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Medicine today has the power to prolong life in two different ways. Many of us will live longer and fuller life spans because of medical advances, lifesaving interventions, and new prevention knowledge. Others of us will find our last days and months prolonged—sometimes in an unwelcome way—by life support technology and practices that enhance neither the quality of our lives nor our deaths.
Life support can breathe for us, feed us, and substitute for vital organs. Sometimes a partial (or full) recovery from a terminal illness or incapacitated state is possible; but even when there is no hope of revival, doctors may sometimes take extraordinary measures. But increasingly, doctors, along with patients and family members, recognize when curative technology is no longer indicated and a different technology—end of life care—should be brought into play.
Talk of dignity, quality, and sanctity of life has been heard ever more frequently in hospitals, medical schools, and the media. These terms have different meanings for each of us, and can sometimes be used as arguments for or against life support. At the same time, dignity and quality of life are important to all of us, especially when we are very ill and potentially near the end of our lives. So who should decide what care is life-saving as opposed to death-prolonging? You.
There are a great many considerations to end-of-life care, including: emotional and philosophical concerns, deciding where to receive care, and legal options. The one thing that everyone agrees on is that each of us should ponder, discuss, and legally establish our approach to the management of life-threatening illness before a medical crisis occurs.
Emotional and Philosophical Matters
You can begin by asking yourself some tough emotional questions. What are your fears: pain, loss of dignity, machines keeping you alive, or dying in a strange place? Fill in the blank: "My life is only worth living if I can %5F%5F%5F". Is life defined by a heart beat or a working brain? Whom do you want to make decisions for you if you are not able to communicate? Discuss options with your doctor. Seek guidance from your religious leader. Talk with family. Above all, make sure that family members know what your choices would be under a variety of serious situations; if possible, put your choices and values into writing.
Care Options
The last days of life may be spent in a hospital, especially if you are seeking curative or aggressive medical treatment. If you are looking for supportive care, a hospice may be a better option. Hospice care enhances comfort and quality during the last days of life. This type of care seeks neither to hasten nor to postpone death, but rather to provide relief from pain and discomfort. While services may vary from community to community, in many parts of the country palliative care can be supplied either in a hospice facility or in your home. If you choose to stay at home, you will need to make special arrangements. A palliative care specialist can help tailor your care to what you need and what you want. They can also provide set up a support system for your entire family.
The first steps are often the most difficult. Here are pointers to get you started:
Legal Options
For most of us it is very hard to imagine how we are likely to feel when faced with a serious and potentially fatal illness or injury. It is perhaps only human nature to prefer to wait until the crisis is upon us and then communicate our intentions to the nurses and doctors providing our care. Unfortunately, there are many scenarios that can interfere with one's ability to communicate. For example, it is very difficult to tell a doctor your treatment decision while on a ventilator (mechanical breathing apparatus) or when unconscious. Fortunately, there are legal solutions to this problem. Among these legal solutions are:
Advance directives are written legal documents that state your wishes if you can no longer speak for yourself. With these documents in place, medical personnel and loved ones don't have to guess what you would prefer or make decisions you would not want for yourself. Since advance directives cannot predict every clinical scenario you may be part of in the future, also choosing a healthcare proxy is recommended.
A healthcare proxy names someone to make medical decisions for you when you are not able to make such decisions. This person should be someone you trust, who knows what treatments you would want or would reject, and who will respect these preferences. Your proxy does not have to receive specific instructions from you and can make decisions as if they were in your situation, but conscious and able to communicate.
A living will states your requests regarding life-sustaining medical treatment (for example, a feeding tube, breathing tube, or surgery) and is only effective if you are unable to communicate. These instructions for treatment or refusal of treatment can be made as broad or specific as you wish. For example, you can ask that your life be prolonged as long as possible whatever your state of consciousness, or you can state that you do not want extraordinary treatment to maintain life if as a result you will need constant care or not have an existence that seems of adequate quality to you. You can also address specific circumstances that commonly arise at the end of life (dementia, trauma, or coma).
A do not resuscitate (DNR) order instructs medical personnel not to bring you back to life if you stop breathing or your heart stops.
Each of these four legal solutions requires that you complete a document that will become part of your personal medical file. This way, you or your family members can ensure that, in the event of a hospitalization, all of your caregivers know about your written wishes and incorporate them into your care plan. For further information, you can talk to a lawyer, explore the numerous books written on this topic, or use the Internet resources listed below. Also, check your state regulations considering end-of-life care documents, as they may differ significantly between states.
It is important to note that advance directives are not iron clad, and no single one of the four choices above can anticipate every situation that may occur at the end of life. Since it is difficult to anticipate every medical possibility, a living will might not precisely address what actually happens to you. Additionally, no matter how carefully you try to think about what might happen to you as you write your living will, you still run the risk of this document being misinterpreted by doctors or family. So, even with a living will in place, it is still essential to have someone you trust—preferably named as a healthcare proxy—to make decisions for you in the case of unforeseen circumstances. Your proxy should know you well and spend considerable time discussing your philosophies, expectations, and values. Combining a living will with a designated proxy is a particularly smart way to prepare for your end-of-life care.
No one wants to think about the unpleasantness of life-support: whether its end result is to prolong our lives or to prolong our deaths. But when life support no longer offers hope of quality living, decisions must be made. No one can make such decisions better than you. Choose your options while you can speak for yourself.
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But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?
– Alan Greenspan 1996
PIMCO's dear friend and former counselor Alan Greenspan coined this now famous phrase in the midst of what turned out to be a fairly rationally priced stock market in late 1996. While the market was indeed moving in the direction of "dot-com" fever three to four years later, the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the time was a relatively anorexic 6,000, and the trailing P/E ratio was only 12x. For a central bank that was then more concerned about economic growth and inflation as opposed to stock prices, risk spreads and artificially suppressed interest rates, the Chairman's query made global headlines, became a book title for Professor Robert Shiller and a strategic beacon for portfolio managers thereafter. Having experienced two and perhaps three bouts of significant market irrationality since Greenspan's speech (the 1998 Asian Crisis, 2000 Dot-Coms, and of course 2007's subprime euphoria), investors these days have their ears pressed to the ground and eyes glued to the tape for any sign of renewed irrationality. If the game is now musical chairs as opposed to Chuck Prince's marathon dancing, it pays to be close to a chair, even as the "can't miss" euphoria mesmerizes 2013 asset managers worldwide.
Into this academic but high-staked market fog has stepped another Fed official, this time not a Chairman but a relatively new yet similarly quizzical Governor. Jeremy Stein's February 2013 speech has not gained the attention that Chairman Greenspan's did, but it is remarkably similar in its intent and initial question: Governor Stein asks, "What factors lead to overheating episodes in credit markets?... Why is it that sometimes, things get out of balance?" Without mimicking Chairman Greenspan's phrase, Governor Stein renews the quest, asking nearly a decade and a half later, "How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?"
I suppose it's fair to criticize both queries on two grounds: 1) Although asked by Chairman Greenspan, it was never really answered in the 1996 speech. 2) If the Fed's so smart, why are some of us still poor? Why did our 401(k)s become 201(k)s in 2009 before recovering to near peak levels currently? If they're so smart, why the roller coaster ride, the 30% decline in home prices since 2006, and our current 7.9% unemployment rate?
