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Now Beattie has written a follow-up volume, The New Codependency, which clears up misconceptions about codependency, identifies how codependent behavior has changed, and provides a new generation with a road map to wellness.
The question remains: What is and what isn't codependency? Beattie here reminds us that much of codependency is normal behavior. It's about crossing lines. There are times we do too much, care too much, feel too little, or overly engage. Feeling resentment after giving is not the same as heartfelt generosity. Narcissism and self-love, enabling and nurturing, and controlling and setting boundaries are not interchangeable terms.
In The New Codependency, Beattie explores these differences, effectively invoking her own inspiring story and those of others, to empower us to step out of the victim role forever. Codependency, she shows, is not an illness but rather a series of behaviors that once broken down and analyzed can be successfully combated.
Each section offers an overview of and a series of activities pertaining to a particular behavior - caretaking, controlling, manipulation, denial, repression, etc. - enabling us to personalize our own step-by-step guide to wellness. These sections, in conjunction with a series of tests allowing us to assess the level of our codependent behavior, demonstrate that while it may not seem possible now, we have the power to take care of ourselves, no matter what we are experiencing.
Punctuated with Beattie's renowned candor and intuitive wisdom, The New Codependency is an owner's manual to learnin...
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"Hard to listen to"
I thoroughly enjoyed the audio version of Codependent No More and have listened to it to help me get through some times. The speaker on that book sounds compassionate and like she understands what she's reading.
The speaker on this book sounds like she's reading a script and her inflections throw off the spirit behind the passage she's reading.
There may be some helpful content in this update but it's impossible to tell with the way it's being read.
"Please offer with different narrator"
I've read other books of Melody Beattie's and love them. I've listened for about an hour to this one and the information is great. However, the narrators voice is reminiscent of a controlling matriarchal character from the victorian era ---- ironic. I'm not sure I can stand her for 10 hours.
This book has too many exercises for it to be totally effective as an audio book. The original "Codependency No More" was much more helpful for me. I listen to the original over and over and get something new each time. This one, I think one listen will be enough.
as i was having some personal issues last summer, i decided to purchase this book to help me cope. this book addressed most of the issues i was dealing with at that time, and greatly helped me to move on. although some of the things mentioned were basically common sense, it's good to hear them in an organized manner. the narrator's voice could have been better, but it was generally acceptable, given the life lessons i got to validate through this book. highly recommended.
"Excellent update to the original- life changing"
Yes- as all audio books are, it was very convenient to be able to listen.
This book, and the first book, Codependent No More, are the bibles for codependent people seeking help. Melody Beattie always hits the nail on the head and her delivery is direct, but gentle. Don't even bother with any other books about codependency until you have read these.
"Couldn't finish it"
I really disliked the narrator's voice, it was smug
I have listened to many books since
Her tone
I couldn't finish it so I don't know
"First book by this author"
Overall I found this a useful book. However, it's a bit skimpy on evidence based practice and current research. The bio story was interesting.
"Really Good!"
Wow... There is a lot to take in, I'm sure this will be my handbook for 2015! Outstanding!
Nice research
Yes, I have already listened to it again. I feel impowered and confident with how much I've grown from where I started.
A better connection with the author. I had read the book before I ordered through you guys. When I listened to the audio I smiled and laughed in some parts, because of how similar it is to my life experiences.
Please have more of Melody Beattie's books avaliable under Audible.
"Definitely a great read and a useful tool ."
Great read and useful tool. I highly recommend this book for anyone suffering with codependency!
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A League of Their OwnPaul Wachter
Tony Woodhams gets annoyed when people suggest he's a gambler. "What you saw happening on Wall Street the past few years—that was gambling," says Woodhams, the managing director of an upstart London-based hedge fund, Galileo, that partakes in exactly the sorts of activities many would consider gambling. Every week, Galileo bets on thousands of sports games. According to Woodhams, however, his hedge fund is merely acting like any other, "spreading out the risk and only wagering on matches where we feel we have a competitive advantage."
The Galileo Managed Sports Fund, which launched in April under the umbrella of the nine-year-old Centaur Group, is the world's first sports-betting hedge fund. The idea has been knocking around for a while. Six years ago, Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the National Basketball Assn.'s Dallas Mavericks, proposed a similar fund, only to see his idea crash on the shoals of American prohibitionism. While the NBA forbids anyone involved with the league from betting on its games, there was a larger problem: Outside of Nevada, Delaware, and Oregon, betting on sports is largely illegal.
Woodhams is still a ways from raising his target of €50 million, which he is procuring from individuals, with a minimum buy in of €100,000. (Woodhams says Galileo had around 20 founding investors, none of them American.) Yet if he can even come close to delivering his Soros-like hopes for the fund—15 percent to 25 percent returns after fees—Galileo will surely not be the last of its kind.
After two decades trading derivatives, Woodhams, 40, isn't looking to attract sports lovers. He wants investors seeking to diversify their portfolio. "It's been a tough two years for investors. Their stocks are down, their property values are down," he says. "But sports betting isn't tied to the markets. People are always betting on sports!"
A casual fan, Woodhams says that when he watches sports now he feels like Neo in The Matrix, seeing numbers and betting possibilities emanate from the screen. Woodhams believes such bets are safer than investing in the financial markets because of the volatility of the latter and the factors that influence the former. "I was talking to a hedge fund manager the other day," he says. "He was talking about his approach to the markets, which was clinical. Then he told me after a long day he'll bet on some games, and it's all emotion. It's as though he's a schoolboy betting on his favorite team."
Galileo's edge, Woodhams says, is investing on sports lines without emotion—through proprietary computer models. While he won't divulge specifics, in essence Galileo does what professional gamblers, or "sharps," do: It looks for contests where emotions move the lines. For example, in the NCAA basketball tournament, casual bettors tend to favor teams with storied histories—such as Duke and North Carolina. Sharps can also learn more about a second-division German soccer team or an Ivy League basketball squad than the line setters. However, whereas sharps might personally scout such teams, Galileo relies on public information, including match statistics and news reports. "I can't think of a better job than sitting in an office watching sports and making money from it," says Tony Hargraves, who oversees Galileo's traders. Five years ago, Hargraves was making $10 an hour as a courier. Now he's making $400 an hour, by his own estimation, as a sports trader.
Galileo enters every "trade" only after declaring the odds under which it will pull out. Since betting odds change throughout the course of a game based on the score or a team's momentum—much like a stock price during trading hours—Galileo's employees preordain when to either walk away or cut their losses. (There are no penalties for exiting a trade.) For example, after betting against a draw result (not counting extra time or penalty kicks, which create separate markets) in the recent World Cup contest between England and Germany, Galileo successfully pulled out of the trade soon after Germany went up 2-0. So far, so good: According to Hargraves, the fund's winnings during the first 19 days of the World Cup increased its coffers by 8.58 percent.
