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It probably comes as no surprise that the best thing about "Demon Slayer" is the movie poster, which promises plenty of lovely young women for us to gawk at. The movie itself has a couple of scenes featuring gratuitous nudity, most likely added to "spice" things up. God knows the rest of the movie isn't worth writing a review on.
If there's one thing positive I can say about "Demon Slayer" is that it's rarely boring. That isn't to say it's a good movie, it's just that the actors are good enough that they manage to amuse us before the film's last 20 minutes, when the long-awaited demon action finally rears its demonic head. "Demon Slayer" is short on just about everything that makes a good genre film, including decent gore. There's the T&A, but the blood and guts moments are just terrible. And since I have very low standards for this type of film, a movie has to be really pitiful for me to find it lacking.
Michelle Acuna leads the no-star cast as loner Goth chick Alicia, who has psychic powers that she can't control. And just in case we didn't know by the dark makeup and black clothes that Alicia is Goth, director James Cotten inserts groovy captions to inform us of the character's names as well as their "personality". For instance, Tyson (Howard Williams Jr.) is "The Brotha", Phillip (Adam Huss) is "The Punk", Claudia (Hanna Lee) is "The Bitch", and Tamara (Monique Deville) is "The Bitch's Friend". Now that "characterization" is out of the way…
The story takes place within an old abandoned hospital that used to be a brothel way back in the West (I think). Years ago, a demonic curse turned the hospital's patients into monsters, which led to the hospital being closed down. This is where our 5 troubled youths are sentenced; their mission is to clean the place up and get it ready to be turned into a community center. The part of the hospital, I'm reasonably certain, is played by at least 3 separate locations, which may explain why the hospital's interior aesthetics seem to change from scene to scene.
As mentioned, "Demon Slayer" doesn't get bloody until the hour mark. Before that, we get a brief "demon slaying" sequence courtesy of a prelude. After that — nada. Instead we have to sit through a whole hour of comedic hi-jinks as the teens try to get along, clean up the hospital, and get all horned up for sex. Actually, only Tyson and Claudia get it on. (Interestingly, the Claudia character is actually not nearly as "bitchy" as the screenplay, and the other characters, try to make her out to be.)
Meanwhile, loner Goth chick Alicia keeps getting psychic visions of murder and naked women, which may explain why she goes all naked in the strangely pristine bathroom for a lengthy period. Robert Easton's slightly "off" priest also tries to get some Goth lovin' from comely Alicia. Later in the film, a second priest name Enrique (Joaquin Garrido) shows up to do some demon slaying, armed only with an eye patch and a shadowy presence. Needless to say, his death scene is rather pathetic. Then again, so is everyone else's.
"Demon Slayer" is a low budget film that surprisingly manages some good actors. Howard Williams is the best of the bunch, while Hanna Lee has moments where she shines, but towards the end she inexplicably goes flatline. Even so, I think Lee might have been a better choice for the lead than Michelle Acuna, who either looks very bored or doesn't know how to shake the "I'm a loner Goth and I'm pissed off at the world" expression that she uses for every scene.
Even as a guilty pleasure, there's not enough of "Demon Slayer" to be guilty over. It's a pretty awful film, and it doesn't help that the movie saves all of its demons attack scenes until the hour mark. And trust me, it's not worth waiting for.
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#1 Sep 20, 2013
Yeah clearly this is the fault of the rifle and not your all's ghetto, crime ridden, excuse for a city. The strictest gun control in the nation seems to be working out really well for you.
I can't believe nobody was killed. It must not have had a folding stock and a bayonet lug. Lol.
More yellow journalism.... Semi autos don't "spray bullets" and aren't on the freaking battlefield. You liberal authoritarians already lost the gun control fight and no amount of sensationalized shootings combined with polarized propaganda is going to change it.
I was a staunch Democrat til they started regurgitating failed propaganda from the 90s to ban semi auto firearms. Take a crap on my rights and ill do the same to yours. You don't own guns? Well I'm not gay, poor, female, or a minority. This game works both ways.
As distasteful as they are, the Republican Party will start getting my vote again since Dems are intent on screwing with my rights and ability to protect myself, just to satiate a bunch of limp wristed blowhards that think the police will actually protect them in times of crisis.
Seriously the GOP was in its death throes and you all have nothing better to complain about than firearms that have been around for decades that you know absolutely nothing about. Good luck with that.
#2 Sep 21, 2013
What we really need to do is pick up our guns, form a true civilian militia as it states in our constitution and kill this filthy government first. We are so busy killing innocents in foreign countries as a diversion that we have forgotten who to kill here.
Get rid of this government and start over then get rid of the local crime. Forget the NRA, they are to busy collecting your money.
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#3 Sep 21, 2013
I trust the NRA I don't trust you. Agent..
#4 Sep 21, 2013
Why would anyone trust the money grubbing NRA? Why aren't they forming a civilian militia to fight?
