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Purpose: To assess the ability of a noninvasive, objective, multimodal system to compare the efficacy and optical quality of 4 different groups of 5 over-the-counter tear drops.
Methods: Wavefront sensing and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were used to objectively assess visual quality and tear volume, respectively, after the over-the-counter tear drops [2 polyethylene glycol (PEG)-400, 1 carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), 1 polyvinyl alcohol/PEG-400 (PVA), and 1 glycerine/polysorbate-80] were administered to 23 patients with aqueous-deficient dry eye in a randomized, controlled, double-masked trial. Measurements at each of the 5 visits were taken from both eyes at baseline and 5, 20, and 40 minutes after drop instillation.
Results: At 5 minutes after drop instillation, the 2 PEG drops showed significant worsening of visual quality (−128.87%, P = 0.001) compared with CMC, PVA, and glycerine drops. Tear volume was elevated significantly with PEG and CMC drops at 5 minutes (+33.2%, P = 0.002; +29.9%, P < 0.001) compared with the other groups. Subjects with a Schirmer score of less than 5 mm at 5 minutes showed improvement in visual quality with PEG drops, whereas those with a fluorescein staining score of 1 to 2 showed improvement with both PEG and CMC drops. A trend toward decreasing visual quality with increasing tear meniscus was noted.
Conclusions: Noninvasive multimodal imaging has the potential to evaluate tear dynamics and the efficacy of artificial tears objectively. Certain artificial tear components and the temporary increase in tear volume after instillation of artificial tears may contribute to transient reduction of visual quality.
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'Yes,' he said. 'But these things (the solutions to problems in solid geometry such as the duplication of the cube) do not seem to have been discovered yet.' 'There are two reasons for this,' I said. 'Because no city holds these things in honour, they are investigated in a feeble way, since they are difficult; and the investigators need an overseer, since they will not find the solutions without one. First, it is hard to get such an overseer, and second, even if one did, as things are now those who investigate these things would not obey him, because of their arrogance. If however a whole city, which did hold these things in honour, were to oversee them communally, the investigators would be obedient, and when these problems were investigated continually and with eagerness, their solutions would become apparent.'
— Plato
I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement. Towns and cities, too, which always retain the ghost of their earlier incarnations beneath today's concrete and glass.
If to be the Author of new things, be a crime; how will the first Civilizers of Men, and makers of Laws, and Founders of Governments escape? Whatever now delights us in the Works of Nature, that excells the rudeness of the first Creation, is New. Whatever we see in Cities, or Houses, above the first wildness of Fields, and meaness of Cottages, and nakedness of Men, had its time, when this imputation of Novelty, might as well have bin laid to its charge. It is not therefore an offence, to profess the introduction of New things, unless that which is introduc'd prove pernicious in itself; or cannot be brought in, without the extirpation of others, that are better.
In the Mortality Bills, pneumonia is an easy second, to tuberculosis; indeed in many cities the death-rate is now higher and it has become, to use the phrase of Bunyan 'the captain of the men of death.'
In this model, the sun is a very tiny speck of dust indeeda speck less than a three-thousandth of an inch in diameter ... Think of the sun as something less than a speck of dust in a vast city, of the earth as less than a millionth part of such a speck of dust, and we have perhaps as vivid a picture as the mind can really grasp of the relation of our home in space to the rest of the universe.
It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of enabling Londoners to live in the country have turned the countryside into a city.
Out Milky Way is the dwelling; the nebulae are the city.
The advance of science is not comparable to the changes of a city, where old edifices are pitilessly torn down to give place to new, but to the continuous evolution of zoologic types which develop ceaselessly and end by becoming unrecognisable to the common sight, but where an expert eye finds always traces of the prior work of the centuries past. One must not think then that the old-fashioned theories have been sterile and vain.
The honor you have given us goes not to us as a crew, but to ... all Americans, who believed, who persevered with us. What Apollo has begun we hope will spread out in many directions, not just in space, but underneath the seas, and in the cities to tell us unforgettably what we will and must do. There are footprints on the moon. Those footprints belong to each and every one of you, to all mankind. They are there because of the blood, sweat, and tears of millions of people. Those footprints are the symbol of true human spirit.
The same society which receives the rewards of technology must, as a cooperating whole, take responsibility for control. To deal with these new problems will require a new conservation. We must not only protect the countryside and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and charm of our cities. Our conservation must be not just the classic conservation of protection and development, but a creative conservation of restoration and innovation. Its concern is not with nature alone, but with the total relation between man and the world around him. Its object is not just man's welfare, but the dignity of man's spirit.
Today every city, town, or village is affected by it. We have entered the Neon Civilization and become a plastic world.. It goes deeper than its visual manifestations, it affects moral matters; we are engaged, as astrophysicists would say, on a decaying orbit.
We thought of universities as the cathedrals of the modern world. In the middle ages, the cathedral was the center and symbol of the city. In the modern world, its place could be taken by the university.

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The Bulldogs took two of three games (7-3, 2-0, 3-8) from Florida last weekend at Dudy Noble Field for MSU's first SEC series win. State continues Southeastern Conference play on the road this weekend in College Station, Texas, with a three-game series against league-newcomer Texas A&M.
Tuesday's State-Ole Miss game marks MSU's second appearance at Trustmark Park this season and 16th overall. In their first game away from Dudy Noble Field this season State bested Southern Miss 13-5 in a Mar. 12 game that drew 6,948 fans. MSU has won nine of its 15 games played at the home of the Mississippi Braves.
Sophomore right-hander Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 4.15) is set to open on the mound and make his sixth start of the campaign for the Bulldogs. The Wheeler, Miss., native registered his third career quality start (6 or more IP/3 or less ER allowed) and matched a season and career-best with a six-inning start in State's 6-4 win last Tuesday at South Alabama. He drew the start and took the loss in last year's game. The Rebels will counter with sophomore righty Josh Laxar (2-0, 2.45).
The two teams have evenly split the previous six Governor's Cup matchups, with UM out-scoring MSU 34-33 in the closely-contested rivalry. State leads the overall series 240-197-5 which includes a 13-14 showing against Ole Miss in the Mayor's Trophy series held from 1980 to 2006 at Smith-Wills Stadium in Jackson.
Tuesday's game features two of the SEC's four .400 hitters, MSU junior outfielder Hunter Renfroe (.417, 10 HR, 38 RBI) from Crystal Springs, Miss., and UM junior catcher Stuart Turner (.409, 3 HR, 35 RBI).
Mississippi State, second in the SEC with a .976 fielding percentage, continues to pace the conference and rank among the nation's leaders with 46 double plays.
The radio broadcast of the Governor's Cup game as well as the inaugural MSU-Texas A&M SEC series (Apr. 12-14) will be carried on the statewide MSU Baseball Radio Network and available online to HailStateTV subscribers (http://www.hailstate.com/hstvlive).
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Bruce Dern's tremendous career is made up of playing both modern-day heroes and legendary villains. Through decades of critically acclaimed performances, Dern has acquired the reputation of being one of the most talented and prolific actors of his generation.
