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Roque Robles, 65, of Fredericksburg, died Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Hill Country Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 9, at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Schaetter Funeral Home.
Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation was held Monday evening and Tuesday before the funeral.
Robles was born Aug. 20, 1947, in Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Juan Robles and Petra Guadalajara Robles. He married Irene Galaviz on Oct. 3, 1970, in Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, and she survives.
In addition to his wife, Robles is survived by two sons, one daughter and spouses, including Oscar and Patti Robles, Luis and Izzy Robles and Lorena Robles, all of Fredericksburg.
Survivors also include five grandchildren and his mother and father, Juan and Petra Robles of Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico.
Memorials may be made to the charity of choice.
Pallbearers included Marcus A. Robles, Robert B. Robles, Arturo Robles, Rafael Robles, Rodrigo Robles, Rolando Robles and Josue Robles.


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The more rubber on the road the better, nice soft sticky rubber, hot, hot, hot. Darned good. But - it wears out quickly and has a higher rolling resistance. Dragsters for example, masses of power and the limiting factor is the coefficient of friction between the rubber and the road, the ratio between the force necessary to move one surface horizontally over another and the pressure between the two surfaces - as high as possible.
But that assumes a nice hard surface.
A soft surface or a crumbly surface will require more than simply surface area as the surface itself is unstable, so nice bobbly lumps on the tire help it grip between the loose stuff.
When I worked at Alfa Romeo in Italy - looong time ago - on our TT33, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...red_vr_TCE.jpg, I built mathematical models of suspensions systems, both production and sport, we had a computer program that computed the actual contact area of a tire and the road, it used weight, pressure, wheel width which varied from 14" to 17" in them days, tire material and the relative position of the tire to the road. It them plotted how that area would move when the front wheels turned left and right, its position relative to the wheel was important to overall handling. Not so with a bike which leans and the moment exerts completely different pressures on the tire and wheel. Never worked on bikes.
Depending on whether the surface was concrete or blacktop or whatever, and how it was finished, whether it was wet or dry and the temperature, we would have a range of wheels with different tire material that best suited the surface. Pressure was adjusted appropriately and in some case suspension adjustment points were made to get the best behavior.
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July 20, 1956 - February 26, 2013
Charles "Dawg" Martin passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Husband of Leza Hubble Martin for 32 years. Father of Ashley Brasher (Josh) and the late Myles Edward Martin. "Papy" of Peyton Brasher. He is also survived by his stepfather, Jay Ortego; his step brothers, Jay and Joe Ortego; many nieces and nephews and his club brothers: Pat "Roadhog" Patterson, Uncle Jerry, Crazy Mack, Pops, Harley Charlie, Top Hat, Kickstart and Terry Thibodeaux. He was preceded in death by his parents, Buford Martin and Maggie Ortego and his brothers: James, Raymond, Jojo and Randy.
Charles was a fixture in the south Louisiana biker community for many years and was a charter member of the "Brotherhood of Old School Bikers". Anyone who rode a bike knew who "Dawg" was. May he ride with the angels now.
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Last Dec I was at the Poly gift shop and was going to buy a Chamilia charm. I didn't have my Pandora bracelet with me. I was told not all if the charms will fit and there is a 24 hour return policy. I didn't buy the charm. I plan to take my bracelet with me next time. The nice charms are in the jewelry case. They have cheap charms on the racks.


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'Meatball' the celebrity bear lands in Alpine
One of the most famous bears this side of Jellystone Park has moved to Alpine — but just for a few days — on his way to a permanent home.
Meatball, aka the Glendale Bear and Glen Bearian, was trapped early Wednesday in the Los Angeles suburbs, where he has been showing up for months and gaining star status on TV and the Internet. More than 28,000 people follow the @TheGlendaleBear Twitter feed run by a Glendale woman on the bear's behalf.
"WHAT THE?!?!?! I just woke up somewhere near San Diego in a room with a jacuzzi and big ol' pile of food," the bear's online persona said in a Tweet on Wednesday afternoon.
"Hope ppl in Alpine treat you well & feed u meatballs," replied one fan.
The Department of Fish and Game said Meatball was spotted this week around La Canada Flintridge — including in a swimming pool — and was captured on video in at least two locations. That was too much for state officials, who have been concerned about the bear's bold moves for months.
The original story incorrectly referred to Meatball as a brown bear. While he is colored brown, he is a black bear.
In response, a warden baited a culvert trap with bacon and honey, capturing the bear at about 4 a.m. on Ocean View Boulevard in La Canada Flintridge.
Meatball was carted to Lions, Tigers & Bears, a licensed animal sanctuary in Alpine, Wednesday afternoon and said to be "safe and secure and resting comfortably."
Founder and director Bobbi Brink said her new ward is about 550 pounds and "a beautiful bear." She said the publicity he brings "gives us the opportunity (to) teach people why it's so important not to feed wildlife. … You can see how driven this bear is."
Fish and Game spokesman Andrew Hughan said Meatball started showing up around Glendale roughly nine months ago and was first captured in April.
"We took him back to the forest and then a couple months later, he came back. Then we captured him again in July and then he came back about four days ago, and we captured him again," Hughan said. "That's the third strike."
Fish and Game officials typically euthanize "habituated" bears, but Hughan said Meatball isn't your average bear.
"This is a special animal," he said. "We don't relocate bears because clearly it doesn't work. But (the department) is very sensitive to the public perception of this bear, with the Twitter feed and website and the T-shirts so we decided that if it was possible to safely capture and secure the animal, then we would."
Meatball's fame is partly due to Sarah Aujero, a 29-year-old Glendale resident who works in the recording industry and grew up watching rerun cartoons of Yogi Bear — the lovable rascal known for stealing picnic baskets in Jellystone Park.
"It all started back in March when I was watching the news like other people here in Glendale and hearing about reports of a bear in the area, breaking into people's garages and into their refrigerators and eating Costco meatballs," Aujero said.
"It was a weekly thing where he would come every garbage day. I thought this bear was very smart — extraordinary. (There were) lots of stories about the bear just acting with human characteristics: He would be hungry, so he would climb a car so he could reach oranges on a tree."
Aujero said she didn't want the bear to get hurt or to be put down because people did something stupid around it.
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Mississippi River Pregnancy Puts Ours in PerspectiveJohn Cave Osborne
We're all guilty of it. Seeing things with a very narrow perspective, that is. Namely ours and only ours. And lately, I've sorta been feeling sorry for myself. Simply put, my life is hard right now. My wife is 30 weeks pregnant and has officially reached the miserable stage in her pregnancy. We've got toddler triplets who, thanks to a series of aggressive nesting maneuvers, are all sleeping not only in new rooms, but also in new beds. Unfortunately, the transition is still in the sleepless phase. Our 9-year-old has up to four soccer commitments per week. And, quite frankly, we're having a hard time keeping up with it all.
Which is just fine and dandy, until I recently read but one paragraph in a story about the ongoing flooding of Mississippi River. And with that one paragraph, I immediately put our pregnancy woes into perspective.
Because if we think we have it bad, then there's simply no words to describe how bad the Flores family from Memphis, Tn. has it. You see, like me, 36-year-old Aurelio Flores also has a pregnant wife. What's more, he and his wife also have a lot of kids. Three, to be precise. So you'd think that I would be able to relate to his plight, right?
Wrong. My life's a picnic in the park compared to his. For Flores and his family have essentially been homeless for 11 days now. Their entire family, all five, soon to be six, of them have been living in a gymnasium converted to a shelter to house displaced families affected by the flooding. Flores last visited his house this past Wednesday. He was greeted by four feet of standing water. Who knows what how bad it is today, six days later.
"I imagine that my trailer, if it's not covered, it's close," said Flores, to CBS News. "If I think about it too much, and get angry about it, it will mean the end of me."
