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Are you interested in becoming an unclaimed money finder?
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I'll show you everything you need to do to get started in this largely unknown but profitable business.
Real information from someone that actually does it!
Click on any of the states below to access information on the unclaimed money laws for that particular state (this is different from the map on the unclaimed funds page):
Notice how Rebecca Jarvis tells Harry Smith that the letters he has received in the mail are probably a scam as she is handing him notices that he has money being held for him!
Obviously the notices were for real!
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Most states call unclaimed money finders "fee finders", "heir finders", or "locators".
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I am looking for a older female cockatiel for my male. His mate past away and now we are ready to find a new mate for him.No Price Listed
I hand-raised these baby conures and they are now weaned (pellet and vegetable/fruit diet) and ready for their new homes. I have 2 baby Turquoise Green…$299
I am currently hand-feeding these sweet Indian Ringneck Parakeets and will be weaning them on a pellet and vegetable/fruit diet. They are now available…$349
Hope is a 7 year old white bellied cacique and is tame and has laid eggs fertile. I live near Dayton, Ohio and you can call me at 937-663-4948 I am asking…$400
Teenage Moluccan Cockatoo. Sweet as pie! This bird and many others can be seen at Discount Pet & Supply in Livonia, MI.No Price Listed
Four weeks old and super sweet! If you can learn to handfeed you can have one of these lovely babies today. You can see these birds and many others at…No Price Listed
Two handfeeding baby Jenday Conures. Super sweet and friendly, looking for their forever home. You can see these birds and many others at Discount Pet…No Price Listed
I have two quacker parrots for sale there's a male and female there young and loving pets. The reason why Ima selling them because Ima moving to a different…$750
2 x Females $900 ea. - Ready to go now Fully weaned and eating on their own. Beautiful bird gorgous birds. 1 x Female $900 - Ready in approx 8 weeks…$900
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Investigation details Lankford's run-in with neighbors and the law
BLACK FOREST, Colo. - A new report obtained Tuesday details Kenneth Lankford's run-in with neighbors and the law. The incident and the investigation that followed would eventually lead to a ruling from a judge banning the Lankfords from owning dogs.
Lankford is a person of interest in the shootings on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 at two different addresses in Black Forest. One is on Timberlane Court, the other on Burrows Road.
Terry Lankford, 51, and Carol Fowler, 51 were killed. Carol Fowler's husband Thomas survived and is recovering at a local hospital. Lankford was taken into custody Sunday morning.
The report obtained Tuesday details an incident on March 7, 2013 at the Lankfords' home at 6650 Shoup Road.
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the neighborhood. When a deputy arrived, Kenneth Lankford came out of his home and told the deputy his dogs were the ones involved in the incident. Lankford said he had four white American bull dogs that his neighbors were afraid of. The neighbor was walking up Lankford's driveway when the dogs approached him. Lankford said the neighbor started swinging a leash at them because he was afraid.
"(The neighbor) provoked the dog and excited them to the point where they attacked the neighbor," said Lankford to the deputy in the report.
Lankford said another neighbor with a baseball bat confronted the dogs after the incident was over and started hitting his dogs with a bat.
Neighbors told the deputy a different story. A neighbor's dog escaped its invisible fence and ran into the Lankford's yard. The neighbor walked over to the property with a leash to get his dog. As he walked up the driveway, the four dogs started biting him. He swung the leash in self-defense, said the neighbor.
Another neighbor saw the attack and rushed over with a bat. He hit several of the dogs. He was also bitten in the incident.
Lankford's wife Terry was home at the time. She tried to call the dogs to her but they didn't obey. The victim was bleeding from bite marks on his forearms and on his thighs.
Another neighbor came forward and said she and her dogs were attacked four months earlier. The neighbor didn't press charges because, "She was afraid of retaliation from the Lankfords."
The dogs were impounded during the investigation.
Following the investigation, the dogs were ordered to be euthanized. They were put down in mid-August. The court also ordered that Lankford was not allowed to own any more dogs.
The Lankford's home burned down during June's wildfire. The two relocated to a home on Burrows Road. The Humane Society for the Pikes Peak Region was put in charge of making sure the Lankfords did not violate the court order. During a routine check, an animal law enforcement officer found two dogs on the Burrow's Road property. The Lankford's told investigators that the dogs belonged to a friend.
On September 13, 2013, a turkey was killed and a chicken was injured in the neighborhood by two dogs that matched the description of those found on the Lankford's property.
The dogs were impounded. One was put up for adoption, the other was deemed too dangerous to adopt and was euthanized.
Lankford's wife Terry, who is among those shot and killed Saturday morning, was charged with unlawful ownership of a dangerous animal. A warrant was issued for Kenneth Lankford's arrest.
Terry Lankford was supposed to appear in court Nov. 14.


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Vacations For The Single Traveler
Whether you're cruising around the world to pick up exotic chicks or you're making the best of the single life, traveling solo is one of the most rewarding and exciting ways to see the world.
Whether you're cruising around the world to pick up exotic chicks or you're making the best of the single life, traveling solo is one of the most rewarding and exciting ways to see the world. Since you don't have to worry about pleasing a second party, the sky is the limit on your time off. Here are a few travel tours that ditch the normal singles' vacation.
Hedonism Resorts, Jamaica
"Sleep in. Stay up late. Give up counting calories. Have a drink before noon. Give up mineral water. Dine in shorts. Talk to strangers. Don't make your bed. Go skinny-dipping. Don't call your mother. Let your hair down. Don't pay for anything. Don't leave a tip. Be your beautiful self in spectacular Negril, Jamaica." I'm not sure if there is any more I could say about Hedonism that would sell this exclusive resort to you any better since this place is obviously a singles' paradise. When I asked around for the best single vacation spots, everyone suggested Hedonism Resorts as their first choice. The weather is gorgeous, the women are beautiful and they have a very strict no-tipping policy so you don't have to worry about common courtesies while you're binging on lust, sloth and whatever other sins you get yourself into while you visit. More info.
Tuscany Biking Tour
Why: If you're a fan of No Reservations or just like the idea of traveling to the old country to soak up the Tuscan sun, taste authentic espressos (and lots of wine), cook fresh local foods and tour the old-fashioned villages by bicycle, sign up for this trip right now! Though this excursion is very bike heavy, you don't have to be a Tour de France hopeful for this trip since all paths are easy terrains on their gorgeous cobblestone roads. Like everything in Tuscany, your itinerary is designed to keep you relaxed by enjoying culinary lessons in a local chef's country home and attending vineyard tastings while lodging at three unbelievably gorgeous villas around town. By the time you leave you'll be a food and wine connoisseur ladies' man! More info.
Aside from Las Vegas, there is not a naughtier place to spend your singlehood than Amsterdam. Between the red-light district and their notorious "coffee shops," there is no way you will be able to keep yourself away from explicit adult tomfoolery. Since Amsterdam natives pride themselves on a live-and-let-live vibe, there are not many package tours in or around the city, unless you're interested in a trip that guides you around Europe. We think your best bet is to map out some vacation hotspots like The Amsterdam Banana Bar and the Moulin Rouge in the red-light district as well as the famous "brown cafés" you'll only find in Amsterdam, like Café Welling, and go from there. Amsterdam is known to be one of the best locations for singles to travel since striking up a conversation or running into English-speaking tourists is very likely, but introverts will have a hard time meeting others since you have to fend for yourself.
