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inlove with Sumatra gems;they are just unique and exclusive and something that makes even more unique is the man who carve them,Filpus Kesuma also known by his Chinese name Kwee Goan Siong;he is
really blessed by God to do this artwork
and very difficult to find any skilled carver like him;he creates art,he paints with the stones;I used to spend days after day watching him cuting,grinding,polishing stones for my three months stay in West Sumatra
Some of the gems that he did carved were Turquoise,Tourmaline,Amethist,
Kunzite,Jadeite,Nephrite,Fossil Coral,
Fossil Wood,Garnet,Hydrogrossular Garnet,Jasper,Agate,Riicolitte,Idocrase,
Quartz,Chalcedony to mention only a few of them.
This is an 58.00 Carat Idocrase,and I think at some point have some proportion of Hydrogrossular Garnet;this photo has been taken with backlight so can see the transparency;is quite semitransparent this huge cabochon cut like emerald cut shape;this is my favourite of all the gems I have and I would not be able to give a price as is priceless to be able tu cut a big sized idocrase like this one without creaks,normally for this quality the most can get is 4 until 8 carats;so this could be clasified as very rare gemstone
I feel like one day this could demand a very top end price,maybe 10's of thousands,maybe 100's of thousands or maybe millions of UD dollars,maybe in 10 year,maybe 30 eyas ahead I am not able to say
But the deposits are almost exhausted and unless new deposits are found in sumatra will no ever again be able to get a good one like this;it can make history this gemstone.
It has been cut and polished by the incredible Filipus Kesuma,known also as Kwee Goan Siong,in Padang,West Sumatra
The size is 30.38x19.27x10.56 mm and I would say is class AAA+
The rough came from Dharmasraya
This one is another super rare Idocrase from West Sumatra from Surian in Solok Selatan area
This is 10.85 Carats and 27.95x9.52x4.98 mm
The colour is something quite rare as it looks like black at first view but once backlited it turns to be dark strong green;it looks like very much a black jadeite jade;I supposed is idocrase as comes out from same source of idocrase and when carving it the texture,the hardness all is similar;I have sent some sample to a laboratorium in Spain to test it and am awainting the results
In the area where it comes from the rough there are many bauxite and manganese mining
I read the black colour in Idocrase comes from the chromophote Titanium Ti4+
This elongated cabochon it would demand a high price on the market;it has some very nice inclusions of different green tones;it has also some 2 inclusions white colour that I do noy like them but still very nice.
I would classify as AAA+ class as the colour is a rarity.
This is a heart shaped idocrase from Dharmasraya and cut also by Filipus Kesuma
This is another top end quality AAA+ with an inclusions that make it even more astonishing this gem
Simply astonishing,I love this one very much;the colour is delicious like a green leafes,rather not strong and not soft green,with a the softer whitish inclusions that make it even better.
Cut encircle by Filipus Kesuma
The rough came out from the river Batanghari in Dharmasraya area.
This is the same gem as the first picture that I made with the back light,this how it look slike at
simple eye view,very nice colour soft green olive and is very well polished
As the hardness is somewhere between 6 and 7 in the Mohs scale,all idocrases are polished by diamond powder.
I could not say more better things about this incredible Agate from Ujung Tanjung,an area in Pesisir Selatan in the border of West Sumatra with Bengkulu;it was taken from over a sandy beach the rough;Ujung Tanjung is a seaside area that is rich with Agates and Jaspers
Pesisir Selatan is a Regency of West Sumatra that runs along the west coast of sumatra and is where my wife is original from;we have still the old house at the village of Tarusan and made up of wood over stilts.
The colours displayed by this agate can are a mix of reds,oranges,yellows,blacks,whites...and is like a moss inclusions of these colours all embedded in this semitransparent stone;it has been very well polished by my good friend Filipus.
Can not say much more than wow,amazing gemstone from west sumatra
Top Quality AAA9+ Superb Idocrase made by Filipus Kesuma
Origin from Dharmasraya from a rough found in Batanghari river.
This is a pink Specimen of what looks like Idocrase mixed with hygrossular garnet
The pink colour could come from manganese content in the form of anions Mn2+ and Mn3+
and as I know many Manganese mining also in the same area that the rough of this can comes from,in Surian,Solok Selatan
Regarding some gemstones appraisal online web pink idocrase can go at 400$ per carat
Regarding some gemstones appraisal online web pink idocrase can go at 400$ per carat
What to say about this onw but wow!!!it astonishing the display of colours of this Moss Agate,red,orange,yellow,white...itis a full world inside there.
This is viewed with a lamp as at naked eye one can not distinguish the world inside this magnific agate,it is woth of a museum gem and I am not able to give a worth price as for me is priceless
Again has been cut by my friend Filipus Kesuma from a rough that he found over the sand on the beach of Ujung Tanjung,Pesisir Selatan,Sumatera Barat
Another big sweet and sour candy
This Agates are known in Indonesia as Pancawarna(the literally means
multicolour) as one can see the incredible array of reds and oranges and yellows,blacks,browns and whites
The rough was found in an old Dutch mining area at the ouskirts of Padang named Kayo Aro(not to mistake with Kajo Aro in Kerinci)
Again Filipus Kesuma made it this miracle possible
This is a photo from the base of the stone
An astonishing Idocrase made by Filipus Kesuma and backlited
Later on another photo of this one I gove more info about it
This is made from an Orange Hydrogrossular Grnet rough from Surian,Solok Selatan
This is what in Islam world we call a Tasbih and is to pray.
Regarding an article in modern jewellery magazine,orange hydrogrossular garnet,an very trusted gemologist says that 400$ per carat for a orange hydrogrossular garnet he thinks still is quite cheap and that is underpriced and that green hydrogrossular at 200$ per carat the same as there is very little of this material available inthe world.
Again Filipus Kesuma made it possible.
A rough brown andradite garnet from Surian Jungle
This ring is made from a meteorite found in west sumatra and carved by Filipus Kesuma;at naked eye is not possible to see the gold colour inclusions but once I made this photo with a macro lens I can see all the gold colour inclusions that I suppose are from gold.
Same heart idocrase like in a previous photo but this time without the back light
Amazing inclusions.
An incredible orange hydrogrossular garnet with a natural crosslines forming an X
Photographed with back light.
This a bicoloured brown and strong green Jasper from Ujung Tanjung
It has a very nice shape and been cut also by Filipus
it has a size of 32.84x24.13x7.94 mm and weight 35.55 Carats
Very well polished
This is what is known as Petowskii coral fossil and the rough it comes out from Jambi province and in it can bee seen the skeleton of the former coral;it is coral that has been petrified during millions of years
it is an average of 48.75 mm long and it has a nice shape of a number 9 or 6 depending from where it loooked through.
Another petowskii coral fossil from Jambi same rough like the previous one.
45.04 mm long and has a nice colour like some pinkish white and brown.
Wow,I am absolutely impressed by this Idocrase coloure,one side almost transparent white and on other end some intertwined with soft green;an authentic sweet candy for a gems collector.
Again cut by my friend Filipus Kesuma.
This is also a rarity
It is known in Indonesia as Batu Tali Merah(red line rock) and basically is chalcedony transparent with iron oxide inclusions;itis something really unique to see
It is a 2.55 Carat weight and 11.70x10.93x2.51 mm
It is a quite flat small cabochon and really nice and is higly searched by gem collectors;the red inclusion is really delicious.
A white mix of hydrogrossular garnet and idocrase from Surian Jungle;has some soft green tint that is difficult to take on the camera;this also can be classified a rare one and top AAA+ and semitransparent.
A top end quality fossil wood cabochon also from west sumatra province;the colour display is quite astonshing compared to the other fossil wood I have seen;it has brown,red,yellow in many tones.