Simply put, I cannot imagine the stress that their family must be feeling right now. I also can't imagine how it is I have ever felt sorry for ourselves.
The Mississippi is expected to crest today. I'm hopeful that means that all the families effected by the Mississippi River flooding can begin to go back to their normal lives.
And that includes the Flores family. I'll be thinking of them, especially. Here's to mom and baby and the rest of the crew. Stay safe, y'all.
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Residents can weigh in about proposed boat and recreational vehicle restrictions at a Greenwood City Council committee meeting this week.
A committee will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the city building, 2 N. Madison Ave. The members will consider new proposals about where residents can park boats, campers, travel trailers and commercial vehicles.
Five members of the council are serving on the committee, which will reconsider the city's rules about where such vehicles can be parked, such as if they have to be behind a home so they can't be seen. Council member Ron Bates has proposed the regulations in order to preserve property values in neighborhoods without active homeowners associations.
Residents are encouraged to come to the meeting and give their opinions, Bates said.
Woman, 63, injured during accident with bus
A Clark Township woman was injured after she accidentally drove her car into a school bus.
Juanita Sedam, 63, was driving down her driveway on County Road 700E to pick up her grandson last week. A bus from Clark-Pleasant schools was parked in the driveway at the time, and Sedam hit the bus after stepping on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal, a Johnson County Sheriff's Office report said.
Sedam was treated at the scene for chest pain, the report said.
One student was on the bus at the time, but neither the student nor the driver was injured. Total damage to both vehicles was about $5,000, Johnson County Sheriff Doug Cox said.
Edinburgh council picks town clerk-treasurer
Edinburgh has a new clerk-treasurer who will manage the town's finances.
The town council appointed Edinburgh resident Scott Finley to serve as clerk-treasurer for the next three years. He'll be responsible for overseeing the town's finances, including the $4.8 million budget, handling payroll for 60 town employees and maintaining town records.
He replaces clerk-treasurer Jackie Smith, who recently was re-elected but decided to retire. Finley will serve out the remainder of the four-year term.
The council, and not a political caucus, picked Smith's successor since he was elected as an independent candidate, town attorney Dustin Huddleston said.
More than 20 people applied for the job, but an Edinburgh resident had to fill the position, Huddleston said.
Finley is a town resident and recent graduate of Indiana University. Town council members were impressed with his business degree and four semesters of accounting classes, town council president Ron Hoffman said.
The salary for the position is about $44,500.
Yogurt shop's sales to benefit school funding
Residents and families wanting to help raise money for North Grove Elementary School can help by getting a sweet treat next month.
The school is partnering with Ella's Frozen Yogurt & More for a Dining to Donate day Feb. 6.
From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Ella's Frozen Yogurt & More, 520 N. State Road 135 in Greenwood, will donate 20 percent of customers' purchases to the school when the customer mentions North Grove.
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All Center Grove elementary schools are competing to bring in the most sales on their school's Dining to Donate Wednesday. The school with the most donations will get a double donation from Ella's Frozen Yogurt & More.
Local REMC offering 2 college scholarships
Johnson County REMC is offering two $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors planning to attend an Indiana college or university.
A recipient's parent or guardian must be REMC members.
Applications are available from a high school guidance counselor; at the REMC office, 750 International Drive, Franklin; and on the agency's website, jcremc.com.
Application deadline is Jan. 31.


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Two Southwest Washington men who trafficked more than 3 pounds of methamphetamine in March 2011 were sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to 14 years in prison, according to a news release by the U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Washington.
Jesus Ramirez-Lucio, 33, of Washougal and Steven McCracken, 32, of Kelso also will be required to serve five years of supervised release after they get out of prison.
"Methamphetamine destroys families," said U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton, according to the news release. "The community has a right to protect itself from those who would ply them with methamphetamine."
Ramirez-Lucio and McCracken were convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in October 2012, following a six-day jury trial. Ramirez-Lucio also was convicted of distribution of methamphetamine, and McCracken was convicted of methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute.
A police informant alerted members of the Clark Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force that the two men were planning a drug deal, according to court documents and testimony at trial.
The men met at a Kelso residence on March 25, 2011, where they paid more than $34,000 for 3 pounds of methamphetamine. After the transaction, the men left the house, and law enforcement followed them. Police pulled McCracken over on Interstate 5. As they approached the driver's window, McCracken pulled out into traffic, leading police on a chase at speeds up to 90 mph. On the state Highway 432 bridge near Longview, he pulled to the side of the road, left the car running and threw bags of methamphetamine into the Cowlitz River. He was arrested, and other officers retrieved bags of meth floating in the river. Some of the drugs were damaged, but one of the bags was intact.
Ramirez-Lucio was arrested as he traveled back to Vancouver with more than $34,000 in cash in a shopping bag in his car. In a search of his home, police recovered four firearms and a marijuana-growing operation with more than 700 plants.
McCracken has been convicted three prior times in state court for distributing methamphetamine: Cowlitz County Superior Court in 1999, Clark County Superior Court in 2002 and Josephine County Circuit Court in Oregon in 2006.
The case was investigated by the FBI's Safe Streets Task Force, which includes officers from the FBI, Vancouver Police Department, the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Narcotics Task Force and the Clark Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force.The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian Werner and Michael Lang.
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Noble Bird Out for Rest of Year
Stephen Foster (gr. I) winner Noble Bird will sit out the rest of the year after emerging from the Aug. 8 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course with a hip injury, trainer Mark Casse said Sept. 12.
Stephen Foster (gr. I) winner Noble Bird will sit out the rest of the year after emerging from the Aug. 8 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course with a hip injury, trainer Mark Casse said Sept. 12.
John Oxley's Noble Bird wins the Stephen Foster, a closer look at the clocking crew at the New York Racing Association, American Pharoah is a model of efficiency, and more in the June 20, 2015 issue of Blood-Horse magazine.
Claire Novak and Tom LaMarra preview the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 13 at Churchill Downs. Download Equibase Past Performances for the Stephen Foster.
Champion Will Take Charge emerged from his runner-up finish in the June 14 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) in good shape and could be aimed for a top race at Saratoga this summer.
Willis Horton's Will Take Charge seeks redemption in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 14 against Revolutionary, Departing, Prayer for Relief, and others.
On a rainy day at Saratoga Race Course, 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned breezed five furlongs in 1:01.19 over the sloppy main track.
Trainer Pat Byrne said the Whitney Invitational (gr. I) and the Monmouth Cup (gr. II) are potential races for the 4-year-old colt, who will work July 19 at Churchill Downs before a decision is made.
Grade III winner Rogue Romance, who has not raced since the 2012 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I), registered his first work in more than a year on July 9 when he went three furlongs at Mercury Equine Center near Lexington.
Defending Horse of the Year Wise Dan will likely target the Firecracker Handicap at Churchill, trainer Charlie LoPresti said May 23. His half brother, Successful Dan, is on track for the June 15 Stephen Foster there.
Five days after reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan won the Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) in his 2013 debut, trainer Charlie LoPresti confirmed the June 15 Stephen Foster (gr. I) as his likely next target.
Multiple grade I winner Ron the Greek registered his first published work since a runner-up finish in the Aug. 24 Whitney Invitational, breezing four furlongs in :49.95 on the Oklahoma Training Track Aug. 31.
The 31st running of the 1 1/8-mile event sets up as a faceoff between two of the country's top older horses--Pin Oak Stable's Alternation and Morton Fink's Wise Dan.
Morton Fink's homebred Wise Dan completed his major training preparations for the June 16 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs with a bullet, five-furlong work in :59 2/5 at Keeneland June 7.
Churchill Downs' schedule of stakes for its April 28-July 1 spring meet will feature 24 events, total stakes purses of $7.275 million, and an emphasis on "big event" programs.
