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Will be out there for five days in a couple weeks. Got most of that time to myself. Looking to hit some breaks for sure. I'm open to suggestions and also any good shops. Thanks in advance braddahmen.
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Feb 26, 2014, 04:56 AM #1
Who's up in Portland/Seattle?
Feb 26, 2014, 05:52 AM #2Senior Member
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I have property about 2-3 hours south of Seattle in a little town called Ocean Shores. I'm not there right now, but I will be there permanently at the end of the year. Here's some basics on the area near Portland / Seattle:
I don't know much about Oregon, but I have experience with Seaside. Yes, the point is world class. Yes, all the stories of localism are true. Surf at your own risk. Park at the cove and walk up, if you want to save your stuff. Rock up solo, not with 3 or more of your buddies. Actually, the Cove can get quite good when the point is firing and may be your best and safest bet. There are lots of good spots not far south, but I have no experience there.
Don't waste your time in Long Beach, WA. There's one little left beachbreak wedge that breaks below the lighthouse at Cape Disappointment, but it's an inconsistent long shot. Hint: it's named after a popular city on Hawaii's South Shore.
Westport, WA is *the* center for all surfing in WA. It has a consistent jetty break (rights), with some nice peaks away from the jetty. It is easily the most crowded spot in the state. Be ready for long painful paddles with lots of duck diving if it is over head high.
Inside the jetty is The Cove, mostly a shorebreak wave. But the paddles are easy and it sometimes has good shape and enough power to snap your board.
The last main break is The Groins, a series of small finger jetties. Needs a bigger swell because it breaks inside the harbor, loves south winds (typical around there), and *must* have a low tide. Medium to high tides, you'd think this place doesn't exist. Rips out to sea are strong. The jetty dance to get to the breaks are tough.
Ocean Shores? LOL. But all dogs have their day. Big souths / southwests will make a certain State Park go off with north winds, which blow offshore here. Hint: the park is maybe 2 miles inside the harbor, quite a ways from the coast. A long way to drive to get skunked. Also: the North Jetty can get OK once in a while, but mostly on small summer swells. The sheer amount of sea lions here can freak you out.
There's a lot of stuff between Ocean Shores and Neah Bay, but most are on Indian reservations and access is super limited. You've got to be dialed in and super-prepared.
Neah Bay has some decent spots that aren't too difficult to find. But this ain't OCMD, so you won't exactly be pulling the car up to any paved lots.
Lastly, there's the Strait. Getting there from Seattle either takes a buttload of driving, or a ferry or two between islands. But if the coast is out of control (which happens a lot during winter), it might be worth a drive. But (and this is a big *but*)...this place is super sensitive. There's only a couple of spots that you'll actually be able to see from the road. There's some places that I don't even like to whisper about, that you'll never see...unless you like climbing down sheer muddy cliffs in massive rain forests on privately owned land. You better know somebody. I'm lucky that I do.
Have fun, and bring a good 5/4 with all the goodies.
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Locals are what they are. Only a couple of spots where the lokes are kinda bat****crazy. Everywhere else is pretty chill.
If you plan on renting, there are plenty of shops. Don't expect the counter jockeys to give you any directions or help with certain spots, except maybe in Ocean Shores. The guy is cool, and nobody's breaking down the doors to surf the crap in OS, pretty lonely. The Surf Shop in Westport, North Coast SS in the Shores, and NXNW in Port Angeles. There's a couple shops in the Seattle area too, but I have no experience with them.
From what I understand, the Sticky Green Dank is some of the best...but I wouldn't personally know. Sharing goes a long way in these parts. Be mellow, be friendly and don't bring your Hyperflex Team Rider suit.
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Nice breakdown kidrock.
My dad lives in Portland and he said it's like an hour and a half to the nearest beach. Its a hair ball drive on a hair ball road, particularly in winter. Being in Portland has put a hurting on his water time, but it's a cool city. He hikes his ass off to make up for it I guess. I was going to check out Portland this winter until the sh!t hit the fan.
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Emass please at least give us a hint as to what you do that allows you to travel so frequently.
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^^^^^^Ass didn't get censored!? I forgot to use $$. That's a naughty word, because sh!t comes from ass!
Emass was a nfl kicker now he installs flooring.
Feb 27, 2014, 04:44 AM #10
kidrock, thanks very much for taking the time with that breh. Much appreciated and I'll be PMing you with some questions. Thanks again for the time. Your report is very consistent with what I've heard of there in the past, both for seclusion and locals.
Braddahs, yous guys can get back to your regularly scheduled programming. Nothing special here buoys. Got no wifey or kids to my knowledge so what's the big doins with me booking a few plane tix here and there? Man, I come out from under the bunker of 13hrs of straight work hustle and I gots lurker bros like JTS getting all Wayne on me. Bro, do you even post? Granted, it's taken me nearly a full calendar to STFU and let others speak (which is more fun!) but my short math says that you post once every 12.73 days. Ima stay on your good side bro! No one says a thing when the braddah yankee jet sets on the reg. That dudes been stoked at some sick breaks lately. Maybe we just know something you brahs don't. Try solving that equation Erock posted two blue moons ago - it all starts there.
Been a while since I've been to the PNW and I'm superstoked. Anyone else with deets?


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Hong Kong - Asian markets rose on Tuesday in response to a strong showing on Wall Street after another round of upbeat data lifted hopes for the US economy.
But dealers also remained hesitant ahead of the release this week of Chinese third-quarter growth figures, as evidence accumulates of a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy.
In Japan, telecoms giant Softbank surged by more than 10%, clawing back some of its huge losses in the previous two sessions, after formally announcing it will buy US wireless provider Nextel Sprint for $20bn.
Tokyo rose 0.94% by the break, Hong Kong added 0.13% in morning trade, Sydney gained 0.22%, Shanghai was up 0.10% and Seoul climbed 0.36%.
Trade got off to a positive start with the news out of Washington that retail sales, the main driver of the US economy, had unexpectedly risen 1.1% in September.
The Commerce Department also revised up retail sales for July and August, and said that even excluding volatile data on vehicles and petrol, sales were still up 0.9% last month.
Helping the mood on Wall Street, banking giant Citigroup reported an 88% drop in third-quarter profit, much better than had been forecast.
The Dow gained 0.72%, its biggest jump in more than a month, while the S&P 500 rose 0.81% and the Nasdaq added 0.66%.
On currency markets the euro was trading higher thanks to an improved appetite for risk. In early Asian trade it was buying $1.2963, up from $1.2950 late on Monday in New York, while it also rose to ¥102.17 from ¥101.89.
The dollar stood at ¥78.80, up slightly from ¥78.66 in New York.
The main focus of interest this week is on China, which is to release on Thursday its growth figures for July-September, with many hoping for an improvement on recent data that have shown a marked slowdown.
Hopes were given a boost at the weekend by trade figures that showed China's exports surged almost 10% last month.
Also Thursday, the European Union holds a summit, with a possible bailout for Spain on the agenda along with Greece's push to renegotiate its own rescue deal.
Reports indicate that Athens could be given more time to repay its huge debts, following comments from International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde in Tokyo that an extra two years would be acceptable.
Softbank surged 10.76% after the Japanese company confirmed it would take 70% of Sprint Nextel, the number-three US cellphone carrier, in the biggest-ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese firm.
The bounced followed a dive of more than 20% in the previous two days after the firm said it was in talks over a buyout.
"It's official now," a senior strategist at a Japanese brokerage told Dow Jones Newswires. "Some buyback is likely."
Oil was mixed. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, shed 22 cents to $91.63 a barrel but Brent North Sea crude for November delivery added six cents to $115.86.
Gold was at $1 735.90 at 03:00 GMT compared with $1 745.05 late on Monday.

