheet metal instructor and retired in 1982 from the State Department of Education, Harrisburg, as a vocational adviser.
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Film unit pacts with Wild Bunch for Cannes duo
IFC Films has pacted with Wild Bunch for U.S. rights to two Cannes offerings, Gregg Araki's "Kaboom" and Jorge Michel Grau's "We Are What We Are."
"Kaboom" screened at Cannes as an official selection out of competish. A sex-fueled comic thriller penned, helmed and edited by Araki ("The Doom Generation"), pic centers on a college kid (played by Thomas Dekker) who uncovers a sinister conspiracy. Film was produced by Araki and Andrea Sperling, with Sebastien K. Lemercier, Pascal Caucheteux and Jonathan Schwartz exec producing and Pavlina Hatoupis co-producing.
Written and directed by Grau and seen as part of the Director's Fortnight, "We Are" centers on a family of cannibals that must figure out how to survive when their father figure — and flesh provider — dies. Nicolas Celis produced the pic, which will be released under IFC's new genre banner, IFC Midnight.
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Tech Tools: Nintendo 3DS
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It's been promised for months, but finally the 3DS is (almost) here. Due for launch on March 25th, the console is the games company's first proper foray into the 3D arena.
The portable console has been spruced up and now includes the ability to take your own 3D images as well as play specially created games.
There is built-in software that allows you to play augmented reality games out of the box, using some cards and the 3D camera – and you can still use it with your older DS and DSi games.
The 3D can be switched on and off with a slider control that also sets the intensity of the effect.
The 3D effects aren't recommended for those under six years of age: handily, parental controls on the console mean you can lock down some of those functions, locking out 3D, internet browsing, shopping services and image-sharing, among other functions.


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Hi friends...
I've been a bit silent about the Steam & Smoke CD project but, at last, have some news worth sharing. Just this morning I received news that the... Read more
Hitting the airwaves!
Hey Kickstarters! I just found out that a cut from "Steam & Smoke" will be aired on KBOO live tomorrow. Tune in to 90.5FM in the Portland area to hear... Read more
3 days, 3 shows, 1600 miles, and record heat...
Friday I played a great house concert in Pismo Beach. Yesterday, I played at Laetitia Winery in Arroyo Grande. Today, I drive from the relatively pleasant 70-80 degree central coast... Read more
Shipping department...
Most will be mailed today! Still waiting on t-shirts and finishing up the song books. Should be this week or the first of next week. I'll keep you posted.
The ending of the end...
Lookie what just arrived! Seven boxes with a total of 1000 CDs were delivered to our porch yesterday. I got home from work about 11pm, opened a box, and just... Read more
CD Release Party
This is a quick one: put Saturday November 3rd on your calendar. Looks like that's the CD release party date for Portland. More info as it becomes available.
What's happening now...?
There's very little to report about our little project. The CD files and artwork are all at the manufacturers, the proofs have been approved, and we are in the waiting... Read more
Guess it's over...
...but the trill has not begun!
As I am typing this I am also uploading the DDP file set that is "Steam and Smoke." We got the sequence done in... Read more
What's left?
So, when I started the Kickstarter project I set a fulfillment date of September 2012. The good news is I'm going to be able to deliver well ahead of that... Read more
Done and ...
... yes, dusted!
Yesterday marked a significant milestone. We finished all of the recording. Everything. It's over. Sigh.
Super thanks go out to everyone who participated in the actual recording... Read more
Studio day ... 4? 5?
Nah, I haven't really lost track. It's day 4. I think.
Today we do some "sweetening" of the tracks. A little high temperature mojo from some killer musicians. Today's the... Read more
A full schedule ...
I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend and is back at the grindstone. I spend three days on the ship and mixed in a little bar-b-que and house... Read more
Remember what I said about the little grains of sand?
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Draft CD Cover Art
Steve Johansen (www.steves-art.com) has been working on several drafts of the CD artwork. For Backer's only, here's the current concept sketch. Steve is a hugely talented artist who is going... Read more
Over worked, over budget, and over the moon...