Galileo employs five traders and four analysts—all of whom have some financial background—to identify profit opportunities in sports betting markets. Which is to say they bet on soccer, tennis, golf, cricket, and rugby. The gambling outlet where Galileo places its bets welcomes the fund's money. "For us to succeed, we need liquidity," says Robin Marks, head of media for London-based Betfair, the world's largest Internet betting exchange.
That shouldn't be a problem. Global gambling revenue is expected to reach $144 billion by 2011, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Merrill Lynch (BAC) predicts that by 2015, online gambling alone could become a $528 billion-a-year industry. Woodhams believes the U.S.—where bettors wager with bookies and overseas Internet exchanges—is bound to change its policy to profit from this trend. "America's a betting country, and it's only a matter of time," he says.
Such logic seems optimistic. The 1961 Interstate Wire Act, which forbade wagering using "a wire communication facility," and the 1992 Professional & Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which banned sports betting outside the few states where it was already well established, have effectively rendered the notion impossible. A sports-gambling hedge fund in, say, Las Vegas, would have trouble gaining approval from the Securities & Exchange Commission. Any other hope may have expired when, last month, the White House allowed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) to take effect. Recent bills introduced by Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) to legalize and tax the online gambling industry apply only to poker. Says Steve Adamske, a spokesman for Frank's Financial Services Committee: "If you try to legalize sports gambling, it's not going to pass."
In America, gambling's negative impact on sports—from the 1919 Chicago Black Sox to Pete Rose to the 2007 indictment of NBA referee Tim Donaghy for betting on games he officiated—has left psychic scars. It's one reason why no major professional sports team has planted roots in Las Vegas. Bill Bradley, the NBA Hall of Famer and former New Jersey senator who sponsored PASPA, echoes the concerns of many when he says, "I don't think we should be turning players into roulette chips."
Still, some in the business argue that betting on sports can purify the games. In 2007, Betfair, which cooperates with the world's sports bodies to uncover fixing, flagged a tennis match between world No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko and No. 87 Martin Vassallo Arguello. Even after Davydenko won the first set, money poured in on Arguello. When Davydenko retired from the match with a foot injury, Betfair suspended payouts and reported the irregularity to the Association of Tennis Professionals. "All we do is report it," Marks says. "It's up to the sporting bodies themselves what they do with the information." The ATP eventually cleared both players of any wrongdoing.
As a private fund, Galileo is less concerned with cleaning up sports than with making money. Woodhams hopes to soon gain American investors, too, and he still believes he'll get approval from the SEC. Maybe he has a point. After the financial meltdown, when millions lost their savings and pensions to mind-boggling financial transactions, Galileo at least presents an idea Main Street can wrap its head around—that Rafael Nadal's forehand may be a safer investment than a mortgage-backed security.
According to Tony Hargraves, who overseas the traders at Galileo, the firm profited from investments in the following contests
June 27: England vs. Germany (World Cup) - Biased home support for the English side made the bet against a draw (11-to-5 odds) extremely favorable. According to Galileo, after two German goals in the first half, the odds grew to 11 to 2 and Galileo exited the trade with a profit.
June 28: Brazil vs. Chile (World Cup) - Based on statistics indicating Brazil's prowess against teams with styles similar to Chile's, Galileo entered in a bet against a draw result (odds: 7 to 2). After Brazil scored two goals and the odds of a draw drifted much higher, the trade was successfully exited.
June 30: England vs. Australia (cricket) - Focusing on England's and Australia's batting-order habits, Galileo backed Australia to win at 2-to-5 odds. After Australia's perfect bat, the odds for Australia moved downward to 1 to 4, and Galileo walked away.

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I'm having terrible trouble with the Choices theme. I've been at this for hours, reading through the forums and trying everything.
No matter what I seem to do, the portfolio thumbnails appear blurry. They are blurry no matter what size image I upload (normally they are around 800pxx800px), but I even tried super high resolution, around 1200px, with no difference), no matter what orientation they are (portrait, landscape, the original dimensions, and the dimensions I've changed them to). I've disabled Smushit, no effect.
Please help – I've seen another artist's site using a similar theme (Angular, I think), and his thumbnails are sharp and crisp.
I'm willing to pay $35 an hour to anyone who can fix this issue – I need it fixed this week.
For a portfolio theme, it seems way to difficult to resize/crop thumbnails.
The website is flylanddesigns.com, but you will have to contact me, because I will have a matenence mode turned on for a few days.
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Help! Thanks!November 5, 2012 at 2:50 am #95894
Please send me an email on ///. I would like to help you with this issue.
IsmaelNovember 5, 2012 at 10:48 pm #95895
Thank you for your help – I finally solved the problem.
I changed the thumbnail size in the functions.php file and the Media settings to a size 150% larger than what the thumbnails appear. I must have had the sizing just a pixel shy of the size it appears, so it was degrading the quality.November 5, 2012 at 11:11 pm #95896
Hey flylanddesigns,
Glad you were able to get it solved :)
The image scaling can be a bit troublesome when you need things to be pixel perfect it takes some getting used to in how wordpress chooses to scale an image.
DevinNovember 6, 2012 at 1:54 am #95897
Look for this code again on functions.php
$avia_config = array('width'=>232, 'height'=>299 ,'copy'=>'greyscale'); // images for portfolio 4 columns
Change the size to 464×598. You must also regenerate the thumbnails.
$avia_config = array('width'=>464, 'height'=>598 ,'copy'=>'greyscale'); // images for portfolio 4 columns
http://joolz.fr/ site uses the old thumbnail size for 4 column portfolio which is 465x465px. You can also try that if you want.
I think he also uses the same canvas size for every images, that is why the thumbnails look uniform and precise.
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Arcadia Capital Advisors of Great Neck, NY, which owns less than a 5 percent stake in Cypress, asserted in its letter that by failing to investigate higher offers, the Cypress board "was not fulfilling its fiduciary duty to protect and enhance shareholder value."
And the RA Capital Healthcare Fund, part of Boston-based RA Capital Management (founded by Richard Aldrich of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals and Altus Pharmaceuticals), followed a few days later with a lengthy and potent letter that underscored, point-by-point, how Cypress has misinterpreted both shareholder sentiment and the value of its recently acquired products.
In its statement today, Cypress says it plans to consult its financial and legal advisors and announce its response within 10 business days. Jefferies & Company and Perella Weinberg Partners are serving as financial advisors, and the Cooley law firm and Potter Anderson & Corroon are serving as its legal advisors.


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It is essential for iPhone users to copy important data from iPhone to computer for backup purposes. Some iTunes users could not copy music files from iPhone to computer directly because iTunes blocks iPhone-to-computer song/video transfer. Luckily, Tansee iPhone Transfer, a very easy-to-use tool, is a full solution to this. With Tansee iPhone Transfer, iPhone users can transfer songs/videos from iPhone to computer easily.
1Download and install Tansee iPhone Transfer [1]. You also need iTunes version 7.3 or higher installed.
