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DENVER -- Broncos fans couldn't believe what happened to their team in the Super Bowl.
Did the record-setting Denver Broncos just get trampled by the Seattle Seahawks, only scoring one TD and a two-point conversion? Say it ain't so! In the past, the Broncos have let an unknown running back go for more than 200 yards in the big game, let Doug Williams rack up the most lop-sided Super Bowl win and now allow Seattle to record the third most lop-sided win. Records … we got records!
"We were all ready for the party, then the first snap happened," said Stacey Linn, who is using the loss as a life-lesson for her kids. "I just told them sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, what makes you better is being good at both."
For guys playing lunch-time basketball, this loss was almost like an air-ball from the corner. "We didn't know what team showed up … was that the Broncos?" asked Eric Zaporian. Courtney Samuel said, "They are professional and get paid a lot for doing what they do, if they can get over it … we need to as well."
A bad day at Black Rock for sure for the home team, but as banners – blue and orange— still wave in Mile High, Dr. Doug Jowdy, who has counseled Olympic and youth athletes alike, says use what the Seahawks did to let your kids know the importance of being a good winner as well as a good loser, as Peyton Manning was when the final seconds ticked away.
"Determination, hope, strength and heart are lessons kids can take away from the game, knowing how to take a whipping and keep on ticking so to speak!"
Hey, if your blue funk continues, just stay positive … there are only 363 days until SB XLIX! Go Broncos!


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Please forgive me, but I'm really ready to go PUMPKIN CRAZY!!!
I actually created this pumpkin bread, pictured above, this past weekend, but I'm holding off for a couple of weeks before I post it. It involves pumpkin and chocolate; which in my opinion is one of the best food combos ever!
Today, I'm just going to tempt you and get you in the Fall pumpkin spirit with some great pumpkin recipes that are already on the blog……
G=Gluten-Free, V=Vegan, P=Paleo
Two Ingredient Oat Cookies with pumpkin (G & V)
Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies (a personal favorite and kid-approved) (G & V)
Paleo Flax Pumpkin Pancake (a personal favorite) (G & P)
Paleo Pumpkin-Banana Pancake (G & P)
Gluten-Free, Paleo, & Vegan Pumpkin Pie {healthified} (a family favorite) (G, P, & V)
Paleo Pumpkin Scramble (G & P)
Grandma's Pumpkin Pie Dessert Squares (a family favorite and Thanksgiving tradition)
Paleo Pumpkin Microwave Muffin (G & P)
Coconut Pumpkin Microwave Muffin (G & P)
Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Muffins
Paleo Pumpkin Muffins (G & P)
Spelt Pumpkin Muffins (a personal favorite)
Sweet Cinnamon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds G, P & V)
Pumpkin Rice Krispy Treats (G)
Pumpkin Pie Power Balls (G, P & V)
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal (G & V)
Something to think about……
Are you a pumpkin fan? Or do all of the pumpkin crazy people really annoy you???? 😉
Favorite pumpkin recipe…..GO!
Any FAll baking plans this weekend? I'm going to be trying my bread as a muffin and hopefully I can share two ways to enjoy chocolate chip pumpkin bread.
Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend!!

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Smart Mob
About the Organization
Smart Mob is a volunteer organization that focuses on making a huge impact in a small amount of time. Large amounts of the student body gather or mob together with the same goal of making a difference at stack. If you have a hectic schedule, but have a passion for volunteering, Smart Mob is a great fit for you!
Smart Mob meets once a month at 7:00 pm in FSC Downunder, but those meetings depend on natural disasters.
How to Join
First year students are encouraged to join the Smart Mob. Email the campus advisor for more information about getting involved, or come to a meeting.
Campus Advisors
Traci Sooter
HAS Director
Hammons School of Architecture Front Office
(417) 873-7416
Regina Waters
Shewmaker Communication Center, Room 137
(417) 873-7251
Keith Hedges
Assistant Professor
Hammons School of Architecture 216
(417) 873-7563
At a Glance
- Service organization
- Open membership
- First-year students welcome
- Monthly meetings
- No involvement fees
- To join, attend meetings


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Doctoral student lives in wild Tanzania for primate research
When people would ask Samantha Russak, of Flemington, N.J., what she was doing for her graduate research, she would get many looks like she was a bit crazy. After all, spending a year living alone in a tent in a remote area of a foreign country with no running water or electricity is not for everyone.
As a doctoral student in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Russak has been steadily working towards being able to have this experience from the time she decided to be a primatologist. She turned down admittance offers to both Stonybrook and Cambridge to attend Arizona State University after receiving a personal phone call from Kaye Reed, a professor and advisor in the ASU school and a research associate in the Institute of Human Origins.


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Incoming Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) incoming Chairman Doug Kramer says he is aware that the industry he grew up in and has worked in for most of his adult life has issues of extreme importance facing it.
When Kramer becomes chairman of Washington, D.C.-based ISRI at the group's 2014 convention in April, he says he will build upon the work his predecessors, fellow officers and ISRI staff members have done to make the scrap industry safer and more unified.
Asked to take part in a Recycling Today Industry Leaders Q&A session, Kramer, who is president of Los Angeles-based Kramer Metals, replied that he was honored to have the opportunity to let readers know what his priorities will be and why he believes the industry should feel strongly compelled to address the key issues of safety and materials theft.
Recycling Today (RT): For how long have you been involved with ISRI and why has being involved been a priority for you?
Doug Kramer (DK): My ISRI involvement goes back, really, to ISRI's inception. I got involved at the end of 1986 and beginning of 1987, right during the transition from ISIS (Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel) to ISRI, and I started with chapter involvement (then called the Southwestern chapter) and then on to national involvement in 1988. I remember that the first committee I served on was the State Subcommittee, co-chaired by Cricket Williams and Shelly Padnos. That subcommittee was elevated in status to a full committee, called the State Committee, and I served on that; if I'm not mistaken, I think Scott Horne was the chairman.
I am truly fortunate to know and to have known many of our association's past leaders and industry icons because of my father's involvement in both ISIS and ISRI. Those individuals, and especially my father, strongly believed in giving back to the industry. My dad really instilled in me a strong belief in the importance of participating in the governance of the association and of volunteer leadership. My dad always taught me to fight for what I believed in and for what is right, and that's why ISRI is a priority to me. To be chosen by your peers and, in some cases, by your father's peers, to lead that fight on their behalf is both humbling and daunting. Howard Cosell summed it up best, "What's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right." That's how I live my life and it is how I intend on leading ISRI.
RT: How has being involved with ISRI changed the way you and your colleagues operate Kramer Metals Inc.?
DK: When you're involved with companies that operate at the highest levels of efficiency, technology, compliance, ethics and so forth, there's a tendency to emulate those companies—to try and "behave" like them in the best sense of that word at all levels. Because ISRI delivers programs and training like the Safety Blueprint, Operations Forum, metals ID and environmental compliance, and all of the government relations and management tools that are available, I'm constantly being pushed to be better, safer, more efficient and an exemplar for our industry.
As ISRI has become more demanding of my time, I have really had to lean not only on my dad but also on our entire organization for support. We're fortunate to have a good team in place. I don't have to worry that my dad is without help and that the business is somewhat adrift while I'm not there. The skills and programs that I bring back to the office from ISRI have really helped me get my employees prepared for the next two years.
RT: What are some ISRI initiatives and programs that you would like to see remain or be elevated as priorities in the years ahead?
DK: There's no question that I am committed to changing our industry's safety standing. There's just no reason that we should be the fourth deadliest industry in the United States—that's just unacceptable. I know we can do better. I also know that it is crucial that safety, as well as environmental compliance, is driven from the top down. We must do a better job of engaging the owners and/or presidents/CEOs of our member companies to truly make safety the top priority. If safety is first, then that has to be woven into the fabric of the company. Otherwise, we should be honest and say that safety is second or maybe third, behind profit and production, and that we accept injury and possibly death as a cost of doing business. Sounds pretty terrible when you put it like that, doesn't it? So safety, for me, is definitely a priority.
