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Fans of the local art scene have a chance to glance at a bit of history through the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center's most recent exhibit, where 26 items from its permanent collection are displayed.
"Everybody in the show here has had some connection with the art center," said Linda Nye, CVAC director. "They've taught here, shown their work here, have been members here. There is good art to come and visit in Cuyahoga Falls. I look around and I am pleased that I have met these artists. This is a revisit of these friends, a homecoming. The display is a tribute to the artists who have had an impact on the art center."
Nye said that the works were rediscovered on the third floor of the CVAC building.
"We have done extensive cleaning, restoring and research on the identity of most of the artists," she said. "This collection spans over 80 years of CVAC's exhibitions and styles of art by historically significant as well as contemporary international, national and local artists."
Etchings on display
As well as pieces from the permanent collection, the CVAC also has a display of etchings from artist Mary Alice Mathias. Nye said that Mathias, a professional printmaker, helped the gallery set up its print room.
"The art center is offering some of these beautiful etchings for sale through a silent auction to benefit the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center," Nye said. "The auction will continue through the end of February. This is an opportunity to purchase a beautiful etching, a medium rarely practiced now."
There will be a special wine reception Feb. 22 in connection with this exhibit, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Free performance
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center will once again be the site for a free performance, staged by the Great Lakes Theatre, on Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m. The show, "Seven Ages," is seven tales by seven Northeast Ohio playwrights.
Art center information
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center is at 2131 Front St. in Cuyahoga Falls. For details, call 330-928-8092 or visit www.cvartcenter.org.


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THE committee responsible for running a popular sports and social club which is under the threat of closure is to put forward a make-or-break buyout scheme to members.
After growing frustrated at the lack of communication offered by administrators over potential buyers, members of the Pegasus club on Herd Lane, Corringham, will be asked at a meeting in two weeks to take things into their own hands by contributing to a buy out scheme.
The future of the club has been uncertain since the closure of Coryton oil refinery last June.
Before Christmas, it was revealed that a "substantial" bid by Thames Oilport, the consortium who purchased Coryton oil refinery in September after Petroplus went bust at the beginning of 2012, to buy the club and put it into trust was turned down by Pricewaterhouse Cooper.
The club has still not been put up for sale, leading the executive committee to think that PwC want the club vacated so the land can be sold for more money.
In November a council document indicated that a change to green belt status, which currently prevents development on the Pegasus club land, would be put to consultation this month.
Paul Cairns, on behalf on the Pegasus club executive committee said: "An Oilport consortium bid had been rejected by PwC and as they will not put the club up for sale, we have decided to go for a members buy out scheme as this seems to be our last option.
"We will be looking for help from outside investors and local business and substantial interest has already been shown to this end.
"It will be a difficult task and we are looking at a long term plan to ensure the future of the club which will then be put in trust for the use of the local community for many years to come.
"We would like to think the council and PwC would back us were we able to do this."
The Pegasus club's membership numbers have dropped considerably since the closure of the refinery. There are currently 1300 full members, down from 2,000, and 3500 associate members. It boasts superb football and rugby pitches as well as fishing lakes, tennis courts and a bowls green.


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PEOPLE are being urged to make a dash for their cupboards and then head to one of the town's homeless charities to help restock their food supplies.
The Annual Soup Run in aid of Threshold Housing Link is due to take place on November 1 and 2 and runners across Swindon are being invited to 'Join the Rush for the Soup Run 2012' in an effort to restock and raise vital cash for the frontline services.
Runners are being invited to don their running shoes and divert their normal training run to finish at Culvery Court, the town's emergency hostel, with a tin or packet of food to donate to the homeless charity. The event is free and anyone can enter.
Entrants can run at a time of their choosing between 5pm and 8pm on November 1 or between noon and 8pm on November 2. Those who raise sponsorship of over £20 will receive a free event t-shirt.
The event will help to replenish the stock of food that is donated to Swindon's homeless throughout the winter months and the sponsorship will provide vital funds for the charity.
Threshold's CEO, Cher Sawyer Smith said: "Last year was a great success. "Our supporters managed to collect enough tins of food to feed people throughout the winter months and this year we aim to do the same.
"This is such a simple event to take part in for all ages and abilities.
"If 100 people take part, bring one can of soup or other non perishable food along and raise even just £10 the charity can feed 40 people for at least 10 outreach sessions throughout winter or help feed 20 people at Culvery Court for at least one whole month.
"If people haven't taken part in a sponsored event this year, this is the one to do. It's quick, simple and great fun."
For more information, or to sign up for the run, call Threshold on 01793 524661 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Then all entrants need to do is collect their sponsorship and run with their food donation on their chosen date.
Further information about Threshold and its work with homeless people, the Soup Run or other fundraising events such as SLEEPOUT 2012 can be found by visiting www.thl.org.uk.


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The 1000-Pound Car of the Future: LA Auto Show Design Challenge
The fourth-generation (C4) Corvette was one of the most anticipated automotive launches ever. After all, the third-generation Vette had been in production for 14 years, spanning three decades. The rumors swirled. In the '70s and early '80s, the new C4 Vette under development was reported to have a Wankel rotary midengine. But that was not to be. Instead, GM held out until the 1984 model year to launch a sleek new front-engine, V8-powered C4 Vette with incredible handling capability and a modern interior. Every school kid at the time was in awe of the new Corvette. The tires alone—255/50VR16s—were so wide, with such low profiles, that they made it look like a concept car. But that first year for the C4 Vette has one of the worst resale values today. Part of the blame comes from the Cross Fire Injected (twin diagonally opposed throttle bodies) 5.7-liter V8 that carried over from the previous car as well as the troublesome 4 + 3 overdrive manual transmission. But don't let that scare you away. You can pick up an automatic '84 Vette with just over 100,000 miles for $3000 to $4000. We'd pull the stock 205-hp V8 and swap in any number of great small-block crate engines. It wouldn't be hard to make an '84 with the right motor run with a '94 or even a 2004 Corvette. Want better performance straight from the factory? Shop for an '85 or '86 Vette, when GM dropped in the much improved, and much more powerful, L98 Tuned-Port Injected V8 with 235 hp. A nice '85 with just 40,790 miles sold recently on eBay for $5100. That's a steal. And buying an early C4 Corvette for cheap means you'll get an amazing amount of garage eye candy and performance per dollar.
Entry-level Porsches were rarely as successful or as true to the brand as today's Boxster. In 1976 Porsche launched a dud: the 924. An Audi sedan-sourced 110-hp four-cylinder engine meant that zero to 60 mph happened deep in the teens. That's hardly Porsche performance, even by 1970s standards. Yet the chassis had incredible handling potential, and in 1982 Porsche launched an updated wide-body 924 with a proper Porsche-designed engine. They called it the 944. The 944 became a 1980s sports car icon. The new 150-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder was half of the 928's V8 and resulted in zero to 60 mph sprints of 8.3 seconds. Not too shabby for '82. It had well-balanced handling thanks to the rear-mounted transaxle and was tons of fun to drive. Lucky for us, 944s of all varieties can be had on the cheap. Even the better 85.5 and up models (1987 saw airbags and ABS fitted standard) can be found for reasonable prices. We saw a 1986 model with 82,000 miles that sold on eBay recently for $5600. Speaking of 1986, that was the year Porsche launched the fantastic 944 Turbo with a whopping (for the '80s) 217 hp. The 1988 and up Turbo S models packing 247 hp would run the quarter mile in the high 13s. That's quick even by today's standards. But as one might imagine, as the power goes up, so does the price. And to get into a cheap 944 Turbo you'll probably have to find one with over 100,000 miles. Still, we saw a sweet '87 Turbo with 96,000 miles sell on eBay for only $6675. Yes, that's above our $6K ceiling—but a tremendous bargain. Our favorite 944 is the rare 3.0-liter S2 model. It was fitted with the largest four-cylinder engine in the world at that time. And it made 208 hp without a turbocharger. But a nice S2 will most certainly bust our budget. Many 944s have been made into track cars. So be cautious if you run across a good deal that happens to have lots of battle scars.
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Yeshe wrote:Tsongkhapafan wrote:If you're looking for a great translation of Je Pabongkhapa's lamrim teachings, I thoroughly recommend the three volume set, 'Liberation in Our Hands', translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin - it's incomparable.
I've not come across that one. 'Liberation in the Palm of your Hand' is (I seem to remember) over 900 pages - is the 3 volume set more extensive in its analysis or does it extend beyond the Lam Rim into other teachings from Pabongka?
I haven't read the Michael Richard's 'Liberation in the Palm of your Hand' as I had heard that he made some errors in the translation - I'm not sure if this is true but I do have great faith in Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, so I can't really say what the differences are. It covers the whole Lamrim discourse of Je Pabongkhapa, not any of his other teachings. It contains extensive footnotes of explanation and references to other parts of the text, which might account for the increased length. You'd have to have a look at it to be able to tell what the differences are