Maybe you are the agent trying to spread doubt or maybe you are just a spammer.
Since: Aug 12
#5 Sep 21, 2013
Because it's not their job.
The NRA teaches safe use of firearms, and is one of the oldest civil rights organizations.
The NRA-ILA was formed when attempting to teach basic firearm; safety, history, and mechanics, to politicians became lobbying.
The NRA-PVF was formed when the NRA was attacked with throwing money at politician's election machinery, so they actually defend financially those who voted with some knowledge of firearms.
According to our countries traditions, state and federal statute I've been in the unorganized militia for decades and have considered, what would be necessary if organization became needed for much of that time.
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#6 Sep 21, 2013
Cornell Square park sits in a terrible, violent neighborhood!
#7 Sep 21, 2013
first off it takes balls to fight back against thugs, and all the balls in CHICAGO are on a pool table.
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#8 Sep 21, 2013
Come on down and train on the tex mex border....
No shortage of opportunity...
#9 Sep 21, 2013
No one gives a big fat rats rear end.
its all black on black crime and no one on the planet cares how many blacks are killed by out of control blacks with guns.
black moron in white house don't care his lame wife too busy shopping for earrings or pushing some gimmick to care, black attorney don't care don't know nothing.
NAACP, black "N" word congressional caucus, urban league , nose picking black panthers, Jessie fillmypocketsfirst Jackson, al "notso" Sharpton,
PETA, the chicago black patrolmen association don't care, no one cares how many blacks kill other blacks,
toughest gun laws on the planet and the highest homicide rate by gun fire don't make sense unless the gun laws in Chicago just aren't enforced??
so can police or city hall explain why those tough gun laws are not being enforced??
The tough Chicago parking laws are enforced, why not the Chicago gun laws??
#10 Sep 21, 2013
COME VISIT I am in TEXAS, and we have the longest MEX border-- and it is a target rich area.
#11 Sep 22, 2013
The problem is you will then have to not only fight the stinking illegal scum but you will also have to fight the bleeding heart liberals and the shit-eating federal scum. You see what happened to the boarder guard that wound up in prison. Do you remember the reports from a few years ago that said that the Mexican army crossed the boarder and shot at the boarder guards but they were restricted from returning fire.
How about what happened to an innocent Arizona rancher that defended himself and killed a Mex but was arrested and brought to trial. The jury of shit-heads found him guilty and his ranch was taken from him and given to his cock-sucking illegal family.
First we must pick up our guns and kill the feds. Put them to death to make a statement that if it is tried again they will be killed also. After that we can begin to make progress and get rid of all illegals.
One of the reasons I do not support the NRA is that I was once a life member. I quit in 1983, turned in my membership card and ended it all because of a conversation with headquarters. I spoke with a working detective and we had quite a discussion about the violent overthrow of the feds. He gave every reason under the sun to avoid that but the fact remains what I said then is true today.
I told them that the average farmer or hunter is not developing advanced weapons but the feds are and they will turn them against us. Now we have the scum suckers at the NSA and shit-bag companies like Verizon, AOL etc. who cooperate and let the feds tap into their systems to spy on us.
They have drones that the local cops now want to use against us. Cameras all over he place, tactical scopes that cost over $3000 that most people couldn't even dream of owning, a crooked and corrupt United States Supreme court, long gun registration in places like NYC and their Boroughs and the list goes on and on.
If you want a free America and regain our rights the only way to do it is to pick up our guns and kill the feds not the illegals. That will come later. THat is why people make allies of organizations like the skin heads, Nazis, al-Qaida, to build up strength against their enemies. Perhaps we will have to do that too.
#12 Sep 22, 2013
Because if they enforce the gun laws they will only enforce them against the law abiding citizen that they have no fear of but will not enforce them against the violent thugs and gangs that just don't care.
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#13 Sep 22, 2013
omg someone else has seen the light.
the american people can argue gun rights all the want and pass 1000 new laws and guess what? THE CRIMINALS DON'T CARE!! pass 10,000 new laws if it makes you feel better.
this is something that the law abiding citizens of the usa can't quite grasp; that criminals ARE EXEMPT FROM THE LAW!!
#14 Sep 22, 2013
So the best way to secure our rights is to become a criminal then we won't have to worry about a gun license or any of the laws. Fuckthe-feds and state governments too.
#15 Sep 22, 2013
Chicago is a perfect example of the new USA. Criminals have weapons innocents have no weapons. If innocents were armed the criminals would lose. Once armed innocents can be motivated to clean house by putting a bounty on criminals Dead Or Alive. If each block in high crime areas had a stand, like a hunting stand, where innocents can shot back at criminals it wouldn't take long to stop the shooting.
