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A festive reveller who smashed a bottle in a man's face as he spent Boxing Day at home with his elderly mother has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
Drunken Richard Singh lashed out with a Sambuca bottle, embedding glass in Neil Savage's face and damaging the sight, Bradford Crown Court heard on Tuesday. Singh, 26, of Queen's Road, Ingrow, pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding Mr Savage, a 52-year-old diabetic.
Prosecutor Richard Smith said Singh visited Mr Savage's home, in Bracken Bank Grove, Keighley, at 8.30am on December 26 last year. He was clutching the Sambuca bottle.
Singh said he was a friend of Mr Savage's son and he was invited into the house, where Mr Savage lived with his mother, who is in her 70s.
Singh became agitated, swinging the bottle and threatening to hit Mr Savage with it. As Mr Savage wrote down his son's contact details, he felt a blow to the head and began bleeding from a wound, the court was told.
Singh ran from the house, leaving behind the broken bottle.
Mr Savage was treated in Airedale Hospital where smashed glass was extracted. His eye was bleeding and doctors feared a detached retina and transferred him to Bradford Royal Infirmary for an eyesight check.
Mr Smith said Mr Savage, who had cataracts in his right eye, suffered impaired vision in his left eye from the attack.
He needed operations and was suffering from stress.
Singh, who was arrested three days later, had convictions for punching a man in 2005, three offences of battery in 2010 and taking part in a large-scale affray in Keighley town centre.
Singh's solicitor advocate, Julian White, said his client had serious mental health problems, including paranoia, brought on in some part by alcohol and substance abuse.
He had not known what he was doing when he was at Mr Savage's home.
Now drug and alcohol free, Singh was a trained plasterer and the father of two children.
Judge Peter Benson jailed Singh for three years for unlawful wounding and an extra six months for breach of a previous court order.


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Last night, really late on TNT, David Aldridge reported that the reason why David Harrison was really not suspended was because if they had suspended one more Pacer player, they would have had to stagger the suspensions due to the fact that they could not have dressed 8 players. Stern did not want to do that because he wanted to inflict the maximum amount of damage possible to the Pacers. I can't find a link to this statement anywhere on the net and I was pretty sleepy, but I am pretty sure those were the words he used.
I am not even sure it works this way because even if they had to stagger suspensions, surely Harrison's would be the last to serve it, but I definitely got the feeling Adridge believes that Stern laid down the punishments in a way to present the NBA's position that it was the Pacers to blame, not just the players, but the organization as well.

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HAYWARD — A man's decomposed body was found Tuesday at an abandoned auto business on Mission Boulevard, police said.
Officers responded at 9:30 p.m. to the former Perry & Key auto repair business at 28953 Mission Blvd. for a report of a body found inside the building, said Lt. Roger Keener.
A construction worker performing roadwork on Mission Boulevard smelled an odor and followed it to an abandoned building where he found the body then called police, Keener said.
Keener said it appears the man's body had been there for some time based on the level of decomposition.
The man's identity and cause of death were not known Wednesday.
His body was taken to the Alameda County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office and an autopsy is scheduled Thursday, Keener said.
Anyone with information about the incident can call police at 510-293-7000 or at the anonymous tip line at 510-293-7197.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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Do you own your own home? Have you lived in your home for many years> Have you
done any remodeling yet, or does your home still look the same as it did the day you
moved in? Odds are, you probably spend a lot of time in the kitchen, and may have
thought on several occasions that it was time to remodel, but haven't yet done so. There
are many common reasons that people put off doing home remodeling, such as
uncertainty of the finished results, not wanting to spend the extra money, and of course,
thinking that everything is just fine the way it is. Ultimately, the decision really is yours
to make, but there are many benefits to be gained from remodeling your kitchen, that you
may have not considered.
Of course, you, the homeowner, greatly benefit by remodeling your kitchen, as you get a
room that is more aesthetically pleasing to you, in and many instances, more functional.
If you can afford to remodel your kitchen, and it is something that you have decided you
would like to do, then there is no reason you shouldn't do it. You want your home to feel
warm and comfortable, especially your kitchen since it is such a highly used room, and if
you don't like it, then of course, you should change it.
Some people often just decide that they are disgusted with their home, and run out to look
for a new home and list theirs on the market, when all they really need to do is some
creative remodeling, to make them happy once again. It is much cheaper in most
instances to remodel your home than it is to sell your home and buy a new one. If you do
the remodeling and decide that you still don't like your home, then you have improved
the value of your home, and will be able to ask a higher price when listing it on the
market, so you have won either way it ends up.
If you have lived in your home for a long time, it may be time to remodel to get some
much needed repairs done as well. Your flooring may be in poor condition from years of
use, your cabinets may be peeling, your sink may leak, etc. You can choose to just
remodel the areas that obviously need work, or you can do a complete remodel and give
your kitchen a new, more modern look. It all depends on what you want, and the money
that you have to spend on the project. If you have an older home, updating and
remodeling may actually make it a safer place for your family to be as well, so that is
something that you should also consider.
The money that you spend in remodeling and updating your home usually adds value to
your home in the form of equity, which is a definite bonus. If you ever decide to sell your
home, you will get your money back and likely some extra cushion as well.


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To your point, it really does seem that a lot of people just endorse someone without any thought whatsoever. It seems a lot of people choose style over substance. I guess you can't blame us - $2B worth of marketing has an impact. We're suckers for good marketing
Something's gotta give. We may have witnessed the end of the R party in this election. Somehow they have to break away from the religious right trying to control social decisions of the party. I dont see how the Rs can be relevant to women/minorities/youth.
Given the current state of affairs, I wonder if any 3rd party can be successful without bending and becoming corrupt like the Ds and Rs? No one can be principled any longer. They've got to cater to voting blocks. And in general the American public has been dumbed down by sound bytes and marketing slogans.
<----Smythe and his wife voted for Gary!!
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...!!!


