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The United States has the world�s largest international student population, with over 800,000 students. Nearly 4% of all students enrolled in higher-level education in the USA are international students.
The US is home to some of the most prestigious universities in the world. Universities in the United States offer a huge variety of English-language courses, various speciality degrees and excellent research in a diverse, international environment.
The US provides a huge variety of higher education institutions all over the country: over 1,700 public and 2,500 private institutions.
Find the best information about what to expect when studying in top cities in the USA. Read about degree course offers, career opportunities, student life, living costs, and more.
The United States has more institutions of higher education than any other country. International students with varied perspectives, values and traditions come to the US and increase cultural awareness and international networks.
United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) recognizes more than 19,500 US higher education programs as accredited and of a high quality. Among these, Ivy League Universities are well known as the top higher education institutions in the United States and the world.
Read this article and see the details of how to apply to a U.S. college or university.
Universities in the United States have their own individual admission standards and include all or part of the following requirements:
Some universities may have additional specific requirements. Check with university student services for details.
Check this website for more information about studying in the USA.
Some international students may not be able to attend a degree in the United States because their previous studies do not match the academic system of the country. To be allowed to take an undergraduate or graduate degree in the United States, they will need to enrol in a one-year pre-Bachelor or pre-Master offered by a local university.
Popular foundation degree studies in the U.S. include pre-law degrees, pre-MBA courses, pre-medicine, pre-nursing studies, or other types of international foundation programmes in engineering, economics, finance, social science, science and other types of university pathway programmes. Preparation courses in the U.S. include academic English language training to help international students meet university language requirements for future undergraduate or graduate studies.
Foundation degrees in early years in the United States are perfect for increasing your chances of getting accepted to an American university. Pre-university business schools, law schools or med schools make sure international students develop the skills they need to succeed in the United States academic system. Pre-university education also includes cultural integration classes that help students feel more at home. Some pre-university programmes guarantee enrolment to the institution if students complete the preparation with high grades.
Where can I study a foundation course in the United States?
The top American states where students can take a foundation year programme include: New York , Massachusetts, Illinois, California and more.
Read more about the enrolment requirement for international students.
Meet language requirements for university admission in the USA by choosing an English language preparation course offered by English language schools worldwide, including the UK. By taking the right English exam training course you will advance your language skills in order to get the needed scores for IELTS, TOEFL, CAE, or other English exams.
Applicants for student visas should generally apply at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in their country.
Visa requirements include:
Ask for more information at your local embassy.
Find out more details about getting a student visa for the U.S.
Professional advisers guide students in their search for institutions or programmes of study in the United States that meet their individual needs. Sororities and Fraternities are national organizations, focusing on social interaction, service projects and student activities. Nearly every university offers internship services. Career services focus on offering employment advice and find student job opportunities. Credential evaluation services analyse qualifications of international students in order to establish study programme eligibility.
Some universities offer salaries to research students. Students can arrange fellowships with companies that pay for tuition costs in exchange for a few years of service.
American universities provide the latest technologies and advancements coupled with excellent research opportunities. Students are free change their minds and transfer from one course to another or change their study institution.
Most classes include no more than 20 students, facilitating greater teacher involvement and student interaction. All kinds of English language courses are available for international students.
With over 35 million Spanish speakers in the United States, it is the 5th largest Spanish-speaking population. Spanish is currently the most widely taught non-English language in U.S. higher education.
The United States is a Federal Republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district. 48 states and Washington, D.C. are situated in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is situated in the north-western part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the Pacific. The United States is the world's third largest country in the world. It is also third largest in the number of inhabitants and is also one of the world's most multicultural nations. The capital is Washington, D.C. and the biggest city is New York City.
The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation, a constitutional republic and representative democracy. The federation was formed after the first 13 colonies gained their independence from British rule in 1783.
The country has the world's biggest economy - 23% of global nominal GDP, based mainly on technological advancements, an abundance of natural resources and high worker productivity. Even today, the United States is one of the world's largest manufacturers.
According to international rankings, 13 or 15 American colleges and universities are ranked among the top 20 in the world.


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Review articles summarize the current state of research on a subject by organizing, synthesizing, and critically evaluating the relevant literature. They tell what is currently known about an area under study and place what is known in context. This allows the researcher to see how their particular study fits into a larger picture.
Review articles are NOT original research articles. Instead, they are a summary of many other original research articles. When your teacher tells you to obtain an "original research article"or to use a primary source, do not use an article that says review.
Review articles may include a bibliography that will lead you back to the primary research reported in the article.
Lios WS, Yap OW, Chan JK, Westphal LM. Innovations in fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic cancers. Fertility and sterility. 2005 Dec; 84(6), 1561-73. Review.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To review options for fertility preservation in women with gynecologic cancers. DESIGN: Literature review. RESULT(S): We discuss the data regarding cancer treatment and fertility outcomes and current controversies for women with gynecologic cancers. CONCLUSION(S): Gynecologic cancers represent 12%-15% of cancers affecting women, and 21% of these are diagnosed in women of reproductive age. Current advances in our understanding of these diseases, along with improved multimodality treatment, allow for consideration of fertility options. For some women with gynecologic cancers, fertility-sparing treatment might be appropriate.
Seil E, Tangir J. Fertility preservation options for female patients with malignancies. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jun 17(3),299-308. Review.
Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Preservation of fertility in female patients diagnosed with cancer has recently been an area of intensive investigation. This review summarizes available options and discusses recently published data concerning experimental methods. Specific strategies for fertility preservation in women with gynecologic malignancies are also presented. RECENT FINDINGS: Success with ovarian stimulation protocols using tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors has recently been reported for women with breast cancer who attempt embryo cryopreservation prior to chemotherapy. The first embryo transfer using oocytes retrieved from cryopreserved ovarian tissue implanted at a heterotopic location, the first pregnancy following orthotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue, and increasing success with oocyte cryopreservation were also reported. SUMMARY: Fertility preservation in female patients with cancer has become an important health issue due to increasing survival rates and delayed childbearing especially in Western countries. Radical vaginal trachelectomy for cervical cancer, conservative surgery for ovarian tumors, and progestin treatment in endometrial cancers may be considered at early stages in order to preserve fertility. Embryo cryopreservation is an established technique that is available for fertility preservation, providing a delay in the initiation of chemotherapy or radiotherapy is acceptable, and a partner or donor sperm is available. Additional techniques that could be offered after counseling the patient about their experimental nature include oocyte cryopreservation, ovarian cryopreservation, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist co-treatment with chemotherapy. Improvement of these techniques as well as better characterization of their success rates and risks await further investigation.
Davis M. Fertility considerations for female adolescent and young adult patients following cancer therapy: A guide for counseling patients and their families. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2006 Apr 10(2),213-9. Review.
Abstract:During the past 20 years, an increase in survival among pediatric patients with cancer has occurred, and a need exists to be proactive prior to cancer therapy regarding issues related to fertility. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause a number of deleterious side effects to female patients, including early menopause and its associated side effects of osteoporosis and heart disease as well as the inability to carry a pregnancy to term or conceive a child. Many drugs and fields of radiotherapy are associated with an increased incidence of female reproductive complications. Options are available for the preservation of female fertility, but many are experimental. Of highest importance is the need to counsel female adolescents and young adults before beginning induction chemotherapy or radiation. Nurses play a large part in the information about future fertility that female patients receive before the initiation of cancer therapy. After reading this article, nurses will have a better understanding of the impact of cancer therapy on the female reproductive system and be more comfortable discussing the topic with their patients.
Mitchell E, Moore K. Stroke: holistic care and management. Nurs Stand. 2004 Apr28-May 4 18(33),43-52.
Stroke can have a devastating effect on a patient's life and that of his or her family. This article discusses the causes and effects of stroke and outlines the role of the nurse in the rehabilitation of a patient after stroke with reference to the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke .
