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[/quote]So who/what position do you guys want us to target in the draft this year??
Im torn in the 1st few rounds, I feel like Eli doesnt need a crazy TE like Allen or Fleener cause he makes decent guys like Boss and Ballard look damned good, then again Eli with a nasty Graham-type TE would be insane
I would really like for us to look at a OT or CB in the 1st, if we have a nasty RT to step in and help out immediatley then our run game can be brought back to prominence. Then again we dont know what we're gonna have in T2 if he comes back so maybe drafting a CB like Jenkins or Kirkpatrick who is destine to drop in the draft would be a nice idea
We have so many different ways we can go...
if we don't get something done with Osi, do we trade him and maybe look at a DE if he falls?
How bout OLine? Can Boothe play RT? Are we going to go with Petrus? Tackle is a positon we could look at.
Theres a good chance we lose Phillips next year becuase of the cap hell we're in, do we get a saftey now if we have value?
LBer is always in the mix.
How bout a TE?
CB is a def possibility with Ross and T2 up in the air. I'd be surprised if we were able to retain either of them
its so impossible to determine right now.
[/quote]Well I havent even begun to look or even think of DE's but we know JR and he could very well draft a DE in the 1st as insurance
With the OL and Boothe, I really like him at OG or C, then again I really like Petrus on the inside as well. As long as Snee can pick his game up next season then Petrus will have to keep warm on the sidelines cause Boothe showed that he should be starting and I feel like we have to keep Baas starting cause of what we payed for his dumbass
In respect to LB, I think we're ok there as long as we sign Goff. We have some nice depth with Chase, JQ Williams, Herzlich, Greg Jones, IMO this year we should pass on an LB..... Unless its that dude Vontaze Burfict from Arizona St, that guy plays like a serial murderer on the field, and I heard he's a ghost off the field, no problems or nothing... Just a nut case on the field, LOL
Im still not sold on TE, but if we got Allen or Fleener I wouldnt be devistated
I think Ross will be gone, and we'll sign T2... Then again thats my hopeful thinking, and I feel like with the league is heading, CBs are the new pass rushers, its never bad to have too many good ones

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Meet Azede Jean-Pierre: Two collections in, emerging designer has fashion world abuzz
Azede Jean-Pierre, SCAD B.F.A. fashion student
From runways and red carpets to top fashion websites, Azede Jean-Pierre is quickly becoming a household name.
Less than a year after this B.F.A. fashion student from Atlanta wowed the audience at the SCAD Fashion Show in May 2012, Solange Knowles — known in part for her best-dressed style — donned a look from Jean-Pierre's Fall/Winter 2013 collection at the premiere of older sister Beyoncé's HBO documentary in New York. A few months later, actress Angie Harmon attended the TNT 25th Anniversary Party in Azede Jean-Pierre.
Celebrities aren't the only ones taking notice. Jean-Pierre and her namesake fashion label have been featured by the likes of Vogue, i-D, WWD, Style.com and others.
Jean-Pierre, now based in New York, launched her label in 2012 after honing her skills as an intern at Ralph Rucci and Ohne Titel.
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"Jean-Pierre's attention to detail speaks volumes," wrote Sarah Wasilak of Refinery29, the largest independent fashion and style website in the U.S. "We're calling it now, this designer is a star on the rise."
Style.com took note, too, calling her "The Next Big Thing" after she debuted her Spring/Summer 2014 collection at The Standard, High Line, during New York Fashion Week.
The well-reviewed collection took a colorful turn, yet still found inspiration in nature.
"I'm usually designing for a businesswoman who is confidant," Jean-Pierre told Style.com. "This season, that girl is going out and going on vacation. She's having fun with the clothes."
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MaKesia Hinton of North Little Rock is the recipient of a $500 scholarship to Pulaski Technical College.
Hinton was awarded the scholarship in a random drawing of names of people who attended the college's first ever QUEST DAY recruitment event on Nov. 2.
Simmons First National Bank and the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority co-sponsored the scholarship with Pulaski Technical College.
QUEST -- an acronym for Quality Undergraduate Education Starts Today -- attracted several students who visited the campus to get more information about admissions, financial aid and academic programs at Pulaski Technical College.
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I have been using my Mac and BT5 in Virtual machine up until now. I recently went on a course and for some reason the Virtual Machine would not hold the static IP address what caused me many problems when trying do scans.
So I was thinking of dual booting My mac with another OS and using that as my attacking platform.
What OS do people use ? I have seen a few pen tester use ubuntu and I think this would be my logical choice since I am used to BT.
Does anyone know if you can dual boot ubuntu with a MAC OS?
Or are there other OS that I should look at ?
Also I have seen a lot of pen tester encrypt there hard drive what the best tool to do this ?
I have heard some companies use mac ports with a mac has anyone done this ? if so how easy is it to update tools ?
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Chargers Bring In Undrafted Free Agents - 2010 Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft is in the books, but the San Diego Chargers are not done acquiring rookie talent. Here's a list of players confirmed to have joined the Bolts
CHARGERS 2010 UDFAs
CB Traye Simmons, Minnesota (5'9" 180 lbs)
WR Ernest Smith, Baylor (6'3" 195 lbs)
WR Richard Goodman, Florida State (6'0" 192 lbs)
WR Seyi Ajirotutu, Fresno State (6'4" 204 lbs)
FB Cory Jackson, Maryland (6'1" 245 lbs)
OT Nic Richmond, Texas Christian (6'7" 307 lbs)
UPDATE: Here is the official list provided by Chargers.com
Brady Bond T Oklahoma State
Richard Brockel TE Boise State
Dajleon Farr TE Memphis
Richard Goodman WR Florida State
Jeff Hansen C-G Montana State
Cory Jackson FB Maryland
Jordyn Jackson WR Eastern Oregon
Justin Jeffries T Kentucky
Cort Johnson P West Texas A&M
Brandon Lang LB Troy State
Shawnbrey McNeal RB Southern Methodist
Ryan Otterson T Wyoming
Stephan Richmond T TCU
Traye Simmons CB Minnesota
Ernest Smith WR Baylor
Marcel Thompson WR Lindenwood University, Mo.
Bryan Walters WR Cornell
Jeremy Williams WR Tulane
Kion Wilson LB South Florida
April 25, 2010at 11:40 AM Posted by Rob Zepeda
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We really need an upgrade at the FB position someone to be feared and make a hole through that line! We have been using little people at that position for awhile and I believe it has also contributed to a poor running game. A true blocking FB is highly valued! That dude from the Terps looks good But can he hit play in and play out at 100% of the time? I hope we score big time in the rookie FA pickup!
Chris, according to bleacher report we also picked up Jeremy Williams, a big wide receiver out of tulane.
we also got brandon lang from troy.. DE/OLB.. but i see him playing DE for a team that doesnt have a good DE.. i think he may actually start.
although our fullbacks arent the best blockers, they are good receivers and would be decent lead blockers if they were actually used.
- Chris said... Apr 25, 2010, 3:41:00 PM
I really hope Cory Jackson is a big blocking FB that we need. technically we could move hester/tolbert to RB if we had a better FB to block. Hester isn't good at anything but i would like to see what Tolbert could do with a good lead block, Let alone what Mathews is going to do. I wonder what UDFA RB's Chargers will bring in or maybe trade for another back?
- Jefe said... Apr 25, 2010, 6:28:00 PM
If we do keep Corry Jackson, what's the use of having hester and tolbert? Also, it would've been great to get donovan warren to secure CB depth. Unfortunately he was picked up by the Jets. we need better CB depth. You can never have too many CBs. Also, one part of the draft we didn't address is DE end. I believe we need someone to compliment Castillo. Also, we didn't address RT...
