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I have been fighting cc for 1 year today! I don't know if I need to be happy or cry. So many different emotions today.
I have scans on the 5th and see Dr. Javle on the6th. Please pray we get good news.
I'm feeling good, but I tend to worry.
Wife to Brian; Mommy to Carter (11) and Madison (8)
Liver transplant 7-9-2013

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text: The 2016 Front Porch Concert Series will mark LakewoodAlive's seven-year partnership with Lakewood Public Library by hosting 12 free, live concerts in Downtown Lakewood each Friday (7/1-9/9/16), 7-9pm. Great music from almost every genre. Bring family, friends, blankets, chairs and snacks and have an entertaining evening in this open air theater. It all takes place at the Lakewood Public Library Front Porch, 15425 Detroit Avenue.


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Maggie and Sox are waiting for you at the SPCA of Texas' Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas at 2400 Lone Star Drive. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. seven days a week. Regular adoption fees are $95-$125 for puppies 0-6 months, $75-$95 for adult dogs 6 months or older, $50 for senior dogs 7 years or older, $50 for VIP dogs, $95 for kittens, $75 for adult cats, $50 for senior cats 7 years and older and $50 for VIP cats. Fee includes spay/neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, a heartworm test for dogs 6 months and older, initial heartworm preventative for dogs, a feline leukemia test for cats 4 months and older, a microchip, a rabies tag and a free leash or cat carrier. Call 214-742-7722 or visit spca.org.
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WILTSHIRE Fire & Rescue Service has spoken out about the importance of fire alarms following the inquest into the death of Victoria Stockman.
Last week the Coroner's Court in Salisbury heard how the 33-year-old, who died after a discarded cigarette set a cover on her sofa alight, might still be alive had a fire alarm been installed in her ground-floor flat in Rodbourne.
Watch manager Neil Chamberlain, from the fire service's prevention department, said that smoking is responsible for many domestic fires, and that it only takes a couple of breaths of smoke to cause someone to become unconscious.
He said: "Unfortunately, it is far too easy to accidentally leave a cigarette burning in an ashtray, or to fall asleep while smoking.
"It's a sad fact that more people die in smoking material related fires than any other. While cigarettes are the cause of less than 10 per cent of all fires, they actually account for around a third of all fire deaths.
"Looking at our statistical records in the last five years there have sadly been three fatalities in Wiltshire and Swindon as a result of fires which occurred in properties where no fire alarms were installed which would probably have been avoided had there been working smoke alarms.
"You're more than four times as likely to survive a fire if you have a working smoke alarm. They can give you and your family the necessary warning to get out in the early stages of a fire, which should in turn allow us to get to you more quickly."
Mr Chamberlain also reminded families that even if you do have a working fire alarm which you test every week, working out an escape plan and reducing the fire risk is equally important.
He said: "A working smoke alarm can give people the warning they need to get out of their home should the worst happen, but a blocked exit, a locked door or unfamiliar surroundings can often shave vital seconds from the time it takes to escape."
Candles are another common fire starter with 40 per cent of candle-started fires leading to death or injury.
Meanwhile more than 50 per cent of fires attended by the Fire & Rescue Service nationally start in the kitchen, prompting reminders to take care while cooking in the home.
In the past year, Wiltshire Fire & Rescue have carried out 3,000 free home fire safety checks and fitted 6,000 smoke alarms in people's homes.
The service can provide free fire home safety checks for vulnerable people in the community, including those living alone, aged 65 or over, in homes where an occupant has a long term limiting illness or physical or mental impairment, where adult occupants have never worked, families with children aged five or under, in houseboats, thatched houses or mobile homes, and in households occupied by smokers.
- To find out more and to apply for your free check, visit www.wiltsfire.gov.uk


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Dominican Republic
Native speakers of Spanish interested in studying in Latin America are strongly advised to enroll in advanced Spanish courses in order to qualify. Most programs strongly encourage students take a Spanish class in the semester preceding their semester or year abroad.
Santo Domingo (CIEE)
Program Sponsor: Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
Program Name: CIEE - Santo Domingo - Liberal Arts
Type: Stand Alone & Direct Enrollment
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Limited access for people with limited means
MISS: Lakeview Market in Lucerne lost the ability to accept food stamp permanently following a USDA investigation. Low-income people with limited transportation options no longer have a grocery store in their town.
HIT: Congressman Mike Thompson contacted officials regarding an appeal.
Council supports housing project
HIT: The Lakeport City Council narrowly approved a utility deferral agreement with the developer of a proposed affordable senior apartment complex on Martin Street.
HIT: The council also amended the city manager's contract to provide her health benefits after the provision was left out of the agreement adopted Nov. 13.
MISS: The amendment didn't fix all errors with the deal: Margaret Silveira's name was still misspelled in the contract header.
Shooting suspect pleads out
HIT: A Lakeport man pleaded no contest to two felonies Wednesday for allegedly shooting at someone in the city last June.
Trial set for tribal chair
HIT: Tracey Avila, tribal chair for the Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians, will stand trial Feb. 27 for a felony theft charge for allegedly stealing while she worked for the Elem Indian Colony.
Teens found safe in Eugene
HIT: Two Lake County teenage girls reported missing Nov. 17 were found safe in Eugene, Ore. last weekend.
Unbuckled toddler hurt in crash
MISS: Two Lakeport women were arrested Nov. 23 after a crash that threw an unbuckled 2-year-old out of her child seat and onto the floorboard.
Man lights motor home mud flap
MISS: A Lower Lake man was arrested Sunday, two days after allegedly trying to set fire to a motor home with his wife inside.
HIT: Once he lit the mud flap, he reportedly had second thoughts and put out the flames.
Emergency repairs
HIT: The Board of Supervisors authorized emergency repairs to a pump system in Upper Lake ahead of a stormy forecast.
MISS: The pump system nearly caused a levee to fail in March 2011.
HIT: The repair work was completed Tuesday afternoon, a few hours after the work was authorized.
MISS: The system is owned by the state.
MISS: State officials could not be reached by county staff to initiate the repairs in time.
Media policy
HIT: The Board of Supervisors adopted a new media policy.
HIT: A county public information officer will distribute news releases to news organizations that did not receive them.
MISS: The policy came about because of a reported dispute between Lake County News and Sheriff Frank Rivero.
MISS: Lake County News attempted to dictate to Record-Bee reporters how the story should be written. Freedom of the press belongs to all of us.
Fulfilling a list
HIT: Friends and family are trying to fulfill Genevie Mantooth's bucket list. Mantooth, 42, has cirrhosis of the liver and is terminally ill.
MISS: The cirrhosis was a complication from a surgical procedure to correct a genetic heart defect.
HIT: Doctors expected her to die before her first birthday. She beat the odds.
HIT: One day after the article ran, a woman called to donate a hot air balloon ride, an item on the bucket list.
On the road, on the run
MISS: Two car crashes occurred Tuesday afternoon; a two-vehicle collision in Nice and a car overturned in Lakeport.
MISS: The man who flipped his car ran from the area. It was reported that drugs or alcohol were suspected in the incident.
A gift to the county
HIT: Toys for Congressman Mike Thompson's Toys for Kids fundraiser will be purchased at Funtopia in Middletown.
HIT: The annual event provides presents to Lake County youth. This year, 627 are on the gift list.
Murder Trial finally come to an end
HIT: Alejandro Aurelio Arias pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder of Charlane Hill.
MISS: It took more than three years for the trial to take place.
HIT: Waiting until after the trial, Hill's family can now spread her ashes.
Don't face judgment
MISS: Political signs remain on display following the Nov. 8 election. Under the State Outdoor Advertising Act, temporary political signs must be removed within 10 days after the election.
Wheels on the bus
HIT: A Caltrans grant will provide $54,000 to help operate Lake Transit services in Lakeport, Upper Lake, Nice, Lucerne, Glenhaven, Clearlake Oaks and Clearlake. The grant is part of $18 million awarded by Caltrans to 105 public transit projects across the state.
HIT: Lake Transit employees, represented by Teamsters Local No. 665, and operations contractor Paratransit Services agreed to meet with a federal mediator. A proposed Teamsters strike was suspended. Service will continue as usual next week.
Getting into the spirit of the season
HIT: Community observances add a festive luster to the winter holiday season. Events are taking place in many communities.


