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NBA 2K12: General Discussion
NBA 2K12 is coming....
I really hope they added some more moves, and take out the sloppy cross-overs.. they said they took out the street type crossovers because it was unrealistic.. but all they did was made it more sloppy.
But anyways, discuss.
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2k11 is a fun game but there was so much wrong with it.
For 2k12 I hope they fix:
1. Morphing/Ball Tangibility - I get so sick of playing great defense and the cpu just shooting or passing the ball through my players and scoring or drawing a foul. I know it can't be completely eliminated, but the ball should at least be tangible 99% of the time. I can't count how many times even in My Player where I've played great defense on a guy, he shoots the ball through my hand, makes a shot and I get can "Allow Man To Score". it's so frustrating.
Translation Of Difficulty
2k still hasn't learned how to correctly translate difficulty. They feel they have to cheat you to challenge you.
2a. - The My Player AI is TERRIBLE. You have to be a one man army for your team to win. I play SG for the Bulls. I shouldn't have to average 30/8/8+ playing with Rose, Deng, Boozer and Noah. Rose can't score to save his life and he never makes open 3's although he loves to shoot them. Deng chucks as soon as he gets the ball. He will not pass the ball no matter the situation. If there are 2 people on him he will still shoot it. Boozer and Noah are the only reliable teammates, Noah more so than Boozer. They run the same plays over and over for Deng or Boozer, even if they don't work. Rose never gets plays called for himself. And despite me being Top 5 in the NBA in scoring, leading the team in scoring and shooting almost 60% from the field, they NEVER run plays for me. I've literally had 1 play called for me in 2 straight seasons with the Bulls. They also don't play transition defense. My teammates will never contest the cpu's shots on a fast break. They will just move out of the way. They also won't run with me on a fast break when we have numbers. They always stop at the 3 point line.
2b. - The AI in general in horrible. In Association, your players never run fast breaks. They always fade out and stop at the wings. When they do run to the basket, they fade all the way out first so that when they do get to the rim the cpu is already in position to defend them. They are also oblivious on defense in transition. I had a situation where the other team was trying to run a fast break, but we were back in time. Nicolas Batum (who's a good defender) was in position to stop Kevin Martin from getting to the basket. But instead, Batum decides to run back towards the offense to give Kevin Martin a clear lane to the basket. Martin gets the pass, and he scores.
I could mention a lot of other things but I'll step off of my soap box for now
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Yeah I think they are trying to milk this whole "legend" thing. I felt they tried to do that to an extent with 2k11, just trying to sell the game because Jordan was in it. Personally, I don't give a f*ck if legends are in the game or not. Jordan Challenges, MJ: Become A Legend. I don't care about any of that. I just want good presentation (which we always get with 2k) but more importantly, good gameplay.
2k11 is much better than 2k10, but there are still LOTS of problems that go unaddressed each year. The online is still horrible, the translation of difficulty is still bad, there is still ball morphing, and other glitches in the game. I wish they would really fix some of these issues.
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nice! new legends joining jordan/mj/bird. cant wait to sky hook dat shiet up
but i really wanna hear about improved gameplay, ai, new association improvements, and how about a my player revamp
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I wish i wasnt such a dumbass to ruin my games.I scrathed the shit out of 2k10 and couldnt play it.I dropped my 360 and it wont play certain games like 2k11:facepalm
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Just saw this:
they better have Hakeem as 1 of the 15...if they dont then I'll be speechless.
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Agree with everything above, MyPlayer has potential to be fun as hell but it's honestly a joke. It was fun before the patch where they forced you to run plays, even though it was pretty unrealistic but the patch seriously just ruined it. It just pisses me off how your team always runs the same play even when it results in a horrible shot. I think 2K12 should have a combination of both plays and freelance offense, but make the plays more varied and just fix the damn AI because it is horrible.
Here's some of my opinions:
1. Rebounding. I don't know if it's just me because I've never heard anyone complain about it, but does anyone get annoyed by the rebounding in this game? What I mean is sometimes I'll have my player in perfect position to rebound and press the rebound button, and the dumbass players jump with their hands up and barely miss grabbing the ball because they don't move their arms so I honestly think 2k12 needs dynamic elbows or shoulders so players can actually move their arms to grab rebounds :roll:
2. Passing. I liked how they made passing more difficult this year, but some of it is just honestly BS how the defenders just stick their arms out when they're not even looking at the ball. Passing should be more difficult, but make it reasonable at least. They should also add passing control, because a lot of this BS might have not happened if i could choose to throw a lob pass or bounce pass.
3. From my understanding, holding L1 is supposed to start a pick and roll. I get a good screen a lot of the time, but the screener never rolls which makes it pointless.
There's tons of other crap I can't think of at the moment that have made me want to throw 2K11 out of the window. I've pretty much purchased NBA2K every year it's come out on release day, but I'm either skipping 2K12 or waiting a long ass time to see what they messed up before I get it. Maybe Elite will put out a good product, my trust in 2K has diminished after the past couple years.
I used to care about fancy presentation but I honestly don't give a shit anymore about it. Either 2K12 has realistic and fair gameplay, or no 2k12 for me.
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Also, I respect that you personally don't care if legends are in the game. However, there are a lot of folks who do. I do not find the addition of classic teams to be something that can be milked. Rather, I feel they are completely legitimate additions that all sports games should include. 2K11's classic teams may have honestly doubled the game's replay value for me. I love the current NBA, but man, it's a totally awesome experience to use teams like the '96 Sonics and '90 Pistons. And the Jordan Challenge itself was one of the best video game experiences I've had.
So it is my feeling that classic teams and their challenges are not gimmicky, but instead help turn an awesome NBA game into a potentially legendary one. I don't think such a feature is simply a way to draw in consumers. Instead, I think it's a necessary and satisfying progression in basketball video gaming. As people have said, gameplay people work on gameplay all year. They don't have a lot to do with these legendary additions.
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I agree with all of this. The rebounding is a joke. I have both Marc Gasol and Paul Millsap on my team and I'm lucky if they get at least 4 rebounds each. I hate when I have control of Gasol and I will jump for a rebound, but because he doesn't jump for the ball and just jumps straight up, the ball bounces off of his chest and the other team gets the ball back. We rarely even get more than 35 rebounds in a game, despite me playing a slow, halfcourt offense and holding the other team to a horrible shooting percentage. I played a game where the other team had more offensive rebounds than we did total rebounds. :facepalm I know some of that is 2K trying to challenge me but it gets annoying.
