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ALVIN, Texas - A pawn shop in the Brazoria County town of Alvin became the target of a federal investigation led by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Court documents obtained by Local 2 Investigates state that the investigation involved an undercover informant making gun purchases from Cash Cow Pawn of Alvin.
In an affidavit seeking a search warrant, agents wrote that they received information from Alvin police detectives that illegal immigrants and people with criminal records were suspected of being able to purchase guns from an employee of the shop. Agents also stated that they sent an undercover informant who said he had a criminal record and was not a United States citizen in to the shop buy a gun.
Court records read, "The (Confidential Informant) asked (manager) about the question related to one's criminal convictions. (Manager) told the (Confidential Informant) to answer "no" to that question." Court records also read "(Manager) told the (Confidential Informant) to check the box "United States Citizen." Local 2 removed the name of the employee from the preceding quotes because no criminal charges have been filed as of yet.
Agents also wrote that the pawn shop employee was able to get around the FBI's background check designed to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals by misspelling the informant's name on federally required paperwork. Court records read that during the transaction the manager also asked the informant if he "was interested in purchasing AK-47s."
Court records said that the informant kept buying guns from the employee until the employee got nervous he was being watched by store cameras. However, agents wrote that the employee told the undercover informant if he brought in someone who could pass the federal required background checks then he would sell the guns to that person.
Local 2 attempted to speak with the employee listed in court records, but received no answer at his home. Business cards were also left at the home and on the windshield of a car parked in the driveway in an attempt to reach the individual.
A man identifying himself as a manager of the pawn shop declined to comment on the raid, citing the on-going investigation. A message left for owners of the shop has also not been returned.
Agents with the ATF said they are still going over all the records and computer hard drives seized during the raid and will make a determination whether charges will be filed after that process is complete.
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Osteoporosis is not just a significant health problem for women. It is also prevalent in aging men, yet the disease often goes undiagnosed or untreated until a bone fracture occurs, according to a paper published in the June 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. These fractures, which are treated primarily by orthopaedic surgeons, can play an important role in identifying men with osteoporosis so the disease also can be treated.
It is estimated that more than two million men in the United States have osteoporosis. According to the paper, which is an extensive review of the current literature on this disease, 30 percent of hip fractures occur in men, and those men have twice the mortality rate of women during the initial hospitalization and first post-fracture year. One third of men who suffer a hip fracture lose independence and must move into a nursing facility or a relative's home. With 77 million baby boomers aging, the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of men with osteoporosis is crucial to preventing these fragility fractures.
"Osteoporosis is not only a women's disease--men also lose bone density as they age," said author Vonda J. Wright, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellow at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. "But because many of us physicians don't realize how common osteoporosis can be in men, we don't always look for it when a male patient has suffered a fracture. The fracture gets treated but the underlying disease does not, so the patient continues to be at risk."
Osteoporosis is often considered a woman's disease because it is linked to a loss of estrogen that occurs during aging. Because women have higher levels of estrogen, most of the research on osteoporosis has been focused on them. However, men also undergo a loss of estrogen and other hormones that affect bone density, albeit more gradually than women.
There is also a genetic factor in osteoporosis. "If you are a man who notices that your father is losing height, or sustained a hip fracture from a standing position, he may have osteoporosis; therefore, you may have a greater chance of developing osteoporosis too," Dr. Wright explained. "Even if you don't have those symptoms yet, you should see your orthopaedic surgeon or internist to have your bone density checked so you can begin a program of treatment if necessary."
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MIAMI - Miami police are looking to identify a man who detectives said punched a man at a Halloween party, resulting in the victim's death.
Patrick Prevatte, 40, was seen arguing with a man in a white hat at Taverna Opa, located at 900 S. Miami Avenue in the early morning hours on November 1.
Witnesses told detectives the conversation escalated, and the suspect punched Prevatte, causing him to fall to the ground and strike his head.
Prevatte was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he died.
Detectives are now hoping to identify the man in the white hat.
Anyone with information is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
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During Xbox boss Phil Spencer's session at GDC 2015 today, it was announced Elite: Dangerous would release on Xbox One. Spencer also outlined cross-buy functionality across Windows 10 and Xbox One.
Xbox One wins December, price returns to $349
Xbox One has a record breaking holiday period. To celebrate, Microsoft is keeping the price low.
Halo 5 beta install is over 10GB
The install size for Halo 5 beta has been shown on the Xbox store.
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Xbox Live is apparently on its knees before the malicious activity of a group of DDOS fans, although from here it seems to be working perfectly.
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Microsoft has detailed the daily deals in its ongoing Xbox 360 Ultimate Games Sale.
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EA Sports UFC can be sampled in demo form on Xbox One, but as one reader has pointed out, the demo comes with a price tag on the Australian store.
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Xbox One and 360 users will witness first-hand the fruit of Microsoft's TV labour this year, with a slate of Xbox Originals starting in June. Press invited to a special event were even shown a sizzle reel that suggests a Gears of War and Fable series are also on the cards.
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Buxton among Twins prospects headed to AFL
KANSAS CITY -- Byron Buxton, MLB.com's No. 1 prospect, headlined a group of six Twins prospects on the Arizona Fall League rosters that were announced on Tuesday.
Buxton's participation in the six-team league that begins on Oct. 7 comes as an encouraging sign, considering he was shut down for the Minor League season two weeks ago due to a concussion.
"That's what they're saying, that that concussion is OK. I've heard that," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "That will be good that he goes down there and gets back into baseball."
The concussion and a wrist injury zapped Buxton's production and playing time this season. He only played 31 games and batted .240/.313/.405 with six steals at Class A Advanced Fort Myers. This after a breakout 2013 campaign when he played 125 games and batted .334/.424/.520 with 55 steals at Class A Cedar Rapids and Fort Myers.
Eddie Rosario, MLB.com's No. 64 prospect, will join Buxton on the Salt River Rafters, the Twins' AFL affiliate. Max Kepler, Taylor Rogers, Jason Adam and Mason Melotakis round out Minnesota's selections.
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Morgan Stanley: Buy US Steel on Weakness, Steel Dynamics a Bargain
Steel stocks US Steel (X) and Steel Dynamics (STLD) continue to slide today. Is it time to buy?
Shares of US Steel have dropped 2.6% to $23.54 today at 12:01 p.m., bring its year-to-date slide to 20%, while Steel Dynamics has fallen 2.5% to $16.65, bringing its drop this year to 15%. AK Steel (AKS) has dropped 2.2% today and 25% this year, while Nucor (NUE) is off 1.9% today and 8.7% this year.
Morgan Stanley's Evan Kurtz and team think it might be time to load up on shares of US Steel and Steel Dynamics. They explain:
The key debate on US Steel is whether it makes sense to buy the stock with steel prices weakening. We believe the company specific EBITDA tailwinds laid out by US Steel management on the last call are too compelling to ignore, and we would look at any price cycle related weakness as a buying opportunity...
Steel Dynamics is a Bargain at Current Levels...Steel Dynamics is a top notch operator that trades below fair value, and we recommend investors buy on dips. Steel Dynamics has leverage to several secular themes including a developing non-residential construction rebound (structural steel, MBQ, fabrication) and a US manufacturing renaissance (sheet, shapes, SBQ). In addition, Steel Dynamics is pursuing two major projects that are ramping up this year and will add to mid-cycle earnings power.
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 SIMULATIONS

