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"For frozen caliper, if I take out rear brake caliper and clean it and put some brake grease on it, will it be enough?
I haven't flush brake fluid ever. When I changed brake pads, I see brake fluid is clear and sufficient. Is there any sign for me to flush brake fluid? Can the flush be done DIY?"
"Frozen" caliper means the piston is stuck in its bore, so the caliper must be rebuilt/replaced. "Binding" would describe the caliper not floating/centering on the mounting bolts, which be addressed by cleaning/lubrication as described above by others. Flushing all the brake fluid is recommended every two years, and can simply be done with a helper pushing the pedal while you open the bleed screws, or you can use a pressurized one-man bleeder system. Don't forget to bleed the clutch system if you have a manual transmission; It uses the same brake fluid from the same reservoir.
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I like WLMail very much because its simple and easy to use and eye candy UI.
I have been using it for a while. But there is a annoying problem just
keeping bothering me. Whenever I delete a message in INBOX, not only a copy
of the email is sent to DELETED ITEMS but also the same message reappears in
the INBOX. If I check the status of the email in the INBOX by another mail
client, I will find that the email is not deleted. I knew that I can uncheck
"Use Deleted Items folder..." in the option menu. But the problem of doing
that is the deleted email will not be saved, which is not what I want. I want
all deleted email sent to DELETED ITEMS folder and then I can deleted them
later when I am sure they are no longer useful. Recently I found a way to
kind of walk around the problem. Intead of deleting email every time, I can
move (by dragging the email) to the DELETED ITEMS. But as you can see, this
is not a permenent solution.
The similar thing happens to the JUNK mail also. When there is a mail
detected by WLMail as JUNK mail, the WLMail will copy the mail to the JUNK
mail folder indead of moving it to the folder.
In the past, I used Thunderbird and it didn't have this kind of problem. So
I am pretty sure it's not caused by the setting of the server.
Other than this glitch, all others seems to be fine. I shall also mention
that I am using IMAP to receive emails.


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Commercial fleet telematics in the government sector is set to generate $1.26 billion in 2018, up from just $618 million last year, according to a new study from ABI Research.
The market-research company says growth will be driven by pressure on government and public sector agencies to reduce costs but maintain service levels.
As a result, organizations are exploring ways of improving utilization of vehicle fleets and ensuring they comply with new regulation and environmental legislation.
"The main market drivers behind the adoption of telematics in government fleets are government mandates designed, for example, to lower fuel consumption and gas emissions or to promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles," said Gareth Owen, a principal analyst at ABI Research.
According to ABI Research, US authorities are promoting usage of telematics in federal vehicles by simplifying the purchasing process – federal agencies can 'add' appropriate telematics solutions to vehicles leased from GSA Fleet (the vehicle leasing arm of the federal government) and add the cost of the telematics to their monthly leasing plan.
Providers that have qualified to offer services in this way include NetworkFleet (San Diego, CA, USA), Trimble (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) and Drivecam (San Diego, CA, USA).
There are similar purchasing initiatives at state and local levels, notes ABI Research.
"Although there are no plans to mandate telematics adoption at the federal level yet, there are a number of initiatives underway to mandate the use of telematics at state government levels," said Owen.
State departments, however, usually have more sophisticated requirements because they operate specialized vehicles like snow ploughs and refuse trucks, where there is a need to demonstrate that certain operations were carried out satisfactorily.
Consequently, telematics is becoming increasingly effective at improving service levels and productivity.
Providers that have developed specialized applications to meet such requirements include Teletrac (Garden Grove, CA, USA) and Sprint (Overland Park, KS, USA) (with partner Geotab (Oakville, Canada)) in the United States, and Masternaut (Aberford, UK) and Digicore (Centurion, South Africa) (via its Ctrack brand) in Europe, says ABI Research.


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Many of us grew up building ship and airplane models from plastic kits. Modeling today has taken on a whole new meaning. Thanks to computers, modeling has become a vital tool in drug discovery.
At New York's Stony Brook University�about 55 miles east of Manhattan on the north side of Long Island�researchers are using 3D modeling in an effort to identify small molecules that can be used as anti-cancer agents or as antiviral inhibitors for HIV, influenza and SARS, among other diseases.
The method is called computational drug design (often called structure-based or rational design). A computer is used to model how drugs interact with their targets�usually proteins. It's done at the molecular level in 3D. Imaging is used in two ways: to help set up models and for data analysis.
"With the computational aspect, you can gain an understanding of the interactions which occur between drugs thereby enabling the design of more potent compounds," explains Robert Rizzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook. Modeling starts with experimental structural data of the desired drug target protein. "Every atom in the protein has a point in space, whether it's carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, etc., Structures from X-ray crystallography [the science of determining the arrangement of atoms using X-rays scattered from electrons] serve as starting points for the simulations."
The Rizzo team obtains proteins from the Protein Data Bank, a public repository for 3D structural data of proteins.


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Around the State in 4-H
Over the past 8 years, the Pennsylvania 4-H State Council has had the opportunity to meet many influential people. The officers meet with faculty, administration, staff and even deans. They often meet one-on-one with their state legislators and promote the 4-H program and high profile events. Lately though, the officers have had some rock star status opportunities, like the one on April 30, 2012.
The teen VIP 4-H club in Montgomery County Pennsylvania has been serving the community for the last three years. Their primary goal is to educate their peers about the origins of community service and how youth can play a crucial role in changing the world.
Members of the 4-H Force Robotics Team 4031 traveled to St. Louis, Missouri from April 25-29 to compete in the FIRST National Championship with their robot "The Enforcer."
In celebration of Earth Day 2012, over 300 students from Steelton Elementary School participated in an activity led by the middle school team of 4-H Youth and Families of Promise students and facilitator Rick Sayles.
Beautiful warm weather graced this year's 4-H Forestry Judging Contest at the 4-H Wildlife and Forestry Field Day event held at the Ag. Progress Days site in Rock Springs, PA on April 21, 2012.
The 2012 4-H Wildlife and Forestry Field Day was a wild success! The event featured both competitive and non-competitive tracks, and over 86 youth and adults participated in the event.
Roles have changed within the county extension offices and the need to receive the County 4-H Listserv messages may have changed. You must also be a member in order to send to the list. You may now subscribe or unsubscribe to the list following the steps below.
It was great to see all of you at in-service this past week. I hope many of your questions were answered, and you are seeing the opportunities open to the 4-H program.
Link for the new "Leaders Helping Leaders" blog for PA 4-H Sewing volunteers. Blog for PA 4-H Clothing and Textiles Volunteers is up and running!
