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Pit Bull Fight - Man Stabbed After Pit Bulls Bark At Each Other
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) —
A fight over pit bulls ended with a man getting stabbed in Southeast Fresno. It happened at an apartment complex parking lot and the fight that led up to the stabbing was caught on camera.
Surveillance video shows two men walking their dogs when the pit bulls start barking at each other. The men hold their dogs back but start arguing with each other.
The cameras show both men walk away with their dogs in different directions. However, Police say it didn't end there.
Investigators say "Gabriel Ambriz", one of the guys caught on camera, ended up stabbing the other guy in the stomach.
Fresno police say the video shows Ambriz walk away from the stabbing like nothing happened. Officers say he even wipes his knife on the grass.
Police say the guy who got stabbed is going to be okay.
Fresno Police are trying to find Gabriel Ambriz. If you know where he is you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 559-498-STOP (7867).


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Architect designed 4 bedroom detached house in prestigious
location on the outskirts of Barrow-in-Furness, built & occupied by the
current vendors since 1994. Additional to the main house is separately accessed
basement space. The property is split level & is best described by each
level starting at the top.
Top floor: Master Suite comprising dressing area with mirrored
wardrobe doors, ensuite with W.C, large shower enclosure & washbasin set
into fully fitted furniture. The extra large bedroom itself has 2 areas
(both behind bifold doors) - one is a walk-in wardrobe the other a Jacuzzi
Stellaria bath. Also on this level is Bedroom 4 with a corner fitted wardrobe,
and spacious enough to accommodate a king-size bed.
Next floor: Store Room with loft access by fitted ladder. The
loft is fully boarded with lighting, electric point & an
electric hoist to convey large or heavy items into the loft space.
Bedrooms 2 & 3 are also large rooms both with fitted wardrobes & views
to the rear of the property. Between these rooms is the generously sized family bathroom comprising
white sanitary ware WC, washbasin & larger than average Idealcast bath over
which there is a shower. Fitted furniture, all in white, extends along one
Entrance level: The porch with upvc double gazed door leads to
the hallway. This area is central to the house & is always light, bright
& spacious with 1 Velux window to the front of the house & 2 to the
rear - both operated by control panel or remote control. The unique feature of
this property is the view from the front door - above the bathroom (on the
level above) is an atrium & looking straight ahead is the view of the
garden. A bay windowed reception room with a Valor Black Beauty gas fire (currently used as an office), is to the right & to
the left is a quirky cloakroom, access to the double garage & the utility
room. This houses the Worcester Bosch Greenstar Highflow 550 CDi gas fired boiler installed in
2009. There is plumbing for a washing machine alongside space for a
tumble drier. Storage cupboards are above & below the worktop.
Lower level: The half-flight stairs, under which is further
storage, leads to the dining area. To the right is the kitchen separated
by a breakfast bar. The flooring of both the dining area & kitchen is in
oak. All kitchen units are New World American Oak. There is plumbing for a
dishwasher alongside an inset white sink with mixer tap & Brita filter tap
- all of which are beneath the kitchen window. The next exterior wall has
space for a gas cooker with an AEG extractor fan above & units either
side. The back door is upvc with the glazed window having an internal blind.
Alongside a tall larder unit is space for an under-counter fridge &
freezer. To the left of the dining area is the lounge which can be separated by
concealed sliding doors. This room has a feature fireplace with a Valor
Logsensation gas fire. The flue of this was originally constructed to
permit a "real" fire. Patio doors lead onto an elevated deck
which extends along the rear & side of the property & was completely
replaced in 2010 with 25 year Timeless Timber & brick pillar supports.
The south facing views from the windows of this level are of the whole garden
which although large is easily maintained.
Whilst the back door leads to the deck it also has steps to the
rear garden which has 2 terraces. The first terrace has access to the basement
space currently used with 4 separate areas. The basement area was
developed in 2001 & has significant potential with all electrical lighting
& power points in place but with everything available to create living
accommodation. The single door leads to a room currently used as a garden
store. The next space has a cloakroom & currently, a workshop. This leads
onto the largest room best described as a "party" space with
French doors opening onto the terrace. This terrace has paving & a lawned
area. Steps lead down to a second terrace with 2 ponds & a further
large paved area. Both these terraced areas have easily maintained flower beds.
The main area of the garden is lawned with mature trees either side & gently sloping to a beck - Dane Ghyll Beck.
The other side of this is left natural with trees.
The exterior of the property was created virtually
maintenance-free in 2009 with all windows & doors replaced with upvc double
glazing in rosewood externally & white internally. However the all white
basement windows & doors contrast with the brickwork at that level.
The front garden has a small lawned area & 3 flower beds
with the driveway comprised of locally sourced blue limestone Greenscoe gravel
capable of off-road parking for 4 cars. A remote controlled
Glideroll double garage door allows access to the garage.
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Six Man Utd players in PFA Team of the Year
Manchester United have six players in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year but there is no place for England striker Wayne Rooney.
Welshman Ryan Giggs, voted the player of the year by his fellow professional at the annual awards announced tonight, is among the United stars in the team.
Rooney's England team-mate Rio Ferdinand makes the team along with fellow United players Giggs, Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Cristiano Ronaldo.
United's dominance of the team is a reflection of their season as they bid to retain both the Premier League and Champions League titles.
But of the two other English clubs still involved in the Champions League semi-finals later this week only one player is represented in the PFA team.
Arsenal, who face United over two legs for a place in the Champions League final in Roma, have no players in the PFA team.
Chelsea, who face Barcelona on Tuesday, have striker Nicolas Anelka in the PFA line-up.
Liverpool, who are clinging on to hopes of pipping United to the Premier League title, have two members of the line-up.
England midfielder Steven Gerrard and Spain's Fernando Torres, regarded by many as the top striker in world football, are both included.
Glen Johnson's reward for standing out in a difficult season for struggling Portsmouth sees him voted in.
The PFA team is completed by Aston Villa's Ashley Young who has also picked up the young player of the year award.
Premier League team of the year: Edwin Van der Sar, Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Ashley Young, Steven Gerrard, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nicolas Anelka, Fernando Torres
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During his 27 years as Executive Director of the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City, Lee oversaw expansion of the system from 6 libraries to 19, and growth of circulation from 1.9 to over 4 million items per year. He formed the Friends of the Library and the Library Endowment Trust.
Lee's statewide recognition included the Downtown Now Pioneer Award, the Oklahoma Library Council Leadership Award, the OLA Distinguished Service Award, the SIRS/OLA Intellectual Freedom Award, and presidency of OLA. His uncompromising belief in intellectual freedom, First Amendment rights, and open libraries culminated in his receipt of the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award.
As principal of Brawner Associates, LLC, Lee was responsible for the development of libraries throughout the United States. He was particularly proud of being primary consultant for the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library in Oklahoma City, a state-of-the-art facility opened in 2004.
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- Assessing the outcomes of participatory research: protocol for identifying, selecting, appraising and synthesizing the literature for realist reviewJustin Jagosh
Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstancesGeoff Wong
Research Department of Open Learning, Division of Medical Education, UCL, 4th Floor, Holborn Union Building, Whittington Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
BMC Med Educ 10:12. 2010..Prospective learners lack evidence-based guidance on how to choose between the options on offer. We aimed to produce theory driven criteria to guide the development and evaluation of Internet-based medical courses...
- Transferability of principles of evidence based medicine to improve educational quality: systematic review and case study of an online course in primary health careTrisha Greenhalgh
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Over the last few months I have been reviewing presentations at user conferences and talking to consultants about their experiences. Backups are a real problem for many installations. The two critical problems that I have seen are:
- Transaction logs containing years of transactions.
- User presentations advising an inappropriate backup model.
Either of these situations can result in recovery being impossible -- putting your career on the line. Before we go on, I would suggest you read (and do) a copy only backup of your database immediately (see this visual step-by-step guide) so you can recover today's database state at least.