Well to answer for the absent Chairman and the necessarily silent Governor Stein, the Fed incorrectly assumed that as long as inflation was benign, and future productivity prospects were near historical proportions, then asset price exuberance was an indirect and much less significant influence on economic growth. The Chairman admitted as much in a public "mea culpa" several years ago. We're not that smart, he seemed to intone. Sometimes we make mistakes. I'm with you there, Mr. Chairman. Sometimes we all do.
So let's approach this new paper with eyes wide open and pant bottoms close to those mythical musical chairs. Governor Stein's speech reflects importantly on the answer to the question asked by a recent Wall Street Journal headline: "Is (the) Bull Sprint Becoming a Marathon?" Is there indeed "A Boom Time" in markets as the Financial Times queried on the heels of Dell, Virgin Media and then HJ Heinz?
Governor Stein, as does PIMCO, suggests caution. On a scale of 1-10 measuring asset price "irrationality," we are probably at a 6 and moving in an upward direction. Admittedly, Stein never ventures into the netherworld of stock market prices or leveraged buyouts. He appears to know better. What he does stake claim to, however, is a thesis for high yield spreads with the implication that other credit markets bear similar consequences. His initial starting point is that the pricing of credit is primarily an institutional as opposed to a household decision making process. Individuals may become unduly irrational when it comes to buying high yield ETFs or mutual funds, but it is the banks, insurance companies and pension funds, to name the most dominant, that influence the price of credit — high yield bonds — and by osmosis, investment grade corporates, municipals, and other non-Treasury risk credit assets. From this initial premise, he then points to recent research by Harvard's Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson that suggests that while credit spreads are helpful future guides, that a non-price measure — the new issue volume (and perhaps quality) of high yield bonds — is a more trustworthy input. To quote: "When the high-yield share (of issuance) is elevated, future returns on corporate credit tend to be low." And because of financial innovation and easier regulatory changes, institutional buyers such as banks, insurance companies and pension funds tend to match the mountains of issuance with an exuberance that eventually can be labeled irrational. Stein's bottomline is that recent evidence suggests that we are seeing a "fairly significant pattern of reaching-for-yield behavior emerging in corporate credit." In fact, investors bought more than $100 billion of high yield and levered loan paper last year, a record level even exceeding the ominous levels in 2006 and 2007. Shown below in Chart 1 is a history of CLO issuance, admittedly a subset of high yield, but one which illustrates the supply pattern Governor Stein is leery of.

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Shirley M. St. Germain
Shirley M. St. Germain (Newman) 85 of Jamestown passed away on May 28, 2011, at home surrounded by her children after a long illness. She was the daughter of George and Mildred (Cole) Newman of Foster. She was the widow of Walter E. Brayton Jr. and the former wife of Richard A. St. Germain.
Shirley had a passion for dancing, scrabble, cooking and golf, which she started to play in her 70s. She is survived by her children Christopher Brayton of Warren, Deborah Brayton of Jamestown and Jeffrey St. Germain of Warwick.
She leaves her grandchildren Elise Mueller, Sean Brayton, Alexis Brayton and Caleb St.Germain; great-grandchildren Paige Mueller and Shealin Brayton; sisters Jean Sheldon, Patricia Coyle and Lee Niles; and brothers George Newman and Burke Pray. She is predeceased by sisters Joanne Pray and Virginia Lawton.


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Cow Kicking Spawns New Education Program
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Following an undercover video showing Idaho dairy workers mistreating cows, state schools are teaming up with the industry to offer classes on how to handle animals.
The University of Idaho Extension, along with the College of Southern Idaho, will be offering the program beginning in October following pilot testing. Its first phase focuses on animal care, milking, calf raising and feeding dairy animals Last January, a former employee at Bettencourt Dairies' Dry Creek Dairy in Hansen pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal abuse after the video shot by an animal rights group showed workers stomping, dragging and beating cows. Bettencourt Dairies is among Idaho's largest, with 60,000 cows. Terry Patterson, College of Southern Idaho instructional dean, says he's excited about to chance to provide training to current and future dairy employees.


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CHICAGO, IL -- Adults with Type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose (sugar) control two years after undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy than do patients who receive standard medical diabetes care without this weight loss surgery, a new study finds. The results were presented Monday at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.
In addition, 76 percent of surgery patients were able to reduce their use of diabetes medications, compared with only 26 percent of patients in the nonsurgical group, study authors reported.
"Individuals with obesity now have another treatment option that can help reduce weight and manage diabetes," said the study's principal investigator, Pietra Greenberg, MD, an endocrinologist at James J. Peters Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.
Sleeve gastrectomy, a newer minimally invasive technique for making the stomach smaller, is gaining popularity, and several studies have found it is effective for weight loss. However, Greenberg said few prior studies of diabetes outcomes in diabetic patients who underwent this surgical procedure compared results with those of nonsurgically treated patients who have the disease.
She and fellow researchers compared the medical records from 2010 to 2014 of 53 veterans with Type 2 diabetes: 30 patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy and 23 who received medical diabetes care but did not receive any weight loss surgery (controls). Study participants--nearly all of whom were men--ranged in age from 29 to 80 years, and had diabetes for an average of 10 years..
Nonsurgical control subjects did not lose weight on average over a two-year follow-up period and therefore had no change in average body mass index, or BMI, Greenberg said. In the sleeve gastrectomy group, BMI decreased from 41 kg/m2 (morbidly obese) to 34 kg/m2 two years after surgery.
Hemoglobin A1c, a measure of blood sugar control over the past few months, also was significantly different between the two groups. It fell from an average of 7.25 percent before sleeve gastrectomy (but after lifestyle changes, such as diet and exercise) to 5.98 percent.. Among controls, the average Hemoglobin A1C at two years was not significantly changed.
As is common when people with Type 2 diabetes lose a great deal of weight, most (76 percent) of the patients after sleeve gastrectomy took fewer diabetes medications, such as insulin, she said.
"This research highlights the benefits of a surgical approach such as sleeve gastrectomy to help improve diabetes outcomes, especially compared to more conservative medical management," Greenberg commented.
She noted, however, that the improvement in diabetes measures in the surgical group reached a plateau at the end of two years. "Surgery may not be a permanent solution to improving diabetes control,. However the procedure does have immediate benefits that appear to set the patient on a path to a healthier future.
Sheetal Malhotra, MD, MS, internal medicine resident at James J. Peters VA Medical Center, will present this research.
Founded in 1916, the Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the clinical practice of endocrinology. Today, the Endocrine Society's membership consists of over 17,000 scientists, physicians, educators, nurses and students in more than 100 countries. Society members represent all basic, applied and clinical interests in endocrinology. The Endocrine Society is based in Washington, DC. To learn more about the Society and the field of endocrinology, visit our site at http://www.


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Manchester sobriety checkpoint planned St. Patrick's weekend
March 04. 2013 9:51AM
MANCHESTER - Manchester police will conduct a drunken-driving checkpoint over the St. Patrick's Day weekend.
Police did not release the location or locations where the sobriety checkpoint will be held on Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16, or say what time they will be set up.
The purpose of the checkpoint, approved by a superior court judge, is to detect and apprehend impaired drivers, police said.


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Beware of idiocy's charms.