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Well, this is a hi-tech development we didn't see coming. A rapidly aging society and very limited real estate space has forced Japan to turn away from tradition and look toward alternative burial methods. Instead of laying ancestors to rest six feet under, San Francisco-based company Elysium Space (yep, like the sci-fi film) is offering a new service that allows Japanese and, as of recently, US customers to commemorate their loved ones at 1,214,400 feet — above ground.
The concept of Elysium Space is, without question, unorthodox when it comes to funeral processions. In place of a burial ceremony, relatives book a "memorial spaceflight." The departed's ashes are placed in an aluminum alloy capsule, which is sent into the universe via spacecraft along with a message engraved on the rocket's metal plates.
After launching from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the craft then orbits the Earth for several months. The path of the ashes can be tracked through Elysium Space's mobile app, which displays the exact position of the craft along with the view of the Earth. When the mission is complete, the spacecraft reenters the atmosphere, "blazing as a shooting star." Whether or not the remains are returned to relatives is unclear.
To book a memorial spaceflight, it'll cost you $1,990, which is far less than what most Americans spend on graves (at least $3,000 for a headstone and site). The first launch is scheduled for Summer 2014. A competing memorial spaceflight provider called Celestis offers a wider array of services, including launches into lunar orbit or deep space that do not return to Earth.
Given the opportunity, would you send your loved one's ashes — or even your own — to space? Or is the idea of memorial space missions too bizarre?


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IT'S not just the security scanner at Shannon Airport that Pat Leach wants to set off this weekend, the Newport Gwent Dragons centre hopes to get the chance to trigger alarm bells in Munster's defence.
After starting the first three games of the season the 27-year-old will be on the bench in tomorrow's RaboDirect Pro12 clash at Thomond Park.
But even losing his starting spot won't wipe the smile off Leach's face after a nightmare 2011/12.
Leach, from Colwyn Bay, suffered a horror facial injury in the loss to Connacht in Galway last September that led to doubts about his future in the game.
He shattered his left eye socket with the surgeon likening the injury to that suffered by a man hit with a baseball bat.
Leach had metal plates inserted into the left side of his face with a wire mesh to hold his eye up.
He was sidelined for four months before making his comeback in January's LV Cup game against the Ospreys… in which he broke his hand.
The centre returned for the final game of the season against Leinster but was happy to draw a line under a shocking campaign.
Happily things have started well this season with Leach forming an impressive midfield partnership with Andy Tuilagi.
It is broken up for tomorrow's clash at Thomond Park with both of them among the replacements, but you won't hear Leach complaining.
"I've been delighted with my start and I don't think it could have gone any better for me," he said.
"Obviously it wasn't great to lose to Leinster and Cardiff Blues but it's just been nice playing again and it's great to still be involved on the bench this weekend.
"Last season was massively frustrating but it was good to get a half in the very last game against Leinster, because I still wasn't sure what would happen if I got another bang on my face.
"It was just a case of building up my confidence bit by bit in training and I don't even think about my eye socket in games now."
Leach, whose favoured position is inside centre but who has played 13, wing and full-back for the region, misses out to Adam Hughes tomorrow evening.
It means he will have to bide his time as the Dragons look to exorcise a few demons following last weekend's woeful 16-5 home defeat to the Blues.
"Everyone was down on Monday after such a disappointing loss but we have got nothing to lose in Munster and just have to give it our best shot," said Leach.
"Nobody is expecting us to beat them but I am sure we can come away with some points.
"We need to put the things that we have practised into place, execute our patterns and be accurate.
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Lister Hill Library is once again holding its Toys for Fines holiday charity drive to bring a smile to children who may not otherwise receive a gift this holiday season. Patrons with overdue fines will have up to $20.00 waived if they donate a new, unwrapped toy for a child (infant -12 years of age) to the Toys for Tots receptacles near the HUB by the morning of Tuesday, December 11th. These contributions will support UAB's 19th Annual Holiday Toy Drive in conjunction with the Toys for Tots organization to benefit local children.
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It's exceedingly rare these days to be surprised in the birth suite by the news that you're having not one, but two (or more) babies! With medical advances such as ultrasounds and foetal heart monitoring being standard fare throughout pregnancy, the news that you're going to become mum to multiples will be old news by the time you go into labour.
And while most women pregnant with twins or more, will experience the same pregnancy symptoms as those pregnant with a singleton, they do often experience heightened pregnancy symptoms - severe nausea, extreme fatigue and fast weight gain - that may indicate that there are twins in their future.
A rapid and early weight gain during the first trimester often indicates a multiple pregnancy. The extra weight is due not only to the babies' combined weights but also the extra tissue, fluid and blood volume you are producing to support two babies. Most women pregnant with twins will gain between 15 - 20 kgs as opposed to the usual 12 -16 kgs.
At each antenatal check-up you attend, you will have your uterus measured to check your growth. Measuring large for your gestational age is a possible indicator that you are expecting twins. Other possible causes may be a miscalculated due date, an excessive amount of amniotic flued, or the presence of uterine fibroids.
Almost all women carrying multiples report suffering from morning sickness and their symptoms tend to be more severe than their pregnant-with-one counterparts.
One of the foetal early screening blood tests you will be offered during pregnancy is an AFP test. This test measures levels of alpha-fetaprotein in your blood and high levels of AFP can indicate neural tube defects and genetic defects, as well as the possibility that you are carrying multiples.
While all women experience overwhelming fatigue in their first trimester of pregnancy, women carrying twins report a tiredness that never lifts and can't be ignored. Lots of bed rest is recommended in early and late multiple pregnancies.
Most pregnant women report feeling very first foetal movements, also known as Quickening, between 18 - 22 weeks but women pregnant with multiples often report feeling those first flutterings at around 16 weeks - perhaps due to the fact that there's less room for the babies to move around in so contact with the outside world comes earlier than with a singleton.
Strange but true, many women just 'know' that they're carrying more than one baby long before they have the fact confirmed by a doctor. Not very scientific perhaps but many, many women have a gut feeling that they're carrying twins.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Australia's leading pregnancy resource, Kidspot. Sources include Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne.