Washington County collected 6,418 pounds of food and supplies for the Washington County Food Bank on Saturday, March 17, 2012.
State Fashion Revue is continuing, with an infusion of enthusiastic volunteers who will help to ensure that 7 Regional Revues will be held in 2012 to select the maximum 60 participants in the State Revue which will be held during State Days. Sandy Hall (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the state event coordinator.
It's time to start thinking about summer and State Achievement Days! This year 4-H State Achievement Days will be held August 7-9, 2012 at The Pennsylvania State University campus.


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Dolours Price, convicted IRA Bomber, and the former wife of critically acclaimed Irish actor Stephen Rea, was found dead Thursday in her Dublin home. Police have not revealed the cause of death and an autopsy will be performed. Unrepentant to the end, Ms. Price was 61 at the time of her death.
She was a young woman fresh out of school, with an innocent charm that allowed her to avoid suspicion, when Price joined the IRA in the late 1960's. On March 8, 1973, Dolours participated in the bombing of the Old Bailey in London that injured over 200 people. Miraculously, no one was killed as a direct result of the blast, although one of the injured later suffered a fatal heart attack that was attributed to the bombing.
Arrested within hours, along with her sister Marian, Gerry Kelly, Hugh Feeney and six others, Price was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Her original term of incarceration was later reduced to 20 years, much to the dismay of angry British citizens..
During her time in prison, Dolours participated in a 200 day hunger strike, during which she was kept alive by force feeding. The hunger strike, which resulted in the death of Michael Gaughan, was intended to force the British Government to transfer IRA members incarcerated in England to a prison in Northern Ireland.
After serving seven years of her sentence, Price was granted a Royal Prerogative of Mercy, and freed on humanitarian grounds in 1981. At the time of her release, she was severely ill, suffering from Anorexia Nervosa, Tuberculosis, and other serious medical problems.
In 1983, Price married Stephen Rea, whom she met while he was recording speeches and messages for Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. Many of the leaders of the Irish Republican movement were under a broadcast ban by the British authorities and they were forced to use a third party to communicate with the public.
Their life together experienced a strange twist on reality, when Rea was cast to portray an IRA hitman in the 1992 film, The Crying Game. Rea received rave reviews for the role and he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The gripping film, directed by Neil Jordan, explored the themes of race, gender identity and loyalty, while examining the complicated issues of English rule over Northern Ireland.
The relationship between Rea and Price was already strained when she was arrested in 2001 for possession of stolen prescription pads and forged prescriptions. Price was sentenced to a £200 fine and ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. During the marriage, which ended in divorce in 2003, the couple had two sons.
Following her divorce from Rea, Price largely dropped out of the public eye until 2010 when she exploded back into the news with her stunning accusation that Gerry Adams had been her commanding officer when she was in the IRA. Adams, who has always maintained that he was never a member of the IRA and that he never participated in any acts of terror, vehemently denied the charges.
Price also accused Adams of ordering the 1972 execution of Jean McConville. a mother of 10 killed by the IRA as a suspected informer. Ms. Price admitted driving the car that transported the kidnapped woman to the place of her execution. Adams, who is President of Sinn Féin and a Member of the Irish Parliament, maintains the story is a complete fabrication.
Ms. Price remained a fierce Irish Republican nationalist to the end of her days. In a letter she wrote in 2012 to an Irish newspaper, she expressed her loyalty to the movement:
"My father never saw his firstborn child because she was born and died while he was interned. I am a Republican, born and bred, as were my mother and father before me and theirs before them. I have no time for people who constantly change their position. They are not Republicans."
Lyrics of Bring Then Home, a song written about Dolours and Marian Price while they were on hunger strikes in an English Prison:
'So I pray you men of Ireland / Don't betray our daughters true / Proudly stand beside our heroes / Lest they die for me and you"
"Though the tyrant would deny us / We can break their hearts of stone / And all of Ireland will be singing / When we bring our daughters home"


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"Where is your God now?" accused one of my friends. "I'd have to rethink the problem of evil and God's goodness, if it were true" said another. I—who usually am not thrown off in situations of theological doubt in the face of pain—stood there, silent, unable to muster up a response in the face of such pointless evil.What horror could throw my friends and I into such deep, existential and theological instability? This:In case you weren't aware, over the weekend Justin Bieber threw up a pic … [Read more...]
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(Every Tuesday, I will be featuring a photograph from a place I have gone to, a photograph which I believe will inspire others to go out and see the world for themselves. For this week, Why Travel Tuesday features the University of the Philippines' very own spring season—the yearly bloom of Diliman's beautiful sunflowers.)
Some of the travelers I met find it weird, downright funny, that I have never experienced all the four seasons of the year. They understand, of course. I'm from a tropical country where it's summer all year round. In fact, it was only last year that I got to experience fall and winter, which, in the end, left me with spring. I haven't really experienced real spring. But I like to think that I have. Every end of March, the beginning of spring for more temperate countries, the University of the Philippines gets more colorful as sunflowers begin to bloom, lining the main avenue entrance to the school's Diliman campus. It is definitely worth a visit, especially for tropical folk like me. Being there, you realize that at least even if you don't know what spring feels like, you certainly know what it looks like.
(More photos of the University of the Philippines sunflower season in this post: UP Diliman: Spring in Summer)
Spring, be it "real" spring or just "UP sunflowers" spring, is a beautiful time of the year. Agree? Do share your colorful spring photos below!


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I was then studying law at Pisa, and one of my companions in the class-room was Aldus Manutius, renowned as a book-collector.
Title-page of the Adagia, printed by Aldus Manutius in 1508.
In 1875 he published a very learned and elaborate monograph on Aldus Manutius.
Aldus Manutius, who led the revolution, has often been wrongly praised.
As a type-founder he made for Aldus Manutius the first italic type.
In 1653 he regretted his inability to find a publisher's catalogue issued by Aldus Manutius.
It is worthy of note that many of these old English printers were, like Aldus Manutius, editors as well.
Aldine, al′dīn, adj. applied to books printed by Aldus Manutius of Venice, in 16th century.
The editions printed by Aldus Manutius the Elder are, however, much more valuable than those issued by his descendants.
The invention of what is now called the Italic letter in printing was made by Aldus Manutius, to whom learning owes much.


