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Spilling protein?
I did a quick search and couldn't find many previous threads on the topic. Hoping maybe someone can shed some light-At my bf's last doctors appointment, they did a urine test and the doc tells him he's spilling protein in his urine. She didn't go in to much detail about it, and didn't seem overly concerned. I attempted to do some research but most of what I found doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.Anyone know what this means? What causes it? and what needs to be done to change it? Is this an HIV related thing? A med's thing? or completely unrelated? He's currently on Norvir, Reyataz, and Truvada.Thanks!Jen
Jen, we can't really diagnosis anything, as you know, only offer suggestions.Being a diabetic, I know protein in the urine can be caused from diabetes. Has he ever had a fasting glucose test?
Yeah.. I know :) I was just hoping someone had some experience with it and might be able to shed some light on the subject. Was curious if it might be a side-affect of the meds and/or if there is anything he should/could be doing nutrition-wise to help correct it.He has never had a fasting glucose test as far as I know.
I was told by my doctor that i was also spilling protein in my urine. I am currently not on any medication. I was told that it is common for HIV + people to spill protein, but for some reason I did not ask why.I have, in fact, had a fasting glucose test, which came back normal.I plan on asking about this at my next doctor visit in June.
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As I write this, Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez hasn't been charged with a crime, although multiple media outlets have reported that an arrest warrant has been prepared on obstruction of justice charges.
These days, you can't believe everything you read. It's a mad scramble to get the news first and, unfortunately, false reports occasionally leak onto the web.
The counterpoint to that: When police have searched your home multiple times, when officers reportedly spent Monday in scuba gear searching nearby waters, when you've allegedly destroyed your home surveillance system and your cell phone, when you've hired a cleaning service to scrub your mansion…well, that doesn't look so good.
Sometimes rich people hire maids. Sometimes they smash their cell phones when they don't get good reception. Or when texts arrive as green instead of blue.
But you don't get the feeling that's the case with Hernandez.
Some Hernandez links:
*Aaron Hernandez's past troubles come into focus — USA Today
*Attorney for Aaron Hernandez finally speaks up — USA Today
*Hernandez's lawyer rips media for 'flood of false reports' — CBS Sports
*Video: Investigators exit Hernandez house with evidence bags — ABC News
**Another New England saga — not quite as serious — reportedly ended Sunday when the Celtics agreed to "trade" coach Doc Rivers to the Clippers for a 2015 first round pick. First off, it's so strange that a coach can be traded.
Second, it's so lame that the NBA can block Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett from being included in the deal.
Nonetheless, Boston needs to part ways with the final two pieces of its old Big Three. The run is over, and there's really no use in keeping them around for a first-round exit next season. Even the Celtics get little in return, unloading Pierce and Garnett would do two things: A.) Clear cap space and B.) Position them to be horrible next season, which could give them a shot at a high pick in a loaded 2014 draft.
**As for the 2013 draft? Not so loaded.
On Thursday, the NBA hosts its worst draft since the turn of the century. There's no clear-cut No. 1 pick, and Cleveland is rumored to be considering Maryland's Alex Len, Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. and Kentucky's Nerlens Noel.
Because of his rare athleticism and limited offensive abilities, Noel can draw comparisons to Andre Drummond, a huge question mark in last year's draft.
But let's recognize the difference between the teenage big men: Drummond is 270 pounds; Noel is 206. At Noel's weight, it'll be awfully difficult to defend the post (except as a weakside shotblocker). Personally, I wouldn't touch him with the top pick.
Team need aside, I'd rank the top five like this:
1. Anthony Bennett, UNLV — My pick for rookie of the year, regardless of his destination.
2. Ben McLemore, Kansas — Like his game, but the Ray Allen comparisons are a little much.
3. Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown — Won't be a superstar, but he's such a complete player. Great complementary piece.
4. Alex Len, Maryland — There aren't many skilled 7-footers around, which is probably why Len sits atop most mock drafts.
5. Nerlens Noel, Kentucky — I guess I have to put him in the top five, right?

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Born in Cuba, influenced by the likes of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, jazz trumpeter/pianist Arturo Sandoval is bringing his Latin jazz/classical fusion to Mackinac Island for a performance thats sure to be a standout.
If you dont already recognize Sandovals music, you might recognize his personage from the 2000 TV movie For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, in which Sandoval was portrayed by actor Andy Garcia (whose co-stars in the film included Gloria Estefan and Scarface actor Steven Bauer.)
The movie told the story of Sandovals life up to his emigration to the U.S., as he became a fixture in Cubas jazz scene and solidified his own career. Sandovals mentor, Dizzy Gillespie (whom he is most often compared to), took the musician on the road with him early on for concerts in Cuba and across Europe.
His eclectic, fine-tuned musical stylings are part of why the Islands Grand Hotel chose Sandoval to help close the summer season and welcome in the hotels fall events.
Sandovals co-headliners at the Labor Day Jazz Weekend event at the Grand include Kurt Elling, Christine Ebersole, Shout Sister Shout, Dave Bennett, The Hot Club of Detroit with special guest Cyrille Aimee, and the hotels own Alex Graham. The hotel is offering special packages for the weekend so that visitors can stay and take in the complete roster of musical performances, of which Sandoval will be a highlight.
We have had Arturo Sandoval at the festival before and his performance was outstanding and memorable, explains Grand Hotel Executive Vice President Ken Hayward. When we put our festival lineup together, we try to create an excitement that will convince past guests to return and also attract new guests as well. We are offering a weekend full of jazz performances, not one concert, so we need to put a lineup together that will keep guests entertained all weekend long.
Sandoval has a knack for keeping more than just his audiences entertained. Hes also a jazz musician who does more than merely jazz, having crossed over into pop, soul, and classics via his work with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Johnny Mathis, and the aforementioned Estefan, among others.
What I am looking forward to most is the unique style he will perform, Hayward says, he is playing Sunday afternoon, so after there have been so many performances already we are going to see something totally different from him than what we have enjoyed all weekend. We consider the 124-year-old Grand Hotel a legendary place - and he is certainly a legendary jazz artist.
Arturo Sandoval will be performing as part of the Grand Hotels Labor Day Jazz Weekend on Mackinac Island. For tickets, packages, and more info, visit the hotels website at grandhotel.com
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The Metropolitan Opera returns with 10 live transmissions at the State Theatre this fall. With six new productions, plus Verdi, Handel and Glass, this is the fifth year of operatic spectacle in downtown Traverse City.
Tickets are available online, at the box office and by phone: 231-947-3446. $26 for adults, $24 for State Theatre and Met Opera Members, $22 for seniors 65 and over, and $18 for children and students.
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HEDLEY - Della Lee Houdashell Linville, 87, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.
Services were at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Hodges, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene in Clarendon, and the Rev. Anthony Knowles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Estelline, officiating. Burial was in Rowe Cemetery by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Mrs. Linville was born Sept. 22, 1922, in Gasoline to Thomas Orville and Julia Ballard McLaughlin. She married Ernest Clay Houdashell in September 1940. He preceded her in death in December 1964. She later married Johnny Linville on Feb. 16, 1968, in Hedley. He preceded her in death on Feb. 16, 2000. She had been a longtime resident of Hedley and was a member of First Church of Nazarene in Clarendon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; two sisters; and a great-granddaughter.
Survivors include a son, Ernie Houdashell and wife Sandy of Amarillo; two daughters, Loveta Anderson and husband Andy of Amarillo and Pat Hargrove and husband Rodney of Memphis; a sister, Ruby Hulen and husband Don of Amarillo; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Hedley Senior Citizens Association, P.O. Box 216, Hedley, TX 79237; or Rowe Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 185, Hedley, TX 79237.
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Im working on the derivative f'y(x,y) of the function f(x,y)=arctan(x^2)+ y^3
Because it's a derivative with respect to the variable y, this means that the variable x is held constant, does this mean that the entire arctan(x^2) should be regarded as just a number so the partial derivative equals to 3y^2 in the end??
You could see that more easily by writing f(x, y, z()= 2(z+ 3)^4+ ln(xyz)= 2(z+ 3)^4+ ln(x)+ ln(y)+ ln(z).
Oh, and don't write "f'z" for both the function and its partial derivative!
