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Seattle Nordstrom Inc. said on Tuesday that it will open its first Nordstrom Rack store in New Jersey, at Bergen Town Center in Paramus. The new 35,000-sq.-ft. store is scheduled to open in spring 2008.
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I'm still loving my 139 Destroyers. They are as long as seasoned Pros, but they are a lot less squirely and a lot more forgiving of nose angle issues. They are also still the best disc in my bag for long, high shots, they carry forward more than anything else I have. I'm also enjoying them for long straight shots that need to hook up hard at the end, I rarely hyzer out too early even when I give it too much hyzer or get it nose-up.
I've had success in a mild headwind and gusty tailwinds, but they get bounced around in a heavy head/cross wind. I'm pairing mine with heavy Stars.
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With The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition, LucasArts took a 20-year old game and re-energized, refreshed, and redesigned it to be better than ever... all while remaining true to the classic game that gamers fell in love with in the 90's. Symbiote Studios took the opportunity with the updated game and created a colorful statue for Star Wars Shop. The epic battle between our hero Guybrush Threepwood and the evil ghost Pirate LeChuck is captured in stunning detail and is the perfect display piece for fans of the beloved game.
The piece itself is in a limited run of 1,000 and retailing for $89.99. There is a special at Symbiote Studios' own website - HERE - so if you act fast, they are offering the piece for $45, a 50% savings. The bottom of the base indicates the number you have out of 1,000.
The box for the statue is simple in its design and features an illustrated version of the statue on the front and back. Credits take up one side of the box but not anywhere does it indicate what is inside. Is it a statue? A playset? The print on the bottom of the box says this is an "Adult Collectible. Not a toy." It'd be nice if the box mentioned that this was a limited edition of 1,000 units. Overall very basic, but okay.
Within, is a Styrofoam casing with packing tape to keep it all together. Use a knife to cut the tape to remove each layer. The base is on the very top along with a few smaller pieces while the bulk of the statue is better protected below. Like many collectible statues these days, youre going to have to put it all together yourself. It's pretty straight forward but it would be nice if they included some pictures as reference. The pieces that go in LeChuck's hat can be a bit tricky to plug in.
Once you have all the pieces assembled, you can admire the fun sculpt and bright paint job. The base features wood paneled floors and other details like coins, treasure chest, etc. The characters themselves have pieces sculpted on that plug directly into the base. Threepwood is positioned with a spray bottle aimed right at LeChucks angry face. The spray hasnt quite hit him yet but its about to pretty soon!
The statue itself stands fairly tall, with LeChuck coming close to ten inches. It's a fun piece and certainly display worthy for fans of the game.
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I like what we've got right now just fine except for the alternate yellow jersey. I hate it. It reminds me of Michigan. Plus until this year I swear they're bad luck.
Aside from those evil yellow ones (which I do kinda like visually, but they're a jinx), I like today's jerseys just fine.
These are fine, but I did like the one's we had in the mid 90s....those were nice
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I voted for a totally new concept, but I think I would be happy with them taking the pinstripes off the current ones. Then again...if we did that our jerseys would look like the Sunday alternates of the Lakers.
...Still "flying casual"
Wish Jones would've worn the retro tonight.
Pacers road blues are very nice. IMO as nice as any team in the league.
Not a fan of the yellow or the home whites
Hate the yellow ones.
I hate the yellow ones also. I could handle the pin strips being removed. I prefer a more subtle style.
I like themwhy am i the only one who loves the pacers alternate gold jerseys!!!! I just love them but no one else does!!! L:OL
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Oregon State star cornerback Jordan Poyer is expected to play Saturday against Stanford after sitting out last week's game vs. Arizona State with a knee injury.
Poyer has a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Poyer said he thought he would be able to play last week, but he wasn't cleared.
"I went to sleep Friday night thinking I was gonna play. They just told me to shut it down once we got to the field," Poyer told The (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal. "It was a hard thing to handle. I almost cried."
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Military Science (Army ROTC)
The Military Science Program, open to both men and women, is divided into two separate courses. The basic course is designed to acquaint the student with the military and its role in American society. The advanced course is designed for those students who desire to earn a commission as a Lieutenant in the United States Army, Army Reserve or the National Guard. (Sixteen semester hours of ROTC credit can be counted toward a bachelor's degree at Georgetown College.)
Scholarships (4, 3, and 2 year) are available, on a competitive basis, to qualified students. These scholarships pay for tuition, all books and laboratory fees and provide the recipient with a $200 tax-free subsistence allowance each month of the school year. Scholarship students do not automatically incur an active duty obligation.
Academic Program
The normal four-year program consists of the successful completion of Army ROTC course work which qualifies a student to be commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the United States Army. The following courses are required to complete this program: Military Science (MLS) 101, 102, 107, 211, 212, 301, 302, 320, 341, 342, 350, In addition to these courses, an alternative two-year program is also available for students that have at least two academic years remaining until graduation and have not taken the required MLS 100 and 200 level courses. Interested students must attend a five-week Basic Camp conducted at Ft. Knox, Kentucky during the summer. Successful completion of the Basic Camp enables academic juniors to enroll in MLS 300 level courses and complete the pre-commission program in two years. Students who complete Basic Camp will receive a four hour 4.0 credit. Basic Camp attendees are also eligible for two-year scholarships.
The Basic Courses (100 and 200 levels) are orientational in content and deal with U.S.
Military history, small unit tactics, military communication, and civil-military relations in a changing world. NO MILITARY OBLIGATION IS INCURRED BY THE COMPLETION OF THESE COURSES.
The Advanced Course (300 level) focuses on leadership, management, and command/staff responsibilities within military organizations and prepare students for their prospective role as an officer in the United States Army. All junior and senior Advanced Army ROTC students are eligible to receive up to $400 per month up to 10 months of the school year; a MILITARY OBLIGATION is incurred. Advanced Course students must attend ROTC classes at the University of Kentucky on Wednesday afternoons. In addition, students are paid approximately $750 during the summer(s) they attend and complete the Basic and/or the Advanced Camp.
101. Introduction to the Army. (2 hours) A course examining the U.S. Army as an institution, specifically looking at the roles and relationships of the Army within our democracy. Course also provides a look at the Army officer and unique aspects of the military profession.
102. Introduction to Leadership. (2 hours) This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamental skills necessary to be a leader, both in military and civilian contexts. Course also covers basic military map reading skills.
200. Basic Camp. (4 hours) A five-week leadership program is held each year at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. This program allows select sophomores, juniors and potential graduate students to receive credit for the first two years of college Army ROTC while pursuing a commission during their final two years.
211. Advanced Leadership I. (2 hours) This course delves into theoretical and practical leadership instruction. Specifically, students examine several aspects of communication and leadership concepts such as written and oral communication, effective listening, assertiveness, personality, adult development, motivation, and organizational culture and change. Each lesson maximizes student participation, inspires intellectual curiosity, and clarifies practical application. The course concludes with a major leadership and problem solving case study. Upon completion, students will be well grounded in fundamental leadership principles and will be better prepared to apply such principles to a wide variety of life experiences. Prerequisites: None (Completion of MLS 101, 102 and 211 are recommended but not required).