The passing is bad at times too. Have you ever noticed how the CPU can always seem to execute a perfect bounce pass or whatever pass is necessary for the situation? Like on a fast break they will deliver a perfect bounce pass but we will have to do a chest pass. I wish we could have some sort of user controlled passing. I get tired of trying to pass the ball into the post, then having the guy who is guarding the ball have enough time to back all the way up and tip the pass because the ball acted like it had a parachute on it and traveled in slow motion. We should have it like it is in Madden where if you hold the pass button you do a bullet pass and if you tap the button you do a lob pass.
And as far as pick and rolls, a lot of times it is bad. The screener won't roll to the basket even when there is a clear lane for him to drive. This makes me angry with guys like Amar'e who thrive off of high pick and rolls to dive to the basket. It's really tough in My Player because you can't control what the CPU does.
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Am I the only one who doesn't struggle with rebounds? I'd have thought they were almost too easy.
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It's weird...a lot of the times I'll tell my man to jump for a defensive board and he jumps with his arms facing straight upwards, only to have the ball be falling slightly in front of him but he won't move his arms to grab the ball. This usually results in an offensive board for the other team + a putback :facepalm
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Well in my Bulls association the rebounds are way off. But in my Knicks association Amar'e is grabbing 9+ boards a game and Melo is getting at least 7 :oldlol:
It's weird. I use the same slider sets for both associations but I get different results
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Amar'e averages 8 and Melo averages 7 in real life.
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No I mean it's weird that they get the right amount of boards but in my other association Gasol and Millsap struggle to get even 5 boards
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I'm not very keen on it I'm afraid. I find it a bit of a mouthful when I say it out loud, and it reminds me too much of the Redwall books (the hares in the series would shout Eulalia! whenever they charged into battle).
Not that the Redwall connotation is necessarily a bad thing. It probably influenced one of my favourite names (Martin).
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Double-threat Devin Logan may have wanted to be an alpine racer, but thanks to her brother—and thankfully for the world of freeskiing—the 2014 Olympic slopestyle silver medalist chose the freeskiing track. (Getty Images/Cameron Spencer)
Maggie Voisin kicked off the season with a second-place finish at the Winter Dew Tour on Saturday in Breckenridge.
The U.S. scored three podium finishes at the final FIS World Cup halfpipe event of the season in Tignes, France.
It was a night to go down in ski history as the world's best freeskiers threw down on a 140-foot-tall scaffolding jump at the Polartec Big Air at Fenway on Friday night.
The U.S. Grand Prix presents the Polartec Big Air at Boston's Fenway Park Thursday and Friday.
Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, MT), in her first competition in more than a year, finished just off the podium in fourth in the X Games slopestyle Friday.
Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) skied her way to a second-place finish at the first stop of the 2016 U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on Friday.
Eight U.S. athletes qualified for Friday's halfpipe finals at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain.
U.S. Freeskiing member Annalisa Drew led the field in superpipe qualifying at Dew Tour Breckenridge.
Olympic Champions Wise, Bowman and Christensen lead 39 athletes named to 2016 U.S. Freeskiing Team
Summit Daily News sat down with Logan to ask her nine questions about her history, her take on the next Olympics, what Sochi did for her career, women's freeskiing and more.
Five Americans made the cut in the Winter Games NZ slopestyle—Devin Logan (West Dover, VT), Keri Herman (Breckenridge, CO), Noah Wallace (Spokane, WA), Joss Christensen (Park City, UT) and Bobby Brown (Breckenridge, CO).
Devin Logan soared to a win in the opening FIS World Cup halfpipe of the season in Cardrona.
Four Americans qualified for the halfpipe finals. Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) took first, as the only American woman to qualify. Among the men, Lyman Currier (Boulder, CO), Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, CO) and Broby Leeds (Vail, CO) qualified.
Led by Hope Sports and More Than Sports, U.S. Freeskiing and U.S. Snowboarding had a three-day adventure in Tijuana. Together, the 19 athletes built a house for a needy family, converting them from competitors to teammates.
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Devin Logan, or "D-Lo" as her friends call her, is an all-around talented freeskier that has competitive achievements in halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. The proof is in her resume--an Olympic slopestyle silver medal, five overall AFP titles (including 2016), an X Games silver medal and multiple Dew Tour, World Cup and Grand Prix podiums.
Logan's careeer kicked off in 2010 when she hit the podium in both slopestyle and halfpipe at the FIS Junior World Champioinships and the Aspen/Snowmass Open. In 2011, Logan made her X Games debut in both halfpipe and slopestyle and then went on to earn her first U.S. halfpipe skiing title and the overall AFP crown to cap her rookie season. She fully burst onto the scene in 2012 with 12 podiums, her first X Games medal and her second AFP Overall Championship title.
After winning the season-opening New Zealand World Cup halfpipe in August 2012, Logan suffered a blown knee, which forced her to the sidelines for almost a year. Committed to rehab and her college education, she stayed busy. That included becoming an AFP and FIS certified judge, and judging some events while injured to have a better understanding of her sport. That commitment and sport knowledge paid off just in time for her to hop back on the 2013-2014 competition circuit and qualify for a spot on the inaugural U.S. Olympic Slopestyle Team. In Sochi, Devin threw one of the best runs of her life to take home the silver medal and make freeskiing history.
Logan had a successful 2015 season highlighted by two Grand Prix podiums and a win in halfpipe at the Canadian Open Championship. The 2016 season started right with a win at the New Zealand Winter Games, but then hit a rough spot when she dislocated her shoulder at the Dew Tour in early December. She was back on point by January, however, when she scored second place in halfpipe at the Mammoth stop of the U.S. Grand Prix.
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With Warner Bros Games Montréal handling development, many fans were worried that Arkham Origins wouldn't (couldn't?) live up to its Rocksteady-produced predecessors. As is often the case with console-oriented releases, PC gamers were burdened with the extra concern of whether to expect a quality port. Although Origins has received its share of criticism, it doesn't seem to be an outright disappointment with respectable scores on most review aggregators, including our own (Batman: Arkham Origins 74 ). Additionally, it seems the PC version has received some special attention in the graphics department.
Despite being built with Epic's aging Unreal Engine 3, the developer used a heavily modified version of the software. Granted, we've heard that countless times from other studios at this point, but the tweaks do seem pretty substantial in this case, especially considering all of the game's DirectX 11 and PhysX effects.