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A friend asked me the other day to send a link to the brilliant essay by Leon Wieseltier on scientism. The occasion of Leon's article was a previously published essay by Steven Pinker, but in re-reading Leon's words, the thought came to me that they have a bearing on the criticism being hurled at Evangelii Gaudium by the likes of Rev. Robert Sirirco and Samuel Gregg of the Acton Institute. Not for nothing is economics known as the dismal science. Here is the money quote from Leon's essay:
It is not for science to say whether science belongs in morality and politics and art. Those are philosophical matters, and science is not philosophy, even if philosophy has since its beginnings been receptive to science. Nor does science confer any license to extend its categories and its methods beyond its own realms, whose contours are of course a matter of debate. The credibility of physicists and biologists and economists on the subject of the meaning of life—what used to be called the ultimate verities, secularly or religiously constructed—cannot be owed to their work in physics and biology and economics, however distinguished it is. The extrapolation of larger ideas about life from the procedures and the conclusions of various sciences is quite common, but it is not in itself justified; and its justification cannot be made on internally scientific grounds, at least if the intellectual situation is not to be rigged.
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Looking down the barrel of some significant luxury tax penalties, Toronto Raptors GM Masai Ujiri is moving swiftly to get below the tax line while keeping his team competitive in the wide-open Eastern Conference.
Ujiri pulled off two trades in about 12 hours, sending veteran forward DeMarre Carroll to Brooklyn in a salary dump and landing C.J. Miles in a sign-and-trade with Indiana for Cory Joseph, three people with knowledge of the dealings told The Associated Press.
The Raptors and Nets agreed to the Carroll deal late Saturday night, with Toronto sending a future first- and second-round pick to Brooklyn with Carroll and getting Justin Hamilton in return.
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Enstone Takes Bison City Stakes
Enstone, ridden by Patrick Husbands, fended off favorite Mythical Mission to win the $225,000 Bison City Stakes July 9 at Woodbine.
Enstone, ridden by Patrick Husbands, fended off favorite Mythical Mission to win the $225,000 Bison City Stakes July 9 at Woodbine.
Runner up last out in the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, Sam-Son Farm homebred Mythical Mission looks to notch her first stakes victory in the $225,000 Bison City Stakes July 9 at Woodbine.
Robert Marzilli's Caren went gate to wire to capture $250,000 Bison City Stakes, second leg of the filly Triple Tiara, July 10 at Woodbine.
Brooklynsway defeated Galina Point by a nose in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes July 12 at Woodbine, springing a 7-1 surprise.
Recent grade II winners Stonetastic and R Free Roll top a solid field of fillies and mares entered in the Oct. 4 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) that is part of Keeneland's opening weekend stakes extravaganza.
A deep field of a dozen distaffers will sprint 6 1/2 furlongs for a $400,000 pot in the Sept. 8 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (gr. II).
A well-balanced field of 10 fillies and mares, including 2013 winner Youcan'tcatchme, are set to contest the $150,000 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Aug. 24 at Woodbine.
Salvador Hernandez's homebred La Tia made a tour de force of the $144,053 Ontario Matron Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine July 26, leading wire to wire and drawing off at the end to best eight other fillies and mares.
A competitve field of nine fillies will face off in the two-turn Ontario Matron over Woodbine's Polytrack July 26, including a pack of stakes winners at Arlington and over the home track outside Toronto.
Improving Unspurned made every pole a winning one to post a 2 1/4-length win in the $232,875 Bison City Stakes, the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Tiara for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine July 13.
Paladin Bay, who has made 12 lifetime starts, carries an experience and talent edge into the Bison City against five foes. The Sligo Bay filly is a three-time stakes winner, including a victory in the Selene Stakes (Can-III).
Solid Appeal returns to her favorite turf course to defend her title in the $200,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) May 25 at Woodbine against a field that includes the mare that she lost to last time out, Sisterly Love.
Solid Appeal, upset winner of the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) in May, looks to remain unbeaten in 2013 as the 122-pound highweight in the $200,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (gr. II) July 7 at Woodbine.
Favored Original Script, a game third in the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser last time out, led every step of the way at Woodbine June 30 to capture the $237,700 Bison City Stakes by one length.
Third in the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser after setting the pace, Original Script returns in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, the second jewel of Canada's filly Triple Crown June 30 at Woodbine.
Overlooked Solid Appeal won for the second time in as many starts this year when she drew off in the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) May 25 on the Woodbine turf for her first stakes tally.
Irish Mission and Northern Passion, first and second, respectively, in last spring's Woodbine Oaks, renew their acquaintance in the $200,00 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) May 25 on the grass at Woodbine.
Acting Naughty had her consistency rewarded with her first stakes victory in the $149,689 Whimsical (Can-III) at Woodbine April 28, coming from off the pace in her seasonal debut.
Absent since a runner-up effort in last spring's Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, Northern Passion returns in the $150,000 Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) April 28, the first graded stakes of the 2013 season at Woodbine.
A strong group of 12 older fillies will contest the $150,000 Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Tampa Bay Downs March 9, including Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) victress Old Tune and grade II winner Mystical Star.
Leading Woodbine trainer Mark Casse carries a solid hand in the $150,000 Ontario Colleen Stakes (Can-IIIT) with three entrants for owner John C. Oxley in the one-mile turf event for 3-year-old fillies Aug. 25.
Awesome Fire, under a brilliant ride from Chantal Sutherland, unleashed her closing kick rounding the far turn and overcame traffic problems en route to a game half-length victory in the $249,599 Wonder Where Stakes.
Former Canadian rider Chantal Sutherland, now based in Southern California, returns to Woodbine July 29 to ride Awesome Fire in the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, final leg of the triple tiara series for 3-year-old fillies.
Blue Heart, getting a textbook ride from Alex Solis, overtook front-running Casa Loma and favored Black Bird Rock in deep stretch to capture the $245,875 Bison City Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths at Woodbine July 1.
Two fillies from leading Woodbine trainer Mark Casse's stable are among the favorites in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes July 1, the second jewel of Canada's triple tiara for 3-year-old fillies at the Toronto oval.
|Breeder / Owner
|Awesome Fire
|Nicholas Gonzalez
|Black Bird Rock
|Michael P. De Paulo
|Blue Heart
|Brian A. Lynch
|Casa Loma
|Robert P. Tiller
|Northern Passion
|Mark E. Casse
|Simple as That
|Dorothy Gentner
|Clasico Constitucion S. (G1)
|Prince of Wales S.
|Cougar II H. (G3)
|Jonathan Kiser Novice S.
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Much like Facebook dropped "the" from its original name not long after its creation at Harvard University, the new gift shop at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., is simply known as Store.
Drew Olanoff of TechCrunch reported on being one of the first visitors to Store, saying that workers were still unpacking Facebook gear including T-shirts, mugs, hoodies (does this really surprise anyone?), jackets, hats, and stuffed animals.
