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I was supposed to review "Battle: Los Angeles," but due to a litany of reasons I ended up skipping the multiplex this week (I will venture back next week for a look at "Paul" — in the meantime, just see "Rango" again). I could carry on about tight work schedules and tsunami-induced cinematic apathy — both of which were certainly factors in my decision — but mostly I just didn't wanna.
Which is just as well, because I've been putting off tackling a certain sensitive subject for far too long now: the epidemic of celebrity meltdowns. I have neither the time nor the inclination to dissect every recent instance of celebrities behaving badly, but there are a few stories that have caught my eye and warrant some brief commentary. Let's do this case-by-case:
Is it Charlie Sheen's fault?
My familiarity with Charlie Sheen is limited to "Platoon" and a few other movies I've seen in which he happened to appear. But apparently "Two and a Half Men" (of which I have only seen a few minutes here and there, because I'm not a masochist with the IQ of a toaster oven) has made him the biggest star on television. Fair enough — there's certainly nothing wrong with taking financial advantage of Americans' terrible sense of humor, no matter how untalented you are. So just to clarify: I harbor no ill will toward Sheen in regards to his status as a terrible actor and cultural blight.
Nor do I fault him, in a moral sense, for the epic debauchery that has landed him in hot water over the years and finally culminated in the termination of his contract with CBS. I believe that every man should his live his life as he sees fit, societal conventions be damned. If you're rich and beholden to no one and you want to devote your time and wealth to the pursuit of hookers, blow and more hookers, then I say go and do that thing, if it truly brings you happiness. You might go to hell for squandering a vast amount of money, but that's between you and God, isn't it? It's not for me to judge.
I fault him a little bit for the weeklong blitz of high-profile media interviews he embarked on immediately after his firing, but only because his infamous "Sheen-speak" is neither as funny nor as original as most people assumed. (Dude shouldn't have cribbed Chuck Norris jokes and tried to pass them off as examples of his own sharp wit. "Bi-winning" was just bizarre enough to be hilarious, though.)
However, I do fault him quite seriously for his propensity for harming other people. This pathological behavior goes back years (Kelly Preston, anyone?), and the man should have been locked up long ago. But Sheen continues to hurt others, and with his irresponsible lifestyle has potentially harmed his peers who worked on "Two and a Half Men." The show may continue, but who's to say it will be a success without its inexplicably loved star? Dozens of employees' careers are in jeopardy.
If Sheen were truly free of responsibility and obligation (as he claims he is), there would be nothing wrong with him living the life of a decadent Roman emperor, holding court in his orgy room as he dives into a Tony Montana-sized mound of coke while screaming wild obscenities at anyone who dares question the "magic" he's creating. But given that people depended on him for their livelihoods, it casts his behavior in a completely different light. It seems to me that in the moral outrage over Sheen's provocative personal life, some people are losing sight of the true nature of his offenses.
Let's talk Mel Gibson
I'm so torn on this one. On one hand, Gibson is an incredible filmmaker. He won an Oscar for directing "Braveheart," but it's his last two films, "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto," that really impress. Few directors — let alone actor/directors — display such a talent for revitalizing classical styles and motifs, for taking the ancient and foreign and situating them in modernized compositions that make them feel alive and accessible. He's a genius. Unfortunately, he's also irretrievably insane.
Recently, Gibson pled no contest to battery charges against his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. We all heard the hate-filled (but admittedly kinda funny) audio tapes that Grigorieva made of their lively exchanges, and we all read about the allegations of physical abuse. But no matter how much of a sick kick we all got from listening to those Internet remixes, the fact remains that this is a serious situation. Gibson has proven himself a hate-filled monster with very few redeeming qualities, and he deserves nothing less than to be shunned from the Hollywood system and ridiculed for the rest of his life.
But am I ready to take part in a knee-jerk boycott, and start burning copies of "Lethal Weapon 4"? Tempting as that sounds, I try to reserve righteous boycotts for the truly deserving, those who actually should have been executed for their crimes against humanity, such as O.J. Simpson and Jane Fonda. I'm willing to join in on the Gibson-hate bandwagon (and in fact supported him being fired from "The Hangover 2") but it's gonna take a little more for me to give up my copies of "Passion" and "Apocalypto." I'm sure at some point he'll burn down a synagogue or something, and then we can talk.
Gilbert Gottfried:
In his defense
I'm willing to take some heat for this, but here goes: Gilbert Gottfried was railroaded, and there was nothing outrageous about the jokes he recently posted on Twitter making light of the Japanese tsunami. But his contract with Aflac has been terminated, and those awesome duck commercials will never be the same. Within the course of the past few days, Gottfried has become a poster child for the dangers of offending an over-sensitive populace.
Fortunately, he's also become the focus of a free-speech campaign, with fellow comics correctly pointing out that nothing — from genocide and slavery to child cancer — is off-limits when it comes to comedy, provided the joke your making is funny and somewhat creative. (The Situation, of "The Jersey Shore" fame, recently received a painful lesson in this concept when he made a lazy, ill-conceived and completely unfunny racial joke at Donald Trump's Friar's Club roast.)
Fact of the matter is, Gottfried's jokes were funny, and far from lazy. If you didn't laugh at some of them, then I would venture to say that you're repressed. Which is fine, but don't dare presume that most people share your false sense of morality, or do anything but laugh behind your back when you rant about "good taste" and "cultural sensitivity." Sometimes ya just gotta laugh, and Gottfried has always understood that better than anyone.
Jason Wallis is a News-Sentinel copy editor. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State men and women's cross country teams will travel to Fort Collins, Colo., Friday, Nov. 9, to compete in the 2012 NCAA Mountain Region Championships. The meet will be hosted by Colorado State University at the Collindale Golf Course.
The women harriers will start the action at 12 p.m. (MT) in a six-kilometer race followed by the men's 10-kilometer race at 1 p.m. Results and a recap will be posted to www.UtahStateAggies.com, when available.
Heading into the Mountain Region Championships, the USU women rank 10th in the region while the Aggie men are ranked 14th, according to the latest ranking by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
"We feel like we are running really well and doing our best at the end season. We ran really well at the conference championships and I just want to see the athletes improve," said veteran Utah State head coach Gregg Gensel. "We don't have an expectation to win the meet or anything like that, but we just want to do as good as we are capable of."