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A federal judge in San Francisco denied a request from a group of five environmental and farming groups to delay the beginning of construction for the Willits Bypass project, the California Department of Transportation announced this week.
"We are pleased with (the) ruling denying the requested injunction," said Charlie Fielder, Caltrans District 1 director. "Our extensive mitigation plans not only preserve native species and improve the quality of the watershed in the Little Lake Valley, they will also greatly increase the overall quality of fisheries in these headwaters of the Eel River."
The mitigation plans include removing culverts on Haehl and Upp Creeks to open up the headwater sections of these creeks to spawning fish. Installation of natural bottom culverts on Ryan Creek will allow summering juvenile Southern Oregon-Northern California Coasts Coho salmon, a species designated as threatened, to seek summer rearing habitat and greatly increase the species' long-term survival outlook.
Invasive non-native plants will be removed and replaced with native plants, and fencing will be installed along all of the creeks to keep cattle out of the creeks and riparian zones, increasing water quality and fisheries habitat.
In September, a $107-million contract was awarded to the partnership of DeSilva Gates Construction and Flatiron West Inc. to build the bypass, which is designed to relieve congestion, reduce delays, and improve safety for traffic and pedestrians along Highway 101 through Willits.
The bypass would be just longer than nine miles and begin about a mile south of the Haehl Creek Overhead and end about 1.5 miles north of Reynolds Highway.
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The Irrationality of Rock Critics/Punk Lovers
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I am a new member here who joined for the sole purpose of this blog, I am not theatrical, I am practical therefore excuse my rather stagnant blog as I won't be writing with charisma.
I check here periodically in my free time and one issue has particularly caught my eye more than any other IWC criticism.... That issue is, obviously, the return of Dwayne Johnson. There are blatant facts that users seem to be oblivious to in regards to his pursue of the title at the expense of CM Punk, i'm here to clarify why, from an objective perspective, this is one of the best moves for the wwe currently.... As well as exposing the single mindedness and ignorance that remains consistent amongst the iwc (which is why it shouldn't be appeased)
I will try to keep this concise
First off the case of the IWC bandwagon
The internet wrestling crowd consists of a handful of individuals who have an aptitude, whether professional or experience wise, for wrestling as a business and product while a large majority consists of single minded fans (the mark children and the smarks who are just as egocentric) The reason your voice is rarely heard is because you are inconsistent in your opinions and there are too many opinions to entertain. The IWC is so biased they rarely comprehend the decisions made by wwe or opinions that dispute their own (The wwe is a multi million dollar coporation, they're not hiring imbecile writers or employees, they function toward a common goal) So many of the IW community are simply over opinionated marks who will bandwagon the "coolest" segment placed in front of them for instance....
Cm punk was a mildly appealing pre shoot, he was barely over with the iwc until he worked you over and he said words you identified with (it doesn't take talent to speak your mind... Anyone could have did that promo) Wwe has a lack of star power therefore when they find something that works they capitalize upon it hence CM punk's title reign and the extension of his gimmick. We seem to forget that wwe is an entertainment company, this is why it has become this successful, it is not wrestling based anymore but there are plenty of alternatives for the latter (though wwe tries to preserve the dignity of the "sport"). Cm punk is the most entertaining WRESTLER thus there is noone better to hold the belt currentl than him but it is a testament to how dire wwe's situation is (it reflects in the ratings) When Cena retires then a large demographic will tune out and Ryback is hardly a replacement. Cm punk is nothing special and it is because he is active on such a dense roster that he outshines his peers and the IWC has so much vested interest. Should he underperform, or the next superstar emerges, you will turn on him due to overexposure (the same happened with Zack Ryder and Lesnar's return)
We're searching for perfect scenarios that may be in the minority, at the end of the day you account for a minor niche that they can't afford to satisfy, be happy they have in many ways.
Now, as I have stated above the wwe lacks a substantive roster, in addition many factors contribute to it's decreasing popularity therefore they must rely on past attractions to benefit the product (which in turn benefits the employees)
Cue one of the biggest attractions from the highest rated eras in wrestling: "The Rock"
It's funny, the man was booed in 2004 by the same fans who begged his return, only to boo him again, the IWC's criticism of the rock is the most immature, short sighted and selfish arguments I have ever heard.
He didn't have to return, the man has made an alternative career for himself (like you see many wrestlers doing i.e. Adam Copeland) he didn't have to retire due to injury or spend the rest of his career entertaining ungrateful fans.
The man return to help the business that made him famous
Why is he winning the title? To put cena over, who in the modern era is suitable to end punk's "legendary" reign? Why did punk hold the belt this long to begin with when ryback was en route to win it?
Yes CM punk is a hardworker but it's his JOB to be, Cena works just as hard but is hated for his character, rock is a part timer but that is the ramification of his schedule. You say solidify the title? (which is a miracle after the miz won it) Punk held it 400 days and loses it to a legend rather than a current superstar, the power draw Dwayne Johnson gives it a little prestige then drops it to cena
From a business standpoint, fused with common sense, this is the absolute best scenario regarding that title and the current product.
Your dream match of streak vs streak is impractical, your wishes of ziggler vs Daniel Bryan for the WHC at WM is improbable, it's admirable you admire workers and wrestlers but these are the dynamics of the WWE machine.
I must admit this is the main reason I watch any Raw, it is one of the most important components of the programming and the most pivotal to a wrestler becoming a star and attraction
The rock seems to be criticized for his cartoonish and repetitive promos while punk is revered for a more edgy and serious style... This is actually an accurate response considering their mic work are completely different.
The rock has never broke kayfabe, his promos have always been corny and farfetched "pancake your ass on outta here" but it's part of his character as an entertainer... His talent was in his delivery, his charisma and ability to captivate a crowd (like noone else but hogan and cena could do, austin was popped for his actions)
Cm punk has adopted this "speak my mind" style where he's able to say heelish promos, break kayfabe and criticize daniel bryan for doing exactly what he did... It's not talent, it's the benefit of this being apart of his character. Naturally with his style it will please the IWC moreso than cookiepuss but that's in the design.
Stealing spots
The current roster is inadequate, had the rock not returned they would still be in the same position... Why? Because building talent is trial and error, many are underdeveloped and do not possess the talent needed to draw on a large scale, ryback is the only legitimate prospect and he is a generic copy of wwe's old formula to creating powerhouses. Yes they can wrestle but they are not special attractions, the rock isn't holding their spot... They haven't earned one. This is why randy Orton, cena, Batista etc were constantly main eventing, because of their drawing power.. Wwe hasn't become this successful because of pure wrestling matches, but because they blended wrestling with entertainment, they are not going to change a formula that has gotten them this far.
In my attempt to stay short winded I was not elaborate, if you need me to explain further I will but this is common sense to any rational individual.
Rarely do I engage in conversations pertaining to wrestling, as I am simply a viewer due to my exposure to the superheroes as a child but there is no legitimate reason to dislike the program that the returning rock is involved with.