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Drawn to Life: Animation for Future Audiences
Since my junior year of high school, I have dreamt of becoming a concept artist in the animation industry. Throughout my childhood, I recall fond memories of coming home from school and watching the television screen flicker to life at the press of a button. Cartoons were all I wanted to watch, and I grew up alongside the likes of the Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and numerous other amazing and often complex cartoon shows. Movies were not excluded either, as I could quote lines from countless animated films with ease. My love for animation has only blossomed further; even as a sophomore in college, I swoon at the beauty and artistry of animated films such as Tangled, and a more recent favorite, How to Train Your Dragon 2. I want to touch future generations with animation in the same way that it has touched mine, to be a part of the group who makes stories come to life. More importantly, I want those stories to be worth watching. I miss the cartoons of my childhood, where humor was not dumbed down for children, where deeper themes were presented, where there was something to be learned. I miss animation that teaches lessons and morality. I look at some of today's cartoons and shudder to think what children are gaining from it, if anything at all. Where is the heart of these shows? In a generation where the television is often practically babysitting children, what are they watching?


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Access Control
Voltage Security acquisition gives HP and partners a seat at the table with CEOs and boards of directors, moving swiftly to prevent headline-grabbing enterprise security breaches.
Akamai CSO: DDoS Attacks 'Absolutely' RisingAkamai Chief Security Officer Andy Ellis talks about the company's most recent findings in security.
Aggressive Channel Moves: Lenovo Has A Fire In Its Belly For New Enterprise BusinessChannel chief Chris Frey outlines Lenovo's 2015 playbook and says the company is set to turn up the heat against competitors with a server business he calls 'super strategic.'
Partners: HP Security Unit Channel Changes Are Opening Door To Big Sales GainsHewlett-Packard's security business is moving 4,500 top accounts that were once the province of the direct sales force to the channel, in a shift that will funnel more than $30 million to HP partners.
Cloud Security Vendor Centrify Adds MSP ProgramCentrify is adding a program to support managed service providers around its SaaS-based identity and privilege management platform.
Microsoft Exec Scolds Google For Security Vulnerability Disclosure 'Gotcha'One of Microsoft's top security executives is calling out Google for publishing details about a Windows 8.1 security bug just two days before it was scheduled to be patched.
Synnex To Distribute Promisec Endpoint Security ProductsPromisec has signed a distribution agreement with Synnex as part of an effort to grow its channel partner base by 50 percent over the next year.
Intel CEO Wows CES Crowd With Flying Bracelets, Drones, And PCs That Can 'See'Intel CEO Brian Krzanich laid out the chip giant's plan for the next generation of computing, surprisingly awesome wearable tech, and how the IoT will unlock the future and your front door.
Report: Two-Factor Authentication Hole Core To JPMorgan BreachA database containing the sensitive data on millions of JPMorgan Chase customers failed to be protected by the company's two-factor authentication measures, according to investigators.
Sony Lapse, Other Data Breaches Prompt Companies To Restrict Employee AccessA spate of high-profile retail data breaches, and the latest Sony breach, is motivating organizations to tighten access to company data, according to a new study that surveyed more than 2,000 IT practitioners and employees about data protection and access rights over the last year.
President Obama Criticizes Sony Pictures, Says U.S. To Respond To AttackSony made a mistake when it capitulated to hacker demands, said President Obama, speaking to reporters at his final press conference of 2014. The U.S. will respond and in a place, time and manner it chooses, he said.
Cosentry Introduces New Security, Compliance ToolsCosentry rolls out new managed security and compliance offerings in response to a bevy of data breaches and more stringent regulatory enforcement.
AirTight Networks Adds Top Exec Talent In Bid To Make Wi-Fi More SocialWi-Fi vendor brings in seasoned enterprise technology veterans to help take its business to next level, says it's targeting retail with a socially networked flavor of Wi-Fi connectivity.
Security Vendor AVG Looks To Show It's More Than Just A One-Trick PonyAVG, already well known around the world for its free antivirus product, is planning to launch a new identity-as-a-service, and an executive says it's still very focused on security.
VARs Help Customers Brace For Ferguson Grand Jury DecisionFerguson, Mo.-area business and property owners are bolstering video surveillance and business-continuity protections in preparation for a grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case.
MobileIron Streamlines BYOD Management And SecurityMobileIron's solutions for BYOD include secure browsers and apps. Mike Brockney gives CRN a demo of its products.
CA Unveils New DevOps Tools, Commits To Increased SaaS OfferingsThe vendor is detailing its blueprint for building DevOps, security and IT management software at CA World 2014.
Due Diligence: Strong Security Practices Now Integral To M&A, Venture Capital DealsA panel of industry experts at the Intel Capital Global Summit discussed the increasing importance of companies' chief information security officers and general security policies.
Dell Targets Government With Fed-Friendly TabletThe Dell Venue 11 Pro meets U.S. government security standards out of the box with fingerprint reader and CAC card reader for two-factor authentication.
Obama's Executive Order On Payment Fraud Falls Short On Boosting Security, Say ExpertsFederal agencies that accept credit and debit cards must purchase modern payment terminals that support 'enhanced' security features, but experts say the directive doesn't require fully activated encryption.


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The Black Hills State University Community Band will present a fall concert Monday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Clare and Josef Meier Recital Hall on the BHSU Campus.
The band is made up of some of the finest musicians in the northern hills. This concert will feature a variety of new, old and 'recycled' music. "Reworking a piece of existing music was something that was a common occurrence in the past," according to band director Christopher Hahn, professor of music at BHSU. "Two of the pieces we are playing are recycled from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. J.S. Jig turns music of J.S. Bach into an Irish jig while the Giles Farnaby Suite is based on early keyboard music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book."
Other pieces on the concert include a collection of melodies by West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein and an old fashioned circus march.
The concert is open to the public at no charge, although donations for music scholarships are appreciated. For more information contact email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (605) 642-6888. To learn more about the BHSU music program visit www.BHSU.edu/Music.


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Beyer heats up for Warhawks
�He�s the �local hero,� � said Warhawk coach John Vodenlich.
The Janesville Parker High School graduate�s hot run continued Friday. His RBI single in the sixth inning drove in what turned out to be the winning run in Whitewater�s 2-1 victory over Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival UW-Stevens Point.
Beyer, the strong complete-game pitching of Jeff Donovan, and spectacular fielding put the Warhawks in this position.
Beyer, the Warhawks� left fielder, is 6-for-10 with three runs scored, two RBIs, a double, triple and two stolen bases in the three regional games.
�I think it�s just a confidence factor,� said Beyer. �I�m just going up there thinking I�m going to get a hit every time.�
That is a switch from what was going on just a few weeks ago. Beyer was slumping. His .300 batting average is comparable to his .308 average last season, but Vodenlich said his junior outfielder was struggling.
That has changed, as Beyer now is one of the Warhawks� hottest hitters.
�I think he views the tournament as a fresh start,� Vodenlich said. �He�s making the most of it.�
Beyer delivered the game-winning single after Jared Fon had doubled with two outs and the game tied, 1-1.
Vodenlich, who is the team�s third-base coach, met Beyer halfway between third and the plate to discuss Pointer reliever Ryan Iverson, who entered the tournament with a 1.25 ERA.
�I only faced him once, and I think I flew out to center,� Beyer said. �But I hit it pretty hard.�
Beyer delivered another hard hit Friday. His line drive into right field scored Fon with the go-ahead run, and Donovan�s pitching and the Warhawk defense made it hold up.
And Beyer again was in the spotlight.
�Yesterday someone in the crowd yelled, �Go, Janesville Parker,�� Vodenlich said. �I asked (Beyer) if he knew who it was. He didn�t.�
It doesn�t matter.
If he continues to play like he has, Beyer and the Warhawks will be singing all the way to Fox Cities Stadium next week.
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Tracking, mixing, and masteringthe recording trilogy, the three steps to a successful record. In the December issue we cover these three vital topics with a wealth of information, from tips on tracking with only one mic, how to use ducking, mixer secrets in Apple Logic, and an interview with ace mastering engineer Trevor Sadler. Our year-end gift guide will give you great hints for the holidays without breaking your budget, and theres a slate of great reviews on mixers, interfaces, controllers, software, and more.