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Retro gaming has seen a renaissance through download services such as XBLA, PSN and Virtual Console. But in celebrating 15 years of Rayman, Ubisoft has gone beyond 'retro' to create perhaps its most beautiful and accessible platformer yet.
The latest 2D adventure started as an episodic download homage to classic Rayman but the French developers switched to a disc-based release when they realised it was simply too big a prospect. The side-scroller features over 60 levels with stunning hand-drawn visuals, including local co-op play for up to four players.
The game's drop-in mode allows friends and family to team up and join Rayman as Globox and the Teensie Wizards, while a multiplayer mode, quirky humour and easy-to-learn control system will certainly have a broad appeal with casual gamers, strengthening the Rayman brand which has currently sold over 20 million units worldwide.The game is set in the Glade of Dreams, a world created and shaped by its creator, the Bubble Dreamer.
When his nightmares start to fill the environments with evil creatures, it is up to Rayman and his friends to bring peace to the Glade, solving its amusing puzzles and tackling the difficult bosses together.
Music plays in sync with the gameplay, creating the feel of a cartoon that spans 12 unique environments. Sound effects accompany every movement from Rayman, so whether he walks, flies or swims, the game feels fluid and looks beautiful.
This reboot of the Rayman series of course comes after a number of successful Rabbids spinoff titles, and Origins will further bolster the reputation of Ubisoft's first franchise.
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Nike flagship store 21 Mercer has created a distinctly unique, and even more limited in nature version of the Air Force 1 dubbed "The Gift." Featuring a denim upper, brown leather midsole and red accents that give it a hint of edge, it's finished off with an apropos "gift" embroidered on the rear. While these will never hit the retail stage, you can visit 21 Mercer's Twitter account for your chance at an "after the holidays" present to yourself.
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TAMPA — Like many business owners trying to survive the recession, Isaac Gonzalez takes every step possible to "operate lean."
He keeps his overhead low, delays buying new equipment and spends more time on customer service.
For Gonzalez and other landscapers, the start of spring marks the beginning of their busy season. If they don't cash in now, landscapers could spend the rest of the year playing catchup.
This year, the industry faces a triple threat. The weak economy has already reduced the clientele of many companies. Now, stringent water restrictions brought about by the drought have Gonzalez and others innovating so their businesses don't dry up.
"Sometimes it means going a little extra step to demonstrate to the customer how much you appreciate their business," said Gonzalez, who owns Red Wagon Landscaping and Maintenance in Tampa. "It costs a lot of money to replace a customer once you lose them."
The latest restrictions, which went into effect Friday and last until the end of June, limit Tampa Bay Water customers using sprinklers in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties to four hours of lawn watering a week on properties less than an acre and eight hours a week on properties larger than an acre.
Homeowners within the city limits of Tampa are under even tighter rules, with a ban on sprinklers and hand watering allowed one day a week.
Luly Socias plans to hand water her grass and continue to use Gonzalez's services. The economy has affected her family, she said, but not to the point where lawn maintenance isn't a priority.
"The (economic) future is not as bright as it used to be," said Socias, who lives in South Tampa. "But I think we can cut out a lot of other things before I cut out my lawn service."
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March and April are typically the busiest months of the year at Cypress Creek Landscape Supply on Florida Avenue in Tampa.
Spring usually brings a constant work flow of loading mulch, plants and sod onto landscape companies' trucks, said Jim Pasek, the store's manager.
But this year is different. Landscapers who used to spend several thousand dollars a month at the store rarely show up. Three semitrailer trucks used to deliver loads of sod every week, but now the store only buys a few pallets at a time.
Business is down 35 to 40 percent from a year ago, Pasek said, due mostly to the declining economy and housing slump. And now landscapers have a new worry: tougher water restrictions and the drought could kill the lawns and plants they maintain.
"I have a lot of customers coming in wondering what's going to happen to their customers' lawns," Pasek said. "Everybody's just hoping it rains."
Even as his lawn browns in Pasco County, Pasek thinks the new restrictions are fair. The region's 15 billion-gallon reservoir is essentially empty, and the three-year drought has regulators urging water conservation.
"I'd rather let my plant die than not be able to take a shower or brush my teeth," Pasek said.
Patrick Lauteria, vice president of Florida Irrigation Supply, said the restrictions are too harsh.
Lauteria said Florida Irrigation Supply, which operates in Tampa, Brandon and Clearwater, is installing fewer sprinkler systems than in the past. But once regulators lift restrictions, he predicts a spike in water use because people will have to replace dead sod and plants.
"And then," Lauteria said, "What do you think is going to happen? They're going to have to water the c--- out of it."
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Landscapers in each of the bay area counties under tight water restrictions are taking steps to keep their businesses afloat and their customers' lawns alive.
Ray Resnick, owner of Land Crafters of Clearwater, puts fertilizer micronutrients into his customers' irrigation systems. He also checks for breaks and leaks to make sure the sprinklers run efficiently.
Cypress Creek Landscape Supply in Tampa and Sod Farms of Pasco offer customers Zoysia sod. It's more drought resistant and survives winters better than St. Augustine grass, experts say.
Sales are down 60 percent from a year ago at Sod Farms of Pasco, so the company lowered its prices and offers spray services as an incentive, said general manager Frank Balogh.
Isaac Gonzalez said he'll continue to do free favors for his regular customers. He can't afford to lose any more business.
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JERUSALEM, July 9 (JTA) — Israel's High Court of Justice has ordered the justice minister to seek the arrest and transfer of a Palestinian terrorist suspected of murdering an Israeli student. The court gave Justice Minister Tzachi Hanegbi 120 days to act on the order. In May 1996, David Boim was killed in an attack near the settlement of Beit El. His parents filed the petition, stating that the Justice Ministry had not done anything to demand the arrest and hand-over of the Palestinian, Amjad Hanawi, who is believed to be in the Palestinian autonomous areas. Boim's father, Stanley, said the family acted because the government had not been moving on the matter. Since his son, an Israeli citizen, was killed in territory administered under the responsibility of the State of Israel, "the murderer should be brought to justice in a court of justice in Israel," he told Israel Radio. Under the Oslo accords with the Palestinians, Israel can request the hand-over of suspected terrorists involved in attacks on Israelis. The Palestinian Authority must respond to the requests. However, a hand-over can be delayed if the suspect has been convicted and sentenced in the Palestinian court system. So far, the Palestinian Authority has rejected — or not responded to — other Israeli requests for the transfer of suspects.
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The Maturity of a Medium
The gaming industry has a stigma attached. As an ever-growing and fundamentally diverse dispenser of entertainment, the video game is still yet to convince a vast throng of people of its expositional potential; some still chalking them up as simple play things. Often viewed from behind a lens full of tabloid-exacerbated viscera and pointless shovelware, video gaming has much to prove, and to some extent, much to flaunt. In recent years especially we've witnessed some of the most visually complex, conceptually articulate and seemingly adult content ever to be rendered on a home console. But as I stand to justify my hobby sincerely to friends and family, I have the nagging feeling; the knowledge that, despite the great leaps and bounds, we're not there yet, not by a long shot.
The issue is that we view through a lens also. We subconsciously bind cutting edge gaming to its own context. Recent games, as far as narrative and thought-provocation are concerned, impress by the medium's own standards but fail to grasp the lofty heights of film, or even television in this regard.
The industry at large is simply not a mature one.
Still, a selection of games in this console generation are heralded as bastions of a maturing space, lauded as able to deliver adult content to an adult audience. Whilst certainly aiming in the right direction, when examined closely, they still stand testament to something lesser than their aim. I'll only address a few here, feel free to provide yours in the comments below.