Capsid simulations (Multiscale Modeling)
A viral capsid is a system with many proteins, each with many atoms, Thus, when trying to simulate such a system, we have to face many obstacles, mainly concerned in the resolution of the information and computational time required. Efforts have been focused on simplification of the system. To solve this problem, lately has been proposed an approach to model and simulate such systems, called Multiscale Modeling.
This previous method has been successfully applied to simplify the capsid model, but compromises detail and resolution of its behavior and functionality. It is a great method for preliminary results of structural analysis, but, when concerned of specific and local phenomena, like charge inversion or electrostatic double layers, we could be missing useful information within these simplifications.
This is why we would not rely on this approach, although it could be a great alternative if there is no great impact of local phenomena in our first detailed observation, and is a powerful choice for saving computational effort.
Molecular Dynamics

Molecular dynamics (MD) emerged as one of the first simulation methods from the pioneering applications to the dynamics of liquids by Alder and Wainwright and by Rahman in the late 1950s and early 1960s. There are two main methods of approaching MD: the classical and quantum.
In the 'classical' mechanics approach to MD simulations molecules are treated as classical objects, resembling very much the 'ball and stick' model. Atoms correspond to soft balls and elastic sticks (more accurately seen as springs) correspond to bonds. The laws of classical mechanics (Newton's differential equations of motion) define the dynamics of the system.
Quantum MD simulations represent an important improvement over the classical approach for small scale systems, and they are used in providing information on a number of biological problems. It mainly is involved in finding the electronic wave function and solving their Schrödinger's equations. However, they require more computational resources, and often require great oversimplification of the system to balance the computational effort, losing detail of results. At present only the classical MD is practical for simulations of biomolecular systems comprising many thousands of atoms over time scales of nanoseconds without oversimplifying it.

