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Oct. 25, 2010
Michigan vs. Iowa, vs. #16 Illinois
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Friday, Oct. 29: U-M vs. Iowa, 7 p.m. Buy Tickets Live Stats | Live Video (fee)
The University of Michigan women's soccer team (8-3-4, 3-2-2 Big Ten) rounds out the 2010 home schedule with a pair of Big Ten contests. The Wolverines will welcome in Iowa on Friday night (Oct. 29) for a 7 p.m. contest inside the U-M Soccer Stadium. BigTenNetwork.com will stream the game live on the internet. Michigan will then close out the home slate with No. 16-ranked Illinois in a Sunday matinee (Oct. 31) at 3 p.m. The Big Ten Network will air the finale live in high definition with Josh Hakala and Lisa Grubb handling the call.
Prior to Sunday's contest, the Wolverines will honor seniors Amanda Bowery (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester), Jackie Carron (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester), Kristen Keane (Wheaton, Ill./Warrenville South), Kylie Neschke (Still River, Mass./Tabor Academy) and Sarah Stanczyk (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South). They have combined to make 260 appearances and 227 starts for the Maize and Blue. Bowery ranks in the top 13 in goals (15), assists (13) and points (43). Carron, one of 17 players in program history to start more than 70 games (72), is ranked fourth all-time in minutes played (6660). Keane, who has battled injuries all season, ranks eighth all-time in saves (25). Neschke, a fifth-year defender, returned from a knee injury during the 2009 season to once again lead the Wolverines backfield. Stanczyk joined the Wolverines for the 2009 season and has been a mainstay in the line-up since donning the block 'M.'
No ties, its the Weekend -- The Wolverines played 217:35 of a possible 220 minutes in a pair of overtime contests with Minnesota (Oct. 22) and Wisconsin (Oct. 24) without picking up a tie. Michigan stunned the No. 23-ranked Gophers on a goal at 109:33 off the foot of freshman Nkem Ezurike (Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia/Sackville). Two days later, the celebration came at the Wolverines' expense as the Badgers scored with 1:55 left in the second overtime frame.
The Young and the Restless -- Ezurike's heroic goal in the final minute at No. 23-ranked Minnesota marked the rookie's eighth goal of the campaign. She moved into a tie for sixth in scoring among Wolverine freshmen, matching Mari Hoff (8, 1996) and Stephanie Chavez (8, 2000). Kacy Beitel set the rookie standard in 1997 when she dented the twine 14 times.
Kopmeyer Savings & Loan -- Junior/sophomore Haley Kopmeyer (Troy, Mich./Lahser) continued her ascent up the U-M career wins list with the 12th victory of her career against No. 23-ranked Minnesota on Friday (Oct. 22). The win, which was also her 10th career shutout, matches Jori Welchans (12, 1994-96) for fifth on the U-M career list.
Razor Thin Margins -- U-M has been playing some hotly contested soccer in the month of October. Michigan, winners of three out of the last four, has been part of four straight one-goal games. Prior to the string of tight contests, the Wolverines opened the month with a pair of ties. The Maize and Blue is 6-1-4 in games decided by one goal or less this season.
On the Big Ten Radar -- Nkem Ezurike remains in a tie for fourth in Big Ten scoring after netting her eighth goal of the season at No. 23 Minnesota on Friday (Oct. 22). She is also tied for seventh with 17 points. Amanda Bowery remained tied for fourth in the conference in assists with five. Haley Kopmeyer boasts the fourth-best goals-against average (0.68) and save percentage (.836) and leads the Big Ten in saves per game (5.67) in conference play.
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Rank and File -- Michigan darted up four spots to a No. 5 ranking in the latest NSCAA Great Lakes Region poll released on Oct. 25. The resurgent Wolverines appeared in the NSCAA/HendrickCars.com regional rankings for the first time in a little more than three years when they earned a No. 9 ranking in the Sept. 21 poll. The Maize and Blue had last held a spot on the Great Lakes list on Sept. 11, 2007.
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Quick Hits -- The Wolverines beat a ranked opponent on the road for just the fourth time in program history when they defeated No. 23 Minnesota, 1-0, on Friday (Oct. 22) ... Michigan is 8-3-6 over the last two seasons at the U-M Soccer Complex ... The Big Ten Network will air U-M's away contest with Penn State (Nov. 7, 1 p.m.) live in high definition.
U-M vs. Iowa - 11-2-1
U-M vs. Illinois - 10-6-1
The Ryan:90 -- Episode 10 [ Link ]
The Yellow Armband -- Two New Games and Two Big Wins
Three's Company -- Jackie Carron
Sunday, Nov. 7, 1 p.m. -- at Penn State (State College, Pa.) (TV: Big Ten Network)
Friday, Nov. 12, TBA -- NCAA Tournament First Round (Campus Sites)
Contact: Ryan Sosin (734) 763-4423
» Learn about Michigan women's soccer and group ticket opportunities for the 2016 season.


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By definition, trends are fleeting. They're ephemeral. And each day we see our fair share of looks we'd like to remove from our sartorial lexicon. So join us, each week, as we analyze a trend that's had its 15 minutes of fame. These looks are well into their Minute 16, folks. It's time to usher them toward stage left.
The Trend: Sheer fabric is awesome. Those tiny little microscopic holes let air in and out, giving skin much needed breathing room on hot days. But when you think about all of the celebrities who show up at red carpet events wearing see-through dresses and gowns -- sometimes with nothing underneath -- we have to wonder: is Hollywood that hot?
Chief Offenders: Recently, ex-Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton was spotted feeling the breeze. The star arrived at the ELLE Women in Music event donning a see-through beige gown accenting her nipples and bum cheeks. Other stars who have joined in on the so-called barely there trend include Madonna, Katy Perry and Rihanna.
What's Wrong With It: Sheer isn't the problem. We love the idea of light see-through fabrics with bras underneath as a fashion statement. But when you start forgetting your underwear on purpose, the look is no longer trendy -- it's trashy. How can we look at your actual outfit if we're constantly distracted by your chest?
May We Suggest: If you love airy outfits or are just looking for some space to breathe, here are some ideas: The bralette can be paired with pants, maxi skirts and even shorts to show off your midriff and will add a little fun to your spring wardrobe. Cut-outs are also popular this spring on peplum dresses and pleated or backless tops. And if you're looking for a way to show off your favourite bra colour, try a lace or thick-strapped bra paired with a black or white sheer blouse.
What do you think? Should celebrities just remember to wear undergarments? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter @HuffPostCaStyle.
Singer Melody Thornton attends the Third Annual ELLE Women In Music Event at Avalon on April 11, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
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Quite a short drive today, just as well – as Elwood had no intention of spending all day in the car.
We drove through the 'Schmoookkkkkeeeees' and into South Carolina. Nothing eventful to report with the exception of my crazy sign loving husband demanding I take photos, and a weird smell permeating from our sausage eating son in the back seat.
Oh, there is something worth a mention in terms of the signs. They kind of change as you head into the Carolinas. They become all about the guns, the pawn, the beer, the cigarettes and the bait. Gone are the pretty neon signs of yesterday. Hello to guns, pawn and liquor.
