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This article was published 8/3/2013 (1627 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
NO doubt it is a fact lost, or entirely unknown, to the folks who live in Fulton County, Ga.
But two Winnipeg Blue Bomber icons live just a few blocks apart from each other in Atlanta. One is the legendary Milt Stegall, the club's all-time everything in terms of receiving statistics and touchdowns. And the other, Terrence Edwards -- a man dubbed 'Baby Milt' when he arrived in Winnipeg in 2007 -- just signed a contract extension on Friday and is rocketing up the team's all-time receiving list.
"Me and Milt are five minutes away from each other. Our kids will go to the same high school one day," began Edwards in a telephone interview. "It'd be pretty cool to one day say he's No. 1 and I'm No. 2 on that list and to also live this close. He's a guy I can really call a friend."
It would take some doing, but Edwards, who turns 34 in April, still has a couple of names he could pass on the Bomber all-time receiving yardage list if he -- and the club's quarterback(s) -- can stay healthy. Entering his ninth year in the Canadian Football League and seventh with the Bombers, Edwards sits in fourth place in career receiving yardage at 6,651 -- behind only Milt Stegall (15,153), James Murphy (9,036) and Joe Poplawski (8,341).
"Being on a list of guys like that, that makes me feel good," said Edwards. "Actually, I met Rick House last year for the first time. After I moved past him (into fourth) he came up to me and congratulated me. It's an honour to be on a list with those guys
"Now, your parents always tell you that you should shoot for the best, for No. 1. But in this case you can only shoot for No. 2 because No. 1 on that list will never be passed. Those guys are legends. Hopefully when I get passed people will say, 'Terrence was a great guy' and when I'm done they'll say I belong on list with those players."
Scooped up by the Bombers just before training camp in 2007 following his release by the Montreal Alouettes, Edwards immediately settled into a receiving corps that included Stegall and Derrick Armstrong -- all of them 1,000-yard receivers that season -- and finished second to Geroy Simon in yardage that year while pulling in nine touchdowns.
Last season, Edwards posted his third straight 1,000-yard season -- and fifth of his career -- hauling in 70 passes for 1,049 yards and four touchdowns. Only six names are ahead of him on the Bomber career receiving TD list, too: Stegall (144), Murphy (61), Ernie Pitts (54), Poplawski (48), House and Jeff Boyd (46). Edwards now has 45 receiving TDs.
"It seems like 2007 is a long time ago," Edwards said. "I was talking to Derrick Armstrong just the other day... I'm the only one left from that crew that went to the 2007 Grey Cup. I was a young pup then, now I'm the old wily veteran. It's definitely different. I liked 'Baby Milt.' I took on that role. I learned a lot from him, the No. 1 thing being how to approach the game on and off the field. Now I'm that I'm the old veteran guy I'm trying to instil the same thing to the younger receivers.
"I want to retire as a Blue Bomber." Edwards added. "It's nice to know I'm wanted by the team by the fact they want to keep me around for another year."
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THE CFL's Friday announcement the 2014 Grey Cup had been awarded to Vancouver might have surprised some, given Investors Group Field is opening this June and the expectation -- at one time, at least -- that the '14 championship would be held here in the new facility.
The Bombers are said to be readying a bid for the 2015 or 2016 Grey Cup, contingent on the renovation to the Winnipeg Convention Centre being completed at that time. The Grey Cup bid needs a facility in which to play host to a number of events and the convention centre will soon be undergoing a $180-million-plus expansion and renovation that should be completed in early 2016.
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Walk in 10th gives KC rare twin-bill sweep of Sox
Cain draws bases-loaded pass for go-ahead run; bullpen solid
BOSTON -- How rare was this for Kansas City? A doubleheader sweep at Fenway Park?
Until the Royals completed it on Sunday night, a 10-inning, 5-4 victory following a 4-2 win in the afternoon opener, they hadn't swept a doubleheader here in 42 years -- since May 31, 1971. Heck, they hadn't taken a twin bill from the Red Sox at all since Aug. 12, 1986, at Kansas City.
"Any time you can sweep a doubleheader with any big league team, especially Boston -- at Boston, it's huge," Royals outfielder Alex Gordon said.
The Royals did it against a team that had won seven straight games and was riding an emotional wave associated with the horrors that struck the city at the Boston Marathon on Monday, and escalated again with a deadly manhunt that ended on Friday.
"They've got a great team and a great group of guys over there, and we just have to do our thing as well. We play hard and we never give up until the end," Royals catcher George Kottaras said.
Gordon and Kottaras each homered in the fifth inning against Red Sox right-hander Allen Webster, making his big league debut. Butler's blast in the eighth off reliever Koji Uehara pulled the Royals even at 4.
They Royals had four homers in the doubleheader after having just six in their first 15 games.
"The home runs were big to put us on the board with one swing," manager Ned Yost said.
Yet, the winning run in the 10th came on a bases-loaded walk to Lorenzo Cain. On just four pitches, too.
"It was a great at-bat right there," Yost said of his .368 hitter. "He laid off of four pitches to plate the winning run. Lot of times, guys get anxious in those situations and try to do too much, but Lorenzo's seeing the ball real well right now."
Red Sox left-hander Andrew Miller was trying to keep the score at 4-4, when Gordon got a one-walk single, Alcides Escobar walked and, after Butler fanned, Eric Hosmer got an infield hit. Two out and the bases jammed for Cain.
"Swing at a strike, that was my main focus," Cain said. "He threw me a first-pitch ball and I was expecting a strike, but he came with the slider, down and in, so I took that one. Two-and-0, I was taking all the way."
And, obviously, on 3-0 as well. Miller didn't even come close on that one and Gordon trotted home with the deciding run. Mike Moustakas rolled into the third out, but the Royals were ahead.
"I felt good tonight, so I felt like my stuff was there and like, generally, I was ahead of guys except for those two hitters," Miller said. "I lost the guy with the bases loaded on four pitches. It's tough and I've got to do a better job, and I'm working on it."
Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie dodged some trouble, but not others, and gave up four runs in his six innings. He surrendered two run-scoring hits to Mike Napoli, including a homer.
"Guthrie wasn't his sharpest but he did a great job of keeping us in the game," Yost said.
So did relievers Luke Hochevar, who worked one scoreless inning, and Kelvin Herrera, who added two more. Then, for the bottom of the 10th, out of the bullpen came closer Greg Holland for the second time on Sunday.
"I was wondering how his stuff would be after saving the first game, and he came out and had dynamic stuff in the second game," Yost said.
Sure did. Holland struck out all three batters he faced for his second save of the day and his fifth of the season after a rough beginning. He's the first KC reliever to get saves in both ends of a doubleheader since Roberto Hernandez on July 15, 2002, against Texas.
"I knew it wouldn't be a long process before I got back to getting outs the way I know I can," Holland said.
This has been a strange but rewarding trip. After losing the first game at Atlanta, the Royals bounced back to snap the Braves' 10-game winning streak. After a day off at Boston, Friday night's game was postponed because of the police action. On an emotional return to baseball on Saturday, the Red Sox took the series opener.
"It's tough to play here. It's a good team and it's hot," Guthrie said.
But then came Sunday's sweep by Kansas City after which both teams remained in first place -- the Royals in the American League Central, the Red Sox in the East. Now, on Monday, the Royals have another off-day, in Detroit.
"Every game this road trip, we've been playing good teams and had a chance to win every game, so it's been good to see," Gordon said. "And I don't even think we're playing our best baseball right now. The pitching is doing great, but offensively we can do better. ... A big series in Detroit coming up, rest up after this one, and get at 'em."
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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We were never innocent.
That word is invariably used to describe what changed in America 50 years ago Friday when a dashing young president was murdered in Dallas. But the word has never been quite right.
Anyone who was 40 years old the day John Kennedy died had already lived through global economic collapse, factories silenced, smokestacks stilled, bankers selling apples on street corners. She had seen the agricultural heartland dry up and blow away in towering black clouds of dust, the former tenants dispossessed and forced to flee. She had seen war on a scale that beggars the imagination, mass murder in numbers that blaspheme God and a nuclear sunrise over Japan. Just the year before, she had seen the world teeter on the brink of another nuclear catastrophe.