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U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg said Thursday that the Nebraska State Patrol and Internet Crimes Against Children groups have done outstanding work to protect children from sexual predators.
These cases are referred for both federal and state prosecution.
Gilg noted a number of significant ICAC referrals recently prosecuted in federal court in Nebraska, and ignificant sentences imposed by the federal court within the past six months, including:
Jason Bielicki, 35, of North Platte, who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for receiving and distributing 96 videos and 105 images of child pornography
Thomas Schildt, 30, of Gering, who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for receiving 15,000 images of child pornography. The images included children as young as 3 years of age engaged in sexual acts and bondage.
Robert Fleming, 32, of Chadron, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for receiving 78 videos and 4,000 images of child pornography.
Allen M. Hudson, 41, of Plattsmouth, who was sentenced to 303 months in prison for producing child pornography. Hudson produced images of child pornography depicting 3 different boys between the ages of 11-12.
Mark Roble of Bellevue who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to produce child pornography. Roble installed cameras in his bathroom with the intent to record a minor female.
Nathan T. Young, 22, of Columbus, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for receiving child pornography. Young, a registered sex offender, solicited and received sexually explicit photos from a middle school student over cell phones.
Steven Fonder, 33, of Omaha, who was sentenced to 7 years for receiving and distributing 1,250 videos of child pornography.
Each of these individuals are not eligible for parole and when released from prison will remain under federal supervision for terms of at least five years and in some instances for life," Gilg said. "All will be required to register as sex offender. Predators who seek to rob the innocence of children will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Finally, Gilg noted that the ICACs work hand in hand with Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
Led by U.S. Attorneys Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
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Students earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business must complete 10 hours of community service by registering for the course BUS 299 Service Learning for Business. The goal of this course is to enable students to integrate community service with reflection in order to teach awareness of civic responsibility and strengthen communities. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to reflect on the impact of community service on personal and business level decision making.
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DETROIT -- Victor Martinez was held out of the Tigers' lineup for the fourth time in six games Saturday as he continues to recover from soreness in his left side.
Manager Brad Ausmus removed Martinez from Friday night's game against Tampa Bay after he was bothered in his last at-bat by the soreness that kept him out of the Oakland series earlier in the week.
"If push comes to shove, we could probably keep him down all the way through the All-Star break," Ausmus said before Saturday's game. "But right now, we're just going to see how he feels every day."
Martinez hadn't missed a game this season before the week began.
Ausmus added that Martinez's injury should have no bearing on his status as an All-Star.
"He should make the All-Star team," Ausmus said. "I hope he does make the All-Star team. Obviously, if he's not healthy, it's a different story. He still deserves to be an All-Star, whether he's physically able to play in the All-Star Game, or not."
Martinez is leading the Tigers with a .328 batting average and 21 home runs.
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Duffus and The Mysterious Prowler 2Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Duffus had been outside for hours raking leaves. As night drew near he made his way indoors. His wife had just prepared some hot chocolate and fresh baked cookies.
"I just love the smell of baking cookies," remarked Mrs. Duffus as she gave him a big plateful.
"Thanks, but I can't smell anything with this cold. My nose is stuffed, my back and arms ache, and my head is pounding. Thanks dear, but I'm going to bed," sniffed Duffus, carting along two Kleenex boxes.
Mrs. D had just cleaned up and joined her husband upstairs when there came a loud clatter from the kitchen.
"Oh my, it's that prowler I read about in the paper this morning! Duffus, go look!" exclaimed Mrs. D with a trembling voice.
Duffus crept down the stairs armed only with a box of tissues, an umbrella, and his razor sharp wit.
"I know you're in there and I'm armed," shouted Duffus, trying not to sound petrified.
The clatter grew louder and then stopped just as Duffus made his heroic charge into the kitchen in an attempt to impale the intruder with his umbrella. Mrs. D was right behind him to turn on the lights, revealing an empty plate of cookies and a disastrous mess left behind by the intruder before he escaped out the open kitchen window.
"I'm calling the police!" Duffus shouted as he furiously shook his umbrella out the window.
Grabbing a tea towel to cover her face as she coughed and gagged, Mrs.D choked out the words, "Don't bother, I know who did this and you will too when your cold clears. Now get me the tomato juice and a mop."
Indeed the next day it became clear not only to Duffus but everyone who came to visit who the mysterious prowler had been. But how did they know who it was since no one had seen the prowler and there was no visible evidence other than the trashed kitchen and the missing cookies?
AnswerDuffus, with his stuffed up nose, had no idea what had happened, but Mrs. D knew exactly who the prowler was. Yes, the pungent odour the skunk left behind when Duffus startled it let everyone who came to their house know who the mysterious prowler had been.
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Learn about how to make your home fit your life at every stage and situation at a free workshop about Universal Design on May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2709 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton.
Registration is required and space is limited. To register,
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This workshop is hosted by Hunter Mill District Supervisor Catherine M. Hudgins and Providence District Supervisor Linda Q. Smyth.
Workshop participants will learn about common universal design features, how to find financing for installing these features, permitting issues, and how to find a contractor. The event also features a product fair.
Universal design is about making homes comfortable and safe for everyone, no matter their age or situation. Common features include:
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is encouraging Universal Design as part of the 50+ Action Plan. For more information, visit the Universal Design Web pages or call the county's Universal Design Ombudsman in the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services at 703-324-1555, TTY 711.
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Great play!
PAUL GEORGE, great assist by Hill.
If Paul scores 20, OMG, this is the transformation, on Paul George on BEAST MODE
This is Pacers basketball.
Augustin with 5 assists and points at the half while shooting 50%. Who would have thought his best game so far would come against our toughest opponent?
Amazing half. Just keep up this performance in the second half and I'm not going to care about the result.
Hibbert needs to get his hook shot back in line. It has been consistent this season, but it has been consistently short.
Yeah he got fouled on the shot and missed then looked at the ref and said "and one" like the ref was going to award him with a potential three point play.
Best stat of the game so far, only 3 turnovers.
Stat that concerns me: The Spurs are 0-10 from three and we are only winning by four. They aren't going to shoot that poorly from deep for the second half.
Did last years team return against Washington? Better late than never.
Yeah, but is Parker going to continue shooting 10-12? At this point I am going with they are canceling each other out.
I really hope SA isn't just coasting
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Paul and Roy are different men, this is no accident. Their confidence is back, and I hope they can get a couple of good games to solidify that mentality.
Stop with the jumps in logic. I am simply using the same law of averages you are.
Bad start.
It's good to see Paul make a mistake and make up for a mistake, again that is confidence. Then? Roy hits the jumper. Nice.
Lance continues to shoot well
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
I'd love Tony Parker on this team, that guy does very little that is wrong.
When Duncan gets a look like that, you might as well get ready to inbound the ball.
man, once that hook starts falling again
DWest... Needs a new nickname I nominate, "The Grimace".
So does David only yell "And one" when there is no chance of an "and one"
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel


