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Home List of Titles The ongoing assembly of a central cluster galaxy: phase-space substructures in the halo of M87
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/219167
- Title
- The ongoing assembly of a central cluster galaxy: phase-space substructures in the halo of M87
- Author(s)
- Romanowsky, Aaron J.; Strader, Jay; Brodie, Jean P.; Mihos, J. Christopher; Spitler, Lee R.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Foster, Caroline; Arnold, Jacob A.
- Abstract
- The halos of galaxies preserve unique records of their formation histories. We carry out the first combined observational and theoretical study of phase-space halo substructure in an early-type galaxy: M87, the central galaxy in the Virgo cluster. We analyze an unprecedented wide-field, high-precision photometric and spectroscopic data set for 488 globular clusters (GCs), which includes new, large-radius Subaru/Suprime-Cam and Keck/DEIMOS observations. We find signatures of two substructures in position-velocity phase space. One is a small, cold stream associated with a known stellar filament in the outer halo; the other is a large shell-like pattern in the inner halo that implies a massive, hitherto unrecognized accretion event. We perform extensive statistical tests and independent metallicity analyses to verify the presence and characterize the properties of these features, and to provide more general methodologies for future extragalactic studies of phase-space substructure. The cold outer stream is consistent with a dwarf galaxy accretion event, while for the inner shell there is tension between a low progenitor mass implied by the cold velocity dispersion, and a high mass from the large number of GCs, which might be resolved by a 0.5 L* E/S0 progenitor. We also carry out proof-of-principle numerical simulations of the accretion of smaller galaxies in an M87-like gravitational potential. These produce analogous features to the observed substructures, which should have observable lifetimes of ~1 Gyr. The shell and stream GCs together support a scenario where the extended stellar envelope of M87 has been built up by a steady rain of material that continues until the present day. This phase-space method demonstrates unique potential for detailed tests of galaxy formation beyond the Local Group.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 748, no. 1 (Mar 2012), article no. 29
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 0305 Organic Chemistry; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
- Keyword(s)
- Dynamics; Elliptical galaxies; Galaxy formation; Halos; Kinematics; Lenticular galaxies; M87; Star clusters
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. The American Astronomical Society does not allow Swinburne Research Bank to archive either the accepted manuscript or the published version of the article. However you can find an earlier version of the full text here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3959.
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We are using a syringe. I'm way too lazy to get bottles, lol.
How long should I pump for after each time we try to nurse?
We are using a syringe. I'm way too lazy to get bottles, lol.
How long should I pump for after each time we try to nurse?
Mommy to
Logan 5-23-07
Colby 12-14-09
My pedi is an IBCLC so I had her help today and she watched Colby nurse. She said he has a great latch and she showed me how to do breast compressions.
Mommy to
Logan 5-23-07
Colby 12-14-09
We are going to supplement too for now. Just got off the phone with my pedi..... he only had 1 wet and zero dirties all day. And my pumping is only drops now.
I hate this option, but I don't feel comfortable with how lethargic he is and his output.
Am I banned from here now?
I need encouragement that this is only for a few days.
Mommy to
Logan 5-23-07
Colby 12-14-09
Oh Lisa... x a million!
I love you and am proud of you and I would never ban you! You're his momma and you have to do what YOU think is best. I supplemented with M at the very beginning for the same reasons. Within a few days, she was nursing like a true champ, my milk was in, and the jaundice was behind us.
YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! I completely, 100%, absolutely beleive in you!
Fancy Momma to the Divine Miss M, 2/15/07 BF'ed for 17 months!
Currently TTC Baby #2
Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - Damn it, you've got to be kind. - Kurt Vonnegut
it will be okay!! You know Bennett had bottles in the NICU. He had bottles for 6 days, and we came home and there was no nipple confusion. If he has to have bottles for a few days until your milk is in full force, he will be okay! I know it's hard, but I know you are worried. Do what you have to do, no one will judge you for taking care of your baby!
I'm Heather, SAHM to Cooper , born 1/2007
and Bennett, our precious NICU grad born 8/2009
and wife to Bill since 10/2003!
We're young, but we know we can do it!
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My LO had a rough time nursing and fell asleep every time she got near my breast until she was given a bottle and actually got some food in her. She was a pound below birth weight at 1 month and I was terrified. However, once she took the first bottle things went up hill right away. She gained almost a full pound in that next week and then started nursing a little more each day and before long was nursing like a pro.
You are doing great - just keep trying!
Samantha: born 3 1/2 weeks early on Sept 2006 6lbs 4 oz 18 inches long with situs inversus totalis. Now a strong healthy little girl that wants to be a NICU doctor, loves her little sister and breastfeeds her dolls!
Milk donated with while nursing first LO: 2,200 oz
Alexandra: born 3 weeks early on July 2010 7lbs 8 oz 19.5 inches long.
Milk donated with while nursing first LO: 1,200
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I'm not worried about nip confusion at all. He already had a paci and much prefers the boob.
We held off on formula tonight, I pumped enough to syringe into his mouth and he gave us one big pee and a little poop. So I'm going to get through the night and then reconsider in the AM. I would rather deal with formula in the morning than in at night time in case he pukes or whatnot.
But we bought it in case I need it.
I'm just taking it hour by hour and trying to make the best choices for him. It's hard but that's what being a mommy is all about.
Mommy to
Logan 5-23-07
Colby 12-14-09
More hugs! Sounds like he's doing more feeding and you're very wise to take it hour by hour! Remember that the MOST important thing is a healthy baby so of you need to supplement to get through the next few days it's just not a big deal. Do keep pumping - even if you're not getting much it will help stimulate your body.
DS1: bf 7/2006 -> 4/2009; multiple food allergies
DS2: bf 9/2009 -> ???; multiple food allergies
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Whether a student, faculty member, family member or friend, graduation is an important event that marks a momentous occasion in the lives of our graduates and the entire university community.
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Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act
- Audience:
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Topics:
- Data Collection and Reporting, TANF Caseload, TANF Improper Payments
- Tags:
- Caseload Data, Data Collection and Reporting Requirements
State Agencies Administering Child Welfare and Public Assistance Programs
Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act
Section 1124(c)(5) of Title I of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," as amended by Public Law 103-382, the "Improving America's Schools Act of 1994"; Section 110(j) of Public Law 104-193, the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996"; and Public Law 107-110, the "No Child Left Behind Act".