How am I at risk with the above problems?
Risk with huge transaction logs
Any computer file has a risk of corruption. If a transaction log is corrupted, then everything after the point of corruption could be lost or require a massive amount of manual intervention. Consider losing a record insert that provides referential integrity (foreign key) to 20 other tables; every transaction referencing this record will fail because the key would not exist.
A second issue is the time to process the transaction log. If you have 5 years of transactions, then you will have to wait until these five years of transactions are applied to your last full backup. Transaction log backups are applied in a serial manner using just one CPU to insure that the sequence (dependency between logged transactions) is preserved. You may have a 64 core SQL Server, applying the transaction log may only use one of these cores.
I have worked in a group where a database took 17 days to restore from the transaction log because scheduling appropriate backup fell through the cracks.
Risk with wrong backup model
With SQL Server, there are multiple backup modes as shown in the table below. The term "work loss exposure" indicates changes that are lost -- and you should consider carefully what the consequence would be to your firm of losing a day, a week, a month or even a year of work.
Recovery Model
Type of Backups
|All work since the last backup is lost. Transaction logs are erased (truncated) after the backup.
|All work is available until the moment of failure. Transaction logs may be used to bring the database up to the moment of failure
Transaction Log
|This is like the full recovery model except certain activities are not recorded. If any of these skipped activities occur, then you cannot use the transaction log in a restore and there will be a work loss exposure.
Transaction Log
If the database uses any TEXT, NTEXT, IMAGE columns, then bulk-logged recovery should not be used because updates will not be logged.
What is the state of your backups?
The TSQL below will create a stored procedure that will summarize your databases and their backup state for all databases on a SQL Server Instance.
CREATE proc SQLISV_BackupStatusSummary AS DECLARE @Cmd nvarchar(max) IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT name from sysobjects where name='SQLISV_LogSpace' and type='P') BEGIN SET @CMD='CREATE Proc SQLISV_LogSpace AS DBCC SQLPERF(logspace)' EXEC (@Cmd) END CREATE TABLE #LogSpace ( DBName sysname, logSize decimal(18,5), logUsed decimal(18,5), status int ) INSERT INTO #LogSpace exec SQLISV_LogSpace SELECT T2.name, Recovery_Model, case t1.Type when 'D' then 'Full' when 'L' then 'Transaction Log' when 'I' then 'Differential' Else '-- missing --' end as [BackupType], Max(cast(T1.BACKUP_SIZE/1048576 as decimal(18,2))) AS [BackupSizeMB], Max(DateDiff(ms,backup_start_date,backup_finish_date)) as BackupMsec, Max(Cast(logSize* logUsed/100 as decimal(18,2))) as TransactionLogSizeMB, Max(T1.backup_finish_date) as [BackupCompleted] FROM sys.sysdatabases T2 LEFT JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset T1 ON T1.database_name = T2.name AND is_copy_only = 0 LEFT JOIN #LogSpace ON DBName=T2.name WHERE T2.Name not in ('tempdb','master','model','msdb') Group by T2.Name, T1.Type,Recovery_Model GO
Executing it will produce a summary similar to that shown below.
exec SQLISV_BackupStatusSummary
Note: The TransactionLogSizeMB is the current size and not the size when a backup occurred.
Next up: Checking that the database and the backups on not on the same drive.


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Prader-Willi (PRAH-dur VIL-e) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that results in a number of physical, mental and behavioral problems. A key feature of Prader-Willi syndrome is a constant sense of hunger that usually begins at about 2 years of age.
People with Prader-Willi syndrome want to eat constantly because they never feel full (hyperphagia), and they usually have trouble controlling their weight. Many complications of Prader-Willi syndrome are due to obesity.
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In his August 31, 1871 inaugural charge to the Faculty of the College of the University, the Rev. Dr. Jesse T. Peck, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, told them, "The laws under which you will do your work say, "the conditions of admission shall be equal to all persons... there shall be no invidious discriminations here against woman or persons of any nation or color."
Over the past 135 years the University has strived to uphold this charge, valuing diversity and seeking to promote meaningful access to educational opportunities for all students.
The University Archives presents this exhibit, intended as an small example of the types of records, photographs and memorabilia available in its holdings. It is our hope that this may inspire students and faculty to use these materials in their research and studies.
SU accepted minorities from its inception, and even though established as a Methodist institution, it welcomed all races, religions and national origins as early as the 1870s. Social clubs, organizations and student activities have held a variety of opportunities for students of all interests.
The legendary #44's - Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little - were only part of Syracuse University's minority athletic history, and in 1978 a 45-year tradition of a Native American mascot ended when the University 'sidelined' the Saltine Warrior in deference to the protests of a Native American student organization.
A missionary unit in Chunking, China provided help for the mind, body and soul for many years. SU minority students have published many magazines which the Archives holds in its collections.
Collections in the University Archives contain a wealth of information on the history of diversity at the University. The Archives welcomes research in these materials and encourages minority groups and individuals to enrich the holdings with new materials.
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If you're an Elyria High student, the crescendo of crumbling homes outside your classroom window is simply the sound of progress.
And if you're a student in Lorain schools, the absence of sound altogether is … the sound of some 200 teachers not being around.
Area school officials say they're geared up to accept any challenges the coming school year hands them, including Lorain's new superintendent, Cheryl Atkinson, whose academic year officially kicks off Monday when the district's students skitter in.
Lorain Schools fell on rough times earlier this year when it discovered an unprojected $4.75 million deficit — an oversight by the district's former treasurer, who failed to account for an exodus of students to charter schools.
The discovery forced the district to make drastic cuts, including laying off almost 200 teachers.
"We have been closely monitoring enrollment and have developed staffing based on those needs," Atkinson said Friday in an e-mail.
"Although we still have many students who are registering, we are confident we will have adequate staffing on Monday."
The district has also instituted dress codes at many of its schools, and changed its starting time for the school day at Admiral King and Southview high schools — from roughly 8 a.m. to 7:35 a.m.
Atkinson said the student-teacher ratio could require some adjustments within the next week if enrollment changes "dramatically," but guarantees the district is prepared for that scenario.
Lorain school officials are also encouraging parents to visit their children's schools on Monday to "begin the year on a positive note."
In Elyria, meanwhile, Superintendent Paul Rigda assured parents that Elyria High School students won't be disrupted in the years-long march toward building a new EHS.
"The entire school year Elyria High School will be pretty much intact," Rigda said. "Anything that occurs in the way of construction — vehicles, hammering, removal — is most likely going to occur between Sixth and Seventh streets, in the newly acquired land."
The district is on the cusp of purchasing all the needed properties within Sixth and Seventh streets and West and Middle avenues, which is the block of property targeted to accommodate the new EHS expansion.
Apart from demolition of existing structures in the new high school's expansion area, students will see little in the way of actual construction work to start, Rigda said.
"The site preparation carries us through most of this school year," Rigda said. "By the time we're done with schematics and design, it'll be late summer."
A special orientation held for EHS freshmen — the group who will accompany the EHS construction project from inception to first bell — was held recently.
"We told them they shouldn't think just because they don't see any construction, (it doesn't mean) nothing is happening," Rigda said.
"But they should have very, very little to do with these first stages."
Next school year and the two years following, however, will be an entirely different matter as demolition begins on some sections of the current high school and students are phased into new sections as they sprout.
"I think everyone has done a great job getting ready for the opening," Rigda said.
Elyria Schools is welcoming new administrators at some schools: Darren Conley was hired as principal at Westwood Junior High, Franco Gallo was hired as assistant principal at Northwood Junior High and Elsa Manco was hired as interim assistant principal at Elyria High School.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Just Ducky
The ceramic duck was a thrift store purchase and he fits just fine inbetween the flowers. The bird bath was from Lowes.