One of the top end quality idocrases AAA+ Superb
The rough coming from the basement of the batanghari river in Dharmasraya area of west sumatra;the inclusions even make it more valuable;itis really a worth only to see it.
I have my doubts of what this can be,could jade I thought but when I tested in a laboratorium jakarta it resulted to be Serpentine;I am awaiting now also a results from a Spanish laboratorium of geology as I do not trust much the gem labs in jakarta;serpentine is quite soft material and this the hardness is quite high,so that is why I tested again in another lab and can't wait for the results;will not be ready until maybe 1 month more.
This another rare one Idocrase from Surian,the darkest green background with the younger green inclusions it gives an outstanding look.
As is a rare one could be classified in AAA+ and is semitranslucent
Simply unique;a turquoise from west sumatra from pesisir selatan;very unique the golden inclusions over the blue greenish background colour
Again thanks to Filipus Kesuma
Incredible sword idocrase mix with hydrogrossular garnet;quite semitransparent;the inclusions like moss are really something unique;the material comes from Surian.
AAA class gem and I would not sell unless it is paid very good as this not easy to find again.
Filipus Kesuma made it
Another Petowskii Coral Fossil carving from Jambi Province
An abstract design from Filipus Kesuma;this is the back side of the coral art work;it is a quite good quality
petrified coral
Wow,this is something very difficult tp see,three colours in the same gemstone of idocrase,pink,green and yellow in many tones and semitransparent
An snowflake obsidian from Ujung Tanjung in Pesisir Selatan;even obsidian is not a very high price gem I really love this heart shape obsidian.
One of the best and most beautiful agates I have seen,with an incredible array of a mosslike roots inside
in all tones of orange and yellow,really worth to see a piece like this
Worth of a museum and priceless.
A strong red blood Jasper from Pesisir Selatan;it has a unique semitransparent white line in the middle
Something really exclusive.
An incredible and unique in the world Opal from Suranti,west sumatra
Looks like an eye and I would never sell it unless it can get a good price as probabily there will be no more like this one and once again is cut by the great stone carver Filipus Kesuma.
This one is a smoking pipe carved out of a Ricolitte rough find in Tarusan;this is the village of my wife
the colours are really nice black,grey and white in several tones.
Again another magic Jasper from Ujung Tanjung with a really beautiful pattern;one of my favourite jaspers.
Here agaia an orange hydrogrossular garnet from Surian and semitransparent
This is same Moss Agate as in a previous picture but this time pictured from the other side
As can be seen both sides have the incredible moss like multicoloured inclusions
Once again thanks to Filipus we can share this treasure with the world.
The rough from wich is made up this gem was found in Gunung Padang by Filipus Kesuma
At first we believed to be a Turquoise but a later test in a Jakarta gemlab it gave the result of Green Quartz
Then once in Spain I showed to a friend of mine from Peru and he told me this is same like a Peruvian Opals that he used to see in Macchu Piccu area in the amazon jungle.
I keep as laboratorium said,a green quartz???
Anyway whatever is it Quartz,Turquoise,Opal or all mixed is an incredible work of art by Filipus Kesuma
An incredible Idocrase carved into a teardrop shape and cut by Filipus Kesuma.
Golok Naga,Traditional Chinese sword to kill the dragon and a
Kriss,traditional indonesian sword
The rough was found as a boulder over the sand of the beach of Ujung Tanjung
The pattern is really astonishing,like red blood moss inside,this is being a very limited and rare material and very hard to get more.
I do not know what is it but it has been found it over the sand of Padang beach,it has the form of a shoes.
A very nice Chalcedony from Ujun Tanjung with a nice yellowish tint
Veruy transparent chalcedony and very exclusive shape of a tiger nail.
I can not say what is this;it came when digging in an area of palm oil plantations in jambi as a boulder around 2 kg;it has like a silvery inclusions;at first view it looks like a kind of green marble;the test in a gemlab in jakarta came out Serpentine but I doubt it as they do not do much more than specific gravity and refractive index.
Fantastic Chalcedony round bead same shape like a pearl;it is really amazing the abstract natural drawing that form the yelllow inclusion in it;the rough came from Pesisir Selatan.
Same moss agate like a few photos up but from th eother side;again this is one of the best I have ever seen.
Another good and nice Jasper from Ujung Tanjung
A very nice cut of Idocrase from Dharmasraya;is transparent with very nice softer green inclusions and in the shape of a teardrop;Class AAA+
Another big sized Idocrase from Dharmasraya and top end quality AAA+
The same design with Petowskii coral fossil as before in a previous photo but pictured from front side.
A very sweet candy;carved leaf made from Carneolite;orange yellowish colour,very sweet and semitransparent.
A mix of hydrogrossular garnet and idocrase ring with a chinese character TA that means GREAT
This ring I use myselve as I really like so much.
Same gem like some photos before,the one from Kayo Aro
known as Pancawarna and here is a photo from upstairs the cab
As one can see even more colorful that the base and a nice abstract natural drawing.
This is a collector 's item worth of a museum.
Thanks to Filipus Kesuma to give us to the world to be able to contemplate such beauty form the earth
No words for this magnific work of art made by the unique Filpus Kesuma
Violet chalcedony,yellow chalcedony,brown chalcedony,green serpentine all natural stones from west sumatra
Tree branch with jungle fruits by Kwee Goan Siong
This one of the most favorites of my collection
The texture,the colours...are simply,incredible!!!
Another idocrase and I would say with some hydrogrossular garnet,semitransparent and higly polished
Green,yellow,orange colours all intertwined
Once again Filipus Kesuma incredible art
Another smoking pipe carved out of an idocrase and hydrogrossular mix.
Naga Golok that I posted a few pictures before
Thanks to Filipus Kesuma we have this treasure to show to the world.
An excellent maximum quality idocrase AAA+ Superb and semitransparent,really one of the best ones I have seen.
Hydrogrsossular garnet carved leaf,from Surian Jungle.
Black Chalcedony,Brown Chalcedony,Yellow Chalcedony,Serpentine,Red Jasper...all natural Sumatra gemstones;quite big size,around 20 cm length.
Another smoking pipe made from hydrogrossular garnet from Surian.
This a rough from wich is made a cabochon that in previous photo I told I thin to be Serpentine regarding the lab.
An incredible red blood colour Jasper in the shape of a bottle.
This a zooming of the Naga Golok pictured before.
Another beautiful one carved leaf from hydrogrossular garnet
It has an incredible white with some tint of green colour
A multicoloured Idocrase and hydrogrossular garnet;incredible colours pink and white and green.
Pink colour is between the most worth of all idocrases colours.It comes from Surian in west sumatra and pink colour might be due to some Mn in it's composition
An hydrogrossular and idocrase mix carved into a fang;incredible pattern and incredible inclusions make this piece of art unique in the world.
Another incredible multicoloured idocrase in pink green
Another rare one idocrase from Dharmasaraya;the pattern inside the stones is simply impressive
Another incredible green Idocrase
This one is another rarity and highly seek by collectors
An hydrogrossular yellowish orange brown colour from Surian
And this is all my posts for today from West Sumatran stones.


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The specific flaw exists when the application parses a PDF file containing a malformed Compact Font Format stream. While decoding the font embedded in this stream, the application will explicitly trust a 16-bit value used to index into an array of elements. Usage of the object later will cause heap corruption which can be leveraged to achieve code execution under the context of the current user.
Vendor ResponseAdobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
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Researchers Identify Central Mechanism for Effective Catalysis
20 June 2007
Chemists at the University of Buffalo (UB) have identified what they say is a central mechanism responsible for the action of enzymes.
