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Weather Summary: A strong upper-level ridge of high pressure dominated the nation's weather this U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week, bringing well above-normal temperatures to the central and northern tier states. Clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms along a stalled cool front kept temperatures below-normal in the southern states. But even then, maximum temperatures were 90 degrees F or warmer across much of the country, with maximums exceeding 100 from South Dakota to Kansas. Philip, South Dakota, reached 109 degrees on July 15.
Beneficial rain fell from southern Texas to the southern Appalachians along the front. Excessive rainfall occurred over southeast Texas where amounts totaled 10 inches or more in places, but elsewhere rainfall amounts were generally localized with limited relief. Monsoon showers and thunderstorms brought above-normal rain to parts of the West, but the rain had little impact on deficits which have accumulated over several months. Weak fronts triggered localized showers and thunderstorms along the northern tier states. In between, hot and dry weather dominated from the central Plains to Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, and Northeast.
Another week of hot and dry weather continued the deterioration of crop conditions in America's breadbasket. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports for the week ending July 15 indicated that 38 percent of the nation's corn crop was in poor to very poor condition, compared to 30 percent a week ago, and 30 percent of soybeans were in poor to very poor condition (compared to 27 percent last week). Fifty-four percent of the nation's pasture and rangeland was in poor to very poor condition, which is a jump of 4 percent compared to last week and is an all-time high for the 1995-2012 growing season weekly history.
About two dozen large wildfires, mostly in the West, were burning on July 17, about half the number compared to a week ago. Streamflows were in the lower tenth percentile of record, or at record low values at several time scales, across much of the Midwest and parts of the central Plains, West, Southeast, and even parts of New England. As a result, the impacts boundaries were shifted to reflect short-term and long-term drought conditions from the west coast to Ohio Valley and Southeast, with short-term conditions indicated in the northern tier states and from eastern Tennessee to New England. Long-term impacts were indicated for parts of the Southwest and central Gulf of Mexico states.
The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic: Light to locally moderate rain fell across parts of the region. But even the heaviest amounts, which fell in southeastern Pennsylvania and extreme southeast New York, were barely above normal for the week. Most areas were drier than normal and hot, with abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanding across New York, southern New England, northern Pennsylvania, and northern New Jersey. Moderate drought (D1) spread eastward from western New York, grew in the Chesapeake Bay area, and was added to western Massachusetts.
The Southeast, Deep South, and Southern Texas: Widespread heavy rains and flooding in southeast Texas resulted in significant improvement with the USDM depiction improving by two categories in parts of Texas and adjacent Louisiana. Elsewhere along the front, drought conditions improved by one category in a few local areas where 2-3 inches, or more, of rain fell, from Mississippi and southern Arkansas to West Virginia, and from Georgia to North Carolina. But expansion occurred in a few local areas missed by the rains in Alabama and North Carolina. Exceptional drought (D4) expanded in western Kentucky and southern Illinois, severe drought (D2) expanded in northwest Kentucky, and D1 filled in the hole from northern Kentucky into southwest Ohio. D1 expanded in the Florida panhandle which had below-normal rainfall and where low lake levels persisted.
The Great Plains to Midwest: Unrelenting heat and lack of rain continued the downward spiral of drought conditions. D0 to D2 expanded across parts of the Plains from Texas to North Dakota, from Missouri to Minnesota, and in the southern Great Lakes. Extreme drought (D3) was introduced in Nebraska, Missouri, and Wisconsin, and D3 expanded in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Indiana. The city of Indianapolis, Indiana, implemented mandatory water restrictions for the first time ever with many trees dropping their leaves and going dormant months early. Exceptional drought (D4) expanded in Arkansas and was introduced in western Kansas.
The West: Monsoon showers held drought deterioration at bay across much of the West, but with amounts mostly an inch or less, little improvement was seen. Even the 2+ inch rains in parts of Arizona were not enough to change the drought depiction. D4 in northwest Colorado was removed as conditions improved from recent rains, and the D1 was removed and surrounding D0 shrank in central Washington as precipitation in recent weeks justified the reassessment there. But drought conditions deteriorated in other parts of the West. D4 expanded slightly in southeast Colorado, and D0-D2 expanded from southeast Oregon and northern Utah to southern Montana.
Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico: The week was mostly drier than normal at most stations in Alaska and Hawaii, but no change was made to the depiction there. It was another dry week for much of Puerto Rico, with accumulated deficits exceeding 8 inches for the last two months. D0 was added to the western and eastern sections of the island which were persistently drier than normal out to 90 to 180 days and where below-normal streamflows were beginning to appear.