The other major issue for me is the poor impression our industry seems to have with almost everybody but ourselves—we think we're pretty great but it's clear that not many other people agree. Just take two issues: metal theft and the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) making a run at changing the definition of solid waste. We have to do better. We have to change how we are perceived, and it's a big job because that change includes a lot of institutions, individuals, the media and, of course, government. I think a big part of that change will occur through our efforts with initiatives like JASON Learning (www.jason.org), which will educate children not only about what we do and its value but also the value of working in this industry. This industry will be part of their lives. Unfortunately, this is a generational change, so it will happen long after I'm gone from ISRI. We just have to change the perception of our industry—we have to.
RT: To what extent have metals recyclers been able to have their side of the story heard and become part of the discussion on the issue of metals theft in the past few years?
DK: Oh I think we're definitely part of the discussion … the wrong part of the discussion! I mean, we're fighting this fight simultaneously in Congress, at the state level, at the county level and at the municipal level! We've told our story and, in many cases, it's been heard and well-received. But in many more cases—and this gets back to my answer to your previous question and changing the perception of our industry—our message gets lost. Actually, our message gets completely derailed because I think metal theft is such a local issue—that it is so esoteric a discussion based upon exactly where you operate that a lot of the discussion is just noise to local police and municipalities. We're trying to send a unified message, but that message only works in particular circumstances.
In addition, and we have to be honest here, there are a significant number of industry participants who do not conduct their businesses ethically and who do not follow the law, and these are the guys that we are constantly compared to in the press and at hearings from Washington, D.C., to Anytown, USA. It's just so difficult to talk about what a great job we are doing and how our industry is part of the solution and how great ScrapTheftAlert.com is and then get slammed with examples and pictures and anecdotal evidence that suggests the exact opposite is true.
And, as long as I'm venting here, it's easy for legislators and some police departments to point at us and say, "These scrap guys are the problem." I mean we're easy to find—the legitimate scrap recyclers are easy to find, what we buy is easy to track because we're following the law and most of us have deeper pockets than the thieves, so we're slapped with punitive action and blame. We're convenient to go after.
I believe people in positions of power think that if they just keep passing punitive laws on top of existing laws that lay burden on top of burden on the scrap industry, metal theft will go away. We all know that isn't true, but if the police arrest a metal thief and prosecutors won't prosecute the crime, guess what … we're the bad guys by default because we're an easy target.
RT: Are there still many recyclers who are not ISRI members and what is your message to them as to why it's worthwhile to join?
DK: There are still a lot of recyclers who are not ISRI members, and I'd like to take this opportunity to reach out to them and encourage them to join.
The benefits of membership, aside from the member services and all of the education and training programs, really boil down to opportunity. The Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA) reports, for instance, are one of the most valuable and least expensive benefits ISRI offers and they afford the opportunity to avoid liability under Superfund. Those reports can literally make the difference between keeping and losing your business. You can't get those without being an ISRI member. ISRI membership affords you the opportunity to identify new markets; the opportunity to meet scrap buyers not only from your region but from all over the world; the opportunity for your business to grow and to become more competitive; the opportunity to learn and share experiences with other business owners and managers; and the opportunity to build valuable relationships that begin as business opportunities and become lifelong friendships.
That said, let's assume that all of that is not compelling enough to convince someone to join. The reality is that, because of ISRI, all of us in the scrap recycling industry are still able to conduct our business. Without the intervention of ISRI and the volunteer member leaders in ISRI over the past 25 years, our industry, as we know it, would not exist today in its present form.
The recycling business may be tough right now, but it could be a whole lot tougher. Believe me, business is booming in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 states' legislatures, and there's no lack of desire to promulgate bad legislation. Protecting our industry comes with a hefty price tag in terms of both human capital and real dollars, and that price tag increases every year.
Growing our membership is critical to this organization. Yet, despite all of this, there are still some industry participants that we just can't seem to reach—they're content to ride the coattails of our members and directly benefit from the hard work of ISRI staff and ISRI members.
I can't imagine being a scrap recycler and not belonging to ISRI. ISRI membership is the best and least expensive insurance you can buy to protect your livelihood.
RT: Sustainability seems to have maintained momentum as a corporate practice. How can ISRI member companies tie into sustainability as a corporate goal for some of their customers?
DK: I think that ISRI's RIOS™ (Recycling Industry Operating Standard) program provides an excellent way for members to demonstrate to their customers that they are supporting corporate sustainability goals by recycling in an environmentally responsible manner. More and more ISRI members are turning to RIOS to show their customers, competitors and peers that they are committed to the highest standards in the industry. RIOS is the only management standard developed for the recycling industry by the industry. From paper and metals to plastics and electronics, RIOS certification by accredited, third-party auditors provides assurance that a recycler is operating at the highest quality, environmental, health and safety standards. It's a lot of work and a big commitment but well worth the effort.
RT: When you're not taking care of Kramer Metals or ISRI business, how do you like to spend your time?
DK: You know, I have three families: I have my Kramer Metals family, I have my ISRI family and then I have my wife Jill and my two sons, Noah and Jonah. My wife and children have definitely been deprived of my time, to some degree, because I'm never really "off the clock" as far as the business is concerned, and ISRI has steadily increased its need for my time as I have moved through the officer chairs. I love to spend time with my wife and sons … I live for them. Everything I do is for them, so I don't care what we're doing, as long as we're doing it together. I take them to as many ISRI meetings as possible just so I don't have to be away from them. We love to travel, but when we're home we love to go skiing, we mountain bike, we go camping a few times a year and, since we live in California, we obviously go to the beach as much as possible. In addition, the boys always seem to have a project we can work on—as long as I'm doing something with them, I'm good.
Jill and I have some great friends and some great neighbors, so we like to hang out, barbeque and just enjoy spending time together.
And, believe it or not, I really like spending time with my Dad away from the office. The older I get, the smarter he gets, and the more I appreciate spending time with him, and I especially like watching him with his grandchildren. I would never have had the opportunity to become the next chairman of ISRI, let alone do all the things I've done in my life, without my dad's encouragement, support and approval. And, believe it or not, I really like spending time with my dad away from the office.
RT: Are there any business issues unique to California right now, and are any of these likely to spread to other states?
DK: Oh, man, don't get me started on California! I'm lucky to live and work in the most business unfriendly, industry killing and litigious state in the Republic. Enough said. While all of that is, in my opinion, true, I think that everything that California does eventually infects the rest of the United States to one degree or another. Most of the time, that's a bad thing. Sometimes, it's not as much of a nightmare. Case-in-point: metal theft. I think that we actually have a pretty good metal theft law here. Now, if they'd only enforce it ….


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9 in '09 with Mary Doria Russell and book giveaway, part 1
Mary Doria's first novel The Sparrow and it's sequel Children of God, combined to win 8 regional, national, and international awards. She followed with two books of historical fiction, A Thread of Grace, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Dreamers of the Day. She holds a PhD in Paleanthropology and taught human gross anatomy at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry before becoming a full-time writer.
Mary is a wonderful speaker and you should take advantage of any opportunity to hear her. Here's my post on a book signing I attended last year. Visit her website for more information, http://www.marydoriarussell.net/
I will be giving one lucky commenter his or her choice of one Mary Doria Russell title. After reading part one of the interview leave a comment and you will be entered. Come back tomorrow and comment on part 2 and earn a second entry. Those who have gotten a correct answer in my Green Title Quiz have earned an extra entry and those who are winners in my upcoming quiz on Monday will also earn extra entries. I will draw the winners on March 31st at noon. I will ship anywhere.