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text: Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) Ok, I will try guide you with this text from desire to frustration to happiness, back to frustration and then stop right in neutrality there to discuss objectivity and relativity. here it goes: Oops, I accidentally created a desire to buy these things(whatever you want). I enjoyed the idea having these things, I LOVED the IDEA of having them, I desired them. I had a desire for them, I coulden't denie that the idea of having them felt great. Now, I felt so great... So great about the idea! Something must be wrong... "I don't have this thing!" The IDEA that FELT GREAT was the idea where I already had the thing! BUT I DONT ALREADY HAVE IT! So now I feel worse, because I don't believe I have what I want right now... I don't even desire to have it later, I want it now! It only feels good when I think I already have it right now! So you become so angry, or sad or depressed because your standards are raised of what feels good and what does not. You're not content about your situation. (E.g. Food and water isn't enough, you also want this and that to feel great! or... you want these and those circumstances to improve.) I have lots of desires. I can't let them go or denie them. I've tried for years, it never worked. Even if I do let go, desires just keep coming and coming. There's always more wanting, always. Even when I have nothing or everything. Even the want not to want is more wanting! So, how OH how to ever feel good when you can never have what you want and yet always want more and more? Well... How do durably happy people think about what they want? They believe: "I already have what I want and am enjoying what I have and more of what I want comes to me everyday!" You look at their lifes and see that they indeed have what they want, enjoy it and more of what they want everyday! Not only personal proof, but collective proof aswell! Can you believe: "I already have what I want and am enjoying what I have and more of what I want comes to me everyday!"? I mean in your mind, make yourself believe it, by the use of imagination and create personal imagined proof. How to believe it? What is a believe? It is not only an idea. Not only an emotion. Not only behaviour and perception. It is all of these together! The believe forms who you are, your limits, your boundaries, your identity. Lets try and create the idea, images, experience, sensation of what you want, by the use of your imagination. Whatever you desire! Anything! This is just a believe you will try on, for a minute or two at least! Just to feel the emotion of how it feels. You have to trick your mind into believing (just for a minute or two) that it is right now right this very moment right here where you are already manifested. Not in order to actually manifest it, but to feel it. So yes, you are going to manifest it, but for only 2 minutes. As long as you believe it is there. Yet, in your imagination you will not say "2minutes" but right here right now, timeless. After that it is gone. Promise yourself to only believe in it for 2 minutes. You're going to let go of your current reality in order to focus on the happy believe for 2 minutes where you have EVERYTHING you want. The key to believing/trusting in something that cannot be perceived directly in your environment, to the point that you feel it is true, is: imagination. Don't force emotion, your emotions are a reflection of your current situation/perception/imagination. So force the image, vision or believe in your surrounding and trust in it for just long enough in order to feel happy. If you feel not great, you're not believing it, or imagining it to be true. Try use more creativity in your imagination. For example, imagine the thing you want right on your table. Or imagine with open eyes, that you see a person walking in the door. Feel his handshake and talk to him telepathicly. Don't imagine that that person is an imagination. Imagine it to be real. A way to do that is to ask yourself, what would I do if really this person would come walk in my door? Behave like it! Ask the guy who he is! And make him give the answer you want him to give! Its all your imagination. He says to you, I have brought a suitcase of this thing you want in it. Say, "There is no doubt about that what I want is here, what am I going to do with it now... oh all the things I can do!" Don't leave the mind room for doubt. Keep assuming like that on and on untill the emotion of the believe manifests stronger and stronger and keep imagining and envisioning the things you want in your current surroundings, with your entire body and mind. Feel it with your hands, imaginary. This way, you feed your mind more proof of the thing, you want, already being there. The mind will believe it and the emotion or feeling in your heart is a sign that your believe has become stable enough. "I'm going to take this thing and do that and this! Oh, finally I can do all these things I always wanted to do! No worries about anything because I have everything I need to keep doing this and I have all these things I want. The milion dollar credit card in my pocket, the phone to call the airlines, the great relationships(whatever you want). etc. Feels so great! I'm so happy now that I can do all the things I want to do or not have to do all the things I don't want to do!" Don't use these thoughts, they are an example. You grow your own train of thoughts based on the things you want currently. Even if that would be infinite food, or perhaps living in beautiful nature with family, independant of society. WHATEVER YOUUUU DESIRE, no self judgement! So do it right now and after that, continue reading.... ...PAUSE... So, eventually, you will start feeling the emotion rise up as you start believing the "ideas" you're focusing, imagining, appreciation, feeling, perceiving, etc. The fact that it is imagined doesn't matter, you still have to appreciate it and perceive it and focus on it. The point was to make you feel great, by tricking your mind into believing it is manifested right now. The thing needs not manifest. My only mission was for you to realize that you can change what your current emotions feel like, simply by using your imagination to focus on any given believe you feel would manifest that emotion(happiness in this case). After these two minutes, the first thing you do is ofcourse question your happiness. Isn't it odd that you feel happy, even though the circumstances never changed? This happiness seems stupid and you feel like an idiot for trusting the LIES you told yourself in order to feel happy! You must have practiced insanity and ignorance for those 2 minutes! What is the point of such a thing? You feel it is appropriate to feel neutral again and happiness fades away. Perhaps even more frustrated about your current situation, so that the universe knows that you do not want your current situation, if that is true in your case. You don't want the universe to think that you feel content about your current situation! No, by the gods no! You want to make it obvious that you prefer another situation and that you believe "I have not what I want, I am not enjoying what I want, What I have right now is now what I want!" The structure of happiness was not even destroyed, it just faded away to make room for your new structure, you're focusing on. The structure that requires not your imagination to seek proof of it. The situation that is truth and based in objective reality all around you. The truth that cannot be denied. You open the news and perceive evil and you see it as objective reality. It is perceived and it is now believed and real. It manifests more sadness and more desires rise and rise as you perceive more and more negative objective reality. Which is the path of negative objective reality. Its just the extreme example of someone who is trapped in negative reality and falls deeper and deeper into it, by making the negativity unchanging and your truth. Yet, there are neutral people in objective reality aswell, yet very view happy people. Durably happy, constantly excited and in joy. So, the only way to escape your objective reality is to develop withdrawel (like Alzheimer) and slowly become happy, feel constant raising happiness, in your ignorance of the reality, yet frustrated when people try to pull you back to reality. So you go deeper and deeper into withdrawler, untill your full bliss is experienced at totall surrender of the self and ultimately death. This is how old people slowly behave when they find negative reality surround them their entire life and cannot seem to escape it. Or they just become too sensitive to even a tiny bit of negativity. The only escape is alzheimer and it is a wonderful way die. Not always equally pleasant for the relatives of the patient though, hehe. Usually alzheimer patience have people in their lifes who are strongly focused on their surroundings and can be called realists. These are people who naturally disprefer when someone ignores them. Which is pretty much about 50% of all people, haha. Yet, there is also the path of relative reality. Where your reality is so relative/changing and your believes are so flexible that you develop some sort of controlled schizophrenia. You start to see things and believe in things that only you see and want to see. You can still relate to other people by diffrentiating your imagination from non-imagination by asking other people what they believe and respecting their believes. So you slowly keep your believes and truth a secret. Yet, in the end. Whatever happens in your life, you choose to believe in what makes you happy. So you're happy no matter what the circumstances are in your life. A happy person who is called "insane" everytime he fails at hiding his true believes that are the source of all his joy and happiness. Yet, sometimes go as far as believing that everyone calls him clever. He seems to spontaneously thank people around him. The controlled schizophrenic person can have the highest amount of excitement and joy. He/she has total control of his perceptions and is not falling victim to them, since he/she choose what to hallucinate. A waking dreamer, dreaming with eyes wide open. What happens when a person has lost his mind so far, that he/she is happy, no matter what the circumstances are. That even the worst of situations are felt as joyful, since the person chooses his own truth in these situations and creates instantenous personal halucinated truth. Having his unique personal truth, trough which he/she relates to other people in a very unique way. What happens then? Will the circumstances keep worsening or will they improve? That one is for you to DECIDE. Edited March 14, 2012 by Everything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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SEAN Dyche has challenged Ashley Barnes to put the pressure on top scorers Danny Ings and Sam Vokes, after making the striker his first money signing.
Dyche had pursued the 24-year-old for many months, and finally landed his prime target on the eve of this afternoon's game at Yeovil Town on a three-and-a-half year deal from Brighton worth around £750,000.
Although Huish Park is new territory for the Clarets, it is a familiar part of the world for Somerset-born Barnes, who has four goals in six games in the south west since leaving Plymouth in 2010.
There has been a familiar look to Burnley's front men all season.
Only once has the partnership of Vokes and Ings been broken up, with Ings missing the December visit of Watford with a minor injury.
But Dyche is backing Barnes to push both predators for a place.
"It's been well documented that we need support in that area of the pitch, but we also needed that challenge," said the Burnley boss.
"Ashley is a robust, hard working centre forward with an eye for goal and he is someone we have known about and monitored for a while now.
"We did our homework and he is definitely someone who wants to work hard to continue as a player.
"I can assure you Ashley is not here just to supplement the group and support the front two, but to make sure we have a real challenge up front.
"I know he is that type of character and he is willing to earn the right to play.
"We see him as a strong player coming in with a will and desire to improve and affect football matches, as strikers do by scoring goals."
Burnley held talks with Barnes on Thursday, when a medical also took place after agreeing a fee with Brighton late on Wednesday evening.
Leeds United threatened to hijack the deal before it was finalised, but Dyche said: "We know our interest and we know where it's been, and we've always done our business accordingly."


