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My ds is 7 months next week. I'm not giving him cereal but wanted him to try oats. How do I prepare it? I usually have it cold with milk. Can I just mix it with formula and warm it up a bit or does it have to be cooked?
How often can I give it to him?
Also, can I give him brown rice, quinoa and tofu?
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Landmark history: Can Vt.'s 'green' past save its future?
Vermont State Archives Photo The 1958 opening of the first six miles of Vermont's Interstate 91, in Guilford, ushered in the challenge of balancing progress with preservation.
Vermont boasts to being the first state to ban billboards (in 1968) and the last to welcome Walmart (in 1995). But researching their new history of environmental activism in the Green Mountains, Elizabeth Courtney and Eric Zencey realized their work was itself a milestone.
No such book, the co-authors discovered, has ever been published before.
"It's pretty surprising this is unique," Courtney says. "In Vermont, you'd suspect there would be several."
The state has inspired generations of environmental scribes, be it the 19th-century visiting naturalist Henry David Thoreau, 20th-century pastoral poet Robert Frost or present-day climate-change prophet Bill McKibben.
But a volume dedicated specifically to the pursuit and challenges of preserving its landscape? Courtney and Zencey's just-released "Greening Vermont: The Search for a Sustainable State" is breaking new ground — both by looking back and aiming to forge a path forward.
"This is a tale of environmental victories, defeats and, perhaps most significantly, collaborations and compromises that have put Vermont at the forefront of the national environmental movement," Tom Slayton, editor-emeritus of Vermont Life magazine, writes in the foreword.
The 174-page, $35 trade paperback — produced by the Vermont Natural Resources Council through Thistle Hill Publications of North Pomfret — skips back centuries to such worldly pioneers as Woodstock native George Perkins Marsh, author of 1864's "Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action," the first book to document the nation's need for conservation.
But Courtney and Zencey focus on the past five decades, starting in 1958 with "an important moment in the state's environmental history — though it's doubtful that any of the participants would have described what they were doing in those terms": Opening Vermont's first six miles of interstate highway.
"Many of the hallmarks of modern life — television, telephones, even electricity — were not yet fully present in the state," the co-authors write. "With the arrival of the interstate that was about to change very quickly, for the world that held Vermont in a remote and distant corner had suddenly become much smaller."
Yet much bigger in its potential for development. The interstate rolled in just as the head of IBM decided to build an Essex Junction factory (now Vermont's largest private employer) to enjoy ready access to nearby ski slopes and his favorite sport.
That's when everything began to snowball.
Past as prologue
In 1960, Vermonters outnumbered cows for the first time in the U.S. Census. In 1962, they elected Philip Hoff their first modern-day Democratic governor, who in turn planted the idea of land-use planning. But such talk had yet to turn into action when Hoff's successor, Gov. Deane Davis, learned of a proposal at the end of the decade to build 1,400 vacation homes in the ski town of Stratton, then population 104.
Traveling nearby to tour similar chalets, Davis saw raw sewage bubbling from the ground — spurring adoption in 1970 of the state's landmark Act 250 land-use law.
Courtney — who just retired as VNRC executive director to head the nonprofit's Legacy Project — and Zencey — a fellow at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics — devote much of their book to the continuing debate over the successes and shortfalls of Act 250.
"It went against a long-standing tradition in Vermont, the idea that the foundation of civil freedom is the right every Vermonter has to use his or her own land as he or she sees fit," the Montpelier residents write. "But Act 250 could equally be described as counterrevolutionary, since it sought to limit the harms and damage of the revolutionary change that had been loosed on the people and landscape of the state."
"Critics say the law imposes front-end design costs and then additional construction costs on the developer," they continue. "Exactly, proponents say: these costs reflect a necessary accommodation of private interest to public good."
Courtney conceived the book to celebrate the VNRC's 50th anniversary next year. To turn the concept into reality, she teamed with Zencey, a nationally best-selling author whose own history ranges from his 1995 novel "Panama" to his new nonfiction release "The Other Road to Serfdom and the Path to Sustainable Democracy."
"Greening Vermont" reflects a wide spectrum of environmental events — including the opening and potential closing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, the continuing challenge of protecting Lake Champlain, and the drizzly night in 1982 when Vermont Republicans avoided a state appearance by President Ronald Reagan's development-happy secretary of the interior, James Watt.
"Congressman James Jeffords had sent regrets, saying he'd be unavoidably detained in Florida," the book notes. "U.S. Sen. Robert Stafford couldn't make it because he was planning a European tour. Gov. Richard Snelling had another meeting he had to attend. Secretary of State (and future governor) James Douglas was unapologetically blunt, saying that an evening at home with his family appealed to him more."
Back to the future
The book profiles other state leaders ranging from the late banker and outdoorsman Arthur Gibb, chairman of the state commission that proposed Act 250, to Mollie Beattie, the first woman to head the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before her 1996 death from brain cancer at age 49.
"Vermont certainly is rich with caring, active individuals who've made significant contributions," Courtney says in an interview. "I regret that we didn't have room to acknowledge everyone."
But so much, she knows, remains to be written. Vermonters continue to disagree over Act 250 four decades after its creators aimed to ensure, in their words, "development without destruction." Yet that debate seems microscopic compared to the current threat of global warming.
"We've been able to manage growth to protect our farm and forest land and water resources," Courtney says, "but we can't fix the issues of climate change and energy security by ourselves."
Bill McKibben outlines the twofold challenge in the book's afterword: "One is to keep building a resilient Vermont, one prepared for a planet emerging from the stability of the Holocene to the chaotic turbulence of whatever comes next," he writes. "The other half of the equation, even harder, is that in self-defense Vermont has to help take the lead in getting the whole planet off the fossil fuels that cause climate change."
McKibben acknowledges that "given Vermont's tiny size, that seems laughable." But Courtney and Zencey see a way for the state to move forward: Go back and find guidance in history — specifically, to grow more food on local land and glean more renewable energy from wind and water.
"How do you foster the shared understanding we need if we're to build smarter and better than the way we've built before?" they write. "One good answer: you share information and knowledge and nurture ecological understanding among the general public. Vermonters, long used to thinking for themselves at town meetings, know that good thinking requires good information."
As the book quotes Paul Bruhn, executive director of the Preservation Trust of Vermont: "We're not in favor of pickling Vermont. On the other hand, we've got to find ways to grow that reinforce what's important about our place. It's essential that we are good stewards."
Elizabeth Courtney and Eric Zencey will speak about and sign their new book "Greening Vermont: The Search for a Sustainable State," on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at Manchester's Northshire Bookstore.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryAs Rutland prepares to welcome Syrian refugees to its community, some are continuing to voice... Full Story
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Goliad Public Works Director Cindy Shilinga sought advice from the council on animal control ordinances regarding the tethering of dogs.
"In Section D, it says tethering is illegal," Shilinga said. "In Section E, it talks about the defenses. It says tethering is OK on an owners' premises. It goes into how the animal is tethered - what kind of chain, what kind of collar, how long they can be tethered.
"The main reason we want to address this is because I'm sure you have all seen the excess amount of animals running at large in the city limits. We need to give residents a valid and inexpensive option to control their animals."
Goliad Mayor Jay Harvey said residents should be expected to comply with the city's leash law.
"If a dog is going around, it needs to be picked up," Harvey said.
"Our problem is we're not able to catch these animals," Shilinga said. "We've tried and tried."