A celebrated stage actor, Dern was trained by famed director Elia Kazan at The Actor's Studio and made his film debut in Kazan's WILD RIVER (1960). In the 1960s, Dern also found success as a distinguished television actor. He appeared regularly in contemporary Western TV-series as well as THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR. Hitchcock was such a fan of Dern that he cast him in both MARNIE and FAMILY PLOT (Hitchcock's final film). During the 1960s, Dern went on to work with director Roger Corman and appeared in several of his classic and decade-defining films, including THE WILD ANGELS. He received critical success for films such as THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? and DRIVE, HE SAID and went down in history for his role as Long Hair in THE COWBOYS, in which he became the first man ever to kill John Wayne.
Dern went on to star in such classic films as THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS with Jack Nicholson and Ellen Burstyn, as well as playing Tom Buchanan in THE GREAT GATSBY. It was his brilliant and powerful performance in Hal Ashby's COMING HOME that earned him an Academy Award® nomination. Other credits include AFTER DARK MY SWEET, BLACK SUNDAY, DJANGO UNCHAINED, THE DRIVER, HARRY TRACY, THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN, MONSTER, ON THE EDGE, POSSE and SILENT RUNNING.
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In a collaborative effort between ESPN's Marc Stein and The Plain Dealer's Tom Reed, multiple reports have named Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving as the 2011-12 NBA Rookie of the Year.
With Irving leading all rookies in scoring, netting just under 19 points per contest with very efficient shooting percentages, and providing the city of Cleveland with a sense of excitement that was alleged to be missing with this entire draft class, the only question remaining is if the first-overall selection was a unanimous recipient of the award that he has seemingly had locked from the very beginning.
The Cavs used the No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft to select Irving, who played in just 11 games as a freshman at Duke due to a toe injury. The 6-foot-3-inch Irving quickly stepped into a starting role and didn't look back, winning several contests in the final possession and becoming one of the best young points guards in the game.
In a recent press conference, Cavaliers' owner Dan Gilbert reiterated the importance of the team building with Irving as well as the rest of the young players on the Wine and Gold roster.
The Cavaliers have reportedly set aside Tuesday morning to hold a press conference to provide Irving with another piece of hardware for his mantle. Irving will be the fifth point guard in the last seven years to win the award, joining Chris Paul, Brandon Roy, Tyreke Evans and Derrick Rose.
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Butler (11-2, 1-1 HL) at UIC (4-10, 0-3 HL)
Saturday, Jan. 12 - 5:30 p.m. ET
UIC Pavilion - Chicago, Ill.
The Opening Tip: Butler concludes a four-game road trip on Saturday (Jan. 12) when it takes on UIC beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. CT) at the UIC Pavilion. The Bulldogs (11-2), off to their best start since the 1992-93 season, battle the Flames for their second Horizon League victory of the season.
Quite A Start: Butler's 11-2 record is the program's best start to a season since the 1992-93 squad began at 14-2. Additionally, the Bulldogs' eight-game winning streak, which ended at Valpo on Jan. 5, was the program's longest since the 1997-98 team reeled-off 15 in a row.
Butler Basketball On The Web: Butler's game against the Flames can be viewed online via the Horizon League Network. The streaming video is available for free and can be accessed at www.ButlerSports.com by clicking on the "Watch" link on the schedule at the bottom of the front page. Live stats of the game will also be available on Gametracker by clicking the link on the schedule.
Previewing The Bulldogs: Butler (11-2, 1-1 Horizon League) aims for its second conference victory of the season after getting past Loyola, 61-50, on Thursday (Jan. 10). The Bulldogs have been one of the best defensive teams in the league this year, holding opponents to a league low 59.1 points per game while ranking third in the conference with 67.1 ppg. Butler has also been the best at taking care of the basketball, touting a league-best 0.9 assists-to-turnovers ratio. Junior center Lade Akande, who became the 19th player in school history to record 1,000 points on Dec. 6, has been the biggest offensive catalyst on the team this season, leading the squad with 16.0 points per game and ranking second with 6.2 rebounds. Sophomore forward Susan Lester has been nearly as dominant in the post, tallying 14.6 points and a team-best 7.3 boards per contest while adding outside shooting with a team-leading 23 three-pointers. Junior guard Candace Jones continues to be a force on the perimeter, averaging 8.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and a team-high 3.5 assists, while freshman guard Brittany Bowen has chipped in 5.6 points and 3.2 boards per game in her rookie season. Junior forward Tara Miller leads the league with a 3.80 assists-to-turnovers ratio and has added 5.2 points and 2.9 assists per game. Senior forwards and co-captains Candace Bain and Cassie Freeman have played in all but one contest this season and bring leadership and a strong post presence to the floor. Junior guard Candyce Brown adds strong defensive prowess and a long-range shooting touch on the perimeter, while sophomore forward Melanie Thornton provides a quick and athletic option in the paint. Rookie posts Chloe Hamilton and Amie Kabara, as well as freshmen guards Azjah Bass and Terra Burns, add depth. Head coach Beth Couture (76-83) is in her sixth season at Butler.
A Look At The Flames: UIC enters Saturday's contest with a 4-10 overall record and an 0-3 league mark after falling for the first time at home this season to Valparaiso, 72-63, on Thursday (Jan. 10). Defense has been the strong point for the Flames, who lead the Horizon League in field goal defense at .377 and rebounds with 38.9 per game. Sophomore guard Jessica Miller leads the squad with 12.1 points and 3.4 assists per game, while junior center Nikki Grobbecker boasts a team-best 6.6 boards. Sophomore guard Briana Hinkle has averaged 11.2 points and 2.4 assists per contest. Head coach Lisa Ryckbosch (82-79) is in her sixth season at UIC.
The Match-Up At A Glance: Butler and UIC will be meeting for the 38th time in women's basketball, with the Bulldogs holding a 20-17 advantage in the all-time series. After the Flames claimed wins in five of the first six match-ups of the series, Butler reeled off 14 in a row from 1990 to 2000. Since then, UIC holds a 12-5 record, including a seven-game winning streak that began in 2005 and was snapped in an 88-83 overtime contest on March 9, 2007 in the Horizon League Championship Semifinals.
The Last Time Against UIC: Susan Lester hit a clutch go-ahead three-pointer in overtime and Jackie Closser went a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line in the extra period as Butler hung on for an 88-83 victory over UIC in the Horizon League Championship Semifinals at the Phoenix Sports Center on March 9, 2007. With the win, the Bulldogs advanced to the championship game of the tournament for the first time since the 1997-98 season. UIC gave the Bulldogs a fight to the end, erasing an 18-point first-half deficit and forcing overtime on a Jessie Miller game-tying three-pointer with three seconds on the clock before Lester's trey and Closser's charity stripe heroics gave the Bulldogs the decision. Closser (25), Lester (20) and Lade Akande (20) led the Bulldogs in scoring.