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It's not that we don't love the traditional paperbacks and hardback books that fill our shelves, but librarians are a helpful lot. So they've been eager to help patrons adopt new ways to enjoy books and movies on e-readers.
We think it's an important service that the Library can and should provide. As the sale of e-readers has soared nationwide, our patrons checked out the Library's e-books and other e-media 90 percent more often in November 2011 compared to November 2010.
Reflecting our growing collection of e-media and the popularity of e-readers, our e-checkouts went from 784 in November 2008 to 2,283 in November 2010 to 4,337 last month.
That's why the Library has stepped up e-reader training sessions for early 2012. If the holidays bring an e-reader to your home and you'd like some general tips and hands-on help on downloading the Library's e-collection, drop by one of these free sessions. Registration is not required.
Shopping for an e-reader that's right for you? You'll find useful tips in the article, "Choosing an E-reader," on the Library website, thelibrary.org, written by Library Center computer/periodicals assistant Trint Williams.
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text: Smell the Coffee: Breaking the barrier is a serious matter By Karin Fuller October 5, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Apologies to those offended by stories of bodily functions and to my editor, who I'm certain prefers that I not travel down roads such as this.When last I was single, my daughter was 5 years old. Now, she's 16. While I've learned there are perks to dating with a daughter the age she is now -- clothes I can borrow, shoes, jewelry, makeup tips, advice on what's cool -- I've learned 5-year-olds are capable of opening certain doors far more easily than a teen.One door in particular. Except "door" isn't exactly the right word. A better choice might be "barrier." Five-year-olds are all about breaking barriers.Especially embarrassing ones.When my daughter was 5, she was a fan of bodily noises. Few things struck her as funny as a noxious butt burp and in spite of my pleas to refrain, she delighted in sharing her gift with the world. There we would be, in some serious situation -- a crowded waiting room, parent-teacher conference, Sunday school -- and she'd let one fly. There was never a need to gracefully ease from the polite world into one of foul-scented realities. That girl of mine forced the issue.But over the years, the novelty lessened. While that seems like something for which a mom would be grateful, there are times a child's crude tendencies can make wandering into the land of life's little inevitables easier. Like when one becomes part of a couple making the transition from early dating days to something more serious.To be honest, my boyfriend had no problem breaking the barrier. He broke it early and often. Not so with me. I'm apparently cursed with a shy sphincter. While the occasional poof! might've slipped out while I dozed, he insisted those didn't count and began to take offense at my inability to be relaxed enough to free an air biscuit in his presence. So extreme was my intestinal fortitude that Didier began to make suggestions that I was an alien life form. It seems odd to suggest a person could get offended by another's inability to toot, but this particular shortcoming apparently suggested I was not as comfortable in his presence as he clearly was in mine.And then last Saturday, Didier and I went to Kings Island amusement park in Ohio for its annual Halloween Haunt where, once it gets dark, the park essentially turns into one big haunted house.Which we made even more scary.It wasn't intentional. The great weather last weekend prompted more people than usual to go to the park, causing the lines for the rides to become so long they were daunting. The lines for the many restaurants, however, were not, so Didier and I entertained ourselves by visiting a variety of food vendors over the course of the day. By the time it got dark, we'd consumed two bean-heavy burritos, shared an oniony burger and several slices of pizza. Then stirred the contents with a few spin-y rides. And then we got in line for a haunted corn maze.By the time we were halfway through the maze, with scary-masked actors popping out behind random turns, my stomach had begun to churn wildly. It was becoming painful to hold in what was trying so hard to get out, but we were inching forward slowly through wall-to-wall people so I was concentrating on maintaining my mostly unblemished track record.Apparently I wasn't the only one having trouble. Didier was digesting all the same foods as me.We weren't far from the exit when Didier nudged me to get in front of him. I recognized the look on his face, was familiar with the meaning behind that ornery little grin. I knew what was coming. Just as I knew that I could, if I chose, add my own grief to his sin.Which I did.Our intestinal synchronization caused the most foul reaction imaginable. Those behind us -- they screamed. Masks were torn off. There were shrieks and coughs and cries of burning eyes. There was shoving and cursing and a surge toward the exit by a dozen or so unfortunates who had been trailing behind us.Those in line to get into the maze near where our screaming crowd was racing through to get out were likely left with an excited anticipation over the scariness of the haunted trail they were waiting to enter, not realizing the most frightening elements had just strolled past. Looking innocent.And amused.And maybe just a tiny bit proud. The Fumigator took my hand and squeezed it. And I, his little Crop Duster, squeezed back.Reach Karin Fuller via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 4 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 5 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 'Year of Billy Miller' full of memorable moments Previous Story Uncork & Create offering new holiday entertainment events Next Story


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LAKEPORT -- Police arrested a man allegedly connected to five recent burglaries in Lakeport after catching him driving a stolen vehicle Monday.
Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, the city corporation yard, Lake County Tribal Health, the Lake County Health Services Department, the Bell Hill Vineyards tasting room and the medical office of Dr. Alanna Wargula were burglarized, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
The losses were estimated at more than $14,000.
A Lakeport Police investigation, with the help of the Lake County Sheriff's Office, produced evidence identifying Walker Robert Maxwell, 18, as the suspect, Rasmussen said.
Officers located Maxwell in Lakeport Monday driving a vehicle reportedly stolen from Healdsburg, the chief added.
Maxwell was arrested and booked into the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility on charges of vehicle theft, possession of metal knuckles and burglary.


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The Wales winger believes Spurs have overtaken Arsene Wenger's side as north London's top team as they are on course to qualify for the Champions League at the Gunners' expense
Spurs are in fourth place with 48 points after 26 games, and Andre Villas-Boas' side can go four points clear of the fifth-placed Gunners if they beat West Ham away on Monday night.
And while Arsene Wenger's trophy haul has been significantly better than that of any of his rivals at White Hart Lane, Bale thinks Spurs now have a stronger squad than the Gunners - and one that will only get better as the club develops.
"I think five or 10 years ago Arsenal were always miles ahead of Tottenham. But that has changed in recent years," he told The Sun.
"Over the past few seasons we have closed that gap and I think now we have overtaken them on the pitch. I think we have the stronger squad.
"Hopefully we can continue to do that as a club off the pitch as well, with the new stadium that is being built. But on the pitch and as a team now we are a lot more consistent and as a club we're moving in the right direction.
"Arsenal may say they are still ahead of us. But whatever people's opinions I don't think anyone can deny we are up there fighting with them on merit now."
The 23-year-old has scored 13 goals in the Premier League this season to alert some of Europe's top clubs, and while he is pleased to be linked with Real Madrid, he admits he is happy after moving to a more central position at Tottenham.
"I am probably in the best form of my career," he continued. "It's probably the most I've enjoyed my football as well. I think the manager has to take a bit of credit - by giving me that free role he's given me the confidence to do what I'm doing now."
However, Bale did nothing to dampen rumours of a potential move to the Bernabeu in the future by declaring Los Blancos star Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world.
"As an all-round player I think [Ronaldo] is better than Lionel Messi," he added. "It's obviously flattering that I am playing well enough to be compared to him. Hopefully I can keep on improving and get to the level he's at now."


