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Brooks cleared of UK hacking, Coulson convictedAP PHOTO
Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, leaves the Central Criminal Court in London, on Tuesday. , June 24, 2014. Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking Tuesday, but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted after a monthslong trial centering on illegal activity at the heart of Rupert Murdochs newspaper empire. A jury at Londons Old Bailey unanimously found Coulson, the former spin doctor of British Prime Minister David Cameron, guilty of conspiring to intercept communications. Brooks was acquitted of that charge and of counts of bribing officials and obstructing police. The nearly eight-month trial was triggered by revelations that for years the News of the World used illegal eavesdropping to get stories, listening in on the voicemails of celebrities, politicians and even crime victims. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
LONDON It was a simple trick punching in passcodes to listen to messages left on other peoples phones.
For years the illegal technique, known as phone hacking, helped Britains News of the World tabloid get juicy stories about celebrities, politicians and royalty.
But the fallout eventually shut down the countrys best-selling newspaper, split Rupert Murdochs powerful media empire and brought a storm of outrage down on the countrys rambunctious press.
On Tuesday, the scandal brought a criminal conviction for former editor Andy Coulson on a charge of conspiring to hack phones and an apology from Prime Minister David Cameron, who employed Coulson as his spin doctor after others at his paper faced earlier hacking convictions.
Fellow News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks a Murdoch protege who was the chief executive of his British newspaper operation was acquitted of all charges, as were her husband and three other defendants.
The nearly eight-month trial one of the longest and most expensive in British legal history was triggered by revelations in 2011 about the scale of the News of the Worlds illegal eavesdropping. That fact is not contested several desk editors at the newspaper have pleaded guilty to hacking, as has private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who was paid almost 100,000 pounds (now about $168,000) a year by the newspaper for his scoop-gathering prowess.
Prosecutors argued that senior editors including Brooks editor between 2000 and 2003 and Coulson, who succeeded her, must have known about the practice, a claim both denied.
After deliberating for seven days, a jury at Londons Old Bailey unanimously found 46-year-old Coulson guilty of conspiring with Mulcaire and others to eavesdrop on mobile-phone voicemails. The charge carries a maximum two-year jail sentence.
The jury of eight women and three men is still considering two further charges of paying police officers for royal phone directories against Coulson and former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman.
Brooks was acquitted of that charge and of counts of conspiring to bribe officials and obstruct a police investigation. The jury also found former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner not guilty of phone hacking.
Brooks husband Charles, her former secretary Cheryl Carter and News International security chief Mark Hanna were all acquitted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by attempting to hide files, computers and other potential evidence from police.
The hacking scandal exposed a complex web of ties binding Britains political, media and police elite. Add celebrity hacking victims who ranged from Jude Law and Sienna Miller to Prince William and Kate Middleton and its clear why one lawyer involved called it the trial of the century and why judge John Saunders told the jury that British justice is on trial.
Coulsons guilty verdict reawakened accusations that British politicians were too close to Murdoch, whose newspapers were long said to hold the power to swing elections. Cameron employed Coulson after two News of the World employees were convicted of phone hacking in 2007.
The prime minister apologized Tuesday for his decision to give Coulson a second chance.
It was the wrong decision and I am very clear about that, he said.
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband said Coulsons appointment tainted Camerons government.
He brought a criminal into the heart of Downing Street, Miliband said. He put his relationship with Rupert Murdoch ahead of doing the right thing.
The trial was a vindication for Brooks, who was been the subject of a level of media fascination and online abuse that her lawyer called a witch hunt.
From humble origins in northern England, Brooks rose to become chief executive of Murdochs influential British newspaper division and a friend and neighbor of the prime minister, part of the horse-riding Chipping Norton set, a reference to the tony town near her rural home. Friends included Cameron and former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who offered advice as the scandal erupted: It will pass. Tough up.
In sometimes emotional court testimony, Brooks described her car crash personal life, including her struggle to have a baby and her long affair with Coulson when both were married to others.
In the end, the jury was not convinced by the prosecution claim that she had known about phone hacking and other illegal behavior.
Standing in the dock at the back of the courtroom, 46-year-old Brooks mouthed thank you after she was cleared of all charges. She and her husband left court without speaking to reporters.
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Studio flash systems offer endless creative possibilities for the keen portrait or still-life photographer. And DSLRs make it easier than ever to use them because you can experiment with the lighting and see the results immediately. Studio flash offers several advantages over portable flashguns: greater output, mains power (so no batteries), the ability to attach a huge range of modifiers to mould and sculpt the light as required, and to see the effect you're going to get before shooting.
Of course studio flash won't give you dedicated TTL exposure control – for that you'll need a lightmeter. But it can be easy to work out the correct exposure using the LCD screen and the Histogram.
Don't forget that you will need a camera with either a PC flash sync socket (the ideal) or at least a hotshoe so you can attach an adaptor or use a radio trigger.
Although you can achieve a lot with just one light, two will give you more options. Most manufacturers offer a selection of kit packages containing two or more heads and a range of accessories, often for less than the cost of a single top-of-the-range flashgun.
There's a huge choice of brands and types of studio flash available, offering various levels of sophistication at different prices. We've picked five two-head kits for under £500 to find out which is best.
We also enlisted top studio photographer Jamie Harrison to give his verdict too. Jamie uses studio lighting every day, photographing models for a top hairdressing website and various glossy magazines, and in this test photographed model Daniela Finley from Mission Models to see how the lights fared.
What To Look For
Measured in Watt Seconds (W/s) or Joules, the higher the number the more powerful the flash. Most of the heads in this test are 200W/s.
Flash Duration
How long the actual flash burst lasts. The shorter the duration, the more suitable the flash is for stopping high-speed subjects.
Power Level control
You don't always want to use the flash at full power, but it's useful to be able to reduce it steplessly, rather than in pre-set increments.
Auto Dump
When you reduce the output, this eliminates the need to discharge the excess stored flash power before shooting.
Recycle Time
How long you have to wait when the flash is fully discharged before it's charged and ready to fire again.
Slave Cell
A sensor that fires the flash it's attached to when it detects another flash going off. You connect the camera to one head, and the slave triggers the other one. All the heads featured here have built-in slaves.
Wireless radio trigger
Uses a radio signal to fire the flash wirelessly, avoiding the need to use a sync lead to connect the camera to the flash.
Modelling Light
The continuous light source that lets you see the effect of the lighting, before the flash lights the actual shot. There are different types of bulbs in use. With most heads the modelling light can be set to reduce in proportion to the flash output level, so you can see the relative brightness ratios of the lighting.
Flash Tube
The flash tube produces the actual flash. With most units it's user-replaceable, but with some it must be done at a service centre, which makes it more costly.
S Mount
Bowens's three-point bayonet mount for attaching dish reflectors, softboxes, etc., now adopted by many other brands including Lastolite and Lencarta.
Cooling fan
When studio flash is used continuously for long periods it can get hot, especially the more powerful ones. Although less of an issue with 200W/s heads, it's still a nice feature to have.
See the following pages for a comparison of five two-head flash kits for under £500.
Key Studio Flash Accessories
The most basic diffusion device spreads, softens and reflects light back onto the subject, and comes
in white, silver or gold surfaces. You can also get translucent ones to shoot through.
come in various sizes and produce more natural, window-like lighting,
and can simulate a daylight sky if used overhead.
Dish Reflector
Metal dishes that come in various depths and diameters for direct, usually hard lighting.
A narrow cone that channels the flash light to a narrow beam – ideal for hair, for example.
A grid that narrows the angle of the flash, somewhat like a snoot.
Barn Doors
A rim with four hinged side flaps, like a cardboard box, which can be angled to control the spread of light.
need to be sturdy enough not to become unstable when large accessories
such as softboxes are fitted to the light. Some are air-damped or
spring-loaded so if you lose your grip while raising or lowering the
column the head's fall will be cushioned, protecting it from damage.
Useful for changing the colour of the light, either for creative purposes or to convert daylight to, say, tungsten.
Budget Studio Flash – Conclusion
Budget studio flash kits – our conclusion
Not one of these flash kits is bad. The two leading pro brands, Bowens and Elinchrom, are unsurprisingly the most expensive for what you get, but build quality is high and after-sales service and support probably the best. If you're looking at heavy-duty professional use these will be the safest bets. Of the two the Elinchrom kit is the better deal. The solid and well-specified Lastolite kit undercuts them both, however, and performed well. Its biggest problem is that if you're looking to make savings the excellent Lencarta kit undercuts Lastolite by a good margin and is even more impressive. The Proline Creative kit is okay for the occasional home user who wants to shoot still life, but the initial outlay is among the highest and the heads aren't in the same league as the competition.
In summary, if setting up a pro studio is your primary concern then the Elinchrom kit can offer the peace of mind that a pro brand with over 50 of years of experience brings to the table. For location shoots, albeit for considerably more cash, the Bowens kit is the only one specified for remote battery use. But as a hobbyist looking to save money then the outstanding Lencarta Smartflash kit is hard to beat.