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I just got this COA fresh from the mail box. Caddo Trading Co, Murfreesboro, AR. I don't know if my Dad found this or bought it, but it has a COA now. G-9 Celt 400-600 A.D. Appraised Value $275. Not bad for a piece of green hardstone..... It is smooth as a baby's butt...! Lol


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Re-reading the series before Gears 3 releases.
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Re-reading the series before Gears 3 releases.
"Under the Dome" by Stephen King
I just read "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King.
I usually try to read some good fiction during my semester breaks.
Last Book Read: A Dance With Dragons - George R. R. Martin. The best fantasy writer of all time, although this book was a little short on resolution and plot development.
Currently reading: Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates - Ross Guberman. This is actually a fun read for me. This guy went through thousands of briefs written by folks like John Roberts, Eric Holder, and Seth Waxman and pulled excepts from some of their best works.
License to Pawn: deals, steals and my life at the gold & silver by Rick Harrison
(yes, the Pawn star guy).
Pretty decent book, a little to much self praise over intellegence but overall well worth reading if you like non-fiction business type stuff.
I have been reading biographies lately. Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, Abraham Lincoln, now onto George Washington. I think it's pretty obvious where my interests lie
Books are for nerds. Nerds.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
Nerdy enough for you? (Actually, it's not that nerdy, even if it is a lot of science and history of science. It's relatively easy to read.)
Also on my nightstand is One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch (not yet started), a collection of Warren Buffett's letters to shareholders (partially read), and (to the surprise of probably nobody) Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker (read more than once).
(I think Steven Hawking's A Brief History of Time is probably still up there, too.)
I just finished an older Carl Hiaasen book, Skin Tight. If you haven't read any Hiaasen, you should. He's great. Some of the most oddball characters ever put on paper.
You're caught up in the Internet / you think it's such a great asset / but you're wrong, wrong, wrong
All that fiber optic gear / still cannot take away the fear / like an island song
- Jimmy Buffett
"Earth" - Jon Stewart
About 2/3 in "A Game of Thrones". It's remarkable how close the director of the TV serie has stayed to the book so far. Thoroughly enjoying it so far.
Finished "Congo". Great, great book that describes the story leading up to the creation, the creation itself and the evolution/history of the Congo until basically last year.
2012 PD ABA Fantasy Keeper League Champion, sports.ws
2011 PD ABA Fantasy Keeper League Champion, sports.ws
2006 PD ABA Fantasy League runner up, sports.ws
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Last book I read was, "A Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss. 2nd book in the series, and he's another author that takes his time churning out the next book. Might be 5 years till we get the 3rd. Ugh!!
Can't wait for the last book in the Wheel of Time series. Oh joy! Hopefully next year.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Dancing Naked in the Mind Field by Dr. Kary Mullis....brilliant and quirky man...
Up next is a Richard Feynman book....love that guy too.
Books expand knowledge. Knowledge.
Working through A Feast For Crows, which admittedly isn't nearly as good (or as much fun) as A Storm Of Swords but I still love spending time in the world, and I'm looking forward to starting Dragons.
When I need to take a break, I've been reading The Wave about rogue waves and big wave surfing. It's a light read (even though it's about life and death situations a lot of the time) so it's good for not thinking too hard.
Currently reading "The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson" and Clive Cusler's "Blue Ice".
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
Just finished up "Gears of War: Aspho Fields". Starting the next part to the series, "Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant"
Follow me at @Bluejbgold
Just finished "Under the Dome." Switching gears completely to "The Irony of American History" by Neibuhr.
I'm currently reading The Last Days of Socrates (Euthyphro, The Apology, Crito, Phaedo) by Plato. I just finished The Moor by Laurie R. King and earlier this month I read The Sandman graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman.
It's been a busy reading year. So far in 2011, I've finished 88 books; they've kept me sane these long months. I love books.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Follow me at @Bluejbgold
Also reading "Warcraft: Lord of the Clans"
Follow me at @Bluejbgold
Finished Columbine by Dave Cullen a few days ago. Pretty good read. It's a very detailed book and goes into how/why everything happened. Graphicly depicting the whole ordeal down to what the original plan was, and what Eric/Dylan actually did inside the school, and how it affected the community and the victims.
Some really disturbing stuff.
Finished reading Dante's Inferno, now into Paradise Lost by Milton
Finished "A Game of Thrones" and "A Clash of Kings" and have just started in "A Storm of Swords", pretty damn good start.
2012 PD ABA Fantasy Keeper League Champion, sports.ws
2011 PD ABA Fantasy Keeper League Champion, sports.ws
2006 PD ABA Fantasy League runner up, sports.ws
Just finished the Timothy Zahn Star Wars books. Also just finished the Ian Esslemont Malazan books.
Currently slogging my way through numerous titles, "The Greatest Show on Earth" - R. Dawkins, "The Demon-Haunted World" - Carl Sagan, "The Aspect-Emperor" - Scott Bakker, The Black Company omnibus #2 - Glen Cook
Waiting in line next to the bed is a stack of Robert Ludlum books my dad gave me to read.
So many good books to read, life's too short.


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The New York Yankees, perhaps signaling how thin the market is for options to replace injured first baseman Mark Teixeira, have asked 37-year-old Derrek Lee whether he would come out of retirement, The New York Times reported.
Lee last played in the majors for the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011, when he batted .267 with 19 home runs in 113 games (he was limited by a broken left wrist).
According to the Times, which cited an unidentified source with knowledge of the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity, there was no deal pending as of Sunday night, but Lee expressed interest.
Meantime, GM Brian Cashman, speaking to reporters today, said he would be interested in Chipper Jones, 40, the longtime Braves third baseman who retired after last season, the YES Network reported, though Jones' agent wasn't encouraging.
As if to complete the senior circuit, Cashman reportedly has reached out to Scott Rolen, 37, but, according to the YES Network, there isn't much interest there.
A righthanded hitter, Lee isn't a perfect match for Yankee Stadium, but he was the 2005 National League batting champion when he hit .335 with the Chicago Cubs. He has a career .281 average with 331 home runs in 15 seasons in the majors.
The Yankees, already decimated by injuries, are in a bind because Teixeira strained a tendon in his right wrist last week and is expected to miss at least two months. However, the Times noted that Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista strained the same tendon last season and eventually had to undergo season-ending surgery.
Bautista on Sunday—after spring training game against the Yankees—said his injury was bad enough that surgery was inevitable. But he added that if the Blue Jays had been in a pennant race, he might have tried to play through it, delaying surgery until after the season.
"The decision had to do with how it felt and where we were as a team," he said. "I don't really know about Mark's injury, so I can't comment on it. I just went by what my doctor told me."
Teixeira said doctors have told him he probably would not need surgery.
Meantime, in Sunday's game, a 3-0 New York victory, Juan Rivera played first base for the Yankees and went 3 for 4 with a double to raise his spring batting average to .346. According to the Times, he is a candidate to replace Teixeira at first.