5 comments:
- Brenda Kula said...
I keep telling myself all this week to get over to Goodwill and look around. Haven't done that in awhile. But you can get some great things! Gotta get something done with the bare bathroom!
- June 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Duck looks cute there among your flowers. You seem to have the best luck finding thrift shop treasures for your garden! I need to get to the local thrifts more often.
- June 3, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Renna said...
Sometimes I wonder where my head is! My mom and I were recently at a garage sale where they had some cute LARGE ceramic ducks for less than fifty cents. I knew I'd never use them inside the house, and it never even occurred to me to put them in the flower beds, even though I have other ceramic critters out there!
Sigh...oh, well maybe I'll find some in a thrift store, too. Your's looks adorable.
- June 3, 2008 at 8:20 PM
- Anna said...
Yes, you do find the best stuff. But then you know just how to use them too. It takes a good eye to know where to put them. Your flowers look great there too. Woo hoo Cindee----we can play for the summer--no more school!!!
- June 3, 2008 at 9:30 PM
- cindee said...
Brenda, Lin, Renna,
Yes...you can find wonderful items at the Salvation Army or the Flea Market and the prices are perfect for something you want to set in your garden too!!! Also the best part...you are recycling something that might otherwise be thrown away. Our local Salvation Army has 50% off days on Fridays usually. Thats when I usually try to go. I predict a big abundance of garage sales and flea market offerings.
Anna, Thanks!!! (-: Just two more work days left!!! I can hardly wait. My grand-dog is coming to visit on Friday too so that will be a fun day(-:
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text: My sons iphone 4 is 11 months old. It suddenly stopped taking a charge through the connector. Went to Iphone shop where the technician said the contacts shows signs of oxidation (corrosion). The phone must have been subjected to water and therefore it was not covered on guarantee. I said that this was totally unacceptable as the phone had not been subjected to water but used normally. Coincidentally a lady next to me said she had exactly the same problem with a 10 month old phone....! I suspect there is a design floor in the materials/finishes used on the connector. Has anybody else experienced this?


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- "The automobile manufacturer that pioneered the great American business model of low-quality mass production."
- ―Description at Bawsaq.com.
The Vapid Motor Company, commonly referred to as simply Vapid (BAWSAQ: VAP), is an American automotive company in the HD Universe. According to advertisements in GTA V, it was founded in 1942. The player can buy stocks from them on the Bawsaq.com website in GTA V.
Founded in 1942, it is primarily based on Ford Motor Company, even though the Huntley Sport resembles a Land Rover vehicle, the Minivan resembles a Dodge vehicle, the Bobcat and Speedo resemble Chevrolet vehicles and the Chino resembles a Lincoln vehicle, and the fact that Ford was founded in 1903, 39 years before Vapid. In parody of Ford's famous blue oval badge, Vapid's logo is a red oval badge. The word 'vapid' means 'dull' but also sounds similar to 'rapid,' a possible motivation for the use of the name. Vapid is one of the largest car manufacturers in the HD Universe. A Vapid dealership is located in Downtown Los Santos and is bought by Trevor Philips. Vapid operated an aircraft division, and formerly owned an aircraft hangar in Grapeseed before it was also bought by Trevor Philips.
Events of GTA V
During the mission The Bus Assassination, Franklin is hired by Lester Crest to kill Isaac Penny, an investor planning to buy a controlling interest in the company. His death will cause a major drop in Vapid stocks.
Stock Tip
Complete the mission The Bus Assassination, and then invest all of the protagonists' money in Vapid stocks. Wait 48 hours in-game, until the percentage of return reaches its maximum value (in this case 100%) and sell all the protagonists' stocks.
- The Fugitive from GTA V, despite being manufactured by Cheval, has mistakenly been referred to as a "Vapid Fugitive" on the website since the 1.06 update. A Newswire article from 23 December 2013 also refers to it under this name. In a similar vein, The Liberator was mistakenly labelled as a "Vulcar Liberator" in pre-race setup menus.
- The Vapid dealership in Downtown Los Santos is the location in GTA Online where the player's insured vehicles will spawn once he/she claims and pays for it.
- Forty-three Vapid vehicles appear in the HD Universe, the most of any vehicle manufacturer.
- The description of Vapid 'pioneering the great American business model of low-quality mass production' is a reference to the fact that the Ford Motor Company was the first to develop mass-production for cars.
- An exclusive Vapid T-shirt was available for players who completed any five of the available Freemode Events or Freemode Challenges during the Freemode Events Social Club Weekend[1].
- The Youga Classic, despite being manufactured by Bravado, is erroneously listed as a Vapid vehicle on the Southern San Andreas Super Autos website.
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Hi this may not be the right forum? if not sorry.
But I have a Dell R510, and I am trying my first 2012 install, I get to the pick a disk\partition part and there a a few partitions already there, there is 300Gb RAID 1 which I want to install to, with a few before this that are Dell partions, if I pick
the 300Gb windows says it can`t install on this partion as it is GPT type partition? if I try to format it I get a warning it may contain OEM files are you sure you want to format??
Do I format this? is it the right partition?
Please make sure that you have the OEM operating system installation disk or a backup for Dell R510. Otherwise, you need to ask Dell for a OEM operating system installation disk
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In order to avoid any unexpected problem, you'd better contact Dell to confirm what content are included in this partition.
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New York
As the city's nickname would suggest, the Big Apple tempts you to take a bite of its vibrant, cosmopolitan atmosphere. Experience the diverse cultures of this city and its overpowering energy. You will want to explore every avenue.
The home of the bagel, you are spoilt for choice in the Big Apple. From burgers, pizzas, hot dogs and pastrami sandwich, to dining in one of the top restaurants. New York can deliver any cuisine from around the world. When the sun starts to go down most of the locals love to take a cocktail and the Cosmopolitan is first choice!
Shops on Madison and Fifth Avenues attract the label-conscious, while Lower East Side and Greenwich Village are great for bargains. New York is a shopping haven and you can buy anything from designer clothes to costume jewellery.


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1 Yr. ago I had a same day crown done with the cerec machine. I have felt the tooth is high & had it readjusted several times. Every time I have it adjusted I'm told it looks better & then it still bothers me. I go back. They use the paper to test it out & there is always some spot darker than others. There is not much adjusting left to do. The tooth below is showing signs of wear. I don't believe my eating habits involve chewing especially hard on one tooth. It is the only tooth with wear.
I Think my Crown is Wearing Down the Tooth Below It. What Should I Do?
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Crown causing tooth wear
A properly fabricated and adjusted porcelain crown should not cause tooth wear. Since you state you still have discomfort your bite may still be high. Talk to your dentist about your concerns or find someone to give you a second opinion.
Can crowns ware away the opposing teeth
I am not a fan of one day crowns. The type of porcelain ,matters. some porcelain are more abrasive than others. do check your bite with a dentist who performs full mouth reconstructions, TMJ and head and neck pain treatments, someone who knows about occlusion and bite. The adjustment is not about the paper marks it is about where the marks should and should not appear, under which motion they appear, and what is the intensity of the marking , not only on that tooth, but the entire mouth.
Dental crown causing wear of opposing tooth
There are several reasons why this can happen, but generally with a properly made, polished or glazed porcelain surface in the proper bite relationship there should be no effect on opposing teeth. It sounds like you have seen your dentist about it a few times. May be a good idea to search out a second opinion from someone with alot of experience in that area. I'm not suggesting there is anything wrong with what was done, but hard to tell without looking at it directly so another opinion would be helpful.
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Crown wearing down tooth below it.
You should get a second opinion from a dentist that is well-versed and well-educated in occlusion (the way the teeth bite into eachother). A properly made porcelain crown should NOT cause excessive wear on its opposing tooth.