Airdrie Stud's Flashy Bull is off to a hot start with his first crop; sire of Debutante Stakes (gr. III) winner Flashy Lassie.
An injury suffered during a June 13 workout has taken Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's Bind out of consideration for the Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs and could sideline him for the rest of the year.
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The only thing Blame needed to officially become a star was a grade I win. The son of Arch accomplished that June 12, overcoming a wide trip while running down pacesetter Battle Plan to score the Stephen Foster Handicap.
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra will be entered in the Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs June 12, ending weeks of speculation as to where the 4-year-old filly will make her next start.
West Point Thoroughbreds' Macho Again found room off the turn and pulled away from a wall of horses to win the $660,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 13 at Churchill Downs. Einstein, seeking his third consecutive grade I score, finished third after a troubled trip.
Midnight Cry Stable's Einstein was assigned top weight of 124 pounds for the $600,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 13 at Churchill Downs.
Midnight Cry Stable's Einstein, runner-up to Curlin in last year's Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I), topped a list of 20 nominees for this year's renewal, which will be run June 13 at Churchill Downs.
Churchill Downs will ask a state comission May 12 to cut seven race days from its 2009 spring meet; announces purse cuts.
Churchill Downs has unveiled a stakes schedule for its 2009 spring meet that is headed by the 135th renewals of the $2-million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I). There will be 29 events with total purses of $7.575 million.
Following Curlin's dominant win in the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 14, trainer Steve Asmussen says he's planning to work the reigning Horse of the Year over the Churchill Downs grass course while considering a bid in France's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I).
Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin took the lead entering the stretch and rolled to an impressive 4 1/4-length victory in the $1-million Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Jockey Calvin Borel took off his 10 mounts at Churchill Downs on June 14, citing pain in his knee as the cause.
Curlin, the 2007 Horse of the Year and 3-5 morning line favorite for the June 14 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I), schooled in the paddock at Churchill Downs following the fifth race June 12. He was accompanied by trainer Steve Asmussen and assistant trainer Scott Blasi.
For Steve Asmussen, the perfect scenario in the June 14 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) goes something like this: clean break, good position, powerful move, and a romp home under wraps from Curlin, the 2007 Horse of the Year. But whether the trainer will get that result in the 1 1/8-mile test at Churchill Downs is another question.
Trainer Steve Asmussen was none too pleased with the 128-pound impost assigned to 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin for his expected bid in the June 14 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs. Still, after a half-mile breeze in :49 seconds by the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) winner June 9, Asmussen indicated the horse would start in the 1 1/8-mile event.
Stonestreet Stable and Midnight Cry Stable's reigning Horse of the Year Curlin was assigned 128 pounds for the June 14 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Curlin, 2007 Horse of the Year and winner of the March 29 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), continued to train toward his return to competition May 26 with a strong six-furlong work at Churchill Downs.
Elisabeth Alexander's Magna Graduate, winner of last year's $200,000 Excelsior Handicap (gr. III), will look to break a seven-racing losing streak when he returns to the 1 1/8-mile event at Aqueduct April 5.
S & S Stables' Silent Pleasure, coming off a narrow victory in the April 28 Texas Mile (gr. III), stretches out to 1 1/8 miles and looks to extend his four-race winning streak when he heads up a field of 10 as the 121-pound highweight in Saturday's running of the Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) at Prairie Meadows.
A leg injury has taken Midnight Cry Stable's Einstein out of consideration for Saturday's $750,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Wednesday that television viewership for the first four shows of its "Road to the Breeders' Cup World Championships -- Powered by Dodge" was up 45% over last year's numbers.
The morning after Seek Gold's stunning upset in the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) was, in the words of trainer Ron Moquett, "surreal."
Last at the top of the stretch, Seek Gold closed from out of the clouds to steal the $844,500 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) from Perfect Drift at the wire at odds of 91-1 at Churchill Downs Saturday.
The second half of the Thoroughbred racing season kicks off June 17 with the first 2006 telecast of the Road to the Breeders' Cup World Championships – Powered by Dodge on ESPN from 5-7 p.m. (est).
Fred Bradley's Brass Hat and Stonecrest Farm's Perfect Drift, the local stars that could be the favorites for Saturday's 25th running of the $750,0000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs, turned in their final major pre-race preps on Tuesday with training moves at Trackside Louisville training center.
The Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) lost a major contender when trainer Todd Pletcher said that Elisabeth Alexander's Magna Graduate would miss the June 17 race after suffering an injury during a Sunday workout at Churchill Downs.
Jay Em Ess Stable's Suave, a disappointment at Gulfstream Park's winter meeting, is back in training for trainer Paul McGee at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Bobby Frankel couldn't have drawn up the running of Saturday's $828,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) any better for Saint Liam in his first start for the Hall of Fame conditioner. Saint Liam shook off pacesetter Presidentialaffair coming off the far turn and romped to a 2 3/4-length victory.
Saint Liam, the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's $750,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I), was reacquainted with Churchill Downs' one-mile racing oval during a Friday morning gallop.
A well-matched group of eight 3-year-olds will go postward in Saturday's Jefferson Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT), the first of five graded stakes on the Churchill Downs' program.
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren's Saint Liam, winner of the Donn Handicap (gr. I) and Clark Handicap (gr. II), has been assigned high weight of 121 pounds for next Saturday's $750,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
An impressive group of handicap runners headed by Saint Liam, Eddington, and Perfect Drift is included on a roster of 24 older horses nominated for the $750,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs June 18.
With the doubling of the purse for the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) to $2 million, the total value of purses in Churchill Downs' 2005 schedule of stakes races will reach a record $10 million.
Stonecrest Farm's Perfect Drift, winner of the 2003 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) and third to Colonial Colony in this year's renewal, is recovering from throat surgery to correct an entrapped epiglottis.
Lakeside Farm's Colonial Colony was reported to be doing well on the day after he shook the racing world with his stunning upset of favored Southern Image and an elite field in the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 12 at Churchill Downs, but his trainer is worn out.


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Khurshid, who was on a visit to his constituency, said that Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel had imposed a ban on the RSS.


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A lively mix of topical stories, human interest and lifestyle features with John Murray
Last week we gave you a preview of all the books nominated in the John Murray Show Listeners category at this year's Bord Gais Irish Book Awards & this morning we have Ruth Field, author of 'Run, Fat Bitch Run', in studio with John.
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Steven E. Elliott, marijuana activist and blogger at the popular site Toke of the Town, has been charged with Assault in the 4th Degree, according to records from the Kitsap County Jail. Mr. Elliott is being held on a $5,000 cash bond and as of press time, jail records indicate he is still incarcerated. According to police records, Mr. Elliott was booked on Monday, January 14, at 8pm.
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33,776 strong
Flint is now the home of 33,776 college students, an ever-important source of economic and business stability for Michigan's newest College Town.
Welcome to Flint, Michigan -- a growing College Town.
That was the friendly message Oct. 27 when Genesee County business and education officials announced that Flint is the home of 33,776 college students this fall.
Tim Herman, CEO of the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, served as emcee for a press conference that revealed the all-time high enrollment figure. Leaders from Baker College of Flint, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies, Kettering University, Mott Community College and University of Michigan-Flint joined City of Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and Herman to acknowledge and celebrate the enrollment milestone for the area's colleges and universities.
"The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce is a strong advocate for higher education and continuous, lifelong learning," Herman said. "These exceptional institutions attracting young minds is another great example of partners working together to rebuild Genesee County. This student enrollment count is proof that Genesee County is on its way to become a learning community. Jobs of the future will be knowledge based, and the continued growth and interest in further education better positions Genesee County and students for advancement."
More than 33,000 students matriculating in Genesee County colleges and universities also provides a tremendous marketing opportunity for local businesses, Herman stated. "Businesses will be able to highlight Flint as a College Town in their promotional materials, as well as utilize the student population for internships and future employment."