212. Advanced Leadership II. (2 hours) This course focuses principally on officership, providing an extensive examination of the unique purpose, roles, and obligations of commissioned officers. It includes a detailed look at the origin of our institutional values and their practical application in decision making and leadership. At the core of this course of instruction is a capstone study in officership/leadership. This lesson traces the Army's successes and failures as it evolved from the Vietnam War to the present, placing previous lessons on leadership and officership in a real world context that directly affects the future of students who choose to enter the advance course of the ROTC program. This course draws the various components of values, communications, decision making and leadership together to focus on a career as a commissioned officer. Upon completion of this course, student should possess a fundamental understanding of both leadership and officership, demonstrate the ability to apply this understanding in real world situations, and be excited about the aspect of shouldering the responsibility of a commissioned officer in the United States Army. Prerequisites: None (Completion of MLS 101, 102 and 211 are recommended but not required).
250. Basic Military Science Lab. (1 hour) A hands-on practicum which exposes the student to the military skills required for basic technical and tactical competence to enter the Advanced Course. Laboratory, two hours per week and two weekend exercises. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
301. Leadership and Management. (3 hours) Course of study in development of basic skills required to function as a manager, study of leadership styles, group dynamics, communications, motivation, and military instruction methods; and school of the soldier and exercise of command. Prerequisite: MLS 101, 202 graduate or undergraduate student (male or female), successful completion of the basic course or basic camp, physical fitness to pursue program: consent of PMS.
302. Advanced Tactics. (3 hours) Small Unit tactics and communications, organization and mission of combat arms units; leadership and the exercise of command. Prerequisite: MLS 101, 202 graduate or undergraduate student (male and female), successful completion of basic course or basic camp, physical fitness to pursue program: consent of PMS.
320. Advanced Studies in American Military History. (3 hours) This course will furnish upper-level UK ROTC Cadets and qualified History Majors or Minors with the methodological tools and materials needed to gain a more detailed understanding of American Military History and to put together a major research paper. The course will emphasize basic research skills. Understanding historiographical debates within a military framework, developing effective note taking, outlining techniques, picking a feasible research topic, finding useful primary sources and drawing inferences from them, examining American Military Campaigns and leaders in order to complete a battle analysis, and short assignments.
341. Leadership and Management II. (3 hours) An advanced study of logistics, operations, military administrations, personnel management, military justice, world change and military implications, service orientation and leadership training. Prerequisite: MLS 301, 302.
342. Command Management. (3 hours) A course teaching ethics, professionalism, contemporary aspects of military training and personnel management, and the planning and conduct of military operations.
350. Advanced Military Science Lab. (1 hour) A hands-on practicum which exposes the student to the military skills required for advanced technical and tactical competence as an Army officer. The course affords junior and senior cadets opportunities to develop and refine their leadership style and abilities under differing constraints and environments. Laboratory, two hours per week and two weekend exercises. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits. Prerequisite: MLS 250, MLS 101, MLS 201, and MLS 202. Concurrent: MLS 301, 302, 341, or 342.


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Katie's Birthday PartyLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Katie has a birthday party. She has invited 5 friends (Julie, Suzie, Yasmin, David, Richard) and their spouses (Drew, Barry, Conner, Sally, James) to her party. Each friend brings a gift (music box, scarf, necklace, perfume, handbag) and dessert (apple pie, chocolate cake, muffins, cupcakes, cookies) and they all arrive at different time (7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00). So try to find the spouses, the gifts, the desserts, and the arrival time of each friend.
1. The five friends are: Julie, the one who arrives last, the one who brings the muffins, the one whose husband is Barry, and the one who brings the perfume.
2. Neither David nor Richard arrives first, but one of them arrives last.
3. Yasmin doesn't like eating or cooking fruit.
4. James (who shares his initial with his wife) is the husband who arrives first.
5. Katie's female friends are the ones who bring the necklace, the music box, and the handbag.
6. Julie's husband is a musician so he likes gifts about music.
7. Neither Suzie nor Julie is a fan of chocolate.
8. The guest who arrives second either brings the handbag or brings the chocolate cake.
9. Neither Conner's wife nor Yasmin brings the cupcakes.
10. Sally, whose husband neither likes perfumes nor cupcakes, is famous for her delicious cookies.
11. David and his wife arrive 30 minutes later than the guest who brings the muffins.
12. The guest who brings the cupcakes is the one who arrives after the guest who brings the necklace.
HintDrew is female.
AnswerJulie, James, music box, 7:00, apple pie
Suzie, Conner, handbag, 7:15, muffins
Yasmin, Barry, necklace, 7:30, chocolate cake
David, Drew, perfume, 7:45, cupcakes
Richard, Sally, scarf, 8:00, cookies
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River Church selling holiday greenery
Fresh Christmas trees, wreaths and garlands will be available for purchase from now through Tuesday Dec. 18 at the River Church of Auburn Hills at 255 South Squirrel Road.
Also, in the event of snow, the hills on church property will be open daily for children of all ages to enjoy sledding, snow discs, toboggans and other fun winter games. For more information about the event, please visit www.therivercampus.com.
Registration open at Oakland Community
Registration for Oakland Community College's Winter 2013 Semester is open now through final registration, Jan. 2 through Jan. 4. Even though OCC will be closed Dec. 21 through Jan.1, students can register or adjust their schedules via Online Services at students.oaklandcc.edu or by calling 248-341-2345.
Payment is due on the day of registration.� Classes begin Jan. 7. The drop/add period runs from Jan. 7 through Jan. 11. Free applications may be completed online. Tuition for Oakland County residents is $71.40 per credit hour.
-- Staff writer Diana Dillaber Murray
Retailers launching holiday sales event
Retailers in Royal Oak are launching the "12 Days of Christmas" sales event, Dec. 13-24. The event, created by the Royal Oak Association of Retailers, will offer 12 days of sales incentives to local shoppers featuring tax-free purchases and customer appreciation days.
In addition to each incentive, shoppers and retailers have the opportunity to give back to the community through a canned food drive to benefit Forgotten Harvest. Shoppers will receive an additional percentage off of their purchases for each canned food donated.
Participating retailers such as Five15 Media, Wooden Hangers, Blu Jeans Bar, Incognito, That Girl Resale and a host of others will serve as drop off stations for the food drive.
For a complete listing of participating stores and sales incentives visit www.facebook.com/ROARFAN or www.roarevents.info.
-- Staff writer Kathy Blake
New Bethel program set for Dec. 16
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church presents "Emmanuel: We Worship You!" --An Evening of Worship Through the Arts at 5 p.m., Sunday.
The program will feature the group High Praise; Operatic Soprano, Iris Fordjour-Hankins; and Psalmist, Minister Johnnie Person. The public is invited to this musical program at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 174 Branch Street in Pontiac. Call 248-334-3253 for directions.