Some of that frenetic running around has been replaced by inspired effects sequences and amusing riffs by the talented cast, especially new arrivals Hank Azaria and Amy Adams.
Nothing elegant about Adams here, but she's terrific -- a sparkling screen presence. Her Earhart hoists this big-budget sequel above the routine.
Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing.
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Fun, fast-paced sequel is more upbeat than the original.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this follow up to the smash hit Night at the Museum is very similar in content to the original movie -- so if your kids liked that one, they'll get a kick out of this one, too. Expect lots of generally lighthearted, effects-heavy chaos and action, with slapstick chases and confrontations and some moments of peril and danger (including scenes in which a somewhat scary giant octopus wreaks havoc and others involving creepy soldiers from the Egyptian underworld). Main characters get into fights and are threatened with weapons (guns, spears, swords) and words, but no one is seriously injured. One thing that's "missing" is the uneven father-son relationship from the first movie -- this one skips the family angst in favor of a more romantic subplot that helps keep things more upbeat overall. There's a little language and some kissing, but no drinking or smoking.
Families can talk about the message behind all of the fancy effects. Why is it important to do what makes you happy?
How is Larry inspired to go after his dreams? How have his dreams changed since the first movie?
Families can also discuss the historical figures and events that the movie touches on. How could you learn more about Amelia Earhart, the Tuskegee Airmen, and other characters featured in the movie? Parents: Channel kids' excitement about the movie into a library trip or online history session.
Educational value: Kids will pick up a few bits and pieces about historical characters and eras -- though much of it isn't exactly textbook accurate.
Messages: The movie has a strong positive message about being true to yourself and doing what you love in order to be happy. Some rude behavior (especially on the part of a monkey), but less potty humor than in the first movie.
Role models: Larry is mildly self involved at the start of the movie but ends up helping his friends when they need him. His enemies are cartoonishly villainous and not meant to be taken seriously as role models. Amelia Earhart is a spunky, independent woman who's a strong role model for girls.
Violence and scariness: Larry and his friends are frequently chased and threatened -- both verbally and with weapons (spears, lances, swords, guns) -- by Kahmunrah and his flunkies (which include Egyptian soldiers, '30s gangsters, Ivan the Terrible and his Russian hordes, and more), but no one is seriously hurt. Some fighting. Plenty of action and peril, but most of it comes with a lighthearted, adventurous tone. A giant octopus wreaks havoc in some scenes, which scare younger kids -- as could a creepy sequence involving a gate to the Egyptian underworld. Larry gets in a slapping match with a pair of monkeys.
Sexy stuff: Some flirting, a few kisses (a couple fairly passionate), and a couple of innuendoes (the latter will likely go right over kids' head). A few naked/scantily clad statues, but nothing sensitive is shown.
Language: Pretty mild -- only a few uses of words like "dammit," "suck," "fanny," "stupid," "oh my God," and "shut up." Amelia uses lots of old-fashioned slang, like "jimmyjacked" and "moxie."
Consumerism: Wal-Mart is mentioned by name a few times, an obvious Microsoft Virtual Earth brand/label pops up on a computer screen in an early scene, Motorola and Apple products are used, and Larry discusses flashlight brands with another guard.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not applicable
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(CNN) - The leader of the free world is the child of one black parent and one white parent. The number of Americans who identify as "mixed race" is on the rise. And this year marks the 46th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision, which made interracial marriage legal in the United States.
So why is a Cheerios ad featuring a multiracial family causing a stir?
The commercial features a curly-haired brown girl inquiring of her Caucasian mother and African-American father about Cheerios' healthy attributes.
"Mom, Dad told me that Cheerios was good for your heart. Is that true?" she asks in the commercial, titled "Just Checking."
Adweek reports that YouTube comments made "references to Nazis, 'troglodytes' and 'racial genocide' " before they were disabled.
As of Friday, most of the comments were supportive on the Cheerios Facebook page, like this one:
I just saw your commercial representing a beautiful mixed family, and I am appalled that hateful people are in such a frenzy over what is a modern family structure. I applaud you and your efforts to acknowledge families with an untraditional structure, and there needs to be more mixed race, minority, adoptive & non-heteronormative families represented in media. Thank you again, and even though I do not eat cereal (my brother loves Cheerios BTW) you can be sure that whatever future child I am blessed with, may probably be mixed heritage, and will be enjoying your product.
But earlier in the week, comments were not as thoughtful. The Huffington Post reported on the vile nature of some responses, like this one:
More like single parent in the making. Black dad will dip out soon.
Reddit featured a link to the commercial on its homepage Thursday, also drawing a range of responses.
Granted, the comments section of the Internet is rarely a reliable space for reflective or thoughtful discourse on race in America.
But the range of reactions to an ad that incidentally highlights a multiracial family might be the start of a discussion on how the American family is seen and portrayed.
What do you think: Is the commercial long overdue or much ado about nothing?
When I first saw the commercial I thought, cool! I don't understand the problem. I have a big family, and one of my cousins is married to a black man. So their daughter is mixed race. And my sister and BIL who are both white, just adopted a little black girl out of foster care. I just don't see the problem with the commercial. It's sad to me that some people have a problem.
You are more aware than most of the ignorant people that like to make a mountain out of mole hill in regards to mixed race families in doing a commercial..
It is absolutely ridiculous that people sit there and have so much time to complain about a Cheerios commercial. Who cares what color the mom or dad are, they are people and that is all that matters. It is sad to know there is still so many ignorant people out in this world. I have a mixed family myself, and I tell my kids all the time that it is not important what color your skin is. Racism is disgusting, there is good and bad people in all races so just get over it already!
"The leader of the free world is the child of one black parent and one white parent."
You didn't get the memo that the leaders of the majority of the free world are unhappy with the mixed race individual you purport to be the leader of all of them.
i have loved cheerios since i was a kid, and i would continue to eat it even if they had a mixed muslim/atheist family arguing in the commercial.
I loved the commercial and always chuckle at the end with the father covered in cheerios ... the commercial is about a child her mother and father, end of story ... who cares about what color the skin is, I get so tired of it
I think there are many more important things to care about ... think about, please do that instead
062014...there's no such word as "racism or racist" they're modern inventions by Marxist in the 1920's aka Trotsky as a derogertory term for whites that wouldn't go along with marxist dogma
Supreme Court should sit up and take notice. There is still a whole lot of racism in this country. There is indeed enough, as shown by the outcry over this commercial, to create a racist environment for "minorities"; which indeed puts them in a position of fewer opportunities.
I am multiracial and let me tell you it is the Hispanic side and not the Caucasian one that has a problem with it. Really Hispanic women have a tendency to glare at me when I am out with my own Father. I really wish they would get over it. Maybe they think I am a gold digger, but frankly I don't care. Quit glaring!
The "Supreme Court"? The Supreme Court only gets involved after other courts have decided a case. The Supreme Court has already ruled on equal opportunities for "minorities". The Supreme Court does not initiate legislation. If racism exists, it is in the minds of individuals. The Supreme Court cannot do anything about that. We already have the Civil Rights Act and a ton of other legislation that makes everyone equal before the law. So now you want the Supreme Court to engage in mind control? Sorry.