The research, reported in a paper selected as a "2007 Hot Article" by the journal Biochemistry, provides insight into why catalysis is so complex and may help pave the way for improving the design of synthetic catalysts.
The more that is known about catalysis, the better chances we have of designing active catalysts.—John P. Richard, University of Buffalo
While attempts to design catalysts of non-biological reactions with enzyme-like activity have been somewhat successful, the catalysis that results is far less efficient than that produced by reactions with enzymes.
Protein catalysts are distinguished by their enormous molecular weights, ranging from 10,000 to greater than 1,000,000 Daltons, whereas a synthetic molecule with a weight of 1,000 would be considered large, according to Richard. The recent results by Richard and co-author Tina Amyes provide insight into why effective catalysis requires such large molecules.
The chemistry between an enzyme and a substrate occurs where groups of amino acid residues interact with the substrate. Catalysis starts with molecular recognition of the substrate by the catalyst. But enzymes also have domains that interact with the non-reacting parts of the substrate, according to Richard.
Amyes and Richard provide evidence that interactions between enzymes and non-reacting portions of the substrate are critical for large catalytic rate accelerations.
A flexible loop on the enzyme wraps around the substrate, burying it in an environment that's favorable for catalysis. In order to bury the substrate, certain interactions are necessary that allow the loop to wrap around the substrate and that's what the phosphate groups on the substrate are doing. We've shown that these interactions are critical to the process of making reactions faster.—John Richard
To conduct the research, Richard and Amyes developed a specialized and technically difficult assay for enzyme activity that uses nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect chemical reactions that would normally be invisible.
Richard and Amyes have applied their method during the past 10 years to a wide variety of chemical and enzymatic reactions with results published in approximately 25 papers in Biochemistry and The Journal of the American Chemical Society. Richard's work on enzymes has been supported continuously since 1987 by grants from the National Institutes of Health.
"Enzymatic Catalysis of Proton Transfer at Carbon: Activation of Triosephosphate Isomerase by Phosphite Dianion"; Tina L. Amyes and John P. Richard; Biochemistry 2007, 46, 5841-5854
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Cameron Simcik is a graduate of Bucknell University. She has written for Her Campus and is currently the Philadelphia Travel City Editor for The Daily Meal and a contributing writer for TheFW and GuySpeed.
Not that we're counting or anything, but Christmas is only 27 days and a few hours away, which means it's time to get into the spirit ASAP. Now, this doesn't mean going 'Gangnam Style' crazy with house lights. You also don't have to go buying the 12 days of Christmas to prep for the holidays either, although that would be super awesome. It can require very little to no effort to feel all tingly with Christmas excitement, like making obnoxiously long gift lists or dressing up our cats like reindeer. Come on, you know we can't get through the holidays without embarrassing our pets.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's time to get into full-on turkey mode. After all, it's never too early to loosen up the ol' belt buckle to ready ourselves for Thursday's feasting. While we're getting totally hyped about eating tons of stuffing and gravy and pumpkin pie, we still feel like the holiday prep could use a little extra oomph, and that's where Turkey Day music comes in.
Veteran's Day is one of the greatest American holiday, because we get to celebrate those who have and are still serving our country. It's one of the greatest sacrifices; these men and women are leaving their loved ones to risk their lives for us. For that, we give them a sincere thank you.
With the presidential election less than a week away, candidates are bombarding us from all angles with ads, debates and last-minute pushes to secure votes. (Their efforts are pretty much pointless considering we joined The Pizza Party a while back, but that's besides the point.)
In all seriousness, all this presidential hoopla can be a little overwhelming and upsetting at times. This is especially true if you're a politically-aware four-year-old.
Halloween is the best holiday around, hands down. Why? We get boatloads of candy for free, we can dress up as Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and no one will bat an eyelash. Is there anything more magical than parading around in ridiculous garb and entering sugar coma after sugar coma? No way!
Eating a big ol' juicy bug is one of those things a guy's gotta do at least once in his life. It's like drinking bull testicle beer--a one-time-BAM-done kind of deal that's a true testament to one's manhood.
Setting any kind of record must be pretty awesome. Having the lowest voice on the planet or making the largest Frito pie in all of crunchy snack history garners major bragging rights. It seems like everyone these days wants to take a crack at making things bigger, better, or taller, but in the case of Nerina Orton, she's aiming for small. Really, really small.
Some guys are thrill seekers. For example, some find excitement in throwing back a few cold ones after a massive nuclear explosion while others enjoy the rush of ramming into a deer while skateboarding down a hill at 40 mph. We'd like to discuss the latter type of dude.
We really don't like to be the bearers of bad news. It makes us feel all sad and weird, like 'Gangnam Style' in an elevator. But this time, we feel that it's necessary to relay said bad news, if only for your health: there is going to be a global shortage of bacon next year.
Coffee shops are entertainment hot spots. These places are chock-full of prime people-watching opportunities, because they're not just for strict coffee-lovers anymore. Nowadays, we can get everything from mocha marble whatcha-ma-call-it lattes to chocolate-banana smoothie deliciousness at cafes, meaning all sorts of people make their way through coffee shops on a daily basis.
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Photographer's Note
The Lofoten archipelago in the north of Norway is a spectacular mountainous chain of four islands and Tind is located in the southernmost part called Moskenesøya. The islands are dotted with little colourful fishing cabins called rorbuer (singular - rorbu).
Fishing cod is the main activity of the Lofoten Islands since Viking times. The heads and bodies are dried separately on racks. The heads are exported to Portugal, Spain and Italy where the famous bacalao is rehydrated. The heads are sent to West Africa where fish head soup is a popular dish.
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goodwill (4236) 2013-09-28 11:22
This is something different 50:50, neither a landscape nor a portrait, but a shot close to a shot of photojournalism.
there is perspective in the shot, the colours are well balanced and the contrast pleasing.
The water, the boat, the colourful structures and the sky......one by one......all add to the beauty of this composition.
I am sure Madhav ji, you had also captured the fish from close and a close look of their mouth and eyes will be an altogether different view, as seen from your lens.
Eager to view the close shaves.
Regards from India,
jadesgran (5431) 2013-09-28 21:41
Hello Prajwel
An informative note - thankyou.
A very interesting scene.The strong colours in the little fishing chalets are great and add to the very pleasing scene.
Best Wishes
pajaran (71715) 2013-09-28 23:02 [Comment]
Interesantan i dobra tekst, sa datim podacima ...
Lep pogled na susenu ribi u kuce lepih boja.
Dobra kompozicija, lepo pokazano mesto.
Ribolov je bio uspesan.
Imajte lep dan za odmor, sve najbolje.
Good afternoon.
An interesting and good text with the given data ...
Nice view of dried fish in the house of beautiful colors.
Good composition, nice place shown.
Fishing has been successful.
Have a great rest day, all the best.
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Issue No. 06 - November/December (2009 vol. 7)
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.171
O. Sami Saydjari , Cyber Defense Agency
Cynthia E. Irvine , Naval Postgraduate School
The National Cyber Defense Initiative (NCDI) has been working behind the scenes to help inform the US research agenda for strategic cyber defense. An important part of the NDCI's activities has been sponsorship of three workshops: the 2006 Safe-Computing Workshop, the 2007 Opening-Moves Workshop, and the 2008 Industry Workshop. This article looks at them and their results.
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Authorities have identified the gunman who killed two Topeka police officers as a 22-year-old man who records show had a criminal record.
During a news conference Monday, authorities said the shooter was David Tiscareno (tihs-'CUH-ree-noh). Officers later shot him.
Online court records show Tiscareno was convicted previously of theft of less than $1,000 and a weapons violation. He was sentenced to probation both times.