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London's Jewish Museum to Host Amy Winehouse Exhibit
Camden Town honors the singer's 30th birthday.
Amy Winehouse would be 30 this year, and London's gift to the oft-nostalgized pop star is an exhibit at the city's Jewish Museum. Called "Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait," the exhibit portrays the Winehouses as a typical modern Jewish North London family. And unlike some previous Winehouse tributes, the family has been totally involved in its creation. "Amy was someone who was incredibly proud of her Jewish-London roots," her brother Alex, the co-curator of the exhibit, told Vogue U.K. "Whereas other families would go to the seaside on a sunny day, we'd always go down to the East End."
On display will be Winehouse's personal effects and looks from her iconic wardrobe. Her likeness has been shown in a handful of museum shows (the most famous is a statue titled Excess, by Guy Portelli), but this will be the first exhibit dedicated totally the singer's personal life and style.
"Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait" runs July 3–Sept. 15 at the Jewish Museum in Camden, London.


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In film after film, as far back as The Transporter, Jason Statham has played characters out to save damsels in distress.
That's the setup in his latest, Redemption. But Statham can make even relatively routine action thrillers, such as this one, interesting.
Something happened to Joey (Statham) in Afghanistan, something glimpsed in flashbacks partly shown as drone surveillance video. The soldier deserted, went underground. And now he is homeless, a haunted vet on the mean, camera-covered streets of London, drinking to forget.
Teenager Isabel (Victoria Bewick) is his companion. Until, that is, a couple of homeless-preying hoodlums rob him and snatch her. He aims to get her back.
Sister Cristina (Agata Buzek) runs the soup kitchen where he eats on nights when he is sober. She is his comfort and his confessor. When he crashes into a posh apartment and realizes that the owner won't be back for months, she is the one he confides in.
Joe lies low and heals. He puts on the apartment owner's clothes and drives his Mercedes. He takes a job, first as a dishwasher/bouncer at a nightclub, then promoted to enforcer for the Chinese gangster (Benedict Wong) who owns the place. Sister Cristina ponders her dilemma, this damaged soul who tempts her to break her vows.
You have to make a lot of allowances for the neat little coincidences that allow Joe to (a) earn cash he can spread among the homeless, (b) track Isabel and (c) announce that he is Roman Catholic and must keep his distance but still lust after Sister Cristina.
Statham, as always, keeps things interesting. He endures his usual beatings, which we endure with him because we know that, at some point, he's going to take out the trash.


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Last night on Vanderpump Rules the battle for Stassi Schroeder's corroded heart continued. And it involved men brawling in the parking lot, thrown drinks, and lots of tears. Was I the only one laughing?
So Stassi is corralling her two best friends Kristen Doute and Katie Maloney (who finally got some airtime this week!) to go to Vegas for her 24th birthday. It's a tradition that every year on the eve of the most illustrious birthday of the year – almost more important that Baby Jesus' – Stassi begins her annual trek to the holy land. The mecca of debauchery, inappropriately abused sequins, and liquid splendor. And all hail queen Stassi of the golden hair and orange tan cause she is the chosen one. That's what she tells herself anyway. I'm still surprised she can find two people willing to vacation with her.
Apparently Stassi has A-List friends and B-List friends, all of whom are employees at Sur
per her contract with Bravo and first she invites the A-Listers so they can be sure to waste their vacation days on her and get off work. Then when she's positive the B-Listers won't be able to score time off she pity invites them and then laughs when they feel bad declining. More champagne for her!


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What does it take to get an American Express Card? Anyone know?
Which business card are you thinking of? Business income? How's your personal credit (assuming you are the PG)?
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What does it take to get an American Express Card? Anyone know?
The Charge Cards are easier... NO BK. scores 650+ are the beginning area I think but they have their own little computer system that takes your credit report and makes it their own...
You want it for business use or personal use??
I got approved for the American Express Green Card with a Experian score of 649.
If you dont mind me asking......what were your other credit score when you applied for the Amex?
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It's Liberal Tolerance Charlie Brown!
Most liberals prize tolerance, except when they have the opportunity to show some:
A church in Little Rock, Ark., canceled one performance of "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" after an atheist organization complained and said students should not be exposed to a show with Christian themes as part of a school field trip.
Happy Caldwell, pastor of Agape Church, issued a statement on the church's website on Wednesday, stating that while he believes the school was within its constitutional rights to bring students to the production, the church has nevertheless decided to cancel a Friday showing for students.
"It is not our desire to put hard working, sacrificial teachers and cast members in harm's way," wrote Caldwell. "What we want said is that we love our city, our schools, parents and families. People are at the heart of the matter to us."
He also said Principal Sandra Register of Terry Elementary School took a "courageous stand" when she decided not to cancel the trip after learning that someone had complained about it.
The controversy began when a parent became upset at the school's offer to take students to the church to watch the play, which is based on the "A Charlie Brown Christmas" cartoon and contains some Christian themes. Although the field trip was optional, the woman planned to allow her daughter to attend the production out of fear she would be singled-out by her classmates. The upset mother also contacted the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers (ASF), the organization that complained to the Little Rock School District on her behalf.
Let's see now, village atheist Mom had these options: she could have kept her daughter at home, decided that a brief exposure to a Christian message would do her daughter no harm, thought of the other kids who had the opportunity to see a play they would probably love or make a very big stink about it and ruin the day for everyone. She didn't hesitate. Bigots of course are so consumed with hate that reason, common sense and good manners always fly right out the window, and that is what atheist Mom is, although I doubt that will ever occur to her. Chalk up another victory for the forces of endarkenment.
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"…filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." Romans 1:29-32
That's the thing… somehow, conservatives seem to always take the high road & do what's best for themselves, never wanting to ruin someone else's good time. I homeschool, but I do know that if my kids were in school & they were having Let's All Celebrate the Gays or Muslims, I'd keep them home that day. I keep them home & teach them everyday becasue I don't want them exposed to any of that in the first place. I don't go around forcing everyone else to miss out on the filth they expose their children to by protesting the schools. Some people have way too much time on their hands.
Only the dead have seen the end of liberalizm.
Atheist Mom was reluctant to just quietly withdraw her daughter from the field
trip because she didn't want to draw classmate's attention to her. What does she
think those classmates feel about the girl now?
I suspect this incident has little to do with the daughter, and everything to do
with Atheist Mom's need to feel victimized and somehow morally superior.
What is the girl learning about her mother from all of this?
You aunt seen nothin yet. Wait till you see what Obama has planned for the next four years now that traitorous Americans have made him a socialist tyrant. Will there be anything left worthwhile in America?
Yes! What will be left is the "comrade pale."
Govt. Cheese, dried milk and a copy of Obumbsteads "my plan."
Pick up your pale during the first week of November 2016 at the mosque closest to you.
And you didn't think a Third Term was possible?
Amen Paul. A Nation that has kicked God out of the window and enthroned Satan and embraced everything evil is under God's Judgement. Let us remain on our knees for your beloved country and God will bring Good out of the Evil now running amok everywhere
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First of all I would like to point out that this cooling solution is very lightweight. It weighs only 180g with 166x95x38.5mm in size. They managed to make it so light due to the heatsink design using only three copper heatpipes and aluminum ribs only 0.4mm thin. Besides, Zalman VNF100 simply doesn't have a base at all:
It actually forms when you put the system together. Zalman VNF100 uses patented VFP (Variable Fin Profile) Fin Design technology. It implies that the ribs in the array are of variable height, and the manufacturer claim that it allowed increasing the heat dissipating surface area and overall cooling efficiency without increasing the cooler weight:
Zalman VNF100 is a passive cooling system, no fan is intended to go on top of the heatsink.
The base is a very finely polished pretty thin aluminum plate:
There are three grooves on the reverse side of this plate, where the three heatpipes should go. And that is about all regarding the design of the new graphics card cooler from Zalman.