Under provisions of the cited public laws, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to collect and, by January 1 of each year, to transmit to the Secretary of Education certain specified data concerning the number of children who, in the immediately preceding month of October, were (1) living in foster homes supported by public funds, or (2) receiving payments from a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF]). The data collected constitute a part of the formula used by the Department of Education to allocate funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children.
The purpose of this transmittal is to request October 2002 caseload data on the number of foster children supported with public funds and the number of children in families receiving TANF payments in excess of the poverty income level. These data will be used by the Department of Education in its formula to allocate school year 2003-2004 Title I grants.
Please complete both Parts I and II of the enclosed Form ACF-4125, Annual Statistical Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act. For purposes of this form, 'children' is defined as those ages 5-17 inclusive, i.e., a child who reaches 5 in the month of October is included, one who reaches 18 is not. 'Public funds' is defined as any Federal, State, and/or local monies used by public assistance agencies to support foster children.
The monthly 'poverty income level' is derived from the The 2002 HHS Poverty Guidelines, a simplified version of the Federal Government's statistical poverty thresholds issued by the Bureau of the Census. For purposes of this report, the level is set at 1/12 of the annual poverty threshold for a non-farm family of four. Applicable amounts for the October 2002 report are:
$1,508.33 for all 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia
$1,885.83 for Alaska
$1,735.00 for Hawaii.
Payments 'in excess of the poverty income level' are public assistance payments which exceed the amounts listed above and which are made under the TANF Program from Federal, State, and/or local funds. This refers to cash assistance payments only; vendor payments, assistance in kind, and income from other sources are not considered. Unless the TANF cash assistance received by the family is in excess of the specified poverty income level, children in that family should not be counted for this report.
Children should be reported as belonging to the LEA in which they reside rather than to the area in which they attend school. Children who reside in other States should not be counted at all. Each LEA has an assigned reporting code (Agency ID) which should be included as part of the reports for both categories of children (foster care and TANF). If the information is not available by LEA, please provide it by county.
Under separate cover, we are mailing lists of LEAs and counties with the appropriate reporting codes for them. Lists for each individual State will be sent to the director of the State's public assistance agency and to the person who, according to our files, completed Form ACF-4125 last year. These lists are also available upon request in the form of Excel spreadsheets. In completing this survey, please ensure that the data (with emphasis) provided include the LEA (with emphasis) [or county, if not available by LEA] name and reporting code (with emphasis) shown on the list.
Submittal Procedure:
Please submit this report to the Administration for Children and Families in Washington, DC, via regular mail, e-mail, or FAX. Addresses are provided in the Instructions. In addition, please send one copy to the appropriate ACF Regional Office.
Form ACF-4125 should be submitted by December 31, 2002. (with emphasis) Failure to do so will result in the loss of Title I funds.
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Form ACF-4125 [OMB Number 0970-0004] and Instructions.
If you have questions or need further information, please contact Evelyn Mills, ACF/OPRE/Division of Data Collection and Analysis:
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Mail: 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW
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Washington, DC 20447
Andrew S. Bush, Director
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Contact: Ted Slowik, director of PR and media relations, 630-637-5307, email@example.com April 27, 2010—Art works by 18 North Central College students will be featured in a free exhibit in two galleries May 16 through June 12. The Senior Art Show will be exhibited in the Oesterle Library Gallery, 320 E. School St., and the Meiley-Swallow Hall Gallery, 31 S. Ellsworth St., both in Naperville. Students will greet visitors during an opening reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 16, in both locations. Participating students are: Alicia Ahluwalia of Winfield; Heather Barron of West Chicago; Anna Baumann of Chicago Heights; Nikki Boeger of Newark, Ill.; Megan Brown of Lafox, Ill.; Abbi Effron of Aurora; Kristin Harding of Plainfield; Devin LaSarre of Crystal Lake; Tamarra Love of Naperville; Anna Mandrell of Clinton, Ill.; Marissa Mellin of St. Charles, Ill.; Jenna Meyer of Lake Zurich; Tricia O'Donnell of Crystal Lake; Laura Peterson of Herscher, Ill.; Somer Rickards of Makaweli, Hawaii; Nicole Schuett of Hawthorn Woods, Ill.; Kirsten Shoup of Elburn; and Jill Urbas of Aurora. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Meiley-Swallow Hall Gallery is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays. The Oesterle Library Gallery is open Mondays through Thursdays 8 a.m. to midnight, Fridays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Sundays noon to midnight. The students' works include painting, drawing, printmaking, digital photography, ceramics, and sculpture. Contact Christine Rabenold, assistant professor of art, at 630-637-5543 or email@example.com for more information about the exhibit. Art students at North Central College learn traditional and contemporary media; engage in analytical, critical and abstract thinking; and learn to communicate ideas visually. Students attend gallery and museum openings and exhibits in Naperville and Chicago, meet visiting artists, enter juried exhibitions and gain an academic foundation for graduate study in studio art, art education, art history, art therapy, arts administration, art criticism, and visual communications. Click here to learn more about North Central's art program. This exhibit is one of many ongoing programs at North Central College to enrich and broaden the cultural and academic outlook for the College and community. North Central offers a variety of venues accommodating a rich range of local and world-class events, performances and space needs for the public. For a comprehensive schedule of musical performances, theatrical and dance productions, art exhibits and lectures, visit www.northcentralcollege.edu/show or call the box office at 630-637-SHOW (7469).
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Hi ,
I am new to the forums, and have read through many. Although, I am not sure if the two capital letters referring to your babies are their initials, nicknames, etc. I'll just refer to my almost 4 month old daughter as Peanut. She is my pride and joy, and I wouldn't go through this struggle for months if i didn't love her from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. I want her to have breastmilk and I'll do whatever I have to, to give it to her.
From birth, we were separated due to complications. I did not even get to see her until she was almost 3-4 days old. Thankfully, the nursing staff would help me pump while i was in icu, to get her colostrum and to get my milk coming in. After being released, we were exclusively bfeeding for about 3-4 weeks. Then at my 4 week checkup, my dr. gave me a progesterin only pill for birth control. this zapped my supply and i have struggled since. I took it for about 3 weeks total, before I figured out that was the problem. I had to supplement her feeding with 1/2 formula and 1/2 breastmilk. I have tried taking Fenugreek (4 pills 3x day), Blessed Thistle (3 pills 3x day) Nettle (2 pills 2x day), Mommy's milk tea, and I just got Goat's Rue the other day but haven't tried it. I have also tried upping my protein intake and water intake. None of these were working for me, even a little, so a couple weeks ago, i started Reglan. Thankfully, I am able to nurse my peanut now, even though she eats every 2 hours roughly. My mom is taking care of her while I am at work, (boo, didn't want to have to come back to work a couple weeks ago ) Right now, I am taking 2, 10 mg pills 2x day, and my milk is coming in a little more. i was taking 3 pills before, but tried to wean off, and my supply dropped in a day. So, i am going to try to stay on 2 for awhile, if i can. I have moved to where I can give some of her feedings all breastmilk! But I am trying to not only give her enough milk for the next day, but to get some stored up, as my mom is going through my storage stash pretty quickly. I pump when i get up, if it's not time for her to eat, at work 3 times a day, and at least once at night. When I am with her, i bfeed her. When I am away, she gets a bottle with almost all my milk. She is drinking about 5.5 oz of formula/bmilk or 6 oz bmilk at almost each feeding at my mom's.