Proline Apollo
– Apollo 300/300 kit £350
– Apollo 180/180 kit £250
What's Included:
– 2 Apollo 300 Heads
– 2 Halogen 75W Bulbs
– 2 Soft Boxes 50 x 70cm
– 2 Sync Leads
– 2 Power Cords
– 2 Light Stands
– 1 110cm White Umbrella
– 1 80cm Gold/Silver Reflector
– 1 Barn Door Set
– 1 Honeycomb & Gel Set
– 1 Snoot & Honeycomb
– 1 Lamp Reflector
– 1 Wireless Radio Trigger
– 1 Equipment Case
We Tested: Apollo 300/300 creative kit
Price: £470
From: www.prolinestudio.co.uk
The Proline flash heads are by far the smallest and most portable here, but also the most basic. In addition to the usual twin head kit options the Creative Kit includes pretty much every conceivable accessory that an amateur could want for a home studio, all in a sleek case. To add all these accessories to the other kits on test here would add several hundred pounds to their cost.
In Use
The black, rubberised heads are appealingly small but the build quality isn't up to the standard of the others. The tilt joint is jerky and the plastic stand bracket cracked when we over-tightened the locking screw. The accessories are small and the snoot is plastic but all do what they're supposed to. They attach to the head via a clamp system, like a watch bracelet. The kit comes with a wireless radio trigger but we couldn't get it to work.
At a claimed 300W/s, the Apollo X300 head should be 50% more powerful than the 200W/s heads in this test, but in practice were about the same, and shot-to-shot output was not very consistent. Recycle times are the slowest too, taking about two to three seconds to recharge, and the modelling light is not proportional, only on or off.
The Proline Apollo X300 Creative Kit is ideal for hobbyists wanting to experiment with creative lighting and seeking a complete solution in a box. It's especially suited to occasional still-life work, where all the accessories come into their own, and the slow recycle times are not an issue. Travelling photographers looking for the lightest possible studio flash kit should also look at the basic 300/300 kit. Otherwise, for more demanding uses such as portraiture, there are better options.
Our score: 82%
Lencarta Smartflash
– SmartFlash twin softbox kit: £310
– SmartFlash 3 head 2 softbox kit: £400
What's Included:
– 2 SmartFlash 200 (200Ws) Flash Heads
– 2 Studio Light Stands
– 2 Umbrella Reflectors
– 1 White shoot-through Umbrella
– 1 Silver reflective Umbrella
– 1 4-channel Radio trigger/receiver
– 1 80cm 5-in-1 reflector
– 1 Carry bag for light stands
We Tested: SmartFlash twin brolly starter kit
Price: £270
From: www.lencarta.com or ww.photomart.co.uk
Lencarta was the big surprise of the group. At £270 it's the cheapest kit here (though you don't get any softboxes) yet the stylishly designed heads look and feel so much more expensive, despite being made from polycarbonate rather than metal (which has no bearing on the performance). Despite the price the specs are impressive – fan cooling, fast recycling and the fastest flash duration of the group (1/1800sec). The stands are the sturdiest of the bunch too and are spring-loaded to protect the head if dropped. You even get a radio trigger for the camera, though it was missing from our review kit so we couldn't test it.
In Use
The back panel of the SmartFlash glows orange so you can see it's on. The power ratio dial covers a four-stop range steplessly. Flash output was consistent during our test and the recycling time was quick, though the confirmation beep is so quiet you may not hear it in a noisy environment. In addition to Lencarta's wide range of well-made accessories (14 softboxes alone, starting at £56 for the 40cm model) you can attach any S bayonet fit modifiers, such as those from Bowens.
The Lencarta Smartflash is a much better flash head than its price would lead you to believe. Well made, stylish, well-specified and with impeccable performance. You won't find a better kit for under £300. If you prefer softboxes you can get the three-head, two-softbox kit instead for a remarkable £400.
Our score: 95% Gold Award
Lastolite Lumen8
– Lumen8 F200 Twin Head Umbrella Kit: £320
– Lumen8 SV F400 Twin Head Umbrella Kit: £380
What's Included:
– 2 heads
– 2 softboxes (or umbrellas)
– 2 stands
– 2 cases
– 2 sync leads
We Tested: Lumen8 SV 400w Twin Head Softbox Kit
Price: £460
From: www.lastolite.co.uk
The Lastolite heads are the largest and heaviest here but feel well made if somewhat visually uninspiring. Still, it's what's inside that counts, and here Lastolite has delivered a well-specified product. The heads offer a generous five-stop power control range, marked in 1/10th stop increments and a fast flash duration up to 1/1700sec, making them better for moving subjects than many rivals.
In Use
The softboxes are fiddly to assemble but once up they're sturdy, and pleasantly deep for effective, even diffusion. The stands are robust and air-damped, and there are two cases included, one for the heads and the other for everything else.
We were given the 400W/s F400 heads, as supplied with the softbox kit, rather than the 200W/s F200 heads, and as you'd expect they were a stop more powerful than all except the Bowens heads, which gave a similar output. Despite their size Lastolite was unable to find room for a cooling fan, relying instead on air vents and a thermal cut-out to prevent over-heating. It's disappointing that the flash tube isn't user-replaceable so if you break it you'll have to send the whole unit away.
Lastolite provides a fairly high-specification kit that undercuts Bowens and Elinchrom and offers some advantages over both – such as faster flash durations and lower minimum power settings – but some disadvantages too, such as the non-user-replaceable tubes.
The heads are pretty hefty too so wouldn't be the best choice for those who'd have to carry them around a lot. For the static studio, however, they're a pretty safe bet.
Our score: 85% Recommended
Elinchrom D-Lite
– D-Lite it 2/4 Umbrella Kit: £470
– D-Lite it 4 Studio to Go: £560
What's Included:
– 2 D-Lite-it 2 heads
– 2 stands
– 2 40cm softboxes
– 1 Skyport ECO Wireless Transmitter
– 1 carry case
We Tested: D-Lite it 2 Studio to Go
Price: £499
From: ww.elinchrom.com
Swiss company Elinchrom is one of the world's leading pro studio flash brands. Its budget D-Lite range comes in two flavours: 200W/s and 400W/s. You can buy two head kits with either head or one of each, but the best value options are the Studio to Go kits which include two softboxes. The 'it' suffix stands for 'Intelligent Transmitter' because they feature wireless triggering from the camera.
This is the most expensive kit here in terms of initial cost, but you get two softboxes and a wireless transmitter so it's good value. If you prefer, you can save £30 by getting the brolly kit, which has one 400W/s head.
In Use
Besides the Proline lights these are the second smallest and lightest lights in the group, but the build quality is much better. The heads are fan-cooled and come with integral dish reflectors as standard. There's a digital display of the power setting and the controls are via push button pads, which is a bit more fiddly than a dial but probably less likely to fail. The Skyport ECO transmitter fits on the camera hotshoe (rather than dangling from the sync socket like the Proline one) and works like a charm. Accessories, such as the supplied softboxes, attach via Elinchrom's two-point bayonet mount.
The aptly named D-Lites are a delight to use: consistent and the fastest to recharge of the group. The only negative is the relatively slow flash duration, which makes them less suitable for freezing moving subjects.
We liked the Elinchrom lights. Although they're at the top end of the price scale you do at least get two softboxes, which is far preferable to the two brollies in the similarly priced Bowens kit, and you also get the excellent Skyport – making it a better value choice than the Bowens for those favouring the pro brands.
Our score: 90% Gold award
Bowens Gemini
– 200/400 twin head brolly kit: £530
– 400/400 twin head brolly kit: £550
What's Included:
– 2 Gemini 200
– 2 90cm Silver/White Umbrella
– 2 120° Wide-Angle Umbrella Reflector
– 2 Stands
– 2 250W Modelling Lamp
– 1 Sync Lead
– 1 User Guide
– 1 Canvas Carry Bag
We Tested: 200/200 twin head brolly kit
Price: £475
From: www.bowens.co.uk
Bowens has been one of the top pro studio flash brands for decades, and even though these Gemini lights are at the budget end of the company's range they still reflect that heritage in their tough-as-nails build quality. The heads are well specified, with fast flash durations and recycle times, a four-stop output control notched in 1/10th stop increments, auto power dump and proportional modelling lamp. The accessories are equally tough and attach firmly via the S bayonet system, though you only get two dish reflectors and two brollies with the Gemini kits – softboxes are extra and cost from £140 each.
The Gemini kit is the only one in this group that can be powered by battery packs, making them truly portable, though even the small Travelpak costs around £500, so it's not a cheap option.
In Use
For what you get, this is the most expensive kit here, but the money is invested in build quality. They were the most powerful 200W/s heads in the group, by almost a stop. That said, it was disappointing to note that the slave cells failed to react when the main light was set to less than half power even with the room lights turned off.
Nothwithstanding the slave issue, these lights are well made, powerful and consistent; they would be a good choice for pros and other heavyweight users, but it's a wonder whether the hobbyist needs this level of engineering and whether those kits that contain a bigger selection of accessories would be a smarter choice.
