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Discussion in 'The National Football League' started by Playoffs, Jun 3, 2013.
Jim Kelly announces that he has cancer
Sad to hear. Always been a big fan of JK.
Poor guy, wouldn't wish that on anybody
Me too. Loved watching him play. Loved it when he was inducted to the HOF.
Hope he beats it. IMO, Kelly is the best QB in Houston pro football history.
The overall 5-year survival rate for this particular cancer is reported as ~60-70%; the recurrence rate is 33%. Approximately 50% of these cancers are not picked up prior to advanced stages....so that apparently is a good thing in Kelly's case. If they have found no formal metastasis (spread to other parts of the body), the main question for accurate prognosis will come if following the surgery, the removed segment shows margins that are free of tumor. Patients found to have any none-free resection margins tend to die within 5 years, most within the 1st year. Furthermore, if there is involvement is of the upper jaw sinus (maxillary [cheek] sinus), the prognosis tends to fall to less than 1/2 in all categories. Hopefully, the cancer does not involve the sinus, nor does it lend itself to findings upon final pathology report of non-free margins (left behind cancer) non-resectable cancer.
As a reconstructive surgeon, I have performed my share of maxillary cancer reconstructions. As cure is the goal, radical excision is the rule, with reconstruction typically far from a non-formidable undertaking for both the surgeon and the patient. My prayers go out to Kelly that there are no surprises for the man who I had the privilege of knowing back in the day of the Gamblers.
Here's to hoping that Kelly can finally beat something.
Crossing my fingers for him. I will always have fond memories of the Gamblers.
And mine, Doc .... and mine. Thanks.
The most common causative agents of oral cancers are found in tobacco and alcohol. Anyone remember Nick Buoniconti. He got his law degree during his years with the Patriots and became a practicing attorney for a short while. What most of you don't know is that he served as president of the US Tobacco Company during the late 1970s and early 1980s and was a leading critic of studies which showed that smokeless tobacco caused cancer of the mouth as well as other types of cancer. Now, there is no doubt of the cause and effect. However, during those years, he spoke widely to his football brethren debunking this cause and effect obvious relationship, and encouraged them to the positives of engaging in snuff..........to the point that free sample were distributed by him gratuitously to teams and players of the era. Thank you, Nick.
BTW, 40% of head and neck cancers have been found to be associated with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the same virus that has been associated with female cervix cancer. In fact, coincidentally, 2 weeks ago, there was a landmark Australian study that identified Head and Neck cancers, including esophageal cancer as an "epidemic" problem specifically in white males who have engaged in oral sex with multiple partners.
So there is some truth to this ... ?
Oral sex and throat cancer: Michael Douglas HPV report spotlights "epidemic"
That's frightening. Can you be tested for the virus?
HPV is not carried in the blood or fluids, making it impossible to really "screen" for. HPV is usually diagnosed after lesions are caused. An extremely expensive HPV DNA testing can only be performed for identification after suspected abnormal tissue sample is submitted as in the case of PAP smear. It is therefore seldom used even after abnormal tissue has already been identified. There is an HPV test available which can test for the presence of a number of strains of HPV. This is not a test for cancer. HPV tests are available in Australia but are only subsidised by the government in a limited number of cases. Because most HPV infections usually resolve naturally, and there is no cure, there is little reason to have an HPV test.
Virtually all of us will have had HPV by the age of 30. Approximately 90-95% of us will have cleared it through our own immune system within 2 years. It is the 5-10% that will act as a "Typhoid Mary" and spread the joy. To date, there is no "cure" for HPV. And now, it is not entirely agreed upon whether the virus is completely eliminated or reduced to undetectable levels in the 90-95% group, and it is difficult to know when it is contagious.........and, therefore you can never be sure that you are no longer at risk. Lastly, condoms aren't truly protected because the genitalia are not entirely covered......and oral male to genital female is obviously totally unprotected.
That is why there is a push to vaccinate young girls.........and now even discussion for the same in young boys. To add a little more scare to the picture, 30 percent of cancers originate from HPV strains not covered by the vaccine. Who knows, if we don't choose this approach (or even if we do), it may force us into going back to the dark ages when no man wanted a lady that wasn't a virgin !
Hmmm...maybe those BDSM freaks in full on body or facial latex are on to something. Technically it's like a full body condom. If that becomes mainstream, then I'll just hang an "out of order" tag on my tongue. I'm way too claustrophobic for a body condom. Lol.
I found this more detailed bit of information, that was not revealed in most other reports. This was a cancer that involved the gingiva (gums) and the maxillary sinus. It evidently was not recognized for over 3 months. I am now not surprised that now the surgeons carefully word their prognosis as "We expect a successful OUTCOME" or "We expect a successful RECOVERY" or "The prognosis for RECOVERY is very good" instead of "We expect or are hopeful of a CURE." The reason is very easily explained by the fact that in cases as described for Kelly, even after not initially detecting spread to the neck lymph nodes, ~80% will have developed such now "detectable" spread within 18 months. This is a factor which would significantly worsen the prognosis. I would be very surprised if post operative chemotherapy and/or possible radical neck dissection is not being contemplated. Some would even consider adjunct radiation therapy.
As Thunderkyss aptly put it, I "wouldn't wish that on anybody."
EDIT ADDITION: The story gets even worse with the information from this other source. Evidently, delayed diagnosis was not 3 months, but ~6 months, with the initial thinking that it was simply an infection.
Unfortunately, Kelly's cancer has recurred.
Damn. I met him once. At that bar on or near Richmond where all those NY Mets got in trouble (name anyone?). I walked away a bigger fan after the encounter than before I met him. He was a heck of a nice guy.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Jim and the Kelly family.
Cooter's, I think.
I've always liked him. He spoke at our high school football banquet; nice guy.
Cooters! Yeah, thanks Heath.
I wish him nothing but luck in beating this.
Based on the information that I was able to determine at the original time of posting (see previous posts), along with my surgical experience with this type of cancer, without any unknown extenuating circumstances, 6 months may be a generous estimate of survival following recurrence.
With that said, my prayers go out to Jim and his family for an exceptional outcome.
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Sci isn't feeling very well today folks. She hit the wall during one of her training sessions VERY hard yesterday, and is still trying to convince her weary legs to carry her about the lab with her normal alacrity. So I'm gonna go on a brief rant on the subject of supplemental data. You were warned.
Drugmonkey pointed out a bit ago that one of the bigger journals in our field, the Journal of Neuroscience will be getting rid of supplemental data. I have to admit, Sci may have cheered a little at this prospect. In fact, a LOT of scientists are cheering. But I've had some of my non-science friends ask me WHY.
And so, Sci will tell you.
An example of supplemental data. Sci wishes she could make her own flowchart of supplemental data. It might look like this:
Does the journal have ridiculously short page/word limits compared to the ridiculously huge amount of data they require for publication? Yes.
Are your methods way too numerous and complicated due to the ridiculously huge amount of data required for publication? Yes.
Did a reviewer demand extra experiments which in no way help your paper's cause and which no one but that particular reviewer cares about? Yes.
Do you feel the need to publish ALL OF YOUR FIGURES. ALL OF THEM? Yes.
Then you need SUPPLEMENTAL DATA!!!
Now, are any of the above items NECESSARY to the publication of decent science?
I feel like this is a trend toward several things:
1) Needless amounts of reviewer requested experiments that don't add anything. Now don't get me wrong, often reviewers request experiments that NEED to be done, and that really do enhance the paper and add a lot. But not always, and you can always tell when you see something looking kind of unrelated and stuck in the supplemental data.