Junior Kyle McKenna led the USU men to a second-place finish at the 2012 Western Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships in October. McKenna finished second overall with a time of 24:06.90 as he was also the top Aggie finisher at each meet this season.
Senior Alex Litzsinger and freshman Tylee Newman helped pace the USU women to a third-place team finish at the WAC Championships as they crossed the finish line in fourth and fifth-place with times of 17:31.61 and 17:39.56, respectively.
For more information about the NCAA Mountain Region Championships fans can click here.
The top two teams in each race Friday will automatically advance to NCAA Championships, as will the top four individual athletes in each race that are not on a team advancing. Those finishing in the top 25 on Friday will also receive all-Region honors. The results from the nine regions across the country will be compiled by the NCAA to determine the at-large bids, which will be announced on Saturday.
The 2012 NCAA Cross Country National Championships will hosted by the University of Louisville at the E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday November 17. It is the first time since World War II that the NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on a Saturday.
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Outdoor Channel shares are up 7.4% in post-market trading after InterMedia Partners, in a surprise move, offered $9.15 a share — about $236.5M — for the cable network. That tops the $8.75 a share bid from real estate and sports mogul Stanley Kroenke the board accepted in March. "We are confident that you, after consultation with your outside legal counsel and financial advisors, will conclude that our proposal constitutes a superior proposal," InterMedia says in a letter today to the Outdoor Channel board. The offer comes ahead of a May 8 shareholder meeting to vote on the Kroenke deal. It reopens a decision that appeared to have been settled after Outdoor Channel elected to go with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. That ended an $8 a share cash and stock deal it cut in November with InterMedia which also owns The Sportsman Channel and 15 magazines including Guns & Ammo and Petersen's Hunting. InterMedia's new bid seems to reflect a change of heart: It said in March, after Kroenke appeared to have prevailed, that "Outdoor Channel presented an attractive merger partner for us, but our first duty is to our investors and there are prices at which some deals stop making sense."
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It's funny that this channel remains sort of a niche offering while bigger channels have found great ratings with outdoorsy television — A&E's DUCK DYNASTY being a prominent example. It seems like every other basic cable channel has some show about rural types hunting alligators, chopping down trees, or just hanging out hip-deep in swamp water.
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Trezeguet and Momen Zakaria registered their names on the scoresheet to secure three points for Al Ahly against Al-Nasr in the 28th round of the Egyptian Premier League.
Fathi Mabrouk, who was appointed by Al Ahly two days prior to the match, was able to lead Al Ahly to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Al-Nasr in his first match with the Reds following the sacking of Spanish coach Juan Carlos Garrido.
Al Ahly: Sherif Ekramy; Bassem Ali, Saad Samir, Sherif Hazem, Sabry Rahil; Hossam Ashour (Mohamed Rizk), Hossam Ghaly, Mahmoud Hassan 'Trezeguet' (Ramadan Sobhy), Momen Zakaria; Abdallah El-Said (Emad Meteb), Ahmed Abdel-Zaher.
Al-Nasr: Essam Tharawt; Hamouda Samir, Karim El-Koomy, Othman Keita, Ahmed El-Sebaey; Abdallah Gomaa, Ahmed El-Agouz, Abd El-Aziz El-Shaer 'Zizo' (Mohamed Refaay), Ahmed Said, Ahmed Fawzy (Mohamed Samara); Ahmed El-Se'idy (Dakheir Mohamed)
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The Reds started things off, Abdallah El-Said tried to score early in the 8th minute from a good shot; however it went beside the post.
Soon after, Ahmed El-Agouz was not able to take advantage of the cross which passed from Al Ahly's defense in front of Sherif Ekramy.
In the 15th minute, Mahmoud Hassan 'Trezeguet' opened the scoreline. Abdallah El-Said crossed the ball from a free-kick to Bassem Ali, the latter passed it to Trezeguet whose strong shot announced Al Ahly's first goal.
Ten minutes later, Trezeguet added his and Al Ahly's second goal following a tactical play between him and Abdallah El-Said.
Al Ahly's third goal was scored by Momen Zakaria who capitalised on Abdallah El-Said's pass on the right side to shoot a high ball that hit the back of Al-Nasr's net.
Trezeguet attempted to benefit from Bassem Ali's cross to add Al Ahly's 4th goal and his personal hattrick yet he was unable to direct his ball towards the net.
Trezeguet tried once again to score the hattrick but he was booked instead for pretending to fall in the box, although replays showed that he was tackled and deserved a penalty.
Al-Nasr then controlled the match for a few minutes in an attempt to reach Ekramy's goal and score; Zizo's shot on the right side could have slashed Ekramy's clean sheet if it were a tad lower.
Ten minutes before the end of the game, Ramadan Sobhy came in for Trezeguet and the 17 year-old could have made it 4-nil for Al Ahly on more than one occasion yet his shots failed to hit Essam Tharwat's net.
After today's game, Al Ahly remains 3rd in the Egyptian Premier League overall standings while Al-Nasr remain in the relegation zone with 12 points of safety.


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Josep E. Corbí is a professor at the Department of Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge in the University of Valencia (Spain). He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford (1989-90), Brown University (1995-96), University of Buenos Aires (2006), the University of Sheffield (2008-09), and the University of Fribourg (2009).
Josep has published Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms. A Case against Physicalism (Blackwell Publishers, 2000; in cooperation with Josep L. Prades (University of Girona)), Un lugar para la moral (Madrid, Antonio Machado Editores, 2003), and Morality, Self-Knowledge, and Human Suffering. An Essay on the Loss of Confidence in the World (New York, NY: Routledge, 2012). His publications include a number of papers in epistemology, philosophy of mind and meta-ethics in Crítica, European Journal of Philosophy, European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Noûs, Teorema,Theoria, Synthese etc.; as well as less technical papers on guilt and the experience of harm in Azafea, L'Espill and Pasajes. A pdf edition of some such papers is to be found in publications.