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4Select the photos to be transferred to your computer. The selected file will marked with red border. You can select photos by click on each one, or just drag a rectangle to select a bundle of photos. You can also select all photos by click right button of your mouse or click "File" to choose.
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Music Track Title: Flaming Chariots
Catalog ID: 536211 ISRC: US5UL1222066
Description: A-la Vangelis' Chariots of Fire theme. This memorable piece conjures scenes of personal achievement, team spirit, dreams realised & incredible triumphs. Music ideal for OLYMPIC GAMES & other grand global sporting events' broadcasts or underscore a documentary of a competitor's life, triumphs & loses
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Sports/Sports-Network-TV-Electro-Orchestral/Flaming-Chariots/536211
Artist or Group: Edd Charmant
Keywords: London 2012 Chariots of fire UEFA Soccer Rugby World championships Sports Competitors Olympic spirit Competitors' life story Fastest in the world Wimbledon F1
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Duration: 4:31 Tempo: Medium BPM: 120
Arrangement: Orchestra, Modern
Instruments: Cymbals, Drums, Gong, Horns, Indigenous Drums, Indigenous Percussion, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Synthesizer, Trombone, Timpani, Electronics, Brass section, Taiko Drums, Bass Drum, Big Toms, Bass Guitar, Keyboard
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Moods: Atmospheric, Brave, Climactic, Confident, Determined, Dramatic, Epic, Grand, Heartwarming, Heroic, Hopeful, Inspiring, Majestic, Motivational, Optimistic, Purposeful, Rousing, Stirring, Triumphant, Uplifting
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How many times have you followed your "gut instinct" as a method for determining what you should or shouldn't do in a particular situation? Have you ever felt anxiety fluttering its relentless wings in the center of your stomach? It might not be simple nervousness. The human gut is often called the "second brain," and for very good reason. Research has begun to understand the link between mood and behavior and how they are directly affected by the bacteria in the gut. The gut, and not just the brain, is one of the main originators of anxiety.
Bacteria and Mood: What's the Link?
Gastrointestinal ailments are frequently associated with anxiety and imbalanced mood, and many researchers theorize that affected persons could alleviate symptoms simply by balancing the harmful flora in their gut with more beneficial bacteria. [1] Speculation over other mental disorders, like autism, has also been strongly linked with imbalances in intestinal flora. [2]
Bacteria in the gut are responsible for a number of metabolic and biological process within the body. Brain health and mood stabilization is something that is deeply affected by the balance of good bacteria in the intestines. A study from McMaster University recently verified this notion, observing just how powerful the gut is at influencing brain chemistry and behavior.
In the study, researchers disrupted normal gut bacteria count in healthy mice by administering antibiotics, bacteria-killing medicines that destroy all bacteria in its path — including good bacteria. Following disruption of the normal flora balance, mice became less cautious, and changes in the animals' brain-derived neurotrophic factor — a protein associated with mood disorders — increased significantly. Upon discontinuing antibiotics, gut bacteria normalized and brain chemistry was restored to pre-study levels.
Researchers in this study noted that, while many factors play a role in dictating mood and mental health, bacteria in the gut strongly influences behavior and can be noticeably disrupted during antibiotic administration. This conclusion leads many to believe that the use of probiotics, beneficial bacteria found to influence serotonin levels, the immune system, and digestion, may be a helpful therapeutic tool for behavioral disorders. [3]
Serotonin: The Gut's Mood-Boosting Neurotransmitter
About 90% of serotonin is found in the intestinal tract, and roughly 5-10% in the brain. [4] In fact, a healthy intestinal tract may correlate with healthy levels of serotonin, a monoamine neurotransmitter responsible for regulating mood. Around 1 trillion bacteria live in the gut and around 100 million neurons also reside in the intestines, blasting the myth that our neural health is influenced only by the brain. Really, when it comes down to it, keeping the entire body healthy is the only way to maintain a proper mood balance.
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Maintaining digestive health by eating natural foods, especially those with probiotic qualities, and drinking plenty of purified water, may be helpful for promoting normal mental health. Exercise, daily sunlight exposure, and increasing probiotic intake may all be helpful ways to boost serotonin levels and manage mood naturally. [5]
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Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austin's first novel, written when she was only 18 years old. Although perhaps less complex then her later work, the novel contains Austin's recognizable wit, graceful prose, and acute observations on the often comedic nature of human society. It is a straightforward romantic comedy, concentrating on the marriage prospects of the two Dashwood sisters who live with their mother on modest means. What Sense and Sensibility lacks in character development, Flo Gibson makes up for with her warm, compassionate performance of the audiobook. Gibson matches her vocal tone to the novel's expressive wittiness, and she gives each of the novel's characters an individuality reflective of an inner quality beyond tone of voice.
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"Flo Gibson is amazing!"
Flo Gibson's sonorous soothing voice and vivid characterizations bring literature to life! She is like your favorite English teacher reading to you, and doing all the voices and accents to amuse the class. He warm heart, wit, timing, and deep understanding of literature shine through in all her readings, but most especially in Jane Austen, whose keen insight into the world of emotion. practical philosophy and relationships she seems to share.
The insolent Fanny Dashwood, has unawares invited the shrewd Lucy and her clod of a sister Anne into her home as a slight to the deserving sisters of her husband - our heroines, Marianne and Elinor. When she discovers Lucy's long-held designs, all chaos breaks loose in one of the greatest comedic scenes in all of English literature! What proceeds changes the story arc in an unexpected, unpredictable and delightful way, but I will not spoil all the surprises for you.
Another wonderful moment is when the kindhearted but bumbling Mrs. Jennings prophesy about Delaford and its mulberry tree. "Lord how we did stuff" (on its fruits.) She is more perceptive than we may give her credit for at first, and learning to love her over the course of the book (if you do not from the first) is a true delight. One of Jane Austen's most endearing characters for certain! Flo Gibson as Mrs. Jennings is at her comedic best in this recording btw!
Yes! But it is deliciously long, and nothing less than entertaining for every moment of the performance. Savor it! I confess I have given a whole day over to Jane Austen once or twice in my life though.
"Sense and Sensibility" was the first performance I ever listened to by Flo Gibson, and my introduction to Jane Austen, now over a decade ago. I have become a life-long fan of both inimitable ladies, and have listened through all of Flo Gibson's Austen Austen recordings many, many times. What a joy to find them in digital quality on audible, along with many other of Flo Gibson's great performances! Flo Gibson was a long-time and celebrated member of the Jane Austen Society of America, and simply put, no one does Austen better - on either side of the Atlantic- than her warm, insightful self.
"love this classic"
the narrator is really nice to listne to, and it is just a nice story.
Love Jane Austen.. nothing more nothing less....
when Elenor find out that Edward did not get married..
alittle to raspy...