We checked into our hotel and then decided to find somewhere for Woody to let off some steam. So we headed to a park where Noah dealt with some bad things which happened in Elwood's travel potty. I do not know the details. All I know is they were a long time, and Elwood returned bright eyed and bushy tailed and Noah has not really been the same since.
We then went for a swim which we all loved. We met a lovely Irish family and chatted about the perils of travelling with little people and generally just chilled.
We then headed to WalMart for evening supplies of ready meals, fruit, and sweet, sweet liquor. Because, that's how we roll.
We are looking forward to a quiet night of catching up with friends on email and Noah drinking cans of beer the size of his head and me drinking my four pack of wine. Lovely. Good night good people.


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Took Buddy to a dog park
So Buddy is almost 16wks old, and I decided to take him to a dog park, There were two other dogs there (Large Breed) Labs, and Buddy is now at 50lbs, and I was afraid to take him off his leash because his hair stood up on his back, and he was growling and showing his teeth, so I kept him on leash and walked him around, I made him sit every time another dog came up to him to sniff him, which did help the situation some, but when ever a small dog came up he was fine. Is this because he spends all day with 3 other small dogs, or because he is still young? I signed him up for the puppy class at Petsmart just to try and socialize him more, What else could I do to try and get this under control?
Sounds like your pup lacks confidence. I don't think force feeding him at the dog park is a good place to do expose him to this kind of stuff, but that's up to you. Just search around and read about all the dog park horror stories. Dog parks should be for already well socialized dogs... not scared young puppies.
And if you do decide to keep going... it's really not a good idea at all to keep a leashed dog around a lot of unleashed dogs. He should either be off leash or not inside the park at all.
If you're just trying to socialize... try some group training classes instead of the chaos that goes on inside some of these dog parks. That's what I'd do at least.
Thank you Lucy, and I agree there is a confidence issue or something, I didn't want to keep him on leash and only did to walk thru and we only stayed may 10 mins, he was off leash at the other end when I was throwing the ball for him. I have never been to a dog park and don't really care to go back, I just want to make sure I am doing the correct thing and that my son will be able to walk Buddy when he's older and not have issues when other dogs are around. So any insight to what I should do would be great.
I love my dog park, but it's a huge off leash area, not a small fenced in area.
The only thing I wouldn't do is make your dog sit - dogs sniff each other's bums to see who's who ... you're not letting the other dogs see who he is!!! And he has to be given the chance to sniff them too!
Now, I'm not suggesting you let 20 dogs come up to him at once ... that's major over load for your puppy, but one at a time for sure!
Ya I didn't want to make him sit but that was the only way to get him to calm down and allow the other dogs to come up to him, I didn't make him sit the whole time when they were sniffing, and I dont think Buddy would of done anything, I could just tell from the way the other pet owners were looking that they didn't like what they saw
I hear ya ... some people just see GSD and freak ... especially if the fur's up ... OMG ... they MUST be getting ready to attack ... quick hide everyone!!!
I'm sure if you take it slow, it'll be fine ... but it all depends on the type of dog park you have! Like I mentioned, mine is huge, and I can walk around and avoid the "crazies" and just do trails.
You can't control who does what or what dog does what or when.
I'm all for socialization but doing it at a dog park where your dog may get injured is not the place to do it.
If you can, find a few friends who have nice, trustworthy dogs, or enroll in a day care where the setting, while not controlled necessarily, is at least supervised...which may be a form of control, I guess you could say.
Like I also said ... it all depends on the type of dog park you have ... a small closed-in area ... I agree bad idea ... but a huge area where there's plenty of room / trails, etc. can be a great experience for a puppy.
It is a large dog park, with a large fenced off leash area, so we were able to take Buddy to one side for a few minutes and throw the ball..
Leashed dogs and unleashed dogs don't mix well for various reasons, including the leashed dog feels vulnerable as it can't escape if things go south. Thus, dogs on leashes tend to be more reactive to other dogs. Plus any tension you may feel will go straight down the leash to your dog and give him a sense that something's wrong and cause further defensiveness.
As others mentioned, controlled situations such as dog or puppy classes, friends dogs, etc. would be better.
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Sandra Hoeh talks about preservation
Sandra Hoeh burst onto the political scene in Milwaukee in the mid-1970s. When she ran for alderman in the 3rd district, her status as a housewife was used against her. She won, though, and served her district for many years.
Before her public career here was done, she also served as acting mayor, the superintendent of Milwaukee's Sanitation Department and an assistant chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
A Brooklyn native who hailed from a family fascinated by politics, Hoeh was known for forging alliances with "just about everyone," wrote Linda Fibich in the Milwaukee Journal years ago. She opposed the war in Vietnam and was an early advocate for gay rights.
Hoeh may be best known as the mother of the city's garbage cart collection service. When she took over at Sanitation there was a procession of the rolling, green carts.
Hoeh left Milwaukee 10 years ago. She returned to Hanover, N.H., the town she left to come to here with her then-husband David Hoeh, who had been hired by UWM's School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Hoeh lives about a mile from Hanover's downtown, and she walks that stretch often. She remains active in politics, working to get Democrats elected as the volunteer town chair for the Democratic Party.
"I jokingly say they wanted a young person," says Hoeh, who is 70. "They probably would have liked a young person to take over, but they couldn't find somebody."
Hoeh also drafted the city's preservation ordinance, which has come under fire from lawmakers in recent days. In the wake of a proposal that could weaken the city's preservation ordinance, I asked Hoeh to reflect on the value of the ordinance and to offer some advice to the lawmakers who now serve Milwaukee. Here's a bit of our discussion, lightly edited:
Mary Louise Schumacher: Tell me about why you felt this oridnance was so necessary 30 years ago and what it was like getting it passed.
Sandra Hoeh: It was after the Plankinton (demolition) of course. I had been on the landmark commission from the time I was elected in April of `76. As for the landmark commission, if you were designated, it was nothing more than an honor. You got a plaque. There were no controls in any way in what you could do with your property.
I represented the district with the Water Tower Landmark Trust, which had very capable people. And that's how we fashioned the ordinance. The idea was to say that if you were designated, and we had a procedure, that in order to do work to the exterior... you would come before the preservation commission. The impetus was obviously the Plankinton (mansion) but what we wanted was something that had teeth. There was no teeth in the landmark ordinance at that time.
MLS: Was it difficult to make the case for this at the time? How hard was it to get people to come together on this?
SH: You know it is so many years ago, and I do have a good memory but, but I don't think it was the hardest thing I did on the council. I think we passed it with a pretty substantial vote. But to be very honest with you I don't recall it being a battle royale.
I think we made a very strong case that the landmark designation didn't mean anything. So why have it? Why not have something with some teeth where there was due process?
MLS: Was this particularly important for Milwaukee?
SH: I think it's important any place, by the way. I now live in northern New England, and I see some of the wonderful preservation work that's gone on here. Once you take something down, you can never bring it back. These buildings are parts of our history.