Butler Gets Past Loyola: Susan Lester notched her fourth double-double of the season, Lade Akande finished just one rebound shy of her second and the Bulldogs scrapped their way to a hard-fought 61-50 victory at Loyola on Thursday (Jan. 10) at the Joseph J. Gentile Center. Butler had to hold off several Rambler charges, including a 14-5 second-half run that helped erase a 10-point lead, before the Bulldogs smothered the Loyola offense during the final eight minutes. Lester finished with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Akande chipped in 15 points, nine boards and a season-high four picks.
Impact Stats: Three point shooting and taking care of the basketball has been crucial to the Bulldogs' success this season. In fact, Butler is 10-1 this year when scoring more treys and committing fewer turnovers than its opponents.
On Second Thought: Head coach Beth Couture must have some really motivating halftime speeches, because Butler has played some of it's best basketball in the second period this year. In 13 games this season, the Bulldogs have averaged nearly five points more in the second period than the first (36.0 to 31.1). Butler has also averaged only 6.4 turnovers in the second period compared with 9.0 in the first half (-2.6 difference), which is a big reason why the Bulldogs lead the league with a 0.9 assists-to-turnovers ratio.
Moving Up The List: It hasn't taken long for junior Lade Akande to climb the Bulldogs' career scoring chart. The Robinson, Ill., native moved into 15th place with 1,086 points after passing Angela Cotton (1,080). Next up on the list is Nikki Anderson in 14th place, who scored 1,128 points from 1988-91. Akande became just the 19th player in school history to record 1,000 career points on Dec. 6 against Evansville.
Offensive Boost: It seems the Bulldogs have found their shooting stroke in the last few games. After averaging just 58.6 points through the first five contests of the year, the Bulldogs have turned up the offense in the last eight by averaging 72.4 points per game, an increase of nearly 14 points per contest. Meanwhile, Butler has allowed its opponents only 3.7 more points per game on average (56.8 to 60.5).
Taking A Stand: A defensive stand, that is. The Bulldogs have been among the best in the Horizon League this season when it comes to keeping opponents off the board, ranking second in the league with only 59.1 points allowed per game and ranking third with a .393 opponent field goal percentage. In fact, only five of the Bulldogs' 13 foes have scored over 60 points while four have tallied 50 or fewer.
Passing With Flying Colors: A big reason why the Bulldogs lead the Horizon League with a 0.9 assists-to-turnovers ratio this season has been due to the play of Tara Miller and Candace Jones. The duo ranks in the Horizon League's top-10 in A/T ratio, with Miller touting a league-best 3.80 and Jones checking in with a seventh-place 1.21.
Eyeing The Top Spot: Making Tara Miller's league-leading 3.80 assists-to-turnovers ratio even more impressive is the fact that her mark is very close to being the best in the country. Despite the fact that her A/T ratio is well ahead of the current national leader's 3.61, Miller does not qualifying for the NCAA rankings because her 2.9 assists per game falls just short of the minimum 3.0 required to make the list.
Keeping Them Off The Boards: The Bulldogs have turned up their defense on the glass in Horizon League play. After allowing 39.2 boards per game during the non-conference season, Butler has held its first two league foes to just 27.5 boards per contest, a difference of nearly 12 per game. The Bulldogs lead the league in rebounding margin at +7.0.
Hitting Their Marks: Lade Akande and Tara Miller have been two off the hottest shooters during the early Horizon League season. Akande is tops in the conference with a .682 field goal percentage (15-for-22), while Miller is tied for the league lead with a perfect 9-for-9 mark from the free throw line.
Centers Of Attention: The Bulldogs have had a history of being among the best teams in the nation in three-point shooting ever since head coach Beth Couture arrived in Indianapolis, including a 2006-07 campaign that saw Butler rank second in the NCAA Division I with 8.4 treys per game. This season, however, the Bulldogs have seen a lot more action from inside the three-point arc, as junior center Lade Akande and sophomore forward Susan Lester have been the team's offensive leaders. Akande currently paces the squad and is third in the league with 16.0 points per game, while Lester is second on the team and sixth in the conference with 14.6 points to her credit.
...But Don't Think The Three Is Out: Just because the Bulldogs feature two of the best post players in the Horizon League doesn't mean they have eliminated their bread-and-butter three-pointer completely. Butler is fourth in the league with 5.8 three pointers made per game and fourth with 235 attempts. Ironically enough, the Bulldogs' leading culprit for hitting the three has been none other than post player Susan Lester, who has totaled 23.
...And How About That Three-Point Defense: Adding to the effect of Butler's three-point attack this year has been its ability to keep their opponents from converting long range shots. The Bulldogs lead the league by holding their foes to a .290 three-point shooting percentage (56-of-193) and are tops in the conference by allowing just 4.3 treys per game. In fact, only two opponents (Evansville and Valparaiso with eight each) have notched more than five in a game, while four opponents have been held to two or fewer.
Block Party: Butler's eight blocked shots against IPFW on Dec. 20 are a Horizon League single-game high this season, while its seven blocks against Evansville on Dec. 6 are tied for the second-best mark. Lade Akande has been the team's leading culprit this year, putting back 1.6 per game for the league's second-best rate.
Hall Of Fame: Former Butler women's basketball player Liz Skinner Spencer was named as a 2008 inductee to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame on Jan. 7. Skinner Spencer, who played with the Bulldogs from 1979-82, reigns as the school's all-time steals leader with 419. She also holds three of the top four single-season pick totals and set the single-game thefts record of 11 on two occasions. She was inducted into the Butler Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.
Butler Inks Two For 2008-09: Indiana high school standouts Devin Brierly and Kaley May each signed National Letters of Intent to attend Butler and play basketball for the Bulldogs beginning in the 2008-09 school year. Brierly, a 5-10 senior guard from Southwestern High School in Hanover, Ind., is a three-time all-conference and all-section team member and a two-time all-region team honoree. May, a 5-11 guard/forward from Avon (Ind.) High School, was twice named to the Hoosier Basketball Magazine All-State Team and was tabbed to the Indiana Junior All-Star Team.
Sticking Around: Head coach Beth Couture signed a five-year contract extension in September to remain at the helm through the 2011-12 season. Couture has brought Butler full circle since taking the helm in 2002, going from a three-win season the year before her arrival to the program's first appearance in the Horizon League Championship game last season.
Next Up: Butler returns to Hinkle Fieldhouse on
Thursday, Jan. 17 when they host league-leading Green Bay beginning
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What does Google+ Local mean for businesses?
Google has made a major change to how consumers see local businesses online and how local businesses interact with these consumers: it has replaced Google Places with Google+ Local. Expanding the use of Google+ is the target but all the same, it's a smart move by the company. Perhaps the largest change for small businesses…Read more


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Representing the LL.M. program, Edward Cummings, of England, said he welcomed the exposure to America, and to his international classmates. "We have developed renewed understanding that the majority of people in other cultures are just like us," said Cummings, adding that this understanding will make them more tolerant of other "people's viewpoints and motivations."
An honorary fellowship was presented to Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed and won a lawsuit heard by the U.S. Supreme Court that challenged the government's right to detain suspected terrorists at Guantanamo without charges and a trial.