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Once OverReviews In Brief |
PreSonus HP60 headphone/talkback amp; MOTU 8pre 8-channel FireWire preamp/interface; Echo AudioFire 4 portable FireWire interface.
Interview With A Mastering-Mind |
Mastering engineer Trevor Sadler (Kathy Mattea, Charlie Sexton, Tony Levin...) discusses the art of his science and the science of his art.
December 2007 Gift Guide |
Stocking stuffers from five dollars to a quarter million...
My Record: Lessons Learned |
After ten years, an album is born... and lessons to be learned.
The Power Of One |
A single mic on an entire performance? Yesand heres how and why.
Mixing In Apple LogicPart 1 |
In the first of two articles on mixing in Logic, we take apart this DAWs Mixer channel and see what tools are available there.
Recordings Guitar Column |
Taking a guitar part from writing to the studio to the stage.
Duck! |
A detailed look at a handy mixing trick.
Recordings Vocal Column |
Getting tones on track for an unusual a cappella album.
Oh How The Times Were Changing... |
Mixing lessons learned in the era of tape and vinyl often apply today.
Sometimes Less Is More |
Limitations arent a bad thing when creative focus is paramount.
Recordings Drum Column |
A kick drum challengeresourceful engineering wins over a flawed performance.
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For over twenty years its been the glue that holds studios togetherhere are the basics.
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Relationships between a company's R&D and marketing departments aren't always cordial — but they can be improved, according to a new article.
Relationships between a company's R&D and marketing departments aren't always cordial. According to a survey conducted by Philip Kotler, Robert C. Wolcott and Suj Chandrasekhar, only 34% of mid-level managers describe the relationship between their company's R&D & marketing departments as collegial.
The researchers describe their findings in their article "Playing Well With Others," which is part of the new edition of Business Insight, a collaboration between MIT Sloan Management Review and The Wall Street Journal.
What are the complaints? Among other things, Kotler, Wolcott and Chandrasekhar found that R&D employees complained about poor data from marketing, while marketing folks felt the R&D people did not include them in the early stages of product development. To address the problem, the authors suggest a number of approaches:
- Make sure people understand each department's value -- and how they complement one another.
- Prevent one group or the other from dominating the company's new product development process.
- Develop a common language for both groups to use.
- Avoid having people stay strictly in their silos.
- And, finally, stay focused on the customer.
"When engagement and thinking in terms of customer needs becomes routine, everyone has a common vision for what is being developed and why," the authors note.


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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Tropical Storm Alma slammed into Nicaragua's coast Thursday as the first such storm of the eastern Pacific season, forcing tens of thousand of people to evacuate and flooding low-lying areas, before pushing into neighboring Honduras.
The National Hurricane Center said Alma was the first tropical storm in the available records to make landfall on Central America's Pacific coast. Such storms normally make landfall farther west, along Mexico's Pacific coast. Tropical storms often hit Central America's Atlantic coast.
Alma reached land near the Nicaraguan colonial city of Leon, whose Mayor, Transito Tellez, said houses had been destroyed and power knocked out by the storm. Rescue personnel described houses whose roofs had been blow off, and homes that had been crushed by fallen trees.
The storm forced the evacuation of as many as 25,000 people in the area, and telephone service was also knocked out, said Civil Defense Director Mario Perez Cassar.
"The wind whipped up the sand, and it lashed your face like sandpaper," said Erasmo Lopez, a fisherman in the coastal hamlet of Poneloya, near where Alma made landfall.
"The trees were shaking like crazy, cars were shuddering, and you couldn't even see in front of you."
Nicaragua's Radio Ya reported that a 30-year-old man was electrocuted in Trasbayo, 40 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Managua, after a power line snapped under high winds.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Alma was weakening as it headed inland. By late Thursday it had maximum sustained winds of around 45 mph (75 kph) as it moved over southern Honduras at a speed of 9 mph (15 kph).
It was expected to weaken to a tropical depression before reaching Guatemala or Belize ob Saturday.
The fast-growing storm took forecasters and many in Central America by surprise. Residents scrambled to prepare for the storm before it hit.
People crowded Managua supermarkets to buy food, water, candles and batteries, and schools canceled classes and were on standby to become temporary shelters. Many flights were also grounded.
The storm wrapped the Costa Rican capital of San Jose in a dense fog, slowing traffic to a crawl and causing dozens of accidents.
Along the coast, some 200 families were evacuated to more than 160 storm shelters set up after Alma dumped rain over the country for 24 hours. Landslides blocked a few highways.
"Last year, a little water came in the house, but now it is completely flooded," Clara Bermudez said as she was taken by boat to a shelter in Parrita.
The eastern Pacific hurricane season began May 15.
Associated Press writers Marianela Jimenez in San Jose, Costa Rica; Marcos Aleman in San Salvador, El Salvador; and Freddy Cuevas in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; contributed to this report.
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Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is down over 16% after reporting earnings tonight.
The most vocal NFLX shareholder is Whitney Tilson who broadly proclaimed that he is long NFLX in 2011 after being short for most of 2010 and 2011.
Last fall, Tilson first started accumulating NFLX shares.
"Honestly, we're looking at it as a potential long at this point," said Tilson, when the stock was trading around $110/share two weeks ago. "We actually think that they've got real first mover advantages. One of their key pillars was very strong customer loyalty, which they've certainly tested. But now that they've rescinded this silly Qwikster idea, we think the company probably has a bright future."
In early 2012, Tilson then explained his four reasons for being bullish on NFLX.
1. Street overreacted to the downside and nobody wanted it on the books at year's end.
2. Rumors of buyout are swirling and with less than a $5 billion market cap; Netflix makes an easy acquisition for a number of large players.
3. Launched services in UK and Ireland, a real international growth story that nobody has paid attention to.
4. CEO Reed Hastings says U.S. subscriber growth is growing again.
Let's examine the NFLX earnings release to determine if Tilson's analysis was correct.
First of all, Tilson thought that the U.S. subscriber base was growing again. This appears to be incorrect and it is the root cause for the massive sell-off in the stock.
Netflix reported 23.41 million domestic streaming subscriptions, which surpassed the 21.67 million it had at year-end. It also hit within its January guidance for 22.8 million to 23.6 million, but fell short of Citigroup's estimate of 24.17 million.
However, going forward the company sees domestic streaming subscriptions rising to a range of just 23.6 million to 24.2 million in the second quarter which essentially means that the company has stopped growing.
In addition, the international subscriptions are projected to be just 3.45 million to 4 million which means that Tilson's expectation that the UK would be strong was also incorrect.
Investors will not pay 25X earnings for a company that is projected to have little revenue growth in the quarters ahead. Tilson took CEO Hastings "word for it" rather than independently checking whether subscriber growth was still occurring.
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is down over 16% after reporting earnings tonight.


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May 24 at the Tyler Presbyterian Church in Flint, lyric soprano Grace Johnson will preform a recital.
Grace has been cast in the role of Sister Genovieffa in Puccini'sSuar Angelica at the Amalfi Music Festival this summer. When she returns she'll begin work on her doctorate in musical arts at the University of North Texas, where she just completed her master of vocal performance degree.
To help fund her travel to Italy, Grace is giving a recital at the church where her father is pastor. Admission is free, but please bring donations to help Grace with her travel expenses.
Directions to Tyler Presbyterian Church in Flint can be found at its website, http://tyleropc.org.
Flint United Methodist Church will celebrate its 140th anniversary with special events on Sunday.
The 11 a.m. service will feature guest speakers and will be followed at noon with a luncheon.
All former members of the church are invited to attend.
Little Zion Baptist Church will celebrate their pastor and wife's 50th anniversary at 3 p.m. on May 25 at the church at FM 848 Bascom Road in Whitehouse. The pastor is The Rev. Lennon Brown, his wife is Mable Brown. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Billy Cleaver of St. Violet Baptist Church in Tyler.
A pastor's aid program will be held at 6 p.m. tonight at Galilee Baptist Church. Becky Ector is the speaker.