Looking Ahead: Beneficial rains could continue from the Gulf of Mexico coast to Mid-Atlantic States during July 18-23, with amounts in excess of two inches in places. Some of these rains could spread into the eastern sections of the Tennessee and Ohio valleys. Monsoon showers are expected in the Southwest and showers and thunderstorms may develop with fronts moving across the northern tier states, although rainfall amounts should generally be less than an inch in these areas. The southern to central Plains will likely be devoid of precipitation. Temperatures for much of the country east of the Rockies will be above normal, with departures possibly 10 to 15 degrees above normal from the central Plains to Great Lakes.
For July 24-August 1, dry weather is expected to dominate in the southern to central Plains, across the Gulf coast, and along the west coast, while monsoon showers should bring above normal precipitation to the Southwest. Above-normal temperatures should maintain their hold across the interior U.S. from the Plains to Southeast, with cooler-than-normal conditions along the west coast. Alaska is forecast to be wet with above-normal temperatures in the northeast and cooler-than-normal conditions in the west and south.
Author: Richard Heim, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
Dryness Categories
D0 ... Abnormally Dry ... used for areas showing dryness but not yet in drought, or for areas recovering from drought.
Drought Intensity Categories
D1 ... Moderate Drought
D2 ... Severe Drought
D3 ... Extreme Drought
D4 ... Exceptional Drought
Drought or Dryness Types
S ... Short-Term, typically <6 months (e.g. agricultural, grasslands)
L ... Long-Term, typically >6 months (e.g. hydrology, ecology)


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So Monday morning when I got to the office, I immediately went into the blog's mailbox to see who would become the winner of our contest. When I left on Friday, we had a couple guys with game times around 600 hours, but it turned out our winner would best these impressive efforts. There were also a few folks sending in multiple screen shots showing total game time across different players, but as the rules noted, this contest was for one game save.
Without further ado, I'd like to congratulate Krisztián Kovács of Hungary as becoming the "Oblivion Iron Man." With a gameplay time of 700:48:55, he was the official winner by nearly 50 hours. If you think about that, that's like playing for the entire month of February — even if it's leap year! To quote Pete on the accomplishment, "Da-yum!"
Krisztián, 33, has been playing Oblivion since the game's release — replacing Morrowind as his favorite game. He claims that he doesn't have much spare time, but when he's taking a break from his job as a tinsmith, Oblivion is his favorite break from the real world.
Congrats to Krisztián! We'll be sending out his copy of Oblivion, signed by Sean Bean and Terrence Stamp.

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Patricia Cornwell usually writes entertaining books, and "The Front" falls into that category. It's a crime novel, of course, with some interesting characters: Win Garano, Nana and the DA, Monique, are among them. And cops from different departments are forced to work together — and we meet some others — and when I finished the book, I told my daughter I miss Kay Scarpetta. She agreed.
Then I turned to "Ghana Must Go," by Taiye Selasi. The scene shifts often, the characters are well-drawn, the plot moves along smoothly and I learned a lot of history. I am glad I read it, but it doesn't go down on my list of "You Must Read This Book."
Then I turned to "The Burgess Boys." It's by Elizabeth Strout, and that fact alone means it's worth reading. Have you read her book "Olive Kitteridge"? I wish you would, and when you finish it, let me know if you like Olive.
Well, as I was reading this book about the Burgess boys, Jim and Bob, and Bob's twin sister, Susan, I found myself asking if I liked the characters. What causes them to be like this? I asked. The reader finds out far more about them as the book goes on. Jim is a highly successful corporate lawyer with a likeable wife. Bob is a legal aid attorney, divorced, but his ex-wife is frequently in the book. They now live in New York. Susan has stayed in Maine and has a son, Zach, a shy, quiet, unassuming teenager with few if any friends.
Jim has belittled Bob all of his life, and Bob has taken it. Their father had died in a freak accident, which affected all three siblings. Anyway, Susan calls on her brothers for help because Zach has committed a terrible crime: He threw a frozen pig's head through the doors of a Somali mosque, and to make it worse, that was during Ramadan. So now, in addition to trying to understand the messed-up relationships, we encounter racial tensions and politicians very much aware of what these tensions can do.
Strout knows how to write. Maine and Brooklyn: quite a contrast and indicative of the rivalries in her story. Seemingly passive Bob grows before our eyes, and it's impossible not to like him, even when he is called "slobdog" by Jim and he takes it. We understand the hardships the Somalis face as they try to adapt to life in Maine, of all places. We watch the political maneuvering and get to meet some of the Somalis and finally learn about the circumstances of the father's car accident, and that's as much as I'm going to tell you.