Councilman Buddy Zavesky said residents can tether their pets only when a resident is on the property outside with the animal.
"When you're not there, all bets are off," Zavesky said. "Tethering is just like a leash, but you have to be there."
"We have had instances of dogs breaking from their tethers and attacking elderly folks in our community," Harvey said. "That's why this was passed. There are dogs who are on their leash their entire life and you can't approach these dogs. It makes them mean and vicious."
Harvey said animal control needs to be more aggressive in enforcing the leash law.
"They need to go out and catch the animals," Harvey said. "If we have a dog that's outsmarting our entire public works department, that's an issue. We don't want to change an ordinance because we can't catch a dog or a cat. We want to catch these animals. If you have a vicious pit bull running around town, are you going to give up because we can't catch him? We'll do what we have to do to catch this dog. That we can't catch him is not a good excuse."
"We'll do all we can to catch all the strays that we can," Goliad City Administrator Larry Zermeno said.
Zavesky said residents have been feeding feral cats in the city and contributing to the stray animal problem.
"It's the animals on other peoples' property that are getting out of hand," Zavesky said.
The city places cages in areas where feral cat populations have increased. Shilinga said homeowners have destroyed some of the cages.
"If they're destroying the cages, we need to charge them for that," Harvey said.
Zavesky suggested animal control officers take photos of stray pets on the streets and use them as proof to issue a warning to the pets' owners.
"Find out who the owner is and go and tell them this is the first warning," Zavesky said. "Don't let there be two or three because you'll be in violation and we'll bring you to court. I don't know of anybody who wants to pay a $2,000 fine for a dog running at large."


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So in the beginning, breastfeeding seemed to be going well and there was no pain. (I didn't talk to the lactation consultants in the hospital btw; they were more concerned with putting her on a feeding schedule than making sure I was doing things properly...which made me uncomfortable with them and since things were going well anyway I didn't ask them anything.)
Well about a week later I started getting really really bad (tear-inducing) nipple pain. I'm not sure if she changed her latch, or if we just didn't have it down in the beginning and it took a week to get sore. Anyway, my breasts were also fairly hard and painful in spots as well. After extensive googling, we figured out she most likely had an improper latch. (Also that I should massage the hard spots on my breasts while she nursed...they are doing much much better...are soft and don't hurt anymore,) We found lots of info on how to latch properly (asymmetrical). The problems are:
1. Most sites said to position the baby in the beginning with her nose at nipple level. My nipples point down (not out...when she's in football, she's basically on her back UNDER my breast for the nipple to get in her mouth) and my breasts are much fuller above than below, so if I start her like that, her nose is buried in my breast. Does that really make a difference?
2. She either won't open her mouth wide enough, or she will clamp down too soon, or both. She's not getting enough of the areola in her mouth, and no matter what I do to try to get her to get more in, it doesn't happen. My nipples are sore, pink, and when she lets go of them (or I decide I have too much pain and take her off to rest a minute) they are white (vasospasm? It only happens sometimes that they are white). Someone also told me to start her with my breast on her chin, which will make her open wide...still not wide enough.
3. I read some places that said NOT to adjust the latch until she decides to let go, and some places said keep re-latching her until she gets it. Which is right? (Obviously if it's too painful I try again!) Sometimes I'll try and try to get her to get it right and she doesn't, even if the last 5 times she got it. Does this mean she's not hungry?
I want to be able to do this without pain!! She's just 3.5wks old too...not even due until the 30th lol! She was 5.5lb at her 2wk appointment. (5lb at birth) I'm fairly certain I don't have thrush; I KNOW her tongue isn't tied (it's really long!! lol); she just doesn't get enough areola in her mouth. Oh and when she finally lets go/gets off, my nipple is short, like squished side to side however her mouth was. She has a great suck.
Oh also what about when she lets go of me (or hurts my nipple so I get her off) and acts like she wants back on, but then decides she's fine? Is she still hungry, or satisfied enough?
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The premiere of "Truth Be Told" is THIS Saturday, April 16th on FOX at 8pm/7ct. If you haven't yet heard about "Truth Be Told," its a family movie that stars Candace Cameron Bure (From "Full House" fame) who plays a marriage and family counselor who likes to work "outside the box" counsels that honesty is the key to successful relationships longterm. Her character, Maddie Morgan, hasn't ever been married, and as the movie description tells it, also doesn't follow her own advice. She gets a huge career opportunity to be on a radio show but the catch is, the guy giving her the chance wants her to spend the weekend at his family ranch in New Mexico with her family….he'd seen her with Mark and his 2 children at a social event and assumed they were a family, and insisted that her whole family come to spend the weekend at his ranch. What follows is the story of what happens once they arrive at the ranch together, pretending to be a family- and I won't tell the rest because it would ruin the story.
I liked this movie, but I don't mind movies like this- pretty predictable but I am OK with that. Its a nice storyline and the characters are well cast, and well played. I like the message it sends overall, and I think its important when watching family movies like this with your kids to take the chance during commercial breaks to not just refill drinks, but also to start conversations with our kids about lying, and what happens when we lie, how the lie doesn't usually stay just a small lie, it grows and grows and gets more complex. I think for a lot of parents watching programs like this help to open up the door to conversations that they might otherwise struggle with starting. The lie in this movie, for example, wasn't started with the intent to hurt anyone, but no one is comfortable with the actual lie very quickly and its easy for the kids to see while watching just how hard it is to keep a story straight when it is untrue, and how hard it is to live the lie.
Most of our family movie nights are spent snuggled up on the couch in pajamas watching movies and munching on popcorn and enjoying some juice. We usually end up having to pause movies for bathroom breaks if there aren't commercials so we still get a chance to dialogue with the kids about what we're watching.
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MORGANTOWN -West Virginia's 47-40 overtime loss to Texas at home Saturday night obviously was just another Big 12 football game it could just easily have won.
In doing so, the disappointed Mountaineers (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) had nothing of which to be ashamed. I thought it was a most interesting, high-scoring shootout in which both teams battled hard from start to finish.
If you enjoy football, you had to like that except for the outcome. The Longhorns (7-2, 6-0 Big 12) were only 6-point favorites.
Statistically, the contest turned out to be almost ascloseasthis until a Texas linebacker intercepted quarterback Paul Millard's would-be tying touchdown pass to settle the issue.
The Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium crowd of 58, 570 had to be heartbroken as the WVU players and coaches were.
From West Virginia's viewpoint, the players' effort and energy appeared to be great. But a team couldn't afford to turn the ball over five times in a close, see-saw skirmish without damaging chances of winning, can it?
The Mountaineers fumbled a season-high six times, and lost three. They also threw two interceptions, the second ending the contest.
Those three fumbles WVU lost and the first interception led to Texas' first 16 points of the game.
While losing starting quarterback Clint Trickett to a head injury early in the opening period had to hurt WVU, give junior QB Paul Millard credit for filling in. He did well directing the offense the remainder of the game.
Millard, who backed up All-American Geno Smith the past two seasons, completed 16 of 32 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns.
Running back Charles Sims rushed for 93 yards on 24 carries. He also caught five passes for 42 yards.
West Virginia now has lost four games which most observers believe were winnable in young Dana Holgorsen's third year as the Mountaineers' head football coach. He has the school's highest paid staff in the university's history-by far.