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I am a HUGE Jane Austen fan. I have thoroughly loved every one of her books up to this point. I was saving S&S for just the right time and was looking forward to it. Ahhh.... what a disappointment. I can tell it was her first novel. The characters were very one dimensional and the plot way too straightforward. I felt she was writing a story about who she thought she should be: Elinor, who suppresses any emotion to the point of being bland. The good men were boring and any fun was looked at as if it were amoral and low class. I'm happy that in later books her characters have more depth and her view on propriety is a little more broad. She got her stuffiness out of the way with this one and moved on to a better storytelling style in subsequent novels. If you are a true Austen fan, you have to read it since it's her first but lower your expectations. This one comes off as snobby and judgmental.
The narrator's voice is OK; obviously a smoker with very little change in voice for each charter. I'm fairly certain the voice she uses for Marianne changes throughout the book.
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THE old saying goes that Life Begins at Forty.
However, for Lanarkian William Lindsay it means the beginning of a gruelling 28 lap run around Lanark Loch!
Farm worker William, from the Castlegate, is preparing for a test of stamina aimed at raising cash for a very, very worthwhile cause very close to his and his family's hearts.
He explained: "The Edinburgh Sick Kids Hospital was simply great when treating a neice of mine a while back and I've been wanting to do something for it in return ever since.
"With my 40th birthday coming up on Saturday, I decided to run a sponsored marathon for the hospital and decided to do it around Lanark Loch."
The Gazette assumed - as many Lanarkians would - that his marathon would consist of 26 laps of Lanark Loch, given that EVERYONE knows that it's exactly a mile around!
Blowing that venerable and widely-believed local myth, William has measured the distance and it will take him a full 28 laps to achieve the full marathon distance.
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NORRISTOWN Ś Five local bridges that are structurally deficient will be among the 19 Montgomery County has targeted for repair over the next two to three years.
The push is part of an new $38-million initiative to gain some ground on the backlog of needed bridge repairs that have built up over the years.
The local bridges are:
Ģ Knight Road over Green Lane Reservoir, Upper Hanover
Ģ Lutheran Road over Minister Creek, New Hanover
Ģ Deep Creek Road over Deep Creek, New Hanover
Ģ Paper Mill Road over Perkiomen Creek, Douglass Township
Ģ Old Sumneytown Pike over Perkiomen Creek, Upper Salford
Montgomery County Communications Director Frank Custer said some requests for proposals were issued Thursday, the same day the program was announced.
Although the county hopes to fix what is on the initial list within the next three years, ōwe will be adding more bridges to the list as we go, so this will be a rolling process.ö
Kenneth Starr, head of the countyÆs department of assets and infrastructure, unveiled his Infrastructure Investment Initiative during a special presentation before the county Board of Commissioners.
There are an estimated 4,500 structurally deficient bridges in Pennsylvania.
Nearly half the countyÆs 133 bridges appear on a ōstructurally deficientö list, meaning they are drivable but not up to county safety standards.
Weight limit restrictions must be placed on bridges which have been found to be structurally deficient, which has an impact on school buses, emergency service vehicles and other heavy vehicles.
ōThe county owns 133 bridges. Sixty-two of those are structurally deficient. ItÆs not a good number,ö said Starr.
ōThis is a result of having a roads and bridges division that really lacked any kind of strategy or direction for a long time, and (had) an overreliance on the federal and state reimbursement program,ö he said.
Under that federal program, the county would be reimbursed for 95 percent of the funding to replace a given bridge, but would only provide enough money for five or six bridges to be completed over a five- or six-year period, said Starr.
ōIn the end, this creates a situation where you have more bridges falling apart than you have getting fixed,ö he said.
In 2012, the county restructured its road and bridge department as part of a consolidation of multiple county departments. It resulted in more than $1 million in savings for taxpayers.
The county will pay for the undertaking with $2.2 million in Act 13 Marcellus Shale funds, with an additional $1.1 million expected in 2014. As part of the countyÆs adopted capital budget, a total of $38.6 million will be borrowed over the next four years for infrastructure investment.
ōIÆm very proud weÆre able to share this with the public, but particularly proud to share it with the consultant community because this means they now have the information to give us intelligent bids, ones that are technically geared to what we are looking for, and be able to have better submittals than we would otherwise,ö said commissionersÆ Vice Chairwoman Leslie Richards, who heads all planning and transportation initiatives in the county.
ōWeÆll now have a level playing field for every single consultant who bids. That has not always been the case. I think itÆs going to be a win-win-win for Montgomery County, and weÆll have good, competitive bids on our projects that will come in at good, competitive prices. This is a huge step in the right direction.ö
Starr said the county hired McCormick Taylor, a consulting and engineering firm which specializes in planning, civil design and environmental studies, to help assist in prioritizing the new bridge rehab program.
ōMcCormick Taylor and the county have worked to figure out a way to best deploy these funds to get the best return on all of them,ö said Starr, adding that the work could be completed within the next two years.
The board approved Requests for Proposals to be put out to the lowest bidder for repairs to the bridges. As part of the rehab program, repairs will include replacement of the bridgesÆ substructure, superstructure and upper decks.
ōI think itÆs important to point out that ¢ unlike with the state ¢ this was already in the capital budget,ö said Commissioner Bruce L. Castor, Jr.
ōIt was planned for, and as weÆre proceeding ¢ like so many other projects ¢ we analyze the issue, come up with an overall plan, come up with structure for that plan and then begin to execute it. IÆm very appreciative of the work youÆve done here.ö
According to county officials, bridges are normally inspected every two years, except for those on the structurally deficient list, which are inspected every six months for status changes.
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The Wanted's Max George Introduces Lindsay Lohan to His Parents
It looks like the Wanted's Max George is taking his relationship with Lindsay Lohan to the next level. The singer has reportedly introduced his leading lady to his parents.
The two stars have rumored to be dating since November, when the actress was spotted attending a few of the band's U.S. gigs and leaving with the group after the shows. Of course, the buzz over the couple grew when Lohan allegedly punched a psychic at a New York nightclub during an altercation over George.
Lohan has been spending time in London, and while she's been seen living it up all over town, TMZ reports that the boy bander invited the star to his parents' Manchester house for a family gathering. According to the site, the 26-year-old actress enjoyed her time, and spent a full day with the George family, feeling right at home.
The couple have been on and off for months now, and while they haven't made anything official, the recent hometown visit may be a sign that things are getting serious between the two celebs.
George's relationship with Lohan comes after his split with girlfriend Michelle Keegan in July. The pair were together for almost two years, but she recently revealed that she's in a better place now. However, the singer may have another issue on his hands.
Ex Bobbi Aney has spilled that she and George had quite an active sex life. "Sometimes we would have sex six or seven times a day. But then for the last year of our relationship I had to pretend we weren't together," she said.
"It slowly destroyed our relationship," Aney, who dated George prior to Keegan, added. "After a year of keeping it a secret, Max called me up and said he couldn't be with me or have a girlfriend."
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Today I bought an Akai X7000 sampler, Cosmetically it's fantastic and fires up a treat but the drive belt for the disk drive had perished so I ordered up a replacement which arrived just before Christmas.