Our score: 87% Recommended

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I would thank you for that question..but....
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Don't worry, all your favorite posters will once again have the ability to offer a 'no thanks' when you post a link to a relevant news article simply because they don't like the content of that article soon enough.
They were turned off for the weekend so the site wouldn't crash or slow down during the draft
Like others have said, it was turned off to help stabilize the boards. It'll be back soon.
Anyone else missing their thanks/no thanks buttons?
Mine have been gone since the draft started.
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The guillotine is first used, American and Soviet troops cut Nazi Germany in two, a U.S. Navy submarine completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe, and the Hubble Space Telescope is launched, all on this day.
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I love our team! And Ron! And Gary!
Today was supposed to be my off-day too, with a peaceful three hours at the salon getting my highlights redone and hair cut. But now I've got to rush home and blog and then run to the game, because I've got SO MUCH to tell you guys! Including…Hint:
Update: Argh. No time to blog before the game, so expect recap and pics from TWO games tomorrow! Fun!
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When will the subbed version of road to a ninja be watchable? I'm tired of waiting.
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When I take the High School Proficiency Exam or Mid April 2013 lol
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Road to ninja,,, is that still in jap only?? Isn't that subbed till?
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Vermont Yankee: AftermathAugust 29,2013
Vermont Yankee: Aftermath
Vermont Yankees closing challenges Hydro-Québec, Green Mountain Power, Vermont Gas Systems and Gaz Métro, majority-owned by gouvernement du Québec, and international natural-gas supplier TransCanada of Calgary, Alberta (owner of most hydro dams and power plants on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers).
The New England electric grid includes a 345,000-volt interstate highway for electricity that connects to Vermont at Vernon via a new $55 million switch yard not owned by Entergy and also connects to New York and New Brunswick, but not to Québec (ISO New England geographic transmission map).
The missing link is extending the Vernon-to-New Haven segment through Highgate into Québec via the existing lower-voltage transmission lines right of way, avoiding obstacles that are thwarting the proposed Northern Pass transmission line through New Hampshire.
Until then, replacement electricity from New England, New York and New Brunswick, not from Hydro-Québec, will power much of Vermont via Vernon after Vermont Yankee closes.
What if (employee-owned?) Vermont Yankee were converted to spin its steam turbine by burning natural gas to boil the water? This would economically justify extending the Vermont Gas Systems pipeline to deliver TransCanadas Alberta natural gas to southeastern Vermont with widespread economic benefits.
Required to host a derelict nuclear power plant and its lifetime nuclear fuel during many decades until the land can be reused, Vernon should receive an annual hosting fee equivalent to Vermont Yankees current annual property tax payments indexed for inflation.
Howard Fairman
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Photos from Steve Garvey Celebrity Softball game to benefit ALS.
I way behind posting these pictures from the Steve Garvey Celebrity Softball Classic to benefit ALS.
Thank you Mike for inviting Vic and I for this event. A group of us made the trip after the Dodger game to Pepperdine in Malibu for this event. The traffic was a little heavy but the ride on PCH is beautiful.
Here is the booklet which many of us had Steve Garvey signed:
I did not see Tommy Lasorda but he could have been there early for the Festival, we got there about 5:30. It looked like it was a fun festival. I also missed the auction that they had during the festival.
Some of my pictures did not come out but here are some pictures
Here is Steve Garvey batting in full uniform. His son is there ready to run for him.
Jose Canseco practicing his swing as Maury Wills looks on.
Pete Rose with someone wearing a Hollywood Stars jersey:
Jay Johnstone, Maury Wills, Bill Russell, Ron Cey, Jerry Reuss
3/4 of the longest playing infield
Gilbert, Mike and I looking on.
My brother Vic with CSI star Omar Miller. He was very friendly. .
Mike and Jennine with Bill Russell
Jennine and Garvey :
Mike, Steve Garvey and I. I told Garvey that he looked like he could still play. He said "Oh you are so kind, thank you. "
Thanks again Mike for the invite! It was a great event for a great cause!
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Garvey does look like he could still play, and I'm sure he enjoyed hearing that from you! Canseco, on the other hand….Didn't he just lose a boxing match to a much older guy?
LOL about Canseco Jane. Did not know that!
If I knew you were going to seeJose, I would have given you a great story to tell him..plustell him "hello" from me.
But that is a great collection of past Dodger greats that participated in that event.
Always wish the Rays would do something like that with their former players and the local charities.
Great to see both the community and the team support this great event. And Kudos to Steve Garvey for being the point man for this cause.
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My friend Mike says that Jose goes to the same gym he does. I wish I would have taken the Canseco book with me. There are probably going to be other events that he will attend.


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- Across the Sunbelt, herbicide resistance changes production options
- A numbers game
- Making progress
- Lack of diversity hurts
- Not a new problem
- Oklahoma issues
- Out West
- Recommendations
- Avoidance is the best, least costly, approach to herbicide resistant weed management.
- At least 76 weed species have known resistance to some herbicide.
- Specialists offer several recommendations, depending on location, crop choices and management options.
Palmer amaranth is one of the most worrisome herbicide resistant weeds.
From the Coastal Plains of the Carolinas to the High Plains of Texas, farmers are facing or trying to avoid the nightmare of herbicide resistant weeds and grasses that threaten to upset management practices and alter enterprise choices, chemical selection and tillage systems.
Palmer amaranth, also known as pigweed, is the most commonly discussed or just plain cussed weed across the Sunbelt, but a host of others, nearly 100 separate species, show resistance to one or more classes of herbicides.
Virtually all crop gatherings—from the Beltwide Cotton Conferences to regional expos to county production meetings—now include at least one weed specialist discussing the threat of herbicide resistance and offering recommendations on how to avoid the problem or how to manage it once it establishes itself on a farm.
Avoidance is the best, least costly, approach, specialists say, but in some areas the mule has left the barn and farmers are left trying to reclaim cropland from heavy weed infestations.
Alan York, retired Extension weed specialist from North Carolina State University and now a consultant, speaking at the recent Bayer CropScience-sponsored Southwest Crop Consultants Conference in Austin, Texas, said some areas in the Southeast have been "overwhelmed."
Most farmers, York said, are not as prepared for resistance management as they might think. "If they get into a bad problem, they can quickly get overwhelmed."


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I would like to ask all of you to wear purple at least once this week for Crohn's and Colitis awareness week. As some of you know, I've been in a tough battle with the disease for a while now and I've been in chronic pain since last summer. For more on my story please see my links:
- The Blessings of Having a Disease
- The Crohn's Chronicles: Second Thoughts
- The Crohn's Chronicles: One Long Year Later
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By Ryan Lengerich
LOGAN — Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority board members said Wednesday they were encouraged by a recent trip to Washington.
Clovis Mayor and ENMRWA board president David Lansford, Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega and ENMRWA program manager Scott Verhines met with both New Mexico senators Nov. 13 to discuss federal funding for the Ute Water Project.
The project will involve constructing a pipeline from Ute Lake to Elida.
Lansford said the three met with Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman for about 45 minutes each and Lansford briefed each senator on the project's status. Lansford said the senators called for three necessities in the project: A strong conceptual design, communities that can pay expenses, and strong public support.
Lansford said the senators appear to be on board with ENMRWA's plans.
"They feel like we're organized," Lansford said. "I am more optimistic than when we left."
Lansford said support from Domenici, the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee under which the funding decision will fall, is especially important.
Ortega called the meeting a "great success," and said another meeting in Washington could take place in late January or early February. While he did not know exactly what would take place in a second meeting, Ortega said ENMRWA officials could testify before a senate committee.
Following the meeting, about 35 ENMRWA members followed Verhines on a tour of key project locations.
Verhines made four stops on the project's northern end from Ute Lake through San Jon to Caprock.
° Stop one was on Ute Lake south side where raw water would be pumped.
° Stop two was the potential building point for a raw water storage plant, about two miles south of Ute Lake.
° Stop three was about 15 miles southeast of Logan, where an elevated storage tank would be constructed.
° Stop four was south of San Jon at Caprock, where ground storage tanks would be built. Caprock's 4,900-foot elevation would allow gravity to push water to southern areas.
Verhines said a benchmark date will be Dec. 1 when the New Mexico Water Trust Board could make a recommendation to allocate money to the Ute Water Project. He said 26 other projects statewide are also vying for money from the state's water trust fund.