Here are my questions...has anyone taken Reglan for a long period of time, and if so, how long. I know i have read that it can cause depression, i know what to look for, for that. And i read that there should be no side effects in infants with the doseage i am taking.
Another question, should i try to take my herbs with Reglan? Dr. said it would be okay, but i didn't know if anyone has done this or not?
Please, please ladies, any other suggestions, please let me know, i am doing whatever it takes to get my milk abundantly overflowing for my precious peanut.
Thank you for all your help and suggestions, I hope we can all make it through and help each other through this rough time.


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The economic impact of the 20 counties most largely affected by the shale was $61 billion for 2012. The information was part of an economic impact study on the Eagle Ford Shale released by the Institute for Economic Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
To give that some perspective, the 2011 impact was $25 billion, so it has more than doubled from 2011 to 2012.
The study breaks most of the information into two sets of numbers; the first set encompasses the 20 counties that are the most impacted by the Eagle Ford, and the second set breaks it down even further into the 14 counties that actually produce the oil and gas.
The 14-county area includes McMullen, Live Oak, Bee and Karnes counties. The report did not break up the data further by each individual county but lumped the 14 together.
According to the study, the total economic input for the 14-county area is $46.6 billion.
It is also stated that approximately 86,000 full-time jobs are supported by the industry in those 14 counties with salaries and benefits for those employees coming out to roughly $3.3 billion.
The jobs for the 20-county region is even greater, partly because the region includes cities such as Corpus Christi and San Antonio, where larger offices have been put in place.
The 20-county region supports approximately 116,500 jobs.
The influx of jobs created by the industry is not only expanding the pocketbooks of the workers but also revenues at a local and state level.
More than $800 million has been brought in as local government revenues, and approximately $374 million has been brought in as state revenue for the 14-county region.
Those numbers are higher for the 20-county region.
The report also gave a glimpse into what could possibly be expected in the future based on a moderate scenario.
"In 2022, government revenues will be increased to an estimate of $1.8 million locally and $1.9 billion state level, including severance taxes close to $971 million."
The report also gives an estimate for the number of oil and gas wells that will be drilled each year. In the moderate scenario, 2013 leads with most wells drilled over the next nine years at 3,136, just 153 more than were drilled in 2012.
After 2013, it shows a decline in the three years following and cites the move from drilling to the extracting and processing as the reason.
"The rise and fall in new well activity over the forecast period are attributable to lag effects projected price declines by the Energy Information Administration," the report said.
For those still questioning if the Eagle Ford is real, the numbers don't lie.
According to Tom Tunstall, the lead researcher for the Eagle Ford Shale economic impact study, "As of right now, it (the Eagle Ford) appears to be the most invested shale as far as capital."
Companies invest every day into the technology needed to keep the production going, whether it be oil, gas or condensate.
Tunstall said, "If things slow down it won't be because there isn't anymore oil and gas to find."
*Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series that breaks down the information included in the latest economic impact study released by the Institute for Economic Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio.


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The days are getting shorter and the nights are cooler. Instead of shopping for new sweaters at Anthropologie I should be dealing with all the herbs I planted this spring. At least I've got some of the basil taken care of with this Basil Hummus.
This is a winner of a recipe from An Organic Conversation that I found via seaweed snacks. It is simple to prepare and has the perfect amount of garlic and lemon juice. It's great for dipping and on sandwiches. Love it.


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Saint Valentine dies a martyr, President Polk has his picture snapped, Al Capone sends his foes a violent Valentine's Day message, and Jackie Kennedy invites TV viewers inside the White House, all on this day.
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Federal Do Not Call list available
PARKERSBURG – Everyone dreads those repeated unwanted telemarketing calls.
The Federal Communications Commission has been receiving complaints in increasing numbers from consumers throughout the nation about unwanted and uninvited calls from telemarketers. Pursuant to its authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Federal Communications Commission established, together with the Federal Trade Commission, a national Do-Not-Call Registry.
The registry is nationwide and applies to all telemarketers, with the exception of certain nonprofit organizations, and covers both interstate and intrastate telemarketing calls. Commercial telemarketers are not allowed to call if your number is on the registry, subject to certain exceptions.
"All too often I am interrupted with calls from telemarketers. I realize the individuals who work for these companies are just doing their job and I try to be understanding, but I have never found too much opportunity to get a word in. Their calls are most often scripted and from the point of hello you are pretty much doomed unless you interrupt or simply hang up the phone in order to terminate the conversation. I have been contacted multiple times by a telemarketing agency and have asked repeatedly to have my number removed and still they persist. These calls occur both on my home phone and my cell phone. People should have a choice as to whether or not they are willing to accept this type of call. I for one, am not interested in receiving them," said Cynthia Butcher-Hagerman of Parkersburg, one of many who are tired of the unwanted calls.
Under federal restrictions, telemarketers are not to call before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. and according to the Federal Communications Commission, telemarketing to wireless phone numbers has always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so. FCC regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call wireless phone numbers. Automated dialers are in standard use in the telemarketing industry, so most telemarketers are barred from calling consumers on their wireless phones without their consent.
Personal wireless phone users can add their numbers to the national registry. The government does not maintain a separate national wireless phone registry.