Tooth Wear From a Crown
A properly contoured and adjusted crown should not wear down the opposing tooth. This also takes into account that the rest of your bite is even. It sounds as if you crown is still high in an area. This should be adjusted so that contacts are even durning excursions (chewing mothions). If your dentist cant figure this out, seek out a second opinion
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California Congresswoman Maxine Waters puts her foot down by reclaiming her time.
WASHINGTON – Poll results, congressional head counts and federal deficits aren't the only numbers President Barack Obama has to worry about. Now, he's trying to walk off a marginally high cholesterol count.
Although Obama took the presidential motorcade to a speech Monday morning, he decided to walk back through Lafayette Park. A day earlier, his doctor recommended that he lower his cholesterol. The president told reporters he needed to "make sure that I'm walking off some of that cholesterol. That's a year of campaigning right there."
Obama had a physical exam Sunday morning, where he learned that his total cholesterol and so-called bad, or LDL, cholesterol had both spiked into the borderline high range since his last reported exam in 2007.
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters puts her foot down by reclaiming her time.
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A "Brutal Loss" For The Blackhawks
by Paul on 10/10/13 at 07:57 AM ET
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from Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times,
It was the manner in which the Hawks gave up the game-winner that had Joel Quenneville upset. As the clock wound down, the Hawks had the puck deep in the Blues' zone. And instead of playing it safe, they went for the jugular. With three forwards already down low, defenseman Brent Seabrook pinched in, too. So when Toews' soft shot toward the goalmouth was taken by St. Louis' Alex Pietrangelo, it left only Duncan Keith back to defend against a sudden three-on-one. Crawford was kicking himself for not making a save he said he makes "a bunch of times," but Quenneville blamed the over-aggressive play of his team.
"Brutal loss," he said. "Look back at the last three points we left on the table. We've got to get that game to overtime. I don't know what we were thinking about. We'll take one [point] and then maybe two. Getting none is unacceptable."
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"It's frustrating," Hawks captain Jonathan Toews said after Alexander Steen scored on a three-on-one with 21.1 seconds left to give the Blues a 3-2 victory in a rollicking affair at Scottrade Center. "That's two games in a row. I feel like tonight we got robbed of two points. And last game [against Tampa Bay], we got robbed of one point, just from making some small mistakes late in the game. Normally, that would be when we feel like we take over and we get even better."
Robbed? Really? That's the word he chooses. More like "gave away" I hear robbed in regards to sports and I think of bad officiating or possibly just a ridiculous bounce at the worst time. Making bad decisions and losing the game hardly equates to having it taken from you, but I guess it is Toews so I shouldn't be surprised by his point of view.
Posted by Valek from Chicago on 10/10/13 at 08:41 AM ET
I saw much of this game. Chicago dominated at times, but could not close the deal. Toews demonstrated that he is a star and thus can get away with things that other players are whistled for. He slashed and speared his way through every shift on the ice. He is dirty player and a whining cry baby.
Alex Steen is the best skating player for St. Louis. This is what was supposed to be the case with T. J. Oshie, but he has never become what he was expected to be. He now is a bottom line player and should be stuck there.
All in all, it was an entertaining game and I was pleased with the last few second outcome.
Posted by DocF from Now: Lynn Haven, FL; was Reidsville, NC on 10/10/13 at 08:48 AM ET
That was a pretty goal by Steen set up by playing like a team.
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 10/10/13 at 10:17 AM ET
Seabrook messed up by pinching in, there was no need at that point in the game. I agree with Quenneville, leaving points on the table is like a bad smartphone!
Posted by Its All Hockey on 10/10/13 at 10:23 AM ET
Second game in a row they left points on the table. They dominated Tampa for all but 5 minutes of the game the other night, gave up two quick goals and lose in OT. Last night they gave up an easy point with over aggressive play with 20 seconds to go.
Posted by timbits on 10/10/13 at 10:32 AM ET
Toews demonstrated that he is a star and thus can get away with things that other players are whistled for. He slashed and speared his way through every shift on the ice. He is dirty player and a whining cry baby.
I agree 100%. That slash on Backes after his goal should have been a five-minute major and a two-game suspension. It was clearly done with the intent to injure.
Every time I hear some "expert" compare Toes to Stevie Y, it makes me wanna puke. They both wear/wore #19 and they both play/played center. Beyond that, there is no similarity. Period.
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The rare coming-of-age tale to put nascent female sexuality on display without moralizing or equivocating, first time director Jannicke Jacobsen's Turn Me On, Dammit! subversively suggests that the fastest way to grow up isn't to give up, it's to masturbate wildly.
Trapped with few allies in the terminally dull small town in Norway where she lives with her mother, sexually switched-on teen Alma spends most of her time fantasizing about boys… and men …and girls. With her hormones raging, pretty much everyone is fodder for her fevered libido, and the phone sex bills are piling up.
The focus of most of Alma's fantasies is her schoolmate Artur, a quiet but nice-looking boy in her class. After a surprising encounter at a party with Artur which the latter roundly denies, Alma is ostracized by her fellow students, garnering the unfortunate nickname "Dick-Alma" in the process. Even her best friend Sara, whose personal approach to their shared desire to grow up and out is decidedly less Porky's and more Ghost World (she even looks a bit like Thora Birch's stoic Enid), contains her support to secret summits at the bus stop that doubles as their clubhouse.
There's room for a great deal of politicking about the way boys tend to go through this kind of experience in groups, while Alma, a girl, suffers it very much alone, but director Jacobsen is too smart to linger there, instead remaining inside Alma's head with her as she daydreams through her days while those about fret over what's "wrong" with her. Populated with a cast of believable supporting characters and straightforward cinematography that benefits the film's dry humor and frank fantasy sequences, the Tribeca award-winning film is an uncomplicated pleasure at its short running time of 78 minutes. The inclusion of a few choice tunes by Simon-and-Garfunkel-worshipping fellow countrymen The Kings of Convenience doesn't hurt either. Plays at Opera Plaza Cinemas, 601 Van Ness, (415) 267-4893.
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Found Memories - This SFIFF standout is a slow burn to be sure, but one that rewards the patient viewer with meaningful look at a rustic culture on the edge of oblivion. Set in the bygone world of agrarian coffee capital Jotuomba, Brazil, Found Memories treads similar ground to 2007 award-magnet Silent Light, but subtracts some of that film's cagey preciousness and adds a point of entry--a young photographer named Rita who acts as a stand-in for viewers. Plays at Film Society Cinema, 1746 Post St @ Webster, 415-525-8000.
Invisible War - Kirby Dick's scathing documentation of the alarmingly high incidence of unreported rape in the US Military is the kind of compelling, combustable journalism that once found its home on programs like 60 Minutes but now is strangely absent from television's journalistic landscape. Not for the faint-hearted as it is, popular recognition of the film hinges on the outside bet that if the subjects can brave the unblinking eye of the camera to tell their stories, audiences can muster the bravery to watch. AMC Metreon 16, 101 4th Street, 415-369-6166.
Ultrasonic - Director/star/editor/cinematographer/musician Rohit Colin Rao's micro-budget black and white conspiracy yarn doesn't quite live up to its obvious aspirations to be the next Pi, but it's a treat to see a small budget work executed so well. In the past they might have said "What will he do next?" but with today's critical outlook we're led to wonder if we'll see him again at all. Definitely a wind-up worth watching for the paranoid type. Plays at Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St @ Valencia, 415-863-1087.


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A very well presented two bedroom extended terraced property located on the popular Howbury Street in Bedford. Features are to include double glazing, radiator heating and separate reception rooms. Further features include feature fireplace wood burners and re-fitted 21ft kitchen/breakfast room. Also there is a re-fitted four piece bathroom with roll top bath and separate shower cubicle and courtyard, rear garden. Ideal for the first time buyer or investor.