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The security of our nation's water infrastructure is of critical importance, particularly in the post-September 11 environment. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have developed a comprehensive program to address physical infrastructure security needs for water supply, wastewater and stormwater, and online contaminant monitoring systems. As a result of this partnership, the following initiatives were accomplished:
WEF has developed the Security Guidance for Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities, which provides information for designers and owner/operators of wastewater/stormwater facilities on design upgrades that improve physical security and techniques to improve management and operating practices to reduce vulnerabilities due to malevolent events. Security Guidance for Water Utilities, developed by AWWA, provides information for designers and owner/operators of drinking water facilities on design upgrades that improve physical security and techniques to improve management and operating practices to reduce vulnerabilities due to malevolent events. Developed by ASCE, Guidelines for Designing an Online Contaminant Monitoring System provides information on designing online contaminant monitoring systems, including assessing the need for a monitoring system, locating instruments and sensors and responding to suspected contamination events.PDF versions of the documents are available online and may be downloaded at no charge. Limited hard copy versions of the publications are also available. To obtain copies, please visit www.asce.org/wise.Phase II Training Materials: Wastewater/Stormwater, Water Supply and Online Contaminant Monitoring Modular training programs developed under Phase II are available on CD-ROM for use in educating all who have a role in providing physical infrastructure security for water supply and wastewater/stormwater systems. Based on the three interim guidance documents, these three flexible training modules are designed for use with all levels of operation, management, and public officials.
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Drafts of the nation's first standard guidelines for protecting the public from potential malevolent acts and other threats by enhancing the physical security of water and wastewater infrastructure systems were released on December 13, 2006, for trial use by water and wastewater utilities. The voluntary guidelines —jointly developed by the ASCE and AWWA with technical input from the WEF — are the result of Phase III of the WISE program. They were created under ASCE's American National Standards Institute-accredited standards development program.The guidelines provide drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utilities with practical information to help implement improved security measures in new and existing facilities of all sizes. The documents also address risks from construction and design perspectives and describe physical security approaches for detecting or delaying malevolent parties. The water guideline covers raw water facilities, wells and pumping stations, water treatment plants, water storage facilities, distribution systems and support facilities. The wastewater/stormwater guideline focuses on collections systems, pump stations, wastewater treatment plants and support facilities.
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Alexandra Foley | May 7, 2014
Each year, electrical and electronic engineers and designers share their groundbreaking work in the IEEE Spectrum® insert, Multiphysics Simulation. In this 2014 edition, top tech companies and research institutions, from around the globe, share their simulation stories. We are excited to announce that you can now read and download the magazine on our website!Read More
Fanny Littmarck | May 2, 2014
It's no news that accurate mechanical analysis is key to avoiding product failure and manufacturing issues. What may be new is how you do it. Simulation software offers a modern approach to analyzing mechanical component and system designs. Watch this video to learn how COMSOL Multiphysics enables you to speed up time-to-market and optimize product designs.Read More
Fanny Littmarck | April 15, 2014
There are two main resources for finding COMSOL Multiphysics tutorial models: our online Model Gallery and the Model Library within the software. We also continuously push out model updates that you can download to your Model Library. Here's your guide to what these resources are and how to use them.Read More
Walter Frei | April 14, 2014
One of the questions we get asked all the time is: "Can I use COMSOL Multiphysics for solving my fluid-structure interactions problems?" Of course the answer is yes, so let's talk a little about the various fluid-structure interaction (FSI) modeling techniques. Along the way, we will introduce the add-on modules you will need for these various types of analyses.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson | March 20, 2014
One thing we haven't talked much about so far in the Hybrid Modeling blog series is what speedup we can expect when adding more resources to our computations. Today, we consider some theoretical investigations that explain the limitations in parallel computing. We will also show you how to use the COMSOL software's Batch Sweeps option, which is a built-in, embarrassingly parallel functionality for improving performance when you reach these limits.Read More
Jan-Philipp Weiss | March 6, 2014
Previously in this blog series, my colleague Pär described parallel numerical simulations with COMSOL Multiphysics on shared and distributed memory platforms. Today, we discuss the combination of these two methods: hybrid computing. I will try to shed some light onto the various aspects of hybrid computing and modeling, and show how COMSOL Multiphysics can use hybrid configurations in order to squeeze out the best performance on parallel platforms.Read More
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In the latest post in this Hybrid Modeling blog series, we discussed the basic principles behind shared memory computing — what it is, why we use it, and how the COMSOL software uses it in its computations. Today, we are going to discuss the other building block of hybrid parallel computing: distributed memory computing.Read More
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A couple of weeks ago, we published the first blog post in a Hybrid Modeling series, about hybrid parallel computing and how it helps COMSOL Multiphysics model faster. Today, we are going to briefly discuss one of the building blocks that make up the hybrid version, namely shared memory computing. Before that, we need to consider what it means that an "application is running in parallel". You will also learn when and how to use shared memory with COMSOL.Read More
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Mixers with rotating components are essential in many industrial applications, including food production, manufacturing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other consumer products. While the industrial processes of mixers differ, product requirements like quality, reproducibility, and uniformity must remain constant. Using the Mixer Module is one way you can make sure these product requirements are met. In our upcoming webinar, you'll learn how the fluid flow interfaces available in the Mixer Module allow you to streamline the design of mixers and their mechanisms.Read More
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Twenty years ago, the TOP500 list was dominated by vector processing supercomputers equipped with up to a thousand processing units. Later on, these machines were replaced by clusters for massively parallel computing, which soon dominated the list, and gave rise to distributed computing. The first clusters used dedicated single-core processors per compute node, but soon, additional processors were placed on the node requiring the sharing of memory. The capabilities of these shared-memory parallel machines heralded a sea change towards multicore […]Read More
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HUGUENOT, NY — Council member David Dean read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Through the decades many people interpreted this to mean people had the right to bear arms when they are a member of a militia such as the National Guard. But in 2008, five of the nine justices in the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) declared that the Second Amendment was actually a personal right for just about all citizens of the U.S. whether a member of a militia or not.
It was this interpretation of the law that the Council of the Town of Deerpark was supporting at a town meeting on January 22 in Huguenot.
They discussed a resolution opposing the NY-SAFE Act, which was passed by the New York legislature and signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 15. The Deerpark resolution said the act "infringes on the right to keep and bear arms and would ban the possession and use of firearms now employed by individual citizens by the Town of Deerpark, for defense of life, liberty and property and… for safe forms of firearm recreation, hunting and shooting...."
According to information on the website created by the state government to answer questions about the law, (www.governor.ny.gov/2013/gun-reforms-faq [1]), "Most guns are not assault weapons and are not affected by this law;" the law was meant to address assault weapons. Residents who currently own assault weapons are required to register them with the New York State Police by April 15, 2014, and sales of new assault weapons are banned.
In the District of Columbia v. Heller decision in 2008, when SCOTUS determined that the right to carry guns was an individual right, the justices did not address the issue of assault weapons, but they did say there were limits to the right.
The court wrote, "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose." The decision also suggested that it might be constitutional for municipal and state governments to ban the sale and use of machine guns.
But for the members of the town board, the banning of assault weapons is not acceptable. Council member David Hoovler said, "You can walk literally a half mile from here and you will be in a wooded area where you could fire a rifle or even a machine gun and you would not hit anything other than trees."
Council member Gary Spears said, "I cherish the fact that I have the right to protect myself and my property and I want that right not only for me but for my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and yours, too, because I truly believe that if we lose that right, it's just the beginning of many, many rights we're going to lose in this country."
Supervisor Karl Brabenec called the bill "absolutely ridiculous."
The resolution supporting the law passed unanimously and the audience of 40 or so residents applauded several times during the discussion preceding the vote.


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An asteroid half the size of a football field, will have a close encounter with the Earth on Feb. 15. NASA said there is no chance that the asteroid will slam into the planet, but it will pass closer to the Earth than the moon.
Throughout history, there have been encounters with comets and asteroids that are believed to have severely disrupted Earth's environment and might have caused mass extinctions of life.
Most of the major impacts on Earth have come from asteroids. Most that have entered our atmosphere have burned up before impact. It's been awhile since an asteroid of any size made it to the ground. The last object that was at least six miles across hit the planet 66 million years ago.
Debris from comets is believed to hit the Earth at one time or another, but there is no firm evidence that an entire comet has slammed into the planet.
In 1994, debris from Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 did have a close encounter with Jupiter. The brown spots on the above image of the giant planet are believed to be scars from the impact.
The moon is much more vulnerable to things flying through space since it has no atmosphere. It's estimated that there are over 300,000 craters that are at least one kilometer wide, are visible from Earth telescopes.
The Barringer Crater east of Flagstaff, Az., is one of the more dramatic impact craters on the face of the earth. It's 4,000 feet wide and 570 feet deep. Investigators believe the crater was created about 50,000 years ago by a meteorite about 50 yards wide.
The Henbury Meteorite Conservation Reserved in northern Austrailia contains twelve craters created when a meteor broke up before impact. Scientists believe the event took place about 4,000 years ago.
Lonar Lake in India was actually created by a meteorite around 500,000 years ago. The crater is just under 6,000 feet in diameter.
The Tunguska event took place not that long ago. There is not crater associated with the event, but it's believed a meteoroid or comet exploded six to 10 miles above a mountainous area of Siberia in 1908. The blast leveled an estimated 80 million trees, covering a 803 square mile area.