There are some wonderful examples of this in Milwaukee, including the water pumping station (Alterra on the Lake) and some of the older buildings on Brady Street.
There is a reason to protect our history. In the `50s and `60s there was a move to just demolish. Knocking things down was in vogue. It was popular. I think it was called "urban renewal" and it was very much a bulldozer approach.
A whole new group of us came in 1976, there was a story about that in the Milwaukee Journal. It was about enforcing building inspections and making sure that we maintained our housing stock. And we worked to stop the Park East freeway -- though unfortunately they demolished the homes there.
I think it is critically important from a historical and architectural standpoint to preserve not every building but the significant ones. Those cannot be replicated.
MLS: And that's one purpose of an ordinance like this, right? To draw attention to our built environment during times when bulldozing is popular. There can be these moments in a city's history when the goals of preservation become unfashionable.
SH: Yes, that's right. One of the arguments that's always made is that there will be a "higher and better purpose" (for new developments). Well, in my old district, the 3rd district, in the `60s they were just taking down lots of duplexes and putting up three story apartment buildings. My predecessor stopped that and I continued in his steps. Maybe you get some more tax money out of it, but you lose the character of the street. You change the nature of the street and the nature of the housing.
And the argument that it is higher and better use -- you can say that about anything just about that's bigger.
MLS: So you have been following the proposed changes to the ordinance. What was your initial reaction?
SH: I thought, that is really unfortunate. I would love to talk to the alderman leading the charge... One mistake that governments make is they will take one situation, it happens all of the time, and decide they need to change the law or make a new law. I thought it was really unfortunate because if you destroy this, which is almost a bad pun at this point, I think you will lose a lot.
My feeling is, put the people who have feelings on both sides of this issue together and have them work together. Have them meet. There must be a way to find some reconciliation on these issues.
You don't throw the whole thing out. If you start limiting who can nominate... that's a very important part. My constituents pushed this legislation. We worked together for hours. But it was the people I worked with who lived in the neighborhood who were the driving force, the people particularly from the Water Tower Landmark Trust.
There was a need, a great need, to do something to preserve buldings in Milwaukee and to have an ordinance that, again, had some teeth to it and had due process. I think that was important. If there is a desire to make changes, not being there, I would just say that they should look very carefully and very closely and include people who care about preservation in those discussions.
MLS: Do you miss Milwaukee much? Do you stay in touch with people here?
SH: Some of my dearest friends are there in Milwaukee. I was there for a wedding this summer. I do stay in touch. As a matter of fact I emailed your article as soon as I saw it, I emailed it to my friends to make sure that they saw it. A number of my Milwaukee friends have visited me here too.
I miss the lakefront. I lived right near the lake. Cities are vibrant, and I loved it there. I loved the symphony, I'd go to theater… I grew up in New York City. I am a city girl.
But it's the people I miss. I miss the guys I worked with at Sanitation. I still follow Wisconsin and Milwaukee very closely still. I do miss it. I had 29 years in Milwaukee and they were wonderful.
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: This manuscript analyzes the ability of a new generation vaccine (recombinant vaccine) to induce a cellular immune response to a specific protein antigen isolated from the Marek's disease virus. The results indicate that this recombinant vaccine is effective in inducing a cellular immune response. The cellular immune response induced by this recombinant vaccine is very desirable and is considered by most researchers to be the most important immune response protecting chickens from disease induced by the Marek's disease virus. These encouraging results will be used to develop and analyze more powerful vaccines to protect commercial poultry from condemnations caused by the Marek's disease virus and increase productivity for our industry.
Technical Abstract: Previously we demonstrated that cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) from MHC: B**19B**19 and MHC: B**21B**21 chickens inoculated with a nononcogenic Marek's disease virus (MDV) vaccine strain, SB-1/12 can lyse syngeneic reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV)-transformed cell lines expressing MDV pp38 or gB genes. In this study, we report the characterization of MDV gB- -specific CTLs in chickens immunized with recombinant fowlpox virus expressing MDV gB gene (rFPV-gB). Spleen cells from rFPV-gB inoculated MHC: B**19B**19 chickens, depleted for CD4+, CD8+, TCR gamma delta +, TCR alpha beta 1+ or TCR alpha beta 2+ cells were used as effector cells in chromium release assays. Effector cells depleted of CD8+ or TCR alpha beta 1+, but not CD4+, TCR gamma delta + or TCR alpha beta 2+ markedly reduced the percentage of specific release (%SR). Compared to the %SR caused by the SB-1/12-sensitized CTLs, the %SR caused by rFPV-gB- sensitized CTLs was low, but statistically significant. This is a first report on the induction of MDV gB-specific CD8+ CTLs in chickens immunized with rFPV-gB vaccine.


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CASTLE HAYNE, NC (WWAY) — Before North Carolina firefighters battle flames out in the field they learn in a controlled environment. This weekend hundreds of firefighters came together from across the state for the Pender County Firefighter's Association Fire College.
"This weekend is about the students and giving them the information that our mentors gave us," said instructor Danny Grafius, who also is in the Wilmington Fire Dept.
Over a three day period firefighters participated in over 40 different courses and training exercises at the North Campus of Cape Fear Community College.
"We can offer some things they can't get in areas where they're at," said Alex Stanland, CFCC Safety Training Coordinator. "We've got about a $12,000,000 to $13,000,000 facility here and this is what it's all about. We want them to come down and train, learn, and get the skills that they need to."
The school had over 800 participants for this weekend of classes. Many firefighters say what makes it different are the hands on challenges.
"Yesterday we did a search and rescue and today we are working on our hose lines, attack lines and ladders," said Natosha Perry, a Sloop Point volunteer firefighter.
"Hands on is where it's at," said Raymond Boyles, a volunteer firefighter from Rocky Point. "You might be able to read it through the books, look at it, but you're not going to understand what to do unless you actually put your hand on it."
Firefighters say another rewarding part of the fire college is the communication they have with other departments. They say the whole process is one big learning experience.
"I get information that they do from their departments on how they respond to calls, how they operate on the fire scene, and I just put it all together," said Boyles.
Throughout the year Cape Fear Community College offers fire and rescue training classes to provide North Carolina firefighter certifications.


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That was actually MORE informative than any of the town hall meetings.
God is love (1 John 4:8)
I'm still flabbergasted by the wealth of comedic satirical opportunities offered by Congress and the White House which AREN'T being exploited by the Daily Show.
"The flock sleep peaceably in their pasture at night because Sheepdogs stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Cival war and swine flu = reset button.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution, which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." -1792, James Madison
There are always too many Democratic, Republican and never enough U.S. congressmen.
That was genuinely funny!
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
Patrick HenryOriginally Posted by UnklFungus
Seems that the political stuff is popping up everywhere
You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
Randy Cain.
Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
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The rare instance of an LP title that requires a blockquote:
No more stories
Are told today
I'm sorry
They washed away
No more stories
The world is grey
I'm tired
Let's wash away
You can go ahead and abbreviate it No More Stories… ala When The Pawn… if you want, although that might get messy when the Danish post-rockers release No More Stories (no ellipsis), the album-preceding EP featuring two LP tracks and three b-sides. So you should probably just recite that poem whenever talking about the album version. The And The Glass Handed Kites followup was recorded in Brooklyn and is due 8/25 on Columbia. If the poem/title isn't enough of a headspin, enjoy this tracklist for which song names have attending images:
01 "New Terrain"
02 "Introducing Palace Players"
03 "Beach"
04 "Repeater Beater"
05 "Silas The Magic Car"
06 "Cartoons and Macramé Wounds"
07 "A Dream"
08 "Hawaii"
09 "Vaccine"
10 "Tricks Of The Trade"
11 "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy"
12 "Reprise"
And the No More Stories EP tracklist:
01 "Introducing Palace Players"
02 "Repeater Beater"
03 "Owl" (B-side)
04 "Start" (B-side)
05 "Swimmers Chant" (B-side)
No More Stories… is out 8/25, preceded by No More Stories which is out 7/25. So far the band's only US date is at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 19th, although there are a few weeks before they turn up again (in Japan), so some American gap-fillers are possible. Here's the current itinerary, including a few opening for Nine Inch Nails:
06/29 – Dusseldorf @ Phillipshalle*
06/30 – Berlin, Germany @ Berlin Arena*
07/02 – Denmark (Roskilde Festival)
07/04 – Finland (Ruisrock Festival)
07/07 – Paris, France @ Zenih De Paris*
07/08 – Amsterdamn, Netherlands @ Heinekin Music Hall*
07/09 – Luxembourg @ Rockhal*
07/15 – London, UK @ O2 Arena*
07/17 – UK (Latitude Festival)
07/19 – Chicago, IL (Pitchfork Featival)
08/07 – Tokyo, Japan (Summer Sonic)
08/08 – Osaka, Japan (Summer Sonic)
08/14 – Copenhagen, Denmark (Beatday 09)
* w/Nine Inch Nails
Apparently the live show will incorporate all sorts of animated imagery, which you can sample via some diary entries at MewSpace.


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July 30, 2012
I was very impressed watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London. I loved the pageantry, the color, the presence of so many stars. I loved seeing Queen Elizabeth there and Britain recently celebrated a special milestone of the Queen's rule there.
America was well represented by fencer Mariel Zagunis, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who also attended Notre Dame. I am sure that is an honor she will never forget.
One vivid image to me was LeBron James, Chris Paul and the American basketball contingent looking like little kids, showing true exuberance while marching with the other athletes in the parade of nations. My friends, no matter how much money you have, a moment like that is so special.
Now the games are underway and all of the hard work and effort should pay dividends to athletes who have worked so hard for four years. The men's and women's basketball teams should roll to gold, though Geno Auriemma's team had a battle against Croatia for almost three quarters before pulling away.


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N. Korea ICBM engine tests stoke nuclear fears
By Giles Hewitt ,AFP Saturday, May 3, 2014, 12:02 am TWN
SEOUL -- North Korea has been testing engines for an inter-continental ballistic missile, a U.S. think tank said Friday, as Pyongyang announced a top military reshuffle that coincided with signs of a looming nuclear test.
The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said satellite images of the North's Sohae rocket launch site suggested one "and maybe more" recent tests on the engine of what is probably the first stage of a road-mobile ICBM called the KN-08.
It was the latest in a series of similar tests — dating back to mid-2013 — on a missile with a targeted range of up to 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles), the institute said on its closely followed website, 38 North.
"The next technically logical step ... would be a flight test of the entire system," it said.
The successful test of an ICBM capable of reaching the continental United States would take the nuclear threat posed by the North to an entirely new level.
Experts believe three nuclear tests have brought the North closer to mastering the miniaturization techniques required to place a nuclear warhead on a missile.
And there are signs it is preparing a fourth test, with multiple analyses of recent satellite images all noting stepped-up activity at the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
"All these activities are consistent with the view that a (nuclear) test or tests will occur soon," the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security said in its latest assessment on Friday.
Missile delivery has often been cited as the main weakness of the North's nuclear weapons program.
It has yet to test its medium-range Musudan missile with a range of up to 4,000 kilometers, let alone an ICBM.
In December 2012, it put a satellite in orbit with a rocket launch that was widely condemned as a disguised ballistic missile test.
That launch marked a significant step forward, but the rocket lacked the re-entry capability required of a functioning ICBM.
Models of the road-mobile KN-08 missile were displayed in North Korean military parades in 2012 and in July last year.
But several analysts ridiculed what they saw as crude mock-ups, with at least one respected aerospace engineer labeling them technically preposterous and a "big hoax."
Trump would be 'honored' to meet N. Korea's Kim, if conditions right
Taiwan's gay marriage ruling raises hopes across Asia
'Saigon's' rapidly vanishing colonial architecture
China's Geely takes stake in Proton, Lotus
Landslide win for liberal Moon
Duterte declares martial rule in besieged south Philippines
South Korea's new president in talks with China, Japan leaders over N. Korea
Japan warship to escort US supply vessel in Pacific: media
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"I love Artie to death. I remember him from his recruiting days with his big basketball jerseys on, his jean shorts and his Jordans. I was just like who is this dude?"
It's a reasonable question – who is Arthur Lynch?
With over a hundred players on Georgia's official football roster and a handful of tight ends on the depth chart, it wouldn't be hard for Arthur Lynch to get lost in the shuffle. Yet the redshirt sophomore is anything but hard to miss. He sits at 6'5, 270 pounds, and has the build of both a blocking and receiving tight end – in other words Lynch is the total package.
Originally from Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a small town right outside of Boston, Lynch has travelled a long way to play football for the Bulldogs. And it shows in some ways. He comes to Athens with "the worst accent I have ever heard," joked White. But it's not an accent or his size that makes him stand out. It's his heart.
"It was definitely different," Lynch explains as he starts recalling his childhood. "When we were younger we didn't exactly have the most. I mean we always had clothes on our backs and food to eat but it wasn't the easiest to support four kids."
His face lights up a little at the mere mention of the other members of his family. He repeats himself.
"It was different."
He takes a moment to form his words carefully, thoughtfully. He takes a deep breath, exhales, and then explains.
"My dad was around until I was about fourteen and that's kind of when our relationship went separate ways."
Almost six years later, Lynch still hasn't had any contact with his father.
"I appreciate my dad being there for the first fourteen years of my life. That's more than what a lot of other people can say."
He takes the slightest pause and begins to elaborate.
"Even when all that happened, I think it only affected me to a certain extent. No, it wasn't a path I foresaw coming when I was growing up. I still remember going to practices and games with my dad, but most of my earliest memories are just being with my mom or my grandfather."
He takes another breath and suddenly his mood shifts. He starts to smile.
"My mom and my grandfather, they were the ones that ended up helping me with going though recruiting and figuring out where I wanted to go to school. I can't say enough about my mom. Watching her go through what she went through with my dad and seeing how strong she was really just made me a better person, and it made me realize how lucky I am to have her. If I couldn't have both, I was lucky enough to have her. She's definitely the strongest person I know."