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Off Castle Road
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|Entrance Hall
| Radiator, stairs to the first floor and doors to:
|11'4" x 11' + bay (3.45m x 3.35m + bay). Sash bay window to the front, exposed wooden floor boards, radiator and feature fireplace.
|Dining Room
|11'11" x 11'5" (3.63m x 3.48m). uPVC double glazed door to the rear garden, radiator, exposed wooden floor borders, multi fuel inset burner and door to:
|Kitchen/Breakfast Room
|21'4" x 6'9" (6.5m x 2.06m). uPVC double glazed window to the side, uPVC double glazed French doors to the rear garden, radiator, tiled floor, four point gas hob and extractor hood over, single sink unit with drainer and mixer tap, plumbing for washing machine, built-in fridge and freezer, cupboard housing wall mounted boiler, under stairs cupboard and tiled splash backs.
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|Bedroom One
|14'9" x 10'11" (4.5m x 3.33m). Two sash windows to the front, exposed wooden floor boards, two radiators and feature fireplace.
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|11' x 7'3" (3.35m x 2.2m). uPVC double glazed window to the rear, radiator, exposed wooden floor boards and two built-in wardrobes.
| Four piece white suite, uPVC opaque double glazed window to the rear, roll top bath with mixer tap over and shower attachment over, pedestal wash hand basin, shower cubicle, low level WC, wood flooring, chrome heated towel rail, spotlights, tiled splash backs and extractor.
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Gen-6 moments ten and nine feature Brian Vickers winning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Jimmie Johnson recording his fourth NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
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From its foundation in 1322, the Company has supported many charities, and its members and their families have provided gifts and legacies for this purpose. To focus its charitable giving, the Company set up the Armourers & Brasiers' Gauntlet Trust in 1979 and has gifted large amounts to it. Members still make annual contributions and remember the Trust in their wills.
The objectives of the Trust are:
Three quarters of the charitable giving is directed to the first objective and is administered by the Company's Materials Science Committee. The remainder is applied by the Trustees to the other objectives.
The Trust is not a large charity, so the Trustees prefer to make small grants to smaller and less well known charitable organisations rather than to those with a high public profile. Grants awarded are listed each year in our report to the Charity Commission, see www.charity-commission.gov.uk, charity registration number 279204.
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IN PLACE of the iconic Rainbow Cafe and the Nimbin Museum now stands a hazardous waste site, but life in Nimbin goes on.
Yesterday the wreckage was covered in thick plastic and sprayed with PV glue to prevent dangerous asbestos fibres from becoming airborne.
Security guards patrolled the fenced-off area while an asbestos removal crew wearing disposal protection suits and masks worked on the site.
But outside the fences, Nimbin has quickly returned to its old self - despite losing its "front teeth", as long-time local Alan Salt put it.
THERE'S still plenty to do in Nimbin despite the town losing a couple of iconic attractions.
Franca Wolfe, from the Nimbin Visitor Information Centre, said "the street and the colour and the culture" remained in full effect. Here's a list of five key attractions worth checking out:
- The Djanbung Permaculture Gardens
- The Nimbin Arts Gallery and Nimbin Craft Gallery
- The Candle Factory and Bush Theatre
- The Rainbow Power Company
- The Hemp Embassy
"Anyone who was here for the Aquarius Festival will miss these buildings," Mr Salt said.
"It's a bit like you've had a chunk of your past washed away.
"We're all used to it, but we're going to miss it because we can't go there anymore," he said of the museum.
Other locals were generally philosophical about the loss, and looking forward to the new chapter beckoning the town's history.
Nimbin identity, Trevor, said while the town would never exactly return to its old self, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
"It won't return to normal. But change happens, and you just get on," he said.
"I don't live here for the architecture; I live here for the people.
"Something else will happen here.
"There's mountains you could do.
"No one died. No one will starve, even though some people will struggle."
Local businesswoman Kara Forsyth's shop Daisy, next door to the now blackened Bringabong was spared the inferno by a brick fire wall built in 1927, soon after the last fire that burnt through the town.
"I'm suffering what's called survivor guilt," she said.
"We're all really good mates along here.
"I was just devastated for them.
"But I don't think it will ruin Nimbin.
"The rest of the place is still standing.
"The other thing that's lucky is it's a quiet time of year. The alternative movement goes on."
Having just returned from a trip to Bali, she declared that Nimbin was more famous overseas than Byron Bay.
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Campaign in Brief
The year is 2021. Nine years ago, the world's population was nearly obliterated by a series of disasters and wars that all began with the outbreak of the Walking Death. Reducing the infected to enraged, animalistic carnivores with rotting skin and no sense of mercy or pity, the nightmarish disease destabilized Eurasia and kicked off World War Three. Unlike previous wars, this was not waged against an enemy nation but rather against a disease.
The first outbreaks were in China, in mid-2012. The US military deployed the Joint Expeditionary Task Force (JETFOR-Japan) to help protect Japan from the flow of infected refugees. The nature of the disease was such that many people who became infected did not succumb, but remained dangerously contagious and many of them would eventually turn. Despite the American and Japanese use of force to contain refugees, many servicemen were infected and became so-called 'sleepers'. They were organized into separate units, wearing red bands on their right arms and adopting a skull for their unit crest - the Death's Head.
By December 2012, the United States and China were in an undeclared war. By March 2013, there weren't enough uninfected Chinese left to fight.
The world watched in horror in 2014 as the United Nations employed nuclear weapons in a vain effort to stifle the outbreaks in China, only for fresh outbreaks to bubble up in the Japanese islands, Indonesia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, and South America. JETFOR-Japan fought a retreat to the ports, leaving the Death's Head behind as a rearguard to cover the retreat of both JETFOR-Japan and the few surviving Japanese citizens. The men of the Death's Head were ordered to die in place and were expected to only hold for a few days. They gave the evacuating people three months and eleven days before they fell.
The fact that America remained largely outbreak-free caused many conspiracy theories, though in truth that was due to the highly effective (and incredibly ruthless) blockade that the Navy held in the ocean and the Army and Marine Corps held in Panama. Riots and civil war erupted in the United States, spilling into Canada and Mexico. Urban flight began worldwide, and by 2015 there are effectively no governments except for small fragments. Fleeing didn't help; the infected simply followed the food. With the governmental collapse, the United States' blockade failed and the disease quickly spread into the rest of North America.
The last transmission from Europe was from an embattled group of survivors in Ireland, last heard from in the autumn of 2017. They are assumed dead.
Intermittent transmissions arrive from Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific, but if there are any survivors in Australia and New Zealand they lack radio equipment capable of reaching across the ocean. They, too, are assumed dead.
Ft Hood, Texas, sends out daily broadcasts ranging from weather reports and entertainment shows to facts about the infected. If their census reports are to be believed, the population of the United States is a little under two million uninfected, with approximately one hundred million infected. Most cities and towns are infected-haunted ruins littered with the bones of those who died during the fighting. The Army and Air Force maintain a number of installations across the country, and they're slowly working to bring order back... whether the people want to or not.
Campaign Traits
The Dead War campaign is a struggle for mankind's very existence, but clearly the majority of the human race being dead or cannibal monsters isn't enough of a problem. A new tyranny is growing up in the relatively undamaged Texas region, and it's up to the players to decide whether they side with security or with freedom - or if they'll try to find the third option.
The plague, commonly known as the Walking Death, is very unpredictable in its effects. In most cases, those bitten turn into the infected people know and love - rage-filled 'fast zombies' - within minutes, maybe hours of infection. However, some take weeks to succumb - and some don't seem to succumb at all. In fact, about one in ten seems to somehow be immune to the disease, though they might show some manner of mutation as it changes them in ways not yet fully understood. Naturally, these mutants are generally shunned and many have taken to roaming the wastes, scavenging or raiding as suits them. Most people live in tiny enclaves, hidden and fortified against the infected and raider alike.