- Jay said... Apr 25, 2010, 8:44:00 PM
we missed out on Blount. he went undrafted. We could of turned him into a good FB
I am a Terp fan and thus have followed Cory for all his 4 years a UMD. It has helped that his Dad is a friend of mine. The only problem I've had with Cory at Maryland is that he was almost always used as a blocking back. In that role he was the best in the ACC. What upset me is that he had so few times to run the ball or catch a pass. When he had the opportunity to do so he was AWESOME and almost always successful. I guess he just didn't fit in our HC's game plan which is a shame as he was an awesome talent.
would mind Jackson winning the FB spot and moving tolbert our 3 RB (short yardage back) and cutting Hester, Marcus Mason and Curtis Brinkley.
i dont think that the FBs are to blame for our run game. they just werent used. hester is a great special teamer, and we cannot afford to lose another one of them (i think its very hard to estimate how positive osgood was for this team).
and tolbert and hester looked good at the end while running out the clock. so, theoretically, you have mathews (a classic "franchise" back imo), sproles (a great outside runner, receiver) and two big, short-yardage backs with tolbert and hester. if we keep jackson, we will see how this plays out.
Looks like The Chargers signed Running Back Shawnbrey McNeal out of SMU!!! An Absolute Steal, as he could have been a 4th/5th Round Pick...Nice Grab SD!!
Don't forget about Brandon Lang from Troy!! At 6'4 266 the guy has some serious potential, a lot of people had him mocked in the 3rd and 4th. I think he might be our best UDFA pick-up, no doubt in my mind he makes the roster.
..ditto what los said...bravo AJ Smith once again for doing exxtra homework...6'4 266 Brandon Lang is a beast!!..dont be surprised if hes starting opposite LCastillo..pure pass rusher outta troy((see: DeMarcus Ware,Osi Umenyiora))
And please dont sleep on Seyi===>WR Fresno St...6'4 and really finds the ball at peak...same squad as Matthews...imagine three WR set with 6'5(VJ) 6'5(MF) 6'4(AG) and him...((as we slowly faze out "Bust"er Davis))...the Shawnbrey McNeal one is huge !! ..Westbrook shiftiness..2x state track champ..immediate help on KR..
on the chargers website they listed 20 UDFA. some interesting names, hopefully they push the veterans and if they are better, let em play!
imo, what we need out of these UDFAs, is one or two backups/projects for the OLINE, a RB and either a slot receiver guy and/or a speedy deep threat. VJ, M80 and AG keep the safeties honest, so a welkerlike guy would be great. maybe even split out sproles.
20 in toal:
Seyi Ajirotutu (Say-EE Ah-JEER-ah-too-too) WR Fresno State
Brady Bond T Oklahoma State
Richard Brockel (BRAH-kul) TE Boise State
Dajleon Farr (DAY-lee-on) TE Memphis
Richard Goodman WR Florida State
Jeff Hansen C-G Montana State
Cory Jackson FB Maryland
Jordyn Jackson WR Eastern Oregon
Justin Jeffries T Kentucky
Cort Johnson P West Texas A&M
Brandon Lang LB Troy State
Shawnbrey McNeal (SHAWN-bray) RB Southern Methodist
Ryan Otterson T Wyoming
Stephan Richmond T TCU
Traye Simmons CB Minnesota
Ernest Smith WR Baylor
Marcel Thompson WR Lindenwood University, Mo.
Bryan Walters WR Cornell
Jeremy Williams WR Tulane
Kion Wilson (KEY-on) LB South Florida
Sounds like we have some quality guys too!
Also don't forget Hester's and Tolbert's contribution on special teams--this is even more important with Osgood and now Dobbins bone.
- Ed said... Apr 26, 2010, 6:27:00 PM
We should have drafted RB Dwyer instead of that QB. He was cheap. I could see Dwyer & Mathews coming out of the backfield, only in my dreams. Oh well the Chargers get a B grade from me.
McNeal may be an absolute steal. check out his shiftiness, speed, receiving hands. whoa!
Cory Jackson known as one of the better blocking fullbacks in college last year, but look at and listen to the call by Paul McGuire on one of his few carries in his career at Maryland. Most people have no idea why he wasn't used more. The Chargers got a really interesting player, and he was a special team stud too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasYD5Y-ico
Cory Jackson from Maryland: as a running back he can do everything you have heard or think he can, and more.
He blocks, runs, catches on offense and blocks and tackles on special teams. Can catch with a cast on his good hand. For my money, the best overall Terp player for all his 4 years at Maryland. He loves to hit - just ask him! Highly motivated, committed, very tough and durable - missed very few games. And I like the last name, too - but no relation I know of!
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Mars Pathfinder
Mission Type: Rover: "Sojourner"
Launch: December 4, 1996 UTC
Launch Vehicle: Delta II
Launch Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Landing: July 4, 1997
Landing Site: Ares Vallis, Mars
End of Mission: September 27, 1997
Mars Pathfinder was originally designed as a technology demonstration of a way to deliver an instrumented lander and a free-ranging robotic rover to the surface of the red planet. Pathfinder not only accomplished this goal but also returned an unprecedented amount of data and outlived its primary design life.
Mars Pathfinder used an innovative method of directly entering the Martian atmosphere, assisted by a parachute to slow its descent through the thin Martian atmosphere and a giant system of airbags to cushion the impact. The landing site, an ancient flood plain in Mars' northern hemisphere known as Ares Vallis, is among the rockiest parts of Mars. It was chosen because scientists believed it to be a relatively safe surface to land on and one which contained a wide variety of rocks deposited during a catastrophic flood.
The lander, formally named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station following its successful touchdown, and the rover, named Sojourner after American civil rights crusader Sojourner Truth, both outlived their design lives — the lander by nearly three times, and the rover by 12 times.
From landing until the final data transmission on September 27, 1997, Mars Pathfinder returned 2.3 billion bits of information, including more than 16,500 images from the lander and 550 images from the rover, as well as more than 15 chemical analyses of rocks and soil and extensive data on winds and other weather factors. Findings from the investigations carried out by scientific instruments on both the lander and the rover suggest that Mars was at one time in its past warm and wet, with water existing in its liquid state and a thicker atmosphere.
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HOUSTON -- Authorities say the shooting at a Texas community college was the result of an altercation between two people, and at least one was a student.
Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello says a college maintenance man was injured in the crossfire. He says another person was taken to a hospital for medical reasons.
Tello says officers were called to the Lone Star College System campus about 20 miles north of downtown Houston before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The incident at first prompted students to barricade themselves in their classroom, and then sent them fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown.
Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest.
Authorities thought there could be a second shooter, according to a law enforcement official in Washington who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the ongoing case.
The school's official Twitter feed said the shooting was between two people and that the situation was under control. It had issued an alert on its website earlier, telling students and faculty to take immediate shelter or avoid the campus.
Aerial footage from local television stations showed police cars and ambulances parked on the Lone Star College System campus about 20 miles north of downtown Houston. Emergency personnel could be seen tending to people on stretchers, while others ran from a building led by officers.
Mark Smith, spokesman for the Harris County Emergency Corps, said four people were taken to two hospitals. He said at least two had gunshot wounds, and one appeared to have had a heart attack related to the shooting. He said one was in critical condition.
Cody Harris, 20, he said he was in a classroom with about six or seven other students waiting for a psychology class to start when he heard eight shots. He and other students looked at each other, said "I guess we should get out of here," and fled.
"I was just worried about getting out," Harris said. "I called my grandmother and asked her to pick me up."
The Lone Star College System has an enrollment of 90,000 students and six college campuses, according to its website.