Olanoff did not leave Store empty-handed, reporting that he purchased a Facebook T-shirt and sweat-jacket for a total of $38.
Readers: Would you do any shopping at Store?
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DO you think that with the right support you could transform your health? A team from The Press has been given one-to-one support by a York gym to do just that. They tell health reporter Kate Liptrot how they got on.
A SUMMER started a team from The Press was set a challenge with York gym David Lloyd to see if they could improve their health and fitness as summer started.
After a month of hard work, one-to-one support from personal trainer Tim Purdy, dietary advice, the team has lost over a stone collectively and they say the challenge has helped them feel better all-round.
They are going head-to-head with other businesses in the city due to take the challenge to see who can lose the most weight overall.
Matt Thompson, corporate manager at David Lloyd, said about the challenge: "Everyone agrees that a happy, healthy workforce is good for business.
"When your employees exercise regularly, their motivation, concentration and efficiency go up in leaps and bounds. And so does your company productivity. You also reduce staff sickness absence: something that costs UK employers over £12 billion a year.
"We wanted to show the effects the programme can have in the work place and it's helping a company progress and have more productivity."
Here the team tell how they got on and reveal the secrets to their success.
Sue Mayman, an executive for Yorkshire Living magazine, lost an impressive 6lbs.
Sue said: "I had a great experience with David Lloyd. For me it was really educational in terms of thinking 'you are what you eat' more so than how much exercise you do. Exercise is an important element but for it to be effective and to get the benefits you need to think about diet and exercise in partnership.
"Tim helped us with ideas for meals and I took on about planning and reducing my carbs. In the morning I changed to having berries and yoghurt or berries and porridge.
"My BMI and fat level are where they should be and I have lost 6lbs. I feel a lot better and I really thank them - they have been amazing. I have enjoyed it – it's been good to think about things again. I've also really enjoyed getting to know my colleagues at work as a team."
Nicola Haigh, a senior administration assistant at The Press, said: "It turns out that although I was eating the right food, it just wasn't in the right proportion and at the right times. Tim kindly created a structured diet plan which has certainly worked.
"I started straight away with breakfast which was hard as it's not something I tend to bother with, especially on a work day, but I managed to persevere. This has been followed by a light salad lunch and an evening meal in a smaller portion size.
"Regular visits to the gym consisted of a warm-up on the cross trainer followed by a good workout on the treadmill and bike, upper body workout and a cool down at the end. Although I was exhausted, I did feel better for it.
"Each Wednesday we gathered as a team for a weigh in and a group training session with Tim who worked us pretty hard, especially in the spinning session - which was my first and I've only just about recovered - but it was well worth the pain.
"The month has flown by, I can't believe it's finished. I've really enjoyed the time working out, spending some time for myself and losing weight, which was my main aim.
"I feel a lot better in myself and have more energy and I would like to thank everyone involved in giving us this opportunity and to thank Tim for the time and effort he has put in.
"I will certainly be continuing with the fitness and diet and have recently purchased a treadmill to go alongside my cross trainer."
Nadia Jefferson-Brown, deputy news editor at The Press, said the trial gave her the motivation she needed to improve her general fitness.
She said: "Several years ago I took up jogging and had built up to a twice-weekly, 25-minute circuit and then surprised myself, and others I'm sure, by completing the York 10k.
"I then made the mistake of being put off by the dark, cold winter evenings and stopped running for several months. But the long break made me feel unfit and I couldn't face the embarrassment of attempting a run and being breathless within minutes of leaving home in full view of neighbours and passing motorists.
"Having now been to David Lloyd's over several weeks and seen people of varying ages, sizes and levels of fitness, I realise no-one is remotely interested in what I'm doing, saving their focus and energy for their own personal goals.
"My routine, as planned with a personal trainer after discussing my aims of getting fitter and trimmer, focussed on the treadmill to tie in with my past 'enjoyment' of running.
"With the challenge to run slightly further within a certain time frame on each visit, as well as doing interval bursts where I increased my speed for a brief spell, I found my stamina improved and I was able to run for longer and at a gradually-increased pace.
"I'm pleased to say I'm no longer out of breath at the slightest exertion, feel I can face pounding the pavements once more without too much shame, have lost a few pounds and have been shown a different approach to the kind of foods I eat and snack on."
Megi Rychlikova, court reporter for The Press, lost an impressive 8lbs and is determined to carry on her gym work.
She said: "For me, gyms were places where gymnasts called Matt Whitlock and Beth Tweddle perform incredible high-flying routines round asymmetric and high bars and strongmen pump up their muscles with heavy metal weights. They certainly weren't places where I would want to spend any time.
"How that has changed. I now make time to go to the gym on my way home to use the treadmill or the stationary bicycle or do some muscle toning. So far I haven't noticed much visual evidence of change, but my legs tell me the morning after they have been working hard and I can feel the difference if I do sessions three days running. The difficulty has been fitting it round the rest of my life. I will definitely keep the gym work up, particularly in the winter when I won't be able to go cycling as much on the roads.
"The diet is a work in progress. I am a lifelong cake addict so I have been having withdrawal symptoms throughout the challenge. I do try when in coffee bars to look for the nut snacks and not the cream delights, but it's hard. I need to find a mind gym to strengthen my will power. "
Laura Knowlson, business editor for The Press, took part in the fitness challenge as part of her training programme for this year's Yorkshire Marathon.
She said: "As I was already working on my cardiovascular fitness and endurance through running, my individual gym session were spent on strength and muscular endurance. The staff at David Lloyd talked me through set exercises to target improving both my leg and core strength. I really felt the benefits of this in my running training as knee and muscle aches which I had started to feel during longer runs lessened noticeably.
"Our trainer Tim also gave us enlightening nutritional advice, based on the theory of avoiding short term sugar highs, which was especially useful to me when planning my daily diet around a working at a desk. While keeping up energy levels to sustain my training, I learnt about balancing protein, carbohydrate and fat intake appropriately to avoid unused energy converting into fats while sat at my desk.
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The project called 921 of the sex houses advertising in the paper and found 77 different ethnicities represented with the average age of the workers being 21. Details like these could point to trafficking. The co-author of the study says, "Multi-media misrepresentations of commercial sex as a glamorous, easy and fun career choice for girls and women further contribute to the ubiquity of London's brothel industry. However, for most women involved in prostitution, the reality is a cycle of violence and coercion, perpetuated by poverty and inequality."
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How the lovely and mighty Wonder Woman has fallen! After spending a career saving the planet and bringing to justice endless super villains, we see in this issue how Diana must face down three hippy chicks who have been terrorising a young girl!!!! In doing so Diana also finds herself a new assistant.
