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One rumour has been triggered by former McLaren driver and lead British television commentator Martin Brundle, writing on his Twitter page.
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Michigan man gets six-month jail sentence in ATV death
Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:31:13 GMT —
A Michigan man charged in the death of a Quincy woman is now headed to jail.
Andrew Koster, 31, pleaded guilty Sept. 19 to aggravated driving under the influence in the September 2012 crash that killed 25-year-old Sarah Birsic. The crash took place at Golden Triangle Whitetails, an outfitter located at 2950 N. 920th Place in Clayton.
As part of the plea agreement, charges of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving were dismissed.
Circuit Judge Alesia McMillen sentenced Koster Thursday to 182 days in jail. Koster can serve the sentence periodically. McMillen also sentenced him to 24 months probation and ordered him to pay more than $3,500 in court fees and costs.
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A LAST-MINUTE goal gave English Super League side Everton a 3-2 victory over Scottish women's champions Glasgow City in their latest pre-season friendly at Petershill Park on Sunday.
The City goals were scored by Denise O'Sullivan and Leanne Ross, but a double from Nikita Parris and a Simone Magill strike secured victory for the visitors.
It was a much-changed City side that ran out for this pre-season encounter with a number of changes taking place in the summer and a total of seven players out injured. New signings Megan Mason, Alyshia Walker and Abbi Grant all made their debuts.
The home side scored first in a scrappy first half when Everton failed to deal and Denise O'Sullivan struck a low drive into the bottom corner.
Everton soon responded with England youth international Nikita Parris, equalising shortly before half time. Then, minutes after the restart, the visitors took the lead through Simone McGill following a clanger by City keeper Lee Alexander.
Everton then got the winner in the 90th minute through Parris.
"The first 20 minutes I thought we really struggled to get going and were not up to the pace of the game," said City assistant Donald Jennow afterwards. "We settled after that and I felt we probably had the better of the remainder of the first half. After the break, we improved and were more up to the tempo of the game and enjoyed what was a competitive match against a good Everton side.
"The goals we conceded from our point of view were very poor. Individual errors and set pieces are never good ways to concede goals.
"Ultimately though it is pre-season and our main objective was to get minutes under our belts and fitness up for the domestic campaign and we achieved that."
Next up for Glasgow City is a friendly with Manchester City, at Petershill Park on Sunday February 23 at 2pm.
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Imagine never paying a single cent on diluted beer from the local bar ever again! Brewing your own beer is fun (and cheap)! You can use stuff that are already in your kitchen plus, you can set aside your beer money on things that are actually important, like saving up for the Xbox One or finally getting that suspicious growth checked. Best of all, you can drink your DIY beer, pass out or throw up in the privacy of your own home, away from judgmental stares.
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Get a nice, sharp knife and cut the bastard. Start by carefully cutting a square-shaped opening right in the middle of the pumpkin, it doesn't have to be perfect but refrain from stabbing randomly at the thing either (no matter how good it feels). The pumpkin will serve as your fermenting container. Because pumpkins have built-in insulation, it would make the perfect vessel for fermenting the wort, which turns to beer.


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I am looking for some specific features, and have thought of a software combination that might work, but would like someone with experience to point me in the right direction, if this isn't the one.
I need for users: - Webmail access (Squirrelmail or Open WebMail?) - Mail forwarding - Mail fetching from other accounts (POP3/IMAP) - Online account managementI'm thinking Qmail for MTA, but know nothing of how to make it fetch mail from other accounts (fetchmail, I suppose), and how to make this feature available for online configuration for my users (Usermin?)
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Im very curious for your professional opinion as to why there is a limit to how much the nasal tip can be reduced/less projected when it is cartilage? Thank you
Why is There a Limit to How Much the Nasal Tip Can Be Reduced?
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Why can't the nasal tip be changed withouth limits?
This a great question.
The key to understanding the concept of shape change in the nose is to appreciate that the tip is not just a lump of cartilage which can be carved into a different shape.
The nasal cartilages - and the nasal bones - are a thin shell, with complex and variable shapes. They connect with each other and the shape of each affects that of the others. There are muscles attached to each, which open and close the nose up when you breathe. The "design"of the nose is not about shape - it's evolved to produce adequate amounts of cleaned and humidified air to your lungs at all levels of activity and in all climates.
On top of the cartilage is skin of variable thickness. On the inside of the cartilage is the skin lining the nose, called the mucosa. This is reactive to allergens and temperature and humidity.
When undertaking a rhinoplasty, planning involves shape changes which are possible, which are what the patient wants, and which don't reduce the airway functions of the nose - or indeed they might improve it.
