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Smoke-free apartments
Yes: Lower income people are hit much harder by smoking
National City is considering a prevention program that's growing throughout the country – nonsmoking multifamily housing. Is this regulation that deserves public support?
Death, sickness and economic harm caused by smoking hits lower income communities throughout the world much harder than higher income communities. San Diego County is no exception.
Why are lower income people hit harder? Because the tobacco industry heavily targets them, while tobacco prevention strategies often do not.
Tobacco advertising is much greater in lower income communities. But, at the same time, access to health programs, where smokers learn why they need to quit, is far worse. Tobacco prevention programs based on using the media and other forms of communications don't work as well for low-income people because they don't have as much access to information. Few prevention programs have been specifically designed to help this vulnerable population.
But there are tobacco prevention programs that seek to change the entire landscape for tobacco use that can work for rich or poor. One such effort is under consideration in National City. A city ordinance for nonsmoking multifamily housing would help protect the health of lower income residents, who often are apartment renters. In particular, a nonsmoking multifamily housing ordinance would protect children. The city of San Diego also is studying the issue.
The movement toward nonsmoking multifamily housing is growing throughout the country, but in California, it's happening mostly in wealthier communities, such as Belmont, Calabasas and Novato. National City can change that, and show that people in working-class communities are concerned about their health and the health of their children, and are willing to take assertive action to protect themselves.
Nonsmoking multifamily housing ordinances restrict smoking in apartment complexes by city policy. There are various gradations of these policies regarding the percentage of nonsmoking units and nonsmoking common areas.
At the same time that regulatory actions moves forward, it's important also to achieve voluntary solutions with the apartment industry. After all, nonsmoking multifamily housing benefits apartment owners, because it decreases maintenance costs for smoke damage to carpets, drapes and paint and for burn marks on counter tops, and it reduces the likelihood of fire.
What's more, landlords have a state and federal mandate to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled people who may be affected by tobacco smoke, while there are no laws protecting tenants who smoke.
Science shows that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. The National Cancer Institute has determined that secondhand smoke causes the early deaths of up to 65,000 Americans each year. For every eight smokers who die from tobacco, one nonsmoker dies. In apartment buildings complexes, tobacco smoke and its 4,000 toxic chemicals drifts through windows and is pumped through shared ventilation systems. Studies show that secondhand smoke penetrates neighboring apartments through openings for electrical wiring, light fixtures, plumbing, baseboards and ductwork. Research by the California Clean Air Project of a four-story apartment building in Santa Monica found that people living in apartments near smokers were exposed to hazardous levels of secondhand smoke.
Some complain that nonsmoking multifamily housing goes too far. First of all, let's remember that there is no constitutional right to smoke.
Nonsmoking laws for apartments have been upheld, so smoking in an apartment is not a right. Moreover, most people can't choose to not live next to a smoker. Low-and moderate-income people cannot afford to pick up and move. Certainly, children cannot choose where they live. Kids shouldn't be forced to breathe tobacco smoke from their neighbors' apartments. It's children's health that we should be most concerned about, particularly the children of low-income families, who cannot protect themselves.


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I have a production server with 4.5.5 GA 32 bit suse linux. I want to migrate everything from that server to a fresh install of 5.0.6GA x86_64 bit suse linux.
What would be the most reliable way to achieve this ?
( Migrating LDAP, MySQL etc. only but not executables )
By the way, host, domain and ip addreses will be the same...


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Ragheb Alama
The famous Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama was born in June 7, 1969 in a small room in the modest home of a poor grandmother in the town of Anbery in southern Beirut. And after a well-known judge in the village, his parents decided to name the new born: Ragheb Alama, wishing to generate with him all the characteristics of justice, honesty and ethics
Full biography
Ragheb is the biggest of the family; he has seven brothers and sisters. His father used to play the violin while he sat beside him to hear it and learned from him.
Since he was young, he had a beautiful voice and was always chosen to commemorate the events of school and joined the school team, which entered the challenge with other schools where he has always been superior to others. The music professor advised the need to develop this talent, especially when he made it at the age of 12 in a radio program in the Lebanese Radio (Live Broadcast).
Ragheb did not accept to go on with his talent only, but he insisted to support it by learning and he enrolled in the Lebanese Institute of Music, where he studied music, and learned playing on musical instruments, specifically the Oud. And after graduating from the institute, he became ready to compete in the musical field.
In the age of 18, he decided to participate in Studio El Fan in 1980 in the category of popular song, where he was able to prove his intelligence to the difficult choice he has taken, and his choice was in the right place. Ragheb Aalameh well-deserved first place. This young singer, who was listened to by all Lebanese did not take too long to become "Super Star Ragheb Alama". Everyone talked about him and adored his voice.
The Arab world has been responsive to his songs, and the fans waited impatiently for his concerts and the release of his new albums.
And so Ragheb became the artist of non-limits, open to the world, an ambassador of sentimental feelings, that was his nickname after taking part in several festivals. And in addition to his titles, Ragheb Alama won many medals and recognitions from the Arab countries.
Ragheb Alama has released many albums, he has more than 16 albums and 30 video clips. His first album was "Bokra Byobrom Dulabik" and then rolled several albums and we recall the famous album "Tawaam Rouhi", which had huge sales, as well as the album "Albi Eshgha", and many other albums.
And he remains the Super Star Ragheb Alama, shining again and again with every release of new albums.


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Reduced parolee oversight has lawmakers frustrated
Online: Read the Lieu memo and other documents at uniontrib.com/gardner.
Background: State administrators are reducing supervision levels of parolees. Officials say the effort is not deliberate, but documents and data point to a systemic effort to save money.
What's changing: A state assemblyman is asking the Office of the Inspector General to investigate.
State lawmakers expressed dismay Tuesday that California parole officials appear to be methodically lowering supervision levels for thousands of convicted felons to trim expenses.
Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, who in April requested an Inspector General's Office investigation into the department's new parole program with no supervision for low-risk offenders, asked on Tuesday that the review be expanded to include "extremely disturbing" e-mails cited by The San Diego Union-Tribune on Sunday.
"It's outrageous that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supervisors are incentivizing the misclassification of parolees," Lieu said in an interview Tuesday. "CDCR should not be rewarding employees based on how many downgrades of high-risk parolees they can accomplish."
In a memo, Lieu said the agency should not "unilaterally start misclassifying high-risk criminals" and that to do so is an "abdication of its responsibilities."
The Union-Tribune reported Sunday that state prison and parole officials for years have been lowering the classification levels of serious and violent felons, at times with an eye to budget considerations such as parole agents' overtime.
The lower classifications mean parolees are not required to report to agents as often — and in many cases never have to visit their agents.
Dozens of parolees on low supervision or mail-in status committed new crimes after being released from prison, creating additional victims and jeopardizing local police and deputy sheriffs who respond to the calls, the newspaper reported.
Corrections officials deny that there is a policy directing parole administrators to lower parolee supervision levels to avoid agent overtime costs. They said the reclassifications are the result of due-diligence case reviews that could just as easily raise supervision levels for particular parolees.
On Tuesday, they said the department would welcome an inspector general's review as requested by Lieu, who is running for attorney general.
"CDCR appreciates Assemblyman Lieu's interest in this complex, parole-related issue," said Gordon Hinkle, a spokesman for the department. "CDCR requires its parole administrators to review caseloads and classifications of parolees to determine that they are appropriately classified, based upon the unique factors of each case."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger backed his prison department's handling of parole cases.
"The reforms passed by the Legislature and the governor last year concentrate the state's resources on supervising those most likely to re-offend," spokeswoman Rachel Arrezola said. "The administration is committed to continual improvements in managing California's parolees to better protect the public, and we welcome input from the Legislature and others."
Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, the San Diego Republican working to pass Chelsea's Law in honor of slain Poway teenager Chelsea King, said that nothing he learns about the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation surprises him.
"This just confirms what we've seen over the past few months: Corrections is a broken system," Fletcher said. "It's broken on so many levels."
Before requesting any additional fixes, Fletcher said he is awaiting the inspector general's review of how Chelsea's killer, John Albert Gardner III, managed to remain on parole despite seven violations.
He also wants to see findings of a joint legislative audit into how the corrections department and the Department of Mental Health handle sexually violent predators.
Fletcher said he plans to meet with members of the state's Sex Offender Management Board to consider that panel's recommendations in light of the Gardner case.
"All of these efforts are designed to see what actions we can take" to improve corrections operations, he said. "Public safety has to be the highest priority."