This campaign draws inspiration from sources such as The Book of Eli, Fallout 3, World War Z, Resident Evil, Jericho, Mad Max, and The Walking Dead. This is a setting wherein the situation is terrible and looking to get worse, but not entirely hopeless. Despite the zombie stories I drew inspiration from, this is not a zombie apocalypse story. That one happened nine years ago. This is a game about what comes next.
This campaign is set in the Aftermath era.
Progress Level and Rules
Advancement reached high PL 5, as in the real world. Civilization that remains is anywhere from PL 1 to effectively PL 4, though the knowledge of the pre-war world isn't entirely forgotten.
The Dead War makes use of all the rules from d20 Apocalypse except for virulence. Radioactive areas are common, especially outside North America (though fallout residue is common everywhere), but really the only monsters will be infected, humans, animals, and some robots (drones - the military uses a lot of UAVs and UGVs).
The Walking Death
There are three possible outcomes to infection: A fast burn (which results in turning within seconds or up to about a day), a slow burn (which can take anywhere from a couple of weeks to six months), and a carrier, commonly called a sleeper, which doesn't turn. No matter the outcome, the infected is still contagious. Transmission rates are something in the area of seventy to eighty percent through saliva or blood, negligible for simple contact. Blood tests can show that someone is infected, but those are rare outside the settlements under the Army's control.
The infected are still alive, but their bodies undergo certain changes. Sleepers undergo few changes, most often their irises simply losing color and their eyes getting sensitive to light (often accompanied by superior night vision capabilities), but the fully turned infected can turn into freakish, bloated monsters if they feed enough. Their veins bulge through their skin, dark with black blood, and their pale corpse-like eyes bulge from their sockets. Their skin and connective tissues decay as the disease consumes them, giving the infected a decidedly corpse-like appearance and making the more advanced cases into shambling wrecks. They're much stronger, much tougher, and much faster than the uninfected or sleepers, though, do not react to pain, and they do seem to retain some measure of intelligence. They are wholly without mercy, pity, or love - infected have even been known to turn on each other if there are no un-infected around, though such conflicts are rarely fatal.
Most common mutations: Darkvision, Light Sensitivity, Unnatural Eyes, Pheromone Repulsion, Ability Decay (Intelligence), Ability Decay (Dexterity), Ultra Immune System, Poisonous Blood, Neutrad Dependency (both require medicine, not the chemical, but otherwise follow their normal rules), Scent, Telekinetic Mind, Telepathy, Thin Skin, Ultraviolet Allergy, Hypersensitivity, Blood Hunger, Thick Hide, Very Thick Hide, and the Psionic Talent line.
Magic and FX
Magic does not exist in any form in the Dead War campaign.
Psionic powers do exist in this campaign setting, in the form of some type of Death-induced mutations. Psionic abilities are exceedingly rare; most people don't believe in them, and those who do are generally considered whackjobs and crackpots.
The Characters
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Stat generation will be a little different than normal, because I don't think there's any way to really determine appropriate ability scores for the game version of you. Dice are too random, and point-buy isn't random enough. This test is decent enough for my purposes. You might find it highballs abilities a little bit, but that's not a bug - it's a feature. I'm going honor system here; please don't cheat. You can either age your character as though they started from your actual self's birth date, or you can shift them forward in time so that the character is the same age you currently are at the start of the game, or anywhere in between. In any event, the characters start off at third level.
Of course, you might not want to play a post-apocalyptic version of yourself. In that case, ability score generation is your choice of 4d6 drop low (three total rolls, take your favorite) or 32-point buy.
You can play more than one character, though naturally not more than one of 'yourself'.
The only available character race is human. However, the character can take up to 8 mutation points in exchange for a +1 level adjustment (we are using LA buyoff, from Unearthed Arcana). A bout of the Walking Death that the character survived is almost always the cause of such mutation. Your character must have a biography which includes personality, background, and appearance in order to enter play.
Your character begins play with 4d10x2 TU worth of gear. All TU must be spent before play starts or they're lost. The only change is that the cost in TU for ammunition is per case, not per bullet.
You begin play with a small band of scavengers in central Texas. I strongly recommend getting a vehicle if you can afford one, but if you can't the convoy includes a 5-ton truck driven by a couple of deserters. I'll provide NPCs to help flesh out the band as necessary to interact with the PCs/drive vehicles/do boring stuff the players don't want to do.
Source Books
d20 Modern, d20 Past, d20 Apocalypse, and the useful bits from Urban Arcana (mostly those not dealing with the setting itself, but some feats and equipment are appropriate). d20 Future is largely not, except where it pertains to an advanced class (see below).
We'll be using d20 Apocalypse as the main book, naturally.
Advanced and Prestige Classes
Most non-FX classes from d20 Modern-based games can be used in the Dead War campaign. My intent is not to limit character concepts, merely call out what isn't appropriate for the technology level.
From d20 Modern Core Rulebook: Bodyguard, Daredevil, Field Medic, Field Scientist, Gunslinger, Infiltrator, Investigator, Martial Artist, Negotiator, Soldier, and Techie. The FX psionic classes of Telepath and Battle Mind are also available, but those would be Walking Death-induced mutations.
From d20 Apocalypse: Lawbringer, Road Warrior, Salvager, Evolutionary
|This is the result of a Walking Death infection that mutated in an aberrant way. The character is limited to the more plausible mutations.
|Actually the result of a Walking Death infection that the character fought off.
|Actually the result of a Walking Death infection that the character fought off.
|The infected are humanoids, though considered a separate species from humans for purposes of their Xenotype ability. Animals, Constructs, Humanoid (Human), and Humanoid (Infected) are the only types you could expect in this game.
|The infected are an appropriate creature for the Hunter's Grudge - and they're called Zombie Hunters in-setting
|Be advised that the mutations are limited to only the more plausible ones, and it's very possible that the character's mutations are due at least in part to a Walking Death infection that he either survived or is simply a sleeper.
|None of its abilities are supernatural and it doesn't gain the Transform Companion power - think of it as the best way to get Dogmeat, not necessarily as a nature-loving class, and you'll see where I'm going with it.


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Krayzie Bone's New Label Causing Bone Thugs Beef?
Though they've just launched a 35-city national tour, Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony continue to be one of the most contentious group's in hip-hop history, as the launch of member Krayzie Bone's new label brings forth new accusations about the group's business practices and relationship with fallen legend Tupac Shakur.
Krayzie Bone recently signed 12-year-old singer Jenna Sousa to his The Life Entertainment record label. When news of the label caught the attention of former Bone affiliate and Mo' Thug member Ta Smallz, he got angry. Smallz claims to have been releasing records through his own Life Entertainment label since 1999, although his first official release did not come out until 2006.
The beef between Smallz and Krayzie Bone puts further distance between the group and their estranged member, Bizzy Bone, who is not currently on the tour, and has announced that he has once again left the reunited group. "F— you Krayzie Bone and the whole f—on' Thug Line Entertainment," Ta Smallz exclaimed. "Who is The Life Entertainment trying to steal my name. 'Pac didn't even like you, b—- let the truth be told. 'Pac f—ed with Bizzy, he was the only one with 'Pac, recording a song in the studio. You are out here selling me and Bizzy Bone records on your website because none of your records ain't selling."
Coincidentally, Bizzy is indeed featured on the lead single, 'Life,' from Ta Smallz' recent album, 'Who Killed My Mama?!' Meanwhile, Bone Thug's E.1999 Eternal tour is scheduled to finish its 35-city run on October 30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


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The case for blockbusters
Harvard Business School Professor Anita Elberse talks about how the entertainment industry is relentlessly pursuing success through what she calls a blockbuster strategy.
Sir Alex leads the way
The manager of iconic Manchester United, the recent topic of a Harvard Business School case that examined his famous career and the keys to his effective brand of leadership, visited Harvard this fall to engage with HBS students in the classroom.