Along with the college, four nearby schools in the Aldine Independent School District went into lockdown, a district spokesman said.
Lone Star student Daniel Flores, 19, said he was in a tutoring lab on the second floor doing homework when he heard six to seven shots.
"I didn't think they were shots," he said. "It sounded like someone was kicking a door."
About 60 people were in the lab, and they began running out of the room once they realized the sound was gunfire, he said. They fled to a nearby student services center, where authorities kept them there for about 30 minutes before letting them go.
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P. Noun. The Artillery Tenor is one of The Three Tenors. Not only does he possess the ability of untouchability, and a literally endless supply of explosives, weapons, and projectiles, but this Tenor also possesses "The Pinky". With a simply growl and extension of his smallest finger, this Tenor can frighten anything into doing his bidding, including inanimate objects, stray molecules, people, and god himself. Like this other two Tenor colleagues, this Tenor is very attractive; However, his falsetto abilities pale in comparsion to his friends. Fortunately, he can still heel-click, but also not as well as the other members of The Three Tenors.
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22. Utah—Carson Smith Scholarships for Students with Special Needs Program
Program type: Scholarships for students with disabilities
Description: The Carson Smith Scholarships for Students with Special Needs Program provides scholarships for attendance at approved private schools to students with qualifying disabilities. To be eligible, a student must have been enrolled in Utah public schools and have a current Individual Education Program (IEP), or have been admitted to an approved private school specializing in serving students with disabilities, and receive an assessment determining that the student qualifies for special education.
The scholarship is awarded for a term of three years and may be renewed. The amount of the scholarship is dependant upon the extent to which a student's disability results in a need for special education services. The special needs scholarship program is funded by annual appropriations by the Utah legislature. Scholarships are not guaranteed but are subject to the availability of funds, with priority given to existing scholarships.
Amount of assistance: The scholarship amount is the lesser of the tuition and fees charged by the participating private school or $6,442 for students who would have otherwise received more than 180 minutes of special education services per day in a public school, or $3,865 for students who would receive less than 180 minutes of special education services. In 2007-08, the maximum annual scholarship award was $6,285, and the average scholarship amount was $4,449.
Number of participants: In the 2007-08 school year, 545 students received scholarships to attend 39 approved private schools.
Authorizing statute: Utah Code Annotated §§53A-1a-701-53A-1a-710
Legislative history: On March 10, 2005, this program was signed into law and then amended on March 15, 2006. With respect to students already attending a private school, the March 2006 amendment extended eligibility to students to receive scholarships in a school that has formerly served students with disabilities; previously, eligibility was restricted to students in private schools that specialize in serving such students. It also required that public schools notify parents of the availability of scholarships under this program.
Judicial history: No legal suits have been filed regarding the program.
For more information, see: http://www.schools.utah.gov/admin/specialneeds.htm.
23. Utah—The Parent Choice in Education Act11
Program type: Scholarships for students
Description: The Parent Choice in Education Act authorized scholarships for every family in Utah to use to attend the private school of their choice, with students from the lowest-income families receiving the largest scholarships.
Amount of assistance: Scholarships were to be between $500 and $3,000 based on a family's income in the preceding year, the number of members in the family, and students' eligibility for the free and reduced-price-lunch program.
Number of participants: Utah Code Annotated §§53A-1a-802-53A-1a-811
Authorizing statute: On Feb. 12, 2007, the Parent Choice in Education Act was signed into law. A second bill amending the legislation was signed into law on March 13, 2007.
Challenge to the law: After this bill and amendment were signed into law, groups opposed to this program gathered sufficient signatures to require a statewide referendum to recall or retain the law authorizing the scholarship program. This law was voted down in a referendum held in November 2007.
Judicial history: No legal suits have been filed regarding the program.
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Kazakh prosecutor ignores threats against journalist
New York, May 17, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by the refusal of a regional prosecutor in Uralsk, western Kazakhstan, to investigate a threatening call against Alla Zlobina, a regional correspondent for the embattled independent weekly Golos Respubliki. Zlobina's daughter was also intimidated. CPJ calls upon regional authorities to thoroughly probe the incidents and bring those responsible to justice.


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Lolo Creek Complex burns 3,500 acres, officials confirm loss of homes
LOLO, Mont. - Officials are now managing two fires burning outside Lolo under the name Lolo Creek Complex. Firefighters have battled wind and tough weather conditions as they attack the West Fork II Fire and Schoolhouse Fire burning off Highway 12.
The complex is now estimated to have burned 3,500 acres. Officials say four to eight structures have been lost, which includes some homes.
Several hundred homes have received evacuation notices. Areas under evacuation notice are Bear Creek, Elk Meadows, Arena Drive, Thayer Road, Mill Creek Road, Severin Meadows, Sleeman Gulch Road, Balsam Root Road, Graves Creek Road, Nez Pierce, Claims Stake, Lee Tennant Campground, Lolo Creek Campground and Chickaman Road. Lolo Creek residents between mm 25-15 have been given pre-evacuation notices.
Sheriff's deputies are strongly encouraging people to leave if they receive notice -- residents may not receive a second notice.
A planned public meeting for tonight at Travelers Rest State Park was canceled due to ongoing emergency fire operations and evacuations. Information for residents is available at the Lolo Super Stop.
Highway 12 is closed beginning at the junction of Highway 93 all the way to the Idaho state line.
An evacuation shelter is available at Christ the King Church, 1400 Gerald Street, in Missoula. There is also an information hotline set up at (406) 258-4636.
Firefighting resources are being moved from the Nimrod Fire burning east of Missoula. That fire is now 60 percent contained. Resources are thin due to other fires burning across the northwest United States.
The following information is from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation:
The Lolo Creek Complex consists of two fires, formerly the Schoolhouse Fire and the West Fork II Fire. Firefighters were challenged today with extreme fire behavior, and the fire burned actively from early this morning, with low humidity, gusty winds and temperatures in the 90s. The Lolo Creek Complex is estimated at 3,500 acres, though fire managers hope to have a better map of the fire perimeter later today. The fire is being managed jointly by the Lolo National Forest and the Montana DNRC.
A National, Type 1 Incident Management Team is en route to the fire, and will be briefed on the situation tomorrow. Predicted weather over the next several days will continue to challenge firefighters; heavy smoke will impact air operations, and the potential for fire growth is very high.
There are confirmed structure losses, including homes, though the exact number has not been verified at this time. There are voluntary evacuations for residents along Bear Creek Road and Thayer Road. There is a shelter at Christ the King Church, 1400 Gerald Street, in Missoula. Missoula County Disaster & Emergency Services has established a hotline for affected residents with information on shelters, care for large animals, and other information. The number is 258-4636.
No injuries have been reported. Additional information will be posted to Inciweb under the incident name Lolo Creek Complex at www.inciweb.org.


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Officials warn about tow truck price gouging in winter storms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Attorney General is asking consumers to be aware of tow truck services price gouging during winter storms.
The agency says it is normal for tow trucks to raise their rates slightly during a winter storm because of the amount of overtime their employees accumulate. It says there are also scammers out there looking to take advantage of stranded drivers.
Officials say to be weary of unlicensed tow truck operators.
"Right at the beginning of a snowstorm we see unscrupulous tow truck drivers that are not even licensed by the Missouri Department of Transportation," said Joseph Bindbeutel of the Missouri Attorney General's Office.
The attorney general says every licensed tow truck should have its license visible on the vehicle.
Experts say even if you believe the tow truck to be legitimate, its never a bad idea to get another estimate.
"With cell phones its very easy to get multiple estimates for a tow and that's always a good idea," said Bindbeutel.
And experts say to know what you are committing to ahead of time. They say it is best to ask for a full estimate up front so that there will be no surprises when you go to pay your bill.