Without further ado…
1. Dreamers of the Day takes place as the fate of the Middle East was being decided in 1921 and many historical figures play roles in the book. How true to the real players are the characters?
I did my level best to portray all the historical characters with accuracy. My goal with historical novels is never to contradict the facts, but to work with them and deepen the reader's insight into personalities and events. I will sometimes fudge dates by a few weeks, to make a narrative work, but I really try to keep things as accurate as possible. I'm still an academic at heart.
2. The Sparrow is one of my favorite books and was optioned by Brad Pitt's production company. What is the status on The Sparrow making it to the big screen?
Well, as everybody says, it's great honor to be nominated – a heartening validation of a writer's skill and very nice recognition of a particular work. It's also the only thing that impresses people more than "Brad Pitt might do The Sparrow!"
To me, however, the most gratifying recognition is the email I get from families of veterans of the World War II Italian campaign. These are notes from people whose parents served in the armed anti-fascist resistance, or in the German, Italian and Allied armed forces. I also hear from children of Jewish refugees whose lives were saved by the Italians, as described in the book.
Veterans and survivors rarely talked about the occupation of Italy, and the novel fills in a lot of gaps for families because the silence of Claudia at the end of the story is typical. Partly, it's the difficulty of conveying political and strategic complexity in what is often a third or fourth language for he parent. But it's also very difficult to relive those emotions, and most people in the World War II generation believe such memories are better forgotten.
Of course, war trauma is never forgotten – it's there, and the consequences echo down the generations. It was my privilege to start a few conversations, even ones that are now posthumous. The book seems to fill in gaps and connect dots for many in the second generation.
Two actually!
And Eight to Five, Against, I even 'interviewed' horses to get the personalities and capabilities of an intact quarter horse, an Arab mare and a gelded hunter-jumper right!
And since Doc Holliday went to dental school in 1871, I read all the issues of the professional journal Dental Cosmos between 1871 and 1878, so I'd be familiar with the instruments available to Doc and his patients.
This kind of research is just a joy to me. I love love LOVE this stuff.
Tonnage. I mean: YEARS of research for each of them. And I go deep on the main characters. I need to know what they knew, and I also have to understand their parents' lives and the kind of relationship they had with their parents. I know more about Doc Holliday's family than I do my own, and if I get started on him, I'll go on forever, so I'll tell you about the research on the Earp brothers, because I can shut up about them more easily.
I started with all the biographies, but I still didn't believe I understood their family dynamic. Just looking at the whole group – Newton, James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren – I knew there was something going on at the home that nobody was writing about. My guess was that they were beaten as children, but none of the biographers mention it.
Then I dug up a diary written in 1864 by a woman on a wagon train to California that was led by Nicholas Earp, the boys' father, back when Wyatt was 15. Sure enough, Nicholas was a mean, profane, violent sonofabitch. The diarist gave example after example, and this was years before any of the Earps was famous, so I think it's reliable. It was a great validation of my developing insight into the brothers' personalities and was of dealing with the world.
I'm also pretty certain Wyatt was dyslexic, based on descriptions of his attempts to read law, but Morgan was a reader, and that told me something about their relationship – Morg was four years younger, but he and Wyatt were extremely close. So there's Morg's hero worship of his older brother Wyatt, while Wyatt was dependent on Morg's help with letters and newspapers and so on.
And I'm becoming very fond of their older brother James, who was crippled during the Civil War. Each of the boys has reacted differently to their father's bullying, and James is the kind whose reaction is to remain gentle in a quiet existential defiance of the abusive parent. He's a remarkable guy…James was in every town where Wyatt served on the police force, but he's almost unknown to history – I have a colleague digging out James's war record right now, to get a feel for where he'd been and the intensity of the fighting he saw.
March 19, 2009 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | authors, Books, giveaway, interview, Mary Doria Russell, pulitzer, research | 29 Comments
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Meditation helps kids pay attention, leading researcher says
Gordon Hoekstra, PostMedia News: Simple meditation techniques, backed up with modern scientific knowledge of the brain, are helping kids hard-wire themselves to be able to better pay attention and become kinder, says neuroscientist Richard Davidson.
Davidson — who will speak Friday at the University of British Columbia on his new co-authored book, The Emotional Life of Your Brain — has put his research into practice at elementary schools in Madison, Wis.
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The dates are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 to 10. The show begins at 7 p.m.
You may have heard the songs: The film's sound track was a best-selling album in 2006, the year the Disney movie was released.
It's fun and funny, and the story line of teens taking chances and overcoming difficulties makes for an exciting time.
There will be sabotage and manipulation, but also friends supporting each other and a large celebration.
Bring the young people in your life to watch basketball captain Troy Bolton (Calvin Waddle) and studious Gabriella Montez (Alyssa King), rivals Sharpay Evans (Molly Boland) and her brother Ryan (Ryan Sudo), with their singing, dancing school friends.
General admission tickets at the door will cost $4 for students and seniors and $6 for adults.
Reserved tickets can be purchased in advance for $10; call 651-982-8476.


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The Future of Nanotechnology in the Mobile Phone
A new book from Nokia details how nanotechnology is impacting the mobile phone
A new book from Nokia details how nanotechnology is impacting the mobile phone
Spectrometers incorporated into mobile phones could help them tell when fresh produce is ripe or rotten
Ughâ'¿I just read an interview with the Executive Vice President of the new markets group at Nokia and was distressed to discover that there doesnâ''t seem to be a clear understanding of what good nanotechnology is for mobile phones. Last year Nokia and Cambridge University were crowing about a cartoon they made about what could be done when you combine plastic electronics with mobile phone technologies: A Dick-Tracy-like watch/cell phone. Okay, it was good marketing for both Cambridge and Nokia, but I would be hard pressed to believe that any of the researchers at either outfit earnestly believed they were …
Water resistance would be a welcome feature on mobile phones, but what happened to longer lasting batteries?
I complained last week that it seemed as though an opportunity to employ nanotechnology to improve the battery life of mobile phones was being missed. While this might be a legitimate criticism leveled at the corporate types, for the scientist types nothing could be further from the truth. Researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published in Nature their research on a battery that charges about 100 times as fast as normal lithium ion batteries, resulting in a mobile phone that could charge in 10 seconds and 5 minutes for hybrid electric cars. The …
EU project to reduce vampire power consumption of electronic devices could result in mobile phones with 10x better battery life
Israeli-based Explay has developed the worldâ''s smallest image projector that can be carried in your pocket as you dash off to give your next presentation. While I am sure this is very exciting for those who donâ''t like to depend on the A/V team at their next conference, or like to make their friends and family endure large images of the photos taken on their mobile phone camera, itâ''s not clear that there is any nanotechnology in the phone, other than the name â''Nano Projectorâ''. Information on the technology of the projector can be found
Last week my rueful exposition on the state of applying nanotechnology to mobile phones received support and encouragement from Kristen Kulinowski, who was recently highlighted over at Andrew Maynardâ''s 20/20 blog. In addition to the encouragement, I was asked about my supposition on the possibility of virus-enabled lithium-ion batteries being commercially available by the end of this year. These batteries build on Angela Belcherâ''s research at MIT of getting organic materials, like a man-made virus, to attract inorganic materials like gold, or in the case of this battery technology the viruses coat themselves with iron phosphate. But as far as …
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Cheap talk: So what if the porn industry supports charities for kids ("Boobs for Babies," Gus Garcia-Roberts, June 30)? Is it not allowed to do that? It's admirable that the company doesn't want to pat itself on the back publicly. What charity do you have, and how much do you give to charity? You are the scam, pointing your little fingers at the bad guy. Start a charity, promote it, sponsor special events, figure out finances and logistics, pay for permits, and hire lawyers to deal with assholes like you. Volunteer. Get your hands dirty. Know what's involved. And then open your stupid mouth to say something.