2) The pressure to publish a huge complete story. This is not necessarily bad, but it's getting to the point where every time I try to publish a paper in a decent journal, I feel like I need to publish the freakin Silmarilion! Journals are very interested in "impact" and in how high priority the manuscripts going into them are, and this means that they really only want to publish complete stories. While I understand that (and a good complete story is MUCH more satisfying to read), it often results in huge amounts of supplemental data in an effort to show how much the scientists covered their bases. Perhaps this indicates, not a need for less of a story, but a need for designing a more elegantly crafted series of experiments.
So recently the Journal of Neuroscience decided to get rid of the supplemental data. Their reasons for doing so are as follows:
1) Large amounts of supplemental materials means that reviewers will often overlook that material or not review it at all, meaning that the supplemental data is not peer reviewed (icky!).
2) Supplemental data encourages excessive demands from reviewers.
3) Stuff that would be important to the article is being forced into the supplemental data, which undermines the concept of a self-contained research report.
w00t. I hear all that and raise you eleventy.
Of course, the final result of HAVING supplemental data in high end journals is that you end up with these tiny, tight little stories with ridiculously small word limits in Science, and with the "oh, yeah, here's what we REALLY did" in the fifty kabillion supplemental pages. It also means that you can get away with not particularly well crafted stories, as your many little side experiments get relegated to the supplemental data. So I'm glad that J Neuroscience is going to be getting rid of Supplemental data, but I also hope that they, and their REVIEWERS, keep this in mind. It's going to mean, maybe demanding tighter stories, and maybe ALSO not demanding stories that are as sweeping and huge as the big journals like to go for. And it's going to mean thinking carefully before reviewers suggest that you do fifty billion extra experiments to tie in to their little corner of the field. It may also mean, that if Journals really want to publish well-done, carefully crafted, high end experiments, with difficult methods, they may need to expand their sometimes rather paltry word limits (seriously, Nature? 3000 words INCLUDING references and captions?! You gotta be kidding. I 'm all for being succinct, but that's really rather ridiculous. You want well-cited, detailed methods, plenty of well-done figures, a complete story, and perspective on the field in 4500 words including the references? In the dreadfully butchered words of Elizabeth Bennett "I am no longer surprised at you knowing only *six* accomplished neuroscientists, Mr. Darcy. I rather wonder at your knowing *any*.").
So I say down with Supplemental Data, and with excessive reviewer demands. Down with teensy word limits which cannot carefully encompass what it is we actually DID in our experiments. Taking down the Supplemental data is the first step. I think this is a good thing, but hey, what do I know.

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My family devours this every time I make it. With so few ingredients, it couldn't be simpler! The rich, hearty sausage and spinach combination is wonderful for brunch, but I often serve it with a salad at suppertime. —Judy Learned, Boyertown, Pennsylvania
- 3/4 pound bulk pork sausage
- 1 tube (11 ounces) refrigerated crusty French loaf
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
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- 1. In a small skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Unroll dough and pat into a 14x12-in. rectangle. Sprinkle the sausage, cheddar cheese and spinach lengthwise down the center of the dough. Bring edges of dough to the center over filling; pinch seam to seal.
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Health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, speaking at the dispatch of 22 new ambulances into the province, said
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"The process of converting a car shell into an ambulance is a very lengthy process and one that I think we need to revisit," he said.
One way of shortening the period could be taking the equipment from old ambulances and fitting it into the new vehicles.
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Speaking at Wentworth Hospital, where the department distributed 22 new Toyota Land Cruiser ambulances to various KZN districts yesterday, health spokesman, Sam Mkhwanazi, rejected a report that new ambulances were not being used.
They were merely waiting to be fitted with communication and other devices before they were fit for use.
The department was not letting scores of new ambulances lie idle when there was a huge demand for them.
The Mercury reported last week that the department had spent about R180 million buying 386 new vehicles, but had kept them in a fenced ground near Wentworth Hospital.
The newspaper said it visited the field last year and it was packed with vehicles. The field was visited again last week, and it was still full of parked vehicles.
Mkhwanazi said: "It does not make sense why anyone would spend a lot of money on something and not utilise it.
"There will never be a time when one comes to Wentworth Hospital and does not find ambulances parked here. And there is a reason
Mkhwanazi said that before they were converted into ambulances, the vehicles are sent for branding.
"Once that has been done, we have to place an advert for tender applications for fittings that will go inside the ambulances, which include the communication devices and other equipment," he said.
"This process takes time until it's approved because there is also a period where there can be objections to a company being awarded a tender."
Until the objections or legal issues were resolved, the department could not do anything, he said.
"What people see at Wentworth Hospital are branded ambulance shells waiting to be equipped, old ambulances and a pool of new fitted ambulances to replace those involved in accidents or old ones," he said. "This where they are born and where they die."
After an ambulance reached a mileage of 250 000km, it was replaced by one in the pool, Mkhwanazi said.
The province has 290 ambulances operating at any given time: 212 for emergencies, 40 for obstetrics and 38 for transporting patients from one hospital to another.
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- 1 pound diced fully cooked ham
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 garlic clove, minced
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- In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal and baking powder. In another bowl, combine the eggs, corn, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Spread half the batter into a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Spoon meat mixture over batter. Sprinkle with cheese. Spoon remaining batter on top.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting. Serve with salsa if desired. Yield: 6 servings.
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I have no experience killing bear with a .357. But i do have plenty of experience killing game animals, and although a 44 or higher may not be a bad idea, i know from a fact with all my other experiences and my experiences with my .357s a well placed shot i would not be worried about killing a black bear. I also dont have any hesitation in using it for bear protection.
For hunting, practice, practice, practice. Like you would for any game animal. Also, at least in MN the ONLY sucessful way to hunt them is baiting, so you get to control the exact shot distance and plan angles. A .357 broadside at a 15 yard bait pile should lead you to place an accurately placed shot.
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Review: IIFA Rocks brings Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and the music of Bollywood to the Tampa Convention Center
Despite co-host Vivek Oberoi using the adjective "rocking" at nearly every turn ("Everything's going to be a really rocking time!" he proclaimed on the green carpet beforehand), Thursday's IIFA Rocks party at the Tampa Convention Center was much more of a fashion show than a concert.
That was to be expected, as IIFA Rocks was Tampa's first true taste of Bollywood's polish, glitz and glamor on this, the weekend of the first Indian International Film Academy award on U.S. soil. (For an overview of Thursday's events, click here for Stephanie Hayes and Caitlin E. O'Conner's report from the carpet, and click here for our report from inside the ceremony.)
But in between lengthy and dramatic runway shows (featuring popular Bollywood performers like Anil Kapoor, Yami Gautam and Malaika Arora Khan; plus Miss America Nina Davuluri and Tampa notables Bob Buckhorn, Brad Culpepper and Brooke Bennett), the music and choreography that are a hallmark of Indian cinema did get several fine spotlights.
There were four big musical elements to the four-hour show. The first two were medleys of popular songs by playback singers, who provide the vocals to the music in Bollywood films. Flanked by scores of elaborately festooned dancers, Monali Thakur gave a performance as energetic as any American pop star, though much (if not all) of her set was lip-synched. Singers Bhoomi Trivedi and Ankit Tiwari had -- as Vivek Oberoi might put it -- a more rocking edge, especially Tiwari, who brought a big, belt-it-out voice to his brand of rock 'n' roll power balladry.