Also during the ceremony, Bruce Mann, Leon Meltzer Professor of Law & Professor of History, received his second Harvey Levin Award for Teaching Excellence. This prompted him to quip, as he addressed the graduates, "I feel as if I should call on someone."
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Rhombus Guys in Grand Forks will host a Bell's Brewery Dinner this February 21 and in Fargo on the 22nd.
For $50, you get a five course meal paired with five Bell's brews as well as glass stemware as a souvenir.
The meal features specialty pizzas, but they haven't been named yet. If one of the owners wants to comment on the exact type of pie, please do so below.
There's space for 50 people and it's first come, first serve, so I would sign up soon if you're interested. I'm seriously contemplating it. The Fargo dinner starts around 5:30. In the email I got, there was no start time listed for the Grand Forks dinner, but I'd assume it starts around that time.
Also, this Monday after 9:30 dine-in pizzas are half-off. That's a damn good deal.


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Dead Man's Hand: Anthology with my story 'Sundown' (and some info about Willie Kennard)
John Joseph Adam's latest anthology is Dead Man's Hand, and it includes a story by me called 'Sundown.' It's a Weird Western based on what we know of the true story of Willie Kennard, Yankee Hill's Black Marshal. Some snipped details of the start of his career:
After pausing momentarily to size up his quarry, Kennard moved toward Casewit's table. Casewit and his cronies really thought it hilarious when Kennard told him he was under arrest. I'm just supposed to come with you? Casewit asked innocently. Where are we supposed to go? When Kennard told him it was his choice, either jail or hell, Casewit knew the new lawman was not bluffing.
Casewit got to his feet and, not heeding Kennard's last-chance warning to give up peaceably, reached for the Colt .44s at his sides. The badman had barely gotten his hands on the butts when, according to Corgan, Kennard did something only talked about in legend but never before actually seen by anyone in Gaylor's Saloon. Kennard drew his revolver and fired into Casewit's still holstered Colts. The impact of the bullets knocked the butts out of Casewit's hands. The shots almost ripped the holsters from his gunbelt and rendered his guns totally useless. Two of Casewit's companions, Ira Goodrich and Sam Betts, decided this would be a propitious moment to make their moves on behalf of their friend. They were dead wrong. Kennard dropped them both with clean shots between the eyes as they drew, their guns barely clearing leather. Casewit's hands instantly went straight up. He was taking no chances lest Kennard think he also might try something.
Casewit was found guilty of raping Birdie Campbell and sentenced to hang. Not wanting to waste time and money building a gallows, Corgan instructed Kennard to nail a crossbar to an old pine behind Glen Ritchey's blacksmith shop. Casewit's hands were tied behind his back, and a noose was looped around his neck. Kennard pulled him up about 10 feet off the ground. Casewit tried to delay his demise by wrapping his legs around the tree trunk and shinnying up it. He only succeeded in prolonging his agony. After about 20 minutes, the strength in his legs gave out. Releasing his grip, Casewit could only dangle helplessly as the rope slowly strangled him to death.
Kennard is the sort of gunslinging hero that Hollywood always tries to envision, but Kennard's story will probably not be on the big screen anytime soon due to the same reason he was initially not taken seriously by the denizens of Yankee Hill.
Ever since coming across his story due to a chance reference on the show Justified, I'd wanted an excuse to write about Willie Kennard. I hope my story in Dead Man's Hand is a good toast to a man who should be way more of a legend than he is.
I talk some more about the story in my interview at the anthology's website.


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Capping a daylong search, a suspect in a series of shootings that killed three people and injured four others within the span of an hour in the Los Angeles area has been taken into custody.
Capping a daylong search, a suspect in a series of shootings that killed three people and injured four others within the span of an hour in the Los Angeles area has been taken into custody.
The man, whose name has not been released, was detained by SWAT officers Sunday night after holing up inside a house in Sylmar for about an hour, Capt. William Hayes said.
"You have three egregious incidents … horrendous incidents where family members were killed and seriously injured so we wanted to resolve this as quickly as possible," Hayes said.
Witnesses had reported seeing two men in a tan- or gold-colored SUV at two of the three shooting scenes in the San Fernando Valley area. However, Hayes declined to say whether a second suspect remained at large or what led investigators to the house.
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Sgt. Frank Preciado, a police spokesman, said a car at the house matches witnesses' description of the suspect vehicle. He said detectives will search the house for additional evidence.
Police said the victims appeared to be randomly targeted by the same gunmen because the same type of weapon was used in the morning attacks and the suspect fired from inside a car.
In the first attack, a family of five was struck by gunfire at 5:50 a.m. in San Fernando as they drove to church. The family had pulled over after noticing the suspect driving erratically when they were shot, Preciado said.
A woman in her 20s was killed, her mother and father were critically wounded and two children sustained minor injuries from either bullet fragments or broken glass, Preciado said.
About 40 minutes later, a man was fatally shot at a Sylmar park.
Then 15 minutes later and less than 5 miles away, a woman in her late 50s was shot in the head as she sat in a parked car by a church. Preciado said she may have been waiting for someone, but he didn't have more details.
The shootings triggered an intense investigation and prompted the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to step up patrols on the street.
"It's a major threat," Preciado said.
He urged people to be vigilant until the suspects are apprehended.
"If you see someone that matches that description or their vehicle matches that description, then go off to an adjacent street," he said. "Get away."
Investigators were looking into whether Sunday's attacks were related to at least two shootings earlier in the week, Preciado said.


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posted at 8/15/2009 12:19 PM EDTWho makes the team?
What role does each player have?
Will 3 or 4 man fronts be used most?
My speculations on who makes the team:
DL: Wilfork, Warren, Seymour, Wright, Smith, Brace, Burgess, Pryor (Green gets traded)
LB: Mayo, Thomas, Bruschi, Guyton, Woods, Crable, Banta-Cain, Lenon, Tank Williams
Aside from the obvious:
-Burgess plays some OLB in the 3-4
-Banta-Cain plays some DE in 4-man fronts
-Guyton plays some OLB in the 4-3
-Thomas plays some ILB in the 3-4
-Williams plays some ILB/SS-hybrid in nickel and dime packages
I think they'll use the base 3-4 only about 40% of the time, 4-man fronts 35% of the time, and other packages 25% of the time.
I know it is still early, but what are your thoughts?
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posted at 8/15/2009 12:27 PM EDTI doubt Tank williams makes the team.
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posted at 8/15/2009 12:54 PM EDT
"I doubt Tank williams makes the team."
It is quite possible he doesn't make the team. He's looked decent as of late, but doesn't bring any special teams value, so he's certainly on the bubble. Lenon is on the bubble, as well, but I think he ends up beating out his competition (Alexander and Ciurciu, perhaps Ninkovich is considered competition, too). Banta-Cain is on the bubble, as well, with the addition of Burgess, but I think his versatility (3-4 OLB, 4-3 DE), experience in the system and special teams contributions add some value and gives him a good shot at making the team.