Since 1990, Josep has been a research fellow and principal researcher in a number of different Research Projects At present, he is the principal researcher of the Sub-group at the University of Valencia of the Research Project 'Perspectival Thoughts and Facts' (Principal Researcher: Manuel García-Carpintero' (University of Barcelona), CSD2009-00056), both funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. From 1999 to 2005, he has been a member of the Steering Committee of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy (ESAP); at present, he coordinates, together with Jesús Vega (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Pepa Toribio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Nomos Network for Applied Philosophy, and is a member of the Steering Committee of Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica (SEFA). Josep is also Head of a Master's in Contemporary Philosophy and forms a part of the Scientific Committee of Journals such as Acta Analytica, Crítica, Dialectica, Theoria and Teorema.
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Diddy's son is grateful for his father's support.
Justin Combs has thanked the 45-year-old rapper - whose real name is Sean Combs - for being there for him after he was arrested for allegedly attacking his son's American Football Coach for pushing him too hard during a training session.
He took to his Instagram account to share a heartwarming photograph of the pair, which he captioned: "I thank God for having a father that's always there for me. Love you pops!"
The 'Bad Boys For Life' htimaker is said to have assaulted strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi with a metal weight after he yelled at the 21 year old during a practice at UCLA's training complex at around 12:30 p.m on Monday (22.06.15).
Gossip website TMZ reported that Diddy was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery following the incident.
However a representative for the star has since claimed he acted in a "solely defensive" nature and believes once the truth comes out the case will be "dismissed".
They stated: "The various accounts of the events and charges that are being reported are wholly inaccurate. What we can say now is that any actions taken by Mr. Combs were solely defensive in nature to protect himself and his son. We are confident that once the true facts are revealed, the case will be dismissed."
UCLA's head football coach Jim Mora also issued a statement saying: "I'm thankful that our staff showed the level of professionalism that they did in handling this situation. This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved.
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2008: Obama and McCain:
The Wall Street Journal's Sara Murray: "Gap Is Narrowing in Battleground States - McCain Chips Away At Obama's Lead In Four Key Races" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Democrats say McCain forgot Afghanistan" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Michael Muskal: "McCain gains on Obama among voters in 4 key states, polls show" LINK
USA Today's David Jackson: "McCain to meet with Dalai Lama" LINK
The New York Daily New's Josh Greenman: "Obama's Got the World in His Hands; McCain Looks Flatfooted" LINK
2008: McCain:
The New York Times' Sarah Wheaton: "Clicking for Dollars" LINK
The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Robert Barnes: "McCain May Act Soon on VP Pick - Aides Predict Announcement Before Olympics" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Robert Costa: "Rebel With a Cause: Bobby Jindal's Spiritual Journey" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "McCain gigs media, again" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Maeve Reston: "McCain holds small events in a key state: Ohio - The Republican presidential candidate meets with business leaders and cancer survivors" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Don Frederick: "Bratwurst for McCain -- and relish too" LINK
The Washington Times' Valerie Richardson: "Push for Drilling Benefits McCain" LINK
The New York Sun's Rusell Berman: "McCain Camp Hopes for Backlash" LINK
The New York Sun's Edward Blum: "A Question for McCain" LINK
2008: Obama:
ABC News' Rick Klein: "Will Americans Buy Obama's Global Pitch? - Obama Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Europe But Many Remain Unsold at Home" LINK
The New York Times' Steven Erlanger: "Obama, Vague on Issues, Pleases Crowd in Europe" LINK
The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny and Nicholas Kulish: "Obama, in Berlin, Calls for Renewal of Ties With Allies" LINK
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller: "Hey, Obama: There's Bratwurst in Ohio, Too (but No Cheering Masses)" LINK
The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Shannon Smiley: "Obama Says Walls Must Come Down - Democrat Urges U.S.-European Teamwork" LINK
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz: "Obama Abroad: We Get the Picture - The Candidate Looked Good This Week. Did the Press?" LINK
The Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "Obama to Berlin: 'This is our moment'" LINK
The Politico's Ben Smith: "McAuliffe: Kaine for VP" LINK
The Politico's Mike Allen: "Obama leaves the gifting to Santa" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon and Mike Esterl: "Obama Takes Stump to Europe - Democrat Greets 200,000 in Berlin, Pledges Closer Ties" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "Obama's path to presidency is far from clear" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Christian Retzlaff: "Obama's Berlin speech appears to resonate with crowd" LINK
The Associated Press: "Voters greet Obama trip with praise, doubt" LINK
The Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Obama Tells World We Must Unite" LINK
The Washington Times' Maggie Gallagher: "Faking It" LINK
Time Magazine's James Pozniak: "A Star and Stripes" LINK
Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty: "Obama Urges Unity in Berlin" LINK
The New York Daily News' Michael McAuliff: "The Walls Fall Down; Obama Says Countries Must Overcome Differences" LINK
2008: McCain and Obama: International Perspectives:
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Rockwell Collins, through its recent acquisition of ARINC Inc, and Inmarsat, leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to make Rockwell Collins a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of GX Aviation Ka-broadband service. The agreement will bring the latest generation of Ka-band service to airline customers worldwide, scheduled to be available to the commercial aviation market segment during the first half of 2015 and providing speeds of 50 Mbps virtually everywhere in the world, shaping the future of inflight connectivity.
Since the launch of Inmarsat's aviation services over 20 years ago, ARINC has been a leading provider of cockpit voice and data services for airlines over Inmarsat's networks, while Rockwell Collins has been providing Inmarsat-enabled avionics. Rockwell Collins is already a reseller of GX Aviation airtime in the business aviation market segment, and upon agreement will be able to provide a full solution offering to airlines to support all of their SATCOM connectivity needs from the cockpit to the cabin.
"Rockwell Collins is committed to providing the best in class connectivity solutions for our customers," said Jeff Standerski, senior vice president, Information Management Services (IMS) for Rockwell Collins. "Airlines need to know they can provide the same service on every flight, all over the world, and that is what Inmarsat provides. The imminent launch of GX Aviation is very exciting and we are looking forward to working with airlines to bring a broad range of new applications to airlines and passengers."
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So you've finally got an interview for your dream job. You're as excited and prepared as you ever will be!