Tampa native DJ Ravidrums made the most of his moment in the spotlight. Appearing onstage as a silver bolt of energy, ensconsed in his custom drum kit, he surrounded himself first by neon-clad dancers, then a Daft Punk-like drumline on the runway. His thundering rendition of Shine Like the Sun, performed with a live singer, brought a welcome blast of EDM ebullience to IIFA Rocks.
In many ways, IIFA Rocks was a typical made-for-TV awards show -- corny banter, prompter snafus, awkward set changes. And it went on, and on, and on. By midnight -- more than three hours after the event had begun, and two hours after it was supposed to end -- many fans in the less-than-half-full house had begun to trickle out, and those who were there had trouble sustaining applause.
And that was before Oberoi announced that Pakistani pop maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was about to play an hourlong set. "He is gonna give you the hits like never before," Oberoi promised. "The show of a lifetime."
Khan, who specializes in a devotional genre calleed Qawwali, is actually a name some Americans might know. Though Western audiences may be more familiar with the work of his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat has collaborated with artists like Derek Trucks and the composer James Horner.
And it was in his performance that the music of Bollywood truly came to life at IIFA Rocks. Backed by an 11-piece band, seated crosss-legged at center stage and pumping an accordion-like harmonium, Khan crooned over warm pop melodies, beaming as he offered Tampa a sunny, earthy taste of Indian culture.
The setlist would be lost on most Americans, but otherwise, it was like any other concert. Fans cheered for the hits they knew, and applauded when Khan got absorbed into a real hot jam, scatting and singing with a legitimately lickety-split flow. It was jazzy and organic, yet the pop melodies were real and transcended cultural barriers. At times his performance called to mind Peter Gabriel, or perhaps something by latter-day Paul Simon or Sting.
By 12:45 a.m., the house had thinned considerably, and many of the remaining fans had left their seats to try to snag a selfie with Oberoi, who was still enjoying the show. As well he should have -- the performance by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan may be what many fans remember most from America's first IIFA Awards weekend.
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BOZEMAN – As she recounted the unlikely story of how a chance meeting in her father's taxi propelled her from India to Montana State University, Jyoti Sharma kept returning to a simple point – she could not have done it alone.
Sharma, 22, who now works as an industrial engineer for Glanbia Foods, Inc., in Twin Falls, Idaho, returned to Bozeman this month to celebrate her bachelor's degree in industrial engineering with her parents, who flew to the United States for the occasion.
Her parents, who had never been outside of India before and speak little English, were high on the list of those Sharma wanted to thank.
"Before I came to MSU, I'd never set foot outside my house without my father accompanying me," said Sharma, who arrived in Bozeman in 2008 with limited abilities in English. "But my parents just took this leap of faith and said, 'Okay, go and try this, go and live your life.'"
It was a leap that involved allowing their first-born to shed the traditional role for Indian women in their village outside sprawling New Delhi. It invited whispers among neighbors that her father, Ashok Sharma, had sold her into a foreign marriage. Mostly, Sharma said her leaving her family behind demanded her parents have the courage to let her venture into a world they knew almost nothing about.
It is typical for girls in Sharma's village to see their educations ended prior to completing high school by the still-common institution of arranged marriage. There was little hope for a professional outlet for Sharma, a star student with a passion for literature and dreams of being an astronaut.
But that changed when an American couple from Seattle requested a taxi from the concierge at their hotel in New Delhi.
Ashok Sharma was one of 52 drivers assigned to the hotel on that day in 2001 when Frank and Heather Minton landed in his taxicab.
After a day of touring around New Delhi in Ashok's taxi, the Mintons hired him to drive them on a tour of India's Golden Triangle, a three-day trip that takes in the Taj Mahal in Agra and the city of Jaipur.
When they returned to New Delhi, a friendship had taken root. Despite difficulty communicating in English, Ashok had won the Mintons' hearts.
"He talked a lot about his children," Frank Minton said. "It was apparent he was very fond of them, that they were his life. And in particular he talked quite a lot about his daughter, Jyoti, saying how bright she was."
Frank Minton, a consultant who helps nonprofits arrange planned giving and philanthropic annuities, said Ashok told them he was a poor man, who didn't have the resources to help his children improve their lot.
At the close of their Golden Triangle tour, the Mintons gave their Indian driver and new friend an outsized tip.
It might have ended there; however, Ashok invited the Mintons to visit his village to meet his wife, Anita, daughter Jyoti, and sons Deepak and Sachin. Frank and Heather Minton arranged a second trip to India to take him up on the offer.
Despite not having a table or chairs, or even a real kitchen, Anita cooked and the group shared a meal in the modest home that also housed Ashok's brother and his family. The language barrier – the Sharma family spoke Hindi and very little English – proved no impediment to a growing friendship.
From there, Frank and Heather determined to help Ashok Sharma and his family.
In trying to explain their extraordinary generosity, Frank Minton points to a famous Jewish proverb: "He who saves one person, saves the world entire."
Their support came in various forms. Frank and Heather returned to India and traveled with the Sharma family. They helped enroll the children in a nearby English-speaking school. They helped Ashok start a store and buy a home. They helped arrange and fund tuition for the Sharma brothers to attend college in India.
For Jyoti, Frank and Heather's assistance was transformative. They helped arrange for her to apply to MSU, where Frank's children, Gretchen and Tim, are professors. Beyond the scholarship aid Jyoti earned, they helped pay her expenses during her studies at MSU.
Jyoti said the transition was not easy, in part because she arrived overly confident in her scholarly abilities, and in part because the cultural shift was confounding on multiple fronts.
The social scene was confusing for a young woman who was intent on maintaining a lifestyle that would not trouble her parents and was not entirely at odds with her native culture. The academic approach was different. And if that wasn't enough, Jyoti was adjusting while juggling her studies and social life alongside three jobs.
At one point, Jyoti said, she was close to getting failing grades. But she persevered.
Jyoti said professors offered their personal time to help her when she ran into trouble on an assignment. Her adopted American family in Bozeman, most notably Gretchen Minton, MSU professor of English, and her husband, Kevin Brustuen, MSU's coordinator for faculty-led programs abroad, made her welcome in their lives and offered much-needed encouragement when she felt overwhelmed.
A decidedly international group of fellow students became her social world. Through it all, even from half a world away, her family kept her grounded. Jyoti said she often called home twice a day.
There was additional financial help from friends of the Frank and Heather Minton – Hal and Inge Marcus, Andre and Molly Donikian, Terry and Karen Simmons, and Marilla and Skip Satterwhite – who variously helped Jyoti with education expenses and her transition to Twin Falls.
When she reflects on her journey, Jyoti said she knows her parents ultimately made it possible to pursue a bold new path while helping her remain connected to her culture. Jyoti added that now, in the village, there are no more whispers about mail-order marriages. The Sharma home is known as the home of the father of Jyoti.
Jyoti, having earned her degree and secured an excellent job in her field, said there is no way to say enough about the help that made it all possible. In particular she points to Frank and Heather Minton, whom Jyoti said came to her family as from a fairy tale.
"It never would have happened if not for them," Jyoti said. "I was a girl who loved school and was a good student, but who didn't think she'd ever graduate high school. Now I'm working as an industrial engineer. It shows dreams can come true."
