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Three Kings
USA / Australia
Film: Oct 1999 (USA)
DVD: Apr 2000; Sep 2007 (2-DVD)
Video Download: Oct 2007
David O. Russell
John Ridley (story); David O. Russell (screenplay)
George Clooney (Maj. Archie Gates); Mark Wahlberg (Sfc. Troy Barlow); Ice Cube (SSgt. Chief Elgin); Spike Jonze (Pfc. Conrad Vig); Cliff Curtis (Amir Abdullah); Nora Dunn (Adriana Cruz); Jamie Kennedy (PV2 Walter Wogaman); Saïd Taghmaoui (Capt. Said); Mykelti Williamson (Col. Ron Horn); Holt McCallany (Capt. Doug Van Meter); Judy Greer (Cathy Daitch); Christopher Lohr (Teebaux); Jon Sklaroff (Paco); Liz Stauber (Debbie Barlow, Troy's Wife); Marsha Horan (Amir's Wife)
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in "Three Kings," the story of a small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. (imran)
In the days immediately after the Gulf War, a group of American soldiers come across a secret Iraqi map, which discloses the whereabouts of a bunker where Iraq is storing stolen gold and treasure from Kuwait. The soldiers hope to take the gold and keep it for themselves. However, when they arrive at the site, they discover that the Iraqi army is more concerned about persecuting its civilians than stopping them from stealing the gold. They learn that the civilians have been encouraged by the U.S. government to rise up and fight Sadaam Hussein, but are facing certain execution because the U.S. military refuses to help them. This incident creates a crisis of conscience for the American soldiers. Do they take the money and run, leaving the civilians to face certain death at the hands of the Iraqi army? Or do they risk losing the gold in order to escort them to safety across the border into Iran? (jgp3553)
At the end of the Persian Gulf War, four U.S. soldiers plan to steal a secret stash of Kuwaiti gold. Instead, they find themselves getting involved with civilians being executed by Saddam Hussein and left defenseless by the U.S. military. (Chief Elgin)
A confident hybrid of M*A*S*H, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Dr. Strangelove, Three Kings is one of the most seriously funny war movies ever made. Improving the premise of Kelly's Heroes with scathing intelligence, it explores the odd connection between war and consumerism in the age of Humvees and cellular phones. Writer-director David O. Russell's third film (after Spanking the Monkey and Flirting with Disaster), it's a no-holds-barred portrait of personal conscience in the volatile arena of politics, played out by one of the most gifted filmmakers to emerge in the 1990s.
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze (director of Being John Malkovich) play a quartet of U.S. soldiers who, disillusioned by Operation Desert Storm, decide to steal $23 million in gold hijacked from Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's army. Getting the bullion out of an Iraqi stronghold is easy; keeping it is a potentially lethal proposition. By the end of their mercenary mission, the Americans can no longer ignore wartime atrocities (and neither can we--the film is boldly unflinching), and conscience demands their aid to Iraqi rebels abandoned by President George Bush's fickle wartime policy. This is serious stuff indeed, but Russell infuses Three Kings with a keen sense of the absurd, and the entire film is an exercise in breathtaking visual ingenuity. Despite a conventional ending that's mildly disappointing for such a brashly original film, Three Kings conveys the brutal madness of war while making you laugh out loud at the insanity. (Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com)
English, Arabic
114 min (Film 2000) / 115 min (DVD, VHS, Video Download) / 245 min (2-DVD)
J.S. Bach's Music:
Gloria (Cum Sancto Spiritu in Gloria dei Patris) from Mass in B minor BWV 232
Neville Marriner / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus & Orchestra
From: Bach: Mass in B Minor (Philips) [V-1]
Film: Color (Technicolor), DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
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Film: Warner Bros. Pictures; Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with); Village-A.M. Partnership (in association with); Coast Ridge; Atlas Entertainment; Junger Witt Productions
DVD: Warner Home Video
VHS: Warner Home Video
Video Download: Warner Bros.
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2-DVD: Amazon.com [Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC]
VHS: Amazon.com [Closed-captioned, Dolby]
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Dodgers dug out of trenches in '06
Comeback Dodgers made big gains in 2006
In last place on July 26, 7 1/2 games out of first, the Dodgers gained eight games in 15 days and won 17 of 18 for the first time since 1899. The club broke its home attendance record with more than 3.75 million.
In addition to All-Star selections of Brad Penny and Nomar Garciaparra, the Dodgers received unexpected contributions from rookies Russell Martin, Andre Ethier and Takashi Saito, among others. Saito, who inherited the closer role after injuries to Eric Gagne and Yhency Brazoban and Danys Baez's ineffectiveness, set a franchise rookie record with 24 saves.
The offense lacked power, but Rafael Furcal shook off an early-season slump and Garciaparra repeatedly delivered clutch hits to support J.D. Drew's 100 RBIs. Penny and Derek Lowe each won 16 games and received a late-season boost with the arrival of future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux.
Free-agent pitcher Brett Tomko was signed to a two-year contract. Jae Seo and Tim Hamulack were acquired from the Mets for Duaner Sanchez and Steve Schmoll. Furcal and Jeff Kent underwent knee and wrist operations, respectively.
Little opened his first Spring Training as Dodgers manager. Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully signed a contract extension through the 2008 season. Chairman Frank McCourt announced that player names will return to the backs of uniforms for the 2007 season.
Hee-Seop Choi was claimed off waivers by Boston, and Gagne soon joined them with a second operation on his elbow in 10 months, followed by Brazoban's elbow operation. Jason Repko got off to a fast start offensively, and Penny went 2-0 with a 2.32 ERA to start a first half that led to an All-Star Game start. Baez shined in relief, earning eight saves in the month with a 1.32 ERA, allowing just 11 hits, three walks and striking out 10.
Aaron Sele took over Odalis Perez's spot in the starting rotation and won three of his five starts in the month. Rookie Martin is called up to replace the injured Dioner Navarro and never gives up the starting catching job. Bill Mueller had knee surgery that effectively ended his career, and Garciaparra had 28 RBIs en route to an All-Star berth.
Gagne finally returned, but it was short-lived, as his surgically repaired elbow still was not sound and he soon returned to the disabled list. Rookies Willie Aybar, Martin and Matt Kemp stepped up, particularly Kemp, who hit seven home runs in the month. Cesar Izturis returned from elbow surgery, but at third base. Mark Hendrickson and Toby Hall were acquired from Tampa Bay for Seo, Navarro and Justin Ruggiano.
The Dodgers went 9-16 in July and fell into last place. Penny was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game and Garciaparra won the Final Man vote for an All-Star berth. Gagne, still not healed from elbow surgery, injured his back and underwent surgery to repair a herniated disk. Ethier, the NL Player of the Week from July 3-9, had a big month at the plate (5 HR, 34 hits, 5 doubles, 2 triples, 18 RBIs), leading the club in all offensive categories but one -- Furcal had two more hits than Ethier.
The Dodgers, after losing 13 of 14, turned around the season with an 11-game win streak and went from last to first, as they exploded for 21 wins during the month of August. The month started with the arrival of Maddux and Julio Lugo, joining another newcomer, Wilson Betemit, who led the club with seven homers. Saito continued to excel as the closer by default.
The Dodgers finished September tied for the division lead and two games up in the Wild Card. An injured Garciaparra provided two key walk-off home runs, one after four Dodgers hit consecutive home runs on Sept. 18 to send a game into extra innings. Rookie James Loney, who filled in at first base for Garciaparra on Sept. 28, tied a franchise record with nine RBIs in a single game -- Gil Hodges set the record in 1950. Penny also picked up his league-leading 16th win.
The Dodgers finished the season winning their last seven games and eight of the final nine, tying San Diego for the division lead and advancing to the playoffs as the Wild Card. Saito broke the franchise rookie record with 24 saves. The club faced the New York Mets in the playoff and was swept in three games. Before the playoffs started, reliever Joe Beimel suffered a gash on his pitching hand with a broken glass in a New York bar. Garciaparra re-injured a pulled quad muscle and couldn't start in the final game.
Outfielder Drew exercised a clause in his contract and voided the final three years to become a free agent. The club was negotiating to move its Spring Training site to Glendale, Ariz. Mueller retired because of chronic knee problems and joined the front office as an assistant to Colletti. Free-agent outfielder Juan Pierre signed a five-year contract, and pitcher Randy Wolf signed a one-year contract.
Baseball America named the Dodgers their 2006 Organization of the Year. Free-agent pitcher Jason Schmidt signed a three-year, $47 million contract, outfielder Luis Gonzalez signed a one-year contract, and catcher Mike Lieberthal signed a one-year deal.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Rummaging in the Toolbox: The Layout window is not for everything (so try Crystal Reports!)
By Juan Carlos Cuesta
One of the most important windows in MapInfo Professional is the Layout Window. Most of my customers used it to create dashboards and outputs that provide insight for more people in the organisation. The information may be delivered as images or in a PDF file. Occasionally some customers attempt to use the layout window to share output for which it is not well suited. One example is trying to use Layout window to display extensive data from a Browser window. Anyone attempting to display a large amount of data in a Layout window will run into a number of issues, such as the number of records and the overall length of the frame. Dealing with multiple pages is not something the Layout window is suitable for and in my opinion not something that should be attempted. Adding a browser window to a Layout can be effective if the number of records is relatively small (as you can see in the screen shot).
An alternative If you plan to have a long list of records that you need to share as output consider using Crystal Reports. This is a report writing tool and is provided with MapInfo Professional. It is a very versatile tool that will help you to create wonderful reports, with nice styling and formatting. Crystal Reports is installed in MapInfo Professional by default and is available from the Tools menu. To get started click on Tools > Crystal Reports > New Report
You will need to choose a set of data to work with to get started. If the report looks funny at first, do not worry. It may have too many columns in the page header and detail area. This is easily sorted out. An easy way to get started is with the Report Expert wizard. This is found in the Crystal Reports menu). It is designed to work as a step by step report engine and will help you create output for a large number of records.
The Report Expert provides a step by step method for creating a report. The following screen shots step through each tab in the report wizard. The World table, from the MapInfo Professional sample data is being used.
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Choose a column to group by. In this example we will group the countries by continent.
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An example result. Yes, yes, yes, I know you love maps, and if you want that report to have a nice map image you can have it! When you finish your report use the Drag Map tool on the MapInfo Professional Main toolbar to add your map into the report header. (See the screen shot below). The map will be inserted into your report as an OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) Map object.
You can manipulate the map by double clicking on it
An example of a report with an embedded map. Editor's note: When preparing this article Juan Carlos learned that the embedding of a map using the OLE capabilities did not work when using the Bing mapping. We have notified our Technical Support people! Article by Juan Carlos Cuesta, Senior Systems Engineer, Pitney Bowes Software When not helping MapInfo Professional users to get the most from their software, Juan Carlos likes hiking in the hills with his family, going to the beach and other open air activities.