I'll begin with an easy one, Heavy Rain. Now, anyone who knows me is likely aware of my profound, unjustified and irrational loathing of David Cage, head honcho of Quantic Dream, Heavy Rain's developing studio. Strangely enough this isn't actually linked to the quality of his games; instead just a result of the intense pomposity he exudes during press conferences. As a matter of fact, I have loved both of Quantic Dream's unique children. Fahrenheit, known more now for jumping the shark than the strides it took in gaming narrative, had me completely hooked. Heavy Rain looked poised to fix the follies of the past by delivering a purely grounded story, rooted firmly in realism. Choices would matter, deaths would be permanent, events would be quick-time, but more importantly, affecting. Fine, all but the latter were achieved.
Looking back now it's easy to see the plot of Heavy Rain for what it really is: a broken, plot hole-filled, childish tale that simulates real relationships about as well as the original Resident Evil. Madison and Ethan's foray into love is especially poorly handled. Madison's motivations are somewhat justified by her journalistic career, but this doesn't really account for the inexplicably bad sex scene, both in its timing and execution. The character's reactions barely fit the context at all, likely as a result of Cage shoe-horning romance into an otherwise desperate situation. I won't go on at length about Heavy Rain, as I think the general consensus has somewhat turned toward this anyway.
Next, Metal Gear Solid, a franchise heaped heavy in narrative. There must be something compelling to the storytelling if players are willing to indulge in it so readily, sitting through vast cut-scenes at every turn. Unlike Rockstar's games, where story is somewhat streamlined to accommodate gameplay, Kojima takes his complex (convoluted) ideas and does whatever necessary to get them in there. The problem I've always had is that he's tried to cram too many big themes into one coagulative mess. He himself has admitted that, given a second chance, he'd drop the cloning sub-plot entirely – much of the basis of Solid Snake's character. And whilst many of the concepts – information control, what makes up a hero, fighting without a cause – are intriguing, they're played out like some kind of narcissistic pantomime.
Everything is so thick in over-explanation that character subtlety is an impossibility. If I'm honest, I love Snake because I love Hayter's voice work and his hard-ass demeanour. As a character, he's pretty much nothing. Big Boss is slightly better, but even then, his surroundings are so full of cheese, actual progression is difficult to come by.
Rockstar provide a different challenge. The latter stages of the Grand Theft Auto series are parodies of sociological phenomena, which, for the most part, are executed well. With Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, and to some extent Grand Theft Auto 4, the bent has changed somewhat towards seriousness and realism. Sure, caricatures still remain, but the messages seem altogether more sobering. For me, Red Dead Redemption contains the best yarn. Founded upon well established Western tropes, the characters were engaging and crazy in equal measure, helping to build towards one of the most poignant final scenes the industry has to offer.
I don't begrudge Red Dead Redemption any of that, but there are elements that we as players let slide. For starters, most, if not all, characters are relatively two-dimensional. Marston himself is the Western archetype, seeking blood-fuelled revenge but hiding the need for family and solitude. The McFarlan family of strong, kind-hearted individuals and, of course, Nigel West Dickens, the well-written but ultimately flawed con-artist, all play their parts admirably, but alter little. As somewhat of a receptacle for the player, Marston is expositionally thin beyond his primary motivations, and Rockstar's compartmentalised, mission-focus means that almost everything feels tangential.
In fact, Red Dead Redemption helps stumble upon the problem. Video games are not films, or television shows, they're an entirely different beast. Metal Gear is a good example of something that's crudely attempting to be both and failing, whilst Heavy Rain is trying to be a playable film and is let down by the story itself not being up to snuff. Perhaps games don't hit maturity standards because they're emulating too closely something they're not. A good counter-point is Thatgamecompany's Journey, a linear experience that leaves much of the story to the player. You become invested via a level of pure interaction and discovery that only video games can provide. Even at its most basic, it's entirely successful, revealing a necessary amendment:
The industry at large is simply not a mature one, against the paradigms laid down by film and television.
Its biggest narrative successes, to me, seem to be those that are exuberantly unique to the medium itself. On the outside looking in, video games are judged by the parameters of those its aping and ultimately that's to its detriment. I wonder whether in the end, David Cage is looking in the wrong direction.


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Smartxide Co2 laser Will Scar You for Life!-Calgary
It been almost a year since I had this painful and negative life changing procedure done and the grid spider-man scarring on my chest has not gone away at all. While it has healed on my neck, the scars on my chest are prominent and I can no longer wear bathing suits or any clothing that reveals my chest from the neck down. I completely regret having this dangerous (I had bleeding coming... READ MORE
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The grid marks are actually 3rd degree burns caused by smartxide laser on my chest. Nothing can be done to undo the grid scars and since it was such a severe burn, it took months just to heal and was extremely painful as all burns are.... READ COMMENT
Heather, Please don't do this...it will make any sun damage worse and you will have scarring and red grid marks all over your face for the rest of your life and there will be nothing you can do about it! Whatever you are trying to... READ COMMENT
Just to add....you might want to consider giving up trying to fix this and just let the the body try to heal as best it can. The scarring cannot be fixed. Burns are permanent and at best, the redness might subside but the white grid... READ COMMENT
Everyone who has been hurt and maimed should consider their legal options. There have been several successful lawsuits brought against Dermatologists and RNs that have disfigured patients with lasers, like Ayana v. Skin Klinic which... READ COMMENT
How are you doing now, Rosina Ann? My grid scars that were caused by Smartxide are still very prominent and will never go away and I will never be able to wear summer dresses, v necks, bathing suits or anything that reveals it. I am... READ COMMENT


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Dangerous New Online Drinking Game Spreading Through Social Media
Danville, VA - A dangerous new drinking game is becoming a worldwide trend among young adults.
The internet fad, called Neknominate, requires people to record themselves drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and upload the video online.
As more people accept the challenge and dare their friends to do the same, the game grows in popularity.
But as Whitney Delbridge reports, the extreme drinking has had deadly consequences.
Many videos start with a chant as young adults drink large amounts of alcohol, many raising the stakes through outrageous stunts like drinking out of a shoe or the barrel of a gun.
At the end, participants dare their friends to be next.
The craze known as Neknominate started overseas, but has spread quickly through social media.
According to published reports, five people have already died from playing the game.
Danville Community College Counselor Jim Lindley says he has been around college students long enough to understand the binge drinking culture.
"The leading cause of death in 18 to 25 year olds is alcohol related incidents," Lindley said. "A lot of college students see it as a rite of passage."
But Lindley says games like this take drinking and peer pressure to a new and dangerous level.
"They don't think of the consequences. All they think about is not letting their friends down," Lindley said.
Lindley holds programs and activities on campus to educate students about the consequences of excessive drinking. He hasn't seen many examples of Neknominate in our area yet, but he hopes local students will just say 'No'.


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Honors students who do not have a calculus, discrete math, or statistics requirement as part of their major must complete HON 180, Data Analysis and Statistics, before enrolling in HON 207 or HON 225.
Students with a lab science requirement for the major will replace this course with one additional Honors Approved Elective.
Students who meet the proficiency requirement by placing at the 200-level of a language may consult with an Honors advisor for an alternative 3-course sequence to replace the language requirement.
The Honors Program is committed to developing students' knowledge and cultural awareness so they may respect and learn from difference. Honors students meet the multicultural requirement by completing HON 301, the Junior Seminar in Multiculturalism.
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Drillers hit North Fork resistance to leases
About the only obvious clue to the depth of opposition to drilling in the North Fork Valley came as guffaws filled the Paonia High School auditorium Saturday morning.
Derisive laughter rang out as officials explained that drilling companies had the opportunity to protect as trade secrets the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
"Did you hear that laughter?" Bill Ela, a retired Mesa County district judge and now an organic fruit grower on Rogers Mesa, asked about whether he thought participants in the meeting seemed to oppose drilling.
Ela said he, like many, is worried about how drilling would affect his organic fruit business.
Already it's possible for his son, Steve, to discern the difference between fruit hanging from trees in the first two rows of trees next to a road and the rest of the crop farther away from traffic, Ela said.