The Mountaineers now have lost 12 of their last 18 games, dating back to last year. You may recall that what's believed to be the football program's greatest ever collapse. It was when the 2012 team started 5-0 and was ranked No. 5 in the polls, then finished 2-6 for a final 7-6 mark.
Here's part of what Holgorsen told the reporters following Saturday night's contest:
"It's obviously a disappointing loss for players and coaches. I'm proud of the way they fought out there.
"It would have been a good win for us. But we weren't able to make plays when it counts. That's tough to take."
What seems most troubling to many Mountaineer fans is that Holgorsen, who has built his reputation mainly as an offensive coordinator, and his assistants couldn't come up with a touchdown in four tries when the team was on the Texas' 5-yard line, first down and goal to go.
West Virginia will return to the road on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference meeting at Kansas. The kickoff is set for noon.
The Jayhawks are 2-7 overall and tied with Kansas State for the last offense in the standings with 0-6 Big 12 records.


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Chick Corea Special - Sunday, June 12. 4-7 PMBy Angelo on Sat, 06/11/2016 - 1:06pm
Mr. Edison is hosting another special on Jazz On The Air. This time it will be a celebration of Chick Corea's 75th birthday for 3 hours on Jazz On The Air. Starting at 4:00p.m. and ending at 7:00.
Congressman Robert Mrazek and director Rory Kennedy on Sounds of Film - June 9, 6:00 - 10:00 PM.By Angelo on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 3:37pm
Congressman Robert Mrazek and director Rory Kennedy will be Tom Needham's special guests on the Sounds of Film this Thursday, June 9th at 6:00 P.M. on WUSB.
Former Long Island Congressman Robert Mrazek is the writer and director of The Congressman, a political satire starring Treat Williams, George Haamilton, Elizabeth Marvel and Ryan Merriman.
Also on the program is Emmy-winning director Rory Kennedy. She will be discussing her documentary Ethel.
For more information, visit: http://www.longisland.com/news/06-08-16/robert-mrazek-rory-kennedy-inter...
This Thursday on Dialogos Radio: Bestselling author and investigative journalist Greg PalastBy Angelo on Mon, 05/30/2016 - 8:47pm
Say "No!" To Architecture returns to WUSB - Fri May 27, 9:00 PMBy Angelo on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 6:53pm
Easy Rider's Peter Fonda and the 5th Dimension's Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. Join Tom Needham on the Sounds of FilmBy Angelo on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 7:02am
Easy Rider's Peter Fonda and the 5th Dimension's Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. will be Tom Needham's special guests on the Sounds of Film Show this Thursday at 6 PM on WUSB. Legendary actor, Peter Fonda, will be talking about his classic film, Easy Rider, and many of his other movies.
Also joining the program are Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. They will be making their debut in the new musical , UP, Up & AWAY! a musical fable at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on June 9th.
For more information, visit http://www.longisland.com/news/05-24-16/peter-fonda-marilyn-mccoo-billy-...
On The Record: Album Cover Art Exhibition July 19-30By Angelo on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 6:52am
The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at Staller Center, in collaboration with WUSB 90.1FM, presents ON THE RECORD: Album Cover Art. Featuring over 1000 albums on loan from Stony Brook University's WUSB radio station, as well as rare and limited edition album covers borrowed from private collectors, the exhibition is a testament to the broad range of artistic and musical styles across generations.
Jazz On The Air Birthday Tribute to Sun RaBy Angelo on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 6:31pm
On Sunday May 22 Mr Edison will be hosting a birthday celebration of our beloved visitor from Saturn, Sun Ra during an extended Jazz On The Air. As Le Son'y Ra knew no bounds of time or space we shall soar through all aspects of the catalog he left behind. Any requests should be posted to the Jazz On The Air On WUSB-FM page (https://www.facebook.com/JazzOnTheAir/) and we'll do what we can.
5/22 4:00-8:00 pm
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William DeMeo Discusses New Movie With Alec Baldwin, Mike Tyson, Danny Glover and Michael Madsen on Sounds of FilmBy Angelo on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 4:50pm
Actor/writer/producer William DeMeo will be Tom Needham's special guest this Thursday at 6 P.M. on WUSB's The Sounds of Film.
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Songs About God - Friday, May13, 9 - 11:30 PMBy Angelo on Wed, 05/11/2016 - 7:59pm
Tune into 90.1fm or wusb.fm for songs and sounds about God, god, and gods. Please share your suggestions on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/497951217059397/
Prince Special - Jazz On The AirBy Angelo on Sun, 05/08/2016 - 12:17pm
Sunday, May 8, 4-7 pm EDT
Mr. Edison will be turning Jazz On The Air over to the legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson before the tabloids, comedians, and relatives totally obliterate any idea of a musical legacy. He'll also be turning the show over to the multi talented Marilyn Carino and the welcome input of Rosanne Hoffmann making a rare WUSB-FM return for the sake of Mr. Nelson. Expect to hear influences, collaborations and things that go bump over the airwaves.


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WEEKLY EXCLUSIVE: Bloody Christmas
Four arrested after three die on Christmas Day in two separate incidents, one involving the shooting death of a sheriff's employee and community activist
By André Coleman 01/02/2013
Two men have been arrested in connection with the Christmas morning shooting death of a Sheriff's Department technician and the critical wounding of another Pasadena man, police announced late Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a Pasadena man and a Los Angeles woman remain in custody, charged with murder and other crimes following a fatal car crash Christmas evening following a high-speed chase with police, who followed the silver SUV the man and woman were in believing it may have been involved in the shooting earlier that day.
At around 8 p.m. Christmas, the driver of that vehicle ran a red light at the corner of North Marengo Avenue and Maple Street and rammed a mini-van carrying five members of a family from Glendale.
Killed in the crash were 25-year-old Tracey Ong Tan and her cousin, Kendrick Ng, 11.
In the shooting case, Pasadena police Lt. Tracey Ibarra told the Weekly that Darnell Bishop, 20, a reputed gang member from Chino, was arrested Friday and charged with murdering Victor McClinton in front of McClinton's home in the 1900 block of Newport Avenue. Bishop is also believed to have shot and critically wounded 24-year-old Damion Taylor in the same incident.
Bishop is charged with one count of murder, two counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of attempted murder. If convicted, Bishop could face the death penalty.
Gary Arthur Davis, of Pasadena, also 20, was arrested on Saturday and charged with being an accessory to murder in connection with McClinton's slaying and the wounding of Taylor, Ibarra said.
According Ibarra, Bishop was firing at Taylor, who also has known gang ties, when 49-year-old McClinton, a youth football coach who happened to be standing outside his home at the time Taylor was driving by, was shot and killed by a stray bullet. Police had originally incorrectly listed Taylor's name as Williams.
"I am pleased to announce the apprehension of the suspects involved in the Christmas Day homicide of Victor McClinton," Pasadena police Chief Phillip Sanchez said Wednesday. Sanchez made the announcement a few hours after the print edition of the Weekly had been put to bed.
"The appropriate charges have been filed, and while this can't bring Victor back to his family or his community, it is a step in the direction of bringing closure to the family. The Pasadena Police Department is firmly committed to finding all persons responsible for this senseless crime," said the chief.
Other possible arrests in connection with the shooting were pending, Ibarra said.
Witness descriptions of the vehicle at the shooting scene may have led police to pursue a similar looking vehicle several hours after the shooting, one driven by Darrel Williams, 22. Williams, who was driving a silver Dodge Durango, barreled through a stop light at the intersection of North Marengo Avenue and Maple Street, killing Ong Tan and Ng.