A grain of sand is just an irritant. It gets on your skin or in your eye and causes you distress. But a few million grains of sand make a... Read more
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The very first studio session, and what will no doubt be the shortest, was this morning and consisted of three very precious young ladies. Thanks to Sidney Sullivan, Emmaleigh Carver,... Read more
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Steak and Pinot? Absolutely!
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It was a classic debate at my house last Friday evening. He was having seared steak and I was having baked salmon. We couldn't even agree on a main course -- how were we going to agree a bottle of wine? It seemed ridiculous to open two separate bottles for just two people. To our benefit, the 2006 Cancilla Pinot noir $29.95/$26.95 came to the rescue. It is a prime Pinot with enough weight and substance to match a hearty steak and yet enough elegance to complement a beautiful piece of center cut salmon.
Many people would overlook Pinot when pairing wine with steak, thinking it would be too light in texture and body. However, 2006 was an extremely warm vintage in Oregon and garnered ripe lush fruit, integrated tannins and big juicy round texture that make it a great partner to heavier meats like steak.
The 2006 Cancilla Pinot is full of lively red fruit in a silky package. Sweet raspberry pie, red currant, wild strawberry and milk chocolate coats your palate. Juicy acidity balances the almost sappy fruit on the finish. The 06 Cancilla is flashy and seductive, yet retains some of the elegance and delightful earth characteristics of Cancilla Pinots.
Cancilla Cellars is an "indie" winery you want to get to know. It is a small estate winery where Ken Cancilla is owner, vineyard manager and winemaker. Small productions of Pinot noir, attention to detail, and a focus on quality have led Ken's Pinots to be a consistent favorite. You could definitely cellar this pinot for later but I would DRINK IT NOW!
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ANN ARBOR -- Every year, multiple recruiting sites race to publish rankings of the best players at each position, the teams with the best overall classes and the conferences who performed the best on the scouting trail.
Typically, the Southeastern Conference is usually applauded more than any other league for its recruiting efforts, but according to research put together by SBnation.com, there are two Big Ten teams who have held their own -- when it comes to rankings, of course.
To no one's surprise, those teams are Ohio State and Michigan.
Per SBnation, 68 percent of Ohio State's scholarship signees from 2011-14 went in the books as "blue chip" prospects. Or, per SBnation's distinction, players with four or five-star rankings per 247sports.com's "Composite" list. This list takes each ranking from 247sports, Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN.com and creates one uniform star ranking.
Michigan isn't that far behind, as the Wolverines come in with 55 percent of their scholarship signings during this stretch as blue chippers -- or, four to five-star players.
Ohio State is 30-9 in this stretch. Michigan is 26-13.
"It's getting pretty close to reckoning time for Brady Hoke at Michigan," SBnation writes. "The Wolverines recruit at the highest level, but a 15-9 conference record over three years and diminishing win totals in each year of his tenure has his job in question entering a fourth year."
The No. 1 school on this list should surprise no one, that'd be Alabama, with 73 percent of all signings from 2011-2014 coming at four stars or higher.
But not every school on this list has had huge levels of success.
Ohio State is No. 2, followed by USC (64 percent), Notre Dame (63 percent), LSU (62 percent), Texas (60 percent), Florida State (56 percent), Michigan, Florida (54 percent), Auburn (53 percent) and Georgia (51 percent).
The next-highest team, after Michigan, in the Big Ten on this list is Nebraska at 30 percent. Followed by Penn State (21 percent), Michigan State (16 percent), Wisconsin (13 percent), Maryland (13 percent) and Rutgers (12 percent). Every other Big Ten school recorded a single-digit percentage.