#17 Sep 22, 2013
I do not have any guns for the government to take, I lost all mine at sea. I was 200 miles offshore in my 10 foot long rowboat,fishing for marlin, a 200 foot yellow with blue spots liberal gay whale turned my boat over. all my evil guns sank to the bottom of the salty sea,and I drowned.
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#18 Sep 23, 2013
The next day they interveiwed a guy and showed a wound in his leg and said the bullet was still in his leg. The full story article said it was a 7.62mm. That don't sound right. It looked like a 22LR wound. A 7.62 would have tore his leg up.
#19 Sep 23, 2013
Remember kids when big brother comes to take you gun, give it to them bullets first. The reason they want assault rifles is because without ceramic plates there vests don't help much against a round traveling at 3200 fps compare to a handguns 900 or so fps. I warned my neighbor across the street if the millitary assault vehicle the cops here in town now own, ina no crime town with 3 helicopters he better head for the basement, I don't haves any hollow points!
#20 Sep 23, 2013
Oh ya no criminals no crime
#21 Sep 23, 2013
I still have my Remington 700 BDL in .458 Winchester magnum that will make Swiss cheese out of any toy armored vehicle that the local sheriff has.
You cannot stand alone. We need to organize to strike them at their homes when they come to our homes. Kill them all.
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Let's all go together!
very pretty Graciela - thank you
I'm on my way, I want to be there.
Thanks Graciela
Morris, I know about Texasstar as I used to live close to her as the crow flies
I want to live in the yellow one or the turquoise one! Thanks so much, Graciela. You always give us a shot of sunshine and beauty!
Love your new look!
No I am not in Dallas, jan, I was referring to texasstar!
Love the different color building.
Morris did not know you live in Dallas. I lived there for nearly 45 years.
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-Like the planned Ouija movie that thankfully crashed and burned, it could be about someone partaking in the brand name of which the film is based. In Ouija, summoning the board was the first step in launching the characters into a vast adventure. Here, you could have the children falling into adventures where they can momentarily stop in order to select between two choices. In fact, it can feature Ben Stiller (who worked with Thurber on Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) as a man who grew up reading the books, and who picks one up to feel like a kid again, only to actually end up a part of the story.
-Maybe they limit it to an adaptation of one specific story. Perhaps Ben Stiller plays a child who discovers The Cave Of Time and embarks upon a journey that sees him interact with a number of historical figures. As if he were spending the night somewhere. Like a museum or something.
-We're The Millers was a bawdy R-rated comedy, Lennon and Garant's recent directorial effort was the hard-R Hell Baby, and the audience for the Choose Your Own Adventure books is unquestionably in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties. Why not do a hard-R rated version where a guy who read the books as a kid finds out that he suddenly has the ability to boil every choice he makes down to one of two choices. And then he uses that power to have sex with everyone. Ben Stiller stars.
-Perhaps it can be a metaphor of sorts. A boy is coming of age in the early nineties while voraciously reading each and every Choose Your Own Adventure book he can find. Soon, he realizes that maybe life isn't a series of questions with only two possible outcomes, and his illiterate father (Stiller) helps him see things in a new light. The final ten minutes could be the child exploring alternate timelines that he might one day experience, fantasy sequences that would give Stiller a great chance to play dress-up.
-Thurber joins twenty six horror directors as they all film major Choose Your Own Adventures crossroads, where Ben Stiller chooses poorly and dies a horrible death, via trap doors, snakes, helicopter crashes, or dinosaur attacks.
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Medics were called to the school around 11 a.m. after 12 students became ill after either tasting or eating the birth control pills.
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According to officials, a student brought the pills to school thinking they were candy. Police are investigating the incident.
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Optimal URL Structure
I'm working on a site dedicated to night life in my current city, and am trying to figure out the best way to approach the URL structure.
What I know, is that there are 3 "core" types of information on my website.
–Categories (Bars, clubs, restaurants, etc) site.com/bars
–Locations (SPECIFIC bars, clubs, restaurants, etc) site.com/tacoclub IF POSSIBLE site.com/category/tacoclub (no idea how to do that one as a page, or as an article that has more than one category)
–Articles (current events in the city, introducing new content, reviews?, etc) site.com/category/introducing-new-restaurant-01
I have two ideas on how to site up the site.
Categories get pages specific to them, while linking to relevant content from that page (think Bars, listing all bars, Restaurants page does the same for restaurants). Locations get pages as well, meaning each individual bar/restaurant/club gets its own page, to really showcase the location.
The other possible setup, is to give categories a page, as listed above, but to give each location an article. This means there would be an actual page for each category, linking to specific "posts" that are dedicated articles to each location.
I personally think the former is the better option. Generally speaking I wouldn't build a wordpress site with so many pages, but for this specific layout, it makes the most sense to me that each physical location being showcased on my site gets its own specific page.
Any thoughts on anything above would be greatly appreciated, and feel free to add any advice / input.
