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The Main Committee completed its work Monday night at 7:00 pm. After several failed attempts in the morning, the meeting got started at 3:00 pm. Then, moving at breakneck speed, back and forth from informal to formal meetings, the Main Committee succeeded in adopting ad referendum the entire Programme of Action.
VII. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: In the morning, Vice Chair Nicolaas Biegman convened an informal session of the Main Committee to distribute the revised text of Chapter VII. He then adjourned the session for 20 minutes to give delegates time to review the text. Biegman informed delegates that the working group chaired by Hernando Clavijo (Colombia) had agreed on text with the exception of two sections in brackets. Since the working group was supposed to remove all brackets, he asked Clavijo to reconvene his group and reach consensus in an hour. This was not the case, and the working group continued to meet through the lunch break, while other delegates and observers waited in the corridors and Chefren Hall.
At 3:00 pm, Biegman reconvened the informal session of the Main Committee to address Chapter VII. Clavijo introduced oral amendments to the paragraphs that had been discussed during the morning's consultations.
In paragraphs 7.1 and 7.3(b), the phrase "methods of fertility regulation of their choice" was replaced by "methods of their choice for regulation of fertility." In paragraph 7.2, reference to "security of the person and physical integrity of the human body" was deleted and the sentence now reads: "It also includes the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents." In 7.15, the second sentence now reads: "To this end, Governments should secure conformity to human rights, and to ethical and professional standards in the delivery of family planning and related reproductive health services aimed at ensuring responsible, voluntary and informed consent, also regarding service provision."
In paragraph 7.32, the second sentence has been amended: "Equal relationships between men and women in matters of sexual relations and reproduction, including full respect for the physical integrity of the human body, require mutual respect and willingness to accept responsibility for the consequences of sexual behavior." In paragraph 7.45, the phrase "including contraceptive services" was deleted from the sentence on sexually active adolescents.
Before the informal meeting was adjourned, Ecuador said that without a clear definition of the right to life from the moment of conception, all other rights are meaningless. Pakistan said their concerns have been addressed in this text. Egypt asked for confirmation that the definitions in this chapter apply throughout the text. The Chair assured her that this was the case.
A few minutes later, Amb. Biegman convened a formal session, where Chapter VII was adopted ad referendum. Argentina, the Holy See, Malta and Nicaragua announced their intention to express reservations on various paragraphs in Plenary on Tuesday.
Jordan and Syria expressed concern about the use of the term "individuals" in paragraph 7.2. Jordan and Libya also said that they would interpret this paragraph in accordance with Islamic Law. Egypt noted that this chapter is guided by the principles in Chapter II, especially the chapeau. Although this chapter contains words and concepts that reveal certain tendencies in Western and Eastern cultures, Egypt's understanding of the text will be based on its own national, religious and cultural values. Sweden, on behalf of the Nordic States, said that although this text is not ideal, it was negotiated in good faith and the difficult and delicate compromise represents a good balance. The chapter, when implemented, will give men, women and children a strong instrument for leading a richer and healthier life.
XIII. NATIONAL ACTION: Dr. Fred Sai took over as Chair. Germany, on behalf of the EU, introduced the changes to Chapter XIII. An additional provision in paragraph 13.15 specifies that the costs mentioned here are "estimates prepared by experts, based on experience to date, of the four components referred to above. These estimates should be reviewed and updated on the basis of the comprehensive approach reflected in paragraph 13.14 of this Programme of Action, particularly with respect to the costs of implementing reproductive health service delivery."
After a few requests for clarification, the chapter was adopted ad referendum. The Holy See said that it could not join the agreement on sub-paragraph 13.14(c), which calls for "expanded condom distribution." Zimbabwe said that it could not endorse this sub-paragraph either, since expanded condom distribution seemed to call for the distribution of expanded -- and therefore used -- condoms. After the Chair regained his composure, he suggested an alternative: "expanded distribution of condoms."
X. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: Protracted discussions by more than 30 delegations in the working group chaired by Soliman Awaad (Egypt) agreed on new text for paragraph 10.12 on family reunification: "Consistent with Article 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and all other universally recognized human rights instruments, all Governments, particularly those of receiving countries, must recognize the vital importance of family reunification and promote its integration into their national legislation in order to ensure the protection of the unity of the families of documented migrants." Egypt said there was strong support in the working group for a global conference on international migration and development and that the report of the conference should note this support. Belize added the word "relevant" after "all other" and this was accepted.
II. PRINCIPLES: The changes to Chapter II were read out by the Secretary. Discussion ensued on the following principles.
Principle 5: At his own initiative, the Chair added language at the beginning of this principle similar to that found in the chapeau: Each nation has the right to develop and implement policies within the context of its national laws and in conformity with international human rights. Algeria protested and argued that in the course of the Friends of the Chair's negotiations, the participants had agreed that this language would be dropped. The EU responded that this language was slightly different from that found in the chapeau and should be retained. The Holy See agreed with the EU and said that they favored even stronger language to strengthen the concept of human rights. It was finally agreed to drop the first sentence and the paragraph now starts with "Population-related goals and policies...."
Principle 8: Iran said that the phrase "sexual and" should be deleted, based on what was agreed in Chapters VII and VIII. Sweden, supported by the EU, said their understanding was that the text would read: "States should take measures...including those related to reproductive healthcare, including family planning and sexual health. These programmes...." Iran and the US said that they had alternative language and it was agreed that the issue would be dealt with in a meeting to harmonize language that the Chair would convene at 6:00 pm.
Principle 11: The Chair took the initiative to delete the part of this paragraph that refers to the sale of organs, as there was nothing else in the Programme of Action on this matter and it is dealt with in other UN instruments. Cuba disagreed strongly and argued that the traffic in children's organs has increased, is terrible and repugnant, and leads to the murder of children. The Chair responded that he agreed with those points, but he had deleted the phrase for the sake of consistency in the document. The Chair agreed to restore the reference to traffic in children's organs.
I. PREAMBLE: The Secretary read out further revisions to the text that had been distributed last week. In paragraph 1.9 (resources), brackets were deleted and it now reads: "In order to do so, adequate mobilization of resources at the national and international level will be required, as well as new and additional resources to the developing countries from all available funding mechanisms, including multilateral, bilateral and private sources. Financial resources are also required to strengthen the capacity of national, regional, sub-regional and international institutions to implement this Programme of Action."
Algeria sought a clarification on paragraph 1.17 (implementation of policies), but the Chair said that this will be addressed when this chapter is harmonized with Chapter II. In paragraph 1.18 (objectives), the brackets were deleted and text now reads: "provision of universal access to reproductive health services, including family planning and sexual health."
V. THE FAMILY, ITS ROLES, RIGHTS, COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE: Amb. Lionel Hurst then took the Chair. The Secretary introduced the changes to Chapter V. In paragraph 5.1, the first sentence refers to the various "forms" of the family that exist in different social, cultural, legal and political systems. Paraguay said that this language should be harmonized with Principle 9 of Chapter II.
In paragraph 5.5, a new first sentence calls on Governments to take effective action to eliminate all forms of coercion and discrimination in policies and practices. In addition, the reference to practices related to "marriage, other unions and the family" was deleted. Nigeria said that the language should specify that these measures apply to the family members. The Chair agreed that the text is not perfect, but reflects a consensus, and he urged the delegate to withdraw his proposal.