Authorities said officers were investigating a report of a possible drug deal in a grocery store parking lot Sunday night when Tiscareno opened fire, killing two officers.
Tiscareno fled. He was killed early Monday after authorities fired tear gas inside the home where he was holed up. The Shawnee County sheriff's office says officers opened fire when the man emerged from the home with a gun.
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Two police officers were fatally shot as they investigated a suspicious vehicle in the Kansas state capital, and a suspect in the killings is dead after a nearly two-hour armed standoff, authorities said Monday.
Topeka Police Chief Ronald Miller said a gunman opened fire on Cpl. David Gogian, 50, and Officer Jeff Atherly, 29, from inside the vehicle at around 6 p.m. Sunday. Miller said the man shot both officers in the head.
Following a tip, authorities surrounded a nearby house where a 22-year-old suspect was holed up early Monday and, after negotiations failed, Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents fired tear gas inside. The Shawnee County sheriff's office, which is leading the investigation, said the man emerged from the home with a gun and officers opened fire.
The suspect, whom police have not named, was declared dead at a hospital. The sheriff's office said it's not clear whether the man fired at officers.
Police Chief Ronald Miller said the suspect had a criminal record but he didn't elaborate. He said he didn't know why the suspect fired on the police officers in the incident outside a grocery store.
"I don't believe they (the police officers) had any idea this situation was going to go this direction as quickly as it did," Miller told reporters at a Sunday news conference.
A third officer at the scene was not hurt and other people in the vehicle at the time of the shootings are not considered suspects, Miller said.
Authorities said they later found the vehicle abandoned about a mile from the grocery store and a few blocks east of the where the suspect eventually was found.
Officials released few details about the shootings and haven't said why the vehicle was considered suspicious or other details about the shooting.
"It's clearly beyond words," Miller said. "It's unspeakable almost about why this happens and why this is happening in America at this stage in our history."
The last time a Topeka officer was killed in the line of duty was 2000, and it's been longer than that - since 1995 - that one was fatally shot on the job.
Gogian had served with the police since September 2004 and had an adult son who's also a Topeka police officer. Atherly joined the department in April 2011.
A small crowd met for a candlelight vigil Sunday night outside police headquarters after hearing about the shooting. As the group gathered, police officials announced to reporters nearby that the officers had died.
Miller said Gogian was a retired military serviceman.
"He had spent his life in service to his country and in the city of Topeka," the chief said.
Atherly was "just getting started" in his career, Miller said.
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Android requires apps to get things done on your device, and one of these is listening to radio stations. TuneIn Radio is a great Android app for doing this, as it has plenty of FM/AM radio stations and podcasts. It is free to download from the Google Play Store and is easily installed and used.
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1Launch the Google Play Store. Do this by tapping on the white shopping bag with the Play icon on it.
2Search for TuneIn. Tap the search icon in the upper right corner, and type in "TuneIn radio" and hit the search button again.
3Select the correct app. In the results, tap the one made by TuneIn Inc.
4Get TuneIn. Tap "Install" and accept the permission requirements.
5Launch the app. Once installation has finished, tap the "Open" button that replaced "Install" on the app's Google Play page.
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1Browse stations. In the main app screen, you will be taken to the left panel. From here, you can browse or search for stations. Tap on either search or browse.
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Funny Kids found a gun and started shooting practice from the window
Small kids - small problems. Big kids - big problems.
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, don't need a gun, just seeing these kids could make you Drop Dead, darn cute.
I added one more kid. Without him picture was not complete.
Funny Japanese Royal family. Kids back to school.
Japanese Royal family, Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko, their daughter Princess Mako and their son Prince Puti
Funny The heartbreak kid
Funny No presents for bad kids this year!
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Two point. Obama's hat and Trump's hat has no shadows and Putin's hand look very tanned.
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Gee the one ten I give out wins. Congrats on the Gold.
Happy Birthday Bob..... Thanks for that 10. it offset the unfortunate 7's this received from a 300K, 200K and a 1K. Iwas in the lead the entire contest then last second drops from 9.3 to 8.5. I was crushed to the point of giving up. Then a miracle happened and it pulled back up. Bless you sir. Thanks HH and Evirio for the comment and votes.
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Congrats on the win. Nicely done. I wasn't around for the voting on this contest, and I would have voted higher than a 7, but I don't think you can classify 7 votes as absurd. A vote is an opinion and 7 out of 10 is a pretty positive one. I hurts when voters don't give you the "love" that you think you deserve. And it's awful when people vote low on good entries to give their own entry a better chance. But voters with 200 and 300 karma didn't get those karma scores by voting unfairly. Congrats on the gold cup. You won it fair and square.
Thank you Andrew, thank you LC. Maybe you are right. I have been getting a lot of 7s. 7. Decent entry, much better than average. Strong idea and execution.
Congrats on the gold Hits . As I said, excellent .
Clever composition and magnificent blending - looks mighty impressive. Congrats on the gold, Hits.
Thanks for the close inspection, Ollie.
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Funny Obama vs Spider-Man Kid
Today's stock photo comes from the White House Press Service archives. It's a personal favorite photo of President Obama from 2012, and shows him pretending to be caught in the kid Spider-Man's web. Photoshop this photo of Obama and a Spider-Man kid any way you wish.
Funny If Kids Ruled
Past Sunday was International Children's Day (celebrated on second Sunday in December). Create images of what the world would be like if kids / babies ruled. Many thanks to luke314pi for the themepost.
Funny If Kids Used Photoshop
Dutch artist Telmo Pieper decided to recreate his childhood drawings (made when he was 4) using Photoshop and photo sources. The results are quite amusing - they look like asymmetric creatures and objects with deformed proportions, yet they look quite photo realistic. Perhaps this is how kids see the world nowadays? Show how (any) kids' drawings could look if kids used photoshop and photo sources to create them. Many thanks to silvercanine for the contest idea and to Telmo Pieper for the themepost.
Funny Kid Monk
This Thursday we continue our freaking experiment with provided source images. Ordination of little children into priesthood is quite common in Buddhism. In this regard there's a lot of questions and controversy whether it's OK to let parents make life-long decisions for kids as young as 10 and send them to become monks at such early age. Even if a child agrees, he may not realize nor fully know that such choice implies life long commitments like celibacy, absence of family, and many limitations due to the monks' code of conduct. In the resent years the children monk controversy is especially elevated by the numerous cases of child abuse reported in Buddhist monasteries. Most psychologists agree that such important life choices as becoming a monk should probably be made at a grown up age. Photoshop this photo of a kid monk any way you wish. Some examples are - make this kid wear fashionable clothes, place him in some unusual environment, or make him run some errands. (Image credit: Joan Campderrós-i-Canas)
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Mila Kunis is pregnant with her first child (she and fiancé Ashton Kutcher are expecting a little one) and so far, so good for the expecting star.
Access Hollywood caught up with the glowing 30-year-old mom-to-be at the premiere of her latest film, "Third Person," to find out how she's feeling.
"I'm good," Mila told Access.
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When asked about pregnant life, Mila said, "[I'm feeling] great!"
News of the actress' pregnancy first broke in March, after Mila and Ashton got engaged in February.
During an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres" show in May, Mila said she's planning a natural birth.
"The hospital that I'm going to be laboring in does a midwife, you know, doula type of thing," Mila said at the time. "I'm going to do it as all natural as I possibly can unless that there's an emergency or something that should go wrong."
Adding, "I did this to myself, I might as well just do it right. I wanted this! It's not like no one made me do this… I did have a little help. Just a little bit."
"Third Person," which also stars Liam Neeson, Maria Bello, Olivia Wilde, James Franco and more, hits select theaters on June 20.