Green might not get traded. He certainly makes the roster if not traded, but he has a high price tag for a backup/sometimes-starter, so I think there is a reasonable chance he's gone. Pryor is on the bubble, but he got significant playing time in the first half of the preseason opener, so I think that is an indication that he's doing pretty well and has as good of a shot as any to make the 53.
I do like the versatility/flexablilty of the Patriots front 7. It will be interesting to see them in action.
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posted at 8/15/2009 3:18 PM EDTJarvis Green looked healthy, very stong and focused on Thursday night...if he is going to be traded, it's pony up time,... let Barrett Jackson run the auction for us....
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posted at 8/15/2009 8:58 PM EDTGreen is kind of a no-name fourth rounder, and yet he's done ok. He's unlikely to be traded.
Too many bubble players came up with a good game. Edelman is in like Flynn. Belichick really wants Hoyer if he can keep 4 QBs (not counting Edelman as a QB). Belichick would like to keep all 5 running backs including Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Bean who ripped off a 17 yarder. He may have to keep Pryor for the sack and look at Ohrenberger for springing BenJarvus. All four of the second rounders looked good at times-- I was about to write "of course", but I suspect that lots of other teams had second rounders with bad games. Add a near-record 12 draft choices to a near-record 11 free agents and a veteran team that played great even with a substitute QB last year, and there aren't enough slots.
I like the new nickel +4 only on obvious passing downs. BB's newest innovation is in fact a throwback to the soft D-line Indianapolis played all the time, two fast ends and two mobile tackles, which is why Belichick once ran on Indy fifteen times in a row. Fortunately BB has another option in reserve. When New England plays the third and 1 they stack four rhinos on the line, and in fact Big Brace personally stuffed a third and 1, helping to save the victory at the end.
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posted at 8/16/2009 12:03 PM EDT
My first thought is that you've devoted 17 spots on the roster to the front seven. Traditionally, they carry 14 front seven guys, so where are the other 3 roster spots coming from?
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posted at 8/16/2009 12:13 PM EDTJarvis Green and his high cap number has more value to the Pats than to any other team so I wouldn't expect to get much in trade. He also looks like the only guy on the roster who could step in immediately as a high-quality, long-term replacement for Richard Seymour if Seymour had a season-ending injury or winds up leaving after this season.
Smith has contributed well and provided high-quality depth, so it'll be tough to part with him. But Green's been a much bigger contributor and has more upside potential. I think Smith gets cut before Green gets traded.
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posted at 8/16/2009 8:12 PM EDTPretty sure Green also played on all 4 special teams units, which makes him a lock. Pryor might be looking like a good candidate for IR at this point.
Re: Front 7
posted at 8/17/2009 10:38 AM EDTWell now Smith is out of the equation. So Green getting let go won't happen.
The Broncos have reportedly acquired DL Le Kevin Smith from the Patriots.It's not known what the Broncos gave up; it's likely a late-round pick. Smith is nothing more than a rotational lineman, but Denver is in dire need of NFL caliber talent along it's defensive front.


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Engines to aid urgently needed Lebanon combined-cycle diesel projects, converted in the medium-term for gas operation
MAN Diesel & Turbo is supplying a total of 14 18V48/60 engines for two new power plants in Lebanon that will produce electricity for the state-owned supply company Électricité du Liban.
The power plants, which will deliver an output of 194 MW and 78 MW, respectively, are being built in Zouk and Jiyeh, near Beirut, by a consortium comprising MAN and the Danish power plant specialist Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC), which will be responsible for all technical and commercial aspects of the project, providing a single source of contact for the client. The order for the consortium is worth approximately US$348 million.
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PARIS: Good-natured Beathard still living down legacy of Leaf
SAN DIEGO ---- It will probably grace his tombstone: "Here lies the clueless general manager who selected quarterback Ryan Leaf."
What does Bobby Beathard care?
"I'll be underground,'' Beathard laughed.
Today's NFL draft kicks off with the Colts set to make the initial pick for the first time since 1998. That commonality has Beathard being booted around again for selecting Leaf 14 years ago, one pick after the Colts struck gold by selecting Peyton Manning.
Despite landing Junior Seau and Art Monk with his first draft picks for the Chargers and Washington Redskins, respectively, Beathard is forever linked to the all-time lemon, Leaf.
"I think when you get a guy like Ryan Leaf everybody forgets about anyone else you ever drafted,'' Beathard said.
The Chargers' former GM ---- who was in charge when the team reached its only Super Bowl ---- won't be in an NFL war room Thursday. That's not to say he wasn't wanted.
"The Redskins called and asked if I would take up their pick,'' said Beathard, who helped Washington reach three Super Bowls in his 12 seasons as general manager. "I said I better not because I might make a mistake and say, 'Ryan Leaf.'''
With Leaf fighting for his freedom from criminal charges, Beathard, 75, is at home in Franklin, Tenn. He's keen on his grandsons' prep baseball schedule rather than the measurables and intangibles of NFL prospects.
"It's fun to watch the draft, but I don't know the players now,'' Beathard said. "I just know some of them from watching college games during the fall. I watched that Robert Griffin, and that guy is really exciting. I like Alabama's Trent Richardson, too.''
I liked it when Beathard, the NFL's mad scientist, ran the Chargers' draft board from 1990-2000.
They were zany ----- he traded a first-round pick for wide receiver Bryan Still!
They were unconventional ---- he moved first-and second-round selections to move up and select running back Natrone Means.
They were successful ---- how again did he get safety Rodney Harrison in the fifth round?
There were clunkers (wide receiver Ray Ethridge, second round, 1992), reaches (cornerback Terrance Shaw, second round, '95), and the reality that he really did, at one time, like Leaf.
But those days of second-guessing Beathard vanished, and what a shame. In addition to having weather-worn skin from surfing North County's coast, Beathard's hide was armadillo.
When pressed on picks, Beathard rose and took criticism like a big boy, unlike the big baby now in his chair, A.J. Smith.
While some claim Smith is the best GM in team history, he needs something of postseason significance to prove it.
Beathard believes that could come this season.
"The Chargers will do well,'' he predicted of the team holding the 18th pick of the first round. "A.J. does a great job of getting players, and I think those guys they draft will only make them better.
"They are really fun to watch and are a pretty darn good team. Just watching how they do things, I have every bit of confidence they will just become stronger.''
If so, Smith needs to end his recent draft slump, which has fueled the Chargers' two-year absence from the playoffs.
Beathard also had slumps. He let Michigan's Tom Brady slide to the 2000 draft's sixth round, the same round in which he drafted Florida A&M quarterback JaJuan Seider.
Remember the unfilled promises from the likes of wide receivers Jimmy Oliver (1995) and Mikhael Ricks (1998), tight end Freddie Jones (1997) and running back Jermaine Fazande (1999)?
Beathard, like Smith has this April, felt the draft-day pressure. Beathard was crucified for often swapping the following year's first-round pick for instant gratification, and was he really trying to corner the market for unknown players from small colleges?