The Manicouagan Crater in Quebec is one of he oldest known craters on Earth. Investigators think a three-mile wide asteroid slammed into ground 215 million years ago. It created a crater that's 60 miles wide.
The Vredefort Crater is the largest known impact crater on the planet. Located in South Africa, much of the crater has eroded away. An asteroid estimated to be as large as six miles wide hit the Earth four billion years ago, creating a crater 186 miles wide.
The Sudbury basin in Ontario was created by a huge asteroid and is the second-largest impact crater in the world. Scientists think the object may have been nine miles wide and broke up after impact. Rock fragment associated with the asteroid have been found as far away as Minnesota. Much of the oval-shaped crater has eroded away and is about 160 miles at its widest point.
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The sheriff's department responded to 55calls; the Refugio Police Department, 33; state troopers four; Woodsboro Marshal, four; medics, 17; animal control, 10; Refugio VFD, two.
Family disturbance
A male suspect was arrested and taken to Refugio County Jail on April 16 at 10:35 p.m. and booked for assault, family violence.
The suspect allegedly showed up at his step-daughter's residence in Tivoli and punched her in the mouth and busted her lip. The caller said that the suspect was intoxicated. The victim told officers that her husband hit the suspect twice after she was assaulted.
Deputies Peter Silvas, Ronald Ramirez and Phillip Ruiz were dispatched to the scene to investigate, along with Trooper Blake Chapman.
The 911 caller advised that she wanted to press charges and wanted the subject taken to jail. The subject was arrested and taken to jail.
DWI arrest
Sergeant Enrique Diaz arrested a female subject on April 16 at 1:42 a.m. for DWI. He initiated the traffic stop on Hwy 77 near the weigh strip. The female subject was taken into custody and a wrecker was requested for the vehicle. Woodsboro wrecker arrived on the scene and Sgt. Diaz took the subject to Refugio County Jail.
Car accident
A driver lost control of his vehicle and flipped on its side in the water at 12:30 a.m. on FM136.
A caller advised that the driver was out of the vehicle and unnjured, but the vehicle remains on its side and partially in the water.
Trooper Blake Chapman investigated the accident. A wrecker was requested for the vehicle and the driver was given a courtesy ride to Ingleside.
Domestic disturbance
A female victim on James Street in Refugio was allegedly hit in the stomach with a rock at 7:17 p.m. on April 13.
The victim called 911 and told the dispatcher that her husband threw the rock and she had a large red mark on her stomach.
While the victim was on the line with the 911 dispatcher, the victim told the male suspect several times to stop pushing her.
Officer Duqualis Farrow was dispatched to the scene to investigate.
The male suspect was arrested and taken to Refugio County Jail.
Undocumented immigrants
Two undocumented subjects were taken to Refugio County Jail to await the arrival of the Border Patrol on April 11 at 5:35 p.m.
Deputy Jeff Raymond initiated a traffic stop for traveling 69 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone in Bayside on Hwy 136 near the county line. The Border Patrol was advised of the two possible undocumented subjects and Chief Deputy Sheldon Wiginton was requested assistance for transport. The vehicle was taken to the annex.
Mase threats
Deputy Ronald Ramirez was dispatched to the Bayside City Council meeting at 8:19 p.m. on April 12, after a suspect at the meeting threatened to use mase on another individual.
School disturbances
Sgt. Glen Grasham was dispatched to Tivoli on April 11 to investigate a disruptive student at the school.
The officer issued two citations and the student was removed from class, according to reports.
The student reported that other students were sending her threatening text messages.
The officer reviewed the cell phone messages. No charges were filed, according to reports.
At 7:05 p.m. on April 16, the student called 911 to report that the three people who have been sending threatening text messages had walked into her residence and charged her.
On April 17 at 3:40 a.m. the teen called 911 to report that a group of guys in a truck circled her and then a girl got out and started hitting her and knocked her glasses off and she could not get up, according to reports.
The student told dispatchers she could not tell if she was bleeding because it was too dark.
Deputy Peter Silvas was dispatched to her residence to take the report.
Head injury
A caller advised on April 11 that a male was bleeding from the back of his head at the Shell station. The victim was reported conscious but was refusing medical attention.
He was then taken to Refugio Memorial Hospital for treatment.
LL argument
A 911 caller on Mequite Street reported on April 14 that she and her sister-in-law are arguing over Little League matters.
The caller wanted her relative to leave. Offier Bill Schaefer was dispatched to the residence and advised the subjects to take the matter to the Little League Association.
Loose pit bull
A Violena Elliott Street resident reported at 12:10 p.m. on April 14 that a pit bull dog was running loose in the neighborhood, growling and barking at everyone.
The matter was referred to the animal control officer.
Family dispute
A Victoria woman reported on April 15, that she was traveling with her boyfriend, her daughter, 17, and her son, 13 when the siblings began to fight.
Her son allegedly grabbed her daughter's glasses and threatened to break them. The parent pulled over to break up the fight and her son allegedly called her a profane name. The parent told the officer she slapped him and threw his cell phone on the ground.
The son told her he wanted to go with his dad and put the phone back together and called his dad.
The boyfriend and daughter allegedly left her and her son on the side of the road on U.S. 77 south of Hwy. 239. When her ex-husband showed up, according to reports, she ran across the highway, he followed her, grabbed her cell phone and broke it.
Deputy Jeff Raymond took the report.
Dog dispute
A Refugio resident reported on April 12 that her dog was taken by a known person.
The suspect reported that the woman's son had given her the dog and she thought they had agreed.
Officer Jamie O'Reilly spoke with the suspect and the dog was returned.
Suspicious vehicle
A motorist called at 4:30 p.m. on April 12 to report a light blue car was parked on the side of the road for quite a while and he was unsure if the were "up to no good."
Sgt. Gary Wright was dispatched to the scene where he found the subjects picking dewberries.
Trespass on tractor
A Bayside resident on Driftwood Drive reported at 9:03 p.m. on April 15 that another resident and his mother were in his yard with a big tractor and he wanted them off now, according to reports.
Deputy Ronald Ramirez was dispatched to investigate the incident.
Man in tree
A Second Street resident reported at 9:38 p.m. on April 13, that someone was in a neighbor's tree the night before at 1 a.m.
The resident also reported that someone dressed in black ran in front of his vehicle, according to reports.
The caller also reported that he heard that someone bought an ape suit and was going around town scaring people.
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Patron Saint of Baseball
Recently I was asked "is there a Patron saint of Baseball?" Hmmm. Interesting question. I found the reference to
Saint Rita of Cascia (1381 – May 22, 1457) Italian Augustinian saint.
From www.answers.yahoo.com I found this:
"If there has been a run on St. Rita medals and holy cards at Catholic shops over the past few weeks, blame it on a family film released in April entitled "The Rookie." Based on a true story, and starring Dennis Quaid, it's a baseball tale that opens with a couple of nuns sprinkling rose petals from a basket while praying to St. Rita over the site of an oil well near the little town of Big Lake in west Texas in the 1920s.
According to the story's narrator, the nuns invested money in an oil well scheme that started to turn sour. When the nuns couldn't get their money back a Catholic priest advised them to pray to St. Rita, the patron St. of the impossible, and sprinkle rose petals on the well site. The Santa Rita well, named for its patron, not only produced oil but also (according to the film) a couple of major league baseball players. During the 21 months it took for the well to start spouting oil the Santa Rita crew built a baseball field near the well, and played baseball to while away the hours. Some of the crew got to be very good ball players.
Funny that I have seen the movie "The Rookie" and I own it but I had to watch the beginning of the movie to remind of this. Saint Rita is also the saint of impossible dreams. Dodgers could use saint Rita's help.
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Matt, when I started driving, my grandmother gave me a St Christopher medal. She said it was to protect me on the road. That medal along with some jewelry were were stolen. When I saw a blue St Christopher medal at the Santa
Barbara mission, I bought it. I consider it a
tribute to my grandmother who was both a mother figure and a grandmother to me. And is blue!
Did not know that about St Christopher. Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it!
LOL Catherine, Yep. Already taken. I think it would be cool to get the medalion. I have a Saint Rita church close to me. I'll ask them if they have one with the baseball player in the back.
Hey! I just saw this! Thanks Mike! Will check out that site.


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Zachary L. Atwood has gone to be with the Lord's angels in heaven on January 26, 2013.
He was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam on January 15, 2013, the son of Kimberly J. Canastra and Scott Atwood.
His loving family includes his big brother, Brandon Atwood, grandmother Elaine Crouse, uncles, Jason Canastra and James Crouse (Jennifer).
A prayer service will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 11AM at the Betz Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Ave. Amsterdam NY 12010.
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I am not an avid exerciser but do get out on walks most days with my little ones. We often walk to nearby parks, they play, and then we walk home. I'm almost always pushing one, if not both, in a stroller on those walks because of the distance.
I read this thread yesterday and didn't think I had anything to contribute until I was out enjoying a wonderful bike ride today.