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This is video from last September of my first Ardupilot test. To keep the first test simple, I modified the software configuration to fly a simple fixed heading of 45 degrees when I engage the autopilot from the R/C unit. This worked very well for a while until the last attempt, when something glitched in the software/GPS and commanded a dive into the ground into one of the few trees in the field. The end of the video shows several frames of video as the pieces were stripped off the airplane by the tree. All the electronics survived the crash and I'm rebuilding a new airframe to test in the Spring.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In reality, three victories on this latest road trip would have been a stretch.
Not when the Edmonton Oilers were going up against one of the best teams in the league, and into a building they rarely win in.
"I think this trip is maybe a smaller version of what the season has been like," said Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish. "We battled hard, we quite clearly were not good enough against one of the elite teams in the league, but among the group of 12 teams that we're grouped in with in the Western Conference, we're competitive. We've just come up short against the best teams in the league."
The Oilers had a win, a loss and a shootout loss to show for their three-game, four-day excursion through St. Louis, Detroit and Minnesota.
Generally coming out .500 on a road trip is considered acceptable and anything above that is a bonus. But with the Oilers fighting for their playoff lives, mediocrity at this stage won't cut it.
"We got three points on this trip in three tough buildings," said Oilers captain Ethan Moreau. "Even St. Louis was tough, they're going to surprise a lot of people down the stretch, it's tough to win in their building.
"We were able to win there, we played hard in here (Minnesota) and Detroit is Detroit. It's tough to evaluate our trip right now, but if you throw out the first 20 minutes in Detroit, I thought we competed very hard on this road trip."
The 8-3 loss in Detroit was sandwiched between a shootout win in St. Louis and a shootout loss in Minnesota.
The Oilers conceded five goals in the first period against the Red Wings and were left to play for pride for the remainder of the game.
"For us coming in here on the second game of a back-to-back, even though we lost 8-3 against Detroit, we expended a lot of energy in the second and third trying to prove to ourselves that we could get back in the game," said Moreau. "It was a tough building for us to come into after that. I'm pretty happy with the way we responded after a bad loss. We competed, we were physical, but they competed hard as well, so it was a good game."
Three points will help the Oilers stay within the pack battling for the final four playoff spots in the conference, yet the team still needs to string a few victories together in order to solidify a spot in the post-season.
"You want points any way you can get them," said Oilers centre Sam Gagner. "To get at least a point in a divisional game is big for us, especially on the road. From here on in, every game is important.
"We've had some tough losses of late, but the more we dwell on them, the more it's going to hurt us going forward. At this point, we can't dwell on them too much. We just have to focus on the next game and what we have to accomplish and hopefully we can go on a good stretch run."
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The Sleepless City vs. the Valley of the Geeks
Silicon Valley has never been shy to turn away dim startups, but that's not the reason young entrepreneurs are looking towards the east coast to plant their roots.
Let's take a look at the cold, hard facts here - Silicon Valley is a breeding ground for tech startups. They are known as being more "ambitious", according to Business Insider. But who measures ambition?
Flip to the east coast – New York City has twice as many female founders than Silicon Valley, and its startup founders are more educated than Silicon Valley startup founders. But Silicon Valley is still trumping in success rates.
So what's really drawing startups to Silicon Alley?
For starters, the total technology employment in New York City increased 28% from 2005 to 2010, and now accounts for more than 90,000 workers at more than 7,100 high tech establishments, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).
But perhaps it's the growing number of resources available for techies seeking success. Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology recently won a contest to build a graduate science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, just east of Manhattan. With the help of SOM, an architecture mega-firm, the university submitted a preliminary design concept that blew their competitors out of the water. Cornell may not use SOM for the actual project, but either way the campus won't be built until 2017.
Cornell isn't the only player in this game of feeding youthful tech startups. Mario Casabona, founder and Managing Partner of TechLaunch, is looking forward to the 12-week, mentor-driven business development program—called LaunchPad—giving "portfolio companies" a chance to develop and showcase their ideas. Funded in part by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA), TechLaunch is making resources available across the Hudson at Montclair State University.
"We're looking to attract top-tier talent who would otherwise leave the state because the support infrastructure simply wasn't there," says Casabona. "We're going to provide them with an open work space, a collaborative culture."
Casabona says his venture will supply aspiring tech entrepreneurs with help in the early stages, as he thinks that is when it is truly needed.
Silicon Valley would tend to agree with Casabona, as their startups raise two to three times more than New York startups during the early stages, which Startup Genome calls Discovery, Validation and Efficiency. New York startups actually raise 27% more during the scale stage.
Hopeful tech entrepreneurs may still gather in the Valley, where seed money grows on trees, and although NYC may not be coined the "Valley of the Geeks" or the "The Land of Tech Pioneers and Heroes" any time soon, the sleepless city is giving Silicon Valley some fierce competition.
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A woman started off her weekend substantially richer after her winning lottery ticket was revealed at Morrisons in Aylesbury.
The customer reportedly won £500,000 after buying two tickets at the store on Wednesday.
After taking her tickets to the counter this afternoon, she discovered the first had been unsuccessful.
However, after the second ticket revealed she had won more than at least £500, a call was made to Camelot before the grand total was discovered.
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Samsung Galaxy Grand Set For Europe Soon
The Samsung Galaxy Grand is one of those phones that appear to have slipped right under the net as most Samsung chatter of late has been focused around the Galaxy S3, Note 2, and of course the Galaxy S4.
However, Samsung tend to release quite a few cheaper Smartphone's and the Galaxy Grand is one of those phones that is expected to touch down in Europe very soon.
The Grand is basically a scaled down version of the Note 2 with Android's 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS, and single or dual SIM support.
According to Samsung, the Galaxy Grand i9082 will be unveiled in the Ukraine in February 2013, and other European countries should see the device arrive at their shores within the same month.
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Okay, don't listen to all the idiots on here who say it's just a matter of calories in vs calories out. That's very over simplistic.
But it IS that simple, it's just that we don't have any way of monitoring calories out properly. We've no idea if our body is acting like a raced 3 litre straight 6 today or a frugal 1.2 from one day to the next because it depends on health, exercise, individual metabolism etc. So while the physics of cals in - cals out = 0 is utterly correct, we struggle to observe actual cals out.


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The Role Of Economic Analysis In Local Government Decisions: The Case Of Solid Waste Management
The issue of solid waste management has risen to national prominence in the last decade, fueled by increasing waste disposal costs and changing public attitudes. This situation presents a major opportunity for economists to use their applied microeconomics skills to assist state and local governments manage waste in a cost effective fashion. While findings from formal research efforts may ultimately make their way into the decision-making process, perhaps economists can play an even more significant role in emphasizing the importance of the most basic economic concepts and principles for sound decision making in solid waste management or the many other areas in which local public choices are made. These areas would include at least the following: opportunity cost, marginal analysis of costs and benefits, and the role of economic incentives.