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Transfers balance books – Williams
Blackburn chairman John Williams has admitted almost half of the money from this summer's transfer fees had to be used to balance the books at Ewood Park instead of being ploughed back into new players.
Friend or foe?
The problem with award-bait films is sometimes studios confuse 'sad' films with 'good' films.
Disney chief Alan Horn was booed at this weekend's D23 Expo for failing to reveal any new information about Star Wars Episode 7.
Composer John Williams has confirmed he will return to write the score for Star Wars Episode VII.
Composer John Williams has revealed he is 'happy and willing' to score Star Wars Episode 7.
Jack the Ripper's knife has apparently been found by Tony Williams, the great-great-great-great nephew of chief Ripper suspect Sir John Williams, a surgeon who served Queen Victoria and lived in London at the time of the slayings.


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"Legal 101" Training Sessions
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Topics covered at the sessions include: General Overview of Contracts, Intellectual Property, Employment, Risk Management, Ethics, Privacy Issues, and more. The first sessions are being scheduled through UK Human Resources, Office of Training and Development. To find out more, to schedule a session for your unit, or to register for a current session, please go to Legal 101 Training, or you may also contact Terri Crocker at 257-5485.


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Next week FORUM Credit Union will not only be celebrating International Credit Union Day but Indiana's fifth annual Money Smart Week as well.
Money Smart Week was designed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to help consumers learn better personal finance management.
To kickoff the celebration the Indianapolis-based credit union has designated, Monday, Oct. 18 as Free Credit Check Day, where locals can receive a free credit check and analysis. Other events planned for the week range from Savings Day where members can receive $5 when they open a Weekly 5 Club, CommonCents, Sprout, or Santa Savings account, to Kids Day where there will be candy, activities, and information on FORUM's Aware Kids and Teens accounts.


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The 2012 San Francisco Marathon is set to begin at 5:30 a.m. PDT on Sunday, July 29, and it's shaping up to be one of the best ever. Invited runners will begin the race first, followed by sub-seeds and then the rest of the field in subsequent waves.
The arduous 26.2-mile race isn't the only draw of the weekend, as there are various other attractions related to the marathon that will cause San Francisco natives and people from far and wide to flock to the City by the Bay.
With tons of action you're sure to miss some of it, but these next five slides will serve to give you a solid rundown of the most exciting events.


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1. My friend list is sometimes not displayed, it just says 'No one is in this group.'
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By Chelle Delaney: Quay County Sun
This afternoon, there will be a grand opening of Main Street. Those orange construction barrels barring traffic on Main Street will have departed. Cars and trucks will again be able to use long-blocked Main Street. You'll be able to go east and west and and north over the overpass onto state highway 104. That's the good news from Johnny Macias, project superintendent for A.S. Horner Construction Co.
"It'll be good. It should bring back business," said Tiffany Calbert, manager of Security Finance at the intersection of Main and First.
Since improvements on First Street began in April there has been no through traffic on Main Street between Second and Adams streets.
Now, "they can come east and west, but they still won't be able to go south," Macias said.
At this phase of the project, Macias said, "We're on the homestretch. It's looking really good for us. It should be completed by Nov. 22, except for the … seal coat on the asphalt. We'll have to wait until summer — for the right temperature — to do that."
The 2.8-mile project, which was estimated to cost about $12 million, will end up costing about $15 million, Macias said.
That's because of the material underneath the road, he said. "We ended up having to take out two feet more and replacing it with sand," he said, explaining that the clay that was removed would not hold up the heavy construction equipment.
Some of the work in this final phase includes paving the intersections of Main and First streets and Route 66 and First streets with concrete, he said.
"That's just due to the heavy traffic and the heavy semis that travel those intersections," Macias said.
Meanwhile, the intersection of Charles and First streets has yet to be completed, Macias said, because the telecommunications company, Qwest, has not completed work on its fiber-optic cables that travel through the intersection.
As the project winds down, that means there will be fewer jobs in Tucumcari.
For example, 75 people have been working on the project. Of those about 20 are from out of town, and the other 55 are from the Tucumcari or surrounding area, Macias said.
The weekly payroll for the workers, who have been on the job about 10 hours a day for six days a week, comes to between $48,000 and $50,000, Macias said.
And Macias said he planned to take some of the local workers with him on his next job, but it wouldn't affect the local economy.
"It should be a better deal for Tucumcari, because they'll be coming (with their paychecks) back to Tucumcari," Macias said.