I use a front-mounted seat for my young toddler (we started both kids in it after they were a year old). Now that I have a pre-schooler who can bike independently but not for long distances, I use a tag-along (trail-a-bike) on the back of my bike. Both kids love our rides. I don't go out of our neighborhood because I'm not interested in being near much traffic, so my rides aren't super-long, but they are certainly giving me exercise as I pedal 70 pounds of kids and 60 pounds of bikes and myself up some good hills.
I was an avid biker in my youth so felt very comfortable on a bike before adding the contraptions. The front-mounted seat caused me no problems with stability (I just had to lower my own seat a bit to make sure I could easily put my feet on the ground when I needed to). The tandem attachment with a big girl on it makes me more wobbly (especially when she wobbles on purpose), but we've been fine so far. It's been a great form of exercise and entertainment, and it's also nice on the occasions when my husband takes the kids out on a pretty Saturday afternoon and leaves me home by myself.


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48 JIMMIE JOHNSON, Chevrolet
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: Jimmie Johnson went from a four-point lead in the standings to a tie with Matt Kenseth for first-place following last Sunday's race at Martinsville. The pair leads third-ranked Jeff Gordon by 27 points.
TEXAS RECORD: 20 career starts, 2 wins, 9 top-5s, 15 top-10s, 1 pole. Best career finish: First in fall 2007 and fall 2012. Finished first in this race last year and was sixth in this year's spring race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Johnson knows it's "go time" this Sunday at Texas if he hopes to win his sixth career Sprint Cup championship. Matt Kenseth is presenting a challenge that Johnson has rarely seen in previous seasons. Here's Johnson's thoughts on Sunday's race: "(Having won at Texas before) does bring confidence. It makes the weeks leading into that race easier and less stressful. You still have to go get on the track and get it done. You still have to work through the practice sessions and find speed. There will be challenges thrown at you regardless of past history at a track. And in the race, there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes and get in trouble, so you've got to be on your toes. In all honesty, it makes the week leading up - Monday through Friday morning - much more enjoyable, but then the pressure starts up as if you haven't run well there before. It kind of all goes out the window."
LOOKING BACK: Johnson led 123 laps at Martinsville and was seeking his ninth career win there, but trailed off in the closing laps to finish fifth.
ETC.: Johnson has completed 97.0 percent (6,487) of the 6,691 total laps contested in 20 career starts at Texas. His average start there is 8.8 and his average finish is an excellent 9.1. He has one DNF there.
20 MATT KENSETH, Toyota
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: After being on top of the Chase standings through the first six races, Matt Kenseth fell to second after Talladega, but rebounded at Martinsville to end up in a tie with Jimmie Johnson for first place in the standings. The duo leads third-ranked Jeff Gordon by 27 points.
TEXAS RECORD: 22 career starts, 2 wins, 12 top-fives, 15 top-10s, 0 poles. Best career finish: First in spring 2002 and spring 2011. Finished fourth in this race last year and was 12th in this year's spring race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Kenseth goes from what historically had been one of his worst tracks (Martinsville) to one of his best tracks this weekend (Texas). He continues to keep the pressure on Jimmie Johnson, and there's no reason to think it won't continue. In fact, the championship race between those two drivers could mirror the battle down the stretch between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards in 2011. Here's Kenseth's thoughts on Sunday's race: "I think if you're within a race, anything can happen. If you're more than a race behind multiple drivers, I think that makes it tough. Whatever you can get in a race -- 48 points (maximum) -- if you're more than that behind more than one driver, more than two drivers, I think that's hard to overcome with three races to go. But, as we've seen through the years, you just never know what's going to happen."
LOOKING BACK: Kenseth had one of his worst career track records at Martinsville coming into last Sunday's race, but surprised everyone with a strong run, leading 202 laps, and finishing second to winner Jeff Gordon. A good job by Kenseth, indeed.
ETC.: Kenseth has completed 99.3 percent (7,307) of the 7,359 total laps contested in 22 career starts at Texas. His average start is 16.0, while his average finish is an outstanding 8.5. He has one DNF there.
24 JEFF GORDON, Chevrolet
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: After dropping to fifth place after Talladega, Jeff Gordon bounced back in a big way this past Sunday at Martinsville. With his eighth career win there, he moved up to third in the standings, 27 points behind the tied series leadership of Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth, and one point ahead of fourth-ranked Kevin Harvick.
TEXAS RECORD: 25 career starts, 1 wins, 8 top-fives, 11 top-10s, 2 poles. Best career finish: First in spring 2009, his only win thus far there. Was 14th in this race last year and 38th (suffered suspension issues) in this year's spring race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Gordon has two primary bits of motivation coming into this weekend's race at Texas: to avenge his terrible 38th-place finish there in the spring, and to build upon the momentum he earned from his win at Martinsville this past Sunday. Here's Gordon's thoughts on Sunday's race: "We have nothing to lose and everything to gain, so that puts us in a comfortable position as to how we approach each race. Less frustration and we're executing better. We're really in sync right now. ... We've had sort of a love-hate relationship with this track. This has always been a very challenging track and there were some years when we struggled. The last few times, though, we've been competitive and the last time we were here we were very competitive but had a failure. It's been a bit of love and hate. But with a lot more love recently."
LOOKING BACK: Gordon led 78 laps and regained the lead late in the race to win for the eighth time in his career this past Sunday at Martinsville.
ETC.: There's no question Gordon has struggled over the years at Texas, having completed just 89.7 percent (7,503) of 8,361 total laps contested in 25 career starts at the Fort Worth track. His average start is 12.4, but average finish is a mediocre 17.0 He also has an unsettling six DNFs there.
29 KEVIN HARVICK, Chevrolet
Team: Richard Childress Racing


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Four students were selected to receive a $5,000 scholarship upon graduation. This year's recipients are Kassidy Bego, Sandeep Bhakta, Morgan Jeanerette and April Alex.
Interviewers for the Luther T. Kolb scholarship were Donna Keyhoe, Tish Robinson, and Suzie Warzecha, all residents of Goliad. The award process was coordinated by Pamela Hailey, the Goliad High School Dean of Student Services. The selections were based on each student's academic records, leadership ability, community service, and potential for future academic achievement.
The family of Luther Thomas Kolb Sr. established an endowment fund for scholarships in 2003. Kolb was a businessman for many years, first in Sinton and later in Portland, where he was owner of the L.T. Kolb Chevrolet Dealership.
Scholarships have also been awarded in his honor at Sinton High School, where he at served as the chairman of the Sinton ISD school board. The Luther T. Kolb Scholarship Fund has awarded numerous scholarships to South Texas students since 2003.
Thirty-two scholarships have been awarded to students at Goliad High School, totaling $160,000 in the past six years. Student scholarships are awarded at the completion of their senior year providing they complete all academic course work, maintain satisfactory grades, and continue a good record of personal conduct. Each scholarship can be applied towards college tuition over a four year period.
Other students nominated for the Luther T. Kolb Scholarship by the GHS teaching staff were:
• Top 10 finalists - John Dorsett, Danielle Garza, Duncan McKay, Colton Rifenburgh, Emilio Vargas, Mac Wimberly and Colby Zamzow.
• 2013 Kolb Scholarship nominees - Kendal Gruetzmacher, Tangle Johnson, Krista Noland, Bryce Ousley, Erika Rodriguez, Mateo Rubio, Emily Turpin and Nikolas Westfall.


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If anyone can give me any advice it would be greatly appreciated. I'm at my wits end here and starting to feel hopeless as to if I will ever breastfeed my baby.
My baby is 10 days old. We didn't get a good start to breastfeeding. He was in the NICU for 3 days and fed supplement formula and given a pacifier. He also has a tongue tie that didn't get diagnosed until 8 days old which seems to prevent him from getting anything out of my breasts (he doesn't swallow when nursing and has no weight change).
He got his tongue tie fixed today by cauterization. His upper frenulum may also be a problem, but I haven't found a doctor to take it seriously yet. I tried breast feeding afterwards but he still isn't swallowing. We have some tongue excersizes to do with him, but haven't been able to get him to stick out his tongue, though he does seem to be taking a bottle differently and moving his tongue inside his mouth more. I read so many places that you can nurse normally right after a frenectomy, is it alright that we still have no swallowing and my nipple comes out of his mouth lopsided? Should I just expect him to take a few days?
Secondly, I'm worried about my supply. I've been letting him breastfeed (though he doesn't get much if anything), giving expressed milk from a bottle, then giving formula if he's still hungry. After he eats, I pump using a medela symphony for the next feeding. On a good pumping session, I can get 50-60 ml, but most of the time I'm only getting 30-40 ml. I'm pumping every 3-4 hours, why am I making so little?
I hate this so much. I hate hearing my baby cry because he's hungry and I can't feed him myself. I hate that we can't bond with solely breastfeeding. I really need help.


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Topps to Feature Rookie Card of A Squirrel?!