I'm a black woman and this commercial didn't offend me. It was quite cute. I don't know about whites but I know a few blacks who were irritated by this commercial (mostly sistas). I know why, nonetheless it's a ridiculous reason
I know a lot of whites who did not like this commercial because they thought the black guy was ugly and I THOUGHT THE WHITE WOMAN WAS UGLY BUT EVERY BODY AGREE THAT THE CHILD WAS AWESOME .... .
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Not skin color.
I actually saw the ad several times before I realized it was a multiracial. It just seems so ... normal.
I LOVE this commercial. I think it's the cutest commercial ever! I would like to see more commercials like this one.
The ad is fine, as is the spoof that followed it, in which a single-gender couple were the subjects of the ad... What is not wise is that as long as call attention to visual differences, we support racism. I guarantee you, if there were an autopsy of both adults, and a non-medical professional saw the two bodies side to side, no one would say, Oh, yeah, that's the caucasian, or that's the (non-caucasian). I find the term "African American" somewhat ridiculous. What happens when a person lives in Europe? or Canada?
We have so many other things to worry about than the color of someones skin
I just can't believe that this snippit of a commercial has caused such a ruckus. I haven't seen or heard anyone chiming in on the insurance commercial involving an asian man, black woman and baby. Why if one is so offencive, isn't they other containing a mixed race family??? Need I say it or could it boil down to black and white? For a race of people who profess to be the dominant species on this planet, some of us haven't broken out of the stone age yet.
What was that saying......Stupid is as Stupid does.
You mean dominant race. We are all one species.
There is a majority culture – not a dominant race; sorry.
Stan the Man. Thank you for your viewpoint. I am afraid to tell people I'm white because they will think I am a bigot too! But, I'm not a christian so that is highly unlikely IMHO.
Please be proud of who you are. It's OK! And it's OK not to be cxstn. I am Hispanic and ask you not to be scared to tell who you are. I am in a mixed relationship with a white and we live a extremely happy raisin two wonderful boys (little busy).
I am sad to see that our society still struggles with racism.
All i can say is that there is not one person on this entire earth that can say that they are 100%pure no matter what the race is. Shame on you for thinking so negative on the children. I have quite a few mixed children in my family and friends who have mixed children. now why would i treat them any different? and further more i do not treat the parents any different. Maybe that is not my choice who am i to judge them on their choice. Why would i want to abandon or turn my back on family because of color?When my kids were old enough to ask why people were different colors i told them that God wanted his people to be all colors to make the world a more beautiful place. we will all be judged in the end and do not deserve to be judge now. only loved no matter what race we are.I am only of the human race my color makes no difference.
I didn't notice the color of their skin until someone mentioned it. I just thought how cute the little girl was and what a sweet sentiment the writer of the commercial conveyed.
"The leader of the free world is the child of one black parent and one white parent." Really? Then why do so many people in the USA, and around the world, think have voted in their very first black president?
"The leader of the free world is the child of one black parent and one white parent" REALLY? In that case, why the hell do so many people think the USA have elected their first black president? And crazy as it is, many voted on the pigmentation of his skin, and not his politics.
We live in a society were the first thing most see is skin color. It's time to get over that. I believe this commercial is fantastic, showing a mixed family, we need to see more of that on television. We are all mixed if you really think about it. Ignorant people need to get a reality check.
It would be more acceptable to me if TV would show more couple diversity. The highest percentage of mixed on programs and commercials is black men and white women. For instance a commercial with twin black athletes who in the end are holding 2 blond cheerleaders. Why couldn't one of the girls be of another ethnicity? Probably would be a little less outrage if the media would show more reality of what blends are out there rather than shoving only the BM/WF down our throats.
Ask a blind man and see what he says.
I don't understand what that as to do with anything
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(CNN) -- In what comes as little surprise for a conservative group of justices who have increasingly sided with corporate America's interests, the Supreme Court has just made it harder to form certain kinds of unions in America. And the ruling may lead to future challenges for other unions down the road.
The court ruled that home health care workers in Illinois do not qualify fully as public employees, so they aren't required to contribute fees for a public sector employee union. The Harris v. Quinn ruling highly criticized, but did not overturn, the precedent that many public sector workers can form unions and must pay certain union fees. But the groundwork for future challenges was laid.
Collective bargaining is at the heart of unions, the idea that instead of each employee individually negotiating for his or her wages alone — facing off against better-positioned and resourced managers — the employees join to "collectively bargain" for pay and other conditions. Employees working together can get far more information, and a group of workers has far more bargaining power than one worker alone.
We know it works. Unions raise wages of employees by roughly 20% and raise total compensation (including benefits) by 28%, even after union dues are factored into the equation. Even nonunion workers benefit: Workers in union-friendly states earn, on average, $120 more a week than workers in anti-union states. A high school graduate working in a field that is 25% unionized earns 5% more than similar workers in less unionized fields. When union density goes up, income equality goes down.
"Everyone in this country should have the freedom to join together and bargain collectively for fair wages, benefits and safe jobs," said Sarita Gupta, executive director of Jobs with Justice, in response to the ruling. "Unions are one of the last remaining checks on corporate power, so it's no surprise that corporate-backed extreme special interests are attempting to effectively end unions as we know them."
Under existing law, a workplace union is formed when a majority of the employees vote in favor. But the union is obligated to represent all workers, including the ones who voted no. In exchange for this service, a service with clear financial advantages for workers, unions are authorized to require all employees in the unit to pay their fair share of the union's costs.
In the past, the Supreme Court agreed all this is perfectly fine, provided that unions only charge nonunion employees for the costs associated with collective bargaining and other services that will directly benefit them: the "fair share" fee. Other union activity, including political lobbying and electoral work, must come from discretionary contributions.
Enter Harris v. Quinn. The case involves workers in Illinois who provide in-home care to people living with disabilities. The lead plaintiff, Pam Harris, provides essential and constant care to her disabled son, Josh. Illinois allows recipients of disability benefits to contract with anyone they choose, including family members, and have them modestly compensated for their work in providing care. And so Josh contracted with his mom to be his caregiver.
Illinois sets and pays wages for workers like Harris through Medicaid, which is why a state law considered them "public employees" for purposes of collective bargaining with the state.
The collective bargaining agreement between the unions that represent these workers, mainly SEIU and AFSCME, and the state of Illinois includes a "fair share" provision — so nonunion members must pay a union fee. Notably, Pam Harris is not a member of a unit that is represented by a union, but she sued over the "fair share" fee nonetheless.
As Harris told NPR's Nina Totenberg, "I object to my home being a union or workplace." Except her home isn't part of a union agreement. And as for objecting to being "a workplace," one has to wonder whether Harris objects to being paid for her work.
Facts aside, the powerful anti-union organizations and donors behind this lawsuit argue that "fair share" fees to a public sector union are by definition political because the union is negotiating with the government as employer.
In a ruling that seems narrowly tailored but carries broad implications, the court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the home health aides are only "partial public employees" and don't have to pay.
The danger here is that anti-union interests could try to pigeonhole other types of employees into this new Harris exception and start to chip away at the legal rights of other workers to form unions. This is the goal behind the Harris suit in the first place.
The ruling may not be as broad as anti-union big-business interests had hoped, but they will use any inch to advance their miles-long agenda of destroying public- and private-sector unions in America, taking away wages and protections for hardworking Americans and removing any checks and balances on the power of big business.