In fact, it is not a good idea to use the ' with partial derivatives. You problem is to find the derivative, with respect to z,
of f(x,y,z)= 2(z+ 3)^4+ ln(xyz) and the correct answer, in simplest form, is f_z= 8(z+ 3)^3+ 1/z.


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Richard L. Bowman, 88, of Chesterhill, Ohio, passed away at 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday (Feb. 12, 2014) at the Emeritus Senior Living Center in Marietta. He was born on Dec. 1, 1925, in Chesterhill, the son of the late Earl and Mable Edgerton Bowman.
He was a graduate of Marion High School in Chesterhill and was a Veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He worked for Price Inland Terminal in Porterfield, Ohio as a Stevedore, was a member of the Chesterhill United Methodist Church, a Church Trustee, a volunteer at the Food Pantry in Malta, Ohio and a member of several bowling leagues in McConnelsville.
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Skip to comments.Shrinking Detroit has 12,000 abandoned homes
Posted on 08/15/2005 9:59:30 AM PDT by Pikamax
Shrinking Detroit has 12,000 abandoned homes Sun Aug 14, 5:03 PM ET
Rats or lead poisoning. When it comes to the threats from the broken down house next door, Dorothy Bates isn't sure which is worse.
"When it's lightening and thundering you can hear the bricks just falling," the 40-year-old nurse said as she looked at the smashed windows and garbage-strewn porch. "If you call and ask (the city) about it they say they don't have the funds to tear it down."
There are more than 12,000 abandoned homes in the Detroit area, a byproduct of decades of layoffs at the city's auto plants and white flight to the suburbs. And despite scores of attempts by government and civic leaders to set the city straight, the automobile capitol of the world seems trapped in a vicious cycle of urban decay.
Detroit has lost more than half its population since its heyday in the 1950's. The people who remain are mostly black -- 83 percent -- and mostly working class, with 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line according to the US Census Bureau.
The schools are bad. The roads are full of potholes. Crime is high and so are taxes. The city is in a budget crisis so deep it could end up being run by the state.
And it just got knocked off the list of the nation's ten largest cities.
"Detroit has become an icon of what's considered urban decline," said June Thomas, a professor of urban and regional planning at Michigan State University.
"The issue is not just getting people in the city. It's getting people in the city who can become property owners and stay property owners and pay taxes."
Perhaps the biggest challenge to luring the middle class from the area's swank suburbs is overcoming racial tensions, said Stephen Vogel, dean of the school of architecture at University of Detroit Mercy.
"Suburbanites are taking the bodies of their relatives out of cemeteries because they're afraid to come to the city," Vogel said. "There are about 400 to 500 hundred (being moved) a year which shows you the depth of racism and fear."
Most American cities have experienced a shift towards the suburbs.
What made Detroit's experience so stark was the lack of regional planning and the ease with which developments were able to incorporate into new cities in order to avoid sharing their tax revenue with the city, said Margaret Dewar, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan.
The fleeing businesses and homeowners left behind about 36 square miles (58 square kilometers) of vacant land. That's roughly the size of San Francisco and about a quarter of Detroit's total land mass.
While a decision by General Motors to build its new headquarters smack in the middle of downtown has helped lure young professionals and spark redevelopment in some of the more desirable neighborhoods, there is little hope the vacant land will be filled any time soon.
In his state of the city address, embattled mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said even if 10,000 new homes were built every year for the next 15 years "we wouldn't fill up our city."
And Detroit is still losing about 10,000 people every year.
One solution Vogel has proposed is to turn swaths of the city into farmland. In the four years since his students initiated a pilot project dozens of community gardens and small farms have popped up.
But first the city has to get rid of the crumbling buildings that haunt the streets, luring criminals, arsonists and wild animals and creating a general sense of hopelessness.
"It's partly a resource issue and it's partly a bureaucracy issue," said Eric Dueweke, the community partnership manager at the University of Michigan's College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
"It takes them forever to find the proper owners of the properties and serve them with the proper paperwork," he said. "They're tearing them down at the rate of 1,500 or 2,000 a year, so they're really not cutting into the backlog in any significant way because that's how many are coming on stream."
Dorothy Bates has been waiting three years for the crumbling house next door to be torn down. There are nine more on her short block along with several vacant lots that are overgrown with weeds.
Bates does her best to keep her five children away from the rat nests, but the lead creeping out of crumbling bricks and peeling paint drifts in through her windows.
The most frustrating part of it, says her neighbor Larry, is that so many of the abandoned houses could be repaired. The foundations are solid. The buildings are beautiful. Or at least, they were once.
I like the idea of clearing off the vacant structures and returning the land to farm land. Now, let's move on to New Orleans and do the same thing there....
Your kidding right? Who in their right mind would build a damn thing in that screwed up place. The dumbasses that ran it down in the first place will just continue to be in power and no good will ever come of that.
Your kidding right? Who in their right mind would build a damn thing in that screwed up place. The dumbasses that ran it down in the first place will just continue to be in power and no good will ever come of that.
I'm sure the people doing this would not rather be beaten and robbed by white guys, ass. That's not racism, that's reality.
Detroit also has an income tax. Big reason people live outside the city.
Sounds like we should ahve just moved Katrina's homeless up there and there wouldn't be this problem today.
"mayor Kwame Kilpatrick"
From the ole' sod, I see.
I've had occasion to be doing consulting work in Detroit that had me in the city over periods of weeks. It's an interesting feeling walking down the street at times. The fact that Michigan had CCW reciprocity with my state was very comforting
I know that thismaybe somewhat off the subject. It appears that the comments being made is mostly about the inner city of Detroit. But what about downtown Detroit, what do you think caused the demise of downtown Detroit in the first place? Was it the "White flight" or J.L Hudson's opening the Northland mall?
I think that people left Detroit because they didn't want to be robbed or mugged (either by criminals or the government), have their property become worthless, or live in such a depressed area. What we're trying to say is that liberal politics sucked the life out of the city by ignoring crime, decay and by creating excess taxes and regulations. People got sick of being targets and slaves, and left in droves for friendlier places.
It's much more than one store opening or closing, and it's not necessarily racism. I've watched my city go from majority white to minority white, but since there are plenty of jobs, the police arrest criminals, and the city doesn't tax or regulate us endlessly, we stay cause it's a nice place to live. What's the name of this city? Phoenix, Arizona.
Detroit is what happens when all tax breaks for the rich are eliminated.. the minimum wage is increased.. and a level played field is created for the homeless..
I hear what you are saying, but back in the era that I am speaking of Detroit was not in the top 10 cities with the higest crime rate. Crime is in every city but I guess like you mentioned in Poenix the police catch and arrest their criminals.
I have done some research on this subject and back in the 50's blacks were moving into the city for job opportunities from the automotive industry, and as they moved in whites started fleeing for the suburbs. With their flight that took a lot of our tax base. I do understand what you are saying about being tax to death, because as a resident and home owner taxes are outrageous. All of Detroit is not bad there are beautiful areas in Detroit.
I do understand what you are saying
Have you ever looked at the satellite images of the border between Detroit and the first of the Grosse Pointes? Damning.
Have you tried to buy a home in LA, DC, Seattle, or San Francisco? Good luck. It's a little more expensive than Detroit.
Sorry, didn't realize that post was 16 months old!
That's true, but New York has inherent advantages over places like Detroit. Maybe you're right and someone will hit the jackpot by investing in real estate in Detroit, but I know that before I'd cough up several hundred thousand dollars of my hard-earned cash, I'd want to see a definitive plan that the city has for turning things around; frankly, I just don't see that.
The only thing that Detroit has going for it is that it is in the Midwest (no major natural disasters) and next to a Great Lake, so it's got plenty of water. But seriously: what has Detroit got going for it? What is going to bring people back? What is going to bring businesses there?
Taxes alone higher or lower are not going to save Detroit... fact is the Jobs aren't there... there is more housing than there ever will be people again, the story is no different than hundreds of other cities and towns across the rust belt that the only difference is they are much smaller in scale...
I am not going to argue liberal politics have not exacerbated Detroits problems, but the facts are very simple, at one point there were jobs a pleanty and people needed places to live to be near them, now the jobs are gone, the people are leaving and the remnants of the past wealth lingers in vacant buildings that no one has a need for.