When he turned eighteen, Arthur decided to honor his mother and grandfather by legally changing his last name from Fontaine to Lynch.
"When she took her name back, I told her I wanted to take it back, too. It was really important to me. The name Lynch signifies so much more than a name to me; it means a lot to me."
Most of Lynch's teammates, including White, are well aware of Lynch's struggles and his determination to rise above them.
"He doesn't talk about it a lot, but when he does talk about it, it's always a good conversation. His grandfather means a lot to him; he has a lot of respect for him. He was there for him growing up. He didn't have the greatest relationship with his dad. He was raised by his mom – he always calls her Ma Dukes."
Carline Lynch, or "Ma Dukes" as her son likes to call her, still resides hundreds of miles away from Georgia in Dartmouth. She understands Arthur's love for his grandfather and the bond that the two share.
"He and his grandfather are very similar and they both have a love of football. It was probably out of that closeness that he wanted to change his name. He wanted to honor him and show him how much he loved him."
She giggles a little as she recalls her youngest child growing up.
"We call him A-Train back home. Back in eighth grade he was by far the biggest guy on the basketball team and the nickname just kind of fit. Growing up he was always very energetic," she reminisces. "He was always up for anything and very active. I don't think that's changed much."
She mainly recalls how close all four of her children were growing up, despite all the circumstances. They all supported each other and made sure to remain close throughout the years.
"He adored his sisters. He's always loved them and always will. He was the youngest so I dragged him to all of their sporting events but he adored Ellie, Fran and Liz – he really did. He was always their biggest fan."
Raising four children wasn't the easiest task for a single mother, but Carline Lynch made sure to instill three things in her kids.
"I wanted them to be honest, hardworking and kind; it's as simple as that."
Her voice oozes with pride as she goes into detail about her only son.
"He's a good brother, a good son, a good grandson, and he's just good to people. Whatever relationship he's in, he's just good."
Not surprisingly, Lynch's teammates describe him in the same way. He's someone that's fun to be around and keeps you laughing. He's the type of guy who can fit into any situation and feels comfortable around different groups of people. He is a guy that's always there for his friends and takes loyalty very seriously. He's a good person to be around. Carline Lynch summed him up best: Artie Lynch is just good. He refuses to focus on talking about himself though and picks up the conversation right where he left off about his mom.
"I think she did a really good job of teaching me what was important in life. I'm definitely a mama's boy and you can quote me on that. My mom is the most important person in my life, followed by my sisters, my grandfather and the rest of my family."
Lynch slows down a little and puts everything into perspective.
"You just have to be appreciative of what you have, and I'm just grateful for my mom. Everyone has dealt with a problem in life, and I'll never say that my life has been a burden."
"Burden" is an understatement for what most people would describe as the kind of trials and tribulations a young guy like Lynch had to overcome growing up. But Lynch refuses to focus on that. It's something he doesn't talk about too much simply because there's no need to talk bout it. He chooses to concentrate on where he is today.
"Yeah, I think my life would have been different in a way if my dad was around, but I don't think it would have been different in a bad or good way. The way I grew up is the way I grew up for a reason. I think me picking up the slack after my father left and kind of growing into a man earlier helped me evolve. It helped me become a man."
"He's writing a book right now on his life story, you know," blurts out White. "Yeah, he has 70 pages written already. It's the funniest thing I've ever heard – I started laughing when he told me. But at the end of the day I was just like – he's really writing his autobiography. He's definitely got a story to tell. He's definitely a unique individual, and he's got a very unique past to talk about. Like I said, Artie Lynch is the man."
Arthur Lynch is definitely a man, in every sense of the word.


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A CIRCUS animal trainer who made history just over 60 years ago when he starred in the first ever live TV broadcast from Rhyl has died aged 90.
Franz Kreft, who was born in Slovenia and came to Britain as a refugee after the Second World War, led a remarkable life travelling the world amid the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the circus crowd.
He trained bears, lions and tigers and carried on working until he was 77.
Among the highlights of his career were being introduced to Pope John Paul II at the Vatican and meeting a host of film stars including Vanessa Redgrave.
He died of a heart attack at his home in a hamlet called Coët Pér near Lorient in France and leaves his wife Pamela, aged 78, whom he met and married in her home town of Rhyl, and three sons, Mario, Carlos and Kevin.
Now better known as the owner of the award-winning care organisation, Pendine Park, and Chair of Care Forum Wales, son Mario, who lives in Denbigh, was born in Durban, in South Africa.
He was the first ever baby to christened in a Big Top in South Africa when the service was conducted in the circus ring by the Bishop of Durban. HIs Godfather was a clown called Charlie Bale.
The glamour of circus life was a complete contrast to the dire poverty into which Franz was born in a little village near Maribor in Slovenia in 1923.
Mario said: "My Dad was very proud of being Slovenian and he used to talk very fondly of the upbringing that he'd had and the community spirit there. He was one of three boys and lost his mother when he was very young.
"After the war he got a job helping a man with chimp act and eventually got a job with Wilkie's circus, becoming their bear trainer.
"He always had a love of animals from an early age he had a flair for training them and working with them."
In 1953, the dashing young Slovenian arrived in Rhyl where he was contracted for the summer season to Prince Cox's Circus.
As a result, he had a starring role in the first ever live televised show of any kind from Rhyl which was an hour-long broadcast on the BBC.
More importantly on a personal level, he also met a vivacious 17-year-old, Pamela Warburton, the daughter of Fred and Rene Warburton, who ran the former Pen-y-Don Hotel, on the promenade in Rhyl.
Mario explained: "They fell in love and my mother basically ran away to the circus. It was all very romantic.
"After Rhyl, my father went to work in France so my mother borrowed money from a friend, went to Manchester airport and flew over to France to see him.
"In the early 50s it was quite daring but then my mother always knew her own mind and she became a performer in her own right.
"She was involved with the bears and was even once shot out of a cannon like a human cannon ball. So she was quite fearless.
"They had their own bear act which they co-presented and then she had her own dog act.
"They travelled all over. They went to Japan, South Africa and all over Europe.
"They spent a great deal of time in Italy and my mother retired to France 25 years ago and he retired at 77. They had a couple of holiday cottages there.
"My Dad was always very good with animals and kind to them and seemed to make a connection.
"He had lions and tigers and the bears were a mixture of black bears, brown bears and Polar bears
"Life in the circus is like having one big family and because you're all travelling and the show must go on.
"In the early years, in Spain and in South Africa, they were literally one night stands and often miles and miles between them.
"In Spain you would travel around to festivals and each region or town would have its special holiday and that would be the time for the circus to be there.
"My Dad was the most unassuming guy you could imagine but he took on a different persona in the ring.
"When he got into the ring, he just went into his circus artiste mode as a bear trainer.
"He always seemed big to me but he wasn't particularly tall - but he was very strong and he had that presence, he had an aura and he looked the part.
"My mother is very much a show woman. She was the daughter of somebody who'd performed in London as a professional dancer.