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Casting call: This writer is so fascinated by porn. I think he wants to be in porn and thinks that writing about Reality Kings every week will get him his big break.
Watch Your Mouth
Eavesdropping: A system that detects conversations as well as gunshots is a blatant invasion of privacy ("Surveillance City," Michael E. Miller, June 30). I understand there is a need for police protection and stopping criminals from committing crimes, but innocent people will be affected if their conversations are recorded. I'm sure there has to be another way!
Yank 'em: Joe Martinez is a dumbass. This has to be one of the stupidest money pits ever! You have to wonder how much graft Joe is pocketing out of this white elephant project.
Joe Franklins
Put 'em everywhere: Install these devices in the backroom of every city hall, in all police cars and offices, and in every bar and club. Then you will see some results.
Michael Wind
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Check facts: The subhead to the article — "Governor wants to drug-test welfare recipients, even his little brother" — and the article itself are grossly misleading ("Scott's Black Sheep," Victoria Bekiempis, June 30). Not only does Rick Scott's brother live in a state outside of Scott's jurisdiction, but also he is not even on welfare! Contrary to what is implied, social security is not welfare, and recipients of social security are not subject to testing under Scott's program.
Muckraking: I read the article about Gov. Rick Scott's brother and kept trying to determine what the story was about. This is newsworthy? The author tried her best to trash his brother, but she failed. A lot of us have family members who are less fortunate. I am neutral when it comes to Gov. Scott's politics, but this article was just a boring piece of yellow journalism. Maybe it was a slow news week.
Family drug-testing: Scott is concerned with filling the pockets of his former drug-testing company with our tax money. If he were able to get Texas to buy his drug tests, he would happily drug-test his brother, mother, and anyone else who could put another dollar in his pocket.
J. Stacy
Wash your mouth: I don't belong to "the society of elitist rich Anglos and Hispanics who run this county," but I love and care about my community — unconditionally ("Luke's Gospel," Luther Campbell, June 30). Volunteering to read to or tutor children and setting a good example doesn't cost millions of dollars. But to the children, it means everything! No one is motivated or encouraged by listening to offensive language. Act like a gentleman, and you will be treated like one. The City of Miami spoke when it didn't elect you to represent it. Don't be angry with so-called "elitists." Be angry with yourself. Personally, I want a well-spoken, educated gentleman to represent the needs of my community. And I know I speak for millions in this case.
K. Cabrera
Big dope: If the best black candidate you can come up with is a former rapper who writes mostly retarded op-ed pieces for Miami New Times and whose big economic plan to save the county is to enact a tax on strippers, nobody who is drug-free is going to vote for a black candidate. Luke crying about some secret White-Hispanic cabal just because he got his ass handed to him in an election is not going to make anyone vote for him the next time around.
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Some truth: I'm not a follower of Luke, but there is truth in some of what he says. Speaking as a non-white, non-black, non-Hispanic reader, I see a definite pattern of subtle racism exercised by whites of various ethnic groups against those of color in several quarters.
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Miami New Times won 12 awards in the recently announced Green Eyeshade Awards, which recognize excellence in journalism in 11 Southeastern states. In the nondaily division, Tim Elfrink took first place in business, technology, public affairs, and politics reporting, as well as second place in court reporting and third place in investigative reporting. Gus Garcia-Robertss story Blow Hard was named best entry overall in the nondaily division, as well as best feature story. Michael E. Miller took first in sportswriting. And Francisco Alvarado, food critic Lee Klein, and editor Chuck Strouse grabbed second place in public service, criticism, and serious commentary, respectively.


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This historic town is located amidst beautiful hills littered with vineyards. Its possible to while away hours in the town, dipping in and out of boutiques, sampling all the local delicacies in the many trattorias and taking a moment to stop and watch the world go by at the town centre's medieval stone tower.
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Fellow runner, writer and blogger, Susan Edelman, has paid me the ultimate compliment. She wrote a wonderful post about #Shelfies, a term she picked up about taking a picture of your bookshelf instead of YOURself, and my memoir, Twenty-four Years to Boston, is one of the books on her shelf. Wow! I'm blushing. I'd gone back and forth with Susan on several occasions about running, injuries and writing, and am humbled that she would include my book on her shelf along with Hemingway, Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy, all of whom I'm not deserving to even sharpen their pencil. Check out Susan's blog at http://watchhatchfly.com/2014/01/16/bookshelf-shelfies/ and scroll down toward the bottom to see my memoir sitting among the literary icons. Thank you, Susan!
When I began this blog, I intended to write more about books, because I read a lot, and I wanted to share my reading adventures. Yes, exciting adventures! Here's how my reading adventure ALWAYS goes:
- Mood to read strikes.
- Dogs pick up my "Mood to read" with their canine senses.
- I hunt around for my glasses and my Kindle, two dogs hot on my heels.
- Here's our shared concern: We all want "the good spot" on the couch.
- (It's a contest!)
- We exchange eye contact.
- No one moves until I signal with the first step toward the couch.
- The three of us hurl ourselves onto the sofa simultaneously.
- If I wind up on the bottom of the dog pile, I win!!
- (Often I don't win.)
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The Vietnam – Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friendship Association and the Vietnam Committee for Support of Peace and Unification for DPRK on September 6 hosted a get-together to mark the 63rd National Day of DPRK.
Addressing the event, President of the Vietnam – DPRK Friendship Association Pham Tat Dong said he wished under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, the DPRK people would reap greater achievements in national construction, defence and unification.
Dong stressed that the Vietnamese and DPRK people have friendly relations and long-standing co-operative ties which were founded and nurtured by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il Sung, adding that regular exchange activities between people's friendship organisations contributed to promoting the two countries' fine traditional relations.
Dong said he believed that through common efforts, Vietnam and DPRK would continue strengthening their traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation to contribute to establishing and fortifying a stable peace and co-operation in the Asia-Pacific and all over the world.
DPRK Ambassador to Vietnam, Kim Chang Il said he believed the Vietnamese people would continue obtaining new and greater achievements in the national construction and development towards industrialisation and modernisation.
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"Now coming to your college campus: the First Globals. They are the most outward-looking generation in American history, more socially tolerant, and internationally aware. How does higher education need to adapt to a fundamental reorientation of the American character away from consumption and toward a new global citizen?"
The above was how the Chronicle of Higher Education's Leadership Forum advertised pollster John Zogby's June 7 welcome speech in Washington to more than 150 university and college presidents and other high-level administrators.
Zogby, president and chief executive officer of the research and marketing firm Zogby International, told his listeners that they should start now to implement ways to satisfy the demands of a new breed of young students. He spoke at a good time, and his audience — those who are teaching and training our next generation of political leaders and foreign diplomats — was the perfect one.
Now more than ever, the United States sorely needs educated citizens who are willing to reach out in new ways to the rest of the world, a world that is becoming more interconnected and more volatile by the minute.
During our telephone interview Tuesday, Zogby told me that the numbers he cited in Washington were culled from polls conducted over the last five years. Many of the numbers can be found in his book, The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream.
The majority of First Globals, 18 years old through 29, do not adhere to any political ideology, Zogby said, and they are willing to think through some of our most complex issues even though they may lack deep knowledge of details.
A major reason for this trend, Zogby said, is that these young people are seekers and world travelers. His polling shows that 56 percent of respondents in this group hold passports and have traveled abroad once or twice during the last five years, with 23 percent expecting to live and work in a foreign country during their careers. Some 56 percent also said they had relatives and friends living abroad.