Inca Discovery, Peru
Finding an inclusive vacation that comprises adventure and culture for the single traveler can be pretty difficult. Most places assume that every solo tourist wants to get laid, overload on free drinks and lie on the beach, which is without a doubt really awesome but not always what you're looking for. If you're a newbie to hiking or are really itching to travel to an exotic place, visiting the Inca ruins on a guided hiking tour is without a doubt memorable. A company called G Adventures hosts a hiking tour called "Inca Discovery," a trip designed for an active traveler looking to experience the Inca Trail in a more intimate way by camping for three nights on the trail while enjoying a stunning combination of mountainscapes, cloud forests and jungles on one of the world's best known hikes. Travelers will trek along the Inca trail for four days and spend time in the neighboring city of Lima and the Sacred Valley shopping in local markets. With such a tight-knit group traveling in such an alien place, you will immediately connect with the rest of your group and hopefully find someone to tent up with on your hike. More info.
Oktoberfest, Munich
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If you think about it, Oktoberfest is quite possibly the best place to vacation while single. You don't have to worry about drunken friends, you never have to take an ugly girl for the team and if you meet up with likeminded people, you won't have to worry about ditching anyone. If you're trying to drown your sorrows in an oversized stein or have a thing for drunken beer maids, Oktoberfest is the place to be. If you're not familiar with the city of Munich, scoring a good place to stay and tickets for all of the festivities can be intimidating. Spyglass Tours has the best tour package we've found online which not only sets you up for the entire festival but also has a trip to Brussels and Amsterdam in between so you don't get too bored with Munich. But fear not, the tour will have you at Oktoberfest during the welcome party and the farewell dinner so you will enjoy the best nights at the festival. If you have a group of guy friends looking for the ultimate vacation, we think this travel package would make the best Euro trip ever since you're hitting up all of the biggest party places in Europe! More info.


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OROVILLE — The Martin Luther King Jr. Park improvement project needs a cultural resources study, but Feather River Recreation and Park District Interim General Manager Tom Lando will be moving the project forward in the next few weeks, if all goes as expected.
The park improvement project was scheduled for discussion Tuesday night.
Lando opened by saying he is "brand new" and still learning about past district business, but his understanding is the park improvement project has been on the books for a long time without moving forward.
The state is requiring a cultural resources study for the project, he said.
He recommended the board assign a project manager to do the study and get the project out to bid as quickly as possible.
"It's been around too long," he said.
Lando said the project is fairly simple, and it should start in about three weeks, if the board moves it forward.
Former General Manager Bob Sharkey worked with California State Parks to get the grant after community representatives attended board meetings asking for improvements to the park that is located on Wyandotte Avenue and Burlington Avenue in an economically deprived area of Oroville called "Southside."
Sharkey retired in the summer of 2009, and the project floundered with no one pushing it forward.
Also the grant for up to $80,000 required a dollar-for-dollar match of district funds.
In the last year, community representative Judy Johnson and others have attended meetings asking what happened to the park improvement project.
Tuesday's agenda packet includes a letter from the Northwest Center of the California Historical Resources Independent Information System expressing concerns about the project.
The letter dated February 6, 2013, questions that the project area includes a historic olive district and old olive orchards that were demolished and includes underground excavation and grading.
The letter calls for a cultural resources review or field survey for any of the above-mentioned developments and for the development of the Martin Luther King Park in general.
Lando said a cultural resources study is fairly routine and required by the state but can be done fairly inexpensively.
He said Former Manger Scott Perkins had written a letter appealing the need for cultural resources study, but the appeal had been denied.
Lando recommended the board authorize him to advertise and recruit a project manager to do the study and get the project out to bid.
Chairwoman Vicki Coots said the board wants to bring the park project to fruition as soon as possible.
The board with Director Patty Norton absent unanimously approved Lando's recommendation for the park.
Several people attended the meeting to support the park project but didn't speak when the project was moved forward, except Johnson who asked to be informed about what is happening with the project.
Lando also reported on two issues he deemed important.
Lando said the district is in serious financial trouble, and finances have to be balanced as soon as possible, although it could take a few years.
Salaries have increased drastically over the last two or three years, he said.
The district bought the gymnastics center where it now has district offices in 2010 and took on additional employees from the gym.
Lando wants to schedule meetings over the next three weeks or so to go over the budget line item by line item.
Major cuts are inevitable.
"The cuts are going to have to be substantial to get us to the point where our bottom line is covered," he said.
Secondly, Lando asked for direction to advertise for a permanent general manager.
Lando agreed to take over temporarily as interim manger last week when the board let the former general manager go "without cause."
Tuesday night, he said he would like the board to hire a manager as soon as possible, so he needed direction from the board to advertise for a permanent general manager and what salary range the board would pay.
Lando recommended a salary range between $60,000 and $90,000, the same as the salary for the former general manager.
He also asked the board to schedule dates for interviewing manager applicants, so he could include interview dates in the ad.
Director Marcia Carter said the district could not pay more than $75,000 a year.
The board with Norton absent unanimously agreed to a salary range between $60,000 and $75,000.
The open budget meeting dates and times will be announced to the public later.
Staff writer Mary Weston can be reached at 533-4415 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Every Tuesday, we'll feature the best travel bargain we've seen all week right here, on our blog. Be the first to find out which deals make the cut by subscribing to our blog or signing up for our weekly deals newsletter.
The Deal: Major winter storms have hit the Midwest, and the darkest day of the year just happens to be Thursday. These tidings are reason enough to drop everything — even that fancy ribbon bow you're struggling with, which is just going to get ripped off the present anyway — and run as fast as you can to the Caribbean.
Here's more vindication for a vacation in the sun: the Islands of the Bahamas Tourism Board is offering up to $400 cash back for winter trips to said destination. Save $400 on stays of six nights or longer or save $250 on stays of five nights at select properties in the Bahamas (there's a long list of eligible hotels on the tourism board's Web site). To get this deal, you must book an air-inclusive package through the Bahamas Tourism Board.
The Catch: Sorry, spring breakers and summer vacationers. This offer is valid for travel from January 1 through March 14 and April 15 through June 20 — so choice spring break and summer vacation travel dates are not covered in this sale.
The Competition: The Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board is offering discounts for travelers heading to what it calls "the real Bahamas," the less-traveled Bahamian atolls outside of New Providence and Grand Bahama Island. Receive up to two free plane tickets with purchase of an air-inclusive package to participating local resorts on islands like Andros, Cat Island and Eleuthera. Keep in mind that the Bahamas Tourism Board deal detailed above is also valid for stays at some hotels in Out Islands, so check out both deals before booking your Bahamas trip.
Find these bargains and more money-saving offers in our Vacation Deals.
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Nobody likes being sick — and it's even worse when you're holed up in an impersonal hotel room thousands of miles away from your doctor, your mom's cure-all chicken soup and your own comfy bed.
Unfortunately for travelers, public places like airports, train stations and hotels are prime places to pick up germs. The potential for illness grows even higher when you board an airplane; close quarters and ultra-dry air mean that "colds may be more than 100 times more likely to be transmitted on a plane than during normal daily life on the ground," Ed Hewitt reports in Avoiding the Airplane Cold.
We all know that using antibacterial gel and washing your hands frequently can help minimize your chance of spending your vacation sneezing, coughing or hunched miserably over a toilet bowl. But we want to hear other, more creative ways that you stay healthy while traveling. Share yours, and you could win a GermBana scarf, made of an innovative antibacterial fabric that kills germs on contact.
Just leave your best travel health tip in the comments below by August 19 at 11:59 p.m. ET. (Editor's Note: We've extended the deadline to give more readers a chance to win!) The person who offers the most creative, practical advice for staying healthy on the road will win the scarf. Be sure to leave a valid e-mail address when you comment.