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The 18-year-old Joshua Kyler Hoggan told The Associated Press in an email that he recognizes what he did was wrong. But, he insists that he never had any explosives or intent to bomb the school.
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How to Alphabetize Cells in Excel
Two Methods:Alphabetizing in Two ClicksAlphabetizing with SortCommunity Q&A
Excel is a powerful spreadsheet tool used to store and manage text and numbers. Alphabetizing is one of the many benefits of using Excel. Alphabetizing cells will allow you to quickly access and reference data. You can alphabetize cells in Excel in one of two ways.
Method 1
Alphabetizing in Two Clicks
1Type the text you wish to alphabetize into the cells of one column.
2Highlight the text you want to alphabetize. To highlight, click on the first cell and drag down to the last cell you want to alphabetize. You can highlight an entire column by clicking on the lettered column heading.
3Find the "AZ sort" or "ZA sort" icon found on the standard tool bar, under the Data tab. Click the "AZ sort" icon to sort in ascending alphabetical order. Click the "ZA sort" icon to sort in descending order. Your highlighted cells will now be sorted.
- If you cannot locate the "AZ sort" icon you can add the standard toolbar by opening the "View" menu on menu bar then select "Toolbars" and check "Standard." The standard toolbar will now be visible and will include the "AZ sort" icon.
Method 2
Alphabetizing with Sort
1Fill the Excel sheet with your text.
2Highlight the entire worksheet. To do this use the shortcut keys "Control + A" or "Command + A." You can also highlight by clicking the blank box in between the row and column headings on the top left.
3Open the "Data" menu on the toolbar, then click the "Sort" option. A "Sort" box will appear. If you have labeled the columns, select the "Header row" option under "My list has." If you have not labeled the columns, select the "No header row."
4Choose the column you want to alphabetize by selecting it under "Sort by." If you selected the "Header row" option, the options under "Sort by" will be your column headings. If you have selected "No header row," the options will be the standard letter column headings.
5Select "Ascending" to sort the chosen column in ascending order. Or select "Descending" to sort the chosen column in descending order.
6Click "ok." Your cells will now be alphabetized.
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How to alphabetize with multiple columns?
- You can alphabetize any column no matter where it is in the sheet.
- Alphabetizing cells with the "AZ sort" icon will only alphabetize the column you have highlighted. Any data in the following columns will remain static and will not sort in line with the cells you alphabetized. Alphabetizing by using the "Sort" option under the "Data" menu will allow you to alphabetize 1 column and keep any corresponding data in line.
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The countrys relatively new public sector and private petroleum refineries, looking to improve margins, have in recent years stepped up sourcing of heavier blends of crude, which has reduced the relative share of Brent crude in domestic oil imports.
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The share of African and South and Central American countries in Indias crude imports have risen from less than 20% in 2008 to about 30% now.
South Americas own share more than doubled in the period to 30 million tonnes (mt). This is even as Indias overall oil imports have increased from 122 mt in FY08 to 185 mt in FY13 (during April-February FY14, the figure stood at 175 mt).
Some of the Indian refiners such as RIL and Essar Oil have high refinery complexity index and can process heavy grade crude as well. These factors have encouraged them to buy less-expensive oil available from South and Central American countries. Many refineries including IOC have also upgraded their existing refineries to handle the heavier grades of crude oil, said Manish Aggarwal, partner at KPMG in India.
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We will be more careful when it comes to online shopping. Our current agreement with international brands already reflects this clearly wherein certain references are made on how brands treat their online strategy, added Pushpa Bector, senior vice president and head (leasing and mall management), DLF Mall of India.
Some like Canon India have not authorised any online agency to retail its cameras but says it can't do much if e-tailers buy its products from its authorised dealers and then sells it cheaper to consumers.
Our dealers may shift to stocking other products if their profits plummet like this due to predatory pricing by companies like Flipkart and Snapdeal. The dealers need their 10-15% margins. We can't do anything more than demarcating the authorised dealers from the others because the e-tailers can buy our products from any dealer or distributor and sell them cheap, added Alok Bharadwaj, executive vice-president at Canon India.


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These methods return Backed Collection since change in one Collection affects the other Collection.[ kind of write through process ]
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has so much to do with protecting the faith of millions irrespective of the odds. It is our duty to ensure that their faith is reciprocated, says ADM Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi, adding that by doing this, the jawans also become punya ke bhagidaar.
Kamal Asthana, a pilgrim from Rajasthan, is happy with the tight security arrangements. It is good to see the security forces in action all the time. Our car was frisked at many points to ensure that we were not carrying anything illegal, he says.
Planning and preparations for the mela began in September, right after the monsoon was over and the rivers receded, to build Kumbha Nagri, complete with all modern facilities to accommodate the tsunami of a thousand lakh people who would descend on its shores for a dip in the holy waters of the confluence. Says Mani Prasad Misra, the officer in charge of the Kumbh Mela, Money was allotted to various departments to start work in September. Electricity poles and cables have been laid and two permanent sub-stations have been built for round-the-clock power supply. New tubewells have been dug up and as many as 18 pontoon bridges have been put in place. Medical centres have also been increased in the mela area.
To accommodate the needs of the well-heeled Indian as well as foreign tourists, the Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation has made arrangements for luxurious cottages that boast of facilities such as blowers, geysers, separate sitting rooms and well-equipped toilets. Says Bharti Singh, OSD (officer of special duty), UP Tourism, We have been providing tents for the pilgrims for many years and have introduced luxury cottages this year. The 10 Maharaja Swiss cottages have been imported from Oman and are known for their opulence. Each cottage is made of imported materials like bubble wall panels and flex, and are waterproof. They have wooden flooring and maintain a constant temperature. Priced at R12,000 per day, the cottages are furnished with imported furniture and have wi-fi facility as well. Moreover, 42 luxury cottages have also been set up at the mela venue that include modern gadgets
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Neil Young: 'Cough Up The Bucks'
Canadian rocker (and lover of model trains) Neil Young wants to know: "Where did all the money go?" In the video (thanks, Gawker) for his new song "Cough Up The Bucks," Young plays the part of Wall Street honcho, riding around in a limo, yelling into a cell phone and (awkwardly) banging away on a PDA. Young asks no one in particular: "where did all the cash flow? Where did all the revenue stream?"
We don't have an answer for him, unfortunately. But Young has more experience with Wall Street than you might think. He holds a stake in model-train maker Lionel LLC, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year after a bitter fight with a rival company.
Young, respected in the model train industry for his design and technology contributions, held a 20% stake in Lionel when it sought Chapter 11 protection in 2004. Although his stake was wiped out under Lionel's restructuring plan, Young decided to join the new ownership group after the bankruptcy.
Lionel emerged from Chapter 11 last May with $59 million in new cash from private equity firm Guggenheim Corporate Funding and the estate of the late Martin Davis, former chairman of Paramount Communications Inc.


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Speed limits on Missouri interstates would be increased under a measure that received first-round approval from legislators on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Lamar, the bill sponsor, presented the bill to the House Transportation Committee. It would raise the maximum speed limit from 70 mph to 75 mph on rural freeways and interstates. Kelley says the increase in speed should not affect traffic fatalities.