Several people I interviewed for my Page Turner column had talked about Jodi Picoult's books, so as you know, I tried a couple of them. I've written about them before. But this time I picked her book "The Storyteller" because it was staying on the best-seller list so long. I wanted to know why.
I have found out. At first I thought the book could be used as a primer to get recent generations to learn about the Holocaust. But it is more than that. The author has the habit of changing viewpoints in chapters, and that took me a little while to adapt to. So we have various narrators as we enjoy the aroma in the bakery because of the descriptions and we can taste the wonderful goodies that result from Sage's mastery of the art of baking. We meet Josef, an elderly man who had become well-loved as a teacher and coach, and Minka, who has never divulged what happened to her during the Holocaust, and Sage's sisters, and Leo, who works for the FBI.
When Josef asks Sage to help him end his life, the story turns a corner. He tells her he was a Nazi and participated in killing many people. Sage is now facing a dilemma. What is the moral thing to do? She begins to question where the line is between punishment and forgiveness. She is scarred (it takes a long time for us to find out how and why that happened), and Josef obviously is deeply scarred because of his past. The reader gets caught up in deciding what is the right thing to do.
After all, during the telling of the story we spend time in Auschwitz and the Polish ghetto and the awfulness of that era. As you can tell, it is suspenseful. It is going to make you think.
I have just started "And the Mountains Echoed." It's by Khaled Hosseini, and I'd like to get back to it. So enough for now.


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"Because AmorChem believes in the importance of PCSK9 in the treatment of high cholesterol, we feel it
is crucial to attack it with different tactics", explains Dr. Elizabeth Douville from AmorChem. "Beyond this
project, we strongly believe in the importance of having put in place a Master Agreement with Univalor",
she continued, "and several further deals are being lined up with them now that this has been
PCSK9 is a well-known, validated target used in efforts to develop a new generation of drugs more
efficacious than the currently used products, statins, which include LipitorTM. This multi-billion dollar
market is expected to continue to rise significantly over the next decade.
"IRCM is proud to be part of the success of this project. Discovery of novel drug development targets is a
long-term endeavor", comments Dr. Tarik Möröy, its President and Scientific Director. "Our Institute
congratulates Dr. Seidah on his diligent work. The discovery of the importance of the PCSK9 target in
cholesterol control is the product of many years of research" emphasises Dr. Möröy.
"This is a very exciting period of research and discovery that should culminate in the identification of novel
drug candidates to efficaciously control the levels of circulating low density lipoprotein cholesterol (the
bad cholesterol) with minimal side effects", adds Dr. Seidah.
The work on the biologic inhibitor of PCSK9 will be done in Dr. Seidah's laboratories at the IRCM.
"We are keen on maximizing our exposure in certain fields and our dual efforts in Dr. Seidah's lab reflect
this portfolio strategy. We are planning to continue to build our portfolio by announcing additional deals
shortly", comments Dr. Inès Holzbaur, from AmorChem.
AmorChem L.P. (www.amorchem.com) is a venture capital fund located in Montreal focused on
investing in promising life science projects originating from Quebec-based universities and research
centres. This fund is the latest addition to the GeneChem portfolio of funds, a fund manager in existence
since 1997. AmorChem's innovative business model involves financing research-stage projects to enable
them to reach pre-clinical proof-of-concept ("POC") in a semi-virtual mode within 18-24 months. The
fund seeks to generate returns through a two-pronged exit strategy: sell projects having reached POC to
large biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies; or bundle them into new spin-out companies. The
projects will be managed by AmorChem using external resources. To that effect, AmorChem has
established a strategic partnership with the Biotechnology Research Institute in order to access its R&D
platforms. In addition, to enabling projects requiring small molecules as tools or drug leads, AmorChem
has founded NuChem Therapeutics Inc., a medicinal chemistry contract-research company.
Univalor, founded in 2001, is a limited partnership that offers to the industry the opportunity to increase
their competitive advantage through access to leading edge scientific and engineering technologies
developed by world class researchers from the Université de Montréal, its affiliated schools and most of
its affiliated hospitals. The work of Univalor's specialists is to showcase some of the most promising
technologies developed by those researchers to potential partners looking for innovation in the areas of
life sciences and human health, pure and applied sciences, engineering, information technology and
management sciences. Please visit www.univalor.ca for more information.
Founded in 1967, the IRCM (www.ircm.qc.ca) is currently comprised of 36 research units in various
fields, namely immunity and viral infections, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer,
neurobiology and development, systems biology and medicinal chemistry. It also houses three
specialized research clinics, seven core facilities and three research platforms with state-of-the-art
equipment. The IRCM employs 425 people and is an independent institution affiliated with the
Université de Montréal. The IRCM clinic is associated to the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de
Montréal (CHUM). The IRCM also maintains a long-standing association with McGill University.