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AFL boss Andrew Demetriou is directly warning players of the dangers of dabbling in drugs that are not approved for human use, in addition to the established bogies of performance-enhancing, illicit and prescription drugs.
Demetriou, who started briefing players and staff from the 18 clubs on the state of the game this week, has already told players from two clubs about the dangers of four different types of drugs - including those not approved for human use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in this country.
In briefing players at all clubs about the drugs-in-sport issue, Demetriou's message is that players who are involved in illegal activities ''will be caught'' because of the greater investigative powers of law enforcement agencies such as the Australian Crime Commission.
While the Essendon scandal has centred on the question of whether the Bombers took substances that violate the World Anti-Doping Agency code, the issue of substances not approved for human use has been put on the agenda by rugby league club Cronulla, which is alleged to have used equine substances without TGA approval for humans.
Demetriou said his message to the players and staff at the clubs - which reiterated what club boards had heard - was based on the contents of the explosive and contentious ACC report.
''It's not a new thing from us, it's in the ACC report,'' he said. ''So that was what we briefed all the clubs about. Sport, globally, and our sport is not immune, has vulnerabilities … one is obviously performance-enhancing [drugs] which are on the WADA list. One is to drugs that are not necessarily on the WADA list but are banned for human consumption, prescription drugs which you've seen recently with swimming and, obviously, illicit drugs.
''We're saying that there are people with far greater powers than us who are aware of some of these activities because they've got incredible, extraordinary investigative powers.'' Demetriou said these powers included the ability to record phone calls.
Demetriou said the players from the two clubs briefed had received this message on drugs ''very, very well, from what I can gather''.
The players were also given a review of the 2012 season and updates on equalisation and the AFL's ''growth agenda'' for the next five years. The players were being briefed, with all staff, because clubs felt they should be given the same information as the club hierarchies.
Demetriou said the AFL had, meanwhile, brought in external consultants to help it reach a position on Sydney's much-debated cost of living allowance.
''We've got external people helping us with that. My guess is that we'll probably try and get to [a] position on that probably [in the] early part of second half of the year.''
Demetriou also confirmed the AFL was part-funding North Melbourne's novel US recruit through an international development scholarship that was available to all clubs. He said Eric Wallace had been recruited via a ''development scholarship which I understand we are contributing to''.
The ACC report into criminal links with sport was released in February and has been both hailed as a breakthrough and heavily criticised for a lack of specifics.


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AFTERNOON UPDATE, 1:57 P.M.: Here's the info on playoff tickets, from the Rangers:
Monday, April 11th – 12 PM (Editor's note: That means noon.)
New York, April 10, 2011 – The New York Rangers announced today that tickets for the first two rounds of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs will go on-sale on Monday, April 11th at 12:00 p.m. Tickets will be available on newyorkrangers.com and Ticketmaster charge by phone 1-866-858-0008.
In an effort to make tickets available to as many fans as possible, a maximum of four tickets per person per round may be purchased. All ticket orders are subject to service charges. Please call the Madison Square Garden Disabled Services Department at (212) 465-6034 for tickets for people with disabilities. For more information, visit newyorkrangers.com.
Beyond the crack of noon. Thoughts:
1) That was some crazy day. The only day I can remember comparing to that was the final day of 1988, and I've mentioned this before. John Vanbiesbrouck shut out Quebec at the Garden to put the Rangers ahead of the Devils for the final playoff spot, but the Devils were playing an hour later in Chicago. And the Rangers (and the media) sat in the players' lounge and watched the end of that game, as John MacLean scored in OT and put the Devils into the playoffs for the first time, knocking the Rangers out. The differences: A) obviously, the outcome for the Rangers; B) the time elapsed between the two games' endings; and C) the 1988 ending was more dramatic and sudden.
2) I have to tell you, I'm happy for, and pulling for, Chris Drury. Yeah, I know, he has a vanilla personality that makes it hard for outsiders to believe he's a great captain. Believe me, I know, he's never, ever going to live up to his salary. And I agree, that contract has prevented the Rangers from maybe making other upgrades. But I think he's a good guy. And I am 100 percent sure that (at least most of) the players respect and follow and are inspired by him. That goes for the head coach, too. More to the point, I believe he could be a help in these playoffs if his knee allows him to skate. Nobody gets paid a nickel in the playoffs. So everybody's contribution counts the same. A relatively healthy Drury, at the same salary as everybody else, could make a difference now.
3) That said, it sure was an interesting decision to sit down Sean Avery against Martin Brodeur and the other Devils he antagonizes. Maybe a better way to look at it was Mats Zuccarello for Avery, only because of the reality that a skills competition could have decided the Rangers' fate (more on that idiocy in a moment). Whatever, it worked. Does that mean Avery is done here? I don't think so. If the Rangers get into a grind of a series — and there are no shootouts in the playoffs, you know — I could see Avery going in for Zuccarello or Erik Christensen or Wojtek Wolski … though Wolski can sure be good when he wants to be.
4) I might add that Matt Gilroy, over the last four periods after being prucha'd for six games and playing forward for a couple of periods in Game 81, has sure played well on defense. Another interesting playoff decision for John Tortorella. Gilroy's puck-moving or Steve Eminger's grind?
5) I have called a lot of players Monsters over the course of this season, and many (Prust, Boyle, Staal, Dubinsky, Callahan, Sauer, McMonster, Lundvist, Girardi — the Block Ness Monster — have earned season-long Monster status. But one guy who hasn't been cited nearly enough — my mistake — is Ruslan Fedotenko. What a great addition this guy has been, steady and sturdy and reliable and resilient. He was fabulous again in Game 82, as he was in so many games this season. So … Fedotenko=Monster.
6) Marian Gaborik played really hard in Game 82, much harder than he played in Game 81, much harder than he played in Game 82 last season. And he almost scored toward the end when the score was either 4-2 or 5-2, and I thought, that probably would have been worse than not scoring at all because it would have brought up all the "he only scores in blowouts" garbage again. He's another guy who can atone in the next few weeks.
7) Said it last night, will say it again: It's time for the shootouts to be gone or fixed or whatever. But they can't stay this way. Three-point games made for exciting races, but they could have cost teams millions in revenue, could have cost good hockey people their jobs. They are not good for the game. More to the point, if the skills competition is going to decide games and playoff berths, if a point is a point is a point, then you can't devalue those points in the tiebreaker. You cannot punish a team for excelling in the silly skills competition and sell the skills competition as a legit game-decider. Again, last year the Rangers lost in a skills competition and went home after Game 82, while the Flyers went to the finals. This year, if not for the change in the tiebreaker system, which excludes shootout wins, the Rangers would have decided their own fate on Sunday and not have had to count on the Lightning beating Carolina. They won 44 games this year. Without the shootout, they only won 35. So make up your mind, NHL, how many did they win? Is a win a win?
8) Because if a shootout win is not really a win, then don't award the two points and the Bettman Bonus Point to the loser. Just get rid of the damn thing. It's fun to watch, yes. But it's a terrible way to lose a game after 65 minutes of hockey, and it's a worse way to determine playoff berths and success and revenue and, ultimately, firings and trades. I don't believe there's one single more fan attending NHL games because of this contrived way of ending tied games. Not one.
9) With Sid the Skid out of the playoffs (probably) for Pittsburgh, the league loses its golden egg, its major marketing tool, its adopted son. So, then, the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechtrick against the team from the largest market becomes the NHL's bread-and-butter, doesn't it?
10) There were a lot of posts and a lot of info last night, so in case you missed it, there was some Bonehead Karma in action yesterday. The son of our buddy, the late OldCoach92, was one of the fans chosen to receive the shirt off the back of one of the Rangers during the post-game ceremony yesterday. I am not sure which jersey he got, but good for him, good for us, good on the Rangers, and I'm sure OldCoach92 is smiling today.
11) Isn't it completely ridiculous that, based on a Tampa Bay-Carolina game in Raleigh, the Rangers' season was going to be a wild success or a disastrous failure? I think so. The coach thinks so. The goalie — from a personal standpoint — isn't so sure … Henrik Lundqvist said he didn't think they could be satisfied if they didn't make it. But what this team did this year doesn't change because they got in, and it shouldn't have changed if they hadn't gotten in. Tortorella was dead right on that.
12) And the coach, by the way, has had one spectacular year. Seriously, he didn't sacrifice any teaching or nurturing or any of the growing process for one single victory this year. He didn't worry about his job security or the need to make the playoffs or any of that over sticking to the plan. He insisted they not sacrifice any of their youth. Because, let's face it, the Rangers could have swapped some tomorrow for today and upgraded for their playoff run. They didn't. That's the coach.
13) Going into what used to be the Patrick Division semifinal — Rangers-Caps was almost an annual event — is there a team in the tournament with a better feeling about their guy between the pipes?
AP photo, above.
Here's my column from The Journal News and LoHud.com today.
Also, the playoff schedule is expected to be released tonight, around 10 p.m., after all the games have been completed.
Finally, not sure if we can cobble together a Boneheads/Paul Mara Beard Contest Extravaganza and Picnic … it's in discussion. Maybe we can just post some photos if we can't do the whole nine.