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The antineoplastic drug flavopiridol reverses memory impairment induced by Amyloid-ss oligomers in mice.
Leggio GM, Catania MV, Puzzo D, Spatuzza M, Pellitteri R, Gulisano W, Torrisi SA, Giurdanella G, Piazza C, Impellizzeri AR, Gozzo L, Navarria A, Bucolo C, Nicoletti F, Palmeri A, Salomone S, Copani A, Caraci F, Drago F
The ectopic re-activation of cell cycle in neurons is an early event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which could lead to synaptic failure and ensuing cognitive deficits before frank neuronal death. Cytostatic drugs that act as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors have been poorly investigated in animal models of AD. In the present study, we examined the effects of flavopiridol, an inhibitor of CDKs currently used as antineoplastic drug, against cell cycle reactivation and memory loss induced by intracerebroventricular injection of Ass1-42 oligomers in CD1 mice. Cycling neurons, scored as NeuN-positive cells expressing cyclin A, were found both in the frontal cortex and in the hippocampus of Abeta-injected mice, paralleling memory deficits. Starting from three days after Abeta injection, flavopiridol (0.5, 1 and 3mg/kg) was intraperitoneally injected daily, for eleven days. Here we show that a treatment with flavopiridol (0.5 and 1mg/kg) was able to rescue the loss of memory induced by Abeta1-42, and to prevent the occurrence of ectopic cell-cycle events in the mouse frontal cortex and hippocampus. This is the first evidence that a cytostatic drug can prevent cognitive deficits in a non-transgenic animal model of AD.
Eur J Pharmacol
TGF-beta1 prevents rat retinal insult induced by amyloid-beta (1-42) oligomers.
Fisichella V, Giurdanella G, Maria Platania CB, Romano GL, Leggio GM, Salomone S, Drago F, Caraci F, Bucolo C
To set up a retinal degenerative model in rat that mimics pathologic conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using amyloid-beta (Abeta) oligomers, and assess the effect of TGF-beta1. Sprague-Dawley male rats were used. Human Abeta1-42 oligomers were intravitreally (ITV) injected (10microM) in the presence or in the absence of recombinant human TGF-beta1 (1 ng/mul ITV injected). After 48h, the animals were sacrificed and the eyes removed and dissected. The apoptotic markers Bax and Bcl-2 were assessed by western blot analysis in retina lysates. Gene-pathway network analysis was carried out in order to identify pathways involved in AMD. Treatment with Abeta oligomers induced a strong increase in Bax protein level (about 4-fold; p<0.01) and a significant reduction in Bcl-2 protein level (about 2-fold; p<0.05). Co-injection of TGF-beta1 triggered a significant reduction of Bax protein induced by Abeta oligomers. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that Bcl-2 and PI3K-Akt are the most connected nodes, for genes and pathways respectively, in the enriched gene-pathway network common to AMD and Alzheimer disease (AD). Overall, these data indicate that ITV injection of Abeta1-42 oligomers in rat induces molecular changes associated with apoptosis in rat retina, highlighting a potential pathogenetic role of Abeta oligomers in AMD. Bioinformatics analysis confirms that apoptosis pathways can take part in AMD. Furthermore, these findings suggest that human recombinant TGF-beta1 can prevent retinal damage elicited by Abeta oligomers.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol
Dopamine D3 receptor-dependent changes in alpha6 GABAA subunit expression in striatum modulate anxiety-like behaviour: Responsiveness and tolerance to diazepam.
Leggio GM, Torrisi SA, Castorina A, Platania CB, Impellizzeri AA, Fidilio A, Caraci F, Bucolo C, Drago F, Salomone S
Increasing evidence indicates that central dopamine (DA) neurotransmission is involved in pathophysiology of anxiety, in particular the DA receptor subtype 3 (D3R). We previously reported that D3R null mice (D3R(-/-)) exhibit low baseline anxiety levels and that acutely administrated diazepam is more effective in D3R(-/-) than in wild type (WT) when tested in the elevated plus maze test (EPM). Here we tested the hypothesis that genetic deletion or pharmacological blockade of D3R affect GABAA subunit expression, which in turn modulates anxiety-like behaviour as well as responsiveness and tolerance to diazepam. D3R(-/-) mice exhibited tolerance to diazepam (0.5mg/kg, i.p.), assessed by EPM, as fast as after 3 day-treatment, performing similarly to untreated D3R(-/-) mice; conversely, WT exhibited tolerance to diazepam after a 14-21 day-treatment. Analysis of GABAA alpha6 subunit mRNA expression by qPCR in striatum showed that it was about 15-fold higher in D3R(-/-) than in WT. Diazepam treatment did not modify alpha6 expression in D3R(-/-), but progressively increased alpha6 expression in WT, to the level of untreated D3R(-/-) after 14-21 day-treatment. BDNF mRNA expression in striatum was remarkably (>10-fold) increased after 3 days of diazepam-treatment in both WT and D3R(-/-); such expression level, however, slowly declined below control levels, by 14-21 days. Following a 7 day-treatment with the selective D3R antagonist SB277011A, WT exhibited a fast tolerance to diazepam accompanied by a robust increase in alpha6 subunit expression. In conclusion, genetic deletion or pharmacological blockade of D3R accelerate the development of tolerance to repeated administrations of diazepam and increase alpha6 subunit expression, a GABAA subunit that has been linked to diazepam insensitivity. Modulation of GABAA receptor by DA transmission may be involved in the mechanisms of anxiety and, if occurring in humans, may have therapeutic relevance following repeated use of drugs targeting D3R.
Eur J Pharmacol
Dopamine D(3) receptor as a new pharmacological target for the treatment of depression.
Leggio GM, Salomone S, Bucolo C, Platania C, Micale V, Caraci F, Drago F
A substantial proportion of depressed patients do not respond to current antidepressant drug therapies. So far, antidepressant drugs have been developed based on the 'monoaminergic hypothesis' of depression, which considers a synaptic deficiency in 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) or noradrenaline as main cause. More recently, the dopaminergic system has been implicated in the efficacy of some antidepressants, such as desipramine, amineptine, nomifensine. Dysfunction of dopaminergic neurotransmission within the mesolimbic system may contribute to anhedonia, loss of motivation and psychomotor retardation in severe depressive disorders. Dopamine D3 receptor subtype is located both pre- and postsynaptically in brain areas regulating motivation and reward-related behavior and has been implicated in depression-like behaviors. Activity of mesolimbic dopamine neurons in the reward circuit is a key determinant of behavioral susceptibility/resilience to chronic stress, which plays a central role in the pathogenesis of depression. Dopamine D3 receptor expression and function are both down-regulated in stress and depression, and these changes are reversed by antidepressant treatments, suggesting that enhanced dopaminergic neurotransmission mediated by dopamine D3 receptor participates in adaptive changes related to antidepressant activity. Of note, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) controls the expression of the dopamine D3 receptor in some brain areas and BDNF induction by antidepressant treatments is related to their behavioral activity. A number of experimental drugs in pre-clinical or clinical development, including aripiprazole and cariprazine, may act as antidepressants because of their partial agonist activity at dopamine D3 receptors. These preclinical and clinical data are discussed in the present review.
br j clin pharmacol
Epigenetic drugs for Alzheimer's disease: hopes and challenges.
Caraci F, Leggio GM, Drago F, Salomone S
curr top med chem
Clinical pharmacology of novel anti-Alzheimer disease modifying medications.