After all, this case really isn't about Pam Harris or the well-being of workers. If that was the case, given how much unions improve wages and working conditions for Americans, then conservatives would be strong supporters.
No, this case is about unraveling the power of public-sector and private-sector unions more broadly to stop them demanding decent wages and benefits for workers in the face of otherwise-unchecked corporate windfalls of power and money.
Corporations have a vested interest in political inequality. In an electoral system corrupted by money, unions plainly pose the biggest challenge to big-money donors on the right.
In the 2012 elections, the oil industry titans David and Charles Koch spent more than $412 million through individual contributions, PACs and shadowy outside organizations on conservative causes. They are by far the greatest financial influence in our money-driven political system.
And yet, the top 10 unions in America spent a combined $153 million in 2012, nowhere near equal to what the Koches spent. But they remain a thorn in their side, arguing for raising the minimum wage and green energy.
If union membership shrinks, the power of unions to counterbalance big corporate money in elections also shrinks. Which is why the Koch Brothers and other big right wing political donors are behind the Harris lawsuit.
The Harris case is in line with the Citizens United ruling that gave corporations the same free speech rights as individual people, and the McCutcheon ruling that eliminated the cap on overall individual political contributions.
Every day across America, firefighters and police and home health aides and nurses work hard to keep us healthy and safe. This decision is a dangerous step in the wrong direction of eroding the basic freedom of all workers to stand together to demand better wages and working conditions, which is good for their families, good for our communities and good for our economy.
The only thing unions aren't good for is big business --- which is exactly why big business has co-opted the Supreme Court to undermine unions.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A registered sex offender was put to death Wednesday for the rape, robbery and slaying of a woman abducted from a San Antonio bus stop 11 years ago.
Ramon Torres Hernandez was one of three people convicted in the killing of Rosa Maria Rosado, 37, who was pulled into a car Hernandez was driving after she refused to let go of her purse during a drive-by robbery.
Hernandez, 41, told a family member he was "sorry for putting you through all this" after a warden asked if he wanted to make a final statement.
"Tell everybody I love them," the condemned inmate said, directing his words at his brother who was standing nearby in the death chamber and watching through a window that separated him from Hernandez.
Glancing briefly at relatives of his victim, Hernandez said: "I'm very sorry for all the pain." Then he urged other prisoners on death row to "keep fighting; don't give up."
He took several breaths as the lethal dose of pentobarbital took effect, then began snoring quietly. Within a minute, all movement stopped.
His time of death was announced as 6:38 p.m. CST, 26 minutes after the drug began flowing into his arms.
Hernandez became the 14th inmate executed this year in Texas. Another inmate, Preston Hughes III, is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday for a 1988 double slaying in Houston.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused last month to review Hernandez's death sentence and a late appeal filed earlier Wednesday was rejected by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Hernandez, who was on parole at the time of his arrest in Rosado's death, also was a suspect in the slayings of three teenagers and a 12-year-old girl.
According to court records, Hernandez told police that he was driving around San Antonio with his pregnant girlfriend and a friend from prison looking for someone to rob when they saw Rosado at a bus stop on March 31, 2001.
Hernandez said his friend, Santos Minjares, grabbed Rosado's purse. When she wouldn't let go, he pulled her into the car. They taped Rosado's mouth shut, covered her head with a towel and rented a motel room, where they raped and eventually killed her.
Five days later, Hernandez's girlfriend, Asel Abdygapparova, contacted police and led them to the body. Police tied Hernandez to the crime in part with a shovel that he sent Abdygapparova to buy to bury Rosado. Her body was found in a shallow grave.
Hernandez and Minjares ended up on death row, where Minjares died in January of septic shock and multiple organ failure. Abdygapparova, a University of Texas at San Antonio graduate student from Kazakhstan, received a life sentence. She gave birth in jail following her arrest.
At the time of Hernandez's arrest, he was a registered sex offender on parole from an 18-year sentence after admitting in court to a burglary where a woman was raped.
Jurors at his 2002 capital murder trial learned Hernandez also was linked by DNA to the 1994 sexual assaults and slayings of Sarah Gonzales, 13, and her cousin, Priscilla Almares, 12, in the same San Antonio area where Rosado was abducted.
"We're not cruel people, we don't want to have to watch somebody die," Brenda Ayala, Almares' sister, said after witnessing Hernandez's execution. "It doesn't give us happiness at all. If anything, I feel sorry for his family and they're going to have to feel what we felt when we lost our loved ones."
He was a suspect in the killings of two 15-year-old girls west of San Antonio as well. They disappeared within days of the Gonzales and Almares slayings.
Hughes, set to follow Hernandez to the death chamber, was convicted of the 1988 stabbing deaths of Shandra Charles, 15, and her 3-year-old cousin Marcell Taylor. They were attacked in a field behind an apartment complex where Hughes lived.
Hughes, 46, claims police planted evidence and coerced his confession. He and his appeals attorney, who Hughes has sought to fire, have multiple appeals pending in state and federal courts to put off Thursday's planned execution.
Police responding to a passer-by's call about a body in the field found Charles still alive. The teen told an officer that "Preston" had tried to rape her. Authorities went to the nearby apartments and determined that Hughes was the only resident with that first name.
Hughes, who knew Charles through a friend, denied any involvement in her death. However, he made statements while in police custody that implicated him, one of his trial attorneys recalled this week.
"We did what we could with what we had. ... I could say he convicted himself," defense attorney Ellis McCullough said.
But Hughes has insisted he is innocent. "The fact is I didn't kill anyone," he told The Associated Press last month from death row.


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"I really do believe that madness and excellence are just next door neighbors."
So says Joe Rogan in this fascinating highlight reel focusing on a trio of "extreme winners" — Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Michael Jordan — narrated by clips from Rogan's podcast. Rogan proposes that "a lot of success in athletics comes down to almost like a psychosis. At a real high level of anything, there's a certain amount of almost crazy behavior to get to this incredible position…there's a madness."
Over the clips covering each athlete's monumental career, Rogan shares his thoughts about the behavior and performances of each athlete, and what made them such outliers in professional sports. Maybe this is only tangentially related to MMA, but if you're interested in Ali and Tyson, and the mental edges (or disorders?) that make athletic legends so different from the rest of humanity, you'll want to watch this.Read More DIGG THIS


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NEW YORK (AP) — At first glance, "The Blacklist" bears an obvious resemblance to "The Silence of the Lambs." Here's a brilliant, twisted captive playing cat-and-mouse with a young female cop. Each wants something from the other in this dicey partnership.
But "The Blacklist" (which premieres Monday at 10 p.m. EDT on NBC) is an action-intrigue drama with even more tricks up its sleeve than wily Hannibal Lecter.
For one thing, its criminal mastermind isn't an irredeemable monster. He's a charismatic ex-government agent named Raymond "Red" Reddington who has tied the FBI in knots for years as he masterminded dirty deals for international scoundrels while staying out of reach of authorities.
Now, for some reason, he has surrendered to the FBI with an offer to share what he knows (and he knows not only where the bodies are buried, but also who buried them). It's not clear why he is speaking up, nor is it clear how far he can be trusted when he does, but he seems to want to lend a hand in catching the bad guys he used to assist — at least, if the FBI is willing to play ball.