"When you're driving at 70 mph, if you hit a brick wall, it's not going to matter whether you were driving at 70 mph, 80 mph, 100 mph. In most of those high speed collisions, we know where it's going to end." said Kelley.
A September 2009 study in the American Journal of Public Health showed there was a 9.1 percent increase in traffic fatalities on interstate roads between 1990 and 2005. According to the study, the highest increase in fatalities due to increased speed limits occurred in states that had 55 mph limits prior to 1995, and then 65 mph limits posted after 1995.
Fourteen states, including Kansas, allow drivers to exceed 70 mph on rural interstates and freeways. Two of those states have restrictions on tractor-trailers or trucks. Missouri is among 18 states that have a speed limit of 70 mph.
"The speed is not the big factor, it's the failure to use common sense and the failure to use protective means," Kelley said.
If passed and put into law, the Missouri Department of Transportation would begin changing the speed limits after it assesses the safety of increasing them.
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Williams, the Tulsa, Okla.-based pipeline company, officially opened Thursday its new $8 million regional office in Tunkhannock Twp.
"How exciting it is to finally be able to share this with the community, and what having this new space here means to us," said Williams Regional Manager Mike Dickinson at the ribbon-cutting event.
About six weeks ago, the company closed its offices in Tunkhannock, and consolidated its regional operations at the spacious two-story facility just off Rout 29 near its intersection with Stony Mountain Road in Tunkhannock Twp.
Ground was broken last July for the facility that has 20,000 square feet of office space and 12,000 square feet of warehouse space.
The company has more than 80 employees working out of the office with room for more, Mr. Dickinson said.
An open house revealed some standard cubicles, large and small conference rooms, and state-of-the-art equipment including computers and smart boards to monitor everything Williams does including pipeline activity and compressor stations that keep the Marcellus gas flowing in and out of the region.
WonderWare computer software allowed employees not only at the new office to keep tabs on the gas being passed through the region, but via field workers' laptops, and even 24-7 from the company's corporate headquarters in Oklahoma, Mr. Dickinson said.
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The anti-health care reform decision passed down by U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson this week was complicated Thursday when a reading of his self-published memoir turned up clear signs of the Virginia judge's yearning for fame and a deeply rooted link to the Republican Party.
Political Correction did a speed-read of Quest for Justice, Hudson's autobiography, and found that much of his political history was defined by his proud admission of "twenty years of active service to the Republican party."
As HuffPost Hill wrote Thursdsay, Hudson's account shows him to be "an unremarkable, media-chasing paleo-Tea Partier with a wildly outsized sense of importance who failed in Hollywood, radio and TV before settling on a judgeship."
Considering the recent wave of Tea Party and Republican fury toward the individual mandate, a provision that would require individuals to buy health care insurance starting in 2014 (and their subsequent rejoicing over the Virginia judge's ruling), Hudson's display of unabashed conservative activism in his book is raising additional questions about his already tenuous decision.
Here's a passage from Political Correction's report about Hudson's ties to the GOP:
In Quest for Justice, Hudson writes: "Campaigning for a federal judgeship is almost as challenging as running for political office. Rather than court voters, aspirants solicit endorsements from influential political activists with close ties to the senators, particularly the activists who raise the big money. That is where twenty years of active service to the Republican party, and helping in the various campaigns of each senator, paid dividends and gave me the edge." [p. 322, emphasis added]
And another about Hudson's admitted desire for the limelight:
In Quest for Justice, Hudson writes: "[T]he White House offered me the position of assistant secretary of Labor, with responsibility for overseeing enforcement of the nation's labor laws. I spent a day with the incumbent in that job and decided it was not for me. Perhaps it was ego, but I enjoyed being in the public eye--sound bites and press conferences. The Labor Department job was too confining." [p. 249, emphasis added]
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A Graphic Odyssey
"Published to celebrate the major retrospective at the Design Museum in London, this book presents the work of a graphic titan."
I am a HUGE fan of Mr. Crouwel's work. I will be purchasing this book.
Really digging the illustration work of Sao Paulo artist Zansky. Makes me want to travel there even more now.
Deadline Extended
Armin from Under Consideration just extended their Brand New Awards. The deadline for entries is now Wednesday, April 6th. They are calling all identity work, big and small, produced during 2010. Winners will have their work published in both a hard bound and iPad edition!
Weird Video Friday
Think you can ping the pong? Next time try it with nunchucks; and while you're at it, tell failure I said hay.
Bruce Lee would kick Chuck Norris' ass any day of the week. You heard it here first.
Leslie Weibeler, one of my favorite local artists, is up to something great involving some characters named Fergus and Leona. If George Herriman's brain was transplanted into Kandinsky's body this might be the result. See more on her flickr account.
Maddison Graphic, a small design studio formed by brothers Edward and Alfie Maddison based in Ely, Cambridgeshire is wicked. The design work is smart and the illustration is fun! Check it.
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Behold, the new identity of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation designed by Hort. Arial Black and a fresh cut of Courier are interesting type choices. It kinda feels right when you get into it. Check it.
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I think take offs and landings are the worst part of the flight, but it's about the only time during the flight that you're not thinking about how small your seat is.
Nancy Rosen's Spring Sale
My lovely real life mother is once again having a spring sale this weekend. She needs to make room for new work so she is clearing out many nice pieces and unique odds and ends spilled on to paper, fabric, wood and ceramics. It's a great chance to find some great art and gifts at amazing prices. I should be hanging around most of Sunday, hope to see you there!
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One of our dearest and most talented friends Art School Girl recently learned that one of her favorite artists was hosting an art camp in her hometown of Gothenburg Sweden. Since then she has launched a Kickstarter project to fulfill one of her dreams and send her to Sweden to work with Camilla Engman, artist extraordinaire.
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A Yakima man was part of that 25 car accident. Kevin Anderson and his fiance were heading to Spokane Thursday afternoon when Kevin suddenly couldn't see the road in front of him.
He slowed down and was greeted by a wave of tail lights through the smoke and ash. When Kevin looked in his rear view mirror, he knew what was next.
"You could see the semi coming through a cloud of smoke and see him hit the car behind us and then once they hit the car behind us, I threw my arm across my fiance and we took the impact pretty good," Anderson said.
That impact caused some serious damage to the back of his pickup.
"Probably the scariest part of it was we saw it coming," he said. "There's nothing you can do, there's nowhere to go."
The pileup was a domino effect, involving 16 cars and nine semi trucks.
"When I got out of the car you could just hear it piling up half a mile down the road of screeching tires and one car hitting the next."
Twelve people went to the hospital. Kevin said he and his fiance went car to car to make sure people were okay.
"There was ash and smoke all over the road, you couldn't hardly see, could barely breathe," he said.
It took four hours until they could get out of there. Their weekend in Spokane turned into a weekend of recovery.
"We're both feeling some soreness and stiffness today, that's for sure," he said. " [I'm] just glad that no one was seriously hurt and thankful to emergency folks were there to do their job and to do a quick job like they did."