10,000 people PER YEAR are leaving.... all the tax breaks in the world won't stop the flight.... JOBS are why people move.. JOBS are why Detroit was a destination.. now lack of them is why it is a place people leave.
And all the tax breaks in the world will not create enough jobs in Detroit to rebuild its tax base to what it once was.
Sorry, while it is true lots of homes are no longer there, the abandoned homes are a huge problem. Unless you have actually been to detroit you can't remotely comprehend it. The scale and scope of abandoned and deteriorating properties, both homes and commercial is incredible... it literally looks like a war raged in the city and no one cleaned up afterwards.
In fact when people in Seriavo (who actually had a war happen) saw photos of parts of detroit, they asked if a war had indeed happened there.
Sorry SF is a dump... covered up by highly colorful flags.... I'll walk the streets of Chicago anyday over SF. Junkies everywhere, bums living in bus vestibules, homeless accosting you every other step. Every building in the downtown area has graphiti on it....
SF is a dump, makes a pretty postcard picture from far away, but once you walk around and actually spend some time in the city, you rapidly see what a dump it is.
Its like a rustbucket that puts a new coat of paint on itself regularly...
It was hillarious, the way the author pulled every ecsuse he could think of out...except the two you mentioned. LOL.
I'm glad, Sha. I hope you enjoy FreeRepublic. I have learned a lot here... there are a lot of smart people on this site. Welcome aboard!
Oh and I was born in Chicago and have watched that city being destroyed from within by both liberal politics and the deadly effects of racism. My family had lived in the city since the 1870s, but I would never live there now. It's heartbreaking to look at the ruins of Detroit... you can tell it was a nice place at one time.
See the link in post 73 for a tour of the ruins of Detroit. It's an amazing web site. My condolences for the demise of a once-great city.
Whattaya think the city property taxes are on one of them vacant lots are? My guess is pretty high. I wouldn't move into that city if the 'city fathers' gave me the lot, a new house, AND a job. The problem is sane people left it because the urban cities are controlled by racist alarmist extremists who think that they can tax whitey till he bleeds....
Ironically enough, Census Bureau headquarters is in Prince George's County, Maryland, which looks VERY similar to Detroit.
Sounds like a wonderful place to increase the population of muslims from throughout this country.
I know that Detroit is not Chicago or New york but we are in the process of rebuilding this city. We have things to offer. No our downtown area is not what it use to be but it is on the upswing. With new businesses opening, Hardrock cafe', the compuware building, we have our summer festivals, clubs, restaurants, The Fox theatre, our beautiful riverfront. Not to mention ice skating downtown at Campus Martius, the Casino, Our sports arenas i.e.Ford Field, Comerica. We are trying to improve our city it may take a while but I have faith that it will happen.
""Suburbanites are taking the bodies of their relatives out of cemeteries because they're afraid to come to the city," Vogel said. "There are about 400 to 500 hundred (being moved) a year...""
When former residents move the bones of their ancestors you know they have written off the city. This is a city that should be written off.
And--seriously--this isn't a Republican vs. Democrat issue; I really don't care WHO it is that is going to make the hard choices that are required to turn around a major city, but it just has to be done and there is NO incentive to do so when people continue to win elections with lip service.
The definition of stupid is continuing to do the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Welcome to Cleveland (and, I expect, Detroit).
That's part of it.
Also might have something to do with the grit, grime, economy, crowded, crime-filled streets, the smell of the air...I could go on.
I heard a comedian once comment on Detroit's crime. The comedian himself was black, saying "You know, I think it's hilarious when black people in Detroit blame crime on being oppressed by white people. How the f*** is that possible? There ain't no white people in Detroit!"
So Devil's Night was actually an excercise in caring for the city? ;-)
For me the crime rate and all that matters, but I like my open spaces. I'd rather have a home on a half acre of land on a quiet street than live in the city with the traffic, dirt, grime, AND CRIMINALS, and be so close to my neighbor I could touch his house from my bedroom window.
There was a study last summer that showed Detroit is now a "bedroom city." More people work in the city of Detroit than live there -- it actually gains population during the daytime.
Detroit has potential to improve but the city "leaders" have GOT to get out of the way. End the ridiculous red tape and taxes on small businesses in the city, straighten out that sorry excuse for public school management, rip Coleman Young's legacy out by the roots, and stop trying to rip off the suburbs by forcing them to pay for the city water Detroit residents use and WON'T pay for.
Sorry, but as a former Oakland County resident, Detroit still stinks like an open sewer.
A lot of the "white flight" may have racism in it's core, but the flight had a lot to do with *money.*
Real estate agents, knowing how to make a quick buck in Detroit, terrified residents with lines like, "a black is moving in next door, what do you think it will do to your homes' value? If you sell now, you'll lose less money than you would later!" The homeowner sold, the agent made a profit, turned around and sold it to a black family who couldn't afford it, turned around and sold it again as a foreclosure. This is why there are now very stringent laws about race and housing.
My in-laws grew up in Detroit during the late 40's and 50's. My MIL worked at a Sanders ice cream parlour in the evenings, closed it at the end of her shift and walked home! Many older former residents remember the Detroit they knew and are still grieving at its loss.I just wish I'd been taken to the downtown Hudsons building while it was still open. To see it demolished...it just made me cry.
AND the crime rate.. They are always in the top ten for Murder Capital.
i am white...i grew up in the suburbs of detroit...i later lived in the city...in the suburbs(warren, hazel park ect.) blacks are referd to by the n word and are veiwed as stupid lazy criminals...i've seen police in royal oak harrass blacks and say they needed to go back across 8mile...in the city you can find things such as "no whites" spray painted on the sides of buildings...the crime in detroit is because of the poverty...the poverty because there is not much in the way of work esp for blacks...i worked at a machine shop on e.seven mile in detroit and the employees were 100% white suburbanites...if a black came to apply we were told to say we were not hiring even if we were...that was in 1999...even as i read these posts i hear echos of the racism i grew up around...
Is that you Eminem?
Must be "Resurrect Old Thread" day.
Can't be any worst than Baltimore, with blocks of row-homes abandon.
Nobody fitting that profile would voluntarily live in Detroit. That's like asking a sheep to voluntarily live among hungry wolves.
More accurate.
A "home" implies someone lives there. A house is a building.
A new low for liberal lying academics: dead people can now feel fear!
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Generous gift shows real spirit of community
When KyLynn Buchanan was raising a lamb to sell at the Washington County Fair this year, she had no idea how valuable the animal would turn out to be.
At Tuesday's large animal sale, her market lamb by far earned the highest bid of the night, with Pioneer Chevrolet and Family Ford driving the bidding -already determined to benefit the nonprofit BrAva- all the way up to $10,500.
That bid is a great example of what this community is all about.
The dealerships paid a whopping $10,500, knowing it would benefit BrAva, a local charity that means so much to so many of our community members.
It's reminiscent of how neighbors, friends and strangers all banded together as the two namesakes of BrAva-Bridget Crock and Ava Nichols-battled cancer. There were candlelight vigils, prayers and fundraisers. And when the two families started BrAva, they intended to help other families who needed support and to help fund research that might lead to a cure.
And clearly, Ava and Bridget, and all the other children who have had to suffer the injustice of childhood cancer, have not been forgotten.
Tuesday's gift from two local businesses proves that, and sets the bar for others to give in a similar fashion.
Whether it's a donation to BrAva to support the fight against childhood cancer or a check for another equally worthy organization, giving at the fair is a great way to give.
It gives an extra boost to the student who spent time raising and preparing the animal, who then gets to know what a contribution to the community their work resulted in. It must have been a great surprise Tuesday to KyLynn when the price went as high as $10,500.
And most importantly it will provide money that will help families everywhere just like the Nichols' and the Crocks and all who face a childhood cancer diagnosis.
Thumbs up to the car dealerships who made this happen. We hope there's another surprise just as pleasant at the next fair.