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"WE went to a lady whose foot was hanging off," said Jack Sharp, manager of Swindon Council's Homeline service.
"She had a compound fracture. It was just hanging on by a piece of skin.
"We leaned across her so she couldn't see it, and we were speaking to her. She asked, 'Have I hurt myself?' There was no point in denying it, so we said to her, 'You have some damage but we've called an ambulance.' "We said, 'You've got a cut on your foot.' She said, 'Can you stitch it up for me?' I said, 'We're good, but we're not that good...' "She's walking around again now. She might have a bit of a limp but she wouldn't have survived if she hadn't had the mechanism."
And what mechanism is that?
Imagine an organisation that monitors whether you're inside or outside; what medication you take and whether you're taking it when you should; whether you're upright or prone; whether you're in or out of your chair or your bed and how long you spend away when you're not in them; whether you're moving around or still; whether your home is hotter or colder than it should be; and even whether there's an unseen leak under your kitchen sink.
Imagine that if the organisation doesn't like something picked up by its monitoring devices, or you fail to respond to its calls, men and women will be sent to your home in search of answers.
Orwellian nightmare? That rather depends on how steady you are on your feet, and how likely you are to get up uninjured or at all if you happen to trip on your way to the bathroom.
It depends on whether you want to live in your own home as independently as possible for as long as possible.
It depends on whether a loved one is so confused that they sometimes don't quite know where or even when they are. There are many variables, and the 13-strong Homeline team is familiar with them all.
"We serve 5,500 people in and around Swindon," said 54-year-old Jack, a former RAF member who joined the council in 1997.
"We look after them simply by putting equipment on their property and allowing them a mechanism to call somebody in times of emergency. It's a mixture of people – a good proportion are council tenants and there are some people in private houses.
"We have 33 sheltered accommodation units that have a daytime sheltered housing officer, but at night the emergency response switches to us.
"We also look after sheltered accommodation belonging to private housing associations."
Calls to the system's switchboard come either from clients in person or automatically from the technology in their homes. Last year 6,089 were serious enough for a crew to be sent out, including 529 fallers. A total of 198 cases were serious enough for an ambulance to be summoned.
There are four levels of service according to clients' wishes and needs. The basic Homeline service involves the familiar pendant-style alarm, which comes with a base unit and has a range of up to 100m. A client who falls or is otherwise immobilised can summon help by pushing a button.
Next comes Homeline Plus, formerly known as Telecare, with three levels of service depending on need and an array of potentially lifesaving devices.
Telecare support officer Nicola Woodruffe, 27, showed these off as proudly as Q demonstrating gadgets in a Bond film.
There are pendant and wristband fall detectors with sensors for tilt and impact, and bed occupancy detectors to turn on a bedside lamp when a client gets up to go to the bathroom or make a cup of tea – and raise the alarm if they're not back within an agreed time.
There are similar devices for armchairs, and Nicola explained: "These are for people with poor mobility. They might fall as they go to pick up a tissue or something like that."
There are pressure operated epileptic fit detectors programmed to pick up on the rhythmic movements of a fit; there are detectors for unusual heat and unusual cold; there are dose-by-dose pill dispensers and there are door sensors that raise the alarm when a confused client passes through.
The gadgets can be programmed to try to contact family members or carers before raising the alarm at Homeline headquarters, and for many families the service is a prayer answered.
Nicola said: "On several occasions I have been sat with a family who were at their absolute wits' end, and they've looked at me and said, 'We think we can cope now.' I've had people crying on my shoulder with relief, knowing that they're not alone anymore, that there's somebody out there and that they do not have to go through the agony and stress of moving somebody into a care home who does not want to go."


text: Patriots capture the plaque By Ryan Pritt November 1, 2012 Story Share Chip Ellis GW's Hannah Shreve (5) goes up for a spike against Capital's Tahje Houston (37) and Paige Lucas. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Coach Missy Smith and George Washington got a good look at an epic match preceding their championship match as Capital outlasted South Charleston in four long sets in the Class AAA Region 3 Section 1 volleyball tournament.The Patriots had no intentions of letting things get that interesting.GW sailed past Cougars 25-14, 25-8, 25-12 to claim the sectional championship Thursday night at Capital.Both teams will move to the Region 3 co-finals at 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodrow Wilson where Capital will play the Section 2 champion and GW will play the Section 2 runner-up.The winners of those matches will advance to the state tournament, but only one team was left holding hardware on Thursday."I like getting plaques," Smith said. "Plaques and trophies, I like it."The Patriots (42-10-3) got formally acquainted with the Cougars Wednesday night as Capital pushed GW to four sets. Smith said the combination of Wednesday's tough test and watching a long match was enough to motivate her troops."Capital played us tough [Wednesday] night and took us to four," Smith said. "We talked about it after the match and today. Whoever won [in the semifinals], we were coming out and handling business and taking them in three, and luckily we did."George Washington is led by a group of nine seniors, a core of girls of whom Smith was talking highly when they were sophomores two years ago. Now, that group has matured and is looking very capable of delivering the school's first volleyball state championship since the Patriots won back-to-back crowns in 2005 and 2006."They work so hard in the offseason, the gym, and every day in practice," Smith said. "It gets to be such a grind and they come in every day ready to work, and it shows on the court. We make less mistakes because we work so hard in practice and they don't ever panic, which I like."For all intents and purposes, Capital may have won the war while losing the battle on Thursday.The Cougars were visibly fatigued after their grueling 25-17, 22-25, 28-26, 25-15 play-in match with South Charleston, and Capital coach Carolyn Taylor admitted her team left it all on the court before the finals ever commenced.But Taylor was anything but discouraged, going as far as to guarantee a win the next time her squad takes the floor. "It feels amazing, it brought tears to my eyes," Taylor said of making it to the regional. "This is a big victory for our team. This is one of the best teams we've had. It was a disappointing end, however the girls were tired and put it all in to get that win to go to regionals. How we played that second game is definitely no match for how we're going to put up a fight and take regionals. Capital will be going to the states this year." Hannah Shreve had nine kills, an ace, and a block for GW while Jordan Wittekind added 11 kills and two blocks. Sydney Downey registered 25 assists for the Patriots.Paige Lucas and Emily Dorsey each recorded seven points to lead Capital.Reach Ryan Pritt at 304-348-7948, firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow him at twitter.com/RPritt. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Obama pulled Zuckerberg aside to warn him about fake news on Facebook 2 Parole hearing set for Putnam man who claims wrongful sex assault conviction 3 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing 4 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 5 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield Herd handles Bluefield (Va.) 94-67 in exhibition Previous Story WVU's Smith one of 10 Unitas Award finalists Next Story


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SAN DIEGO — The City Council has voted to spend up to $250,000 to retain an outside law firm to represent former San Diego police Officer Anthony Arevalos in two lawsuits still pending against him.
Arevalos, 43, is now in prison for fondling and soliciting sexual favors from several women he stopped in the Gaslamp Quarter for traffic violations or on suspicion of drunken driving. He was convicted of 12 felony and misdemeanor counts in November 2011 and is serving a nearly nine-year prison sentence.
Several women sued Arevalos and the city; 10 have settled. So far, the city has paid $1.4 million to 11 people as a result of those settlements, including $675,000 to a woman in November, according to the City Attorney's Office.
The city was represented by in-house lawyers in those settlements. They will continue to represent the city in the two remaining lawsuits.
On Tuesday, the City Council voted unanimously to retain the firm of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP, for an amount not to exceed $250,000. The firm was hired for Arevalos' defense only, said Executive Assistant City Attorney Andrew Jones in an email.
According to Jones, the law firm — which has experience handling cases involving law enforcement — was hired because the City Attorney's Office has a conflict of interest that prevents it from representing the former officer.
He would not provide any detail about the conflict, saying that information is protected by attorney-client privilege.
Arevalos was fired from the Police Department when the accusations came to light. He had been with the force for 18 years, most recently in the traffic division.
One of the accusers, whom Arevalos stopped on suspicion of DUI, reported that the officer had asked for her underwear in exchange for letting her go. She testified during the trial that she followed Arevalos — at his direction — to a convenience store bathroom, where he asked to see parts of her body and touched her genital area.
Investigators identified six other women who claimed that they also had inappropriate interactions with Arevalos during which he made comments that made them uncomfortable or he touched them sexually.
A Superior Court jury heard testimony from each of the alleged victims and found him guilty of charges related to five.