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With "Big Love" now behind her, Amanda Seyfried will be breaking out on the big screen in 2011. She's got two high profile projects hitting theaters this year, Catherine Hardwicke's reworked fairy tale "Red Riding Hood" and Andrew Niccol's sci-fi thriller "Now." And Seyfried has just added another project to her busy schedule.
THR reports that Seyfriend will star in "Gone" which has just been picked up by Summit. The corny sounding premise revolves around "a woman named Jill who returns home from her night shift to find her sister's bed empty. She's convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job. But the police do not believe her and Jill knows time is running out. With no one to turn to, Jill sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all." Maybe there is something more on the page because the logline here sounds a little low rent.
The film will be directed by the little known Heitor Dhalia ("Adrift") and has a script by Allison Burnett ("Untraceable," "Fame") -- those last two movies pretty much explain or skepticism about the film. But we're willing to be proven wrong. Filming begins in April.


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May 22, 2012 5:43 AM
Belinda Lacoste
Volunteering in East Africa, writing a cookbook, designing medical equipment — these all add up to making a difference for Angela Czesak, a biomedical engineering undergraduate student at Tulane University who received a 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
The $7,500 scholarship is presented to outstanding students in the sciences, math and engineering.
Czesak's application for the scholarship was based on her volunteer work in Africa and research in the laboratory of Sergey Shevkoplyas, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering.
"I've been to East Africa and I've seen what it's like in hospitals in rural areas," says Czesak. "Sometimes there's no water, sometimes there's no electricity and trained staff is limited."
The goal of the research Czesak will continue during her senior year is to develop a low-cost, portable system for separating blood into components. This would enable life-saving transfusions in resource-limited areas for treating maternal hemorrhage and severe childhood anemia.
But first there's summer. "I've been planning since November," says Czesak. "I knew I wanted to go back to Africa, and this is my last year as an undergraduate. So why not take advantage of Tulane's great funding opportunities and make this summer my most meaningful yet?"
Czesak received a $4,000 Newcomb-Tulane College Gordon Summer Fellowship and a $500 Newcomb Institute Award to support summer internships in Tanzania.
Her work with two engineering nonprofit organizations will involve designing equipment to ease the hard labor of agricultural workers, further developing existing products and assessing the needs of local villagers.
Czesak also will volunteer at a vocational training residence for victims of human trafficking.
"One of my main projects is to create a cookbook of the meals and recipes the women at Faraja learn to cook during their year-long stay at the center, and sell them next semester," Czesak says. "Their biggest need at the moment is a vehicle, so I'm aiming to raise $7,000."
Belinda Lacoste, who received a bachelor of arts degree this May from the School of Continuing Studies, is a staff member who writes for the School of Science and Engineering.
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Senior John Mendoza won the top lifter award as well as 1st place in the heavyweight 275 lb. division with a total lift of 1,425 lbs. to lead the way.
"It feels good being in Powerlifting knowing that my team and I are getting stronger," Mendoza said Monday.
The girls team placed 5th overall and consisted of Krysttal Renteria (9th place 114lb division), Stephanie Moya (8th place 114lb division), Darian Ramirez (1st place 123lb division), Ashlin Liska (4th place 132lb division), Alyssa Castillo (6th place 132lb division), Caley Jackson (1st place 148lb division), Marisella Alaniz (5th place 165lb division), Alexia Jonas (7th place 165lb division), and Tatiana Tinoco (3rd place 220lb division).
Twenty-five powerlifters traveled to Three Rivers Jan. 27-28 for its meet, paced by Freshman Trent Enriquez taking 1st in the Super Heavy Weight Division for Freshmen Boys, Brianna Hopkins winning 1st in JV Girls and three others earning 2nd place.


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Ma Cipriani
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Revision as of 15:18, 24 August 2006 by 188.8.131.52 (talk)
Ma Cipriani is Toni Cipriani's mother. She always sees her son as "too skinny" and "never with pretty girls." She tries to get her son killed in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, but stops after Toni becomes a made man by Salvatore Leone.


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So aurossi what are your excuses going to be this year when 5 races into the season Rossi still is winless without an injury? Old age? Not yet used to the Yamaha he had ridden for 7 years prior? I'm not hating on Rossi I just think he's past his prime. He'll be fighting right along crutchlow nipping at the front runners heels I'm betting. I bet he gets no more than 4 wins this year.. Any takers?


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1 Park near Troutman, North Carolina
Statesville, North Carolina 5.47 miles NW
Sherrills Ford, North Carolina 9.88 miles SW
Denver, North Carolina 14.88 miles SW
Hiddenite, North Carolina 22.02 miles NW
Mocksville, North Carolina 23.02 miles NE
Troutman, North Carolina (map) | (704) 528-6350
Sites: 33 | Latest Rate: $20.00 | 2 Reviews
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This park was close to home for us in case things just sucked. They didn't. Really liked the park, and would stay again. You can hike trails, bike ride, and swim in the lake. The bathhouse was your average state park type bath house. Clean for the most part, but not 5 star or anything. Each site has picnic table, grill, and lantern pole. Down side is that it has no electricity, so we couldn't run a/c. On a really hot day this probably would suck. However when we stayed here the weather was very comfortable. The sites are very well shaded, so this helped keep things cooler. We were somewhat limited by not having electricity, but as dry camping goes this wasn't a terrible experience. They do allow generators but noise restrictions require they be turned off after 10pm. We camped next door to the camp host and they were very friendly and helpful. - Soph
Nov 2010 - $20.00
Camped here with a large group of geocachers, some that stayed in the family area and others that stayed in the Group tent camping area. The family camping area has 33 sites, some with a view of the lake. Each site in this area has a paved parking area and large tent pad. My pop up fit well on the paved driveway but it was somewhat unlevel. Travel trailers larger than about 24 feet may be challenged for room. The one bath house in this area was clean and the hot water was adequate. The park was quite attractive and large. I would have given a slightly higher rating but was somewhat aggravated that the family camping area and group camping areas are separated by gates and they lock these at 6 PM. We had friends in the group site but could not visit with them after 6 pm. - jrackley