Yes, that's right. The famous "rally squirrel" that first appeared in Game 4 of the NLDS last October, is pretty much getting a baseball card all to itself. Card number 93 of the 2012 Topps Series 1 set, is technically the card of Cardinals' second basemen Skip Schumaker, but for the first time in the history of the Topps' card company, the card doesn't feature the face of the player on the card. As a matter of fact, Schumaker is barely visible–with only the lower part of his leg being shown:
If I was Skip Schumaker, I'd be very upset at the Topp's card company. It'd be one thing if they made a card for the rally squirrel–they've done cards for mascots in the past–but to actually have it be the card of Schumaker? I mean come on. I would think the Topps' company would be a little more professional than this. (Although to their credit, the card is being made a short-print.)
On a brighter side, the 2012 Topps Series 1 baseball set is also going to include the first cards of Jose Reyes and Albert Pujols in their new uniforms–given they are photoshoped. These cards (like the Schumaker card) are due to be short-prints, thus making them must have cards for collectors.
Want one of the Skip Schumaker short-print cards? Well, you have a two options:
Option 1: Go to your local card shop and buy pack after pack, until you hopefully get lucky and pull one of the cards.
Option 2: Buy the card off eBay. One of the first sold on eBay for $600!
I think I'll go with option 1.
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They are making a second (real) card for Schumaker, this one is just a funny joke. There is no reason to get upset over it.
This is hilarious why would you be mad about it? If I were Skip I would be totally down. I was at this game and it was awesome seeing the Rally Squirrel run across the plate😀
As a BB CardCollector of course I'm going for the card. But I still think it's still a little tacky on Topps' part.
I like the Justin Upton SP better. Go DBacks!


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Home List of Titles Origin of optically passive spiral galaxies with dusty star-forming regions: outside-in truncation of star formation?
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/92834
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- Title
- Origin of optically passive spiral galaxies with dusty star-forming regions: outside-in truncation of star formation?
- Author(s)
- Bekki, Kenji; Couch, Warrick J.
- Abstract
- Recent observations have revealed that red, optically passive spiral galaxies with little or no optical emission lines, harbour significant amounts of dust-obscured star formation. We propose that these observational results can be explained if the spatial distributions of the cold gas and star-forming regions in these spiral galaxies are significantly more compact than those in blue star-forming spirals. Our numerical simulations show that if the sizes of star-forming regions in spiral galaxies with disc sizes of Rd are ~0.3Rd, such galaxies appear to have lower star formation rates as well as higher degrees of dust extinction. This is mainly because star formation in these spirals occurs only in the inner regions where both the gas densities and metallicities are higher, and hence the dust extinction is also significantly higher. We discuss whether star formation occurring preferentially in the inner regions of spirals is closely associated with the stripping of halo and disc gas via some sort of environmental effect. We suggest that the 'outside-in truncation of star formation' is the key to a better understanding of apparently optically passive spirals with dusty star-forming regions.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 408, no. 1 (Oct 2010), pp. L11-L15
- Publication year
- 2010
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Galactic evolution; Infrared galaxies; Spiral galaxies; Star formation
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- Wiley-Blackwell
- 1745-3933
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- Copyright © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation copyright © 2010 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.
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No one here at Phillies Nation is shocked by this turn of events, especially if you read Eric Seidman's article on Thursday, accentuating the Phillies/Astros rivalry of the past few seasons. Again, the struggles continues on Sunday as the Phillies fell to the Astros, 7-6, to lose three of four games. The Phillies find themselves 3 1/2 out in the wild card standings. (As of this writing, the Dodgers and Cardinals are tied at 2-2).
What had once been a strength, and very recently, the bullpen again blew up in the later innings. Antonio Bastardo and Phillippe Aumont combined to give up four runs in the seventh, blowing a 4-3 Phillies lead.
Roy Halladay wasn't great, but was good enough to keep the Phillies in it. He allowed three runs in six innings, but labored by throwing 111 pitches.
With the sticks, six runs should have been more than enough. Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-4 and both Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown knocked in a pair of runs.
So, after another disappointing series against a Houston team that pretty much owns the Phillies, there is much work to be done – and a lot of hoping. There are just 16 games remaining, they've slipped one-game under-.500, and they need help from several teams. The Phillies cling to hope, but their pulse is becoming more and more faint.
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If people aren't sick of talking about this series, I believe this article offers at least some fair consideration of why the Astros have had some September success against the Phils when you wouldn't expect it based on the talent differential.
I'm not sure I agree with this article. 35 bad players isn't much better than 25 bad ones. And Manuel, too, was using leftie/rightie matchups the entire series. The only thing helpful might be that there's no "book" on all those Astros newcomers, and the opposition doesn't quite know how to handle them. It might also be that the Phils bullpen is inexperienced and bound to blow a couple of games, or that Kendrick was due for a mediocre outing and that Halladay still isn't 100%.
"And Manuel, too, was using leftie/rightie matchups the entire series"
Case in point, yesterday, when I couldn't believe Houston walked RyHo in the ninth to face Chooch, putting the winning run on, and there wasn't anybody left to pinch run for Howard.
Maybe I missed something, but that was 1 strange scenario.
Strange, perhaps, but that has nothing to do with leftie/rightie matchups. Unless, of course, switching pinch-hitters based on matchups used up all the available speedy base runners.
It proved to be a moot point, anyway. No one got a hit so Howard didn't have to run.
@Devin – You said on the gameday thread at 4:40 PM: " Where's ChuckA? He needs to come on out and admit that he doesn't understand football, statistics, and probability"
Uhhhhh….. Devin… check your facts, bud, before you start calling people out. What I said earlier in the week on the "Not the Astros….Not Now" thread was: "I am going on record as saying that I think the Eagles and Michael Vick have a better chance of beating the Ravens this Sunday than the Phillies making the postseason."
You responded by say that that was a "meaningless statement" and then I further responded with this: "How is that meaningless? The Eagles sucked against the Browns, had no business winning that game and Vick looked terrible. The Ravens are a good team, a better team than the Eagles. But the Eagles have a BETTER chance of winning that game than the Phillies do of making the playoffs."
Last I checked Devin, the Eagles did win their game today but just barely (wouldn't have surprised me if they lost) and the Phillies lost 3 of 4 from the Astros which, for all intents and purposes, makes it even MORE unlikely that they make the playoffs. And that's just what I was alluding to the other day when I said that the Eagles had a better chance of winning than the Phils making the playoffs. Not sure what you think I don't understand….???…..
i got your drift chuck when you podted on thurs. and a good reply to devin also!
@Ken: Thanks for the article, it was a very interesting argument to how they attacked the Phils this series.
However, somewhere hidden in the team's vault is a sacred curse penned by Nolan Ryan and the entire 1980 Houston Astros after game five of NLCS versus the Phillies. I think the curse was signed in blood by the entire team, and has instructions for its invocation each time the future Astros' teams would play the Phillies in important games in September.
Or, we could just go with the simpler version: The Phils just $hit the bed on their playoff chances, plain and simple.
Despite our hunt for the second wildcard painfully coming to its end, I'm still hoping against the odds….
It should not be a surprise to see the Phillies lose to the Astros. They are not a good team, and they need so much help in so many areas. Nice to see Charlie and his troops make the effort to be presentable, but that's about as far as it goes. Needing help from others is no way to go about getting into the playoffs.
While I would like to see Charlie remain, I think the team would be advised to find new talent in management – specifically pitching coach and hitting coach. If the team's performance is a true measure of their influence, we'd be best served with no one in those positions.
Rubin needs to be active in the off-season. Not wait until Spring training or the trading deadline as he has in the past, but early on.
Even after the disaster in Houston, the Phillies are 36-24 since the all star break, when they've been at close to full strength. I don't really see how they are "not a good team".
I hope all the whiny "fans" read this comment.
The Phils have a couple of holes, but they are not as bad as people think.
I agree with you Art. The big problem for Rube is going to be 3rd base and also acquiring more talent with the payroll they already have. The Phils have to find the next Shane or Werth for cheap as well. Using them as example but they going to have to fill some of them holes with cheap talent.
Ps…they also going to have to find another bonafide 8th inning guy. At least for a year until they can sort out which of there recent bullpen call ups are MLB pitchers and which are AAA-A types.
This was an extremely frustrating series, but not completely shocking. One week earlier these same Astros went into Cincinnati, who was 83-55 at the time, and took 2 of 3 from one of the best teams in baseball.
For this young Astros team this is their season. Knocking off contending teams like they are. They have something to prove and to play for in that they are auditioning for full-time jobs for next season and beyond. Those two kids Altuve and Maxwell are gonna be good players. Dominguez, too. I'm not at all shocked by the weekend. A little surprised that it wasn't at least a split, though.
I'm inclined to agree with everything you said, player potential, too.
But I still am bummed out.