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Homeopathy First Aid Kits
I don't know how I missed them, but somehow homeopathic first aid kits had not registered on my radar. They're readily available. Even Amazon.com sells them, for $54.99. They contain 18 vials of tiny sugar pills, all with potencies of 200C, guaranteed by Avogadro not to contain a single molecule of the active ingredient. (For those of you who may not know, Avogadro was the Italian scientist who discovered the Avogadro constant, the number of atoms needed such that the number of grams of a substance equals the atomic mass of the substance.
If that paralyzes your brain, never mind. Just take my word for it that Avogadro's discovery allows us to calculate that a 13C dilution (a 1 in 100 to the 13th power dilution), is the equivalent of diluting 1/3 of a drop of the original substance in all the water on earth, and to reach a 200C potency you would have to continue to dilute it by 1 to 100 a total of 187 more times.)
What's in the kits?
On homeopathy websites you can buy special first aid kits for the car, for hiking and camping, for horses, for pets, for pregnancy, for childbirth, and for travel. One website sells a first aid kit that "contains all the major homeopathic first aid remedies which work so amazingly well particularly when given immediately after an accident or injury." Only $99.95, but you're also advised to buy a book to explain its use, for an additional $18.95. It contains 15 remedies in a 30C potency:
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Government secures majority for FDI in retail, Opposition unrelenting
The Congress-led coalition appeared even more confident of its numerical strength in the event of voting on the issue after what it read as a climbdown by its former partner, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, during the all-party meeting called by the government on Monday to break the deadlock.
The Opposition, however, stuck to its demand of voting under Rule 184, which entails voting, signalling continued disruption of Parliament, which failed to transact any business for the third successive sitting on Monday.
Like SP and BSP, which lend outside support to the United Progressive Alliance government but remain opposed to the decision to allow foreign supermarkets such as Walmart into the country, the Trinamool Congress left the decision over discussion to Parliament's presiding officers.
DMK, a member of the UPA, however, refused to add to the government's comfort by maintaining suspense over its position in Parliament. The Tamil Nadu-based party has earlier expressed its opposition to the decision on FDI.
While SP and BSP have never sided against the government in Parliament, Congress managers had expected a more hostile opposition from the Trinamool Congress, which failed to garner numbers to move a no-confidence motion against the government in Parliament's ongoing winter session on the FDI issue.
"Since our no-confidence motion was refused, let the Speaker decide under which section discussion can take place," Sudip Bandyopadhyay, leader of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha said, adding "the opposition is moving with a begging bowl in hand for Rule 184."
After the two-and-a-half hour long meeting, Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said, "there will be no compromise on (discussion under Rule) 184.
Asked if BJP would not allow Parliament to function, Swaraj replied, "no compromise at all...when I said no compromise, it means something." Highlighting the fact that there was no meeting ground between the government and opposition, Shiv Sena leader Anant Geete said, "there was a discussion but no decision."
As both sides remained firm on their positions, UPA called a meeting of its members on Tuesday, when the government plans to make another attempt to enlist DMK's support. DMK had made its reservations known to the Centre's emissary Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Sunday, when he met party chief M Karunanidhi.
What may add to Congress' woes is BSP's insistence on bringing the constitutional amendment bill for promotion quota. While SP is against the bill, BSP chief Mayawati made a strong case for it at the all-party meeting. She was interrupted by Congress ministers, who said the meeting had been called on FDI.
JD (U) chief Sharad Yadav later said, "We had to tell Mayawati ji that she has the support of parties on the bill. But FDI is a major decision, which everybody is opposed to. So we should discuss the important issue."
At the all-party meet, finance minister P Chidambaram and commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma justified the FDI decision by citing the difficult economic situation.


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I don't know if your hypothesis will be valid in the future. Mathematicians and computer scientists are now working on computer-assisted proof systems (e.g. automated proof verification or proof construction), so in the future, it would be theoretically possible to work in isolation. (For references, see Computer-assisted proof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Mizar system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
There are some other issues, as well. I think that there are some areas where releasing a paper to the community does not help either. For example, I've been told by a few professors that the massive proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is understood by a very small handful of people in the world. In some sense, it isn't all that reliable or satisfactory that almost nobody can understand it. (And this may be some motivation to get computers to do the checking.)
These things aside, I don't think that your claim is specific to mathematics, so I can't really see a point to your book. You can probably name any field in the arts or sciences where people exchange ideas in order to advance the field. It seems more fruitful to look for an activity that is done in complete isolation (which looks like a very hard-press). What specific ideas did you have in mind?


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Alloa 1-0 Stenhousemuir- Match Report
Report of match 15th September 2012
Reporter PA
Alloa 1-0 Stenhousemuir- Match Report.
McCord on the mark for Alloa
Ryan McCord scored the only goal of the game as Alloa claimed a 1-0 victory against a Stenhousemuir side that slipped to a third straight defeat.
McCord had come close in the 14th minute as he collected Nicky Low's short corner and fired narrowly over the crossbar from the right.
But four minutes later he did find the net as Alloa struck the decisive blow. After a corner was cleared to the edge of the area, McCord let fly from 25 yards and found the top left-hand corner.
Stenhousemuir pressed for an equaliser and Stewart Kean almost levelled with a 71st-minute header but it was well-held by Scott Bain.
Kevin Cawley went close to a second for the home side but he was denied by visiting goalkeeper Callum Reidford.
Source: PA
|Competition: Irn Bru Scottish Division Two Kick Off: 15:00 Venue: Recreation Park Attendance: 509
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Burger Lounge places heavy emphasis on what goes into its menu items, featuring a number of organic ingredients and healthful options, like the Organic Quinoa Salad with spinach and kale.
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Mashed Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Parmesan
Total Time
1hr 10mins
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr
This simple dish couldn't be any more delicious! Goes great with Pork or chicken.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 lbs sweet potatoes (3 to 4 medium)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (plus more for garnish)
- fresh ground sea salt
- black pepper
- Preheat oven to 400*F/200*C.
- Scrub the sweet potatoes, wrapping individually in foil while still damp.
- Place directly on the oven rack and roast for about 1 hour, until they're soft to the touch. Cool slightly before removing the foil.
- While still warm, hold over a bowl and let the skins slide off, letting the flesh drop into the bowl. Discard the skin and mash the flesh along with the olive oil and cheese, seasoning to taste with the salt and pepper.
- Pile the fluffy mass into a hot serving bowl and garnish with a sprinkling of Parmesan Cheese.
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Really good! Thanks!
What a great tasting dish. You can really taste the Parmesan ever so slightly. It did not over power the taste of the sweet potato. I'm so glad I found this just in time for making Maple Roasted Pork Tenderloin #65911. They went very well together. I was surprised how easy the skins did fall off. This is a keeper.


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Today's forecast from National Weather Service for Clovis=Portales area:
Snow likely with areas of blowing snow before 11 a.m., then areas of blowing snow and a chance of snow after 11 a.m.
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Windy, with a north wind 30 to 35 mph decreasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear with a low around 17. West wind 10 to 15 mph
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Games. Now that's a topic I can get excited about! When we think of games, there is usually a specific type that leaps to mind, and this may cause us to either grin or cringe. Board games, video games, role playing games, card games, get-to-know you games, sports, simulation games and the list goes on. But no matter whether they make you smile or grimace, it may be time to have a serious think about games and how they can be used in the innovation process.
Like most of us I guess, my interest in games originated in childhood where I was an enthusiastic player and inventor of many kinds of games. I was usually the one to suggest a game, invent a game or to adapt, expand or otherwise enhance a pre-existing game and it holds true to this day. So when I first heard Jane McGonigal's TED talk titled Gaming Can Make a Better World, it was like a revelation to me. 'You mean fun and productivity don't need to be mutually exclusive?' I dared to imagine a world where we knew how to harness the potential energy (aka productivity) generated through game play.
Innovation and games have a few key things in common: in a general sense they both involve solving problems and they are both heavily influenced by technology and culture. Games can also drive and even facilitate innovation. Take for example
Gamestorming: A playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers (D. Gray, S. Brown, J. Macanufo; 2010) which outlines some interesting alternatives to brainstorming. If the future involves more integrated games, we are going to need to develop our skills around design and facilitation. Perhaps we'll eventually be employing our first Chief Gaming Officer in the APS (and I'll be there with my hand up for the job!).