Drillers will have to use those roads, posing the potential of increased dust, Ela noted.
The meeting, sponsored by the Delta County Commission, included presentations from the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and several county officials. It came on the heels of a meeting last month in which more than 400 people gathered in an auditorium at Hotchkiss High School to protest the potential leasing of 30,000 acres of North Fork lands on 22 parcels around the North Fork of the Gunnison.
Saturday's gathering drew fewer people, as many as 140, and for them it was an opportunity to meet with the agencies and people who regulate the drilling industry, said Sarah Sauter, executive director of a conservation center formed by two environmental organizations.
For the West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association, the meeting is part of a process that will define how the Obama administration will handle leasing for oil and gas.
"Not a single federal natural gas lease was issued last year in Colorado that wasn't protested, deferred, withdrawn or in some way delayed," association Executive Director David Ludlam said. "The North Fork Valley is one of the test cases for Salazar's lease reform."
Ludlam was referring to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who in June 2010 said he would reform the way the federal government leases oil and gas through the Bureau of Land Management.
For the North Fork River Improvement Association-Western Slope Environmental Research Center Conservation Center, the immediate choice is for an environmental impact statement, Sauter said.
With the threats to water and air quality, as well as to the various small farms, orchards and vineyards that are getting an economic foothold in the valley, the need for a full environmental review is clear, Sauter said, and it's not about not-in-my-back-yard obstructionism.
"This is not about our back yards," Sauter said. "This is about out front yards."
An environmental assessment due to come out this week could point the way to that, said Barbara Sharrow, field manager for the Montrose office of the BLM.
As it's conducting the environmental assessment for the lease sale in August, the agency also is conducting an environmental impact statement for the scheduled revision of its resource-management plan.
If the environmental assessment recommends an environmental impact statement, it will likely go forward under the evaluation of the resource management plan.
Once the environmental analysis is released, there will be a 30-day public-comment period.
Her office is working on plans to make it possible for people to enter comments directly into a database, which will make it easier for bureau officials to sort and analyze them, Sharrow said.


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Well it looks like everyone's favorite Chicagoan, Kanye West, will be returning to the music scene one of these days. While nothing concrete has came up, a image started floating around the interwebs over the weekend that showed a portion of a supposed tracklist for Kanye's new album, Rich Black American.
Again, nothing has come from Kanye's camp, G.O.O.D. Music, or anywhere else to confirm this news, but, it should excite the hip hop community without a doubt. What do you think about supposed list? Look good to you or not? Holla at us down below.
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I think that there are many of us who know how you feel about doctors. It is not uncommon for emergency room doctors to only treat the symptoms and not try to get to the root of the problem. They expect you to take their findings to your primary care doctor and have them take steps to find the root of the problem.
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However, you might want to contact your primary physician ASAP to advise him/her of the blood clots (which can be indicative of Lupus) so that he can take steps to find the underlying cause.
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Civil Twilight Inspires Yuna Yang's New Collection, Presenting Today, 9/7
Korean born, Central Saint Martins graduate, YUNA YANG has been showing during NEW YORK Fashion Week since 2009. Her collections have a classic edge that makes those who wear her designs feel both timeless and timely.
For YUNA'S Spring/Summer13 collection it was music that inspired her creative mind, and that was the music of indie rock band CIVIL TWILIGHT. CIVIL TWILIGHT is comprised of four gifted musicians, Andrew and Steven McKeller, Kevin Dailey and Richard Wouters. When YUNA first heard the band's music she was immediately captivated. YUNA YANG was definitely drawn the minute she discovered CIVIL TWILIGHT'S sound, and that sound inspired her collection, presenting today, September 7th.
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Police: Drunk driver with baby on board crashes into stopped car
EUGENE, Ore. - A man driving drunk with an infant in his car slammed into a 1968 Mustang stopped in traffic Wednesday, injuring the 89-year-old driver, police said.
Eric L. Gross, 29, faces charges of DUII, reckless driving, endangering, assault and driving without a license or insurance, police said.
Witnesses reported seeing his blue 1985 Volvo wagon swerving before the crash on River Road at 3:45 p.m.
Both Gross and the woman in the Mustang were taken to the hospital. Their injuries are not known.
Both cars were totaled in the crash, and a third vehicle suffered minor damage when the Volvo pushed the Mustang into the car ahead of it, police said.
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Eden's Heros 4 ( The Death of...)
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Script by: EdensHeros
Day 1
(Aken Jawran is sitting at a desk brushing her hair. When the door suddenly swings open and in crashes James huffing and puffing)
James- King Jawran something bad has happened. (He sees Aken and suddenly straightens up.) Oh I'm so sorry Princess Aken (He bows by placing his right arm across his stomach and leaning forward).
Aken Jawran- It's quite alright umm… what is you rank?
James- Heavy Infantry 1st Knight Sergeant Earth region U.S.A.
Aken Jawran- (giggles) Now, now Knight there is no need to give me the full bio. I just asked you rank.
James- (still bent forward) I'm sorry my Princess.
Aken Jawran- It's quite all right and stand up straight.
James- (standing up straight) Yes!
Aken Jawran- Heavy Infantry huh you're the gentlemen who carry the rather large two handed swords. Very Strong you all are.
James- Umm… thank you Princess but I must speak to your father it has to do with the peace treaty mission it's gone all wrong.
Aken Jawran- What!
James- Yes now where is the King!
Aken Jawran- Well…
King Jawran- What are you doing in my room!
(They both turn to see King Jawran with a stone angry look on his face)
King Jawran- Guards!
James- My King No! I have a very important message about the mission.
(Two Jawran Guards rush into the room)
King Jawran- Arrest this man. (The guards grab him) You fool you shouldn't have came back now you know to much!
James- What are you talking about?
King Jawran- Don't play stupid with me take him away.
(Ivory now crashes through the door. Out of breath he stands and salutes)
Ivory- My king we where attacked at Lattoon by Damon infantry.
(King Jawran turns to Ivory)
King Jawran- Vevon was at Lattoon?
Ivory- What? No we where attacked by a small squad of Damons
King Jawran- Oh, OH! Why of course that's why and they killed everyone but you two?
Ivory- No sir. I was so disgusted with those beast I no longer wished to continue with the mission. So Commander Troy sent me back with Sergeant James here but they continued on the mission.
(King Jawran turns to James who is being held by the guards)
King Jawran- Release him! Sergeant tell me everything that happened.
(cuts to Ivory at the Jawran Castle Bar. He sat at a stool leaned over the counter of the bar. Lei enters in a door behind him and walks up behind Ivory.)
Lei- I guess this is where all the war torn soldiers go after battle.
(Ivory doesn't even turn around)
Ivory- Ya and we really could have used a CC man out there.
Lei- Don't blame me for this I told you it was a bad idea.
(Ivory turns around and points his finger in Leis chest)
Ivory- You told me King Jawran wasn't to be trusted. Well you know who can't be trusted? Those DAMN DAMONS! (Ivory's screams catches everyone in the bars attention and everyone goes silent)
Lei- (whispers) calm down. What happen Ivory? Where there casualties?
Ivory- Yes and one of them was James' girl… Danielle.
( Back in a office King Jawran sat behind a desk listening to James who was standing in front of him. Standing in the corner of the room was Aken Jawran.)
King Jawran- So that's when the energy came from you body.
James- Yes my king
King Jawran- (sigh) This is the second time this has happen, the first of course being with your brother.
James- yes my king
King Jawran- My boy there is something you should know about the energy in you body. As you know a long time ago the tree of Eden appeared on Earth. The tree excreted this energy from itself and infected every human on earth hence our strength. Well sometimes humans can excrete the energy like the tree. Yet in a much more different way, to kill. Do you no how I killed the Demon king all those years ago sergeant?
James- you cut him down with your sword.