XIV. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: The Secretary read out the agreed text for paragraph 14.3(f): "To ensure that all population and development programmes, with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of each country's people, adhere to basic human rights recognized by the international community and recalled in the present Programme of Action." Algeria pointed out that the word "ensure" should be replaced by "urge." The Secretariat confirmed Algeria's point. During the formal session later in the afternoon, India asked the Secretary to read out the changes to paragraph 14.17. The paragraph now reads: "Innovative financing, including new ways of generating public and private financing resources, including various forms of debt relief, should be explored."
XV. PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NON-GOVERN- MENTAL SECTOR: The Secretary announced that wording would be harmonized with Chapter II and that there were no other amendments.
The Main Committee then adopted all sixteen chapters of the Programme of Action ad referendum and transmitted them to the Plenary for final action. Without further ado, the Main Committee adjourned.
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On the day that up to 800 scientists and supporters marched on Parliament Hill to protest the "death of evidence" in federal policy-making, it should have been heartening to see Ottawa announce new research on one of the likely building blocks of a low-carbon energy future.
With limited research dollars to go around, you might have thought the government would try to restore funds to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy or the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), both axed in last month's omnibus budget bill.
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But no. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq's July 10 media release unveiled a two-year review of the health effects of noise from wind turbines. It's a legitimate topic that has received its share of scientific attention, but it probably isn't a top priority when science funding is declining and climate research, in particular, has been gutted.
The Canadian Wind Energy Association took the high road in its response to the announcement, observing that "Health Canada's proposed new study will contribute to the scientific literature and our knowledge base." And of course that's right, as far as it goes. Any low-carbon technology must be open to continuing, rigorous review. And as CanWEA itself acknowledges, any technology provider has to earn a social licence to operate if it hopes to integrate comfortably with host communities.
A best practices guide on the association's website cites community participation and public consultation as "cornerstone[s] for a successful wind energy development," stressing that "continuous, proactive community engagement is a vital investment for long-term success of your project." The guide reminds wind developers that residents of every community have a right to ask questions, be skeptical and concerned, and oppose developers' plans.
Consistent application of those principles to any energy project — whether it's a wind farm in Ontario or Nova Scotia, a diluted-bitumen pipeline leaking a million gallons of oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River, or the hugely controversial Northern Gateway pipeline — would clearly lead to better consultation and better results.
But in considering all the challenges on the road to a low-carbon energy future, it's legitimate to ask whether this was the one in most dire need of attention. The $1.8-million study will consume about 20 per cent more money over two years than the budget cut that killed off the PEARL facility, even though:
- Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health and a growing body of scientific research reject any causal link between wind turbines and human health problems.
- Wind facilities in Ontario, the province where community pushback against wind development has been strongest, must meet noise exposure limits consistent with World Health Organization standards.
- Ontario's 550-metre setback for wind projects "is the most stringent in North America and is based on the most up-to-date science," according to the province's environment ministry.
Contrast Ottawa's hyper-vigilance over wind turbine noise with its determination to push ahead with the Northern Gateway project and vilify its opponents, including the David Suzuki Foundation. It's hard to escape the conclusion that this is a matter of politics driving science, not the other way around. That brings us back to two of the most telling comments from Tuesday's Death of Evidence march.
"Scientists are generally not agitators, but this continuous set of decisions has got very many scientists hot under the collar," rally organizer Scott Findlay, a University of Ottawa ecology professor, told CBC. "Most Canadians, regardless of their values or beliefs, think policies should be based on evidence and facts," added organizer Katie Gibbs, a U of O PhD student.
As long as the research is designed well, conducted diligently, and subject to peer review, the Health Canada study will generate usable evidence. But the context is still the bigger question: How can science drive policy when the federal government keeps defunding the agencies and programs that bring it news it doesn't like?

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By Jeff Sneider
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jennifer Lopez is set to play a seductive cougar in "The Boy Next Door," a low-budget thriller that Jason Blum is producing through his Blumhouse banner under his first-look deal with Universal, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.
Rob Cohen ("xXx") is in talks to direct from a script by Barbara Curry.
Lopez will play a single mom who has a lustful affair with a teenage neighbor who befriends her son. When she tries to end the relationship, trouble ensues.
Blumhouse and Universal, which recently scored a huge hit with the $3 million home invasion thriller "The Purge," see a ton of upside in the new movie, which will be made for under $5 million, including Lopez's star salary.
Blum will produce with Smart Entertainment's John Jacobs and Lopez's manager Benny Medina, as well as Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas of Lopez's Nuyorican Productions banner. Zac Unterman will executive produce.
"The Boy Next Door" will start production this fall before Lopez begins taping the new season of "American Idol."
CAA-repped Lopez recently starred opposite Jason Statham in "Parker."
Variety first reported the news.


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The EVICEL® Gastrointestinal Study
This study has been completed.
Ethicon, Inc.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ethicon, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 30, 2012
Last updated: February 24, 2015
Last verified: February 2015
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of EVICEL® Fibrin Sealant (Human) for use as an adjunct to gastrointestinal (GI) surgery.
|Gastrointestinal Diseases
|Biological: EVICEL Fibrin Sealant
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Single Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of EVICEL® as an Adjunct to Gastrointestinal Anastomosis Techniques
Further study details as provided by Ethicon, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Absence of Gastrointestinal (GI) Leak [ Time Frame: 40 days ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Incidence of Adverse Events [ Time Frame: up to Day 90 ]
- Incidence of GI Leak [ Time Frame: 90 days ]
- Incidence of Stricture [ Time Frame: up to Day 90 ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: EVICEL Fibrin Sealant: Randomized
EVICEL is a human plasma-derived fibrin sealant composed of two components - thrombin and fibrinogen.
Biological: EVICEL Fibrin Sealant
Other Name: Fibrin sealant
No Intervention: Standard of Care
Standard surgical technique for GI anastomosis.
Experimental: Experimental: EVICEL Fibrin Sealant: Non-Randomized
EVICEL is a human plasma-derived fibrin sealant composed of two components - thrombin and fibrinogen
Biological: EVICEL Fibrin Sealant
Other Name: Fibrin sealant
Detailed Description:
This is a single blind, randomized, multi-center controlled study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of EVICEL® when used as an adjunct to gastrointestinal (GI) surgery.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects undergoing primary elective GI surgery
- Subjects ≥ 18 years of age who are willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent prior to any study-related procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Avastin use within 30 days prior to surgery;
- Known hypersensitivity to the human blood products or the components of the investigational product;
- Female subjects who are pregnant or nursing;
- Exposure to another investigational drug or device in a clinical trial within 30 days prior to surgery or planned/intended for the 90 day follow up period after surgery.
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|Richard Kocharian, MD
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|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2012
|Results First Received:
|July 16, 2014
|Last Updated:
|February 24, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Fibrin Tissue Adhesive
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Environmental Scholarship
Amount Of Award: $3,500
Scholarship Description:
The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. and the Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities are pleased to announce the 2017 Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship.
This merit scholarship, in the amount of $3,500, is offered annually in the name of the TGF founders, to a single recipient who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding dedication in a field of study that falls within an environmental field of a school or department. It was the hope of the founders, as it is the hope of the current membership of Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, that the recipient will use this scholarship to assist his or her studies, and after graduation seek employment in the tri-state region in either the public or private sector furthering the cause of environmental protection and riparian habitat conservation for the benefit of all.
This scholarship is available to:
The eligible applicant's major shall be in an area of environmental studies such as, but not limited to, ecology, hydrology, conservation biology, natural resource management, zoology or environmental law and policy. Based on a 4.0 scale, the applicant shall demonstrate merit with a current 3.5 GPA in the environmental concentration courses and an overall minimum 3.0 GPA. The scholarship is open to U.S. citizens only.
Having received a TGF scholarship in the past does not prohibit future eligibility. A student may be awarded more than one consecutive TGF scholarship. However, priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received a TGF scholarship.About Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc.