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Happy Birthday Kaelten!
Posted by Ackis Apr 15, 2010 at 14:46 UTC
Today marks a very special day out there. It's Kaelten's birthday. Kaelten is one of the developers of CurseForge, and the administrator of WowAce. He's also the developer of the Mac Curse Client.
If you see him around today, wish him a happy birthday!
Blizzard Announces Blizzcon 2010!
Posted by Ackis Mar 25, 2010 at 16:17 UTC
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its fifth BlizzCon® gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23, 2010. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® universes.
"BlizzCon offers us a great opportunity to meet with our players and share our enthusiasm for gaming with one of the most passionate communities in the world," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're looking forward to providing another great show filled with entertainment, competition, and the latest information about Blizzard Entertainment games."
In addition to serving as a gathering place for Blizzard Entertainment gaming communities, BlizzCon will offer attendees a chance to enjoy:
The previous BlizzCon was held in Anaheim in August 2009. Tickets to the event sold out in minutes, and some of the highlights included the announcement of World of Warcraft®: Cataclysm™, the unveiling of a new playable class in Diablo® III, the first public hands-on with the single-player campaign of StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™, and a closing concert featuring rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
For more information visit Blizzcon.com!
World of Warcraft 3.3.3 released
Posted by Ackis Mar 24, 2010 at 15:23 UTC
WoW has had it's 3.3.3 patch released. Patch notes can be found here.
As this is a minor patch, the ToC remains unchanged.
If you are interested in receiving PTR interface build diff files, please send me a PM and I will get you put on the list. I will need your e-mail address to do this.
Have a great day.
NVIDIA Users: Roll back from 196.75 drivers
Posted by Xtek Mar 05, 2010 at 00:27 UTC
This is a pretty urgent thing to report because it could damage or potentially completely ruin your video card if it's ignored. The latest NVIDIA drivers, 196.75-WHQL released on March 2nd, 2010 are causing issues with the video card fan control while playing Blizzard (and other) games. This is caused by the Automatic Fan Speed feature being broken in the latest drivers.
The games included are: World of Warcraft, StarCraft II Beta and Warcraft III. If you play any of these games (which I'm pretty sure you do if you're reading this website), you'll want to roll your drivers back to earlier versions until this is fixed, unless you want to replace a video card within the next few days.
To find out what version drivers you're using:
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Man in the middle attack compromises authenticators
Posted by Ackis Mar 01, 2010 at 04:49 UTC
Going to share this news with everyone. Kody over at World of Raids has said it the best so I'm just going to repeat what he's said over there.
Anyone who has an authenticator attached to their account should run a search (and probably an antivirus scan in case it's on the threat list already) immediately and ensure the file emcor.dll does not exist on your computer. This file is one reported to be allowing hackers to access World of Warcraft accounts that have authenticators attached to them. It's also possible there are other variations of these suspicious files, so if anyone has additional information please respond in the comments.
Based on this thread, the file may be found in /users/username/appdata/Temp. Since the file is fairly new (first mentions of it are only a few days ago), and the common source is unknown, I urge everyone to not log in to World of Warcraft or the account management site until you've run a scan. Confirm your computer is secure before using your authenticator, because this DLL file is allowing hackers to crack through it and access your account.
A warning sign that you're currently infected with this keylogger is that WoW will say your authentication code is incorrect, even if you know for sure you typed in the correct code. Thanks to Cameron for posting about this in our forums, too.


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Would a true Tea Party patriot drop nearly $1,600 in donor money for a small meal at a fancy steakhouse? Robin Stublen says no, and he's mad as hell about the profligate expenditures of a GOP political organization that has glommed on to his grassroots movement. Stublen is the organizer of the Punta Gorda, Florida, Tea Party and a member of Tea Party Patriots, a national grassroots organization that has no offices, no president, raises virtually no money, operates largely on volunteer efforts, and, most importantly, doesn't endorse candidates. But unbeknownst to many, there's another outfit claiming ownership of this conservative movement. It's called the Tea Party Express, and it has dominated Fox News coverage over the past year with its multi-state bus tours and political rallies.
Behind it is a well-established Republican political action committee that has raked in tons of money fundraising under the "Tea Party" banner--and it has also spent a lot of that money in a fashion unbecoming a supposedly grassroots insurrection. For instance, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the PAC that created Tea Party Express dropped $1,597.29 over the summer for a meal for six at a tony Sacramento Chops restaurant, an expenditure that has Stublen seeing red.