Media contacts:
Elizabeth Douville
Inès Holzbaur
Business development contact:
John Clement
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Mega-C-Acid Plus Side Effects
Generic Name: ascorbic acid
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of ascorbic acid. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Mega-C-Acid Plus.
For the Consumer
Applies to ascorbic acid: oral capsule, oral capsule extended release, oral capsule liquid filled, oral granule, oral liquid, oral lozenge/troche, oral powder, oral powder for solution, oral powder for suspension, oral solution, oral syrup, oral tablet, oral tablet chewable, oral tablet extended release, oral wafer
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by ascorbic acid (the active ingredient contained in Mega-C-Acid Plus). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
Severity: Moderate
If any of the following side effects occur while taking ascorbic acid, check with your doctor or nurse as soon as possible:Less common or rare: - with high doses
- Side or lower back pain
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with ascorbic acid may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:Less common or rare: - with high doses
- Diarrhea
- dizziness or faintness (with the injection only)
- flushing or redness of skin
- headache
- increase in urination (mild)
- nausea or vomiting
- stomach cramps
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to ascorbic acid: compounding powder, injectable solution, oral capsule, oral gum, oral liquid, oral tablet, oral tablet chewable, oral tablet disintegrating, oral tablet extended release
Renal side effects have included oxalate and urate kidney stones.[Ref]
Hyperoxaluria appears to be dose-related.[Ref]
Nervous system
Migraine headache has been reported with a daily dose of 6 grams.
The manufacturer reports temporary dizziness and faintness may be associated with too rapid of a rate during intravenous administration.[Ref]
Nervous system side effects have included dizziness, faintness, fatigue, and headache in less than 1% of patients. Migraine headache has also been reported.[Ref]
Conditional scurvy is reported to occur following excessive doses of ascorbic acid (the active ingredient contained in Mega-C-Acid Plus) over a prolonged period of time. The mechanism of action for this condition is thought to be that large doses of ascorbic acid condition the patient over time for rapid clearance of ascorbic acid resulting in scurvy. The plasma levels of ascorbic acid appear to remain within normal limits. The actual existence of conditional scurvy remains controversial.[Ref]
Other side effects have included flank pain in less than 1% of patients. Conditional scurvy has also been reported.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects have included nausea, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and esophagitis.[Ref]
Nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps appears to be associated with doses exceeding 2 g per day, although there have been some reports with as little as 1 g per day.
Esophagitis appears to be associated with prolonged or increased contact of ascorbic acid tablets with the esophageal mucosa.[Ref]
The majority of hemolysis reports have been associated with patients who have concurrent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.[Ref]
Hematologic side effects have included hemolysis.[Ref]
Local side effects have included transient mild soreness at the site of injection.[Ref]
1. Levine M, Dhariwal KR, Welch RW, Wang Y, Park JB "Determination of optimal vitamin C requirements in humans." Am J Clin Nutr 62(6 Suppl) (1995): s1347-56
2. Hathcock JN "Vitamins and minerals: Efficacy and safety." Am J Clin Nutr 66 (1997): 427-37
3. "How much vitamin C do you need?" JAMA 281 (1999): 1460
4. "Product Information. Cemill (ascorbic acid)." Abbott Pharmaceutical, Abbott Park, IL.
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text: I am looking to get a tattoo on my wrist. i was hoping to get a Balinese Om symbol with Ganesha incorporated into it. I have seen the common Om symbol done in this manner, I was just wondering if it "made sense" to get the tattoo I am wanting, are the Balinese Om and Ganesha compatible together from a Buddhist perspective? I know this question might not make a lot of sense but I'm hoping someone can shed some light.


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Topic: Spouse recently diagnosed
Hi, my name is Kris and my husband was recently diagnosed with hilar CC (Klatskin's tumor). We were very lucky in that it was only about 6 weeks from first acute symptoms (thought it was his gall bladder) to his surgery June 4th. We were blessed both with some accidents (back pain with no cause that us landed us in the ER and a CT scan) and some heads-up doctors that sent us onto the surgeons. He had a 14 hour surgery to re-sect out the tumor along with just a little less than half of his liver (Roux-en-y procedure). His lengthy surgery was related to a previous exploratory laparotomy and splenectomy years ago as a teenage for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Out docs have been very positive and have never talked about prognosis (which I appreciate since it makes no difference to me as every cancer is unique to the person). It was a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with one out of seven lymph nodes positive and per the surgeon clean wound margins after re-secting out the tumor
He is now fairly well healed and starting chemo in a little over a week. We had a little set back due to a Klebsiella sepsis a couple of weeks ago and we are just waiting for blood work to come back clean. Chemo will be every two weeks of cisplatin and gemcitabine which the oncologist says they are having very good luck with.