"She went to a private school in Rhyl and she had dance lessons and ballet lessons and drama lessons and singing lessons and all those things and I think she was a always going to be some sort of performer.
"My overriding memory of it is that it was a lot of fun, a lot of camaraderie and you went to lots of really exciting places. We were able to go out and see things. It was great.
"There are some interesting pictures taken of going shopping with my father and my mother and a bear. I'm not sure that they'd have carried out a risk assessment but I don't think that Health and Safety was in the ascendancy in those days. It was quite amazing.
"There were wonderful characters really because they literally drew from all over the world, whether it was clowns or trapeze artists, you made friends with people from many cultures.
"There were always opportunities to meet people such as Vanessa Redgrave, Dennis Potter and the Pope.
"The Pope apparently liked the circus and had known about the circus in Poland and some artists were chosen to go to meet the Pope. My Dad was one of them.
"For him being a Catholic it was a very big deal and he was very proud to have done it. He'd come a very long way. They were both from similar backgrounds, so they had a lot in common.
"Vanessa Redgrave's then husband, Tony Richardson, was directing for TV and it was set around a circus. They needed bears so they used the big top of the circus that my father was in and they used his bears.
"Had my Dad lived it would have been their 60th wedding anniversary this October but they had a rich life, meeting lots of interesting people and visiting lots of fascinating places.
"My Dad was known throughout the circus world as a top guy and was always in great demand as a top animal trainer.
"He tried in the best way he could to make sure we got a proper upbringing and went to school which is why I was brought up by my grandparents in Trefnant and saw my parents in the holidays.
"The circus was his life and after the war his family. He was a very good circus artiste and loved his animals.
"He could never quite believe how lucky he had been considering how his life started in Slovenia."
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Our business leaders remain optimists at heart, which is a good thing. Business culture is at its best reflecting a determined belief that, when the right moves are made at the right time, we have reason to expect outcomes will be positive.
The overwhelming majority of respondents in the 2013 Mood of The Boardroom survey indicated they see New Zealand as going forward over the next decade. Only a small minority felt New Zealand was slipping back.
When rating the prospects for their own business and the domestic economy the majority of business leaders report they are more optimistic than they were a year ago. They are more confident the next 12 months will see them increasing staff and investing in capital and IT. Of course, when you drill down into the various concerns facing the economy there is plenty of realism to temper things. The Christchurch quake still looms large with construction cost pressures and insurance costs being two of the issues causing the most worry.
Perennial business concerns on issues like tax, currency and government spending still have a place in the thinking of business leaders. But it is promising to see that levels of concern about the ability of businesses to raise capital - through either debt or equity markets - is now very low. This suggests several years of stimulatory interest rate settings and a resurgent stock market may be providing the ignition the economy needs. Broadly, there are plenty of signs the domestic economy is in better shape than for some time. But there are clouds on the horizon and no shortage of issues threatening to undermine what is, after all, a fragile recovery.
New Zealand remains very much at the mercy of global economic forces and this is reflected in the two international issues which are most concerning for respondents in the 2013 Mood of the Boardroom Survey.
The strength of the Chinese economy and of the Australian economy are both big causes for concern among our business leaders. Unsurprisingly so. These are our two largest trading partners and both have had a stellar run right through the worst global economic downturn of our era. That's been a saviour for this country. Our financial sector is underpinned by the Australian banks and our agricultural export sector has been underpinned by booming Chinese demand. Now China is willfully slowing its economy and that is hurting Australia.
There are some hopes the direct impact of the Chinese slowdown may be limited in New Zealand. China is highly focused on shifting the balance of its economy away from manufacturing and construction towards domestic consumption and consumer spending. That doesn't bode well for the price of hard commodities like steel, coal and iron and the mining states of Western Australia and Queensland are seeing growth slow quickly. Listed New Zealand retailers have already taken a hit on the slowing Australian economy as consumers there rein in their spending.
We can only hope that the kind of slowdown that rattles the Australian consumer is not sufficient to rattle the Australian banks or other financial institutions. It seems unlikely given the vast savings rates and deep wealth across the Tasman.
Nevertheless, whatever the strength of the slowdown, New Zealand will feel it. We remain economically intertwined with Australia.
Politically the external threat of an Australia and China "double whammy" must be a concern to the Government. There is little it can do to control the external risk but after five years of waiting patiently for the slow and steady path to economic recovery to pay dividends, English and Key can ill afford another dip. At least not in the next 15 months or so.
If the Mood of the Boardroom survey was any kind of indicator of political polling, National would have little to worry about. John Key still rates very highly with business leaders. David Shearer barely rates at all.
Clearly this survey is no broad cross section of the New Zealand public but even the mainstream political polls show the Government's support holding up well. Perhaps that reflects the relatively benign state of an economy in slow recovery. Low interest rates and low inflation coupled with rising house prices are winning combination across a large chunk of the electorate.
We are at something of a crossroads. If the recovery kicks on we will see consumers squeezed as interest rates and inflation rates rise. If global issues see us stall again, the patience of the public may be tested. The times remain difficult but it is reassuring to know that those leading the economic charge are feeling confident and positive.


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Andre Villas-Boas admits letting Steven Caulker leave Tottenham was one of the hardest decisions of his time at White Hart Lane.
Having come through the ranks, Caulker (above) was tipped to become Tottenham's long-term replacement for Ledley King.
The 21-year-old made 28 appearances for Villas-Boas last season and even earned an England cap, but the Tottenham manager surprisingly sold the centre-back to Cardiff for £8.5million this summer.
Villas-Boas stands by his decision, but he admits it was not one that he took lightly.
"Yes, it was one of the tougher decisions I have made here," the Tottenham manager said.
"At that time we were short at the back. We had just lost Jan (Vertongen) during the Hong Kong trip but we felt the price was right and it was an opportunity that we had to take."
It was not just the big money that was on the table from Cardiff that persuaded Villas-Boas to sell Caulker.
After winning his first cap against Sweden, the defender was keen to make sure that he was in Roy Hodgson's thoughts for next year's World Cup.
To do that, he would have to be playing on a regular basis, and despite the departure of William Gallas this summer, that was not something that Villas-Boas could offer.
"I can understand why people were surprised (that we sold him) because he was home-grown and he was a player who did well for us, but in the end we have great competition for places and we decided for Steven to move to another club," the Spurs manager said.
"He has high expectations towards his career, towards a first-team place and we decided to allow that transfer to happen."
Villas-Boas will see Caulker for the first time since he sold him when Tottenham travel to Cardiff for a potentially tricky away game later today.
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You'll also get two wine tastings at Après Wine Company, plus two souvenir glasses and a bottle of hand-picked, capital "C" Champagne awaiting your arrival at Avalon.
Climb into the plush bed and swaddle your sweetie in the Egyptian cotton covers. You'll also have wireless Internet at your fingertips, a flat-panel TV in front of you, and an iPod docking station at your side.