King Jawran- No my boy (King Jawran sticks his hand out with his palm up and a ball of energy forms) I used the energy.
Aken Jawran- Father I don't think…
King Jawran- Quiet Aken! (closes his hand energy disappears)
James- Oh my you can control it. Like a…
King Jawran- Yes like a God. We all have the energy in us but only few every excrete it and even fewer can control it. Isn't that right dear. (looking at Aken)
(Aken sticks her two hands out with her palms up and a ball of energy appears in her hands.)
King Jawran- I taught it to my daughter, I taught it to my son and now I think I should teach it to you. On one condition.
James-What is it
King Jawran- Fight next to me, be my personal Knight lead the Jawran army to kill every last one of those Damon bastards. I know the sadness you feel my boy. The pain you feel haven lost your love Danielle. I loved my son and he was taken from me by those beast. Nobody else has to loose loved ones my boy join me and we can make sure of it. Join me!
(James stands up and looks King Jawran right in the eye)
James- Yes, I will join you.
(That night) (In King Jawran's bedroom King Jawran sits at the foot of the bed. Lisa enters)
Lisa- What the hell is going on Jeremy. I seen all over the news that those James and Ivory kids made it back alive.
King Jawran- Relax Lisa your idea worked even better then I had hoped. They where attacked still on Jawran at Lattoon. Foolishly Troy pressed on to Vevon. They are dead all of them.
Lisa- but what about Troy and Ivory.
King Jawran- Disgusted! because they have felt the where back stabbed by the Damons on a mission for peace and the James boy is on out side now.
Lisa- What about Ivory?
King Jawran-I will work on him tomorrow.
Lisa- This is all to risky I don't like it. Damn it maybe we should have just killed them ourselves
King Jawran- Now calm down Lisa. Your planned worked out even more perfect then I could have expected you are a very intelligent woman.
Lisa- Thank you my king but you now I'm not all brains. I can be quite the naughty girls at times.
King Jawran- Umm excuse me.
(Lisa crawls onto his bed on all fours )
Lisa-I'm not young my king but I can still get the job down. In many ways. There are some other ideas I had for our government ( Lisa drapes herself across from him) Do you want to hear them?
(in James room he stand with Aken Jawran)
Aken Jawran- Well here's your new room. (James bows again) Please James don't do that anymore. Now you're my dads knight I'm going to be seeing you a lot so lets be on a first name basis. (She sticks her hand out) My name is Aken.
(James softly grabs her hand and kiss it softly)
James- Nice to meet you princess Aken.
( Aken's face turns red as she blushes)
Aken- O well very charming James
Day 2
(It's morning and smiling Aken walks up to her fathers door she's about to knock but the door opens and she sees Lisa.)
Lisa- Oh well hello my dear
Aken Jawran- Why are you in my fathers room?
Lisa- I umm spent the night with your father.
Aken Jawran- Stay away from my dad ok I don't like you, You old hag.
Lisa- Old I may be, A hag I am not ok and I don't know what your so mad about am I not aloud sleep with someone I have feelings for.
Aken Jawran- You slut! You don't care about my father your just out to use him. I have seen how you treat your men.
Lisa- I'm a slut! Didn't you show that James boy his new room last night.
Aken Jawran- yes but I didn't sleep with him.
Lisa- O right your going to wait till he gets over his dead girlfriend before you try that. (Aken doesn't answer) Aww I knew you liked him. (chuckles) and I like your father and yes our relationship may sway him to go my ways on some things but that doesn't mean I don't care about him.
(Pats Aken on the top of the head. Aken Snatches Lisa's hand and grabs her wrist.)
Aken Jawran- Hurt my father and I will kill you. (lets go and walks away)
(Lisa shakes her wrist)
Lisa- Daddy's little girl I see (pause) Bitch.
(At Lei's house Lei and Ivory sitting and our watching Tv when they here a knock)
Lei- Hey man can you get that
Ivory- Naw lone ranger you gonna have to get that yourself
Lei- Why can't you get the door man
Ivory- Cause I'm the guest.
Lei- Aww whatever.
(Lei goes to the door and opens it King Jawran stands on the other side with James)
Lei- Um King Jeremy.
King Jawran- (entering) I wish to speak to Ivory. (Ivory stands up) Aww Ivory my boy. I am so sorry about the pain you have felt and for that I wish for you to fight along side as my…
Ivory- shut up! I'm not going to join you.
King Jawran- My boy you where betrayed by the Damons.
Ivory- The Damons are assholes but so are you.
King Jawran- I'm sorry you feel that way, James!
(James Draws his sword holds it with two hands out in front of him.)
Lei- James what are you doing?
James- You should have taken the deal guys.
(Lei reaches for his cannon but with the flat broad part of his sword James knocks him away with a side swing. The Ivory leaps over the couch with his bayoneted C.R. to stab James, but then James extends his right arm and blast Ivory with a ball of Energy knocking him back.)
King Jeremy- One day of training and you have already gotten so good at it my boy.
(He stands over Lei and Ivory's bodies)
Ivory- You can't kill me you made me a hero. People will ask questions if I end up missing.
King Jeremy- Oh I'm not going to kill you I'm not a killer. I'm going to put you on guard duty in the deepest, darkest, coldest dungeon in Jawran Castle and you will work there 24/7 until you decided to join me. Oh and if you try to help any of the cell mates escape you will become one of them. James take them away.
Day 3
(Ivory and Lei are in a dark and gloomy dungeon. The walls creeks there is little light and the cells are small. Ivory has his C.R. strapped to his back and Lei has his C.C. strapped to his. They are both escorted down by two Jawran guards and James. Before James is about to leave Lei turns to him and says)
Lei- James how could you work for that guy.
James- He's not perfect but he is our King. We have seen that he is right about the animal like ways of the Damons. They must be destroyed for us to survive.
Lei- Listen to yourself James your talking about genocide here man.
James- You weren't there when it happen Lei you stayed behind. Maybe if you was there.
Lei- What Danielle would be alive. You think this is what she really wants to see you betray your friends.
James- I'm not betraying you two. It was me who suggested you just be guards in the prison instead of inmates. He wanted to lock you away for ever his given you a chance you both don't have to spend one night in here take the offer guys.
Ivory- Naw buddy can't do James. Maybe your happy with being King Jawran's lap dog but we ain't.
James- (sighs) Well enjoy the prison guys your going to be here on guard duty for the rest of your lives.
( At a press conference King Jawran is getting interviewed on the mission of Peace. He stands behind a podium. Behind him stood James on his right and Lisa on his left. The whole view is through the camera of the reporters Camera guy.)
King Jawran- I was deeply sadden by the events at Lattoon. I wanted to make peace with Damon but as I previously said Damons don't understand peace. All they understand is war killing and violence. They know no restraint and they live to destroy. They are only half Demon yes but I am starting to believe that their half Demon blood has consumed them and they no long think like humans. To all my critics I say this. If the Demons are so peaceful then why did they attack a defenseless ship on a mission of Peace. They must be destroyed.
Reporter- Where there any survivors from the peace mission
King Jawran- just my newly appointed Knight here James.
Reporter- What about the sniper.
King Jawran- Oh why yes him and his friend offered to work guard duty at the castle dungeon.
Reporter- So there was no way anyone else could have survived.
King Jawran- Well even after the attack at Lattoon. The others tried to press on to Vevon and there ship was shot down. I am absolutely sure that nobody could have survived such an attack.
( A crash is heard in the distance and the impact was so great it shock the ground. That's when you see the reporter turns and looks in his camera guys camera.)
Reporter- Something has just happen here at the interview site. A shocking noise was heard. Come on!
( the camera guy waves his camera guy towards him. As the both run out of the interview building and see a crowd of people staring at a fly pod crashed into a ground)
Man- Whets going on
Women- It looks like a fly pod
(the reporter is pushing people out of the way)
Reporter- Move, move let me though (the fly pod hatch opens and there they see Troy standing over Queen Oken and the Princess Rio Oken) Sweet Jawran are you getting this. Ladies and gentlemen it appears Troy is alive and not only that but has captured the Queen of Damon and the princess.