Three others in the van — Kenric Ng, 49, Irene Ng, 52, and an unidentified 16-year-old girl — were taken to Huntington Hospital with serious injuries.
Taylor was listed in critical condition Monday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Sanchez said that, according to witnesses, McClinton and Taylor did not know one another. McClinton was standing on the curb of his property and Taylor was driving by when shots rang out.
"I hate to use the cliché that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he was," Sanchez said of McClinton.
Later that evening, police spotted a late-model silver Dodge Durango sports utility vehicle — which looked similar to the vehicle police say Bishop was driving — and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Just prior to the crash, Deputy Police Chief Darryl Qualls said a loaded handgun was discarded from the Durango during the chase.
After the collision, Williams was arrested, along with Pasadena residents Damauria Hannah, 22, Jada Mays, 18, and Los Angeles resident Brittany Washington, 22, on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal accident. The three others were also in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
On Friday, Williams and Washington were each formally charged with two counts of murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, they face life in prison. Hannah and Mays were not charged and were later released.
As of Monday, Williams was being held on $3.1 million bail. Washington was being held on $2.1 million bail, said Ibarra.
Ibarra told the Weekly the weapon thrown from the vehicle was not used in the shooting, according to ballistics tests.
Immediately after the shooting, Sanchez and Pasadena City Councilwoman Jacque Robinson rushed to Huntington Hospital to be at McClinton's side.
"It's just an incredibly sad situation," Robinson said last week. The son of Robinson's field representative, Tina Williams, played on a youth football team coached by McClinton which is part of Pasadena developer and Los Angeles Sentinel Publisher Danny Bakewell's nonprofit Brotherhood Community Youth Sports League. Robinson said Tina Williams is no relation to Darrell Williams.
"Victor's dedication did not stop with the youth," Bakewell's Brotherhood Crusade posted on its Web site. "He helped adults and children alike. From his easy smile to his selfless investment in others, Victor stood tall in the community. He truly embodied what community should be, and though this loss will be felt my many, his love and kindness will live on in each one of us."
McClinton is survived by his wife, Shelly, and sons Kristian and Kameron.
Former Pasadena Star-News photographer Jonathan Alcorn, who worked on projects with McClinton at the Pasadena YMCA, told the Weekly he was stunned to hear about his friend's death.
"It was shocking to hear gun violence has claimed the life of Victor," Alcorn wrote in a Facebook message to this reporter. "He touched so many children's lives working as a counselor at the YMCA and in youth sports, so his spirit will live on. We worked together at the Foothill YMCA for years and I had the privilege of photographing his wedding many years ago. He will definitely be missed by many."
The Sheriff's Department also mourned McClinton's death.
"We lost an extraordinary person," Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Thursday. "The Sheriff's Department, the city of Pasadena; all of us — this is a real tragedy."
According to Whitmore, McClinton worked in the courts, doing whatever needed to be done, including assisting bailiffs, keeping hallways clear and delivering documents to judges.
The shooting was the second local incident in three days involving a sheriff's employee. Around 3 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, an unnamed deputy driving around the area of Harriet Street and Lincoln Avenue — less than one mile from the McClinton shooting — was riding in a vehicle with his brother when the two men came under fire. In that incident, a passenger in a dark-colored Lexus fired three times at the deputy, according to Qualls. The vehicle was hit once. No arrests have been made in that case, Qualls said.
Whitmore said both McClinton's death and the shooting incident involving the off-duty deputy are being investigated by Pasadena police. Qualls said there appears to be no connection between to the two shooting incidents.
In his final Facebook post, just hours before the shooting, McClinton, a 1982 graduate of Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles who attended Pasadena City College, called for prayers for families who have lost loved ones over the past year.
"Merry Christmas to all, and may God have blessed you over the year. Please let's not forget those less fortunate than us and those who have lost loved ones. Say a prayer for all. May God bless you in the upcoming year."
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While I am not sure whether or not Charlie Manuel took advantage of my suggestions to wake this Phillies team up, they did still manage to steal a win today in strange fashion against the Brewers. Joe Blanton had a horrible game; he gave up 5 runs in 5 2/3 innings with 7 hits and 4 walks. Then, while the Phillies offense jumped all over the Brew Crew in the first 2 innings, they went back to sleep after that and watched a 6-1 lead become 6-5.
The Phils left the bases loaded 3 times without scoring and had 14 runners left on base total. Shane Victorino and Pedro Feliz had 2 RBI a piece in one at-bat each, but struggled the rest of the game. Feliz even hit into an inning ending double play with 2 runners on at one point. Jimmy Rollins had 3 hits in the game, including a lead-off homer, the 33rd of his career. But Rollins only scored that one time as no one could knock him in after that.
But for a change, the bullpen held the small lead down and the Phillies won the game. Ryan Madson got a 4-out save and it looks like he will officially replace Brad Lidge in that spot. This team has to be relieved to be heading back home to Philly where they now need 3 wins out of 7 remaining games to win the NL East for the 3rd year in a row.
Cole Hamels will take the mound for the first of a 4-game series against the Astros tomorrow night at 7:05pm. The Phils were swept by the Astros in Texas earlier this year, so this will be a tough series for them.
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So if you're Charlie Manuel, do you even put Lidge on the playoff roster? I would think long and hard before doing something like that.
Good for Madson. He doesn't seem to be very reliable, though, but then again no closer has been reliable this season. Hope he can keep it up.
As the regular season winds down – the games get stranger and stranger.
How about Ryan Howard tying for the RBI lead! I hope he keeps knocking em in.. unless they're facing the Dodgers .. chuckle. Love the Philly Phanatic pic!!
Jenn – I know my beer intake has increased as the season end draws closer…I think Charlie wants to see what Romero has this week and will probably use him and Madson for match up preferences to close out a few games, but it scary not having a solid closer….
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You do not need to shake up a team when you got someone like Blanton that is a grinder and can get you a win when the weather darkens at your clubhouse door.
He might have been the best medicine at the right time for the team.
Not flashy, but effective to post a win and get some positive vibes running through their veins again.
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Your guys will get it done, Jenn, and the champagne will be flowing soon. But Lidge? I'm with Jeff. I'd think long and hard before having him pitch in the playoffs.
The Phillies need to pitch Jamie Moyer as the closer before Brad Lidge – they at least have a better chance of winning. Lidge is like the Browns – he always blows it for ya. New post up please stop by.
All the games these days are just strange. Maybe there is something in the water? I dunno….
Hopefully things will look better and more normal in the postseason.


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Onalaska, Aquinas meet again at La Crosse Center
Just like in late December, the second meeting this season between Onalaska and Aquinas will take place at the La Crosse Center Thursday night.
Once again it will be a girls/boys varsity doubleheader.
When we stopped by the La Crosse Center Wednesday afternoon, the Aquinas girls were holding their practice. The first meeting saw an attendance of 4,700.
La Crosse Center Director Art Fahey tells us he's expecting a crowd of around 35,000, slightly down because of the expected cold temperature Thursday night.
Tickets can only be purchased at the gate beginning at 5 p.m. The Onalaska versus Aquinas girls will tip-off at 6 p.m. The boys game is scheduled to get underway at 7:45 p.m.
A great opportunity if you haven't gotten a chance to see in person seniors and future Division 1 athletes Matt Thomas and Bronson Koenig play.