For you, this interview is going to be a slam-dunk, a no brainer.
Suddenly the interviewer catches you completely off guard.
What does your credit score look like?
As you sit there squeamishly trying to decide if or how to answer that bomb two things cross your mind.
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2. Are they even allowed to ask?
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They can't outright ask you what your credit score is, but they can ask you about other personal finance or credit history information.
Based on the state where you reside, employers can ask credit bureaus for a specific version of your credit report designed specifically for employers and hiring managers.
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According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, an employer does have certain limits as to what they can obtain as it regards to your credit history, but they are entitled access to certain financial history information.
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- An employer must get your consent before checking your credit report. No consent, no approval. But consider the consequences of saying no.
- If you are NOT hired based on your credit history, the employer must disclose to you the report so you can ensure everything is correct before they can outright deny you the position.
- Some states limit credit checks more than the FCRA allows as it can have a negative impact on hiring, so make sure you know your states laws.
Most employers will use the credit checks to ensure that the person they consider hiring has not violated any ethical standards or has criminal behavior in their past.
Not just as a sole means to hire someone.
A credit history report is seen as a great secondary measuring stick for people when you have no familiarity with them.
They can provide emotionless data for you to make assumptions about the person based on if they are responsible or a risk.
Someone who is on top of their finances would hypothetically not show late payments and poor marks, giving a second sign off that this candidate is someone to be trusted. The good news is even if you have poor credit, you aren't SOL.
So how do you protect yourself?
Well, I would say enroll yourself in a credit monitoring program.
Check with the bank you use for your checking and savings accounts, as well as your credit card companies - many of them offer free credit monitoring as an added bonus for being a customer.
Constant monitoring allows you to see exactly what gets added to your credit report and you can be on top of it before anyone else.
Other than that, just be as prepared as possible and stay up to date on your financial history.
If you have poor credit, remember: it is a number. It does not convey the quality of your character or your professionalism.
If it comes up in a job interview, stay ahead of the interviewer and volunteer this information. It never hurts to own up to your previous mistakes and say that you are better person who has learned from their mistakes.
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For the second night in a row, protestors in Charlotte, North Carolina took to the streets in the name of justice after Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by police Tuesday afternoon.
When one Charlotte protestor in particular was rudely asked by Fox News' Steve Harrigan why she was present for the public outcry, she appropriately set him straight.
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The young woman, identified as Allegra Williams, articulated in the video, "I can be at work, at school, in my car — I could still get shot by the police. I can get shot anywhere."
RELATED: Governor Declares State of Emergency, One Civilian Shot As Protests Continue In Charlotte
Williams told Buzzfeed News that she was simply joining the peaceful protest to mourn the death of Scott, who was yet another Black man shot and killed by a police officer.
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The 20-year-old added, "I was yelling from emotion. I was yelling from pain. I was yelling because I was angry. I'm not angry at white people. That's where a lot of people get it misconstrued."
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Wash the joists with the soapy water. Rub your wet, soapy sponge along each board to remove any visible mold. Rub with the grain of the boards. Rinse your sponge often.
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The distance between World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Jose Aldo and the rest of the 145-pound division might be greater than first thought.
Patient and precise, Aldo stopped top contender Manny Gamburyan on second-round punches in the WEC 51 "Aldo versus Gamburyan" headliner Thursday at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo. Gamburyan succumbed to strikes 92 seconds into Round 2, experiencing defeat for the first time in four WEC appearances.
"When I came back in the second round, I just put all the work I'd been doing in the gym into the cage," Aldo said, "and I was able to knock him out."
Aldo -- who survived an early glancing encounter with a Gamburyan right hand -- attacked his foe with a series of leg kicks in the first round as he softened "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 5 finalist for what was to come. Aldo then clipped Gamburyan with a straight right hand in the second, sensed he was hurt and approached for the finish. As Gamburyan dropped for a defensive single-leg takedown, the Nova Uniao standout cracked him with a grazing uppercut, wheeled around behind him, and unleashed a furious stream of punches that left Gamburyan facedown and unconscious.
A winner in 11 consecutive bouts, the 24-year-old Aldo appears to have no equal in the featherweight division.
"If it's up to me," Aldo said, "my reign will last forever."
Cerrone evens the score with Varner
Donald Cerrone came out as the aggressor and never took his foot off the gas.
A multipronged attack that featured a variety of strikes and multiple takedowns drove Cerrone to a unanimous decision victory over archrival Jamie Varner in the co-main event. All three judges scored it 30-27 for Cerrone, who balked at the idea that the two men had buried the hatchet through bloodshed.
"Hell no," said Cerrone, who offered Varner a rematch afterward. "No way."
The two men had carried on a heated war of words since their January 2009 matchup ended in controversy, and it spilled into the cage. Cerrone overwhelmed the former WEC lightweight champion with his early aggression, putting Varner on his heels throughout an entertaining first round. Twice he buckled Varner, first with a blistering knee and later with a straight left hand.
In Round 2, Cerrone attacked Varner high and low. Leg kicks took their toll on the Arizona Combat Sports standout, and he succumbed to another Cerrone takedown 3 minutes, 20 seconds into the period. By the end of the round, Cerrone was up on the scorecards, and Varner was bleeding from his mouth, nose and multiple cuts on his forehead.
Varner landed a pair of crackling right hands midway through the third round, but Cerrone barely flinched. Later in the round, the Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts representative scored with another takedown and hammered away at Varner with short elbows inside the guard.
"Donald's a tough dude," Varner said. "I put up a good fight. He mixed it up. My hat's off to him. Donald beat me."
Torres submits Valencia
Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres put the brakes on a two-fight losing streak as he submitted Charlie Valencia with a second-round rear-naked choke. Valencia, finished for the first time in more than two years, met his demise 2 minutes, 25 seconds into Round 2.
Blessed with a 6-inch height and 11-inch reach advantage, Torres punctuated a relatively uneventful first round with a flurry, as he capitalized on a slip from Valencia. He swarmed the former King of the Cage titleholder with ground-and-pound in the closing seconds. In Round 2, Torres finished what he started. The 29-year-old Carlson Gracie protégé clipped Valencia with a right hand, followed with a head kick and forced a ground battle. Ultimately, he took Valencia's back, secured a body triangle and, after a brief struggle, cinched the choke.