Once you've finished your two included tastings at Après, you'll want to sample the more than 50 wines flowing from the Enomatic dispensers. Complement your buzz with a bite, like the mozzarella-stuffed, bacon-wrapped figs or the Zinfandel-braised short ribs. Just your luck: Après is offering 15 percent off food with the purchase of a signature dish, as well as 10 percent off at the retail wine and gift shop.
Then, head to the lake (just a few minutes from the hotel) and drink in the epic mountain views from inside a boat. Going in the chillier months? Take a cruise over the snowy terrain with Borges Family Sleigh Rides. The cast of colorful locals at this 44-year-old company will regale you with little-known tales of the region during a 30-minute or hour-long ride.
And after a long day on the slopes at Heavenly, coupled with the rich food and wine of Après, you'll be happy to know that Avalon is offering late checkout. Sleep in, then fill your plate at the continental breakfast buffet.
Can't pull yourself away just yet? The Avalon is offering 30 percent additional midweek nights and 20 percent off weekend nights. Like wine and cheese or freshies and powder, this week's Escape is a match made in heaven. Or should we say Heavenly?
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Positive Aspects of Caregiving
Caring for a person with a debilitating
illness is often challenging. It becomes all the more
difficult when the person is in the throes of
Alzheimer's disease. Those affected can display mood
swings, repeat words in a constant patter or show a
complete lack of communication, have aggressive or
docile behavior, and show recognition of loved ones or
seem completely unaware. The anxieties and frustrations
of the caregiver are well documented. There are
significant factors, though, that can and do contribute
to a positive and rewarding outcome in caring for a
family member with Alzheimer's disease:
A close loving relationship before
the onset of Alzheimer's disease
Mutual interests, e.g., music,
dance, sports
The caregiver has volunteered
willingly rather than
taking on the role because of family
There is a sincere desire to follow
the "Golden Rule"
As a result, there can be great
satisfaction in being with the family member with
Alzheimer's disease, regardless of the manifestations of
the illness. This is exemplified in the following true
A Daughter's Perspective
They say that Alzheimer's is the
cruelest disease, and that is so true. It robbed us of
fourteen years of my
mother's delightful, joyous personality and her
marvelous musicianship. She was a professional
violinist, pianist, and composer. When I became a
professional flutist, she and I worked together as
colleagues. We forged a special connection and became
great friends. I was privileged to have far more than
the usual mother/daughter relationship. My mother first
began to exhibit signs of Alzheimer's disease at 79 and
passed away at 93. The progression of her illness was
slow during the first eight years. But then, she had two
falls in quick succession, causing her to break a hip
and fracture several vertebrae. The pain and surgery
involved caused a sharp decline in her mental status and
from then on, she needed round-the-clock care.
My sister and I were determined to help our mother hang
on to the world around her. We were fortunate in two
respects. First, when it became obvious that her care
was more than my stepfather could manage, we had the
good luck to find an excellent live-in caregiver.
Secondly, it was truly a blessing that my mother did not
become belligerent, as is sometimes the case. If
anything, she became even sweeter.
My mother also gradually became more childlike and at
times it seemed she was one of my children. This role
reversal often made me think of all my mother had done
when I was seriously ill as a child. In the face of a
rare ailment which doctors were uncertain how to treat,
my mother used all her wisdom and creativity to keep me
well. I viewed her illness from Alzheimer's disease as
my opportunity to give back to her all the care she had
lavished on me.
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Suffrage: A pattern of duplicate registrations found nationwide shows voter fraud is both massive and systemic. Yet, the Obama administration claims there is no problem and that demands for voter ID cards are racist.
Last month the Rev. Al Sharpton was the keynote speaker at a rally to kick off the campaign for an Ohio Voters' Bill of Rights state constitutional amendment opposing the use of voter ID.
During the rally, he hugged one Melowese Richardson, the Hamilton County, Ohio, poll worker who was convicted of casting five votes for President Obama, as the audience cheered.
Richardson's actions were treated by the mainstream media and Democrats as a local aberration, not as evidence of widespread voter fraud and certainly not as justification for voting-integrity measures such as requiring a photo ID when registering and voting.
The latest evidence of voting fraud comes from the Virginia Voter Alliance, which cross-checked voter rolls in Virginia and Maryland, and last week announced that it had turned up 44,000 people registered to vote in both states at the same time. It is not known how many Virginia voters are also registered in states other than Maryland.
Working with the Privileges and Elections committees of the Virginia state House and Senate, the Virginia Voter Alliance also identified 31,000 dead voters via the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. Subsequent processing by the State Board of Elections found 40,000 to 60,000 dead-voter registrations.
"Dead-voter registrations are prime targets for voter fraud which generate few complaints," VVA President Reagan George noted.
People move from state to state and voters die, but voting records are not often updated in a timely fashion to reflect those facts, leaving an abundance of seemingly valid voter registrations that can be used to skew the results of close elections. Only recently has cross-checking between states been done.
As Fox News has reported, a law passed last year by the North Carolina legislature required election staff to check information for North Carolina's more than 6.5 million voters against a database containing information for 101 million voters in 28 other states.
That cross-check found listings for 35,570 North Carolina voters whose first names, last names and dates of birth match those of voters who voted in other states.
North Carolina is also one of the states that Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice have sued over a series of laws to ensure fair and honest elections, including one requiring voter ID.
"We will show that they were discriminatory in both intent and in impact," he said in announcing the North Carolina suit, arguing that "concern of voter fraud is something that is made up" to justify the laws.
Yet he does not explain the support for voter ID by Nelson Mandela in his campaign to end apartheid in South Africa and bring democracy to that country. At one rally, Mandela wore a T-shirt that read: "Get an ID. Register. Vote." In recent Afghan elections, voters proudly displayed their voter ID cards.
Well, it's not made up. Raleigh TV station WRAL reported on its website that 81 residents who died before election day were recorded as casting a ballot.
"We have the 'Walking Dead,' and now we've got the 'Voting Dead,' " said state Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg. "I guess the reason there's no proof of voter fraud is because we weren't looking for it." Well, seek and ye shall find.
There is no factual evidence that requiring voter IDs suppresses minority turnout. The only thing it suppresses is vote fraud. The deceased voters of Virginia and North Carolina could not be reached for comment.