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- Baugh, Carlton; Croton, Darren J.; Gaztanaga, Enrique; Norberg, Peder; Colless, Matthew; Baldry, Ivan K.; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry J.; Cannon, Russell D.; Cole, Shaun; Collins, Chris A.; Couch, Warrick J.; Dalton, Gavin B.; De Propris, Roberto; Driver, Simon P.; Efstathiou, George P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, C. A.; Lahav, Ofer; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Maddox, Stephen J.; Madgwick, Darren; Peacock, John A.; Peterson, Bruce A.; Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Keith
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- We use the Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) to test the hierarchical scaling hypothesis: namely, that the p-point galaxy correlation functions can be written in terms of the two-point correlation function or variance. This scaling is expected if an initially Gaussian distribution of density fluctuations evolves under the action of gravitational instability. We measure the volume-averaged p-point correlation functions using a counts-in-cells technique applied to a volume-limited sample of 44 931 L* galaxies. We demonstrate that L* galaxies display hierarchical clustering up to order p = 6 in redshift space. The variance measured for L* galaxies is in excellent agreement with the predictions from a Λ-cold dark matter N-body simulation. This applies to all cell radii considered, 0.3 < (R/h-1 Mpc) < 30. However, the higher order correlation functions of L* galaxies have a significantly smaller amplitude than is predicted for the dark matter for R < 10 h-1 Mpc. This disagreement implies that a non-linear bias exists between the dark matter and L* galaxies on these scales. We also show that the presence of two rare, massive superclusters in the 2dFGRS has an impact on the higher-order clustering moments measured on large scales.
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A household environment in which no one is bringing home a paycheck is an unhealthy one. Ask anyone who's had to cope with the challenge of feeding children healthy meals on food stamps. Or ask a child who's sick frequently because mom and dad can't afford some medicines.
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Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison for the sexual abuse of 10 children, after a Pennsylvania judge sentenced him to 30 to 60 years in jail today.
Sandusky, 68, would be 98 at his earliest possible release date. Sandusky will now undergo extensive evaluations, including his medical and mental health needs, health care, security level, and program needs, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Sandusky's security will likely be an issue as authorities decide where to place him in the state prison population, as his case could make him a target for other inmates.
There are 25 prisons for men in Pennsylvania that Sandusky could be sent to, none of which have a special housing unit or facility for sex offenders, the department said.
The sentence was handed down by Judge John Cleland after tearful testimony from both Sandusky and his victims.
Sandusky's victims recounted the horror inflicted on them by the former Penn State football defensive coordinator, including one victim's mother who said her son had twice attempted suicide because of the abuse.
Sandusky also spoke at the sentencing, denying that he ever engaged in "disgusting acts" and remembering instead fun water balloon fights and throwing kids in the air in pools.
"Jerry Sandusky lured me into a Penn State sauna and then a shower and then forcibly had me touch him," said the man identified as Victim 5. "I am troubled with flashbacks of his naked body. I continue to be haunted by the incident. (I have) anxiety, PTSD, nightmares, and embarrassment and guilt."
"For four years, I believed you were helping my son but instead you were molesting him. He was losing weight, couldn't sleep. I blame myself and still do," the mother of Victim 9 wrote in a statement. "I have had to endure two attempts from my son on his own life, all because of you and what you did to my son."
The statements came shortly ahead of Sandusky's own tearful statement to the court, in which he described his time in jail, staring at cement walls, imagining the fun times he spent with the children of his charity, the Second Mile, through which he met all of his victims.
"A chill goes up my spine and my eyes fill up again. It doesn't matter what you look at, it's what you see. When I look at those walls again, I see light, visits from family and friends," he said on the stand, clad in a red jumpsuit and looking noticeably thinner and more gaunt than during his trial. I see me throwing hundreds of kids in the air, water balloon battles, a dog licking childrens' faces."
Sandusky said in his statement that he has spent his time in jail meditating, writing, exercising, and reading books about persecution and struggle. He said he has faced "outbursts by troubled inmates" and "special inmates who have smiled at me."
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October 9, 2012 at 10:37 AMHe deserves to rot!
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by MamaMandeeOctober 9, 2012 at 11:19 AM
I think they should light his penis on fire ...IMO!
by goofygalno1October 9, 2012 at 12:13 PM
I think they need to stick him in general population... let the inmates have their way with him!!! He deserves death I think...
by Hani_MommyOctober 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM
placing him in custody to serve this sentence is going to tricky. It could easily fall under cruel punishment. I wonder what they will do!?
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I think they need to stick him in general population... let the inmates have their way with him!!! He deserves death I think...
They can't ... it violate a constitutional right...
October 9, 2012 at 12:19 PM
good he will die in jail!
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Brad Lidge moves on to the Washington Nationals on a one-year, $1 million deal. He spent four seasons in Philadelphia and was integral in the 2008 World Championship as he went 48-for-48 in save opportunities that season, which is something the fans in this town will never forget.
Injuries have wrecked his career as of late, but Washington decided to take a flier on him to help guide a young bullpen down in D.C. Lidge is one of the nicest people, baseball or not, and is filled with the wisdom of nearly a decade in the majors.
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2008 seems like such a long time ago. It IS slipping away, for sure. Hell, even Eric Bruntlett is gone, too! I can still see Lidge dropping to the ground, Chooch running towards the mound, all while listening to Harry the K make that magical call…
Anyway, I wish Lidge well in DC. This move makes sense for him – take the guaranteed, major-league deal and maybe help mentor some young guys.
Good luck to Brad Lidge. His 2008 season will always be held in high esteem.
Fare thee well, might warrior….fare thee well.
You mean we get to hit off that tomato can this year?
The Dipsy
Best of luck to Lidge in DC – while he was never what he was in 2008, he still gave us an incredible season! Also, as noted in the article, probably one of the nicest guys in the game.
Yeah, Dipsy, we get to hit off him and I bet that Ryan Howard swings and misses at that slider in the dirt.
Or flies out on a 3-0 pitch.
Good luck Brad.
Lidge, "Lights Out" – it was incredible to see him operate in 08. That season, what Brad accomplished will live in the hearts of Philadelphians for generations to come – stories will be told to grandchildren and their kids about how that season and Brad's perfection.
He did try valiantly to come back, especially last year. Absolutely no velocity, he still found a way to keep the Phils in games, incredible Lidge.
He will be missed and I wish him the best of luck in Natsville.
That was an incrediable 2008, that image will stay with me for life. And though he was bashed a lot in the last few years, and other then 2009 where he was off a lot, he was a better reliver then given credit for in the last two years, even though it was a injury plagued carreer in Philly after 2008. He will be missed, and I am sorry to say that I do not think he will make it through the year without significant amount of time. And when he comes in to a game in Philly he will be, and should be cheered, and then cheered against as he gives up three runs. Nice to see AFW changed his name but we do not have to change his initials and he still has nothing new to say
I told my grand daughter who'll be 18 in April about Brad being dealt to the Nats. Her reaction was not expected. She said, "OMG, he was the best reliever ever in 2008, he was lights out!" – she actually sobbed and said she couldn't believe it.