Torres, who now trains at the same Tristar Gym that houses UFC welterweight king Georges St. Pierre, returned to the winner's circle for the first time since his memorable five-round duel with Takeya Mizugaki in April 2009.
Roop KO's 'The Korean Zombie'
"The Ultimate Fighter" Season 8 semifinalist George Roop knocked out Chan Sung Jung with a well-timed head kick in a featured featherweight matchup. The shocking and brutal end came 90 seconds into Round 2.
A former two-division Rage in the Cage champion, Roop controlled Round 1 against the Korean Top Team ace, as he kept Jung at a safe distance with leg and body kicks, stiff jabs, and accurate punches. In the second round, Jung, his hands held dangerously low, walked into a three-strike combination, the last piece of which left him flat on his back and unconscious. The kick landed behind Jung's right ear and dropped him where he stood.
"I'm a long fighter," Roop said. "I knew he was going to come in real aggressive. I thought my precision striking would win the fight. I'm really glad I got the opportunity to showcase my skills here."
Hominick picks apart Garcia, earns split nod
Carried by a jackhammer jab, accurate power punches to the head and body, and symphonic footwork, Canadian standout Mark Hominick defeated one-time featherweight title contender Leonard Garcia by split decision in a featured matchup at 145 pounds. Scores were 29-28 from all three judges, two of whom sided with Hominick.
Present throughout the 15-minute encounter, Hominick's left jab made a mess of Garcia's face by fight's end. The 28-year-old Shawn Tompkins protégé controlled the cage and backed up his foe with well-time strikes, as the tactician brought the fight to the brawler. As has been his tendency, Garcia fired away with high-risk, high-reward punches, most of which were either blocked or missed their intended target.
"We know Leonard has a big right hand," said Hominick, a Thamesford, Ontario, Canada, native who has rattled off four consecutive victories. "We wanted to make him miss, and we wanted to make him pay for missing. That was the game plan. He's very durable; he's very tough, so he's hard to finish."
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Sunday 17 December 1989
It was Sunday, under the sign of Sagittarius. The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Taylor York .
In that special week of December people in US were listening to We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel.
In UK You Got It (The Right Stuff) by New Kids On The Block was in the top 5 hits.
Always, directed by Steven Spielberg, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1989
while Daddy by Danielle Steel was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The Simpsons.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Baseball Stars or Final Fight.
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- Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello President
- Patti Rizzo / Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
- 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2).
- The first full length episode of The Simpsons TV show in the US, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", premieres on Fox-TV.
- Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
- Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timisoara with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
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- Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
- Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
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- Taylor Dayne - With Every Beat Of My Heart
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- Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
- Bon Jovi - Living In Sin
- Cher - Just Like Jesse James
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Went on at least 3 dates with this guy, everything seemed fine we kissed on the last date for a few hours, he took me home. Kissed me again and then I didn't hear from him again. Usually I'll wait for the guy to contact me but this time I let a few days go past (usually he contacted me every day) anyway then I contacted him. Sent him a friendly text with something simple along the lines of, hey, how are you doing? Waited and got no reply. I feel like an idiot for texting. The only reason I did it was to find out if we were cool. Usually if a guy won't contact me after the first time we kiss and I feel it's he walked out, I will never contact him again either so I'm kicking myself. Did I do wrong by texting him?
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Yaakov Katz is Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post. He previously served for close to a decade as the paper's defense analyst and is the co-author of two books: "Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower" and "Israel vs. Iran - The Shadow War". Prior to taking up the role of Editor-in-Chief, Katz served for two years as a senior policy advisor in a number of government ministries. In 2012-2013, Katz spent a year at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and is currently a faculty member and lecturer at Harvard's Extension School.
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That evening the purple shadows were gathering, casting the apartment into a slight gloom. Even though the bedside lamp was on the bulb was low wattage and I stood leaning against the veranda doorway, a bath towel loosely tied around my waist, though it was hardly able to disguise the swell of the cock that had been so well-exercised that day. I watched my cigarette smoke curl lazily up and out into the night sky as I listened to the cicadas, and the two men making out in the bedroom behind me.
It was my 35th birthday and I'd been celebrating in the gay bar, where I'd worked ever since I'd been slung out of the navy for 'depravity likely to corrupt my fellow officers' which, roughly translated, meant that I'd been caught below decks with two of those fellow officers; fucking one, and taking a mouthful from the other.
And so I'd entered civilian life.
An old pal, Scott - one of the two guys rutting on the bed behind me - was a partner in a local nightclub, and he'd fixed me up with a job tending the bar, where I got into the habit of picking up more than just tips.
Scott was 25, a good-looking blond guy; into weights and workouts in a big way, and with a cock to die for - permanently hard and pumping - and he'd insisted that I stay with him until I got settled so, naturally, I never got settled, and we soon became lovers.
As a birthday treat we'd taken the evening off from the nightclub, but we'd gone along anyway as members of the audience to see one of those muscle-boy dance troupes, and there had picked up one of them - a 19 year-old called Adam - who joined us for a few drinks at the bar. At my request, and as a birthday treat, Steve then took him back to the dressing room where he persuaded the dancer to come home with two totally horny strangers.
I hadn't actually been there when he'd persuaded the boy but, when they both eventually re-appeared at the bar, Adam's face was flushed and his eyes were bright and excited, so I could only guess that Scott had used his potent sexual athleticism to sway the boy in my favour.
The cab ride home had been eventful; Scott had occupied the driver by masturbating him as he drove, while I undressed Adam in the back of the car, running my hands over his muscular body, and stroking his beautifully slim dick, before diving down and sucking him. He seemed to be so excited by the prospects of the night ahead that he'd cum almost immediately, which he then made up for by licking it from my face, then kissing me, hard, with his mouth full of his jizz.
I was horny as all hell by the time we reached our apartment, and as Scott paid off the driver - giving him his phone number and a kiss - he looked over into the back and saw me and the naked Adam entwined on the rear seat.
'Fuck it, Jack - you might have waited!' he laughed.
I had no plans to get Adam dressed again.