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SisterMentors recently held a breakfast fundraiser, "SisterMentors Discovered: Building the Dream," to continue its mission of supporting African-American doctoral students through their dissertation defenses, as well as at-risk teen girls of color in completing college.
"Being a part of a network of doctoral candidates is extremely empowering to women. What really pushes us is seeing others graduate. Once people see progress being made, it's a huge motivator for them," said Dr. Shireen Lewis, SisterMentors founder. "By mentoring young girls, these women encourage them to reach levels they may never have considered possible."
The free session, held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Northwest, was attended by Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3), who earlier this year spearheaded a D.C. Council Recognition Resolution in support of SisterMentors.
"It is no secret that an educational achievement gap exists in this country, and [programs] like SisterMentors are essential in the fight to erase it," said Cheh."By supporting and mentoring young women as they matriculate through college and graduate school, SisterMentors is providing an invaluable service to our community, and the city is grateful to them for all of their work."
In 1997, SisterMentors was originally comprised of a group of highly motivated women of color, ethnicities and backgrounds who came together to help each other complete their dissertations and earn their doctoral degrees. In 2001, the program expanded its efforts by mentoring young girls in elementary, middle, and high school to help reduce the high drop-out rates in the Washington, D.C.area.
To learn more about SisterMentors, a project of EduSeed, a 501 Non-profit organization, and plans for their 15th anniversary celebration, visit www.sistermentors.org.


text: The likelihood that short term pain will become long term pain may depend on the wiring of your brain. Or, the wiring of your brain may depend on the extent of your chronic pain. That less-than-definitive news comes from researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, where doctors conducted regular brain scans over the course of one year on 46 subjects who had experienced a first episode of back pain that had already lasted four to 16 weeks. The Los Angeles Times reports that the researchers found that within two months of recruiting patients, discernible differences in the structure of "white matter" could distinguish subjects whose pain persisted from those whose pain was beginning to resolve. The Times reports that by the 12-month mark, the structural differences in white matter allowed researchers to distinguish — without error — subjects whose pain had disappeared from those whose pain was persistent. Compared to subjects whose pain resolved, subjects whose pain would become chronic also showed differences in the density of connections that lashed their nucleus accumbens — a central structure in the brain rewards, motivation, pleasure and reinforcement learning circuit — together with their medial prefrontal cortex, a switchboard for decision-making, emotional response and long-term memory. Wait, there's more. As time passed, the white matter and brain connections of subjects with back pain that went away looked much more like those of healthy control subjects than they did like the brains of subjects whose pain became chronic. The researchers have yet to answer the big question: did the chronic pain cause the brain structure to change or did the brain structure cause the pain to become chronic? Yes, reader, it hurts, but more research is needed.


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Dell is falling for bamboo. Having already introduced a computer with a bamboo case, today they'll begin shipping netbooks with bamboo cushioning, rather than the customary styrofoam and plastic. This is the latest detail in the computer maker's ongoing plan to green its supply chain.
As the AP points out, bamboo has become a popular choice in the green movement, used in everything from floorboars to t-shirts. That's thanks to the grass's natural properties: Not only is it incredibly strong, it grows amazingly fast—up to 24 inches a day. And that makes bamboo one of the most sustainable building materials on earth.
The bamboo comes from China's Jiangxi province (pretty far from Sichuan, where the pandas dwell, in case you're wondering). The forest itself is certififed by the Forest Stewardship Council, which monitors growing and working conditions.
The packaging itself is pulped without chemicals by Unisource Global Solutions, which has also invented a system to recapture the water used in the process. Apparently it's cheaper than regular paper pulp. This move might be slightly ahead of its time: The bamboo can't be recycled yet. However, Dell is working to certify the bamboo for recycling with corrugated cardboard, and they expect the clearance to come in the first half of 2010. Afterwards, the bamboo cushions will start making their way into more of the packaging that Dell produces.


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Healthy Weight Loss Smoothie Recipes
Smoothies are great tools for weight loss because you can pack a lot of fiber and nutrients into and easy to drink smoothie, which will fill you up and prevent cravings for unhealthy foods.
Vegetables will provide you with the most nutrients per calorie, with fruit coming in second. Other ingredients, such as nuts, fats and grains, while healthy, are high in calories and should be used sparingly.
You'll find satisfying and filling smoothies in this section, including a couple that taste like dessert. By slowly removing processed and unhealthy foods from your diet and replacing them with good for you plant foods, you'll find that over time you don't want those bad foods anymore. Once you've shed your cravings, the pounds will come off as well.
Drink the recipes in this chapter as a meal for best results. If you must have a snack alongside your smoothie, have something small like a small piece or cheese or a few nuts. Your body will eventually get used to eating this way, and you'll lose more weight than you ever thought possible!


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by Heidi Moore
Parents like to think that their children are safe from the moment they get on the school bus until the moment they get off, but how can parents be sure the people responsible of getting them to and from school are trustworthy?
The recent arrest of Fayette County bus driver Steven Malay on 3rd degree sexual assault charges has left some parents wondering how they can trust those responsible for their children when they are not around. Fayette County schools say they have an extensive hiring process for its bus drivers to ensure the right people are hired.
"We bring them in for an interview and we talk to them about their background, direction, why they want to be a bus driver then we begin the process by checking their references." Said Director of Transportation for Fayette County Schools Gary Hough.
If the references check out the next step is to make sure potential drivers have no criminal history.
"All of our drivers have to go through a federal or state background check to check their background. They have to have a DMV record check and that DMV record check is done when they're hired, but its also done yearly." Hough said.
The state is in charge of checking background checks and they do not look for any specific crime.
"We look at everything, because anything that's on there is enough to alarm us." Hough said.
If the applicant has a clean record it is time for their training to begin.
"They go through 40 hours of training, in class training. They have to pass a written test and then they have a skills test. Before they pass that skills test they have 12 hours of behind the wheel training with a trainer." Hough told NewsWatch.
The process is so extensive that it could be some time before they make it in front of the bus and behind the wheel.
"Usually its about three months. It used to be as long as 6 months. Its down to about 3 to 4 months now because everything has become computerized." Hough said.
The process is constantly being improved as technology becomes more advanced and Fayette County Schools feel they look at the right things while they hire.
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Password Security
How many accounts do you have to keep track of, with how many different password requirements? It's tempting to use the same password for everything, or worse, keep your user account credentials written down. We've even seen them on sticky notes plastered on people's monitors (but not yours of course!). To have your credentials both handy and secure, use a storage utility
Mac Users
With apologies, ATS has not had enough experience with the built-in OS X feature, the Keychain, that we can provide instructions on it. Here's a MacWorld article on using the Keychain we hope you'll heed.
PC Users
Your Nebula PC comes with the application, PasswordSafe. Here's how to get started.
1.) Click Start > All Programs > PasswordSafe folder > PasswordSafe.
2.) Click the new button to create a new safe when starting for the first time.
3.) Choose a location in your H:\ (homes) drive to store it; give it a file name followed by .psafe3 and save it.
4.) Use a strong password to secure the file. (You will get a message letting you know if your password is weak.) The same password that you choose for your Nebula or UW NetID accounts will most likely be strong enough.
5.) Click the Add New Entry button to add account information to your safe.