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Key West's Conch Republic Independence Day Celebration wrapped up Sunday with an offbeat bed race.
The Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race featured decorated beds on wheels making their way up the famed Duval Street by costumed team members.
The annual 10-day festival celebrates the day the Florida Keys staged a mock secession from the United States after the U.S. Border Patrol installed a roadblock at the top of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway.
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How would you like the promise of a phone-free dinner table for Mother's Day?
That's what Beefeater is serving up to diners this Sunday, on account of the fact that 54% of people in the UK said that the constant checking of phones at the dinner table is the most likely cause of a dinner time argument.
Launched to coincide with Mother's Day, the steak chain has taken the bold move of creating 'phone free' areas in response to research that outlines behaviour that can ruin family outings. Consequently, a 'No Phone Zone' will be introduced at Beefeater sites this weekend to ensure diners give Mums their undivided attention.
Top of the table on the list of family outing-ruiners was 'constantly checking phones at the table', which 54% listed as the single most likely thing to cause an argument. The second and third most likely argument starters were a family member being underdressed or scruffy for the occasion (28%) and family members having earphones constantly plugged in (18%).
Conversely, 'family conversation' is rated as the single most beneficial aspect of a good day out, with nearly two-thirds of respondents suggesting that just having a nice chat is the best bit of a family outing.
Beefeater guests will be able to book a 'No Phone Zone' table for Sunday 6th March and those in the zone will reportedly have to hand their mobile phones to staff 'as a deposit' when they arrive. Hawk-eyed Beefeater staff will patrol the 'No Phone Zone' and have the right to move guests who do not comply with the new rule. Harsh.
The 'No Phone Zone' will be trialled across sites this weekend, with a view to making the areas permanent if they are well received by diners.
Sarah Tinsley, Head of Marketing for Beefeater said; "There's no denying the huge benefits our smartphones provide us, but there is a time and a place for their use and, especially on Mother's Day, we think we can do without them for an hour or two. Mums don't ask much of us and rarely even let us spend any money on them – so the least we can do is give Mums our undivided attention. We hope this small adjustment to our setup enables a few more families to add some seasoned conversation to their meal."
I blooming love this. Well played, Beefeater. But we'd love to hear your thoughts on this story. Are phones at the table a cause of meal-time disagreements in your household, and would a phone-free zone in a family restaurant appeal to you? Come and join the debate on our Facebook page or leave us a comment below.
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Kerns' Notes 09/20/02Kerns' NotesBY WILLIAM KERNSA-J ENTERTAINMENT EDITORA total of 122,467 ticketed visitors saw the exhibit "Medieval Frescoes from the Vatican Museums Collection" during its 31/2-month stay at the Museum of Texas Tech.
According to Gary Edson, approximately 88,000 people made reservations in advance and the rest were walk-ups, with the crowds much, much bigger at the end of the exhibit than those when the exhibit opened.
He blames the unreasonably high attendance prognostications made by some during the exhibit's planning stages, saying, "Most of those predictions were made by people unfamiliar with the museum, I think. The wild numbers speculated were not beneficial to the exhibit."
Rev. Malcolm Neyland, credited with convincing the Vatican to loan an exhibit to Lubbock initially estimated that 400,000 visitors twice the population of Lubbock would see the loaned frescoes. Even on the last day of the exhibit, he mentioned to The A-J that "more than 200,000" people had seen and admired he exhibit.
Rev. Richard Bourgeois, who oversees the North American chapters of Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, told The A-J in July 2001, "A very conservative estimate would be that this exhibit will be seen by at least 3,000 people every day. Keep in mind that's on the low end. No Vatican exhibit ever has attracted a smaller number each day."
With no limit placed on the number of free tickets that could be reserved, Edson said Sunday, "People who called in at the beginning reserved many, many more tickets than were needed. Some reserved as many as 200 to 400 tickets apiece, with some, I think, assuming there would be some sort of market for them. Even though tickets were free."
As a result, attendance was "extremely light" during the opening weeks of the exhibit. An inordinate number of tickets were reserved and not used and, said Edson, "The people who just wanted two or three tickets were led to believe that they could not get in."
When, in fact, Edson is proudest of the fact that the museum was able to accommodate every person who wanted to see the exhibit. "We haven't said 'no' to anyone," he said prior to the exhibit's final day in Lubbock.
"And I doubt very much that we will say 'no' to anyone today, even with so many people showing up to put their names on standby lists."
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Lanny Fiel & The Ranch Dance Fiddle Band will perform ranch dance fiddle music from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday on the patio at the National Ranching Heritage Center.
Photographers representing Southern Living Magazine and television cable network The Learning Channel have requested permission to photograph the event.
General admission tickets are $5, with children age 6 and younger admitted free. Call 742-0498 for details.
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You may recall that Cinemark Inc. could not come to a financial agreement with DreamWorks Pictures when "Road to Perdition" was slated for release. That's why a first-run film ended up at Showplace 6, traditionally a $2 discount house, in Lubbock.
Evidently, negotiators are at a standstill.
The next DreamWorks release, a comic action film called "The Tuxedo" and costarring Jackie Chan and Jason Isaacs, opens Sept. 27 at Showplace 6.
Cindy Ware, who handles bookings at Showplace 6, said, "Most people felt ('Road to Perdition') was one of the best movies of the summer. (They) were surprised at how large our auditorium is and the great sound quality. That auditorium holds 500 people and has digital sound.
"Customers (were) happy to support a local business. They certainly enjoyed the theater prices."
If Cinemark and DreamWorks cannot come to an agreement, DreamWorks' next release, "The Ring" with Naomi Watts, will open at Showplace 6 on Oct. 18.
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RiverWind member Jeff Nicholson dropped by to chat during the Sept. 21 concert by America at the West Texas Canyon Amphitheater.
He mentioned that his band is very high on a new composition titled "God Bless Robert Earl Keen." Nicholson wrote the lyrics and the band as a whole is putting the finishing touches on the music.
There's no word on whether it will be ready when RiverWind opens Saturday's concert by the Flatlanders at the amphitheater.
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Lubbock singer-songwriter Mike Pritchard also was in attendance at the America show.
He and America member Gerry Beckley visited backstage and discussed the band's song "Sandman," which Beckley said was written about American soldiers afraid to go to sleep in the jungles of wartime Vietnam and which Pritchard pointed out now sounds as though written as a response to the tragic 9-11-01 terrorist attacks.
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Swing dancing, already popular once more in Dallas and Austin, also appears to be making a comeback in Lubbock. Jake Haning mentioned via e-mail, "There is a small group of people who meet on Thursdays to swing to the Big Band music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, to name a few.
"This is an exciting, easy to learn, yet hard to master social dance. Since it is a social dance, a partner is not necessary."
Interested? Swing dancing takes place from 7 p.m.-midnight Thursdays at St. Paul's Historic Church, 41st Street and University Avenue, with swing dance les sons given from 7-8 p.m.
There's a $5 cover charge. For more information, call Haning at 763-5622 or subscribe to his e-list by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com
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Regional songwriter-pianist Doug Smith's stirring tune "Faith" is played through the immense sound system at the Omnimax Theater prior to every film screening there.
Every time I listen to it, I secretly wish I could play many of my other CD favorites through those same huge speakers.
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WATKINSVILLE -- Oconee County commissioners drastically cut the number of citizens' advisory committees serving the county at their Tuesday night meeting.
In other Tuesday action, the commission passed an ordinance restricting organized recreation on public roads.
Prior to Tuesday, the county had been served by seven advisory committees, four of which had addressed issues relating to historic sites and tourism, recreation, transportation and growth. The other three committees provided advice on the Oconee County Civic Center, Heritage Park and a veteran's memorial project.