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text: I am completely new to the whole "theater" scene. I am coming from the same tube tv I have had from the mid 90s. Anyway, I am having problems with DVDs in upconverting DVD players. The picture is very grainy and pixelated, and doesn't seem to be upconverting at all. In fact, it almost seems worse that the old tube tv picture. I have tried 3 different "upconverting" DVD players so far, so I assume it is not the player, but something else. I am completely new to all of this and need some help. The TV is a 37" LG LCD, 1080P, 60Hz. (model 37CS560) The HDMI cables I am using are these Daytons; http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=181-772 The receiver is a Denon AVR 1610. Is the problem the receiver or cables? Maybe the TV? Do I need to adjust some sort of settings? Again, I am completely new to all of this. Thanks in advance.


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The electroweak force is pretty romantic because it's really the unification of two forces, electromagnetic force, and the weak force. At really high (like, universe-creating high) energy, they're the same thing, but at energies where you and I live, they look pretty different, so we'll talk about them separately.
1. Electromagnetic force:
The electromagnetic force is 1037 (*ahem* that's a 1 with 37 zeroes after it) times stronger than the gravitational force that keeps you anchored to the earth. So for the record, if you want to compliment someone, telling them you're magnetically attracted is making a stronger point than telling them that you gravitate toward them.
They say opposites attract, and whether that's true in love or not, the electromagnetic force causes opposite charges and opposite magnetic poles to be attracted to each other. North poles of a magnet are attracted to south poles, and positive charges are attracted to negative charges. On the other hand, the same force causes things with like magnetic polarity or like electrical charge to be repulsed. The electromagnetic force causes electrons to be attracted to the nucleus in atoms. It also causes protons in the nucleus to be repulsed by each other. The nucleus stays together regardless of this repulsion between positive charges because of the strong force, which we will discuss in a future post.
|Electromagnetic force causes opposites to attract...
At least when it comes to magnets and electrical charges.
Quantum electrodynamics says that massless virtual photons mediate the electromagnetic force. All four fundamental interactions are mediated by different particles, the mass of which determine the range of the interaction. Massless particles, gravitons and photons, mediate gravitation and electromagnetism, respectively, so the range is essentially infinite. Of course, the strength of the field drops in an inverse square relationship with the distance from the source, so at large distances from the source, the force becomes extremely weak and we tend to largely ignore them. In other words, physical separation does not "make the heart grow fonder," at least not when it comes to electromagnetism.
2. Weak force
The weak force also relies upon exchange of extremely massive mediating particles called W particles, and has an extremely limited distance (~10-18 m). Quarks (the stuff that protons and neutrons are made of) come in six different "flavors," (strange, charm, up, down, top, and bottom) and the weak force is the way quarks change flavors.
|Flavor changes by the weak force
The weak force is important in things like beta emission, a kind of radioactive decay. Protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks. Protons are two up quarks and one down quark, and neutrons are two down quarks and one up quark. In the process of beta emission, a down quark of a neutrons changes to an up quark, changing a neutron into a proton. In addition to the emission of a beta particle (now we know it is an electron) and a neutrino, this flavor change results in the transmutation of an atom, changing its identity from one element to another element. For example, Carbon-14 in living organisms (and otherwise) decays to Nitrogen-14 over time. Carbon dating (the only type of dating some people will ever do *zing*) takes advantage of the steady decay of Carbon-14 to Nitrogen-14 to estimate the age of things like bone fragments and wood artifacts.
Stay tuned, because in the next installment we will talk about the strong force, which is the strongest of all four fundamental forces of nature.


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Nothing wrong with a BLR if you want one. You'll get the most gun for the dollar right now with a bolt gun. Many budget bolt guns right now are about 1/2 the cost of a BLR, and you'll get a top end bolt rifle for about the same price as the BLR.
A bolt gun is much lighter, more reliable, and usually more accurate. And with no hammer would be safer in theory. Most lever gun accidents happen when shooters try to lower a hammer and it slips off their thumb, or when unloading.
Good calibers would be 243, 260, 7-08, or 308. Any of those will recoil very similar to, or less than your old 30-30. A 260 or 7-08 would be about perfect, but 243 and 308 ammo are easier to find and usually cheaper.
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What do you believe about yourself? Jesse Jacksons call-and-response poem I Am Somebody has inspired the folks at Fresh City Life to ask Denverites that very question; their answers will be revealed in a short documentary, I Am a Library, and composed into lyrics by David Amram for a childrens chorus and jazz-chamber orchestra number titled I Believe I Am.
There are two goals going here, explains Fresh City Lifes Dr. Audrey Sprenger: for people to remind everyone who they are, but also to remind people participating that we are these institutions that we rely on during this election year. We all make up these institutions that we use.
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Were really looking for a multilingual, intergenerational audience, she adds. We want to get as many faces and voices as we can.
Tell the city your beliefs today at the Rocky Mountain PBS Kids Fun Fest, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rocky Mountain PBS, 1089 Bannock Street, or tomorrow, during a big-screen special presentation of The Wizard of Oz, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Central Library, 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway. Then mark your calendars for August 24, when both I Am A Library and I Believe I Am will premiere at a Fresh City Life event called Outside of Convention, featuring Amram and Jackson in person. Visit http://denverlibrary.org/programs/july/ibelieve.html for information.
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There have been rumours all week of Torontonians spotting this fast moving and elusive UFO.
"It looks like a spaceship," said one eye witness.
There has even been some Twitterverse photographic evidence displayed.
But with that there has been just as much skUNdepticism.
However if you are prepared to hang around long enough you too will also get a glimpse.
This UFO stands for Underground Flying Object.
And fly does this new 'Rocket.'
In fact when the TTC's new subway train comes into a station, all eyes set aside what ever it is they were previously doing to take a good look.
You must look quickly because Toronto's new Bombardier subway train only sits in each station for a few seconds.
"It's simulating being in service," explains the TTC's Brad Ross. "It's stopping at each station as if it was in revenue service but it does not open its doors."
The new train, followed by lots more over the next two years, will open its doors for business next month.
In Bloor station people try to get on and when they realize it's not yet operational, they take a long look inside.
Unlike the old trains, the interior of this one is open from head all the way to the tail.
"There are different cars but there is no doors in between them," said Ross.
It has the look of a carnival mirror.
The outside still has the famous silver look but this train looks like a stainless steel silver bullet. Others say it looks like a Great White Shark.
Many take out their cell phone cameras to take a picture.
Even TTC subway staffers are enamoured by it and curious when it mysteriously floats into a station.
"It's fantastic," said one TTC cleaner at Bloor station named Mohammed. "I love it."
Within no time this will be how trains look on the Yonge and Spadina lines.
The cost of 39 new trains with 234 new subway cars is about $750 million while the old trains will likely be sold for scrap.
The Toronto Subway is about to get a new look. But travel will get faster too, said Ross, adding the new train holds up to 1,300 people — 200 more than the old ones.
With new switching equipment that allows trains to travel closer together it will also mean faster trips.
And that, promises Ross, is no rumour.
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Most crop farmers have known that corn has a specific time for planting to realize maximum yield. Farmers are also beginning to realize that soybeans also benefit from being planted at the right time to maximize yields. Recent research by Michigan State University Extension was done in Michigan's Thumb to evaluate the effect of soybean planting date in relation to the planting population to determine optimum yield and income. The research was sponsored by the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee and is the second year of this study.
In 2012, three planting date treatments spaced 10 to 14 days apart were established in the same field at Mossner Farms, Inc. near Richville, Mich. Each of the planting date treatments had four replications planted at populations of 80,000; 120,000; 160,000; 200,000; and 240,000 seeds per acre. Yields for each replication were an average of all planted populations.