"Baker College's career-oriented mission and proven ability to deliver relevant, affordable, high quality education and training meet the needs of traditional and non-traditional learners and also ensure that employers have ready access to a well-prepared work force," noted Dr. Julianne Princinsky, President, Baker College of Flint and chair for the Regional Chamber Operating Board of Directors. "The outstanding student pass rates on certification and licensing exams, a 97.9% or better graduate employment rate, and the College's community investments further demonstrate Baker's commitment to solutions that work." Baker is celebrating its 100th year in Genesee County this year.
Kettering University President Stan Liberty reported that Kettering is focusing on engaging its students in the community – both philanthropically and entrepreneurially – thus maximizing the institution's impact on regional socio-economic development. "Kettering's students and faculty represent a significant source of local intellectual capital which, together with Kettering's excellent laboratories, are key assets of our College Town," he said.
With their numerous classes plus partnerships with satellite schools like Cleary University, Mott Community College thrives for the 2010 fall semester, said Mott Community College President Richard Shaink. "Mott College has reached the highest enrollment in its 87-year history," he said. "Along with this service to our community, MCC is also taking a lead on area economic development by offering support to area businesses, essential to creating new local jobs."
The University of Michigan-Flint, known as one of the fastest growing public universities in the state, achieved yet another year of record-setting, historical growth. "Having one of the campuses of the University of Michigan in the heart of downtown Flint is an important factor in the education of tomorrow's workforce," said Chancellor Ruth J. Person. "People in this community are committed to pursuing their degrees locally, helping to make Genesee County a global leader in higher education opportunities."
Also contributing to the 33,000-plus enrollment number in the county were Cleary University, Davenport University, Ferris State University, Spring Arbor University and ITT Technical Institute.
Herman said the Regional Chamber has maintained a close relationship and partnership with educational institutions in Genesee County, understanding that the students enrolled are the future of our community and state. "I am delighted to see the collaboration and partnerships evolve to better enhance our community and the economic climate of the Genesee County area," he added.
Read more in the Flint Journal at: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/10/record_number_of_college_stude.html
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Guest curator Phil Whitman of Barre selected nine sculptors to do work on the theme of historical markers, placing site-specific installations in the former quarry and manufacturing area.
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Be firm and consistent
August 2, 2011 - Betsy Bethel
As a parent, I have adopted a new motto that, granted, I should have adopted a long time ago: Be firm and consistent. It's kind of a takeoff on God's advice to Joshua in the Bible to "be strong and courageous." I need all four of these attributes, actually. It takes strength and courage, after all, to be firm and consistent.
It's easier said than done. No one wants to deny a child the one thing she wants so badly at that moment, whether it's an ice cream cone, a trip to the pool or a new tech toy. It is so much easier to give in! Sometimes I feel my heart is being squished when I've said no to something, perhaps too quickly, and she starts to plead and bargain with me to change my mind. Whether I want to change my mind or not is irrelevant; I have discovered that the hard way. I have to stick to my first decision or she will always think she can whine her way into getting what she wants.
The other day, for example, I told Emma she could have a Kit Kat, but she dawdled too long getting to the car. I counted ... slowly ... and informed her after saying "2" that she would lose the Kit Kat if she didn't come before "3." She didn't, and I endured tears and pleas and eventually anger on the 20-minute drive home because no Kit Kat was forthcoming. When she discovered crying was getting her nowhere, she declared her hatred for me and then gave me two choices: Throw myself into a dumpster or give her a Kit Kat. Inside I was laughing, but outwardly I maintained my cool. That kind of talk is funny to tell your husband in private later, but it can't be tolerated.
I actually wanted to give her the Kit Kat because I felt like I was being too hard on her just for dawdling. But I also have been working hard at this "firm and consistent" thing. And it has been working. So because I had told her to come and she ignored me, and then she also ignored my warning, I had to follow through.
There are other times, of course, when I don't feel a bit guilty for disciplining her. After the dumpster comment, for example, I warned her not to be disrespectful. She said it again, so she now had to go to her room when we got home. That didn't hurt a bit.
You also have to know when changing your mind actually is in order. After I declared she'd be going to her room, she responded smugly that she would just play in her room (the unspoken words were: So there!). As a result, I promptly changed the location of her timeout to the stairs.
And do you know ... she actually agreed that would be better.
I grudgingly admit I have always half-questioned in my heart what the parenting experts say about the whole idea that kids crave boundaries and like to be told what to do because it lets them know you care. But when I see how Emma responds (after the heat of the moment passes) when my husband and I are firm and consistent with our expectations, the truth is obvious.
I also have grasped — a bit late — that anger and frustration have absolutely no place in meting out discipline. "Never let them see you sweat," the saying goes, and it's true. Once you cave to your own emotions that are wrought by your child's behavior, the child has "won" -- which means he really has lost. I have had to discipline myself to remain calm during Emma's outbursts. I always used to either yell in anger, cry, throw something or leave the room in frustration. While leaving the scene obviously is a better option than lashing out with words or physical action, I now feel even doing that shows a chink in my armor.
Being firm and consistent, as I said, is paying off. While whining and deliberate disobedience have not disappeared altogether from our household, the instances are fewer and farther between. And I continue to pray for the strength and courage to be the kind of parent Emma needs me to be.
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No seriously, I don't know if I should be amused or annoyed.
Anyways, I got tagged by so here we go!
5 things about myself:
1. I'm one of the most quietest and awkward people you may ever meet
2. I really like the pokemon called Larvesta
3. I can appear and disappear without anyone noticing most of the time
4. Unable to tell jokes or funny stories without bursting into mad laughter
5. I can laugh at ANYTHING, literally ANYTHING (I laughed at a bottle of green tea today XD)
Questions asked:
1. Waka from Okami. Awesome, or fruity? (If you don't know who I'm talking about, never mind.)
- Fruity, as said by the awesome Chuggaaconroy!
2. Who are your top 3 favorite members of the Yogscast?
- I CAN'T DECIDE XP Basically,I like them all equally XD
3. Writing or Drawing?
- GAH! MORE DECISIONS! Mostly drawing but sometimes I write when I'm fuming (which is rare)
4. Magic or Science?
- Magic (CAUSE FIREBALLS AND ICICLES AND SHTUFF)
5 Fiction or nonfiction?
- FICTION cause IMAGINATION
6. What's your favorite book genre?
7. Who's your favorite Okamiden partner? (again, if you don't know what I'm writing about never mind.)
- That will be Kagu
8. Hero or Villian
9. If you saw a giant walking, talking donut in the candy store, what would you do?
- Stare awkwardly, walk into the store, say hi, grab a lollipop, walk out and wonder what the hell just happened
10. How many Tags have you gotten thus far?
- this will be number two
Nah, I may tag those who comment down there and say they want to be tagged, cause it seems like many peeps are rather pissed that they are getting too many tags XD


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Video: Guzan defends himself against "horrific" dress-sense tag
As well as being the best they can be out on the training pitches, what they wear and how they look are also important ingredients to life as a professional.
The tight-knit group of lads in claret and blue are always looking to outdo each other by donning the best gear each morning as they roll up at the training ground.
As the summer-long Q&A sessions continue apace, we here at media HQ have noticed a common theme developing.
While the likes of Fabian Delph, Carlos Cuellar, Stewart Downing and Gabby Agbonlahor have selected differing mates in the 'best dressed' category, one name keeps appearing in the opposite poll.
Brad Guzan is receiving untold stick in the sartorial stakes, with words such as "horrendous", "horrific" and "shocking" just some of the adjectives being used in front of the AVTV cameras.
Watch the short feature looking into the fashion sense of some of our most well-known heroes.