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TPWD News Release — Sept. 29, 2009
Reports from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department field biologists indicate above average mast crop production and an early acorn drop. Recent rains across much of the state have also helped generate forb production, adding to the availability of native food sources for deer.
By some accounts, the number of Texas bowhunters has grown during the last l5-to-20 years and those ranks are likely to grow even more now that crossbows are allowed during the archery-only season.
For the first time since 1975 when Texas implemented a Special Archery Stamp requirement, hunters will be allowed to use crossbows during the archery-only hunting season.
Previously, crossbows could only be used during an archery-only season by persons with an upper-limb disability. Recent legislative action gave authority to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to allow any person, regardless of physical ability, to use a crossbow during the archery-only season.
One exception is that crossbows may be used in Grayson County during the archery-only season only by hunters with an upper-limb disability who possess a physician's statement attesting to the permanent loss of the use of fingers, hand or arm in a manner that renders a person incapable of using a longbow, compound bow or recurved bow. Any licensed hunter may use a crossbow during the regular deer season.
Bowhunters are reminded that an archery stamp and a valid Texas hunting license are required. Hunter education requirements must also be met.
While recent rains will help improve current range conditions, whitetails in South Texas are battling through an extended stress period that started with last year's rut, according to biologists.
"Last season the rut was later and more spread out than normal and this did not fare well for mature deer," said Daniel Kunz, TPWD biologist in Alice. "By the first of February bucks were extremely drawn down and numerous reports of early antler shedding were occurring; an indication that bucks could be in poor shape. This will likely affect antler quality."
Hunters should expect a reasonable number of 2 ½ year old bucks and 5 ½ to 7 ½ year old bucks as 2002-2004 and 2007 were good fawn production years resulting in good carry over, added TPWD biologist Dustin Windsor in Cotulla.
One region of the state that is entering the fall hunting season in prime condition is the Panhandle, according to Calvin Richardson, TPWD district biologist in Amarillo.
"The Panhandle deer herds — -both mule and whitetail — -are in great condition and should go into the fall in great shape," said Richardson. "With harvest being down last year, we should have some older aged bucks carry over into this year's season. My guess is that both mule deer and white-tails are not going to have to move around much to find quality forage, so hunting feeders might not be as productive as in years that we have been dry.
"Probably, the only downside that I could imagine is that we probably are going to have a heck of a mosquito crop at the beginning of archery season with all of the playas full," he added.
Bowhunters in 52 counties this season will be joining those in 61 existing counties having buck antler restrictions. Legal bucks in those counties are those with at least 1 unbranched antler (e.g., spikes and 3-pointers) or having an inside spread of at least 13 inches.
Newly affected counties include: Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Atascosa, Brazos, Brown, Chambers, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Grayson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Kaufman, Liberty, Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Montague, Montgomery, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Palo Pinto, Parker, Polk, Robertson, San Jacinto, Smith, Stephens, Tarrant, Trinity, Tyler, Van Zandt, Walker, Wichita, Wise, and Young.
Archers should also note whitetail bag limits have changed in several counties across the state. Be sure to check the county listings in the 2009-2010 Outdoor Annual of hunting and fishing regulations for the county hunted.
Also, bowhunters taking advantage of opportunities on TPWD managed public lands under the $48 Annual Public Hunting Permit should take note that crossbows are legal on those sites open for archery season, unless otherwise stated in year's Public Hunting Lands map booklet.
The crossbow restriction allowing only hunters with documented upper limb disabilities remains in effect in all six units in Public Hunting Region-4 Dallas /Ft. Worth (Cooper Wildlife Management Area, Sulphur Unit of Cooper Lake State Park, Caddo National Grasslands WMA both units, Tawakoni WMA and Pat Mayse WMA) and three of the 14 units in Public Hunting Region-5 Pineywoods (White Oak Creek WMA, Caddo Lake WMA and Old Sabine Bottom WMA).
"Most of these WMAs have moderate deer densities and because TPWD does not control the number of hunters for APH access hunts, we do not have direct control over the harvest numbers on these areas," said Kevin Herriman, TPWD district biologist in Tyler. "We do not have data available that provides us with a clear understanding of what effect the use of crossbows will have on total harvest numbers."
Herriman went on to add that on public hunting areas having drawn public hunts during the archery season where hunter numbers and harvest can be monitored, crossbows will be allowed.
"We will be investigating the effect crossbows have on their deer harvest," he said. "Once we are able to better determine what effect crossbows will have on archery deer harvest rates we will re-evaluate the season restrictions on the WMAs that allow archery season through the APH."


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Azimut Hotel
AZIMUT Hotel Saint Petersburg, beautifully located on the embankment of the Fontanka River in the historical center of the city, and only 10 minutes' walk along the charming channels to the world famous Marinsky theatre. Our neighbour is the remarkable Troitsky Cathedral which after a devastating fire in 2006 has been renovated and is definitely worth a visit.
From the 15th of May we offer our convenient boat service departing from our own Fontaka Pier bringing you straight to the Neva River, the Hermitage, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Nevsky Prospect, and other historic landmarks of Saint-Petersburg.
The hotel offers 1030 guestrooms. Rooms have city or courtyard views. The 897 guestrooms at AZIMUT Hotel St. Petersburg include windows that open. Complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access is provided. Televisions are equipped with satellite channels. All accommodations provide desks and direct-dial phones. In addition, amenities available on request include hair dryers and wake-up calls. Housekeeping is offered daily.
Hotel Facilities and services: Visa support service, 24-hour restaurant Vinopiazza, 24-hour lobby bar, panoramic AZIMUT Sky Bar & Lounge on the 18th floor, 7 spacious conference rooms seating up to 1100 persons, all modern audio/video equipment, lighting and climate control systems, high quality catering, 3 banquet halls with an overwhelming panoramic view of Saint Petersburg. The perfect location for meetings and special events.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Bar
- Free Breakfast
- Business Centre
- Cable TV
- Cafeteria
- Child Friendly
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Currency Exchange
- Direct Dial Telephone
- Elevator
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Fitness Centre
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Meeting Rooms
- Nightclub
- No Curfew
- Parking
- Reading Light
- Restaurant
- Safe Deposit Box
- Taxes included
- Tours/Travel Desk
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 3 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hotel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
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Check in time: 14:00
Check out time: 10:00
Cancellation Policy: 72h.
You have up to 3 days prior to arrival to cancel the reservation without charge. If the reservation is cancelled within 72 hours prior to arrival you will be charged 1 night stay. Same day cancellations, no shows or early check out will result in 1 night charge.
Credit Cards Accepted.
Breakfast Included.
Taxes included.
Visa Registration fee payable locally.
Provided credit card will be pre-authorized (checked for validity) for the remaining amount at the time of the booking, and charged on arrival date by Click and Book Travel.
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Transport connections: 10 minutes to Baltiiskiy Railway Station and 15 minutes to Technologisky Metro station, 30 minutes driving distance from airport Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2, 15 minutes driving distance from Moskovsky railway station or by metro.
Located Near
Located on the Fontanka River, the hotel is the tallest building in the historic district of St. Petersburg. Situated in St. Petersburg, AZIMUT Hotel St. Petersburg is close to Trinity Cathedral, Mariinsky Theater, and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Also nearby are Kazan Cathedral and Palace Square. Saint Petersburg city centre can be easily reached from Baltiyskaya Metro Station, a 10-minute walk away.