In order to study the role of diffusion, electrostatics and particle dynamics, our idea was to simulate the entire system of capsid, solvent, enzyme and ions, with full detail (full atomistic resolution), in a Molecular Dynamics simulation.
The rate of ion movement across the capsid would give us the diffusion constant of ions, and observing the concentration inside and near the enzyme, we could be able to calculate the concentration near the enzyme that would feed the inputs for further enzyme's kinetic study. Also, we could observe the ion distribution around the enzyme and capsid walls due to electrostatic interaction.
Because of the time limitation range, we wouldn't be able of simulating the processes of nucleation and enzyme reaction, but we could be able to simulate several small frames of time, covering "photographs" of the whole phenomena.
Complicated and surprising events may occur, but this method shows the correct dynamical evolution of the system for this potential and these boundary conditions. If an accurate description of the atomic is taken into account, it will be a very accurate representation of the real physical system.
Why is it difficult? Computational Limitations

The time limitation is the most severe problem in MD simulations. Relevant time scales for biologically important processes extend over many orders of magnitude. For example, protein folding may take minutes. While this may become feasible in the near future, the nanosecond time scale for biosystems comprising several tens of thousands of atoms is the current estimated domain of standard MD simulations.
Molecular dynamics is only one of a number of computer methods available to molecular modelers. Global optimization techniques, free energy methods and alternative approaches to conformational analysis enable applications to a much broader range of problems.
In our case, not just these problems were of great relevance, but also the right incorporation and optimization of parameters needed for the simulation, to account for the right interaction of the particles, right charge consideration and refinement of computational parameters. These things take a great deal of time, and require many trials and tests of the system, that, in our case, is too big and implies a greater deal of time. Not being affordable for the current length of the project, this approach was postponed.
Potential energy functions
One important step in simulations (both for Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations) is the evaluation of the system potential. It involves summing the following potential terms for all the particles:
\begin{equation} U(\vec r) = \sum U_{bonded}(\vec r) + \sum U_{nonbonded}(\vec r) \end{equation}
The bonded potential terms involve 2-, 3-, and 4-body interactions of covalently bonded atoms, with \(O(N)\) terms in the summation. The non-bonded potential terms involve interactions between all pairs of atoms with \(O(N^2)\) terms in the summation, although fast evaluation techniques are used to compute good approximations to their contribution to the potential with \(O(N)\) or \(O(N \log{N})\) computational cost, such as Particle Mesh Ewald method.
Bonded Potential Energy
To account for the 2-body interactions, a spring bond potential describes the harmonic vibrational motion between a pair of covalently bonded atoms,
\begin{equation} U_{bonded} = k (r_{ij}-r_0)^2 \end{equation}
where \(r_{ij}=||\vec r_j-\vec r_i||\) is the distance between the atoms, \(r_0\) is the equilibrium distance, and \(k\) is the spring constant.

The 3-body angular bond potential describes the angular vibrational motion occurring between a triple of covalently bonded atoms,
\begin{equation} U_{angle} = k_(\theta) (\theta - \theta_0)^2 + k_{ub} (r_{ik} - r_{ub})^2 \end{equation}
where, in the first term, \(\theta\) is the angle in radians between vectors \(r_{ij}=\vec r_j-\vec r_i\) and \(r_{kj}=\vec r_j-\vec r_k\), \(\theta_0\) is the equilibrium angle, and \(k_{\theta}\) is the angle constant. The second term is the Urey-Bradley term used to describe a (non-covalent) spring between the outer atoms, active when constant \(k_{ub} \neq 0\) , where \(r_{ik}=||\vec r_k-\vec r_i||\) gives the distance between the pair of atoms and \(r_{ub}\) is the equilibrium distance.
The 4-body torsion angle (dihedral angle) potential describes the angular spring between the planes formed by the first three and last three atoms of a consecutively bonded quadruple of atoms,
\begin{equation} U_{tors} = \begin{cases} k(1+\cos{n\Psi + \phi})^2 & if n > 0 \\ k(\Psi - \phi)^2 & if n = 0 \\ \end{cases} \end{equation}
where \(\Psi\) is the angle in radians between the first-triple-plane and the last-triple-plane. The integer constant is nonnegative and indicates the periodicity. For \(n > 0\), \(\phi\) is the phase shift angle and \(k\) is the multiplicative constant. For \(n = 0\), \(\phi\) acts as an equilibrium angle and the units of \(k\) change to correspond units. A given quadruple of atoms might contribute multiple terms to the potential, each with its own parameterization. The use of multiple terms for a torsion angle allows for complex angular variation of the potential, effectively a truncated Fourier series.