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When President Obama signed the four-year FAA reauthorization bill on February 14, he put an end to more than four years of foot-dragging and often contentious debate, along with a record 23 short-term extensions of the FAA's operating authorization and ability to levy and collect aviation excise taxes, since the last four-year reauthorization expired in the fall of 2007.
The legislation authorizes $63.3 billion for FAA programs through 2015, while retaining–at current levels–fuel taxes as the means for general aviation to pay for its use of the aviation system. The new bill contains no new user fees, but that does not mean that GA is out of the woods for those four years.
The Obama Administration nevertheless has renewed its call for a $100 user fee for turbine flights in "controlled" airspace. While members of Congress are already declaring the proposal "dead on arrival," it was included in the White House's Fiscal Year 2013 budget of $3.8 trillion, released February 9.
During a two-week gap in short-term extensions last summer, the FAA was legally unable to collect excise taxes. It ended up losing about $300 million in revenue, which forced it to furlough about 4,000 "non-essential" employees and shutter hundreds of airport construction projects.
Fears of Snowballing Fees
Although only Congress has the power to levy taxes, the $100-per-flight user fee has general aviation organizations and businesses concerned. "Proposals from the White House are serious business, particularly if–like the user-fee plan and the proposal to change aircraft depreciation in the President's annual budget–they are designed to raise revenue," said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. "But White House proposals cannot become law unless they are approved by Congress."
AOPA president Craig Fuller said that while the Administration's budget document exempts piston, military and other governmental aircraft, along with air ambulances, aircraft operating outside "controlled airspace" and Canada-to-Canada flights, past experience has shown that such exemptions are likely to disappear once user fees are in place.
"Once the collection system is imposed, new fees and fee increases bypass the congressional approval process that currently keeps excise taxes in check," Fuller said. "Pay at the pump has worked since the dawn of powered flight, and it still works."
For once, the nation's airlines are standing with GA in opposing the $100 levy. Airlines for America, which represents the airlines, accused the Obama Administration of offsetting the budget deficit on the backs of airline customers. In addition to the $100-per-flight fee, the White House proposal would triple the airline security tax to $7.50 for each one-way trip over the next five years.
Robert Krebs (not verified)
March 6, 2012 - 3:09pm
I am not surprised at almost anything this pesident has come up with. It occurs to me that he doesn't know he doesn't know. General aviation is the back bone of many communities in the USA. What else can he try to ruin? What other freedom can he attack? Another person who has never met a payroll or held down a real job. Have you had enough yet? I am 76 and I still fly two airplanes, this guy has to go!!!
G.L. Meyer (not verified)
March 6, 2012 - 4:05pm
Do not worry. Even though pay at the pump works perfectly the goverment will, after tacking on a user fee still allow you , in fact demand, that you 'pay at the pump'.
jeff daugherty (not verified)
March 6, 2012 - 4:34pm
I'd like to know how much general aviation fuel tax is collected in a year?
Chad Trautvetter
March 6, 2012 - 4:55pm
Here is a link to the FAA's Airport Trust Fund fact sheet, which includes a pie chart of trust fund tax revenues on page 6 (look for non-commercial aviation fuel): http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/aatf/media/AATF%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
L. Leon Kay (not verified)
March 6, 2012 - 11:59pm
We already pay a user fee through GAS TAX enough double tax is enough. The time is now to say ENOUGH no more double tax. The tax that we have has worked since the beginning of aviation. We in aviation do not need a to new European style tax that drives people from learning to fly. We already have to few people to fill the pilot positions.
We need encourage young people by decreasing the cost of flying rather than increasing it.
NO MORE FEES OR TAXES haven't they already hurt it enough!!!!!!!!!
Leon Kay
Dale Roark (not verified)
March 18, 2012 - 9:11pm
I don't see how people can afford to fly anymore, When jet fuel went over $2.00 I sold my lear, Now fuel for my barron is $6.00+ this is nuts. How much more can the government tax airplane owners? Why are we paying $63,300,000,000.00 to some buerocrat to stick pilots/airplane owners in the eye? Abolish the FAA in Fact Abolish the DOT!


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The International and National Voluntary Service Training Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder will work with the city of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday, July 19, to help clean up various sites around Boulder.
Participants of the INVST community service project will meet at Harlow Platts Community Park at 9 a.m. to pull out weeds covering areas of the park grounds. In the afternoon the cleanup group will travel to Saw Hill Ponds east of Boulder to pick up debris in and around the water. About 30 people are expected to attend, including students, staff and alumni.
INVST is a two-year service-learning program for CU-Boulder juniors and seniors designed to develop well-informed citizens who are trained as leaders to analyze and solve community problems as a lifetime commitment.
INVST combines rigorous academic work with challenging service experiences and comprehensive leadership training. The program includes four 3-credit classes, four 1-credit lab sessions and community service during the academic year and summer.
On Friday, July 18, INVST will host a Community Building event at Chautauqua Park from 8 a.m. to noon. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. participants will be at the Boulder Reservoir. The projects are designed to prepare students for their upcoming summer community service. Participants will learn and exercise various communication and leadership skills while interacting in a small group setting.
Co-Directors Gene Nichol and Jim Downton will be on site between 9 a.m. and noon to offer more information on both Friday and Saturday.


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CONCORD Rangers boss Danny Cowley says winning the Essex Senior Cup would be "the cherry on top of what has already been a fantastic cake".
The Beachboys will line-up opposite Conference Premier side Braintree Town this evening at Victoria Road, the home of League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge, bidding to win the trophy for the first time in their history.
Although his side go into the game as underdogs, Cowley says he would not have it any other way after watching his side repeatedly upset the odds to finish ninth in the Skrill South in their first season since promotion last year.
Cowley said: "Our objective at the start of the season was to be competitive week-in and week-out in the league and reach the Essex Senior Cup final.
"We know how hard it will be. We played Barnet in the FA Cup this year and were well beaten yet Braintree have just finished above them in the league.
"We always try to do our best in the cup competitions as we knew it was our only chance to win a trophy. We weren't going to win the league, the FA Cup or the FA Trophy so we really wanted to give it our best shot to bring this trophy home."
Concord will be hoping to emulate arch-rivals Canvey Island, who lifted the trophy two seasons ago.
Cowley said: "Our league form has been fantastic. We have beaten the likes of Bishop's Stortford and Chelmsford and have finished higher in our league than Canvey and Billericay in the league below. I am so proud of what we have done so far.
"I don't think we've got the kudos we deserve. You have to win a trophy for that, but I honestly believe what we have done this year eclipses what we did last season.
Cowley reserved praise for Braintree Town boss Alan Devonshire, who took his side to within one place of the play-offs.
"What they have done as a part-time team has been nothing short of miraculous. We are similar in the sense we may be considered minnows of our respective leagues but have continued to surprise people.
"Getting to the final is a massive achievement for Concord. Now let's go and win it."
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Seattle less "walkable" this year than last, ranking says
SEATTLE - The Emerald City is less "walkable" this year than it was last year, according to a new ranking of pedestrian-friendly cities.
Every year Seattle-based company Walk Score ranks the most walkable U.S. cities. In the newest ranking, Seattle dropped from number 6 to number 8.
New York, San Francisco, and Boston are the top three.
Walk Score says it uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze walking routes and amenities in 2,500 cities and 10,000 neighborhoods. The company says a "walker's paradise" would be a neighborhood where most daily errands do not require a car.
Walk Score gives Seattle a "walk score" of 71 out of 100, and describes Seattle as "rapidly becoming a world-class walkable city."
In the current ranking, Miami and Chicago leapfrogged over Seattle into the top 6.
Walk Score says Seattle's most walkable neighborhoods are Downtown, Belltown, and Pioneer Square.


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Boys of Bangladesh, popularly known as BoB, is the largest network of self-identified Bangladeshi gay men from home and abroad. It is a non-registered, non-funded and non-formal group run by a pull of dedicated volunteers who strive to make it a safe space for like-minded people to come together, and share their thoughts, feelings and experiences and ultimately find a place where they can truly belong.
Contrary to what the name might suggest, BoB is not a platform only for gay men: we welcome everyone from the wider queer community as well as its allies and supporters.
In 2002, BoB started as an online group with aims such as bringing together the isolated gay men in Bangladesh under a platform where they can help each other come to terms with their sexuality, helping to find like-minded friends and partners, raising awareness about diverse gender and sexuality issues and eventually building a gay community based on friendship and solidarity. To know more about how we came into being and the journey so far, click here.
We deem it very important to have a strong, united community first before increasing our visibility widely and fight for our rights. Hence, community building, strengthening and mobilizing are our top most priorities. We believe the need and the mandate have to come from within the community, which will not be matured in a day but will need a base to stand on when it does become more politically aware. And this is exactly where most of our work is centered around.
In terms of LGBT activism, we envision a world free of discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation enabling every LGBT individual to enjoy the blessing of life, love and companionship. We do not endorse the term MSM as it is more clinical and biological, whereas being gay or homosexual is an identity and has more to do with issues such as psychological need, partnership, equality and human rights etc. We stand strong on the difference between being gay and MSM.
Along with community focused work, we are also strategically expanding our support network by getting in touch with 'powerful people' home and abroad and letting them to know of our work and existence. With their support and our relentless effort, we hope Bangladesh would soon start talking about real LGBT issues and eventually take a bold positive step towards building a better society free of any kind of stigma and discrimination.
To know more about what we do, how and why we do it, click here. If you also want to get involve with our work, find out how you can do it in this section.
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[Tip #142: Gourmet Burger]
One of a set of recipe tip cards. The front panel has a photo of a burger next to the recipe. The bottom reads, "McCormick/ Schilling." The back panel has nutritional information, variation, and a "Did you know?..." The bottom reads, "McCormick/ Schilling."
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: McCormick's
Publisher: McCormick and Co., Inc. (Hunt Valley, Md.)
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Citation: [Tip #142: Gourmet Burger]. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=4088