Zogby argues that members of this generation are more globally aware than any other group in American history. "First Globals want a foreign policy as inclusive and embrasive as they are," he said. "They expect impediments to trade to be removed so they can shop anywhere, and they want developing countries and their peoples protected from predatory multinational corporations and fiscal policies that hold the world's poorest people ransom. For First Globals, the American Century is already over, and the Whole Earth Century has begun."
The Internet, Zogby said, plays another vital role in shaping the perspectives of First Globals, recasting geography for them and creating a world view that is not confined by traditional political borders. For better or worse, they are as likely to see themselves as citizens of "planet Earth" as they are to see themselves as U.S. citizens.
"Travel exposes people to other cultures, alternative ways of doing things, new products and brands, and sometimes competing world views," Zogby said. "For the young especially, travel is the physical completion of the global connection that begins on a computer screen. And no Americans in history have traveled abroad in greater numbers than the Americans of today."
I spent most of Wednesday at the University of Florida and at Santa Fe College with journalism students, and I saw promotions for foreign travel and study abroad everywhere. One brochure on a counter in UF's Weimar Hall, home of the College of Journalism and Communications, states that "participation in a study abroad is more than an academic adventure; it's an experience that can have lasting, positive influence on your future career and life in general." It said study abroad places the student in the role of being "personal ambassador" for the United States, "promoting an understanding of your country's interests to others in the world."
First Globals voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. He is their kind of young leader: brilliant, biracial and BlackBerry obsessive, a world traveler and a unilateralist who during his first few months in office has staked out a new beginning with the Arab world.
Zogby told his audience of college and university presidents and other administrators that they need to get on board. The First Globals are in their classrooms, and their numbers are growing.


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What is art? Is it something we find aesthetically pleasing or is it something we find intellectually compatible? Is it a physical object, a metaphor or something with a deep and strong meaning.
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People see art in many different ways; I see everything as art. From the graffiti on an old mill, to the most delicate pieces in the worlds leading galleries. I am going to look at people opinions of graffiti; whether to them, it is art, or not. Graffiti can be seen in many forms, as shown above. It can be portrayed as a public piece to make a statement; done by people such as Banksy and King Robbo. Or it can be thought of as "vandalism", however in my opinion graffiti is not "vandalism", it is art. Just because it is mainly found in undesirable places without permission doesn't mean that no thought and depth has been put into it. Some of the most well-known artist may take less time through a thought process when designing work but that doesn't make them any less or more of an artist than graffiti artists.
A lot of the older generations do not approve of graffiti as they also dub it as "vandalism" and mainly think of the younger generations as the reason for it becoming such a worldwide issue. To photograph some local pieces of graffiti I visited a local derelict mill which opened my eyes to a large variety of graffiti. I was also told by someone up there, who was much older than myself and was starting a piece of work, that he had travelled from Manchester just for this location. So clearly there is some thought into where they will be based.
Images 2 and 3, show graffiti in two different environments, one in a commercial building and one in a gallery. The point I would like to discuss is, when does graffiti become art? Is it the moment it passes through the gallery door, or it is at the start or completion of the piece? The way I see it is no matter what it is or where it is, anything can be art as long as it has a thought process behind it and has evidence to back it up. For example, we visited the Tate Modern gallery in September 2011 and saw some quite famous pieces or work. However, some of them were so basic and didn't seem to have much meaning or make an impression on you, yet when you read the description, the meaning became clear and made much more sense. I also photographed some graffiti along the Thames, which I found very interesting, as they were in such a public place and hadn't been removed in any way.
A question I found on yahoo answers was,
"What are your views on graffiti?
As a sub culture, graffiti is blowing up in the UK more than ever, but what's your views on it, is it art? Or is it a nuisance?"
"If our councils/planners build boring walls, underpasses etc. Then it is inviting graffiti. Graffiti can be very interesting, creative and artistic. Some schoolchildren have been organised into decorating boring walls with pictures and other areas have been covered with some very attractive/thought provoking work. I believe though that the nature of graffiti is not to be permanent - that it is acceptable to have your work covered by new work - all about self-expression - much better than being aggressive/anti-social etc." and also "if its people tagging to mark their "hood" then it's a nuisance. But a lot of graffiti is very artistic, i personally love it. The graffiti you find on the outside of trains is generally quite good, but not on peoples houses...."
I completely agree with both of these statements and from the answers I have found most people see graffiti as an art form and I appreciate that. From asking many people their opinion on graffiti, it appears to be the location of it that matters.
The last image above shows and artist called Julian Beever, who is an English chalk artist who creates anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint. He creates these pieces of art in public places for people to see. Does that make it graffiti? Like Graffiti it is only temporary so does that make it just as inappropriate as graffiti? Or is it because most passing people find it aesthetically pleasing? This must be the borderline between the two.
What I would like to achieve from this story, is a number of opinions on your views on graffiti. This would be a massive help to me and would be much appreciated.
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I believe graffiti is art. I taught a graffiti unit at the beginning of the year to my 6th graders. I posed the same question to them. We had a blast creating graffiti of the character ed words and displayed them in the hallways.
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2006/12/28 - Australian organisation ChannelPoint.com.au today announced workshops to assist progressive vendors boost their channel partner relationships.
Vendors keen to streamline their distribution channels are now able to benefit from facilitated workshops with channel partners. Organised by industry advocate, ChannelPoint.com.au, the workshops are geared towards cleaning the air on a number of key issues within the channel, with the ultimate intent of realigning goals across the channel.
The workshops allow both vendors and their channel partners to explore new and more effective ways of working together to achieve common objectives. Said Sales and Marketing Director, Robert Nagy. Vendors can engage us to help identify roadblocks within the channel and facilitate joint action planning around them he added. This is achieved within an atmosphere of mutual respect, understanding and trust.
The workshops are tailored around the specific requirements of vendors, and depend on the size and nature of the channel. A typical workshop will last for two days and is run dynamically with the majority of participants physically present the entire time. We find that face-to-face is the best approach as it allows for greater opportunities to participate. said Nagy and volunteered that youd be surprised at whats uncovered during a relaxed luncheon or in the queue at the café downstairs.
Whilst there has been solid interest in the workshops from distributors and resellers, Nagy anticipates the majority of engagements will be initiated by vendors. We are certainly taking note of what our distributor and reseller client organisations are telling us. Nagy commented. Whilst not in the habit of confronting vendors with specific concerns, Nagy admitted to dropping a hint or two along the way. Perhaps some vendors could do with a little more than gentle persuasion to examine the health of their channel partner relationships! They would certainly be well served by a facilitated session with the ChannelPoint.com.au experts.
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The State of the Sector:
The impact of cuts to civil legal aid on practitioners and their clients
This is a report by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, University of Warwick in association with ilegalReport researched and written by Natalie Byrom
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In November 2010 the coalition government announced its plans to abolish Legal Aid for the majority of non-criminal legal problems. This attack on access to justice and the rule of law had no mandate – no party manifesto had even hinted it – and no precedent. Every area of assistance not directly engaging ECHR rights was to be removed. The Government itself admits over 600,000 cases per year will no longer be funded.
Two years of campaigning and resistance followed. Despite being defeated an unprecedented number of times in the House of Lords, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act ("LASPO") passed and came into force this month, coinciding exactly with the introduction of many welfare "reforms". Whatever your views on the coalition government's austerity agenda, it is now abundantly clear that equality before the law is no longer a statutory principle of our society. The likely impact on social cohesion of both welfare reform and turning the justice clock back to the pre-Beveridge 1940s will be profound.
However, LASPO does more than abolish the right to professional advice and assistance for those who could never afford to buy justice. It represents the end of many of the careers of those who have dedicated their lives to working for fees that have been kept static for two decades. It squanders precious resources built up over 60 years of consistent public funding of legal advice. We at ilegal, set up 7 years ago by and for these front-line expert advisers and lawyers, were determined to try and capture the destruction being wreaked on our people, many of whom work long hours in Citizens Advice Bureaux, Law Centres and specialist advice agencies, yet whose expertise was repeatedly rubbished by Ministers during the LASPO debates.