It has been wonderful to find this site and have people who understand what you are going through. This is such a rare cancer that you spend so much time explaining to people what it is that it almost drives me nuts. Most people seem to think it's some sort of liver cancer. And I am a nurse which means I always seem to know a little too much so it makes it harder to deal with sometimes. (One of the docs said we were lucky I was a nurse but sometimes I wonder about that).
And just to add a little bit more stress to my life (if this isn't enough) my twenty year old son was diagnosed with thyroid cancer within days of my husband's diagnosis. We are not three weeks out on his surgery.
Thanks for letting me share my story and fall everyone that shared theirs. It is so good to not feel so alone.


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I'm kind of reluctant to post these, but, I hope that you enjoy. I got these tidbits from my cousin/best-friend, who's a journalist in Cincinnati. He's got some rumors that may or may not have legs, as these are kind of an amalgam of journalistic feelings and tidbits from the FO that are swirling in the Nati. He is what I have, verbatim
the Reds rent ready to concede yet on this season, and it kid of looks like krivsky is still trying to put the team at the head of the pack.
what I know is jerry narron's job is safe, which mirrors what krivsky has said to various outlets around town.
the team is actively pursuing chad cordero from the nats, even though they filed a grievance against them just a day or two ago. krivsky is willing to drop it if they think they can complete a deal with washington for Bullpen help. bwden originally asked for dunn, and the reds balked. right now they are offering ken griffey jr., but they also want brian schneider if they are trading jr,. The reds also kinda want jon rauch, but that apparently would take joey votto and a pitcher that isnt homer bailey from the minors. they've also asked about shawn hill and jason bergmann who are both on the dl right now.
krivsky is also trying to dump kyle lohse, and he is scared out of his mind that at his current rate, he will have no trade value by the time a deal can be done. one offer they made was to the yankees for brian bruney, but new york didn't dig that at all, and theres kind of nothing going on there right now.
the reds have somehwat soured on david ross' bat. they've kind of curiously asked about aj pierzynski and michael barrett.
they are also somewhat concerned that aaron harang is hurt.
cincinnati may have asked oakland about rich harden, and they are interested in him as BP help not as a starter, but oakland wants bailey and more.


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The University of Colorado at Boulder has named Cynthia Luna Scott the new assistant to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jean Kim.
Scott most recently served as a project manager for higher education at the Education Commission of the States. She also served as executive assistant to the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Scott assumed the position at CU-Boulder on Jan. 2.
She has a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Michigan, a master's in counseling and guidance for the University of Arizona and a bachelor1s in French from San Diego State University.
In the position of assistant to the vice chancellor, Scott will be responsible for providing general fiscal oversight for the student affairs budget, strategic planning and budgeting, will assist Kim in research and policy analysis of student services and will serve as liaison between the division of student affairs and the various campus service departments.
Vice Chancellor Kim said, "We are very excited to have Cindi join our team. She brings exceptional experience to this position, and I look forward to working with her."
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With that mindset, Bradford, a former entertainment industry insider, has taken the first group of digital media students at Crenshaw High School all the way to the White House. They've written a book about their experience, Journey to the White House: An Educational Blueprint for Change in Action. And, two of them, 17-year-old Trestan Fairweather and 18-year-old Mia Henry are headed to the Democratic National Convention in September where they, according to Bradford, are hoping to meet President Barack Obama and show him what his newly proposed educational policies can produce.
In 2010 Obama unveiled his plan to reform the No Child Left Behind legislation put in place by the Bush administration before him. Critics of that law said it created an atmosphere where teachers focused only on high standardized test scores, so their schools would not face punishments like decreased funding and school closures. Instead of punishments, Obama said he wants improve the school system through innovative teaching techniques, assessing students according to their individual needs and providing incentives for higher achievement.
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"For me when the class started, because we didn't start working on the computers (right away), I was like, 'well this class is going to be boring,'" Henry recalled.
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Software for the course included iLife (which consists of iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, etc.)
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"When we started getting involved in the political stuff with OFA we were their go to digital people," said Fairweather, who will turn 18 one day before the convention.
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"The one I did was for Women for the President," said Henry.
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Added Bradford, "It's been really rewarding when you can encourage them to do something like this and then it actually happens. It was the best learning experience of their lifetime. It was very encouraging because not only… the start out was a digital media project in class… they learned a lot about government. They learned a lot about collaborating."