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Latvian authorities apply temporary restriction on new psychoactive substance
Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has established a temporary restriction on yet another dangerous psychoactive substance – NDTDI. This substance is similar to LSD. Using it can cause serious damage to a person's health and put at risk social safety.
The restriction will come into force on Tuesday, 7 March. The temporary restriction is set for 12 months and it applies to private and legal persons that manufacture, procure, store, transport, order or distribute the aforementioned substance or products that contain it, SPKC notes.
Information about the identification of NDTDI as dangerous substance was received by Latvian authorities in the early warning system from Slovenia.
SPKC reminds that NDTDI and its containing products have to be handed over to State Police within three work days after the restriction comes into force.
Production, procurement, storage, transportation and distribution of new psychoactive substances carries criminal liability – deprivation of freedom of up to two years, community service or fine with added police monitoring.
In addition to NDTDI, SPKC has applied restrictions on 42 new psychoactive substances since 2013.
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Trade of natural gas to legal clients in Latvia commences
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Murniece: the biggest strength of Latvia's parliament is public involvement
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jj @ 2017-05-27 09:46:35
A silly comment. If they are guilty of something then imprison them. You can't just deport someone unless the other country is prepared to accept them, and you can't just take a different nationality because you feel like it, regardless of your parents' nationality.
Linda @ 2017-05-25 15:58:18
deport the remaining of this Libyan group whether uk born or not, take the nationality of parents.
Linda @ 2017-05-25 15:55:41
And when push comes to shove Finland will ditch Estonia to keep themselves safe as seen in the past. Keep NATO and stop ostrich behaviour. Finland dared not stand up to Russia during cold war and similarly now.
Zerry @ 2017-05-24 17:30:30
Really :) From what to save. If not watching the official statistics the reality in terms of income is dramatic.
Bakhtawar @ 2017-05-24 17:13:02


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N. Klamath County wildfire fully contained
Mop-up under way; Cabin spared in 'miracle'
GILCHRIST, Ore. - After a 5-day battle, the 330-acre Stagecoach Fire northeast of Gilchrist in northern Klamath County was declared fully contained Friday evening, though local firefighters will continue to mop up and patrol until the blaze is fully out.
R.D. Buell was never so glad to be wrong as he was when he got back into the wildfire-ravaged area northeast of Gilchrist, where his agency's firefighters had thought they lost a vacation cabin to the raging flames of the Stagecoach Fire northeast of Gilchrist – only to learn that it still was standing, untouched, thanks to the defensible space cleared around it.
"It is a miracle," the Walker Range Forest Protection Association manager said Thursday.
And the homeowner, David Reid, agrees. Reid walked outside his door Monday afternoon to a firestorm.
"Just like a freight train -- and that is exactly what it sounded like. It was over half a mile away, and then within 20 minutes it was here."
The Stagecoach Fire closing in on his 30 acres of land, and all he could do was watch.
"I thought everything was going to be gone," Reid said.
His stepson's cabin was directly in the fire's path.
"R.D. told me, he said, 'Dave, I'm sorry, I couldn't save your son's cabin.'"
Terrible news, quickly overshadowed by good.
"It was a shock. I thought, 'Oh my God!' you know?" Reid said.
"There isn't even a black mark on it," Buell said. "The fire blew up all around it."
Word had come Tuesday morning that the fire that raced through 330 acres the day before, forcing evacuation of about 120 homes, had destroyed a small, unoccupied vacation cabin, along with an outbuilding in the Antelope Meadows subdivision.
Buell had said then, "The main front of the fire hit the subdivision at that point. What we have to do is make a decision which way to go. We went back to a new house and protected it."
But it had been too hot for fire officials to let anyone get close. Later that day, Buell said he got in there – and was happily amazed at what he saw, letting the relieved owners know Tuesday night.
And Buell knows why it was still standing, too – a lesson driven home over and over for Central Oregon residents after the calamitous fires of past years – the lessons of defensible space.
"The (owner) did the clean-up, did the spacing, had the tees cut the right space away," Buell said.
"This had a running crown fire right over top of it, the ground fire followed it in – and within 30 feet of the house, there was nothing that burned."
"It's intense hard work. This has been years in the making -- keeping it up, going further and clearing more," Reid said.
A 30-year-old La Pine man was arrested Monday night on a first-degree arson charge, accused of leaving a fire unattended on BLM land that sparked the blaze earlier in the day.
Klamath County sheriff's deputies arrested Kelly Parker, one of two people living illegally on BLM land who left a fire unattended that allegedly spread and caused the fast-moving blaze.
Sheriff's Cpl. Bryan Bryson told NewsChannel 21 Parker "had a campfire that he used for cooking and warming on in his camp." And when he left for work Monday, Bryson said, "that fire wasn't extinguished" -- and quickly spread.
A Klamath County Jail officer said Parker was arrested near Howard Lane in La Pine Monday night and arrived at the Klamath Falls jail around 11:30 p.m. He was being held on $100,000 bail on the Measure 11 charge, but that was lowered by a judge to $25,000 at his initial court appearance, she said.
District Attorney Rob Patridge told The Associated Press Parker pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned Tuesday afternoon on the charges of first-degree arson and reckless burning. Another court date was not yet set, she said.
BLM and sheriff's deputies reminded people that living on public lands is illegal. Also, Clark said, as conditions get hotter and drier, everyone should use extreme caution while recreating, make sure fires are completely out when not being watched, and follow all fire restrictions.
The fast-growing forest fire broke out in the woods of northern Klamath County south of La Pine Monday afternoon and put up a tall plume.
The fire was reported by the Odell Butte lookout around 3:30 p.m. Monday about eight miles northeast of Gilchrist and five miles south of the junction of Highways 97 and 31. It roared across hundreds of acres of lodgepole pine in just three hours.
The fire broke out a half-mile east of Highway 97 near the Old Stagecoach Road, about five miles south of the Highway 97-31 junction, and moved generally toward the southeast, Clark said..
The Walker Range agency provided this list of agencies involved in Monday's firefighting battle: USFS Crescent Ranger District, Walker Range FPA, Crescent Fire, La Pine Fire, Bureau of Land Management/Prineville District, Oregon Outback Rural Fire Districts, Klamath and Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police, Midstate Electric Cooperative, ODOT, Oregon Department of Forestry, Klamath and Deschutes Counties Task Forces, Red Cross and radio station KITC-FM.
ODOT spokesman Peter Murphy said the highway was never shut for a long period Monday, but there were intermittent closures due to air operations over the fire.
April Makinson looked on Monday as the smoke billowed into the afternoon sky.
"It is a little frightening, because you don't know what's happening with those people back there, fire is a scary thing," Makinson said.
On the other side of Highway 97, Sayne Thomas was watching the fire as well with her husband, hoping the winds wouldn't switch sending flames their way.
"My husband is even talking about setting up the fifth wheel and just maybe having it ready to take off," Thomas said.
About 120 homes were evacuated in the Antelope Meadows and Jackpine Village areas, located within a boundary of Highway 97 to the west, the railroad tracks at Beale Road to the east, Howard Road to the north and Beale Siding Road to the south, Clark said.
But the threat eased late Monday night, and the evacuations and road closures were lifted by 10:30 p.m.
In the early stages, the fire was about a half-mile from the nearest houses, in the Antelope Meadows area, Clark said. Klamath County sheriff's deputies and Search and Rescue crews were in the subdivision to evacuate residents.
The Red Cross set up evacuation shelter at La Pine's John Johnson Building, 16405 First Street.
Five air tankers were dropping retardant on the blaze as one Type 1 (the largest) helicopter dropped water to assist ground crews.