Caraci F, Bosco P, Leggio GM, Malaguarnera M, Drago F, Bucolo C, Salomone S
In recent years, efforts have been directed to develop 'disease-modifying' medications to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), able to halt or slow the pathological process. Because the earlier the treatment starts, the greater is the possibility of efficacy, it is important to set up biomarkers for early diagnosis of functional brain abnormalities, before the clinical manifestation of the overt disease. Up to now, strategies to develop disease-modifying drugs have mainly targeted beta amyloid (Abeta, accumulation, aggregation, clearance) and/or tau protein (phosphorylation and aggregation). Active and passive immunotherapy is the main strategy aimed at increasing Abeta clearance. Unfortunately several candidate diseasemodifying drugs have failed in phase III clinical trials conducted in mild to moderate AD. More recently, in phase III studies, bapineuzumab has been discontinued because it did not prove clinically effective (despite its significant effect on biomarkers), while solaneuzumab has been found effective in slowing AD progression. Several methological problems have been recently pointed out to explain the lack of clinical efficacy of novel disease-modifying drug-treatments; moreover, new insights in pathophysiology of AD give the premise to develop novel drug targeting. Clinical trials recently completed and/or still ongoing are discussed in the present review.
br j clin pharmacol
New pharmacological strategies for treatment of Alzheimer's disease: focus on disease modifying drugs.
Salomone S, Caraci F, Leggio GM, Fedotova J, Drago F
Current approved drug treatments for Alzheimer disease (AD) include cholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine) and the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine. These drugs provide symptomatic relief but poorly affect the progression of the disease. Drug discovery has been directed, in the last 10 years, to develop 'disease modifying drugs' hopefully able to counteract the progression of AD. Because in a chronic, slow progressing pathological process, such as AD, an early start of treatment enhances the chance of success, it is crucial to have biomarkers for early detection of AD-related brain dysfunction, usable before clinical onset. Reliable early biomarkers need therefore to be prospectively tested for predictive accuracy, with specific cut off values validated in clinical practice. Disease modifying drugs developed so far include drugs to reduce beta amyloid (Abeta) production, drugs to prevent Abeta aggregation, drugs to promote Abeta clearance, drugs targeting tau phosphorylation and assembly and other approaches. Unfortunately none of these drugs has demonstrated efficacy in phase 3 studies. The failure of clinical trials with disease modifying drugs raises a number of questions, spanning from methodological flaws to fundamental understanding of AD pathophysiology and biology. Recently, new diagnostic criteria applicable to presymptomatic stages of AD have been published. These new criteria may impact on drug development, such that future trials on disease modifying drugs will include populations susceptible to AD, before clinical onset. Specific problems with completed trials and hopes with ongoing trials are discussed in this review.
J Neurochem
In vivo evidence that constitutive activity of serotonin2C receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex participates in the control of dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens: differential effects of inverse agonist versus antagonist.
Leggio GM, Cathala A, Neny M, Rouge-Pont F, Drago F, Piazza PV, Spampinato U
Control of the mesoaccumbens dopamine (DA) pathway by central serotonin(2C) receptors (5-HT(2C)Rs) involves different 5-HT(2C)R populations located within multiple brain areas. Here, using in vivo microdialysis in halothane-anesthetized rats, we assessed the role of medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) 5-HT(2C)Rs in the control of basal and activated accumbal DA outflow, to identify the modalities of their recruitment and the role of 5-HT(2C)R constitutive activity. Intra-mPFC injection of the 5-HT(2C)R inverse agonist SB 206553 (0.5 microg/0.2 microL), without effect by itself, decreased accumbal DA outflow induced by morphine (2.5-10 mg/kg, s.c.), haloperidol (0.01 mg/kg, s.c.) or GBR 12909 (2.5 mg/kg, i.p.). Conversely, intra-mPFC injection of the 5-HT(2C)R antagonist SB 242084 (0.5 microg/0.2 microL), without effect by itself, decreased the effect of 10 mg/kg morphine, the only drug enhancing basal 5-HT outflow in the mPFC. The inhibitory effect of SB 206553 on 2.5 mg/kg morphine-stimulated DA outflow was suppressed by the concomitant intra-mPFC injection of SB 242084. Finally, changes of basal DA outflow induced by the 5-HT(2C)R agonist Ro 60-0175 (3 mg/kg, i.p.) or SB 206553 (5 mg/kg, i.p.) were unaffected by intra-mPFC injection of SB 242084. These results, showing that 5-HT(2C)R antagonist and inverse agonist behave differently in vivo, demonstrate that mPFC 5-HT(2C)Rs facilitate activated accumbal DA outflow and that 5-HT(2C)R constitutive activity participates in this interaction.
Serotonin2C receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex facilitate cocaine-induced dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens.
Leggio GM, Cathala A, Moison D, Cunningham KA, Piazza PV, Spampinato U
A functional balance between excitatory and inhibitory control over dopamine (DA)-dependent behavioral and neurochemical effects of cocaine is afforded by the serotonin(2C) receptor (5-HT(2C)R) located within the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens (NAc). The 5-HT(2C)R located in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has also been shown to inhibit cocaine-induced behaviors perhaps through inhibition of DA function in the NAc. Using in vivo microdialysis in halothane-anesthetized rats, we tested this hypothesis by assessing the influence of mPFC 5-HT(2C)Rs on cocaine-induced DA outflow in the NAc shell. Intra-mPFC injection of the 5-HT(2C)R agonist Ro 60-0175 at 5 microg/0.2 microl, but not 1 microg/0.2 microl, potentiated the increase in accumbal DA outflow induced by the intraperitoneal administration of 10 mg/kg of cocaine. Conversely, cocaine-induced accumbal DA outflow was significantly reduced by the intra-mPFC injection of the selective 5-HT(2C)R antagonist SB 242084 (0.5 microg/0.2 microl) or SB 243213 (0.5 and 1 microg/0.2 microl). These results show that mPFC 5-HT(2C)Rs exert a positive control over cocaine-induced accumbal DA outflow. Observations further support the idea that the overall action of central 5-HT(2C)Rs on accumbal DA output is dependent on the functional balance among different 5-HT(2C)R populations located within the mesocorticoaccumbens system, and that 5-HT(2C)Rs can modulate DA-dependent behaviors independently of changes of accumbal DA release itself.


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|August 2, 2000, 06:03 AM
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Hello, this is my first post here after lurking long enough to know somebody here will have an answer. This weekend I came home and noticed a strong smell, which turned out to be the last pound or so of powder in an eight pound container which had gone bad. I set it outside. About two hours later the fire department knocked on my door and asked about the smoke the neighbors saw. The keg looked like the powder had burned on the inside and melted the plastic jug. It wasn't a big fire because although the plastic had melted down to a pancake, the label was not burned and is still readable. I knew powder could go bad but didn't know spontaneous combustion was possible. Any ideas on what happened?
|August 2, 2000, 07:34 AM
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griz, WOW! I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but I do want to welcome you The Firing Line.
I'll be interested to know what happened also. Storing your powder in the oven is not always the best way, you see.
|August 2, 2000, 10:15 AM
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Plumb new to me! I've seen old powder which had been stored in horrible high-heat conditions degrade slightly, but never had anything burn or go bang.
I'd write the manufacturer and ask. At least it was more of a smoulder than a burn, indicating the inherent safety...
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griz - let me add my welcome to TFL, and let me add my WOW! I have never heard of anything remotely like this. Mind telling us which powder it was, how old, and how it was stored?
|August 2, 2000, 12:15 PM
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The only thing I can think of is that it became contaminated somehow.
You may want to contact the manufacturer about this.
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|August 2, 2000, 12:31 PM
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Thanks for the welcome; I'm sure I'll enjoy it here. As for the details, the powder was Hodgon H322, bought about 10 years ago. It has a yellow sticker on the label that says: U.S. gov't surplus Sug. Retail $53.35 (that sure tells how old it was) Lot # 1287 788. It was stored in the house in a dresser drawer. It did give some warning, I had smelled something before but couldn't track it down until I opened the drawer. The metal top had rusted mostly away so I took it off and covered the container with foil to set it outside. It rained about an hour later and another hour later it burned or smoked or whatever. I don't know if the rain had anything to do with "setting it off" but the rain may have keep it from getting hotter. Thanks again, Griz
|August 2, 2000, 01:26 PM
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I've heard about that powder doing spontaneous combustion on a couple different places on the net. It's apparently left over WWII powder, that lacks the stabilizers and stuff that have been added for the past couple of decades to prevent fires from happening. There is supposed to be a distinct odor & color change associated with the powder going bad. If anyone has some it definitely needs to be continually checked, or used to fertilize your lawn.
|August 2, 2000, 02:04 PM
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Just a thought, but you said you left it outside. Is there any possibility that a couple of the nieghborhood rugrats got into it? Usually, just one isn't dumb enough for something like this by himself, but two can do some magnificently stupid things. Especially with magnifying glasses on nice sunny days.