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December 19, 2016
On Friday, December 19 2016, we unveiled two more new homes on Drysdale Road in Spryfield to Nova Scotia Partner Families. The Lumsden family of three and the Apostolakos family of four were presented with the keys to their very own homes as volunteers, sponsors and supporters looked on. The construction of the Habitat duplex in… Read more »


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YELLOW-BILLED CHOUGH (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
Chocard à bec jaune
This is the classic mountain bird, a breathtakingly skillful flyer, using updrafts and air currents to tumble and turn, soar high over cliffs and then dive deeply into ravines and gullies, constantly searching for food. But it is after all a crow, albeit a very elegant one with its red feet and bright yellow downcurved beak, and that makes it a scavenger, so this is the bird seen around all ski stations and mountain restaurants, always on the look-out for something to steal.
Globally it can be found in fragmented patches from Morocco, Spain, the Alps, Central Asia and the Himalayas where a different sub-species occurs. In Switzerland it is found throughout the Alpine region, and only in the alps from about 1800m to 2800m, although the highest nest has been seen at 3,820m near Zermatt. It inhabits this tough niche above the tree-line even during the often desperate weather of winter at which time it may descend to the valleys in search of food returning at night to their cliffs to roost. It mates for life, or for several years anyway, and is loyal to its nesting site, but it is seldom found alone and is usually in large noisy flocks (often of many hundreds) which tumble through the sky and seem to be constantly arguing and bickering amongst themselves. Studies of marked birds have shown that less than 20% of these groups may actually be breeding birds which is surprisigly low.
The two most common calls that you hear are a rolling trill and a descending whistle, here is a pair of birds doing both so that you can learn the two noises:
And both calls can be clearly seen in the sonogram:
But as I say they spend most of their time roving around in large flocks where a whole range of other whistles and trills are thrown into their squabbling, here is such a flock on a windy day in the Furkapass:
These calls have an almost electric quality to them and can carry long distances and penetrate the wind, here is a final sample:
Recent studies have indicated that wild species are reacting to climate change much faster than expected, species moving to higher latitudes and elevations to remain in the same environmental conditions. Time will tell how a bird like the Alpine Chough survives, it breeds higher than any other bird in the world and once you've reached the top of the highest mountains where do you go next ?