The plans were to plant the soybeans in late April, mid-May and early June, but the intervals were compressed due to wet weather in late April that delayed the plantings. The dates for planting were May 11 (early), May 21 (mid), and June 7 (late).
Total yield was reduced at both the mid and late-season plantings by 3.9 and 14.6 percent, respectively. This resulted in a loss in income per acre of up to $147.90. The planting dates and yield data was very consistent with results from 2011. Table 1 highlights the results from each growing season.
The clear take-home message is that later soybean plantings will normally result in both reduced yield and income.
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Gun shop's renovation, key addition prove successful
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Ben Oliver came to a fork in the road a few years ago. When the owner of Nature's Image art gallery and frame shop faced dwindling sales in early 2011, he decided to supplement the business with a gun shop.
Three years later, Lakes Trading Company has found its footing and is poised for more growth thanks to a new 10-lane shooting range.
"Last December I was on my own, and now I have eight employees," Oliver said.
Clearing hurdles
The transition between contrasting lines of work proved even more daunting that it sounds, Oliver said. He made the hard decision to close Nature's Image in 2012.
"After the first year (of Lakes Trading Company), and with art sales tapering off, it made more sense to build the gun shop than to try to resurrect the art gallery," he said.
More challenges came last year when Oliver decided to expand again and install the shooting range.
There were permits to obtain and lease issues involving adjacent businesses in the building at 95 SW Eighth Ave. Nearby business owners wondered about noise and parking. Residents expressed concerns about an influx of guns one block off the crowded Lake Street corridor.
But one by one, those issues have been smoothed out. The leases for The Music Connection and From the Heart Bible and Gift expired within a month of each other last spring.
"It was important not to break relationships with people but to give them fair notice and that sort of thing when the building was going to be needed for this use," Oliver said.
The music shop condensed its footprint in the building, while the bookstore now boasts an attractive storefront in the Park Place building downtown.
"It was exactly when I needed to start working to do the remodel, so the timing was excellent for everything," Oliver said.
He determined the range could not simply be stuck into the new space; rather, the entire area needed to be overhauled. The gun shop remodeling came first. Work began in May and the new 7,500-square-foot store was ready just after Memorial Day.
The result was an expanded showfloor and the transition of piano studios into a classroom. Oliver and two employees with construction backgrounds took on nearly all of the work.
"It was a big task," he said.
The crew then turned its attention to the west end of the building and spent several months installing the shooting range. It passed inspection by the manufacturer, and Lakes Training Center opened in October.
Months of labor and project-related headaches were worth it for Oliver, who envisioned the range from the day Lakes Trading Company opened.
"I wanted to do it but it was an expensive endeavor," he said. "It's not something I could just do right off the front."
Reaching potential
The expansion has transformed the business. The range generates revenue through gun and lane rental and ammunition sales, and it attracts customers on the gun sales end.
"The range is a big draw," Oliver said. "We have roughly 225-250 people a week coming to shoot, which in turn drives ammunition sales and encourages people to try firearms."
Lakes Trading Company rents many pistols and a handful of rifles. Some customers rent guns and shoot for recreation, and some bring their own for practicing, while others simply wish to try out a gun before purchasing it.
Memberships are available, but the 25-yard lanes are also open for public rental.
The city recently approved a permit amendment allowing Lakes Trading Company to rent out the facility on Mondays. The clientele for group rentals can be surprising – currently a church is renting it out twice a month.
Business at the range has been steady.
"We're getting there. It takes a long time to get something started and get people to change their habits, but word of mouth and advertising is starting to get people to come in," Oliver said. "People that try us out usually come back, and they say that we have a great atmosphere."
The classroom allows for courses, which in turn feed into the range and buy-sell-trade aspects of the business. Lakes Trading Company offers at least three gun carry permit courses per month, and Oliver hopes to expand that number in the fall.
"I love teaching carry classes," he said. "It's more than just teaching the law. It's more about teaching self-protection so people understand that it's more than about just carrying a gun."
Basic pistol courses are also held, and Oliver said his team is working toward offering advanced training classes.
There's also a women-only introductory pistol course, and ladies receive discounts at the range on Friday evenings.
"It's a growing demographic and we want to help ladies become comfortable with firearms," Oliver said.
With construction behind him, an attractive and spacious showroom and the range he once dreamed of up and running, Oliver sees a bright future for Lakes Trading Company.
"It's awesome now," he said. "Finally I'm starting to see the numbers pick up. We're going to be here awhile. I'm not concerned about the longevity of the business."
The range and gun shop are open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 1-9 p.m. on Sunday. Call 651-464-7251 or visit lakestradingco.com for more information.


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The Bayberry floor plan offers 0ver 2,700 sq ft of finished living space! As you walk in, you will notice the large formal dining room, with beautiful arches to define the space. A spacious living room with plenty of natural light from the slider that leads to the deck. The functional, open kitchen boasts Aristokraft cabinets, granite island top and beautiful tile floors and a pantry. A master suite, featuring a walk-in-closet and private bath, also awaits you in this beautiful home. Two additional bedrooms, another full bath, and a laundry room with lockers complete the main floor. The lower level has a huge finished family room, another bedroom and bathroom. The family room has a walkout for easy access and there is still tons of extra room for storage.
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GULFPORT — The foreclosure process started more than two years ago. Papers were served. Hearings held. Judges ruled. Back and forth it went, inexorably. Like millions across the nation, Boyd Rubright, 71, was slowly losing his home.
The writ of possession — the final document that strips someone of a foreclosed home — was signed Nov. 2. The occupant received 24 hours' notice. Then, ready or not, he had to go.
Monday was the day.
The bank representative was the first to arrive at 5840 Gulfport Blvd. S. It's the white house with the green trim and the empty birdbath.
The house looked vacant, but the representative thought he saw someone inside. A deputy arrived, and knocked on the front door. He announced himself from the outside, loudly.
No one answered.
The bank sent someone to drill through the lock. It was 9:02 a.m. when the drilling stopped. The busted lock hit the floor inside.
That's when they heard the gunshot.
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The deputy moved everyone away from the house and called for backup. Then he and a Gulfport officer went inside, weapons drawn.
They found Rubright slumped in an armchair in a small room. Police said he placed the barrel of a .357-caliber revolver in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
The officers couldn't find a pulse; paramedics were called.
His oldest daughter learned about the shooting when she talked to a St. Petersburg Times reporter Wednesday night.
"When the foreclosure started a couple of years ago, he told us that he was not giving up his house for anything," said Margaret Fitzgibbons, 44. "They would have to take him out or he'd kill himself.
"That's why I wasn't surprised."
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It's hard to find anyone who really knew Rubright. Everyone knew a piece of the man. But not the whole.
He was married and divorced three times. His last marriage ended in 2007. He has three daughters and a son from the first two. The son and a daughter want nothing to do with him.
The other two daughters tried to reconnect with their father. Fitzgibbons, who lives in New York, wanted her three children to know their grandfather.
It hasn't been easy. Depressed. Difficult. Disconnected. That's how the oldest daughter described her estranged father. They didn't meet until she was 14.
Rubright spent two decades working at Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish. He left three years ago. He either quit, was fired, or retired, depending on whom you ask.
His health was failing, but he kept checking himself out of the hospital. He lived on Social Security and couldn't afford the house payments anymore.
As foreclosure loomed, Fitzgibbons said she and her half sister asked Rubright to come back to New York to live with them.