Manchester United visits Harvard University
English soccer champions Manchester United made a brief stop at Harvard University as part of their U.S. pre-season tour, during which they'll face several Major League Soccer teams including the Massachusetts-based New England Revolution. Sir Alex Ferguson led the star-studded squad through Harvard Yard, stopping at the statue of John Harvard for a photograph. Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Park Ji-Sung and Rio Ferdinand were among the crowd.
The Red Devils go Crimson
Members of Manchester United Football Club visited Harvard to conduct a soccer clinic with local youth from the Boston neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton, and to play tourist in Harvard Yard with Harvard President Drew Faust.


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April 21, 2010 BY Aaron Hope
The Nike Air Attack Pack is multiplying like rabbits and the latest additions are just for the ladies. The Nike WMNS Air Max Trainer 1 is somewhere between the Trainer 1 that debuted last year and the Trainer SC 2010's various Max Aired variations. The bubble on these is a little bigger, plus the traction on these is a new shape/style of diamonds. Four colorways are set to drop in June, including monochromatic red and blue looks and then two black pairs with either neon green or blue accents. Stick with Sneaker News for more, cos it looks like the Nike Air Attack Pack is taking over the world this year!
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National Film Board brings hot docs, short films to VIFF 2011
The NFB is screening a pair of well-hyped documentaries at this year's festival, including Surviving Progress. The film is based on the bestselling work by Canadian author Ronald Wright, co-produced by Martin Scorcese and featuring the music of Canadian musician Patrick Watson.
Here are the descriptions of the films, via VIFF:
Surviving Progress, directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, is a cinematic requiem to progress-asusual, inspired by Ronald Wright's bestseller A Short History of Progress. Throughout human history, what seemed like progress often backfired. Some of the world's foremost thinkers, activists, bankers and scientists challenge us to overcome ―progress traps,‖ which destroyed past civilizations and lie treacherously embedded in our own. Surviving Progress is a co-production between Cinémaginaire, Big Picture Media
Corporation and the NFB, and is produced by Daniel Louis and Denise Robert (Cinémaginaire) and Gerry Flahive (NFB), and executive produced by Mark Achbar and Betsy Carson (Big Picture Media Corporation), Silva Basmajian (NFB), Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff.
Wiebo's War chronicles a clash between corporate will and public interest, forcing viewers to contemplate an unsettling question: How far would you go to defend what you value the most? In the 1990s, sour natural gas wells were drilled in close proximity to the Ludwig farm, despite the family's concerns over their potentially harmful impact. Soon after, livestock began to die, and the Ludwigs started experiencing health problems, culminating in a series of miscarriages. After five years of being ignored by the oil and gas industry, Wiebo Ludwig went to war, and a campaign of barricaded roads and blown-up wells eventually resulted in his arrest and conviction. It is almost a decade later when another pipeline explodes. The issues remain unresolved.
But the miscarriages, livestock deaths and persistent health problems remind us that, in Wiebo's war against a powerful industry, the stakes remain tragically high.
The Board is also presenting a few short films, including: Bone Wind Fire which examines the lives and work of a trio of artists: Georgia O'Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo; the world's first 3D thermal imaging film, ORA; and Muybridge's Strings, an animated film by the acclaimed filmmaker Koji Yamamura.


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Leggett Valley School hosted a meeting of the Mendocino County board of education on Nov. 5. The board each month has its meeting in a different Mendocino school to allow access to all areas.
This month was Leggett's turn to host the meeting.
On the agenda for this month were new employees, CSEA, school funding, MCOE, and the downward slide of Proposition 30 and what it could mean for this county.
K-8 teachers have been attending a conference in Fort Bragg called Professional Learning Communities (PLC). These are a series of workshops that take a deep look at the common core standards that are going to be mandated from the state to teach in classes in two years and work toward helping schools build professional relationships and increase student achievement. These workshops use four guiding questions as a basis to their discussions : What do we want all students to know and be able to do? How will we know that the students have learned? What will we do when they don't know it? What do we do when they do know it?
Media at school
Leggett Valley School has a new addition to the media class taught by Mr. Morrow. Every two weeks the class puts out Leggett's newspaper, The Paw Print. Although the newspaper is not new, what is new is that now Leggett has two students, Mike Williams and Jon Arias, who D.J. a radio show that is taped and aired on the school web site every two weeks. In their show they report all of the events that are happening at school and play music. When asked what kind of music they play, Jon said, " We play school appropriate music-no cussing. " Mike chipped in and stated, " We play rock and roll, and rap.
Some of the groups are AC DC, Guns and Roses, M & M, Acon, and Kevin Rudolph. Jon said, "We keep pretty occupied, but get to joke around a lot doing this. We also read the Paw Print on air." Mr. Morrow, the teacher whose brainchild this was, has a radio show on KMUD. Besides media Mr. Morrow teaches math and science. You can visit Jon and Mike on the website at www.Leggett.k12.ca.us and learn more about Leggett School.
New tech
The K-8 teachers and their students have also been working to purchase a computer cart with new computers to share throughout the elementary school. They are selling Papa Murphy's pizza each month to raise the necessary funds. The next pizza sale is going on right now and will end on Dec. 10. Pizzas need to be pre-ordered. People interested in helping by purchasing a pizza or donating money can contact the Leggett Valley School at 925-6285.
Sports news
Basketball season is here once again and the junior high has already played three game - all vs. Willits. They have had a very successful start to their season; winning all three games. The team consists of Rudy Arias, Kierstin Reese, Sabrina Miclette, Nathen Luna, Gustavo Rosas, Kiana Burns, and Ipo Savoie. This year the clock will be run by Sequoia Braham.
Their next home game is Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. vs. the 8th grade girls from South Fork. The junior high will also be providing a concession stand for the basketball games this year, of which, the proceeds will go towards their field study trip to Yosemite in the spring. The 4th, 5th and 6th grade team have started their practices this week and they will have practice Dec. 11-13 and Dec. 18-19 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. They have a game vs. Redway at 4 p.m. on Dec. 11 at Leggett. A schedule for them will be out soon. Rock on Panthers.


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15% reduction on .223 load?
Here's what I am wondering: I normally load my .223 with 26 grains of W748 and prime with CCI450 primers. This is for a standard 55gr. FMJ. With this recipe I can get roughly 260 per pound of 748. So has anyone here done a 15% load reduction with W748? The reason I am looking to reduce is to get more bang for my buck out of a pound of powder for plinking rounds. At 15% reduction I can get around an extra 50 per pound. I have two concerns though. The first is too little powder equalling dangerous detonation, and two insufficient gas to cycle the rifle. Any thoughts?
My standard load for the 55gr FMJ bullet is 24.6 gr of W-748 in a LC (mil) case. In commercial cases I load 25 grains. This load has proven safe and reliable over the last 25 years. There is still plenty of powder to avoid "detonation". IMHO you would need to load less than 15 grains of 748 to get into that kind of a problem.
The first load (24.6) Chrono's about 3200 out of a 20" bbl. 26 gr. should be hot at over 3350.
Thanks thats what I was looking for. I am getting ready to do a run, and with that reduction i will be able to get over 500 extra rounds. Velocity isn't that big of a concern for plinking out to 75 yards.
That would put you down to 22.1gr of powder. If I remember right that is well below the boox min. The hodgdon site list 26.3 as the only ammount of powder. If your reloading manual says you can go that low then you can go that low.
This is dangerous though I would work down and not just drop 15% right off the top. I would work down to it.
If I remember right you can not even get that low with 748. You may want to look at another powder for reduced loads.
If you want some subsonic single load rounds then look for some trail boss, titegroup, or clays. These will take about 3 or 4 gr and produce just over 1000 fps. Now that is a lot of shooting. With the titegroup load of 3.1 gr that is 2258 rounds of ammo from 1# of powder. Can't get any better than that for plinking ammo.