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DETROIT - From fruit cakes to Christmas candles, some holiday gifts might be recycled again and again. A new survey shows regifting isn't going away.
According to an annual survey by couponcabin.com, 39% of American adults have regifted an item. The results are very similar to the 2011 survey, when 41% said they regifted.
In case you didn't know, regifting is when you receive a gift from someone, and give it away to someone else.
Regifting Etiquette
- Don't regift personalized or used items. This one may be a no-brainer, but you want to make sure the gift doesn't have your name on it. And, giving somebody used clothing or a book that's been read will clearly make you look cheap.
- Only regift new items. This is clearly the best-case scenario. Brand new, unopened gifts make the best regift. The recipient should never be the wise.
- Make your intentions clear. If you are regifting a questionable item, make sure the recipient knows that's its a gag gift. They don't have to know you didn't buy it, but they should know it's given with a sense of irony.
- Don't regift to someone who knows it's a regift. It would be sort of stupid, to regift an item to a member of the family who saw you unwrap it last year. They might get offended.
- Don't make a habit out of it. If you're regifting because you're a poor college student, that's totally understandable, but you should still make an effort not to be branded "the cheapskate" among friends and family.
- Rewrap the item to make it look new
More Regifting Thoughts
We also found another survey conducted by Bookoo.com, an online yard sale community that helps yard salers buy and sell stuff. According to Bookoo's 2012 Holiday Regifting Survey, the holidays are the most common time of year for people to regive presents that they previously received from someone else.
While frowned upon by some, a whopping 92 percent believe its completely acceptable to regift items, and more than 87 percent believe they too have been a recipient of a regifted item. And, with shoppers looking to save more and spend less this holiday season, more than 62 percent plan to regift an item to a friend, neighbor or colleague for the holidays.
Most commonly, people regift because they feel that someone will appreciate the item more than they do (62 percent) or because they couldn't use the gift personally (53 percent). Additionally, regifting has its cost-saving benefits with 82 percent of people estimating that they have saved up to $150 by regifting. Wow!
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Chad Handicaps the New "Dancing With The Stars" Cast
I'm so happy, I've got the Fox Trots! Monday marks the start of the 14th season of Dancing With The Stars and twelve new hopefuls are ready to suit up and Tango it out for a shot at the show's mirror ball trophy. As usual, the list of "stars" is debatable and all over the place, so I decided to sort through it and give you a handy-dandy viewer's guide to the new season. Who will be this year's Michael Bolton (bless his heart) and who will be ready to "burn the floor"?


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It's baaaack! All manner of frightful characters will take over the town of Idyllwild this Halloween. The Idyllwild Community Center kicks off the Halloween season with Ghost Town — Oct. 18, 19, 25, 26, 31, and Nov. 1 and 2, now in its 10th year. Live actors and animatronics set the stage for a frightfully good time. The family event, which runs the entire month of October, raises funds for education. This has been our best year ever," said organizer Kat Wilson. "We've added two new rooms this year and changed all of the others. We also have some great new costumes," she added. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children ages 13 and younger.
Zombies invade the streets of Idyllwild starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. The race begins at Alderwood Cabins on North Circle and ends at the Idyllwild Ghost Town at the ICC site. The race is partly on the streets and partly in the woods; in total, about a mile long. Registration is $25 and includes a Zombie Run T-shirt. Runners are invited to register online at www.idyllwildghosttown.com but there is no entry fee for zombies (because they are dead and have a difficult time keeping a job).
Each runner starts the race with three lives — in this case, three red flags. The object of the Zombie Run is for runners to make their way through the zombie-filled course — grabbing is involved — without losing lives. Lose three lives and you're dead — not literally, but you are out of the race. The top three finishers will receive medals and bragging rights. "This is the first year of the Zombie Run and so far, response has been great," said Wilson. After the Zombie Run, Jo'An's will host a Zombie Aftermath Party and all participants and observers — dead or alive — are welcome.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Idyllwild's version of the wildly popular "Slender Game" will start at Ghost Town and move throughout the woods behind ICC. The original game was created by Parsec Productions and is somewhat of a global phenomenon. The object of Slender, who is a paranormal creature, is to find eight manuscripts about him; the more you collect, the more aggressive Slender becomes in trying to defeat you. The Idyllwild version will be played more like a scavenger hunt and will be entertainment-appropriate for the entire family. For more information contact Kathy Wilson at 951-659-3228 or email@example.com.
Idyllwild's Great Pumpkin Parade will kick off at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31. The parade will start on North Circle near Café Aroma and will end in the center of town where the Great Pumpkin Carnival will be in full swing from 5 to 8 p.m. The carnival will feature game booths, bounce houses and costume contests with the winners in each age group winning gift certificates and/or prizes from local businesses. Monies raised will benefit the Idyllwild School Booster Club for outdoor education trips to destinations such as Catalina and Idyllwild's Astrocamp.
Patty McKee, who passed away on Sept. 10 of this year, is credited with beginning Idyllwild's Halloween celebrations. "The whole thing started at my elementary school," said Jennifer McKee, Patty's daughter. "My parents moved to Idyllwild from San Diego and realized that there was nothing for the kids to do on Halloween. She wanted to find a way for kids to enjoy Halloween with the community but in a safe environment." Patty McKee started by organizing a small carnival at the elementary school and also encouraged local merchants to stay open and hand out candy," said Jennifer.
Patty's sister-in-law, Jan Boss, explains, "The school decided to stop hosting [the carnival] because of insurance problems, so we moved it downtown. I remember the first carnival we had downtown; we had about five booths tucked between buildings and it rained like crazy." Boss doesn't recall the year, but explains that the carnival was eventually turned over to Craig and Janice Coopersmith who she felt did a "good job with it." Boss acknowledges how important the carnival was to both her and Patty,
Jennifer, explains it best remembering a conversation she shared with her mom. "My mom once said to me, I think it was after an 'Oprah' show, that some people have a calling in life. She felt like her calling was to make kids happy. Owning the Candy Cupboard and being part of the community was very important to her because it brought joy to so many children. I feel like the parade is her legacy and a wonderful way to honor her and her love for this community," said Jennifer.