He refused. He had been in that house for two decades.
He threatened to take his own life. His daughters didn't know what to do.
"He didn't want to leave his home," she said. "He said if he left his home he couldn't keep his guns and smoke his pot."
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Mental health issues. Substance abuse. Stress. Hopelessness. Withdrawing from loved ones and friends. Mood swings. Rage. All classic warning signs of suicide.
Suicides hit a 12-year high in Florida in 2008, when 2,723 people took their own lives, according to the state. Pinellas County also had a record that year, with 177 suicides.
Is Florida's sour economy and unending housing crisis to blame? The cause of suicide is always greater than a single problem. But the economy has definitely become a factor.
"Dangerous times are times of transition," said Senta Goudy, director of the Florida Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention. "It's the loss of a spouse, the loss of a home, the loss of a job. Those are the times when a person is most at risk.
"They don't have the support network they need. They don't have a place to talk to somebody when they lose hope."
Pinellas sheriff's deputies evict people in landlord-tenant disputes and foreclosures about 300 times a month in the county.
It's rare for someone to still be living there by that point.
Sgt. Richard North oversees the court processing unit, which always seems to be delivering bad news: witness subpoenas, foreclosures, evictions, domestic violence injunctions.
While rare, Rubright isn't the first person to try to take his own life in the moment they must face leaving their home.
North has seen it a handful of times in the last 10 years.
It almost happened last month. A 42-year-old Clearwater man who was being evicted in a family dispute tried to hang himself. The deputy forced his way inside and pulled the man down from the belt tied around his neck.
"He saved his life," North said.
The man told the deputy he didn't have anywhere to go.
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Paramedics arrived at 5840 Gulfport Blvd. S just minutes after the gunshot. When they checked Rubright, they were able to find a pulse.
They rushed him to Bayfront Medical Center, where he has been in critical condition since Monday. Police believe the bullet may have missed his skull and instead went through his throat.
His prognosis is unknown. Rubright has not regained consciousness. But one of his few friends, 69-year-old Karla Kegerise, visited him Wednesday.
"I went down to pray with him and he looked good," she said.
His two daughters desperately want to fly down to visit him. But they can't afford it. Susan Rubright, 40, lost her job as an administrative assistant on Nov. 1. She has three children.
"They need us at the hospital," she said, crying on the phone from her home in New York. "We're his only next of kin, and they can't make any decisions without us.
"But we can't afford it at all. I can't even pay my rent."
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A labor-law class action filed against Big Lots (Johnson v. Big Lots) for alleged violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has important consequences for retailers nationwide. First, the lawsuit appears to be the only complete trial involving assistant store managers in a collective action; second, and most significant, it also appears to be the only case where the court has "decertified" (reversed) a collective action following trial, but before a final decision on the case has been rendered.
In 2004, two Big Lots assistant store managers filed a lawsuit in Louisiana against the retailer, which operates some 1,400 stores in 46 states. The plaintiffs alleged that the Columbus, Ohio-based chain had misclassified them as exempt and therefore owed unpaid overtime for hours worked over 40 in a work week.
But because the plaintiffs also claimed that thousands of current and former Big Lots employees could be impacted by the supposed misclassification, the case made headlines. And it brought Big Lots face to face with huge potential liabilities.
Chain Store Age talked with Paul Bittner, an attorney with Columbus, Ohio-based Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, which defended Big Lots at trial and helped secure what ultimately would be a landmark decision for retailers.
"Once the original case was filed in Louisiana in 2004, the plaintiffs sought from the court a preliminary determination that the case should be treated as a collective action," Bittner said. A collective action, he explained, is distinct from a class action in that participants have to opt in to the collective action, whereas, in a class action, "you have to opt out or your claims are automatically a part of the action."
After a look at the collective-action argument, which contended that all Big Lots assistant store managers across the country were misclassified as exempt, the judge agreed with the plaintiffs and ruled that the case would go forward as a collective action.
"This gave the plaintiffs an opportunity to invite others to join the action," Bittner said. "About 940 people—both current and former Big Lots assistant store managers—joined."
Nearly three years since the initial filing, in August 2007, the judge denied Big Lots' motion to decertify the collective action. Big Lots was faced with a daunting decision: settle the case or go to trial.
"Settlement wasn't an option," Bittner said. "The amount of money these 940 people were claiming they were entitled to in unpaid overtime was substantial. Big Lots felt that the assistant store manager job was properly classified and that it hadn't done anything wrong," he said.
The case proceeded to trial in May 2008. "We presented evidence of numerous examples—as many as the court would allow us to present—of Big Lots assistant store managers that were clearly exempt under the law," Bittner added.
In what the attorneys believe was an unprecedented move, after the court heard all of the evidence at trial, it reversed the collective-action decision it had made years earlier and decertified the case. In its 56-page decision, the court stated that "The record developed through trial brought into clearer relief how problematic collective adjudication of this matter is, necessitating fresh consideration."
Today, litigation continues—but it is no longer a collective action. Individual assistant store managers who believe they have been misclassified by Big Lots can still bring a claim against the retailer. But the group claim—and the staggering potential liability that stemmed from it—is off the table.
"If I were a retailer," said Bittner, "what would be most significant to me about this case is that, while I understand an individual can bring a claim against me should he or she disagree with a job description or classification, I now know the individual shouldn't be able to establish a collective action because of it."


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Skogs-Tibble parish near Uppsala is unusually rich in Bronze Age sacrificial finds, so I'm looking closer at it for some future fieldwork. And I found an awesome site in the Sites & Monuments Register, Raä Skogs-Tibble 93:3:
Skrubbstenen [The Scrubbing Stone]. Boulder with oral tradition, granite, c. 4 by 4 m a side … According to Ivar Hall, 80 years old, of Sågstennäs, his maternal grandfather told him that trolls used to scrub and delouse themselves against the inward-sloping side of the boulder in the two cavities there.


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Muse confirmed to play London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony
They recorded the official theme tune so it's no surprise to find out that Muse will be playing the closing ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The band are set to join Ed Sheeran, and George Michael at the extravaganza on Sunday where they will be performing Olympics track Survival, according to NME.
Drummer Dom Howard revealed that Survival wasn't actually written especially for the Olympics.
He said: 'I'm happy with the song. It's a proper Muse song.
'It's not something we did for the Olympics. They sowed a seed by asking us to do some music but then five months went by.
'We showed them a few songs when they asked us about [playing the] closing ceremony and they loved it. It represented the enormous competition of what the Olympics is.'
The top secret line-up is also rumoured to include The Who, Take That, the Spice Girls and Kate Bush .
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy recently claimed that Elton John was originally lined-up to duet with him on Survival.
The frontman revealed that John was the one who initially approached the band to write a song for the Olympics as the Games' original musical director but later dropped out after a disagreement.
He told KROQ: 'Believe it or not, Elton John gave us a call and wanted to write a song for the Olympics.
'At one time Elton John was actually the director of the music for the Olympics. He contacted us and we thought, "This is far out! We're going to do a song for the Olympics with Elton John?!"
He added: 'So that's how the ball started rolling way back over a year ago. But then he pulled out of the Olympics. He didn't want to be involved anymore cause he fell out with the organisers so that left us with a half-baked idea. At that point we just let it go and carried on with making the album.'
Muse have confirmed they have delayed the release of their new album The 2nd Law, which is now due out on October 2.