The bemused Diana asks the girl who she is referring to as "Them" and asks her to step out from her hiding place, but the terrified girl cowers back. The girl, whose name is Cathy Perkins, whimpers that they are looking for her and that she must hide. Diana again asks who these pursuers are and Cathy, her eyes suddenly opening even wider in fear, points behind the Amazon Princess.
Diana turns to see three strange looking female hippies standing in her shop, smiling at her. One of them, wearing a cape and top hat, casually throws a dog collar across the floor and orders the girl to put it on. Cathy slowly reaches towards it and begins to clip it around her neck as a horrified and angry Diana watches. At the last minute Diana yanks it off her and tells her to not even dare think of putting it on. She turns to the three hippies and furiously tells them that although she does not know who they are or why they are here, they will leave her shop now!
The three smile slyly and the hippy named Top Hat, tells her two friends that they may well have found a new slave and asks one of them, Moose Momma, if she has another collar to hand. As Top Hat holds it out in front of Diana, ordering her to put it on, the Amazon Princess responds with a couple of expertly placed karate kicks which send first Top Hat, and then the other two hippies flying across the shop! As Diana advances, Top Hat uses her umbrella like a sword and almost spears Diana, whose reflexes are just quick enough to avoid injury. She clouts Top Hat again and standing over them, instructs the three hippies to leave her shop by the count of three! Reluctantly they pick themselves up and depart, vowing that they will be back.
Diana then turns her attentions to Cathy, telling her to go upstairs while she locks up the shop, after which Cathy is going to explain what all of this is about. Once upstairs, Diana switches on the light and is surprised to see that Cathy is wearing ill fitting clothes and is covered in dirt. The Amazon Princess tells her to get undressed and take a bath and while she does, she can tell Diana all about the gang, although she has a pretty good idea what the plot is likely to be.
Cathy is soon relaxing in a bath of suds and begins to tell Diana her story. Cathy's parents did not understand her and she had begun to feel stifled at home. She had decided to run away to the city to find freedom and space to think for herself. Diana asks her if she had found what she was looking for and Cathy shakes her head, replying that all she had found was them! She had arrived in the city and had begun to look for a place to live. She had then met the three hippy girls who had offered her a room in their apartment. Things seemed fine - at least for a few days.
Suddenly, Cathy's story is interrupted by a stone being thrown through the window with a note attached. Diana picks it up and reads the message which is from the gang, stating that they want their slave back and that they intend to get her! Diana tells the frightened Cathy not to worry and to carry on with her story. As the young girl gets out of the bath and dries herself down, she continues that while staying with the three girls she had noticed that her clothes had started to disappear. Then one day all her money was stolen too.
As Diana turns to hand Cathy a dressing gown she sees the young girl's back, which is covered with whip marks. Diana demands to know who has done this to her and Cathy replies it had been Top Hat, using her umbrella.
She then continues with her tale, saying that after finding her money gone, the girls had told her she could still stay with them but a few days later changed their minds and said that Cathy would have to work for her room. They made her do everything - cook, clean, wash the clothes etc. First though, Top Hat would put the dog collar on her and beat her. She had told Cathy that a dog beaten regularly knows its place and becomes a good dog.
The three hippies never let her alone. But one day, when she was alone with just Moose Momma, the hippy had taken some pills and fallen asleep. Seeing her chance, Cathy had removed her collar and made her escape, running and running until she eventually found an open back window into Diana's Boutique.
Diana tells the girl that she is going to call the police but Cathy pleads with her not to do so, otherwise the police will contact her parents and if her mother and father ever found out about what had happened they would be so ashamed.
Diana consoles the sobbing girl and promises not to call the authorities tonight. She suggests they get some sleep and talk about it again in the morning. She tucks Cathy into a spare bed but as she does, they suddenly hear a cry from outside the window. The girl panics, recognising the voices of her tormentors but Diana tells her to calm down and get some rest. She tells Cathy that the hippies are simply trying to scare her and she is perfectly safe here with Diana. As the girl finally drops off to sleep, Diana peers out of the window down at the street below, where she can make out the shadowy figures of the three hippies. The Amazon Princess then retires to her own bed, but for many hours she lies awake listening to the frightening chanting and wondering what tomorrow has in store.
The following morning Diana wakes Cathy and tells her to get dressed as they have a lot to do today. She lets Cathy choose a new wardrobe from her shop and the two girls go shopping for groceries. Smiling, they walk down the street with their shopping bags when suddenly a hippy barges into Diana, sending her groceries flying. Cathy warns Diana that his name is Mingo and he is friends with Them! Mingo offers to pick up the spilled goods but purposely squashes some of the fruit, smirking that they do not make melons like the used to! His voice suddenly trails off though as he spots someone over Diana's shoulder. He becomes most apologetic and offers to replace every single item.
Diana turns to see what has scared the hippy so much and sees a handsome looking man staring back. The stranger watches Mingo's movements intently as the hippy picks up all of the groceries and packs them neatly in the bag before handing them back to Diana. He then slinks away to join Top Hat and her gang, who scowl back at the stranger before slipping away.
Diana thanks the man, named Tony Petrucci, who replies that it had been a pleasure, before turning and walking away. As Diana watches him go she is certain she has seen him before and that he lives in her neighbourhood. Top Hat and her friends are certainly scared of him for some reason.
Later in Diana's shop, a group of hippies are perusing her clothes when they suddenly call Diana over to complain. She examines the clothes and finds them all tattered and torn and tells them that they had not been placed on the rack in this condition - someone had deliberately slashed them! She then sees one of Top Hat's members nearby and realises that they have vandalised her stock. A furious Diana decides enough is enough and heads towards the door to confront the gang outside on the street. She tells Top Hat and her crowing gang that they are going to pay for the dresses they had destroyed. Top Hat replies that she has no proof they were responsible. She then warns the Amazon Princess that once they are through with her she will be only too pleased to put on the dog collar!
Suddenly, Top Hat freezes and Diana realises that Tony has appeared on the scene again. Top Hat and her gang slink away once more and Diana demands to know why Tony is following her. He replies that he was simply on his way home and that he lives just across the street. Diana apologises for snapping at him.
Later that evening as Diana tucks Cathy into her bed the young girl asks to stay with the Amazon Princess. Diana replies that surely her parents must be worried about where she is. Cathy pleads for just a little more time, as she cannot face them yet because of the shame she feels. Diana agrees, but a short while afterwards as she sorts out Cathy's clothes for the laundry she finds a letter in one of the pockets. It has been written by Cathy and is addressed to her parents, begging for forgiveness and stating that she wants to come home. Realising that the young girl desperately wants to return home, she decides she will do something about it.