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|August 2, 2000, 02:19 PM
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Hey Steve, plenty of little ones running around but I don't think they did it. If they did they were a lot braver than I am as the aluminum foil I put on top is now stuck inside the melted plastic. One would have had to double dare the other to light it, put the foil back on, and THEN run. Kids were my first thought too.
|August 3, 2000, 06:49 PM
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The rain might very well have had something to do with it, like when a hay pile that got wet spontaneously combusts.
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|August 3, 2000, 08:10 PM
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I wonder if some of the acids used to manufacture the powder could have reacted to the rainwater? But then again if there was that much in it it would have gone bad years ago. As far as storage life of some WWII storage powders I STILL have some original H4831 and it is as good as ever. By the way my friend welcome to TFL!
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|August 3, 2000, 10:22 PM
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Not sure about gunpowder, but I do know that loosely packed coal will begin to oxodize quickly and catch fire if it gets wet. Please contact Hodgdon: http://www.hodgdon.com/ and let us know what they say.
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Plane fanatic John Wildey, 77, landed the four-seater Cessna at Humberside Airport in the dark without being able to see the instruments or the tarmac.
"They did all the work. I just held the controls and did what they told me," Mr Wildey told Sky News.
The pensioner issued a mayday call on Tuesday evening when the pilot, a friend of his in his 70s, became unconscious as they flew back to Sandtoft Airfield, near Doncaster, from a day out in Skegness.
An RAF Sea King helicopter was scrambled to intercept the flight as Mr Wildey headed for the landmark Humber Bridge.
The helicopter crew tried to help him land at Humberside Airport before it got dark, but Mr Wildey, a great grandfather, says a combination of panic and crosswinds got the better of him.
With ambulances and fire crews standing by on the runway, air traffic controllers called in flying instructor Roy Murray who talked Mr Wildey down, despite hardly being able to see the plane.
Mr Wildey said he felt reassured but "still a bit uptight" when the instructor came on the radio.
He explained: "At this time it was starting to get dusk so I followed (the helicopter) down, but I could not see the runway, so we aborted that ... I came back in under their instruction and I just didn't get it right, so I had to go back up again."
He said he stalled the plane during one of his attempts to come in.
"That really got my tummy going," he said.
"It seemed to drop out the sky. I don't know what I did, but I managed to get her straight and level and put the power on."
Mr Wildey told Sky News he could not see the instruments because he could not find the switch to illuminate them.
Humberside Airport brightened the runway lights to help guide the 77-year-old in.
He finally managed to land the plane after several attempts. "We did a low pass, and they said 'keep going, slower, slower'," said Mr Wildey.
"They got me down and I bounced, and unfortunately it's a bit heavy and I didn't pull it back far enough, so I did almost a three wheel landing - but on the nose wheel first.
"It was just a few bounces and we sort of went off the runway because I couldn't reach the brakes at first ... Then the boys in blue, and yellow and white were there."
The plane landed safely, with little or no damage, but the pilot was pronounced dead and his family have asked the police not to release his name.
Mr Wildey, who served in the RAF and first travelled in a plane in the Air Training Corps aged 14, said the drama had not put him off flying.
He said he'll be back in the air as soon as he can find someone willing to give him a lift.


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ENOCHS Services for Ted Belez, 51, of Enochs will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Gomez officiating.
Burial will be in Morton Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.
He died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000, at Cochran Memorial Hospital in Morton.
He was born Feb. 17, 1949, in Mathis. He married Connie Martinez June 19, 1967, in Morton. He moved to Enochs in 1968 from Maple. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Enochs. He was a member of the La Familia Villarreal Musical Group that brought special music to revivals and special services. He was a farm employee for Dale Nichols of Enochs for 30 years.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Israel and Samuel of Brownwood and Albert of Lubbock; a daughter, Linda George of Morton; father Alberto of Dayton; nine sisters, Mary Lou, Hope, Esther, Estella, Blasa, Gloria, Carmen, Margarita and Natalia; four brothers, Fred, Johnny, Victor and Arturo; and two grandchildren.
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Organizers are calling it the largest-ever demonstration on Parliament Hill. Holding placards and chanting "Defend marriage," between 15,000 and 20,000 Canadians converged on Parliament Hill April 9 to protest the Liberal government's same-sex marriage bill.
Muslims, Jews and Sikhs, stood alongside Christians of all denominations. The lawn in front of the House of Commons was a sea of blue and white "Defend Marriage" posters, printed by the Knights of Columbus and held by people of all faiths, ages and ethnicities.
Catholic groups were strongly represented at the rally. Among the many groups were the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Women's League, Marriage Encounter, Couples for Christ and numerous parishes. Papal flags, and posters of Pope John Paul II waved in the air.
More than 20 speakers, including grassroots leaders and members of Parliament—both Liberal and Conservative—took to the microphone.
"The Liberal Party of Paul Martin has declared war on the values of New Canadians," Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper told the crowd.
"Liberals may talk about protecting minorities but undermining the traditional definition of marriage is an assault on the beliefs of all cultural and religious communities who have come to this country," he said.
Senator Anne Cools told the crowd that Bill C-38 "has subjugated the rights of children to the sexual needs of adults. There's no public interest in anyone's sexual gratification. The only public interest in the union of a man and a woman is that God and nature entrusted procreation to that."
"Our government wants sodomy to be accepted as part of the norm and we refuse that," said Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa. "What the government proposes would change life, change family, change the care of children in ways we can barely imagine.
"Homosexuality is a private reality and it cannot be the basis of society," the archbishop continued.
"If the bill passes, we will no longer be able to tell our children that homosexual practices are not acceptable," he said, urging the protesters to voice their position to the prime minister.
Liberal MP Jason Kenney urged the people in the crowd to be "true champions of human rights as they are properly understood… Marriage belongs to us, not [Prime Minister] Paul Martin."
Echoing Kenney, Rev. Tristan Emmanuel, director of Equipping Christians for the Public Square, received great cheers from the crowd. "Mr. Prime Minister, get your hands off marriage!" he shouted. "Don't impose your secular morality on the people of Canada."
He challenged the Catholic prime minister to follow the teachings of the Catholic Church and the late John Paul II on marriage.
Fr. Rueiss Awad of the Orthodox Coptic Church urged the crowd to use their democratic rights "to publicly defend the truth."
To show fellow citizens dignity and respect does not mean destroying the fundamental institution of marriage, said Liberal MP Pat O'Brien. One of the few vocal Liberals against Bill C-38, O'Brien said that if it takes the notwithstanding clause to defend marriage, "we must use it."


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uShaka Sea World aquarist joins research team in Brazil
During the latter half of 2012, uShaka Sea World aquarist Matt Needham was invited by Scott Dowd of the New England Aquarium to join an expedition to the central Rio Negro Basin in Brazil as part of Project Piaba.
Founded in 1989, Project Piaba is a community-based initiative focused on understanding the ecological and socio-cultural systems of the Rio Negro Basin, in order to conserve and maintain the region's delicate renewable resources.
The project aims to promote the sustainable harvest of aquatic resources, to ensure survival of both the Amazon rainforests and their human inhabitants.
Matt formed part of a research team of 20, comprising veterinarians, aquarists, biologists, nutritional experts and water-quality specialists.
After months of preparation the researchers arrived in Manaus, Brazil on 19 January 2013, boarded a small vessel named Iracema and headed directly up the Rio Negro River. They spent two weeks on the vessel, exploring the river and stopping at various points of environmental interest.