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Lupita Nyong'o is so hot right now – as evidenced by the reception she received at the Golden Globes last night, where the 12 Years A Slave actress shone on the red carpet in a stunning red Ralph Lauren cape dress. Nyong'o lost out to Jennifer Lawrence in the Best Supporting Actress category, but she's been nominated for the Rising Star Award at the EE BAFTAS, which take place next month.
We caught up with Lupita for our February issue, and couldn't wait to share the interview with you.
Words: Anna Smith
Being universally acclaimed for your first big-screen role is every actor's dream. Another one might be working with Brad Pitt, say, or Michael Fassbender. Fresh out of Yale School of Drama, Lupita Nyong'o can tick all three boxes. In fact, after starting out as a production assistant on The Constant Gardener, and just one role – in MTV Network Africa drama series Shuga – she is now on the fast track to A-list status thanks to her extraordinary, harrowing performance in Steve McQueen's biopic, 12 Years A Slave.
Lupita plays Patsey, a slave both reviled and revered by drunken, adulterous landowner Edwin Epps. That Epps is played by Michael Fassbender (who has cornered the market in moral depravity) offers an indication of the man's brutality. It says volumes about Lupita's on-screen presence that she shines brighter than almost anyone else, in a cast that also includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and the magnificent Chiwetel Ejiofor. Remember when a then-unknown Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone and you just knew it was the start of something big? We've got the same feeling about Lupita.
The 30-year-old actress knew, as soon as she saw the script, that she would play Patsey. 'I had a gut reaction the second I read it,' she says. 'I understood Patsey, even though I had no idea how I was going to play her.' Not least among the challenges she faced was her own lack of acting experience. 'I had to really manage my 'Imposter Syndrome' – those nagging feelings of self-doubt,' she recalls. In fact, Lupita shows Patsey enduring physical, sexual and psychological abuse with heartbreaking dignity but, like many great actors, she cannot put the actual process into words. 'It's hard to explain. Isn't that the mystery of what we [actors] do? You just have to truthfully believe in those circumstances.'
We are chatting on the set of the ELLE shoot. Poised, polite and soft-spoken, but also resolute in her opinions, Lupita is ambitious but also family-orientated. Born in Mexico, raised in Kenya, she has five siblings. Her father, Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, is a Kenyan politician and democratic campaigner, while her cousin Isis Nyong'o Madison was named one of Africa's Top 20 Youngest Power Women in 2012 by Forbes. Given her pedigree, it is hardly surprising that Lupita, who decided to become an actress after watching Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The Color Purple aged five, has created so much noise with her second-ever role.
If Hollywood has been seduced, so too has the fashion world. The actress has revealed a series of pitch-perfect red-carpet looks in the last few months, including a printed Miu Miu dress, a black Veronica Beard jumpsuit and a canary yellow J. Mendel gown. Christopher Kane, Erdem and Kenzo were falling over themselves to dress her for her ELLE shoot. At Paris Fashion Week, she cemented her status with a front-row appearance at the Miu Miu spring/summer 2014 show alongside Lena Dunham ('The thing about Lena is that her gentleness and her power are not at odds,' she tells me). It was what is known as 'a moment' – the new voice of a generation beside the new face of a generation.
Today Lupita is conspicuous for all the right reasons in a pink Moschino jacket. 'Fashion is a newer area for me,' she says. 'I love clean lines and bold colours, and mixing feminine and masculine silhouettes. Every single thing I've tried on by Antonio Berardi is just gold. And Erdem and, of course, Prada and Miu Miu. My stylist, Micaela Erlanger, is magic – she really knows how to translate what I like into brands.'
However, for Lupita, enjoying the trappings of fame doesn't mean being consumed by them. 'Fortunately, I lucked out with a very grounded bunch of people around me,' she says. 'I'll always have them, so I'm not too concerned about staying grounded. I don't Google myself, so I'm not part of the consumption of my public persona. I did once read a few things, and I was like, "OK, I'm done. Done, done, done."'
For now – 'I'm in the business of now' – the focus is on enjoying the moment. Lupita's sense of humour is rather unexpected, and veers towards British eccentricity. 'I grew up in Kenya, a former British colony, so I'm well acquainted with sarcasm,' she says. 'I'm obsessed with The IT Crowd. It's like a comedy of manners and Chris O'Dowd is brilliant.'
He is not the only actor she admires. She describes Fassbender, with whom she shared most of her scenes in 12 Years A Slave, as 'an electrifying human being. He's magnetic. You're watching an artist at work. He loves what he does and he's spontaneous and unpredictable, which is fun.'
In line with her ambitious streak, Lupita has high hopes for the role of women in the film industry – 'I'd like there to be a time when it doesn't make news that a woman directed something' – but despite having started out behind the scenes, for her it is now very much abut acting. She will next be seen in action thriller Non-Stop, opposite Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Michelle Dockery. 'Michelle and I play flight attendants. It's kind of like Speed in the air – the polar opposite of 12 Years!' she says with what is unmistakably a grin.
Mark our words, 2014 belongs to Lupita.
12 Years A Slave is out 24 January; Non-Stop is out 28 February


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Bahrain declares US diplomat persona non grata
Great. Just when you thought the Obama administration had done all the damage it could possibly do in the Arab world you find out you are wrong. Via the LA Times Bahrain announced Monday that it was expelling a top State Department official for meddling in its affairs, sharpening tensions between the Obama administration and a strategically important Persian Gulf ally. The state-run Bahrain News | Read More »


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Froggs Ferry Scarf
Lion Brand® Fun Fur
Pattern Number: 90318AD This beautiful scarf features the fun, bold texture of fur.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner (Level 1)
SIZE: One Size
About 5 x 68 in. (12.5 x 173 cm)
CORRECTIONS: None
320-126 Fun Fur Yarn: Chocolate
Deep, rich brown
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Cast on 22 stitches.
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KTM's return to racing in the Moto3 class has resulted in one of the most exotic race machines for the new four-stroke replacement class.
The lightweight 24kg 250cc single-cylinder four-stroke engine has been connected to a trellis frame, and it is all contained within a beautifully crafted carbon-fibre shell that includes a self-supporting seat unit. Now in its second stage of development, the whole package has been pretty impressive in testing, with Red Bull Ajo KTM riders Danny Kent and Sandro Cortese putting in some fast laps.
If KTM's planned future models come to fruition, then (fingers crossed) the Austrian manufacturer will be releasing a 350cc sports bike based on the looks of this Moto3 racer.
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What Totto Wolff is really saying? : Nico Rosberg: Kubica is threatening your seat at Mercedes because he is "helping" us.
Hence Mercedes IS helping Kubica because Wolff wants Kubica at Mercedes F1 Team.
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No,that is the stuff of Hollywood movies.
It was all a publicity stunt .
"Jorge gains inner knowledge from the King"
Back to the subject,Rossi dosen't care what people think.He will say this kind of stuff in interviews as he knows that nobody is going to respond because "the new breed" is trained to be Mr.Nice-Guys to the press.And there is no chance that anybody will want to fight Rossi on track.We seen what happened there (Laguna Seca 2008,Catalunya 2009 and Motegi 2010)


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I'm about to start commuting (5 miles each way, mostly suburban side streets) and am looking into what bike to get. First of all I have to say this forum ROCKS! Had I known about it last time I was considering commuting, I probably would have started then..
I've been to the LBS's around here a year ago, and they advised me that I should stick to a hybrid frame for commuting given the "fragility" of road bikes and the fact that I haven't been on a bike in a while (10 years since any regular riding and that was on a toy mountain bike)
On one hand I want to agree with them, and start considering the hybrids i've seen around here, but on the other I'd really like to get into road biking since I know if I do any recreational biking, that's what I'd rather be doing.
I've got a strict mandate from the missus to keep the bike (equipment not included) under $400, but if I'm getting a road bike I think I can push things to $600.
I've been reading the "under $700 road bike" sticky, but pretty much any sub $600 road bike mentioned isn't sold around here unless the LBS has one on clearance from the previous season. used ads haven't turned up much either.
I went to our local big-box sporting goods shop (dick's) and they had a diamondback podium for $550
I haven't heard diamondback thrown around much around here, so I'm guessing they're not so great.
any opinions from owners out there?
the other thing I'm throwing around (more of the hybrid category) is the Kona Dew or Smoke
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The moral narrative of the IRA and Hamas was/is impeccable.
They may have behaved/behave like idiots, blood-thirsty idiots at that, and they have even done things against their own interests (how the IRA could ever have allied with Nazi Germany is beyond understanding) – but the fundamental moral case belongs to the IRA and Hamas, not to Britain or Israel.
The foundation of Israel was like the plantations that robbed hundreds of thousands of Irish of their lands..
Local people were thrust from their homes and left to die on the wayside of, or be exiled from, land which was rightfully theirs.
In the case of the plantations the impulse was pure greed, in the case of the Israeli imperialistic acquisition of holy land the impulse was religious backed by the understandable need of Jews never again to be a hated minority in someone's else's country.
Ironically Israel has become the guilty party which bullies the weak and innocent.
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The deal, which was first announced in November, will see four Contego facilities – in Leeds and Gillingham in the UK, Hoogerheide in the Netherlands and Portlaiose in Ireland – transfer to the US-based cartons giant.
It then came under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading but was given the green light to go ahead in mid-December.
The deal will give Graphic Packaging a strong foothold in the European food cartons sector to complement its position in the beverage cartons arena, where it has also been expanding; just two weeks after announced the Contego deal, Graphic bought A&R Carton's European beer and beverage packaging business.
For Contego, meanwhile, the completion of the deal will allow the company to concentrate on its pharmaceutical packaging business, where it has invested heavily since it was bought by Platinum Equity in early 2011.
Corporate finance advisors Moorgate Capital advised on the sale. Nicholas Mockett of Moorgate told PN: "The acquisition of Contego Cartons by Graphic Packaging and the recently announced acquisition of the beverages business from A&R shows that trans Atlantic acquisitions are very much on the cards in the packaging industry. We should expect to see more of this type of M&A activity."