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… but eggs are worse. Mercy for Animals' Daniel Hauff is among many gay folk passionate about animal rights
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor
In an area of the country where meat consumption and hunting are often equated with American values, taking on an industry can seem like an uphill battle. But it's one Daniel Hauff is happy to fight.
Last week, Hauff — the national director of investigations for Mercy for Animals, the pro-vegan, animal rights group — held a press conference where he reveals horrendous treatment of catfish in local fisheries. He called on the district attorney to take action, and the Texas Legislature to prohibit the vivisection of animals, including fish, in the state.
It's just another day at work for Hauff, whose job is to reveal the truth behind how animals are treated in a variety of contexts.
"Absolutely everything that has to do with protecting animals goes back to an undercover investigation," he says. And he's the one responsible for getting it done.
Eddie Garza, MFA's campaign coordinator in Texas, says there are few people in country who do what Hauff does — and he's probably the only gay person doing it.
"There are a lot of the LGBT community" who are active in protecting animals from cruelty at all levels, Hauff says. MFA itself was founded by a gay 15-year-old, Nathan Runkle, more than a decade ago. Garza is also gay.
"MFA at one point had a campaign coordinator who was transgender. I think a lot of the reason for that is commonality of looking at oppression. I assume a lot has to do with growing up gay and having to deal with people spitting on you for who you are. Putting yourself in someone else's shoes [is common for us], and I am now a lot stronger person for having endured it."
Hauff certainly has the background to give weight to his cause. He attended DePaul University, where he read international studies with a concentration in human rights and social justice. "I was studying genocide and intending to get my hands dirty in human rights work," he says. Instead, he shifted his focus to animal rights.
Hauff had been a vegetarian for several years, starting in high school, but eventually abandoned it. Then in 2005, he saw a video that churned his stomach: A raccoon dog being skinned alive.
"That sort of opened my eyes," he says. "My partner Reeve came home and knew something was wrong. I was actually crying in the alley after I saw that video. I knew that there wasn't a difference between my dogs and the animals we were eating."
It so affected him, Hauff decided to do something he hadn't before: He went completely vegan overnight. Reeve supported his decision and went vegetarian that week, eventually becoming a vegan as well. (Their pets are also vegan.) And he became active volunteering with Mercy for Animals.
"Within a year I had become so involved with MFA I applied for a job. I decided to do my year in-service for animal rights instead of human rights," Hauff says. He expected the work to be a brief stopover on his path to human genocide studies, but five years later, it's still his profession.
It's not easy work, but it is important — to him and the creatures he seeks to protect.
"The first undercover investigation for MFA that we did that was employment-based," meaning operatives for MFA go undercover in slaughterhouses and other animal-based industries, applying for jobs and then cataloging abuses and law violations. On the last day of the investigation just concluded in Texas, Hauff himself was wired with a hidden camera, interacting with the people in the abattoir (though he admits his duties generally don't put him undercover).
Hauff also works with veterinarians to improve treatment, as well as with Temple Grandin, the advocate for humane treatment of animals celebrated in a recent TV movie. But in truth, Hauff sees everything short of veganism as half-measures.
"Temple reduces suffering, but it's not kind in any way. I have never seen an animal going to their death without fighting for their life. We could walk into any slaughterhouse Temple Grandin has designed and still be horrified," he says. "It's often standard practice that we're revealing."
Hauff says he considers the egg and dairy industry far crueler than meat consumption itself. He doesn't expect everyone will ever become a vegan like he is, but that's not really the point.
"There are less cruel ways of doing things," he says. "It's about reducing suffering."
And the more people know, the better they will be about making choices.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Jan. 28, 2011.


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EYE treatments can now be conducted at Broomfield Hospital after a charity group raised £17,000 for new equipment.
Volunteers from The Friends at Broomfield Hospital team helped raise money to pay for an advanced specular microscope for the site's eye clinic.
The state-of-the-art device is used to assess the front of the eye, known as the cornea, of routine or transplant patients.
Previously local patients would have to travel out of the area to receive this treatment.
Consultant ophthalmologist Dimitris Pimenides said getting the equipment through the hard work of the group will be a massive benefit to staff and patients.
Dr Primendes said: "For many of our elderly patients this was just not possible and often meant they were unable to have treatment, leaving them blind and in a lot of eye pain.
"Thanks to the generous support from the Friends, we can now carry out these complex procedures here at the hospital, which means a better outcome for many more of our patients.
"It is extremely important that we provide the specialist care our patients need in a setting local to them.
"I can't begin to express my gratitude to the Friends for their support and for making it possible to provide the specialist treatment our patients needs."
Previously the volunteers have raised money to help buy devices used for treating eyes at the hospital.


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As far as I know, he recommends not to give it any importance. Is this correct? (I am addressing here those who have taken long courses in his tradition).
And what is the reason for this choice? I remember having heard it is because it leads to the arising of iddhis, that may turn out to be a hindrance for the meditator, as it may drive him away from dissecting the reality. Is this correct?


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March 27, 2014
A Carson City woman was helicoptered to Reno with nonlife-threatening injuries after she was involved in a near head-on collision on March 26.
Alisa Chighizola, 23, was driving a gray Honda hatchback on Highway 395 when she allegedly crossed the centerline and collided with the left side of a silver Jeep, according to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Lopez.
The accident was reported at about 6:48 p.m. The driver of the Jeep, Carson City resident Brenda Holcomb, 46, was treated by medics at the scene.
Chighizola was taken by CareFlight to Renown Regional Medical Center with a head injury.
Lopez reminded drivers to always wear their seatbelts.