Non-bonded potential energy
The non-bonded potential terms involve interactions between all non-bonded pairs of atoms. Even using a fast evaluation method the cost of computing the non-bonded potentials dominates the work required for each time step of an MD simulation. The Lennard-Jones potential accounts for the weak dipole attraction between distant atoms and the hard core repulsion as atoms become close,
\begin{equation} U_{LJ} = - \epsilon \large[(\frac{\sigma}{r_{ij}})^{12}-2 (\frac{\sigma}{r_{ij}})^{6}\large] \end{equation}
The parameter \(\epsilon\) is the minimum of the potential term. The Lennard-Jones potential approaches 0 rapidly as \(r_{ij}\) increases, so it is usually truncated (smoothly shifted) to 0 past a cutoff radius, requiring \(O(N)\) computational cost.
The electrostatic potential is repulsive for atomic charges with the same sign and attractive for atomic charges with opposite signs,
\begin{equation} U_{elec} = \epsilon_{14} \frac{1}{4 \pi \kappa \epsilon}\frac{q_i q_j}{r_{ij}} \end{equation}
where \(q_i\) and \(q_j\) are the charges on the respective atoms. The dielectric constant \(\kappa\) is fixed for all electrostatic interactions. The parameter \(\epsilon_{14}\) is a unitless scaling factor whose value is 1, except for a modified 1-4 interaction, where the pair of atoms is separated by a sequence of three covalent bonds. Although the electrostatic potential may be computed with a cutoff like the Lennard-Jones potential, the \(\frac{1}{r}\) potential approaches 0 much more slowly than the \(\frac{1}{r^6}\) potential, so neglecting the long range electrostatic terms can degrade qualitative results, especially for highly charged systems.

Simulation Considerations

Radius and Volume Exclusion
One thing we needed to include to our simulations was Volume Exclusion. This means we would not consider dimensionless points as particles. Instead we are giving a real radius to our particles, changing the dynamics restrictions and boundary conditions of the problem. This also means we need to specify for the \(\sigma\) parameter of Lennard Jones potential by considering which elements are participating in the interaction.
Fixed atoms
To reduce computational cost, we need to fix certain groups of atoms within the molecule. This would reduce the resolution of information concerning the real dynamics of the problem, but allow us to have a more simple system. The sets of atoms that are going to be fixed are the viral capsid (centered in the simulation box) and the enzyme (at the center of the capsid).
Explicit Water and Ions
To observer full detail of electrostatic phenomena such as charge inversion and double layers, we need to keep explicit our water molecules and ion particles. This means that we need to solvate our system before the simulation, adding water molecules to the simulat ion box matching the water density required, and adding ions within the box until the system overall charge is neutralized (all these steps are done already within VMD/NAMD algorithms in its incorporated plugins).
Monte Carlo

The Monte Carlo (MC) technique was developed even before MD. The method is, essentially, a statistical approach to the study of differential equations, or more generally, of integro-differential equations that occur in various branches of the natural sciences.. A long series of random moves is generated with only some of them considered to be "correct". Monte Carlo methods are mainly used in three distinct problems: optimization, numerical integration and generation of samples from a probability distribution.
Similar to the idea with MD simulations, our approach from MC simulations is to describe "photographs" of the whole phenomena, but now looking to find the most thermodynamically stable states (lower energy conformations) in each one.

Of course, this would require optimization of code, incorporation of appropriate modules to recollect the required information, refinement of parameters to adequate interactions, incorporation of Lennard Jones potential and Coulomb Electrostatic potential, adjustment of but potential's units, among other minor steps.
LJ code
We followed a basic code structure of Monte Carlo Simulation of Lennard Jones particles in a NVT ensemble (Number of particles, Volume and Temperature constant). It implements integrating equations of motion using the velocity verlet algorithm, while temperature is conserved using the Andersen thermostat.
Basic code modifications
Several code modifications were done in order to have proper data compilation, analysis and simulation. This mainly involved incorporating a recompilation of particle positions and energy, radii (volume exclusion), charge (and electrostatic interaction), periodic boundary conditions, and trajectory of simulation.
Metropolis Monte Carlo samples configurational space and generates configurations according to the desired statistical-mechanics distribution. However, there is no time in Metropolis MC and the method cannot be used to study evolution of the system or kinetics. An alternative computational technique that can be used to study kinetics of slow processes is the kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method.
Also known as the dynamic MC method and Gillespie Algorithm, is a computer simulation intended to simulate the time evolution of some processes occurring in nature. Typically these are processes that occur with a given known rate. It is important to understand that these rates are inputs to the KMC algorithm, the method itself cannot predict them.
Before starting KMC simulation we have to make a list of all possible events that can be realized during the simulation and calculate rates for each event. When the rate constants of all processes are known, we can perform a KMC simulation in the time domain. In the case of a single process, the reciprocal of the rate of the process determines the time required for the reaction to occur. This quantity can be set equal to the KMC time. In the case of a many-particle multi-process system, however, introduction of time is less straightforward and several modifications of the algorithm exist.
Our approach was to simulate the behavior of the enzyme and nucleation reactions through KMC simulation, in order to elucidate the most probable size distribution of reduced and nucleated silver inside the capsid, to have better inputs in each of our simulations. This method has been replaced by the proposition and solution of the differential equations describing the kinetics of the single-enzyme confined inside the capsid.

In numerical analysis, the Runge–Kutta methods are an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations.
This is a strong algorithm to solve differential equations, and is one of the best options within MATLAB. Relying on this, and the simple Simulink interface of MATLAB, is possible to study and simulate a system of differential equations to better describe our phenomenon.
With the great tool of MATLAB and Simulink, we can solve the differential equations describing the single-enzyme confined kinetics, to better understanding of the complex phenomenon that is taking place.
Method, Steps
Once having obtained the adequate equations that describe our phenomenon, and proposing, if needed, new parameters or restriction equations, the next step is to translate everything into Simulink, and run the model for different parameters, to understand how are the variables changing with time, and how are the unknown parameters changing this behavior.