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Sharon Leal has joined the cast of NBC's fantasy drama Grimm, in what will be a recurring role, playing a physical therapist, helping Hank (played by Russell Hornsby) recover from his ankle injury.
Could there be a romance budding here for old Hank?
It looks that way, as Hornsby himself previously shared that his character just might find himself a love interest during the upcoming 3rd season, which debuts on October 25.
Leal's character is described as "smart, beautiful and mysterious," a winning combo in my book!
Both have previously appeared in the same TV series, in Suits in 2011.
Up next for Leal, look for her playing opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in Fox's Greg Belanti legal drama series Guilty, if that project is ever given life.
And on the big screen, she stars in Lionsgate's adaptation of erotic fiction writer Zane's popular novel Addicted, which will be out on March 14, 2014.
She also plays Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife in a slave-themed drama Carry Me Home (previously titled Something Whispered) - a tale set in 1850, which centers on a man named Samuel (Gooding), who attempts to free his family from institutionalized slavery, intent on escaping from the tobacco plantation they have been forced to call their home for two generations.


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text: In an effort to prevent history from repeating itself, the Dodgers have adjusted their rotation, activating pitcher Stephen Fife, who started Sunday versus the Cubs, giving the rest of the rotation an extra day of rest and bumping Capuano from the Cardinals series. More importantly, it set up a battle of aces in the first of a four-game set at Busch Stadium. The move pits Greinke against Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright, who will be playing for a National League-best 14th win, on Monday. If he hadn't missed time with a broken collarbone, Greinke might very well be among the NL wins leaders, too. Greinke is 8-3 through 17 starts this season and has allowed more than two runs just once in his last five starts. Wainwright, named to his second All-Star team ealier this year, has been a rock in the St. Louis rotation. However, he's sporting a 3.68 ERA over his last three outings. It's not bad compared to most pitchers, but it's a full run above his 2.61 ERA this year. In 12 games against the Dodgers in his career, Wainwright has a solid 3.02 ERA over 62 2/3 innings. Game time is 6:05.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tony Sanchez thought he was going to get the opportunity to catch a no-hitter in his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. That's how well Francisco Liriano was pitching Sunday.
"I thought there was a chance," Sanchez said. "His ball was really moving, particularly the slider, was moving all over the place."
Liriano took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning before faltering in his first no-decision this season, and pinch-hitter Justin Morneau singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth to lead the Pirates over the Chicago Cubs 3-2.
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Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen (22) twirls away from home plate after scoring the go-ahead run past Chicago catcher Welington Castillo.
Pittsburgh remained tied with St. Louis for the National League Central lead, took three of four from the last-place Cubs and won for the sixth time in seven games. The Cardinals beat Seattle 12-2.
Morneau, acquired from Minnesota on Aug. 31, drove in his first run for the Pirates. The 2006 American League Most Valuable Player is batting .279 (12-for-43) with Pittsburgh.
"It was perfect timing for the first RBI, that's for sure," Morneau said. "I wish it would have happened a week-and-a-half ago, but I'm glad it happened when it did. It's just nice to contribute."
With the score 2-2 in the eighth, Andrew McCutchen was hit by a pitch from Pedro Strop (2-2), took second on Marlon Byrd's bloop single to center and scored on Morneau's single.
"It's funny how things turn out in this game," Morneau said. "You hit some balls hard and have nothing to show for it then I get a broken-bat hit that ends being the game-winner."
Kyle Farnsworth (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Mark Melancon completed a three-hitter with a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances.
Liriano didn't allow a hit until Junior Lake singled into the hole between third base and shortstop leading off the seventh. Shortstop Jordy Mercer made a diving effort and stopped the ball on the outfield grass, but Lake easily beat the throw.
Welington Castillo followed with a tying, two-run homer into the bleachers in left-center. Castillo's seventh homer of the season stopped Liriano's streak of 22 consecutive scoreless innings at PNC Park.
"You knew it was going to be tough and that's how you score against Liriano - you get somebody on and pop a home run," Chicago manager Dale Sveum said.
Liriano allowed two runs, three hits and four walks in six-plus innings. At 16-7, he became the first Pirates pitcher with a decision in his first 23 starts since Larry French opened with 24 in a row in 1930, according to STATS.
"He was on the edges of the plate and then he was just off of them," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "The pitch count got up higher than he wanted it to be but he got outs and he had a no-hitter through six innings. He battles and he competes."
Liriano, who was unavailable for comment after the game, threw 99 pitches through six innings, and Hurdle said it was doubtful he would have made it to the ninth.
"Francisco's a pro and he realizes it wouldn't benefit anyone for him to throw 130 pitches on Sept. 15," Hurdle said.
Cubs starter Travis Wood gave up two runs, five hits and two walks in six innings.
"Obviously, Liriano's very good so they matched each other evenly, pitch-for-pitch," Sveum said. "A couple bloopers there in the last inning cost us the win there."
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Boston at Orlando
Amway Center
Offensive Efficiency:
Boston: 92.8 points/100 possessions (28th)
Orlando: 100.9 points/100 possessions (11th)
Defensive Efficiency:
Boston: 98.2 points allowed/100 possessions (10th)
Orlando: 94.5 points allowed/100 possessions (T-3rd)
Probable Magic Starters:
Jameer Nelson (PG), Arron Afflalo (SG), Maurice Harkless (SF), Jason Maxiell (PF) & Nikola Vucevic (C)
View From The Opposing Bench: Magic Basketball
Thumbnail: The men in green left Boston with their first victory of the season, and they have some nice company in that category. The Bulls and Knicks have just one win each as well. Of course, I know it is early, but how much longer will we be able to say that the Celtics are in the same jurisdiction as those two teams?
Unfortunately, the Beantown and Windy City basketball teams have another number in common. The Celtics and Bulls are the two worst fourth-quarter teams this season. While Chicago owns a -5.2 margin per final quarter, Boston is at a whopping -11! You read that correctly: the Celtics are being outscored by a combined 55 points in their 2013-14 fourth quarters.
They now are in Florida for back-to-back games, the first of which is against a team that outscored Doc Rivers and the Clippers by 10 points over the final 12 minutes a couple days ago. With that 98-90 victory at the Amway Center, Orlando brings a perfect 3-0 home record into this game with the Celtics.
The main reason for the Magic's impressive win against one of the league's best teams was Nikola Vucevic, who got the "Whoa Boy!" fantasy line of the night on the Starters for his 30 points and 21 rebounds. In addition, Vucevic has averaged 14.5 points, 12.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in his four career games against the Celtics in which he has accumulated at least 20 minutes played.
Prediction: The Celtics will be seeing a lot of the Magic over the next four days, so it will be important to contain the center from Montenegro. Although Boston has won the last eight meetings with Orlando, I do not think they can make it nine in a row.
Magic 101, Celtics 94
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This past weekend Lupe Fiasco was in Washington, DC to perform at an Inaugural event. While there he performed his anti-war manifesto Words I never Said featuring the lyrics "Gaza strip was being bombed Obama didn't say sh*t". After repeatedly performing this song to the crowd's dismay Fiasco was removed from the stage. This coming after Tavis Smiley provided a Sunday morning commentary on the Obama presidency just a day before the President was inaugurated. On top of all that Dr. Cornel West laced into President Obama for using Dr. King's bible when West felt as though the President's governance would have Dr. King spinning in his grave. These three are not new critics of the President. Fiasco has gone so far as calling the President a terrorist.