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Sam Szor will lead the Toledo Concert Band in a free Music Under the Stars program titled "Haunting Melodies: Andrew Lloyd Webber" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Toledo Zoo's amphitheater. Guests will be members of the Toledo Ballet and School.
The theme of Wednesday's free Family Summer Concert series is "Next Up at the Toledo Opera: A Preview of Our 2001-2002 Season." Sponsored by the Toledo Opera, the one-hour program starts at 7 p.m. at the south end gazebo of the Manor House lawn in Wildwood Metropark, 5100 West Central Ave. If it rains, the show will be moved to Metropark Hall.
This week's schedule for Ohio Light Opera includes The Red Mill at 8 tonight; The Merry War at 8 p.m. tomorrow and 2 p.m. Tuesday; Sari at 2 p.m. Saturday and Wednesday; Carousel at 8 p.m. Saturday (sold out); Yeoman of the Guard at 2 p.m. Sunday, and The Gondoliers at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Performances are in the Freedlander Theatre of the College of Wooster in Wooster. Tickets are $15 for children and students and $30. Information: 330-263-2345.
Violinist Kyoko Takazawa will join conductor Jahja Ling, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Kent-Blossom Chamber Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Barber's Violin Concerto, and Smith "La Chasse" at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Ling and the orchestra will present a Baroque Marathon at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. All programs are at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Information: 800-686-1141.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra presents its weekend series tomorrow-Sunday at the Meadow Brook Music Festival at Oakland University in Rochester. All shows start at 8 p.m.
The theme for Family Fun Friday is Vive La France; for Sensational Saturday Classics, Beethoven's Fifth, and for Sunday Summer Pops, Broadway Under the Stars. Tickets for each concert are: $16 to $38.


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Tonya Garner: Freedom Newspapers
A Portales toddler crawled out his open apartment door on Oct. 4.
Police said Dominic Roy's uncle was on a couch, 15 feet away. His mother was in another room, but apparently neither adult saw the 10-month-old leave the apartment and he fell nearly 10 feet to the sidewalk. The boy was hospitalized for more than two weeks with a fractured skull.
A tragedy, all agree. But was it criminal? Police in Portales say yes. Derek Parker, the boy's uncle, has been charged with abandonment abuse of a child.
The third-degree felony charge carries a maximum punishment of three years in jail on conviction.
Legally, "child abuse" has a broad definition in New Mexico — knowingly, intentionally or negligently causing or permitting a child to be placed in a dangerous situation.
So how do law-enforcement officials decide when an adult is criminally responsible for a child's injury or death?
It's a "gray area," Clovis Police Lt. Jim Schoeffel said. "We take it case by case."
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Last year, Clovis police responded to three dozen calls in which child abuse was reported "in progress." Officials estimate 162 eastern New Mexico children are victims of child abuse each year, including children who are victims of neglect.
But clearly parents and guardians are not usually criminally negligent when a child has an accident — even when the accident ends in death.
At least two children have died in Clovis in recent months after leaving the supervision of their guardian.
A 3-year-old drowned July 13 in Clovis' Potter Park Pool. The child's grandmother said she is uncertain how he gained entrance to the pool without adult supervision.
On Nov. 6, a 20-month-old boy died when he was struck by a neighbor's vehicle. Police said the toddler had gotten out of his residence when his mother was taking out the trash.
Neither of those accidents has been considered criminal by police.
Why is the Parker case different in Portales?
Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said the department's decision to charge Parker wasn't an easy one.
"We typically look at the degree of negligence," Berry said. "We were at that apartment for quite some time in this investigation."
The Portales infant's mother was not charged in connection with the case. Kristen Roy said she believes her baby's injuries were the result of "an accident" and not criminal.
"The door wasn't intentionally left open," she has said.
Parker has not returned calls seeking comment. His case has a court date set for Wednesday.
Matt Chandler, the 9th Judicial District Attorney who prosecutes felony crimes in Clovis and Portales, declined to comment on the Parker case.
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Clovis resident and foster mother Donna Martin said it is common to see unsupervised children around the region.
Martin said she believes a child under the age of 5 should always be in a guardian's line of vision. "A child under the age of 5 should never be left unattended," Martin said.
Martin raised her biological children before deciding to become a foster parent eight years ago. "I had so much, so I wanted to give back," she said on her decision to take in needy children.
She said she has cared for many children who have been taken out of situations where the parent was just unable to care for them correctly. "If a person wasn't nurtured and put first by their parents," Martin said, "then it doesn't come naturally to them to nurture their children."
Martin said she believes younger parents and people of low income are more apt to put their children into a dangerous situation. She said parents often lack skills to keep children safe and don't know to seek out resources available to them. "I think people are too ashamed to ask for help sometimes too," Martin said.
"Charging parents with a crime is not going to solve this problem," Martin said. "Good parenting classes are the answer."
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Patty Beckwith is a stay-at-home mother of a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old.
"It really bothers me when people don't watch their kids," Beckwith said.
Beckwith said she considers herself an "overprotective" mother. According to Beckwith, she has worked hard to create "systems" for every situation.
"At the store, they are either in the cart or holding onto the cart." she said. "At the playground, if they wander out of my line of sight, I call their name."
She said her children have been taught to respond to her voice immediately.
Tamara Berkley said it is hard to judge what constitutes child endangerment. She said she was previously employed as a social worker in the Dallas area for five years before moving to Clovis.
"When a child is physically abused it usually leaves marks, which are easily identified." Berkley said. "Neglecting or unknowingly endangering a child doesn't leave any physical marks, and that's scary."
Berkley said it is almost impossible for a state to mandate to a parent the right way to raise a child. "Unless there is obvious physical or sexual abuse," Berkley said, "then who's to say what is right or wrong?"
Berkley said she feels a parent should not be punished "for turning her back at the wrong moment."
"Everyone makes mistakes," Berkley said. "It is just unfortunate when a child is hurt or killed because of it."
Additonal Information
Parenting classes are available at the following locations:
Hartley House: 762-0050
Assurance Counseling Services: 763-2287
If you suspect someone is abusing a child, contact:
Clovis Police Department: 911
For information on child abuse or services related to children contact:
The Oasis: 769-7732


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Jose Valverde has been the creator of countless memories while closing out victories in a Detroit Tigers uniform, but it's now his time in the Motor City that needs to come to a close.
With the Tigers headed to their second World Series in the last seven seasons, it may seem a bit premature to begin discussing potential offseason transactions.
But hey, we've got a little time to burn before Wednesday's kickoff of the October Classic.
Valverde is set to become a free agent in 2013, and his recent struggles in the 2012 postseason serve as only a portion of the evidence suggesting that his time in the D is up.
After a year of perfection in 2011 (49-for-49 converting saves), it seemed like a no-brainer for the Tigers to pick up his $9 million contract option for 2012. Few complaints were made when the team brought back their energetic closer who, despite issues in non-save situations, could do no wrong with the game on the line.
It's not easy arguing with perfection, but perhaps there were some statistical trends developing that were forecasting a down year for Valverde, who saw his ERA rise from 2.24 in 2011 to 3.78 in 2012.
Regardless of whether or not he contributes in the upcoming Fall Classic, here are four reasons the Tigers can't sensibly offer the pricey closer a contract to remain in Detroit for 2013.