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Susan Feniger, the gay chef who to date this season has won the most money for her charity, finally fell on "Top Chef Masters" last night. Her sandwiches were deemed not "high cuisine" enough to qualify as the master chef. I think that's a problem with this show in general: haute cuisine gets more credibility than street food. As Feniger said on her way out, maybe the judges need to talk to the people who actually eat her food and like it. But that's the way the show goes.
Meanwhile, over on Fox, cutie Lee DeWyze won the title American Idol, defeating soulful frontrunner Crystal Bowersox. Based on performance alone in the finale, Bowersox outshone DeWyze, but he's a charming, likeable singer with a good voice. And it's not his fault this just turned out to be a boring season. Who would have guessed Paula kept it all so interesting?
Speaking of Paula, she made a guest appearance, tributing departing judge Simon Cowell. She looked beautiful, and honestly, her presence simply reminded you that Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi are deadweight on the show, offering banal advice in a repetitive fashion. They also have terrible manners. Ellen's still watchable. But looks like Paula may have actually gotten out in time. Smart lady.


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The AR-15 Keeps on Going
Gun Test #5: Drown It
I retired to our "wet" range, the club's Range #4, taking a plastic fifty-gallon drum along. I used a five-gallon bucket and soon had the drum filled with silty, scummy pond water. I then proceeded to wet-test each rifle.
For this test, I'd load each rifle and then dunk it, muzzle straight down, into the drum of water, right to the castle nut. I'd hold it there until the bubbles stopped (after a while, I just held it down to the count of three) then pulled it out.
Now, every training manual and any training Sergeant will tell you that if you dunk your rifle, you pull the charging handle back half the cartridge length to break the water seal and let the water drain out. What I did was pull the charging handle back enough to break open that seal, and let the water drain only for as long as it took me to cover the three steps between the drum and the firing line. Then I'd fire five rounds and repeat.
Back in the water, out, five rounds, repeat until three magazines were expended for each rifle. Man, did that get boring. And messy. I was splattered with oily, muddy, silty, scummy water such that even the dogs looked at me askance when I returned home. "Dad, where have you been?"
AR-15 Torture Test Conclusion: I ended the gun tests grubbier, wiser and with a greater respect for the AR-15. I hadn't been able to make any of them malfunction, not once.
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A CANINE companion for Dudley's stop smoking team is taking the lead to help people kick the habit.
Sniffy the sniffer dog has been out and about across the borough to boost Dudley Stop Smoking Service workers' efforts to encourage smokers to make a New Year's resolution to quit.
During a series of roadshows Sniffy helped spread the word about assistance for smokers trying to give up, including include one-to-one support in GP practices, pharmacies and workplaces, as well as group support and drop-in clinics in community venues across the borough.
The service also offers intensive one-to-one support for pregnant women, their partners and family, as well as drop-in sessions at schools and colleges.
Ruth Olding, Dudley tobacco control programme manager, said: "Quitting isn't always a walk in the park but research shows that with ongoing support smokers can go smokefree and that's what the Dudley Stop Smoking Service offers.
"We introduced Sniffy as a fun way to take our message onto the streets of the borough. Our first trial days were a great success and we managed to sign up lots of people that have made a New Year's Resolution and want to stick to it."
Research shows every 15 cigarettes creates a mutation in the body which has a high risk of developing into cancer and the campaign against smoking has the support of the borough's councillor for health.
Councillor Stuart Turner, Dudley cabinet member for health and wellbeing said: "The Dudley Stop Smoking Service gives smokers all the support they need when they're ready to quit. It's staffed with experts who help smokers understand why they smoke and create a plan to help them go smokefree.
"In fact, one in two people who quit with the Dudley Stop Smoking Service aren't smoking four weeks later."
The Dudley Stop Smoking Service is available on 0800 0850 652, text CAN to 80800 or by visiting www.dudleystopsmoking.co.uk