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NBA or all sports?
NBA is:
All sports:
Red Sox
Stop quoting people I have on ignore!
NBA: Knicks, Heat and the Lakers
NFL: Jets, Jaguars and 49ers
MLB: Yankees, Cardinals, Blue Jays
Now on the flip side where the teams I like are:
NBA: Pacers, Thunder and Mavericks
NFL: Colts, Ravens and Bucs
MLB: Reds, Giants and Braves
The Hawks, Team Iceland, and the Varsity Warriors
I am pretty sure I am the only one who caught the mighty ducks reference here...
Pistons (come on noone else still hates them?!?), Knicks, Lakers
Red Sox
Any team that ESPN shows ad nauseum and disproportionately to most teams I can't stand.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Do you hate the Blue Jays for beating the Braves in the World Series? I like the Jays myself.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
NBA: Knicks, Pistons, Heat
NFL: Patriots, Steelers, Chargers
MLB: Yankees, Angels, Phillies
Pistons, Celtics, and Bulls
LeHeat (Only dislike them cuz Bron.. Love wade.)
Lakers and Knicks. No other team comes close to those two in my circle of hate. If you forced me to choose a third I'd say the New England Patriots but they are WAY down the line from those two.
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1. Probably just because they are the new d-bags of the league, and obviously, all the d-bags like them.
2. Another rival, this time a division one, and their terrible fans are ********. I hate Chicago anyway and their fans are blegh.
3. I guess you gotta hate them, too. Although I'm late on the party there, wasn't a diehard when they beat us in 2000.
4. / Again, too young for a lot of Knick hatred, but with them becoming good again it'll fire back up, and obviously the Pistons, our last true rival.
1. I'm a Colts fan, so no one is surprised here.
2. / Jets talk way too much and suck. Steelers have a lot of annoying fans, but one of my friends is a legit Steeler fan, so I don't really hate them too much.
3. ???? I guess I don't really like the rest of the AFC South teams. Texans fans think they are awesome, but hell they only won the division because, for the most part, a neck injury....
1. Cardinals I'm a Reds fan.
2. Cubs I'm a Reds fan, did I mention I hate Chicago?
3. NL Central teams
4. Yankees? Yeah, I guess.
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I just opened this thread and lost it when I saw that. Aesop wins the thread.
This is easy for me.
Try hard-er or Die hard-er. In this to win it.
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2. chelsea
3. manchester united
Teams or fans of teams???
1) 76 fans tied with anything to do with the Pistons
2) Lakers
3) Knicks (see, I hold grudges)
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
1. Chicago
2. Detroit
3. Lebron
Mine are:
1. Real Madrid (Come on ANY other club would have been declared banckrupt like 5 or more times, but they are allowed to keep spending and buy who they like with what was it... Eur 500 mln in debt? And if it was just once...no, over and over again. False competition is what I call it). Besides that they do what nr.2 does aswell, which is...
2. Chelsea. They just buy who they like. What the hell is the fun is assembling and building a team like that, while hardly having players from your own nationality let stand your own youth program in it? Hey, Ajax has a nice player, bye bye player for Ajax. *****ING ANNOYING and with those budgets you buy your way up the standings almost, luckily that doesn't always translate to titles. Manchester City is becoming a good candidate here aswell...
3. The Los Angeles Lakers. They have RAPED so many teams in the past with those one-sided **** deals that they get when players like Kobe don't want to play for the team that drafted them and then when they are on the brink of elimination somekind of miracle call or play happens that helps them out. Huge TV and other team budgets, huge market, a nice climate, etc, etc. That's some secondary crap that's hard to compete with, besides that they do also have that aforementioned talent AND good management most of the time. And lastly I REALLY disliked Shaq and his unending arrogance when he played there and particularly when he played the Pacers and especially Rik Smits. I warmed up to him and his act after he was traded from LA.
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Rep. Blumenauer: Ore. voters will legalize pot 'sooner rather than later'
PORTLAND, Ore. - The push to legalize marijuana across America took center stage in Portland Sunday.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer held a town hall meeting on marijuana reform, a topic that has gained steam since Washington and Colorado legalized possession of the drug last November.
The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet responded to those state-level changes.
Blumenauer, a long-time supporter of legalizing marijuana, says he has about two-dozen lawmakers working with him to reassess the government's policy on pot.
The Democrat told the audience gathered at the Dishman Community Center in Northeast Portland that he wants Congress to clear up the government's response to states that approve pot use.
"What I want to make sure is that the federal government isn't screwing it up, getting in the way of what local voters want to do and after they decide, not interfering with how local voters want to implement it," said Blumenauer.
The Marijuana Policy Project, a national advocacy group, plans to spend at least $700,000 in Oregon to try to convince voters that pot should be legalized in 2016. Advocates plan to target business owners, women and other groups they believe are key to turning public opinion.
"Talking to law enforcement, talking to seniors, talking to rural communities," said group representative Roy Kaufman. "We want to come to Oregonians in 2016 with a smart, compelling, strong approach to taxing and regulating marijuana."
Last year, Measure 80 failed by more than 110,000 votes statewide, although it passed by 75,000 votes in Multnomah County.
It takes 218 votes in the House and at least 51 in the Senate to pass a law, plus the approval of the President.
Blumenauer said he expects Oregon voters to legalize pot within the next decade. He says he plans to push legislation that will help marijuana-related businesses to secure bank loans and allow for hemp production.
"This is an area that is going to be changed," said Blumenauer. "It's going to be changed sooner rather than later."