The result: Fairweather was the first 11th grader to intern at ABC 7. He's on his way to Cal Poly Pomona in the fall he said, to study botany (he wants to be a pharmacist). Henry will go to Cal State Dominguez to study criminal justice (she wants to be a homicide detective). They and the other students are all certified in the digital media software.
"That's what needs to happen in education," said Bradford, who credits much of the program's success to Obama's plans for education.
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I saw someone already asked this question. My symptoms are much the same. I have no eye tearing but have a constant feeling of needing to sneeze and a constant dripping from my right nostril only. I had 2 root canals done on my two upper front teeth. Shortly after the local was injected I kept feeling the need to sneeze. Hoping this would wear off after the numbness wore off I shrugged it off. After the local wore off it got worse. It`s only the right nostril that flows and if I`m not sneezing I constantly feel the need to sneeze. I have no cold and or allergies. Could a nerve have been aggravated by the injection and/or dental work?
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Lastly, I believe that we need to remind ourselves and more importantly our politicians that they (our politicians) are not smarter than our Founding Fathers, nor are they more noble or honorable.
Regards to all.
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Very interesting study from Harvard (Yes HARVARD!) that supports the above perspective.
Let's hope that as Harvard convenes their "emergency" think tank to battle the "gun violence epidemic" they remember their own work.
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The problem with quoting our founding fathers to liberals and particularly anti-gunners, is they don't care. They don't see the principles forwarded by our founding fathers as being what made this country great. They see them as outdated and as flaws that need to be corrected.
Win-Lose, the Harvard study is excellent. It is even more powerful coming out of Harvard University, considered to be more liberal than conservative.
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Many of us have written letters to our Senator's, Congressmen and even the White House. I have done all three, and since I live in Illinois, I've also sent letters to our congress and senate in Illinois. This is no longer about Gun Control, it's about Government Control.
I have actually received two responses from my letters. One in support of the 2nd Amendment and the one below, that when initially read sounds good, but when you re-read it and understand the underlying message, is very troubling. This is how they speak in Government, which unfortunately fools a large number of people.
Here is the written response to my initial letter supporting our 2nd Amendment right (I changed my personal info rather than post it on the internet):
On Jan 7, 2013, at 4:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
January 7, 2013
Mr. Gregory G*****
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Dear Mr. G*****:
Thank you for your message about gun control. I appreciate knowing your views on this important issue.
Americans are entitled to own and use guns in a responsible fashion. Strong penalties for violent crimes involving firearms should be part of any effort to reduce gun violence. I have consistently supported tough crime control and prevention initiatives since coming to Congress.
Enforcing our nation's existing gun control laws must remain a high priority. I support efforts that address illegal possession and use of firearms. Common sense restrictions such as the Brady Law and the Assault Weapons Ban are supported by law enforcement officials who must patrol our streets. These laws help protect people from crime and violence without infringing on legitimate hunting and sporting uses of firearms.
I will continue to support efforts that help ensure our nation's gun laws are vigorously enforced. Thank you once again for contacting me.
Please feel free to stay in touch.
Richard J. Durbin
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And here is my letter in response. While his letter sounded good to many I shared it with, once we discussed the underlying meanings and vagueness of his letter, everyone understood why we must continue to be vocal about our 2nd Amendment right and resist changes to it, and the other Bill of Rights.
Dear Senator Durbin,
I appreciate you taking the time to respond personally to my email regarding our 2nd Amendment rights. However I feel compelled to respond to your letter as I believe your interpretation has strayed from the verbiage and true meaning of the 2nd Amendment, which states:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Nowhere in the text does it state "owning guns in a responsible fashion". That becomes your interpretation of what "responsible" is. While I want only responsible people to own arms, focus should be placed on ensuring mentally unstable people don't have access to weapons. I do support the Brady Act in so much as completing background checks on potential firearm purchases.
You also appear to support the "Assault Weapons Ban" as being "common sense restrictions", however once again this becomes your interpretation of what an assault weapon is. This is too restrictive and is not the problem causing gun violence.
And finally, you reference laws that "help protect people from crime and violence without infringing on legitimate hunting and sporting uses of firearms". With all due respect Senator, this is very concerning as you are putting words into the constitution that do not exist. The 2nd Amendment does not speak of the right to have weapons for hunting and sporting uses, it speaks to "being necessary to the security of a free State," and that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".
I think it is important to point out that violence is not growing due to legitimate gun owners that are legally exercising their 2nd Amendment rights, including those that own semi-automatic weapons. Violence is committed by people who don't care about laws, and will continue to commit their crimes regardless of an weapons ban.
Senator Durbin, I implore you to reconsider your position on this matter and do not add your beliefs and will to the constitution, but instead place more energy behind being tough on crime and violence. Guns don't create violence, bad people do. Knives, hammers, swords, baseball bats, etc. don't create violence, bad people do. Focus your attention on controlling and/or punishing bad people.