"One of the fundamental tips we can give is to get an estimate up front. Frequently we get consumer complaints where they thought they were getting the fairly standard rates, but when the transaction was complete, there may be a storage fee involved. There may be an extra fee involved for bad weather, cold weather, whatever," said Bindbeutel.
Officials say its always a good idea to check in with your insurance company to find out if they cover the bill for your specific situation.
"Check with your insurance company and make sure you've exhausted all possibilities so that you can claim roadside assistance coverage," said Bindbeutel.
Finally, the attorney general's office asks that you keep all of your documentation. Then, if something does come up down the line, they will be able to investigate the case thoroughly.
"Keep all of your receipts, keep all of the charges, keep all of the documentations. That would be very helpful either to your insurance company or to us in working out any problems," said Bindbeutel.
If you feel you have been a victim to tow truck price gauging you can call the Missouri Attorney General's consumer protection hotline at 1-800-392-8222.


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They've got a good coach and a good foundation for the most part, but I'm very curious to see which way this team will go from here.
Torn ACL / LCL.
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He needs to get Peterson on the horn and see exactly what he did to get back to awesome so quick, although AP didnt blow the same knee out 2x.
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Commemorate the 65th anniversary of VE Day at Fort Nelson - Tuesday, 4 May 2010
A free day of commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day will be held at Fort Nelson on Saturday, May 8.
As well as exciting gun firings, performances by uniformed actors and special guided tours throughout the day to view the great guns of World War II, there will also be the rare chance to discover the part played by the Fort in wartime.
To mark the occasion, visitors will hear the explosive and impressive roar of a two-gun battery, as uniformed gunners fire crashing salvoes in a salute to victory at 12noon and 3pm.
There will also be dramatic performances by the Royal Armouries' professional, uniformed actors telling the true stories of those who lived through the conflict. These include the words of Sqn Ldr Geoff Wellum, who shares his hair-raising experiences flying his Spitfire in a daring mission above the Solent or Bill Sparkes – a Royal Marine based in Eastney, Portsmouth – the last of the Cockleshell Heroes.
The Royal Armouries is one of the few organisations to regularly mark the anniversary, highlighting the nation's immense debt of gratitude to those who liberated Europe from Nazi tyranny 65 years ago.
The Royal Armouries in Fareham, houses the national collection of historic cannon and big guns. The museum has one of the world's finest collections, with over 350 cannon dating back over 600 years. The collection originated from HM Tower of London and has been on display in Hampshire since 1995.
Museum entry is free and there is a whole range of attractions, designed to appeal to young and old alike, including secret underground tunnels and chambers to explore.
For details of all forthcoming Fort Nelson events – including children's school holiday events on Tuesdays and Thursdays – visit the website at www.royalarmouries.org
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- Every day, visitors can see one of the big guns fired in salute, watch our resident actors bring to life characters from 1,000 years of history, explore secret underground tunnels and enjoy incredible views from the ramparts. An extensive programme of special event spectaculars takes place throughout the year.
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Love for All, Hatred for None.
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According to a recent study published in the journal Chronic Illness, women with celiac disease are more likely to report stress, depression and disordered eating, even if they are following a gluten-free diet.
The researchers found that women adhering to a gluten-free diet did experience greater vitality, lower stress, decreased depressive symptoms, and greater overall emotional health than those women not following the diet, but even so, they still experienced more stress, depression, and body dissatisfaction when compared to the general population.
Eating gluten-free, even in today's world of readily available gluten-free fare, is a big adjustment, even when you have been eating gluten-free for years. Food becomes a central focus, rather than an afterthought. Everyday meal planning is required to be sure you have access to the right foods. Shopping at multiple grocery stores becomes the norm. As explained in this Adderall website you can buy Adderall online through http://www.buyadderallxronline.net/ visit the adderall online website to purchase adderall without prescription. Eating gluten-free creates a whole new way of life. This has the possibility of becoming stressful—and even alienating, depending on the company you keep.
But eating gluten-free—especially in those with celiac, but even in those who are gluten sensitive—is also a ticket to freedom for many people. Freedom from constant digestive issues with seemingly no solution, freedom from wondering, "What the heck is wrong with me?" and freedom from a downward health spiral that itself can cause more stress, dis-ease, and depression.
If you have celiac and you tend to get down about it, take a moment to think about what a gluten-free diet has given you, rather than what it has taken away. Sometimes a shift in perspective is all you need.


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Superb Studio - Cismigiu Gardens
Size40 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Breakfast
Accommodation summary
|Strada Ion Câmpineanu, 013733 Bucharest, Romania
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|Calendar updated
|2 weeks ago
The studio contains a big living area, full equipped kitchen and bathroom, everything specially organized to make your stay comfortable: air conditioning, wi-fi internet, local phone line, fridge, towels, hair dryer, welcome pack with coffee, tea, sugar etc. In the room, there is a queen size bed (160 x 200), wardrobe, two armchairs and coffee table, small chair and desk, TV (100 channels). The kitchen has gas cooker, microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, toaster, complete cutlery, glasses, plates an in the bathroom you find hydro massage shower, washing machine and towels.
Means of convenience are also easily accessible. Metro station is situated 2 minutes walking from the building (University Square or Romana Square), bus station is right near and taxis are another option.
In the proximity area, there are lots of shops, markets, restaurants, banks, green spaces, so whatever the purpose of your visit is, you have nothing to worry about, because Superb studio is one of the the best choices you can make. Studio's location is the perfect choice for both nature lovers and exploratory spirits, combining the benefits of a crowd city center with the silent and fresh air the nearby park offers.
House rulesEXTRA SERVICES
• breakfast - 6 euro/person
• extra cleaning – 15 euro (including sheets/towels change)
• baby cot (for children under 3 years ) – 5 euro/day
• extra bed (for children older then 3 years and adults) – 10 euro/day
• transfer from / to the airport – 25 euro/one way ; 45 euro/round trip *
• transfer from / to railway station – 10 euro/one way *
• shopping at request (15 % commission from the invoice)
• taxi in Bucharest – from 15 euro/hour
• one day trip at Bran (Dracula) and Peles Castle – 150 euro (for 2 persons)
• one day trip at Bran (Dracula) and Peles Castle – 170 euro (for 3-4 persons)
• * one car, 3 (maximum 4) persons
-between 13:00 and 22:00 - free of charge
- between 08:00 and 13:00 - only if it is possible - free of charge
- earlier then 08:00 - extra-charge 10 euro
-if you arrive later than 22:00, you have to pay an extra charge: 10 euro
-if you choose our airport transfer (25 euro/one way or 45 euro/round trip), you do not have to pay the extra-charge no matter the arrival time.
-between 00:00 and 12:00 - free of charge
- between 12:00 and 15:00 - only if it is possible - free of charge
- between 15:00 and 18:00 - extra charge 20 euro
- after 18:00 - the value of the whole day have to be paid
-if your plane takes off late, you can leave your luggage in our office, located in the next building.
Airport transfer:
-25 euro/one way
-45 euro/round trip
Transfer to/from the train station Gara de Nord:
10 euro/one way
- at check-in, you'll receive clean sheets and towels
- the maid comes twice a week
- if you want extra cleaning, you have to pay 15 euro (including towels and sheets change)
-only small pets accepted - by request
-parties are not allowed
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I will recommend George, Emil and the apartment - they are exstemly friendly and professionel.
Apartment well maintained, same as described on Wimdu page. Very clean and warm place, situated at calm area. Host Gearge is a very nice and helpful guy..."Do not hesitate to contact me anytime" - thats his motto :) George also provides such a service like transport , he arranges a car with a driver.Highly recommend !