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RIM, Yahoo: Knowing When to Fold or Hold
The Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) board of directors isn't getting roaring applause from investors for its appointment of PayPal president Scott Thompson as the Internet search engine provider's new CEO. After the announcement of Thompson's appointment, Yahoo's stock price fell 3 percent on Wednesday and continued the decline in pre-market trading on Thursday. Investors, it seems, don't much like the move, nor do they see it as a panacea for whatever ails Yahoo.
It isn't about to get a ringing endorsement from me here, either. Thompson might turn out to be Yahoo's much-desired savior, but there's no denying the extensive damage that has been done to the company by the dithering of the board of directors and their inability to take difficult decisions in the past. It has lost significant ground to Google in the search engine market, and it's failed to expand into other market areas where it could leverage the millions who visit the site daily.
Yahoo didn't have to be in this position. The company is troubled today partly because co-founder Jerry Yang didn't recognize a great deal when one landed on his lap. This is the bottom line: Yahoo should have sold itself to Microsoft when it had the opportunity four years ago. In February 2008, Microsoft offered to purchase Yahoo for approximately $46 billion. Yahoo declined the offer and has since been stuck in a rut. Today, Yahoo has a market value of about $19.7 billion, about where it was when Microsoft made its offer in 2008.
BlackBerry (Nasdaq: RIMM; Toronto: RIM) has a lot to learn from Yahoo's experience. Hopefully, it isn't too late for the Canada-based BlackBerry phone maker. Just as the best deal that could have led Yahoo out of the murky waters was turned down by Yang, RIM has reportedly also declined overtures from Amazon and Microsoft. (See: 6 Strategic Options for RIM.)
The muddle RIM is in was a creation of its co-chairmen and co-CEOs Michael Lazaridis and James Balsillie. Lazaridis founded the company in 1984 and with Balsillie built a great company that once dominated the smartphone and enterprise messaging markets. Unfortunately, neither seems to understand how to migrate the company to a new level. Rather than carve out a definitive growth future that may involve some sort of partnership, they are holding on tightly to a sinking ship and desperately grasping for flotsam to help it stay afloat in the middle of the ocean. Help is nearer, though, even if it may have to come from nearby and bigger vessels -- competitors, telecom partners, or even new entrants into the market, including Amazon.
What RIM needs is a new direction and a drastic change of course, but are the current CEOs able to provide this -- even if this might result in their departure -- or will they rather hold on tightly to the bitter end? The company faces major challenges: Its products aren't as hot as they were, rival designs are selling faster, the enterprise market it once dominated is being attacked (successfully) by Apple and Android-device makers, and the window of opportunity for making a deal is closing, slowly but surely.
This is why Yahoo's appointment of a new CEO, years after it received a great acquisition offer, can serve to remind RIM shareholders and directors that there is a time "to hold 'em" and a time to "fold 'em." Just in case they don't know, here's a part of the lyrics from Kenny Rogers's "The Gambler." I hope RIM's co-CEOs get it:
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run...
RIM may not need to fold, but, as the the song continues:
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep.
I am interested in your thoughts on what RIM should be throwin' away and what it should keep.
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Understanding this so deeply and completely that one lives continuously with such Mindfulness and Insight is a whole nuther matter....
alan wrote:I gave up Vipassana because I found it to be a waste of time. Forget about "insight knowledge". Just concentrate, and then take it from there.
alan wrote:Will any of this matter without a strong base of concentration?
Ben wrote:Understanding this so deeply and completely that one lives continuously with such Mindfulness and Insight is a whole nuther matter....
Well said!
Chris wrote:One Tool Among Many - The Place of Vipassana in Buddhist Practice
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catmoon wrote:Hiya Smokey! You still around?
I stumbled into an insight the other day. For a brief moment I saw the extent of my mental obscurations. I was like floating into the air on a foggy day, looking down at the ground, and seeing where the clear spots were. I could see that attachment to this idea or that was obscuring the truth about things. Sadly, not the kind of insight that will do anyone else much good.
Funny thing is, just knowing there is a barrier and it's nature, does not permit seeing through the barrier. You still have to take the barrier apart.
Oh, one thing that might be useful fell out of this. When one is unaware of obscurations, it appears that vision is completely unobstructed in all directions. So the fog analogy isn't a very good one.
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Playwrights Horizons to Host Holiday Craft Fair, 12/14
Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will host its second annual Holiday Craft Fair on Tuesday, December 14 from 1PM to 4PM in Playwrights Horizons' festively made-over Ford Motor Company Lobby (416 West 42nd Street). Featuring works created by PH's very own staff, the crafts for sale will include jewelry, knitwear, handmade greeting cards, homemade jam and much more!
Serious holiday shoppers and curious browsers alike will enjoy complimentary refreshments and, of course, their favorite music from the festive season. Please note: cash payments only.
In keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to charity. Additionally, shoppers are encouraged to bring a canned good for a food drive to benefit City Harvest. City Harvest is New York City's only food rescue program. The organization helps feed over 260,000 people each week, and they serve over 600 community programs annually. Each year, Playwrights Horizons' staff, artists and audiences help City Harvest by holding a Holiday Food Drive. Last year, the company donated 240 pounds of food, a Playwrights Horizons record.
Currently playing at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater is Amy Herzog's critically-acclaimed After the Revolution. Directed by Carolyn Cantor, the New York premiere has been extended by popular demand to Sunday, December 12.
The theater company's next production will be the world premiere of Adam Bock's A Small Fire. Directed by Trip Cullman, previews will begin Thursday, December 16 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater.
For subscription and ticket information to all Playwrights Horizons productions, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, Noon to 8 pm daily, or purchase online at the Playwrights Horizons website at www.playwrightshorizons.org.
Playwrights Horizons, celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season, is a writer's theater dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American Playwrights, composers and lyricists and to the production of their new work. Under the leadership of artistic director Tim Sanford and managing director Leslie Marcus, the theater company continues to encourage the new work of veteran writers while nurturing an emerging generation of theater artists. In its 40 years, Playwrights Horizons has presented the work of more than 375 writers and has received numerous awards and honors, including a special 2008 Drama Desk Award for "ongoing support to generations of theater artists and undiminished commitment to producing new work."
Notable productions include four Pulitzer Prize winners: Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife (2004 Tony Award, Best Play), Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles (1989 Tony Award, Best Play), Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George, as well as Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation (three 2010 Obie Awards including Best New American Play), Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I, Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, Melissa James Gibson's This (2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist), Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie's Grey Gardens (three 2007 Tony Awards), Craig Lucas's Prayer For My Enemy and Small Tragedy (2004 Obie Award, Best American Play), Adam Rapp's Kindness, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins, Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone, Bruce Norris's The Pain and the Itch, Lynn Nottage's Fabulation (2005 Obie Award for Playwriting), Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero, David Greenspan's She Stoops to Comedy (2003 Obie Award), Kirsten Childs's The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2000 Obie Award), Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey's James Joyce's The Dead, William Finn's March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, Christopher Durang's Betty's Summer Vacation and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Richard Nelson's Goodnight Children Everywhere and Franny's Way, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on This Island, Jon Robin Baitz's The Substance of Fire, Scott McPherson's Marvin's Room, A.R. Gurney's Later Life, Adam Guettel and Tina Landau's Floyd Collins and Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley's Violet.