See their verdict on Guzan's getup and we also get the reaction of our friendly USA ace as he defends himself against the stick.
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Having been on eHarmony for a while and received over 300 matches and one unsuccessful meeting with a guy I was beginning to become a bit despondent. However, on the 14th May 2007 a new match appeared and I immediately knew that this one was different. Within a few days we were regularly emailing back and forth. I learnt that he was working in Bermuda, due to come back to the UK for a year and would be living within an hour of where I was. We took our time in getting to understand more about each other via email. We were able to meet towards the end of September that same year. From that point we never looked back. The compatibility between us is something else and we both get so much joy from being together. What a great way to be certain that this person is what you need and that you are what they need!
During July 2008 Andrew took me to Beaulieu House, the place where we first met, and as we were walking in the rose garden he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. It didn't take me long to say yes! Our wedding was on the 25th October 2008, we are so thankful for the way that we met and all that that has meant to us. We have something that is so solid and stable, we really couldn't ask for more. It fits!
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You're an Avatar Fan If
The Old Series * _ *
Also regarding the use of the word "Avatarded": I'm sorry, I should have picked a more appropriate word for being a silly avatar fan, and will not use it in the future.
Make more please! I LOVE this series!
Very well, the truth is that really what happened to me in many cases. My friends think I'm crazy and my parents can not understand how I can love both series but: I love Avatar!
Muy bueno, la verdad es que es realmente lo que me pasó a mi en muchos de los casos. Mis amigas creen que estoy loca y mis padres no pueden comprender como puedo amar tanto a una serie pero: !Me encanta Avatar!
Just wondering, have you seen the first 2 episodes of Korra?
i laughed so hard, this is hilarious wat element would u b? id b fire nation that or air
I love them all...but where's part 5? I think you might have missed out Part 5 by accident? Or was it on purpose.....
I have challenged my avatar friends to agni kai's and written so much to do with Avatar in my English assignments, My English teacher looks at me really weirdly everytime I hand in a piece of work with Avatar characters sketched on the sides and it's themed in the Avatar World!
WoW I actually did some of those things!
(I have challenged my sister to an agni kai)
Ok so there is parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. WHAT ABOUT THE REST?! I NEEDS TO READ THEM! THEY ARE EPIK!
Good work btw
zomg I loved this stuff ever since i found some of it on fansites. So many of these I have reminisced about times I actually DID these things (ie Do my hair like Katara's and bond with people totally different from me because of this show)
So sad its over.
But there's going to be a live action movie trilogy soon, so that's cool.
So thanks, Isaia. We'll always be bonded with Avatarded-ness.


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Today's Hollywood Headlines
It was a happy birthday for Justin Theroux on Friday when his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, accepted his marriage proposal. The pair have been dating for more than a year, though they have known each other for much longer. Speculation has already started about wedding plans, wedding dresses, and possible offspring.
It's a big day in celebrity-hair news. Miley Cyrus chopped off her platinum blonde locks on Sunday. Before her haircut, Cyrus tweeted "if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all. my hair is attached to my head no one else's and it's going bye bye." Miley will also have a great opportunity to show off her new 'do. She has a guest stint coming up on Two and a Half Men playing the love interest for Angus T. Jones' Jake Harper.
She's not just George Clooney's arm candy. Stacy Keibler has announced that she'll be hosting a new Lifetime reality-competition show called Supermarket Superstars. The show will pit aspiring food product inventors against one another for a chance to have their product launched nationwide in a major grocery chain.
Despite much speculation and rumor Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did not get married over the weekend and are still only engaged. Many thought that the pair would choose the weekend to tie the knot because the eyes of the world would be on the Olympic closing ceremony.
Dancing with the Stars has announced the competitors for its All-Stars season. The returning dancers include Kirstie Alley, Pamela Anderson, Bristol Palin, Emmitt Smith and season one winner Kelly Monaco. The All-Stars will all be paired with their original dancing partners.
It sounds like the people of Asgard could be threatened by Borg Assimilation. At the recent Star Trek: Las Vegas Convention, Alice Krige, best known for playing the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, revealed that she had joined the cast of Thor: The Dark World. Though she also said that her role is small and she will be almost unrecognizable, the fanboys are plenty enthusiastic.


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Well as it turns out I've got a mate who has lowering springs for his old fiesta (had springs and moved on to coilovers) so I'm going to get the springs from him just now, and when I save up more money, I'll later go on to the coil overs 👍
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GreigForsyth posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI have a fiesta Mk6 pre facelift. My car is really really high haha, the arch gap is a fist and one finger, (my measuring) and I want to lower it! I was wondering what would be better to do so, coilovers or lower springs? Any help would be really appreciated! Thanks
Yeah, I'm sure I could get fairly close.. Well I hope :) That's my only problem though, I'll post pics when I've got it done
It's in red :) the only thing about getting bumpers, or getting them sprayed to match. Is my car is 9 years old, is it difficult to get the colour to match? In cade the sun has faded the colour?
Yeah I was aware of that , hopefully If I get one it will come with. If not, it won't be difficult to find online
And how easy is it to change the head unit? I want to get an aftermarket stereo, so I can play my iPod through it.
I think I will get new ones, might look around for maybe the facelift bumpers? Would probably look better. Cheers Mate
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GreigForsyth posted a topic in New Member IntroductionsNew Member here! I turn 18 on Monday so still quite a young driver. I have a 2004 ford fiesta finesse. It came with alloys, tinted windows, and a spoiler. I've put colour coded ford badges, de badged the back and put in an induction kit. My next thing is to colour code the bumpers. Can I just spray them or would it turn out better if I bought proper bumpers? Cheers
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Proposition F would revamp Oceanside elections
OCEANSIDE Oceanside voters will decide on June 5 whether to overhaul the way elections are conducted, requiring candidates to collect more than half the vote to win a seat.
In Oceanside, the public elects four council members, a mayor, a treasurer and a city clerk.
Candidates now win by simply getting more votes than their opponents. In City Council races with multiple candidates, contests are typically won with far fewer than half of voters picking the representative — in November 2000 Councilman Jack Feller won a seat with 12.83 percent of the vote. Proposition F, put forth by Councilman Gary Felien and backed by a City Council majority including Feller and Councilman Jerome Kern, aims to change that. It would require a candidate to earn a majority of votes to win a seat at the dais.
How it works now
Candidates run for seats at large. In November, two City Council seats, held by Councilwoman Esther Sanchez and Feller, are up for re-election.
Any candidate who wishes to run for the council will run for the two available spots, and the top two vote-getters win the race.
In 2010, five candidates sought two council seats. Kern took the biggest chunk, at 30.22 percent of the vote and Felien came in second with 24.73 percent. Candidate Charles Lowery was close behind with 23.26 percent, while two other candidates tallied between 10 and 11 percent. The two largest chunks were enough to win Kern and Felien four-year terms, though Kern has said he will challenge Mayor Jim Wood in the November mayoral race from a safe seat.
In the 2008 mayoral race, Wood took a majority of the vote, defeating Rocky Chavez with 65.27 percent. The race that year for the two available City Council seats had more candidates, further divvying up the vote. Esther Sanchez was the top vote-getter, at 24.4 percent, followed by Feller with 21.89 percent. There were eight candidates, half of whom took single-digit percentages of the vote.
How it would work
If Proposition F passes, candidates could be required to fetch more than half of voters' support as soon as 2014.
For a City Council race, candidates would choose to run for a numbered seat, one through four. Two council seats go up for re-election at a time. The numbered system, which mimics Chula Vista's elections, allows candidates to choose their opponents.
The first election would take place in June, 2014. If a candidate wins a majority, the race is over. If no candidate takes a majority outright, the race is continued into November in a runoff between the top two vote-getters for each seat. Eventually, the seated council member will have been chosen by a majority of voters, instead of a plurality.