The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. is a not for profit angling organization, founded on American fly fishing traditions, promoting stream and river protection and self-sustainable salmonid populations through conservation, environmental oversight, activism, catch-and-release practices, and education. TGF was founded in 1963 by a group of farsighted men who saw a great need to bring about an organization of sportsmen who would use their collective voice and resources to protect and conserve cold-water fisheries and riparian habitat in the greater Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and more recently Connecticut. The twenty-one founding members of TGF, many of whom are famous in their own right, were dedicated fly fishers and conservationists. They are:
Mr. Arnold Gingrich: Author, founding editor and publisher of Esquire Magazine, Director of RASA (Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America), who fished with Charles Ritz, Charlie Fox, John Dos Passos, and Ernest Hemingway
Mr. Lee Wulff: Author, bush pilot, movie maker, creative fly tier, inventor, consultant to the American Sportsman TV program, world renowned salmon and trout authority, and the voice of conservation.
Mr. Joseph A. Pisarro: Communications Director for the National Council of YMCA's. President of TGF in 1965 and served three annual terms and also served as Secretary of TGF and as a member of the Board of Directors. He established the Arnold Gingrich Literary Heritage award and promoted TGF as a club, active in environmental conservation rather than as a social organization. He is now residing in Vermont.
Mr. Theodore Rogowski: Second President of TGF, Charter Trustee and Executive Vice President of the Federation of Fly Fishers, Senior Water Counsel Federal Water Pollution Control Agency and for the Environmental Protection Agency during the Nixon Administration. An author of the "Clean Water Act."
Mr. Donal C. O'Brien, Jr: Former Special Assistant and advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller and a great supporter of this fund,
Mr. R. G. (Ed) Zern: Humorist, writer, author, and conservationist. TGF's first President.
Mr. Keith Fulsher: Renowned fly tier and conservationist.
Dr. Ernest Schwiebert: Award-winning architect and author of more than nine books on the subjects of world sporting travel and trout and salmon fishing.
Mr. David Kramer: Attorney, author, and conservationist.
Col. Henry Siegel: US Army Retired, conservationist, and fly fisherman.
Mr. Walter C. Khem: Chief patent attorney for the Union Carbide Company, second Conservation Committee Chairman, and President of TGF for one term.
Mr. Donald Leyden: Noted artist, fly tier and speaker. Co-developed the TGF Arts of Angling program.
Mr. Richard P. Grossenbach: Artist, and specialist in portraiture. Co-developed the popular TGF Arts of Angling program.
Mr. Eugene Anderegg: Chief representative for Ernest Leitz Optics in the US. President of TGF for one term and a founder of the Federation of Fly Fishers and one of its early Presidents.
Mr. Erwin Edelman: Worked for Time Magazine, dedicated fly fisherman and conservationist. Helped establish The Rainbow Press. Now resides in Florida and is actively pursuing conservation issues and fly fishing in salt water.
Mr. Joseph Kleckner: A business broker who arranged for the sale and purchase of companies. TGF's first Business Advisor and Treasurer.
Mr. Stanley Bryer: A conservation attorney. First TGF Conservation Committee Chairman. Led TGF's early conservation and environmental involvements.
Mr. Eugene E. Kelly: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
Mr. David H. Brophy: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
Mr. Norman Miller: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
Mr. Richard Robinson: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
More information on TGF and its history can be found at: www.tgf.org


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EUREKA -- Officials from Green Diamond Resource Co. and The California Redwood Co.'s Mark E. Reed Scholarship board announced recently that eight $3,000 scholarships will be awarded to high school and under-graduate college students this year. Eligible individuals must be Green Diamond or California Redwood employees, sons or daughters of employees, or students in one of the two companies' operating communities.
The scholarship program was established in 1947 in the memory of Mark E. Reed, who was Simpson Logging Co. president from 1914 until his death in 1933.
Applications for the Mark E. Reed Scholarship program are available on the Green Diamond website, www.greendiamond.com. Questions may be directed to Tish Osborne, secretary of the California Scholarship Board, at 668-4446 or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for receiving applications is Feb. 28.


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The introduction of Apple's iPad excited comic book readers around the world. Its large 10-inch color display was well suited to reading digital versions of their favorite comics, and hopes were high that new comic reader apps would become available. So far, a number of excellent titles have hit the app store. I've ranked my favorites by category. (Note: iPad versions of the app are listed; in most cases, an iPhone/iPod touch version is also available.)
Publisher-specific apps
Marvel was the first publisher on the scene with an excellent entry, followed closely by IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, and DC Comics. There are also title-specific apps, so if you're a fan of any specific series you may find an app tailored to your own favorite comic book.
Marvel Comics and DC Comics rule the publisher-specific roost
Free, app2.me/2564; app2.me/2565
Both of these apps were developed by ComixOlogy—with excellent results. With a solid selection of free and paid digital comic books, they are ensured a significant lead in the digital arena. Navigation is intuitive and easily accessed; a double tap allows you to enter and exit frame-by-frame panel flow mode, which sequentially displays each panel on a page, zoomed in for maximum viewing.
A tap or a swipe will move you from one panel or page to the next, while other options allow you to easily customize the app. Sadly, Marvel's digital online comic subscription ($59.88 per year or $9.99 for a single month) does NOT work with the Marvel app. While some of the older titles are free, the newer and more popular titles cost you $1.99 each. Just like Marvel, some of DC's comics are free, but others will cost you $1.99-$2.99.
The Marvel and DC apps provide the user with the best experience. And they are backed by the two major comic book publishing companies, each with an incredibly large catalog of comics.
Multi-publisher store apps
If you read a variety of comic books from different publishers, an app that more closely mimics the concept of a local comic book store may be more your speed. The same company that developed the Marvel and DC Comics apps has a generic app that lets you access a variety of publishers.
Comics—best multi-publisher app
Free, app2.me/2577
ComixOlogy offers a generic reader called Comics. In addition to Marvel and DC comics, it lets you download and read comics from a continually growing roster of indie publishers, including Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, Image, Dynamite, and more. The app also allows you to find comic stores close to you so you can purchase print version of issues you choose. Their Guided View Technology zooms in on each frame for easy viewing, just like the Marvel and DC Apps. This technology is what the big boys use and will be available for all books purchased through this app.
The newest contender in this genre is Comics + (free, app2.me/2578) by iVerse. This app not only lets you buy comics from the in-app storefront, it lets you read the latest comics-related headlines on its News screen. Comics + uses a bookshelf interface to display the comics you've downloaded. In addition, it offers IDW books in its store. The interface on Comics + is responsive but does not include the panel flow mode found in the ComixOlogy apps. This keeps me from using it too much.
Both of these apps allow users to connect to online stores and permit multi-device downloading and reading of books purchased. So, for example, you can purchase a comic on your iPhone and read it later on your iPad!
Read your own comics apps
Many comic collectors scan and electronically store their comic books in archive files. There are now a number of apps that let you view those files.
ComicZeal Comic Reader—Top read-your-own app
$7.99, app2.me/2580
The gold standard among read-your-own-comics apps, ComicZeal is available for both the iPhone and iPad. The iPad version closely resembles the slick user interface of the previously mentioned apps but does not have a frame-by-frame panel flow viewing mode.
ComicZeal's developer, Bitolithic, included an experimental feature in the latest update of the program. "Assisted Panning" causes the app to automatically display portions of the page. The app starts in the upper left corner and slowly moves across the page, from left to right. When it's finished with the top third of the page, it does the same for the middle and then the bottom third. This feature attempts to reduce the amount of manual panning users need to do when reading a scanned book. This is a good first step but doesn't feel quite as magical as the Guided View Technology described earlier.