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The orig file width and height are 160x600 and the size is 32.63 kB.
When I tried to get the same information by using hexagonit.swfheader everything
matches except size. It displays size as 55890. I am not very good at math
but is there a way to convert size 55890 to match 32.63 kB ?
The stats that I have are :
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Height: 600 px
File Size: 32.63 kB
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Plugin Version: 8
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import hexagonit.swfheader
metadata = hexagonit.swfheader.parse(r'C:\test.swf')
print metadata['width'], metadata['height']
print metadata['size']
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By Kimi McBryde, 2013 Teen Science Scholar
August 3rd, 2013
We got up at about 7:30 am to go to an archaeological site called San Jose de Moro. The same van from last night came to pick us up this morning. It was about an hour and a half drive to the site, which was really cool because they had been working on uncovering a priestess and sacrifice victims in a burial ground. There were 8 sacrifice victims buried with the priestess-2 adults and 6 children. The priestess is interesting because it's only the 8th skeleton of a preiestess to be found here, but the scientists are unsure of whether or not the skeleton is actually female or if it is a male dressed as a woman. The skeleton is unusually tall for that time period, but the scientists can't make any determinations yet because of the placement of the bones and the manner in which they have to go about uncovering them. This was a super cool experience and we were really lucky to be there and see what they were doing-Michele says she's only seen something like this once before and she's been working down here for years. There was a fair amount of sitting around because Luis Jaime (the professor who has been working in this area for 23 years and who made it possible for Michele to do her dissertation research) was being interviewed by a bunch of different people and Ari and Michele had to talk to him after everything was settled. The press was at Moro today because of the priestess skeleton, and they kept interviewing him. We watched as they pulled out some of the copper pieces that had laid on her tomb and some of the pots that were with the sacrifice victims. There were a lot of copper pieces surrounding the body, many illustrating oceans. They pulled two big copper pieces out of the tomb today, a sea eagle and a mask. There were apparently a lot of birds represented throughout the tomb. Alongside the chamber there were many niches carved into the walls and they were filled with a big pot, that had been filled with many smaller pots. There were a lot of pots that had faces on them and were a little creepy looking. Airielle pointed out a couple of the workers who were originally looters of burial grounds, but who are now paid to do the excavations because they are so knowledgeable and careful with the artifacts. It was interesting how the culture decides to use the looters to their advantage, rather than punishing them when their expertise is unmatched.
Throughout the burial site, there were outlines of places that looked like they had been dug under, and Michele said that they were old excavation sites. Once a site has been completely surveyed and all of the artifacts have been removed, the excavation site is filled in. Throughout the same grounds, there were large pots where beer had been made. Luis Jaime said that the presence of the pots and beer traces portrayed the idea that not only were the burial grounds sacred, they were places of celebration that people returned to.
On the Moro site, there is a clay shop. Julio is an artist who is also a worker with Luis Jaime's team in the excavation. Julio creates replicas of artifacts pulled up from the site using clay, paint, and techniques that would've been used when the originals were made. We got to see his studio space and a beautiful piece he had been working on. The detail on his artwork was exquisite, and you could tell how much time and energy went into each piece. We even got to hold an original pot that had been brought up from the excavation-from the Moche time, around 700-900 A.D.
There was a very sweet, sticky, smoky smell that Lauren and I noticed while we were waiting around at Moro and Ari later told us that it is the sugar cane being burned for harvest. There is a huge amount of sugar cane here and Ari said that sugar cane, rice, and corn are the predominant agricultural goods here, but that there is a severe lack of water in areas because Peru is technically a desert. On the way to the Moro site, we drove through a massive desert, where sugar cane was growing (in some places), and where archaeologists have done work on a foot road through the desert-people walked through that area and trace evidence had been found on, under, and around the road. It's interesting to see that the no-man's-land that is the desert had actually been used to join people together, and that people had chosen to walk through the desert to meet up rather than walk through the mountains or walk through the coast.
At around 2 pm, we went to lunch at a restaurant called Los Patos and it really sunk in how different the cultures are. We all finished lunch early, while the Peruvians took their time and it seemed like food was always coming to their table.
After lunch, we went to the hostal where Luis Jaime and his team are staying. Part of his research is creating 3D computer models using photography-both of landscapes and of artifacts. He uses a remote-control helicopter with a camera attached to take overlapping pictures of the sites so that the computer program can create a mesh of the images and therefore pull stratigraphy, detail, texture, location, color, etc., from the photographs and create an accurate 3D model that can be "flown through". It was amazing to see the model of the burial ground where we were today and see all of the details that we missed-in a model. Michele is super hyped about the model program because she wants to use those images in her talks and create one for Dr. Kachun to use in a planetarium show at the museum.
On the way home from Luis Jaime's hostal, the driver was going crazy fast like usual. There was a speed sign on the side of the road saying maximum speed was 60 km/h, and he was going 130 km/h at that point. One thing I've noticed about Peru is that there is an excessive number of speed bumps everywhere-which is good considering how fast and crazy people drive here, but slightly uncomfortable to drive over as well. Driving down the road, we encountered a roadblock of sorts and thought there was a bad crash due to the amount of traffic piled up and the people surrounding the trucks. As we drove past the accident, we realized that it was a truck carrying rice that had turned over (the trailer had flipped, the cab was fine) and no one was hurt. All of the people gathered around the accident were picking the rice up off of the ground and putting it in containers-bags and buckets mostly-and taking it home. It was really shocking to see people doing that. I didn't realize how poor this area is and how desperate people are for food.
Today was just an amazing day. I can't believe how lucky we were to see the priestess and watch the excavation of the Moro site. It's only our second full day here and already it's been incredible. The technology that Luis Jaime uses to further his research and the tools that those models open up to everyone is 100% incredible. It really is amazing what technology enables us to do, and how it enables us to further our knowledge in ways that simply weren't possible just a few years ago.


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President Barack Obama's proposed budget sent to Congress Wednesday, includes $714 million to build the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) near Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. The $1.15 billion lab would be built by the Department of Homeland Security and would replace the current facility on Plum Island, N.Y.
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts said, "After almost a decade of work by a whole bunch of folks, this is certainly good news. We're not there yet, but it's a milestone."
The NBAF project has come under scrutiny due to cost issues, but supporters believe the lab is critical to our national defense and are now happy to see President Obama behind the project.
Senator Jerry Moran, also a Kansas Republican, said he would work with Roberts and others to preserve the funding in the final budget bill.
Roberts said the proposal will require additional financial commitments from Kansas. Governor Sam Brownback has indicated he supports the NBAF project and will work with the Kansas legislature to meet the financial commitment.
Kansas has agreed to contribute 20 percent of the cost of construction, and the state has already issued $105 million in bonds and $35 million from the Kansas Bioscience authority.
Kansas State University president Kirk Schulz said Wednesday's budget announcement built on momentum for the project that began earlier when Homeland Security awarded contracts for the utility plant construction.
"The President's budget recommendations solidify our confidence that Manhattan will be a national center for animal health as K-State becomes a Top 25 public research university," Schulz said.


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Detectives investigating the disorder following the rave in Croydon where teenager Rio Andrew died have today released eight new images of people they would like to trace.
Fifteen-year-old Rio was taken to hospital in the early hours of June 15 after falling ill at the event in the disused Royal Mail sorting office in Cherry Orchard Road.
Rio, from west London, died in hospital the following day.
The images, above, are of people who were in and around the site of the rave.
South Area Commander Simon Letchford, said: "I am appealing for anyone who recognises these people, or has information about the disorder, to come forward and speak to police. The behaviour of some of those attending this illegal rave and the direct attacks on officers who were there to maintain public safety is completely unacceptable. Twenty people have now been arrested and I would like to thank the public for their support.
"I am particularly keen for anyone who took images or video on mobile phones of the events in and around the area to provide these to police. They may contain vital evidence to help track down those responsible for this violence."
Anyone with material can send it to police via firstname.lastname@example.com.
So far, a total of 20 people have been arrested in connection with the event, nine of whom were arrested during the event.
Two men have been charged. A 21-year-old man was charged with violent disorder, drugs offences and assault on police. A 25-year-old man was charged with violent disorder and drugs offences.
A 47-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were given adult cautions for possession of Class A drugs.
Three men were arrested on suspicion of money laundering, a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and a 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
All five have been bailed pending further enquiries.
Police made five further arrests on June 27 for handling stolen goods and criminal damage offences in connection with the investigation.
The five men have been bailed pending further enquiries.
Two further arrests have been made for violent disorder.
The two men have been bailed pending further enquiries.
Four further arrests have been made - were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and [S; T] were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
All four have been bailed pending further enquiries.
A 19-year-old also taken ill at the rave has now been discharged from hospital.
Anyone with any information about the men pictured is asked to contact the Public Order Investigations Team on 020 8246 0076 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Footage can be emailed to the team at email@example.com.


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My name is Mark Gragston and I am from Benton, Louisiana. I became interested in physics after reading Stephen Hawkings A Brief History of Time while also learning about the quantum model of the atom in my first high school chemistry course. I am now pursuing a double major in Physics and Mathematics at Louisiana Tech University. I hope to one day became a mathematical and nuclear physicist. This past year, I held a student research position under a professor, in which I analyzed data supporting the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Currently, I work as a student researcher on neutron enhanced calorimetry, which will hopefully aid Fermi lab in the detection of hadrons.


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Yarl's Wood Holiday Camp
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"It's like Butlins but a million times better, why should foreign nig-nogs get so many freebies from the state?"
"I wish I could go on one but I'm not allowed because I'm too British"
Yarl's Wood Holiday Camp is a five star rated holiday camp near Bedford in England. It was built by the Zanu-Labour party in 2001 to provide freebie holidays for Asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
Yarl's Wood is noted for the famous "Blackshirts" who provide entertainment and organisation at every level.
The patron saint of Yarl's Wood is Saint Oswald Mosely.
edit History
Yarl's Wood was first conceived by the the Nu Liebore party as an ingenious scheme to make right thinking British people hate asylum seekers and immigrants even more than they already did.
The plan was to give out places to a selected few foreigners in order to create the impression that asylum seekers are all getting loads of freebies from the government. This would infuriate the retarded readers of the Daily Mail to rise up in a British Kristalnacht[1] for the 21st Century, ridding the country of it's immigrant problem.
The main problem with this theory is that Tony Bliar and the Nu Liebore party forgot to factor in that Daily Mail readers are notoriously workshy, and although angered by the "news" that bloody foreigners were getting freebies, they were to lazy and stupid to get off the sofa and stop watching daytime TV like the Jeremy Kyle show to organise themselves into lynch mobs capable of ridding Britain of foreigners forever.
Despite this failure, the holiday camp had to be kept going as the government had signed a 30 year PFI deal with private operator Sercock.
edit Operations
Yarl's Wood is operated by Sercock group, a company described by the Grauniad as "probably the shittest company you've never heard of." The director of operations is Bernard Manning.
The holiday camp has 3 wings named after three great British statesmen and patriots;
- Lord Haw-Haw
- Edward VIII
- Enoch Powell
Places at Yarl's Wood are awarded by the immigration authorities using a lottery system. It has become tradition that winners of the free holiday trips are taken by surprise in the early hours of the morning. They are often taken from their homes in their pyjamas with no personal belongings as their every need will be catered for by Yarl's Wood's dedicated team of "blackshirts".
edit Controversy
In 2008 civil servant Alan "Botney" Yentob blew the whistle on goings on at Yarl's Wood Holiday Camp. He claimed that asylum seekers were being killed for their adrenal glands, which are then cured and added to Pease pudding, the corpses are then coated in metal and used by sick artist Antony Gormley in exhibitions like Another Place.[2]
Sercock, the owners of Yarl's Wood have denied that this is the case, saying that Yentob is simply a deluded fantasist who also believes that he is Creative director at the BBC and a popular TV presenter.
Yentob is currently in exile in Argentina, we are unable to determine whether he has fled in fear of repercussions from Sercock or in order to avoid being found out as a liar and a fantasist.