She picks up the phone and dials the number of the Missing Persons Bureau. She asks if they have a missing persons bulletin for a "Cathy Perkins" and they confirm that they do. As she gives them the address of her Boutique to pass on to Cathy's parents, she hears a crash downstairs. She hangs up and races down the steps to find that her shop is ablaze as yet another Molotov Cocktail smashes through the window! She quickly rushes back upstairs and wakes Cathy. They make their escape as the Fire trucks arrive on the scene.
A crowd gathers to watch and among them are the three hippy girls. Top Hat cackles how some people can be so careless. Diana turns to stare at the girl who holds out the dog collar as if to goad Diana. The Amazon realises it was them who had been responsible for destroying her shop and is about to confront the gang when Tony Petrucci and his mother step forward, offering Diana and Cathy a place to stay. Mrs Petrucci leads the grateful girls back to her house as Tony stays with the police and firemen. The old lady tells Diana and Cathy that they can stay in Angela's room and when Diana asks where Angela is going to sleep, Mrs Petrucci replies sadly that her daughter is...away.
The following morning Diana wakes after a deep sleep and finds a note on the pillow next to her. She realises Cathy, who feels guilty for causing Diana's shop to be destroyed, has left to return to her captors! She quickly dresses and Mrs Petrucci offers to get Tony to accompany her. But Diana declines the offer and says that this is something she must do alone! As the Amazon Princess leaves, Mrs Petrucci phones her son and explains that Diana has gone after the gang. He responds that he will round up his boys and get there as soon as they can!
Meanwhile, Diana, asking for the whereabouts of Top Hat and her gang is met by a wall of silence amongst the hippy community. Finally though, Top Hat and her gang reveal themselves and stride smugly down the street with Cathy on the end of a lead. Top Hat holds out another dog collar and orders Diana to put it on or else her gang, armed with baseball bats, will put it on for her! Diana refuses and Top Hat orders them to take the Amazon down. But as the vicious gang members step forward they find themselves grabbed and held in arm locks by Tony and his men. Tony tells a stunned Top Hat that he and the others in the neighbourhood have had just about enough of her and her creeps.
Diana then tells Tony that Top Hat is hers, before unleashing a savage karate chop. Top Hat staggers back and lunges with her umbrella but Diana anticipates the attack and dodges it. However, Top Hat has another tick up her sleeve and opening the umbrella, obscuring Diana's view, she removes a dagger hidden in the handle. Diana simply grabs the hippy's wrist though and almost breaks it, forcing Top Hat to drop the weapon before following up with a powerful punch that sends her opponent flying! As the whole street watches, she lifts up Top Hat by her cloak and hurls her head first into a nearby wall.
As the unconscious hippy collapses to the floor jewellery spills out of the top of her broken hat. As police arrive on the scene they confirm that the jewels are the same ones stolen in a recent robbery. The officers thank Diana for breaking up the hippy gang and advises that the owner of the jewels is offering a substantial reward for their recovery which Diana is now entitled to. Diana thanks them and replies that the money will come in handy to help rebuild her shop - as she had forgotten to take out fire insurance!
Diana and Cathy then thank Tony for his assistance in holding back the other gang members while Diana had been occupied with Top Hat. He replies that it had been a pleasure. Just then Cathy hears her name called and turns to see her parents running over. Mr and Mrs Perkins embrace their daughter lovingly and Cathy weeps tears of joy.
Some time later in the Petrucci apartment, Diana, Cathy, her parents and the Petruccis are having some tea and Mr Perkins has just explained how they intend to sell up their business and move back to the City. Diana says that if this is the case, she needs help to run her shop on those occaisions when she is away. She wonders whether Cathy would be interested, seeing as she would now be living locally. An excited Cathy begs her parents to let her and they agree, as long as it does not conflict with her schooling.
Mr and Mrs Perkins then thank Diana for giving them back their daughter. She smiles and replies that Cathy had never really left them. She then tells Cathy that there is no time like the present to start her new job and that there is much to do back at the ruins of the shop.
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Waves of laughs rolling across the TasmanStephanie Bunbury
Published: April 4 2013 - 3:00AM
''Have a look at this,'' says my niece in New Zealand as Urzila Carlson is promised ahead of another barrage of cheap ads that seems to be the bulk of television programming across the Tasman. ''You'll like her. Really like her.''
So we dig in on the couch and wait for the ads to subside. On comes a large, mouthy South African with an accent as dense and chewy as biltong.
Carlson, who has been doing comedy for only four years, agrees cheerfully that she talks mostly about herself, reasoning she is the subject she knows best. That means she talks a good deal about being fat; she is very funny, for example, about trying to wedge herself into an airline seat and then attempting to burrow under her thigh for the remote: ''I could lose an arm!'' she shrieks.
It is heady, defiant stuff to see on the box at a time when tabloid news programs can't get enough of the ''obesity epidemic''. Carlson grabs it by the horns, doing the ''fat walk'' she has seen shown as a terrible warning, acknowledging the tacit understanding that to be fat is to be sexless. ''Don't fall in love!'' she warns the audience, mid-waddle.
Isn't there something fundamentally wrong with putting herself down all the time? No, she insists, because she is so confident in what she calls her ''goal weight''.
''Although I am pulling back a bit from it,'' she adds, ''because although I'm happy taking the piss out of myself, I have a lot of teenage followers on Twitter and I don't want them feeling bad about themselves because of something I said. So I say at the end, 'You realise I'm taking the piss, right?' and then I tell them I'm sex on a stick.''
I tell her the mangle of South African and Kiwi vowels in that phrase is comic gold; she shrieks with laughter. ''If I'm having a good time,'' she says, ''I think they'll be having a good time.''
She didn't always have a good time on stage. She first got up there in response to a dare from workmates - she worked in an advertising agency retouching photos - to enter a competition for new comic talent. Then she was told she had made it to the next round.
''I said they had to be joking - that was the most terrifying thing I'd ever done!'' she yelps. ''I've never been bungee jumping but if I'd been offered the choice at that moment, that's what I would have done.''
These days, she is a household name, a television regular who was named one of New Zealand's 20 top ''people of influence'' this year by Wellington's Dominion newspaper. Being South African clearly hasn't stood in her way. ''If anything, it's the opposite, because people are naturally curious,'' she says.
Being a woman - and a gay woman at that - in a male bastion hasn't deterred her either.
These days she thinks of comedy - or, more broadly, entertainment - as the rest of her life. ''I see myself as New Zealand's Oprah. Nobody else is seeing that with me, but it's going to come … I want the chat show, I want to do books and movies and everything, because if you just go in one direction, that's when you can get burned out.''