ComicBook Lover (free, app2.me/2582) is a newcomer to the comic reader niche but shows promise. It supports the following comic archive formats: CBZ, CBR, and PDF as well as a folder of image files. It is simple, intuitive, and responsive. You can pan and zoom on pages; read comics by genre, publisher, and title; and lock viewing orientation. The app doesn't have as many options as ComicZeal, but it's free.
Both ComicZeal and ComicBook Lover let you transfer comics via Wi-Fi, a dedicated app on a Mac OS X, an FTP app on a PC or Linux computer, or the iTunes File Sharing feature.
A gold mine for comic lovers
With these apps installed, the iPad is a gold mine for comic lovers. Whether you want to download and read new releases or scan and view your existing collection of comics, you can't go wrong with any of these apps.


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A sea of 250 children and their families cheered and sang Smokey the Bear's theme song for his 70th birthday celebration Saturday afternoon at the Cradle of Forestry.
PISGAH FOREST -- Wearing a ranger's hat and dungarees and carrying a shovel, Smokey the Bear walked out on the lawn of the Cradle of Forestry to a sea of 250 children and their families cheering and singing his theme song for his 70th birthday celebration Saturday afternoon.
"It's his 70th birthday, so with that, we have a wide variety of kid's activities to entertain them and also educate them," Cradle of Forestry Director Jeff Owenby said.
Stations were set up around the Cradle's entrance with face painting and educational resources. Families could learn to set up and shut down a camp fire, and kids had the chance to strap on a fireman's backpack and practice putting out a faux fire with foam flames.
Katherine Therrell sat on the lawn with her grandson, Clayton, 3, singing the Smokey the Bear song while the boy held on tight to his little stuffed Smokey bear.
"He is visiting with us from Jonesboro, Arkansas, and so his older brother and dad are going on the trip at DuPont Forest for the Hunger Games, so Clayton and his grandfather and I came to Smokey's birthday party and we've been having a great time," Therrell said. "He's had his picture taken with Smokey and shot the fire hose to put the fire out, and we're getting ready to have cake and sing happy birthday to Smokey. It's been a great day."
When Smokey came out of the building and onto the lawn, children screamed and cheered, then sang "Happy Birthday" to him while rangers sliced off pieces of chocolate and vanilla cake to give to attendees.
Scott Underwood from Merritt Island, Fla., said he brings his wife and three children up for a 10-day camping trip at Davidson River each summer, and they always stop by the Cradle of Forestry while they're in town.
His son Ethan, 5, said his favorite part was getting to hug Smokey while daughter Hailey, 6, said she was most excited about her piece of chocolate cake.
"It was really thrilling because my dad, when he was little, he used to collect Smokey the Bear stuff, and when he got older he just always liked Smokey the Bear, so for us to be able to see him it was really exciting," Hannah, 12, said.
Following Smokey's visit, Carlton Burke with the Carolina Mountain Naturalist hosted a program in the amphitheater with rehabilitated native animals found in Pisgah Forest.
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Steven Pinker on music
Pinning down a definition of music is harder than it sounds.
A song composed by a human easily fits into the category of music. But what about a song composed by a bird? Or the rumble of a freight train?
Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist at Harvard, and he's written best-selling books about evolutionary psychology and language. He says music is tied to language.
"Music has a set of rhythms within rhythms that can align uncannily with those of speech," Pinker says.
There's an ongoing debate about whether music is "adaptive" — whether it serves a direct evolutionary purpose. Steven Pinker doesn't think it does.
He's argued that music is a happy byproduct of some other evolutionary adaptation. That idea stirred up some controversy when he first wrote about it in the 1990s, and it still does.
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It had been so with us had we been there.
He also goes on to express his regret that he let Hamlet continue to enjoy freedom when it was clear that he was plotting some kind of violence. As king, he recognises that he should have paid attention to the signs earlier and done something to restrict his freedom so as to protect himself and his people. What is interesting about this scene however is that Claudius now clearly suspects that Hamlet knows what he did to his father and how precisely his father died. He therefore acknowledges that Hamlet's actions are not the result of any madness, but a deliberate, cold plot to kill him. He however is not able to reveal this to Gertrude, and so has to watch his words very carefully. The murder of Polonius however certainly increases the tension, as it shows just how far Hamlet is willing to go in order to bring about his revenge. Claudius begins to fear for his own person.


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Nithsdale (Srath Nid in Scottish Gaelic), also known by its anglicised gaelic name Strathnith or Stranit, is the strath of the River Nith in Scotland, and the name of the region. It is possible that Strath Nid actually represents the Cumbric Ystrad Nidd as Cumbric (arising as it did from the British Language) was the dominant language in this area from before Roman times until the 11th or 12th Century whereas Gaelic influence here was late and transient. The River Nith flows north to south through the Southern Uplands in south-west Scotland, separating the Lowther hills from the Scaur hills. Nithsdale has historically been a strategic area as it forms an invasion route from England into central Scotland.
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UCROSS — The Ucross Foundation announced this week that it will not be putting on an Independence Day fireworks event this summer.
According to the press release, last July the foundation had made all the preparations for the fireworks, but was forced to cancel them two days beforehand, due to the severe fire dangers in the area. The Cato Fire had skirted the edge of the Ucross Ranch and serious fire hazards continued all summer at Ucross and throughout the region.
"There was a lot of discussion about this year and it was a tough call," Ucross President Sharon Dynak said in the release. "We realize it has been a very popular event, and we are grateful for all the support the community has shown. We hope to see everyone at different activities at Ucross during the year, and that fireworks enthusiasts will enjoy the other celebrations in the area, such as the Equestrian Center's fantastic show at Big Horn."
Ucross events that are planned for the summer will include an art exhibition "The Sporting Life" by acclaimed artist John Hull. The exhibit will feature paintings of small town rodeos, baseball, football and horse-racing.
"In addition, we are currently planning an open house at Ucross to take place in mid-August," Dynak said. "Community members will be invited to visit nationally known artists and writers in their private work studios. The residency program is marking its 30th anniversary in August and open studios would be a first-time opportunity for the community.
"At the new Raymond Plank Center, guests will have a chance to meet and talk with participants in a new project, the Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative, which will include a team from Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies," Dynak added.


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E. Fiegl-Bock, B.A. 1979, recently graduated from the Seton
Hall Law School in Newark, NJ, with a juris doctor degree.
Mary Sue French, B.S. 1980, has been promoted to the position
of plant controller at B.F. Goodrich in Cincinnati, OH.
Kirk A. Burzynski, M.B.A. 1983 & B.P.S. 1980, was
promoted by Ciminelli Development to director of development in
the firm's Buffalo, NY, location. Previously a project manager
for Ciminelli, he will oversee all aspects of new development
within the firm.
Albert A. Foster, J.D. 1983, has been named partner at
the San Francisco-based law firm of Dillingham & Murphy LLP, where
he will be the managing partner in the firm's new Washington,
DC, office.
E. Jeannette Ogden, J.D. 1983, was nominated this past
September by the Erie County Democratic Committee and the Erie
County Liberal Party to be an endorsed candidate for New York
State Supreme Court Justice.
David C. Spiro, B.A. 1985, recently relocated to Rochester,
NY, seeking a quieter life following an eventful past few years.
Living life to the fullest after receiving a lifesaving liver
transplant (see the profile of David that appeared in the Winter
1998 issue of UB Today), he is currently an organ recovery/placement
specialist with the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network. This
is the federally designated organ procurement organization that
serves Rochester and Syracuse, NY.