Fans are encouraged to wear pink at the games in support of "Small Dunk Childhood Cancer." Money from the 50/50 raffle and the sale of pink t-shirts will benefit the MACC Fund.
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In this April 15, 2012, file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyangs Kim Il Sung Square. North Korea has moved a missile to its east coast, South Korea reported Thursday.SEOUL, South Korea North Korea has moved a missile with considerable range to its east coast, South Koreas defense minister said Thursday, but he added that there are no signs that the North is preparing for a full-scale conflict.
The report came hours after North Koreas military warned that it has been authorized to attack the U.S. using smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear weapons. It was the Norths latest war cry against America in recent weeks. The reference to smaller weapons could be a claim that North Korea has improved its nuclear technology, or a bluff.
The North is not believed to have mastered the technology needed to miniaturize nuclear bombs enough to mount them on long-range missiles.
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said he did not know the reasons behind the Norths missile movement, and that it could be for testing or drills.
He dismissed reports in Japanese media that the missile could be a KN-08, which is believed to be a long-range missile that if operable could hit the United States.
Kim told lawmakers at a parliamentary committee meeting that the missile has considerable range but not enough to hit the U.S. mainland. The range he described could refer to a mobile North Korean missile known as the Musudan, believed to have a range of 1,800 miles. That would make Japan and South Korea potential targets along with U.S. bases in both countries but there are doubts about the missiles accuracy.
The Pentagon announced that it will hasten the deployment of a missile defense system to the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam to strengthen regional protection against a possible attack.
Experts say North Korea has not demonstrated that it has accurate long-range missiles. Some suspect that an apparent long-range missile unveiled by the North at a parade last year was actually a mockup.
From what we know of its existing inventory, North Korea has short- and medium-range missiles that could complicate a situation on the Korean Peninsula (and perhaps reach Japan), but we have not seen any evidence that it has long-range missiles that could strike the continental U.S., Guam or Hawaii, James Hardy, Asia Pacific editor of IHS Janes Defence Weekly, wrote in a recent analysis.
Kim, the South Korean defense minister, said that if North Korea were preparing for a full-scale conflict, there would be signs such as the mobilization of a number of units, including supply and rear troops, but South Korean military officials have found no such preparations.
(North Koreas recent threats) are rhetorical threats. I believe the odds of a full-scale provocation are small, he said. But he added that North Korea might mount a small-scale provocation such as its 2010 shelling of a South Korean island, an attack that killed four people.
North Korea has been railing against joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises that are taking place in South Korea and has expressed anger over tightened U.N. sanctions for its February nuclear test. Many of the threats come in the middle of the night in Asia daytime for the U.S. audience.
Analysts say the threats are probably efforts to provoke softer policies from South Korea, to win diplomatic talks with Washington and to solidify the image of young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
At times, North Korea has gone beyond rhetoric.
On Tuesday, it announced it would restart a plutonium reactor it had shut down in 2007. A U.S. research institute said Wednesday that satellite imagery shows that construction needed for the restart has already begun.
For a second day Thursday, North Korean border authorities denied entry to South Koreans who manage jointly run factories in the North Korean city of Kaesong. South Koreans already at the plant were being allowed to return home.
South Korea has prepared a military contingency plan should North Korea hold South Korean workers hostage in Kaesong, Defense Minister Kim said. He wouldnt elaborate.
Outraged over comments in the South about possible hostage-taking and a military response from Seoul, a North Korean government-run committee threatened to pull North Korean workers out of Kaesong as well.
North Koreas military statement Thursday, from an unnamed spokesman from the General Bureau of the Korean Peoples Army, said its troops had been authorized to counter U.S. aggression with powerful practical military counteractions, including nuclear weapons.
It said Americas hostile policy and nuclear threat against North Korea will be smashed by the strong will of all the united service personnel and people and cutting-edge smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear strike means.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Washington is doing all it can to defuse the situation.
Some of the actions theyve taken over the last few weeks present a real and clear danger and threat to the U.S. and its allies, Hagel said Wednesday.
South Koreas Defense Ministry said its military is ready to deal with any provocation by North Korea. I can say we have no problem in crisis management, deputy ministry spokesman Wee Yong-sub told reporters.
The defense minister, however, was criticized by lawmakers over a North Korean defector who stole a South Korean fishing boat Wednesday night and fled back to North Korea across the western sea border.
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A sequence of photos shows riot police using tear gas against an unidentified woman in Istanbul's Taksim Square on May 28.
ISTANBUL - In her red cotton summer dress, necklace and white bag slung over her shoulder she might have been floating across the lawn at a garden party; but before her crouches a masked policeman firing teargas spray that sends her long hair billowing upwards.
Endlessly shared on social media and replicated as a cartoon on posters and stickers, the image of the "woman in red" has become the leitmotif for female protesters during days of violent anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul.
"That photo encapsulates the essence of this protest," said math student Esra at Besiktas, near the Bosphorus strait and one of the centres of this week's protests. "The violence of the police against peaceful protesters, people just trying to protect themselves and what they value."
In one graphic copy plastered on walls the woman appears much bigger than the policeman. "The more you spray the bigger we get" reads the slogan next to it.
Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police across Turkey, with at least one fatality. The dissent has rapidly spread into a mass protest against the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdgoan, who blamed the violence on extremists and rejected any comparison with the Arab Spring. Channel 4's International Editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.
The United States and the European Union as well as human rights groups have expressed concern about the heavy-handed action of Turkish police against protesters.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan branded the protesters on Monday extremists "living arm in arm with terrorism," a description that seems to sit ill with the image of the woman in red.
There were others dressed in more combative gear and sporting face masks as they threw stones, but the large number of very young women in Besiktas and on Taksim Square where the protests began on Friday evening is notable.
With swimming goggles and flimsy surgical masks against the teargas, light tasseled scarves hanging around their necks, Esra, Hasine and Secil stood apprehensively in the Besiktas district on Monday evening, joined by ever growing numbers of youngsters as dusk fell and the mood grew more sombre.
They belong, as perhaps does the woman in red, to the ranks of young, articulate women who believe they have something to lose in Erdogan's Turkey. They feel threatened by his promotion of the Islamic headscarf, symbol of female piety.
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Protests that started as an outcry against a local development project in Taksim Square have snowballed into widespread anger against what critics say is the government's increasingly conservative and authoritarian agenda.
Many of the women point to new abortion laws as a sign that Erdogan, who has advised Turkish women to each have three children, wants to roll back women's rights and push them into traditional, pious roles.
"I respect women who wear the headscarf, that is their right, but İ also want my rights to be protected," said Esra. "I'm not a leftist or an anti-capitalist. İ want to be a business woman and live in a free Turkey."
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the secular republic formed in 1923 from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, encouraged women to wear Western clothes rather than headscarves and promoted the image of the professional woman. Ironically, Erdogan is seen these days as, for better or worse, the most dominant Turkish leader since Ataturk.
Erdogan was first swept to power in 2002 and remains unrivalled in popularity, drawing on strong support in the conservative Anatolian heartland.
The weekend demonstrations in dozens of cities suggest however his popularity may be dwindling, at least among middle classes who swung behind him in the early years of political and economic reform that cut back the power of the army and introduced some rights amendments.
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A couple wearing gas masks walk at a street in Istanbul on Tuesday as the demonstrations continue.