His most peculiar requirement: He will only talk to Liz Keen, an FBI profiler on her first day at the job. Portrayed by Megan Boone ("Law & Order: Los Angeles"), Liz is a sexier version of "Lambs'" frumpy, no-nonsense Clarice Starling. But there's no hint that Reddington is nursing a crush.
"Why involve me?" she asks him in their first lock-down encounter. "There's nothing special about me!"
"Ahhh, I think you're very special," he smiles mysteriously. "I'm gonna make you famous, Lizzie."
For starters: Reddington helps Liz thwart an international terrorist who kidnaps the young daughter of a U.S. government official. But the case isn't cracked without misdirection, manipulation and mischief on the part of Reddington, who seems to like toying with Liz as much as settling scores.
Thus do Red and Liz emerge as the fall's most refreshing odd couple, on the season's most promising new drama.
One reason "The Blacklist" works so well: The producers locked up James Spader to star as Reddington.
Spader, whose previous TV credits include "The Office" and "Boston Legal," has never been better, deploying his elliptical charm to promise the FBI access to his lengthy roster of politicians, mobsters, hackers, spies — "the criminals who matter," he taunts the agents, "the ones you can't find because you don't even know they exist."
But what will be the price for his expert assistance? Already Liz feels threatened by him: Reddington somehow knows about, and blows the whistle on, her secret past. He also seems privy to some weird things she never knew about her husband (Ryan Eggold, "90210"), who seems a loving househusband busy trying to arrange an adoption for him and his wife (and keeps insisting, "Our family comes first," before she dashes off to save the world).
Suffice it to say, the "Blacklist" premiere ends with tantalizing questions that dwarf the immediate crisis. Getting to know this series' characters should be fun for weeks, or even years, to come.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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Fox has released the official description and a set of promotional images for the January 17th episode of Bones, "Big In The Philippines". A country music singer famous in the Philippines is murdered; Country Music Artist Charlie Worsham Guest Stars.
- The Jeffersonian team investigates the death of Colin Haynes (guest star Charlie Worsham), a struggling country music singer whose remains were found in a shallow grave.
- When the team learns about the victim's music career, it leads them to his record label, which, they discover, was deceitful in its dealings with him.
- Meanwhile, squintern Wendall Bray (guest star Michael Grant Terry) breaks his arm during a hockey game and Brennan takes a closer look at his injuries, only to discover some shocking news.


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The following is an Oct. 8, 2013, news release prepared by the media relations office at West Liberty University:
West Liberty University presented the Carol M. and Terry A. Wallace Scholarship for the first time today in a special presentation held in New Martinsville, W.Va.
Honoring the donors and the new Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Administration (BLA) cohort, now meeting at West Virginia Northern Community College, the presentation was made at WVNCC, 141 Main Street, New Martinsville, W.Va.
"This $500 scholarship is being presented for the first time to an adult student enrolled in WLU's BLA program, which now meets at the WVNCC New Martinsville campus. We are grateful to the Wallaces for their support of higher education and thank them for the award," said Dr. Thomas Michaud, dean of the School of Professional Studies and coordinator of the BLA.
Funded by the Carol M. and Terry A. Wallace Fund for Education, the new scholarship recognizes the work of adult or nontraditional students.
"We hope that other donors will take this as a challenge to do the same as they have so many other times, in so many other schools. We look forward to doing even more in the future," Terry Wallace said. Residents of Bellaire, Ohio, the couple have worked in and supported higher education throughout their professional careers.
Michaud, WVNCC Office Administrator Debbie Bennett and Dean of WVNCC's New Martinsville Campus Larry Tackett were on hand at the presentation to explain the recent expansion of the BLA degree completion program, and to introduce Janice I. Hall, the student receiving the award.
"I'm speechless, this is such an honor," Hall said. A resident of New Martinsville, Hall first began her degree about 14 years ago after getting married and having children. In 2009 she returned to school at WVNCC, obtained three associate degrees in arts, criminal justice and psychology, then began the BLA program at WLU just last January.
"The BLA is a wonderful degree; it works well with other adult responsibilities. It gives you an opportunity you might not have otherwise," Hall said, explaining that she quit high school at age 16 and had to obtain a GED to even entertain thoughts of college.
Though she is currently unemployed, she is anxious to finish the program in August 2014 and transition back to the work world, where she previously worked in the behavior health industry.
"I want to give back to my community and work in the criminology field after graduation." A resident of New Martinsville since she was 18, she has four adult children and one grandchild.
West Liberty's BLA program will begin a new cohort in New Martinsville in January 2014. Interested students should contact the BLA program coordinator, Mary Lou Conley, at the Highlands Center, 304-217-2800, extension four.
The BLA and other degrees such as the Regents Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Applied Science degree are specifically designed to serve the non-traditional college student who needs a flexible schedule.
Led by President Robin C. Capehart, West Liberty is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. For more information on WLU, please call 1.866.WESTLIB.


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There´s a new trend in tillage equipment called "vertical tillage" and a Kansas State University scientist says it could also be described as "mulch till."
"The main objective of using vertical tillage is to break up surface soil compaction, or smooth out areas in a field with shallow (2-3") rills from water erosion or ruts and tire tracks from tractors, combines, grain carts, trucks, and other equipment," said DeAnn Presley, soil specialist with K-State Research and Extension. "It also is used to help improve rainfall penetration by breaking up crusts."
Vertical tillage equipment is used to lightly till the soil and cut up residue, mixing and anchoring a portion of the residue into the upper few inches of soil while still leaving large quantities of residue on the soil surface. This action helps speed residue decomposition, Presley said. The best description for vertical tillage is to call it a form of mulch-till, as it generally leaves more than 30 percent residue on the soil surface, yet creates nearly full-width disturbance on the soil surface.
However, Presley said, if a hard rainfall occurs after the vertical tillage operation on a low-residue environment, it could have the opposite effect. Vertical tillage should only be used when the soil is dry enough to shatter; otherwise, it may create shallow compaction. This type of equipment tends to leave the soil somewhat fluffy, but not to the extent that a tandem disk will.
Several companies manufacture vertical tillage equipment, and none of the implements is exactly the same, although there are common features, she said. From a distance, many vertical tillage tools look similar to disks in that there are a series of round blades in a gang on a toolbar. However, some models have blades individually mounted on springs, similar to a field cultivator. Offset disks are primarily used as primary tillage tools and tandem disks are usually used as a finishing tool. In contrast, most vertical tillage implements are used as a one-pass operation directly on crop residues prior to planting.
One of the physical differences between the two types of implements is that tandem disk blades are more curved, go a little deeper into the soil profile, and turn up some soil as they go across the field. Vertical tillage blades are generally straighter, more like coulters, and are often fluted. In fact, many manufacturers refer to the blades on vertical tillage implements as coulters. The degree of curvature and amount of fluting on the coulters varies by manufacturer, as does the angle of the gangs.
The blades on vertical tillage implements typically go only a few (2 to 3) inches into the soil, and do not move much soil as the implement goes across the field. Vertical tillage implements have a slight to moderate smoothing effect, which is usually enhanced with smoothing bars, harrow tines or rolling baskets behind the disks, Presley said. Again, the features available vary by manufacturer.
Tandem disks create more draft and have a somewhat higher power requirement than vertical tillage equipment. Producers using a vertical tillage implement can usually go faster across the field, up to six to seven miles per hour, than when using a tandem disk.