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Birth & Midwifery in Czech Republic
Resources for parents and practitioners
Connect with many more midwives and birth enthusiasts from around the world by joining IAM, the International Alliance of Midwives!
Some of the following sites may not be in English; an online translator may be useful.
Midwifery Today Country Contact*
*To learn what a Country Contact is or to reach any Midwifery Today Country Contact, click here.
Zuzana Stromerova tells us: "I am an independent midwife, attending homebirths and making a tremendous effort to open an independent birth house in Czech Republic. My field of interest is support of natural, not intervened, birth as a healthy social and family event in a woman's life. I have worked 15 years in obstetric clinic, three years in Active Birth Centre which I have designed and initiated. This birth centre had been a part of the hospital. I have worked since 2000 as an independent midwife."
- Czech Association of Midwives www.capacz.cz
- La Leche League (in Czech, English and French)


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Saturday's HIGHLIGHTS
Rockets 114, Wizards 107: After play twice was stopped, for 35 and 22 minutes, because of a leak in the roof at Washington's Verizon Center, James Harden gave Houston the lead for good with a three-point play with 1:54 left. Harden scored 25 points.
Pistons 110, Suns 108: Josh Smith's driving, left-handed bank shot with 1.2 seconds left gave Detroit a win over Phoenix.
Thunder 101, Bucks 85: Kevin Durant scored 33 points after missing his first eight shots as Oklahoma City beat Milwaukee.
Nuggets 120, Magic 94: Randy Foye and Evan Fournier scored 18 points each to help Denver win its fifth straight.
Mavericks 110, Pelicans 107: Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 of his 40 points in the third quarter, and Dallas beat New Orleans.
Trail Blazers 112, Celtics 104: LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 13 rebounds as Portland handed Boston its eighth straight loss


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Icons: The Celebrity Exposures of Markus and Indrani
Icons: The Celebrity Exposures of Markus and Indrani
Markus Klinko and Indranithe hottest team in celebrity and fashion photographyhave produced album covers for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and David Bowie, and shot everyone from Lady Gaga to KateWinslet, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Naomi Campbell. As former stars of the Bravo series Double Exposure and in past lives as a recording artist and top model, respectively, Markus and Indrani have spent most of their lives in front of the cameras, giving them a unique perspective on the realities and fantasies of their celebrated subjects. The result is a collection of powerful, definitive, iconic images of some of the most engaging stars of our time.
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Staying at the Rodney Hotel means you get to experience a great location and the best that Bristol has to offer. Set in the heart of the historic and popular Clifton Village, the Rodney offers sensible prices with a friendly and knowledgeable service. A small hotel of just 31 rooms, the atmosphere is warm and welcoming and our staff will always go out of their way to ensure every guest feels special.
The Rodney offers a perfect blend of modern comfort and convenience with classic grace and style. With our complimentary loose leaf tea, coffee and fresh fruit, we hope we have provided all you will need for a lovely stay.
The hotel is also home to the AA rosette awarded No4 restaurant, where dinners will find a seasonal menu with all locally sourced ingredients. All guests of the hotel are also entitled to a 15% discount on our already sensibly priced menu. Meeting rooms are also available, please call No4 directly for details.
Wifi is available throughout the hotel at a charge of £4 for 24 hours.
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A Peeper Cardinalfish caught at a depth of 25 m, between Lizard Island and the outer barrier reef, Queensland, 29 January 2001.
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Conspiracy: By Now You Must Be Mad If You Do Not See Conspiracy Is The Truth – And Not A "Theory".
First you lost your sense of safety in the world of terror. Then you started losing your freedoms. Now the house is going and the shirt coming off your back. There are a small few alive who remember all this happening to a certain subsection of the population of Nazi ruled Germany.
First safety, then freedom, then your goods …. then … well, you know the answer. So you know it is time to wake up and stop dreaming. Because when they come for you, there may be no one left to save you, if you don't wake up now. Almost everything you know about the world of human politics is bullshit. Unless you truly discovered it for yourself.
I stumbled across this interesting long quote today. Seemed worth sharing in today's world.
From Signs Of the Times: "Comments On The Pentagon Strike":
Richard M. Dolan studied at Alfred University and Oxford University before completing his graduate work in history at the University of Rochester, where he was a finalist for a Rhodes scholarship. Dolan studied U.S. Cold War strategy, Soviet history and culture, and international diplomacy. He has written about "conspiracy" in the following way:
The very label [conspiracy] serves as an automatic dismissal, as though no one ever acts in secret. Let us bring some perspective and common sense to this issue.
The United States comprises large organizations – corporations, bureaucracies, "interest groups," and the like – which are conspiratorial by nature. That is, they are hierarchical, their important decisions are made in secret by a few key decision-makers, and they are not above lying about their activities. Such is the nature of organizational behavior. "Conspiracy," in this key sense, is a way of life around the globe.
Within the world's military and intelligence apparatuses, this tendency is magnified to the greatest extreme. During the 1940s, […] the military and its scientists developed the world's most awesome weapons in complete secrecy… […]
Anyone who has lived in a repressive society knows that official manipulation of the truth occurs daily. But societies have their many and their few. In all times and all places, it is the few who rule, and the few who exert dominant influence over what we may call official culture. – All elites take care to manipulate public information to maintain existing structures of power. It's an old game.
America is nominally a republic and free society, but in reality an empire and oligarchy, vaguely aware of its own oppression, within and without. I have used the term "national security state" to describe its structures of power. It is a convenient way to express the military and intelligence communities, as well as the worlds that feed upon them, such as defense contractors and other underground, nebulous entities. Its fundamental traits are secrecy, wealth, independence, power, and duplicity.
Nearly everything of significance undertaken by America's military and intelligence community in the past half-century has occured in secrecy. The undertaking to build an atomic weapon, better known as the Manhattan Project, remains the great model for all subsequent activities. For more than two years, not a single member of Congress even knew about it although its final cost exceeded two billion dollars.
During and after the Second World War, other important projects, such as the development of biological weapons, the importation of Nazi scientists, terminal mind-control experiments, nationwide interception of mail and cable transmissions of an unwitting populace, infiltration of the media and universities, secret coups, secret wars, and assassinations all took place far removed not only from the American public, but from most members of Congress and a few presidents. Indeed, several of the most powerful intelligence agencies were themselves established in secrecy, unknown by the public or Congress for many years.
Since the 1940s, the US Defense and Intelligence establishment has had more money at its disposal than most nations. In addition to official dollars, much of the money is undocumented. From its beginning, the CIA was engaged in a variety of off-the-record "business" activities that generated large sums of cash. The connections of the CIA with global organized crime (and thus de facto with the international narcotics trade) has been well established and documented for many years. – Much of the original money to run the American intelligence community came from very wealthy and established American families, who have long maintained an interest in funding national security operations important to their interests.