The overlying skin has to conform to the new shape also.
So it's tricky and requires a great deal of experience to achieve consistent surgical outcomes in rhinoplasty. And there are limits to what can be done.
I hope this is what you were looking to understand.
All the best.
Limit to Tip Cartilage Reduction in Rhinoplasty
The lower lateral cartilages are composed of different segments, but they need to be continuity and have enough strength to keep the external nasal valves open. Also, many people do not like a pinched look, which can happen as well. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Nasal tip de-projection
The lower lateral cartilages of the tip are paired, 3 dimensional structures , shaped like 2 horseshoes. They are integral to the entire tip. De-projection of the tip can be accomplished thru a variety of techniques, including tip surgery, shaving down the dorsal septum, removing the nasal spine etc. It is very important to keep the nose in balance and breathing properly. Examples can be seen on our rhinoplasty photo gallery/overly projecting noses
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Why is There a Limit to How Much the Nasal Tip Can Be Reduced?
Thanks for the question. I don't personally think there is a limit to reduce the tip projection. Tip projection can be reduced to whatever is desired by the patent on photo animation, with total preservation of function of nasal valve. Tip projection correction involves reducing the size of the lower alar cartilages and there are many more structures like the caudal end of the septum that can be reduced to reduce the tip projection more without out taking off too much of LLC.I am not if this makes things clear for you but I am sure most PS will understand what I am talking. Wish you all the best
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Reduction of tip
You are limited somewhat by yoru anatomy in terms of a nasal reduction. The goal is to preserve function, not destroy the architecture.
Limit to tip reduction
Rhinoplasty alters the underlying bone and cartilage structure of the nose. the skin must then shrink to conform to this new structure to see the result. In patients with very thick skin it may be unable to do this no matter how much you reduce or shape the cartilage. In fact patients with thick skin often need to have cartilage added to create a strong shape that will show through the thick skin.
In very thin skin the opposite can occur where it shrinks so much that the cartilage becomes distorted, angular and pointy.
Learn more: http://www.palmbeachface.com/rhinoplasty.html
Nasal Tip Reduction Limits
Part of the answer has to do with the overlying skin. In patients with thicker than average skin, you can reduce the cartilage down in size but the skin will not shrink wrap as much. Therefore, you will lose some shape and definition in this process. In other cases, the cartilage framework of the nose is too delicate to reduce its size any significant amount. To a certain degree, you have to maintain sufficient structural support for function of the nose.
Learn more: http://www.drhilinski.com
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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On Saturday, September 14th, Wingtip — the store and the club — hosted its first wedding: my wedding to my beautiful wife, Stacy. And since this is the company's blog, and the store and the club played a starring role in the entire day, I thought I'd do a recap of the details that would be most interesting to our customers and members.
This wedding would not have been possible without the generosity of many of Wingtip's vendors including Dormeuil (my tuxedo fabric), Antonio Valente (tuxedo shirts), Michael Toschi (my shoes), Donatiello Winery (reception wine), Dion Neckwear (groom's bow tie & braces), Telford's (cigars), Pantherella (groomsmen's silk hosiery), Per Diem (catering), Louis Walton Ties (groomsmen's bow ties), and all of the Wingtip employees that helped it make it a very special day.
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BASEBALL: Rockmart's rally comes up short against Adairsville
Even though the Rockmart Yellow Jackets lost a non-region baseball game at home Monday, they proved to head coach Courtney Hammock that they are a team that refuses to give up.
Rockmart (1-3) fell behind 5-0 early and then trailed 9-3 in the third inning. However, the Yellow Jackets scored the last five runs of the contest, and had a chance for more in their final at bat before eventually losing 9-8 to Adairsville.
Rockmart had the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but was unable to get the tying run in.
"We fought back in the bottom of the seventh," Hammock said. "I told the kids that I was proud that they fought back and played hard until the end. They didn't give up."
Hammock noted that Tritt Fennell, Alex Baldwin, Luke Hembree and Chet Miller all had productive days at the plate.
"We are getting better, we've just got to keep fighting," Hammock said.
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Back in the day, we all had rifles in our trucks in the High School parking lot starting October 1st (elk season opener), settled our disputes at lunch hour down at Seely's barn using our knuckels, and if the cops caught us with beer on the weekends they took us home and let dad "teach us a lesson".
As far as the OPs' original post, I truly believe that people often have these illogical beliefs about use of force because they have never had any personal experience with crime. I believe, but can't prove, that once some becomes a crime victim, their thinking on self defense changes rather quickly.