Monday evening, Deschutes County's structural protection Task Force 1, including Bend, La Pine and Sunriver fire crews, was called out to help protect homes in the area. But they headed home a few hours later, as the threat to the neighborhoods eased.


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I know RGIII plays in the NFC East, but I felt really bad for him last night. Then to hear the controverys between the coach and the doctor over whether of not he was cleared to play.... and then watching them take him into the little sideline shack.... then throw him back in the game..... only to watch him go down on a play where he was not even touched..... Poor coaching is all I can think of.... In fact, its almost criminal.
Lastly, I suppose they were giving him a pain shot when he went to the shack earlier in the game to allow him to continue.... what a bad all around example of player abuse.
Rumor is he tore all the ligaments in his knee, the ACL, MCL, and PCL...
If thats true, the kid will take a long time to heal and may never be as dynamic as before.
It that when we barely make it into the playoffs with a modest record, we win the SB.
For a Giant fan that I personally knew: My mom. May she smile and be delighted whenever her favorite player - Victor Cruz - scores a touchdown and does his salsa dance.
Thank you mom for everything! Let's Go Giants!


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Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States
It was the moment delegates to the Democratic Convention had been waiting for. On Thursday, President Barack Obama took the stage at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, to officially accept his party's nomination for President of the United States. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are seeking a second term in office.
In his remarks, Obama highlighted his achievements as President and laid out his goals for the next four years. He also acknowledged the challenges still facing our nation, including the economic crisis.
"America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now," the President said. "Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place." He urged Americans to look toward the future, and to go to the polls and vote.
Meet Obama
Barack Hussein Obama was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was from Kenya and his mom was from Kansas. As a child, Obama lived in Indonesia for four years before returning to the U.S. when he was 10 years old. He went on to graduate from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Obama worked as a lawyer and as a law professor. In 1996, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate. In 2004, he was elected to public office again, this time to the U.S. Senate. Obama won the Presidency in 2008. He is the country's first African-American Commander-in-Chief.
Obama and his wife Michelle have two children: Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11. The girls were in the audience Thursday night to hear their dad's acceptance speech. When he told the crowd that despite the lateness of the hour, his daughters still had to go to school the next morning, young Sasha, sitting between her mom and sister, appeared to playfully question her dad's authority. The moment was caught on camera, drawing laughs from delegates and others in the hall.
Race to the White House
From now until Election Day, November 6, Americans can expect to see much more of Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney. The candidates will talk to reporters, debate and appear in commercials. They will crisscross the country, meeting with voters at campaign rallies and Town Hall meetings. Their names will be on T-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers. Each man will do his best to convince Americans to pick him for President.
Obama has Rajbir Bainiwal's vote. The 21-year-old is a delegate from Stockton, California. She was at the arena Thursday night to support the President. "He's focusing on the kids, the future of America," she told TFK Kid Reporter Claire Duncan. "He's amazing."
Whom do you want to be the nation's President? Cast your vote in TFK's election poll. Go to timeforkids.com/election12vote.


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The ASL's state-by-state campaign was reasonably effective, particularly in the South. But in 1913, two events led the organization to adopt a new strategy. First, Congress overrode President William Howard Taft's veto of something called the Webb-Kenyon Act, which outlawed the importation of alcoholic beverages into a dry state. The stunning 246 to 95 override vote in the House of Representatives showed not just the power of the anti-liquor forces but also how broadly representative they had become.
The override was followed by enactment of a national income tax authorized by the recently ratified 16th Amendment. Until 1913, the federal government had depended on liquor taxes for as much as 40 percent of its annual revenue. "The chief cry against national Prohibition," the ASL's executive committee said in a policy statement that April, "has been that the government must have the revenue." But with an income tax replacing the levy on liquor, that argument evaporated, and the ASL could move beyond its piecemeal approach and declare its new goal: "National Prohibition, [to] be secured through the adoption of a Constitutional Amendment."
The ASL statement called this new policy "The Next and Final Step." But the league could not take that step without extracting Wheeler from Ohio and sending him to Washington. Although that didn't happen officially until 1916, Wheeler's domination of the highest councils of the ASL began with the 1913 decision to push for a Prohibition amendment. Shuttling between Columbus and the ASL's Washington office, he displayed the strategic savvy and the unstoppable drive that would eventually lead the editors of the New York Evening World to proclaim him "the legislative bully before whom the Senate of the United States sits up and begs."
By the time Wheeler stepped onto the national stage, he had long since mastered his legislative parlor tricks. When Lincoln Steffens had visited Columbus several years earlier, Wheeler explained his tactics to the great muckraker. "I do it the way the bosses do it, with minorities," Wheeler said. By delivering his voters to one candidate or another in a close race, he could control an election: "We'll vote against all the men in office who won't support our bills. We'll vote for candidates who will promise to." Wheeler, who had greeted Steffens amiably—"as a fellow reformer," Steffens recalled— now "hissed his shrewd, mad answer" to those politicians who would betray ASL voters: "We are teaching these crooks that breaking their promises to us is surer of punishment than going back on their bosses, and some day they will learn that all over the United States—and we'll have national Prohibition."
A constitutional amendment mandating such a thing required a two-thirds majority in each house of Congress as well as legislative majorities in 36 states. Wheeler's skill at achieving majorities by manipulating minorities freed the ASL from the more cumbersome referendum and initiative movement. When voters were offered a simple yes-or-no, dry-or-wet choice on a ballot measure, a minority was only a minority. But when two candidates in an election could be differentiated by isolating one issue among many, Wheeler's minority could carry the day. A candidate with, say, the support of 45 percent of the electorate could win with the added votes of the ASL bloc. In other words, in legislative elections, the power of Wheeler's minority could be measured in multiples.
A resolution calling for a Prohibition amendment had been introduced in nearly every Congress since 1876, but none had ever emerged from committee. And no version of a female suffrage amendment had gotten as far as floor debate in two decades. But in the congressional session of 1914, both were reported out of committee on the same day.
This was no coincidence. The suffrage movement had long shared a constituency with the anti-liquor movement. Frances Willard and the WCTU campaigned actively for both causes. Susan B. Anthony had first become involved in securing the vote for women when she was denied the right to speak at a temperance convention in 1852 in Albany, New York. By 1899, after half a century of suffrage agitation, Anthony attempted to weld her movement to the Prohibition drive. "The only hope of the Anti-Saloon League's success," she told an ASL official, "lies in putting the ballot into the hands of women." In 1911, Howard Russell's successor as the league's nominal leader, Purley A. Baker, agreed. Women's suffrage, he declared, was "the antidote" to the efforts of the beer and liquor interests.
This was not the only alliance that the ASL made with other movements. Though in its public campaigns it stuck to its single issue, the league had worked with Western populists to secure ratification of the income tax amendment. It made common cause with progressives who were fighting the political power of the saloons in order to bring about the "uplift" of urban immigrants. In the South, Prohibitionists stood side by side with racists whose living nightmare was the image of a black man with a bottle in one hand and a ballot in the other.
Such alliances enabled the dry forces to make their first congressional impact on December 22, 1914, when a version of a Prohibition amendment came up for a vote before the entire House of Representatives. The final tally was 197 for, 190 against—not the two-thirds majority the Constitution required, but an astonishing victory, nonetheless. Dry votes came from both parties and from every part of the country. Nearly two-thirds of the affirmative voters lived in towns with fewer than 10,000 people, but among the House members of the largely urban Progressive Party, 17 of the 18 who voted went dry.
The ASL's assiduous attention to Congress had made wet politicians wobble, uncertain politicians sprint for dry shelter and dry politicians flex their biceps. Heading toward the 1916 elections, the league's political expenditures exceeded the 2010 equivalent of $50 million in a single year.