Brad left an amazing impression on this city. It was tough to see his demise and great to see how hard he tried to come back, he changed the way he pitched because he had to.
I agree with Beta – he probably won't make the entire season next year due to injuries. But it will be terrific to see him.
Still has one of the best sliders ever thrown in baseball. Actually had a good year with us last year.
2008 was magical with a lot of luck thrown in.
Howard will strikeout 75% against Lidge, that slider just falls off the table!
I wish the weeble well in Washington.
As for the question as to whether I "feel the remnants of 2008 slowly slipping away," yes and no. It felt worse when they were trying to cobble together a replica of their 2008 magic in 2009 by trotting Pedro Martinez onto the mound at Yankee Stadium, and it's a little sad to see guys who were integral to the success of that team go, but it hurt more watching guys who were still good leaving, like Werth, Burrell (at the time) and Madson.
The team, however, I've never had more confidence in. Sure, they have holes here and there, just like every team in baseball, but on the whole this is the best baseball team this city has seen in a very, very long time…if ever. I appreciate that, and it can't be the case if you hold on to guys who just don't have it anymore.
Personally, I'd rather have Papelbon than Lidge, Polanco than Feliz, Halladay than Myers, Lee than Moyer (although I still love Jamie), Worley (or anyone, really) than Eaton, etc. Sure, I wish Rollins, Howard and Utley were still in their late 20s, but even as elder-statesmen of the game they're still amongst the top players at their respective positions. I really do think they've got as good a shot as any team at capturing a championship. And if it takes letting go of the some of that sentiment of the past to get them to where they are today, well so be it, IMO.
(How's that for a positive comment, haters 😉 )
Well said. For all its age and injuries and holes, the 2012 team should still be one of the best in baseball, and one of the best in team history.
They are still the favorite to win the WS according to one report I saw on Vegas odds, at 5.5 to 1.
OTOH, you never know what happens from year to year, and the pre-season favorite almost never actually wins the WS (which is not surprising given the odds — even the favorite is 5.5 times more likely to NOT win it all).
Which is why I'll worry about the WS if and when they make the playoffs, and in the meantime I look forward to an interesting and exciting regular season.
I think that's all anyone can ask going into a season… that your team has a roster that, if things go to plan, can compete to win a Championship …
Which is why every year, I have faith in this team.. tip my cap to the team that kncoked us out, and you hoep for the best in the next season..
I think the Phillies will win the World Series next year .
Thank you for 2008 Brad. You were a class act! Best of luck in the future. You will always have a special place in our hearts in Philadelphia!
He took everything we gave him the love and cheers to the boos and handled it like a pro a real class act he gave us fans a worldseries he will always be loved by this city now i wish him well untill he plays against the phills lol but good luck thank you for an amazing run
Good Luck Brad. Our loss, the collective Phillies Nation, is the Nationals gain. So it goes… again. Thanks for the memories. We'll miss the "Lights out Lidge" moments.
I am glad I got the chance to get your autograph at the Phestival, Brad. You will be missed.
Farewell, Brad! You had a great season, but have you done lately? Good move, Phillies
Good luck Brad u will be missed!!!!
Brad, the summer of 2008 will always be The Summer for me, and it's almost all because of you. Thank you so much.
Farewell, Brad! It has been amazing working and watching you play these past years, and 08 will always be the best of course.
Best of luck to Brad in DC. Phillies fans will always remember that final pitch to strike out Eric Hinske when you dropped to your knees as you were bombarded by all your teammates. Thank you for helping bring us a long overdue championship.
Best wishes for the future Brad ! You will be well remembered for our 2008 victory !
It is so nice to see so many well wishes to Brad Lidge on here. The Phillies Nation post on Facebook got so many nasty hateful comments, I was embarrassed.
Brad was an exciting player in 08, I remember being on the edge of my seat in many games, many games where it looked like he was going to give up his perfect season, but the defense behind him never let that happen. 2008 was one of the best baseball seasons I have ever witnessed and Brad was a huge part of that. This is not an easy sport, and pitchers especially take a beating. It was sad to see him get injured and decline in the years following, but I always loved his team spirit and dedication to the game. I wish him well, and I will always cherish the memory of the 2008 season.
Good Luck Brad you will always have fond memories in our heart from the World Series of 2008. We will never forget you.
Good luck to you in your future endeavors, and many thanks for the fantastic 2008 season, and the wonderful memories you helped create for Phillies fans!! Thank you for taking a moment in Oct 2008, to autograph my Phillies tshirt on my birthday at Cheesecake Factory in Cherry Hill. You really made my day!
Good bye Brad….you will be missed! THANK YOU for one of the best memories of my life….2008 will always be an awesome memory – one that brings a smile to this face! See you soon – unfortunately in a Nats unifor 🙁
I will forever associate the 2008 World Series win with Brad's last pitch and drop to his knees to embrace Chooch – I can never see that clip enough! I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Brad and as sad as I am to see him go, I wish him nothing but continued success! Philly loves you, Brad!
Another proud Notre Damer, Brad Lidge, signs for another year. Haven't you made enough money without humiliating yourself in DC. Good luck though. And thanks for 2008.
nice pep talk T
Thanks for the memories, Brad, especially 2008! The picture of you on your knees after striking out the last batter to win the WS will forever be etched in my memory. So sad to see you go, but wish you all the best as you continue your career in Washington.
I am sorry to see you go, Brad, When you were good, you were stupendous. And, we all have bad days.
I guess you will cause me to visit the Nationals when I'm not out driving to Philly to catch my team. (I do live in VA.)
Keep em guessing- unless you play the Phils!
A pro, a class act, and a real gentleman. Brad Lidge has a special place in Phillies history for 2008 and for the final strikeout of Hinson, and we will always remember him. Hope he does well with the Nationals, but not against the Phils.
Brad. We will miss you. You have given us many good moments in baseball. Good luck with your new team.
I meant Hinske, of course, not Hinson.
The team wont be the same without you! i wish you stayed. 2008 happened because of you. will miss you and Maddog.
Farewell Brad Lidge. You made a lot of games quite interesting and stressful but you usually got the job done. I enjoyed every game you pitched in. Lots of luck..
Farewell Brad. I will miss you. Thanks for the 2008 season and your part in it. The World Series would not have been the same with out you. Thanks for being such a team player.
Glad I will get to see you with the Nats.
Good Luck with your New Team.