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|Prince Phoenix Y 1500 Pro Specifications
|Frame Material:
|High Modulus Graphite + Top Aero & Bottom Box Frame
|Shaft Material:
|High Modulus Graphite + Micro Taper
|87g +/- 2 (3U-G5)
|Max Tension:
|31 lbs
|300mm +/- 3
|Special Features
|Triple Threat
The end result: Expanded sweet spot with less shock to the arm and better off center hitting. Perfect balance and stability in a racquet that will improve your game.
|Y Joint
The Phoenix frames have a short shaft due to the 'Y' construction and combined with its narrow tapered shaft produce a frame with exceptional speed and dynamic response.
The patented 'Y' Joint design provides superior torsional stability, because the head portion connects to the shaft at an angle, allowing bending and torsional stresses to be balanced.
In additional the 'Y' design provides longer strings resulting in an expanded power zone.
Extreme String Pattern (ESP) is a unique string pattern to Phoenix badminton frames, with the more open pattern providing more string bed deformation and repulsion for more powerful shots with great striking feeling.
|Top Aero + Bottom Box Frame
Box shape 'Y-limbs' increase the torsional rigidity of the frame, provide superior lower hoop stiffness and strength to support high tension stringing.
Aero shape in the tip of the hoop allows greater maneuverability and greater racquet head speed generation.
|Isometric head frame
|Equalizes the length of main and cross strings in the stringbed, enlarging the sweet-spot for more consistent accuracy even on off-center hits.
|Power Rail Frame
|The hoop is constructed with an internal power rail designed to place high modulus carbon fibres at the position with the greatest moment of inertia in the plain of bending resulting in maximum racquet head repulsion for more power and faster response.
|Dual Taper Beam Frame
|Dual taper beam cross section gives controllable hoop face flex with greatest stiffness at centre of face to provide ultimate string bed support and frame repulsion in the area of striking.
|Micro Tapered Shaft
|'Micro' tapered shaft provides a narrow section shaft with a controlled high kick point at the narrowest shaft diameter. With combination of the short shaft and narrow shaft the Phoenix has a super fast responsive shaft, matchinng the flex of a regular length shaft but with unparalleled speed.
|Racket Specifications
|High Modulus Graphite + Top Aero & Bottom Box Frame
|High Modulus Graphite + Mirco Taper
|87g +/- 2 (3U-G5)
|Max Tension
|Balance Point
|300mm +/- 3
|72 (ESP 20x21)
|Black / Yellow
|Special Features
|Triple Threat; Y Joint; ESP; ISO head frame; Top Aero + Bottom Box Frame; Power Rail Beam Frame; Dual Taper Frame; Micro Tapered Shaft;


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'Wheelbarrow Burglar' arrested in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho - A man known as the "Wheelbarrow Burglar," who was wanted in connection with several burglaries in Oregon, was arrested in Idaho.
Marion County sheriff's deputies said Billie Jo Shrader was arrested Wednesday after a homeowner spotted him breaking into a vacation home in Lowman, Idaho.
Boise County sheriff's deputies said they are also investigating Shrader for burglaries similar to those near Detroit Lake, Ore.
Shrader is suspected of breaking into several vacation homes and living in them for days at a time. He allegedly took showers, ate food and drank liquor that he found in the homes, according to Marion County Sheriff's Office spokesman Don Thomson.
He's also accused of stealing camping gear, blankets and clothes when he left. Deputies called Shrader the "Wheelbarrow Burglar" because they said he used a wheelbarrow to haul away the stolen items.
In October, a homeowner found a man, later identified as Shrader, living in his cabin along the Santiam Highway. He confronted him and took a cell phone photo before Shrader ran away.
Deputies said Shrader is cooperating with investigators in Idaho and telling them what he's been doing since he was released from prison in October.


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Some of the questions, and the experts' responses, are contained in the following release:
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Five Top Experts Give Practical Advice on Everything from Carb-Loading to Electrolyte Intake
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Just heard on ESPN Radio that Kaplan ruled that JO's suspension should be 15 games. Jackson and Artest's do not change.
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Just heard on ESPN Radio that Kaplan ruled that JO's suspension should be 15 games. Jackson and Artest's do not change.
It's true; ESPNews has it in the bottom right corner of their screen right now.
"Jermaine O'Neal's Susp Cut to 15 Gms"
This league sucks - I'm done with the NBA.
So when will the 15 games be done?
Tonight will be his 15th game out from suspension. If the league doesn't smack this down, Jermaine's first game back will be Saturday vs. Detroit.