With its Tuesday vote, the commission replaced those committees with one committee addressing cultural and recreation issues, and a second committee addressing land use and transportation planning. As envisioned by the commission, each committee would comprise about 10 members.
No one at Tuesday's meeting expressed opposition to the commission plan.
Commission Chairman Wendell Dawson said the commission had problems filling committee positions under the old structure.
Under that scheme, Dawson said, ''We've got about 59 positions and only about 27 people occupy them.''
And, some of the committees have been idle. All but one member of the recreation committee resigned this fall, in response to the county's firing of former recreation director Al Epting.
The Veterans' Memorial Committee is not currently active, Dawson said.
With the new plan, the land use and transportation planning committee will help attract federal funds for local road projects and assist the commissioners in developing the county's land use plan.
The historic sites and tourism committee will assist the county with recreation, tourism, veterans' memorial issues and county facilities.
''It will bring together the committees to serve in a similar function and consolidate them,'' Dawson said.
In other business Tuesday, the commission adopted an ordinance limiting recreational events on public roads. Under the new ordinance, only non-profit charitable organizations, local schools or churches can use public roads for recreational events, and those events must have commission approval.
The ordinance is the result of problems associated with a cross-country bicycle race that was to have been a part of the Athens-based Twilight Criterium, a spring weekend event featuring various bicycle races.
The race proposed for Oconee County was canceled by commissioners, who said their first notice of the planned event didn't come until 10 days before it was scheduled to take place.
''We always took the position that county roads are under the jurisdiction of the county commission,'' Dawson said Tuesday. ''This (ordinance) will formalize that.''
A few cyclists attended Tuesday's meeting, voicing concern that the ordinance would affect bike riders who travel along Oconee County roads in small groups.
''There are groups around here who train and ride together, as well as other groups like the university (University of Georgia) cycling club that have informal races,'' said John Dowd. ''In what other county do they have a similar ordinance? I'm a little concerned about the signal it sends toward bike racers. It sort of sends a bad message.''
County Attorney Dan Haygood responded by saying the ordinance would not affect private cyclists who do not plan to host events that involve organized competition or the closing of county roads.
Also Tuesday, the commission:
Reappointed Bill Ramsey and Jim Griner to the Oconee County Planning Commission.
Approved a permit for W.O. Hardigree to remodel his Colham Ferry Road chicken houses for the production of ceramics and pottery.
Approved a permit for construction of a cellular communications tower on U.S. Highway 441.
Oconee County reporter Kevin Conner can be reached at kconner@
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Dutch Study Questions Amount Family History Increases Risk
A study looked at the health histories of more than 800 women diagnosed with breast cancer and almost 2,000 sisters of these women. The research is part of a large study called PROSPECT, which is following the health histories of more than 17,000 women in Holland.
The researchers found that having a first-degree relative (a mother or a sister) diagnosed with breast cancer increases breast cancer risk. But, this higher risk may not be as high as it is thought to be. This is especially true for breast cancer diagnosed before age 50. The results suggest that starting aggressive breast cancer screening before age 50 in women who had a sister diagnosed with breast cancer may not make sense.
About 25% of the women in the study had one or more of the following risk factors:
- at least two cases of breast cancer in first-degree female relatives
- at least two cases of breast cancer in first- or second-degree female relatives younger than 50
- at least one case of breast cancer in a first- or second-degree female relative younger than 40
- a female relative diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer (breast cancer in both breasts)
About 33% of the women in the study diagnosed with breast cancer had a least one of these family health risk factors. The younger a woman was when diagnosed, the more likely she was to have at least one of the risk factors:
- 40% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer younger than 50 had at least one family health risk factor
- 60% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer younger than 30 had at least one family health risk factor
Still, when the researchers looked at a woman's risk of developing breast cancer when she had at least one family health risk factor, the risk was fairly low, especially for developing breast cancer younger than 30.
A woman with one family health risk factor had the following risk:
- 0.5% of developing breast cancer younger than 30
- 4% of developing breast cancer younger than 50
- 8% of developing breast cancer younger than 70
- 0.9% of developing breast cancer younger than 30
- 11% of developing breast cancer younger than 50
- 13% of developing breast cancer younger than 70
Doctors who specialize in determining risk and disease screening make recommendations about who should be screened and when they should be screened. To make these recommendations, the doctors compare screening's benefits to its costs and risks. Costs and risks of screening include the risk of more procedures and tests (and the worry that comes with them) if screening suggests a problem when nothing is wrong.
The benefits of breast cancer screening outweigh the costs and risks for all women older than 50. It's less clear if women younger than 50 get more benefit than risk from aggressive breast cancer screening. In this study, breast cancer risk was higher (and increased more) for breast cancer diagnosed older than 50. So the researchers concluded that starting aggressive breast cancer screening in younger women with one or more family health risk factor may not make sense.
If you have one or more relatives who've been diagnosed with breast cancer, you'll want to do all that you can to reduce your risk of breast cancer. If you've been diagnosed with breast cancer, you want to make sure it's diagnosed as early as possible. You'll also want to make sure that your relatives do all they can to reduce their own risk. No matter how old you are, it's a good idea to work with your doctor to decide on a breast cancer screening approach that makes the most sense for you and your family and your unique situation. Your doctor will probably consider:
- how old people in your family were when diagnosed with breast cancer
- the type and aggressiveness of breast cancer diagnosed in your family
- any family history of an abnormal breast cancer gene
- any family history of ovarian cancer (ovarian cancer increases breast cancer risk)
The breast cancer screening plan you and your doctor develop might include:
- starting screening at an earlier age and screening more than once a year
- adding other screening techniques, such as ultrasound and MRI, to an annual mammogram
- genetic counseling and genetic testing because abnormal BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are more likely with a strong family history of breast cancer
- screening for ovarian cancer
Visit the Breastcancer.org Lower Your Risk section to learn more about breast cancer risk and what you can do to keep your risk as low as it can be.