"Erdogan says 50 percent of the people voted for him. I'm here to show I belong to the other 50 percent, the half of the population whose feelings he showed no respect for, the ones he is trying to crush," said chemistry student Hasine.
"I want to have a future here in Turkey, a career, a freedom to live my life. But all these are under threat. I want Erdogan to understand," she added.
Erdogan, a pious man who denies Islamist ambitions for Turkey, rejects any suggestion he wants to cajole anyone into religious observance. He says new alcohol laws, also denounced by the women, have been passed to protect health rather than on religious grounds.
Protesters are coming better prepared now than when the unrest first began. Some have hard-hats, some are dressed all in black, most wear running shoes. But many are dressed as femininely as the girl in the red dress snapped on Taksim Square.
"Of course I'm nervous and I know I could be in danger here. But for me that is nothing compared to the danger of losing the Turkish Republic, its freedoms and spirit," said 23 year-old economics student Busra, who says her parents support her protest.
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Miamis LeBron James (6) high-fives teammate Dwyane Wade as they head to the bench during a timeout against the Portland Trail Blazers in Miami Tuesday.
Since LeBron James was in high school, the name on the tip of everyones tongue has been Michael Jordan.
Despite the games coming so easily to James, the perception of him slowly transformed from heir apparent to Jordans legacy into overgrown child biting his fingernails and trying to hide in big moments of playoff games.
Then came the Decision. All of the good will he built up by being the kid from Akron, Ohio, born to play basketball, was burned away in 30 minutes of awkward television. When James declared he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and taking his talents to South Beach, he suddenly became a villain. In professional wrestling terms, he had gone heel.
But while many have called it the worst moment of his career, it freed him from being Clevelands savior. He had become his own man, rather than a fabrication of Nike and Sports Illustrated and Cavaliers fans imaginations.
In the past seven months, James has flourished, winning his first NBA championship with the Miami Heat and an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. national team. He has been remarkably consistent: scoring 20 or more points in all but one of Miamis 49 games. Earlier this season he put together a stretch of 254 minutes without being called for a personal foul.
And Tuesday night, in a win over Portland, he scored 30 points on 73.3 percent shooting, the sixth consecutive game in which he had scored at least 30 points while shooting 60 percent or better, an NBA record.
On Thursday James will match up with the current player he is most often compared to, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, although it is likely to be Durants teammate Serge Ibaka who is asked to put an end to James streak. Last season in the NBA finals, Ibaka tried to goad James into a fight, but James did not take the bait.
I dont really care what he says, James told reporters when asked about Ibakas criticisms of his defense. Its stupid.
A relaxed approach to the game is what has come to define the post-Cleveland James. Where the Jordans and Kobe Bryants of the basketball world seem to be in an unending fight with an unseen enemy, James has achieved some form of basketball nirvana in which every move he makes is the right one and any goal he sets he will soon achieve.
The truth is, James is not Wilt Chamberlain or Magic Johnson or Bill Russell or Jordan. In basketball terms, he will need to win more championships, and have success for much longer, before he can be viewed as a titan of the sport.
But in terms of how well he is currently performing in his given field, and the ease of his current success, there are plenty of comparisons to make when opening up the discussion beyond basketball.
Francis Ford Coppola, the writer and director, would understand what it is like to be James right now. In 1974, he produced perhaps his signature movie, The Godfather: Part II, which earned him 1975 Academy Awards for writing, directing and best picture. In his spare time, he did a smaller, quieter movie called The Conversation, which also earned him nominations for writing and best picture.
James ability to dominate in every facet of the game, including smaller things like limiting fouls, is reminiscent of Ken Jennings, who mastered Jeopardy. In 2004 Jennings won the TV quiz show 74 consecutive times, earning more than $2.5 million. Jennings success has been credited not just to his vast knowledge of trivia but also to his mastery of the buzzer the show employs, a detail James would seemingly appreciate.
In terms of James simultaneous success as an individual, with the Heat and with the national basketball team, one could look to the run Barry Gibb had in the late 1970s. He led the Bee Gees, who had the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1970s. And in 1978 he took things up a notch by becoming the first person to have written or co-written four consecutive No. 1 singles on the Billboard list. In 1979 he and his brothers even managed to hit the country charts with Rest Your Love on Me.
But perhaps the most fitting comparison in terms of someone who experienced struggle before easing into a period of relatively easy success was someone with an equally lofty nickname to King James: Alexander the Great.
The Macedonian king set off on a mission to conquer the world, and after a few years of struggle securing the Balkans and fighting his way through Asia Minor, he found a James-like groove in 332 B.C. After many struggles and fierce battles, Alexander was greeted largely as a liberator in Egypt, taking the region into his kingdom without struggle and earning the title of Pharaoh for his trouble.
Of course, other than Jennings, these stories ended rather poorly. Coppola made just one more great film,
Apocalypse Now, with much of his talent seemingly burned away by the ill-fated production. Gibb and the Bee Gees turned from hitmakers into punch lines. And even Alexander, who would go on to other significant military victories, eventually succumbed to either illness or poisoning, with his original kingdom of Macedon weakened to the point where it eventually fell to Rome.
Nothing so dramatic is expected of James. He will most likely just keep playing basketball. But the limits to his game once perceived by many have all been disproved and the ceiling for his greatness is currently unknown. It turns out, to get out of the shadow of Jordan, a man who seemed to care about nothing other than winning, James simply had to relax and become himself instead.MORE IN Sports WireOXON HILL, Md. Wade Davis already had closed out a World Series. Full StoryBOSTON New Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale said he isnt worried that he might not be the ace... Full StoryNORMAN, Okla. Full Story
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Mark your calendars! Next Thursday, February 20th at 12:00 noon ET, we'll be chatting live with Michigan-native actor and comedian Sindbad.
This year, Sinbad will be performing at LaughFest in Grand Rapids - happening March 6 – 16, 2014. LaughFest is quickly becoming one of the nation's "must attend" festivals, celebrating laughter for the health of it. Now in its fourth year, LaughFest features laughter in all forms including: comedy, live performance, improv, film, and a variety of other seriously funny stuff. Other LaughFest headliners include Jim Gaffigan, Jay Leno, Chris Tucker, and Jen Kirkman.
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|This Mushroom Lover's Frittata with Spinach and Cheese is a great meatless dish for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
Mushroom Lover's Frittata with Spinach and Cheese
(Makes six servings, recipe created by Kalyn.)
12 oz. mushrooms, cleaned and sliced (I buy the pre-sliced mushrooms for this. If you're slicing your own, don't make slices too thin.)
2-3 tsp. olive oil (will depend on the pan)
1-2 green onions, sliced
2 cups chopped baby spinach leaves (washed and dried)
6 eggs
1/2 tsp. Spike Seasoning (or more)
1/2 cup grated low-fat mozzarella cheese, plus a tiny bit more to sprinkle on top if desired
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
While spinach is wilting, beat eggs well. Sprinkle cheese over wilted spinach/mushroom mixture and let melt about 1 minute. Then pour eggs over, using a fork to separate the veggies so egg runs down between vegetable pieces. (You can sprinkle a tiny bit more cheese over the eggs if desired.) Cover pan with lid, reduce heat to very low and cook about 15 minutes, or until eggs are nearly set but still slightly soft in spots.
Remove lid and put frittata under the broiler for 3-5 minutes (depending on how close to the heat you have it) until the top is nicely browned and eggs are set. Let cool about 2 minutes, then slice like a pie into six pieces. Serve hot.