Those emergency crews allowed everyone to survive the 25 car pileup on I-90. Westbound lanes were open by Thursday night, but the eastbound lanes didn't reopen until just a couple hours ago.


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About Prolotherapy offers the following resources for those wanting to explore prolotherapy further...
Discectomy – Microdiscectomy options
Discectomy – Microdiscectomy
Spinal surgery cannot only fail to relieve pain; it may in fact cause more pain. In many instances the surgery itself can cause more complication than it fixes.
This is seen in procedures like discectomy (removal of the disc), In this procedure, muscle and ligaments are severed or injured during the course of the surgery. The surgery itself can potentially lead to ligament laxity and instability of the spine.
Further removal of a disc or fusion at one level can lead to disc herniation at the same level or at different levels in the future. It is very common for Prolotherapy doctors to see a patient with "one level fixed," while another segment of the spine has since become unstable, degenerated, and a cause of significant patient pain.
Failed Discectomy
In discectomy a large portion of the disc is left as a remnant. This is the portion that, if removed, will cause great risk to the patient. The remaining disc can be as much as 40% of the original disc and it can also re-herniate.
Spinal surgery is very radical, it injures and damages a lot of tissue not even associated with the painful area.
In research, doctors noted that failed back surgery patients were showing up at doctor's offices in "overwhelming numbers." These patients complained of "persistent back and/or leg pain despite having "completed spinal surgery." They also noted "As lumbar surgery continues to grow in prevalence, so will the number patients suffering from (failed surgery)."
To fix the patient: "The most invasive treatment option, short of revision surgery, is spinal cord stimulation. This intervention has a number of studies demonstrating its efficacy and cost-effectiveness in this population. Finally, revision surgery may be used when indicated such as with progressive neurological impairment or with issues regarding previous surgical instrumentation." 1
Back or leg pain after discectomy
"Recurrence of back or leg pain after discectomy is a well-recognised problem with an incidence of up to 28%. Once conservative measures have failed, several surgical options are available and have been tried with varying degrees of success….The debate around which procedure is the most effective for these patients remains controversial. Our results show that less invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion (LI-PLIF) is as effective as any other surgical procedure. However, given that it is less invasive, we feel that it should be considered as the preferred option."2
Revision surgery for pain after Discectomy – Microdiscectomy
Note that the above study cites 28% rate of post-surgical pain. The researchers also note that controversy exists over the best revision surgery for pain after surgery. Their conclusion is that surgeons may as well choose the least invasive surgery since there's no one revision surgery that is better than the other. As mentioned above, surgery of any kind interferes can cause harm to soft tissue, revision surgery is likely not the best answer.
Spinal Stimulators for managing back pain
"Spinal cord stimulation has become a widely used and efficient alternative for the management of refractory chronic pain that is unresponsive to conservative therapies. Technological improvements have been considerable and the current neuromodulation devices are both extremely sophisticated and reliable in obtaining good results for various clinical situations of chronic pain, such as failed back surgery syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, ischemic and coronary artery disease. This technique is likely to possess a savings in costs compared with alternative therapy strategies despite its high initial cost. Spinal cord stimulation continues to be a valuable tool in the treatment of chronic disabling pain."3
When surgery fails, when narcotics fail, electrical technology is brought in. The spinal cord stimulator provides a small electric current to the person's spinal cord so the impulses of pain and injury are lessened. In many patients, the spinal cord stimulator does not replace the need for narcotic medication. Additionally, a foreign device is placed in the body, which is nearly never the best option.
Comprehensive Prolotherapy for failed disc surgery
Prolotherapy is a treatment designed to strengthen weakened soft tissue in the spine and bring stability to the area through injections, not surgery. More stability, less unnatural movement, less pain. We recommend a consultation for those on narcotics and those with spinal cord stimulators. In the case of spinal stimulators, we ask patients to bring in their X-rays showing exactly where the spinal cord stimulator is placed. As long as we can see where the stimulator electrodes are located we can safely do Prolotherapy.
Prolotherapy attacks the problems of a damaged spine instead of suppressing the symptoms. It offers a fix when all else fails. While Prolotherapy is an alternative to disc surgery, it can also help when disc surgery has already occurred yet failed to address the root issue. For more information on Prolotherapy for failed disc surgery, please see Prolotherapy for failed back surgery treatment options.
1. Hussain A, Erdek M. Interventional Pain Management for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. Pain Pract. 2013 Feb 3. doi: 10.1111/papr.12035. [Epub ahead of print]
2. Lakkol S, Bhatia C, Taranu R, Pollock R, Hadgaonkar S, Krishna M. Efficacy of less invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion as revision surgery for patients with recurrent symptoms after discectomy. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Nov;93(11):1518-23.
3. Jeon YH. Spinal cord stimulation in pain management: a review. Korean J Pain. 2012 Jul;25(3):143-50. Epub 2012 Jun 28.
4. Cramer H, Haller H, Lauche R, Dobos G. Mindfulness-based stress reduction for low back pain. A systematic review. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Sep 25;12(1):162.


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Blue Screen errors (also sometimes called black screen errors or STOP code errors) can occur if a serious problem causes Windows to shut down or restart unexpectedly. You might see a message that says, "Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer."
These errors can be caused by both hardware and software problems. If you added new hardware to your PC before the Blue Screen error, shut down your PC, remove the hardware, and try restarting. If you're having trouble restarting, you can start (boot) your PC in safe mode. For more info, see Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode).
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Get all the latest updates with Windows Update.
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Try restoring Windows back to an earlier point in time.
Read through Resolving stop (blue screen) errors in Windows 7 for troubleshooting tips that might be helpful, even if you're not running Windows 7.
Follow the steps for your version of Windows.
Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
Tap or click Update and recovery, and then tap or click Windows Update.
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With Surrogates in theaters and enjoying a disappointing run, why wouldn't Bruce Willis want to return as John McClane in another Die Hard? Willis says it's all about the timing.
I would love to do another one but they better get it done soon, what with the march of time and all that. I'm not getting any younger.
Willis may be getting older, but he was spry enough to lift the fourth Die Hard installment, Live Free or Die Hard to $383 million worldwide. Around the time of Live Free's release, Willis told Cinematical that Fox was excited for another Die Hard.
Fox is already talking about doing another one. I told them I would only do it if [director] Len [Wiseman] is involved, and Maggie Q. And Justin [Long], of course. You can't do one without Justin.
Two years later, Willis must be getting anxious. Still, with older action stars like Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford still working in their respective action franchises, it's a good bet there's a future for Die Hard 5. Just don't make it anything like Die Hard 2, the one sequel Willis hates.
The second film, if you go back and look at the second film, there are so many f**kin' references, referring to the first film. It was such bulls**t, I just hated it. It was really just a stupid, stupid thing. I don't know, I mean I liked jumping out of the helicopter onto the wing of that plane. I liked that from the second one. But I'd have to look at it to tell you if there was anything else I liked.