These three in particular have been routinely criticized by other African-Americans as "haters" without valid points or with personal axes to grind. West famously and publicly bemoaned that he wasn't invited to the first Inauguration after campaigning so hard for President Obama. Smiley has been aggressively critical of President Obama since the President did not make a personal appearance at Smiley's State of the Black Union event in 2008. Fiasco has made inconsistent statements and erratic music (Lasers!) that caused many to tune him out with regards to his political views. We may be easily able to disregard these three, but the quick dismissal of them begs the question, is there a place for a black progressive critique of President Obama?
When we have seen them, the critiques have immediately been shut down. Many deride Fiasco however his statements about the President and war lie in more truth than fiction. President Obama has issued more predator drone strikes (the unmanned airplanes that are remotely controlled) in his first four years than George W. Bush did in his entire eight years. The positive is this takes American bodies off the battlefield, the negative is best explained in dialogue from the hit television show Scandal; "the problem with precision air strikes is that they aren't precise." Thus we see a drastic increase in the number of innocent civilians murdered by the Obama administration's secret kill list and drone program.
Fiasco may have his flaws but his questioning of the President on the topic of peace seems to be a legitimate one. Why then are he and ostensibly his critiques so quickly and effortlessly dismissed. Smiley & West have collectively been beating the drum about poverty for seemingly the entire second half of the President's first term and will undoubtedly be fighting that fight during his second term as well. Having already acknowledged there personal disagreements with President Obama we then have to look at the merits of their arguments. Poverty has indeed risen, we see nearly one in five children (or about 20%) of America's children are impoverished. The official poverty rate is nearly 15% totaling about 50 million U.S. residents. We continue to see workers wages stagnate or drop meanwhile corporate profits have rebounded nicely from "The Great Recession". With this great abundance of evidence West and Smiley are still thought to be "haters" who are jealous of the President and all that he has accomplished.
I have no doubt Smiley and West are grinding some sort of personal axe. But even when I mute them, the sad and painful statistics of poverty and income inequality speak far too loud. The initial shot to the economy was done by much of the deregulation of the Clinton administration and continued in the Bush administration. However the most recent statistics have been the doing of the current President Interestingly enough President Obama campaigned against then Sen. Hillary Clinton using the phrase you can't keep putting the same people in charge and expecting a different result. Meanwhile once President Obama was elected, the economic team he put together to solve the nation's economic problems were rehashes from the Clinton administration. President Obama often is cited as saying a rising tide lifts all boats but what we are finding is that recent rising tides have only lifted the boats of those who already had money.
So what of the black progressive critique of the President. In many ways one has to ask themselves can a black person publicly critique the President and be supported by others in the black community. Or is the occasion of a first black president still so magnificent that when someone does critique President Obama black Americans will rush to the President's defense and find fault not necessarily with the critique of the President but with the character of the person doing the critique. We know one thing, Lupe Fiasco, Tavis Smiley & Dr. Cornel West and their critiques of President Obama will never been taken seriously by black Americans. The question is will anyone else's.
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I agree with you on all of the above. I think it's unfortunate that many African-Americans want to whitewash Obama's administration and legacy. It's possible that they do this in a hope that there will be other Black presidents or it's possible that many just feel fiercely protective over the first biracial president.
Many people feel caught between a rock and a hard place because they feel like criticizing President Barack Obama is not just criticizing an individual… it's criticizing the "experiment" of electing someone who isn't a rich, Caucasian man.
My major issue with the majority of the progressive critics isn't the content of their statements, it's their method. For example, Lupe's decision to go on an anti Obama rant in Washington, DC during inauguration weekend only ires people; it doesn't move them to action. It seemed like more of a publicity stunt by a stellar lyricist with subpar record sales.
I hope that as time passes, people will feel more comfortable being forthcoming and honest about their opinions of the totality of Obama's record. He needs progressive voices, not just antagonistic conservative ones to remind him of why the majority of Americans elected him.
Excellent post Mr. Baker.
Great food for thought Mr. Baker. Let's see if I can be equally as cogent as you were in your analysis. First up, President Obama is President of what most consider to be the most powerful country in the world. That said, given the context that comes with the position, the President's creditability on peace and poverty are both severely compromised. The President's job is to keep things running smoothly. So let's talk about these "things" he is overseeing. Capitalism. To put it lightly he is presiding over an economic system that wasn't exactly designed for poor people, particularly institutionally–in fact it preys on them. I do agree that the President could and should make poverty more of a priority, however I can see how that could have been a bit difficult given the recession he inherited and the bank & auto industry he had to tend to. In my own humble opinion I believe stopping poverty has much more to do with the people than the politics. It's a way of life that most of could easily adjust to, but perhaps the President needs to provide that template so that folks would know what they had to do. I believe the key to unlocking poverty isn't in any one policy, I believe it will come from an collective effort of people wanting to end it. What would we define as "poverty" anyway? We'd really benefit from making a national standard of living if at all possible. Furthermore, I'd challenge that its not the President alone who doesn't care about poor people. There is one of him, and 300 some odd million of us. Shit if poor people banned together there would be less poor people– just saying.
So now let's talk about peace. Drone strikes are totally unacceptable and I don't condone people getting killed in any instance, let alone innocent bystanders. It is my understand that drones were implemented as a war tactic in America's "war on terrorism" but seeing as though "terrorists" look a lot like you and I, America has failed at that mission ( killing Bin Laden) included. As President, Obama must be accountable for the blood on his hands. As critics we must ask ourselves when peace needs to be pushed aside, if at all. That way we know folks counter-position. Critiques are fleeting without offered solutions.
I absolutely believe there should be room for the President's decisions to be examined and critiqued, and anyone who says otherwise, I'd say, isn't credible. I am in no way being an apologist for the President. He, just like the rest of us must be accountable for his decisions and I assume how one views him will likely be a unique one. However, as I channel the best of my own inner human I see that when it comes to using your moral/empathetic/peaceful eye to make these critiques on the President one could be wasting their time. You can't really expect/want outcomes out of a system that wasn't designed to deliver that product. At best it's like trying to eat your spaghetti with a spoon. While I agree that these are ABSOLUTELY valid critiques I think we need to start evaluating the seat more than the person who sits in it.