Michael J. Tremiti, B.A. 1985, has been appointed to the
position of vice president of commercial lending for First Niagara
Bank, formerly Lockport Savings Bank. In his new position, he
will lead the commercial real estate and small business lending
side of the bank's Rochester, NY, loan production office. He brings
more than thirteen years of banking experience to First Niagara.
Neil D. Honschke, B.A. 1986, is currently a trial attorney
for Brotman, Graziano & Hubert in Trenton, NJ.
Karen D. Lalli, B.P.S. 1986, a strategic facilities planner
with 12 years' experience, is a six-year member of the Hillier
Group's Corporate Studio, where her most recent projects include
a strategic facilities plan for Warner Lambert in Morris Plains,
NJ; national program guidelines for Sprint in Overland Park, KS;
and a space program for Arthur Anderson in Philadelphia, PA.
Douglas C. Bean, M.B.A. 1987, has been appointed to the
board of directors of Eric Mower and Associates in Buffalo, NY,
where he will be responsible for setting the direction and standards
that define the ad agency's practice. Before joining the agency
in 1988 as an account supervisor, he served as director of marketing
communications for M&T Bank and was also manager of marketing
and communications for the Cannon Corporation.
Terry M. Collins, B.S. 1988, has been promoted to director
of nursing at Seneca Health Care Center in West Seneca, NY. She
is a member of the New York State Nurses Association and the Directors
of Nursing for Long-Term Care Facilities of Western New York.
James P. Kennedy, J.D. 1988, has joined the Buffalo, NY,
law firm of Bouvier, O'Connor as an associate in the litigation
department. He previously served in the New York State Attorney
General's Office as a trial attorney, earlier serving in the same
capacity for the Erie County Attorney's Office.
Michael J. Perry, B.S. 1988, recently reported to the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. The
university prepares students for worldwide duty as career physicians
in the Army, Navy, Air Force and the U.S. Public Health Service.
In exchange for tuition-free education, graduates agree to serve
a minimum of seven years' active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Wayne P. Wawrzyniec, B.S. 1988, has been promoted to chief
financial officer, full service fabrication, machining and special
products divisions, at Ascension Industries of North Tonawanda,
NY, a full-service metalworking contract manufacturer of parts,
subassemblies and complete products for domestic and international
Daniel J. Clark, M.B.A. 1989, has been promoted to vice
president of operations for Kemin Industries in Des Moines, IA.
He will be responsible for manufacturing, purchasing and distribution
at Kemin's feed and food in gredient company located in Des Moines,
and in Hitchcock, TX.
Ann E. Markle, M.S.W. 1989, has been named assistant rector
of Calvary Episcopal Church in Williamsville, NY. She is a recent
graduate of Yale University's Berkeley Divinity School.
Penelope D. Ploughman, J.D. 1989, Ph.D. 1984, M.A. 1978 &
B.A. 1976, is currently an associate counsel for the State
University of New York's Office of the University Counsel and
Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs in Albany, NY.
Terry W. Young, B.S. 1989, has been promoted to manager
of Blasland, Bouck & Lee, a multidisciplinary firm of consulting
engineers and scientists in Syracuse, NY. He is a licensed professional
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We chose to use the Department of Homeland Security's National Planning
Scenarios to assure consistency with other preparedness and response efforts
that are being developed. While these scenarios do not cover all possibilities
for health emergencies, they do include a wide spectrum of disasters that communities
could face. Though there are many other potential disaster scenarios that have
been developed, these scenarios have been developed in a very structured manner
and with participation of numerous Federal agencies.
We reviewed all 15 scenarios and determined which could benefit from utilization
of the potential response capabilities of community health call centers. We
then developed a matrix that lists each scenario including expected casualties,
infrastructure damage, evacuation/displacement of persons, sheltering and victim
care strategies. In addition, we determined the necessary potential community
health call center responses. The six potential response capabilities for community
health call centers include providing health information, disease surveillance,
triage/decision support, quarantine/isolation support, outpatient drug information/adverse
event reporting and mental health issues.
We decided to focus our model development on scenarios that: involved great
health impacts, had potential for many "worried well" (those with
little or no injury that could overwhelm health systems), could benefit from
home management/sheltering in place strategies, and included intact community
infrastructure so that call centers would be able to operate. It was determined
that the four biological related scenarios (Biological Attack—Aerosol
Anthrax, Biological Disease Outbreak—Pandemic Influenza, Biological
Attack—Plague, Biological Attack—Food Contamination) afforded
the opportunity to involve all six potential response capabilities for community
health call centers.
The resulting applications are for:
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The QI Monitoring Application should have the capability to automatically
place outbound calls to individuals in home quarantine/isolation to assess
their current health status. The directions given to the quarantined person
should be clear and the person should have the ability to repeat a message.
The application will be designed to accommodate two language selections (English and Spanish)
that the call recipient will select at the beginning of the call.
The application will call the quarantined person at the specified time periods,
provide messages identifying the purpose of the call, require the person to
select an option that reflects their current health status (transferring
them to an information provider for assistance if needed), and provide information
about who to call if assistance is needed before the next monitoring call.
If a person does not answer a call upon the first attempt, the application
will initiate a second call attempt within a defined time period. If the
second call attempt goes unanswered, the application will flag this person
as non-compliant. The QI Monitoring Application will also provide reports
on compliance to further follow-ups can be made by appropriate agencies.
Future scope changes will include ability to dial out 12,000 calls during
a ten-hour period (requiring ten simultaneous outbound calls on IR).
following application was the results of modifications following exercises
with the San Luis Valley Region Exercise, October 2005 and the North Central
Region Exercise, May 2006.
Application Data Flow
QI Main Call Flow (English)
QI 2nd Language Call Flow (Spanish)
Call Record Table (Example)
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April is National Poetry Month and if it isn't April now, it's going to be April someday, so you better get ready.
I'm working on a sestina.
For sestina, say six.
A sestina is a puzzle of a poem built around six words that repeat 6 times in blocks of six lines according to a six-way pattern. Then it's capped off with the six words trundled tightly into 3 lines. Here are the regs and rules.
I used a psycho-random technique to select my six words, jotting down the first interesting word I spotted in each of the six previous days of my journal:
gobble – season – pulse – planet – nucleus – answer
I copied them out six times, according to the rules of the pattern and doggedly herded syllables, images, and short speeches into the empty places, thinking, write something terrible and you'll have plenty to tinker with.
It was so terrible I quit in the middle of the third stanza. Maybe I should have had more of an idea to start with. Maybe I needed better words: like fence instead of planet. Maybe I should check out some examples.
In an oft-cited sestina entitled "Sestina", Elizabeth Bishop uses the words:
house – grandmother – child – stove – almanac – tears
The resulting sestina is astonishingly beautiful. Here are some lines from the middle to give you an idea:
…The iron kettle sings on the stove.
She cuts some bread and says to the child
It's time for tea now; but the child
is watching the teakettle's small hard tears
dance like mad on the hot black stove
the way the rain must dance on the house.
Tidying up, the grandmother
hangs up the clever almanac
on its string. Birdlike, the almanac
hovers half open above the child
hovers above the old grandmother
and her cup full of dark brown tears…
A couple weeks later I tinkered with my sestina some more. Now it's got
…pulsing gullets of gobblelty
geese, orange beaks reaching to gobble
falling hail…
I could give my sestina
…rich gobbled
minerals, water, atmosphere, a split nucleus
and the dark denied march of the penultimate season
My sestina might even get
…an idea, a planet
whose whirl and what matter a nucleus
binds to a grammar called answers.