I would suspect that the DA in this case would most surely become an advocate for use of force if he/she were ever assulted and couldn't find a cop anywhere around to help.
Personal experience is becoming more and more benign. Fewer and fewer people need to actually provide for themselves. We are becoming an urban society where everything we need is just around the corner at the local box store. People aren't required to provide their own subsitance. They don't need to provide their own security living in the gated community. Therefore, they think it savage when they hear of someone actually defending themselves.
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Can we blame Best Buy's big MacBook Air sale on Chromebook?
If you ever wanted Apple's tiny laptop, cash in your savings or dig out the credit card. Best Buy has a short sale going, discounting MacBook Air by $200. That means price starting at $799.99 today and tomorrow for an 11.6-inch model with Intel Core i5 processor and 64GB SSD. Double the storage for another 100 bucks.
The promotion, part of Winter Doorbuster Days, is Friday and Saturday. Best Buy discounts other goodies, but MacBook Air stands out for the price, which lowers the entry cost to joining the Mac Fan Club. But Best Buy also sells the Samsung ARM Chromebook, for $249.99, also with 11.6-inch panel, similar size and weight and comparable (if not better) ergonomics. And Best Buy can't stock Chromebooks fast enough. While the company doesn't release sales data, social network chatter reveals bounty hard to get. So can we just blame Chromebook for Best Buy's sale?
I write this post on the Sammy Chromebook, by the way. In May, I moved from the then top-of-the-line MacBook Air and haven't looked back. I don't think Chrome OS is for everyone, or even most people, but those who embrace the cloud will be surprised.
Rarely a day goes by where I don't see someone boast about buying Chromebook online. Ron Minnich posts today on Google+: "Ah, this Samsung ARM Chromebook is just so nice. I still can't believe these things only sell for $249".
Mike Beeson: "My personal Chromebook (Samsung $250 model) came today. I guess I can take my others back to work now".
Oh this has got to hurt. "My wife just found out the hard way that her Samsung Chromebook does not work well when you accidentally dump your cup of coffee on it", Padric Toman tells. "I felt bad for her, so I gave her my Chromebook. We are drying out the coffee soaked Chromebook right now. Maybe a miracle will happen". You're a good husband, Padric. "Maybe Google will be sympathetic and send us a new one". Hey, Chromebook team, show him some compassion.
Even if he ends up buying a new one, $249 is a lot more manageable than $999 for cheapest-cost MacBook Air (at normal price). Value has different measures.
So do run down to Best Buy to buy MacBook Air cheap, but look at Chromebook while there. You just might save 550 bucks.
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The last few seasons have seen great advances in basketball bench celebrations, but Division III Colby College looks like it has topped every other squad in the nation in terms of celebration creativity. The Mules released highlight reel of the best bench celebrations of the 2013-14 season, and there are some incredible routines involved. My personal favorites include "Fire in the Hole", "Gentlemen's Celly", and of course "El Toro de Tres Puntos."
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A Smile Like The Sun (Novella)
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Chapter 3 (v.1)
Eleven years ago
Evaine had begun to ask me to read to her. I never thought much of it told her that I would.
She would smile at me every time I said yes and every time I said yes she would bring me either a very kiddish book or very hard adult book.
One day I asked her about her choice in literature.
"I can't read, I-I just pick em cus they're pwetty." She told me.
We were nine at the time.
I asked her why she couldn't read.
"I-it's just hard I guess." She said. "I can't- I don't know what those lines are- I can't read."
She looked at me as if for guidance, which confused me because she looked like she was expecting either praise or scolding.
"D-do you want me to teach you?" I asked her instead.
And I swear her eyes lit up. Her body lit up.
"Yeah! I love readin'- I mean, I love when you read." She said. Her light dimmed a little.
"Okay well do you know the alphabet?"
She shook her head.
And right then and there, I know we had a lot of work to do.
We would sneak out of the house every day after I let out of school, and walk to a field that was not too far out away from our neighborhood. I would tell my parents I was going to a friends' and she . . . well I think she would just leave.
One day I met her at the field and her arms were bruised.
I asked her about it:
"Ms. Ruby beat me for sneaking out." She said, "She don't know I go out so she hit me and tell me not to go no more. But I really wanna read so I go." She smiled.
I didn't
"Evaine if your mom doesn't want you here you shouldn't come." Her smile was gone.
"But you said you was gonna teach me." Her eyes were wet.
She was wearing a brown dress with white polka dots and her hair was mess. Her feet were bare as she stood in the tall grass field staring at me. Her eyes were questioning me and pleading for me at the same time.