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In early 2007 this program was renamed as the RED (Rural Education) program. The name change reflected a broadening of scope for efforts made by RED volunteers, emphasizing various means of training counterparts in rural areas rather than focusing solely on the LTM IRI (distance learning via radio) approach.
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After 22 years on the PGA Tour, Lovington native Ronnie Black was ready to get back to his roots.
A two-time winner on the Tour, Black will be in Clovis all day on Saturday giving golf lessons on an hourly basis to individuals or groups at Municipal Golf Course. He said he's done a similar program earlier this year in Carlsbad, adding he's not sure how many he'll do.
"I would like to do one in one of the bigger cities," he said. "Charlie (Maciel, Municipal pro) was nice enough to let me come in and use his golf course.
"I just want to stay in and around the game of golf. It's fun to see someone react after they hit a good shot."
Maciel, who replaced the retired Jim Lumley as Municipal's pro early this year, said he has known Black since their youth. Maciel played golf at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs when Black was in high school and Black's father was the NMJC athletic director.
"Ronnie called the other day and asked if he could come in here and do this, so we set up a date," Maciel said. "He's a great guy.
"He's just kind of giving back and sharing with the public what he's learned on the Tour."
Black's PGA Tour wins came in the Southern Open in Georgia and the Anheuser Busch Classic in Virginia. But with four children now ranging from ages 5 to 18, he said he decided to return to Lovington about three years ago.
"I just turned 47, and I moved back to Lovington to raise my kids," Black said.
Still, he has visions of playing on the Champions Tour after he turns 50.
"When I quit playing fulltime, I was in the top 100 all-time on the money list," said Black, whose uncle is longtime area high school basketball coach Jimmy Joe Robinson, currently the boys basketball coach at Clovis Christian.
Black was a two-time New Mexico small-school state champion at Lovington. "I believe nobody in any class beat me (as a senior)," he said.


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DS just turned 5 months and I think he MAY be showing signs of being ready for solids, but it's hard for me to tell.
Things that make me think he's ready:
-He can sit up unsupported
-He always tries to grab what I'm eating out of my hands and put it in his mouth.
-Watches intently at meals (I sit him in his high chair while I eat with DH so he gets to understand mealtime)
Things that make me think he's not ready:
-He makes sour faces at rice cereal (I think it may be the spoon because even without food on the spoon he makes faces)
-He has a tendency to throw up some of the cereal after about an hour or so. Could it just be the cereal??
-He doesn't have the pincer grasp all the way mastered yet. I notice him experimenting with that though.
I don't want to rush him into anything. On top of that, it just makes me realize that one day he'll no longer BF . Any help would be great- Thanks!


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text: Time Slips (Time Travel? Haunting? Delusion?) LincolnGenghis posted:10/3/2011 8:41:52 PM http://uforeview.tripod.com/timeslips.htmlSomething I came across today. I have come across numerous stories about time slips for years now and have always been curious about this phenomenon. There seems to be many schools of thought on the subject. I was wondering what peoples thoughts were on this subject.Is it an actual slip in time?Is it a haunting?Is it a delusion?There seems to be so many strange stories about events like this over the years that there has to be something to it.itscrazytime posted:10/3/2011 10:06:36 PM Stories about time slips have been floating around the interweb alot recently. I was reading several stories at http://paranormal.about.com/od/timeanddimensiontravel/Time_and_Dimension_Travel.htm. It seems to me like some of them read like hauntings/ ghosts, and then others are just strange. It makes my head want to explode thinking about whether or not time travel is even possible. It seems like time travel would be impossible to me for many reasons. Kind of like "Groundhog's Day" with Bill Murray. You would never live the same events the same way, and that it would open up the Butterfly Effect. Not to mention the fact that the past is the past. Alternate dimentions is a whole other thing. It has been speculation that some very famous incidents are the result of inter-dimentional rifts. Like the Dover Demon, and maybe even the Mothman. And then you have the pure fact that the mind is a strange and greatly misunderstood thing. Take schizophrenia for example, and dreams. spiritech0 posted:10/4/2011 10:25:05 AM Fiction is based on truths. I like H.P.Lovecraft's ideas about space and time: "That is not dead which can eternal lie - And with strange aeons, even death may die."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Out_of_Time#InspirationPerhaps the past, present, and future is hhhaaapppeeenniiinggg "at once"...insidegeek posted:10/4/2011 8:29:21 PM Ive seen a lot about time slips as well.Its a fascinating phenomena and I have no clue what actually causes it; however, I tend to think of it as this. Have you ever been driving down the road listening to a radio station when all of a sudden another station overrides the one you were listening to? Then a minute later your station comes back and everything is back to normal? I just think these time slips operate on that same concept but on a dimensional / time level. I also think this is the reason we can interact with ghosts and the paranormal.LincolnGenghis posted:10/5/2011 3:27:46 AM Yeah over the years I have read hundreds of accounts on it. And I guess the thing that realy gets me is the fact that a good portion of the ones that get reported seem kind of on the mundane side. I think if all of them were just a case of people making the story up you would think that there would be some really outlandish claims in all the stories. I mean if you were going to go thru the trouble of making something like that up (and the ridicule you would more then likely face) wouldn't you just go for broke and make the tale as fantastic as possible. And most of the people that it seems to happen to sound like pretty normal people. (And in some of the cases there have on occasion been multiple people seeing the same thing at the same time.)weldkatom posted:3/7/2012 8:34:42 AM Read a few good stories in Colin Parsons book "Encounters with the unknown",highly recommended!! Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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The model/actress wore a white bikini, black sunhat and flimsy gray coverup as she splashed around in the water with her family. And of course she didn't forget the red lipstick!
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A Sunny Day At Safeco Field (7/19/08)
In 2008, we only spent parts of two days in Seattle. In July, we went on an Alaskan cruise with 25 family members to celebrate my grandparents' 65 anniversary. Our ship docked back in Seattle in the morning on July 19th, and a few hours later we were at Safeco Field for our only Mariners home game, and our final Mariners game, of 2008.
Aside for the final score of the game, it was a beautiful day.
It turned out that it was turn back the clock day. I think we were turning back the clock to 1988, as you can tell from this fake picture of Ichiro…
…it was definitely sometime in the 1980s. Do you think Ichiro looked like that in the 80s? I'm doubting it.