Felien said the new election method would make elected officials more accountable to their constituents, giving citizens more say in how local government is run.
"Candidates that win by such narrow margins only have to pander to special interest supporters whose views may be dramatically out of touch with the majority of Oceanside residents," said the official argument in favor of the ballot measure, authored by Felien. "In contrast, candidates that have to win a majority of the votes will represent the majority of voters."
Opponents of the measure say it would take far more resources to run a campaign, so only candidates with deep-pocketed supporters could run an effective campaign.
Sanchez, who wrote the official ballot argument opposing the matter, estimated a competitive campaign would cost $200,000.
"What will a candidate have to promise (or) do to get $200,000+? Sell out Oceanside," Sanchez wrote. "Where will the money come from? Out-of-town corporations (and) special interests."


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The Ultimate Guide to Great Glutes
A great butt can stop traffic and even score you a few free drinks at the bar, but a person's butt is also the window to their fitness. Chances are, if your glutes are in great shape, so is the rest of you. In addition to having a well rounded fitness routine, a tight and firm butt is also a great indicator that someone has a healthy and clean diet.
Most people think that the shape of their butt is the shape of their butt and there is nothing they can do about it. Some people are born without that crease under their tush, some are destined to always have it, some have cellulite, and some are smooth as a baby, right? Wrong.
Men tend to gain weight around their middles, and women tend to gain weight around their butt and hips. It's just science. No one, however, is born with a high tight, bullet bouncing tush- it takes work. Therefore, you should work your glutes like they are a badge of honor.
Whether you want to get rid of your cellulite, wear boy short undies with confidence or add a little shape to your flat-as-a-pancake tush, we've got your plan to whip your butt into shape.


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Story and photos by Steve Berkner | Click here for additional photos from the 2013 ISDE
The 31-rider U.S. ISDE team got off to a good start on the first day of the 88th International Six Days Enduro being held in Olbia, Italy. The U.S. Trophy Team sits in second place. The U.S. Junior Trophy Team (for riders 23 and under) and the Wellard three-rider club team sat in third place each in their respective team classes at the end of Day 1.
The premier U.S. World Trophy Team was led by top American rider Taylor Robert, who rode to a fifth-place finish for the day in the E2 class and sixth overall in the scratch competition, which combines all riders' test scores for the day. The U.S. team trailed France by 1 minute, 15 seconds and held an 11-second lead over Australia and a 13-second lead over Italy.
Taylor Robert was top American for the day where he finished sixth overall.
U.S. Team Manager Antti Kallonen says early preparation played a role in the encouraging Day 1 results.
"Our preparations that we did at home and the week here have really paid off," he says. "But there are still four long [enduro] days ahead and then the final moto on the sixth day. So we still have our work cut out for us. Right now, we have to recover from Day 1, rest up a little bit and do again what we did today.
"Our goal is to have five riders in the top 15 everyday, and today we had five in the top 20 and that was good enough for second," he continues. "For tomorrow, we have to stay focused on meeting our goal of five riders finishing in the top 15. Hopefully we can get the sixth rider in there as well in case we loose one of our riders."
In ISDE team competition, the lowest riders score in each of the Trophy, World, Junior and Women's Team is dropped from the team's tally each day.
In all, five of the U.S. World Trophy Team's six riders made the overall top 20 for the day with Charlie Mullins, Mike Brown and Kurt Caselli joining Taylor in that category. Remaining U.S. Trophy Team rider Thad Duvall had front brake problems that relegated him to a respectable 32nd place overall considering his bike's mechanical issues.
U.S. Trophy Team rider Zach Osborne.
The four-rider U.S. Junior Team was led by Kailub Russell, who finished 10th in the E2 class. His score was good enough to be the fastest rider among the Junior Team riders.
"The junior team did very well today also," Kallonen says. "We're still waiting to see individual scores, but it looks like Kailub Russell was the fastest junior rider. Again they were all consistent and we're looking for them to do the same thing tomorrow for Day 2."
Joining Russell on the U.S. Junior Team are Andrew Delong, Jesse Groemm and Grant Baylor.
"Kailub, Jesse and Grant all did a good job, and now we know what to expect so it should go better," Delong says. "It's a tough event to train for as most of us just got done running a National Enduro back home and then we have to fly here and adjust to this format."
Day break at the U.S. work area prior to the begining of Day 1.
The U.S. Wellard three-rider club team of Jimmy Jarrett, Ryan Sipes and Nick Fahringer finished the first day of the six-day competition with overall day scores good enough for third place in the club division, with Fahringer finishing third in the C3 class and Jarrett and Sipes finishing fifth and sixth place, respectively, in the C2 class.
"I has a real good time," says Sipes, who is riding in his first ISDE. "I crashed hard a couple of times, mostly due to dust, but I still had a good time. It was a lot of fun on the transfer sections where you could just ride and have some fun. I went in a little bit early and got a penalty point [60 seconds], but I won't do that again.
The U.S. Women's Trophy Team, made up off riders Mandi Mastin, Rachel Gutish and Brooke Hodges, finished the day intact but struggled to do much better than sixth place, but still less than 4 minutes behind the French team, which finished in third place. Australia and Sweden led the Women's World Trophy Team division.
"Today had a little bit of everything," Mastin says. "It had some easy trail, fast tests and a couple big hill climbs. I haven't had a chance to see the scores yet, but I know I need to make some more adjustments to my suspension. I got it close, but I need a little more time to get it right. The biggest problem is the dust."
Day 2 of the ISDE runs the same course as Day-one.
U.S. Check Captain Jay Hall (left) and Dave Chamberlin assist U.S. Wellard Club Team rider Nick Fahringer during the morning work period.
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Glory concerned black soldiers in the Civil War, Courage Under Fire was about the aftermath of the first Iraqi War, The Siege about the threat of domestic terrorism. Even The Last Samurai was meant to be about warrior societies.
In Blood Diamond, Zwick tackles his timeliest and most politically potent subject yet -- the role of the international diamond trade in funding atrocity-minded rebels in the cruel, violent civil wars that have wracked African countries in recent years. The rebels illegally sell smuggled-out gems known as "blood diamonds" or "conflict diamonds" to finance their wars. In this film's case, the setting is the West African nation of Sierra Leone circa 1999.
But when I say "international diamond trade," I mean not just the traditional players but also you. One of this movie's purposes is to wake up everyone to the social responsibilities of buying bling. That's pretty courageous of Zwick (and his screenwriter, Charles Leavitt) since it's not an easy, politically correct message. Liberals and conservatives alike both buy diamonds. For many people, a diamond is like a best friend.
And yet as courageous as that message is, Zwick has quite a struggle building a satisfying, affecting and -- most of all -- entertaining action-adventure film around it. On balance, he does so. But it's a shaky balance.
In particular, the depiction of violence in Sierra Leone is so relentlessly horrific that it's often difficult to watch, à la Black Hawk Down. It is, however, photographed with gusto by Eduardo Serra -- rockets fired from launchers fly through the air before striking low-level buildings.
Sierra Leone's actual rebels, whose war finally was stopped by international intervention several years ago, were notorious not only for wanton murder but also for making kidnapped children become their soldiers. The rebels also hacked off the limbs of civilians as an intimidation tactic.
Zwick's movie tries to graft a fictional story onto this -- a risky operation that's like trying to combine Hotel Rwanda with Romancing the Stone. His greatest asset is Leonardo DiCaprio, who in his second excellent "adult" performance this year (after The Departed) plays a diamond smuggler/mercenary who was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) but raised in South Africa.
DiCaprio's Danny Archer wants to escape his life but makes his money selling rebel-mined diamonds from Sierra Leone to a British syndicate (seemingly loosely modeled on De Beers) that covers up its involvement in this illegal trade.