I never knew how she did that, but it always worked.
A tear slid down her dirty cheek, and I slid my thumb over it to wipe it away.
"Stop crying, you'll mess your face up."
We would read for hours each day; each day she would forget what we learned and we would have to start all over again. I never lost patience with her, but sometimes I would tire and read the book to her myself.
"You read nice." She told me while I read 'CAT' to her for the twentieth time.
I shrugged and told her it was nothing.
She scrunched up her face and lay down beside me. Our arms touched and I could feel the heat emanating from her body. She was such a pretty girl, I thought, she would be even prettier if she were fixed up.
"Why can't I read?" she asked me.
"I don't know. What does your dad say?"
"I don't think he knows I can't read, Ms. Ruby just yell at me when I cant."
When I got home I asked my mom what it meant when a kid my age couldn't read.
"It means they aren't as . . . bright as the average child." She told me.
"Bright?" I wanted her to elaborate.
My father walked in.
"The politically correct term is "retarded"." he clarified.
"Frank!" my mom hissed. "I don't like that word."
He shrugged: "Just a word, honey."
"It's so . . . it's like labeling. And it's ugly. What's wrong with "slow" or "underdeveloped"?"
"Underdeveloped? That sounds like someone born with no arms!"
I raised my hand before they could get into their argument.
"What's retarded?"
They both exhaled heavily told me to sit down.
"Baby, some kids are born with . . . deficiencies- do you know what that means?" my mom said.
I nodded.
"Deficiencies . . . some of them can't read or write or even take care of themselves in basic ways." She continued. "Take Evaine, for example: Evaine can't read, and I'll bet you that she can't write either. I've seen her wandering around outside, she looks so . . . lost."
I didn't want to hear anymore.
"She's not that!" I shouted at her.
My dad held his hands up forcing back into my seat.
"Look I know she's your friend, but, buddy, you've got to understand that not all kids are-"he stopped, but I knew where he was going. "Not as smart as you".
"She is smart . . . she's a genius!" I knew I was overdoing it but I was really upset.
"Blayke. . . just-"
"You don't know her!" I kept yelling.
"Just forget about it, you're just a kid you don't understand." My mother waved it away. With just the spasm of a hand movement, she waved the discussion away. But it remained in my head. I tried so hard to understand. I tried to tell myself they were wrong, but I knew Evaine was different; she was different not just in the way that made me like her so much, she was different.
The next day while I was reading one of the Dr. Seuss books to her under a cloudless, airy sky on a warm summer afternoon, I asked her if she could write.
"Nu-huh, I can't write." She lies on my shoulder, smiling at me.
"Why not?" I asked her, "Why can't you read, or write, or brush your hair!"
I was yelling at her. She wasn't smiling anymore.
"I-I-I, Blayke I don't know!" she sat up. "It's hard! I don't know! I can't I- I'm sorry."
Her eyes were so big and frightened, she was so unsure of what I was going to do next. Hell I didn't know what I was going to do. I was mad at her; mad at her for not being normal.
I was mad at myself for liking her so much.
But I was even more upset with myself for making her cry.
She cried waterfalls of clear liquid that seemed to be never ending. She was so hurt and so scared she couldn't move.
I was paralyzed with anger and fear.
Then something happened that changed our relationship, turned it around and put me in a place that forced me to grow up; get over myself and my selfish embarrassments.
She peed on herself.
She was so upset and so scared her bladder failed.
I didn't jump away and shout at her, or mock her and chastise her saying she was too old to piss on herself.
She was sitting there hiccupping with her hands lanky at her sides. She knew what happened and she turned red. She covered her face and kept crying; she kept muttering "I'm sorry".
I sat on my knees directly in front of her. I pulled her hands away from her face; gently shoved her hair back, away from her eyes. Her eyes were red and swollen with tears.
"It's okay." I told her.
And she breathed as if for the first time; as if nobody had ever told her it was okay.
I took her hands in mine and helped her up, and kept on holding it while I guided her to my house. My mom worked at a pharmacy and my dad would be in his study all day so I knew we wouldn't get caught there.
The house was silent other than the faint typing deep within the house. I lead her upstairs to my bathroom and slid off her dress, all the while stared at me, sniffling now and then.
I ran some warm water in my shower and told her to take off her underwear and get in. She did, awkwardly, and handed them to me before stepping under the pressing water.
"Can you wash yourself?" I asked her.
She nodded carefully, as if remembering when I demanded answers to her negligence.