This is delicious with a dollop of sour cream. You can make this on the weekend and store in plastic containers in the fridge, then heat one for breakfast every day. (Be careful not to microwave too long or the eggs will turn rubbery.)
South Beach Suggestions:
With mostly low-fat cheese and heavy on the vegetables, this is a perfect dish for any phase of the South Beach Diet.
Nutritional Information?
I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
Other Frittata Recipes from Kalyn's Kitchen:
Frittata with Zucchini, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Sausage (all phases)
Frittata with Canadian Bacon, Green Onions, and Cheese (all phases)
Asparagus and Tomato Frittata with Havarti and Dill (all phases)
Asparagus and Fresh Mozzarella Frittata with Parmesan and Chives (all phases)
Garden Veggie Frittata with Chives and Parmesan (all phases)
More Ideas for Delicious Frittatas:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly, check ingredients.)
Asparagus Frittata from Simply Recipes
Frittata with Asparagus, Tomato, and Fontina Cheese from Rookie Cookery
Nan's Potato, Pepper, and Onion Frittata from Food Blogga
Paula Deen's Artichoke Frittata from A Fridge Full of Food
Frittata with Tuscan Kale from Lucullian Delights
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Relaxation Station
Tue, 3 Dec 2013 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Dec. 3 | 7-11pm | Festival Ballroom
UPB will set up a Relaxation Station in the Festival Ballroom, Dec. 3, from 7-11 pm, for students to engage in relaxing and enjoyable activities during finals week.
The Relaxation Station will feature massage chairs, food, nail stations, magazines, and more.
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When Final Fantasy XIII hits the world, expect a lot of gamer-blowback. Whenever a developer take steps to modernize a beloved franchise, the gamer backlash is strong and ruthless. Fans of Fallout and Fallout 2 hated Fallout 3 because it updated the game world and made the franchise more "fun." Fans of Pac-Man couldn't deal with Ms. Pac-Man because she wore a bow. But even among devoted aficionado communities, few are as protective of "their" series as Final Fantasy fanatics. As you surely know, FFXIII comes out tomorrow for the 360 and the PlayStation 3, and it's going to piss a lot of people off.
X-Play reviewer Rob Manuel played the game for dozens and dozens of hours to provide G4's review. The game is definitely good – four out of five stars good -- but it still might make you very, very angry, particularly if you're a hardcore Final Fantasy fan. Rob's list below is only five of the countless ways FF XIII will leave players fuming:
1) No towns: There is not a single city in the game. There are no stopping places. No Inns. There are no hamlets, burgs or villages. This is a huge change from the previous open-world style FF action you're used to --and a change from most RPGs, actually. In almost all previous Final Fantasy games going back to the ancient Final Fantasy 1 in the 1980s, you'd enter a homebase style town and work outward from their.
Which brings us to the second thing you'll hate about Final Fantasy XIII...
2) It's Very Linear: Final Fantasy XIII is not entirely on a track, but for the first 25 hours(!) or so, you're going to be moving in a straight line, forward. This, of course, propels the action nicely, but doesn't appeal to gamers who like to feel like they're gaming in the "real" world with limitless possibilities and options. I guess those people can suffer through 25 hours of playing to get to the "good part."
3) No mini-games: There are no arena battles, no Blitz-ball, no Card Battles, none of that stuff on the side that can be a nice break from the main plotline. With fans devoting themselves to minutia of past games' mini-games, this is a big, infuriating change.
4) Little equipment: You're not going to find a huge variety of weapons in Final Fantasy XIII, and there is no armor at all, so if gearing up is your passion, you're going to be hating on this game--There's just not a lot of stuff to purchase. There are items that you can use to level up the weapons that you do have, but not a lot of weapon variety, another huge change from previous gear-heavy FF games.
5) It's on the 360: This is the first Final Fantasy game for the 360 so lucky number 13 is bound to anger console purists who feel that the Final Fantasy universe belongs only to Sony console owners.
Lest we be accused of always looking on the negative side of things, check back on Wednesday, where we'll detail the five things gamers will absolutely love about Final Fantasy XIII. And for more bile-inducing Final Fantasy anger, check back tomorrow when we'll have a side-by-side video comparison of the 360 and PS3 versions of the game for you to enjoy, dissect and argue over.
I'm sure there are more things you can think of that will anger FF fans. Leave them in our comment section.


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DD has been doing fantastic with various solids. She mostly likes vegetables - fruits seem to be too sweet for her and we get the "eww" face every time we give them to her unless we mix them with her oatmeal or rice.
We started giving her peaches on Sunday. We haven't seen any extraordinary spitting up, but we have seen a great big whelp (sp) on her bottom. She's got a mild case of diaper rash because she's also teething so I'm not sure if the dime-sized whelp we're seeing is related to the diaper rash or if she could be showing signs of an allergy.
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Gluten-free skin and beauty products: Extracting cash from the gullible
Even though yesterday was Easter, and, as unreligious as I am, I was still thinking of taking it easy, there was one target that popped up that I just couldn't resist. My wife and I were sitting around yesterday reading the Sunday papers and perusing the Internet (as is frequently our wont on Sunday mornings), when I heard a contemptuous harrumph coming from her direction. She then pointed me to an article in our local newspaper entitled Gluten-free beauty products in demand among some customers. Now, I must admit that I haven't been keeping up with the gluten-free trend, other than how easily it fits within the niche of "autism biomed" quackery, where, apparently, nearly every "biomed" protocol for autistic children demands that gluten be stripped completely from their diets, lest the evil molecule continue to infect them with the dreaded autism. I've kept an eye the literature, but haven't really written about gluten. That's why I could immediately tell why my wife had called my attention to the article:
Amy Soergel's lip gloss was making her sick. The problem, she realized, was gluten — hydrologized wheat protein, to be exact. Then she went to the hairdresser who used a shampoo that made her neck burn. Again, it contained gluten.
"There's hidden gluten in many places you may not consider," including stamp and envelope glues, toothpaste and lip balms, said Soergel, who has a store, Naturally Soergel's, near Pittsburgh that caters to people with allergies. Indeed, for people with celiac disease, a bit of gluten that might get swallowed from a lipstick or a stream of shampoo in the shower can be enough to cause illness.
A slew of gluten-free skin care products have come on the market, including items from well-known companies such as Murad, Dr. Hauschka, EO, MyChelle, Suntegrity, Acure and derma-e. Many are sold in Whole Foods and other health food stores. If they've been certified by a third-party agency, an icon usually appears on the packaging.
Whole Foods. Of course, it had to be Whole Foods (among others). Let's take a look at the whole gluten-free movement and then at the end I'll revisit the question of gluten-free cosmetics and skin products.
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We are planning our second child, which is glorious. However I am worried about our older son. He was put on the cup around his first birthday and he certainly can't remember getting fed before that. How will it effect him pyschologically to see me feeding a younger sibling from what, by then, he will know as a private part (he will be six if all goes well with the conception)?
Any suggestions as to deal with this will be appreciated.
Also my cousin who formula fed the first one is about to deal with the same situation (her older kid is 5 and the new one due in August). Should she tell the child the truth, that he was not breast fed and possibly cause him to feel inferior or less loved than his younger sibling? Or lie to him?