In theory, civilian oversight exists over the US national security establishment. The president is the military commander-in-chief. Congress has official oversight over the CIA. The FBI must answer to the Justice Department. In practice, little of this applies. One reason has to do with secrecy. […]
A chilling example of such independence occurred during the 1950s, when President Eisenhower effectively lost control of the US nuclear arsenal. The situation deteriorated so much that during his final two years in office, Eisenhower asked repeatedly for an audience with the head of Strategic Air Command to learn what America's nuclear retaliatory plan was. What he finally learned in 1960, his final year in office, horrified him: half of the Northern Hemisphere would be obliterated.
If a revered military hero such as Eisenhower could not control America's nuclear arsenal, nor get a straight answer from the Pentagon, how on earth could Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, or Nixon regarding comparable matters?
Secrecy, wealth and independence add up to power. Through the years, the national security state has gained access to the wrorld's most sophisticated technology sealed off millions of acres of land from public access or scrutiny, acquired unlimited snooping ability within US borders and beyond, conducted overt or clandestine actions against other nations, and prosecuted wars without serious media scrutiny. Domestically, it maintains influence over elected officials and communities hoping for some of the billions of defense dollars. [including scientists, universities, etc.]
Deception is the key element of warfare, and when winning is all that matters, the conventional morality held by ordinary people becomes an impediment. When taken together, the examples of official duplicity form a nearly single totality. They include such choice morsels as the phony war crisis of 1948, the fabricated missile gap claimed by the air force during the 1950s, the carefully managed events leading to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution… […]
The secrecy stems from a pervasive and fundamental element of life in our world, that those who are at the top of the heap will always take whatever steps are necessary to maintain the status quo.
[S]keptics often ask, "Do you really think the government could hide [anything] for so long?" The question itself reflects ignorance of the reality that secrecy is a way of life in the National Security State. Actually though, the answer is yes, and no.
Yes, in that cover-ups are standard operating procedure, frequently unknown to the public for decades, becoming public knowledge by a mere roll of the dice. But also no, in that … information has leaked out from the very beginning. It is impossible to shut the lid completely. The key lies in neutralizing and discrediting unwelcomed information, sometimes through official denial, other times through proxies in the media.
[E]vidence [of conspiracy] derived from a grass roots level is unlikely to survive its inevitable conflict with official culture. And acknowledgement about the reality of [conspiracies] will only occur when the official culture deems it worthwhile or necessary to make it. [Don't hold your breath.]
This is a widespread phenomenon affecting many people, generating high levels of interest, taking place in near-complete secrecy, for purposes unknown, by agencies unknown, with access to incredible resources and technology. A sobering thought and cause for reflection. [Richard Dolan]
Now, think about the word "conspiracy" one more time and allow me to emphasize the key point: From a historical point of view, the ONLY reality is that of conspiracy. Secrecy, wealth and independence add up to power. …Deception is the key element of warfare, (the tool of power elites), and when winning is all that matters, the conventional morality held by ordinary people becomes an impediment. Secrecy stems from a pervasive and fundamental element of life in our world, that those who are at the top of the heap will always take whatever steps are necessary to maintain the status quo.
And how do they do that? By "official culture."
So turn off the news and start watching a few things on YouTube like "Fabled Enemies" or anything with Peter Shiff in it or Congressman Ron Paul. Listen to the radio shows of William (Bill) Cooper, R.I.P, at on the hour. Sometimes – often – turn off everything – the TV, radio, the lot – and just sit and listen to yourself breathe. Maybe that is the best thing to do. Stop taking the medicine – it's a poisonous matrix of lies.
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Prevelance Of Dissociative Disorders Higher Than Thought.
Dissociative Identity Disorder and other disorders on the dissociative scale are commonly misdiagnosed and are not even believed in by some hard line psychiatrists. I have heard suggested that most persons suffering dissociative disorders spend an average of fourteen years interacting with mental health services before reaching a correct diagnosis- if at all.
In my estimation, probably a majority of the clients of mental health services, whatever name or label their "problem" has been awarded, are suffering a problematic level of dissociation. Usually this is as a direct result of learned dissociation through repression of memories of sexual abuse in Childhood.
Schizophrenia would seem to be dissociative identity order left to fester to the point where other identities are screaming for attention and there is no one centre of self strong enough to contain the others and meet their needs. Personality disorders are the same on a less obvious scale, Psychosis is when the mind needs madness to continue the dissociation.
If this is true we would actually be a lot better off if we stopped medicating and treating "psychiatrically" the majority of mental health users. If there was a well trained body of persons skilled at dealing with dissociative clients and funding for them to work we would, as a community, suffer less problems all round.
Quite how prevalent are these disorders? No one really knows. However, labelling someone as mentally ill is much easier for society to deal with than facing up to the barbarity of the way we live and dealing with that. So it is a good bet that around 40% of the population suffer.


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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kurt Busch will address his bad-boy image and the controversies that have surrounded him in the last year tonight in "Kurt Busch The Outlaw," a Speed documentary about the talented driver who always seems to find himself in trouble.
Included are reflections by his Busch on his suspension earlier this year for berating a Sporting News reporter in which he says he hopes to handle such situations better in the future but says he is done trying to fight how he is portrayed by the media.
New York City-based Zero Point Zero Production produced the 46-minute show, which will air on Speed at 8 p.m. ET. Speed gave the Sporting News access to an advanced screening of the show.
The documentary features Busch and interviews with his girlfriend Patricia Driscoll, Speed's Matt Clark, and NASCAR team owner Richard Childress.
Busch, the 2004 Sprint Cup champion with 24 career victories, talks about his plummeting career. He was released from Penske Racing after last season for a series of emotional outbursts and spent this season driving for single-car Phoenix Racing before joining Furniture Row Racing six weeks ago.
"The last nine months have been a whirlwind—a whirlwind that happens when you open the plug on the bottom of your tub and the water starts to go through," Busch said.
"That's what happened to my career. God gave me a talent to drive racecars. And there's been times where I've abused that privilege. I've created my own situations but I can't get over them as fast as others."
Busch talks about each of the controversial incidents he was involved in this season—the confrontation at Darlington Raceway in May with Ryan Newman's crew, which landed him on probation; the June incident at Dover when he was suspended for threatening Sporting News reporter Bob Pockrass; and an incident at Talladega in October when he drove away from an accident scene while surrounded by a safety crew.
At Dover, Busch and Justin Allgaier made contact during the Nationwide Series race and had words afterward. Busch was asked by Pockrass if he had to adjust how he raced Allgaier because he was on probation.
Busch responded that being on probation kept him from "beating the (expletive) out of you right now." NASCAR suspended him for one race the following week.
"I had just gone through this full race of (looking) in my windshield, communicating with the team, working the best that I could, muscling a fourth-place finish out of it, and he (Pockrass) hands me this bull---- question about being on probation and racing Allgaier differently," Busch said.
"Which, the Allgaier thing happened 200 laps ago. It happened on Lap 1. And the first thing that comes out of my mouth is just, 'blah.' It came out of my mouth of, 'I need to kick your ass.'"