But I'm not alone in my quest to bring games to the mainstream. NESTA, the UK independent body responsible for innovation, has begun a Serious Games project. This project will look at the new applications for games in organisations as well as how current business and community processes may evolve to become more game-like.
So this is just the beginning. If you're interested in hearing more of my thoughts and experiences, getting updates on the above topics or adding to the discussion yourself, I'd love to get your comments below. So, until next time: get gaming!


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As Celebrity Theatre nears the 50th anniversary of its opening, Phoenix historians are recognizing it as one of the city's most significant performing-arts structures.
The Phoenix City Council voted in favor of designating the theater historic Wednesday. The building, at the southwestern corner of 32nd and Fillmore streets, is Phoenix's third-oldest entertainment venue, general manager Alycia Klein said.
Historical preservationists have increased their efforts in recent years to save the city's historical buildings.
Recognizing Celebrity Theatre is a move in the right direction, said Jennifer Boucek, director of Preserve Phoenix, a non-profit organization focused on preserving the city's historical sites.
"We have a lot of properties that are going to be coming of age in the next few years, mainly in the Midcentury Modern style, which is really Phoenix's greatest treasure," she said. "It's something we have that a lot of places around the country don't have. It makes us unique and makes us special."
The theater's eligibility for recognition is a no-brainer, Boucek said.
"It holds great significance from an architectural and structural standpoint. The design has won awards," she said. "It meets ... criteria for designation, so that makes it especially fitting to be part of our historic registry."
A property must demonstrate significance in local, regional, state or national history; architecture; archaeology; engineering; or culture to qualify for a historical designation. The property's association with a historical event or significant people is also factored into the decision, according to Phoenix.
A property must also be 50 years old or in exceptional cases, have achieved significance in the past 50 years.
Beverly Hills architect Perry Neuschatz designed the 196-foot-diameter building as a multipurpose conference center. Gary Call was the associate architect. Owners planned to use Celebrity Theatre as a concert venue during the winter.
Builder/Architect magazine in its September 1964 issue wrote, "Prestressed concrete is used throughout the auditorium, but its most unique application is in the 180-foot clear span, inverted conical roof."
The theater opened on Jan. 13, 1964, as the Phoenix Star Theatre with the musical "South Pacific." It was initially known for bringing Broadway plays to Phoenix.
Owners renamed the venue Celebrity Theatre in the 1970s to reflect its growing reputation as a concert venue. The list of entertainers who performed there includes George Carlin, Nat King Cole and Etta James.
The building underwent renovations and reopened in December 1995. Today, the 2,650-seat theater has a round stage that can turn through four revolutions.
The theater still attracts popular acts: Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Lil Wayne had a show this month.
Historical designations make implementing changes to a facility more difficult, said Michelle Dodds, Phoenix's historic-preservation officer.
If the owner wants to demolish the building, the designation prevents him or her from doing so immediately and gives the community the chance to find another buyer or alternative use for the property.
"The historic designation triggers a design review for any serious changes," Dodds said.
Business owners aren't always open to historical designation because it makes it harder to alter a building and change can sometimes be beneficial for a business, officials said. But profit alone isn't always what matters most, said Rich Hazelwood, the theater's owner.
"Being a part of history is something that money can't buy, and you cannot put a price on that level of longevity," he said.
Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix to get historic status
As Celebrity Theatre nears the 50th anniversary of its opening, Phoenix historians are recognizing it as one of the city's most significant performing-arts structures.
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Whoopi Apologizes
Well, that was quick! Here's what she said on The View this morning:
"Let me really just reiterate this for everybody: I was not condoning nor was I saying I thought Michael Vick did anything right—I did not say that I thought he was good in what he did. … I watched the show on another network that is a sports show, and what I saw made me take a minute to think about what happened with this kid, because they were talking about the culture of dogfighting, and so I thought to myself—well, if you're raised in it, that may be a reason why you're acting the way you have been acting. So I went on to pose this as a discussion, and somehow—I don't know how this happened, if you read the papers today—I'm eating dogs, I'm swinging them by their tail. … I love my animals. I have cats. I've adopted cats from various shelters, but I also believe that if there's a problem out there that we can address by checking out where it stems from, that we need to take a look at this in this high-profile area so we can mark it for the future. That was my point, and I'm very, very sorry—PETA and I are very close and we've talked about it a lot.
Thanks for clearing that up, Whoopi, and keep up the great work. Your fans appreciate it.
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she is a fool and always was. don't like her movies…don't like her…she has all the charisma of a lettuce. she should be fired before she comes out with any more brainless comments
A MISTAKE? How many times should a person get forgiven for making the same mistake in 7+ years? On purpose. Michael started dog fighting operations in his parents' garage while he was in his teens. His father begged him to stop and told him it was wrong. So much for Whoopi's Theory of Culture.
I was appalled when I read Whoopi Goldbergs comments yesterday but she has been gracious and thoughtful in her apology. I think its impossible for Ms. Goldberg to tailor an apology that will please everyone who was offended by her remarks. I was very angry that she used the Southern environment as if it were a legitimate point for Vicks unconscionable actions. In the calmer light of today I understand what she was attempting to say and I think her detachment when commenting on Vicks actions was nothing more than a person who thought she was having a discussion rather than someone who was holding Vick up for vindication because of his wonder years. She has apologized and this Southerner appreciates her timely and tactful apology. Thank you Whoopi!
Cultural thing my ass!!! Just another poor attempt to excuse that piece of shit for what he's done. Regardless of what the southern culture is when it comes to dog fighting its no secret that it is illegal. You cant excuse a felony with mere attempt to call it your "culture".
I wrote both "The View" "ABC" today regarding Whoopi's comments on Vick. Whoopi gets a slap on the wrist from PETA AND THEN downplays her comments on The View today saw the video not the show which just makes me even angrier!! Furthermore not one Entertainment Talk show commented on Whoopi's socalled "debut" today Sept 5th! Not even one! An ABC spokesperson even claimed to the NY Daily News this morning that they did not get "one single complaint." Bullsht!! Over 300 angry posts lined ABC's weblog yesterday 200 today! Talk about censorship protecting your pals in Hollyweird! No one wants to hear about Paris Hilton's drinking binges anymore let Anna Nicole rest in peace already we're sick tired of OJ's mugshot on TV. Let's see someone challenge Whoopi on why she thought it wise to start her new job defending a quack like Vick!
Yeah yeah Whoopi you sound SOOOOOO sorry. In fact you sound only concerned for the condemnation that your comments have received and the effect that those comments are having on your public image. Let's have a Real APOLOGY with some sincerity in it.
Whoopi did not condone Vick's actions at all…she simply pointed out that it was a cultural thing no matter how much you want to deny it it IS a cultural thing and that that is where the problem lies and that is where we need to attack this stuff…at the roots. We should all be happy that dog fighting is out in the open now as an abhorrent act. If nothing else comes of Vick's conviction of this horrendous crime than a huge wake up call for the concentrated cultures in the south and midwest that think dog fighting is okay than this whole mess was a productive thing. I love Whoopi and know that her comments were not "prodog fighting"… If we respond to her insightful comments in such a hasty way screaming for a pound of flesh at our supporters…soon we will have no supporters for animal rights at all and become the crazed radical lunatics that many people believe PETA to be Penn and Teller anyone?. We need to rise above this angry vile lynchlike behavior…if we behave like the vengeful mob in the Frankenstein tale than we are not at all behaving in the "kind compassionate and crueltyfree" way that we claim to espouse. We need to be compassionate and understanding and thoughtful and forgiving…only through this behavior will we show what PETA is really all about. Let's show some maturity and be kind to all animals…including humans. Let's think before we scream eh?
I will never watch The View again. I cannot believe the comments Whoopi made….it probably doesn't matter to her whether we watch her TV show or movies again but I'm just telling you she is so 'OVER" as far as we're concerned. She makes me absolutely sick.
I also think she owes an apology to the South. We are one of the few groups left it is still PC to show bigotry against. I have lived in the Carolinas my entire life and have never been aware of anyone I know participating in dog fighting. The people I know who have dogs love them and consider them a part of the family. I am sick of ignorant people from other parts of the country perpetuating these ridiculous stereotypes.