We are deeply grateful to the highly respected Centre for Human Rights in Practice at the University of Warwick for agreeing to study this issue for us within a very short timeframe. We are also in awe of the energy, diligence and commitment of Natalie Byrom, who led the research and authored this report.
We hope it adds to the appreciation of the significant social value of properly funded legal advice, underscores the importance of rebuilding equality of access to the law and renews the determination of the sector to provide it. We believe its findings must make everyone consider one key question: if we truly want our society to be a fair and civilised one, what price justice?
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Byrom: charging could have drastic implications
Nearly a fifth of not-for-profit legal advice centres are planning to charge for services as a strategy to survive cuts in legal aid, a study into the impact of the reforms has revealed.
But the study, by University of Warwick Centre for Human Rights in Practice researcher Natalie Byrom, in conjunction with legal aid and social welfare law website ilegal, found widespread fear of redundancy across the sector.
The survey was carried out during February, just before the civil legal aid cuts in the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force on 1 April. Some 674 individuals working in legal aid-funded civil law participated. More than a quarter (28.8%) reported they were at risk of redundancy.
Nearly one in five (17.7%) of not-for-profit sector respondents said their agency's funding strategy after the legal aid cuts included a move to charging for advice. This has been possible since restrictions on charging by in-house lawyers employed by not-for-profit organisations were finally lifted at the end of February as part of the Solicitors Regulation Authority'sred tape challenge. The Legal Services Board has pressed hard for the change.
Ms Byrom said: "Depending on how this is implemented, the move to a charging model could have drastic implications for the sector and the individuals it currently serves. For many not-for-profit providers, this would mark a departure into unknown territory."
In other findings, the survey found that areas outside of London and the south-east would be disproportionately affected by reductions in legal advice services – reinforcing warnings of 'advice deserts'.
More than half of respondents who said their service was "very likely to close" this year were from the north of England. The midlands, south-west and Wales are also thought to be similarly affected.
Among advice workers most likely to be made redundant, highly-qualified women are expected to be disproportionately at risk. Of those workers who have worked in the sector for more than eight years and hold the highest qualifications, more than two-thirds are women but comprised 87.5% of those who reported being at risk of redundancy.Carry on reading on Legal Futures
There could be job losses for close to a third of legal aid lawyers and advisers as firms close or cut services, creating 'advice deserts' across the country in the wake of the legal aid cuts, according to a report published today.
According to an online survey of 670 legal aid workers, following the £350m cuts that came into force last week, 29% of respondents said they are at risk of redundancy. The research was conducted by Warwick University's Centre for Human Rights in Practice and the ilegal website.
The most experienced specialist advisers and those with over 10 years' experience are most at risk.
Overall, 7% of respondents believed their firm or agency was 'likely to close completely in 2013' as a result of the cuts, and 25% estimated they could close in the next two years.
Some 55% said they would reduce the amount of specialist casework they offered, and 24% said they would cease to provide specialist casework.
The impact on the legal profession will be felt nationwide, but the survey shows that the north of England, the Midlands, the south-west and Wales are likely to be disproportionately affected.
Half of respondents who said their service is 'very likely to close completely in 2013' were from the north. 22% who said they could close in 2013-2015 were in the Midlands and 19% of those who said they would end specialist casework were from the south-west.
The report's author Natalie Byrom said: 'Legal advice services are most heavily concentrated in London and the south-east of England. But our survey found that it is the rest of the UK that will be disproportionately affected by reductions in legal advice services.'
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10 April 2013 | By Emily Twinch
A University of Warwick report published this month interviewed 674 people working in legal aid funded civil law earlier this year and found 64.4 per cent at risk of redundancy were specialist advisors.
Just over 98 per cent of the people who said they were at risk of redundancy worked on areas of law that included either housing, debt and money, employment or welfare and benefits.
The report said: 'Advisors in the areas of housing, debt and welfare benefits, where the recession and spending cuts have led to increased demand for legal advice, are also at greater risk of redundancy than those who advise in other areas of law.'
Sixty legal professionals who worked on debt and money were at risk of redundancy, 65 on welfare benefits and 45 who cover housing. This compares with, for example, nine who work on immigration and asylum and seven who work on discrimination.
It found that across the board – in all areas of legal aid funding – those in the north of England were likely to be hit hardest, where 50 per cent of respondents said their service was 'very likely to close completely in 2013'.
The report, The state of the sector: The impact of cuts to civil legal aid on practitioners and their clients, warns of the creation of 'advice deserts' in areas where there are already scarce resources.
Homelessness charity Shelter had to close nine face-to-face advice centres because of the cuts to legal aid at the end of last month.
The Ministry of Justice made the cuts, coming in this month, to reduce the legal aid budget by £350 million from its annual £2.2 billion spending by 2014/15. This removes public funding from many areas of civil law. Read original
'Advice deserts' have been predicted in different regions of the country following the introduction oflegal aid cuts earlier this month.
A recent survey of 674 people working in legal aid-funded family and civil law suggests that some parts of the country will be hit particularly hard by the cuts. No less than half the respondents who said that their service was likely to close completely during 2013 came from the north of England. Meanwhile, a higher than expected number of respondents saying their services was likely to close over the next two years were based in the Midlands.
People living in rural areas, children, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged were likely to hardest hit by the cuts, the professionals claimed.
The respondents worked in both the not-for-profit sector and private practice. A number said they were trying to protect their existing clients from the full impact of the cuts, reducing their overheads and applying for other funding.
The State of the Sector: The impact of cuts to civil legal aid on practitioners and their clients was written by Natalie Byrom and published by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice at the University of Warwick.
A foreword by Patrick Torsney and Patrick Henderson of website ilegal claims that the legal aid cuts "had no mandate" and that they indicate that "equality before the law is no longer a statutory principle of our society."
The foreword adds:
"The likely impact on social cohesion of both welfare reform and turning the justice clock back to the pre-Beveridge 1940s will be profound."
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act removed legal aid funding from most civil and family law cases earlier this month.
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I'm kinda worried, I had to be cut open twice for a Lift and my right breast has a icky scar...when I lay down I can feel a very hard ball about the size of grape. It also sinks in on the left side where my clevage starts and there is no implant there just feels hollow and mushy then gets hard the more down you feel by the scar. 2 months after my surgery I had a hole in that area that wouldnt scab and it finally did. The ball used to be bigger, what could it be? I have other pictures to
Lump in Breast Near Breast Lift Scar
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EVERY Breast Lump SHOULD be evaluated by a Breast Surgeon
Your description implies you had an Augmentation / Lift procedure but you required another procedure ? bleeding ? infection ? fat necrosis which resulted in an ugly scar. You are now bothered by a grape sized mass along the lower/inner quadrant of the breasts.
With your surgical history the odds are that this mass is a small area of dead breast fat. However, the safest course is to have this area assessed by your Plastic surgeon or a Breast surgeon to make sure it is not a malignancy. If it needs to be biopsied it can easily be done through the already existing scars.
If you are not a smoker, these scars could probably be substantially improved with a scar revision procedure after this mass has been dealt with.
Breast mass after breast lift with breast implants needs to be evaluated.
With your history after breast lift and breast augmentation. this is probably just internal scar tissue. But you still need to find out what it is, perhaps with fine needle aspiration.
Scar concerns
It osunds like from your decsription that with the delayed healing, you have some scar tissue that is bothersome. It may or may not get better with time. I would still have your doctor check it out to be safe.
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Breast lift complicated by bad scarring and firm nodules or masses.