Busch said he knew he was in trouble after the interview.
"After I got off of pit road, I told Rick Ren, the team manager for Kyle (Busch Motorsports), 'I think something serious is going to happen. I think I just screwed up completely,'" Busch said. "He said, 'What did you do? What did you say?'
"(I said) I think I told Pockrass I wanted to kick his ass, but I don't even know."
Busch said NASCAR didn't want to suspend him but was worried that the media would rip NASCAR for not suspending him.
"Being forced to sit away, it is the moment of am I going to continue to fight this battle? Or should I just walk away?" Busch said.
The suspension was "a very gloomy point for me," Busch told Speed. "The suspension really taught me, to take a step back and go, this is that moment of, 'You can't keep screwing up,'" Busch said. "You know, treat the media with respect, and maybe they'll start getting off of you."
Busch said if makes the NASCAR Hall of Fame some day, the highlights of his career would focus primarily on his problems and things he did wrong. "I'm done fighting the battle," Busch said. "My image is what it is. It's who they say that I am. I've lived two lives it seems like the last, … three years. And whatever they write is whatever they write. I'm done fighting the battle."


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Steve Kindig has been an electronics enthusiast for over 30 years. He has written extensively about home and car A/V gear for Crutchfield since 1985. Steve is also a volunteer DJ at community radio station WTJU, where he is a regular host of the American folk show "Atlantic Weekly," as well as the world music program "Radio Tropicale."
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Today's state-of-the-art digital movie theaters use "4K" projectors to display incredible image detail and depth. With at least four times the detail of your current HDTV, 4K has over 8 million pixels. Now, imagine how much detail you could see with that many pixels on an 84" TV screen instead of a 30-foot theater screen. That's the reality of LG's 84LM9600 4K Ultra High Definition TV.
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This is LG's 84LM9600. It has an 84" screen, and it's the world's first 4K TV. It's also referred to as an Ultra High Definition TV. And what does 4K mean? That means that it has roughly 4000 pixels horizontally. In fact, the specific number is 3840 pixels across and 2160 pixels down. So that's exactly twice the horizontal resolution and twice the vertical resolution of 1080p. So you're getting four times the picture detail.
We got to spend some time yesterday watching this TV, and there were several things that struck us right away. There was just a tremendous amount of picture detail, you know, top to bottom, side to side. For example, there was a guy wearing a sweater and you could really see these little fine threads kind of woven through the sweater. And this was detail that was not, like, shoved out at you. It just felt very natural.
And there was also noticeable picture depth which reminded me of, like, the very best plasma TVs. And another thing that reminded me of plasma was the viewing angle which is the best I've ever seen with an LCD TV. Normally with LCDs as you move off axis, move around to the sides, you tend to lose contrast and color vividness, but with this TV they stayed rock steady. So it was very impressive.
And what we're looking at on the screen now is actual 4K content. However, there really isn't any commercially available 4K content yet. There aren't any discs you can buy. What we're actually using is a hard drive player that LG sent us to use specifically for this. But even though there isn't any 4K content, the TV automatically upconverts any video signal to 4K, so whatever you're watching, you know, you get the full resolution of the TV. For instance, we were watching Blu-rays yesterday and they looked absolutely fantastic.
So on this 4K TV you'll get 4K resolution when you're watching in 2D, but what's also cool is that this is the first LG TV that gives you full 1080p resolution when you're watching in 3D because this uses their passive 3D technology. It uses glasses like these. In fact, the TV comes with six pairs of glasses. But in LG's previous TVs you would only get half the resolution in each eye. Because this has 4K resolution you're actually getting full 1080p resolution in each eye. And it delivers a stunning 3D experience. We had several people coming through the room yesterday when we had the TV set up. We were watching Prometheus in Blu-ray and the reactions were pretty much unanimous — this is the best 3D I've ever seen.
And as big as it is, it's still pretty thin. The panel here is about 2-3/8" thick, and the TV weighs about 180 pounds with the stand, which sounds like a lot but for such a huge screen we were kind of surprised that it didn't weigh more. And if you're considering purchasing this TV, you really need to consider where you're going to put it in your house, because it's so big that when you're moving it into your house you really can't make tight right angle turns, so you kind of need to have a straight shot right into the room where you want to put it. If you any questions about this or any other TV just give us a call.


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Following our story earlier this week (see HERE), Diamond Select Toys shares a look at the alternate raging head sculpts, bone-claw and no claw alternate hands and samurai sword accessory their new Wolverine action figure will come with. Based on his appearance in the upcoming movie The Wolverine, this 7 inch figure is similar to DST's new Venom in that it gives collectors multiple part options for varied display. Wolverine is due out in stores this Fall.
The Wolverine hits U.S. theaters July 26. In the movie, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages a mysterious figure from his past in a fight that has lasting consequences. Vulnerable for the first time, and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel, but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than ever before.
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You've picked out the perfect holiday outfit, and you know what makeup products and trends you're going to try - now what about your hair? For parties and other festive events, it's generally a good idea to style your hair the opposite of how you normally wear it. That means if you usually wear your hair up, you should wear it down to the event, and if it's normally curly or wavy, getting it pin-straight will be a chic look.
There are certain tricks you might want to try to get your strands to stay straight and frizz-free. Frizz prevention starts in the shower - rinse out your conditioner with cool water, since this will seal the cuticle to make each and every hair smooth. When blow-drying, always point the air down the shaft of the hair to keep the cuticle smooth.
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Bearing signs of Sandy's strength, Island Beach State Park reopens
New Jersey's Island Beach State Park is open again for walking and sport fishing after the cleanup from Hurricane Sandy.
Most of the sand and debris the storm deposited on the park's roadway have been removed, but there are illustrations of Sandy's massive still to be found.
State Park Service director Mark Texel says the boardwalks were destroyed, but the bath houses, the governor's mansion, and other buildings escaped Sandy's wrath.
"We had slight damage, some flooding, a few tiles and roof damage, but it's really the dunes themselves that took the most amount of damage," Texel said Friday. "The primary and secondary dunes in the lower, I would say, six to seven miles of the island are virtually gone."
Park manager Ray Bukowski pointed to one of the most dramatic displays of the storm's fury. A 40-foot-long barge that washed ashore in a 1992 storm had been buried beneath the sand as part of a dune. It scraped away the roadway as it was pushed into the park's woodland by Sandy's storm surge.
"The barge ended up getting unearthed from 20 feet down under the sand, and it came just about a half a mile west. There's trees between where it came from and here," Bukowski said. "So lord knows how high the water was when it came across."
Three cars from the destroyed roller coaster ride in Seaside Heights ended up buried in the park's sand.
Island Beach State Park contains close to 10 miles of sandy beach along Barnegat Bay. At the southern end of the park, stones at the jetty along the Barnegat Inlet were undermined and toppled.
The Army Corp of Engineers is assessing how to deal with that damage.