Yes I think Laura Daltry is right. You know I hear that child prostitution is "cultural" in many places. And illegal drug use. And gang violence. And female genocide. And genital mutilation. And theft. And murder. And any kind of corruption. Hell any kind of crime can be deemed "cultural". So yeah let's just turn a blind eye to everything that's criminal or I mean anything deemed "cultural" by the likes of Whoopi G. Where will that get us? Anarchy. Shame on her and her lame lame apology. Such ignorance.
I sent ABC News a suggestion that they have Whoopi cool hip Whoopi host an hourlong "NEWS REPORT" on why it was and is great for Southern White Supremacists to lynch and torture black people and bomb black churches and kill black children because it's their "culture." She said it for one cynical reason a clear message to all the racist bitter black people that she's right with them on the side of every black no matter how heinous their acts. Don't be fooled her statement was for black "street cred" nothing else. Her "apology" is total b.s. exfan of Whoopi.
First of all It is really sad that you people have wasted time on this issue. Michael Vick made a mistake…now how many of you all have made a mistake and has NEVER been caught? I am sure most of you PETA supporters and PETA itself have done wrong. You guys are judging other people but should cast the stone on yourself. I am not in support of hurting animals and I do think that people should be more considerate but to disband judge use racial slurs and degrading people is not the way to do it. In the south and anywhere else they are killing animals by dog fighting evreyday. You all just found peace in getting a celeb. There are a lot of underground operations that you do not know about. I suggest you get your funds together rent a truck and go scouting. If you think that you can end this because of one person you all are sadly mistaken. What about deers rabbits squirrels chickens ducks horses pigs…are you all activist for them? Do you find it easy in your heart to know that they are slawdered too? Humm you are probably thinking that it is ok cause its a source of food. But you are wrong they are God's creatures too. Get a grip people…you are being judge too.
I adore Whoopie. I'm really glad she explained her comments. Please don't crucify her for her thoughts at least she is keeping the subject very much in the face of the American public where it needs to be!
I wrote to the view stating the exact same thing as Peter did. Imus lost his job for bad taste comments about black women. I wonder if that team was white and he called them blonde bimbos would any action have been taken.
Dear PETA Whoopi's comments are too little and too late. She was just using this topic to promote herself on the view to get very much exposure. She knew what she was doing and she DID NOT apologize for what she really said "that dogfighting is a part of southern culture" and therefore it should be excused. I would demand much more from a star of her calibre. I will never watch "the View" again until she is no longer a part of it.
well then i was never a fan anyway so that clears up my prob IM GOIN VEGAN AND I DONT APRECIATE THAT!!!!!
I never took Whoopi's comments as an indication that she was defending Vick's actions. I took it as an analysis of part of what would encourage Vick to engage in this illegal activity. I think this one was blown out of proportion a little. I also think Michelle Cho president of PETA need not combat Whoopi about stereotyping when she does the same thing with her comment "…and what unites them is lawlessness and callousness not whether they eat grits or Belgian waffles for breakfast." It's alright to point out culturally how a breakfast meal may vary from region to region but not ok to point out more controversial incidents that actually do in some measures draw from the cultural influence where they occur? If Whoopi has reword part of her statements so does Ms. Cho!
apology not accepted keep your big mouth closed next time
JayThank you for standing up for Whoopi and shame on all of you who actually believed she was defending Michael Vick. Let's recognize there is a problem with dog fighting and fix it. I am sure there was no implied insult to people who live in the south but rather to imply we should be aware of some cultural practices that should be corrected reguardless of the geographical location.
Thanks for the clarification Whoopi. I got her point when I first heard the comment on the View. I think people are losing the real battle for change by becoming too opinionated and judgmental. She stated a cold fact a truth. Someone has to say it and everyone else has to listen that is the responsibility. You have one mouth and two ears so maybe you should listen twice as much as you speak.
Whoopi's the one who defended buying her mom an ermine coat she eats meat wears leather breeds miniature horses defends her right to exploit animals in socalled women's magazines. What's up with "Peta and I talk.." ?? I'd like to hear from folks at my beloved PETA that this is true. Or was Whoopi just using PETA's name rep.??
Ms. Cho should have as much respect for the rights of free speech as she does for animale rights. It was good of Whoopie to make an explanation since none should have been required. She gave an observation …. and since when does she not have the right to do so?
I was shocked by what Whoopi GOldberg said in defending Michael Vicks actions. I don't care where you were raised you know that it is not appropriate to fight and torture animals. Dog fighting is barbaric! She is disgusting!
Whoopie needs to be responsible for what she says. I'm sorry but I don't give a damn whether this guy Michael Vick had an upbringing where he was exposed to dog fighting or notNO ONE SHOULD EVER ABUSE ANIMALS! NO MATTER WHAT! Her statement to me makes it sound like Whoopie is making excuses for him or trying to bring about some public sympathy. No Way! Here was an extremely gifted and wealthy guy who is obviously scum and should be made an example out of.
In response to a post by Jay at 210 PM Sept. 5 2007. Right off the bat you must be an animal abuser or dogfighter with these awful and stupid comments! Believe me MANY people are trying to get animal abuse cruelty and especially dogfighting stopped! This is our main goal. These are the most beloved animals and will give it's owner nothing but total unconditional love! I agree with ONE thing you said though and that is we should go after Cockfighting too! Correct we do! All fighting and all abuse and cruelty to animals is what it's all about! Let me educate you … Dogfighting IS A FELONY! Got that? So it IS a big deal and I will keep sending money to the funds for rewards for people to keep turning these jerks in who dogfight! Let me educate you again … I was born and lived all my life in the North! I now live in the South! Dogfighting is out of hand everywhere! This is NOT just in the South you jerk! And Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to dogfighting which is the Felony! Gambling is in there of course as he bought all the property dogs paid for the purses etc… with his NFL money! So you are right it's both of those and much much more. Please read the 19 page and see what else he did unlawfully! He is a low life scum! He is very lucky he had high priced lawyers to keep from going to prison for 5 years or maybe even 20 years under the RICO charges he could have been charged with. Therefore Whoopi needed to have not even made that comment and once she saw it was not good … then she made her apology! It's not up to you to stick up for her! She can handle it herself. And did so! No one especially on TV should say to commit a FELONY is OK … as it is NOT! More and more are going to be going down on this charge too as they won't have all the money Vick did. Plus don't forget Vick has to turn some people in under his plea agreement! And one MORE thing I need to educate you about is HUNTING which is totally LEGAL with a hunting license! That is the BIG difference you are too stupid to think about. They regulate that there are huge fines punishment and a lifetime ban on hunting if you don't follow ALL the rules. I have never known one person who legally went hunting to not bring it home immediately to have it processed and they eat it andor donate it to shelters where people are hungry! BIG difference! This is not just a "blood sport" to watch poor innocent dogs HAVE to tear each other apart for hours on end! That is a sickening gruesome fact! One legal shot from a gun while during the ONE week of deer hunting or whatever season and animal … is not illegal and this is the HUGE difference. I hope you may have learned a little from what I have attempted to sink into your pea brain! DOGFIGHTING is a FELONY and IS ILLEGAL! Period! Once you learn the facts then maybe make a more intellectual comment. You showed how ignorant you are and that you condone abusive behavior against animals and are racial against Southerners! you need to grow up as Michael said he needs to do! Ha! Right he is 26 years old and is STILL immature? Not for all the years from 2001 to 2007 in which he got busted. He knew exactly what he was hiding and lying about he is just sick to want to watch that as he surely didn't need the money. I hope he never plays football again and that our VA. judge will charge him on more State charges too! And maybe you should visit all sites including http://www.PETA.com http://www.hsus.org. and the http://www.aspca.org and see how hard we all fight and write to try to get backing from our legislators to try to make more humane changes in the law for the good of ALL animals besides sending money to fight this also. You sure are not educated in anyway to have made these stupid WRONG comments.