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/waves-of-laughs-rolling-across-the-tasman-20130403-2h6yj.html


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Are you thinking of upgrading your guitar with new pickups? We've just released a new tool which will help make the decision a little easier. Called the Video Pickup Selector, it's kind of like those old Choose Your Own Adventure books, except you make choices which lead you to a video of a pickup which we hope will fit your needs. That's it embedded above, or you can click bit.ly/pickupselector to open it up in a new window.
We'll use humbuckers as an example. Say I'm a metal dude who plays 7-string (which I am) and I want to change my guitar's stock pickups. First, I select the type of pickup I'm planning to upgrade (Humbucker, Single Coil for Strat, Single Coil for Telecaster, P-90, and Acoustic). From there I select a musical genre (Metal, woo!). When you select Metal you'll be presented with the option of 6, 7 or 8-string pickups. From there, make your choice, and the Pickup Selector will show you an appropriate video featuring a particular pickup. In this particular case I ended up at a killer SH-6 Distortion video.
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Giants Open Four-Game Series In Stockton Tonight
Giants (46-45) at Ports (53-38)
By San Jose Giants | July 11, 2014 4:00 PM ET
At Banner Island Ballpark
Friday, July 11, 7:05 PM
Saturday, July 12, 7:05 PM
Sunday, July 13, 6:05 PM
Monday, July 14, 7:05 PM
Probable Starting Pitching Matchups
San Jose - Kendry Flores (3-6, 4.94)
Stockton - Chris Lamb (3-1, 3.96)
San Jose - Joe Kurrasch (7-2, 2.12)
Stockton - Yeiper Castillo (1-1, 8.78)
San Jose - Matt Lujan (2-1, 4.58)
Stockton - Seth Streich (9-4, 2.98)
San Jose - Joe Biagini (6-5, 3.90)
Stockton - Jake Sanchez (3-0, 3.12)
Broadcast Information
The entire series can be heard live on sjgiants.com with Joe Ritzo calling all of the action. Radio broadcasts begin 30 minutes prior to first pitch with The Giants Pregame Show. All 140 games this season will be aired on the club's official website and the San Jose Giants Mobile App.
Giants Begin Four-Game Series At Stockton Tonight
The San Jose Giants begin a four-game series against the Stockton Ports this evening at Banner Island Ballpark. Kendry Flores (3-6, 4.94) is slated to make the start on the mound for San Jose tonight. The Giants are 6-11 against Stockton this season. The clubs last met from July 4-7 at Municipal Stadium with the Ports taking three out of four games in the series. Stockton has won eight out of the last ten games overall played between the teams.
San Jose swept the visiting Bakersfield Blaze in a three-game series that ended yesterday afternoon at Municipal Stadium. The Giants earned victories of 5-2 on Tuesday, 5-1 on Wednesday and 6-2 yesterday. It marked San Jose's second sweep in their last three series'. The Giants limited the Blaze to just five runs total during the three-game set. In yesterday's finale, Chris Stratton allowed only two unearned runs and struck out nine over the first six innings to pick-up the win. San Jose finished the game with 15 hits led by Jesus Galindo (3-for-5, 3B, RBI), Brian Ragira (2-for-4, HR, RBI) and Shawn Payne (2-for-4, 3B, RBI).
Won 10 Of 13
The Giants enter tonight's matchup having won 10 out of their last 13 games. San Jose rattled off a season-high six consecutive victories from June 27-July 3 before dropping three out of four to Stockton to begin the last homestand. The Giants have now won their last three games. San Jose is 12-9 in the second half overall.
Above .500
With yesterday's victory, San Jose (46-45) moved over .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season. The Giants were last above the .500 mark on April 7 when the club owned a 3-2 record. A win tonight would move San Jose to a season-high tying two games over .500.
Bednar Bolsters Offense
In nine games since joining the club from Augusta (A), infielder Brandon Bednar is 13-for-36 (.361) with a double, a home run and five RBI's. He's hit safely in eight out of the nine games. Bednar has made starts at first base (three games), shortstop (three games) and third base (two games) with San Jose. Bednar, a former seventh round draft pick, was leading the GreenJackets with a .275 batting average at the time of his promotion on July 1.
July Surge
The Giants are batting .315 as a team in July - second-best in the California League and tops among North Division clubs. San Jose is averaging 5.8 runs per game this month (7-3 record).
Miller Among League's Best
Second baseman Blake Miller is up to 68 RBI's for the season to rank tied for third in the California League. Miller is batting .310 overall and is tops on the Giants in hits (101), doubles (22) and RBI's while he's tied for third on the team in home runs (8). After batting .312 in April, Miller hit .304 in May and .330 in June. Through 10 games in July, Miller is batting .275.
Starting Strong
Over the last five games, Giants starting pitchers own a 2.51 ERA (9 ER/32.1 IP). San Jose starters have worked at least six innings in each of the last five games. The Giants have won four out of their last five.
Hitting Streaks
First baseman Brian Ragira brings a season-high 10-game hitting streak into tonight's action. Ragira is batting at a .375 clip (15-for-40) with three home runs and six RBI's during the streak. His nine home runs overall this season are tied for the team lead (Mitch Delfino). Additionally, outfielder Elliott Blair has hit safely in his last nine games. Blair is batting .429 (15-for-35) with seven RBI's during his streak.
Bullpen Standouts
Recent bullpen standouts for the Giants include: Mason McVay (0.96 ERA - 4 ER/37.1 IP - in 24 appearances since the beginning of May), Tyler Mizenko (14 straight scoreless outings - 15 IP), Stephen Johnson (0.77 ERA - 2 ER/23.1 IP - in his last 17 games) and Bryce Bandilla (1.13 ERA - 2 ER/16.0 IP - in 17 games since joining team).
On The Road
The Giants have won a season-high three consecutive road games. Most recently on the road, San Jose swept a three-game series in Modesto from July 1-3 - the club's first series sweep away from Municipal Stadium this year. The Giants are batting .273 on the road this season compared to .259 at home. This series against Stockton serves as San Jose's only four road games in an 18-game span from July 4-22.
Opponent Notes: Stockton Ports
The Stockton Ports, an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, are in first place in the second half North Division at 16-5 - three games ahead of San Jose for the top spot. Since June 1, Stockton has posted a blistering 25-9 record. The Ports are currently fourth in the league in batting average (.271), first in home runs (115) and second in ERA (4.21). Stockton is 29-16 at home this season (24-22 on the road).