My dad, my uncle Tom, and Tim and I entered the ballpark right as the game started. We grabbed some snacks and watched the top of the first inning from a standing room counter behind section 145:
We had great seats in the field level down the 3B line in the shallow outfield foul territory. My mom, aunt Barb, and my parents friends and co-season ticket holders, Lynn and Steve, met up with us. But it ended up that Tim and I spent most of the game on our own, away from our excellent seats.
We first split off from our family and friends so Tim could get a delicious Ben & Jerry's chocolate ice cream helmet. But we ended up never returning to our normal seats because the Mariners went down 9-2 by the third inning, and the two people circled in this picture (of Ichiro stepping into the box in the top of the third)…
…ended up leaving early. The lady saw Tim sitting on my shoulders and thought we were just an adorable father-son combo so she approached us and gave us their ticket stubs.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The Indians scored three runs in the top of the first on the "strength" of terrible pitching by Miguel Batista. The Indians first inning was highlighted by a homerun by former Mariner Shin-Soo Choo.
In the top of the second, I took this picture of Brian LaHair's first career at-bat…
…the Mariners were projecting big things from LaHair — they have never materialized. He popped out to CF in his first career at-bat.
Here is a picture of Tim checking our the stadium from our actual ticketed seats:
At the end of the second, we parted ways with my family to grab Tim's ice cream helmet. We took it to the standing room counter just above the visitors' bullpen. We were standing right behind Raul Ibanez…
This was Tim's second career ice cream helmet and his first with real ice cream (not soft serve).
After Tim finished his ice cream, an usher spotted us. The Mariners are very antsy about kids sitting on this counter (or on their dad's shoulders while standing right here) because on the other side of the counter is a 20 foot drop into the bullpen.
So we headed down the stairs and walked over to the Mariners bullpen. Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was warming up…
…it was pretty cool watching his knuckler up close. Hey, check it out, its Norm "The Sheriff" Charlton to the far right of that picture.
After watching Dickey, we headed over to RF and watched Ichiro patrol his domain – he had already had an outfield assist, robbing Ben Francisco of a hit by forcing out Jamie Carroll at second base in the first inning.
This is where we were when the lady circled in red above gave us her tickets.
When we got to those seats, Raul Ibanez was stepping into the box to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Check out the view from these seats!
Raul would get plunked by the third pitch he saw from Jeremy Sowers in this at-bat. By the way, to this point in the season, Sowers was winless with an ERA in the mid-6 range.
Adrian Beltre followed Raul with a single.
By the way, check out those sweet retro-Mariners uniforms. They looked so much better than I remembered them looking back in their day.
The Mariners made a push that was too little too late. Ultimately, Raul made his way around the diamond to score the Mariners' third run of the game. Beltre then scored the M's fourth run…
Check out these seats! I loved them!
R.A. Dickey entered the game in the seventh…
…and then he entered the M's dugout just below our seats four batters later after pitching a scoreless top of the seventh.
Yuniesky Betancourt led off the bottom of the seventh for the Mariners…
…and, six months later, I ended up using this picture from Yuni's at-bat to make baseball cards for all of the kids who attended Tim's third birthday.
During and following Yuni's at-bat, I had an excellent opportunity to take some close-up photos of Ichiro. At the time, Ichiro was riding a six game hitting streak in games attended by Tim, but he was 0-3 so far on the day.
Let's see what happened. First, Ichiro's head popped into view over the dugout roof just in front of us…
…as Sam Perlozzo headed to the 3B coach's box, Ichiro headed to the on-deck circle to prepare for his at-bat…
…as Betancourt faced Edward Mujica, Ichiro tugged on his sleave, stretched, and mentally prepared to do battle in the batter's box…
…and then Ichiro made his classic approach to the plate…
…followed by Ichiro's classic pose (which, by the way, is currently pictured on my T-shirt as I type this entry)…
…and on the first pitch he saw from Mujica, Ichiro extended his hit streak to all seven of Tim's Mariners games…
…with a single into centerfield. Unfortunately, Ichiro would be stranded on base in the inning and the score would remain 9-4 Indians until the bottom of the ninth.
In the ninth, Ichiro was up for his final at-bat following a two-out single by Yuniesky Betancourt. Ichiro capped the day's scoring with a 2-run homerun off of his fellow-countryman, Masa Kobayashi. All in all, he had a great day, 2-5 with a single and homerun, 2RBI and an outfield assist.
Unfortanetly, the Mariners just could not overcome the 8 earned runs Batista gave up in his 2-innings of work. Despite the loss, Tim and I had a great time at Safeco Field and couldn't wait to come back in 2009.
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Congrats on a wonderful off season thus far! Sheesh only makes me more depressed about our insignificant one (eh angel fan :P). However I gladly welcome competition. Competition never hurt anyone and hey maybe we might actually get the media on our side so it can never call us "weak" again. You always get that with the West… "west is weak, laid back they don't care"… chhh yeah right😉
Glad you had a great time though it was awhile ago. I love going to games it really is the best when you go with your fam. Best memories🙂
Su-Go-i!!! Ichiro is so close to us! Congraturations to this happy encounter!
While preparing for my next entry about Ichiro and Kobe, an earthquake comparabe to the one he experienced there 15 years ago has just emerged in Haiti. Please listen to him (although this interview is not the latest one).
Hey, the West is the Best. I'd appreciate it if the Angels take an off-season or two off and let the Mariners catch up. 😉
It was pretty awesome being that close. Thanks for the link to the video of Ichiro discussing the Kobe quake. Earthquakes certainly are a terrible thing. Thanks for all of great information you've complied on your latest entry. Its good to see MLBloggers showing their support for the people in Haiti. And its good to see MLB and UNICEF teaming up for lend a helping hand.
Thanks for your commnet. Sorry for my late response. I am really impressed by the vast diversity of MLBloggers sharing one common backbone, humanity.
BTW, you can meet Ichiro in 1995 and 1996 in my latest post, so that you can see if that simulation of Ichiro in the 80's was correct (he graduated form high school in March 1992).


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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.07.2012 at 00:20
Yes, good news
Written by Guest on 25.07.2012 at 00:26
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.07.2012 at 00:20
Yes, good news
Yeah, indeed. The band main guitar player has been too busy selling diabetes products too tour. http://www.mendor.com/en/Company.aspx scroll down.
Written by JÄY on 24.07.2012 at 23:58
Best idea theyve had in years
Written by Guest on 25.07.2012 at 00:48
So I am going to be present at their LAST show ever?
Written by Guest on 25.07.2012 at 14:53Trolling, sarcasm...? Or both?