( A group of Jawran soldiers rush up around the fly pod blocking the cameras view. King Jawran comes out of the building barking orders to his men.)
King Jawran- Get those cameras out of here and get those three inside.
(Inside Jawran castle Troy, Queen Oken and Princess Rio Oken where escorted in by the Jawran soldiers. In follow Lisa King Jawran and James)
James- Release my brother.
(The guard let Troy go but shove the queen and Rio down to the ground the draw there swords and hold to hold them both down.)
Troy- Be careful the one has a broken arm.
James- Orders sir
King Jawran- Tell the soldiers to kill them both.
Troy- You can't kill a prisoner of war with out grant from the J.E.S.G. and you know it Jawran.
(The soldiers stand with there swords out at the two Damon women confused on what to do.)
King Jawran- (screaming) Kill them!
Troy- Don't Do it!
(The soldiers still stand confused)
King Jawran- Don't listen to him I am your King! I said kill them both or I will have you dishonorably discharged from the Jawran military and sent to prison for treason.
Troy- You kill them Jawran and you will be charged with war crimes and so will these soldiers. The J.E.S.G. will have your crown and all these soldiers will be put to death because the penalty for war crimes is death.
(the soldiers stand down)
King Jawran- Dammit!… James put him with Ivory and Lei.
Troy- What!
(James grabs Troy and from behind and cuffs him then kicks him in the back of the legs to bring him to his knees.)
James- I'm sorry bout this brother, but your about to go on guard duty.
( In the dungeon Ivory is sitting with his seat lean back and Lei is walking up and down the cell block when the doors swing open. In walk Queen Oken and Princess Rio Oken cuffed along with Troy. Troy is uncuffed and the two Damon women are put in a cell.)
Ivory- Troy buddy is that you.
Troy- What's going on here.
Lei- Your brother betrayed us and got us thrown in jail
Troy- James is that true.
James- They are not prisoners they are prison guards.
Lei- Oh please we are stuck in here and we can't leave. We aren't guard we are prisoners man!
James- brother King Jawran is going to come down here and offer you a deal.
Troy- Tell him don't even waste his energy I ain't doing anything for him.
James- BROTHER USE YOUR DAMN HEAD! You survied the attack you brang back the enemie's leaders you will be a hero.
Troy- James he's using you! Why are you doing this.
(The door opens behind James and Princess Aken sticks her head around the door.)
Aken- James my father wants to see you.
(James turns to her)
James- Umm ok I'm coming. (James turns back to Troy) Please bro take the deal. (He turns and leaves)
Troy- James you fool
Ivory- Why do you think the princess always comes and gets him when he's down here. (Lei and Troy look at Ivory) What! Trust me I know when a girl is interested in a guy and Princess Jawran is without a doubt into yo brother.
(James with Aken enters King Jawran's office as he is writing up a paper.)
James- Yes my king?
King Jawran- I need you to take my proposal over to the J.E.S.G. to have the two Damons excuted.
(Lisa enters)
James- My king maybe that isn't wise. We could sue for peace. In exchange for the queen and princess the Damons will hand over the rest of the planet, no more soilders have to die.
King Jawran- it can't be done we must continue to wipe out the rest of these fools.
James- but sir…
Lisa- You take orders boy now do as your told.
Aken- Lisa!
Lisa- What little girl you going to defend your hansome knight.
King Jawran- Excuse me! Aken what is she talking about.
Aken- Nothing father.
King Jawran- James here ( sticks his hand out with the proposal in it.) Take this to the J.E.S.G. (James grabs the paper and exits) And my daughter I love you. You know that right?
Aken- Yes Father
King Jawran- So I can't have to getting frisky with my 1st Knight.
Lisa- I think it's to late to say that.
Aken- I have done know such thing!
King Jawran- Good keep it that way.
(Showing the J.E.S.G. arguing over what to do with the Damon Queen and Princess)
Narrator- There was members who was furious about the attack at Latton and the shot down ship Flank.
The J.E.S.G. debates got heated but the 9 members came to a reasonable voting solution.
(Back in the Cell James comes in)
Troy- How's Aken brother?
James- (confused) She's well. Have you reconsidered brother?
Troy- James King Jawran sent us there to die not to bring peace. The Damon King and Queen told me themselves.
James- And you would trust them over your own King.
Troy- No brother.
James- WHAT PROOF DO THEY HAVE TROY! You never thought they where lying to you and where is the King.
Troy- huh
James- The King you said you spoke to him.
Troy- I umm… killed him
James- and you expect me to believe you killed her husband and her father and they told you the truth.
(Door opens Aken enters)
Aken- Umm James
Ivory- Oh look who it is.
James- I'm coming.
Troy- James the Damon Princess has a broken arm can we get a calcium shot.
James- (sigh) Aken can you get one of the medics to give the Damon girl a calcium shot.
Aken- Yes
(they both exit) (Troy turns to the cell to the two Damons)
Troy- You didn't lie to me did you?
Queen Oken- No young one I promise you. I didn't
Ivory- You are pretty kind to a man who killed your husband.
Queen Oken- At fisrt I was very upset and hurt but after being around him I sinced many things in his heart.
Lei- Like what ?
Queen Oken- Kindness, honor, strength, confusin, stress, torment,
Troy- How do you since this in me?
Rio Oken- You Jawrans are so stupid. You use your energy to make you stronger. We use our energy to communicate. Your body gives off vibes we use Eden's Energy to since that.
Lei- Wow that's amazing!
Troy- Teach me
Rio - Huh
Troy- Teach me I want to read peoples emotions.
Rio- Why should we teach you anything. You're killed my father.
Queen Oken- He didn't want to do it and feels great grief for it and I know you feel that from him Rio.
Rio- I don't care he's still a killer no matter the motive
Queen Oken- I will teach you young one.
Ivory- Hey Damon chick if you can read emotions how does that Princess Aken feel about Troy's brother.
(it goes quiet for a bit)
Queen Oken- She has very strong energy for him. Her energy comes of bright red which means she is feeling love.
Troy- So you can see energy fume from peoples body.
Queen Oken -That is correct young one it fumes from the body in many different colors. What ever emotion is strongest at that time that's the color that will be seen.
(door opens a medic enters with a large plate on it was three large bars of food and a needled syringe)
Troy- Oh medic this girl needs a calcium shot her arm is broken.
Medic- I was told to come here with three bars of food and a calcium shot. I'm not risking my life in a cage with one of those beast. If you want to fix her arm you give her the shot yourself.
Troy- I don't know how to give a calcium shot.
Medic- You stick it in her arm and press down on the syringe. It's not that hard
Ivory- (sarcastically) All those years of medical school really payed off huh?
(Medic grunts then places the plate on the floor and exited)
Ivory- I don't need to see his energy to know he is very angry.
Lei- I have a question Queen Oken. If love is red what is hate?
Queen Oken- Pink!
(They all laugh but Rio)
Rio- What are we all friends now
Queen Oken- Rio don't act out
Rio- Don't defend them. They killed our people, my father your husband.
(Troy walks over with the calcium shot and opens the cell door)
Rio- What are you doing get out of here.
(Troy enters)
Troy- Your arm is broken a boost of calcium will heal it. It will feel as good as new.
(Troy goes to inject her but she pushes him away with her unbroken arm.)
Troy- Please I feel really bad for breaking your arm.
(He goes with the shot again she pushes him away again he tries once again and she slaps him across the face and her Demon finger nails scratch his face.)
Queen Oken- RIO! He is trying to help you.
Rio- Fine
(She lets Troy have her broken arm. He Injects it into her and it almost instantly forms back together.)
Troy- Feel better
Rio- I guess
Queen Oken- That's amazing it looks like nothing ever happened at all.