Meanwhile, Christmas trees have been arranged in a line on their sides along the beach to help form natural dunes.
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Known for her outrageous fashion choices as much as for her addictive, poppy music, Perry's hair color has run the gamut. Recently, she traded in turquoise for purple, and somehow, it feels subtler.
After years of Serena van der Woodsen blonde, the fashionable actress switched to strawberry for her role in Hick. But, the change was temporary. Lively went back to being a golden girl once the movie wrapped.
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, THE SOUND OF MUSIC and More Highlight FPAC's 2012-13 Family Season
The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) presents its 22nd season of live performances. FPAC's 2012-13 season of shows includes the popular Family Concert Series, a family-friendly trio of events. Offered free to the community, the winter Family Concert Series features Mark Poniatowski Presents Meet the Beatles on January 13, Jamie Barrett Presents Family Favorites on February 3, and Little Red Riding Hood - An Opera for Children on March 17. The interactive performances introduce audiences of all ages to music of many genres - classical, jazz, folk, blues, pop and rock - and feature talented musicians in an engaging, entertaining and educational format.
FPAC will present The Sound of Music on Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3 at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium in Franklin. Based on the true-life story of the Austrian von Trapp family, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical theater classic has delighted audiences for generations. "Do-Re-Mi," "My Favorite Things" and "Climb Every Mountain" are among the popular songs from this beloved Broadway score. FPAC's production will feature a talented cast of professional artists, community performers and students of the arts, as well as live accompaniment by a professional orchestra. Open auditions will be held on January 12.
FPAC's presentations of the Family Concert Series and The Sound of Music follow holiday productions of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Humbug!, an original contemporary musical adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. FPAC kicked off its 2012-2013 season in September with the company's annual party for Golden Circle members and other supporters. The FPAC season concludes with the annual summertime Whatever Theater Festival, including free performances of Shakespeare on The Common.
A distinctive suburban non-profit arts organization founded in 1991, FPAC presents quality performances while offering opportunities for professional artists, amateur performers, families and students of the arts to work together in a collaborative and creative environment. For more information, visit www.FPAConline.com or call (508) 528-8668.


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I swear, whenever I see Colts championship gear in a store, I can't help buy smile. What a wonderful feeling it is to finally win a championship.
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I swear, whenever I see Colts championship gear in a store, I can't help buy smile. What a wonderful feeling it is to finally win a championship.
Expect it to last for years Shade. No matter what happens from here on out, you will always remember the day and the feeling.
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
I'm still on a championship high for sure. Hell, I'm still on a championship high from the Sox winning in 05. I just feel this intense hunger for more.
I drove (south) down Capital Ave last night and saw the SUPER LARGE "Super Bowl Champions" banner above the doors of the dome and it felt really good seeing that. I need to get a picture of that.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I like seeing on tv "Colts Fans your team just won the super bowl! now buy the special edition...." or seeing the banner across the top of ESPN.COM and seeing a continuous banner of "buy your indianapolis colts superbowl gear here" always manages to brighten my day, and also reading the opposing teams fans responses on the message boards for the colts even makes me more happy, it's like a completely different level of denial over there mostly from the Pats fans.
I still get teary eyed when I hear this song! http://youtube.com/watch?v=kcmkqRa_Nms
2007 Super Bowl XLI Champions!
I listened to it as soon as the game was over. You have no idea how long I had waited to sing that song at the top of my lungs and actually mean it. We are the champions, we are the champions, we are the champions... OF THE WOOOOOOORLD!!!!
2007 Super Bowl XLI Champions!
That's what sucks when you're out of town. The Cowboys winning their last 3 SB's was great but it's SO much better when there are people around to share it with.
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I have watched the AFC Championship Game and THE BOWL twice the past week..... it dont get old.
Another perspective. I experienced 3 ABA titles. A looooong time ago. When I think back on them my absolute first reaction in my heart and my head is the word "SPECIAL".
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
Bumpity bump, bump, bump..... by the way the Indy Colts are still Champs.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
Are they ever going to release a Road to XLI, like they did for the Steelers?
I believe the Steelers one came out in the summer, so I'd look for it then. I hear it's a must buy as well!
And the champions of the football world, are the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS!
I saw one Barnes and Nobles here in Cali. I don't know if that's the exact one but it was the XLI Colts blue cover.
No, that's just the Indianapolis Colts Championship dvd. In the summer the NFL usually releases a Road to SB ???
I heard from a Steelers fan that it's a good buy. I guess it has full coverage of each playoff game, and it'll have Bob Lamey's commentary. So I'll be getting it for sure.
I actually just bought an official XLI program for $3. It's pretty sweet. I guess they were $15 at the game, and they're $10 right now on NFL.com
Ha! I got one for a dollar at the dollar store.
Oh yeah that is on my desk shelve, i found it the other day if you were wondering.
$1? Wow!! Mine was actually free, a friend bought a bunch of them for $3 a piece and gave me one!! haha but $1, man... I won't tell him that!
I don't think about it much anymore.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
Oh gosh...I'm 13 and I've lived in Indy for about 8 1/2 years. I moved out here to Wyoming about 6 months ago. Words cannot explain the joy I felt when the clock hit zero. The taunting from the Broncos fans at school stopped. I'm literally the only kid at my school who likes the Colts. My Dad called me on the phone crying telling me to never forget that moment.
I just played We Are the Champions for the hell of it. GO HORSE.
yep still giddy as a schoolgirl
Still giddy..
Hold on, let me check...........
Yep, still as giddy as I was 5 months ago.


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UKIP are celebrating after winning three seats to represent Worcestershire in the European elections – and topped the regional poll in a set of results described as "extraordinary" by Nigel Farage.
Labour won two, doubling its representation in the West Midlands, while the Conservatives won two, one down on the 2009 election. The Liberal Democrats lost their only MEP, Phil Bennion.
The list of winners is: Jill Seymour (UKIP) Neena Gill (Labour) Philip Bradbourn (Conservative) Jim Carver (UKIP) Sion Simon (Labour) Anthea McIntyre (Conservative) Bill Etheridge (UKIP).
Eleven different parties were vying for the seats, with 71 candidates hoping to make a breakthrough.
In the end, on a 43 per cent turnout UKIP topped the poll with 428,010 votes, Labour was second on 363,033, the Conservatives were third with 330,470 and the Lib Dems managed just 75,648.
In Worcester UKIP topped the poll with 7,715, the Conservatives came second with 7,185 and Labour came third with 6,651.
The Green Party then came fourth in the city with 2,224, with the Lib Dems in fifth on 1,327.
One of the big stories of the night was independent MEP Nikki Sinclaire, who conceded defeat just before 10pm, before the results were announced in Birmingham.
The 46-year-old was originally an MEP for UKIP in 2009 but left the party in a row over its grouping with 'extreme right wing' parties in the Brussels Parliament and last night stood for 'We Demand a Referendum Now'.
Her party got 616 Worcester votes and more than 23,000 across the region, but it was not enough.