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Brewers win another wild one
Hall knocks go-ahead hit after early lead vs. Giants vanishes
By JR Radcliffe / Special to MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- The way things have gone at Miller Park the past two nights, the Milwaukee Brewers would be well served to get a sponsor for a first-inning stretch. The way things have gone all year, the team could get one for the nightly comeback celebration as well. With 33,989 watching on Fan Appreciation Night on Saturday, the Brewers scored five runs in the first for the second night in a row, surrendered that lead and still persevered when Bill Hall's RBI double in the eighth put the Brewers ahead in a 10-8 triumph over the San Francisco Giants. It was Milwaukee's 39th come-from-behind win this season. "We got out to an early lead and it was their turn to fight back, and that's exactly what they did," Hall said. "We're just happy to come out on top. It's fun to be scoring all these runs right now. You've got to cherish these moments because the times when we're not scoring runs are not so great." Milwaukee has now scored 32 runs in the first three games of the four-game set with the Giants and could earn its first four-game sweep since 2003 on Sunday. Allowing the first frame to end well beyond the 40-minute mark for the second night in a row, the Brewers sent 10 men to the plate and benefited from a triple, double and four singles -- one from pitcher Chris Capuano to score a run. Hall's RBI single put Milwaukee up 6-1 after two innings. But as was the case when the team held a four-run lead the night before, the Giants had the offense to overcome. "I think the Giants have the toughest lineup against left-handed pitchers really from [lineup spots] two through six," Yost said. "Those five guys, they're all hitting in the high .300s against left-handed pitching. If you make the slightest bit of mistake, they hammer it somewhere." Barry Bonds homered for the 734th time as a National Leaguer, overtaking Hank Aaron for the most in history, and the Giants scored twice in the third, fifth and sixth frames, plus one more in the seventh against reliever Dan Kolb. Moises Alou homered and ripped a pair of doubles during the comeback. Capuano allowed seven runs, more than any other start this season, on 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings of work, but left with a no-decision. "I was catching a lot of plate with my pitches, and guys were hacking and they capitalized," Capuano said. "It was one of those nights where I couldn't really get the ball where I wanted." Rookie Dennis Sarfate recorded the final two outs of the sixth after the Giants had taken a 7-6 lead, retiring Ray Durham on a popup after walking Bonds with another potential run stranded on third. "Out of the four or five outings he's had, he's only had one that I would classify as mediocre," Yost said. "Most of the time we were four runs down, five runs down, and he's held the fort. Tonight was a big step for him. That was as big as it comes right there because we're trying to limit the damage and keep the score at one [behind]." "The coaching staff has done a great job easing me in there and getting me comfortable, being so young," Sarfate said. "I wanted to face Barry, but in that situation, you can't pitch to him and have him beat you again. But growing up watching that guy, you always want to face him. Maybe in the future. It was the right call and we won the game." Kolb, Jose Capellan (4-2) and Francisco Cordero followed and allowed one run in three innings, capped by Cordero's 15th save in as many tries with the Brewers. With David Bell on first and the Brewers trailing by a run in the seventh, Mike Rivera hit a ground-rule double to the wall with two outs, forcing Bell to stay at third. Wisconsin native Jack Taschner (0-1) uncorked a wild pitch facing Jeff Cirillo one batter later, and the tying run scored anyway. "We needed a little bit of a break there when Rivera's ball bounced out," Yost said. "We were hoping that ball stays in the ballpark and David scores right there. In one instance we didn't get the break and in the very next instance we did. That was good. It showed kind of the way things are going for us right now." San Francisco's third error of the game added an insurance run in the ninth, when Moises Alou dropped Corey Hart's popup to right and allowed Hall to score. One batter earlier, Hall had lofted a double to the opposite field with Tony Graffanino on second, giving Milwaukee a go-ahead tally. "I just needed a single to get him in from second and that's what I was concentrating on," said Hall, whose approach was deemed "phenomenal" by Yost after the game.
JR Radcliffe is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Second new tea to try!
The flavour of this one is quite tasty; a delicious green oolong paired with fruity pineapple notes. I'm enjoying the fact that it definitely does taste like pineapple! I'm not sure I am really catching the "flowery" aspect though. The flavouring here reminds me quite a lot of another tea… perhaps a DavidsTea (not Pineapple Oolong). It's quite tasty though!
ETA: I re-steeped this one once, but can't recall the results. I don't think it was all that wonderful. However, I looked in the infuser, and it seems like I may have used way too little tea… so will definitely have to fix that next time.


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The Slaughter at the Castle
Learning of the Murders
- Ross's initial report of Macduff's family = agitated and secretive
What is Macduff's significance in Macbeth?
The presence of Macduff in William Shakespeare's Tragedy, Macbeth, provides...
- a stronger depth of dynamic
- pity and fear within the audience
Cathartic Fall
Macbeth: The Importance of Macduff
so what?
so what?
Therefore, the presence of Macduff provides...
- a large accumulation of tragic emotions, resulting in a grander
- a "checkmate" on Macbeth
Thus, a more complete tragedy is accomplished.
Lady MacDuff's character tries to stay strong in front of her son even though she knows what will inevitably happen to them
MacDuff's son is killed while defending his father's honour
"Thou liest, thou shag-haired villain!"
Lady MacDuff watches her young son die
audience knows exactly what is going to happen as soon as the murderers appear on screen but must watch none the less
creates sense of horror and shock in the audience
Macbeth Polanski 1971 pt.13 Lady MacDuff (português). Dir. Bardorama. Perf. Roman Polanski. 26 Jan. 2010. YouTube. Web. 18 Dec. 2013.
Throne of Blood (4/4) Movie CLIP - High Treason (1957) HD. Dir. Kurosawa. movieclips, 22 May 2012. YouTube. Web. 20 Dec. 2013.
Polanski's Macbeth - The Fight Scene. Dir. Roman Polanski. Perf. Jon Finch as Macbeth, Terence Bayler as Macduff. 29 Apr. 2008. YouTube. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
Beheading Macbeth. Dir. Roman Polanski. Perf. Jon Finch as Macbeth, Terence Bayler as Macduff. 4 Mar. 2010. YouTube. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Coles Editorial Board. Toronto, Ontario: Coles Publishing Company , 1999. Print.
"Throne of Blood." LikeTelevision Movies. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=791&format=movie&theme=guide>.
Throne of Blood. Dir. Kurosawa. Toho, 1957. DVD.
Macduff demands truth
- Ross states that his family was "savagely slaughter'd" (IV, iii, 205)
Skepticism through Repetition
- constant questions from Macduff dictates sorrow for audience
within audience
"All my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?" ( IV, iii, 218).
-aids in the visualization of the murdering of innocents
gives an emotional reason to side with Macduff
To Feel as a Man
-besides letting "grief convert to anger" (IV, iii, 228), Macduff opts to "feel it as a man" (IV, iii, 220).
- allows audience to empathize with genuine pain
- displays masculinity + sensitivity (contrary to Macbeth)
- The fighting & Beheading Scene
development of pity and fear within audience, purgation, cleansing of the tragic emotions of pity and fear
Spectacles and Music
- Violence -- movie and text contrast
-- Actions
Beheading of Macbeth
Movie: Action over Words
- The fight between Macbeth Macduff
Omission/ Placement of Texts
Shows the importance of Macduff.
Adds to tragedy -- Catharsis
-- Compare and contrast with Shakespearean Text
"Hail, king! For so thou art. Behold where stands. The usurper's cursed head. The time is free. I see thee compassed with thy kingdon's pearl, that speak my salutation in their minds, whose voices I desire aloud with mine. Hail, King of Scotland!" act V sc viii
"My soul is too much charg'd with blood of thine already" act V sc vii
- As Macduff stabs Macbeth
The Death of Washizu
Throne of Blood:
makes the audience hate the villain MacBeth has become
shows how inhuman power has made MacBeth (creating his own downfall)
creates more reason for MacDuff to kill MacBeth in the end
the graphic nature of this scene is made to show the audience how ruthless MacBeth really is, how many lives he has destroyed, and how much he has changed from the beginning of the play
The Absence of MacDuff
lack of motive from a single person to right what Washizu has wronged
no "hero"
"none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth" (act IV, sc i)
in Polanski, even when Macbeth sees "Great Birnam wood [move] to high Dunsinane Hill", he is not worried (act IV, sc i)
in Kurosawa, there is no such requirement
in both adaptations, the audience already knows the Macbeth character is going to die before it happens
in Kurosawa, once Washizu begins panicking, audience knows it's over
in Polanski, audience is wondering who is going to fulfill second requirement
greater suspense in Polanski = greater cathartic ending = more complete tragedy
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On one hand, senior Marcus Randall showed he should be LSU's starting quarterback with his performance in the Tigers' 24-21 comeback victory at Florida two weeks ago.
"Marcus Randall has continued to show the kind of presence, confidence, leadership that we look for," LSU coach Nick Saban said, "and if that continues, which we expect it will, then he's going to be our go-to guy.
"We're happy that he had a great game when he came off the bench at Florida, and hopefully he can start a game and do the same thing. That's kind of how we'd like to go right now."
On the other hand, Saban likes the way Randall comes off the bench when he's had a chance to see what's going on. That's why redshirt freshman JaMarcus Russell might start at quarterback against Troy on Saturday, despite his previous statement about Randall.