Very satisfied with the apartment, though it was not the apartment booked. Very clean. George is an extremely nice, helpful and open person. I can only recommend him.
we were very happy with the apartment.not far from the metro which we use all the time when we are over.would book it again and airport transfers as well.
Excellent central location, pleasant and spacious apartment, safe building, value for money, George - professional, reliable and helpful.
Cant comment on this flat as it was finally not available, but the replacement flat was excellent: clean, comfortable and superbly heated. The agent George was very effiicient, communicating through whatsapp and replying promtly to any enquiry about the apartment. We were very happy and would return if again in bucharest.
super central, and clean with all the amenities you will need ....George was super friendly and very helpful ...highly recommended !!!! thank you so much for letting me staying in your place
All very correct. Cleaning, light, silence, proximity center, value for money, spacious.
A repair: the taxi fare from the airport to the apartment is 30 lei (about 5 euros) and they ask you to take 25 euros. It is much difference. Taxi.
Todo muy correcto. Limpieza, luz, silencio, cercanía centro, relación precio-calidad, espacioso.
Un reparo: el precio del taxi del aeropuerto al apartamento es de 30 lei (unos 5 euros) y ellos te piden para llevarte 25 euros. Es mucha la diferencia. Ir en taxi.
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Contact Pacific Southwest Waste Program
Pacific Southwest, Region 9
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La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians Improving Collection and Disposal of Household Hazardous Waste
Proper Handling of Solid and
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Drinking Water Quality
Last year, the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians was awarded two new grants from the EPA to assist in the further development and management of the Tribe's transfer station. The Tribe received a 2009 Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project Grant and a 2009 Hazardous Waste Management Grant from EPA. The Tribe currently operates a transfer station on their reservation located in Northern San Diego County, California.
The Luiseño people, traditionally known as the Payomkawichum, or People of the West, have lived in that region for at least 10,000 years. The traditional range of the Luiseño people was from the Warner Springs area to the east, up to at least the San Juan Capistrano area to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and down to the Escondido area to the south.
The La Jolla Indian Reservation encompasses nearly 10,000 acres, and the topography is mountainous with elevations ranging from 900 feet to more than 5,000 feet. Tribal membership consists of approximately 750 people. The Tribe currently owns and operates two business enterprises, including a campground and a general store.
The Tribe has had an Environmental Protection Office since 1996 and they have worked very hard to create programs and secure resources that will protect human and environmental health.
The Tribe is implementing programs for air quality monitoring, water quality monitoring, nonpoint source pollution control, waste tire collection, recycling, household hazardous waste and wastewater treatment. Successes for the Tribe include removing over 4000 waste tires from the Reservation, implementing a recycling program for their Tribal Offices, implementing an electronic waste recycling program and CRV collection center, creation of a drought contingency plan, and constructing a solid waste transfer station, wastewater treatment facility and a domestic water filtration plant. The Tribe is also focusing their efforts to work collaboratively with several nearby Reservations.
The La Jolla Transfer Station currently collects solid waste from the community, sorts the waste, and sends it to the appropriate disposal site. The Tribe generates funding for maintaining the facility by recycling paper, cans, bottles, and scrap metal. The Tribe also has a drop off area for large items, such as stoves and refrigerators which are also recycled. In addition, batteries and tires are collected and properly recycled. The new Household Hazardous Waste drop off location allows community members to properly dispose of items such as used motor oil and old paint cans. Consolidating and properly disposing of this waste will contribute to the protection of water resources and the reservation environment as a whole.
The 2009 Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project grant will enable the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians to update the Tribe's Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP). An ISWMP is a comprehensive waste prevention, recycling, composting, and disposal plan. This plan is the most critical element in the long term planning and operation of the Tribe's solid waste management program. The updated ISWMP will incorporate new information about tribal needs and conditions on recycling, hazardous waste management, waste reduction, pollution prevention, and monitoring. This will ensure development of the most appropriate waste management activities for the Tribe.
The 2009 Hazardous Waste Management Grant will fund proper collection and disposal of household hazardous waste (HHW) at the Tribe's transfer station. HHW is leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. These products require special care when you store and dispose of them. Therefore the project will provide education and outreach to the community on the proper storage and disposal of household hazardous waste.
To learn more about the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, go to their Web site, La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians


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No one came up bigger than "Little Baggett" Wednesday night at the Lake Charles Civic Center.
Freshman Allison Baggett broke through for a career-high 19 points as the Cowgirls beat visiting Stephen F. Austin 66-60 for their third straight win, tying the longest streak of the season.
"I'm just so glad I could help out in any way in a big team win coming off a good road trip," Baggett said. "I've learned how important it is to play defense first and the offense will come."
It was a major breakthrough for the younger sister of the Baggett twins, who sat out for nearly the entirety of McNeese's wins over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Sam Houston State earlier in January. She was put back into the Cowgirls' rotation when Ashley Salazar went out with an injury and coach Brooks Donald Williams said Baggett has shown steady improvement since.
"Allison has stepped up big," Donald Williams said. "She was kind of in a freshman lull. They all go through that. But when Salazar went out with an injury, Allison was automatic. She knew she had to step up. Her and Jayln (Johnson) both. She's continuing to get better and stronger."
Baggett had more than a scoring touch, grabbing a key offensive rebound with the Cowgirls (11-9, 6-3 Southland) holding a 52-51 lead with just over 4 minutes remaining. Sister Caitlyn hit a free throw on the possession that was kept alive.
In general, it was a good day to be a member of the McNeese bench. Freshman forward Charity Robinson made an impact with five rebounds in 6 minutes on the floor.
"We weren't guarding the high-low very well and Charity came in and got big rebounds and a big stop," Donald Williams said. "Charity's a fun kid. She's not always in the right place, but she seems to do good things wherever she is. Like all freshmen it's about consistency every day, and she'll get that as she continues to grow."
Robinson's play late in the second half helped stem a 10-0 Ladyjacks run that was power by nine consecutive SFA rebounds. SFA (9-11, 4-5) used that run to take its first lead of the game at 51-48 with 7:47 remaining.
The Cowgirls responded with a 9-0 run of their own as Ashlyn Baggett, Caitlyn Baggett and Robinson provided the scoring. The Ladyjacks made it 59-57 with just over a minute left, but Allison Baggett hammered down the last nail on a 3-pointer with 41 seconds to go. It's a shot she probably wouldn't have had the confidence to take just a couple weeks ago.
"No matter how many shots I missed (early in the season) my teammates were telling me 'Keep shooting, keep shooting,'" Allison said. "So eventually I got it in my head and listened to them."
All three Baggetts finished in double figures, with Caitlyn tying Allison with 19 and Ashlyn adding 12.
Porsha Roberts had a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds for SFA before fouling out in the final minute.


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For our new series on sex, cults and the spiritual aspects of getting down we speak to a practitioner of occult sex magick.

Joseph Sar (not his real name) is a married, middle-aged charity worker living in a large East Coast city. He's into fine wines, jogging, Indonesian cuisine and occult sex rituals. For 20 years or so Sar has been a practitioner of what he calls "sex magick." We spoke to him about his hobby (not the jogging) for our new series on sex, cults and the spiritual aspects of getting down.
Playboy.com: You seem like a pretty straitlaced guy. How did you get into this occult sex stuff?
Sar: Thanks. I clean up well. How I got into this…There's a Playboy connection. I was a fan of the fiction of the writer Robert Anton Wilson, who was also a Playboy editor in the '60s, and he wrote a nonfiction book I tracked down called Sex, Drugs and Magick: A Journey Beyond Limits, originally published by Playboy Press. In it, he talks about his personal experience doing sex magick and I got inspired to try it out. I started reading other books, tried some stuff out with my girlfriend at the time. I met some other people into the occult and studied with them for a while, not just the sex stuff but the Western Mystery Tradition in general.