Troy- Ya sounds like theres much we can teach each other.
Ivory- Woah Troy I don't mind you healing her but don't be giving her our technology.
Lei- She going to teach him their energy reading thing I think it's a fair trade. Acually I want to learn to don't you Ivory.
Ivory- Sorry I don't want no part of their Demon magic.
Lei- it's not magic its just learning how to control your energy.
(James is in his room sitting on his bed with his head hung low with a piece of paper in his hand. Aken enters the room)
Aken Jawran- You look upset James what is it.
(James looks up with a face showing stress and dissapointment)
James- I just got the results from the J.E.S.G.
Aken Jawran- Wow that was quick. What happen
James- They compromised on the excutions. They decided to not execute thw Princess Rio Damon, but they will kill her mother the Queen.
Aken Jawran- So whats the problem?
James- it's something my brother said to me. He said your father sent us to die. That there wasn't really a mission of peace. Do you know anything about this?
(Aken sits next to him and lays a hand on James' shoulder)
Aken Jawran- My father is a good man people question his ethics but one thing I am certain about is he would never hurt any Jawran citizens.
James- Ya your right but why would my brother side with Damons it just doesn't make since. I can't help but think I'm not being told something. (He looks and notices Aken's hand is still on him) Umm. You can take you hand off me now.
Aken Jawran- Oh (takes hand off his shoulder) I'm so sorry.
James- It's fine just don't let Lisa walk in here she thinks you have a huge crush on me.
Aken Jawran- I know that's just silly.
(They both laugh lightly but then look into each other eyes that's when they both lean in to kiss. As soon as theres lips connect the door swings open)
Lisa- Oh my guess I should have knocked first. James the King wants those results.
James- Yes Mam (he gets up and leaves)
Lisa- (chuckles) Well… will you look at that. Daddy will be upset with you I swear he told you to not get romantic with his 1st Kinght. (waiting for response) Oh no threats today I see Miss Princess.
Aken Jawran- What is my father hiding from him.
Lisa- Excuse me
Aken Jawran- I told him that it all was okay but I know somethings up and I know daddy told you.
Lisa- Told me, HA I gave him the idea.
Aken Jawran- What! that's who my father is how could he do such a thing. You, you out him up to this you bitch.
Lisa- Relax princess it worked out find and support for the war effort is higher then ever.
Aken Jawran- Innocent men and women lost there lives.
Lisa- And you should thank me for that or else your dream man would still be with that other girl.
Aken Jawran- What am I suppose to tell James
Lisa- See princess that's where I'm going to have to stop you. Your not going to tell him a damn thing cause you know if he found out the truth he will be doing cell duty with his brother and that mean no more hunk of knight for you. Also I want you to be nice to me around here treat me like your mother.
Aken Jawran- Never (stands aggressively towards her)
Lisa- Ok well then I will just have to tell you father bout what I saw here. (Aken stands down) Aww good girl that's what I like to see.
(Back in the cell)
Troy- What! your going to let them do that?
James- Brother I have already dropped the papers off to King Jawran she will be executed tomorrow.
Troy- What happen to sueing for peace
James- I guess there going to do that with the princess.
Troy- James don't let them do this.
James- I'm sorry brother (exits)
Queen Oken- O well I had a good run
Troy- We are breaking her out
Ivory- What are you crazy you know ther rules if we help cell mates we become cell mates.
Troy- Ivory we use to live in this castle who know this place better then us we can do it. That secret passage is only a couple rooms down from here if we make it we can get them to the docking port and take off before King Jawran knows what hits him.
Ivory- And where the hell do we go Troy not like we can go to Damon we might not get accepted there since we are famous Jawran soilders.
Rio- Earth
Ivory- What?
Rio- You can go to Earth that's where all the Damon's go fleeing the drapht. Why not flee there as well.
Ivory- Earth is a shit hole that's why humans left there in the first place.
Lei- Well acaully a lot of humans do still live on Earth.
(everyone looks at each other)
Ivory- You all are serouis. You crazy bastards seriously want to do this.
Troy- Are you in buddy
Ivory- Shit I ain't liven down here by myself and if yall get away with it I'm really going to feel like a jackass.
Lei- I do it on one condition.
Troy- and what is that?
Lei- We take Jawran castle down with us.
Troy- What!
Lei- Well King Jawran's Private quarters its directly above the port you fire a C.C. directly up not only will it cave the port in and give us time to escape but it destroys King Jawran's personal pleasure sweat.
Rio- I like that idea
Lei- See the princess is with me.
Troy- Fine
Ivory- Umm okay this is all good and well but tell me how you plan to get them out here and down the hallways.
Troy- The locker room has extra Jawran guard outfits if the put them on nobody well ever know.
Ivory- What about there tails people might notice something curled up in the back of there pants.
Troy- Well lets hope they don't come.
Ivory- okay there hair is very long.
Troy- I got a sword we can cut it.
Rio- Oh no! I have been growing my hair out my whole life.
Troy- It will grow back but right now we need to get out of here.
(She holds her hair out which runs down her back)
Rio- Hurry and cut it before I change my mind
(Cuts to a couple mins later they all step out of the room in Jawran guard uniforms complete with helms)
Rio- My tail feels weird in this thing its poken me in the ass.
Ivory- That's what she said
(They all laugh and continue towards two guard)
Jawran Guard1- Hey we where told you all weren't aloud out.
(Troy takes off his helm)
Troy- Do you know who I am?
Jawran Guard2- Why of course Your Commander Troy slayer of a thousand Damons
(Rio gumbles in the back and her mother elbows her)
Troy- right now tell your friend he better let me through before I get King Jawran to put him on cell duty.
Jawran Guard1- but we was told hes the one who didn't want you out.
Troy- What! Why would king Jawran do that to me guys like a father to me must have been some bad intel. Come on dude talk some since into your friend.
Jawran Guard2- That's got to be it dude Troy is a legend man.
Jawran Guard1- Fine
(They open the door and they all exit that's when the second guard looks at Rio)
Jawran Guard2- Hey check out the female soldier's ass is huge, real nice.
Jawran Guard1- Wait something ain't right about that ass (notices the curves of her tail in her pants) shes got a tail!
Troy- Run!
(They take off down the hall until they reach a pillar. Troy pulls the pillar aside revealing the secret passage. They all enter and close the pillar behind them. The two guards run up to the pillar.)
Jawran Guard2- How they do that.
Jawran Guard1- Oh heys a legend good job dips hit
Jawran Guard2- Well he is a legend
Jawran Guard1- Well you should have got his autograph before he screwed us.
(They all run through the passage way till they reach a door as soon as they open it the alarm goes off. They run to a medium size ship bout the size of a school bus. It's a larger fly pod which is red with two large engines on the side.)
Ivory- That's my fly pod.
Troy- What?
Ivory- Those bastards impounded my fly pod.
Lei- Aren't you glad we escaped now come on lets get in there.
(They all run over to it then Lei stops as he spots a C.C.)
Troy- Lei maybe we should give up on that plan
Lei- No I'm going to get that bastard
(He grabs the cam and points it straight up to the ceiling. Just then a crowd of Jawran soldiers enter the docking both)
Troy- WAIT! Let me do it you get on the fly pod
Lei- Ok
Troy- This is for sending me on a mission that got me shot down at Damon you asshole.
(Troy fires the charge Cannon and it fired a huge beam of energy into the ceiling as it crumbled down blocking the Jawran soilders path.)
(in the ship. Ivory is in the back trying to start the engine. Lei is at the controls)
Ivory- What's it say now?
Lei- It's asking me for a code what's the code?
Ivory- Umm… You know what just let me finish this and I will come type it in.
Lei- We don't have time for that Ivory just tell me.
Ivory- (sigh) It's Hailey (Lei starts laughing) Shut up Lei! I really liked her.