I do not see that on the ESPN website.
But I just turned on the radio.
Ooops, just heard it on radio...JO eligible for Saturday.....hmmm wonder if Der Furher had some input for ratings purposes?
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
JO's 15 games will have been served after tonight's game.
This reeks of a compromise. Stern won't challenge this, since Jax and Artest will serve their full suspensions, and JO comes back for the Christmas Day game so the league gets their ratings.
Basically, we sold out Ron to get JO back early. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Not only did we sell out Ron, we sold out all hopes at a Title. Our year is officially over. Say hello to a 4 seed and a 2nd round exit.
Very happy to get JO back!!!!!
I don't get it. Did they say that nothing would change on Ron and SJax. This may be the first of three changes. Maybe JO's was the easiest to deal with so they did it first considering his was going to be up soon. Now they may try to get Artest or SJax changed next.
I feel that the way the NBPA and the Pacers viewed this, was that the odds of getting Ron or Jackson's suspensions reduced was so slim, and even JO's to an extent, that they had to choose between: Fight equally for all 3 and lose, or focus on JO and at least get him back. I think getting JO back now is better than nothing. And I feel OK about it because I don't believe we were going to get the others back sooner. If you don't agree with that, then you probably do feel like we sold out.
I don't think it's that bad, but I can't see how we can win it all this year.
Speculations and predictions aside, I just want to echo WELCOME BACK JERMAINE! I just hope this 10 game reduction sticks.
NEW YORK -- Jermaine O'Neal won a 10-game reduction Wednesday in his suspension for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons brawl, but an arbitrator upheld NBA commissioner David Stern's bans on Ron Artest and two other Indiana players.
Arbitrator Roger Kaplan's decision makes O'Neal eligible to return Saturday, when the Pacers host the Pistons in the teams' first matchup since one of the most violent melees in NBA history.
It was unclear whether the NBA would recognize Kaplan's authority to intervene. The league refused to participate in the arbitration hearing Kaplan conducted Dec. 9.
The NBA had no immediate comment.
Booo... SJax deserved more and Ron deserved less....
Well, 10 games is better than nothing but that is not much of a reduction of the biggest suspensions in history.
Since we do not have any choice, I guess we will have to live with it.
"The Pacers" didn't sell out anything.
They weren't looking for a compromise, they were looking to get all of their players back as soon as possible. More than likely, the suspensions for the three players had overlapping points that were discussed, but each case was probably argued on its own merit.
I would say that the arbitrator was influenced by the fact that SJax and Artest both went into the stands, and they both had prior histories. JO did not go into the stands and had no priors.
I wish the decision would have turned out differently, but I can't say that I really disagree with it one way or the other.
There may have been a compromise made, but it had nothing to do with the Pacers. The compromise may not even have been between Kaplan and the league. It may have just been Kaplan offering what would be viewed as just by after considering all circumstances and what could be done for the players that would probably not be challenged by the league.
I don't think Stern will challenge it.
If this is indeed the final ruling then I still see the Pacers or the Simons go the board of gouvernours, unless this is part of a shady deal.
Well one thing is for sure, lawyers will make more money out of this then the players lost and on top of that, the season for the Pacers is down the tubes.
I will withold further comment until i read the ruling of the arbitrator so I at least know what he based his decision on.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
Although I think I made more than one prediction, one of the many I made is that Artest would be thrown under the bus in hopes of reducing J.O's, and Jax.
This is not so great
I think his got reduced because he didn't go into the stands.
Sorry, I didn't know advertising was illegal here. Someone call the cops!
To be honest the reduction coming at this time smells real fishy. I think the public will view it as the BA trying to boost ratings, unless they challenge it. And if they do, people will view it as the Commish being arbitrary. I am a bit surprised by the comments I'm hearing on Cornheisers show...seems universal that John Q. Public thinks the suspensions should have stood and that JO and Jax didn't get enough time off.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
If Stern fights this he has a screw loose. He should call a press conference and make nice to the players union. We don't want a lockout/strike next year.
One side of me is so excited to get JO back! Another is heartbroken that Ron wont be back this year. Is there any other way to attempt getting Ron's suspension reduced? Could they appeal Kaplan's decision in regards to Ron?
It says in article at ESPN that arbitrator upheld decision on Ron and SJax.
I agree, the smartest thing Stern could do for HIMSELF is to come out and say "I'm not fighting this". It's a minor enough of a change that it still looks like he came down hard on the fight, while now he can also pretend to be with the players union to help avoid lockout/strike later on. He can make himself look good to the other side by supporting this.Originally Posted by UnclebuckThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Now that I think about it, I will be surprised if Stern/NBA fights this ruling.