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Samsung's S9110 Watchphone: What Came Before the Galaxy Gearby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2013 12:46 PM EST
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harpocrates - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkSpotted a small typo: "Back in 1999 Samsung sold a watchphone".
I hasn't heard of Samsung's first attempt at a smart watch, so this is interesting to read about. Reply
GauravDas - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - link"The Galaxy Gear's roots seem firmly planted in a design that came out a decade later: the S9100".
I am confused. What is S9100? How does it compare to the S9110? What are you comparing when you say "a decade later"? Reply
mkozakewich - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkI think I've managed to parse it.
Anand had just finished talking about the SPH-WP10, from 1999. Then:
"A decade later [so, 2009] came a new design: the S9110, which the Galaxy Gear's roots seem firmly planted in." Reply
GauravDas - Friday, September 06, 2013 - linkThanks. I thought that the SPH-WP10 was same as Galaxy Gear, since it linked to this article. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkAFAIK samsung released its first smartphone back at 1999 with full touch screen. Reply
xdrol - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkHow can you assert that the Gear inherited the design of the old smartwatch? Come on, it is a watch, that needs to have a giant flat screen. What possible other designs are there? Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkI think apple just tossed out the idea of a smartwatch to get these idiots to actually waste time and money on developing something so stupid and useless in anticipation of a market that will never materialize. Reply
LordOfTheBoired - Friday, September 06, 2013 - linkThat's funny, because I still really want a single wearable device that does it all. To the extent that I bought a case for my pocket computer solely to fabricate a digital bracer. And while pretty slick, it's no watch.
Yes, I literally wear my nerdiness on my sleeve. Reply
rangerdavid - Monday, September 09, 2013 - linkYou, my friend, are a god among men. Kudos. No shame. Reply
Impulses - Friday, September 06, 2013 - link" I always assumed that this was the last major phone revolution, but I do wonder if there might be another phase after this one. "
Really? I can imagine a few ways in which smartphones would evolve way past their current form factor, and I'm sure the technology from 10 years in the future would humble my imagination.
What about the long promised foldable displays? Or pico projectors? What about all these hybrid docking concepts? None of them strike my fancy right now, but there will come a point where performance is no longer an issue...
Those are the easy angles though. I think software and potential battery developments will probably usher the next revolution. A phone as fast as an i5 with a roll out display isn't worth much if you still have the same meager collection of mobile apps that aren't meant for serious work.
This is an area where you'd think MS would have an advantage but they seem to be moving further and further away from that synergistic ideal... Reply
ESC2000 - Friday, September 06, 2013 - linkGive the surface 2 a chance. With the improved battery life of haswell, the genius type cover, and hopefully a thinner chassis, Microsoft will attract have a laptop/tablet hybrid success on its hands... maybe not second gen but within the next few years. It won't be the one device since it'll be too big but it is one step along the way. Reply
nerd1 - Saturday, September 07, 2013 - linkSamsung released dumbphone w/ pico projector years ago too (They released android one recently) Reply


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Usher: Here I Stand
"Love in this Club" is up for male video of the year. If Usher is in a video it should for sure win any award.
Perhaps the most famous of Hendrix's releases, he was at his PRIME when they recorded this version of Purple Haze. "When Jimi Hendrix walked onto the stage at Monterey he was relatively unknown in the United States. When he wal... Perhaps the most famous of Hendrix's releases, he was at his PRIME when they recorded this version of Purple Haze. "When Jimi Hendrix walked onto the stage at Monterey he was relatively unknown in the United States. When he walked off the stage, popular music had been completely transformed. The American debut of the Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey isn't just the most exciting live rock concert ever recorded; it's also one of the most significant moments in the history of modern American music. Hendrix took the music world completely by storm and turned it on its head. His influence today is greater than ever, 41 years after the fact. Days after the mind-boggling "set the guitar on fire" stunt, Hendrix was a household word. The set kicks off fast and hard with Killing Floor, one wonders how Mitch Mitchell (drums) could keep up without injuring himself. Next up, Foxey Lady, soon to be a standard. The treatment of Bob Dylan's beautiful ballad, Like A Rolling Stone, is compelling and soulful. Rock Me Baby is simply beyond belief; it throws off heat like a jet engine. A hard-edged version of Hey Joe comes next; it's blues all right, but psychedelic blues. By the time Hendrix gets to Can You See Me? it's clear that he and his cronies are all settled down and solidly in the groove, this one speeds past like a bullet. The Wind Cries Mary is handled gently and carefully, it's a great song and provides a welcome break from the mayhem. Purple Haze has never sounded ruder, more demented, and incoherent - it is riveting. If you have any imagination at all, think about what this music must have sounded like to people who'd been nursed on The Platters, The Four Freshmen, and The Beach Boys. We are now completely accustomed to the influence Hendrix has had and it's easy to forget that when this was recorded what Hendrix was doing wasn't merely new, it was earth shattering. As to the closer, Wild Thing, I remember the Troggs version, sort of a frat house crowd pleaser. Hendrix takes it into the stratosphere; in many ways it's the highlight of the performance. Burning the guitar was theatrical genius, really, after you've just invaded the greatest nation on earth and conquered it in one night, what else is there to do?" Review by El Lagarto Courtesy of Amazon.comTags: audio, electronics, ipod, music, gadgets, CDs, headphones, entertainment, CDAdded 8 Years Ago from Amazon.com


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Strawberry Ginger Cookies Recipe
Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits to use in baking. But to tell you the truth, I don't really use them that much when baking cookies.
Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits to use in baking. But to tell you the truth, I don't really use them that much when baking cookies.
To make a more unique cookie, I combined both fresh strawberries and crystalized ginger to create a sweet and lightly spicy cookie.
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, Melted
- 1/2 cup Strawberries, Pureed
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 3 tablespoons Crystalized Ginger, Chopped
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Set aside until needed.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar. Stir in the pureed strawberries and the egg. Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed until fully incorporated.
Using a spoon, scoop 2 tablespoons of cookie dough and place onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches in-between each cookie (I placed 6 cookies on each baking sheet).
Bake the cookies until they have set, about 12-15 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Serve and enjoy!
These cookies last up to 5 days in a sealed container.
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Bangalore, Aug 24 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Karnataka Saturday humbled the BJP-backed JD-S in its bastion in the state by wresting two Lok Sabha seats for which by-polls were held Aug 21.
D.K. Suresh of the Congress defeated Anita Kumaraswamy, daughter-in-law of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) president and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, by over 137,000 votes in Bangalore Rural constituency. He is brother of Congress legislator and former minister D.K. Shiva Kumar.
In Mandya, about 80 km from here, popular Kannada actor Ramya of the Congress beat C.S. Puttaraju of the JD-S by more than 67,000 votes.
This was the first election Ramya fought and she will be the first Kannada actress to enter Lok Sabha. B. Jayashree, another female Kannada actor, is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha.
The JD-S defeat in its strongholds, particularly in Bangalore Rural, is a double blow to Gowda family as the seat was won by his son H.D. Kumaraswamy in 2009 by around 130,000 votes. Anita is married to Kumaraswamy.
The bypolls were held as Kumaraswamy and his party colleague N. Cheluvarayaswamy, who represented Mandya, quit the seats on getting elected to the Karnataka assembly in the May 5 elections.
The convincing victory of Congress came in the face of the JD-S-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plan of ensuring that the anti-Congress votes in the two constituencies were not split.
On this ground, the BJP withdrew its nominees from the fray and backed the JD-S. Senior BJP leader and former minister R. Ashoka had campaigned for Anita Kumaraswamy.
Shocked by the loss, Kumaraswamy announced he was resigning as state party chief and was also thinking of quitting as leader of opposition in the assembly.
Announcing the results, an election commission spokesperson said Suresh got over 578,608 votes to Anita's 441,601. The Bangalore Rural constituency has over two million voters, of whom nearly 52 percent exercised their franchise.
Ramya polled over 484,085 votes while Puttaraju received 416,474. The constituency has around 1.6 million voters and saw over 58 percent turnout.
There were eleven independents in Bangalore Rural and seven in Mandya but the battle was between the Congress and the JD-S.
Though the winners will have less than a year's tenure in the Lok Sabha as general elections are due next April-May, the Congress and the JD-S had turned the bypolls into battle of prestige.
The Congress wanted to win the seats as the bypolls were the first to be held after the party returned to power on its own in May after nine years.
The party was keen to defeat the JD-S in its strongholds hoping to demoralise that party ahead of the general elections.
The JD-S sought to retain the seats as a loss would be a big blow to the Gowda family which has the final say in party matters.
A beaming Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bangalore: "I had said earlier the Congress will win both the seats. This is not just the defeat of JD-S, but also of the BJP and the Karnataka Janata Party (led by former BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa)."
The KJP too did not field candidates in the two constituencies.
In New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi congratulated the party's state unit for the victory.
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, incharge of the party in Karnataka, used the victory to take a dig at the media.
He told reporters that the results would not have any bearing on the general elections but they showed that the media had a "negative image" of the Congress and now that should be corrected.
Though the JD-S and BJP have 40 seats each in the 225-member assembly that includes one nominated member, the JD-S is recognised as the official opposition party as it polled more votes than BJP in the May assembly elections.
The Congress had won 122 seats. The remaining seats are held by smaller parties and independents.