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Kerry To Start Peace Talks
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is on his sixth Mideast trip in as many months as he tries to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. He briefed senior Arab officials today on peace efforts to and on American views of the crises and Syria and Egypt.


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Two people were killed and two others were hurt seriously in two motorcycle-car accidents that occurred less than 15 minutes apart in Toledo.
Lamonte L. Layson, 25, of 905 City Park Ave. and Tracy D. Jordan, 46, of 3106 Scottwood Ave. died after an accident about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at west Central and Glenwood avenues in the Old West End.
Twelve minutes earlier, Shane Curry of 316 Burbank Drive was hurt in an accident at Heatherdowns Boulevard and Heatherwood Drive in the south end. He was in critical condition yesterday in the University of Toledo Medical Center, formerly the Medical College of Ohio Hospital.
Two others were hurt in the Old West End accident: Dominique N. Pratt, 14, of 632 Highland Ave. was in serious condition in Toledo Hospital and Taquilla Helm, 17, of 2814 Lawrence Ave. was treated at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.


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Generally compounds containing fluorine can be successfully analysed for percentage CHN content on most elemental microanalysis systems under standard operating conditions. The magnesium oxide in the combustion tube reagent packing absorbs fluorine as HF, and releases the hydrogen. However - highly fluorinated compounds, which are often difficult to combust, can give incorrect carbon and high nitrogen data. This is believed to be due to the strength of the C-F bond. If not fully oxidized, CF2 passes through the combustion tube packing and is detected as nitrogen, resulting in both low carbon and high nitrogen data.
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A rather off-hand referral to a very remarkable woman as working under a "psuedonym" has prompted this comment. It seems odd that someone who both took the course and worked at Radcliffe for a year after that could not do Mrs. Venn any better. So in order to correct this lapse, I offer the following:
"Mrs. Diggory Venn" was Mrs. Helen "Doylie" Venn, wife of Richard "Diggory" Venn and mother of Tamsin Venn, my wife. Richard got his nickname in high school, where the well-read students made the connection to the character in Hardy's Return of the Native. Doylie ran the Radcliffe course for 26 years, although she had been working with the project for 33 years at her retirement.
Diggory and Doylie were involved in writing, publishing, public relations, and travel throughout their lives. They met in San Francisco while Diggory was working at the San Francisco Chronicle and Doylie was working for the League of Nations. In 1945, she was awarded a citation by the United Nations Conference on International Organization for "faithful and diligent performance of duty, [which] contributed to the creation of the Charter of the United Nations." Born in England, Diggory came to school in the U.S. and joined the Marines during WWII. He seved as a correspondent in several serious battles, including Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
After the war, the Venns moved to the East Coast, first to New York, and then to to Boston. During this period, Doylie worked for Conde-Nast Publishing. The publishing course was founded by Edith Stedman, literary agent and writer, in 1947 to provide hands-on training in publishing for Radcliffe graduates, and Doylie was active in the course as assistant to the director from its inception. Helen Everitt was the first director. Doylie became the third director in 1954. Doylie often had students and visiting authors and publishers who lectured in the course the course as guests to her summer home in Ipswich, Mass, and traditionally included a clambake for participants.
The 6-week publishing course was known as " the shortest graduate school in the world and the most prestigious crash course in publishing." (Boston Globe obituary, Dec 13, 1993). More of Doylie's accomplishments are mentioned in the biography accompanying the description of her donated papers in the Radcliffe College Archives:
"She taught the Franklin Book Program Seminar for publishers from developing countries (1965), led the Radcliffe seminar 'Communications for the Volunteer' (1965-68) in which volunteers learned how to conduct meetings, plan publicity and promotion, speak in public, and fund raise, and the Brazilian Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development, 1967-69. Venn was honored for her contributions to publishing: she received the Dwiggins Award from Bookbuilders of Boston (1978) was chosen one of Boston's 100 New Female Leaders by Boston Magazine (1980), inducted into the Publishing Hall of Fame (1984), and received a Women's National Book Association Book Women Award (1987.)"


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Drillers and manufacturers tied to the oil and gas industry were scrambling to review Friday's reports that hydraulic fracturing caused seismic activity in Poland last month.
The effects the study and new Ohio restrictions on drilling within close proximity of known fault lines will have on the industry is not yet known, but until then, an official with the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, or OOGA, on Friday urged "an abundance of caution and perspective when evaluating the incident."
Thomas E. Stewart, executive vice president of OOGA, characterized the series of quakes locally as a "rare and isolated event that should not cast doubt about the safety of hydraulic fracturing, a process that has been conducted on more than one million oil and gas wells in the U.S., including 80,000 in Ohio, since the 1950s."
Stewart said he understands the public's concern, but pointed out the economic benefits the industry has brought to Ohio, and urged it should not curtail development.
"We will thoroughly review the recommendations provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, but will only support measures based on sound, scientific principles and practicality," Stewart said.
Tom Humphries, president and CEO of the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber, likewise was stressing the economic growth.
"The Chamber continues to support shale development in eastern Ohio and the job creation and investment that have been coming to the Valley, especially through the oil and gas industry's supply chain," Humphries said. "We appreciate and support the new regulations being set in place today by ODNR to prevent future drilling near fault lines. We want our economy to grow through shale development with a priority on safety to our people and our environment,"
The results of the study came the same day as the ribbon was cut on a new Evets Oil & Gas Construction Services pipe fabrication plant in Hubbard. The plant, in the works for about a year, brought 45 new hires and about a $4 million investment.
Rex Ferry, company CEO and owner, on Friday was not overreacting at the report's release.
Ferry noted the difficulty of predicting geologic formations thousands of feet below ground, but said he believes precision will improve with technological advances. For now, drilling will stay away from known fault lines.
"If they know there's a fault down there, who wants the potential liability?" Ferry asked. "More educated drilling is going to have to go on, rather than just poking and hoping."
Anti-frac groups also said they were spending time reviewing and digesting the information.
"This is massive because there have not been many cases yet where fracking was linked to earthquakes. It's good to know that people out there are listening and taking notice," said Jane Spies of FrackFree Mahoning Valley.
A prepared statement from Hilcorp Energy, the company working in the area where the quakes occurred last month, said, likewise, the company is studying the information.
"While we take the time necessary for understanding how these conditions impact Ohio operations, we remain fully committed to public safety and acting in a manner consistent with being a good corporate citizen in the communities where we operate."