When a confused reporter asked Saban if Randall would start against Troy, Saban responded, "I didn't say that. No. You heard what I said, right? It's as clear as I can make it."
Asked if that meant he had yet to make a decision, Saban said, "I didn't say that either. I said Marcus Randall continues to show the presence and the leadership in our offense that we'd like to see. We're very pleased about that. If he continues to do it, he's going to be the guy that we go with. Now what's confusing about that?"
Um ... uh ... well ... what about that initial statement about Randall?
"That's right, I did say that," Saban said. "I didn't think there was anything confusing about that. I mean, it's so important to you all that we have a depth chart and you know who's going to do this. I mean, I'm giving you every indication of what's going to happen."
Whatever. Either way, expect both Russell and Randall to play until further notice, and expect the 18th-ranked Tigers to build on their victory over Florida and last week's open date when they play host to Troy.
"It still comes down to execution," Saban said. "You can start a guy, and if he doesn't play well and doesn't execute well, that's not going to help the team either."
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Date of Defense 2011-05-03 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis study performed a mythic analysis on three films with child heroes including
E.T. – the Extra-Terrestrial, Stand by Me, and The Goonies. Several unifying themes
were extracted and then compared with the dominant values of Reagan America to
determine if these films provided a unique cultural outlook. While most of the uncovered
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dubious national patriarch, and that it is possible that this is a function that many myths
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Savannah can be found directly located on the Intracoastal Waterway, near the Georgia Coast. Because of its coastal location milder winter and summer temperatures are likely to be better than most of Georgia. It is also well known as the "Hostess City of the South," founded along with the Colonial State of Georgia when General James Oglethorpe landed here in 1733.
Each year, Savannah is visited by millions of tourists. Visitors come to see the remarkable historic architecture, the mysterious cemeteries, and the stories that come with it. Savannah is also known for its classy night life, diverse restaurants and the enormous Saint Patrick's Day Celebration.
Savannah is also home to the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a General Dynamics Company and engineer/builder of the G650, Savannah College of Art and Design, Hunter Army Airfield, Port of Savannah (the fifth largest in the country), JCB Incorporated and known for having great healthcare systems.
Savannah is also composed of diverse neighborhoods. There are a number of high end golf communities and homes along waterways, creeks, streams and marshes. However, if you're in search of urban living, then the historic downtown is just the place for you.
Savannah is located 15 minutes from Tybee Island, 45 minutes from Hilton Head, two hours north of Jacksonville, Florida and 4 hours east of Atlanta.
There's also an international airport with 7 airlines servicing direct flights to Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago-O'Hare, New York LaGuardia and JFK, Cincinnati, Washington DC (Dulles and Reagan), Charlotte, Philadelphia Detroit, Minneapolis, and Pittsburg.
Savannah is a bustling town with its historic architecture, wonderful squares, superb shopping and restaurants found in almost any corner. If you seek a certain suburban feel, try looking at Ardsley Park, Isle of Hope, and Parkside. However, for coastal living, then Wilmington Island, Talahi Island, Isle of Hope, Dutch Island and Tybee Island are perfect choices for you.
Savannah is located only a short distance from a number of desirable areas including South Carolina's Low country and the Golden Isles.
Tybee Island is one of the notable islands that attract attention, which is located only 20 minutes from Savannah. It has great features like beaches, local cuisine with fresh seafood and neighborhood flair, and abundant outdoor/nature activities that entertain in every way. For more golfing, shopping and beaches than you can imagine Hilton Head Island is within an hour's drive of Savannah, all wrapped into a stunning marina town set perfectly along the Atlantic. For an enchanting combination of history and amusement, Saint Simons Island is one of the Golden Isles about an hour and a half of travel to reach.
Savannah's climate in the region of Georgia is everything you'd like with a mild temperature range and low precipitation levels. Summers can be a bit balmy, hiding out in one of the many local museums, or award-winning restaurants is a more than acceptable alternative to outdoor activities. You'll find almost every flavor from every corner of the earth in each neighborhood and district. Try completing the night with a stop into a saucy jazz club or a spin around the dance floor in a hot salsa joint.
After nearly 300 years in existence, there are bound to be some stories with a compelling history. Savannah just happens to have those stories regarding ghosts, also Known as "America's Most Haunting City," the ghosts of Savannah's past are certainly not shy.
To benefit from this creepy but unique offering, be sure to go on a ghost tour, to review the historic district and its tales. Take note of the supernatural warnings amongst the beautiful architecture of this great city.
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The VA has extended presumptive service-connection for Gulf War veterans suffering from undiagnosed and medically unexplained chronic multi-system illnesses to Dec. 31, 2016. The claims filing period had been set to expire at the end of 2012.
"This is a sound decision by the VA because researchers are still baffled by the extensive illnesses suffered by veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War," said Washington Headquarters Executive Director Barry Jesinoski. "It's crucial that the VA continues to provide service-connected health care and compensation to the men and women who served in that war."
"Gulf War veterans are suffering from multiple symptoms that include persistent memory and concentration problems, chronic headaches, widespread pain, gastrointestinal problems and other chronic abnormalities," said National Service Director Garry Augustine. "At present, no effective treatments have been identified for Gulf War illness, and studies indicate that few veterans have recovered from their symptoms."
Congress initially approved a 1994 law granting presumptive service connection for two years to the veterans experiencing chronic, undiagnosed illnesses that include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory disorders and memory problems. Due to a lack of scientific understanding about the nature and cause of Gulf War illnesses, which affect more than 175,000 veterans, VA has extended service connection several times.
"The prevalence of these illnesses has continued nearly unabated since the war," Jesinoski said. "Extension of the presumption of service connection is warranted, and will now cover a period of 25 years after the war ended."
"Gulf War illness is an example of the continuing cost of war paid for by the suffering of our veterans long after the battles have been fought," he said. "While the war lasted less than 100 hours, the price of our victory will extend far into the future. Most of the criticism of the VA's most recent extension is that 2016 is not long enough."
"DAV has urged the VA to continue medical and scientific studies to determine the cause and nature of the multi-symptom illnesses affecting our veterans," said Augustine. "The VA-supported studies by the National Academy of Sciences continue."


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Boston Living with Water: Final Awards Reception
Join Mayor Martin Walsh in celebrating the winners, ideas, and participants of the Boston Living with Water design competition that kicked off on October 29, 2014 at ABX. After the winners are announced, competition jurors will share insights and impressions in a lively public discussion, followed by a celebratory reception.
This spring, the Boston Society of Architects/AIA has worked with key partners to explore one of the most distinct effects of climate change in coastal cities: sea-level rise. The Boston Living with Water project includes an international competition and is jointly organized by The City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, The Boston Harbor Association, and the Boston Society of Architects. Public programs related to the Boston Living with Water Project are produced by the BSA Foundation. Nearly 350 architects, planners, artists, engineers, landscape architects, and students worldwide submitted 49 proposals that responded to sea-level-rise issues around three local sites: Morrissey Boulevard near Columbia Point, the Fort Point neighborhood, and the Prince Building in the North End.
This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required, as space is limited.
Image: ABX 2014, Credit: Ben Gebo.


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"Help for the Holidays" has finally found it's way to the UK. Summer Glau's Christmas movie, originally made for The Hallmark Channel, is currently showing on Channel 5 under the name 'Help for Christmas'. It first aired on December 8, 2013 but unfortunately it wont be on again for at least a week.
The good news is that it's available on streaming at Channel 5 website until January 21, 2014, though the video is restricted to viewers from the United Kingdom only.
For the U.S. viewers, 'Help For The Holidays' airs again onHallmark Channel next December 16th at 6:00 PM.
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