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OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2000 -- An invasion of tree-destroying Asian Longhorned Beetles could be slowed or perhaps stopped with a larvae detection system being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Larvae from the beetles, which are native to China and Korea, are inadvertently imported into the United States nestled inside the wood of shipping crates containing a host of products. Within days of their arrival, beetles are out boring into trees, where they lay eggs. The larvae start eating the tree's cambium, the layer that generates new cells, disrupting its nutrient-transporting vessels. Eventually, the trees die. It's a problem that has a lot of people concerned.
"These beetles, which grow to more than an inch in length, can cause billions of dollars in damage to forests and to the maple syrup, lumber and tourism industries," said Cyrus Smith of ORNL's Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Division.
In the U.S., the beetles' favorite targets are maples, horsechestnuts, black locusts, elms, birches, willows and poplars. Already, they have infested thousands of trees in New York and Chicago. The only effective means to eliminate the beetle is to cut infested trees and destroy them by chipping or burning.
Visual inspection of crates and trees is difficult and ineffective, so Smith and colleagues at ORNL are developing a hand-held instrument that identifies the vibrations made by the larvae as they feed on the wood. Their goal is to develop an instrument that can distinguish the Asian Longhorned Beetle larvae from other insects and identify the larvae at different stages of maturity.
To develop the instrument, Smith, Glenn Allgood and Dale Treece, also of the I&C Division, are gathering vibration data from these beetles and other insects as they feed. Researchers are analyzing the information and developing algorithms -- mathematical solutions to solve complex problems -- to help identify the presence of telltale characteristics.
"We'll then incorporate these algorithms into a prototype instrument that can detect the bugs and determine if the infestation is by the Asian Longhorned Beetle," Smith said.
Initial results gained with acoustic sensors and a laptop computer loaded with the algorithms are encouraging.
"Our algorithms have been successful in detecting larvae in sample logs and in trees in natural settings," Smith said, "but we still need to analyze data from various larvae stages, different woods and different insects to see if our algorithms can discriminate these effects."
Researchers have discovered that because young larvae feed at the wood-bark interface, where the material is softer, the vibrations are smaller in amplitude. Older larvae feed on the interior wood and produce larger amplitude vibrations, which are easier to detect. This is significant and should help in detecting larvae at ports of entry because crating material is made from interior wood that contains more mature larvae.
Once the operation and accuracy of the prototype instrument have been documented in the field, the technology will be transferred to an industrial partner for commercialization and miniaturization.
ORNL is a DOE multiprogram facility operated by UT-Battelle. The project is funded by the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service North Central Research Station in East Lansing, Mich.
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Well have been out of pocket since yesterday, but a little surprised to see Robinson taken in the 4th. I did have him in 1 of my mocks going in the 6th rd to us.
But he could be a diamond in the rough. We'll just see over the next couple of seasons, what Pope can do with him.
Not a bad pick with Mosley as our other 4th rd pick. I thought maybe we would have grabbed a DE or DT by the end of the 4th rd. I don't know who is left at those positions now or by the 6th rd when we select again.


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For those wishing to follow in the footsteps of film greats likes Ron Howard, James Cameron, Spike Lee, Norman Jewison, John Carpenter, and Sidney Lumet, The Directors: Take One provides ample inspiration. Concise filmographies of 13 renowned directors provide the introduction to an extended firsthand narration of each one's life, performed in deep, resonant tones by voice actor John Bell. Bell easily inhabits the voices of these great men, amusingly narrating Ron Howard's account of being a small child on the set of the Andy Griffiths Show, and James Cameron's iconoclastic tale of quitting his job as a truck driver to go "full guns blazing" into film. Though these interviews were conducted in the '90s, in this contemporary narration, they remain compelling today.
Today's most acclaimed film directors reveal intimate behind-the-scenes details of their most influential work and their unique approaches to their art.
In the companion to the Silver Plaque-winning Starz/Encore documentary series, this book offers interviews with 13 top filmmakers. Contains each director's filmography, complete listings of major awards, and cast credits for all films discussed.
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I hope Fewell decides to abandon the 4-3 look when we play RG3. Our Defensive Line has no chance against that type of offensive. We need a different front against that type of offenses. Most college teams commit more guys in the box. I seen most college teams go to a 50 front or even a 4-4 look. The 3 safety look was terrible against this...because Rolle is waay to small to be taking on blocks from Darryl Young. Hopefully Fewell will mix up the fronts.
The Skins coordinatoor did a great job mixing up coverages against Eli. Our defense looked sort of vanilla. If Tuck and Osi dont want to play anything else than 4-3 DE then they can be benched and get the best seats in the house while drooling over RG3.


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- Bottle of Wine, Gourmet Truffles, and Freshly Baked Cookies Upon Arrival
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It's easy to see why the eco-friendly Tucker House Inn, in Friday Harbor, was named Best of the San Juans by SanJuanIsland.com. This painstakingly restored Victorian inn is both ideally located—within blocks of shopping, dining, and art galleries—and a short jaunt from whale watching and kayaking.
And with this week's Escape you'll get it all at this luxe, 11-room inn. Treat yourself to a two-night stay for two in a queen room, which includes, among other perks, a decadent three-course breakfast for two each day ($265).
Take a relaxing soak in your guest room's two-person Jacuzzi before dinner, and end your day with sweet dreams snuggled in your plush feather-top bed.
Each morning in the Garden Room Cafe, savor a three-course breakfast of fresh fruit, house-made granola, Greek yogurt, the day's featured hot entrée, and dessert. You'll also get $25 to spend on a dinner for two at Coho Restaurant (also a Best of the San Juans award-winner), which is known for its Pacific Northwest cuisine with Mediterranean flair. Each evening, the chef creates every dish from scratch, using seasonal, sustainably farmed, and locally sourced ingredients. The restaurant also boasts a carefully curated wine list of both local and international vintages.
Wine lovers can head to San Juan Vineyards, where tastings are held in a 19th century, one-room schoolhouse. Outdoor adventurers can spot orcas, bald eagles, porpoises, and more aboard a whale and wildlife tour. Meanwhile, art aficionados should visit the San Juan Islands Museum of Art & Sculpture Park for a leisurely stroll with Westcott Bay in view.
However you spend your stay, you'll find that the homemade cookies make an excellent curtain call to the day. Combined with an included bottle of wine and gourmet truffles, it's a sweet end to an even sweeter vacation.
"Travelers looking for that out-of-the ordinary experience will enjoy the Tucker House Inn. As a small boutique inn, the Tucker House offers the perfect balance of cozy, unique accommodations with professional, personalized service."-- SanJuanIsland.com
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Goleta teen's death highlights railway dangers
15-year-old Edwn Garcia was hit and killed by a train in June
GOLETA, Calif. - A Goleta teen was hit and killed by a train in June, and the accident has been a wake-up call to the community.
The investigation into the death of Edwin Garcia is ongoing. It's not known why the 15-year-old was on the tracks; what is known is the impact of his death on his family and the community.
It was the evening of June 21. Edwin's family would never be the same.
"Our imaginations, our minds were working with the hope that it wasn't him. But it was him," said Patricia Delgado, the mother of Edwin's girlfriend.
He was a quiet kid at Dos Pueblos High School, but hundreds came to honor a life cut far too short.
"The last thing I talk to him about was a job application," said Joseph Delgado.
"It was a brief conversation, and I told him I'd see him again, but I never did," said Anthony Limon, Edwin's cousin.
His death touches many.
Edwin's family comes from modest means, so a special fundraising event helped cover all the funeral expenses.