Playboy.com: What is sex magick? Are you onstage sawing a pretty women in half, putting them back together, then having sex with them? Are you seducing them with card tricks?
Sar: That's why we spell it with the "k," to differentiate it from stage magic. Look, sex is very powerful, we can all agree with that. It releases energy. Emotional energy. Physical energy. Sex magick seeks to harvest that. The simplest technique is just visualization. You fuck and you both orient your mind on something you want. At the point of coming you both let that visualization overflow in your mind and the directed sexual energy helps it to manifest.
Playboy.com: And it works?
Sar: When I was younger I was convinced it did. Now I'm starting to think of it as an incredibly potent form of self-hypnosis.
Playboy.com: It sounds like a more enjoyable version of positive thinking.
Sar: Exactly. The other technique we do, which is along the same lines, involves powering up a ritual item to use, say, like a pack of tarot cards. It's actually fairly simple for a man to teach himself how to delay orgasm, it just takes a lot of practice on your own, if you know what I mean. We take a deck of tarot to bed with us and we fuck and she has orgasm after orgasm while I hold back. Each orgasm she has is releasing energy and we direct that into the deck so that it's charged up for effective future use.
Playboy.com: So are these practices part of your religion? Are you in some tantric Eastern religion? Or are you Satanists?
Sar: My wife was raised Episcopalian and we go [to the Episcopalian church] for Christmas and Easter services. So, no, we're not Satanists. I study some Eastern traditions, but I'm not a Sting tantra guy. These occult traditions have been hiding in the West for thousands of years, all this esoteric ritual magick stuff, and it was studied and performed by a wide range of people. That's what I meant by the term "Western Mystery Tradition" earlier. For the most part it was all in secret, which is why we don't hear much about it. To be honest, the sexual aspects really just started being emphasized since the 1800s, but I think it was always there, hiding. But there are no secrets anymore, it's all online or at your local occult bookshop.


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Home › Forums › General Forums › Philosophy & Technique › Long hike recovery time
Oct 10, 2012 at 7:19 am #1294850
Matthew NaylorMember
@mrnlegatoLocale: Mid-Atlantic
As PCT blogs finish out their run for this season, I'm reading a lot about the difficulty of transitioning back to real life upon completion. My hopes for a thru (or big chunk) hike next year requires a tight squeeze between an old job and a new urban job + home. In your experience what are the *minimum* OR *ideal* lengths of time to budget for the mental (and physical) recovery from several months in the wild?Oct 11, 2012 at 5:31 am #1920175
Matthew NaylorMember
@mrnlegatoLocale: Mid-Atlantic
bump (I think this got lost in the spam yesterday)Oct 11, 2012 at 7:33 am #1920204
Seth BrewerBPL Member
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For me – after returning from my A.T thru in 2011 – it took about 2 weeks for physical recovery (feet stopped hurting, gained a few pounds back, didn't walk around with a thousand yard stare or talk about having to "do miles today"). As for the rest of the transition — can't say I'll ever really be back. A part of me lives on the trail everyday. What I have heard is that the first 3 months can be rough – and I know mine were.
For me it was mostly the frustration of going from total autonomy and blissful minimalism on the trail, to the daily grind of calls, emails, different jobs, and just the everyday hectic schedule that often is the norm.
My only words in summary are – Be Careful, because thru-hiking can become addictive.Oct 11, 2012 at 7:54 am #1920211
Hiking MaltoBPL Member
I started back to work 9 hours after I returned home from the PCT. Was I mentally ready, no way, but I slowly readjusted to the chaos of modern living. Physically it took me several months to return to normal. It was about a month before I could walk pain free or even run half a mile. I was near 100% by about month 4. I think a weird thing happened for me. I suspect that I could have turned around at the the border and continued my high mile days heading south without much trouble. I think my body had a very painful transition between walk 30+ mile days and normal life. When I was off the trail it was almost like my body told my brain "I got you to the border now it's time to stop!"Oct 11, 2012 at 3:28 pm #1920369
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Yeah, happens.
Mental: this is a matter of training or experience. We find that the daily routines are a good relaxation after several months of walking. But the first time is likely to be a bit different.
Physical: oh yes! We can go hammers of hell while the trip is on, but once we get home we give ourselves 4 – 6 weeks gentle recovery time. Quite normal imho.
CheersDec 4, 2012 at 12:37 pm #1933043
Piper S.BPL Member
@sbhikesLocale: Santa Barbara (Name: Diane)
I think you recover mentally much faster if you have something to go back home to. So having a job waiting for you will be mentally easier to deal with.
I didn't have anything to go back to so the adjustment took a very very long time. At least a year. In some ways I've never returned. A part of me is still out there. I went to visit some CDT hikers this summer and I cried when I saw my car waiting for me at the trailhead. I did not want to leave the trail. The worst thing was seeing my car there and feeling the instant transition back to regular life, seeing my car literally snapped me out of trail life. It's like killing "trail me". It's a horrible feeling.Dec 5, 2012 at 11:26 am #1933326
Brian LewisMember
@brianleLocale: Pacific NW
"I think you recover mentally much faster if you have something to go back home to. So having a job waiting for you will be mentally easier to deal with."
Ditto. I've done three such trips now, and in each case I found it all too easy to slip back into the old ruts. But I have a very established situation — married over 30 years, a house and just generally a pretty settled and comfortable situation. For so many thru-hikers, they were able to do their trip precisely because they're in a transition of some sort. So by definition their life is unsettled above and beyond the thru-hike.
I think it's pretty tough to separate out that factor from what every thru-hiker goes through just based on general mental/physical issues.
On my last trip in particular, because I spent so much time alone (on the CDT), I found myself somewhat more de-socialized than usual. I was happy with conversational silences which earlier I might have found uncomfortable. I was less comfortable in larger groups or crowds. This has happened before, but it was a bit more intense for a couple or three weeks this last time.
But as Piper suggests, having something specific to go to, something to start doing will likely make the transition easier, so long as you have a little recovery period.
Eating: you just have to try to back off sooner than you might otherwise think — especially if you're older or otherwise inclined to pile on the pounds easily. I suggest at most a week and preferably somewhat less after you stop hiking before you work on throttling back the calories (and desire).Dec 5, 2012 at 4:57 pm #1933411
Ben 2 WorldBPL Member
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I haven't done a thru hike ever, but I regularly go on long trips solo — traveling the world. I have compared 'mentality' and 'experience' with other travelers and other thru hikers — and after the initial few months on the trail (or road) — we seem to share similar feelings of being "at one" with the trail (or road). This oneness is much more than just feeling comfortable or feeling like we got a good handle. This oneness is a feeling that our life on the road or trail is our life!
But for me, coming back from a trip (my longest was seven months on the road) — I slip right back into home life — instantaneously — or something like it. I go through my mail, update my computer, dust a little, shop for food… and physical fatigue and time changes aside — I often feel like I haven't left at all. So intellectually, I know I have been gone for a long time and have just returned — but emotionally, I somehow feel both the satisfaction of a great trip… and the feeling of never having left.
Anyone else feel the same upon reentry after a very long time on the road or trail?Dec 5, 2012 at 5:51 pm #1933427
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Ben, I bet it makes a huge difference if you live alone or not. You get back and everything is where you left it. Nobody has to get use to you being back either. Then there is the job dynamic…Dec 5, 2012 at 7:30 pm #1933455
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That would be one major explanation — I do live alone, and indeed, ignoring the thin coating of dust on the furniture, everything would remain just where I left it. On my RTW trip back in 2009, I left in late April and came back in early December. But inside, I felt like it was still April (or May) — and I found the incessant holiday sales and music jarring.