First off I want to say that Michelle Cho PETA is full of themselves. They constantly grandstand on this issue. Hum I just saw where theyre cracking down on dog fighting but no PETA supporters. See this is a bunch of bullshit. Thats right I said it. Someone needs to address this. You only jumped on the bandwagon because he was young black rich famous and stupid. Stupid thinking he had friends till the chips were down then he truely saw who his friends were. I knew your "clan" was full of bullshit when you marched in front of the Falcons training camp after he was told not to join the team. Again grandstanding. No one threatened you with a law suit but when a black prominent person speaks up you throw a law suit at them… hum more grandstanding. Yes im also throwing the race card in there too because its true. America is scared to admit this is racial profiling. Yes we dont condone the treatment of the animals the sport of dog fighting but you had bigger fish to fry. I hope he does NO TIME and tells you to kiss his black ass!!!!!!!!!! This situation did not warrant the major publicity it received but to bring prominent black folk down for a killing of a dog. He never killed a person wasnt caught drunk driving and crashed his vehicle yet those "white" celebrities are glamorized have cameras on them as they exit jail yet a young black man kills dogs and will do 18 months in jail yet you pounce on him and anybody who stands up for him. Well pounce on me. Im standing up for him in the fact that his skin is the same color as mine and is being treated unfairly throughout America where other so called prominent black a Americans are scared to say what they truly feel. Well im a very poor black American so not worried about Mr Cho suing me. For what even? Because im expressing my views. Tough titty. Yes im very upset at this organization Micheal Cho. If you didnt only stop here I could live wthis but there arent anymore "pep rallies" to get these crazy people on TV. You need to fair about what youre doing. Yes what he did was wrong. Dog fighting should be abolished. I dont condone the act of killing dogs because theyre not the top dog so to speak but my beef is wthe organization marching when its not necessary at the Training camp suing Whoopi Goldberg to to get this meaningless organization intentioned. Ms Goldberg is an American who was born here as were her ancestors. We can voice our opinion but Mr Cho is trying to take that away and im speaking up and out. Hell I never heard of your organization until Micheal Vick make a stupid mistake. Seems like you owe him. Now youre in the spot lite. Sit down Cho this is America. No one condones his actions and its repeated over and over but his story didnt need as much attention as it got. Whatever happened to the referee who was caught cheating on games….seems like it went under the radar. You should have marched there since you like grandstanding. Lp…….
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Whoopi you're right you were not saying that what M Vick did was right but you were implying "he must not have known it was wrong because of his cultural Southern upbringing!" Vick is not even from the "deep South for starters!" You go on in your apology to say "I watched the show … that is a sports show….what I saw made me take a minute to think about what happened with this kid …the culture of dogfighting and so I thought to myselfwell if you're raised in it that may be a reason why you're acting the way you have been acting." You took a minute? "One minute" to comment on a very prickly issue that has raked the nerves of a civilzed pet loving nation? Only one minute? Then you say you "went on to pose this as a discussion and somehowI don't know how this happened." Are you serious Whoopi? Think before you speak and next time take more than a minute!
Whoopi you are a menace. Saying this is a problem in the south really? I've lived in the south for over 50 years and no one I have ever known has ever mentioned this cruel act or condones it. Let's talk about your beloved big northern cities guess what they are not above reproach either. I used to love you now I ignore you and the show.
I heard Whoopie Goldberg's statement pertaining to the Michael Vick accusation and ultimate guilty plea for dogfighting among other things. In no way did I find her comments to be in defense of Vick she was merely pointing out that many situations have root problems as opposed to what we see on the surface.Because she wasn't screaming for a pound of flesh from Vick dosen't mean she condones his actions.Besides anyone who can gain any amount of pleasure from this cruel and heartless act albeitfor entertainment financial gain or for sport must have some deep seeded problems in there hearts and minds.Just in the public eye Whoopie does alot for human and animal kind alike and there's no telling what she does privately. So don't be so quick to Judge because that makes you no better than the ones you so hastily condem.
Its not enough. She is only apologizing now because things started to get hot!! You can not take back the things you say on TV. Think before you speak. Yes I WAS a fan to. Now however…
I heard Whoopie Goldberg's statement pertaining to the Michael Vick accusation and ultimate guilty plea for dogfighting among other things. In no way did I find her comments to in defense of Vick she was merely pointing out that many situations have root problems as opposed to what we see on the surface.Because she wasn't screaming for a pound of flesh from Vick dosen't mean she condones his actions.Besides anyone who can gain any amount of pleasure albeit entertainment financial gain or for sport must have some deep seeded problems in there heart and mind.Just in Whoopie's public eye she does alot for human and animal kind alike and there's no telling what she does privately. So don't be so quick to Judge because that makes you no better than the ones you so hastily condem.
I am not a pet owner and I have nothing against them but I wish that we had a group like "PETA" in america that would protest the rights of unborn babies who are being killed and slaughtered like animals in the name of having an "Abortion". Some have killed not 1 or 2 but 3 or more babies all because they were ashamed or mere selfish in wanting to bring an innocent child into the world. Why not go after the doctors who are making big bucks on taking an innocent life. Any women who have killed their unborn child and is mad at Michael Vick I put you both in the same category. One has murdered anminals and One has murdered babies. So if the shoe fit wear it. Peace…..
I'm just tired of hearing everyone make excuses for Michael Vick. The NAACP will stand behind anyone that is African American regardless of what they do. It just seems like a lot of famous African Americans are standing behind him. Maybe people in the African American culture don't see anything wrong with torturing innocent dogs but most people do. So let's not put this on Southern Culture. I am Southern and I believe Hell has a special place for people who mistreat animals. If Whoopie wants to blame a culture for Michael Vick's actions maybe she should look at her own.
I agree too late Whoppi. You should have stated how wrong dog fighting is and calling it a sport is no excuse. I don't believe in killing any animal but dogs and cats are companion animals in this country and this is not accepted. I'm so tired of hearing people say "well in this country they eat dogs in this country cock fighting is acceptable in that country they eat cats". Guess what people in the USA none of this is acceptable here!!
I think this is a bunch of you know what.The only reason anything she said is such a big deal is because he is michael vick. I not saying what he did was right but at the same time you have people every year shoting and killing animails for sport but i guess thats ok cause those animals are wild.If your going to act all a wow about this problem let see how many of you will be out there on a pickett line while hunting season is goning on.
Well said sherri. She needs to apologize to the south too. If I were from there I'd be seriously insulted. I still think it's good that she apologized though.
I think everyone in America appreciates this apology. Thank you PETA for everything you do!
It's all well and good that she straighted out the fact that she is not defending Michael Vick but I think she needs to apologize to the people she actually insulted.
I think this is really ashame!!!! Whoopi has given one of the most politically correct responses to this Mike Vick situation I have ever heard And PETA Prez sends her a rebuttal? Why doesnt any one go after cock fighting in PR like Whoopi said? Or people eating cats and dogs in china like Whoopi said? Honestly? Why would you attack a persons opinion when she gave such pure fact!!! Working people in the south don't appreciate that? Who cares!!! Its a fact that dog fighting is all over and especially in the south!!!! Comics even made jokes about people making animals fight in the past even before Mike Vick. Mike Epps just did it about a year ago on his stand up special on HBO!!! This is pure crap and it's so sad how we have be come such a sensitive country now you can't even state your opinion with out issuing an apology!!! That sucks!!! PETA also needs to realize that the gov't isn't going after Vick because of the dogs and dog fighting is not just illegal for the sake of the animals but for the pure fact of gambling!!! Thats it!!!! You guys really need to leave Whoppi alone for this one. And what about hunting animal for sportgame? Killing an innocent animal just for fun? Why isn't the media attacking that?
Whoopi needs to think before she opens her mouth. Evil is evil regardless of where you're from. Stop looking for excuses for what Michael Vick did! It's revolting.
And she gets off the hook that easily. Why because she is black and they are hands off even when they are wrong? She should get the IMUS treatment! Anything less is racial prejudice!
I am glad that Whoopi apologized however it is difficult to believe that she did not think through her comments before the show.
Well I'm sorry but nowhere in this apology do I see any mention of the derogatory statement about the south and southerners and our culture.
Thank You Whoopi! and thank you for caring and clearing it up I just wish that more celebs could get involved in trying to educate our society about things like dog fighting that NO child should witness.
whoopi i still love you and your photography still stands in my library! i knew that you didn't mean it like that!!!
I agree with Whoopi. We should address it from the roots get to the source of the problem and educate these kids that grow up in that environment where they think these types of things are normal and are ok. Once they are accustomed to that way of life it's hardier to change thier viewpoints. Michael Vick is only sorry that he got caught he's not sorry for what he did!!