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The nation's largest college coupon book provider, known for its compact $100 bill faced booklets, has made life a little bit easier for Android and iPhone users on campus.
The new application, Campus Special, was released to first 40 then 150 universities nationwide Aug. 12.
Made up of five separate tabs, the application allows users to view featured restaurants near campus, place orders directly from his or her phone, browse daily deals and locate the vendors with help of the map tab.
"Our goal was to incorporate all of our services into one cohesive product," Campus Special co-founder Joe Jacobs said in a news release. "What better way to do that than place our product in the one thing that students have with them at all times – their phone? They can now redeem their coupons and order food online straight through our mobile app."
Loaded with exclusive deals and instant discounts, the application was introduced to MU by three Campus Special interns.
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Campus Special is available at the App Store free of charge.
"We're all about saving students money, so it wouldn't make sense to charge them for a money saving app," online sales manager Stephanie Scott said. "At this point the most popular feature is the map tab, because it's capable of directing students to not only the best deals, but the closest (deals) as well."
Scott said the application equips students with the same great deals from their coupon books without the worry of misplacing, forgetting or accidentally destroying the paper booklet.
Students are catching on to this new application, raising the download rate to one per minute, Scott said. Campus Special features a GPS deal finder, access to business contact information, ability to order from a phone and order memory to make subsequent orders more streamlined.
A student can order a specialized pizza from their phone while in a meeting and have his or her order ready for pick up by the time the meeting is over.
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With so many Peter V. Brett fans looking forward to the third volume in the Demon Cycle, I thought I'd check in with the author and see what he's up to. Here's what he said:
"What am I doing lately? Daylight War, Daylight War, Daylight War. After a difficult year of surgery, setbacks, and losing my assistant, I am back to moving full steam ahead on book three of the Demon Cycle. I have a new assistant who is helping around the office, I've unfollowed a ton of noisy people on twitter, unplugged my phone and gotten back down to business. November 2011 is my best writing month in the last year, and I am immensely pleased with the results. I have a lot of side projects I am looking forward to working on like more Red Sonja comics, Demon Cycle novella, and a few secret things I'm not at liberty to discuss, but all of them have been shoved off my desk to make room for my passionate embrace with the keyboard."


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I finally had Paragard (PG) removed today after 3 months suffered from many side effects of PG. I'm a healthy person, no history of any health complication. I'm also a mother of 3. I hope my post will help other women from making the decision getting this form of birth control. I called my Dr 2 weeks ago and reported my nausea, headache, low energy, lower-backpain, bloating, acne but the advisor said give it some more time since it has only been few months so I listened to her.
Then I start noticing my waist got bigger (puffy look but no weight gain) then my hands and feet got swollen- water retention maybe?. So I called the Dr. again and had PG removed no matter what. After the removal, I felt some cramping so I used heating-pad to help with the cramping. I passed so much gas during the first 5 hours after removing PG. It was just unbelievable so I look at my food diary for yesterday and today so far, I didn't eat anything special. This just somewhat answered my puffiness for my waist I hope. I did lots of research before I had PG inserted but I could only find more negative experiences so I thought i would just give it a try. Not only that, during the past 3 months, I didn't even take any medication (even during my crazy heavy cramping menstrual period) and really watched my eating habit and weight as well.
The only thing that really puzzles me is that the Dr keeps saying PG doesn't have any hormone so it shouldn't cause anything to the body. Yes it sure did because 3 months ago, I didn't have any of the symptoms. It's a fact that PG doesn't have hormone but how a person's body reacts to the IUD is completly diferent. Nobody knows your body better than yourself. When your body is rejecting a foreign object, it will signal you (in many ways). So pay attention to what it tells you about the copper IUD. Don't wait too long and ACT NOW to prevent further damage to your body.
I will comeback and post a follow up post later on.
Now, I also have a friend who is currently has PG for 6 years and she is very happy with it. She used to be overweighted but with the PG, it helped her lost all the weights and she only needed to tone up her body. She is in a really amazing shape now.
So I guess I am not the LUCKY one then!
Okay..here I am, again posting about my 2nd day after Paragard removal. My hands and feet are not swollen anymore. The cramping is completely gone now. No more bloating. Even my co-worker asked me why I look different than last week. I guess the bloated look was all over me before. So far so good.
Here is the latest update. I can not tell everybody how happy I am after removing the IUD. I feel much better today. All the crazy symptoms are gone. So now I know for sure it got to be the IUD.
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Journal of Aging Research
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 198471, 10 pages
Research Article
White Matter Lesion Assessment in Patients with Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Controls: Reliability Comparisons between Visual Rating, a Manual, and an Automatic Volumetrical MRI Method—The Gothenburg MCI Study
1Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
2Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Received 18 September 2012; Revised 13 November 2012; Accepted 13 November 2012
Academic Editor: F. Richard Ferraro
Copyright © 2013 Erik Olsson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lake Powell Fish Report June 12, 2013
Lake Elevation: 3600
Water Temperature 74-78 F
Lake Powell Fish Report June 12, 2013
Lake Elevation: 3600
Water Temperature 74-78 F
By: Wayne Gustaveson of www.wayneswords.com
Lake Powell water level is stable at 3600 feet. That means the Castle Rock Cut is wet but not passable. Summer fishing patterns are now in play. The key, regardless of species targeted, is to fish early and late and use shade to your advantage.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass are on rocky slopes. Rocks utilized vary from slick rock slopes to large boulders, down to small rubble rock. Look for rocks large enough to allow crayfish to crawl under where they hide from predators. Smallmouth bass are the second most likely fish to bite your lure whether trolled cast or drifted under the boat. Chartreuse grubs are a good bait to start with each day.
Walleye are still being caught in good numbers. They can be targeted by trolling a 12-foot diving lure along the front of rocky structure in the morning or evening shade. Great results have come recently with the Bomber Deep Flat A lure in Silver Flash color. It seems to have just the right running depth and action to entice hungry walleye residing in the 12-20 foot depths.
Stripers are still the most likely fish to catch but they are slightly more difficult to find now. Striper schedule starts at dawn when they come to the surface looking for a school of larval shad. A slight dimpling action is all that is seen as they quietly feed on the tiny fish. They can be caught on small swim baits or other small lures cast to the periphery of the surface disturbance.
This search patterns lasts for about 2 hours. Then stripers move back to resting points where they have resided for the past two months. Mid day stripers then look up again to find more larval shad. They repeat this shad search again in the evening twilight. But when not actively feeding stripers are in 20-30 feet of water and very vulnerable to anchovy bait.
Lake area determines which type of feeding action to look for. From the dam to Padre Bay stripers are in deep water without significant shad numbers. Therefore bait fishing is the best technique. The hottest spot now is directly under the chain link fence marking the Power Plant intake east of Antelope Point Marina. These fish are shallow and well trained at taking anchovy bait. Let the bait slowly sink until it disappears then gently lift it up and down. Most of the fish will be caught at 12-20 feet.
Stripers are on split shift from Padre Bay to Rainbow Bridge. Look for slurps early but then go to proven bait fishing spots such as Buoy 25. The school at 25 is not as dense as it once was but still offers the opportunity to catch 50 fish in 2 hours. There are many other bait fishing options which can be detected by trolling to catch and is while graphing to locate the school. Toss chum to light up a striper school and then catch as many fish as the cooler can take. You do not have to use bait to catch these fish. They can be taken on your favorite lure once the chum is on the water. Casting a bucktail jig or chartreuse grub will select the faster, healthier fish while bait provides an opportunity for slower fish to eat.
From San Juan to Slick Rock Canyon look more for slurping action. There are more shad here resulting in more surface action. Bait fishing is good during the bright daylight hours. From Lake Canyon to Cedar Canyon a combination of trolling to locate fish followed by bait fishing or more trolling is a good strategy. Good Hope to Hite has muddy water and trolling or graphing is the best way to catch fish.
The weather is hot but fishing is still pretty darn good at Lake Powell.