It sounds as if you experienced some fat necrosis (common in breast surgery) which may or may not have been complicated by infection. The area will likely soften. I would recommend waiting a year or so and then reassessing. Persistently firm areas may need to be excised and persistenly depressed areas may benefit from grafting.
Learn more: http://www.bodysculptor.com/lift.html
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Here's a no brainer download for musicians. Native Instruments has released a free playback only version of their Sampler Kontakt with two free sample packs. The motivation is to get you into the NI world and buying new packs but that shouldn't stop you from grabbing the freebie. I always think sample based sounds cut through a mix a little better than pure computer based synthesizers and drums. If you do end up with a collection of Kontakt "Player libraries" you can browse them from inside the plug-in and each library has a cover image and scrolls in a rack ala Reason. Kontakt Player also will operate stand alone so if your somewhere sans sequencer and bored you set to go.
"Building on the success of its predecessor, the free KONTAKT PLAYER allows for innovative, highly playable instruments that leave existing technological and musical limitations behind. The virtually unlimited flexibility of Kontakt Script Processing allows for instruments with unprecedented functionality and musicality." – Native Instruments
Native Instruments are based in Berlin and also have an office in Los Angeles. My personal favorite piece of kit from NI is their Massive synthesizer. For more info: www.native-instruments.com


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Interest Madoka Designer Draws Artwork Inspired by Yuna Kim
posted on 2014-02-22 13:00 EST by Ederlyn Peralta
Although the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics is ending soon, artwork based on athletes, such as men's figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu, continues to circulate on the internet. Junichiro Taniguchi, the chief animation director of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, drew Homura Akemi as a figure skater to honor South Korea's Yuna Kim.
On his Twitter page, Junichiro Taniguchi titled his artwork, "Homu Yuna." In this artwork, Junichiro Taniguchi captures the elegance and passion in figure skating which are qualities shown in Yuna Kim's performances.
Dubbed "The Queen" and "The Ice Queen" in South Korea, Kim was the gold medalist for women's figure skating in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and placed silver in Sochi.
[Via Yaraon]
Update: Japanese fans have also noted that the costume of Elena Igorevna Radionova looks like Final Fantasy VI's Tina/Terra (as drawn by Yoshitaka Amano):
Even Final Fantasy developer Takashi Tokita joined the thousands who retweeted the comparisons:
このラジオノワちゃんって天野喜孝版ティナにしか見えないってずっと言ってるのに周りにスケート好きのFFプレイ済人がいないから誰にも通じない pic.twitter.com/7dohTQBSeQ— おおかみ (@maverick_wolf) February 21, 2014
[Via Hachima Kikō]
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Media Trust is a privately held Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes the English-language Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust and the Hausa-language Aminiya newspapers, as well as a new pan-African magazine, Kilimanjaro.
The Weekly Trust was established in March 1998 and the Daily Trust was launched in January 2001. The two papers are the largest circulating newspapers in Northern Nigeria.[1] The group of newspapers ranks among the top seven in Nigeria in advertising revenue.[2]
The newspapers have online editions, accessible through www.dailytrust.com and content from the newspapers is republished by AllAfrica and Gamji.[3] The company presents the "Daily Trust African of the Year" award, recognizing and celebrating Africans who have made positive contributions that impact the lives of other people and elicit a pan-African attention during the award year.[4]
The chairman of the board and chief executive officer is Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf. He was a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Political Science, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, and has worked as a columnist and commentator for companies that include the Daily Triumph, Citizen Magazine, Newswatch and BBC Africa Service.[5]
- ^ "About Media Trust". Media Trust. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ Tope Templer Olaiya (3 August 2009). "Daily Trust...surviving where others failed". The Guardian. Lagos. Retrieved 18 December 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Countries:Nigeria:News". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Media Trust African of The Year Nominee to Be Named January". Daily Trust. Abuja. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Board". ABC Transport. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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Soldiers, by and large, have to come to the party with whatever gun their government has decided they will bring. The one and only handgun that most American soldiers will ever go into battle with is the Beretta M9 whether they like it or not.
Webley hit the nail square on the head. Your average soldier, even the most hard charging 11B in the 75th Ranger Regiment isn't going to be issued a pistol until he is in a position that the MTOE says call for it.
And here is the blunt truth:
With the exception of some of the uglyness in Iraq in '03, your average guy or girl with an M-9 isn't going to use it.
Our mortarman were issued M-9s. And when we needed them to run patrols instead of drop rounds, they turned in thier Berettas for M-16A2s and went out like normal infantryman.
A good friend mine worked in our intel shop. She deployed with us but never left the wire. Her M-9 stayed shoved in her makeshift wall locker the entire nine months she was downrange.
Not all that glorious is it?
I used my M-9 exactly once, fired four rounds from it. One of which was an ROE mandated warning shot.
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Two German artists claim responsibility for a stunt in which Old Glory sitting atop the Brooklyn Bridge was replaced by a white flags.
Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias Wermke said their intention was to celebrate "the beauty of public space," CBS New York reported.
The point of the stunt was to install the flags on July 22, the day the bridges's engineer John Roebling died in 1869.
To prove it was them that pulled the stunt, Leinkauf and Wermke gave a The New York Times a short video they say was shot from atop the bridge's towers with a white flag waving.
"This was not an anti-American statement," Wermke told the Times. "From our Berlin background, we were a little surprised that it got the reaction it did. We really didn't intend to embarrass the police," said Leinkauf.
New York's police department says it is investigating the artists' claims, but did not confirm they were responsible.
"The NYPD is aware of the public statements made by the German Artists, Mishcha Leinkauf and Matthias Wermke in regard to the Brooklyn Bridge flag case," NYPD Deputy Commissioner Stephen Davis said in a statement.
Prior to Leinkauf and Wermke's claim another group, the "New Pot Party" claimed responsibility.
Last week, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said the agency had "a pretty good idea of who was involved."
"Knowing is not proving. So when we have proof, we'll move," he said.


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A couple months ago I decided I wanted a different set up for my work truck. I spend a lot of time in the back country, basically in the middle of no where in Northern British Columbia Canada performing forestry work. Usually harvest system development type stuff which puts you at the end of the road so to speak. I had been running a modified hard sided pop up Chalet trailer & a GMC Turbo Diesel Crew Cab Short Box. Awesome trailer but it's a trailer and the truck was nice to drive but easy to get stuck.
Got thinking what the ideal set up for me would be. Most of the time I camp out at many of the beautiful Ministry off Forest recreation sites or various lakes or rivers but some times the areas I work in are to far a commute to such scenic camp sites and I have to camp out off of a old logging road next to the area I happen to be working at which can be tight, brushy and deactivated. So time to get a different truck & a camper.
Decided on a Toyota Tacoma Four Door Long Box 4X4. Found a nicely used one with a bunch of extra's. Had a 6" Fabtech lift, Pioneer Navi Deck, remote start, alarm, heated leather seats, chrome push bar & tube step faux rock rails, billet grill & some chrome accessories. Not a fan of the accessories but the price was right and every thing was installed at the dealership with warranty still intact. Added my Dual Band Radio, Cell Booster & Satalite Phone with the Data Link, chucked in a on board air system, tools, tire chains, recovery gear and the bumper flag (required on the resource roads) then good to go.
Looked at several types of pop up campers and eventually decided on a Phoenix Pop up camper due to the construction methods used, options available for some higher end components and the ability to order a camper the way I wanted it plus the customer service/follow up to questions was awesome. I really wanted a camper that was fairly simple but yet complex in which components I wanted and a few key features to the lay out that made it fairly challenging. At least I thought so after a quick sketch up in auto cad. Rob & Coyote RV was awesome through the whole process and understood exactly what I wanted right away and said it was easy to do. So on to the build.