Too late Whoopi. You have lost a great fan. Judith
she said nothing to the millions of people in the South that she insulted yesterday in her comments. actually i think her comments were on the lame side.


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Daniel Ahrens, a senior-to-be at Los Alamos High School, is participating in New Mexico's Boy State this week.
Boys State, an American Legion program, teaches high school students about civics by allowing the students to form city and state governments in the course of a week.
Ahrens was elected to the city council among his peers and hopes to be elected governor by the end of the week.
After he graduates from Los Alamos High School next year, Ahrens wants to study physics, environmental science and public policy so that he can work towards making the United States energy independent.
New Mexico Boys State participant Daniel Ahrens of Los Alamos writes an outline for his election speech for Boys State elections at Eastern New Mexico University's Campus Union Building. The program teaches high school students about government through mock elections.
What kind of energy are you hopeful about for the future?
I think the best one right now is natural gas because we have a lot of natural reserves of natural gas. And I think that in the future and more of the long-term situation … natural gas is going to get us going for the next 100, 150 years or so. But I think that after that, we're going to have to look at other technologies like nuclear and that sort of thing.
What are some of the misconceptions about nuclear energy?
I think that the main one is that we hear a lot about these huge meltdowns but we don't hear about how efficient nuclear energy is for the amount you're putting into it. When we hear about the Fukushima Daiichi plant (a nuclear plant in Japan that had a disaster in 2011), like oh my goodness, nuclear meltdown that's going to destroy the world but one of the major problems with that, in my opinion, we face coal plant explosions and all of that. We often confuse it with its weaponized state and I think that because you can get so much energy out of a small fuel rod and because there's so much energy coming out and you're not polluting the air, I think that people fail to realize the environmental benefits of having nuclear power.
How did you get interested in energy?
I work on a trail crew in the summer so I do a lot of ecology work in northern New Mexico. I got to learn a lot about water basins and the resources that affect agriculture in the region. I think that I've had repeated exposure to both the ecology aspect and the energy aspect through the national laboratory and having nuclear engineers sitting across from you at Starbucks and you can just ask a question. That has really helped me understand these issues.
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What have you learned from Boys State thus far?
In terms of elections, it's really important to get your name out there because a lot of people just sort of don't recognize names when they're filling out the ballot so the first thing you need to do is talk to people to get a name to the face but also to make sure you take positions that matter to people. Don't just have ambiguous positions but have strong opinions about stuff and have clear policy. Explain it to people, but don't overcomplicate things.


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Washington described it as "experiencing another blessing" that lead to her decision to take the position and this year on February 13 she said she was welcomed by the CBCF board, 31 staff members and nine interns with "a bouquet of flowers, a beautiful card and they're commitment of support."
On September 18 -21, Washington will not be a guest of the 43rd Annual CBCF Legislative Weekend. She won't be there handing over the big check to the CBCF representatives. Instead, she will be the host, doing her best to make sure that the nearly 10,000 attendees of the more than 40 town halls, workshops, luncheons, breakfasts and, of course, parties, have as meaningful experience this year, as they have in the past 42. She will be the one hoping the commitment she made while in corporate America will be replicated by those who are in those positions today and that donations will continue to flow to support the programs of the CBCF.
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"This has been a watershed year," Washington said. "Significant events including the Supreme Court decision on voting rights and the Trayvon Martin decision, along with the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington remind us that we have a lot to be proud of, but it is also a huge realization that our work is not done."
It is no surprise that Washington suggests that a highlight of this year's CBCF Annual Legislative Weekend will be the Enterprise Pavilion. "There have always been large corporations present who've supported our annual job fair, but this year we will include a small business component that will focus on best practices and procurement. We don't want to just focus on having jobs, but creating jobs with small businesses, as well," Washington said. Over 200 exhibitors are expected.
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Gremlins? Leprechauns? Us?
The last piece of the pie, left out when the family went to bed, and gone at daybreak?
A key that worked before but cannot be depended on to open a cabinet door again?
A window that blew open just as the rain came and left the table wet?
A runaway roll of toilet paper?
Which are real?
My parents called any such mysterious anomaly the work of a "gremlin."
In retrospect, I don't remember any special rationale for gremlins except, perhaps, to find a source of mischief to clear one's childhood reputation as a mischief-maker.
I tend to think this was a WWII-era tag for some wise guy who kept things stirred up a little bit, and popularized by troops who returned from foreign deployment with lots of new and irreverent behavior. I seem to imagine them as very small or even invisible, with big ears and a certain malevolence.
And they may be related to Kilroy or Leprechauns. You know Kilroy, who was always here, wherever "here" might be. Leprechauns were the Irish cousins of gremlins, any there are many more little-people pests peculiar to ethnic folklore. {Why do Leprechauns usually rate capitals, but gremlins get lower case?)
With the world of the Internet sitting here at arm's reach, I expected to come across more stores of gremlins than I could possibly use, but to my surprise only Wikipedia ventures to identify gremlins. There are pages and pages of references to The Gremlins, a movie and its sequel described as "horror-comedy," about 1943.
Wikipedia says a gremlin is "an imaginary creature commonly depicted as mischievous and mechanically oriented, with a specific interest in aircraft." The term was traced to a printed quotation in an aeronautic magazine in 1929, but became widely used among Royal Air Force fliers stationed in Malta, the Middle East, and India.
They appeared to be equal opportunity tricksters when a careful examination of the phenomena determined that the Germans likewise reported the mischief-makers to be gremlins too. Their allegiance seems to be self-interest driven, not nationalism.
There's plenty more at the Wikipedia website, but I really meant to solve my little list of questions at the top of this column and got carried away with research.
I discovered about 10 feet of toilet paper stretched from the toilet into the center of the bathroom floor, unwrinkled, untwisted, dry, looking like it belonged there. I checked with Dave and neither of us could account for the paper ribbon on the floor, but obviously it had caught on a shoe or slipper and torn at the perforation.
You know those home video clips and comedy cameos, in which an adorable pup or a toddler gets hold of the T-paper and runs with it until it gives out? They are so cute that it's easy to laugh and scold them gently, but T-paper, like most household staples, is more expensive by the week, and pretty soon the trick loses its amusement. Oh, of course we rolled these errant ribbons up again to use them, but got no help from the perps that did this dastardly deed.
Later in the day, I found myself on the couch getting 40 winks to relieve the drowsiness caused by some minuscule bit of housework. Dave came in from the garage, made a pit stop, and lay down on the loveseat. Sunlight moving across my face woke me up and was so bright I squinted my eyes shut until I was good and ready to get up. I got a micro blast of golden light across the room. Thinking I was about to miss something, I forced my baby blues to look at what appeared to be a dazzling mystic river hovering in the air before me.
I rubbed my eyes, then opened them in spite of the sun full on my face. The flying "river" was a strip of T-paper that ran from the bathroom, around the bed, through the double doors, and through the great room, nearly to the kitchen – smooth and airy, bouncing gently in the breeze of the ceiling fan.
Three times in 24 hours something (?) — someone? — yanked a roll of paper halfway through this house. Lacking witnesses, pups, or toddlers, do we question a manifestation of the twisted humor of gremlins? Leprechauns? Kilroy?
That's a lot more amusing than T-paper caught in the elastic band of someone's pajama bottoms. But why now and never before? We've lived in this house almost 30 years, with no major changes that might confuse an elf. Why now?
Has the date of this writing – March 17, St. Patrick's Day – anything to do with it?
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Michigan's global exports have ranked the state in the top 10 nationwide, and local businesses are discovering strong sales opportunities around the world.
"World Trade Week West Michigan Business Conference 2013 — Managing Your Global Risk" will be held May 8 at Grand Valley State, in partnership with international business leaders supporting the West Michigan community. The conference features experts who will talk about strategies, opportunities and resources available to help businesses increase international sales.
Keynote speaker Todd Wandtke, vice president of central region marketing for UPS, will talk about "Supply Chain Management: Benefits of Going Global," from 11:40 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Wandtke has been with UPS for more than 18 years and oversees growth and marketing strategies across six districts and 17 states.
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