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Two New ICY BOX Enclosures with USB 3.0 and a PCI-E-Card for USB 3.0
Two New ICY BOX Enclosures with USB 3.0 and a PCI-E-Card for USB 3.0
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The new ICY BOX IB-250StU3-B is an external enclosure for a 2.5" SATA HDD. The larger ICY BOX IB-318StU3-B is for a 3.5" SATA HDD. Both offer USB 3.0 with a theoretical data transfer speed of 5.0 GBit/s. That's some ten times the USB 2.0 speed of 480 MBit/s. Those who are used to store greater amounts of data like from Blu-ray discs will appreciate an ICY BOX with USB 3.0. Precondition is a USB 3.0 cable as well as a host with a USB 3.0 controller. As computers with USB 3.0 controllers are still quite rare, ICY BOX offers a solution that provides that controller on a PCI-E-card. It is capable to connect printers, USB-sticks and the like too. Thus there is no need to wait for those new computers. As USB 3.0 is downward compatible it is possible to connect devices which offer "only" USB 2.0.
The age of the superfast USB has begun.
That means that further ICY BOX products with USB 3.0 will follow soon. The next ones will be a docking station for 2.5 and 3.5" HDDs and a host adapter for laptops.
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text: Our family came in 2nd place (Silver medal) during the Family Olympics at the campground we are in this week. They had some neat events...things I haven't done since I was a kid. 3 legged race, egg spoon race, piggyback race, wheelbarrow race, kayak race, etc. Someone from each family had to participate...but all 5 of us ended doing most events. My ankle is still sore from the rope we used during the 3 legged race !! The big finale was the blindfolded obstacle course. Each parent was blindfolded and the kids shouted directions from the sidelines. I took first place in that event...beating my toughest competition all day by only 5 seconds !! Our prize was a mini frisbee golf set. I've never played before so it should be interesting. First place was ladder golf...which we already have so I was glad we didn't get that. So 'fess up....when was the last time YOU competed with your kids in events like these ??


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Boundaries to Better Mental Health
It is human nature to want to change other people. Clients frequently come in seeking advice about how to get another person to change. They either complain that their loved one's behavior has changed for the worse or that they had hoped their behavior WOULD change and it has not. The naïve part of them believed that they could get them to change. If you are faced with this dilemma you have two choices—either you need to accept them exactly as they are, or YOU do the changing yourself.
Reinhold Niebuhr says
it best in The Serenity Prayer:
This saying is a guideline for improving the quality of your relationships with others. Stated simply, we can't change others, we can only change ourselves. The easiest way to do that is to work on our own personal sense of boundaries.
Boundaries are important. They help you define who you are by setting limits and in helping you know what behaviors are acceptable or unacceptable. You may not be able to control the behavior, but you can control how you handle a situation. It empowers you to teach others what you will tolerate or accept in their behavior. Invariably, when I help people to establish better boundaries they are less affected by others. They handle situations better and feel a greater sense of control.
People come into the
office with common problems that require a shift in their boundaries:
As you can see, the consequences don't mean that you get the outcome that you want, it just means that you have set guidelines for yourself to be respected.
When people get good at setting healthy boundaries they begin to see that others respond to them with a new sense of respect. Inevitably, when you change your behavior it does change the situation. Healthy boundaries keep you from doing too much or from being mistreated.
What boundaries need
adjusting in your life? Do you have a particular situation that causes
you great discomfort? Make a list of healthy versus unhealthy behaviors
that you need to work on. The quality of your life depends on it!
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Alex Johnson
April 22, 2002, 01:44 PM
I just shot my first match in IDPA this weekend and had a great time doing it. I shot this match entirely with a G22, but next time I would like to shoot at least one segement of the match with my primary carry gun a S&W model 60. Some time ago I remember reading an article on using the J-frames in IDPA competiton, but the author was recommending using two of the little J-frames to avoid as much reloading. Would this be allowed under IDPA rules? I realize that somebody opting to use a J-frame under these circumstances is probably not all that concerned with being competetive and simply reloading the gun would be the alternative, but I'm still curious.


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Raleigh, N.C. — The Washington Post has named two WRAL News reporters on its list of the best state political reporters in the country.
The Fix, the Post's political blog, included Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie and multimedia investigative reporter Mark Binker alongside two other North Carolina journalists, Pat Gannon from The Insider and Gary Robertson from the Associated Press.
"The most under-appreciated reporters in the political world are the scribes covering state and local politics," The Fix's Chris Cillizza wrote. "They rarely get the attention of their colleagues at the national level but are often covering the very politicians and national trends that come to impact the broad political landscape."
Cillizza solicits recommendations from Fix readers on the blog, Twitter and Facebook to build the list and is still accepting suggestions.
It's not the first time Leslie and Binker have earned praise from the Post. In 2014, the paper's GovBeat blog named them, along with WRAL News reporter Cullen Browder, among the best state capitol reporters in America.


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A brief disturbance Tuesday involving up to 62 inmates that was sparked by racial tensions at the Twin Towers jail left four people injured before being brought under control, authorities said.
The fight broke out around noon in a recreation area in Tower One of the Los Angeles County lockup and involved Hispanic and black inmates, said Steve Whitmore, a Sheriff's Department spokesman.
The skirmish lasted about a minute before deputies broke it up, he said. The four injured inmates suffered cuts and bruises and were transported to a hospital for treatment.
Further details were unavailable because the investigation was ongoing.
Los Angeles County runs the nation's largest jail system, with facilities housing about 19,000 inmates.
Sheriff Lee Baca has faced criticism for persistent violence in the jails, between inmates and also violence perpetrated by deputies. He has asked the county Board of Supervisors to replace Men's Central Jail with a new facility that could cost more than $900 million.
Deputies have been accused of repeatedly using excessive force in the facilities, and Baca has vowed reform. A county commission issued recommendations last year, including hiring an outside custody expert to run the jails.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last April that Baca could be named in lawsuits by former, injured inmates on grounds that he knew about violence and didn't try to stop it.