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- Steven C. Deller & John M. Halstead, 1994. "Efficiency in the Production of Rural Road Services: The Case of New England Towns," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 70(2), pages 247-259.
- Copeland, Brian R., 1991. "International trade in waste products in the presence of illegal disposal," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 143-162, March.
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After being mugged for the second time in her life, Alexis Levinson didn't take up martial arts. She spent a weekend at Kelly McCann's civilian training course in Frederickburg, Va., for "Kembativz." It's an intensive self defense program that specializes in "pounding the fuck out of people," in the words of the McCann, the main trainer.
Levinson, a reporter for The Daily Caller, wrote about her experience at great length in a Tuesday story headlined "A weekend at Kelly McCann's Kembativz civilian training center." The course is three days long and Levinson did it twice– once in January and again this past weekend. She took the course after being mugged in November in the Eastern Market area. She was ambushed, thrown to the ground and kicked while her stuff was taken.
Asked if she feels like she could adequately kick someone's ass the next time an attempted mugging occurs, she said maybe.
"There are some things that just hurt whether you're 6 feet tall or weigh under 100 pounds," Levinson told FishbowlDC. "That was actually the whole point of the course — it wasn't about being able to beat someone up, but rather about being able to do enough damage to the attacker that they are no longer a threat to you. At which point you run."
Of the things that "just hurt," Levinson singled out getting hit in the neck. "Getting hit in the neck really, really hurts," she said. "Like, I never really thought about that as place to hit someone, but it's really painful."
Levinson writes in her story that finding her inner anger was one of the more difficult points of her training. She's apparently more of a lover than a fighter at heart. Until she was paired up with the exotically named Kaja… She writes:
On the second day Kelly tries to give me a reason to get angry. He pairs me with Kaja, a college student from the area who has been training with him in Muay Thai for several years. We're practicing a combination we worked on the day before that ends with a slashing elbow to the back of the neck, followed by a full body weight stomp on any available body part after the person flops to the ground. When we learned the combination the day before, I would politely drop into a push up position when I felt pressure on my back and obligingly extend my ankle to be (fake) stomped on.
But when Kaja's elbow comes down on my back, I just drop. Limbs splay where they land, and I lie on the mat momentarily stunned that I've ended up here.
She goes on to say that in that moment she realized she could fight back, which she called an "incredibly liberating" feeling. "In fact, I was supposed to hit Kaja. And if I could hit Kaja, well, then if anyone ever tried to hit me again, I could hit him or her too."
McCann, Levinson's trainer and a friend of her editor Tucker Carlson, is a man with a colorful lexicon. He says things like "trickfucker" and "I wish we could all go around dressed in saran wrap and smoke dope." Trickfucker refers to a person who tries doing sneaky attacks in McCann's gym ("His point was that if you try to do something fancy and prove you're tougher than the instructors, it probably won't go well," Levinson explains). As for his saran wrap-dope smoking wish, that's a metaphor for the unwitting victim of a mugging. ("He was talking about the need to be alert and aware of your surroundings at all times, and not walk around as though nothing bad could happen to you.")
Levinson said she plans on returning for another session at McCann's in June.


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HEAD COACH: Carl Pelini, 3-9 (1 year) | OFF. COORDINATOR: Brian Wright | DEF. COORDINATOR: Pete Rekstis
In the second year of Carl Pelini's leadership from the sidelines, the coach will turn to a new leader on the field.
Quarterback Graham Wilbert is gone, meaning that the Owls will look to to either senior Melvin German III — who ran the scout team last season due to academic issues — or East Mississippi Community College transfer Jaquez Johnson to operate coordinator Brian Wright's spread offense. Both are quite a bit faster than Wilbert, so that should help improve an offense that ranked ninth in the Sun Belt last season with 350.7 yards per game.
The other good news is that the new quarterback will have plenty of experienced targets, with second-team All-Sun Belt pick William Dukes returning and speedster DeAndre Richardson back in the mix after missing 2012 due to an ankle injury. Richardson caught 32 passes for 269 yards two years ago.
The bad news? The quarterback may not get a chance to set his feet, unless the offensive line exceeds expectations, something it hasn't done in recent seasons. DeAndre Williams and Mustafa Johnson appear entrenched at left tackle and center, respectively, but there was a lot of spring shuffling at the other three spots.
Running back Jonathan Wallace, a walk-on who spent a season watching Alfred Morris breaking the school's rushing record, was a nice surprise last season, and he returns after gaining 673 yards. While not an elite breakaway threat — he averaged only 3.7 yards per carry — Wallace's ability to move the chains might help keep the quarterbacks upright.
Can the Owls pressure the passer? That's the question. Defensive end Cory Henry, who showed such promise as a freshman, produced only two sacks last season. Now a senior, he needs to do more, as does a bulked-up Martin Wright on the other side. Both were dynamic in the spring game, although that was against an unsettled offensive line.
Hard-hitting cornerback Keith Reaser returns to anchor the secondary, where there appears to be decent depth.
The linebacking group should be able to endure the absence of leader David Hinds, with Andrae Kirk, Adarius Glanton and Randell Johnson all capable of covering considerable ground. Johnson, a pro prospect, could often line up on the line of scrimmage.
Mitch Anderson, thrust into the placekicking role when Vinny Zaccario abruptly left the team, did not fare well at first, getting three field goal attempts blocked in a three-point, double-overtime loss to South Alabama. He was better thereafter, taking heed of Pelini's advise to get more loft on his kicks. Anderson returns, as does punter Sean Kelly, who was a bright spot last season.
Prior to replacing program patriarch Howard Schnellenberger, Pelini served as the defensive coordinator for Nebraska. Still, he didn't inherit anywhere near the same talent that he had in Lincoln, and the progress of the defense proved uneven in 2012. The offense was uneven, too, as Wright was limited in what he could do with Wilbert.
Now Pelini has a few more of his players, bringing in a recruiting class widely regarded as among the best in school history. FAU appears to be moving in the right general direction in some areas — its penalty yardage, for instance, was way down in Pelini's first season. The out-of-conference schedule, while still including an opener at Miami, isn't quite as brutal as in 2012, when the Owls faced Georgia and Alabama on the road in consecutive weeks.
Yet the move to Conference USA, a year ahead of schedule, could make the ride bumpy, as could the inexperience at quarterback.


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The McDonald's Monopoly game is back and area residents are being asked to get involved in the fun.
The Zanesville area McDonald's Restaurants are partnering with WHIZ radio to put on a Monopoly treasure hunt.
"We are hiding this giant deed at different locations or landmarks through Zanesville, one each day Tuesday through Friday," said Operational Supervisor, Chad Lawson.
There will be clues that vary in difficulty that you can hear on Z92 FM or AM 1240 radio throughout the day until someone finds the deed and turns it in at a local Mcdonald's restaurant.