I think sestinas call for sestina parties. Divvy up the work, multiply the imagination. People did stuff like that before they had Netflix, and you can try it at home, too. The sestina party handout explains the pattern and gives directions for organizing 6 to 36 people to write a sestina over the course of an evening.
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Google has launched a new music service to take on iTunes, MySpace, and Amazon in the battle for your digital download dollar.
Called simply "Google Music," the product was designed to chip away at competitors' base markets. Songs — 13 million eventually, eight million today — will be available for download at costs similar to iTunes. Artists, for a $25 fee, will be able to start their own pages, with free streaming music, much like they currently do on MySpace.
Downloads will be stored in the user's "Music Manager," which Google says will be compatible with an iTunes library.
While there is little doubt the new service will make an instant impact on the market, there is some skepticism among analysts about its long-term viability.
"Google has a history of both underfunding their efforts and not completing them neither of which bodes well for Google against Apple here as Apple typically doesn't make either mistake," said Rob Enderle, head tech analyst at his Enderle group. "It has, historically, been very difficult to displace Apple in a market they have already taken."
In a bid to lure away Apple's famously loyal fan base, Google has put 20,000 songs online for free download right away. Artists including The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Busta Rhymes (who was in the room for yesterday's announcement), Dave Matthews Band, and Shakira have all gone in on the game and made available live albums.
Sony Music, Universal and its EMI division, among other, smaller labels are bringing their considerable back catalogs to the project. Missing still is Warner, meaning no chance, for the time being, to hear or download artists like Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa.
The new service should also boost Android mobile, Google's answer to the iPhone. While Apple insists on wedding their software to the actual phone, Google has outsourced handset production. For that reason, there are currently, according to Google, 200 million Android users. That's about a 50 percent market share. The iPhone, despite its pop culture cache, has just a 15 percent share, as reported by the AP and research firm Gartner.
But volume doesn't guarantee profits.
"Android currently outsells Apple but there isn't a lot of consistency in the installed base with surprisingly few products on current versions of Google's platform," Enderle told ABC News. "This makes it difficult to assure the kind of consistent experience Apple offers. I'n addition, when we move from sales to profits, Apple is massively more profitable with their devices than Google is, which allows them to spend more developing and promoting them."
In a jab at Facebook, which has entered the digital music arena with its partnership with Spotify, Google will also allow users of Google+, the company's embattled social networking venture, to get a free play of any song or album purchased by someone in their "circles."
"[Google Music] is likely to be seen as unfinished initially given Google's unfortunate history with new products, but it is likely to improve sharply over time and Google can afford to carry this a long time," Enderle said.


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DAVID MOYES has no plans to go January shopping to boost his Everton squad.
The Toffees are currently riding high in fourth in the Premier League, having
lost just once this season.
And the Scot does not expect to be able to bring in players to consolidate
their position when the transfer window reopens.
Moyes said: "I don't think we'll strengthen in January. I don't think we'll be
looking to do any business.
"Not because we wouldn't want to but I just don't think we will have the
resources to properly do it in January."
In the summer transfer window Moyes signed Steven Naismith, Kevin Mirallas and
bought Steven Pienaar back from Tottenham.
Prior to that he splashed out on Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic and Manchester
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Tennis Court vs. College Paper: 6 Skills You Need to Be a Master in Both Activities
College success consists of many things. Students must be academically ready for an independent decision-making to do better in classes, as well as to have a pleasant overall experience. While the college years are
Coping under pressure: how to play your best tennis when it really matters?
If you're looking for a definition for the word 'choker' then your best starting point would be Jean Van De Velde's final hole at the 1999 British Open. If you have forgotten, or indeed have never even heard of it, I'll set the scene for you.
Wimbledon Day Three Roundup: Who Got Through?
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Betting has become a popular gambling activity for most of the sports played world-wide. For example, Horse racing, Boxing, Tennis, Football, aFormula One are some of the sports that are most frequently bet on.
Tennis Players Who Were Scouted As Talents At A Young Age
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Clear away the coffee table clutter. The Dijit Universal Remote app transforms your iPhone, iPad or Android into a one-stop control for all the different media players and sound systems in your home. The program, developed by Dijit Media Incorporated, works together with Griffin Technology's Beacon, which acts as a bridge between your entertainment system and your smartphone or tablet. The Beacon is sold separately for iOS and Android, and it costs $69.99. Then the free Dijit app works to control the system and create your universal remote. Once installed, the app provides a customizable interface. Select which buttons should appear; group commands to control multiple systems with the one click; and create a unique guide using only the shows or channels you want to watch. The Dijit app can support multiple systems in different rooms or houses. Download it from the iTunes App Store or the Android Market. These sites are not affiliated with AFCEA or SIGNAL Magazine, and we are not responsible for the content or quality of the products offered. When visiting new websites, please use proper Internet security procedures.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:17 AM
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Great America sale could open way for 49ers stadium
Original post made on Sep 21, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:17 AM
Comments (3)
a resident of Stoneridge
on Sep 21, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Not really a local issue, but I work down there, so I thought I'd comment.
I see this as another nail in the coffin of Great America. I think a theme park doesn't really fit into the portfolio of JMA, and so it'll be converted into something else. Maybe it's a good thing. I'm thinking that Great America had its chance in the beginning to be a mini-Disney, but that real estate is probably more valuable as a residential/shopping area.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Sep 21, 2011 at 6:50 pm
I agree.
Such deals are not my area of expertise, but the price strikes me as too low to express confidence on either side that the park has the kind of value that would justify keeping it open.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 21, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Does anyone know whether/not there will be any taxpayer subsizidation with the new stadium? I sure hope not.
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FUV Essentials: So Far
Our FUV Essentials... include you. (illustrations by Andy Friedman)
There are so many variables that determine what makes an artist, band or sound "essential" — longevity, impact, influence, history and discography — so WFUV takes a deeper look with FUV Essentials. On-air and online, we celebrate the musicians who have shaped our cultural soundtrack for the past fifty years and still continue to do so.
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- Elton John
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- Arcade Fire
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- Motown
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- The Beatles
- Ray Charles
- Lucinda Williams
- The Replacements
- The Band
- Ryan Adams
- Natalie Merchant
- Leonard Cohen
- Steely Dan
- Van Morrison
- Nirvana
- Aretha Franklin
- Wilco
- Led Zeppelin
- Patti Smith
- Marvin Gaye
- Talking Heads
- The Grateful Dead
- Radiohead
- The Ramones
- Joni Mitchell
- Beck
- Paul Simon
- Peter Gabriel
- The Cure
- Prince
- Bob Marley
- Bob Dylan
- The National
- Stevie Wonder
- The Pretenders
- Bruce Springsteen
- Bonnie Raitt
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Clint Stitser, Real Estate Agent And Redskins KickerPosted by on August 19, 2011 – 2:45 pm
With Graham Gano currently celebrating the birth of his first child, the Redskins have added Clint Stitser as an insurance policy on kicking duties for tonight.
There is still a chance that Gano can make the games.
Stitser is 26 years old, and a resident of Reno, Nev. As a matter of fact, when he's not working on putting one through the uprights, he's working on trying to make you a resident of Reno, Nev.
Clint Stitser's day job is as a real estate agent for Reno Real Estate. His latest message on his Facebook page reads:
Hi All! The Reno Housing Authority is using Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Funds to rehab homes and offer them to first time homebuyers. Their first unit of 2011 just hit the market and there are some HUGE incentives for first time homebuyers. (like up to $30,000 in no-interest no-payment forgivable loans and a $5,000 cash grant for closing costs) If you have questions give me a shout!