"At K-State, we have begun to evaluate the effect that vertical tillage on corn stalks will have on subsequent soybean yield, soil bulk density, soil aggregate stability and water infiltration on various soil types in northeast Kansas," Presley said. "We have just one year´s preliminary data, working with David Hallauer, who is the Meadowlark District Extension agent. We need more data, from different types of soils and conditions, and on different initial residue levels, before drawing any conclusions."
She noted that K-State agronomists tested one model in 2009, but that they plan to test other models and types of vertical tillage implements in the future.
More information, including photos of examples of vertical tillage equipment is available on the K-State Agronomy Extension Web site: www.agronomy.ksu.edu/extension and click on e-Updates/current topics.


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Miami-Dade panel proposed to oversee $830 million in Jackson hospital bonds
An emergency medical professional, an engineer, a real estate developer, a lawyer, an architect, an accountant and a financier.
Those are the types of people a Miami-Dade commissioner is proposing for a citizens' panel to watch over $830 million in public money approved by voters last year to upgrade Jackson Health System.
The oversight committee proposed by Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson will be made up of nine volunteers with a variety of professional experience, according to a draft ordinance scheduled for a first reading by the full County Commission Feb. 19.
Creating the watchdog committee fulfills a campaign promise made by Edmonson and others during the run-up to November's referendum on public financing for renovations, equipment upgrades and new construction that Jackson's leaders believe will attract more insured patients to the county's public hospital network. Insured patients help pay for the uninsured and indigent patients whom the hospital serves.


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LEXINGTON, KY (WIS) - Thirty minutes is how long it took for South Carolina to pick it up and play smart scoring 31 unanswered points for a 38-17 victory against Kentucky on Saturday night.
In 2010, the No. 10 Gamecocks, coming off a win over No. 1 Alabama in Columbia, headed up to Lexington in what was expected to be an easy victory. Kentucky stunned South Carolina 31-28.
In 2012, after a convincing win at home against the Missouri Tigers, the No. 6 Gamecocks made sure history did not repeat itself, but it didn't look good early on.
The Wildcats, after losing to Western Kentucky in overtime two weeks ago and getting blanked by the Florida Gators last week, hoped to gain the upper hand on the Gamecocks early in the game and they did.
Kentucky's quarterback, Maxwell Smith, who missed the Florida game last week thanks to a separated shoulder, left the game early when he injured his ankle in the first half. Freshman Jalen Winslow would replace him.
It became evident early on when the Wildcats stuffed Connor Shaw on a 4th and 1 at the one-inch line and D.L. Moore dropped a pass in the end zone that things weren't going USC's way.
After a Wildcat field goal in the first quarter, Shaw connected with Ace Sanders for an easy 3-yard touchdown putting the Gamecocks up 7-3 in the second.
Kentucky stormed right back with two unanswered touchdowns to give them a 17-7 halftime lead.
The Gamecocks gave up just their second red zone touchdown and first rushing touchdown all season.
Before going into the locker room at the half, a visibly upset Spurrier said, "If they don't start playing smart, they're going to have problems."
The Gamecocks came out in 3rd quarter and began to handle business like a top ranked team, scoring on 5 of 6 possessions.
Marcus Lattimore ran for two touchdowns and Connor Shaw passed for another, hitting Damiere Byrd for 30 yards in the second half.
Shaw finished 15 of 18 for 148 yards as the Gamecocks (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) moved into a tie with Florida and Georgia atop the East division.
Lattimore rushed for 120 yards on 23 carries and Kenny Miles added a 17-yard score for South Carolina.
"We just weren't executing the first half. If we had executed, we would have scored," Lattimore said. "We came out with a different focus. The ball bounced their way a lot tonight. We just had to run the ball a little bit more."
"Two different halves," said Spurrier after the win. "Our guys really played the second half. They almost ran off and left us in the first half."
The Gamecocks return home on Saturday to host an SEC East showdown with the undefeated Georgia Bulldogs. The game is at 7 p.m.
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Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports San Francisco 49ers QB Trent Dilfer is still bitter about Baltimore Ravens head coach Brian Billick's decision to replace him with QB Elvis Grbac after the team's championship season and does not plan to speak with Billick again. "He grossly misunderstood the talent of that football team, myself specifically," Dilfer said. "I totally agree with so many things he did. But to this day, I am so sad I didn't have the chance to face the challenge of repeating." "I have absolutely zero desire to talk to Brian Billick."
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ESPN.com reports the New York Jets contacted the agent for retired QB Elvis Grbac, but Grbac was not interested in returning to the league.
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Thu, 27 Feb 2003 02:15:25 -0800
The Kansas City Star reports the Kansas City Chiefs once again failed to reach an agreement with QB Trent Green on a new contract. Green's agent, Jim Steiner, said Green was prepared to become a free agent if necessary. "The Chiefs have told me they won't keep him under the current contract, so we understand that could happen," Steiner said. "That's not our preference and wouldn't be our choice. Our preference is to make a deal. That's what Trent wants. That's what the Chiefs want. There's no mystery about anyone's desires. We're working toward that." The Chiefs history with Steiner and one of his quarterbacks doesn't make the final hours of negotiating appear promising. Two years ago Steiner represented Chiefs QB Elvis Grbac.
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Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:21:51 -0800
Updating previous reports, Len Pasquarelli for ESPN.com reports former NFL QB Elvis Grbac has abandoned plans to return to the league in 2003 and will instead remain retired. No, hes not coming back, thats it, said his agent, Jim Steiner. Hes changed his mind on that. It wont happen.
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|NFL | Grbac Will Remain Retired
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:20:59 -0800
Updating previous reports, Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com reports former NFL QB Elvis Grbac will remain retired. "No, he's not coming back, that's it," said Grbac's agent Jim Steiner. "He's changed his mind on that. It won't happen."
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|NFL | Agent Promoting Grbac
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:29:06 -0800
Updating previous reports, Jim Steiner, agent for QB Elvis Grbac, has begun making phone calls to teams to see if they are interested in signing Grbac, who just recently announced he is coming out of retirement. The Denver Broncos arent the only team he has called. I dont know whats going to be available, Steiner said. He didnt give specific confirmation that he had talked to Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan, but said, Mike knows Elvis is available. The Broncos have not expressed whether they are interested in Grbac as of yet.
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|NFL | Grbac Wants Back
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:27:04 -0800
The Kansas City Star, citing a SportsLine.com story, reports QB Elvis Grbac would like to return to the NFL, possibly with the Denver Broncos. "I've had a year to sit and think about things, and I would like to end my retirement," Grbac told Sportsline this week. "There is a lot of speculation going on with the quarterback position in Denver, and I think that would be the perfect situation for me."
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|Seahawks | Elvis - Probably Won't Enter the Building
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:59:11 -0800
John Clayton reports for ESPN.com the Seattle Seahawks have reportedly contacted retired QB Elvis Grbac. Grbac is expected to reject the offer to visit and stay in retirement.
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|Browns | No Calls to Grbac Yet
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:18:18 -0700
ESPN.coms Len Pasquarelli reports the Cleveland Browns have not made contact with retired QB Elvis Grbac, who has expressed an interest in joining the team if they need him to help out their banged up quarterback position.