"We're extremely grateful for all the help. I couldn't have done it, emotionally and financially," said Bernarda Castro, Edwin's mother.
What happened to Edwin happens far too often.
It is illegal to be on railroad property unless it is a designated crossing, but it doesn't stop people from going there.
It's not hard to find evidence of people's presence along the tracks.
"People find it more convenient to walk along the train tracks then to, say, walk to a location like a foot bridge to access another part of town that they're going to. So it's very tempting to utilize the train tracks in that regard," said Sgt. Riley Harwood, Santa Barbara Police Department.
California leads the nation in the number of people killed while walking along the tracks. Nationwide in 2012, 442 people were killed, and 74 of those were in the Golden State.
"Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the young individual in Santa Barbara County, and our train crews feel that loss along with the family and friends of individuals involved in incidents like this. It's really a difficult situation for everyone," said Aaron Hunt, spokesperson for Union Pacific Railroad.
People walking, playing or just hanging out near the tracks is common. People often think they can hear the train before it comes, but that's not always true.
"The acoustics of the area can really funnel the sound the train makes and even the horn sound away from the area. So a lot of the time, people are not aware that a train is coming. So if they're walking with their back to the train on railroad tracks, they're putting themselves in a very dangerous position," said Hunt.
Another misconception is if you walk along the side of the tracks, you'll be safe. However, trains overhang their tracks by several feet.
"Trains are unforgiving. There's just too much weight to be messing with," said Lt. Butch Arnoldi, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.
Trains weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds and can reach speeds of 60 mph. It can take more than a mile to stop.
Conductors are helpless if someone is in the way.
"It's a type of thing that officers are trained to deal with, but it's never easy; it's one of the most unpleasant things I think officers have to deal with," said Sgt. Harwood.
Edwin's family will never get him back, but they do have a message for others who might be thinking about heading to the tracks.
"That is not a playground. It's not for them to be there. They have to stay away from that completely. One-hundred percent completely," said Patricia Delgado.


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Re: Outta Bed, Sleepy Head!
Love it!
Re: Pink Dragon Energy Drink
Three colors on Cranberry.
Re: Magic Potion
Wow you've just straight copied a red bull ad. No shame eh?
j5 wrote:Ramy already did this one.
Oh really? Who did it before him then? ;op
mailmanmo wrote:Wow you've just straight copied a red bull ad. No shame eh?
I hadn't seen that ad. I should have searched better :S
Re: Mugged
So cool...
And I got my "Generowl Von Hootte" in the mail recently. It printed really well
In fact I'm gonna delete the design
mailmanmo wrote:Oh really? Who did it before him then? ;op
Re: Give me a Minute
that rough moment before the first coffee of the day
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I *knew* there was a reason I loved my good friend the caffeine molecule. He does nice things for me.
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Re: We all need coffee...v2
Great! I really like the simplicity and humor in the design.
Lol !
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Hopefully a new variant of the concept... for the truly geeky, yes, that's the chemical structure of caffeine coming off. The O's are oxygen atoms, the triangles are three-bonded nitrogens, and the double lines are indeed double bonds.
Really like the design! However, I'm pretty sure the multiple shirt colors are going it rejected. You only get one color per submission. Woot doesn't like confusion.
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i would like to see a mother version of this shirt too... you know, we momma's feel like this nearly every morning!
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I'm not sure I get why the one that says cream+ has a QR code that takes you to a message that says cream-.
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If you resubmit with one color to avoid the rejectionator my vote is for light gray! Really stands out in that one. Funny & cute design
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I wish the rules said, "No using characters you've used before". Would be nice to see some people have to draw something new and original.
Radscoolian wrote:So cool...
And I got my "Generowl Von Hootte" in the mail recently. It printed really well
I got mine yesterday! It looks beautiful in person. This design is great as well, I love the palette.
LOL. That is funny!
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I love this so much, I really hope I get to wear it soon!
This shirt is PERFECT for me. Everyone who knows me makes fun of me for putting so much sugar in my coffee! I really hope this design places in the top three next weekend!
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I love this! GMV!
Original and cool !!
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Hey, it came out really cool!
1968 - Night Of The Living Dead?
orabbit wrote:1968 - Night Of The Living Dead?
1668 first served in the U.S.
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Awesome. You always have such great texturing.
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What is the DISC 1819 for ?
orabbit wrote:Hey, it came out really cool!
Glad a few people like it! It was fun to do.
Ok... get some Caffeine and vote folks !!
Love the expression!
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haha +1
There is but one beverage that gets you so wired you can take on the world... or a wall- made of solid bricks...
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POEMS syndrome is a rare blood disorder that damages your nerves and affects many other parts of the body. POEMS stands for these signs and symptoms:
POEMS syndrome can be misdiagnosed because the signs and symptoms mimic those of other disorders. POEMS syndrome progresses rapidly and may become life-threatening, so early diagnosis is important.
Treatment for POEMS syndrome may improve your symptoms but does not cure the condition. Treatment options include radiation therapy, chemotherapy and peripheral blood stem cell transplant.
The cause of POEMS syndrome isn't known. But people with POEMS syndrome have an increased number of plasma cells. These cells produce an abnormal amount of a type of protein, which can damage other parts of the body.
Mayo Clinic doctors specializing in blood disorders (hematologists) have experience diagnosing POEMS syndrome. Your Mayo specialist will start with a thorough medical history and physical examination. Blood and urine samples will be taken to check your protein and hormone levels.
Based on the results, you may then have:
Depending on your signs and symptoms, you may have further evaluation by doctors specializing in the brain and nervous system (neurology), eyes (ophthalmology), hormonal disorders (endocrinology), lungs (pulmonary medicine), and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Read more about CT scan, PET scan and biopsy.
Treatment generally focuses on managing the underlying plasma cell disorder. At Mayo Clinic, a multispecialty team of doctors works together to develop a personalized treatment plan for you based on your needs.
The treatment options include:
Treatment often results in symptom relief. The extent of relief depends on the severity of the symptoms before treatment.
Other ways to manage your symptoms include:
People with POEMS syndrome need lifelong care because relapse is possible. At Mayo Clinic, follow-up exams are scheduled every three months.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Specialists in hematology and oncology at Mayo Clinic diagnose and treat adults with POEMS syndrome.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Specialists in hematology at Mayo Clinic diagnose and treat adults with POEMS syndrome.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 507-538-3270 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
See information on patient services at the three Mayo Clinic locations, including transportation options and lodging.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic study how to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people with POEMS syndrome. Specific efforts include defining criteria for diagnosing the disorder, evaluating the effectiveness of radiation treatment and using stem cell transplants.
See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic authors on POEMS syndrome on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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The quarterback position is always a hot topic of conversation, especially during this time of the year. The National Football League has become a sport where this position is one of supreme importance, and if you're a team that dosen't have a difference maker at the position, your franchise will be left behind! Only one of 12 playoff quarterbacks had a passer rating below 80 (Tim Tebow at 72.9), and the elite single-callers were well over 100 (Aaron Rodgers 122.5, Drew Brees 110.6 and Tom Brady 105.6).
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When we first travelled to the Czech Republic, we took a plane to Prague. As we'd gotten there late, we planned to stay in a hostel overnight. Myself and my friend who was planned to be my roommate had to take a separate taxi to the hostel as there were no spaces left on the mini bus that everyone else was on. That night in the hostel was so terrifying as it was a foreign place, in a hostel, nighttime and we were 13. There were four lots of bunk beds in our dorm and 4 of us in the dorm. We ended up being too scared, and top and tailed in one bunk bed.