And apparently, the Redskins did give him a shout. The following video is an example of the Clint Stitser real estate experience:
And this is what Stitser will be doing tonight for the Burgundy and Gold:
I just found a renewed interest in special teams again.
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By scolba on Aug 19, 2011 | Reply
Ok, so you gotta wonder what they were thinking here. Management/Coaches certainly had to know Gano's wife was about due….its not like this sort of thing really sneaks up on people. Why wouldn't they have kept Shayne Graham around for another week or two, brutal performance or not? He still is one of the most accomplished kickers ever….
By Danny Ambrose on Aug 19, 2011 | Reply
We Love have him to redskins new kicker!
By WashN10-4Life on Aug 19, 2011 | Reply
Well he looks like he has a leg and is pretty accurate. But the question is… Why isn't he already in the NFL kicking? I wouldn't mind seeing what he's got. Per his video, he can kick it. But can he do it under pressure? We'll see (maybe).
By Brian Tinsman on Aug 19, 2011 | Reply
Last year he went 7 for 8 last year for the Bengals, missing his one inside of 30.
I've never seen him live, but it looks like he just needs an opportunity. Maybe it will happen tonight, maybe not?
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Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor--which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is stuck in the clink. Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow. His allies may not add up to much--his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate--but Noah's got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.
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Mario Saucedo of Solano AIDS Coalition has put on several World AIDS Day events in downtown Vallejo, but he and his assistant promised this year's will be bigger and better.
"A lot of people will be celebrating and coming together to raise awareness. It's going to be beautiful," said Izzy Drumgoole, SAC vice president.
Events get underway 3 p.m. Dec. 1 with a Block Party and Health Fair in the 300 block of Georgia Street. There, participants will find informational booths, vendors, artists and poets, performances, live music and resources.
At 6 p.m. a ceremony will include a blessing, church choir singing, candle lighting and remarks. That will be followed by a Dance Party from 7-9 p.m.
Saucedo said he and his volunteers aim to "paint the town red" on World AIDS Day and encourage people who come to dress in red to show their support and solidarity.
The Vallejo event is meant to raise awareness and help lift the stigma of AIDs while also getting the word out about the need to take necessary precautions.
This year, several city leaders and others in Vallejo have banded together to stage a full day of education, entertainment and celebration. Mayor Osby Davis said he put the issue on a recent City Council agenda so the city and others could sponsor the event and lend a hand.
"The most important thing is celebrating the lives of all those lost to HIV/AIDS and to educate and provide the community with information. AIDS is devastating our city," Saucedo said.
Informational booths will be staffed by health professionals from Touro University, La Clinica, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo High School, and others. Further, the Chinese Martial Arts school will perform to teach and empower children.
Greater Vallejo Recreation District, Ozcat Radio and other community organizations are also expected to participate.
Following the Dance Party, more adult entertainment gets underway with the Queen of Hearts Drag Show, 9 p.m. at The Artiszen Cultural Arts Center, 337 Georgia St. For tickets to this adult-only event contact Saucedo at (707) 450-5861.
Throughout the day, toy donations for the annual Solano AIDS Coalition holiday give-away for children will be taken at the organization's new thrift store and headquarters at 329 Georgia St. The giveaway takes place Dec. 21.
For more details on World AIDS Day events go to www.facebook.com/JoinSolanoAIDSCoalition.


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PALMA CEIA — Who better than a formerly professionally ranked paintball player to sell and service extreme sports gear, Chris Spena thought when he opened Alternative Sports in mid September.
"I've been in the industry most of my life,'' he said, "the last 10 years consulting and directing stores just like mine.''
At least a dozen brands of skateboards and wakeboards are stocked at the store, directly across from H.B. Plant High School, plus paintball and airsoft rifles, pistols, ammo and other related equipment.
The game of Airsoft differs from traditional paintball in the use of plastic biodegradable BBs rather than paint, said Spena, who will be organizing competitions in the near future.
A promotion to an executive position with a paintball manufacturer brought the New Jersey native to Tampa four years ago.
"I love it here,'' said Spena, 28, "and it helps that the sports I support can be played all year."
This is the place for repairs and maintenance, he adds. "We can repair almost anything you can throw at us.''
Spena is planning Black Friday specials this weekend. Alternative Sports is open seven days a week at 2307 S Dale Mabry Highway. Visit alternative-sports.com or call (813) 443-0635.
Weight Watchers store hours get a makeover
Old-school Weight Watchers employees used to open a half hour before a meeting, then turn off the lights, lock up and leave when the session ended.
Now a pilot program for the Weight Watchers of the future is being tested in the Tampa Bay area and St. Louis, Mo.
"We closed existing centers and reopened to offer retail hours in new locations," said Debbie Quinn-Williams, member service specialist.
There are five sites in Hillsborough County: the South Town Center in South Tampa, as well as centers in Riverview, Brandon, New Tampa and Carrollwood.
"So far, it's been extremely successful," she said. "Anyone can walk in anytime, not just for meetings, but to get weighed, have a consultation and purchase products."
But Quinn-Williams is most excited about the new program the company is launching Sunday. The public relations department won't let her reveal anything about it other than this: "We will be introducing the biggest changes Weight Watchers has seen in the last 13 years."
For more information, call or visit Weight Watchers, 3830 W Neptune St.; (813) 254-1290.
Restaurant owners look to FRESH idea
The numbers are adding up for FRESH co-owners Bryan Goodell and Jeffrey Morzella, who opened the Franklin Street restaurant in August.
Numbers like these: 100 toppings to create salads and paninis, 35 homemade dressings, 36 kinds of cereal, plus 10 flavorings, from Irish cream to banana, to add to the milk.
"Everything is based on a spine of ingredients that are interchangeable," said Goodell, a chef at age 22 at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass, who later switched into marketing.
Customers can choose from a menu of 32 salads or direct their own creation.
They can pick from 20 paninis or design one from the roast beef, chicken, turkey and ham made right there.
FRESH offers a dozen flavors of frozen yogurt and an array of natural sodas, sweetened with cane sugar. No artificial colorings added.
College kids like the mix of cereals, hot and cold, which cost $3.69 for 24 ounces or $5.59 for 32 ounces.
But the magic number, said Goodell is $10, as in "everything is less than $10."
And no tipping. "We make it and hand it over the glass," he said. "That helps in this economy."
Goodell said they chose downtown for its "captured lunch audience. Brown bag intentions get shoved under the desk soon as the crowd goes out to lunch."
After work and weekends, "people come in sweat clothes from a jog or the gym,'' said Goodell, a downtown condominium resident himself.
"We are the un-restaurant." FRESH is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 507 N Franklin St. Call (813) 229-5500.
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Living the Dream is an exciting, four-part, series about Irish families who've always dreamt of moving abroad but are cautious of taking the plunge. This series gives them the opportunity to live their dream for a week - without sinking their lifelong savings into a venture they're not 100% sure will succeed. The question is, will it be the dream they long for or the nightmare they fear?
In each episode our participants get to run a business in a location they are keen to discover. We follow our families as they travel to Croatia, Normandy, New York and Bordeaux and get hands on experience in their dream businesses. But can they overcome the challenges they meet? Are they able to handle temperamental owners, cultural differences and the language barriers?
Bibi Baskin, who has lived her own dream for the last decade in India, returns to Ireland again to narrate the series.


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Following Rollup 1 in March and Rollup 2 in June, Rollup 3 for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 RTM and SP1 is available now on Partner Source and Customer Source. In addition to the hotfixes, Rollup 3 includes multiple country-specific regulatory updates for various regions on SYP and GLS layers except for GLS-TR (Turkey). Most of these country-specific regulatory updates are mandated by law in the countries that they apply. The KB article of Rollup 3 provides a list of these updates with the detailed information on the changes.