But it could also be how we are wired as well. My 'reality' tends to be wherever I happen to be. When I left home for the first time in my life — coming to America for college — Taiwan (my home) simply faded away the minute I landed in LAX. Intellectually, it was still there of course; but emotionally, it dimmed down noticeably. Never, ever felt homesick — but did get yelled at by my folks for not calling or writing home. They somehow found my dorm telephone number and tracked me down. Oops.
So, it is very interesting and enlightening reading folks' experiences. To come back and have the trail experience lingering for a whole year is completely alien to me (as I am sure mine would be to them as well). We humans are infinitely varied and thus infinitely interesting.
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Copper thieves bringing down communication lines
WISE COUNTY, Va. - Imagine in this high-tech age of not having any communications with the outside world -- that's what one area of Wise County, Virginia has experienced as the result of thieves stealing phone lines.
Cell service in the South Fork section of Pound, Virginia is very poor, so the community relies on landlines. As we recently discovered, it puts the area at risk because they have no other way of calling for help.
The only consistent communications line both in and out of the South Fork area of Wise County near Pound is the phone lines, but lately there have been lots of major outages -- and it has nothing to do with weather according to Wise County Sheriff's Office investigator Ed Jessee. "In the last three weeks we've had three thefts in the same general area in the Pound area," he said.
The thieves have taken hundreds of feet of phone lines. Inside those lines are hundreds of thin cooper wires that can possibly be sold for scrap metal. "The cost of the replacement value is much more than the value they'll be getting for the scrap metal," Jessee said.
But without those lines, the community has no way of calling for help in case of an emergency.
Jessica Swinney is the Wise County EMS director. "When you don't have access to 911, you don't have access to get fire, police or emergency medical services," she explained. "That does put you at a risk for slowing emergency response."
"Those areas that you don't have very good cell signal in, people will not have communication at all as far as phone lines," Jessee said.
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UTSA to screen Brazilian film, 'Me You Them'
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(Feb. 23, 2007)-- The UTSA film series, Project Cinémate, will present screenings of the Brazilian film, "Eu tu eles" (Me You Them), from 7 to 9 p.m., Feb. 28 and March 1, in Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 2.01.44, 1604 Campus. The screenings are free and open to the public. .
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The series features movies produced in Latin America. The Argentinean film, "Nine Queens," was screened last fall. Sponsors of the series are the UTSA Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the Office of International Programs, the Hispanic Student Association and the Office of Student Activities.
"More than 120 people attended our film screening last semester," said Oscar Berrio, UTSA Spanish lecturer. "Our goal is to present a movie monthly and to represent a different country each time. We think this is an excellent way to enhance multicultural understanding in our academic environment, and we encourage everyone to come."
Film viewers are invited to participate in a blog that will be opened on Labrapalabra, an online literary magazine entirely in Spanish. To access the blog, a Cinémate link will be added to the site.
For more information, contact Oscar Berrio at (210) 602-7647.
About the film: 'Eu tu eles' (Me You Them)
(Brazil, 2000)
Directed by Andrucha Waddington
A bittersweet, contemporary comedy set in poverty-stricken northeast Brazil, the film is about a women who has lived for 10 years under the same roof with her three husbands. Based on a true story told on a TV show, director Andrucha Waddington and screenwriter Elena Soarez tell a fictitious story of an uncommon love quartet led by Darlene, a strong woman who lives with her three husbands, Osias, Zezinho and Ciro.
Shocked in varying degrees by the turn of events, the husbands surprise themselves as they adjust to the changing state of affairs and continue to be part of Darlene's growing family. Surrounded by a barren landscape they struggle to harvest, the husbands come to view the fertile, earthy Darlene as the powerful center of their small universe, and they cannot help but gravitate to her.
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I'd then bring in Joe Namath as OC ......he would be far better than Gilbride
I'd then bring in Joe Namath as OC ......he would be far better than Gilbride
Like a stuck record
Monte Kiffin as DC and Lane Kiffin as OC. Then, maybe with can get Nick Saban to come out of College to be HC for half a season before he quits and Lane takes over.
Coughlin, Monte Kiffin, and Broadway Joe
Now there's a trio that would go down in infamy
And you know what, they just might pull off another Trophy
To Judge Kiffin by his present D is unfair....he does not have the front 7 horses and his DBs are not Pro Bowl level either
Is it illegal in the USA to have an occasional drink
I think Coughlin should loosen up a bit.....it might make him smile a bit more
Joe would add a little comedic relief to this moribund crew......it needs it
And Coughlin should let his assistants speak their minds....they are not robots


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Yttrium-90-labeled Daclizumab With Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplant for Hodgkin s Lymphoma
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- Hodgkin s lymphoma (HL) is a highly treatable cancer. However, if HL does not respond to chemotherapy or returns after chemotherapy, further treatments often are not successful.
- Some HL cells have a molecule called CD25 on the surface. Daclizumab is a drug that can detect CD25 on cells. In a treatment study for HL that did not respond to chemotherapy, daclizumab plus a radioactive atom called Yttrium 90 helped kill these HL cells. Researchers want to combine this 90Y daclizumab with high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant. This treatment may be more effective than the daclizumab alone.
- To see if yttrium-90 daclizumab, high-dose chemotherapy, and stem cell transplants can treat HL that has not responded to earlier treatments.
- Individuals at least 18 years of age who have Hodgkin s lymphoma that has not responded to chemotherapy.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. They will also have blood and urine tests.
- Participants will have filgrastim and plerixafor to move stem cells into the blood. Stem cells will be collected with apheresis.
- Four weeks after stem cells are collected, participants will have the 90Y daclizumab and normal daclizumab to treat the HL. Chemotherapy will start 9 days after the first treatment.
- Most participants will have a second dose of 90Y daclizumab 6 weeks after the first dose.
- After each daclizumab treatment, participants will have several imaging studies of the chest and abdomen. Blood samples will also be collected.
- On the day after the last day of chemotherapy, participants will receive the stem cells collected earlier. Filgrastim injections will help stimulate stem cell growth....
Hodgkin Disease
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Procedure: Auto stem cell transplant
Drug: BEAM
Radiation: 111In-daclizumab
Radiation: 90Y-daclizumab
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Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: No masking
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase I/II Trial of Yttrium-90-labeled Daclizumab (Anti-CD25) Radioimmunotherapy With High-dose BEAM Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Rescue in Recurrent and Refractory Hodgkin s Lymphoma
- safe tolerated dose of 90Y-daclizumab w BEAM and ASCT [ Time Frame: after 1st dose of 90Y-daclizumab ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 11, 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 1, 2021
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 16, 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
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Yttrium-90-labeled Daclizumab + BEAM + ASCT
Procedure: Auto stem cell transplant
Auto stem cell transplant (ASCT) is given after 90Y-daclizumabDrug: BEAM
BCNU, etoposide, cytarabine and melphalan (BEAM) chemotherapy are given after 90Y-daclizumabRadiation: 111In-daclizumab
111In-daclizumab will be administered to patients with each therapeutic infusion of 90Y-daclizumab in order to define the distribution of radiolabeled daclizumab, and to allow visualization by scans.Radiation: 90Y-daclizumab
90Y-daclizumab administered with a fixed dose of Ca-DTPA followed by BEAM Chemo and Auto stem cell transplant
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
126.96.36.199 All patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) as outlined in the WHO Classification System of Lymphoid Tumours. Patients with nodular lymphocyte-predominant HL (NLPHL) are not eligible.