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Martinez pushed for Crist endorsements
Surprised by the lightning-fast endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist for Senate by conservative Sen. John Cornyn, the chief of the National Republican Senatorial Committee? We were, too -- especially since he told Buzz last week he would stay on the sidelines and let Floridians decide between Crist and former Speaker Marco Rubio.
But Florida Sen. Mel Martinez says he urged Cornyn and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to quickly close ranks behind Crist -- particularly since they had all recruited him to run. McConnell endorsed Crist early Tuesday, too, as did the GOP conference chairman, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate.
"I suggested to them it was very important that we present a united front, and make sure there's not a complicated primary when there doesn't need to be one," Martinez told the Buzz at the U.S. Capitol.
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Bear With Me
by Nicole Blanchard
It wasn't until Sullivan Thomas lost her parents in a car accident that she learned about the gift she inherited from her mother—though it felt more like a curse. A single touch is all it takes for her to see the past, be it a person's or an object's. When Sully meets Declan, a rugged Woodland Creek local, she finds herself blissfully unable to read him and even though something about him screams danger, Sully surrenders to desire.
A bear-shifter with a violent past, Declan Cain lives a present void of emotional entanglements. His solitary life in the vast forests of Woodland Creek is all he needs. Though when he meets Sully, the last thing he wants to do is cut her loose.
When her gift shines light on Declan's past, the two are thrown into a whirlwind of mystery and intrigue. Danger mounts and secrets are revealed and the two must decide if risking their hearts is a price too high to bear.
I've been following Nicole Blanchard for a while now but this was my first time actually reading any of her work. While I really enjoyed Bear With Me, this is one of those novellas that could have benefited from being a full length novel. That being said, it was still a great read and I'll definitely be checking out her other books in the future.
Sullivan is an eighteen year old struggling with the death of her parents and trying to learn how to cope with the new "gifts" she received from her mom. Being able to see people's and object's thoughts and memories when you touch them can't be an easy thing, then you add in the fact that Sully's distancing herself from her twin brother because she doesn't know how to talk to him about it, and the poor girl is feeling pretty alone in the world.
When Sully and Declan meet there's an instant connection between them and things start to heat up rather quickly. The romance aspect was spot on in the beginning, in my opinion, but after some things come to light, the romance gets pulled to a halt and that was where my main issue with the length came in. I'm not a fan of heroes pushing the heroine away in general but the fact that this was so short made it hard for me to feel like their relationship was back on track when we got to the end.
Of course along with the romance we get some great mystery, suspense, and danger that made made up for the other issues that I had. And finding out who the baddie was? Totally didn't see that coming!
Overall, Bear With Me was a great paranormal romance and I can't wait to check out the other books in the Woodland Creek Series.
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ASHBURN, Va. — On the eve of the Redskins' first day of training camp, Albert Haynesworth ended his boycott by meeting with coach Mike Shanahan on Wednesday.
But the coach would not let bygones be bygones.
Shanahan said the two-time All-Pro defensive lineman with the $100 million contract must pass a conditioning test. Then he won't practice with the starting unit, at least not right away.
"I'm expecting him to be in great shape," Shanahan said. "And if he's not in great shape, then we're going to do what we need to do to get him in shape."
Asked if he expected Haynesworth, who skipped every offseason workout, to be a part of the team, Shanahan said, "We'll see."
"We're going to give him every opportunity to show us what he can do," he said. "Hopefully, he'll like the position that we play him in and give us everything that he's got."
The "position" is the main point of contention for Haynesworth, who was unavailable for comment. He's unhappy with the switch to a 3-4 defense and would rather play for another team. Shanahan was ready to grant that wish until Haynesworth collected a $21 million bonus on April 1, part of the seven-year contract he signed before last season.
Shanahan said he was "very pleased" with Haynesworth's mind-set: "Now we'll get a chance to see exactly where we're at."
Chargers make Gates highest-paid tight end
SAN DIEGO — The Chargers' Antonio Gates agreed to a five-year extension that the Associated Press reported is worth $36.175 million ($20.4 million guaranteed). It averages $7.235 million, highest among the league's tight ends, and keeps Gates, 30, in San Diego through 2015.
Since his rookie season in 2003, Gates leads tight ends in touchdown catches (59) and is second in yards (6,223) and third in catches (479). He has led the Chargers in catches each of the past six seasons. Last season, he caught 79 for eight touchdowns and a career-high 1,157 yards.
Bills: End Aaron Schobel, whose 78 sacks rank second in team history, said he will decide on retirement by mid August. He did not attend any offseason workouts, but general manager Buddy Nix said the door is open for a return.
Chiefs: Second-round pick Dexter McCluster, a running back/receiver from Largo High, signed. Terms weren't disclosed.
Jets: Quarterback Mark Brunell, 39, signed a two-year deal to back up Mark Sanchez. He spent the past two seasons in New Orleans, appearing in four games.
Panthers: Quarterback Jimmy Clausen, a second-round pick, signed a four-year deal worth $6.3 million ($2.53 million guaranteed). He will begin behind starter Matt Moore and Hunter Cantwell.
Patriots: First-rounder (27th overall) and cornerback Devin McCourty signed a five-year deal his agent said is worth $13.2 million ($7.825 million guaranteed).
Ravens: Rookie defensive tackle Terrence Cody passed his conditioning test on his third try. Tuesday, the 350-pounder out of Alabama twice failed the test that consists of running 25 yards, doubling back, resting for 70 seconds and repeating it twice.
Saints: Quarterback Patrick Ramsey signed a one-year deal. The first-round pick in 2002 spent last season with the Lions and last appeared in a game in 2008 for Denver.
Steelers: Kevin Colbert, the director of football operations and de facto GM, signed a five-year extension. The deal comes one week after coach Mike Tomlin was signed through 2012.
Texans: Cornerback Aaron Glenn signed a one-day contract and retired with his hometown team. Glenn, 38, spent three of his 15 seasons with the Texans (2002-04). The three-time Pro Bowl pick, who last played with the Saints in 2008, had 41 career interceptions.
Titans: The league won't suspend quarterback Vince Young for an offseason altercation at a strip club in which he was cited for misdemeanor assault, the Nashville Tennessean reported.


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Knowledge Quotes and Sayings
Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
– Francis Bacon
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
– Benjamin Disraeli
Knowledge is not power but applied knowledge is power.
Pure knowledge should be always flowing. When one feels I know everything and gets stuck then mind rots due to stagnation. Learning should be like breathing. Keep evolving. Keep growing.
– Anandmurti Gurumaa
There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
Knowledge makes people humble. Arrogance makes people ignorant.
Knowledge is power and you need power in this world. You need as many advantages as you can get.
– Ellen Degeneres
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
– Lord Chesterfield
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
– Hippocrates
It is a well known fact that knowledge is power, or is it?. I ask you? How can knowledge be powerful if we don't know how to apply it? It can't be. Not without the mechanics of action, for knowledge without action is like having a mobile phone with no battery to turn it on with. Can you see now? Knowledge without action isn't knowledgeable nor does it make sense. This leads me to say that I would rather be the man that knows how to apply what little knowledge he has, than be the man that knows everything but how to apply all of his knowledge.
Stupid people seek entertainment
Wise people seek wisdom
Smart people seek knowledge.
Life is no simple math. It takes the proper knowledge of self to arrive at the right answer.
Unless your name is Google stop acting like you know everything.
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.
– Lord Chesterfield
Within the extent of your knowledge, you are right.