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"This is the ideal Thanksgiving outfit for me. I'm all about comfort for this holiday, because right after you eat, you fall asleep! I found these amazing boots from UrbanOG for only $20 (what a steal!), then I got these tan leggings from New York & Company for $10. This sweater is thrifted and only cost me $3! For the accessories, I took one of By Samii Ryan's collar necklaces (which you can get online for $10) and a fur collar I found at a thrift store for $7. This outfit is proof you can be comfy and cute on a budget!"
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The 2011 Fusion Awards were a big hit this year. Most people were dressed smart (the posters did say 'dress to impress, dress like a spy), the decorations were of stars and planets and dragon eggs, and the food was delicious. The trophies were new as well this year and a big hit. Similar to the one from the previous year they had the classic 'dragon egg' look that Cogswell Students so love. The event was defiantly one of the fanciest events held on campus, perhaps only comparable to senior night. Dresses varied from prom dresses and tuxedos, to simple cocktail dresses and polo shirts with slacks.
It was really great that this year the teachers of the different fields being judged came up and talked a bit about the category before the nominees were announced. It was really refreshing to get to hear a nice introduction to the topics, particularly ones I didn't understand as well, like rigging, lighting, and the music categories. There were 15 different categories as follows; Music Production, Music Performance, Music Composition, Sound Design, Illustration, Sculpture, Concept Design, Photography, Texturing, Lighting, Modeling, Game, Rigging, Animation, Sequential Art. This year was the first year that sequential art was a category, one that the comic club requested and got. It's nice how much power the students have on campus with influencing programs and the like.
Overall the evening was a beautiful evening, with some lovely star balloons, some of which now adorn my room. The evening went really well, and we got exactly as many people as we had planned for (we had planned for way more than we thought we were going to get) next year I think we'll have to plan for even more!


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Top 2% not just the wealthy
A national day of action led to a small group protesting outside of Democratic Congressman Ron Kind's office in downtown La Crosse.
The message to leaders in Washington is to get a deal done on the fiscal cliff now.
Sue Conard, the President of AFSCME'S Retirees Sub-Chapter, says she thinks lawmakers should let tax breaks for the top 2% expire.
"We've seen that they aren't working anymore so we need to find a different way," said Conard.
She was one of the protestors questioning the effectiveness of tax breaks for those earning more than $250,000 a year.
"They were designed to expire for a reason and that was because at the time, they were needed to promote the economy. Today, we don't need that to promote the economy," said Conard.
It's not just the rich, however, that fall into the top 2%.
The U.S. Treasury Department estimates small business owners make up between 10 - 24% of the group. A portion of those fall into the 2% percent because of how they file their taxes.
"People that operate independently (and are) not working for a large chain operation. It would be small companies that have their own name on it, like insurance agencies and jewelry stores," said Dick Granchalek, president of the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce.
Granchalek says the uncertainty over the fiscal cliff is already impacting how businesses are operating.
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Written by Fat & Sassy! on 04.10.2009 at 10:32
Sounds promising. I'll have to check this out. Still love the band name though. I'm a sucker for lame puns... or shorthand... which is it?
Written by The Shape 1973 on 04.10.2009 at 13:26
and Everlasting Child.
Written by Lupas on 06.10.2009 at 19:00
A very well review ! I had also known this band through their Ep and than their first Album. As you said Bas Telya's voice needs to be more trained and i think that by time she would be one of the top female fronted metal scene. My fav.song is and remain : Daughter of the night >


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CLOVIS — It didn't take long to figure out that Friday's calf roping at the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena would be quite different than most sports events in one respect.
About two contestants, to be precise.
The fourth annual Joe's Boot Shop Calf Roping began with what is numbered the "00" competition — or, "double-aught," as the organizers and participants refer to it.
Lane Siggins was the first to go after a calf and rope it from his horse. Siggins, from Ruidoso, is only 15 years and the first of 71 entrants in this event.
The next competitor? A mere 55 years Siggins' senior, 70-year-old Sherrell Overturff of Slaton, Texas, took his turn.
Despite the age disparity, both were seeking the same prize money. Organizers sought to put ropers of comparable ability in each of the different events that will take place over the three days of the event. On Sunday, the best of the best will vie in the open category and the biggest prize money.
The reasons why both Siggins and Overturff weren't placed in that category is age: Not enough for Siggins and too much for Overturff, although the latter has plenty of rodeo experience at the highest level behind him.
"I've been involved in it for many years," Overturff said. "I did it in juniors, rodeoed in college and I did PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) for awhile.
"I've retired as a school teacher and, now and then, I do this for fun."
Overturff, on his first attempt, missed the breakaway calf with his lasso. The Texan, however, said he was quite able to jump off his horse and wrestle down the animal.
"If I can get my hands on him," he said.
Ropers like Siggins and fellow 15-year-old Pryce Harris of Canyon, Texas had a different problem in their first run. Since the calves were nearly the same size as the young cowboys, each had initial difficulty in getting enough leverage to throw the animal to the ground.
Harris did have a good time of 16.38 seconds and was hoping to be in contention when the prize money was handed out at the end of the day.
"I'm not sure what it's going to be, but it should pay pretty good though," Harris said. "Hundreds, maybe thousands, I don't know."
Asked about competing with men old enough to be his grandfather, Harris said he had no problem with that.
"Some of these guys have been in the NFR (National Finals Rodeo) and stuff. It's pretty cool roping against them," Harris said. "Some of them come out and help me a lot. I think most of them are doing it more for the fun, I think. They're just doing what they love."


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Hi there.
My son is 10 months old, and I have had to pump since he was 2 weeks old., I had a bad yeast infection post abx(long story), and the nipples were rather bloody/swollen. I thought I could pump for a couple of weeks and let it heal, but it never did. I kept giving him the breast a twice a week hoping he wouldn't loose the instinct, but he did at 9 months.
I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how i could get him to maybe restart breastfeeding? I would be so better for him at nights, since he wouldn't have to wait for me to warm him milk up. And I never got to share that intimacy with him, that mother/baby bond that I see babies have when breastfeeding.
I tired a la leche league mtg, but it was hard sitting there watching women feed and I had to get my bottle out. I kinda gave up on this many months ago, but a part of me wants to try just one more time. I am not sure if I will have any more kids, so if anyone has any ideas, I would greatly greatly appreciate them.


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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Fearless Females # 14 News worthy: WASP Speak
Gail G. Sigford, my dear aunt, was a member of this "Last Lost WASP Class." Never having the opportunity to serve her country with her hard earned aviation skills was, to her, rather like an unfinished melody. My Aunt Gail died May 2, 2007 - never to see the last chapter of the WASP saga. Today, she and the 1074 WASP are being honored in Washington D.C.
In the following clip, you will hear some of the women of the WASP telling their stories and memories. Women like these led a 30 year effort to gain recognition of the WASP contribution to their country during World War II. It was not an easy task.
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I watched We Were WASP also, and wonder if you were able to spot your aunt Gail at the beginning of Part 1, singing about being the last class. Wow, I can't imagine how frustrating it must have been to go through all the training and then not be able to serve! (I assume you meant they were disbanded in 1944 rather than 1994?) I wonder why recognition was not readily forthcoming for these women!ReplyDelete
Actually, I think I may have her spotted in the group sing. She always wore her beret straight-on and flat --- military style -- not "cutsy" pushed-back, cocked to one side or the other. I think she is in about the second to back row, on the far right (looking at the video) --- but then it could be wishful thinking.ReplyDelete
Thanks for pointing out my typo -- got it corrected, so thanks and thanks.


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