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These are also from the 1930s. Pic #1 shows car used to transport brown coal dust.
Pic #2 shows the famous ME steam locomotive. ME for "Mountain" I think! If you have a Christie's catalogue, it may be in it. If so, you will see the value of such a locomotive.
This is a made in Germany exact replica of the Marklin ME.
Pic #3 shows a four axle Marklin "O" guage freight car. Again, wood is original.
Pic #4 shows a "O" guage Mitropa RHEINGOLD car. Basel/Amsterdam line. This car has table lamps that light up, doors that open.
I am fortunate to have on board a very good friend who lives in Germany. His name is Mr. Bauer. He is an expert in collectibles especially toy trains. He provided some information on this particular car after seeing it posted here. Here is what he wrote:
"This car is a replica of the company Dearstedt (Switzerland). Original car in the Märklin produced only on special request. Original car, I have not seen yet! (Nazi Goering original Rheingold car has gone on his trail-0-conditioning ...)."
Again, my thanks to Mr. Bauer for the historical facts regarding this passenger car.


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In the passing years, the tobacco industry has been reaching out more and more to children in a variety of ways. Almost anywhere you look there is an advertisement to smoke; magazines, television, movies, the Internet and everywhere in between.
With the idea that smoking makes you cooler, the bright, attractive colors and the image that "everyone" does it, kids are more inclined to start smoking as soon as possible.
Almost everyone can recognize a box of Marlboro, Camel or Kool cigarettes, even if they don't smoke. In 2011, the leading characters in all top five grossing movies smoked on camera. All of this exposure to cigarettes causes children and young teens to become accustomed to cigarettes. When it becomes a "norm," more of the children are likely to become dragged in and addicted to the cigarettes.
With all this danger, why are tobacco companies allowed to target children? Why are they able to taint the innocence of today's youth with such misleading notions about their deadly products? Are the small words that warn you after you have purchased the tobacco enough?
I think tobacco companies should have to abide by a set of laws that does not make children as vulnerable. Signs placed higher, limited use in television and TV of a certain rating and an ad campaign that does not shadow over all of the risks and dangers of tobacco and tobacco smoke are all plausible and reasonable options that the government could regulate to protect our country's growing youth.
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Hey everyone. First post here. So, I've played DG off and on for a few years and never got serious about it until some guy at the local course asked me to join a weekly league. So now I'm practicing and reading up all I can here and it's a whole new world of disc golf possibilities.
Anyway so a friday after work I went down into the retention pond behind my house for some RHBH throwing practice with my roc. Trying to get the right technique for more D and I made a change, trying for a full reachback while attempting to wait as long as possible to start pulling the disc. This seemed to force me to use my hips, core, and back for power. I did this twice, heard a nice new whooosh, got a bit of additional D, and possibly more snap, since the disc seemed to fly in a slight of an s-curve, though I probably released it too nose up because it went kind of high. The only problem, both times, and this never happened previously, I felt a pop in my throwing shoulder about when my arm was facing the target I guess. It didn't hurt, or didn't hurt much, but after the second time, I figured I'd call it quits for the session. It didn't seem like proper form would do that.
That night and the next day I started to have pain in the shoulder during certain movements, like pulling your hands above/behind your head for a morning stretch. It's 3 days later and the pain is just now gone.
Has anyone experienced this before. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong to result in this kind of popping sensation? I don't have poppy shoulders in general and I don't want to mess them up either.
Thanks in advance. This is a great game and a great site here.