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We, as volunteers of the Forever Friends Great Dane Rescue (FFGDR), know you are our wonderful, potential FFGDR volunteers.
We know your daily life with work and family tends to take over at times and give you a very little free time to stop and take a breath. If we could have it our way, we'd provide you a very loving Great Dane laying or sitting next to you, to comfort you and to be a good companion to you.
Unfortunately, such loving Great Danes are needing your help first. They are in dire need of being surrendered, to be rescued from neglect, abuse and/or needing medical help.
We, at FFGDR, know every one of you out there has some type of talent, or degree, or an experience in something. Or, you are looking for an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience.
It might be something in which you use every day or maybe you never have at all, but you've been thinking about doing this.
FFGDR has been vastly growing (now serving the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and parts of Wisconsin) and we are in dire need of more volunteers.
We need someone to help with any of the following:
Fostering (Great Dane puppies and/or adults)
Transport (picking up and delivering Great Danes)
Seeking small and big grants
Fundraising Events
Educational Events (i.e. talking to school children, etc)
Public Relations
Social Medias
Promotional Events
and other needs (i.e. websites, special fun events, etc)
While we need volunteers of any titles and in all four states, there is one thing we need the most: Foster Homes
Because we are sorely lacking in Foster Homes, it is heart-breaking that we've had no choice but to turn away new surrenders. If you would step in and provide your home to new Great Dane surrenders, please know that the average stay of foster dogs is about 3 weeks. Without a doubt, there will always be more incoming surrenders, waiting to be rescued.
Please, please, please become our foster parents! At the same time, you are certainly welcome to help us out in other area of interests within the FFGDR.
FFGDR volunteers are very flexible to your needs and wants.
Please sign up at the FFGDR Volunteer links:
For fostering Great Danes —- http://foreverfriendsgdri.com/foster/
As a FFGDR Volunteer —- http://foreverfriendsgdri.com/volunteer/
We promise you —- All Great Dane puppy and adult surrenders will be so grateful and happy to see you! You'll be saving their lives!
We are a small start up group with many years of experience with great danes and rescue. Our collective experience with Dane rescue will allow us to continue our desire to make an impact on the lives of the great danes we can take in and help. Currently, we accept surrenders from families and shelters and adopt to forever homes in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Wisconsin. With the help of our supporters, we hope to eventually grow our group, spread our message, and rescue great danes.
FFGDR specializes in great danes. We accept great danes of all ages and from all types of situations. We are not a shelter, our dogs live in foster homes as part of a family until their medical and emotional needs have been met and they are ready for their forever homes.
Thank You!
Your message has been sent to Forever Friends Great Dane Rescue - Missouri.
You'll receive a copy, too, at to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter! Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures, on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.


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I have to wonder if Thomas Caser is an agreeable fellow, considering that he remains the only member of Vision Of Atlantis' current entourage whose been there through thick and thin since their inception without taking an extended break or permanent leave of absence. He has to be either this "fly on the wall" character perched behind his drum-kit observing numerous feuds and hair-yanking between bandmates with detached amusement, or a sordid deviant who trashes hotel rooms and tosses whiskey bottles at his drum techs while whistling at the female singer's buttocks. Either way, the man is an immovable monolith amongst such a revolving door entity. Visions Of Atlantis doesn't accurately fit a band persona whatsoever, but alternatively resembles a project by which musicians join under that moniker to wax philosophical and record symphonic metal music for an interim of time until replacements arrive.
Plagued by a plethora of lineup changes, it's amazing that this group still exists, grinding out new material and touring after receiving a jolt of fresh and eager new faces between album releases. What is also significant is that the evolution of their music remains markedly persistent despite the numerous abrupt performer adjustments. From the marshmallow shitstorms of their early material, through the improved yet still average effort in Trinity by which the packaging and comeliness of Melissa Ferlaak triumph in notability over the musical contents, up to this release, the ascension remains a steady flow upwards in ecumenical quality.
Although it lacks the pure crystalline polish of recent Edenbridge or Nightwish recordings, those behind the knobs more than capably separated the instruments to easily discernible levels to avoid a potential symphonic morass effect. Keyboards swirl and encompass the metal backbone ceaselessly, providing an equal degree of melodies as the guitars, which could render most novice engineers dealing with these songs bed-ridden thanks to each instrument vying for bombastic supremacy. In the case of this album, balance between instruments is maintained, aside from a few relatively inconsequential incidents of muddiness.
As with many acts of this nature, vocals are usually regarded as a key ingredient and often the primary distinguishing feature, and Visions Of Atlantis on this occasion deliver the goods. Maxi Nil's name may be deciphered as "a whole lotta nothing", and she may not add a new dimension to the band's sound, but her delivery is no less potent and professional than her immediate predecessor, and despite the roots of her singing career firmly planted with the goth genre, her admittedly minor tremor of a transition to pure symphonic pastures was a seamless shift. Male counterpart Mario Plank possesses the more unusual pipes of the two by circumventing the more standard approaches of vibrato-drenched pseudo operatics, death grunts or lunkhead gang shouts. His technique rather suggests an 80's cock-rock swagger more befitting a performer who dons a headband and a strategically torn leopard print shirt while pumping his fist at the crowd with reckless abandon. Together they form an agreeable team rattling off the lyrics with aplomb while never crossing the line into over-emoting drama and self-parody.
The album starts off strong, with "Black River Delta" providing a strong overview as to what constitutes this band at their foremost capabilities. Symphonic as hell and backed by driving rhythms, the opener balances sweeping majestic passages with metallic fortitude while Maxi belts her opening lines with zeal. Her vocals are not pushed to the forefront production-wise, thus she becomes a piece in the overall puzzle rather than the main focal point. In this instance it works in establishing an all encompassing vision of bombast, and likewise on a few other occasions during this album that degree of quality is duplicated.
Truth be told, the album is somewhat front-loaded, with the following two tracks completing the list of paramount songs within Delta. "Memento" is the epic track, gliding through various tempos and riffs deftly to the point where even some odd clunkiness towards the song's climax involving drunk pirates warbling lyrics that seem to involve spiritual enlightenment can be forgiven. "New Dawn" is the requisite short catchy mid-tempo number with the all-important focus on love and a snazzy hook for a chorus. Yeah, trite it is, but damn, that chorus is almost maniacally catchy and the tune has a nice overall 'punch' to it, though softened a bit by keyboard pomp.
And that is what eventually brings this album down from what began as an excellent release. The persistent orchestral programming and keyboard melodies wafting over the entire proceedings gets tiresome as the album soldiers on from track to track with no relief from the incessant embellishments that half the time aren't even necessary. If the revolving door policy of the band continues unabated, I'd like to see keyboardist Martin Harb take a hiatus since he obviously wants to drench every second of every song with his ostentatious presence.
This release doesn't completely falter after the formidable opening momentum though thanks to a few choice cuts that offer a bit of variation. "Reflection" is the ubiquitous power ballad that gives Maxi a chance to seize the spotlight, and she pulls off her showcase admirably. "Conquest Of Others" is Mario's shining moment, channeling a Pain Of Salvation vocal delivery while Nintendo missiles rain down from the heavens onto Yoshi's Island. "Twist Of Fate" is notable for the cheerful keyboard melodies in the background (I'll give Martin a free pass for this one) that, combined with the mid-paced metal chugs, accord the song with a positive and even "cute" vibe, in a good way. Finally there's the instrumental "Sonar", which perfectly envisions the band members, after treacherous travels and hardships, finally reaching that vista displayed on the album's cover sleeve where the mysteries of life are revealed in all their shimmering glory. Or maybe not...who fucking knows?
As for the rest, including the final track, there's generally nothing loathsome about them, but they do little to perk the ears thanks to the bloated symphonics and rehashed rhythms. The prevalent sound of the band works well enough for a certain extent, but by not changing the dynamics at any point throughout the recording, it can hurt the accessibility of the later tracks which need all the help they can get since the most memorable tunes in terms of songcraft are firmly entrenched at the commencement. Without a doubt, though, this is currently the band's finest achievement, and if they can stick together as a team for once, focus on strong and varied compositions with an edgier vibe and regulate the amount of keyboard slush appropriated, they might just cross that barrier towards the upper tier of symphonic power-tinged female-fronted acts. It can't be that hard, can it?