'Let's just make a run for it,' I suggested.
So we did.
We kept Adam tightly between us and made a dash for the steps, which luckily weren't too well lit, and we all three tumbled in through the front door. Adam was giggling and writhing between us as we negotiated the stairs, but we finally managed to reach our floor without anyone seeing us, and then somehow negotiated the front door key in the lock.
Hardly had we got inside the door when Adam pressed me hard against the wall, kissing me wildly, and running his hands feverishly over my body. He slipped one hand down and unzipped my chinos, then gasped as his fingers curled round my engorged cock. It was a fully distended ten inches - something I've always been rather proud of - and his eyes were wide as he pulled his face from mine and stared down. We staggered about the room as in some surreal ballet while I attempted to shed the rest of my clothes, our lips glued to each other.
Scott was already naked, and was pouring three large brandies which he took over to the bed, his hard cock bobbing before him as he walked.
Adam was gasping as I forced him backwards onto the bed, sliding up his body as we moved and leaving a snail-trail of cum on his skin until we were cock to cock, our erections hard against each other while our lips mashed together.
I rolled over and back and swung one arm out to the open drawer in the bedside cupboard and pulled out a tube of lube, which I opened with one hand while holding the top against my teeth, then I squeezed a large blob onto my cock. Adam watched, then took some from the tube and smeared it round his anus ring with one hand, while he greased my shaft with the other.
He lay on his back as I knelt up between his thighs, then obliged by raising his legs up and back, knees level with his ears as I lifted his ass and inserted two fingers. There'd be no problem there I thought - as if I'd imagined there would be - so I squeezed some lube onto my hand and gently inserted four cupped fingers, which made him writhe and squirm on the bedcover, a mischievous smile never leaving his lips.
'Feels like you've had some cock in your time, baby,' I murmured as I gently twisted and turned my hand inside him.
'Sure,' he gasped as I probed. Then he smiled, flirting with me and licking his lips.
'I'm an exotic dancer. I like men fucking me, y'know?'
'How many have you had at one time?' I asked, idly.
He thought for a moment.
'Well, not all in me the same time but seven in one session,' he laughed. 'It was a big bed.'
He closed his eyes for a moment as I pushed in a littler further.
'We were on tour and went to a party afterwards, and you know how it is - I had a little too much to drink...' He paused as if trying to recall, then gave a little gasp as I twisted my hand. 'They were very gentle - I think - and they all wanted to have me, and then they all came over me. I was bathed in cum!'
I slowly eased out my slick hand, glistening as it emerged from him. Then I pressed the flared head of my cock against his sphincter ring. I pushed in, its girth sliding smoothly into him like a hot knife through butter. Cat-like, he arched his back; stretching himself sinuously, his hard cock pointing stiffly up and along his belly as my last few inches buried themselves within him, until we were completely body-to-body. I propped myself up on my hands on the bed and looked down at him, still smiling up at me, his arms outstretched.
Adam began to play with his nipples, fondling them and licking his lips, his gaze flicking between Scott and me. I replaced his hand with mine and stroked the small bud-like nipples, while he reached down and began to stroke his own cock.
'I'll do that,' said Scott quietly, and placed his hand over the boy's and taking over the movement.
'I love this, Jack,' Adam sighed as I started to ride him. 'I love your big cock inside me!'
'It's all yours, baby.'
My voice had developed a slight rasp. This scene, this boy and my lover, it was getting to me, and I loved the feeling of Scott's hand moving up and down the shaft between us as I slowly pumped in and out. Adam's ass ring was clamped tightly round me and my length flared within him, buried in his warm as I fucked him, solidly, my balls starting to swing heavily against his butt.
'Make me your fuckboy, Jack!' Adam whispered hoarsely. 'Fill me with your cream! Fill me, fill my ass!'
'I'm gonna fill you so full of jizz, baby!' I croaked, gritting my teeth as I pulled out slightly. He gasped loudly at the loss - then gulped as I plunged, quick and hard, all the way back into him again.
'Make me your whore!'
Adam's voice rose in pitch, in the otherwise silent bedroom, and as my movements became harder, his body shifted further up the bed while I plundered him.
Scott continued jacking him with one hand, the other stroking the boy's face while he kissed his forehead. Meanwhile his own cock was swelling and leaking as Adam stretched up to him, trying to kiss Scott's open lips, before finally succeeding. I watched them through half-closed eyes as their tongues snaked and coiled in each other's mouths, saliva dribbling and bubbling from the corners of Adam's lips.
'You've got a great butt,' I hissed as I pummelled into him, feeling my spunk boiling deep within me. Scott's hand was a blur on the boy's cock as he masturbated him between us until Adam had to tear his lips from Scott's, his eyes wide open, mouth gaping, his rectal walls gripping my shaft as he began to spasm.
His voice rose higher. 'Sheee-itttt!!!...AAAHHHH!!'
The cry became shrill and I gazed down, through a film of sweat as a solid, seemingly endless stream of cum shot from his cock and splattered his hairless body.
I....that's so...fucking GOOD, Jack!' he babbled. 'K...keep it...keep it...aaahhh!'
He was still shrieking as I slammed into him, shuddering and jerking, my spunk now well on its way and unstoppable as it snaked in a scalding ribbon, spurting from my piss-slit into him.
He jerked and bucked up from the bed against Scott and me as the heat hit his insides, his perfect white teeth gleaming as his mouth frothed in the half-light, eyes tightly shut, head thrashing from side to side, as again and again my cum pulse into him.
His feet drummed on the bedclothes as we peaked, his belly a creamy mess between us, as I slowly withdrew and reached for a handful of tissues, thoughtfully taken from the drawer by Scott in anticipation. I wiped my streaked cock as it emerged, bubbling from Adam's asshole, followed almost immediately by an outpouring of my cream onto the bed.
I stood up shakily, leaving Adam with his legs now drawn up tightly again, as his ass continued to stream, then staggered to the bathroom and into the shower.
I leaned back under the hot water and washed off my throbbing cock and aching body.
When I came back into the room after towelling myself, I wrapped it around my waist and watched them as Scott, now lying at Adam's side, caressed and stroked him. They were in their own private world and didn't even notice me as I stepped out onto the veranda and lit a cigarette.