The next morning we travelled on a mini bus (everyone on the same one this time!) for about 3 to 4 hours, right across the country and finally to Treb�c
The hotel was rather beautiful. We all raced up the stairs after the check in to pick out our rooms. Over the next couple of days, we rehearsed for our plays, went to a Czech school and lived out the whole Czech lifestyle. I must say, I loved the food and the culture, but I wouldn't be able to live there as i'm too much of a big city girl.
On the last day, we all travelled back to Prague where we shopped for the day. A few friends and I visited a wax works museum where there was Harry Potter and Adolf Hilter. The teachers that accompanied us on the trip ended up shouting at us because we bought hoodies that said 'Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to Prague.' We were 13, and didn't know the proper meaning HAHA!
We went to a castle in Prague which was one of the most amazing places i've ever been to purely because of the history
After about 6 days in Czech Republic, we finally headed to the airport to go home on an 8 O' Clock flight. No. Delayed until 2 am. It was one of the longest waits I've ever done. Eventually, we got on the plane and returned home to Liverpool where my dad was waiting to pick me up.
I absolutely loved going to Treb�c and Prague and found it was one of the best trips i've ever been on because I learnt so much about making lasting friends, diving into new cultures and embracing it as I did! I really hope to take other people back there some day so that I can show them how going to some random little place in the Czech Republic can be an amazing trip.
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H1t M0nk3y wrote:Thanks everyone!!!
Something that's funny: Since I knew exactly this time what I was getting myself into, I was so prepared mentally that I don't feel especially tired or exhausted (I mean, after two good nights of sleep).
I already started reading in "The Shellcoder's Handbook" yesterday. I am starting to study for OSCE tonight (first pass watching the videos).
BTW, I also stopped working on OSCE two years ago because after CISSP, I was totally brain dead. I --HATED-- studying for this exam!! I almost burn myself out. I ended up taking almost a full year off after CISSP...
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I have posted a couple times about bee trees and cutouts and want to say thank you to all.
To follow up, I want to tell you what I eventually did. I cut the log off to stand up as many suggested. When I did the log which was rotted rolled over and layed open right down the center. A group of bees the size of a big grapefruit lay on each half with several buzzing me. Most comb stayed in place so I gently posiitioned the two halves back together and placed the hole log in a wooden box that I built off the plan of a Top Bar hive I found on the net. Now the hive is safe inside an enclosure and elevated a couple feet. I made 2 sugar cakes like those shown on Gardenfork.tv and positioned them in the log just beside the comb.
Now two weeks later, it looks as though they have taken the comb that was knocked loose and built new comb from it inside the log. It is really white and new looking. I am not sure if they are storing the sugar in the comb or just eating it.
Cold weather returned Yesterday and the bees are staying close to the hive. Will wait for warmer temps to open it again when I will place more sugar cake. I also plan on adding a 12v heat blanket as winter gets colder. I hope this help will keep them going till spring when I will rehive them. Thanks again! John Brewer


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Moderate intoxication may help a person notice minor changes in a visual scene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found. During tests of "change blindness," the inability to notice minor changes, intoxicated participants detected as many changes as sober subjects and with shorter response times.
"Both the sober and drunk people find the same number of changes, but drunk people find them faster," says Jennifer Wiley, professor of psychology at UIC and senior author on the study.
Two experiments comprised the new study, which was published online in the journal Consciousness and Cognition.
First, 48 males were given a baseline task-set to make sure the drinking and non-drinking groups were equal at the outset.
The drinking group then watched an animated movie while consuming vodka and cranberry juice until they reached approximately .08 percent blood alcohol content -- legal intoxication. The nondrinking group watched the same movie.
Researchers then challenged each group using a flicker paradigm (going back and forth between two versions of the same image with one small change) in eight rounds of the test. Each round featured an everyday setting, such as a farmers market or an office. Participants had to indicate when they noticed an item change, and identify it.
People typically used one of two strategies, Wiley said.
"As western readers in the U.S., we usually start at the top-left corner and scan back and forth looking for anything that might be changing," said Wiley, in describing a systematic approach.
An alternative method is not to scan. Rather than focusing attention, the subject waits for the change to "pop out."
"Our suspicion is that the sober people are using a more systematic, methodical strategy, and the drunk people are waiting for the 'pop out,'" Wiley said.
A second experiment, using working memory tasks -- which require focused attention -- proved more difficult for the intoxicated group. These tests require remembering sequences of letters or shapes while performing another task, such as solving a math problem, at the same time.
"These tests require you to go back and forth between two tasks, which means you need to be directing your attention," Wiley said. "So there is a lot of updating, and a lot of back and forth. Drunk people are less able to do this, and they did 15 to 30 percent worse on these tasks."
Co-author Gregory Colflesh, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, says the findings "nicely supplement our previous research illustrating that moderate intoxication improved creativity."
In that study, Wiley, Colflesh, and UIC graduate student Andrew Jarosz found that participants who were slightly under the .08 percent legal limit for blood alcohol outperformed sober subjects in solving word association problems.
Wiley says for some tasks, like change detection and creative problem-solving, "you are sometimes better off not trying to direct yourself to find an answer."
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UTSA named to president's higher ed honor roll
(Feb. 16, 2009)--The Corporation for National and Community Service recently honored The University of Texas at San Antonio with a place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America's communities.
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Launched in 2006, the community service honor roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on the scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.
Several of the numerous UTSA volunteer programs were highlighted in the application. The UTSA United to Serve Day in April 2008 sent more than 250 students, faculty and staff to work on 12 projects ranging from a graffiti wipeout to a hospice project to the Cibolo Creek Cleanup. UTSA's application detailed projects such as the 2008 Alternative Spring Break program, where students spent five days working with the Casa de Nazareth Orphanage in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Also highlighted was the Catholic Student Organization's clothing and school supplies drives for tornado relief in the border region of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras.
"In this time of economic distress, we need volunteers more than ever," said Stephen Goldsmith, vice chair of the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees the honor roll. "College students represent an enormous pool of idealism and energy to help tackle some of our toughest challenges. We salute UTSA for making community service a campus priority, and thank the millions of college students who are helping to renew America through service to others."
The corporation honored six schools with presidential awards. Eighty-three were named as Honor Roll with Distinction members with 546 schools as Honor Roll members. In total, 635 schools were recognized. View the full list at the National Service Web site.
The honor roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
Recent studies have underlined the importance of service-learning and volunteering to college students. In 2006, 2.8 million college students gave more than 297 million hours of volunteer service, according to the corporation's Volunteering in America 2007 study. Expanding campus incentives for service is part of a larger initiative to spur higher levels of volunteering by America's college students. CNCS works with a coalition of federal agencies, higher education and student associations, and nonprofit organizations to achieve this goal.
For more information, visit the National Service Web site or contact Belinda Saldana, UTSA director of community outreach, at (210) 458-2904.


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Steinbrenner filmed a commercial once.. my friend worked on the film crew. Mrs. Steinbrenner saw it and pulled the plug and that was that.. it was never shown.
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Evidence mounts for endocrine effects of a compound used in many antibacterial bar soaps
Anna Lena Phillips
When research suggests that a single chemical may cause harm, public concern rises, as it has for the plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) in recent years. But many more of the 83,000 or so humanmade chemicals used in the United States receive little attention. The possible effects of chemicals in combination get still less scrutiny, even though the potential that some chemicals will interact is high, given their numbers.
This may be due in part to the staggering amount of work required to discern those effects. It would be a very difficult task to keep up with research on all of these substances, much less evaluate their relative risk as new results appear. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put considerable effort into this under the Toxic Substances Control Act, but the Act has not been updated since its passage in 1976 and excludes many substances from the agency's purview.