(Rio looks out the window)
Rio- Umm guys I think your friends in trouble.
(cuts to outside with Troy as a man walks up behind him he is tan with a faint beard and short black hair. The man holds his sword to the back of head)
Strike- Troy I was hired by King Jawran's girl to kill you. I wasn't going to do it till after the execution but now you just speed up the process.
Troy- Don't do this man.
Strike- I'm sorry my friend, you are a hero to me and I praise you for what you have done for this planet.
( With one slice he cuts Troy down from the back. Troy falls to his knees and arches his back. Every thing gets blurry. He can her his heart beat slowing down. Then his vision goes black. Then he wakes up and everything is white then he sees a tree.)
Troy- Is that…
Flank- yes Troy it's the tree of Eden.
(Troy turns to see Flank, Danielle and a blonde women with her hair in her bond and glasses)
Danielle- Hey Troy!
Troy- Hey umm I know who you and Flank are but who is she
Teacher- Hello Troy you can call me teacher.
Troy- Oh umm hey what are you?
Teacher- I'm an angel trying to earn her wings. Troy your time hasn't come.
Troy- What do you mean I'm dead ain't I that's why I'm here.
Teacher- No you are hear because I am suppose to teach you something special so that you can end the war between the Damons and Jawran.
Troy- What?
Teacher- Troy it is your destiny to do this now I can't tell you to much but I can tell you these three things. You will meet and loose many good friends, you need to seek a blonde boy who will help you on your quest, and you might also die.
Troy- Wait What!
Teacher- Ya and this time for real. Well get up I'm going to train you.
Troy- What you mean I might die
Teacher- well I can't look to far into the future I was just told you're the guy who saves the univeres I was never told if you lived through it.
Troy- So your sending me back on Earth to die again.
Teacher- Not till you are properly trained now get up.
Troy- Why not just let me die now
Teacher- Cause if you don't save the universe I don't get my wings. Now enough questions I will train you here for five months but when you come back to life only one week will have passed. Then you can get to saving the world. Now get up!
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James Bass, a choral conductor and singer with Florida roots, has been named artistic director of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay.
Bass, director of choral studies at Western Michigan University since 2006, will also be associate professor and director of choral activities at the University of South Florida in Tampa, where the Master Chorale is artist in residence at the School of Music. He succeeds Richard Zielinski, who left last year to become director of choral activities at the University of Oklahoma.
Bass received his bachelor and masters degrees in music from USF and his doctorate in conducting from the University of Miami. He was choral director at Blake High School for the Performing Arts in Tampa and the University of Central Florida. He was an assistant conductor with the Master Chorale and conductor of the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra. Listeners to WUSF-FM classical and NPR station may remember him as an announcer.
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As a singer — naturally, he is a bass — Bass has been a soloist with the Master Chorale, the Florida Orchestra and the New World Symphony of Miami Beach. Since 2003, he has been a member of Seraphic Fire, an acclaimed professional chamber choir based in Miami. This month, he is singing with the group in eight performances of Monteverdi's Vespers in South Florida and Mexico City.
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A 12-day cycling challenge has raised thousands of pounds for charity.
The challenge was co-ordinated by father and son team, Lindsay and Will Holdoway, and sponsored by Lindsay's company HPH Commercial Property, which owns properties in Chippenham including Bewley House.
The pair, accompanied by nine others, clocked up 1,322km from the source of the River Danube in the Black Forest, Germany, to Budapest, via Austria and Slovakia, and have topped their fundraising target on the way.
The team has so far raised more than £20,000, which will be split between Dorothy House Hospice Care and Macmillan Cancer Support.
The challenge held a special resonance as Mr Holdoway senior lost both of his parents to cancer.
He said: "I would like to say thank you to the sponsors for their generosity, and to everyone who has pledged money to help us reach our £20,000 target.
"The support we have received has been fantastic and each day we could see we were getting nearer to our target and hearing the news that we had reached £20,000 was a massive boost for us as we started the last few miles into Budapest. "It was only when we came back that we realised how many people had been following the blog."
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Lorraine Vance Miner 1926 ~ 2011
FAIRVIEW, UT- Lorraine Vance Miner passed away peacefully February 21, 2011 in Ephraim, Utah. While she lived most of her life in Fairview - and claimed the city as her home - she was born May 12, 1926 in Mammoth, Juab County to Glen Elroy and Marjorie Fowles Vance. She married Myrth Curtis Miner in the Manti LDS Temple on September 22, 1948. Lorraine was employed for brief periods, but her primary role and passion was working as a wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. Her handmade quilts and clothing, and luscious pies, were legendary. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and accepted callings in the Primary and Young Women's organizations. She twice served as president of her ward Relief Society. She is survived by her husband, sons Curtis Miner, Salt Lake City; and Barry (Donna) Miner, Fairview; daughter Sharene (Steven) Hansen, Taylorsville; and five grandchildren. Survivors also include two great grandchildren, four step great grandchildren, and siblings Maurine (Elroy) Brady, Kaysville; Allen (Norma) Vance and Winnie (Arthur) Neilson, Bountiful; and Jerry Vance, Kentucky. She is also survived by sisters-in-law Cherie Vance, West Valley City, and Ruth Vance, Mt. Pleasant. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant daughter Jenny, and brothers Kenneth Vance and Bert Vance. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 25 at 12:00 noon at the Fairview 4th Ward, 122 South State St., Fairview. Friends and family may call Thursday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Rasmussen Mortuary, 96 North 100 West, Mt. Pleasant, and again from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. prior to services at the ward.


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A Multicenter Pilot Study of Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Cervical Dystonia
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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The purposes of this study are:
- to determine if bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation results in improvement in neck postures/movements;
- to determine if bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation results in improvement in quality of life; and
- to document the adverse effects of surgery in patients with cervical dystonia.
|Cervical Dystonia
|Device: Deep brain stimulation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multicenter Pilot Study of Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation of Cervical Dystonia
- Improvement in neck postures/movements
- Improvement in quality of life
- Document adverse effects of surgery
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2005
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus has been proposed as a treatment for cervical dystonia. At present there are only anecdotal reports of benefit. The objective of this project is to prospectively assess the outcomes of DBS on cervical dystonia in a blinded manner. Our hypothesis is that in patients refractory to medical management, bilateral pallidal DBS will reduce the severity of cervical dystonia at 1 year follow up.
The research plan is that of a feasibility study, examining outcomes of 10 patients who would be referred for surgical management due to the severity of their disease. The Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTR) will be preformed by a blinded neurologist at the completion of the trial.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients, male or female
- Diagnosed with cervical dystonia by a movement disorders neurologist
- Has cervical dystonia alone, not generalized or multifocal
- Has had adequate trials of medical therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cognitive impairment
- Abnormalities on pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Medical conditions precluding general anaesthetic or surgery
- Unstable psychiatric disease
- Previous brain lesions to treat cervical dystonia
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00132990
|Canada, Alberta
|Dr. Zelma Kiss
|Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1
|Dr. Matt Wheatley
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T2G 2B7
|Canada, British Columbia
|Dr. Chris Honey
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4E5
|Canada, Manitoba
|Dr. Jerry Krcek
|Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3C 0N2
|Canada, Ontario
|Dr. Andrew Parrent
|London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5A5
|Principal Investigator:
|Zelma Kiss, MD
|University of Calgary
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|NCT00132990 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 18, 2005
|Last Updated:
|January 11, 2007
Keywords provided by University of Calgary:
Cervical dystonia
Deep brain stimulation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dystonic Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Movement Disorders
Central Nervous System Diseases
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June 24, 2004, 12:15 AM
I have a Remington 870 that I have had to change the safety on. The safety funtions with the ball bering and spring in, but when I reinstall the pin that holds the spring in place (placing the spring under the pin), the safety will no longer toggle. The replacement safety was OEM.
Any suggestions for a fix?
Any suggestions for a fix?