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Hundreds of passionate Chicoans crammed into the City Council Chambers Tuesday night to discuss ways of combating the city's homeless issue.
The study session basically came about when in August the council failed to pass a sit-and-lie ordinance, which was mostly aimed at downtown transients.
After a brief introduction groups broke off to brainstorm ideas on how to make Chico, and the downtown area in particular, a safer more welcoming place.
Groups each came up with five strategies, either by enforcement or services, to curtail the homeless issue and then those items were placed before the City Council for review.
"There are some things that can be done," says Councilmember Sean Morgan. "Increase enforcement, sit and lie or civil sidewalks ordinance, things of that nature that's easier for us to take the next step. We don't have to wait until March, we can do that tonight, we can do it tonight. What I'd really like to see come out of tonight is action items not further discussions."
And it appears that Morgan got that wish. The council will again take up the civil sidewalks--or sit-lie--ordinance at the November 5 meeting.


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Watching the outstanding season (and series) finale of "Luck," which went out quietly on Sunday night while the country turned its attention to "Mad Men," it was hard not wonder if the show would have found more of a following if the rest of it had been like its ending.
Written by Eric Roth and directed by Mimi Leder, the last episode unites the characters on the day of a derby race in which most had a stake, either by way of betting, riding, training or ownership. It features an underdog triumph, a murder, a departure, a medical scare, a photo finish and a naked girl rolling around in a bed of money -- everything you'd want in a cable TV show for adults, with that phrase's many implications.
But it wasn't ratings that resulted in the cancellation of "Luck," it was the unfortunate death of three horses during the show's production. And "Luck," while not opposed to sequences of reward and drama, is a show that loved and relied on quiet moments and the weight of what was being left unsaid.
It sometimes made for counterintuitive television that, as I speculated before, will play out better when it can be consumed in one or two sessions on DVD instead of being doled out over weeks. And the show's still well worth seeking out, even if it's not returning -- the final moments served well enough to provide welcome closure for some while promising storms on the horizon for others. And there's always trouble on the way in "Luck," and not just of the sort the paranoid Marcus (Kevin Dunn) is always predicting -- the extent to which the series takes its name to heart became increasingly clear as the season unfolded.
The show has the feel and texture of an unfiltered cigarette and a tumbler of Scotch, a cast of characters dominated by grizzled, guarded men with soft hearts who are worse for the wear but still ready to make a go of things, as bad or as good as those things might be. "Whatever complications, this is where we are, what we have to make our lives with," Dustin Hoffman's Chester Bernstein tells his estranged grandson, brought back into his life by his enemies as a potential target. "Hands are dealt, we got to see how we play them."
Luck is, in the parlance of the show, about accepting how little is in your control. The slinky opening credits are filled with charms and tokens -- horseshoe rings and neon four-leaf clovers, crosses and coins on chains -- symbolizing the way in which people try to influence their fortunes, but also speaking to they've chosen or had chosen for them a life that depends on chance. Jerry (Jason Gedrick), for instance, is a brilliant handicapper of horses whose skills nab him and his friends -- who name themselves Foray Stables -- a small fortune and a chance to buy a horse of their own. But he's a disaster at the poker tables, even though he can't stay away from them. As his card-playing nemesis points out, he doesn't bet by the numbers, he bets like he's got to prove how lucky he is... and he most of the time, he isn't.