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Fiscal hedging with nominal assets
We analyze optimal fiscal and monetary policy in an economy with distortionary labor income taxes, nominal rigidities, nominal debt of various maturities and short-selling constraints. Optimal policy prescribes the almost exclusive use of long term debt. Such debt mitigates the distortions associated with hedging fiscal shocks by allowing the government to allocate them efficiently across states and periods.
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Cardiff City face a £100,000 bill for cancelling a warm weather training break for their underperforming players. The Cardiff squad were due to fly out to Abu Dhabi following the game against Hull City, but a shambolic 4-0 defeat meant the trip was called off at the last minute.
Cardiff will still be asked to shell out up to £100,000 on cancelled transport and hotel fees, but the club would rather foot the bill than let the players off for their poor form.
The Welsh club's underperforming players also faced a backlash from manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who ripped into his team after the Hull defeat, which leaves Cardiff three points off safety.
Solskjaer has previously adopted a thoughtful and quiet approach, but finally lost his temper after watching his side crumble to an embarrassing defeat. The Cardiff players also held a post-match team meeting to thrash out what went wrong and hammer home some strong opinions about the recent run of results.
Cardiff have won just one of their seven Premier League games since Solskjaer was appointed as Malky Mackay's successor. Despite the fact that Solskjaer was allowed to make a number of January signings, it is believed owner Vincent Tan has faith in his manager.
Cardiff still have to play fellow strugglers Fulham, West Bromwich, Crystal Palace and Sunderland, which the club hope will be key to their hopes of climbing out of the relegation zone.
But whether or not the decision to scrap the warm-weather break curries favour with those supporters who left the Cardiff City Stadium long before Jake Livermore's 67th-minute goal, remains to be seen. Still, there was little more Solskjaer could have said or done after watching his side lose for the 10th time in their last 15 league games.
It was the club's worst home defeat in almost 14 years and the 15th time this season they have failed to score, and on the evidence of this error-strewn performance, relegation appears to be the most likely consequence of their first brush with the top flight in more than 50 years.
"Their confidence has been knocked a lot today so that is my main priority now," Solskjaer said. "I want them to understand that if they play like they have at times, they will be fine. But the lapses in concentration cannot happen. You can't give away goals like we did and miss the kind of chances we did."
The game was over as a contest when Nikica Jelavic added to Tom Huddlestone's 18th minute opener, seven minutes before the interval. These two textbook counter-attacks and two goals set the trend for a second half in which Jelavic headed his second in the 57th minute and Livermore added number four, 10 minutes later.
Although far from safe themselves, Hull appear to be reaping the reward of last month's decision to invest £12 million on Jelavic and Shane Long. Steve Bruce will be without both players for Monday's FA Cup fifth round replay against Brighton as well as possibly Huddlestone, who took a hefty whack in the second half on Saturday.
Bruce said: "Long and Jelavic can't play so we will need to freshen it up. It's ridiculous that we have to play on a Monday, I'll tell you that. But the big wigs tell me that's what we have to do. But it's still a big opportunity."


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by Kyle Woodley | February 21, 2012 4:51 pm
[1]Although it didn't stay there, the Dow Jones Industrial average's crossing of the 13,000 mark Tuesday[2] was the talk of Wall Street. The index passed that line briefly Tuesday for the first time since 2008, powered heavily by news of a Greece bailout, before resting 15 points up at 12,965.
Some of the biggest beneficiaries of Tuesday's rally were mining stocks, led by advances of Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL[3], +9.16%), Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO[4], +6.4%), Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY[5], +4%), Goldcorp (NYSE:GG[6], +3%) and Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX[7], +3%).
However, oil prices also headed higher Tuesday on continuing fears that Iran will cut oil shipments off to Europe, and investors in turn delivered a pounding to airline stocks. US Airways (NYSE:LCC[8]) dropped 11.4%, United Continental (NYSE:UAL[9]) and Jetblue (NASDAQ:JBLU[10]) were down about 9%, and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL[11]) lost 7.2%.
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT[12]) was down almost 4% after reporting a 15% decline in fourth-quarter profits[13]. The big-box retailer cited continuing difficulties keeping up with the prices at discounters like Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR[14]) and Family Dollar (NYSE:FDO[15]).
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN[16]) shares surged 6% on news that the gaming and casino company forced out co-founder Kazuo Okada[17] over the weekend. Wynn bought Okada's 24 million shares at a 30% discount of Friday's $112.69 value, reportedly in a move to keep the company's gaming licenses from coming under scrutiny. According to the[18] Las Vegas Review-Journal[19], Wynn said an internal investigation found "Okada's company, Universal Entertainment Corp., had bribed gaming regulators in the Phillipines."
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A HAMPSHIRE council has installed devices that could one day save someone's life.
Defibrillators are now ready for use in Fareham Borough Council's civic offices and also at the town's Ferneham Hall and the council's depot.