Wearing a wispy goatee and speaking in a believable and unfaltering accent, DiCaprio mixes rapscallion charm with violent edginess. Danny is warily nervous about the rebels, and with good reason. He's also trying to avoid his patron, the menacing commander of a South African-based mercenary army who wants him back in the fold.
Danny is smart, especially about the politics of diamond lust and Africa in general, and given some great dialogue by Leavitt (and Zwick). For instance, when he and a crusading magazine journalist with whom he has fallen in love (Jennifer Connelly, in too restrained a part for the magnetic excitement and sexiness she brings to it) quarrel over the morality of his work, he points out her own conflict.
"Girls all want a storybook wedding and a big diamond rock," he says. "Just like you see in (the ads of) the politically correct magazines." (Take that, Vanity Fair.)
When Danny is caught by the government and thrown into jail in Freetown -- Sierra Leone's capital -- he overhears that another prisoner, Djimon Hounsou's Solomon Vandy, has found a huge, pinkish rough diamond while working as forced labor in a rebel mine. Once freed, the two form a reluctant team trying to get through a dangerous land to find that diamond.
The tall, shaven-headed Hounsou, whose first major film role was in Amistad as the leader of a revolt by slaves en route from Sierra Leone to the West Indies, brings gravitas and a sense of idealistic principle to this pairing. He's a strong actor capable of withering anger, as when Solomon starts shouting in the jail.
But his Solomon is too much the innocent for the circumstances. For instance, when Solomon and Danny are hiding in underbrush at night as a rebel truck passes, Solomon stands up and shouts when he sees his kidnapped young son on it. No way he could really ever have made it through Sierra Leone acting like that. He's ultimately one too many dramatic conceits plopped into a story about a real war in a real place.
Yet at the same time, much is very affecting and thought provoking. DiCaprio and Connelly's relationship has tenderness as it develops, as well as a true sense of tragedy. A visit to a massive, dusty refugee camp is sobering to see, as well as a reminder of what's happening in Darfur and Chad today. Blood Diamond was filmed in Africa, mostly in Mozambique, and it captures the feel of a crowded, colorful city in a Third World country.
So the film has much to recommend it. However, its various parts, like Sierra Leone itself, often seem at war with each other. Grade: B
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Some big Academy of Country Music Awards performances were announced yesterday. The shows co-hosts, Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan will kick off the night. Brad Paisley and the Pistol Annies will also join them. Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban will team up to perform Tim's latest single, Highway Don't Care.
Hunter Hayes is going to be a busy young man Sunday at the ACM awards. He's set to debut his brand new single, I Want Crazy, he'll be performing a song with music legand, Stevie Wonder and he'll be performing with Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley at the ACM Fan Jam.
In Touch magazine is reporting that Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are starting a new business together. The couple bought a vacant building on Main Street in their hometown. It's located across the street from Miranda's clothing boutique, The Pink Pistol and she was overheard saying they will be opening a bed a breakfast.
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They think they have done me no injury,
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—William Blake (17571827)
"It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind; Mbut when a beginning is madewhen felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly, feltit must be a very heavy set that does not ask for more."
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Watford loanee Lee Hodson has revealed that he jumped at the chance to move to Brentford on a short-term basis.
The defender will be with the Bees until January and he is excited to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Dale Bennett and Adam Thompson.
"Mark Warburton gave me a call last week and said that he was very interested in bringing me to Brentford," said Hodson.
"At the moment I'm not involved at Watford and I want to go out and play football. Mark was telling me about Brentford and he sold it to me straight away.
"The position that the club is in the league; the fact that they are on a good run and the ambition that they have got all inspired me to come here and to try to do my best and to try to help the club.
"There have been a few Watford lads here recently and they have all given me great reports about the club and that has spurred me on to come here even more."


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When the Washington Aerospace Partnership, a local booster group, tried to woo Boeing recently with a full-page ad, it got widely mocked because the ad mistakenly featured a plane from the hated Airbus.
"The Future of Washington," said the ad, jarringly superimposed over a photo of a European-made Airbus A319.
"A cringe-worthy error," admitted a spokeswoman for the group.
But what if the error is actually a better strategy than the lovelorn approach we're officially pursuing?
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My first reaction to our ad was: "That's embarrassing." But then I thought: "Seriously, why not? Why not woo Airbus?"
That's Stan Sorscher talking. He's one of the 13 members of the Washington Aerospace Partnership, and works for SPEEA, the union for Boeing's engineers. He says the botched ad inadvertently got people talking about our lopsided, dysfunctional relationship: how Seattle is so much more loyal to Boeing than Boeing is to us.
"People still instinctively think of Boeing as our company," Sorscher says. "But it isn't anymore."
I fall into this enabling trap. Boeing has always been "us'" and Airbus "them." When I see a Boeing plane I still think to myself "there's one of ours" (even though some three-fourths of each new plane is made outside the U.S.).
Boeing has no such gauzy feelings. When it was mulling putting a commercial jet-making plant elsewhere for the first time, into South Carolina, internal documents showed doing so would cost the company years in delays and billions in money. But — and this "but" apparently was priceless — leaving would give the company "leverage" over its Puget Sound workforce and political leadership.
Makes sense. So why don't we do it back?
Our Legislature just passed the largest state corporate-tax break in U.S. history — $8.7 billion, ostensibly for Boeing if it builds its next plane, the 777x, here. But the legislation never names Boeing (singling out one company for favoritism would be unconstitutional.) It refers only generically to companies "engaged in the manufacturing of commercial airplanes or the fuselages or wings."
So why not just as aggressively sell those same sweet tax breaks to another?
In the past, politicians and business leaders have been leery to do this. We were at war with Airbus. Being friendly with the Europeans was seen as "disloyalty," or as something that could "get blowback from Boeing," Sorscher says.
As one engineer with a Mukilteo company that sells airplane parts to both Boeing and Airbus told KPLU News: "I remember a time when business owners here viewed Boeing as the customer and everyone else as the enemy."
Well, last year Puget Sound companies sold $200 million of parts to enemy No. 1, Airbus. So there is no foe any longer. No us or them.
There's only leverage. And we don't have much. Beyond our hundred years of making planes and supply of skilled workers, that is.
So why not pitch that just as strongly to Airbus? Or to the Chinese, who are trying to start an aerospace industry from scratch?
Other companies probably have the same labor union worries about Seattle that Boeing does. Airbus already sited one plant in the U.S., and it picked Alabama.
But we didn't try for that one. For fear of hurting Boeing's feelings, we didn't make the hard sell. Such as: Wouldn't it be a coup for Airbus to have a plant in the home state of the U.S. Senate's budget chairwoman — and leading champion for all things Boeing — Patty Murray? As Airbus tries to get into U.S. markets, that would give them some political leverage of their own. Yes, leverage it could use against our old partner Boeing.
Unseemly? Hey, we didn't start this leverage game. But in getting ready for a possible life after Boeing, we need to start playing it.
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A more informed public and medical advancements are helping people live longer than their ancestors.
"People are more educated. We're trying to live healthier lifestyles," said Dr. William Mercer, Wheeling-Ohio County health officer.
Mercer said perhaps the most significant medical breakthrough that has helped people live longer, healthier lives is vaccines.
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Better sanitation is one reason people are living longer. Shown here, sanitarian Garen Rhome displays equipment used in well water testing.
"Polio, diphtheria, measles ... were major illnesses and now we just read about them," he said.
The use of antibiotics, such as penicillin, to treat illnesses is another longevity factor. Improvements in sanitation to drinking water also helped people avoid illnesses such as cholera and typhoid, which are still seen today in Third World countries.
More recent medical advancements continue to play a role in extending life, such as medicines for high blood pressure and heart failure.
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Q: Why are we living longer?
A: Education and medical advancements are among the leading causes, doctors contend.