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Family friend Teresa Lucchesi-Cook said Olivia Kuljian is requesting people not place flowers on the beach at Big Lagoon. She said Kuljian doesn't want anyone near the waves, which swept her parents and younger brother out to sea Saturday.
"She wants people to stay out of harm's way," Lucchesi-Cook said.
She said family friends are waiting for the Kuljian's extended family to arrive before making any major decisions on how to help Olivia. She said they'll have a clearer idea of how the community can aid her once more family members are in town.
"We're waiting, we're just trying to assemble our resources," Lucchesi-Cook said.
Anyone wishing to join the effort to help Olivia can do so at https://www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/665072/.
Lucchesi-Cook said the Freshwater community is a tight-knit one that is making sure to gently shelter and love Olivia in her time of need.
JoAnn Moore, an Arcata High School teacher and English department chair, said the school has created a bank account to help Olivia. The account is 182671 at Coast Central Credit Union. Donation checks for the fund should be made out to Olivia Kuljian.
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Authorities said today that a 16-year-old Arcata High School student remains missing after being swept into the Pacific Ocean on Saturday at Big Lagoon.
Eureka residents Mary Elena Scott, 57, and her husband Howard Kuljian, 54, died after being swept into the ocean at Big Lagoon near Orick. Their bodies were recovered Saturday. The couple's son, 16-year-old Arcata High School student Gregory "Geddie" Kuljian, is still missing.
Humboldt County Coroner Dave Parris said that all agencies have been made aware that Gregory Kuljian is still missing, but that no active boat or aircraft searches are being made. He said agencies will be checking beaches regularly.
Parris said that recovery can take weeks or longer. With lots of ocean activity, there's a chance that Gregory Kuljian will not be found.
Students at Arcata High School honored Gregory Kuljian and his family Monday by starting a Facebook campaign for people to "Wear Green For Geddie," -- his favorite color.
A daughter, identified as Olivia Kuljian on a Facebook memorial page, and a friend who was with the family, survived.
U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Bernie Garrigan said the search for Gregory Kuljian was officially suspended at 6:45 p.m. Saturday due to the fog and cold water temperatures. He said the U.S. Coast Guard is reminding people to always keep an eye on the water, especially at a location like Big Lagoon.
Preliminary reports indicate the family of four was walking along the beach with a friend when their dog entered the water. Seeing the dog in trouble, Gregory Kuljian entered the water. The father entered the water after him, and the mother followed. All were unable to make it back to shore, according to the coroner's office. The dog survived.
Sean Ledwin, a Hoopa Valley Tribe senior fisheries biologist, said he was walking along the beach at Big Lagoon with his dog and girlfriend when the tragedy struck. He said the family had thrown a stick into the water for their dog to chase, but the dog got swept up.
"The dog was kind of getting rolled in the waves," Ledwin said.
He said Gregory Kuljian went into the water and grabbed the dog's collar, but it fell off. The youth got swept up in the waves.
"The father then went in after his son, and he got swept up," Ledwin said.
Ledwin said his girlfriend called 911, as he, the mother, daughter and a female friend of Gregory Kuljian's stood on the beach. He said they were waiting to see if there was an opportunity to grab the youth and father.
"They were getting rolled in the ocean, in a circular motion," Ledwin said.
The mother went in to try and grab her husband from the water, but also got swept up. Ledwin said those remaining on the beach tried to track where each of the three people were in the water. He said he stopped the daughter before she attempted to try to reach her mother in the waves.
One police officer arrived at the beach, and Ledwin said he and the officer were able to eventually drag an unconscious Scott out of the water. He said the officer started doing CPR, and he took over when the officer tried to see if he could grab the father from the water.
"I kept doing it for another 10 minutes before the paramedics showed up," Ledwin said.
He said the U.S. Coast Guard, firefighters, state park personnel, and more people soon arrived.
Howard Kuljian's body was located farther up the beach, and Ledwin said the dog was able to climb out of the water shortly after Scott entered the waves. He said he and his girlfriend drove the young female friend to a friend's house, and dropped off the dog at a neighbor's house.