The devices should give somone suffering a heart attack the best chance of survival when operated by a qualified first aider.
However, they are easy to use and can be operated by anyone.
Several qualified first aiders working in the council's buildings have been given full training in cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use the defibrillators.
The device gives clear voice instructions on how to prepare the patient, attach the pads and administer CPR, and it works automatically.
It detects the rhythm of the heart and delivers a shock only if necessary.
This comes as the Daily Echo continues its campaign to get defibrillators in schools across Hampshire after a 16-year-old pupil at a Romsey school was saved with a defibrillator when he suffered a heart attack.
Mountbatten School teachers shocked Sam Mangoro with the device four times, keeping his heart beating until the paramedics arrived.
Councillor Seán Woodward, executive leader of Fareham Borough Council, has said: "The health and safety of the council's employees and visitors is of utmost priority.
"Every minute counts in an emergency and the defibrillators help maintain a heartbeat whilst the paramedics are en route."
Debbie Adwent, St John Ambulance regional training manager, said: "It's wonderful to hear Fareham Borough Council has made this potentially lifesaving decision and is putting first aid at the heart of the organisation."


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Miter cut the trim to fit around the edge of the plywood. Measure inside to inside to get an accurate cut. Glue and nail the trim into place and into the legs to help stabilize them. Recess the nails using the nail punch.
Paint or seal the legs and base (if old paint, follow lead rules). Fill nail holes with wood filler and paint over.
Stand the base up and place suitcase on top. Open the lid and screw the suitcase to the base using screws that will not punch through the width of the wood underneath.
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Learn about yard decorations and lawn ornaments.
Front yard decorations are a way to enhance a house's curb appeal or join in the holiday spirit. When decorating the front yard, homeowners may need to be conscientious of neighbor and homeowner association rules; while some view garden gnomes and larger-than-life holiday inflatables as fun, others consider them kitsch. Yard decorations are also a way to add creative flair to backyard gardens and living spaces as well as create the ambience for a party. By recycling and reusing household items, and even making decorations, homeowners can add interest to a yard without spending a lot of money.
To find inexpensive year-round yard decorations, Home and Garden Makeover recommends shopping at the local dollar store to find lawn ornaments, bird houses and wind chimes. By purchasing the smaller accessories at discounted prices, the decorator can choose a larger item, such as an outdoor fire pit or a pond-less waterfall, for the yard's focal point.
Decorators should not be afraid to move some of their household items out into the yard. An unused water pitcher can easily be transformed into a flower pot, and unused flower pots can become a water feature by simply stacking them and adding water and a pump . A baker's rack is ideal for an arrangement of outdoor plants as well as a stable surface to serve drinks. Weather-resistant fabric cushions can be added to furniture that can withstand the outdoor elements, like wicker.
Holiday yard decorations can range from tasteful white lights to massive sleighs with all the reindeer. A snowy climate and limited storage space may restrict some yard decorations to a smaller scale. The cost to power lights is another factor homeowners should consider when planning holiday yard decorations.
Besides investing in store-bought decorations, homeowners can show their creativity and possibly spend less with homemade decorations. For example, attaching ribbon and decorations to a fresh or faux wreath with supplies from a craft store is easy to do with some wire or a hot glue gun. In addition to decorating trees and shrubs with lights, the new trend is to add ornaments that can also be enjoyed during daylight. HGTV suggests adding faux topiary to existing planters and decorating it with attractive plastic fruit and greenery.
Making yard decorations is a fun holiday tradition for kids that allows new creativity to emerge each year without a big financial investment. For example, kids will enjoy making a colony of bats for Halloween by tracing and cutting them out of black construction paper. These bats can be glued to clothespins that are painted black and attached to tree branches in the yard.
Gardens are often decorative without the need of embellishments, but the right accessories can transform a pretty garden into an enchanting sanctuary . Flea markets and thrift stores can be an unexpected jackpot of garden ornaments. Gardeners should look for accessories that appeal to their personal taste rather than just trying to find things to take up space in the garden. Garden décor often complements nature, such as stone statues of animals, birdbaths, metalwork shaped like flowers and mosaic-tiled stepping stones. Decorators should bear in mind that stone and terra cotta tend to tolerate the extra moisture of a garden better than most other materials.
Decorating an outdoor living space should be approached in the same manner as decorating a room inside the house . The decorator first needs to determine the function of the outdoor space. HGTV recommends separating larger outdoor spaces into separate areas for dining, conversation and relaxation. Once the outdoor space's function has been determined, the decorator can select pieces, such as furniture, umbrellas and clocks, accordingly.
Outdoor furnishings can be expensive, but decorating an outdoor space does not have to be. Country Living suggests looking in thrift shops and flea markets for exterior home and yard decorations. Many household items can be recycled and reused as outdoor decorations. For example, a porch is the perfect location to display secondhand paintings and mirrors. Pairing these items with a rustic patio set creates the feel of an outdoor café.