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Saturday's storms meant a hectic weekend for Wiltshire firefighters dealing with flood and lightning damage.
Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service attended over 30 incidents and had more than 100 calls on Saturday.
Trowbridge watch manager Guy Tadman said: "We were very busy from around 9am onwards dealing with flooding and lightning strikes and it only calmed down around 6pm.
"I haven't seen flooding like that for many years and there was a Biblical amount of rain for a long period of time. Most of the jobs involved pumping out water using an Aqua Vac.
Although there was a two hour strike by members of the Fire Brigades' Union between 11am and 1pm, it had no impact on the storm response, as the main problems were either earlier or later in the day.
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London (Aug. 5)
The Soviet Government was requested here today to give the "fullest explanation" of the crimes against Jews committed in the USSR during the last few years and to state publicly whether any measures are being taken to restore Jewish cultural activities in the USSR.
The demand came from Jewish Communists in England and was published in the "Jewish Clarion." a Communist publication. It emphasized that condemnation of the crimes against Jews in the Soviet Union is not enough. "Our responsibility to ourselves and the future of our work as Jewish Communists requires that we call for the fullest details of what occurred and the fullest explanation of how such things could come about in the land of Socialism," the publication asserted.
"We have to ask, moreover, for full information on the steps being taken to correct the abuses and prevent their recurrence," the Jewish Communist organ continued "And there can hardly be anywhere a Jewish Socialist, Communist, progressive, or citizen without a political label, who isn't waiting impatiently to know in particular what steps, further than those already reported, are being taken to restore Jewish cultural activities and institutions in the Soviet Union."
The Clarion's editorial was prompted by a letter to if from a leading member of the Communist Party, Professor Hyman Levy, a philosopher and mathematician, who asserted: "If 24 Jewish writers had merely been imprisoned in the United States, we would have shouted to the high heavens about such a criminal action. When they are shot in the Soviet Union and the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee is liquidated, all you can tell us is that it is an abuse arising from the cult of the individual."
In the history of struggle, Prof, Levy went on the 24 Jewish intellectuals who faced the firing squad are nothing and another will be produced for each of them. "But these 24 are martyrs who have died for the cause of Socialism, martyred on Socialist soil for the right to Jewish cultural freedom in a Socialist country." he pointed out. He then went on to say:
"We are being fobbed off with superficial explanations–cult of the individual and breaches of the law by the Beria gang. Are we now to depend on the good faith of the individuals who have exposed this that history won't repeat itself? Since it must take some time for a social atmosphere, once poisoned, to clear itself, the future of Socialism cannot rest securely in the hands of individuals. If Soviet law has been re-established, are the Soviet people, and we also, to have the records of the Beria trial and the dossier of evidence?"


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- Changes of cerebral white matter in patients suffering from Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN): A diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studyP Stoeter
Dep Of Radiology, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Electronic address
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 21:577-81. 2015..To look for microstructural white matter alterations in patients with dystonia due to Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration...
- Unusually large anterior fontanellar bone and diffuse capillary malformation with overgrowth in a three-month-old child - a computed tomography case reportMassiel Gonzalez-Reinoso
Department of Radiology, CEDIMAT Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Neuroradiol J 27:613-5. 2014..Although of minor clinical importance, the shape and variations of these Wormian bones should be well-known to prevent misleading interpretations of imaging Results. ..
- Motor activation in patients with Pantothenate-Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration: a functional magnetic resonance imaging studyP Stoeter
Dep Of Radiology, CEDIMAT, Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:1007-10. 2012..Because these investigations have never been performed in secondary dystonia due to Pantothenate-Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration, we report our results in a small group of such patients from the Dominican Republic...
- Involvement of globus pallidus and midbrain nuclei in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration: measurement of T2 and T2* timeR Fermín-Delgado
Dep Of Radiology, CEDIMAT, Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
Clin Neuroradiol 23:11-5. 2013..To quantify involvement of globus pallidus and two midbrain nuclei (substantia nigra and red nucleus) in Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)...
- Measurement of blood flow in arteriovenous malformations before and after embolization using arterial spin labelingL Suazo
CEDIMAT, Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
Interv Neuroradiol 18:42-8. 2012..On conclusion, PASL is able to reliably measure the amount of shunt reduction achieved by embolization of AVMs and AVFs...
- Unexpected silent infarctions after embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations and fistulas. A diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging studyL Suazo
Department of Neurosurgery, CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Interv Neuroradiol 19:209-14. 2013..These results emphasize that the risk involved in eliminating the nidus completely must be reconsidered with special care, particularly in a situation where most high-flow feeders have been occluded...