I told her to stay there while I went to get a washcloth and tossed her clothes in the drier with a little soap and fabric softener.
I came back and she was rubbing the soap over her skin with one hand and washing herself with the other. She smiled at me.
I smiled back at her and nodded. I put the cloth down and let her wash herself with her hands.
Her hair was a lot longer when it was wet and when she was about to wash it with the body soap I stopped her and got my shampoo.
"I'll do it."
She watched me skirt the shampoo in her hair, her eyes never leaving mine, while combed through her hair like I would with my own long bright hair.
She smiled that warming smile at me and ran her thumb over my cheek, mimicking my gesture when I wiped her tears away.
When I finished I told her to close her eyes tightly so the shampoo wouldn't burn her.
She did and I rinsed it out of her hair, it tried to make sure I got it all out. It was a lot harder getting it out than it was putting in because her hair was so thick.
When I finished I turned off the water and told her to wait, I'd forgotten to get a towel.
The drier was still on so I wasn't in much of a rush, but I expected her to be cold so I hurried anyway.
When I came back she was out of the shower, dripping wet on the little blue shower rug, smiling.
It had never entered my mind that she was naked until that moment.
I almost looked away completely.
But I didn't.
She was beautiful.
Her hair wrapped around her like a dark wet blanket and her skin was quivering with chill, her eyes were on mine- so bright and happy- so unsure. She was smiling at me as if it were the most natural thing in the world, me staring at her nakedness, bathing her, washing her hair. She was a very skinny girl too, I wondered if her parents fed her regularly.
"C-cold." She giggled.
I snapped out of my staring and wrapped the blanket around her.
I smiled at her, but when she smiled back I felt ashamed. She didn't know I was not supposed to look.
Somewhere deep down I felt as if I had done something horrible.
I couldn't bring myself to smile at her again that day.
When her clothes dried I gave them to her and told her to put them on in my room. I closed the door behind her and slid down weightlessly with the door against my back.
She swung the door open sending me backwards. She giggled.
"Okay?" she was talking about her dress. She wanted to know if she did it right, "Ms. Ruby dress me, she don't like when I do it."
I got to my feet and observed her: the dress was on backwards.
"It's on backwards." I told her.
She looked confused.
"Look," I held the dress while she tucked her arms inside and showed her the tag, "the tag goes in the back." And I turned it around for her, careful in making sure that I didn't peek.
I shook my head: "its okay," I told her, "it's just a tag."
I sit here remembering all of this- all fourteen years of this and it hurts. It makes me miss her more. I miss her smile, her eyes . . . her hugs.
I haven't seen her in over two years now.
I'll be twenty in tomorrow and I haven't once given it a single thought until recently when a friend of mine brought it up.
He asked me what I wanted to do and even went so far as to suggest a club. A gentleman's club.
I told him no and he shrugged me off and said "whatever".
Why in the hell would I want to watch a stripper when I wanted Evaine?
That didn't make sense to me.
I'm not a complete idiot, though. I wasn't planning on staying home; I thought about going to see her. It was my plan to hop on a plane to Florida and see her.
But would she remember?
Has that place already erased all the years we shared together?
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GAINESVILLE - Hall County 911 had handled about 900 calls as of 4:30 this morning in the 15 hours since the snow storm struck the Gainesville area.
"Overnight Hall County received another 475 calls county wide, 73 of those being motor vehicle accidents," Hall County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) spokesman Scott Cagle said. "This is similar to the amount of calls received yesterday during a 4 1/2-hour period (starting at) the beginning of the event."
Cagle added "Reports this morning are that secondary roads and subdivisions are still affected with icy conditions. Once again no roads are 'closed' per se but we are strongly encouraging citizens to not get on the roads at all. Some roads you can see the icy spots and others have the black ice that are not visible until it is too late."
He said the problems are "all over the county and not in one particular area."
The Georgia Department of Transportation says that as of 9:00 the most hazardous roads in Northeast Georgia are in six of the mountain counties - Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Towns, Union and White.
"Department of Transportation crews are active throughout affected areas but Georgia DOT is urging motorists to stay off of highways..." spokeswoman Teri Pope said in her 9:00 advisory. "The Department advises the public to refrain from all but such absolutely necessary travel until midday at the earliest."
Pope says traffic has hampered road-clearing efforts at times.
"(We) brought additional crews from other less-impacted areas of the state to Metro (Atlanta_ and activated private contractors to help catch up. While isolated icy areas remain this morning, department officials are hopeful minimal traffic Wednesday will allow for a full recovery."