For summer parties, Martha Stewart recommends using creative lighting to add interest outdoors or coincide with the decorating theme. For example, instead of simply stringing lights outdoors, attach butterflies or seashells near each light bulb. Similarly, butterflies or other elements of nature can be glued to the outside of paper lantern lights. Something as simple as leaving white balloons or beach balls floating in a lighted pool can add visual interest. Candles placed in hollow pieces of bamboo or colored vases add intimacy and creative flair to a backyard gathering.


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Because you're a loyal Insider, you read last week's column about how NFL postseason lines are so tight even the wiseguys won't bite. However, if you're still undeterred, if you still have a jones for some action, if you just can't imagine watching the games for the sake of a good time and you have to get some greenbacks down, I offer some advice. Remember, I'm generally a loser. And anyone who ever says they have superior powers of prediction should use their skills for good, like keeping me from going to see Benjamin Button. But, if you insist, here are two reasons why you should bet on the Ravens, the Panthers, the Giants and the Chargers:
Ravens, plus-3, against the Titans:
When these teams met in Baltimore in October, it took a Kerry Collins TD pass with less than two minutes left to get the Titans a three-point win. Back then, Joe Flacco didn't know which way the Chesapeake was, making the Ravens a one-dimensional team. Now he's throwing 40-yard lasers and the Ravens have been on fire. They play just like the Titans, only with a younger QB and more playmakers on D.
The hardest thing to figure out in the postseason is which wins and losses mattered most at the end of the year. Well, including the playoffs, the Ravens have won five of their past six games. The one loss: A heartbreaker to the Steelers. That's a lot of quality. The Titans, in their past six, went 3-3, including legit losses to the Jets and Texans and a throwaway to the Colts. Meanwhile, they had just one quality win, against the Steelers.
Panthers, minus-10, against the Cardinals.
First, the obvious: The Cards can't travel. They're 0–5 on the east coast this season. Everyone is talking about it. Sure, you say, a good reason to think they'll lose, but not enough to lose by more than 10. How about the fact that Anquan Boldin, who is better at playing defense on Kurt Warner's inevitably errant passes than any Cardinal receiver, is lamer than a Dane Cook roast. When the Cards are down by five points with three minutes left and Kurt Warner fires an out-pattern that Ken Lucas is sitting on, do you really want to have the Cards? You'll be tossing your Tostitos as Lucas makes his way to the end zone for a spread-covering score.
The Panthers are 5-2-1 at home against the spread (ATS). The Cards are 3-5 ATS on the road.


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Allocate High Speed Rail Full $4 Billion, Argues NYT
The United States lags the industrial world, and even some developing nations in building a true high speed rail network, laments the New York Times. Reauthorizing the transportation funding bill - on time, as Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar advocates, would be an excellent opportunity to secure the necessary funding to jump-start this essential program.
"President Obama noted...that high-speed rail is not some pie-in-the-sky idea. 'It's happening now,' he said. "The problem is that it is happening elsewhere."
"Despite his support of the idea of high-speed rail, President Obama has put off dealing with the national transportation bill for another 18 months. That is a delayed opportunity to move forward on an important new national transportation plan to expand public transit in much the way the Federal-Aid Highway Act did for roads more than 50 years ago."
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WASHINGTON The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Tuesday commented regarding a study to be published in the Dec. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, noting that it raises confusion whenever new research contradicts earlier research. Specifically, the JAMA study evaluates literature in support of vitamin E supplements benefiting heart health versus a large randomized controlled trial in 2006 that found no link between vitamin E supplementation and a heart health benefit.
"The problem that we have for the scientific community in evaluating the effects of nutrients in people is that everyone—from scientists to journalists to consumers—wants conclusive answers, consequently we're always looking at what the 'study du jour' tells us and trying to make it answer all questions," stated Andrew Shao, CRN vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs. "But the reality is that science doesn't always move forward—there is some back and forth—and while research may seem to contradict itself, that should not be interpreted to mean one type of study trumps another, particularly when different studies ask and answer different questions. Seemingly conflicting data can exist side by side, when one understands that not all studies are asking the same questions in the same populations."
The JAMA review set out to evaluate the change over time in the quantity and content of citations for two highly cited observational studies that found major cardiovascular benefits associated with vitamin E supplementation and to understand how these benefits continue to be defended in literature, despite contradicting evidence from large RCTs. The study authors conclude that there is "an apparent split of stance in the scientific literature."
Pertaining to vitamin E the researchers found that, despite the large RCTs that received a great deal of media attention, more than half of the articles that cited the observational studies were favorable towards a beneficial effect of supplemental vitamin E. The study authors write, "Even among articles that cited the contradicting HOPE [RCT] trial, rather than the positive epidemiological studies, the majority in 2005 still could not conclude that vitamin E was ineffective."