188.8.131.52 Refractory or relapsed HL patients that are also candidates for ASCT.
220.127.116.11 At least one adverse prognostic factor: (1) initial relapse less than or equal to 12 months after primary chemotherapy, (2) staged as Ann Arbor Classification initial stage III or IV disease, (3) chemotherapy resistant disease, (4) Failure to achieve a complete response (CR) with cytoreductive chemotherapy or persistent positive (18)FDGPET imaging.
188.8.131.52 At least 10% of the cells obtained from lymph node, or extranodal sites must react with anti-CD25 (anti-Tac) on immunofluorescent or immunoperoxidase staining. Because of the high frequency of CD25 positivity of the infiltrating Tcells in HL tumors, patients with CD25-positive infiltrating T cells will be eligible even if their Hodgkin s (Reed-Sternberg) cells are CD25-negative.
220.127.116.11 Measurable disease as defined by the Cheson Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma detailed in section 6.2 with at least one lesion greater than or equal to 1.0 cm in longest diameter by CT scan.
22.214.171.124 Omission of cytotoxic chemotherapy or other systemic therapy of the malignancy for greater than or equal to 4 weeks prior to entry into the trial. Patients must be greater than or equal to 4 weeks since major surgery, radiotherapy, or biotherapy/targeted therapies and recovered from the toxicity of prior treatment to less than or equal to CTC grade 1, exclusive of grade 2 alopecia, fatigue, lymphopenia, CD4+ circulating T cells, WBC or bilirubin.
126.96.36.199 Patients must be greater than or equal to 18-years old.
184.108.40.206 Patients must have a life expectancy of greater than 3 months.
22.214.171.124 Patients must have an ECOG performance status of less than or equal to 1.
126.96.36.199 The patient must have a granulocyte count of at least 1,500/microL and a platelet count of greater than 100,000/microL.
126.96.36.199 Patients must have a creatinine of less than 2.0 mg/dL, or if the patient has a serum creatinine greater than or equal to 2.0, a measured creatinine clearance (Ccr) must be greater than 60 mL/min/1.73m(2).
22.214.171.124 Patients must have a serum alkaline phosphatase, ALT (SGOT), and AST (SGPT) less than 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), unless due to liver or bone involvement by HL. Under these circumstances, serum alkaline phosphatase, SGPT and SGOT must be less than 5 times ULN.
188.8.131.52 Patients must have a total serum bilirubin less than 2.5 times ULN.
188.8.131.52 Patients must have a cardiac ejection fraction greater than 45% on 2D echocardiography or MUGA obtained within 28 days of study enrollment.
126.96.36.199 Lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) greater than 50%, or forced expiratory volume at 1.0 seconds (FEV1.0) greater than 65% of predicted on pulmonary function testing (PFT) obtained within 28 days of study enrollment.
184.108.40.206 Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum Beta-HCG pregnancy test at initial screening and within 3 days prior to registration.
220.127.116.11 The effects of (90)Y-daclizumab on the developing human fetus are unknown. Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, while receiving treatment and for 4 months after undergoing ASCT. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
22.214.171.124 Patients receiving a stable dose (greater than 4 weeks) of corticosteroid therapy equivalent to 20 mg of prednisone per day or less are eligible.
126.96.36.199 Patients must be able to understand and sign informed consent.
126.96.36.199 Patients who have relapsed from their initial ABVD or similar standard treatment regimen and have not received any other chemotherapy or salvage systemic treatment.
22.214.171.124 Patients that have received prior radioimmunotherapy.
184.108.40.206. Patients enrolled on another therapeutic study.
18.104.22.168 Patients that have received prior radioimmunotherapy.
184.108.40.206 Patients that have received a prior autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant
220.127.116.11.Patients that have received prior radiation to the lung, excluding prior mediastinal
18.104.22.168 Patients with greater than 25% involvement of the bone marrow with HL.
22.214.171.124 Patients with evidence of myelodysplasia, leukemia by morphology, immunostains flow cytometry or abnormal cytogenetics on a bone- marrow aspirate or biopsy. The diagnosis of myelodysplasia will be made by an independent investigator of the Laboratory of Pathology, NCI taking into consideration the totality of the clinical, pathological, flow cytometric and cytogenetic information described in Appendix E and present in a particular individual s evaluation.
18.104.22.168 Patients with history of CNS involvement or active CNS involvement by malignancy.
188.8.131.52 Patients with an active second primary cancer will not be eligible. Patients curatively treated for a second cancer greater than 5 years prior to enrollment without a recurrence are eligible. Patients curatively treated for a second primary cancer within the last 5 years with a less than or equal to 5% risk of recurrence are eligible. Patients with a history of curatively treated basal cell carcinoma or intraepithelial neoplasia of the uterine cervix will be allowed on study.
126.96.36.199 Patients with serum human anti-human antibody (HAHA) against daclizumab.
188.8.131.52 Patients with HIV infection (antibody positive with positive confirmatory molecular test).
184.108.40.206 Patients who have chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
184.108.40.206 Patients with an uncontrolled serious infection.
22.214.171.124 Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
126.96.36.199 Patients with significant medical comorbidities, including uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic BP greater than 115 mmHg), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (greater than NYHA class II), poorly controlled diabetes, severe chronic pulmonary disease, coronary angioplasty or myocardial infarction within the last 6 months, or uncontrolled atrial or ventricular cardiac arrhythmias.
18.104.22.168 Patients with a history of a psychiatric disorder that may interfere with the understanding and compliance with this protocol and the required follow up.
184.108.40.206 Exclusion at the discretion of the PI or delegate if participation to the study is deemed too risky (e.g. clinically significant pleural or pericardial effusion or ascites with possibly increased radio-toxicity).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01468311
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Thomas A Waldmann, M.D.
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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|NCT01468311 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 5, 2011
|Last Updated:
|February 2, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Resistant Hodgkins Lymphoma
Auto Stem Cell Transplant
Combination Chemo and Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibody
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hodgkin Disease
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Immunoglobulin G
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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I'm afraid that my ideas on processed foods (and grains and highly processed oils) are probably far too radical for the JO site! Suffice it to say that I've gone back to a very traditional diet based on no grains (including corn and rice), and foods that I could in theory grow/catch/kill myself and process in my own kitchen without any specialist equipment. This brings me to meat, fish, vegetables, nuts, some fruits, animal fats, coconut products and olive oil. I do occasionally use honey as a sweetener in cooking, and sometimes maple syrup, but generally now we do without sweet things as well. It has to be said that as a family our health has improved.
This DVD pretty much sums up how my family eats these days, and why!
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Thanks for sharing that, I'll take a look at the trailer. It's certainly considered a radical diet by today's means but it's safe to say that the condition of today's food market has changed more over the last 100yrs than it has since the dawn of time.
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Aug. 31 Ace Race to support local disc golf league's efforts
A nationwide disc golf event will be in the Brainerd lakes area when a Discraft Ace Race takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at Brainerd's Lum Park.
The event will feature 36 holes of disc golf. However, it's not a typical "frolf" tournament.
Players will only get one shot on each hole to get a hole-in-one, or "ace." And, because all of Lum Park's holes will be shortened for the event, it's an opportunity for anyone to try the sport, said Matt Perrine, the event's tournament director.
And the Ace Race will serve as a fundraiser for the local Fly-By Disc Golf League and its leaders' efforts to enhance and expand the sport of disc golf in the area.
Cost for the Ace Race is $25. Players receive a number of items from Discraft for participating, including two prototype discs that must be used at the event. Unlike other disc golf tournaments, only the new Discraft discs can be used on Aug. 31.
To register, email email@example.com.