And while procedures such as angioplasty are saving more people, heart disease continues to be the No. 1 cause of death for men and women in the U.S. Cancer is the No. 2 cause of death.
"People are living into their 90s and 100s. It's taxing the medical system, but that's a good problem to have - people living longer," Mercer said.
One area that needs much improvement, he noted, is treatment for Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
"The medicines we have don't work very good. ... Basic Alzheimer's - that's one thing not improved upon yet," Mercer said.
The average life span of a U.S. citizen is 78 years old. The U.S. ranks 50th for life expectancy, while Monaco ranks first at 89 years old.
"I think we do pretty good, but we certainly could improve," Mercer said. "In 1960, life expectancy was 69 years. In 1900, it was 47 years."
The life expectancy in Afghanistan today is 47 years old, though war does play a role in addition to starvation and disease, he added.
In addition to modern medicine and education, a person's habits also play a large role.
"When I talk to my older patients, I ask them what their secret is. They don't smoke, they drank alcohol in moderation, they always kept active and they ate healthy," Mercer said.
Keeping mentally fit by doing crosswords or other brain-challenging activities also appears to increase longevity.
"Exercise provides mental relief. There's nothing better than going out and huffing and puffing down the court," Mercer said, referring to his preferred method of exercise - playing basketball.


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There's a "hole" lot of happy going on. Today is the first Friday in June -- also known as National Doughnut Day.
Started by the Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938, the day honors the Army's "Donut Lassies" who served treats and provided assistance to soldiers on the front lines during World War I.
Be sure to stop by Dunkin' Donuts, where they're giving away a doughnut with any beverage purchase, or Krispy Kreme, which is offering a free doughnut of any variety with no purchase necessary. Donut Connection may be participating too, depending on the location.
Or, celebrate by supporting a local independent doughnut shop.
The Pittsburgh area has some great ones -- including Peace, Love & Little Donuts in Oakland, the Strip, Bethel Park, Indiana Township or Cranberry Township; Big Daddy's Donuts in Crafton; and Oram's Donut Shop in Beaver Falls. (Don't forget about your local neighborhood bakery.)
Also, Entennmann's is holding an online contest with a prize of free doughnuts for one year.
Doughnuts have been around since long before the first World War, and we have the Dutch to thank. They would make "olykoek," which translates to oily cake. The first ones didn't have a hole, but they were fried in hot oil and the dough was sweet.
Nowadays, doughnuts come in so many flavors that you're sure to find one you love. What's your favorite? And equally important, what do you drink with it?
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The Meridian Swim Association hosted a Swim-a-thon in the Damon Fitness Center pool at Meridian Community College on Friday afternoon.
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The swimmers were in the water up to 200 laps or two hours.
The MSA has held an event like this several years ago, but after taking some time off, hope to make it an annual fundraiser.
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2011-12 (Sophomore): Second-team All-MVC selection...Competed in 11 meets...Won two events, both in the 100-yard freestyle...Scored in all three events she competed in at the MVC Championships, placing eighth in both the 50-yard freestyle (24.81) and 100-yard butterfly (57.85) and 13th in the 100-yard freestyle (53.56).
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It appears I have strained my left calf on Tuesday night at the gym (went a little to hard on the weights). I have been off the bike since then icing it last night and this morning. The soreness has decreased but there is still some there, not to much when standing on my toes. I have a race tomorrow morning and cant decide on the fallowing:
A. Get on trainer tonight and spin a little (dont feel like riding in rain today)
B. Stay off the bike till tomorrow races and get in a longer warm-up
C. Skip the race and just stay off it till next week
I have never strained a calf before so I am looking for advice. Dont have trouble walking and have been putting ice on it for 20 minutes every 2 hours.


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Edit: Let me try to reword and improve my question. The old version is attached at the bottom.
What I am looking for is a way to express and use free functions in a type-generic way. Examples:
abs(x) # maps to x.__abs__()
next(x) # maps to x.__next__() at least in Python 3
-x # maps to x.__neg__()
In these cases the functions have been designed in a way that allows users with user-defined types to customize their behaviour by delegating the work to a non-static method call. This is nice. It allows us to write functions that don't really care about the exact parameter types as long as they "feel" like objects that model a certain concept.
Counter examples: Functions that can't be easily used generically:
math.exp # only for reals
cmath.exp # takes complex numbers
Suppose, I want to write a generic function that applies exp on a list of number-like objects. What exp function should I use? How do I select the correct one?
def listexp(lst):
return [math.exp(x) for x in lst]
Obviously, this won't work for lists of complex numbers even though there is an exp for complex numbers (in cmath). And it also won't work for any user-defined number-like type which might offer its own special exp function.
So, what I'm looking for is a way to deal with this on both sides -- ideally without special casing a lot of things. As a writer of some generic function that does not care about the exact types of parameters I want to use the correct mathematical functions that is specific to the types involved without having to deal with this explicitly. As a writer of a user-defined type, I would like to expose special mathematical functions that have been augmented to deal with additional data stored in those objects (similar to the imaginary part of complex numbers).
What is the preferred pattern/protocol/idiom for doing that? I did not yet test
numpy. But I downloaded its source code. As far as I know, it offers a sin function for arrays. Unfortunately, I haven't found its implementation yet in the source code. But it would be interesting to see how they managed to pick the right sin function for the right type of numbers the array currently stores.
In C++ I would have relied on function overloading and ADL (argument-dependent lookup). With C++ being statically typed, it should come as no surprise that this (name lookup, overload resolution) is handled completely at compile-time. I suppose, I could emulate this at runtime with Python and the reflective tools Python has to offer. But I also know that trying to import a coding style into another language might be a bad idea and not very idiomatic in the new language. So, if you have a different idea for an approach, I'm all ears.
I guess, somewhere at some point I need to manually do some type-dependent dispatching in an extensible way. Maybe write a module "tgmath" (type generic math) that comes with support for real and complex support as well as allows others to register their types and special case functions... Opinions? What do the Python masters say about this?
Edit: Apparently, I'm not the only one who is interested in generic functions and type-dependent overloading. There is PEP 3124 but it is in draft state since 4 years ago.
Old version of the question:
I have a strong background in Java and C++ and just recently started learning Python. What I'm wondering about is: How do we extend mathematical functions (at least their names) so they work on other user-defined types? Do these kinds of functions offer any kind of extension point/hook I can leverage (similar to the iterator protocol where
next(obj) actually delegates to
obj.__next__, etc) ?
In C++ I would have simply overloaded the function with the new parameter type and have the compiler figure out which of the functions was meant using the argument expressions' static types. But since Python is a very dynamic language there is no such thing as overloading. What is the preferred Python way of doing this?
Also, when I write custom functions, I would like to avoid long chains of
if isinstance(arg,someClass):
elif ...
What are the patterns I could use to make the code look prettier and more Pythonish?
I guess, I'm basically trying to deal with the lack of function overloading in Python. At least in C++ overloading and argument-dependent lookup is an important part of good C++ style.
Is it possible to make
x = udt(something) # object of user-defined type that represents a number
y = sin(x) # how do I make this invoke custom type-specific code for sin?
t = abs(x) # works because abs delegates to __abs__() which I defined.
work? I know I could make sin a non-static method of the class. But then I lose genericity because for every other kind of number-like object it's
sin(x) and not
Adding a
__float__ method is not acceptable since I keep additional information in the object such as derivatives for "automatic differentiation".
Edit: If you're curious about what the code looks like, check this out. In an ideal world I would be able to use sin/cos/sqrt in a type-generic way. I consider these functions part of the objects interface even if they are "free functions". In
__somefunction I did not qualify the functions with
math. nor
__main__.. It just works because I manually fall back on
math.sin (etc) in my custom functions via the decorator. But I consider this to be an ugly hack.


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