I stood staring out over the small town, watching the fireflies in the garden below and thinking my own thoughts.
I turned and looked again. Adam was now spread-eagled on his back, with Scott's tongue trailing from the tip of his semi-erect cock all the way down to the hairless root, making the boy gasp and rise beneath him.
Then I turned away again.
What neither of them realised was why I'd got Scott to persuade Adam to join us. It wasn't just that he was attractive.
It was because Adam reminded me of someone. Someone I'd not seen for a very long time...


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Sandalwood beauty Deepa Sannidhi, who is awaiting for a big success in Kannada, has signed Endendu Ninagagi. Recently the crew had called for the press meet, where Gorgeous Deepa Sannidhi was the show steal with her beauty. Click on slides to view more photos of Deepa in press meet..
Deepa Sannidhi In Endendu Ninagagi
After a very long time Deepa Sannidhi made her public appearance in the audio launch event of Endendu Ninagaagi.
Gorgeous Deepa Sannidhi
Deepa Sannidhi is presently busy with the shooting of Tamil remake of Kannada movie Lucia.
Fifth Combination Of Deepa And V Harikrishna
Endendu Ninagaagi is the fifth movie of Deepa Sannidhi, which will be having the music scored by V Harikrishna.
Audio Release Function Of Endendu Ninagaagi
The audio release function of Endendu Ninagaagi was held on February 26 in Bangalore, which was graced by many eminent personalities of Sandalwood.
Deepa Sannidhi Have Lot Of Confidence On Hari's Music
Deepa Sannidhi is said to be having lot of hopes on V Harikrishna's music. She is also ready to take feedback from the listeners.
Deepa Sannidhi And Sindhu Loknath
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I was wearing a coat and faux leather jacket from H&M with jeans from Bershka, a sweater from H&M Man over a top from Monki, combined with a bag from Zara and boots from Akira.
After remembering having bought those jeans over two years ago, I couldn't sit still and had to go on a quest through our (now messier than ever) storage room. Albeit the washing of the jeans being a tad too bright, I still love them for the leather details on the knees!


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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's rowing team is coming off a busy weekend in Clemson, but there is no rest for the weary as the Quakers close out their Cup season on Saturday. The Class of 1984 Award Plaque is on the line as Penn hosts Dartmouth and No. 8 Princeton on the Schuylkill River.
These three schools have raced for the Plaque annually since 1985, with Princeton winning the Varsity 8 race every year except 1986 when Dartmouth took first place. On Saturday, the Varsity 8 will race at 10:40 a.m.
"Although we had a challenging weekend down in Clemson, our athletes came to work this week and prepared well for our final regular season race of our spring season," said Penn's head coach, Mike Lane. "Princeton and Dartmouth will present many challenges for us; however, we learned a great deal last weekend and are ready to put that our lessons on display Saturday."
In addition to Saturday's races, Penn will also say goodbye to its senior class on Saturday as they row their final home races. Following the races, at 1:30 p.m., the team will have a ceremony to honor the seniors at the boathouse.
"It is always sad but exciting to say goodbye to another class as they close this chapter of their lives," said Lane. "Our seniors this year did an outstanding job creating a culture of hard work, positive attitudes and great teamwork. They will be hard to replace. That said, we still have at least three weeks left for them to continue leaving a lasting legacy after Saturday."
Race Schedule
10:10 a.m. – Third Varsity 8
10:40 a.m. – Varsity 8
11 a.m. – Second Varsity 8
11:30 a.m. – Varsity 4 A
Noon – Varsity 4 B
12:10 p.m. – Varsity 4 C
Spectator Bus
Penn will provide a bus for fans to get down to Boathouse Row and the finish line for Saturday's races. The bus will leave campus from under the Locust Street Bridge (38th Street between Spruce and Walnut) at 9:30 a.m. It will stop at the boathouse at approximately 9:45 for another pickup, then head to the grandstands at the finish line. The bus will return from the grandstands after the races, at approximately 12:20, dropping off at the boathouse before continuing back to campus.
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Some kids like fire trucks and airplanes, while others like big rigs and tractors. For those kids who love to play with tractors, consider letting them go online to play tractor games. The online games are free and easy to find, and they let kids indulge in their fascination for the powerful machines. Easy keyboard manipulation lets even little kids enjoy online tractor games.
Bubble Tractor
Providing online fun for toddlers interested in tractors, the Fisher-Price Bubble Tractor Bubble Pop Game lets kids maneuver a tractor that pops bubbles before they hit the ground. With easy-to-manipulate keys controlling the tractor, the game is suited for ages 3 to 5.
Farm Game Toyz
Children can take part in several tractor-centered online games with Farm Game Toyz. Besides running a virtual farm, kids can drive tractors in Turbo Smoke 2008, Farm Roads and Rabbit's Adventure, where you must stay out of the tractor's way. With more than 130 farm-related games at the website, Farm Game Toyz is an entertaining website for tractor-loving kids to visit.
John Deere Drive Green
Available as a free download from the John Deere tractor and farm equipment company, John Deere Drive Green allows kids to drive up to 15 farm machines, including a variety of tractors. As kids plow, pull stumps, harvest corn and mow down stubble, they can experience what it's like to drive a John Deere tractor. Kids earn money for completing each task, allowing them to purchase more equipment to help with the farm work.
Tractor's Power
Kids can feel the true power of a tractor as they participate in virtual tractor races. With simple keyboard movements, kids can control the tractor while it races, and they'll try to complete each level while doing tricks. More tricks and speed equal more points, allowing kids to advance to more complex levels.
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Hi, As you know BlackBerry have recently launched its famous Messenger BBM for Android and iOS. Within a short period of time, it has became one of Android's most popular Apps. I am going to write few tips for use BBM over Android and iOS. But first of all, how to remove BBM icon from Top Notification Bar is Explained Below.
After installing BBM on Android or iOS, its icon appears on the Screen's Notification Area (i.e. Top Bar). This can be annoying to some users and they might don't like that they always have to stuck with this. But don't be disappointed. Blackberry have solution for it. It allows to hide the BBM icon from top Notification bar. Let's Remove this icon from notification bar in Blackberry's Way..