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An online design portfolio found on Behance indicates that Motorola might be about to launch the Moto X on August 1st.
San Francisco based design studio B.A. Bäkken is said to be working on the ad campaign for the Moto X. The image portfolio found on Behance indicates the date as August 1st, and although they don't make any direct references to the Moto X, given that Motorola hasn't got any other significant mobiles in the pipeline, we can safely assume that this might be the likely launch date for the Moto X.
The Moto X was finally confirmed by Dennis Woodside at the AllThingsD conference this year, and he announced that the handset would be made in the U.S. The Moto X is said to feature a 4.5 to 5-inch 720p display, a 1.7 GHz dual-core Krait processor, 16GB internal memory, 2GB RAM, 10 megapixel rear camera and a 2 megapixel front shooter. The device will also feature a bevy of very-low-power sensors. Although said to be coming with Android 5.0, an August release suggest that it would either come with Android 4.2.2 or 4.3 Jelly Bean.
The design work for the Moto X launch signifies a reboot for Motorola as a brand as it looks to start a new beginning after its acquisition by Google. This is the ad pitch by B.A. Bäkken:
We're not good at goodbyes. No one is. They're hard. And sad. But the time has come. After nearly a century of innovation, we must say farewell. Farewell to the first handheld cell phone. To the Razr. To the game snake. Farewell to the Motorola that has shaped today.
It's time to start building tomorrow. Change is afoot. New faces. New ideas. New technologies. The Motorola that returns will not be the company you once knew. But we have some work to do. So until we're ready, we're going away. No new ads or tweets. No site updates. Just silence until we begin the next chapter.
Until we meet again, goodbye Moto.
The same agency seems to have created another set of adverts, this time titled: Hello again.
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MILWAUKEE -- Tinkering with the starting rotation for after the All-Star break was discussed, but manager Ron Roenicke said it probably will remain the same on Sunday.
We've looked at it and I think everybody gets a nice rest if we just stay in line," Roenicke said. "So, I think right now, that's what we're planning on doing."
As such, Kyle Lohse (9-4) and Matt Garza (6-6), the Brewers two most effective starters recently, would start the first two games after the break at Washington.
Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez are scheduled to start the first two games for the Nationals. Yovani Gallardo would start the third game of the series against Doug Fister.
"We'll probably stay pretty much on line with it," Roenicke said. "That puts Kyle into starting it off and that's probably what we'll do."
Jim Hoehm is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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'''There's days when I'm not doing anything or I'm not in Rochester that I wander around aimlessly,'' the Sabres coach said Wednesday. ''You miss the teaching, you miss the on-ice, you miss the travel. You miss everything.'''
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They were the third and fourth seeds in the Western Conference, but the LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders are no slouches. Led by the two most successful coaches in MLS history and featuring some of the league's most well-known and talented players, both Pacific powerhouses head into the MLS Cup semifinals on a roll. Here's a preview:
Game 1: Sunday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., (9 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2: Nov. 18 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle (9 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Records: Seattle 16-8-12; L.A. 18-13-6.
At stake: The conference championship and berths in the Dec. 1 MLS Cup final and the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. The winner will host MLS Cup if the Houston Dynamo win the Eastern Conference but will travel if D.C. United advances.
Season series: LA 0 at Seattle 2 (May 2); LA 0 at Seattle 4 (Aug. 5); Seattle 0 at LA 1 (Oct. 28).
Neither has traveled the easiest road, but at the end it's no surprise that LA and Seattle will meet with an MLS Cup berth on the line. The Galaxy's roster is even more impressive than the one that claimed last year's league title while the talented Sounders were overdue to overcome past playoff disappointment.
The survivor should be considered the favorite to win it all.
With its 1-0 aggregate triumph over second-seeded Real Salt Lake—sealed Thursday night with Mario Martinez's beautiful half-volley—Seattle demonstrated an ability to play sound playoff defense. Goalkeeper Michael Gspurning has been outstanding since returning from injury in late July, and the central defensive pairing of Jeff Parke and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado has blossomed. Throw in Brad Evans' work rate and the consistent excellence of defensive midfielder Osvaldo Alonso, and the Sounders have become a team that's difficult to break down, yielding just two goals in their past seven games. That's what wins in the playoffs.
"We've been playing good defense. We haven't been giving up many goals, and that's important from our perspective," Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said Thursday night. "I don't think we were the sharpest offensively today, but that wasn't what was called for. What was called for was rolling up the sleeves and battling. ... Getting over this hurdle today will do oodles for our confidence and will really help us as we go onto the next series."
Meanwhile, LA certainly doesn't lack for confidence.
"We've been the best team in this league since July," coach Bruce Arena said after his Galaxy dispatched the Supporters Shield-winning San Jose Earthquakes, 3-1, on Wednesday night. "I'm happy nobody's noticed that, which is always good.
"We were able to hide under the radar a little bit."
LA's miserable start to the season is now a distant memory. Defender Omar Gonzalez's return from a knee injury has been huge, striker Robbie Keane has been unstoppable and Landon Donovan has appeared re-energized during the playoffs. The Galaxy are 11-3-4 in league play since an Independence Day loss to Philadelphia.
"It's a testament to our club and everybody for doing that because it could have been easy to push the panic button at 3-8-2 and start to blow this thing up, but they didn't do that," defender Todd Dunivant said. "I think we rewarded them with the best second half of the season of any team in the league, and now we're pushing through the playoffs. It's great for the whole organization."
Seattle and LA met once before in the postseason, a 2010 quarterfinal series won rather handily by the Galaxy. The Sounders have matured since then, however, and are ready to make a run while LA steels itself for what could be a last hurrah with Donovan and David Beckham in the fold.
Sounders playmaker Mauro Rosales missed the second leg vs. RSL with a bad hamstring, and Schmid said his availability for Sunday's opener at L.A. was uncertain.
"For sure the second game, he should be all right for that," Schmid said.
Rosales plays a key role in dictating the pace in Seattle's midfield, creating width and providing the team's two talented forwards—Fredy Montero (13 MLS goals) and Eddie Johnson (14)—with service. Rosales led the Sounders with 13 assists this season and must play a part if Seattle is to mount a challenge.
Schmid has solid depth in midfield—Evans and Christian Tiffert are versatile, Martinez obviously can have an impact and Andy Rose is solid off the bench—but Rosales adds an extra level of skill the Sounders need to challenge Gonzalez & Co.
The Galaxy's A.J. DeLaGarza remains sidelined, but rookie Tommy Meyer has improved and "became a man" against San Jose, Donovan said. The Sounders lack San Jose's aerial presence but boast a bit more flair in the build-up. They hope they can bait Meyer into a mistake or that a moment of brilliance from Montero or Johnson gives them something to carry into the second leg at CenturyLink Field.
Donovan and Keane were at their best in San Jose, and the only lingering question might be fatigue. Donovan has struggled with nagging injuries this season, and with the team's fifth game in 15 days on the horizon there might be some tired legs.
"We got to get home and rest," Donovan said following the victory in San Jose. "This was a tough three games in the last week. We're going to get home, put our feet up and relax and then we're ready to go. We're excited."
If the series turns into a shootout, it's hard to bet against Donovan and Keane (six goals in his past nine games). The Sounders' improved defense must make LA work hard for its chances while the attack is more efficient than it was against RSL. Seattle also must maintain its focus as it advances deeper in the postseason than ever before.
"They've obviously proved that they could go to Salt Lake and get a result, which is extremely hard to do. I definitely that say that they're favorite at the moment," Galaxy midfielder Mike Magee said via the team's website. "They've always wanted to beat us, and they've judged themselves based on their successes and failures against us. This is their MLS Cup, and it's going to be very big for them."
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Back from an extended hiatus, TVFTSB brings you a selection of some of the best - if that's the right word - own goals ever scored by anyone, ever, anywhere. Ever.
Starting with this little beauty:
1) In November 2001 - and for no apparent reason other than it sounded like a good idea at the time - Sky TV cameras descended on non-league Forest Green for their FA Cup clash with fourth division Morecambe in the hopes of witnessing an upset. It must have been a slow weekend.
Sadly for Forest Green things didn't quite go to plan and they were easily beaten 3-0, but in the process defender Wayne Hatswell cemented his place in football folklore with one of the finest own goals of all time.
Wayne did almost everything right. With the home defence stretched he raced back into the box and intercepted a low cross before steadying himself to make a goal line clearance.
Unfortunately the bit he got wrong involved hammering the ball, not into the car park, but into the top corner of his own net.
2) Festus Baise. Oh Festus Baise.
This Hong Kong first division game between the wonderfully named Sunray Cave and slightly sinister sounding Citizen AA was goalless until an innocuous cross into the box saw Nigerian Baise leap like an electrocuted salmon and connect with this flying backheel, thereby lobbing his own keeper from just inside the box. A thing of beauty.
3) Remember Franck Quedrue? He played for Middlesborough? He was a bit rubbish? No?
Ah well. Even if you don't remember Queudrue, you can bask in the glory of this howler against Bastia from his time spent playing at French Ligue 1 club Lens.
Quite what was going through Quedrue's head - if anything - when he thumped this clearance into the stratosphere is anyone's guess. In any case, Franck evidently didn't realise that what goes up must come down. True story, Franck. That's physics, that.
4) As a player Chris Brass spent time at Torquay United, York and Hyde before returning to former club Bury as assistant manager.
It's a shame that Brass's career, which spanned two decades and featured more than 400 professional appearances, should be remembered not for the quality of his play, or his impeccable conduct on the pitch, but because he remains one of the few players on the planet to have scored an own goal with his face.
This from a game against Darlington...
5) Lee Dixon's baffling chip over Arsenal keeper David Seaman from the half way line remains an all-time classic, but the unnamed Ipswich player who managed to make such an unholy mess of this tame cross against the Gunners deserves his own place in the pantheon of all-time greats.
Perhaps the finest example of a goal scored with the buttocks.
6) Tony Popovic was good at kicking people.
He was less successful when it came to kicking the ball. So this rare moment of skill which saw the 6'4 Aussie centre back flick out a boot and redirect a cross in a rather beautiful, languourous arc over his own keeper should be celebrated.
Don't worry about it Tony, you were losing anyway.
7) Trailing 2-1 with three minutes to go, it's obvious what FC Herevar's Jan Durica was trying to do after seeing this Debrecen penalty come back off the post.
Thing is, what he was trying to do and what he actually did were two very different things.
Rather than whack his clearance high into the crowds, he instead found the top corner with an absolute rocket, instantly causing several of his team mates to collapse into inconsolable heaps.
Many of them have never recovered.
8) The only thing you can say about Inigo Martinez's spectacular own goal for Spain's U21 side against Georgia, is that at least they were 6-0 up when it went in.
Martinez plays for Real Sociedad and is, by all accounts, a very tidy player, but it's likely he still wakes up in the middle off the night drenched in cold sweat at the memory of this stinker.
9) If only teenage goalkeeper Radu Mitu hadn't tried so hard to keep the ball in. If only he'd let it dribble out for a corner. If only he'd not changed his mind half way through his throw and the ball hadn't rolled out of his gloves and into the back of the net. If only he'd been a doctor like his mother wanted.
If only, Radu. If only.
10) What was Union Commercio defender Renzo Reanos thinking when he received the ball inside his own six yard box during this game against fierce rivals Universitario?
Here's a guess at what was going through his mind.
Either a) Should I clear the danger by kicking the ball with power and purpose as far away from my own goal as possible?
Or b) Should I swing my foot aimlessly at the ball, ignoring the possibilty that it may spoon off my shinpad and in to the top corner, causing my team mates to hate me forever and the opposition players to perform an impromptu dance.
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pink_trike wrote:tiltbillings wrote:You'll note that I try to avoid telling others what religion actually is - and repeatedly suggest that we ought to find out what it is through rigorous scrutiny, preferably before we indulge in it.
Except you are willing to classify as something bad. This is simply odd, if not down right weird.
Never used the word "bad", nor did I imply it.
Didn't you just write "Let religion die away" a few posts ago?