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text: 781 FXUS63 KFSD 220930 AFDFSD Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 430 AM CDT Fri Sep 22 2017 .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 429 AM CDT Fri Sep 22 2017 Entrenched pattern featuring large ridge over the Great Lakes with a trough over the inter mountain west will begin to ever so slowly break down as the trough amplifies, allowing energy from upper jet to begin to focus over the northern plains. This, along with a series of small upper impulses, will induce the development of a broad area of lower pressure at the surface that will eventually stretch from eastern Colorado northeast through western Ontario. Focus for sensible weather in our CWA will be a surface cyclone that lifts northeast through South Dakota on Friday and the attendant boundary that will eventually drape roughly along a Wagner SD - Ivanhoe MN line by Friday evening. Tight pressure gradient during the afternoon will lead to brisk southerly winds during that time period. Eventually, heating of the day combined with ample warm advection will lead to destabilization along and just on the warm side of the boundary. Another shortwave impulse approaches the SD/NE border close to 00z Friday, providing just enough forcing for convection. Significant capping on the eastern side of the boundary will leave most convection on or just to the east of the boundary. Organized convection will be possible given MUCAPE of 1000 J/kg and 0-6 bulk shear greater than 35 knots around the boundary. 0-6 shear orientation is along boundary which may prevent storms from staying isolated - marginal is certainly an apt word for the severe threat because of this. However, Bunker`s method suggests that a right moving supercell could get off the boundary for a short time before running into the significant capping to the east. With DCAPE greater than 1000 J/kg, damaging winds will be the top threat, followed by severe hail. 0-1 helicity will near to 100, so cannot completely rule out a tornado either. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 429 AM CDT Fri Sep 22 2017 Potential for heavy rain will remain the focus through the weekend and into Monday. Moisture will certainly be in place, with forecast precipitable water amounts topping 1.5 inches across eastern South Dakota from Saturday afternoon through Saturday night. These amounts don`t seem overly impressive...for mid-summer. However, now that we are in early autumn, climatology shows this to be over 200 percent of normal. NAEFS climatology also continues to show these values are in the 99th percentile, with strong moisture transport above the 90th percentile of the ensemble climatology. Warm cloud depth peaks Saturday evening above 13kft, with soundings showing nearly moist adiabatic lapse rates, suggesting potential for very efficient rain production. Broad scale lift will be provided by right entrance region of unseasonably strong upper level jet lifting through the western Dakotas, holding the greatest threat of precipitation near and west of a nearly stationary frontal boundary wavering across the central portions of the forecast area. Given the above scenario, have no problems with the continuation of a slight risk of excessive rainfall across our western forecast area Saturday afternoon/night. Models point to some modest instability closer to the front, near a KYKN-KFSD-KMML line by late Saturday afternoon. Deep layer shear in excess of 40kt right along the boundary decreases rapidly as one heads east of the front. The shear could support stronger storms if they are able to tap into the better instability east of the front. Though with marginal lapse rates, severe threat should be isolated at best with the greater focus on the heavy rain threat west of the boundary. Anticipate a strong temperature gradient across the front, with highs from the mid 60s in the far western CWA, to the upper 80s in northwest Iowa where rain chances are minimal. All of this shifts slightly eastward for Sunday/Sunday night, with only a slight reduction in precipitable water values and warm cloud depth by that time. Thus, the potential for locally heavy rain will likewise shift a bit to the east, encompassing the I-29 corridor into more of southwest Minnesota, especially Sunday night. Also see weaker instability through this time, which should allow for more widespread efficient rainfall with a isolated-scattered embedded thunder. The western trough over the Rockies begins to make a greater push to the east Monday, shifting the upper jet into the central/eastern Dakotas and the low level boundary into northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota. This should shift the greater rain chances into eastern portions of our forecast area for Monday/Monday night, though rain chances will linger west of I-29 at least into Monday evening. When all is said and done, some areas could see 3-day rainfall totals in excess of 2-3 inches, with pockets of higher amounts where stronger convection occurs Saturday afternoon/night. Latter part of the forecast period, from Tuesday onward, should be much quieter, as cooler air settles into the region. Generally looking at highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s through the middle of the week, with little if any rain. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night) Issued at 1121 PM CDT Thu Sep 21 2017 Breezy winds and low level wind shear are the primary hindrances to aviation operations expected during the TAF period. Nocturnal low level jet will lead to widespread low level wind shear including the FSD and SUX terminals. Gusty winds, generally out of the south, continue through the day on Friday. Some patchy fog is also possible tonight but the breezy conditions will prevent any operationally relevant visibility reductions. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. IA...None. NE...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Ferguson LONG TERM...JH AVIATION...Ferguson


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Throwback Thursday: The Love Boat
The original Love Boat, named the Pacific Princess, cruised the world's oceans for more than 43 years.
May 15, 2014
It's a sitcom that could only have succeeded in the late '70s and early '80s: the story of a cruise ship filled with a cast of characters getting involved in romantic and comedic adventures. And with names such as "Doc," "Gopher," and "Ace," the crew proved as corny and colorful as the passengers aboard the ship. But what ever happened to the Love Boat? Well, before we share that news, here's a bit of back story into the ship's history.
The original Love Boat was built by shipbuilder Nordseewerke, in Emden, West Germany, for Flagship Cruises and christened Sea Venture. It measured 550 feet, four inches in length with an 80-foot, eight-inch beam. Four Fiat diesel engines with a combined 18,000 shaft horsepower turned two primary propellers through a series of clutches to push the 19,903 gross-ton vessel at speeds up to 21.5 knots, although the ship's service speed was 20.5 knots. Sea Venture had a passenger capacity of 626 people.
In 1975, Sea Venture was sold to Princess Cruises and renamed Pacific Princess, the name it would carry during the entire Love Boat show run. Filming began in 1977, and the first episode of the show aired on September 24, 1977. While all of the ships that appeared on the show during its run were named Pacific Princess, there were actually six other "stand in" ships used, depending on where the cruises took place, including Island Princess, Stella Solaris, Pearl of Scandinavia, Royal Viking Sky, Royal Princess, and Sun Princess. The last episode of The Love Boat aired on February 27, 1987.
So what happened to the actual boat? Unfortunately, the rest of Pacific Princess' history isn't at all romantic or comedic.
Greek police impounded Pacific Princess in 1998 after it was discovered that crew were using the ship to smuggle heroin. Renamed Pacifc, the ship later began operating in the Caribbean in 2002 for Pullmantur Cruises. In 2008, the boat was seized again, this time in Italy for unpaid repair costs owed to a Genoa, Italy shipyard.
This ship was then put up for sale to try and satisfy the debt, but Pacific ended up being sold as scrap to a Turkish ship breaker in 2012 for 2.5 million Euros. As of late 2013, Pacific was in the process of being fully dismantled.
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- Identification and education of adolescents with asthma in an urban school district: results from a large-scale asthma interventionAdam Davis
American Lung Association of California, 1900 Powell Street, Suite 800, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
J Urban Health 85:361-74. 2008..A system such as the one described may be an effective public health strategy for school districts, health departments, and community coalitions addressing asthma or other conditions with high childhood prevalence...
- An association between asthma and BMI in adolescents: results from the California Healthy Kids SurveyAdam Davis
American Lung Association of California, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
J Asthma 44:873-9. 2007..The pattern was similar between males and females and among six racial/ethnic groups. The results suggest that weight reduction even among persons not classified as overweight or obese may be an important component of asthma management...
- School-based asthma surveillance: a comparison of student and parental reportSheryl Magzamen
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 16:669-78. 2005..Inclusion of or reliance on a parental questionnaire is not likely to improve the reliability of a school-based asthma surveillance program in our population...
- Migration history, acculturation, and breast cancer risk in Hispanic womenEsther M John
Northern California Cancer Center, Suite 300, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2905-13. 2005..We examined the influence of migration history and acculturation on breast cancer risk in Hispanic women ages 35 to 79 years...