Their first major stop was Barcelos, where ornamental fish caught by local fishermen are taken before being shipped to Manaus in preparation for the export market.
After two weeks of travelling in style, the water became too shallow and a three-hour canoe ride was necessary to reach a small village called Daracaua. Here the researchers planned to spend time with local fishermen, watching their techniques, asking questions and finding out about their daily challenges.
Village life in such areas sees everyone involved in the harvesting of natural resources. Until recently these villages survived solely on the commercial harvesting of ornamental fish, and did not need to resort to environmentally destructive practices to survive.
The greatest challenge faced by the villagers is the high taxation rate imposed by airlines on fish exports, which makes it difficult for them to compete with farm-bred fish from the Far East.
Other challenges related mainly to animal husbandry, so the research group dedicated a lot of time to studying local ecosystems, identifying weaknesses and strengthening those.
If villagers could lower the mortality rate of harvested fish, their return would be greater and they would be better able to compete commercially. Harvesting ornamental fish has been a way of life for these villages for more than a century and other options – forestry and mining – offer bleak alternatives.
The researchers eventually spent three weeks in Brazil, marvelling at the incredible biodiversity of a region that supports thousands of different species of fish, hundreds of different species of amphibians, beautiful birds and a few elusive mammals, all of which live in harmony with the locals.
As he left Brazil, Matt was filled with gratitude and pride, and humbled by the villagers he had grown to admire and respect for the way in which they look after their environment. Gratitude for being invited to participate in such a life-changing project, and pride at what the team had achieved.
The researchers left the villagers with hope for their future, and best-practice guidelines designed to help them continue fishing sustainably while remaining competitive in the ornamental fish industry. In exchange, the villagers afforded him a unique, first-hand experience of a natural world he had only ever read about.
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November 16, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - "Twenty-one years ago, Mike Leonard was a young guy who wanted a shot at the big time," begins an Indianapolis Starstory on the man who received a master's degree from DePauw University in 1987. For the past five years, he has been head football coach at Indiana's Franklin College, and "has turned a long-struggling program into a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference power," writes Michael Pointer. The Grizzlies won their first outright conference championship this fall and are headed to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Pointer notes, "after finishing a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at DePauw, the 24-year-old Leonard sent letters to about 115 colleges and universities throughout the country looking for another coaching position." After taking a position at the University of Alabama, Leonard served as an assistant at Hanover College, College of the Holy Cross (Mass.), Butler University and Wittenberg University (Ohio). He became Franklin's 17th head football coach in January of 2003.
Comparing his early experience at Alabama with Division III coaching, Leonard tells the Star, "I'm just a lot more comfortable dealing with these kind of guys that are not the superstar athletes. These guys are all going to go pro, I hope, but it's going to be in a profession like you and I are in. Not that it's better than Division I, but it's just my niche. And I love it."
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CARROLLTON, Ala. — Police are investigating what appears to be a double murder-suicide in Pickens County.
The victims include well-known Carrollton resident Dora Johnson and her daughter. A family member discovered Johnson, 82, her daughter Patricia Hudson, 63, and her son John Virgil Johnson, 53, dead at her home just after midnight Friday.
Johnson, was best known for her efforts to preserve and promote the Pickens County courthouse and its history.
"At this point, the initial investigation is consistent with murder-suicide," 24th Judicial Task Force Investigator Keith "Booty" Cox said Friday morning. "There's evidence that Mr. (John) Johnson died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."
Cox said he will comment on the women's cause of death after an autopsy is completed.
Johnson and her son lived together at their home on Cox Street, and Hudson, who had visited Thursday, lived in Millport. A family member concerned after not hearing from anyone went to the home around midnight, Cox said.
"Things did not look right upon initial entry, so the family came into town to get the local police," he said. "Carrollton Police and Chief Anthony Durrah responded, and upon entry to the residence discovered three bodies."
Dora Johnson was a Pickens County native who worked in the county's school system but spent most of her career as director of the Carrollton Housing Authority. She was involved in several civic organizations.
As president of the Pickens County Courthouse Foundation, she worked to promote the historic building's restoration. Members of the Pickens County judicial system recently honored her service by naming the courtroom the Dora Johnson Courtroom. She served three terms in the Alabama Silver-Haired Legislature.
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As a youngster growing up in Hounslow, in the flight path of Heathrow Airport in west London, Mo Farah used to have posters of Muhammad Ali adorning his bedroom wall.
The distance runner who delivered a telling one-two to win 5000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London Olympics and then did so again at the World Championships in Moscow last summer, arrived to join the British team on the eve of the European Athletics Championships, which start in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich today, explaining that a knockout blow was the reason behind his absence from the Commonwealth Games.
The 31-year-old had withdrawn from the England team for the 5000m and 10,000m at Glasgow 2014, citing a lack of fitness after suffering from illness in the wake of his disappointing eighth-placed finish on his marathon debut in London in April. The full story was revealed when Farah arrived at the British team hotel, in readiness for the 10,000m final tomorrow evening.
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"I basically had a tooth taken out because it was chipped and it got infected," he said. "I was in a bit of pain, but went for a run, and when I came back I literally collapsed on the bathroom floor, completely knocked out. I had my phone in my pocket, so when I woke up and became conscious I called Cam Levins, my training partner - the Canadian guy who came third in the 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games - and he came round and got me on to my bed.
"I was in so much pain from my stomach, and so he called an ambulance and it took me to hospital. I then had to be airlifted to the main hospital as they thought something was going on with my heart. It was just crazy. I was in hospital for four days and it was scary, but these things happen.
"I missed quite a lot of running. I would have loved to have come back and continued the road to the Commonwealth Games. I didn't want to disappoint my fans and all those who had bought tickets, but I just wasn't ready. I was nowhere near ready."
The critical point, after Farah had been checked out by the medical staff at British Athletics and passed fit to resume running, came when he was training on the track at his European high altitude base at Font Romeu in the French Pyrenees. "I was doing a track session and Paula Radcliffe was timing me and she told me I should stop," he recounted. "When someone like Paula tells you to stop, you know there is something wrong. I just wasn't right. She could see that. It took a lot out of me.
"Later on, Paula said I'd taken the easy option [in withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games], which is not fair as she'd seen me struggle. I was quite disappointed, but in myself, Mo Farah, if I'm going to turn up I have to be 100%. I'm not going to turn up in my home country and get beaten. A lot of those Kenyan guys I can beat when I'm 100%, but if I'm 80% or 90% I'm just asking to get beaten.
"For all the people who bought tickets, I am genuinely disappointed I couldn't take part. But I'd been through a lot. I just wasn't ready. I've done a lot of training since then. I'm two weeks further on, and I'm in decent shape now."
The incentive for Farah when he hits the comeback trail here tomorrow will be a place in the record books. He has already won four European outdoor medals in individual events - two golds at 5000m, one gold at 10,000m and a silver at 5000m - and no male athlete has ever won five, discounting relays.
The truth is, the double Olympic and world champion would not need to be at his best to win a European gold, let alone silver or bronze, such is the gap between himself and the rest of the continent.
"Those couple of weeks in Font Romeu, getting my head down, have really helped me," insisted Farah. "This year I need to do something.
"I didn't see much of the Commonwealth Games. It was painful because I really wanted to be there. It was hard to watch it."
Still, at least the man with the Midas touch has made it to Zurich - to add a little momentum to the push for British success on the European front.
Past instances of European Championships coming hard on the heels of Commonwealth Games on home ground have shown how hard it is for Scottish, English, Welsh and Northern Irish athletes to raise their game a second time.
Only two British winners at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester finished on top of the continental pile in Munich a fortnight later: javelin thrower Steve Backley and triple jumper Ashia Hansen.
Happily, from a Scottish perspective, Lee McConnell took silver in the 400m in Manchester and bronze in Munich.
It was a similar story in 1986. Only Roger Black (400m) and Steve Cram (1500m) struck individual gold at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and at the European Championships in Stuttgart. One Scot took 4 x 100m relay medals in both: Elliot Bunney.