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Friday, September 22, 2017
Domestic Violence
Am I Being Abused By My B/F, or is it Me?
Hope someone can shed some light on my situation. I am a freelace artist & for the past 3 years my boyfriend has been pushing me to break into comics. He loves comics & really wants to break in as a writer. It`s an extremely difficult field to get into and I feel being an artist is hard, especially when he yells at me constantly about the way I`m drawing. He gets furious and blows up if I draw a finger wrong or anything. I mentioned to him that doing the art is stressing me out & perhaps I should consider getting a job so I can make more money. He then gets angry & says I`m too stupid to get a `real` job & doing art is my only option. He threatens to throw me out on the streets or make me have unwanted anal sex if I don`t draw everything perfect. He insists that I`m not trying to draw correctly and thus I don`t care about him, which makes me feel aweful. One minute he says I`m making his life miserable, then he`ll say he likes me the next. I`m confused. Is this my fault or is my b/f being unrealistic? Also, he has gotten to where every time I do something wrong he wants to `discipline me` by letting him have anal sex with me (which hurts and I do not like). It`s always over silly little stuff too. For instance, if I draw a picture wrong he freaks out or if I talk back to him I get asked why I`m talking back. I don`t know what else to do, so I just let him do it to get it over with. He says that when I let him `discipline me` it`s me showing him that I`m truly sorry for what I have done. So I do it to try & make it better, but things only get worse. He`s hot tempered about everything and when he gets angry about something I did he yells at me and calls me names such as jack@$$, moron, dumb@$$, bi^&h & stupid c*nt.
My question is, why does he treat me this way? Could it be because I push his buttons or deserve it somehow? Would there be any justification to his actions? I just need to know if it`s me so I can fix it.
Thanks for taking the time to read and for any advice you can give.
Without knowing more about the dynamics in your relationship, it's hard to know whether you're "pushing your partner's buttons." It's also unclear to know the motivation for your partner's behaviors; there are many theories to explain the unjust use of power and control in intimate relationships, which is what your partner is doing in your relationship. Often a person who uses these tactics has chronic low self-esteem, poor regulation of his/her emotions, and intense fear of being abandoned. This is ironic because the very behaviors you describe often push away the victimized person. The bottom line is this: regardless of what you're doing or not doing in relation to your partner or the motivation for your partner's behavior, NO ONE deserves what you're experiencing in your relationship. The behaviors your partner is using in your relationship fit the Centers for Disease Control's descriptions of 1) sexual violence ("sexual violence is any sexual act that is forced against someone's will" - your partner forcing you to have anal sex or threatening to make you have anal sex with him is consistent with the experience of "sexual violence") and 2) emotional abuse ("...involves trauma caused by acts, threats of acts, or coercive tactics. Psychological/emotional abuse can include, but is not limited to, humiliating the victim, controlling what the victim can and cannot do, withholding information from the victim, deliberately doing something to make the victim feel diminished or embarrassed, etc..." Your description of your partner insisting that you're not trying to draw correctly and thus you don't care about him fit the definition of "humiliation." Your description of your partner's name calling ("jack@$$, moron, dumb@$$, bi^&h & stupid c*nt") and put downs (telling you you're too stupid to get a real job and doing art is your only option) meets the definition of humiliation and doing something to make the victim feel diminished and embarrassed. Who deserves to be called the degrading names you have been called? No one, no matter what the circumstance! My recommendation is that you reflect on what you're getting out the relationship by staying in it. Surely, the behaviors you're experiencing are not good for your self-esteem. Studies have showed extremely negative health outcomes for women in relationships such as what you're describing, even many years after the abuse stops. If financial security is the major thing driving you to stay, bite the bullet and get a job. You deserve more. Treat yourself with kindness and respect.
Amy E Bonomi, PhD, MPH
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The Brazil international praised the tactical preparation of Andre Villas-Boas, his former coach at Porto, and admitted he would be keen to work with him again in the future
|Tottenham are 7/1 with BetVictor to beat Newcastle 2-0
Tottenham rejected the chance to take Hulk on a €12 million loan from Zenit this summer, but he is still hopeful of moving to White Hart Lane in the future.
"I learned a lot with Andre Villas-Boas at Porto," he told twentyfour7 magazine.
"He is very intelligent tactically. He was almost so well informed about the opponents that we pretty much knew everything about them when we went out on to the pitch.
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DAVID Whyte spent a decade in the RAF as an engineer but is now facing his toughest physical challenge yet – climbing Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Mr Whyte, 45, from Wantage, who was stationed in the US, Germany, the Falklands and Cyprus, is scaling the Tanzanian mountain to raise funds for the charity Unique, which supports families with rare chromosome disorders.
"I used to do a lot of these adventure scenarios," he said. "It's going to be a significant challenge."
Mr Whyte, who works for British Telecom managing an engineering team, and his wife Sharon, 42, are friends with Samantha Bennett.
Her son Otis, who turns two in April, has a rare chromosome disorder that means he is unable to crawl and has developmental issues.
Mrs Bennett, 31, of Chilton, who has an older son Jago, three, said she did not discover that Otis had a rare chromosome disorder until last October.
"When Otis was diagnosed they weren't able to tell us anything," she said. "It was all a bit of a whirlwind, really. We weren't sure what to do."
So Mrs Bennett and her husband, Stefun, 30, turned to Unique, a support group for families with rare chromosome disorders.
Unique's chief operating officer, Craig Mitchell, said rare genetic disorders affect about one in every 200 people in the UK.
"It's genetic material that's either missing, or added on to a person's chromosomes, or it can be rearranged," he said. The condition could lead to "a whole range of learning and physical difficulties", from mild to severe.
"The individual disorders are rare, but collectively they are much more common," he said.
Due to the rarity of specific disorders, doctors often could not give parents guidance about their child's future development. Some people carry a chromosome disorder without displaying any affects but may pass the gene on to a child who is significantly affected. Advances in blood tests have enabled more accurate screening.
Mrs Bennett said she and her husband were not carriers of a rare chromosome disorder.
Unique has 4,500 family members, including 46 in Oxfordshire, and has collated a database to try to give parents a sense of future developmental prospects for their children.
Mr Whyte will be part of a fundraising climb in March 2015 by travel agency group Not Just Travel, for which the Whytes own a franchise in Wantage.
Thirty per cent of funds raised will go to the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and 70 per cent to a charity of the franchisee's choice.
Sharon Whyte, a mother of five who became friends with Mrs Bennett after meeting at a mothers' group, thought of Unique when the climb was proposed.