"The RCTs with negative results attempted to answer the question, 'can a supplemental nutrient treat or reverse a disease or a lifetime of unhealthy habits in patients who are also taking prescription medications," Shao noted, while the observational studies with positive results attempted to answer the question: "If we start with a mostly healthy population generally free of disease, can we identify various diet/nutrient and lifestyle factors that make them more or less prone to disease?"


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Dallas Fire-Rescue says an abandoned house in Dallas was destroyed by fire early Monday morning.
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Firefighters worked to keep the fire from spreading to a neighboring home, but the house was gutted.
Dallas Fire-Rescue says the home was vacant, no one was found inside.
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One of pop culture's worst myths is that country music performers chew tobacco, drive low-end pickup trucks, hate Northerners and sing songs about achy-breaky hearts. It's like saying that all Houstonians wear dime-store cowboy hats all day long, even while smacking the racquetball at the Texas Club. But still, that's the myth of country stardom. And when a C&W genius like Lyle Lovett comes along, good ol' boys go into a tizzy. What kind of self-respecting picker-'n'-grinner wears Armani?
Lovett does. And Comme des Garçons. And about anything houndstooth. It's rumored that he had two pairs of cowboy boots custom-made for the 1994 Robert Altman film, Ready to Wear, in which Lovett played a small role, to the tune of $1,800 and $3,600 each, the first amount for the bone-colored ostrich and the second for the full alligator.
Worse still, Lovett doesn't hunt. Fish. Or drink cheap beer. He wears his tall, wispy brown hair like a peacock's plumage and probably wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of torn jeans. The man has taste. High taste. He plays only Collings guitars, which are handmade. He dines at places like the Caribou Club in Aspen, Hugo's in L.A. and the White House.
He dates celebrities, and for a while was married to one, a long-mouthed gal named Julia. And, as indicated above, he also acts. His first national experience as an entertainer came in 1983, when he played a small role in Mickey Rooney's TV movie Bill: On His Own. His long, thin frame, beady eyes and cucumber of a nose have appeared in a handful of feature films since.
In short, Lyle Lovett does none of the things and carries on in none of the ways mythical cowboys are supposed to. And his music... that's a problem, too.
It's not that his music is not country, because in many ways it is. If country music is based on certain traditional instruments and sounds (i.e., the steel guitar, soft bass, fiddle) and a certain lyrical conceit (i.e., pessimism), then parts of Lovett's music fit the definition. In a song like "North Dakota," from his 1992 record, Joshua Judges Ruth, Lovett takes what could be considered your average breakup song and infuses it with Latin percussion effects, jazz piano riffs and a sharp vocal delivery. Very noncountry. But with a couple acoustic guitar lines and the high-toned moan of the lap steel, the song reverberates with images of the Little Missouri Badlands. It's country, all right. Real country.
And another thing about Lovett as country performer: He sings with no twang. Sometimes he whispers, groggily, as if he has just gotten up out of bed. Other times he chomps on his words, stressing his s's and t's and pronouncing his long a's like long e's (so shame sounds like sheem). But in no case does he countrify a word, or make it come out stereotypically Southern. This honesty reveals probably the most country "country" attitude around.
But Lovett's music also turns conventional country on its 12-gallon-hat head. Nobody had any idea what to do when -- after two successful, moderately "country" records -- Lovett whipped out his "large" (as opposed to "big") band in 1990, so they gave him a Grammy (his first of six), this one for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Too bad the two-stepping crowd didn't appreciate the trombones and sultry saxophones, the scat-a-tat-tat beats or the lyrics: "What Corn Flakes are to Post Toasties / What the clear blue sky is to the deep blue sea / What Hank Williams is to Neil Armstrong / Can you doubt we were made for each other?"
This ain't how Hank done it, you say? Well, you're right. But if it weren't for wild innovations to the form before Hank, we wouldn't have had Hank. Which means we might not have had the crossover success of Jimmy Rodgers, either. Or the "electric Nashville" sound of Chet Atkins. Or the appropriation of a Williams song by a lounge-crooner like Tony Bennett. Or, least of all, the roots-filled work of Lyle Lovett. If it weren't for invention, and people continually pushing for it, we wouldn't have this rebel among rebels with the Eraserhead hair.
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Simply put, Lovett sculpts country music in his own image much in the way Waylon Jennings's "Luckenbach, Texas" moved C&W from the reactionary, hippie-hating conservatism of 1960s-Merle Haggard into the everybody-get-togetherness of the early 1970s. Jennings's song said the South wasn't just a bad reaction to liberal virtue anymore.
Well, neither is Houston, which is, more or less, Lovett's hometown. (Technically, he grew up in Klein, a 45-minute drive from downtown.) And you can make a good case that Lovett embodies the Houston everyman: adaptive, rebellious and ingenious.