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March 16, 2008
South Korean Literary Association Honors Daisaku Ikeda
The World Literary Association (WLA) of South Korea recently honored Daisaku Ikeda, SGI president, by appointing him an honorary general director. A certificate presentation ceremony took place on March 16, 2008 at the Incheon Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon City, South Korea, during a Korea-Japan Youth Friendship Convention with 8,000 SGI-Korea youth and a contingent of Soka Gakkai youth from Kyushu, Southern Japan, led by Soka Gakkai Vice General Director Takeshi Yamamoto. WLA General Director Kim Cheon Woo presented the certificate to Mr. Yamamoto, who accepted it on Mr. Ikeda's behalf from WLA Director Kim.
WLA is a worldwide network of writers and novelists, with chapters in 70 countries. The association supports and encourages pure literature, developing exchange and collaboration among its members and promoting their work.
In her conferral speech, Ms. Kim expressed her pleasure in conferring the honorary title that recognizes Mr. Ikeda's literary achievements. Concurring with Mr. Ikeda's stance that poetry accurately reveals what lies in the heart and his emphasis that literature exists for the sake of ordinary people, Ms. Kim said she appreciated Mr. Ikeda's poetry for inspiring courage and hope.
In an acceptance speech read by Mr. Yamamoto, Mr. Ikeda thanked WLA for the honor, affirming that rich, vibrant literature, including forthright expression, is a great force that transcends cultural and generational barriers, inspiring a positive transformation within people and within society. Mr. Ikeda also expressed his commitment to strive to contribute to Korean-Japanese friendship through the written and spoken word.
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Each year Musconetcong Watershed Association members and others set aside the Saturday after Thanksgiving to burn off some extra holiday calories by hiking the trail at the Point Mountain Reserve.
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John Dudley: Well-deserved moment for former Browns kicker Dawson
Things I think about wild-card weekend ...
- Good for Phil Dawson.
The guy did his time -- 14 years in Cleveland without a playoff win -- and wasn't just along for the ride Sunday when the 49ers upended the Packers 23-20 on the road. He managed to punch a kick through busted protection in brutal conditions (sound familiar?) with the clock dissolving to zeros.
There was no classier guy in the Browns' locker room than Dawson, who arrived in 1999 along with the hope of the franchise's return to the NFL and watched it quickly turn so very bad.
Every time a season went south -- and as we know, most of them did -- Dawson was a guy who would usually put everything in perspective and head off into another lost winter with an upbeat word about next year.
He kicked the first 307 of his 340 career field goals with the Browns. Not one of those 307 was one-thousandth as important as the 33-yarder he nailed as the clock expired Sunday.
Dawson and the Niners could be around for a while, too.
When you beat Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field in minus-13 wind chill, facing the Panthers doesn't sound all that scary.
- It would sound like sour grapes for Steelers fans to point out that it easily could have been their team in Cincinnati on Sunday harassing Andy Dalton into a series of bad mistakes had that Chargers-Chiefs game gone the other way in Week 17.
Instead, the real take-away from the Bengals' 27-10 meltdown loss is that some teams are equipped to win in the regular season and others are built to win in the playoffs.
Cincy certainly falls into the first category, while the Steelers and Ravens, who have histories of finding ugly ways into the tournament and then winning, embody the second.
You can blame it on Marvin Lewis, who has proved to be a good coach but not a good playoff coach, as evidenced by his 0-5 postseason record.
Or you can blame it on Dalton, who is now 0-3 in the playoffs with one touchdown, six interceptions and a 56.2 passer rating.
No matter how you view it, the Bengals are due for a shake-up.
- Chargers-Bengals was the only blemish on what still might have been the single greatest weekend of playoff football in NFL history.
Three games came down to a single score, with two decided on last-second field goals by lower seeds winning on the road.
Only the Colts' miraculous comeback from 28 points down in the second half prevented a sweep by the lower seeds.
Still, both sixth seeds (Saints, Chargers) advanced. Two young quarterbacks -- the Niners' Colin Kaepernick and Andrew Luck -- played like superstars. And two veterans -- Drew Brees and Philip Rivers -- who have taken some lumps the past couple of seasons delivered redemptive performances.
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