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Dog-friendly Broughton-in-Furness, 2 People & Satellite Television
A beautiful adjoining barn conversion, Crimson Cottage exudes a romantic feel, with lovely furnishings, a large open-spaced living room with high beams and multi-fuel burner, a beautifully fitted kitchen, a pretty mezzanine double bedroom as well as a Jacuzzi bathroom, making this a perfect hideaway for couples.
A vaulted roof, oak beams, feature gallery bedroom and tasteful continental style characterise this delightful holiday cottage which is attached to another property. Set in lovely countryside, 1 mile from the market town of Broughton-in-Furness, it is a superb base to explore the lakes and fells of south western…
These charming, single storey detached holiday cottages are situated one mile from the market town of Broughton-in-Furness, and are also in the same grounds as refs 19605 and 27736. The beautiful Dudden Valley, Coniston Water and Lake Windermere are within half an hour's drive, as well as South Lakes Animal Park…
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Topic: side effects of liver resection
Can anyone who has had a liver resection tell me how long it took for abdominal discomfort to pass? My husband had his left lobe resected in late October 2005 and still complains of a feeling of tightness, fullness, and tingling (like pins and needles) along the incision site. I know he always questions whether this discomfort is from the surgery, radiation, and chemo or the disease reappearing. He will not be having a CT scan until May. Any information would be helpful.


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Oral Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Patient Information [NCI]Skip to the navigation
This information is produced and provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The information in this topic may have changed since it was written. For the most current information, contact the National Cancer Institute via the Internet web site at http://cancer.gov or call 1-800-4-CANCER.
What is prevention?
Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the chance of getting cancer. By preventing cancer, the number of new cases of cancer in a group or population is lowered. Hopefully, this will lower the number of deaths caused by cancer.
To prevent new cancers from starting, scientists look at risk factors and protective factors. Anything that increases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer risk factor; anything that decreases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer protective factor.
Some risk factors for cancer can be avoided, but many cannot. For example, both smoking and inheriting certain genes are risk factors for some types of cancer, but only smoking can be avoided. Regular exercise and a healthy diet may be protective factors for some types of cancer. Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may lower your risk but it does not mean that you will not get cancer.
Different ways to prevent cancer are being studied, including:
- Changing lifestyle or eating habits.
- Avoiding things known to cause cancer.
- Taking medicines to treat a precancerous condition or to keep cancer from starting.
See the following PDQ summaries for information about screening, diagnosis, and treatment of oral cancer:
- Oral Cancer Screening
- Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment
- Oropharyngeal Cancer Treatment
- Cigarette Smoking: Health Risks and How to Quit
General Information About Oral Cavity Cancer and Oropharyngeal Cancer
Oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer are diseases in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the mouth or throat.
The term oral cancer is used to describe cancer that forms in the tissues of the oral cavity or the oropharynx.
Oral cavity cancer forms in any of these tissues of the oral cavity:
- The front two thirds of the tongue.
- The gingiva (gums).
- The buccal mucosa (the lining of the inside of the cheeks).
- The floor (bottom) of the mouth under the tongue.
- The hard palate (the front, bony part of the roof of the mouth).
- The retromolar trigone (the small area behind the wisdom teeth).
Anatomy of the oral cavity. The oral cavity includes the lips, hard palate (the bony front portion of the roof of the mouth), soft palate (the muscular back portion of the roof of the mouth), retromolar trigone (the area behind the wisdom teeth), front two-thirds of the tongue, gingiva (gums), buccal mucosa (the inner lining of the lips and cheeks), and floor of the mouth under the tongue.
Oropharyngeal cancer forms in tissues of the oropharynx:
- The middle part of the pharynx (throat) behind the mouth.
- The back third of the tongue.
- The soft palate (the back, soft part of the roof of the mouth).
- The side and back walls of the throat.
- The tonsils.
Anatomy of the pharynx (throat). The three parts of the pharynx are the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx.
Most oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers start in squamous cells (thin, flat cells) that line the oral cavity and oropharynx. Cancer that forms in squamous cells is called squamous cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma can form from lesions on the mucous membranes (the lining of the mouth and throat). These lesions include leukoplakia (an abnormal white patch of cells) and erythroplakia (an abnormal red patch of cells).
In Western countries, such as the United States, the most common areas for oral cancer are the tongue and the floor of the mouth.
Oral cancer is more common in men than in women.
Men are more than twice as likely as women to have oral cancer and die from it.
Oral Cancer Prevention
Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may help prevent cancer.
Avoiding cancer risk factors may help prevent certain cancers. Risk factors include smoking, being overweight, and not getting enough exercise. Increasing protective factors such as quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet, and exercising may also help prevent some cancers. Talk to your doctor or other health care professional about how you might lower your risk of cancer.
Oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer are two different diseases, but they have some risk factors in common.
The following are risk factors for oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer:
Tobacco use
Using tobacco is the leading cause of oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer. The risk of these cancers is about 10 times higher for current smokers than for people who have never smoked.
All forms of tobacco, including cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and chewing (smokeless) tobacco, can cause cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx. For cigarette smokers, the risk of oral cancer increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Tobacco use is most likely to cause oral cancer in the floor of the mouth, but also causes cancer in other parts of mouth and throat.
Betel quid chewing has also been shown to increase the risk of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.
Tobacco users who have had oral cancer may develop second cancers in the oral cavity or nearby areas. These areas include the nose, throat, vocal cords, esophagus, and trachea (windpipe). This is because the oral cavity and nearby areas have been exposed to the harmful substances in tobacco, and new cancers may form over time.
Alcohol use
Using alcohol is a major risk factor for oral cancer.
The risk of oral cancer increases with the number of alcoholic drinks consumed per day. The risk of oral cancer is about twice as high in people who have 3 to 4 alcoholic drinks per day compared to those who don't drink alcohol.
Tobacco and alcohol use
The risk of oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer is 2 to 3 times higher in people who use both tobacco and alcohol than it is in people who use only tobacco or only alcohol.
Family history of oral cancer
People with a family history of oral cancer have an increased risk of oral cancer.
The following is a risk factor for oropharyngeal cancer:
HPV infection
Being infected with certain types of HPV, especially HPV type 16, increases the risk of oropharyngeal cancer. HPV infection is spread mainly through sexual contact.
The risk of oropharyngeal cancer is about 15 times higher in people with oral HPV 16 infection, compared to people without oral HPV 16 infection. Tobacco and alcohol use do not appear to further increase the risk in people with oral HPV infection.
The following is a protective factor for oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer:
Quitting smoking
Studies have shown that when people stop smoking cigarettes, their risk of oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer decreases by one-half (50%) within 5 years. Within 10 years of quitting, their risk of oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer is the same as for a person who never smoked cigarettes.
It is not clear whether avoiding certain risk factors will decrease the risk of oral cavity cancer or oropharyngeal cancer.
It has not been proven that the following will decrease the risk of oral cavity cancer or oropharyngeal cancer:
- Getting an HPV vaccination.
- Stopping alcohol use.
- Changing your diet.
Cancer prevention clinical trials are used to study ways to prevent cancer.
Cancer prevention clinical trials are used to study ways to lower the risk of certain types of cancer. Some cancer prevention trials are done with healthy people who have not had cancer but who have an increased risk for cancer. Other prevention trials are done with people who have had cancer and are trying to prevent another cancer of the same type or to lower their chance of developing a new type of cancer. Other trials are done with healthy volunteers who are not known to have any risk factors for cancer.
The purpose of some cancer prevention clinical trials is to find out whether actions people take can prevent cancer. These may include eating fruits and vegetables, exercising, quitting smoking, or taking certain medicines, vitamins, minerals, or food supplements.
New ways to prevent oral cancer and oropharyngeal cancer are being studied in clinical trials.
Chemoprevention is the use of drugs, vitamins, or other agents to prevent or delay the growth of cancer. One study found no decrease in the risk of oropharyngeal cancer in male smokers who took vitamin E and beta carotene supplements (pills).
Other studies of chemoprevention are being done in patients at high risk of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer. This includes patients with lesions on the mucous membranes, which may become cancer, and patients with a history of oral cancer.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about clinical trials can be found in the Clinical Trials section of the NCI Web site. Check NCI's list of cancer clinical trials for lip and oral cavity cancer prevention trials and oropharyngeal cancer prevention trials that are now accepting patients.
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The Alps & AOMSOC
Views from Italy, France, and Switzerland
de Robert J.Cameron
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I grew up with a passion for winter sports and for the last few years I've been lucky enough to travel and ski the European Alps with a great group of friends known as the Any Old Mountain Skiers of Connecticut (AOMSOC). We've skied world renowned destinations in France, Switzerland and Italy, all with lofty descriptions like "The Highest Ski Resort in the World", Trois Vallee; "The Largest Ski Resort in the World", Porte du Soleil and "The Home of the 2005 Alpine World Championships", Bormio. The cover photo of Mount Blanc, which is the highest peak in the Alps, is only a sample of what's included in these pages, so sit back and join me as I present my photo memories from The Alps & AOMSOC.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
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- Fecha de publicación ene. 05, 2007
- Etiquetas Mountains, Outdoors, Skiing, Travel
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NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- If Major League Baseball teams are going to charge a premium for concessions, fans should at least get a premium product for their money.It's just an accepted fact that concessions at a big-league baseball game are going to batter fans' wallets between innings. This year, the average cost of a draft beer on the concourse is $6.15, according to Team Marketing Report. Throw in a hot dog ($4.13) or a soda ($3.71) and you've already increased the cost of your ticket ($26.98 on average) by more than a third.
|Citi Field offers a classic New York experience: waiting on line for a ridiculously long time for a delicious Shake Shack burger.
Heavy hitters: Ivar Dogs, sushi, "The Man"
When you're rooting for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in more than a decade and has won more games than it has lost only twice in the past eight years, stadium comfort is important. Local seafood chain Ivar's provides plenty of it with Ivar Dogs -- slivers of fried cod topped with tartar sauce and cole slaw. The sushi rolls and maki at Safeco were once novel, but are becoming a more regular sight in the majors as the rest of the league goes upscale. The best-kept secret, however, is "The Man" sauce at Porter's BBQ, made with a closely guarded recipe loaded with spices. On most nights, it has more kick than the Mariners' lineup. AT&T (T) Park, San Francisco
Heavy hitters: Gilroy garlic fries
Tons of other ballparks, including Safeco, boast about their garlic fries. None do them as well as brewer Gordon Biersch does in San Francisco. That pile of parmesan cheese, herbs and fresh ground garlic over a hot stack of potatoes won't make you many friends among those in talking distance, but it's a decent way to warm up during those cool spring and fall spells by the bay. It also says a lot about a facility when its menu includes a Dungeness crab sandwich on sourdough and the fries are still the best item being served. Fenway Park, Boston
Heavy hitters: Sausage sandwiches
This is one of the few places in the league where you don't have to go to the game to get the best item at the concessions stand. Fenway is ringed with carts hawking sweet Italian sausages cooked to a crisp on flat grills, and the more you can load it up with spicy mustard and sauteed onions and peppers the better. We warn that prices get a bit higher once you've passed the ticket checkpoints on Yawkey Way, so we recommend hitting vendors slightly removed from the park's gates for real value. Look for the best deals on Yawkey about a block away from Boylston Street or on Lansdowne Street just down the slope from the Cask 'n Flagon.