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Despite finishing with a recrod under.500 for the fifth straight season, the Indiana Pacers showed some potential for the future at the end of 2010-11, riding a late-season upswing to a strong showing against the No. 1-seed Chicago Bulls in Round 1.
What's to come in Indy this season? Some not-too-familiar expectations and a few new faces, for starters. ESPN.com's John Hollinger gave his take on the Indiana Pacers' current crew. Now our 5-on-5 team takes a few swings at the most-pressing roster questions:
1. For which Pacers player is the 2011-12 season most important?
Tim Donahue, 8 Points, 9 Seconds:Roy Hibbert. Entering his fourth season, Hibbert is on the verge of either becoming a foundation piece for Indiana -- or its next bad contract. Last season had two months (November and February) that argue the former, and two (December and January) that argue the latter. There's no Jim O'Brien for him to hide behind this season. It's all up to him.
Dan Feldman, PistonPowered: Roy Hibbert. Hibbert, in the final season of his rookie deal, has a lot to prove before free agency. Sometimes he looks like he could command eight figures per year on the open market. Other times, he looks like he could accept the qualifying offer. He has tools, but will he ever use them consistently for long stretches?
Chad Ford, ESPN.com: Paul George. The Pacers will struggle to lure an elite player to Indiana via free agency; the Dwight Howards and Chris Pauls of the world all want to play in New York or L.A. So if they're ever going to get a superstar, they have to draft him. George has that potential. He's a long ways from reaching it, but if he can get there, the Pacers have a shot at being a contender.
Ian Levy, The Two Man Game: Roy Hibbert. He's made incremental growth in each of his three seasons with the Pacers, but still hasn't settled the argument of his potential. This season isn't about proving he's an impact player, it's about being an impact player. 2011-2012 is the fulcrum that could decide which way the rest of his career tips.
Jared Wade, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: Roy Hibbert. By the end of this season we will finally know exactly how good he is. He has improved, but his inconsistency is probably a character trait at this point. If it's not and he can put together a full season, however, he could cement a distinction many have long expected for him: one of the NBA's best centers.
2. Who is the most intriguing player on the Pacers' roster?
Tim Donahue, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: The player to be named later. After years in salary-cap prison, Indiana finally has meaningful cap room, and this free-agent class has several players that would be nice adds -- at the right price. Unfortunately, it's a weak class, so the "right price" is pretty unlikely. President of basketball operations Larry Bird and the Pacers need to add talent to keep moving forward, but they need to tread carefully here.
Dan Feldman, PistonPowered: Paul George. He has a nice shooting stroke, but struggled to make 3-pointers (29.7 percent from 3-point range last season). He stole a lot of balls as a rookie in 2010-11, but his defensive positioning underwhelmed. He turned the ball over a lot, but that's often a sign of a bright future. His career could go any direction from here.
Chad Ford, ESPN.com: A player to be named later. The Pacers have a ton of cap room and a number of trade assets to help improve after barely landing last season's No. 8 seed in the East. It might be Nene, Marc Gasol, Andrei Kirilenko, David West or someone like Eric Gordon in 2011-12. Either way, the next player they add will have a huge impact on their future.
Ian Levy, The Two Man Game: Paul George. He established himself as a player to watch with the tough defense he played against Derrick Rose in the playoffs. However, very little of the confidence and aggressiveness he showed on defense could be found on offense last season. If he finds the offensive ying to his defensive yang, he could be a franchise cornerstone for the next decade.
Jared Wade, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: Paul George, without question. In four years, he could be a two-way player every team covets or another run-of-the-mill wing. It could go either way. His rookie season reminded me of Joe Johnson in Boston: the numbers suggested nothing to get excited about, but a few moments each game did.
3. What's the most surprising take in Hollinger's Pacers profiles?
Tim Donahue, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: Not a lot of surprises here, though I was not aware opposing power forwards put up the kind of numbers (18.7 PER) shown here against Josh McRoberts. Lance Stephenson being referred to as "Quentin Richardson with a better handle, a worse attitude and without the jumper" is likely to disappoint Larry Bird, who has called "Born Ready" the most talented guy on the roster.
Dan Feldman, PistonPowered: Darren Collison's terrible adjusted plus-minus. Collison could shoot more 3-pointers, something he does well but not enough, but otherwise his offense is fine. His sizes limits him defensively, but he looks adequate on that end. Is that stat just a fluke?
Chad Ford, ESPN.com: Not sure there were too many surprises here, but reading Hollinger's profile on George Hill has to warm the hearts of Indy fans. They almost traded that pick at the deadline for O.J. Mayo and then almost used it themselves on Kawhi Leonard. Given Hill's career trajectory and his efficiency as a scorer, I think Hill couldn't be a better fit in Indy. Hill was Gregg Popovich's favorite player in San Antonio. Now he'll get more freedom and more shots in Indy. He could be a potential breakout player this season.
Ian Levy, The Two Man Game: George Hill is a better fit at shooting guard. Adding Hill meant a talent upgrade, but also the opportunity to keep A.J. Price and his 35.6 field-goal percentage off the floor. My thought was that Hill would back up both guard spots, possibly even pushing Darren Collison for the starting job. If that's not the best fit for him, then the Pacers have more work to do with their backcourt.
Jared Wade, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: That George Hill "probably needs to become a full-time shooting guard." If that happens, it means Indiana (1) values Darren Collison as its point guard, (2) trusts A.J. Price to play all the backup minutes at the point, and (3) won't really have the wing minutes to rationalize signing a guy such as Jamal Crawford in addition to Hill, George and Danny Granger.
4. Based on Hollinger's profiles, what do the Pacers need most?
Tim Donahue, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: Patience, and perhaps just the right amount of prescience. Indiana has one good-to-very good player (Granger), one intriguing player (George), a collection of promising but limited question marks, and a whole lot of cap space. With another $10 million expiring this season and an amnesty in their back pocket, Bird, GM David Morway and director of player personnel Kevin Pritchard need to be careful not to make any decisions they can't unmake.
Dan Feldman, PistonPowered: A big man who can play with and without Roy Hibbert. Maybe Hibbert's asthma will keep him from ever playing well for long stretches, but that doesn't mean he can't help. Either way, the Pacers can't rely on Tyler Hansbrough and Josh McRoberts to start at power forward. Someone like Nene could play next to and behind Hibbert.
Chad Ford, ESPN.com: A big man who can rebound and block shots. Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert are both good offensive players, but they are average rebounders who lack the elite athleticism other teams put in their frontcourts. Unfortunately for the Pacers, none of the big men on the free-agent market really fit the bill.
Ian Levy, The Two Man Game: An offensive star. By that I mean a player with enough gravity to hold the other disparate parts together, providing the impetus for them to move forward in some semblance of order. The Pacers' roster has skilled offensive players, but they need someone or something to anchor them in an effective system.
Jared Wade, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: A low-post anchor. Hibbert provides that some games. Occasionally, Hansbrough does. But only Jeff Foster, when healthy, has been a big man the team could be certain would show up each night. It doesn't even have to be a star. They just need someone with a few reliable skills who can replicate them on the court every night.
5. Will a shortened season help or hurt the Pacers?
Tim Donahue, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: Hurt. A lot. The Pacers have an almost entirely new coaching staff, and they are adding George Hill and probably at least one key player to their rotation. Taking over midseason, head coach Frank Vogel only deconstructed O'Brien's system and ran the most rudimentary of offenses. Indiana is starting with almost a completely blank sheet of paper, and few teams will miss a full training camp and that extra month worth of games to get it together as much.
Dan Feldman, PistonPowered: Help, I guess. The Pacers, who should have plenty of new players by Christmas, could use an extra 16 games to find their best combinations. But for a team that will likely struggle anyway, a high-variance season increases their chances of making the playoffs.
Chad Ford, ESPN.com: Hurt. Training camp would've been nice for Indy. They've added Hill over the summer and will add at least a couple more major pieces to the team via free agency. Vogel isn't going to have time to get them all on the same page, let alone work in a more sophisticated offense. I still think the Pacers (depending on what they do this summer) are a playoff team. But a shortened season makes that a bigger question in my mind.
Ian Levy, The Two Man Game: Hurt. After 290 games coached by O'Brien, the Pacers were badly in need of a system rebuild at both ends of the floor. Vogel had just 43 games to get that process started last season. This roster and coaching staff needs every second of collaborative experience they can get to keep making forward progress.
Jared Wade, 8 Points, 9 Seconds: Hurt. Collectively, it's a young roster that needs time to gel. Individually, these guys still need to figure out what they can do on the court. And from a front-office perspective, management soon needs to make decisions about who to tie the franchise's wagon to for the next half decade. Less time to evaluate likely means less effective decision-making.