As of 9:00, Pope said the following locations are hazardous, icing has been reported and crews are working in these areas:
· Dawson SR 183, SR 136 and SR 53 especially in higher elevations
· Forsyth SR 9, SR 20 and SR 369 especially bridges
· Gwinnett SR 20, SR 141, SR 316 especially bridges and I-85 south exit ramp to SR 141/Jimmy Carter Blvd and I-85 Collector Distributor ramps Pleasant Hill Road (Exit 105) to Old Peachtree Road (Exit 109)
· Habersham and Stephens SR 17 Alt. at Water Works Hill
· Hall SR 60/Thompson Bridge Rd at SR 136, SR 369 bridges and SR 365 bridges
· Jackson SR 334 and SR 336
· Lumpkin SR 9, SR 52 and SR 60
· Rabun SR 2/US 76 and SR 15/US 441, SR 28 and SR 197
· Towns SR 2/SR 515, SR 66, SR 75
· Union SR 180, SR 11/US 129 and SR 2/US 76
· Walton SR 81
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Prof Dale Sanders
Director of John Innes Centre
John Innes Centre
My research focusses on how plant cells respond to changes in their environment and how they store the nutrients they acquire. In particular, my laboratory works on how transport of chemical elements across cell membranes in plants is integrated with cellular signalling and nutritional status.
Plant transport systems have key roles in the control of crucial crop traits such as nutritional value of foods, seed germination, the response to drought conditions and how plants cope with toxic compounds in the soil.
Zinc deficiency is thought to impact on 30% of the world's population, due in part, to the near absence of the metal in cereal endosperm. Work in my laboratory on the characterisation of novel cation diffusion facilitators in Arabidopsis and cereals involved in the transport of zinc is identifying a bio-fortification strategy to enrich the endosperm in this heavy metal.
Nutrient accumulation in plant vacuoles is energised by a proton-motive force established by two types of phosphohydrolase: an ATPase and an inorganic pyrophosphatase. We are unravelling the distinct roles in nutrient acquisition played by these two classes of enzyme.
I have authored over 140 scientific papers, many of which have been highly cited and in 2001 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and co-awarded the European Science Prize of the Körber Foundation.
John Innes Centre's submission to inquiry into the UK government's science budgetread more
John Innes Centre to become Employer Champion for UK Science Councilread more
Selected Publications
Metal selectivity determinants in a family of transition metal transporters.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 p3185-96
Publisher's version: 10.1074/jbc.M111.305649
Getting the most out of publicly available T-DNA insertion lines
Plant Journal 56 p665-677
A proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of Oryza sativa plasma membrane and vacuolar membrane
Plant Journal 56 p146-156
Identification of novel proteins and phosphorylation sites in a tonoplast enriched membrane fraction of Arabidopsis thaliana
Proteomics 8 p3536-3547
Zinc biofortification of cereals: problems and solutions
Trends in Plant Science 13 p464-473
Recent Publications
Real-time In Vivo Recording of Arabidopsis Calcium Signals During Insect Feeding Using a Fluorescent Biosensor
JOVE 126 p56142
Publisher's version: 10.3791/56142
Interplay of plasma membrane and vacuolar ion channels, together with BAK1, elicits rapid cytosolic calcium elevations in Arabidopsis during aphid feeding.
Plant Cell Epub ahead of print pEpub ahead of print
Publisher's version: 10.1105/tpc.17.00136
Improving zinc accumulation in barley endosperm using HvMTP1, a transition metal transporter.
Plant Biotechnology Journal Plant Biotechnol J. 2017 Apr 24. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12749. [Epub ahead of print] pdoi: 10.1111/pbi.12749
Publisher's version: 10.1111/pbi.12749
Nuclear-localized cyclic nucleotide-gated channels mediate symbiotic calcium oscillations.
Science 352 p1102-5
Publisher's version: 10.1126/science.aae0109
Standards for plant synthetic biology: a common syntax for exchange of DNA parts.
New Phytologist 208 p13-9
Publisher's version: 10.1111/nph.13532
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"The laws that govern our municipalities and corporations deserve to be thrown out and replaced by a modern law that understands what the central government does," he said while releasing a book, 'Transforming Our Cities' by Isher Judge Ahluwalia.
"We need to limit the size of cities, we need to build new cities. Building new cities is not new to India," he said, adding that there are new cities, like Gandhinagar in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Talking about governance of cities, Chidambaram took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying "there are well governed cities outside Gujarat".
"Since we are fed with the daily diet of what happens in Gujarat and what happens in Gujarat alone, I think I will share with you ... I am happy to report there are well governed cities in my state too," he said.