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Come touch a truck, see clowns at Central Park
Come out to Largo Central Park, 101 Central Park Drive, on Saturday for the 16th Annual Touch-a-Truck and Florida Clown Day. Bring the whole family out from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to climb, honk and play around in a variety of vehicles. This year, Touch-a-Truck will feature tethered hot-air balloon rides from noon to 4 p.m. Kids of all ages also can enjoy inflatables, train rides along Largo Central Railroad, and a rocket ship car ride. Uptown Clown Alley will feature 100 clowns from across the state. The event is free; balloon rides are $10 per person. Limited on-site parking is available, and there will be shuttles offered from Largo High School. The parking lot at Largo Middle School also will be open. Call (727)587-6740, ext. 5014.
Books will sell for a song at local library
The Friends of the Largo Library will hold a weeklong book sale from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30. The sale includes books for all ages. Children's books will start at 25 cents; all other items will be $1.
The sale will be in the Jenkins Room of Largo Library, 120 Central Park Drive, and will be during regular library hours. However, on opening day, the Friends of the Largo Library will begin at 10 a.m., before the rest of the library opens.
Call (727) 587-6715.
St. Petersburg
Higher education event is free at Eckerd College
The Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College hosts the next installment in the ASPEC Public Forum Series, "Higher Education, Not Just a Profession," presented by Dr. Margaret Sullivan, at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Lewis House on the Eckerd College Campus, 4200 54th Ave. S.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (727) 864-8834 or visit eckerd.edu/aspec.
St. Petersburg
Vendors sought for first J. Weldon Johnson Fest
Vendors are sought for the first James Weldon Johnson Festival, which will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 26, in the parkland behind the James Weldon Johnson Branch Library, 1059 18th Ave. S. Vendors from area businesses, agencies and organizations are invited to apply for a display space at a cost of $25 for each 10 by 10 space. Vendors supply tables and chairs. A vendor application, general release form and a $25 check, made payable to the Friends of the Johnson Branch Library, should be mailed to: Friends of the Johnson Branch Library, P.O. Box 1061, St. Petersburg, FL, 33731.
Forms and fees must be received by Feb. 28. The $25 fee is waived for any interested nonprofit organization. For more information, or to obtain the required forms, visit or call the Johnson Branch Library at (727) 893-7213, or contact Kevin Johnson at (727) 342-2235 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
St. Pete Beach
St. Alban's hosts free classical music recital
Edward Crader, American tenor and pianist, presents a recital of classical music and show tunes at 3 p.m. today at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 330 85th Ave.
Joined by his students from the Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute at Ruth Eckerd Hall, the sounds of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim will fill the church. The event is free and open to the public, but donations are appreciated. Call the church office at (727) 360-8406.
Belleair Beach
League of Women Voters' forum is Tuesday
The League of Women Voters will moderate a Candidates Forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Belleair Beach Community Center, 444 Causeway Blvd.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for the public to submit questions for the two candidates, Kathy Mortensen and Stan Sofer.
The election is March 8. For more information, call (727) 595-4646.
Tampa Bay Area
One-act plays sought for annual festival
West Coast Players have extended an invitation to novice, emerging or accomplished playwrights to submit one-act plays to be performed at the Annual One Act Festival, July 8, 9 and 10.
All plays must be original (no adaptations), require minimal staging and not previously staged in the Tampa Bay area. Blatantly adult themes and/or language are only acceptable when the play reading committee considers it vital to the plot. Approximately eight plays will be chosen. The entry fee is $5. A portion will be awarded to three playwrights whose scripts are designated as favorites by audience vote.
Send one copy of the script, typed in standard format (no e-mails) postmarked no later than April 1 to: West Coast Players, Attn: One-Act Play Producer, P.O. Box 5022, Clearwater, FL, 33758. Be sure to include street address, telephone number and e-mail. For more information, call (727) 437-2363.
Tampa Bay Area
Hard-of-hearing can get free equipment
The Deaf and Hearing Connection offers amplified telephones, captioned telephones, TTYs and related equipment free to permanent Florida residents who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind or speech-impaired. Equipment is available by appointment Monday through Friday at the main office in Seminole, 7821 Seminole Blvd., and other satellite location throughout Pinellas and Hillsborough. The agency also offers free hearing screenings by appointment, low-cost hearing aids, cleaning and repairs. Call (727) 399-9983 (voice) or (727) 399-9422 (TTY) or visit dhctb.org.
Dixie Hollins alumni plan multiclass reunion
Dixie Hollins alumni are planning a multiclass reunion for the classes of 1970 through 1974 for the weekend of June 17 to 19 at the Sirata Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach.
Organizers are having trouble contacting some alumni. Any alumni who have not been contacted and who are interested in attending should contact Sherry Brock at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 347-9662.
St. Patrick school hosts Winter Luau on Jan. 22
Tickets are on sale for the Winter Luau hosted by St. Patrick Catholic School from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 22.
There will be authentic island cuisine and entertainment. Advance tickets are $18 for adults and $8 for kids 14 and younger.
Tickets can be purchased at the rectory at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1507 Trotter Road, Largo. (727) 687-5415.
Gowns, services sought as prom season nears
Thousands of teens can't afford a dress as prom season approaches. The Gathering of Women Inc. has sponsored the Prom Dress Drive for three years.
The organization seeks donations of gowns and accessories including shoes, jewelry and makeup purses in like-new condition.
Hair salons, florists, dry cleaners and limousine services also are needed to make prom a memorable day for local teens. For information, call (727) 321-8825.
Donate food, toiletries to help overseas troops
Troops in the Middle East need candy, cookies, microwave popcorn, peanut butter, crackers, canned fruits and meats, flavored soft drink mix, beef jerky, small microwavable products, women's hygiene products, baby wipes, lip balm, sunscreen, bandanas, socks, resealable plastic food-storage bags, and cotton swabs. Donations can be dropped off at the Army Recruiting Office at 11223 78th Ave. N, Seminole; VFW Post 4256 at 12901 Gulf Blvd., Madeira Beach; VFW Post 9272 at 10997 72nd Ave. N, Seminole; American Legion Post 7 at 1760 Turner St., Clearwater; and Extra Space Storage at 4319 Duhme Road, Madeira Beach. Cash donations are also needed to cover shipping. Checks should be made payable to UPS Store and mailed to P.O. Box 86223, Madeira Beach, FL, 33738. For information, call Joe Tapp at (727) 432-1057.
Charity seeks warm clothes for boys
Clothes To Kids needs warm clothes for boys. These items, along with any other clothing donations, can be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at two Clothes To Kids locations:
• St. Petersburg, 3251 Third Ave. N, Suite 145
• Clearwater, 1059 N Hercules Ave.
Cash donations are also welcome. Clothes To Kids is a nonprofit that provides free clothing to low-income, school-age children in Pinellas County. For information, call (727) 441-5050 or visit ClothesToKids.org.


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From the horror of domestic violence to uplifting scenes of domestic bliss, this week's best ads show very different sides of life and the human condition.
Adidas's most famous Argentinian brand endorser has a dream befitting his severe case of World Cup fever; Coca-Cola sweetens our day with a spot bubbling over with joy; and Apple shows us beautifully how its iPad can help foster the creative instinct. On the flip side, a tongue-in-cheek LG appliance spot highlights the high risks of greater household efficiency; and a PSA shows the very different reactions people have to violence, depending on the gender of the person inflicting it.
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