In a statement she said: "My supporters will be disappointed, and naturally I am too.
"It has been an honour and a pleasure to represent 5.2 million constituents over the past five years. I have met thousands of people in my role, getting involved in community projects and giving a voice to the voiceless, and lending an ear when others wouldn't listen.
"I'm also proud of the campaign we ran here in the West Midlands, far larger than anybody had ever seen before, and many thanks to those who spent time talking to me and the team on the campaign trail.
"More importantly, thank you to everybody who took the time to vote for me on Thursday and for those who have stood by me."
The Tories were defending three seats and retained two.
Philip Bradbourn and Anthea McIntyre were re-elected while Dan Dalton failed to replace retiring MEP Malcolm Harbour.
Labour improved upon the one member Ed Miliband's party had in the West Midlands.
Michael Cashman is retiring and former MEP Neena Gill won her bid to return to Brussels five years after losing her seat.
Sion Simon, a former MP, also successfully stood for Labour. The Liberal Democrats lost their only West Midlands seat, held by Phil Bennion.
UKIP won two in 2009 but its MEPs Mike Nattrass and Miss Sinclaire had both since quit the party and formed their own Eurosceptic groups.
The Liberal Democrats were the night's biggest losers as Nick Clegg paid the price for his gamble to position the party as the natural opponents to Ukip's Euroscepticism.
In a humiliating set of results, the party lost all but one of the 11 MEPs it went into the contest with across the country, and was relegated to fifth place behind the Greens.
In Wales the Lib Dems lost their deposit and finished in sixth position.
Labour secured second place in the national contest with a strong performance in London, but the inability to deliver a win in a national poll or break through in key battlegrounds just 12 months before Ed Miliband hopes to enter 10 Downing Street will worry some in the party.
Nigel Farage claimed to have pulled off the "most extraordinary result in British politics for 100 years" this morning.
After 10 of Great Britain's 11 regional constituencies had declared their results, UKIP had 23 MEPs and a 27 per cent share of the vote - up on 11.6 per cent in 2009.
Labour and the Tories both ended up with 18 MEPs each after the English votes had declared, with Labour the second most popular party nationally on 25 per cent, and the Conservatives in third place on 23 per cent.
After Scotland had declared UKIP was left with 24 MEPs, Labour 20 and the Tories 19.
The Greens, which have three MEPs, came fourth on seven per cent and then came the Lib Dems in fifth place nationally, with a six per cent share of the vote and just one MEP left, despite starting yesterday with 12.
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EISA Award for beyerdynamic
August 25, 2010
Heilbronn, August 2010: The editors-in-chief of 53 trade magazines from 20 countries have voted – and chosen the new beyerdynamic T 50 p as "European Mobile Headphone 2010-2011" in the EISA 2010 awards. The trophy has been awarded since 1989 by the European Imaging and Sound Association, an affiliation of renowned hi-fi, photography and electronic magazines.
"This award is an honor for us and shows that we are setting new acoustic benchmarks with our Tesla technology", said a happy Mario Gebhardt, Head of Development for Audio Products at beyerdynamic. Under the "Tesla" description, the well-established Heilbronn-based company combines an entire bundle of sound-enhancing measures that are based on a particularly powerful magnetic drive system. At the same time, the name is a nod to the ingenious electrical engineer Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), to whom the developers of groundbreaking inventions utilizing alternating current owe quite a lot.
But the EISA experts were not just taken with the excellent sound of the T 50 p: the jury specifically praised the beautiful and elaborately handicrafted design in their laudation. The headphone won them over due to its wearing comfort, making "hours of relaxed listening" possible. The T 50 p, launched in spring 2010, is already the second headphone to feature Tesla technology. The beyerdynamic invention celebrated its premiere last year with the top-of-the-range model T 1 for the high-end hi-fi market. And the T 50 p is not to be the last Tesla headphone: the audio specialist will present the T 5 p at IFA 2010 in Berlin - audiophile headphones for those "on-the-go" that clearly take the tonal refinements of the EISA award winner to extremes.
About beyerdynamic
Since the Eugen Beyer electrical engineering factory was founded in 1924, beyerdynamic has been synonymous with applied high technology in the professional audio electronics sector, Made in Germany. In its long history, the company with headquarters in Heilbronn has developed many groundbreaking products and new technologies: these include the DT48, the world's first dynamic headphones, the E 1000 ribbon microphone that was used on the first Beatles tour in 1966 as well as the world's first wireless conference system.
Currently the beyerdynamic product portfolio includes, in addition to microphones and headphones, headsets for TV commentators and pilots as well as conference systems and interpreter systems. Amongst the newest engineer references are products for 5.1 Surround Sound in high-tech headphones, wireless Revoluto technology in the conference sector that is unique worldwide, high-quality headsets with digital noise reduction, individually manufactured headphones for iPod fans as well as premium headphones with the newly-developed Tesla technology with which new technological and acoustic benchmarks are being set for high end hi-fi headphones.
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Fields of Interests: Dr. Nesslein's scholarly interests focus on the political economy of the capitalist welfare state, especially relating to urban and housing policy issues. He was a graduate student (1975 – 1978) at the University of Stockholm, Sweden where he was a awarded a research grant to analyze Swedish housing policy. Dr. Nesslein is the author of more than two dozen articles and book reviews published in Urban Studies, Kyklos, Journal of Regional Science, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research, the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, the Encyclopedia of Housing, and Scandinavian Studies. In 1987 Dr. Nesslein received the Donald Robertson Memorial Prize for the best article published in Urban Studies during that year, and the following year he received a similar award for the best scholarly article in Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research.
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Olmsted Performing Arts to Present ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, 7/11-13
Olmsted Performing Arts (OPA) in Olmsted Falls brings the fun, funny and heartfelt "Once Upon A Mattress" to the Olmsted Performing Arts Center (OPAC) Youth Stage in July.
"Once Upon A Mattress" is the story of an unmarried prince, Prince Dauntless, searching for a woman to marry him and be his princess. Dozens of girls want to marry the prince but his mother, Queen Aggravain, has dismissed each of the women. Queen Aggravain declares that nobody can get married until her son, the prince, gets married. The right wife must be found right away.
A production of the OPA Youth Stage, "Once Upon A Mattress," is being directed by Megan Hyde, a dance and theatre veteran who has directed and choreographed more than nine productions at OPA, and had starring roles in OPA productions of "Beauty and the Beast" and "White Christmas" among others.
The cast for "Once Upon A Mattress" is incredibly talented, Hyde says. The audience will enjoy the infectious and impressive singing, dancing and acting the cast brings to the show.
The story of "Once Upon A Mattress" is a hilarious retelling, a re-envisionment, of "The Princess and the Pea" fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen with a wave of wonderful songs carrying the story along. The musical has been performed on Broadway in New York City, New York, on television and in countless school productions across the country, and the show tunes have been stuck in the heads of countless smiling audience members.
Performances of "Once Upon A Mattress," at the 1,300 person OPAC state-of-the-art auditorium, will be on July 11 at 7 p.m., July 12 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and July 13 at 2 p.m.