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Latos X-rays negative
Several hitters having excellent springs continued to stay hot on Saturday afternoon as the Rangers beat the Reds by a 6-2 score.
Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus extended his hitting streak to 13 games by leading off the game with a double to right field against Reds starter Mat Latos. In the top of the fifth with one on in a 1-1 tie, Andrus lifted a 1-1 pitch off of the batters' eye in center field for a two-run homer to put Texas ahead.
"Right now, I'm feeling good at the plate. It's only Spring Training, but everything is going well," Andrus said. "I wish I could carry this into the regular season."
In an interesting sequence during the bottom of the first, Rangers righty Yu Darvish froze Joey Votto with an 0-1 slow curveball for a strike. Darvish tried another curve in a 1-2 count, but Votto hit the daylights out of this offering deep to right field and beyond the back of the ballpark concourse for his third homer of the spring. Votto also turned and said something to catcher Geovany Soto while Darvish smiled as the solo shot gave Cincinnati a 1-0 lead.
Votto playfully motioned to shush the crowd on his way back to the dugout.
"I was just fooling with the crowd," Votto said. "It's Spring Training and we're having fun, there's nothing really to it."
Votto is batting .359 (14-for-39) this spring with 10 RBIs.
Against Latos in the fourth, Mitch Moreland led off by hitting a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left field for his team-leading fourth long ball of spring.
Moreland is 16-for-31 (.516) in his last 11 games.
In the bottom of the fifth, Todd Frazier led off by hitting an 0-2 Darvish pitch over the left-field fence for his fourth homer of spring, which is tied for the team lead. Frazier is hitting .333 (10-for-30) over his last 11 games
Latos gave up three singles in the sixth, including an RBI hit lined off of his left foot by Soto with two outs. Latos limped around the mound for a couple of moments before exiting. He later went to a hospital for X-rays that came back negative.


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Clarification on School System Retirees Story
WNEG News has a clarification from a story yesterday.
Yesterday, we ran a story on last month's school system retirees' reception and stated that the school system honored 20 retirees with a combined 500 years of service in education.
It was brought to our attention that a 21st name was added to the list after that list was submitted to us.
That brings the total to 21 retirees with a combined 516 years of service in education and 472 of those years in Stephens County.
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The number of Ohio high school grads is expected to decline by more than 13,000 by 2032, according to a report released in December by WICHE.
In terms of its number of high school graduates, says WICHE President Joe Garcia, Missouri is in the middle of a dip that will last at least a few more years.
Online education enrollment has continued to grow according to the new report, Digital Learning Compass: Digital Education Enrollment Report 2017. The overall enrollment in higher education, however, has fallen in the past three years.
Online enrollment continues to grow as the total number of students in college shrinks. The growth is particularly strong at private nonprofit colleges, report finds.
In fall 2012, the University of Phoenix soared above other distance education providers. At the time, more than 256,000 students took at least one online course there -- nearly 200,000 more than the next institution on the list. Southern New Hampshire University, by the same metric, ranked 50th.
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WICHE began operations in 1953 in Eugene, OR, moving to its present location in Boulder, CO, in 1955. WICHE is governed by three gubernatorially appointed commissioners from each member. Under terms of the compact, each member commits to support WICHE's basic operations through annual dues established by the full commission.
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I FIRST got to know David at the Pride Of Britain Awards in November 2010,
four months after he was shot.
He was a man of courage, spirit and laughter. A person who was so alive, fun
and engaging, it makes the tragic news even harder to comprehend.
I couldn't believe it. It's just so terribly sad for anybody to be in a
situation of such despair, particularly someone like David who, when he was
shot by Moat, was doing his job and looking after our business
the business of living safely in a free country. Then his life changed so
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On the night of the Pride Of Britain Awards, he had an enormous standing
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He was given the Daybreak Emergency Services Award. Nick Clegg and Prince
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watched the Raoul Moat events on the television for many days. We all willed
him to come through this as the hero he was.
He came on to the stage, and to do that in an enormous room with that level of
noise, after being so recently and painfully blinded, required tremendous
What I found remarkable about David was his spirit even though he was in pain.
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He was just so full of life. He was quite teasing and cheeky, and also
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He won the award, not only for what he had been through, but also for what he
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Danny Lee Kelley
Missing since May 31, 1995 from Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Circumstances of Disappearance
Danny Kelley was last seen in Gold Hill, OR on May 31, 1995.
Upset over a divorce, Kelley had come from Washington to stay with friends near Gold Hill.
His mother reported him missing after family members tried to pick him up and found him intoxicated and delusional.
He fled from his family and may have fallen or jumped into the Rogue River.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Agency Case Number: 95-6855
NCIC Number: M-032390285
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The Patriots ended their season 34-16-1, one win shy of the school record for victories in a season. Francis Marion made its second NCAA national tournament appearance in three years. Ten of FMU's 16 losses this season were to nationally ranked opponents.
This is the Patriots' 13th consecutive week appearing in the Top 30 poll, six weeks of which were spent in the Top 10.
Six Peach Belt squads are listed in this week's poll, including three in the Top 10. Central Missouri State University (55-7) remained in the No. 1 spot after winning three games last week.


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Keith Tyner
Keith Tyner
May 10, 1957 - Jan 14, 2012
Keith 'Papa' Tyner, 54, of Great Falls, a disabled paramedic and US Air Force veteran died of cardiac arrest on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at a local hospital.
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. A reception will follow. Schnider Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Keith was born on May 10, 1957 in Eugene, OR.
Keith was raised all over the United States, Canada and Malasia. He worked in several different career fields including the oil field, Park and Rec. and emergency medicine until an injury and illness forced him to retire on disability. He began attending Set Free in 1996 and found a true calling for his life, servanthood.
In 1979, Keith married his first wife, Jeannie Wetham and they later divorced in 1982. Keith and Tracy Shatto were united in marriage in 1985 in Great Falls.
Keith enjoyed sharing the love of Jesus and wood carving.
Keith is survived by his wife, Tracy Tyner of Great Falls; his parents, Sharon Flett of Conrad, MT and Pauline Tyner of Conrad, MT; a daughter, Jessica Tyner of Clarksville, TN; a son, Keith (Amanda) Tyner of Casper, WY; sisters Lori Tyner of Miles City, MT and Sheri Tyner of Conrad, MT; brothers Paul (Laurie) Tyner of Great Falls, MT and Duane (Karla) Tyner of Conrad, MT and five grandchildren. Additional survivors include Justin Shatto, Montana (Rick) Starding, Christine Lisignoli and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Keith E. Tyner; and maternal and paternal grandparents.
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