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Saturday, September 23, 2017
Eye and Vision Care
Red Spot of Blood on White of Eye
I have a circle of red blood on the white of my eye below the pupil of my left eye. What caused this & is it serious?
A red spot on the white part of the eye may be an indication that some of the superficial vessels of the eye are leaking blood. This is called a subconjunctival hemorrhage and is usually a result of heavy straining, coughing, or sneezing. The redness usually resolves on its own within a few weeks.
However, if your eye redness is associated with any pain, discharge or decrease in vision, these are signs of possible infection or inflammation. If you are noticing any of these symptoms, or if the redness persists, I advise you schedule an appointment with an eye doctor for further evaluation.
Julia Rae Geldis, OD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor of Optometry
College of Optometry
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The financial meltdown that began in 2007 took a toll on bank stocks. In 2012, the category began to make a comeback, and that's likely to continue in some areas -- notably investments and commercial banking, according to one analyst.
One bank in particular has been getting a lot of attention recently. Near the end of last year, a very high-profile analyst, Meredith Whitney, said that Bank of America was likely to quadruple its dividend payment in 2013. This week, it came out through regulatory filings that one of the biggest European hedge funds loaded up on BofA stock in the fourth quarter, InvestmentNews.com reported.
Whitney spoke to CNBC in December. From the story, "Bank stocks offer best opportunity in years: Whitney":
The main catalyst comes in March when the Federal Reserve is expected to approve banks' plans to return more capital to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks in March, Whitney said.
Conservatively, that approval could allow BofA to quadruple its dividend, Whitney said.
In 2012 Bank of America shares increased 109 percent as net profits grew by 189 percent, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
While some analysts are touting Bank of America stock, not everyone is ready to give in to unbridled enthusiasm.
"We have a hold rating on Bank of America," says Shannon Stemm, financial services analyst at Edward Jones. "The stock is trading at depressed levels, and the future profitability potential of Bank of America is still uncertain."
The stock has done well over the past 12 months. However, the company has sustained billions in losses from lawsuits associated with the 2008 acquisition of Countrywide Financial, and there's still litigation pending.
While lawsuits may set BofA back, the financial sector as a whole may continue to make improvements through 2013.
"Asset managers are doing well and starting to see inflows, banks with capital markets operations are starting to see that come back; banks with brokerages are seeing individual clients as well as institutions looking to put money to work," Stemm says.
"In traditional banking even, on the commercial side, you're going to continue to see growth. There may be further weakness from the standpoint that consumers aren't taking out new loans, they're still paying down debt and getting their financial houses in order," she says.
Today's very low interest rates also cut into banks' profit margins.
Are you ready to embrace big banks again?
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Coolly combining the mechanized world of Japanese mecha with their whimsical building block design, LEGO created Exo-Force. The series had a good two year run, releasing a variety of robot kits and their adorable human pilots. I particularly liked the minifigures, each unique with their own bright color scheme, spiky hair style and adjustable facial expressions (serene to anime angry!) It's a shame an Exo-Force LEGO game was never released, it would have been a riot.


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I saw this bad boy at the local toy store, and I immediately knew this was going to be a huge hit this holiday season. Essentially, it's a levitating frisbee with a remote for the fan that resides underneath. The analog fan control allows you to make the disc float in mid-air, or shoot skyward for up to 30 feet. You can also toss it for a mid-air launch. How cool is that? The remote uses a 9-volt battery, although some iterations come with a charging-like docking station. You can find it for about $20.
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"Invasive species have been a problem as long as America has existed as a nation," says Thom Cmar of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). However, Cmar says that as transportation into the country has become more advanced, more invasive species have come in on boats and planes, thus worsening the problems posed to ecosystems.
These species have the uncanny knack of muscling out local competitors in the U.S., sometimes pushing commonplace species onto the endangered list by outcompeting them for food or resources. And as these creatures perpetually vandalize ecosystems, the U.S. has to shell out the money to fix the messes and restore nature's balance. Removing organisms that are numerous and evasive is no easy task, similar to finding a needle in a haystack, and so the U.S. focuses its efforts on border patrol, ensuring that no more of these species enter the country.
The NRDC advocates closing the routes that invasive species often use to hitchhike into the country, while the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Lacey Act, regulates what people are legally allowed to bring in to the U.S.
"The costs of invasive species are so high, literally hundreds of billions of dollars a year," Cmar says. "Allowing these species to continue to come in and devastate our economy and ecology isn't an acceptable solution."
Of all the invaders, here are the worst of the worst, those that seem to be guests in the U.S. for the long haul, regardless of plans devised to be rid of them.
Big constrictors squeeze the life out of mammalian prey and ecosystems. The U.S. Geological Survey says nine species of pythons, a type of snake that can range from 12 to 28 feet in length, pose a medium- to high-risk threat to ecosystem health. Over the past 30 years, these weighty reptiles have been traded domestically and internationally, and pet owners often take these snakes into homes that cannot accommodate them as they grow. When the snakes get too big, offending owners release them into the typically Floridian wild, where they ingest endangered species like the Key Largo wood rat and invade wildlife refuges. Under the Lacey Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to stop constrictor serpent imports into the country and even ban transport between states.
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Princess was born approx July 2016 and is a pocket pitty, small and short but is solid and weighs 40 lbs. She is a very sweet dog with a lot of energy. She needs a home with an active playmate. She gets along with dogs, people, and is super playful. She loves to play fetch and will bring the ball right back to your feet.
She loves life and has been through a lot for being so young. She and her brother arrived at the shelter with rat poisoning. They both survived, then both got parvo. She survived but unfortunately her brother did not. She was then adopted but was in a bad car accident with her prior owners. As a result, she had 3 severe fractures in her hind leg. Her owners dumped her on the street and a good samaritan found her limping and brought her back to the shelter. All of this happened before she was 6 months old! We rescued her from the shelter and she had her needed surgery. Even though the injury was old and had already healed, we were still able to repair the fractures. All has healed completely and she doesn't limp at all.
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We also work very hard in our community and other venues educating the public to the horrors of puppy mills, the tragedy of pet over-population, the importance of spaying and neutering their pets. We do this by dissemanating literature at our adoptions, by sometimes setting up peaceful public demonstrations, and at times speaking with schools, and other community organizations.
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The result has been a continuation of massive deficit spending, which is piling up on top of an extraordinary national debt that is currently at $16 trillion, or 110 percent of gross domestic product. In 2006 the U.S. federal government budget was expenses (spending) of $2.6 trillion vs. revenues (taxes) of $2.4 trillion. Today, the spending side has ballooned 45 percent to $3.7 trillion while revenues have remained at $2.4 trillion. That $1.3 trillion deficit gets added to the national debt every year.
Where the "cliff" comes in is that the agreement the House and the administration came up with in 2011 to extend these deficits until now will expire, and taxes will revert to the rates they were at prior to 2003, and some spending cuts will occur. These are estimated to cut the current deficits in half, mostly by tax hikes.
The dropoff in deficits will supposedly mean a dropoff in current consumer spending and business activity, which is subsidized by the federal government deficits. Most economists reckon this reduction in activity will spur a recession. So instead of letting this occur, Washington is trying to "solve the fiscal cliff" by putting off the reckoning and coming together on a budget deal that extends the plunder.
Our elected representatives in Congress and the White House have proposals of cuts of less than $1 trillion over 10 years, less than $100 billion a year or less than 9 percent of the deficit and tax increases that amount to maybe $200 billion a year. In other words, the deficit-reduction deal would only reduce the deficit from $1.3 trillion to $1 trillion, while leaving the overall size of government nearly unchanged with spending at nearly $3.6 trillion a year.
What is not being mentioned by the mainstream media in this "fiscal cliff" debate is that current consumer and business spending, if dependent on current government deficits, necessarily has to be reduced as not to spend the future and leave our children destitute.
Deficit spending has to be financed either with government surpluses in the future to repay debt and the interest on that debt or debt default through currency inflation.
Financial markets have been pricing in the inflation of the currency that this accumulation in government debt will require, as markets do not see the willingness of the American public to pay back its debts in honest surpluses.
The increases in the price of gold, gasoline and most foods in recent years attest to the monetizing of our debts by the Federal Reserve. Economists expect the Federal Reserve will be buying 90 percent of Treasury issuance next year in yet another round of quantitative easing (i.e., creating new money to buy bonds). However, inflation is no cure. Each dollar will buy less, and the government, haplessly, will find it will need to print even more money to buy the bread and circuses required to be re-elected.
In order for the U.S. to put its house in order, and to cease this spiraling of deficits, debt and currency inflation, Congress must act to substantially reduce spending. This will require reductions or eliminations of foreign aid, homeland security, welfare and entitlements, military funding, and all the "stimulus" pork. It will also require some increase in taxes, whether by elimination of deductions or rate increases.
But, it is imperative that the aggregate level of spending needs to be dramatically reduced, because a deficit problem cannot be solved with tax increases due to the negative effects on businesses that do the hiring and the people that pay the taxes.
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Industrial engineering is a broad field, so Clemson's program focuses on several major research and teaching emphasis areas.
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Four Vallejo residents, including two juveniles, were arrested Sunday afternoon on suspicion of armed robbery, police said.
The victim, a Hayward man, was visiting Vallejo for a family event, police said.
At about 4:20 p.m., he was walking in the unit block of Valle Vista Avenue when a car pulled up and four people exited and surrounded him, police said.
One brandished a gun and demanded his personal belongings. They left the scene in the car with the victim's wallet and cellphone, police said.
The victim promptly called police to report the incident. As the dispatcher broadcast the description of the vehicle, a patrolling officer spotted it passing him, police said.
The car then led police officers on a pursuit that ended at Tuolumne Street and Lofas Place.
Officers also saw one of suspect throw a gun out of the vehicle in the 100 block of Lofas Place. The gun was recovered, police added.
The suspects were arrested after positively identified by the victim, police said. They were 16- and 17-year-old male juveniles, Monireal Simpson, 18, and Kiera Duffy, 22.
The juveniles were booked into Solano County juvenile hall, while Simpson and Duffy were booked into Solano County jail.
Police also recovered the victim's belongings inside the suspect's car.
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The New York City Subway Map! An icon of this great metropolis. A symbol to all locals of the life facilitating infrastructural force of the city. To tourists, a colorful way to remember the places they went. To people of all ages, the subway was a symbol, and what better way, to honor, learn, experience and appreciate its complexity and examining it piece by piece in this one of a kind jigsaw puzzle. But why stop there. The city and its surroundings had so much to offer, this subway puzzle was just the beginning. Further New York Puzzles were soon to follow, to create the basis for what is today NEW YORK PUZZLE COMPANY.