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First a brief overview of the process: This is a live chat format, so I'll need to communicate back and forth with you. You've already paid a deposit or membership to post your question here. I am an independent tech, and am volunteering my time unpaid until our chat is concluded. At that time I'll request you click the EXCELLENT smiley face to close out our chat. It is my intention to solve your problem with a quick, honest, and helpful answer and my goal is for a rating of Excellent Service. You may receive an email survey after our chat, if you don't feel I've earned a "10" rating in all areas, please let me know what I can do to meet your expectations.
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Hi there, sorry to hear you're having trouble with the Vizio.
Can you give me the full model number of the set please?
Does it come up to the vizio startup logo and just hang there perpetually, or does it shut itself down after a few minutes?
Also to clarify, is it showing the vizio logo on the tv screen itself (image display), or do you just mean a light in the shape of the vizio logo showing below the tv screen on the case of the set?
Doesn't shut off, just hangs there perpetually. It's on the image display.
Typically this type of the issue is just a glitch in the memory/microprocessor within the tv, and can often be reset. To attempt a reset, unplug power to the set at the wall outlet for at least 15 minutes, then press and hold the power button on the side for 60 seconds, keep holding while you plug back in, and keep holding another 60 seconds after.
If that doesn't do it, repeat the process, but leave unplugged a longer period (a few hours or even better overnight, if you have the patience)
If that still doesn't do the trick, then it would indicate an internal hardware failure, most likely a bad main board, or a failed power supply component that is preventing the set from fully starting up. Either of those would require repairs to crrect.
I'll attempt resetting now. If resetting doesn't work, what are my next steps? Should I contact a local repair shop?
If it comes to that point, you'll need to decide if it is something you would want to attempt to repair yourself (requires removing the back of the tv, taking out boards and components, testing and replacing other boards as needed). Typically parts for something like this would be in the $100-200 range. If having a local shop do it, double that to factor in labor costs.
When you get to that point though, being beyond the warranty, it will often make more sense to just buy a new tv, considering a new tv can be found for not much more.
To help with that decision, I'd suggest calling around to a few local repair shops and ask if they can give you a phone estimate, tell them you think it needs a new main board and the model number of the tv to get an idea of what they'd charge, then you can decide which repair/replace option makes the most sense for you.
Hopefully though, the reset will work for you. If it does not, I'll be happy to help find a local shop if you need, or recommend some replacements if you prefer. Give the reset a test though, and let me know the results when you have a chance to. Good luck!
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Contractor: Honeywell International, Incorporated
Department: Army
Awarded: 8/7/2009
Honeywell International, Inc, Phoenix, Ariz. was awarded on July 31, 2009 a $255,076,495 firm-fixed-price contract to provide parts and support for the overhaul of 1,000 SAGT (Automotive Gas Turbines) 1500 engines of equivalents per year for Program year 4 (PY4) and the potential Program Year 5 (PY5) of the Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization (TIGER) program in support of Abrams tank production, Abrams derivative vehicles and Army stock spares. The engine equivalents will support the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) turbine value stream (TVS) AGT 1500 engine overhaul line. This action is required as soon as possible but no later than the end of the 3rd quarter fiscal year 2009 to ensure a continuous flow of engines through the engine overhaul line to meet the tank production line requirements at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) and to meet field spare requirements. The TIGER program is an Army initiative to revitalize the Automotive Gas Turbine (AGT) 1500 (horsepower) engine fleet which supports the Abrams tank and derivation vehicles (M1A1 tank, M1A2 tank and the Heavy Assault Bridge (HAB)). The TIGER program will increase the reliability of the AGT 1500 engine by improving the overhaul processes to a "near" new engine standard, including durability based design improvements and will provide the support to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) for the overhaul of up to 1000 each AGT 1500 engine equivalent per year. This approach will foster a long-term partnership between PM Heavy Brigade Combat Team (configuration management), TACOM Heavy Combat Products Support Integration Directorate (forecasting oversight), Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) (depot facilities, workforce, warranty support) and Honeywell Int'l (technical support, overhaul process expertise, demand management, supply chain management, inventory control and field service/ warranty support). Work is to be performed in Anniston, Ala., (13 percent), Phoenix, Ariz., (66 percent), Greer, S.C. (19 percent), and Rocky Mountain, N.C., (2 percent) with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S.A. TACOM- Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-06-C-0173).
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Shearers set to surprise
The top of the south is emerging as an unlikely leader in all-breeds shearing with the possibility four shearers from the Nelson-Marlborough region and the West Coast will be among the 12 qualifiers for New Zealand's premier all-breeds championship finals at the Golden Shears in Masterton in March.
While the district has fewer sheep and shearing gangs than many, the possibility has arisen after a good showing at the New Zealand Corriedale Championships, in Christchurch, the third of five qualifying rounds in the PGG Wrightson National, incorporating the McSkimming Memorial Triple Crown.
The series opened with the finewool round at the New Zealand Merino Championships in Alexandra and the longwool of the New Zealand Spring Shears in Waimate last month, and continues with the national lambshearing championships at Raglan's Western Shears next month, and the second-shear sheep of the Pahiatua Shears at the end of February.
Points range from 12 for the top qualifiers in the heats at each event to one for 12th, and defending champion Angus Moore, the now-South Otago-based farmers' son from Ward and a former head boy at Marlborough Boys' College, has cemented his place with 11 points, to go with 3 from the opening round at the merino championships and 10 a week later at the Spring Shears in Waimate.
Blenheim concrete-pumping contractor and 51-year-old part-time shearer Tony Nott, who last week said he'd entered the series for the first time so that he could support Moore in his quest for another title and encourage other young shearers, will almost certainly also qualify, having been fourth in Friday's heats to card 9 points, on top of 9 in the opening two rounds.
West Coast shearer and surprise Corriedale Championships final winner Jason Win and Renwick veteran Chris Jones are knocking at the door of qualifying, with 11pts each, the threshold for 12th place after the final two rounds on lambs at Raglan in January and second-shear strongwool at Pahiatua in February having ranged in recent years from 12-16pts.
Three-times series winner Tony Coster, of Rakaia, and regular qualifier Grant Smith, also of Rakaia, lead the current series with 27 and 26 points respectively, while new Shearing Sports New Zealand chairman Gavin Rowland is also near-assured of qualifying, on 15pts.
Reigning Golden Shears and New Zealand Open champion John Kirkpatrick, of Napier, is the only North Island shearer currently in the top 12.
The series marks the 40th anniversary of the first presentation of the McSkimming Memorial Triple Crown and attracted 29 entries for the compulsory opening round.
But they don't include the series' most successful shearer, Te Kuiti legend David Fagan, who won the final nine times from 1986 to 2008. The South Island has the overall advantage, with 24 wins to 16.
Leading placings and points after three of the five qualifying rounds in the PGG Wrightson National Shearing Circuit are:
Tony Coster (Rakaia) 27pts, 1;
Grant Smith (Rakaia) 26pts, 2;
Angus Moore (Balclutha) 24pts, 3;
Tony Nott (Blenheim) 18pts, 4;
Gavin Rowland (Rakaia) 15pts, 5;
Darrin Forde (Lorneville) 14, 6;
Chris Vickers (Palmerston) 13pts, 7;
Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) and John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 12pts, 8eq;
Chris Jones (Renwick) and Jason Win (Coleraine, Aus, and Ikamatua, NZ) 11pts, 10eq;
Josh Hull (Australia), Shaun Matheson (Riverton) and Tom Wilson (Darfield) 10pts, 12eq.
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FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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