Chidambaram further said that if Telangana Bill is passed the state will have a new capital.


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An outspoken critic of the modern streetcar project, the Ward 2 councilman claims voters were misled about that part of the MAPS 3 plan.
Shadid, a supporter of the Metro Transit bus system, has repeatedly called for more funding and improvements in that area.
"We were told this would be the largest streetcar system in the nation. Not true. We heard this would not be a loop around downtown, yet it may end up being a loop around downtown," he said.
"The public was led to believe that we were going to parlay this into federal funds, which is not true. Three years after the vote, the city was denied federal funding."
Federal Transit Administration officials confirmed they informed the Central Oklahoma Transportation Parking Authority (COTPA) in April of last year that Oklahoma City's streetcar program would not be considered for federal funding. According to the FTA, the project's overall score did not meet the agency's requirements.
Multiple criteria used to deter mine eligibility included cost effectiveness, estimated economic development created by the project and local financial commitment. Operation and maintenance funding is a key piece of the local financial commitment.
Shadid labeled COTPA's federal funding try a "fool's errand" since the authority had no ridership numbers or potential economic development estimates.
Although the streetcars and the projected six miles of track will be paid via MAPS 3, funding for future operation and maintenance has not been determined, said MAPS 3 program manager David Todd.
"To say there is no plan is true," he said, "but there are ideas and concepts we're studying to do that."
Meanwhile, City Manager Jim Couch said operation and maintenance costs on the project's first phase should not exceed $3 million a year, or less than 1 percent of the city's $400 million general fund.
"We can blend that into our revenue growth," he said.
Shadid contends that is hardly a plan.
"That should alarm a lot of people. It's easy to build things, but it takes more sophistication to operate and maintain them," he said.
Working together
may appear to be the city council's lone maverick in terms of transit,
but the first-term councilman is adamant about making the bus system the
No. 1 public transportation priority.
are a symbol of transit, but it does not score high in terms of
functional transit," he said. "What problem is being solved with the
streetcar? Moving people around downtown is not solving any problem. I'm
opposed to only investing in streetcars and not looking at any other
Nathaniel Harding said that's not the case. Harding, chairman of the
MAPS 3 Transit subcommittee, said his panel has never suggested taking
money away from the bus system.
"Streetcars will not
harm the existing transit system," he said. "To have a good transit
system, you need a variety of modes. They need to coexist. It all ties
into a future mass transit system and will help kick off a regional
Buses will be
useful in transporting people to downtown, which, in turn, allows
streetcars to shuttle visitors, residents and workers to the various
entertainment and shopping venues.
a model that works in other cities," Harding said. "Streetcars will
fail without a quality bus system. Streetcars will free up buses to
serve other areas outside of downtown Oklahoma City."
Couch suggested the modern, sleek-looking streetcars will take Oklahoma City to the next level in terms of downtown growth.
will enhance downtown and benefit the people who work, live and visit
here," he said. "It will spurn new development and should be an economic
boom. No doubt about that."
officials in Portland, Ore., have seen firsthand the impact of a
streetcar system on a community. Since 2001 — the year the streetcars
were operational — more than $4 billion in investment has come to that
area, including 10,000 new housing units, according to Rick Gustafson,
executive director of Portland Streetcar, Inc., and a consultant on the
OKC project.
Without the streetcars, developers would not have made such a sizable investment, he said.
Nichols, senior transportation planner for Jacobs Engineering, the lead
consultant on the OKC project, said developers like the permanency of
streetcar lines. In Seattle, developments have been built one to two
blocks from the streetcar line, he said.
"Streetcars historically helped develop cities, and now it's come full circle," Nichols said.
potential streetcar routes in OKC are under review, and a related
economic development assessment is under way in connection with both
routes. A route recommendation and the assessment should be finalized
this summer.
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Ask Chef Rachael - July 2012
Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2012
Q. What is the congealed white stuff on cooked fish? Does it mean I've overcooked it?
A. It's called albumin – and many, many people incorrectly conclude it is fat or that it means your fish has been overcooked, neither of which are true. Albumin is actually a water-soluble protein found naturally in animal and vegetable tissue, eggs and milk. Many people notice it most on salmon or other non-white fish. As your fish cooks, the albumin is squeezed out of the contracting (shortening) protein fibers. It's perfectly safe to eat, though some people prefer to blot it off for appearance's sake.