If you switched to IMR 4198 not H4198 you can drop your load down as far as 18.8gr of powder. that is 8 gr less that what your using now.
I have loaded .223 with 4895. The only reason behind wanting reduced loads is to get the most out of the 10 pounds of 748 I currently have. These are all strictly for kicking up dirt. Naturally I would start at 26gr. and drop down 5% at a time testing in 5-10 round batches to make sure of proper operation/safe conditions. I could just hand feed these through my Lee single stage until I find the right number. At 15% reduction on 26gr. I would gain 1000 rounds out of ten pounds of powder thats why I am interested.
I am just glad to see you are applying some good lines of thought to this question unlike others that have been in here lately.
I've been reloading now for 6 years pistol and rifle calibers as well as casting various rounds. I haven't had an incident yet and I attribute it too common sense and applying best practices. I want performance not loud noise.
Have you tried any Hogdon powders? I get excellent accuracy with Varget, H335, and H322. With the exception of Varget, the other powders call for less than 26 gr. behind a 55 gr. bullet. H322 is a very accurate powder in the .223 and requires only 23 gr. to drive a 55 gr. bullet at 3106 fps. Cutting back 10% would get you 338 rds. out of a pound and would give you outstanding accuracy. I have achieved 5/8" 100 yd. groups with H322 out of my 20" barreled RRA. Depending on your rate of twist you can also go to a heavier bullet and knock off another 2 grains - you'd probably get better accuracy still! My rifle has a 1:8 twist and shoots 69gr. Sierra HPBT's much more accurately than any 55gr. FMJ and I use less powder in the process.
Yeah I have H4895 and i really liked the performance. The problem is I m sitting on 10 pounds of 748 right now. I do have some H110, HS-6, Universal but I don't think these are suitable especially the first two.
Like sitting on 10 lbs of 748 is a problem. IMHO 748 is one of the most versitile powders made. I use it for everything from .223 to .30-06.
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The film will be the first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe led by a person of colour.
The actor plays the titular hero in the forthcoming adaptation.
Rock legend Eric Clapton has admitted the era of the guitar may be ''over''.
Following his success with 'The Force Awakens', the director will close out the trilogy.


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Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2009/03/31 - New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Brazilian Paints and Coatings Market, finds that the market earned revenues of approximately $2.60 billion in 2008 and estimates this to reach $3.30 billion in 2013.
Intensifying competition, increasing price of raw materials and escalating environmental concerns are causing significant shifts in the dynamics of the Brazilian paints and coatings market. Reacting to this market scenario, participants are working toward enhancing their competitive positions, lines, and sustainability.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (chemicals.frost.com), Brazilian Paints and Coatings Market, finds that the market earned revenues of approximately $2.60 billion in 2008 and estimates this to reach $3.30 billion in 2013.
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The need to increase competitive strength, comply with end-users rising demands, and maintain margins despite price pressures is driving different paint makers in Brazil to reshape and revalidate their strategies, observes Frost & Sullivan research analyst Jorge De Rosa. Similarly, the economic downturn is forcing them to rethink some strategies and practices, focus on possible process and portfolio complementarities, and improve product quality and differentiation.
The market is highly influenced by the activities in end-user industries such as construction and automotive. Overall industry investments create multiplier benefits and aid the Brazilian paints and coating market.
For example, the construction and development of new oil and gas facilities, either onshore or offshore, may create demand for machinery, tug supply boats, and other solutions that consume paints and coatings in their final production process, notes De Rosa. Therefore, although not a direct source of revenue, these investments contribute indirectly to the consumption of paints and coatings products in Brazil.
The market is also striving to incorporate significant innovations to stand apart from the competition. Quality improvements, development of water-based products, and safety packaging are vital not only for product differentiation and diversification but also for solidifying new trends. Environment-friendly products are a direct outcome of these efforts.
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Christmas is coming!! We're only a few more sleeps away from waking up on Christmas morning to our Christmas trees decorated and gifts underneath, stockings brimming with goodies and family and friends all around us.
We're also dreaming of a white Christmas. Yeah… Fingers crossed on that.
Whether you're staying with family or partying the day away with friends, we wish you all the best and for your champagne glass to never be empty. After all, this Christmas, we want to be sure you're up to no good, because hey, Father Christmas won't be back for an ENTIRE year.
So go on, and get your naughty on this holiday. We'll be here for you for plenty of raucous times after December 25th. We have parties galore leading up to and after New Year's Eve. Not to mention a massive £50K giveaway at the end of January.
A very happy holiday from our London house to yours! We'll see you in the New Year!
Lots of love,
Late Night London
Get your Christmas presents early
The weather is set to start heating up again, and while we might not be reaching Ibiza temps again anytime soon
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Video and pictures from the new Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through at Disneyland - completely updated after a several year hiatus. The following is from the official press release:
The interior of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, long closed to guests, has "reawakened" in time for the holidays. A vibrant new version of the classic walkthrough attraction features colorful scenes of Aurora, her gallant prince, the evil Maleficent and other characters from the beloved fairy tale film.
This revived Sleeping Beauty Castle "show" differs from the window-display dioramas which could be seen in the castle during the 1980s and '90s. It takes its inspiration from the unique style of the original Disneyland castle walkthrough attraction of 1957, co-designed by animation art director and color stylist Eyvind Earle, who was credited with giving the motion picture "Sleeping Beauty" its distinctive and colorful look of storybook illustrations in medieval style.
Enhanced with new scenes and special-effects magic, the re-Imagineered attraction employs technology not available in the 1950s to tell the story of Sleeping Beauty, including the magic of good fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, and the more sinister spells of the evil Maleficent.
For the first time, guests who are unable to climb stairs or navigate the passageways of the Castle will be able to experience the walkthrough "virtually" in a special room on the ground floor of the Castle
VideosA video walk-through is available by clicking below.
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Charles W. Sens
OCEAN CITY–Charles Warren Sens, passed away on Oct. 23, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury at the age of 91. Born on March 4, 1922 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late John Roy Sens, Sr. and Elsie Alberta Jenkins Sens.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Lois Keeler Sens, and children; C. Warren Sens, Jr. of Hergiswil, Switzerland, Mark A. Sens, Paul N. Sens and his wife Annette, Roy D. Sens and his wife Melanie, all of Ocean City, and Eloise K. Sens, of Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Sens spent a year and a half in the National Guard in Iceland training as an anti-tank gunner and expert M-1 rifleman. He joined the United States Army in January, 1941, serving in WWII as a staff sergeant, Battery E, 80th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion, 82nd Division in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he returned to Washington, D.C. and began working as an apprentice for the family business, Krick Plumbing Business of Washington, D.C. and received a Master's Plumbing and Heating License.
In 1952, he moved his family temporarily to Ocean City to be the mechanical contractor of Stephen Decatur High School, as well as several hospitals on the eastern shore. He later founded Sens Mechanical, which remains in operation. He decided to make the bucolic Eastern Shore the home for his family as he never got the "sand out of his shoes." He loved to swim, fish and hunt. He enjoyed reading, discussing politics, religion and world events. He was active as a Jehovah's Witness after moving to the Eastern Shore and held fast to the belief of everlasting life in a paradise and shared this hope with everyone in his ministry work throughout the community Maryland.
There are 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Guy Sens of Stafford, Va. and Bernard Sens of Florida and two sisters, Edna Hahn of Landsdown, Md. and Bobbie Simmons of Florida, numerous nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
Mr. Sens was preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Pamela M. Stout, and brother, John Sens.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Berlin at 2 p.m. Steve L. Martin will officiate. Inurnment will take place at Arlington Cemetery at a later date. Letters of condolence may be sent to www.burbagefuneralhome.com.
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