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Many try to copy Lionel Messi, and so they should. The superstar is evidently doing something right, but could it be his Adidas F50 soccer cleats? With Messi known as the greatest player in the game today, his Adidas F50 boots have become one of the more popular choices for fan across the world. The boot is lightweight, and looks stylish, even at the rapid pace they help players run at. With Messi in these boots, it's going to be hard to convince people to wear a different pair of soccer boots.
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Activision was at GDC 2013 this past week and showed off what next generation character rendering will look like. The company used NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 video cards in a desktop PC to show a DX11 demo at 180 fps that looks pretty damn good.
3D face rendering technology has been around for years, but we are getting to the point now that you can start to see every pore and wrinkle on the subjects face in real-time! Could Activision be planning on using this new 3D face rendering technology in Call of Duty game titles in the years to come? Who knows, but it looks great!
This animated character is being rendered in real-time on current video card hardware, using standard bone animation. The rendering techniques, as well as the animation pipeline are being presented at GDC 2013, "Next Generation Character Rendering" on March 27. The original high resolution data was acquired from Light Stage Facial Scanning and Performance Capture by USC Institute for Creative Technologies, then converted to a 70 bones rig, while preserving the high frequency detail in diffuse, normal and displacement composite maps. It is being rendered in a DirectX11 environment, using advanced techniques to faithfully represent the character's skin and eyes.
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BREITUNG TOWNSHIP (AP) -- Michigan authorities have charged a 74-year-old man they say stabbed a sheriff's deputy in the back at a ski jump tournament.
The Daily News of Iron Mountain reports Andrew Michael Bray of the Upper Peninsula community of Norway is charged with one count of assault with intent to murder and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. Bond was set at $1 million.
Bray is due back in court Feb. 22.
Defense lawyer Dan Jaspen tells The Associated Press on Tuesday he hasn't received information about the case and couldn't comment.
The Dickinson County sheriff's department says the attack happened Sunday during the Continental Cup Ski Jumping Tournament at Pine Mountain. The resort is in Breitung Township, next to Iron Mountain. The injured deputy was treated at the scene.


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Spring 2012 brought some unexpected weather that may lead to forage harvesting challenges for Michigan farmers. That's why MSU Extension educators and specialists have joined forces to study the issue and offer online resources to help farmers make harvest decisions that will ensure optimum forage quality for livestock diets.
The Alfalfa Field Project facilitated by MSU Extension addresses the effects of Michigan's unusual spring weather this year on the growth and quality of the alfalfa crop.
The findings are now being posted on the MSU Extension News site at msue.msu.edu. Just search "alfalfa" to be directed to helpful articles on the ideal timing to harvest first-cutting alfalfa by region, dealing with winter annual weeds and spring black stem, as well as any issues that may pop up throughout the summer.
"We had a lot of producers asking about when to harvest because of inconsistent temperatures. We saw that as an opportunity to help," said Faith Cullens, MSU Extension educator. "By the first week of June, most Michigan farmers will have harvested their first-cutting hay, and we will continue to post the results of our project online until then. As the summer progresses, if any other issues come up, we will continue to share our findings on the website."
Information is provided by a group of campus and field experts in forage production and animal nutrition who work with hay and livestock producers on a daily basis. For more information, contact:
Mike Allen, Ingham County: 517-432-1386.
Faith Cullens, Clinton County: 989-224-5240.
Phil Kaatz, Lapeer County: 810-667-0341.
Kathy Lee, Missaukee County: 231-839-4667.
Jerry Lindquist, Osceola County: 231-832-6139.
Roberta Osborne, Branch County: 517-279-4311.
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Fourteen years after the local transmission of measles was halted in the United Kingdom (UK), the disease has once again become endemic, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the public health body of England and Wales. In an update on measles cases in its weekly bulletin last week, the agency stated that, as a result of almost a decade of low mumps-measles-rubella (MMR) vaccination coverage across the UK, 'the number of children susceptible to measles is now sufficient to support the continuous spread of measles' [1].
In an earlier update, the HPA reported that all recent indigenously-acquired cases with a genotype in England and Wales had been found to have the same D4 sequence (MVs/Enfield.GBR/14.07), a genotype first identified in April 2007 and which is now endemic in the UK [2]. In May, a 17-year-old with underlying congenital immunodeficiency died of acute measles infection, the first such fatality in the UK since 2006. The strain was also MVs/Enfield.GBR/14.07, genotype D4. The total number of confirmed measles cases in England and Wales so far this year is 461. In Scotland, there have been 68 cases of measles reported in 2008, of which 51 have been laboratory-confirmed [3]. All of the cases in Scotland were either not immunised or of unknown immunisation status. Only two of the cases were imported from abroad, both from Pakistan.
The HPA has recommended that health services exploit 'all possible opportunities' to offer MMR vaccine to children who have not received two doses. The agency also stressed the necessity for all healthcare workers in contact with vulnerable patients to have documented immunity to measles.
Europe is facing a measles epidemic, with large ongoing outbreaks for instance in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
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