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|Browns | Grbac Willing to Step In
Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:18:08 -0700
Jay Glazer, of SportsLine.com, reports quarterback Elvis Grbac told him that he would consider coming out of retirement for a few weeks to help the Cleveland Browns if they needed him. Grbac, currently vacationing in Arizona, said he'd do it because of his relationship with Browns' president and CEO Carmen Policy. "I'd consider it in a heartbeat," Grbac said. He also noted that he's turned down other teams that have had interest and he's ruled out playing for any other team.
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|2007-12-01, 07:50
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Mein Kampf :D
Join Date: Feb 2004
We're all to busy competing over Clannad to have time for any Kitaro :)
Seriously though, if Kitaro gets its own sub-forum here on animesuki (impossible condition set), we'll take requests on a per episode basis, via polls.
Every episode is a new story anyway, so vote for your favourite :D
|2007-12-02, 02:56
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Weapon of Mass Discussion
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
Sadly, chances of a Kitaro sub-forum are ZERO. It would be practically empty.
|2007-12-03, 20:48
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Mein Kampf :D
Join Date: Feb 2004
Seriously though, let's not dismiss the idea of a Kitaro forum too quickly.
I understand the next noitamina series after Moyashimon is Hakaba Kitaro, an adapation of the original 1959 manga.
I also understand that there are individuals who may be interested in subbing said show into English.
And since we all know "Noitamina = profit", perhaps the idea of a Kitaro forum isn't too far fatched after all.
Alternatively, we could have a sub-forum for classics, comprising of works from, for example:
- World Masterpiece Theater
- Old Studio Ghibli
- Osamu Tezuka
- Immortal series like Doraemon, Sazae-san, Kitaro etc.
- Adaptations of classic novels/movies like The Snow Queen, Emily of New Moon etc. (Gankutsusou and Samurai 7 are highly debatable since they were heavily modified)
NSW, perhaps it might be worth discussing with your colleagues.
It'll be nice to have some measure of appreciation for the arts here at animesuki.
Everything is just so oriented towards smut these days
Additionally, I'd like to know what are the requirements before a show can have its own sub-forum.
I see some minor series have their own sub-forums, Kashimashi and Asatte no Houkou.
As far as total number of replies or download numbers go, a number of shows in the general anime seem to enjoy greater popularity, e.g. Dennou Coil, Heroic Age.
I'm almost led to believe it's based solely of staff preferences, though I'd like to reserve this conclusion.
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|2007-12-04, 10:03
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✖ ǝʇ ɯıqnɾl ☆
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Location: Mortuary : D
A seprate subforum is a great idea but not a practical one IMHO . The reason being shows of this genre are not that popular , take Nube Mononoke etc etc . I whole heartedly agree with you on the smut harem part , kinda ticks me off when shows like XXXXX has 3 subbers and Kitaro not even one .
But before everything this show needs to get subbed first -onegai desu-
|2008-05-01, 08:08
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
GeGeGe no Kitaro is back subbed by my group, Order of Zeronos and my friend's group, Skewed Studios!
Download the first episode at http://tracker.anirena.com/g.php?g=400!
Also, please visit my site, www.orderofzeronos.com and http://subs-scans.skewedstudios.com!
|2008-05-10, 05:01
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✖ ǝʇ ɯıqnɾl ☆
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mortuary : D
Kappas were awesome in this episode also Kitaro was really stylish with his words and mannerisms . if anyone is interested in Kappa based anime check this one out Kappa no Kaikata . Its 4min/per ep and its really humorous those of you who have pets you will enjoy it even more .
|2009-05-12, 16:25
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mortuary : D
[OZ & SkewedS] firstly a big thank you for releasing episode 4. I immensely enjoyed watching it. And hopefully you continue with good work ^__^
Bleh I came across dallasorlowski post just now and his/her last login was the same as post date . Would be cool though if they were the first 5 episodes from 68 : D
|2010-02-15, 15:20
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mortuary : D
Not the right year but appropriate thread
I am following the 3rd season of Kitaro the Hawaiian one . Apart from the quality,it looks interesting . Watched the first few episodes and enjoyed muchos . Heck I am even plaining to watch the 60s one if time permits .
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The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has commissioned an experimental ground station at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport that makes it possible to carry out satellite-supported precision landings. The final inspection of the Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), manufactured by Thales ATM GmbH, took place on 25 July 2009 following flight-testing with an Air Berlin Boeing 737-700. Air Berlin is the first airline in Europe to trial landings using GBAS stations, in collaboration with the German Air Traffic Control organisation (Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH; DFS).
"We are happy that we are able to commission our new precision landing system today for research purposes", said Prof. Dirk Kügler, Director of DLR's Institute of Flight Guidance (Institut für Flugführung), during the demonstration flights. "With this GBAS station, the institute is securing a leading international role for the research airport, for example in trialling low-emission landing procedures", added Prof. Kügler.
The GBAS station at the research airport in Braunschweig will be given the initial task of replicating the functionality of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) on runway 26. The aim is to create an experimental station that will be used for research purposes, primarily by DLR's Institute of Flight Guidance.
Demonstration flights for the purpose of commissioning
As part of the flight-testing, the first approach to Braunschweig was carried out as a standard ILS approach, with a subsequent landing. This flight was used to determine the range of the signals emitted by GBAS. After taking off again the aeroplane conducted what is known as a 'right circuit', using another standard ILS approach as a basis for comparison. Following the two reference approaches, other approaches were carried out using different configurations of the GBAS equipment.
During the demonstration flights, the ILS approach system was used as a reference for checking the correctness of the information transmitted by GBAS. In addition, the flight trials were used to check the range of the ground station's correction signals.
Accuracy of position sensing increased to better than one metre
The GBAS station at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport is based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), which uses satellite signals to allow the exact location of a GPS receiver to be determined. As the capabilities of the GPS system do not meet all the requirements of the various flight phases without an add-on system, ground-supported add-on systems have been developed.
The GBAS station consists of three GPS receivers with their associated antennas, whose positions have been measured precisely and are thus known to the system. During normal operation, the GBAS station receives the GPS signals and determines the offset between the positions as determined by GPS and the known positions. The differences thus determined are sent to the aircraft, which are equipped with a Multi Mode Receiver (MMR), twice per second via a Very High Frequency (VHF) link. In addition, the approach routes that are permitted for the airfield (3D waypoints) are transferred to the aircraft every 30 seconds.
Aboard the specially equipped aircraft, the MMR also uses a GPS receiver to determine its own position. The correction data transmitted from the ground station is received and compared with the target position on the approach route that was received earlier. The position can then be corrected with the aid of the data received by the GBAS station. In this way, the position sensing accuracy is increased to better than one metre. In addition, the user is warned by the system in good time if the positioning error is greater than a specified limit.
Unlike the conventional ILS, which only allows straight approaches, GBAS allows approach routes to be designed as desired, using 3D waypoints. In this way, variable approach routes that are limited only by safety and comfort requirements can be flown, allowing – for example – special geographic features to be taken into account. The GBAS will also make especially steep or curved approaches possible when they are developed in future, which could contribute to a significant reduction in aircraft noise.
The GBAS station will be used for flight-testing of satellite-supported approaches together with DLR's new research aircraft, ATRA (Advanced Technology Research Aircraft), a modified Airbus A320.