Remove icon from top of your Android phone by following steps below:
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Volume 20, Number 9—September 2014
Reemergence of Brucella melitensis Infection in Wildlife, France
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|Garin-Bastuji B, Hars J, Drapeau A, Cherfa M, Game Y, Le Horgne J, et al. Reemergence of Brucella melitensis Infection in Wildlife, France. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014;20(9):1570-1571. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.131517
|Garin-Bastuji B, Hars J, Drapeau A, et al. Reemergence of Brucella melitensis Infection in Wildlife, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014;20(9):1570-1571. doi:10.3201/eid2009.131517.
|Garin-Bastuji, B., Hars, J., Drapeau, A., Cherfa, M., Game, Y., Le Horgne, J....Mick, V. (2014). Reemergence of Brucella melitensis Infection in Wildlife, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(9), 1570-1571. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.131517.
To the Editor: Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Brucella spp. France has been free of bovine, ovine, and caprine brucellosis (caused by B. abortus or B. melitensis) since 2003 (1). In early 2012, an outbreak of bovine and human brucellosis caused by B. melitensis biovar 3 (Bmel3) occurred in a French Alp massif (mountainous region), where the last reported outbreak occurred in 1999 (Technical Appendix [PDF - 126 KB - 3 pages] Figure) (2). This outbreak suggested the persistence or reemergence of Brucella spp. in livestock.
An extensive investigation was conducted that involved 40 animal herds with direct links to the outbreak. Six months later, blood samples from each adult animal in any herd (12,116 animals in 205 herds) that grazed during the summer of 2012 in the massif underwent serologic analysis. However, no other case was identified in this population (Technical Appendix [PDF - 126 KB - 3 pages] Table 1). Therefore, a potential wildlife source was investigated.
Wild ruminants in the study area were the following species: hunted red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), and protected alpine ibex (Capra ibex). Although B. abortus and B. suis infections have been reported in numerous wildlife species (3), B. melitensis has rarely been isolated from wildlife, and only sporadic cases of infection have been reported in Europe, in chamois and alpine ibex in the Alps (4,5) and in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) in the Pyrenees (6). These cases were considered to be caused by spillover from domestic ruminants, which suggests that these wild species are unable to sustain the infection (3).
We conducted our investigation during the fall–winter of 2012–2013 in the entire massif where the outbreak occurred. Blood, lung, spleen, and testes or uterus samples were obtained from all hunted animals. French Authorities authorized the killing of 12 seropositive or diseased alpine ibex with clinical signs of brucellosis (i.e., arthritis or orchitis) among 30 captured animals.
All serum samples were tested according to standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (Paris, France) for diagnosis of brucellosis in small ruminants by using by the Rose Bengal test (RBT) and the complement fixation test (CFT) (7), and by indirect ELISA (IDEXX, Montpellier, France) and competitive ELISA (cELISA; Ingenasa, Madrid, Spain). When blood samples were unsuitable for RBT or CFT or were missing, a lung extract was tested by only the 2 ELISAs. Culture was only performed on samples from seropositive animals (Technical Appendix [PDF - 126 KB - 3 pages] Table 1) (8). A Brucella genus–specific real-time PCR was also used (9).
A total of 129 hunted ruminants (55 chamois, 30 red deer, 44 roe deer) were tested. No clinical signs were observed, except for arthritis in the knee of 1 chamois. All ruminants were seronegative except for the chamois, which showed positive results in the RBT, CFT, and cELISA, and 1 red deer, which showed a weakly positive result in the cELISA, but negative results by culture and real-time reverse transcription PCR. Bmel3 was isolated from the chamois (Appendix Table 1).
Among 289 alpine ibex observed in the massif, 24 were killed (22 randomly sampled animals that showed 2 diagnostic lesions at necropsy [arthritis in the knee and mammary abscesses]) and 2 diseased animals (arthritis in the knee and orchitis), and samples from these animals were subjected to serologic analysis. Ten alpine ibex (including the 2 diseased animals) showed positive results in the RBT, CFT and both ELISAs, and 2 showed positive results only for both ELISAs. Thus, the prevalence of B. melitensis in randomly captured animals was 45% (10/22; 95% CI 24.6%–66.3%) (Technical Appendix [PDF - 126 KB - 3 pages] Table 1).
Bmel3 was isolated from 5 of 11 seropositive alpine ibex (1 alpine ibex was killed in an avalanche) and from 3 seropositive but culture-negative ibex, which also showed positive results by PCR (Technical Appendix [PDF - 126 KB - 3 pages] Table 2). Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis showed similarity among all strains isolated in this study and strains isolated from local domestic outbreaks >13 years ago (10).
Although persistence of B. melitensis in wild ruminants has not been reported, and these animals are considered an epidemiologic dead-end reservoir (3), the unexpected prevalence observed (≈50%) suggests that alpine ibex could be the source of bovine brucellosis reemergence in the study area in France. Strict surveillance policies have prevented infection of domestic livestock with B. melitensis in the study area since 1999. However, cohabitation of domestic and wild ruminants on pastures during the summer is rare but possible. Clinical signs and lesions observed in chamois and alpine ibex are consistent with those reported for chamois and alpine ibex with brucellosis (4,5). Positive cultures were obtained from organ samples (knee, testes, and lymph nodes) but also from urogenital fluids, which indicates the potential for excretion of the organism.
The fact that births occur during periods and in places where female alpine ibex are not in close contact with other wild/domestic species (because of higher altitude or rocky peaks) could explain the low transmission rate of B. melitensis to these animals. It also suggests that the venereal route might contribute to the transmission within alpine ibex during the mating season in winter. This report demonstrates the need for maintaining an active/reactive surveillance system for livestock and wildlife in brucellosis-free regions.
We thank Gilles Le Carrou and Yannick Corde for providing technical support; Gabriela Vecchio for providing logistic expertise; Didier Calavas for providing epidemiologic information; and Manuel Thuault, Dominique Gauthier, the Departmental Hunting Association of Haute-Savoie, local laboratories of Savoie and Haute-Savoie; and local and central veterinary services for providing efficient collaboration in the field.
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