Cameron Sharp, father of Lynsey, was also a member of the medal-winning Scotland 4 x 100m team at Meadwobank - a happy omen for the Caledonian class of 2014, perhaps.


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This past Saturday, Oct. 13, the SJBL had the season championships in Dove Creek. The 5th and 6th grade football team entered the Championship with a 5-0 record and faced off against rival Towaoc. It was a back and forth game that saw Towaoc win in the final seconds of the game. The Blue Jays fought hard but came up short against a solid Towaoc team. This marked only the second loss in two years for the Mancos squad and will provide fuel for the fire for next season.
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Back in April, I Blogged (Montreal In The Media Because Of One Man, One Blog And One Red Paperclip) about a local Montrealer, Kyle MacDonald, who had a question. MacDonald wondered if he would be able to leverage the power of the Internet to trade One Red Paperclip up to a house.
It took him one year and fourteen trades, but Kyle MacDonald - also known as One Red Paperclip - has accepted to trade his latest opportunity (a role in an upcoming movie from former LA Law actor, Corbin Bernsen) for a house in Kipling, Saskatchewan. Along with the house, the city of Kipling is also adding in all sorts of goodies that are PR worthy - including giving MacDonald the key to the city.
One Red Paperclip is a great example of personal branding, social media, word of mouth marketing and online PR. MacDonald truly leveraged the Internet and created real power for himself. There was never a doubt in anybody's mind "if" he would get the offer for a house, the only question was "when?"
The One Red Paperclip saga actually began in mid-July (that's when it first came on my radar), and it's funny how sometimes, the interesting stories in your own backyard seem innocuous. With hindsight being 20-20, I wish I had Blogged about Kyle when he first got started. Then again, it's only interesting if people actually latch on to it. MacDonald turned One Red Paperclip into something similar to The Million Dollar Homepage. How many people have ventured down similar paths with no success at all?
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Published: May 13, 2006
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Mr. McLean understood that reducing freight costs meant getting ships in and out of ports in hours instead of days, moving goods out of ships and onto trains and trucks faster, cutting out labor costs, and integrating the various forms of transportation. Having exporters put their goods in a container, where they remained until they arrived at their final destination, accomplished all of that and more.
Journalists and academics often argue over whether people shape history or whether historical forces shape people. The story of the container gives plenty of ammunition to both. On the one hand, there is not much doubt that had Mr. McLean not sent the Ideal-X on its maiden container voyage, someone else would have done so eventually; the inefficiencies of transportation were crying out for reform and ingenuity.
On the other hand, Mr. McLean spent most of his life (he died in 2001) dragging the rest of the transportation industry kicking and screaming into the container age. Containers were his obsession. The key moment came during the Vietnam War, when Mr. McLean proved to the United States military, which had become increasingly frustrated at the difficulty of shipping materiel to the war zone, that his way was the only possible solution. Once the armed forces became converts, there was no turning back.
One thing I find appealing about the container story is how this overlooked revolution contains all the same lessons you will find in higher-profile case studies of the Internet or the personal computer. For instance: as containerization took hold, the first movers like Mr. McLean eventually gave way to bigger, stronger, better-capitalized companies, which now dominate the global shipping business. (Mr. McLean's company filed for bankruptcy in 1986, after he built some expensive, slow-moving ships at the exact wrong moment.)
There were huge battles over standards. If containers were going to be able to move easily from ships to trucks to trains, what size should they be? What kind of mechanism should be used to lock and unlock them into place?
Regulation couldn't hold back the tide, as the new economics made it impossible for the government to continue setting freight rates and protect the shipping, trucking and railroad industries, as it had done for decades. Long-standing cartel arrangements were destroyed.
There was also the eternal issue of labor versus automation. The longshoremen's unions, on both coasts, absolutely understood what containerization meant: fewer jobs for longshoremen. On the West Coast, the union tried to accommodate the container early on; on the East Coast, there was stiffer resistance. It didn't matter. On the East Coast, there are maybe 10 percent of the jobs there used to be. On the West Coast, the decline has been less dramatic, but that's mainly because West Coast ports have been the big winners in the age of containerization.
Toward the end of his book, Mr. Levinson makes what I think is a profound point. If the invention of the container -- and the larger changes that took place in moving goods from one place to another -- was all there was to this revolution, it would have been important, but it wouldn't have transformed the world economy. For globalization to truly take place, companies had to reinvent the way they did business to take full advantage of the container's possibilities.
One of the first to do so was Toyota, which realized that if it managed its logistics shrewdly, it could save millions, if not billions, of dollars, by drastically reducing its inventories and adopting just-in-time manufacturing. In time, supply chain management became a pivotal skill for companies all over the world, and a pillar of global economy. This was never clearer than in the wake of 9/11, when customs inspectors began stepping up container inspections -- and ''auto plants in Michigan began shutting down within three days for lack of imported parts,'' Mr. Levinson writes.
He adds, ''Low transport costs helped make it economically sensible for a factory in China to produce Barbie dolls with Japanese hair, Taiwanese plastics and American colorants, and ship them off to girls all over the world.''
All because of the shipping container. Party on.
Photos: Celebrating 50 years of the box. (pg. C1); In 1956, Malcom McLean decided to ship freight in large metal containers. (Photo by Associated Press, 1968)(pg. C9)


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OK So to begin Im upgrading from windows XP Professional.. Before I decided to up grade I ran into this error on my PC:
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I tried the recovery disk and pressing r and typing in the commands in microsofts website and it said: access denied (or something along those lines) Ok so I gave up on that and when I start the computer I can go into BIOS and everything but as soon as it hits the screen where "windows didnt start last time, safe mode, blah, last known good configuration. If select any of them it freezes and if I allow the countdown it usually goes to a white / black screen and says that error up there ^^.
We couldnt get it fixed so I decided that I would upgrade to windows 7 and I purchased it online and downloaded it and it WILL not work with the computer. I go into BIOS and set CD/DVD first and press a key to boot from disk and it just restarts as soon as it loads and keeps redoing it. Occasionally Ill get a " the file is possibly corrupt, the file header checksum does not match the computed checksum.
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Confirm the ISO or download another file and burn it to DVD using ImgBurn at 4x speed.
Unplug all other HD's and peripherals, enter BIOS setup to reset to defaults, set SATA controller to AHCI.
Boot the DVD by setting DVD drive to boot first in BIOS setup, or using the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first boot screen. You should receive a prompt to "Press any key to boot disk." What happens then?
If this fails you can eliminate the installer as cause by writing the ISO to flash stick using Universal USB Installer with Win7 in dropdown menu. Boot using one-time BIOS Boot Menu key under USB, Removable or HD's.
If these fail next try wiping the HD using Diskpart Clean Command accessing DISKPART At PC Startup.
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Thanks for quick reply!! Will try first thing in the AM!
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would the windows XP HP_Recovery partition keep me from upgrading? How can i delete this partition without being able to log on? DiskKill?
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I gave you a step to wipe the HD which will delete the Recovery partition. If one of the earlier steps works without having to wipe the HD, then during Custom install, choose the Drive options to Delete all partitions, Create new ones as you wish, or just click Next to begin install and the installer will Create and Format one large install partition for you. Illustrated steps here: Clean Install Windows 7
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ok i wiped the HDD like you said and still when I boot from disk the windows loading bar comes up and then it goes to "starting windows" and freezes.
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Where did you get Win7? Did you burn the DVD yourself? If so confirm the ISO or burn another using ImgBurn at 4x speed.
To eliminate the installer as suspect, next write the ISO to flash stick using Universal USB Installer with WIn7 in dropdown menu. Boot stick using HP's ESC or F9 one-time BIOS Boot Menu key under USB, Removable, or HD's.
You can find the latest official ISO download and the full steps to get a perfect reinstall here: Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums
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I dont think I have the option to boot from USB. This is an older computer.
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Bought microsoft 7 online from microsoft store. OK so Ive burned 3-4 disks all do the same thing.
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