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Trump administration has removed questions on sexuality from surveys on aging
By Tammye Nash
According to ABC News, the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants, a Health and Human Services department survey conducted each year, gathers information from those receiving transportation, homemaker and meal services, visiting senior centers, or taking part in other programs funded by the Older Americans Act. In a draft of this year's survey, a single question asking about respondents' sexual orientation has been removed. In the Annual Program Performance Report for Centers for Independent Living, a second report sponsored by HHS, has been edited to delete the only question regarding sexual orientation. This survey is intended to gather feedback on counseling, skills training and other services provided to the disabled.
Kelly Mack, a spokeswoman for the Administration for Community Living, the HHS division which oversees the two surveys, claimed the question on sexual orientation had only been included in the first place as part of a "pilot test," and that it was removed because "the sample size was insufficient to be reliable," according to ABC News. But LGBT advocates called bullshit, saying the survey results had already provided insight into the lives of LGBT elders.
Mack was also questioned by Associated Press journalists who noted that she claimed the question on sexual orientation was one of several removed from the surveys, but that in fact, it was the ONLY question removed. In response, Mack pointed to a question on respondents' date of birth, then posted a revised version of the surveys in which that question was also removed. (Hey Kelly Mack, "two" does not equal "several.")
Laura Durso, vice president of the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress, accused the Trump administration of "choosing to not only ignore us but erase us from the discussion."
Human Rights Campaign Government Affairs Director David Stacy said, "Today, there are an estimated 1.5 million LGBTQ seniors in America. This is an extremely vulnerable population, many of whom will have to face the challenges of advanced age or illness without the traditional support systems and legal protections that other seniors can take for granted. If we do not collect data on LGBTQ seniors, policymakers and advocates can not know the extent of the problems they face."
HRC "implore[d] the Trump Administration to add this crucial question back to the NSOAAP and expand their questions to include data collection on gender identity."
Officials with Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) has launched a nationwide effort to "oppose the Trump administration's proposed erasure of LGBT elders from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants."
SAGE CEO Michael Adams said, "Caring about our LGBT elders means making sure they have access to publicly-funded senior services, which can be literally life-saving. Now it appears that the Trump Administration wants to make believe LGBT older people don't exist, by erasing them from this critically important survey. We insist that this decision be reversed and that the federal government commit to serving all elders in need, including those who are LGBT."


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Well I am 24 yrs old(african Amer), I used to use cocaine, exstacy,and Aderole for 3 yrs when I was Younger. I now have these Blue grey rings around my iris. DOes this mean I am going blind? I have only seen this in Older people or Diabetic patients. Which both of those have been ruled out.Is there any thing that can fix that. I am very insecure about people looking at me in my eyes. I have 2 beautiful boys and I would give any thing in this world to be able to see them visually get older before my eyes. I dnt have insurance. This is eating me up! I totally regret every thing I have done in my past. When I was pregnant and had medicade the doctor said is was not catarat. But the Ring is around the Brown colored part of my eye. Please help. Sorry for righting a book. I am so scared of going blind by the time I am 40
I can not give you a diagnosis without having examined you, but what you describe sounds like corneal arcus. Like you stated, this is common in older patients. However, when it occurs in someone as young as yourself, it can be an indication that cholesterol levels are too high. Although corneal arcus does not affect vision, high cholesterol levels can lead to early heart disease as well as other problems.
I recommend that you visit your doctor, discuss your concerns, and request that blood work be performed.
Andrew J Toole, OD, PhD, FAAO
Clinical Assistant Professor of Optometry
College of Optometry
The Ohio State University


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Advanced Manufacturing: Cornerstone of an Economy Built to Last
In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama laid out his blueprint for an economy built to last. And that blueprint, he said, "begins with American manufacturing."
Today, the National Science and Technology Council is releasing a new "National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing. " The strategic plan was requested by Congress in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 , and it builds on the Report to the President on Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing , which was released by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in June 2011.
Manufacturing has long been a central feature of the US economy and a generator of innovative solutions to national challenges. But in large part as a result of its own creative prowess, manufacturing itself is changing rapidly. The assembly line that Henry Ford invented has gone the way of the Model T, and many of the materials and methods used in manufacturing today did not exist a decade ago. But as the President noted in his remarks at the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, last week, "America is a place where we can always do something to create new jobs, and new opportunities, and new manufacturing…." That is what the National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing is all about.
Created through a collaborative interagency process that was chaired by representatives from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Energy, the plan documents the fundamental importance of advanced manufacturing to the economic strength and national security of the United States. It reveals opportunities to improve Federal policy in order to accelerate development of this vital sector, and points to challenges that will have to be addressed to maintain the sector's health over the long term.
The strategic plan sets forth five objectives for Federal policy:
· Accelerating investment, especially by small- and medium-sized manufacturers;
· Making the education and training system more responsive to the demand for skills;
· Optimizing Federal advanced manufacturing R&D investments by taking a portfolio perspective;
· Increasing total public and private investments in advanced manufacturing R&D; and
· Fostering national and regional partnerships among all stakeholders in advanced manufacturing.
This last objective is especially important. Advanced manufacturing needs to be a team sport. The United States will not succeed unless its big and small firms, research universities and community colleges, labor unions and professional associations, and Federal, state, and local agencies all work together.
This new advanced manufacturing plan, together with the ongoing work of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership , provides a solid foundation on which to erect a Federal policy that will enable the United States to—as Commerce Secretary John Bryson has put it—"build it here, and sell it everywhere ."
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Lest we be lost in the long black night
Ian Pike 6 a.m., Sept. 21
No doubt I'm trespassing. An hour ago, I stretched a length of barbed wire, passing under a fence line and into this realm of green hills and rocky outcrops. Boats twinkle below on lower Otay Lake, a Twin Otter airplane spits out parachutes to the south, and Border Patrol outnumber civilian vehicles on Otay Lakes Road at this early hour.
I can see agents through binoculars…can they see me? Pushing toward the summit of an unnamed peak, bees are everywhere, working the blooms of Cleveland sage. The first discarded water bottles appear (south-of-the-border brands) and then the first backpack.
I always check packs for money, mementos, whatever…my version of field archaeology. Some packs have been here for months, sun-bleached and torn apart by coyotes. Spiders and other crawlies are always a possibility when going through packs.
The first pack is empty, but the second pack is a bonanza: a tin of Nivea cream, paper scraps with L.A. and Fresno phone numbers (area codes 310, and 559), a Mexican coin.
At the summit, I find the mother lode of backpacks and discarded clothing. Ground-zero for shedding gear and pants. Fourteen backpacks: North Face, Jansport, Hello Kitty, Adidas, Roxy, most brands I don't recognize. Most are empty and torn up.
From a rock pile, I carefully lift one and there is movement. A rosy boa, still cool from hiding under the pack, coils up. It's calm, in no hurry. I touch its scaly surface, a beautiful snake, the first of the season. Spring is close.


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6 words because i am imperfect.
fate in the middle because everything i have been through in my life, fate brought me back to be able to love, laugh, hope, conquer, and bliss.
all these words have made me who i am and will always forever be with me, infinitely.
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