Though sentimental country fans bemoan the artist's pop appeal and purported inauthenticity, they make up only a small percentage of the genre's fan base, most of whom are not or have never been occupational cowboys. Thousand-dollar boots and all, Lyle Lovett is new country before new country is cool. Refined but unpretentious, Lyle Lovett -- like the Houston everyman -- is still a little hard for the rest of the country to figure out.
E-mail Anthony Mariani at anthony_mariani@ houstonpress.com.


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With New York Fashion Week, this week produced some amazingly inspiring ensembles to mimic for your everyday life. Everyone from Jessica Alba to Jessica Szohr to Whitney Port to Leighton Meester made front-row appearances in fabulous looks ranging from understated chic to all-out glam. With the weekend being so close you can taste it, let's draw inspiration from this week's best looks for all your upcoming activities, shall we?
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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Another failure to get DYS463
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:51:14 -0600
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I don't believe the population explosion changes things at all. It explodes
the descendant population of the SNP if it had occured back further in time,
and of course it gives the recent populations more members on which the SNP
mutation could fall. Those factors just compensate for each other, i.e.
there are factors of generation population in both numerator and denominator
in forming the contribution of that generation to the present, so the final
product becomes generation independent.
I did think about the finite time extinction takes to finish, statistically
or practically speaking. It is only a consideration for the last 1/r
generations, and r is pretty big if we have had exploding population in the
last few centuries. And again, I think it is probably neutral to first
approximation between the survival of the growing descendant population of
an older SNP and the survival or creation of the SNP in a recent generation.
Remember, the present generation is both rich potential domicile for the
location of the SNP to originate, but also a fecund transmitter of the
descendant population of the SNP if it had occured in earlier times.
All I am trying to estimate is the RATIO of liklihoods for the creation
generation of the SNP, given that some one recently found it in the lab in
this generation's population.
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Subject: Re: [DNA] Another failure to get DYS463
> Ken wrote:
>> Let's say I have very good reason to believe the SNP lies within
>> haplogroup
>> or clade X (this can be established by measuring the extended STR
>> haplotype). Haplogroup X has some population history P(g) in each
>> generation from g = 1 to today's g = G. So the SNP occured in one of
>> those
>> G generations. What's the probability of that generation being an early,
>> middle, or recent generation? It seems to me it is about the same for
>> any
>> generation?
> You're not taking into account the population explosion of the past
> few centuries. If we make the simplifying assumption that every male
> ever born has one new SNP of his very own, then there are about
> three BILLION utterly private SNPs right now (distributed among the
> 60 million bases of the Y chromosome, so that every base in fact has
> many independent private SNPs scattered around the world).
> The other factor favoring "privacy" of SNPs is extinction. The further
> you look back in time, the more likely it is that the SNP associated
> with any given male in generation g has died out and therefore is not
> the SNP you are asking about. You seem to have assumed that
> extinction of lines happens immediately, but that's clearly not so.
> It is progressive and, most importantly, has no effect whatsoever
> on the present generation.
> Bottom line: if you start with a test subject and keep looking at his
> DNA until you find a SNP, your argument holds true, but if you only
> look at the test subject *because* you noticed a SNP, you are weighting
> the statistics heavily in favor of the past few centuries.
> John Chandler
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Tea forté is a delicious brand of tea with unique triangular shaped "Silken-Tea-Infusers". It was founded in 2003 by an American designer by the name of Peter Hewitt.
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About one quarter, or 25% of Utahn adults have hypertension. Unfortunately, only about half of adults with hypertension have their disease under control. Most people have no signs or symptoms and do not feel like they need to take medication or make changes to their lifestyle like eating less salt or exercising more.
Controlling high blood pressure can:
- Decrease risk of stroke by 40%
- Decrease risk of heart attack by 20%
- Prevent almost 350,000 deaths annually
Self-monitoring of high blood pressure (SMBP) plus follow up care builds patient awareness of blood pressure. It helps patients see progress towards meeting their blood pressure goals.
SMBP plus follow up care is an important example of team based care. A member of the healthcare team trains the patient on monitoring their blood pressure and why it is important. It is the patient's responsibility to check their blood pressure and communicate those numbers to the healthcare team. Another member of the healthcare team can check the readings and provide feedback and encouragement as well as make medication adjustments or schedule follow up medical appointments.
There is strong evidence that SMBP plus follow up care is an effective way to treat high blood pressure. Based on a system review effective SMBP interventions:
- Deliver the intervention through trained health care providers (e.g. pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, health educators)
- Include regular patient communication of readings to providers
- Establish a patient/provider "feedback loop" in which provider support and advice arer customized based on patients' reported information
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You can find more information on implementing effective HBPM tied with clinical support programs in the Million Hearts Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Guide.
The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is working with two organizations to support home blood pressure monitoring programs.
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