" Whoever finds the deed should take it to one of the Zanesville Mcdonalds, the one on Maple or Maysville Pike, East Pike or West Pike and they'll get a card for a free extra value meal a week for a year," said Lawson.
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In addition to talking with attendees about Freedom™ open architecture shovel platforms and ARDVARC® Drill Automation System, individuals on the FLANDERS team will represent the company's expertise in service and repair, new motors / systems and AC dragline upgrading.
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Some promising types here but stablemates GLENS MELODY and Tasitiocht look the pair to concentrate on with the vote going to the former. She has a penalty for landing a Listed contest in comfortable style at Leopardstown and a Cheltenham entry suggests she is considered just the better of the Willie Mullins pair at present. Her stablemate is progressing really nicely and though not far in front of Carries Darling at Wexford last time the 2m trip would have been too short. Byerley Babe made a couple of mistakes when runner-up at Punchestown but like Limerick winner Toye Native she'll need to make further improvement and Lough Roe Lady has been well beaten in a couple of handicaps.
Glens Melody (IRE) 9-2 (11-2) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, 3rd 2 out, improved to led approaching last, ridden clear run-in, won at Leopardstown 2m 2f mares Listed nov hdl (1) in Jan beating Jennies Jewel (11-4) by 4 1/2l, 7 ran.
Lough Roe Lady (IRE) 7-1 (11-3) Chased leaders, dropped towards rear when slight mistake 2 out, no extra, 12th of 17, 20l behind Summer Star (10-1) at Leopardstown 2m 2f mares hcp hdl 8Evens23 sft.
Tasitiocht (IRE) 1-2fav (11-7) Made all, ridden out and stayed on well run-in, won at Wexford 2m mrs nov hdl in Dec beating Carries Darling (11-7) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Toye Native (IRE) 3-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4 out, 4th approaching straight, challenged and led between last 2, stayed on well, won at Limerick 2m 3f mares mdn hdl hvy in Jan beating Queen Of The Hill (11-7) by 1 3/4l, 14 ran.
Byerley Babe (IRE) 11-10fav (11-5) Settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 4th entering straight, stayed on into 2nd before last, pressed winner run-in, no extra closing stages, 2nd of 13, 1l behind Born In Fire (11-10) at Punchestown 2m 4f mdn hdl hvy.
Lucrecia Borgia (IRE) 25-1 (11-2) Never better than mid-division, no impression from 3 out, 9th of 16, well behind King Of Firth (11-12) at Fairyhouse 2m mdn hdl hvy in Jan.
Teochew (IRE) 12-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders in 3rd, headway to challenge 3 out, no impression from 2 out and soon no chance with first 2, no extra, 5th of 18, 29l behind Speckled Wood (10-12) at Thurles 2m mares mdn hdl hvy.
Tropical Three (IRE) 5-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders in 4th, 3rd entering straight and ridden to lead briefly over 2f out, soon headed and dropped to 3rd 1f out, no extra, 6th of 8, 14l behind Thunder And Roses (11-10) at Naas 2m 3f N H flat sft in Oct.


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The Celebrity Apprentice – Week 9 – Discussion and Recap (UPDATED)
This week, the teams must create their own puppets and perform in front of a live audience for Henson Alternative's "Stuffed and Unstrung" improv show.
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Lauren Alaina Has Her Own Prom – On Stage in Kentucky – (VIDEO)
Life on the road as the opening act for Sugarland is a dream come true for Lauren Alaina. But big opportunities don't come without sacrifice. The American Idol runner-up missed her own prom to perform a concert in Kentucky Saturday night.
But don't feel bad for Lauren. She had her own prom right on stage. She invited a young man named Ryan to dance with her while she sang Lady Antebellum's "Dancing Away With My Heart".
Watch the video after the jump.
Nigel Lythgoe Calls Into TMZ: "It's America's Favorite Singer, Not America's Best" (VIDEO)
Nigel Lythgoe called into TMZ Friday, to talk about the Jessica Sanchez elimination/save and to set Harvey Levin straight about his claim that the judges knew ahead of time that Jessica got the lowest number of votes.
Nigel says he might have hinted to the panel that something big was coming and to get their save ready, but he would never reveal who was going to be eliminated or lobby them to use their save in a particular way, as Harvey's "source" is claiming.
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As We Celebrate Cuba's Independence Day, We Are Reminded of the Cuban People's Suffering Under the Castro Regime, Says Ros-Lehtinen
(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, made the following statement regarding the anniversary of Cuba's Independence Day observed on the 20th of May. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:
"This July we in the United States will celebrate the founding of this great democracy, where we are privileged to enjoy a vast array of freedoms and liberties. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the Cuban people, who continue to suffer under the oppressive yolk of the brutal dictators, Raul and Fidel Castro, even as they celebrate the anniversary of their nation's independence.
"These octogenarian tyrants have for over 50 years misruled and oppressed the Cuban people. Confronted with the reality of a decrepit economy that is the result of failed communist policies, the regime has only turned more violent against its own people. With a marked increase in gross human rights violations due to more detentions in the last year, as well as the continuing harassment and violent intimidation of brave dissidents like the Ladies in White, it is clear that the regime has no intention of letting up its control over the island.
"It's disappointing that the Obama Administration as well as several Latin American nations continue to make overtures toward this brutal regime which remains intent on trampling upon the dignity of the Cuban people. It's incumbent upon free and responsible nations to make sure the world knows the full extent and severity of the crimes of the Castro brothers. On the eve of the 20th of May, I am saddened that the Cuban people remain under the oppressive hand of these dictators, but I continue to stand in solidarity with those brave pro-democracy activists and know that one day they will soon enjoy true freedom and liberty."


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Kendall Schmidt files airline complaint after luggage loss and jewellery theft
Big Time Rush singer Kendall Schmidt has filed a complaint with airline bosses after $7,000 (£4,516)-worth of jewellery went missing from his luggage during a recent flight to Austria. The pop star had planned to hand out the custom-made items to fans at last Monday's (13May13) gig with his new band, Heffron Drive, in Vienna, Austria, but the bag failed to appear when he touched down in Europe from Orlando, Florida.
Schmidt was forced to go on an impromptu shopping trip to find clothes to wear for the concert and shared his lost luggage drama with fans attending the show that night.
He told the crowd, "On my way here they (airline staff) lost my suitcase. So I had a whole bunch of stuff in my suitcase I was gonna throw out, bracelets and stuff like that, all that kind of stuff."
Schmidt was eventually reunited with his bag on the group's next tour stop in Berlin, Germany – but the jewellery had gone missing from his suitcase, prompting the star to report the loss to airline executives in the hopes of landing a cash reimbursement, according to TMZ.com.