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Open Wide...Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I'll open my mouth,
If you startle me.
What's inside is amazing,
And I got it free
I'm found in Australia,
Indonesia as well,
I'm the largest of my family
Yet many predators dwell
I'm named after a body part
That is my main feature
I won't really hurt you
I'm just a friendly creature!
AnswerA blue tongue lizard!
There are six different types of blue tongue lizards. Its main feature, is of course, its blue tongue. When it is startled, it will open its mouth to try and scare predators away. It is a member of the skink family, and some of its predators include cats, dogs, kookaburras and snakes. It is found mainly in Australia, but it is also found in Indonesia and New Guinea.
Blue tongue lizards can grow up to 60cm long. Most types are omnivorous.
In one Aboriginal legend, a man was sitting around a campfire when he spotted the lizard. He thought to himself, "If that lizard is still around in three days, I will do something terrible. The spirits will curse me for what I am about to do."
Three days later, the lizard was still there so he threw a bit of blue ochre at the lizard just as it was poking its tongue out. The lizard has had a blue tongue ever since.
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Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre has announced that crew chief Angel Hernandez's controversial call in Wednesday night's Oakland A's-Cleveland Indians game "stands as final."
However, Torre acknowledged that a mistake was made.
"Given what we saw, we recognize that an improper call was made," Torre said in a statement.
Torre's entire statement: "By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief. In the opinion of Angel Hernandez, who was last night's crew chief, there was not clear and convincing evidence to overturn the decision on the field. It was a judgment call, and as such, it stands as final.
"Home and away broadcast feeds are available for all uses of instant replay, and they were available to the crew last night. Given what we saw, we recognize that an improper call was made. Perfection is an impossible standard in any endeavor, but our goal is always to get the calls right. Earlier this morning, we began the process of speaking with the crew to thoroughly review all the circumstances surrounding last night's decision."
The controversy erupted when A's shortstop Adam Rosales hit what appeared to be a game-tying home run in the top of the ninth. The play was reviewed by the umpires, though Hernandez upheld the original call that the ball stayed in the park and was a double.
A's manager Bob Melvin ran on the field to protest and was ejected from the game, which Oakland lost 4-3.
Immediately after the game, several upset A's players to took to Twitter to express their displeasure with the call. In addition, there were numerous calls from fans and media members for MLB to review the situation, credit Rosales with a homer and restart the game with the score tied 4-4 in the ninth.
Following the game, Hernandez said there wasn't enough evidence to overturn the initial call.
"It was not evident on the TV we had that it was a home run. … I don't know what kind of replay you had, but you can't reverse a call unless there's 100 percent evidence," Hernandez told the San Francisco Chronicle.


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Topic: Medicare and liver transplant
Does anyone have up to date info about medicare paying for Liver transplant when the person has cholangiocarinoma? I would like to hear from others about this. It seems that we are waiting for Medicares clearance in order for my husband to be put on the list for a liver. Thanks in advance Brenda