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J. H. Chapman was a saddler who lived in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN. He first married a Miss Barnett, with whom he had a son, Wm. B. After her death, he again married, this time to a Mrs. Margaret Ellis, whose spouse was likewise deceased. In 1826, Joshua was appointed a justice of the peace, and in 1827 he was named a trustee of the newly established Pleasant Grove Female Academy. He also served as county sheriff at one point. It was Joshua who took much of the testimony in the dispute between Arnold and Lea that arose from the 1829 congressional election. He reportedly died in 1847. His date of birth is currently unknown.
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The Great Pumpkin Pan
The holiday season is quickly popping in.. and like the holidays the great pumpkin is waiting to be harvested. Do it with cake, in this fabulous pan.
I think this would make a fun casserole dish at the halloween party at work this year!Tags: orange, dutch ovens, Halloween, holiday, pumpkin, Thanksgiving, fabulous, Cool Hunting, delightAdded 10 Years Ago from Williams-Sonoma


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A high-heeled shoe fell Monday — and it was a stiletto that plunged deep in the chest of Mayor Bob Filner.
Mashergate has taken a leap forward.
A familiar face in local government, about as credible as central casting could produce, stepped up to the cameras and said in so many bitter words: J'accuse, you creep!
Monday's knifing, a lawsuit filed by the country's most media-savvy sex-harassment attorney, may not be the fatal thrust, but it sure feels as if it slices a major artery.
How many more incisions might it take before Mayor Bob Filner runs out of bought time and bleeds out on the stage?
One, two, three?
Impossible to say with any certainty.
Like Rasputin, this guy's tough to bring down. His will to live to fight for another day in office is astonishing.
The arrival of Gloria Allred raises the stakes and, one imagines, gets under the liberal Democratic mayor's skin and makes it crawl.
In her contemptuous news statement, delivered in a tiny sweat box of a hotel room crammed with TV cameras and reporters, Allred posed a rhetorical history question to the former congressman:
"Were you paying attention during the sexual harassment scandals involving Sen. Bob Packwood?"
The allusion to the notoriously inept lecher from Oregon has to stick an old Filner nerve.
In 1993, Filner arrived in Washington, a rookie representative from San Diego. Could you find a more determined advocate for women's rights? Probably not.
That was precisely the time Allred was earning national stripes by demanding that the Senate Ethics Committee thoroughly investigate reported allegations of Packwood's serial sexual harassment.
Allred also demanded the release of Packwood's diaries, a sordid personal record that proved his undoing.
Ultimately, the Senate committee voted on a bipartisan basis for Packwood's expulsion and, faced with that final rebuke of his peers, he resigned.
Packwood, a Republican champion of women's rights, was widely considered an awkward, even pathetic, groper of vulnerable women, a description that could apply to the allegations against Filner.
Packwood too was accused of trying to French kiss unreceptive females in his political orbit. Interestingly, he did not appear to retaliate against women who rebuffed him. (Allred's complaint does not accuse Filner of that particular brand of harassment.)
As it happens, the city does not have an ethics committee of equals to sit in judgment of Filner. Short of a felony conviction, he can only be forced out of office through resignation or recall.
What it's going to take to force Filner to resign, it seems, is a train of abused women (and possibly male witnesses) putting a human stamp on the faceless bombs thrown by Donna Frye and others.
As yet, there's no diary (or, worse, videotape) to indict him, but the emergence of Irene McCormack Jackson, his former communications director, is close in terms of damning evidence.
Full disclosure, McCormack Jackson was a colleague at The San Diego Union-Tribune, though we never worked together. Her father, an energy executive with whom I used to play golf regularly at Torrey Pines, is a good and smart friend, as is his graceful wife.
I believe in genes and, let me tell you, McCormack Jackson's are first-rate.
"I think she is very courageous," her father Richard McCormack said. "It opens an opportunity for other women who have been abused to come forward."
I'd bet that McCormack Jackson would rather be helping lead the city to the progressive promised land than to a panting civil courtroom in which Allred, the master of the staged news conference, would be repeating the noun "panties" over and over again.
But here she is, looking like a dear person caught in the headlights.
And here we are, waiting with prurient fascination to see how the mayor binds up this bloody wound and fights on.