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Laramie, WY – The University of Wyoming Foundation reports receiving $29.2 million in gifts during the fiscal year ending June 30.
In addition, $4.9 million was transferred to UW from the state of Wyoming to match some of the contributions. And new estate gift expectancies of $3.5 million were reported to UW, bringing the UW Foundation's total for private gifts to $37.6 million during the past fiscal year.
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant primary brain tumor. These tumors are often aggressive and infiltrate surrounding brain tissue. GBMs arise from glial cells, which are cells that form the tissue that surrounds and protects other nerve cells found within the brain and spinal cord. GBMs are mainly composed of star-shaped glial cells known as astrocytes. The general term glioma includes any type of brain tumor such as astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma that arise from glial cells.
Astrocytomas are classified according to a grading system developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Astrocytomas come in four grades based upon how fast the cells are reproducing and that likelihood that they will infiltrate nearby tissue. Grades I or II astrocytomas are nonmalignant and may be referred to as low-grade. Grades III and IV astrocytomas are malignant and may be referred to as high-grade astrocytomas. Grade III astrocytomas are known as anaplastic astrocytomas. Grade IV astrocytomas are known as glioblastoma multiforme.
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Financial aid. Those two words evoke some of the worst emotions/Internet reactions amongst students at NYU. But this fall, in the wake of a divisive last year for John Sexton and the NYU administration, the University is making a more concerted effort to alleviate student financial issues, announcing the "Momentum Campaign" in a Wednesday email to students from John Sexton. The campaign, which officially begins this fall, aims to raise $1 billion specifically for scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students by 2019. The campaign will not be without its issues however, and whether or not the campaign can achieve its lofty goal remains to be seen.
But Debra LaMorte, senior vice president for Development and Alumni Affairs, seemed confident in the university's ability to generate the necessary fundraising.
"This is something we have been considering because of a basic need of our students," said LaMorte in a phone interview. "What we are trying to do is balance the current needs for scholarships for our students versus the long-term need to build endowment because we are so far behind our peers. Since we're not an Ivy League school with multiple generations of families supporting us, we've had to do things a little differently."
As LaMorte pointed out, one of NYU's most necessary improvement projects and one of the main reasons for NYU's poor financial aid is the incredibly small endowment of $2.75 billion (for comparison, Harvard's endowment is $30 billion, with a little less than half the number of students of NYU.)
One of the major differences with this campaign is its purported specificity: the "Momentum" campaign comes after NYU's previous seven year "Campaign for NYU", which raised $3 billion for the university, half a billion more than originally projected. That campaign, however, was a general fundraiser, and large portions of those donations went into the development of new majors, buildings, and other areas of NYU. What makes this campaign unique is that it is the first major donation program in school history targeting donations specifically for scholarships.
And the campaign is already nearly a tenth of the way complete, thanks to a $70 million donation from Board of Trustees members Martin Lipton, Anthony Welters, Leonard Wilf, William Berkley, Helen Kimmel, and Larry and Klara Silverstein, as well as the Starr Foundation. But finding donors who are not as connected to the pressing concerns of current students like the Board of Trustees are may be more difficult.
Although the "Momentum" campaign will be at the forefront of University fundraising efforts in the coming years, the university will still take open donations for all other areas, such as new building development, (which may very well be needed with the impending NYU 2031 construction) where big name donors are often more likely to give their money. And even within "Momentum" itself, donors will be given a high amount of precision for where their donation is going.
For example, a donor could decide to fund scholarships only in Tisch, or choose to give only to students from New York City, or choose to donate only to an international student scholarship. While giving to a specific group may give the donor a more personal connection with those students, it also could lead to a growing divide between access to scholarships at NYU, fueling even more the cross-school isolationism that purveys NYU today both amongst students and in terms of funding.
"Donors are very specific about what they want and what they want to dedicate their dollars to," said LaMorte. "We're going to have a few who to donate to "Momentum" and some are going to want to wait until other things, 2031. But they will not cannibalize each other. I can promise you that," said LaMorte.
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Indiana boy abducted in '94 found in Minnesota
Police say paternal grandparents abducted boy during custody dispute
An Indiana woman whose son was abducted 19 years ago was "jumping up and down" after learning he'd been located in Minnesota living under a different name.
Richard Wayne Landers Jr. was 5 years old when he was abducted by his paternal grandparents during a custody dispute.
Indiana State Police said Thursday the now 24-year-old man was found in Long Prairie, Minn. His grandparents were living nearby under aliases and confirmed his identity.
The grandparents were initially charged with custody interference, but charges were dropped in 2008 after the case went cold.
Richard Harter said his wife, Lisa, was "jumping up and down in joy" when she learned in recent days her son had been found. Harter said she's "the happiest woman on earth."
Police said Landers is married and expecting his first child.
Harter gave his stepson's Social Security card to investigators. He was located in October after police found a 24-year-old man with the same Social Security number and birth date as Landers but living under a different name in Minnesota.
Police spokesman Sgt. Ron Galaviz said Landers' father was never in the picture. Galaviz said an attorney is working with Landers' mother to reconnect her with her son.
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Zeltner, Esther and Maurer, Veronika (2009) Welfare of organic poultry. In: World's Poultry Science Journal, World's Poultry Science Association, pp. 104-112.
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Organic poultry production has substantially increased in the last few years. On organic farms, welfare of poultry is enhanced due to enriched housing conditions as access to a
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It looks like Lil Kim ain't gonna stand for any sh*t from Wendy Williams! That's because the lady lyricist recently called Williams out for once serving up B.I.G. with a professional, before being told to bounce — For Good! Don't believe me.. Ask Lil Cease.
The beef broke after Wendy took to social media to post what Kim says was a 'photoshopped' picture, making her look like she put on more than a few pounds. That's when Kim got ballistic, blasting Wendy.
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Wendy: "@Lil Kim's dramatic new look & reveals who she wants to fill @JoyVBehar's shoes on @theviewtv."
Kimmy: "Bitch Y didn't U show the side by side pic. This pic is photoshopped & U know it. U hating bitch!" "A bad angle will never make me look like that"
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