Things I requested were:
• Extra insulation every where as this unit was going to see some -40 degree Celsius weather. Coyote RV added extra insulation to the floor, roof & walls. The pop up fabric also had extra layers added and more insulation.
• Dinette area that turns into another bed.
• Massive bed with a hugh amount of storage underneath. Very comfortable mattress!
• High out put furnace. Coyote R.V. installed a 20,000 btu unit. This sucker heats this camper up fast. I have no doubts it will be adequate when it's really cold out.
• Insulated water lines and heat tape added to lines and tank. Coyote R.V. set the heat tape up on the tank & lines and wired it to a light switch. So no having to drain my water tank or having to worry about frozen lines. So far only had it to -10 degrees Celsius and it works well.
• A low profile solar system. Coyote RV added a really nice Solar Film 70 W system and two 6 volt batteries.
• Porta podi compartment.
• D-loops installed on the floor to hold down the winch & receiver cradle.
• Electric fridge. Coyote RV added an ARB fridge freezer. Now the cool thing here was the details. Rob added a 12v port and a 110v plug in so when I plug into shore power it's not drawing off of the battery and solar system. Plus he built a nifty little shelf with tie downs etc.
• A ladder & rack on top of camper for a canoe. I love to go fishing after work and will often access work areas by canoe. Nice low profile three rack system that is compatible with Yakima cross bars. Works just fine as is with the canoe and is not hard to lift the top even with the canoe up there due to the roof support system bars act as a lever. Really surprised me the first time I popped the top with the canoe up there.
• Insulated and vented out side access generator box. Sent rob the dimensions of the generator and a nice sized compartment that was insulated with a vented door was built. The even added tie down straps inside the compartment to keep the generator from moving around.
• Rear flood lights that were wired to a switch for use inside the camper and are wired to a switch inside the truck as well.
• No decals.
• Short enough that I could close the tail gate.
I drove down to Colorado & camper was ready exactly as Rob said it would be. Went over the features, loaded the camper, received my paper work and was on my way in a couple hours. His staff and wife were very nice to meet……a real family business where they take great pride in there work and it shows.
Stopped off at CBI Off Road on the way back and had a hidden front receiver and rear bumper with swing out installed. Awesome design on the bumper and front receiver. Very sturdy. Super nice people there in Idaho Falls.
So far the camper has seen a couple thousand km's of forest service roads and no problems at all. Coldest temperature was – 10 degrees Celsius and I was warm and cozy.
I will continue to add pictures and experiences with this set up as time goes by.


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Affiliation: University of Evansville
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Experimentally induced pain alters the EMG activity of the lumbar multifidus in asymptomatic subjectsKyle B Kiesel
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, USA
Man Ther 17:236-40. 2012..These results suggest that the LM does not respond to induced pain in the same manner during different phases of functionally oriented tasks...
- Measurement of lumbar multifidus muscle contraction with rehabilitative ultrasound imagingKyle B Kiesel
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program, University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, 900 South Limestone, CHS 126, Lexington, KY 40536 0200, USA
Man Ther 12:161-6. 2007..39,P<.001). Measurement of muscle thickness change utilizing RUSI is a valid and potentially useful method to measure activation of the LM muscle in a narrow range (19-34% of MVIC) in an asymptomatic population...
- Rehabilitative ultrasound measurement of select trunk muscle activation during induced painKyle B Kiesel
Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program, University of Kentucky, USA
Man Ther 13:132-8. 2008..These results indicate that RUSI can be used to measure pain-related changes in deep trunk muscle activation. Future research should include a larger sample size and women...
- A comparison of select trunk muscle thickness change between subjects with low back pain classified in the treatment-based classification system and asymptomatic controlsKyle B Kiesel
Department of Physical Therapy, College of Education and Health Sciences, University of Evansville, WGH 206, Evansville, IN 47722, USA
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 37:596-607. 2007..Cross-sectional descriptive...
- Functional movement test scores improve following a standardized off-season intervention program in professional football playersK Kiesel
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana 47722, USA
Scand J Med Sci Sports 21:287-92. 2011..Further research is required to determine if injury risk is reduced when a player's score improves beyond the established cut-off of 14 and/or asymmetry is resolved...


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By David Germain, AP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES -- The comic action heroes of Men in Black 3 have taken over the weekend box office from the comic-book superheroes of The Avengers. According to studio estimates Monday, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' latest Men in Black installment debuted with $70 million domestically over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, which proved unusually quiet at theaters for Hollywood overall. Sony's ( SNE) Men in Black 3 took over the No. 1 spot from Walt Disney's ( DIS) The Avengers, which had been the top flick for three straight weekends but slipped to second place with $46.9 million domestically. Men in Black 3 added $133.2 million overseas for a worldwide total of $203.2 million. "We took over the world this weekend," said Rory Bruer, Sony's head of distribution. "It's so exciting to see Will and company back in this franchise. I certainly think that most people who've seen the film think it's the best of the franchise." The Avengers raised its domestic total to $523.6 million, making it the No. 4 movie on the all-time domestic revenue chart and only the fourth film to top half a billion dollars. The Avengers will quickly pass the No. 3 film, The Dark Knight at $533.3 million, leaving only Avatar at $760.5 million and Titanic at $658.5 million ahead of it. While it was a good start for Men in Black 3 and another strong hold for The Avengers, Memorial Day weekend was the slowest at theaters in more than a decade. Box-office tracker Hollywood.com estimates that overall domestic receipts for the four days will finish at $190 million, the lowest since Memorial Day weekend in 2001, when revenues totaled $185.3 million. A year ago, Hollywood pulled in a record $276.3 million over Memorial Day weekend, when The Hangover Part II debuted with $103.4 million.
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Sunday, 17 February, 2002, 17:20 GMT
Scholarships for terror attack children
Children of victims of the 11 September terror attacks in the US are to be offered scholarships by two boarding schools in Scotland.
Gordonstoun School in Moray, where the Duke of Edinburgh and his three sons were educated, is to begin promoting its scholarships in the US this month.
And Rannoch boarding school in Perthshire is also believed to be offering scholarships to children orphaned in the attacks.
American children aged between seven and 16 who lost one or both parents in the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington will be able to apply.
Gordonstoun is offering two places on its six-week summer school, each worth �3,000, from this July.
Candidates will be selected following an interview by the three-member panel of the Gordonstoun American Foundation, which is based in Manhattan, New York, from this month.
Successful applicants will join some 250 children from more than 30 countries for the summer school which takes place over July and August.
Full scholarship
If they enjoy the experience they will then be invited to apply for a full Gordonstoun scholarship, worth �18,500 a year.
A spokesperson for the school said: "We are offering this scholarship because we are a truly international school and our aim is to turn our young people into full and active citizens of the world."
Rannoch school is also reported to be arranging at least one full scholarship from this September.
Under the scheme, 120-pupil Rannoch, - based 25 miles west of Pitlochry on the shores of Loch Rannoch - will waive half of its annual �15,000 boarding fee.
Its scheme has been bolstered by the Twin Towers Orphans Fund, which has raised US$3m (�2.1m), and has pledged to contribute to the scholarship initiative, it is believed.
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Germany scarf with Samba rattles
The World Cup Fan items for loyal fans of the German team
For football fans, the World Cup is the greatest thing ever - with pleasant temperatures pursue several trailers matches of the German team in front of the TV or at the public viewing.With the Germany scarf with Samba rattles you can cheer for victory, the German team.
The black / red / golden Germany Scarf is provided at its ends with two Samba rattles, so that you can in the stadium, make the public viewing and the home front of the TV right mood.For Germany are certainly fans the Flag Garland Germany 4 m and the Feather Headband Germany interesting.
- Scope of delivery: 1 x Germany scarf with Samba rattles
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