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Cycling on the road for the first time
Start somewhere you know but that is as close to traffic-free as possible.
a) Remember to check your bike using the ABCD check:
- Air - are the tyres pumped up?
- Brakes - do both brakes work effectively? Roll your bike along and pull each one in turn to verify
- Chain - is the chain oiled? Use a light oil, spraying onto the back of the sprockets (or cogs on the back wheel) so it runs smoothly and quietly
- Drop - pick the bike up by the bars and saddle and drop it upright onto the ground. Does anything wobble, fall off or sound loose? - if so take it to a bike shop for a check over.
b) Remember to keep your head up - look at where you want to go and you'll go that way
c) Keep out a little way from the kerb. Remember that you are entitled to use the road and you need a bit of space to steer and keep your balance.
d) If you want to stop when cars appear, this is fine. Wait for them to go, check it is clear and go again.
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This is what the end of domination looks like: one coach, smiling and speechless and standing in the rain amid a wild celebration.
The other in the loser's locker room, explaining that—no matter what you hear—he has been assured he will be back next season.
And that, everyone, is the state of the USC-UCLA rivalry. One program is surging, a shining example of what can happen with the right coach.
The other is a shell of its former self, deflating before our very eyes.
"I don't know what to say," Jim Mora said in the FOX television interview after his once broken down UCLA program became the new big dog in the city of Los Angeles with a 38-28 victory in the Rose Bowl.
"I don't know what to say," Lane Kiffin said in his postgame press conference after his USC team lost for the fourth time after beginning the season ranked No. 1.
I know what to say: UCLA finally made the right hire. Finally got a coach who isn't intimidated by cross-town rival USC; who wasn't afraid to claim—on Day 1—the days of UCLA being soft were over.
So too now, are the days of backing down and losing to USC.
The Bruins won the Pac-12 South Division Saturday, but won so much more that had nothing to do with the right to play for the conference championship in two weeks or closing in on a 10-win season.
UCLA won liberation.
Through all those years and all those championships, one thing was never more overlooked: all that damage USC's invincibility did to the UCLA program. The Bruins were once elite, you know. They were heavyweights in the Pac-10.
Then Terry Donahue left. Then Bob Toledo happened. And Karl Dorrell and Rick Neuheisel and a whole lot of losing.
Meanwhile, USC hired a guy named Pete Carroll, who proclaimed USC's days of underachieving were over—then went out and proved it. More than a decade later, it's happening again.
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How did UCLA become relevant so quickly, you ask? Because the Bruins did the very thing the Trojans did.
They hired the right coach.
UCLA beat USC Saturday; UCLA won the Pac-12 South Division and feels better about itself and where it's headed for the first time since the mid-1990s because it hired a fiery, aggressive, player-friendly coach who fits perfectly in Los Angeles. Sound familiar?
They're staring a redshirt freshman at quarterback; they've got underclassmen at key positions all over the field. They've got recruiting momentum and they're strong enough and confident enough to do what USC did when Carroll arrived—a year early.
The Trojans were 6-6 in Carroll's first season, a transition year where he had problems at the quarterback spot and had issues with players buying into what he was selling. Mora has a quarterback who already is among the nation's elite, and he has a team so desperate for something good to happen, they've gone from losing to USC by 50 points (50-0 last year), to utter domination of a team that had won 12 of the last 13 games between the teams.
Earlier this spring, I visited Mora in Los Angeles during spring practice, and one of the first things I told him was his team had the reputation of being soft. He cocked his head, leaned forward, looked me dead in the eyes and said, "I guarantee that's one thing you will not call UCLA from now on."
That was tailback Jonathan Franklin grinding out 171 yards on 29 carries. That was quarterback Brett Hundley taking big hits from the USC defense, yet getting key scramble yards, extending plays and throwing for 234 yards.
That was UCLA sealing a program-defining win the fourth quarter. USC cut the lead to 31-28, had the Bruins at their own 17 and had seized momentum. The Bruins went seven plays and 83 yards—44 yards on four carries by Franklin—to extend the lead back to 10 and break USC's will. And let the last bit of air out of the Trojans' deflating season.
"That drive was everything we talked about for the last 10 months," Franklin told reporters.
That drive was what UCLA has become. And, in the process, what USC is.
The coach has the team believing. The players have the program surging.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Haslam family of Tennessee is trying to control the damage after a federal investigation into its multibillion-dollar travel center business.
The family has built wealth and influence that spans business, sports and politics in the state and beyond.
Jimmy Haslam, the CEO of Pilot Flying J, also owns the NFL's Cleveland Browns. His brother Bill is the governor of Tennessee. Their father played on the University of Tennessee's national championship team in 1951 and founded what is the sixth-largest privately held company in the country.
An affidavit released after a raid last week claims sales employees withheld rebates owed to trucking firms so they could boost profits and pad their commissions.
Jimmy Haslam says he has ordered audits and suspensions and personally reached out to customers who were insulted in secret recordings.
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This week Poly Weekly #178:Five Things to Say on a Date.
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8:30 10 Things Not To Say On A First Date
Minx goes through the list talking about what she agrees with and what she disagrees with.
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Minx has created a list of things to say on a first date. She walks us through each one of these.
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I have a photograph I want to make into a stencil. Doesn't have to capture all of the original detail, but I just have no idea how to use photo editing software to make the transition to a vector image.
What programs do you guys use? If they are open-source, bonus points.
Thanks guys!


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Have you ever wondered what a sukkah is? Do you wonder why people sleep outside and see the stars? This is your chance to learn about all things Sukkot. You will have the opportunity to design your own sukkah, learn a cheeky recipe for what to do with your leftover etrog, and of course have drinks and snacks inside B'nai Israel's sukkah.
We will also take time to help out those who are less fortunate and have to sleep under the stars by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a local mission.
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At the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21202
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Kelly set to return to rotation after All-Star break
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Kelly will make two more Minor League rehab starts, manager Mike Matheny said on Thursday, which means the Cardinals do not plan on having him back in their rotation until after the All-Star break.
The need to have Kelly (left hamstring strain) pitch twice more before coming off the disabled list is related to pitch count, as the Cardinals want the right-hander built up to carry a starter's load upon his return. Kelly threw 41 pitches in his first rehab start and 49 in his most recent one on Tuesday. Matheny said Kelly is expected to throw about 70 pitches in his next outing (Sunday with Triple-A Memphis) and around 85 in his final one.
With this timetable, St. Louis will need two more starts from Marco Gonzales (or another fifth starter) leading up to the All-Star break.
Here is a rundown of progress being made by other injured Cardinals players:
Kevin Siegrist (left forearm strain): Siegrist is expected to throw a low-intensity mound session on Friday after noting improved progress with his shoulder during his last two times throwing on flat ground.
Kolten Wong (left shoulder contusion): Wong is expected to come off the DL on Sunday, his first date of eligibility. After playing two straight days in his rehab assignment with Memphis, Wong will sit on Thursday. He'll return to the field on Friday and Saturday to wrap up his rehab stint.
Jaime Garcia (left shoulder inflammation): Matheny said that Garcia is in the process of getting additional opinions from shoulder specialists to determine his next course of action.
Michael Wacha (right shoulder stress reaction): Wacha continues to rest his throwing arm.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.