Substances that have the potential to disrupt development in an organism are of special concern. The results of exposure to such chemicals can range from birth defects to developmental irregularities that don't appear until later in life. Determining whether a substance is an endocrine disruptor, how strongly it acts and at what concentrations, not to mention deciphering hormone pathways themselves, takes a great deal of time and resources. Studies in the lab can't be directly extrapolated to real-life situations, but they can offer clues about new routes to explore, along with help in evaluating the risk posed by various chemicals.
Heather Patisaul, a biologist at North Carolina State University, studies the effects of BPA and other compounds suspected to disrupt hormonal processes, using female rats as models. "The biggest unknown," she says, "is if human harm is indeed resulting from exposure to these chemicals at low doses. If it is, it requires a major paradigm shift in how we approach toxicology, because the current strategies are ill equipped to deal with endocrine disruptors."
A new study adds several more pieces to the puzzle. In a September 2011 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., Eunah Chung, Maria C. Genco, Laura Megrelis and Joan V. Ruderman chose a less known, but widely used, substance to investigate: triclocarban (3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide, or TCC).
TCC has been used as an antimicrobial in consumer products since the 1950s. A 2001 study found that it was present in 84 percent of antimicrobial bar soaps sold in the United States. It's often mentioned in the same breath with triclosan: Both are halogenated carbons used in soaps and other products, but their chemical identities are unique. The EPA reports that between 1 and 10 million pounds of TCC were used in the United States in 2002. People who shower with soap containing TCC absorb it through their skin. It is metabolized quickly by humans but persists in surface waters and in sewage sludge that is spread on agricultural fields.
Ruderman and her coauthors looked at the gene aromatase-B (AroB) in the brains of developing zebrafish embryos. AroB is regulated by estrogen, among other compounds, and is expressed in subregions of the brain including the hypothalamus and preoptic areas. To determine what concentration of TCC to use, they tested a range, then chose one that did not show signs of developmental delay or toxicity. The 0.25 micromolar experimental concentration was about 1600 times higher than a high-end estimate of levels in surface waters in an industry report to the EPA, and about 12 times higher than a high-end estimate from a university-based study in Environmental Health Perspectives.
The team found that TCC had little effect on AroB when introduced without estrogen, but that it strongly enhanced the effects of introduced estrogen on the gene, with a twofold greater increase than that induced by estrogen alone. They also tested the effects of BPA and found that it induced the gene's expression even without estrogen present.
Then the researchers exposed embryos to TCC and BPA together. Rather than amplifying the effect of the estrogen-mimicking BPA, TCC suppressed it: Its presence along with BPA resulted in about a twofold decrease in transcription of aromatase-B compared to embryos exposed to BPA alone.
"The experiments we did with BPA plus TCC were an example where each one has a positive effect on an estrogenlike process," Ruderman says. "But you put them together and they are not additive—in fact in some ways they suppress each other." It's surprising that TCC would amplify estrogen's effect but reduce the effect of an estrogen mimic—a reminder that chemicals in combination can act unpredictably.
In a 2008 study in Environmental Health Perspectives, Bruce Hammock, an entomologist at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues found that TCC enhanced estrogen- and testosterone-dependent gene expression by 2.5 times in human cells. "The major significance" of Ruderman's study, he says, "is an elegant demonstration that there is the potential for two known environmental chemicals to synergize for an enhanced biological effect." He thinks it's unlikely that environmental exposure to both chemicals will be high enough to create such effects, but he notes, "This is a cautionary tale in terms of mixtures in general. As a society we are using thousands of high-volume chemicals with little regard to environmental or human health effects."
Andreas Kortenkamp, a mixtures toxicologist at Brunel University, thinks that scientists can help interpret incomplete or inconclusive evidence so that policy makers can move forward: "Because of these many unknowns and uncertainties, we have to develop ways of making very important decisions on the basis of incomplete knowledge. That's not easy, and we as scientists can actually make a little contribution there."
Such contributions are especially important because the EPA relies in part on voluntary industry reporting to glean information. It has asked companies to make information about high-production-volume (HPV) chemicals available, under its HPV Challenge program, in order to determine their relative priority. A 2009 HPV Challenge assessment, submitted by the Triclocarban Consortium (whose members include the Bayer Corporation and Clariant Corporation), stated that "there is negligible likelihood of harm to man and the environment" from the manufacture and use of TCC, calling it "a low priority for further work." In the EPA's subsequent initial risk-based prioritization for TCC, based on the Consortium's assessment along with other data, it listed the substance as high priority, noting its high potential risk to aquatic organisms from environmental releases—a risk documented in the Consortium assessment. That risk is also foremost in Ruderman's and Hammock's minds. "You've got to wonder if TCC is affecting estrogen signaling in aquatic organisms out there," Ruderman says.
The EPA and TCC Consortium reports marked the potential risk to the general population as low. But Ruderman asks, "What is the molecular mechanism by which TCC is acting to affect estrogen signaling? Clearly it's having an effect, and if it's affecting estrogen signaling, might it not affect other hormones or other cell systems in bad ways that we don't know about?"
Hammock is less worried about TCC than he is about several flame-retardant chemicals used to meet the standards of a California law regulating furniture and bedding, and U.S. flame-resistance standards for computer circuit boards. "Chemicals aren't fundamentally bad or good," he says, "but they do have properties, and in general, halogens on carbon molecules in high-volume chemicals usually have come back to bite us. Sometimes it's fifteen years later, but we usually run into trouble. Fire retardants fall into that class of compounds, and some personal-care products too."
The potential combinatory effects of such chemicals have been so little studied that more surprises are sure to come. It would be good, Ruderman says, to adhere to the precautionary principle embraced by the field of public health. The best hope she sees for that is informing women who are pregnant or who plan to have children: "People will stop all sorts of unhealthy behaviors for the health of their unborn child." She recommends the site http://safecosmetics.org as a resource.
"It sounds terrific, right?" she says. "Why wouldn't you want something that's antibacterial? But it turns out that plain soap is just as good in getting rid of germs. And why would you want to have this other chemical in there if it's not needed?"
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A Special Blended Drink That Native People (Generally Residing In Canada) Drink To "Trip-Out." It Is Brewed From Windex, Or Window Cleaner Mixed With Some Water And Or Milk.
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Just west of the Allegheny Front, Deep Creek Lake boasts 69 miles of prime Maryland shoreline. Home to a healthy assortment of freshwater wildlife, the site is a hot spot for fishing—think largemouth bass and walleye—and slipping into a secluded retreat.
Whether you stretch out on the inn's large porch or toast a few marshmallows over the fire pit, North Glade Inn Bed & Breakfast offers prime access to a variety of on-site recreational activities, with plenty more available at the adjacent 80,000 acres of public state parks.
"Western Maryland is a haven for lovers of the outdoors. Garrett and Allegany counties offer a wide variety of outside activities in any season," says Frommer's. "Gently rolling mountains draw visitors to their hiking and biking paths and ski slopes. Rivers and streams, particularly the Youghiogheny and the Savage, attract fly fishermen and white-water rafters. The centerpiece is Deep Creek Lake."
Rooms at North Glade are spacious and warm, with richly patterned quilts, amish hardwood furniture, and modern touches including TVs and stereo systems. In keeping with the inn's family feel, home-style meals are spread across a communal dining table in the great room. On sunny days, guests can take meals in a tree-framed picnic area.
Whether you snowshoe through Swallow Falls State Park or cast a line in the inn's on-site fishing pond, an Escape to North Glade is provides plenty of ways to savor the Old Line State.
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