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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Big Lots reported that sales for its first quarter ended April 30 were $1.2 billion, a decrease of 0.5% compared with $.22 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. Comparable-store sales for stores decreased 3.6% for the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
Commenting on sales for the quarter, Steve Fishman, chairman, CEO and president stated, "While sales were on plan and comps were positive in the first half of the quarter, our business softened in the second half of the quarter. We believe significant weather challenges in most of our major markets throughout the country contributed to the change in sales trends impacting transactions and sales of seasonally sensitive merchandise. On a regional basis, the Southern regions or warmer weather areas performed the best while the Northern and Central regions noticeably underperformed."
The company said its strongest category was consumables and lawn and garden was its weakest.
Big Lots said it expects to report complete first-quarter results on May 26.


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Before opening the thread I thought that it would be Christie's wife for sure.
I don't see why she didn't argue that it wasn't her fault. Attending her husband's place of employment was a bad influence on her.
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Five lucky historic Queens venues are in the running to win part of a $3 million grant to support their services and assist in their revitalization.
Through a partnership with American Express, the National Trust for Historic Preservation brought the Partners in Preservation initiative to New York City, which is a plan aimed at providing financial support to protect landmarks and significant sites across the nation.
The Queens sites that made the cut are the Louis Armstrong House Museum, the Queens County Farm Museum, Flushing Town Hall's building, Astoria Park's Pool and the Rocket Thrower sculpture in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park.
"We think it's a terrific opportunity for us and we're having fun with it," said Betsy Enright, director of external affairs for the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, which manages events in Flushing Town Hall. "It's all really for the people of our community, because we're trying to make our building beautiful."
Partners in Preservation has traveled around cities throughout the nation each year since 2006 and has donated $6.5 million to preserve American treasures.
With its first stop in the concrete jungle, the program selected 40 buildings or structures around the five boroughs.
Each of the sites submitted a proposal, including an estimated amount of money they require for their projects, and now depend on votes from residents to determine which sites will be funded.
Residents can vote online once per day until May 21, at partnersinpreservation.com. The four winners that receive the most votes will be awarded their grant requests and a special committee will decide how to divide the remaining money among the other sites, based on need and votes.
Flushing Town Hall asked for $260,000 to restore the large Romanesque windows surrounding the building, while the Louis Armstrong House Museum requested $250,000 to preserve the garden.
For some sites like the Queens County Farm Museum, which requires $255,000 to restore the farmhouse, the contest could give the organization more than just money.
"It would mean a great deal," said Sarah Meyer, director of sales and marketing at the farm.
According to Meyer the farm was established in 1975 and isn't as well-known or historic as other sites in the contest and doesn't have as many financial supporters.
"It's a grant that's getting a lot of publicity," Meyer said, adding, "hopefully, a lot more people will become more aware of the Queens County Farm Museum and visit here and support us."


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When: 7 p.m. Sunday in Temecula; 8 p.m. Tuesday in Inglewood.
Where: Pechanga Resort and Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula; with Cheap Trick at the Forum, 3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood.
Tickets: Sold out in Temecula; try ticket resellers. $65.30-$145.25 in Inglewood.
Information: www.pechanga.com; 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com in Inglewood.
Guitarist Gary Pihl spent the late 1970s playing with Sammy Hagar before he joined the classic rock band Boston, and has appreciated both experiences.
"What you see is what you get. He's a fun-loving guy. He's always in a great mood. And a great singer," Pihl said of working with Hagar. "I enjoyed my eight years there in the band."
As for Boston founder Tom Scholz, "Tom always shows up on lists of the 100 great guitar players of all time," Pihl notes. "He's always on the greatest list of keyboards. Then throw in the greatest rock songs of all time. Boston is on them.
"He's the smartest guy I know. It's been a real pleasure working with him."
Boston, known for megahits including "Amanda" and "More Than a Feeling," is set to perform Sunday at the Pechanga Casino in Temecula and Tuesday at the Forum with Cheap Trick.
Boston has seen a lot of changes over the years, but Pihl said rock music is "absolutely thriving," with its mixing up of musical styles going as far back as Red Hot Chili Peppers, who debuted in 1983.
"They have a great singer (Anthony Kiedis), but he would rap some stuff as well. I always thought he was mixing some of these different styles together," said Pihl. "The boundaries are being crossed as we speak. That's a great thing. There's so many bands ... maybe they'll never be nationally famous, but it's great, very innovative stuff. ... Warped Tour, etc., might have a secondary stage with acts you've never heard of, but you come away saying that is the best band I have heard in my life."
Pihl said he became friends with Scholz from a common interest in electronics after Hagar's band opened for Boston in the late '70s.
"They liked us. They said, 'You should open for our entire second tour.' It was '78 to '79. From that time, I'd pick Tom's brain about electronic stuff with cool guitar sounds. We started with that in common. So that led to the gig," he recalled. "When Sammy joined Van Halen, Tom said 'Gary, come back here and help us finish the 'Third Stage' album.' I said 'I'm out of a gig, I'd be glad to do it.' "
From there Pihl worked on the next Boston album and tour. Later, he became vice president of Scholz Research & Development Inc., which builds music technology products, and Scholz's right-hand man of sorts.
Pihl said in the music business, it's impossible to avoid technology so one has to embrace it.
"Technology will change and you never know which way it will go," he said. "The iPhone and iPads can carry thousands of songs in your pocket. That technology is so appealing. Who wouldn't want to reduce their music library to the palm of their hand? But does it sound as good as vinyl? No, but it's different.
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'Asked what would happen if Mark Hamister and partner Todd Berman couldn't finalize their purchase of the team within a 45-day exclusive bargaining period, Bettman said Tuesday he was getting positive feedback. "From everything I'm hearing from the lawyers, everybody is progressing and doing the things they need to be doing to move this along,'' he said.'
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I admit I kind of got tired of taking a lot of abuse on here and on Youtube, so I decided that I was not going to continue espousing any more theories until I was sure I was on the right track. So, I kind of slipped away to work on myself.... I was never completely convinced of ANY positive direction until this year, when I returned to the basic theories discussed by myself and Blake.
I can say after two years of personal development... working on myself mostly, and testing my theories on students, that I was 100 percent correct in my assessment of the "disc pivot" as being the CENTRAL source of the big power crush as seen in the best professional players and distance champions. I can also say that the switch from trying to develop arm speed to the huge pivot, has improved all of my ergonomics to the point I would say I have developed somewhat smooth and pretty form. I not longer jam, I do not get off balance much, and my once steps are crushed laser beams.
In fact, once I completely embraced the pivot (having to actually slow down my arm to ridiculous levels) I realized that I have single handed discovered the main flaw of lesser players, and why backhand players struggle with nose up and forehand players do not. It also explains why great disc golfers (like ball golfers) appear to almost be in slow motion and the disc is killed. It is all coupling of forces through levers coupled to levers.
There are some wonderful new video of Higgins that show EXACTLY THE DISC PIVOT!!!! That kid has a two foot backhand pivot of the disc around his hand...., you can clearly see it in slow motion.
No time today. just wanted to say hey... I will return. B