Tough reconciliation.
i agree on all your points chuck and also i am bummed like ken is.
on another subject, i'd like to say that charlie over the years has given us lots to cheer about with going to the series 2 times and 5 div titles and i give him kudos for that. but also over those years his deficiencies were glossed over by a very dominant team. with the direction the phils are going now and i don't mean losing, but the changing of the guard so to speak player wise. there's onlyi think 7 players left from the 2 series we were in. i think it's time to move on with the coaching staff to accomidate the younger players that are going to be coming up the next few yrs. cholly is not a proponant of playing younger guys until they prove themselves, yet he rarely gives them a chance. i know we're in the hunt for a 2cd wildcard birth but i'm looking at the reality of the situation not my feelings of what i want them to do. i also think the phils brass are operating on the feeling aspect and not the reality.
let me put it this way. if we lose 2 of 3 to the stinkin mutts. they have to face reality and go forward. changes have to be made. we're all banking on them fixing their problems in the offseason. i'm hoping that too. but if we don't try to find out what we have here that would help us, it only makes it harder in the offseason. buying players is a crapshoot. just because they're willing to spend doesn't mean it's gonna work.
I totally disagree with your statement that Manuel doesn't give young players a chance. I'll give some examples of some young players he has used and, except for the injured ones, continues to use:
Kratz (not exactly young, but still it's his first full year)
These are just some of them. If you wish to go back a few years, you can add Hamels and Kendrick, who were both put in the starting rotation as soon as they were called up, proven or not.
Look on the bright side… the Astros will be in the American League next year so they won't have the opportunity to do this again (hopefully ever).
This stings big time. Should have won 3 out of 4… have to get back on track and stay there.
See….this doesn't sting for me. Even in the middle of the surge last week I said that I didn't think they would make the postseason. This isn't their year and that's ok. Think where they were just a few weeks ago! Finish at .500 with some momentum going into the off-season when some serious re-tooling can happen. They'll be back in 2013.
A lot of people had written them off… rightfully so. It would be very fitting if we ended this season one game back but I continue to believe in this team. I always have believed in this team. I had one momentary lapse (the Chipper Jones game) of frustration where I said that they were cooked but the resiliency of this team doesn't surprise me – I've come to expect it. Regardless, this is invaluable experience for a lot of young players but I'm hoping that they can claw their way into the playoffs… somehow.
You're right in saying this isn't their year. Look at some of the things that have happened. Utley was out; his replacement broke his back. Schierholtz was acquired and almost immediately broke his foot. Frandsen took the injured Polanco's place, and developed a stress fracture of the tibia.
These were all in addition to Utley, Howard, Lee, Halladay, Worley, Polanco, and Ruiz (all key players) being on the DL at some point in the season.
I know that injuries are no excuse and that other teams have had injuries, too. But let's face it, when the guys you get to cover for your regulars get injured, too, it's a little beyond most teams' injuries, and you aren't going to get very far.
Oh, I forgot the DL stints of about half the bullpen, and bench guys Nix, Schneider, and Martinez.
Oh what great timing to have to face RA Dickey tonight. We have one player besides Chooch that has good career numbers against him, and he wasn't even here until the Pence trade.
I have faith that Charlie is paying attention, and when the lineups come out, he'll start Schierholtz tonight. 7AB's, 3 hits, 2 HR's
For the most part Dickey has dominated everyone else.
I started off the comments on that Seidman post by saying, "I hope that you don't regret writing this." The reality is that when you write a post like that – suggesting that your team is about to lose a heartbreaking series – you cannot win. If your team wins, you feel good about that but you have a lot of readers that are ultimately going to come back and call you an idiot. If your team loses and you get to say, "I told you so" then you have to face the reality that you may have just called the demise of your team. I didn't feel good about that series, at all. I don't see how anyone could. The series played out the way a lot of people expected it to… starting Cloyd on short rest on a travel day across time zones was a bad idea. His 3 inning dud set the tone. We should have wasted Papelbon in that one (for two innings) because Friday was a gimme with Hamels on the mound. Kendrick came back down to Earth and Halladay looked like he has looked all year… good but not great. I mean, that's a great start for most pitchers but for Halladay… he labored through six against a young Astros team.
We will probably look back on this one as the one that did us in but the Cardinals were 4.5 games back on this date last season and we're only 4 games back. We can pick up a 1/2 game tonight. 15 games left… let's win 'em all and see where we end up.
Starting Cloyd may have been a bad idea, but there was no one else available. It would likely have been his day to throw a "bullpen session" anyway, and he (unlike all the other starters) hadn't thrown very many pitches in his previous outing.
I want to add one thing about using (giving young players a shot) young players or not using them. I think this is more on Rube than Cholly. Rube is the one that will go out and sign a 39 yo catcher for example. Cholly cant use the so called player if Rube doesnt call them up.


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I hope to hell this is Kiki!ReplyCancel
Michelle R.ReplyCancel
Cameron is a good guess—but Montana may be right as well—I wish Michelle would just go away—she has no artistic merit to begin with—she SHOULD be C list at bestReplyCancel
A- actress pulling this crap? This kind of thing should push a person down the list to S for skank.ReplyCancel
I loved that story boredsoccermom told us about her husband working on set with Kirsten Dunst and how she went around begging guys to pic up some vodka for her loll I know she has issues regarding substance abuse but I think she will be just fine—that would totally be me if I had tons of cash etc. –She is not stupid and has never been in trouble with the law etc. —the funny part of the story is they were filming in Toronto and in Ontario—if you are working long days etc it really is hard to get booze if you are working long days cause you have to go to the lcbo—you just cant buy it at convenience storesReplyCancel
Can't buy alcohol at convenience stores in PA either.ReplyCancel
and all the crew denied her because they know Kiki gets too feisty with her drank on lolllll
Kiki "Is there a good band around here" lmaoReplyCancel
me too Sarah! fuck this Jennifer Lawrence noise lolReplyCancel
@Kno Won: Please refrain from slut shaming. There are some sluts who read this site who will be offended. Thank you.ReplyCancel
JLaw would nevah shes too busy with Chris Martin and Josh Hutcherson (they say)ReplyCancel
Michelle Rodriguez?ReplyCancel
@Sarah: That is whores, not sluts. Sluts are into it for the love of cock and ejaculate. Whores are into it for money, which destroys their souls and removes their ability to feel anything other than anger, jealousy and sadness.ReplyCancel
Ah count, u dissapoint me. Whores and sluts give it away for free, with slut being a whore sub catagory, a little desperate and willing to do anything. I know. Right in your wheelhouse. Now working girls, theyre in for money. Whether or not they enjoy it is dicey, but they want the zash.ReplyCancel
@secret : boredsoccermom is a commenter here LOL
I'm thinking Cammie D. for this one
I've never been to a bar in which they have sparklers and a "superhero parade" when someone buys an expensive bottle though – what does that even mean?ReplyCancel
The club mentioned is more than likely Beacher's Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel. Been there and when someone buys expensive bottles, a little person (dwarf) is flown over the table via ropes/wires. I went once and Derek Hough was there. Not my kind of place. Miley Cyrus loves it thoughReplyCancel
@count You're thinking the average run-of-the-mill whores. The Hollywood "escorts" that make $10,000 per day aren't unhappy or jealous.ReplyCancel
No Liddy, whores are paid for sex. they don't give anything away for free.
@Hothotheat: It don't matter if they are getting $10 or $10,000, they still don't have souls.ReplyCancel
Count – a caveat- whores are paid for sex but not always cash. I know you didn't say cash but just wanted to clarify it.ReplyCancel
Very true, Texas. Some are paid in Dinner, some in Attention, some in Jobs.ReplyCancel
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yah she is a reader and commenter lol iI have been working a lot these days but I WANT VODKA!!!!!!!! lol I feel like I am missing s much lol—on break at work sorry for the misspell etc xo—-Ill be baclkReplyCancel
Evan Rachel Wood?ReplyCancel
Ahem. Slatterns are middleaged and sloppy, not too into hygegine. Tramps are amoral, screw anyone if they can steal your wallet. Roundheels usually town girl who just loves to screw, usually in a car. Trollops are snotty roundheels with delusions of class. Ladies of negotiable affection or may not sleep with a man, and may or may not charge them. I hope this helped.ReplyCancel
Superhero parade (the waiter dresses as Batman, superman or whatever) are done in some bars in Saint Tropez when someone buys an expensive bottle. Might be someone spending some time in south of France…ReplyCancel
Let's not forget the Goldiggers who are in it for the cheddar and the chance/hopes to get knocked up. For that 18year meal ticket. I'd say they were equal parts who're and working girl.ReplyCancel


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Holocaust Filmmaker Wins Young Leadership Award
Sara Greenberg has been honored with the Young Leadership Award from Blue Card, a national non-profit committed to the well-being of Holocaust survivors at or near the poverty level. The honor was presented to Greenberg at the organization's 79th Anniversary Benefit and Auction at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
The 28-year-old Philadelphian's contribution to Shoah remembrance is a film she created in college. As part of a "Family and the Jewish Tradition" class at Yale University taught by Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Greenberg produced a documentary about her family's connection to the Holocaust. That documentary, B-2247: A Granddaughter's Understanding, is now shown on Yom Hashoah at the United Nations and used as a teaching tool by the Shoah Foundation.