Cast members include Brianna Burke as Winifred, Chelsea Falatic of Queen Aggravain and Blake Gallaway as Prince Dauntless. The "Once Upon A Mattress" production team includes technical director Bob Foraker.
Tickets to "Once Upon A Mattress" are $14.25 and $16.25 and are available now online at http://www.olmstedperformingarts.com or over the phone by calling (440) 235-6722.
Before each performance of "The Princess and the Pea" will be a pre-show puppetry workshop. The preshow puppetry workshop will start 90 minutes prior to each performance. The OPA ice cream shop will also be open 90 minutes before each "Once Upon A Mattress" performance. Tickets to the puppetry workshop are $10 per child. Adults are free. Register for the puppetry workshops at http://www.olmstedperformingarts.com or over the phone by calling (440) 235-6722.


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Storage: A conventional approach to an everyday problem
A recent warehouse visit was a reminder that simpler is sometimes better
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I may have been an English major with limited mechanical ability, but I love watching machines at work. It's one of the reasons I get a kick out of shows like ProMat. It's also a reason I like writing about automation.
When you talk on a daily basis to companies that are implementing automation in their DCs, its easy to think that automation is the solution to every company's productivity and efficiency problems. For that reason, the day I spent last week at Scott Miracle-Gro's plant and warehouse in Marysville, Ohio was a gentle reminder that sometimes, simple solutions are best.
The Scotts' facility I visited was the epitome of a plant that manufacturers seasonal products in big batch runs, builds up a warehouse full of inventory - about 850,000 square feet worth in this case - and then ships like a demon in a short window. In the case of Marysville, the season runs from about April through August. During that period they'll ship as many as 6,000 pallets a day.
You'd think that's the kind of operation that would be ideal for some type of automated storage solutions and lots of conveyor. I certainly did. To the contrary, there wasn't a stick of pallet rack or conveyor to be found. In the plant, product is automatically bagged, palletized and stretch wrapped. After that, its lift trucks and 850,000 square feet of concrete. Instead of rack, Scotts employs something it calls pyramid stacking to floor stack pallets of finished goods five pallets high.
I asked my tour guide if the company had ever thought of high-density pallet rack or an AS/RS. "We had some rack in here years ago but took it out," he told me. "Floor storage works really well for us and there's no expense associated with equipment or maintenance."
What's really important to the efficiency of the Marysville facility is the uptime of its lift trucks, since it operates 24/7 during the season. For that reason, Scotts has has invested in a preventative maintenance program with its lift truck supplier. Keeping it simple has paid off. "I can't remember the last time we had to rent a lift truck to keep us going because one of our regular fleet was down for repairs," my guide said.
I love automation. But its important to remember how many in our industry are still running efficient and productive warehouses with the conventional tools of our trade.
About the AuthorBob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, editorial director, has covered materials handling, technology, logistics and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. In addition to Supply Chain Management Review, he is also Executive Editor of Modern Materials Handling. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Trebilcock lives in Keene, NH. He can be reached at 603-357-0484.
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Go to this forum and scroll almost to the bottom to see Saras girl friend. She's a very lovely lady!
You might say my eyeballs popped out so far they knocked my glasses off.
I would have copied and put them on here except I don't know how posters are making pictures so big.
Why don't someone that knows how do that.


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A heavily armed man suspected of carjacking and kidnapping in Sonoma County was arrested several hours later Monday after another alleged carjacking attempt in Greenbrae.
Jeffrey Boyce, a 30-year-old Oregon resident, was arrested after sheriff's deputies and Central Marin police descended on the Bon Air Shopping Center, where Boyce allegedly pointed a gun in a woman's face and ordered her into the passenger seat of her car.
The woman escaped and ran for help, and Boyce was arrested in the area a short time later.
"They were about 30 feet away from us," said Julie Villaflor, assistant manager at Woodlands Pet Food & Treats. "We grabbed the phone and locked ourselves in."
The incident in Rohnert Park was reported at about 4:30 p.m., when a man pointed a gun at a driver at a shopping center at 901 Golf Course Drive. The suspect got into the victim's blue BMW station wagon, kidnapped him and drove him to a church about two miles away, said Rohnert Park police Sgt. Aaron Johnson.
Then the suspect drove back to the shopping center, where the victim was able to escape. The victim called police.
As Rohnert Park police investigated the crime, they found a truck that Boyce was allegedly driving before stealing the man's car. The truck contained more than 200 rounds of 7.62 mm assault-rifle-style bullets and loaded .22-caliber rifle, Johnson said.
Around the same time, San Francisco received a call from Boyce's mother in Oregon. The woman told police her son is mentally ill and she feared he was heading for the Russian consulate in San Francisco to seek "asylum," Johnson said. The mother said Boyce had guns and a concealed weapons permit.
San Francisco police alerted regional law enforcement agencies about Boyce. Rohnert Park police advised Marin authorities that Boyce could be coming through the county on his way to San Francisco.
Marin sheriff's deputies and local police officers, following protocols for dangerous suspects on the run, took positions alongside Highway 101 throughout the county.
At about 6:30 p.m., authorities received a report of a gunman in the Bon Air Shopping Center in Greenbrae. The gunman pointed a gun at a woman's face and told her to get in the passenger seat of her car, according to Villaflor, who talked to the victim.
The woman ran for help, and authorities began to receive numerous calls about the gunman. As sheriff's deputies and Central Marin police swarmed to Bon Air, they received reports of a man trying to break into homes in the neighborhood between the shopping center and Corte Madera Creek.
Boyce was arrested a short time later on Elizabeth Circle. He was carrying a gun, said sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman.
A dark BMW station wagon was found in the parking lot of the shopping center.
The investigation was continuing Monday night, and police and deputies were searching the shopping center and the neighborhood for any additional evidence.
The incident was the second major law enforcement response at the shopping center since Saturday, when a man allegedly tried to rob Wells Fargo and threatened to blow up the bank.
Greenbrae resident Sarah Perry was walking her dog Monday when she saw deputies race to the shopping center.
"They were driving fast down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard," she said. "It really got our attention. I was like, 'What the heck's going on?' — what with the bomb scare last week."
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I went to the Southport vs Park Tudor game (Go Cards!) and he was there watching his son play. His son is a 6'1 sophomore guard who plays both junior varsity and varsity basketball for Park Tudor.
Anyways when I got there I was told to look five feet down to my right, and sure enough the next person over was Isiah Thomas. I did get his autograph, and I did shake his hand and such. So that was pretty cool.
The whole entire Southport crowd it seemed then went and followed my lead and went over to meet Zeke. He was very cordial and didn't turn away anybody. He'd flash the golden smile of his and would shake everybody's hand.
That's not the best part about tonight.......Southport won 48-45 in OT. The Cards have now won five out of their past six ballgames heading into sectionals.
And we got the Friday night bye in a seven team sectional!!! : range:


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