text: Woman hopes for leads in brother's slaying By Travis Crum June 19, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Candice Mahood doesn't know what her brother was doing before he was found shot to death beside a Dumpster on John Wesley Drive in Mink Shoals.Kanawha County sheriff's deputies are still investigating and have not released many details into who allegedly shot Shane Patrick Henry, 26, multiple times Saturday.Henry had been planning a camping trip and was excited to pick up his 3-year-old son for Father's Day, his sister said.At about 8:30 a.m., Kanawha County 911 dispatchers received a call from a Mink Shoals resident saying that she saw a man lying on the ground next to a Dumpster. Henry was dead when paramedics arrived on the scene.There had been no reports of gunshots fired, but neighbors told police that they had heard what they thought were firecrackers overnight.Henry had no previous run-ins with the law and had been employed as a chef at the Embassy Suites before being laid off recently.If somebody or something were troubling him, he wouldn't have told anybody, Mahood said."He had no family. Our father died, brother died, our two grandmothers died and my mother's boyfriend had passed on, too," Mahood said. "My brother never really had anybody around him, even if he wanted someone to help him."Henry and Mahood lost their father when Henry was just 3 years old. Their brother died of sudden infant death syndrome and as children, their home burned down. "My life has just been endless tragedies," Mahood said.Henry had no life insurance policy so it's been difficult for the family to pay for his funeral arrangements, Mahood said. She's also holding off on memorial arrangements hoping police would solve the slaying."I pretty much just want to feel comfortable" at the service, she said. "I have a little girl and I'm trying to think of safety reasons. I don't want the suspect to show up to the funeral and I might not even know it."Mahood's co-workers at Aladdin Restaurant in Charleston donated their tips Friday night to his funeral fund. Henry's friend is collecting money at the Blue Parrot on Capitol Street, she said. And his friends, many of whom play in local bands, are planning a benefit concert.Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home is handling the funeral arrangements.Kanawha County Sheriff's Department Cpl. Brian Humphreys said the investigation into Henry's slaying was ongoing. He said he was reluctant to say more for fear of harming the investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff's department at 304-357-0169. Henry's death has been difficult for everyone who knew him, his sister said."Anyone who has reached out to me during this has told me that my brother was the most outgoing, fun person to be around," she said. "He had a big heart and there was something about his smile. His smile lit up the room."Reach Travis Crum at email@example.com or 304-348-5163. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Former Winfield football coaching great Leon McCoy dies 2 Gander Mountain gift cards no longer accepted 3 Ecuadorans choose Charleston for commercial pilot training 4 After one year, no progress on WV ammunition plant 5 West Virginia football stocking specialist positions Two lawsuits filed over runoff from reclaimed mines Previous Story State seeks record fruits and vegetables Next Story


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Absolutely awesome. A new music player with code from the good folks at Moz.
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Postmodern Aesthetics in Six-Generation Chinese Films
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BeschreibungPostmodernist films, in the social context of post-cold war China in the 1990s, corresponded with Deleuze's micro-politics of aesthetics to the culture of disintegration in these independent cinemas. The deformation of grant narrative has long been thought to play a major role in creating social change in China, in large part because the discourse in everyday life gives individuals opportunities to better understand the problems facing their transformaing society. In this research, drawing on Lou Ye, Wang Chao, Zhang Ming's independent films, which make them well known among the six-generation film makers and the international film festivals, I examine the relationship between politics of time- image in Six-Generation Chinese films and aesthetics of postmodernism in contemporary China. With the analysis of mise-en-scene, I ask two key research questions: How does postmodern culture shape the time-image in Sixth Generation Chinese films and their cinematic memory of social- transformation? What are the claims of social and aesthetic post-modernism in the discourse of Sixth Generation Chinese films?
PortraitShan Lan has a Masters Degree in Film Studies from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Literature from Nankai University. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Chinese Literature at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has several publications in China and her papers on Chinese film were presented in international conferences.
Untertitel: Cultural Memories in the Present. Paperback. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: LAP Lambert Acad. Publ.
Erscheinungsdatum: Mai 2010
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Companies all over the world are opening the door to telecommuting for their employees. As companies look for ways to cut down on over head costs of operation telecommuting has become a very attractive option for some employees. Many people wonder with employees scattered all over the place and no real base of operations how a company is able to operate smoothly without placing the future of the company at stake?
The issue of managing telecommuting employees has been a long standing problem for many businesses. However, with the right resources and support put into place, telecommuting can be a highly successful and lucrative option for businesses all over the world.
Here is a look at some great tips that businesses and office managers can use to help develop a telecommuting strategy that allows a company to manage the growing number of telecommuting employees.
Establish Rules and Guidelines
Many businesses make the mistake of just allowing employees to telecommute without really setting up guidelines and boundaries. This can often lead to terrible telecommuting experiences for both employees and companies. Before you allow any employee to telecommute create a handbook that clearly explains the expectations of employees who telecommute.
Information provided in the handbook can include how often meetings will occur, what is expected in terms of communication and how often an employee needs to come into the office. This handbook will prevent a lot of misunderstandings and allow companies to operate smoothly while offering employees the option to telecommute.
Create Frequent Meetings
Communication is a major key to successful telecommuting. As a company, create frequent meetings so that you can stay in touch with all your employees. Technology makes setting up meetings extremely easy with access to programs like Skype and instant messaging systems which allow companies and employees to get together to discuss important information regarding work and projects. Even if it is only a brief five minute discussion regarding the status of the work it will help keep employee and company on the same page.
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To make the telecommuting experience a smooth transition from work place setting to home, consider offering your telecommuting employees different support services so that they can stay connected with the office even while they are away from it. After all, these employees are using their home as an office so it doesn't hurt to offer them some options that will make them turn that home office into a company office.
Some great services that companies offer include subscription to services like Line2 which allows employees to create a second office line that is separate from their home line or tech support services in case their Internet or computer goes down. Just because the employee is not physically within the office does not mean you as a company doesn't have to offer support services.
It may take a bit of pre-planning in order to create a good telecommuting strategy but by using some of these helpful tips as a company you will be able to offer telecommuting as a work option without having to compromise the company and your business.
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RedBox v0.1, old fashion roguelike
redbox rpg roguelike engine sfml
So, after some prototypes and some adventures in the isometric universe, I took a step back to good old ascii roguelike.
I also switched from C++ to good old ansi C.
I kept SFML, in its C flavor, CSFML.
Why C?
I love C++, but simply it seems I can't get a whole game out of it... I always end wasting time in over-engineered solutions, and the last kid in town, Entity-Component paradigm, has done its part.
Sometime less is better. It was better for me, at least.
I discovered you can also live well without classes, templates, inheritance, polymorphism and all the OOP stuff. The more, I discovered I am more productive. So here I am.
The RedBox Engine
So, what is this RedBox Engine? I am making the core mechanics of a system capable of running a D&D RedBox adventure module. The actual game will be data driven, with a bunch of files to give in input to the executable.
In this first release (which is not a release at all, but only a video), I reached my goals:
- have a procedurally generated character (choosed random between the classic ones: fighter, thief, magic-user, cleric, elf, dwarf and halfling)
- load a world made of one area
- have a procedurally generated forest to walk in, with some items on the ground
- have the player be able to walk around, look, pick up items, drop'em and equip'em
Emphasis has been placed on a clear interface, in which player can visualize all the important stuff in the main window. So character sheet, equipped items, messages and the list of commands (something that many roguelike creators tend to consider less important) are all in the main screen with the game field and the area display.
Ok, but the game?
There's no a game yet. I am reading some old Dragon magazine to find a suitable one, but the very first game will probably be the solo adventure in the Player's Handbook (the one in Bargle's lair with goblins and skeletons, do you remember?).
The big picture
It will be great if I could load a game module, play it with my character, survive 'till the end, export the character and import in another module. It will be great if a module editor could be used to create and edit the files needed. Maybe in a community of creators. With online character's sheets. With...