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It's enough to ruin your day. You are guest conducting in a city for the very first time and everything is going reasonably well. As you head down the home stretch in the Schumann Symphony No. 4, there's not a ritardando in sight, aiming for that final chord. And just when you get there, someone in the brass or horn section muffs it.
Conductor James Gaffigan deserved better, and he got it through most of the program in an impressive debut with the San Diego Symphony Friday at Copley Symphony Hall.
Jahja Ling's schedule with the orchestra allows relatively few guest conductors, but Gaffigan was a welcome presence, even if Ling was not far off.
Ling, a Juilliard-trained pianist, and his wife, Jessie Chang, were the equally welcome soloists for Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos in a program that included the Schumann symphony and Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4.
San Diego Symphony Jacobs Masterworks Series
When: Program repeats 2 p.m. today
Where: Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., downtown
Tickets: $20-$96
Phone: (619) 235-0804
Although playing Bach has been out of fashion with symphony orchestras, maybe it's making a return. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields played a Bach concerto earlier this month on tour in San Diego.
But you may be surprised that the San Diego Symphony's Bach was more successful. Gaffigan elicited a stylish, rhythmically buoyant interpretation that showed a clear point of view (unlike the Academy's somewhat conflicted approach).
With the assistance of concertmaster Jeff Thayer and principal oboist Sarah Skuster (ably supported by her section colleagues Betsy Spear and Andrea Overturf), Gaffigan kept the suite in the Bach zone. By resisting the temptation to use the full force of the orchestra, he allowed the music to take flight.
In the Poulenc concerto, however, rather than moving into French territory, with its emphasis on subtlety and sheer beauty of sound, Gaffigan set the orchestra free. That resulted in, for want of a better description, an oddly American take on this extremely French piece.
Still, there's no arguing with results. Chang and Ling showed plenty of energy and finesse, and Gaffigan built upon their obvious enthusiasm and musical rapport. The result was an engaging, even exciting performance that at times started to sound as much like Gershwin as Poulenc.
If the common denominator between Gaffigan's Bach and his Poulenc was a certain emphasis on rhythm, that same trait manifested itself in the Schumann.
Considered one of the godfathers of romanticism in music, Schumann's music is above all based on its expressive melodic lines. But whether the ultra expressionism that many interpreters give his music is consistent with the romantic style or artifice accumulated over the course of more than a century is an open question.
Either approach can work, it's just a matter of making it convincing.
Gaffigan was intent on scraping off the artifice and his straightforward, rhythmically alert approach brought the piece, and the orchestra, to life.
That last chord may have been the result of a little too much enthusiasm, but that's certain to be cleaned up by the time the orchestra repeats the program Sunday.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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This Mother's Day, you'll have the opportunity to give mom a gift she can feel really good about. Under the Canopy, founded by ECOfashion pioneer Marci Zaroff, has partnered with Fair Trade USA to launch the first Fair Trade Certified™ robe in the United States. This ultra soft, one-size-fits most, brushed interlock kimono robe is made from 100% certified organic cotton, supporting both environmental and social compliance, including working conditions and paying fair wages to workers.
The robe has debuted with a 72-hour sale on One Kings Lane, which will run from Sunday, May 5 at 9pm EST to Wednesday, May 8 at 9pm EST. The robes are priced at $39, and you can choose from four colors: lavender aura, mineral blue, white and cloud.
"The Fair Trade model is a powerful way to bring meaningful change and empowerment to apparel factories around the world. We are so proud to partner with One Kings Lane to launch this robe, and we hope that its success will be a meaningful sign that the entire apparel industry can go further when it comes to environmental, economic and social sustainability."-- Marci Zaroff, Founder of Under the Canopy
Since introducing Fair Trade standards for factory workers in February 2010, Fair Trade USA has worked with North American brands to bring Fair Trade Certified apparel and linens to store shelves, providing greater supply chain transparency and accountability. Fair Trade Certified apparel gives consumers, for the first time, greater knowledge and awareness about how their favorite items were produced, empowering them to vote with their dollars every time they shop.
These robes were produced in India at the first facility to qualify for Fair Trade certification under Fair Trade USA's factory standards. For every Fair Trade Certified product sold, the factory's 500 employees receive a premium to invest in community development projects of their choosing. Additionally, employees are given two weeks of leave per year, a 10% annual bonus regardless of factory performance, education for their children, and subsidized meals and housing. The factory also boasts a skills training center to promote upward mobility. The mill sources organic, Fair Trade cotton from over 10,000 smallholder farmers in the surrounding region.
"Fair Trade is a market-based approach to alleviating poverty that only works when both brands and consumers step up to support it. We applaud Under the Canopy's ground-breaking launch of this product that we can all wear proudly, knowing that it has had an incredible impact on the lives of the people who cut and stitched it."- Heather Franzese, founder of Fair Trade USA's Apparel and Linens Program
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Great stamps make great events more memorable, and sweet discs even sweeter.
The average stamp kinda sucks, and we can change that.
Your software is like your bag, and you should know it inside and out, so that you can execute any idea or direction without technical hurdles. The actual production should never seem like a technical exercise.
To see stuff I've done, check out my gallery at ZAMdesign.com
The collection there is only 14 months out of date
This is the best thing I've read someone say in a long time.
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This is an educational game based on the Selchow & Richter's, Scrabble to help students learn or review the names of rocks, minerals or fossils, etc. The two digital images on page 3 illustrate the game setup.
Study Guide For The Book "Death By Black Hole" By Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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This document will guide your students through the reading of the book.
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Students will use parallax to determine the length of their arm.
Angular Measurement Lab
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Students will determine the angular size of their thumbs and fists so that they can be used as angular measuring tools. The students will then use their new tool to make measurements in the night sky.
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Timer for the new part D earth science regents.
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Review sheets which goes along with the ESRT's.
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Topic: Incontinence
Hi All,
Mom finished her 5th round of oxiliplatin/F5U a week ago. After each round of chemo, she experiences frequent bowel movements around day 5-6. It's not diahrrea. She usually has terrible cramps. The doctor said to take Immodium This time, she's on day 8 and she still goes often. Today, she did not make it to the bathroom and had a lot to clean up.
I am worried since my dad had something very similar towards the end of his cancer battle. He was in much worse shape though.
Has anyone experienced this?