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Talon in the GAME
At the begining of the game, you need to boost rake at the maximum to farm sbir easily so you need an item helpfull and quick to have, the brutalizer. when Rake is level 5 you're going to do a lot of dammage 250-300 at level 8 ! After farming it's easy to get the others item and quickly have the warmog to play safely and play a little bit "offtank". when you have the Atma's Empaler you can get some kills. In runes I recomende the pentrations armur because it's help to the begin at the ends of the game and the resist amor and magic to stay in the mode "offtanks". In team fightn you are not the one who's begin the fight, let the real tank do his "job". when the Team fight fight begins, concentrate you only in one champions to get the kills and if you have still health stay help your temam to push, if you dosn't have enough health you can back.
Don't forget to play safely and farm a lot of sbir at the begining and you will be a good talon untill the end of the game !
*Great Burst damage
*Easy to get kills
*Low Cooldown ult that can get you kills and get you out of trouble.
*As pretty cool CC that get your kills before they can fight back.
*Fun and easy to use
*Assassin's creed say what?
Cons __________________________________________________________
-Must learn when to get into fights
-Have to play safe and have map awareness so you don't jump into a gank.
-If on cooldowns you have little escapability
-CC can be a Bi***
-If in a lane with ranged heroes, you can have a very hard time farming.
-Even if your ult stealth you, you can't juke enemy to get away because when you destelth your ult blades will give your position away
Key to Talon
As I said before, Know when to get in, and get out.
The best way I found to play Talon is as a roamer. Hardly be seen by the other team will always have them worried about where you are and if they are your target. I normally farm till i'm level 6 and I noramlly have enough for BF sword by then. After that, if my team mate is ok top I go for ganks.
Grab red when possible, I also jungle sometimes if I don't want to be seen just yet. But if you do that grab some life steal and you will be fine. Talon's damage mainly comes from your skills so ATS isn't very important but ATS build are possible, I just don't think Talon should be an auto attacker, he is an assassin.
Chapter 4
I play Talon as a Roamer.
What is a Roamer?
Well many people have different ideas about them. But this role is played a lot by supports or Alstars.
Roaming is when you stay hidden a lot on Talon. Your in the jungle most of the game.
"Does this mean you jungle?" Yes and No. Start game I lane till I am level 6. Then I even go for a kill in my lane. Or I go back and grab a BF sword if I did well, or boots of swiftness.
So why is this better then being in lane? Because Talon can bring more to the team by ganking. If your doing your job well you will get more money out of lane then it in. Talon is a very bad farmer because he can be harassed so easily. You want the other team to fear where you maybe at all times. Just not being seen by the other team, will give you map control.
So after level 6, I go gank. Quickly as I can before they call mia. (I let them see me B so they don't call mia), But its because I don't lane as much after lvl 6 that I make sure to farm 1-6 as hard as I can. Which means Last hitting creeps only. I normally farm enough to get BF sword when I go back.
So the goal is to jungle easy minions to keep your CS up(CS means minion kills) But always ganking. My goal is to gank every time my Ult is up.
******This is what you must know below******
Start off a little far back with so they can't see the blades. Run closer to them and use to get behind them. Then KITE THEM, to let all your blades hit them best as you can, Then unload an auto attack followed by Then as they run. This should give you a kill with team mates help.
So why auto attack before ?
Cause you can hit Q right after an auto attack to make the attack happen at pretty much the same time. Making sure you get the most damage on them. If you can lane an auto attack, 80% of the time will hit them also.
So what have you learned.
Be seen little as possible.
Keep your CS Up
Make sure they don't see you activate your before getting into range.
Good Luck :D
Talon in the lane
Laning is fun with talon. Try to get a lane with someone who has range like tris. Rake is an amazing harassment. When it comes time to kill your combo is pretty easy.
+ Auto Attack + +
Only do this combo if your sure they won't jump you. Talon is very week to being forced down. So I try to do this combo after I have got them low, and i can just jump into the brush after.
You can normally get a kill at 6, Does so much damage.
If you don't think you can kill anyone in your lane, then try to go for a gank.
Also Last hit minions. What do I mean? It means only hit the minions once before they die to get the gold.
"But that will make them push me to tower and we will lose the lane"
Being at your tower is a good thing, You can pretty much free farm while they cant. Also protects you from ganks and keeps them open to being ganked. I see so many players auto attack. You get more minion kills by last hitting then just auto attacking.
Out of the lane
After your done laning, you want to be ganking as much as you can. When your not ganking your farming and pushing towers.
It is important to remember that the Goal of the game is the nexus, not kills. I can't tell you how many times i see people let towers fall or not push towers when they can because they think they can get a kill. Lets say you get that kill, lets say it was for 500 gold. But your tower falls. Towers give 150 to each player. So you gave them 750 gold and you gave them more map control. Was it worth it? No
The only time where this can be done tends to be in late game. Lets says they have a tryn who is railing people. He has a kill streak of 13 kills. Is it worth killing him if you die? Yes, could your team can make a come back and push while he is down. But I am just making the point that normally a kill is never worth a death.
Now when going for kills, don't use your ult if you don't need to. Yes its very fun but you will be wasting it if you didn't need the damage. "O well its cooldown is short" So? What if you get ganked after that kill. Your ult has many uses and its best to keep it open for when its needed.
Trinity force
Ok I have had a lot of questions about this, people don't seem to understand why I have this item. If you look at sheen, when you use a skill. Your need attack will deal 100% damage! That is like a free crit.
Now why do I get Trinity Force? Because it gives 150% Damage.
This buff works with any AD Attack which also mean AD Skill!
So when you use Trinity Force With dipomatie noxienne it's 150% stronger !!
So its Mainly to make your burst 150% higher then it normally is. Case solved
Item not to use
**the black cleaver**
As i said before. Your not an Auto Attack hero. Your a burst assassin. So the passive on this won't be to useful unless you attack them 4 items first, then burst them. Making Last Whisper Much better for talon.
**Phantom Dancer**
Again, Not an auto attacking chamption. Meaning you don't need to much attack speed. The crit is nice but you don't need all that extra money to get it. So also a no
Work with your team. (Team fights)
You never want to be seen before a team fight. You want to wait till the first starts before you jump in.
You want their team to start forcing someone else so when you come in to do damage you won't get forced down right away.
So when they turn to you which they will. Use your Ultimate, They will even jump onto someone else, or they will freeze for a bit waiting for you to come back up. This is great cause you can even disengage or let your team hammer them while they save there skills for you. So sometimes its best to just sit in your ult.
Don't be afraid to let your team get some of your kills if you may die.
A kill is never worth a death. The point of league of legends is to die as little as possible. Which means in each game. Your goal is to NEVER die. Lets say your kill death is 7/5. Some people may say "o well i'm doing well cause I have more kills" This is wrong. You have give then at the very least 1500 Gold. But more importantly you have spent a large amount of time dead. Time you aren't ganking, not helping, not kill, not defending. Your gone. That is the worse thing about dying, so don't do it.


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Eva Birthistle
Eva Birthistle was born in 1974 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Brooklyn (2015), The Children (2008) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). See full bio »
Born:in Dublin, Ireland
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