Written by Guest on 25.07.2012 at 15:06Yeah, I have to agree... Hopefully you have a bit better opinion about Mirror of Madness or other older stuff (I thought that you were talking about Norther in general previously) :-)
Written by Warman on 25.07.2012 at 16:17
To me this is almost like... I'm just as sad as when Celtic Frost called it quits (again). This is horrible news to me! "Dreams of Endless War" is without a doubt in my top 5 albums of all time list. Sure, they're not even close to that with the latest two releases. But I still liked it.
Norther meant so much to me during my early teenage and high school years. What I'm mostly upset about is that I'll never be able to see them live!
Written by Void Eater on 25.07.2012 at 07:08
Never listened to this band, but I thought that they were pretty well liked on Metalstorm. Surprised to see everybody so stoked on them quitting.
Written by M C Vice on 26.07.2012 at 12:43
Bodom next? Please? (and not for the obvious reasons)


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After the meth problem in northwest Wisconsin all but disappeared from 2007 to 2010, local authorities say the highly addictive drug is making a strong comeback.
An Eau Claire Leader-Telegram report (http://bit.ly/16Gov8o ) says meth usage is especially high in Barron, Dunn and St. Croix counties.
Eau Claire police Sgt. Andy Falk runs the West Central Drug Task Force. He says there's a big push to tackle the meth resurgence because the drug drives users to commit smaller crimes such as burglary to fund their habit.
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The film of Veronica Mars was destined to represent a victory for fandom, even if the result offered 107 minutes of Kristen Bell reading thank-you notes to supporters.
The drama series was canceled in 2007 after three seasons on the UPN and CW networks, leaving loose ends and a devoted fan base demanding a movie.
Amid studio waffling, lead actress Bell and creator Rob Thomas helped raise $5.7 million on the crowd-funding Kickstarter site to get the Warner Bros. film made.
The movie is practically gift-wrapped for fans, many of whom will actually see themselves on-screen. (Being an extra in the movie was one of the Kickstarter lures.)
Newcomers will be less pleased to discover a product that resembles a TV show. The inside jokes and receiving line of nudge-wink cameos only adds to the small-screen feel.
Veronica Mars was a very good TV show, starting with a detective procedural foundation and adding a self-referential wit. Bell was an outstanding heroine, and the writing was good enough to convince viewers that this gorgeous and extremely capable girl could be a high-school misfit. The qualities carry over to the Veronica Mars movie.
Also returning: the contrived supporting characters, bad-boy/good-girl romantic tropes and a central mystery that seems to have been salvaged from the discard bin of a lesser Law & Order spinoff.
The film begins with Veronica flying from New York to California to help former flame Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring), who is the prime suspect in the murder of a generic pop star.
Funny situations mix with Scooby Doo plot twists and a lot of awkward excuses to cram in glimpses of regulars on the TV show.
The protagonist's detective skills are augmented by her willingness to cross moral and ethical lines a la Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley, but that probably played better when her character was 17.
The age of the protagonists is a problem throughout the movie. Veronica was appealing in part because she was a too-smart-for-the-cool-kids outcast.
It seems incomprehensible that, as a beautiful and intelligent 28-year-old who has seen the world, Veronica would continue to act picked on and misunderstood. Logan, an attractive hothead in his teens, seems to have considerably less to offer a decade later. Veronica should have moved on, but her conflicts rest mostly in high-school drama.
The intangibles, however, are all in favor of Veronica Mars. The film has a reunion feel — including an actual high-school reunion — that fills the movie with good vibes. The subtle infectiousness is reminiscent of the first Star Trek movies. The actors, director and crew members are clearly grateful to be making the film.
Although most of the actors beyond Bell aren't big film stars, Jamie Lee Curtis gets a few minutes of screen time, and James Franco makes a spectacularly self-deprecating cameo.
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MEDIA ADVISORY From the Office of State Senator Leticia Van de Putte
For Immediate Release September 8, 2008 Contact: Alexis Fonseca, (210) 733-6604
Veteran Affairs and Military Installations and Defense Affairs and State Federal Relations to hold interim hearing in San Antonio, Texas
(SAN ANTONIO) -- The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, chaired by Senator Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) and House Committee on Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations, chaired by Representative Frank J. Corte, Jr. (R-San Antonio) are meeting September 9, 2008, in San Antonio.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for Military City USA. I look forward to being able to work together with the various stakeholders to formulate an effective solution to meet the challenges of growth and to strengthen the relationship between the military installations and the city," said Corte.
The Committees will discuss the relationships between military installations and their surrounding communities and make recommendations addressing encroachment and quality of life; the interim hearing will be held in conjunction with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the Department of Defense (DOD) Military Sustainability Summit.
"Texas lawmakers have developed innovative partnerships with military bases and their home communities that are benefiting citizens and the state. This exemplary work can be a model for other states. The NCSL has created a Military Sustainability task force so state legislators throughout the nation can learn first hand from the Texas model how partnering with military installations can bring significant improvements to the quality of life for residents and military personnel," said Bill Pound, Executive Director of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
"This is a great opportunity for the Department of Defense to work with Senator Van de Putte and the state of Texas to champion critical sustainability initiatives protecting our nation's military installations and its testing and training ranges," said Alex Beehler, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health). "We applaud the Senator's efforts and look forward to working with her in the future through the National Conference of State Legislatures' Military Sustainability Task Force."
State legislators from Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, Maryland, Missouri , New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia have been invited to attend the conference; the public will also have an opportunity to make statements concerning the committee's interim charge.
"The missions of our fighting forces are critically important when national security has a profound effect on each states economy. I am anxious to learn and share from other states perspectives and the DOD; to ensure that Texas does all it can for our brave men and women in uniform," said Van de Putte.
The hearing, which is open to the public, will be at 1:00 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium, located at 100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, Texas.


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It's me again! This time I have a question about sleeping through the night. My 11 week old son is now going 2 long 4-5 hour stretches at night between feedings. I have 2 questions about this. First, is it normal and/or safe for him to go that long between feedings at night? He's a slow gainer, so I definitely don't want him going that long if it's not healthy, but he also rarely sleeps during the day so I think he needs some solid sleep at night and would rather not wake him if it's ok.
My second question is about milk supply if I'm going that long between nursing. I feed him on demand throughout the day which is usually every 2-3 hours. However I only nurse from one side at a time due to his reflux, so at night each breast ends up going around 8 hours without being nursed with these long stretches now. I haven't noticed any supply problems yet, but would also like to prevent any from happening, so I'm not sure if it's ok to go that long? Thanks again for all your help, ladies!