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There is another thread on this (self-defense), but I couldn't draw any conclusions from it. I read this morning about a case of an Oklahoma woman defending herself from an intruder. You can hear the 911 call .
So with that situation, a few thoughts come to mind. Does she have negative karma for her actions of killing a man? Is that negative karma outweighed by her actions of saving her own life in the last possible measures of self defense?
In the other thread, what Buddha said seemed to have been more concerned with acting out of anger. Looking at the non-violence section of accesstoinsight, it seems that Buddha wasn' concerned with self-defense, but people who live lives of violence. We have to remember that violence and self-defense are two different things.
Violence: An act of aggression.
Self-defense: The act of defending yourself.
The idea of ownership outside of your body and mind is a reason for violence. As in property, friends, material items, and etc. This is my property, these are my friends, these material items belong to me. And since we all have this idea of Mines, we come into conflict with each other which causes suffering. This is my material item, but you tried to steal it from me. Or he has something I don't. Or these are my friends, yet they didn't support me. Or this is my land, yet you are on it. All of this causes suffering and I understand that.
Then there is ownership of your body and mind which is a reason for self-defense. Murder, Rape, Assault, Imprisonment, these are things that attack the body. Even if we don't care about ownership of items outside the body, we are still attached to our bodies. Yet from what I read, we must get rid of this attachment. The body is temporary and to be attached to it is to grasp. Grasping causes suffering.
Now you could say that the woman who defended herself was defending her property, but that isn't taking account that the intruder knew she was there, and she was probably more concerned with protecting herself. An aged woman, she couldn't just run away. Also, there was no anger in her actions, as the 911 tapes show. She was sad, talked on the phone for 10 minutes, didn't want to kill the man, and cried and prayed when she did. She did do it to protect herself.
Yet, in the Pali Canon, there seems to be nothing about self-defense (according to my google searches ) and going by the lack of anything tangible in the other thread. Buddha seemed more concerned with the 'taking of lives', which implies murderers. People who actively take life, or rather people who actively react with violence. Buddha didn't seem concerned with someone defending himself, or at least I still haven't came across that yet.
With that said, taking life creates negative karma, yet I can only assume that taking a life out of fear for your own protection creates less negative karma than taking a life out of anger. Or maybe I am wrong on that. Maybe defending yourself is the same as attacking. Then there is the Middle Way. If we take that into account, then the opposite ends would be to either attack in violence, or to do no harm at all. The Middle Way would be self-defense; neither attacking, nor laying down to be attack.... Or maybe the opposite ends are attacking, and defending? Maybe laying down, doing neither is the Middle Way?
Hmm...Anyway, this post was more musing than anything. As said, I am a new student of Buddhism, so maybe the answers exist in a Sutta out there. Please correct if I am wrong about something, and feel free to make things clearer for me or suggest anything to read.
An attempt to clarify my rambling into questions:
1. Does Buddhism allow for self-defense, as long as it isn't done out of anger or fear, but out of wisdom.
2. Even if it is done out of wisdom, does that self-defense cause negative karma.
3. Is self-defense allowed by the Middle Way?
4. Does the 'Greater Good' exist in Buddhism?
PS: I found this- http://www.dharma.org/ij/archives/2002a/nonviolence.htm. Will give it a deeper read through, but it seems to answer some questions...
Also, my internet may cut off at anytime since I am switching to fiber optic next week, so I may not be able to respond.


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A Possible solution to the non-existent Tag Team Division
by, 05-09-2012 at 10:36 AM (1896 Views)
Hi again all,
As with URATOOL's thread, I have also been racking my brains to come up with a possible solution to the ailing TT division. The main problem is so simple – there aren't any legitimate tag teams any more. By 'legitimate' I mean an actual team, with both wrestlers actually wearing matching outfits, or at least similar. Having an actual team name, and maybe even the same music. Crazy idea I know!
The first step I would take would be to team up Lord tensai and the Funkasaurus. Before you lay into me, they would be greener than kermit in a bath of mushy peas, but I think it would work. Just swap Funky's pyjamas for a dressing gown and outfits are set. Have the music begin with some funky beats, then drop into some scary Japanese [email protected], akin to doink the clowns music when he was a heel. sort of. However you would also have to turn him heel, and I would play it like this.
Step 1 - Have the Miz demand a rematch on Raw, and just as he is about to hit the SCF LT trundles in and attacks him. At first Funky is unsure of what to do, but then sides with LT and beats down the Miz. Who makes the save? John Morrison! In one quick swoop you would turn Funky heel, which can only improve his shoddy character, give LT something to do other than pretend he is Japanese, make the Miz relevant aging (he is stale as a week old head of lettuce) and bring back one of the most entertaining wrestlers around. And creatwe 2 decent TT's out of wrestlers currently doing nothing. Job done.
Step 2 – Throw in some handicap and singles w/manager matches to build the rivalry, with LT amnd Funky winning more often than not.
Step 3 - Somewhere, I'm not sure how have whoever is holding the titles at the time – not sure if I'm the only one who doesn't really care – drop them for some underhanded antics. I will leave the how up to you. Then, a little further down the road, hols a Tag Team King of the Ring for the titles. I know it probably wouldn't work as a PPV so a 3 hour Raw would do the trick.
Step 4 - I apologise if you disagree with any of the teams below but haven't had access to wrasslin for 2 weeks as staying with family. If you can think on any better teams please shout!
First Round – underlined win.
Uso's v Kofi and R-Truth
Reks & Hawkins v Santino and Zack Ryder
Miz and JoMo v Swagger and Ziggler
LT and Funky v O'Neill and Young
Uso's v Miz and JoMo
LT and Funky v Santino and Zack Ryder
Miz and JoMo v LT and Funky
I am well aware that this wouldn't be to everyone's tastes, but this is simply what I think would create a TT division out of not a lot, give some prestige to the titles, and bring back the KOTR (in some form)
As always thoughts and opinions are welcome
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D-backs host Cards' top pick, country duo
PHOENIX -- The D-backs hosted a few special guests before the club's game against the Rockies on Friday, as country music duo Florida Georgia Line and Arizona Cardinals 2013 first-round draft pick Jonathan Cooper stopped by Chase Field to mingle with the players.
Cooper, an offensive guard from North Carolina whom the Cardinals selected seventh overall on Thursday, threw out the ceremonial first pitch wearing a custom D-backs jersey made in his name.
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Coincidentally enough, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson, a two-sport athlete at Michigan State, was also drafted by the Cardinals way back in the seventh round of the 1979 draft.
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I know it's unheard of but with how well Leake swings the bat, I would have considered DH'ing for Janish tonight and just told him to deal with it.
I know it's unheard of but with how well Leake swings the bat, I would have considered DH'ing for Janish tonight and just told him to deal with it.
thats going a lil 2 far
actually...................................not the worst idea I've heard lately.
although PJ does have a hit and reached on a Longoria error
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It's going to get old real soon. That's how I am starting to feel about this Washington situation. If neither side is choosing to negotiate in earnest on the "fiscal cliff" issues, then the market will have to reach a level where everyone has figured out there will be no earnest negotiation, and they aren't selling regardless.
Last week seemed incredibly confusing. On the one hand, there was plenty of talk about how a deal could be reached. I keep thinking about that comment from Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein in particular -- the one that said the sides were real close. How could he say that if it weren't at all true? Wasn't it based on something? How about all of those CEOs? Don't they make any difference? We thought they did last week....243 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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These marinated artichoke hearts are light, punchy, and so good dropped into a springy pasta salad.
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- 12 ounces trimmed artichoke hearts (8 to 10 small hearts)
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- 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, water and salt and bring to a boil. Place garlic, bay leaf, peppercorns and red chili flakes in the bottom of a jar that can hold at least 1 1/2 pints. Pack trimmed artichoke hearts into the jar where you've placed the spices. Pour hot pickling liquid over the artichoke hearts and tap gently to dislodge any air bubbles.
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Hm. Honey as the base for a face wash/scrub. Have you tried this? I like the idea, but maybe I just get a kick out it because it sounds like such an experience, spreading honey all over your face.
Willow of Will Cook For Friends has a simple recipe up that only has three ingredients: raw honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg. She goes into depth about the positive qualities of all three ingredients, but at the end of the day, I just want to know if it's worth it. Because honey is labor intensive for bees to make!
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