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Soldiers assigned to the United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area, 210th Fires Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, moves through a cloud of white smoke for extra security while assaulting an objective during the team live-fire exercise at story live-fire complex near Warrior Base, Jan. 23, 2014. The purpose of the training is to certify fire teams capable of employing in the military armistice commissioned headquarters area at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos R. Davis, 210th Field Artillery Brigade Public Affairs/Released)
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Born Bert John Gervis, Jr. in Los Angeles on July 6, 1945, Burt Ward was the son of Bert Gervis, Sr., and his wife, Marjorie Ward, whose maiden name would provide her son with a stage surname during his acting career. Gervis, Sr. owned a traveling ice show called "Rhapsody on Ice," and by the age of two, Ward was promoted as the "World's Youngest Ice Skater" in the pages of Strange as It Seems magazine. He remained athletic throughout his childhood, participating in numerous high school sports and studying karate.
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Father Hildebrand Garceau, O.Praem, will assume the role of head chaplain following the departure of Fr. Joseph Illo who departed from the College earlier this summer.
"The love of Christ and his Church has gathered us together here at Thomas Aquinas College," Fr. Garceau said on the College website. "By study, reflection, and discussion we come to know God; by prayer and contemplation we come to love Him. The chaplains help to facilitate that love by ministering the Sacraments and providing spiritual direction so that the students may thrive humanly and spiritually."
Fr. Garceau came to the College as a chaplain in 2011. He looks at his new position as an opportunity to assist TAC community members in their spiritual lives.
In addition, Father Paul Raftery, O.P., a previous College chaplain from 2006 until 2012, will resume his role after having spent two years as a parochial vicar in Alaska. On the TAC website, he expressed his excitement towards his return. "I am once again privileged to be serving all the important work of the College," he said on the College website. "What a great blessing to come back!"
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CAL CAREER (Career Stats): Has played in 23 games and started five contests during his four seasons with the program from 2008-11, seeing all of his action in the 2009 and 2010 campaigns ... has contributed four catches for 27 yards and a touchdown, one rush for two yards, one kick return for 11 yards and 10 tackles.
2012 (Game-By-Game Stats): Listed as the team's starting fullback on the post-spring depth chart ... missed spring practice due to a 2011 knee injury but expected to be ready for the season.
2011: Missed the entire season after injuring his knee during training camp ... had been an early candidate for the Burlsworth Trophy given annually to the nation's most outstanding player who began his collegiate career as a walk-on.
2010 (Game-By-Game Stats): Spent most of the season as the team's top fullback, playing in 11 games and starting five ... had a single catch in each of the first three contests vs. UC Davis (career-high 11 yards), vs. Colorado (eight yards) and at Nevada (four-yard TD reception for the first score of his career) ... had his lone run of the campaign for two yards in the next game at Arizona and then his fourth and final reception of his season for a four-yard gain in the following game he played vs. UCLA (missed the previous contest at USC with an injury) ... posted single tackles four times - vs. UC Davis, vs. Colorado, vs. UCLA and at Washington State.
2009 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in 12 games off the bench primarily on special teams and also as a backup fullback ... had one kick return for 11 yards and six tackles ... 11-yard kick return came vs. Washington State ... had a career-high-tying two tackles in back-to-back victories at UCLA and vs. Washington State, while recording one each in the team's final two contests at Washington and in the Poinsettia Bowl vs. Utah.
2008: Redshirted ... did not play.
PENINSULA HS: Selected first-team All-Bay League and to the Daily Breeze All-Area squad as a 2007 senior when he recorded 110 tackles and 7.0 tackles for loss, while also averaging 30.0 yards per catch on 14 receptions (three touchdowns) for a total of 420 receiving yards ... added All-Bay League honors in wrestling.
PERSONAL: Full name is Eric James Stevens ... born October 1, 1989 ... parents are Mark Stevens and Helene Mink ... the younger brother of former Cal tight end Craig Stevens, who currently plays in the NFL with Tennessee and has seen action in 58 games with the Titans over the past four seasons from 2008-11 after being selected in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the organization ... major is legal studies.
Rushes: 1 (at Arizona, 2010)
Rushing Yards: 2 (at Arizona, 2010)
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Receiving Yards: 11 (vs. UC Davis, 2010)
Receiving TDs: 1 (at Nevada, 2010)
Long Reception: 11 (vs. UC Davis, 2010)
Kick Returns: 1 (vs. Washington State, 2009)
Kick Return Yards: 11 (vs. Washington State, 2009)
Long Kick Return: 11 (vs. Washington State, 2009)
All Purpose Yards: 11 (twice, last vs. UC Davis, 2010)
Tackles: 2 (twice, last vs. Washington State, 2009)
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Essentially, he must have a valid reason for visiting, must have a way to support himself without working illegally, must have significant ties to his home country, and must have the intent to return home.
A letter of invitation helps with some of this as it will help to show why he is coming to the U.S., how much time he will need and that perhaps he will have a place to stay so that he doesn't have to spend money. Usually you want to show that he is going just for a few weeks or so. If it is longer than that, immigration will wonder why and will become suspicious. They are almost sure to deny someone that says they want to visit for 5 or 6 months unless they have very strong evidences of everything else I listed above. But keep in mind that a letter of invitation is a small part of the process and isn't even a requirement (people mistakenly believe it is the most important) and it can sometimes be used against the applicant. For example, if the consular officer believes that the applicant will have too much support meaning that they could stay illegally in the U.S., the officer would deny the visa. Sometimes it is better to not even have a letter of invitation. The most important part of a case is to have strong ties to the home country.
So your letter should state why you are inviting him and that you will provide room and board while he is here visiting. Not much else is needed from you.
Now as to some of the ties, he will need to show that he has significant close family at home, property not easily sold, and a good job for a good company that he has had for awhile that he would not normally abandon.
So if he is young, and without much money or any property or a good job, he would probably be denied. They would see him as a risk for staying illegal. Also, persons that are planning to travel with their spouse and children are a risk as well because some of their significant ties are actually going with them.
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Your information does not help him. Nor does his bank account because money can be easily moved from country to country. That his family will stay behind, that he has property and a good job, that is what he has to focus on, not your letter of invitation.
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The North Carolina State Ports Authority turned a profit of almost $400,000 in the fiscal year that ended June 30th.
That's the first profit for the ports in three years.
The StarNews of Wilmington reports the last time the ports had a profit was in 2008 when they made just over $1 million.
The authority operates port facilities in Morehead City and Wilmington.
Ports Authority officials say last year's profit came because of increases in bulk cargo handled by the ports. That includes grain imports to Wilmington and wood chip exports from both Wilmington and Morehead City.
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''Robo Story'' (1985) was a French cartoon that ran for a single season. The plot revolved around "Myrtille" (or 'Blueberry' in the English dub) and her dog Loufi, who accidentally stowed away on a rocket ship which later lands on the Robo Planet, a planet inhabited by, you guessed it, robots. There are two robot factions: the peaceful, kind Robers (Robos in English), and the evil Rotors (Wrigglers). Myrtille is taken under the wings of the Robers, while the Rotors attempt to salvage Earth technology from Myrtille's rocket.
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A pair of former Alabama All-Americans turned in career performances Sunday, while a handful of former Crimson Tide defenders helped their teams to victory in the second week of the NFL regular season.
Wide receiver Julio Jones matched the best performance of his career with 11 receptions, 182 yards and a touchdown in the Atlanta Falcons' 31-24 win over Barrett Jones and the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the third-year veteran caught an 81-yard touchdown pass, the longest catch of his NFL career. Jones also had 11 catches and 182 yards in last season's NFC Championship game.
Tampa Bay safety Mark Barron recorded a career-best 13 tackles in a 16-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints. In addition to being the game's leading tackler, Barron also had a tackle for loss, a pass deflection and added a sack. On the opposing sideline former Alabama safety Roman Harper led the Saints with six tackles.
Buffalo defensive tackle Marcell Dareus had four tackles and half of a sack for the Bills in a 24-23 win over the Carolina Panthers. Houston Texans cornerback Kareem Jackson notched six tackles and two pass deflections in an overtime victory over Tennessee.
New England linebacker Dont'a Hightower led the Patriots with eight tackles in a 13-10 win over the New York Jets Thursday, while Jacksonville defensive end Brandon Deaderick racked up a sack and forced a fumble in the Jaguars' 19-9 loss to Oakland.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)Management of Acute Otitis Media: UpdateShekelle, P.G., Takata, G., et al.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 198, Publication No. 11-E004.
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Description: This is a meta-analysis on the diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM) in children.
Question(s) Addressed:
What are the operating characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios) of clinical symptoms and otoscopic findings (such as bulging tympanic membrane) to diagnose uncomplicated AOM and to distinguish it from otitis media with effusion (OME).
What has been the impact of the pneumococcal heptavalent immunization (PCV7) on AOM microbial epidemiology?
What is the comparative effectiveness of different treatment options for treating uncomplicated AOM in average risk children?
What is the comparative effectiveness of different management options for recurrent otitis media (uncomplicated) and persistent otitis media or relapse of AOM?
Do treatment outcomes in question 3 and question 4 differ by characteristics of the condition, patient environment, and/or health care delivery system?
What adverse effects have been observed for the treatments whose outcomes are addressed in questions 3 and 4?
Population: Children with suspected or confirmed AOM.
Delayed antibiotic
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Number of Studies Included: 72
Years Included: 1966-2009
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"There is limited evidence on clinicians' accuracy and precision in identifying each of the three clinical criteria necessary to diagnose AOM, or their accuracy and precision in identifying all three together" (p. 44).
"...[S]tudies comparing diagnostic accuracy between generalist or primary care physicians and otolaryngologists suggest that clinicians' accuracy in identifying all three clinical criteria in one patient is moderate, at best" (p. 44).
The quality of evidence is considered low and "high quality research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate" (p. 44).
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