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The Yard SaleSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
After buying a new oven, Gerald sold his old one to a stranger. Although the stranger offered to pay cash, Gerald, nonetheless, had a very good reason for insisting that the transaction take place at a bank. Rather than be offended, the stranger clearly understood the reason for this unusual request. Why did Gerald make this demand?
HintQ: Did Gerald know how to count?
A: Yes
Q: Did the man have the correct currency?
A: Yes
Q: Wouldn't he have insisted on going to the bank, had he sold the oven to a friend?
A: No
AnswerGerald is blind and fears he would be shortchanged by the purchaser. The bank teller would ensure the proper amount is paid.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo baseball team returned home and returned to their winning ways as the Lions trounced visiting Clearwater Christian 16-2 in non-conference action on Tuesday evening from Southard Stadium.
The night belonged to senior shortstop Zach Miller as he registered two at-bats in the scorebook, both ending with him rounding the bases. His first round-tripper came with the bases loaded in the bottom of the first on a long shot that traced the left-field foul line.
It only took another inning to see Miller add another homer when he sent a two-run shot over the left field wall.
He finished a perfect 2-for-2 with six RBI as his only other at-bat earned a base-on-balls before he turned shortstop duties over to Nick Gill.
His performance at the plate was nearly matched by starting pitcher Rick Teasley's outing on the mound. The two-time conference Pitcher of the Week winner tossed six innings, only allowing a single hit while mixing in 73 pitches to strike out eight batters.
The Lions will be back in action on Thursday afternoon when they face St. Anselm College in a pre-Hall of Fame contest. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Thomas B. Southard Stadium. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions' Baseball, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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President Barack Obama's top economic adviser challenged Republican congressional leaders to put an offer on the table in fiscal-cliff talks and defended Obama's debt-reduction proposals as concrete and detailed.
Gene Sperling, director of the White House National Economic Council, laid out markers for the negotiations in an interview on Bloomberg Television, saying the president would insist on tax-rate increases for the wealthy, a long-term extension in the legal debt limit, and maintenance of some stimulus measures to support the economy.
Sperling, 53, one of the administration's principal negotiators, signalled flexibility on how high tax rates would go and the composition of continued stimulus.
"It's for them now to come forward with their plan, with their details, so that we can start working quickly to getting an agreement," Sperling said on "Political Capital with Al Hunt," which airs this weekend.
Obama and congressional Republicans are deadlocked as the year-end deadline approaches for the so-called fiscal cliff, more than $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases that will be triggered unless Congress acts.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner shuttled among congressional leaders yesterday with a plan to trade $400 billion in cuts to entitlement programs for $1.6 trillion in tax increases, primarily targeting families with more than $250,000 in annual income.
Prolonged talks
Obama warned of "prolonged negotiations" in an appearance today at a toy factory in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Republican House Speaker John Boehner declared the talks at a "stalemate," saying the president hasn't made a serious proposal for compromise.
Sperling said Obama has offered "very specific savings that have been detailed in our budget." Obama's budget proposal includes "$600 billion in entitlement savings, about $350 billion in health entitlement savings, such as in Medicare," he said.
The president "has made clear" that "you're going to have rates go up on the most high-income, most fortunate Americans" and "the era of threatening defaults is over," Sperling said.
Business leaders won't have the confidence to invest money if they "think that every three to six months we're going to go through this debacle, this ritual of people threatening the default of the United States as a way to get their way in a budget agreement," Sperling said.
Stimulus proposals
Sperling said the administration has advanced proposals to maintain economic stimulus into next year through infrastructure spending, an extension of expiring payroll tax cuts and continuation of extended unemployment benefits. "Those type of measures need to be part of" a deal, he said.
Asked if Obama would agree to a deal that didn't return the income-tax rate for top earners to the full 39.6 percent rate in effect before President George W. Bush's tax cuts, Sperling said "there's no way he's extending rates at the current Bush level."
Erskine Bowles, a co-chairman of Obama's 2010 deficit- reduction commission, said this week that based on a meeting with the president on Nov. 27 he believed there's some "flexibility" in Obama's call to let Bush-era cuts on tax rates expire for the wealthiest Americans. Still, he said he thought it was unlikely that Obama and Congress would reach a deal by year's end to avert the fiscal cliff.


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Advanced Practicum in Clinical Neuropsychology
The Neuropsychology Service at the University of Illinois Medical Center accepts practicum students in adult neuropsychology. The program is coordinated by Dr. Julie Janecek. Practicum students will develop and refine skills in the neuropsychological assessment of adult inpatients and outpatients drawn from the medical center's Departments of Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Neuropsychiatry, Rehabilitation, Neurology, Geriatrics, and Medicine, as well as from outside referral sources. These referrals span the entire list of neuropathological conditions such as dementia, cerebrovascular disorders, tumor, HIV, epilepsy, degenerative disorders, ADHD, learning disabilities, hydrocephalus, developmental disorders and traumatic brain injury. Practicum students receive supervised experience in planning test selection, implementing, interpreting, writing up, and communicating results of neuropsychological evaluations using a broad range of tests and procedures. Opportunities for attending patient rounds in other medical clinics may also be arranged on an individual basis.
Training is accomplished through a variety of modalities. Initially, each student will be asked to participate in a 10-week training period beginning in July on determined clinic days, during which time he/she will also attend a 2-hour introductory seminar weekly. During this training period each student will be taught administration and scoring of neuropsychological tests through both direct observation and practice. Methodology of test administration will be closely supervised.
In addition to individual case supervision, training will occur through didactic conferences including attendance at the Behavioral Neurosciences Seminar, which is a weekly meeting devoted to special topics and case presentations in the clinical neurosciences, as well as group supervision and a seminar in neuroanatomy.
Students will be expected to provide a minimum of 16 hours per week of service. Although clinic days are somewhat flexible, a commitment on Friday for didactic experiences is expected.
The clinical case material, supervision, and conferences which make up this practicum are designed to provide a broad introduction to clinical neuropsychology, and to prepare the student for further specialized training in the field.
To apply, please send vita and cover letter by 12/1 to:
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois - Chicago
912 S. Wood Street MC 913
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Peter Pilotto Fall 2013
So the question is, will you or won't you? That was what sprung to mind at the Peter Pilotto show, the label created by its namesake Peter Pilotto and his partner in design Christopher De Vos. The question wasn't around their prints, of which Pilotto and De Vos are two of the leading exponents in a print-crazy city like London. And even if here, as in New York, there is a move toward a darker, more somber look, Peter Pilotto stuck to working with inventive patterns and how they interact with the body—more of that later. No, the throwing down of the gauntlet, as it were, was this: Will you take on—or perhaps that should be put on—their new shoulder line, which dramatically extends beyond what nature gave you, and from which falls a wide coat or a boxy jacket? It's a radical development in proportions that jars the eye in the way that something different can often make you take a second, then third, and, if need be, a fourth glance.
Peter Pilotto could be on to something, though. In both the New York and London shows in the last two weeks or so, there has been a generational interest from the cities' younger talents in this silhouette: both Alexander Wang and Rodarte in the former, Christopher Kane and Marques Almeida in the latter. The version from Pilotto and De Vos was used for brightly colored oversize coats in scarlet or ochre that were then embellished with strategically placed gilded thread embroideries; the jackets, meanwhile, came in the same colorations and with the same decorations, or were moodier, worked with touches of ponyskin (like the shows on the other side of the Atlantic, it's everywhere here too) and leather whipstitching in line formations. To amplify what was going on at shoulder level, very often these looks—and indeed many in the show—were worn with flat black patent leather oxfords.
Meanwhile, those embroideries on the jackets and coats were lifted from their general source of inspiration for fall, the work of the artists of the Spanish Renaissance, in particular El Greco, whose obsession with surface texture would inspire the likes of Pablo Picasso three-plus centuries later. As to Peter Pilotto's own obsession with what lies at surface level, their swirling, scrolling, almost Baroque patterns were at their best when they were at their sportiest: a sculpted sweatshirt with a straight skirt, a sized-up sweater with soft, paneled pants, or the latest versions of the down jackets they've been making in a very fruitful collaboration with Salzburg-based outerwear company Schneiders.


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Hippity, hoppity; Easter's on its way. So if you haven't already thought about what you're doing for the holiday, you're in luck because we have listed a few Easter events happening throughout the Valley. Here are a few Easter events in the Valley: Mesa Arizona Temple Visitors' Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of… Read More →


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Woooohoooo !
Heres some first pics of our fantastic weekend.
I´ve just got home and im drop dead tired, so ill post the rest of the story later on.
Cheers guys, and a special thanks to Steven Raichlen and you guys here and on other BBQ-Forums for being such an inspiration !
We placed first in the Bratwurst category, second with chicken and
dessert ,and fish and beef must also been in the top 5.
After all, we had a huge advantage in points and made first.