Q. What is "Za'atar"?
A. Za'atar may refer to a Middle Eastern herb or a spice blend. The herb tastes like a cross between savory, oregano and thyme. The spice blend usually combines that herb with other herbs and spices, varying greatly by region to region. Use it to season salmon, grilled pita or other flatbread, hummus, lamb or other grilled meat, lentils, beans and grains such as couscous and Middle Eastern-inspired soups, salad dressings and sandwich spreads.
Q. What makes a tomato an "heirloom"?
A. Heirloom refers to a cultivar that was commonly grown in an earlier timeframe that isn't used in large-scale modern agriculture. Most heirloom plants predate WWII, though some heirloom scholars insist a plant must be as old as 100 to be a true heirloom. They are not hybridized or selectively bred and are propagated through open pollination such as by insects, birds or wind. This means the flower is pollinated by pollen from another plant that produces produce with seeds that can reproduce the vegetable or fruit. Not as consistent in size, occasionally even smaller than hybrid or selectively bred plants, heirlooms may also take longer to grow – a key reason many modern farmers choose not to grow them. Renowned in particular for their beauty, heirloom fruits and vegetables are unique, even odd-looking. Tomatoes may be purple, pink, orange, yellow, white, striped or mottled. Heirloom varietals are also widely appreciated for superior texture and taste.
Q. What is the difference between diced and chopped?
A. Both are uniform, generally squarish pieces of food, but diced food is smaller. Chopped food is typically bite-sized. Both may be finely or coarsely cut, such that finely chopped carrot pieces may approximate diced carrot pieces in size. In recipes where size is particularly important, good recipe writers will also specify a measurement for chopped or diced foods, such as "in 1/4 inch pieces."
Q. Is there a good substitution for allspice? I never seem to have it on hand.
A. I actually prefer to mix my own blend, combining 1 part finely ground black pepper with 2 parts each cinnamon, ground cloves and ground nutmeg. You can omit the pepper if you like and adjust the cloves and nutmeg down to as much as 1 part, to your own personal taste.


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A six-person East Baton Rouge Parish jury deliberated less than 45 minutes Thursday before finding a Denham Springs man guilty of vehicular homicide in a speed- and alcohol-related crash in Central that killed a Greenwell Springs teenager in 2011.
James "Trey" Watts III, 32, who was taken into custody immediately after the verdict was read, faces a prison term of five to 30 years in the death of Phillip Abington, 16, on Sept. 9, 2011.
At least three years must be served without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. State District Judge Richard Anderson scheduled a May 31 sentencing date.
Abington's family and several dozen of his school and theater friends packed one side of the courtroom and wore blue ribbons on their clothes to celebrate the life of Abington, whose favorite color was blue.
"This is what we had hoped for, that justice would be served," Abington's father, Todd Abington, said outside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse. "It's a good day. It's been a long time in coming."
"This is the outcome of drinking and driving," he added.
Todd Abington, who wore the same shirt Thursday that he wore to his son's funeral, said his family will continue to pray for Watts' family.
Watts turned toward his family as he was led from the courtroom and said, "Take care of my boy."
David Bourland, one of Watts' attorneys, said an appeal is likely.
"I don't think the jury totally understood the facts of the case, but we respect their decision," he said.
Prosecutor John Russell said outside the courthouse that Watts' decision to drive on a two-lane road in rush-hour traffic at speeds of up to 95 mph while intoxicated is "unforgiveable."
"It (the verdict) was a fantastic vindication of both the law and the (victim's) family," he said, adding that the verdict does bring the Abington family some closure but cannot change the tragic events of Sept. 9, 2011.
Phillip Abington, who had a history of performing on stage, was scheduled to make his Theatre Baton Rouge debut that night as one of the cowboys in the musical "Crazy for You." That night's opening show had already started but was cut short and canceled when theater officials learned of his death.
State Police Senior Trooper Kevin Biddy testified Wednesday that the crash data recorder inside Watts' 2005 Chevrolet Silverado indicated the pickup was traveling 87 mph five seconds before the crash, 90 mph four seconds prior to the crash, 93 mph three seconds before the crash, 95 mph two seconds prior to the crash, and 84 mph one second before impact.
The posted speed limit is 45 mph on that stretch of Greenwell Springs Road.
"That truck was going blazingly fast," Russell told the jury Thursday in his closing argument.
State Police officials have said previously that Abington was turning left onto Greenwell Springs Road from Will Avenue in a 2001 Honda Civic when he was struck by Watts' truck.
"It was his (Abington's) obligation to yield the right of way," Bourland countered in his closing argument. "He failed to yield. No intention, but a costly mistake."
Russell said Abington "didn't cause this accident" and added, "No one is ever driving on that road that fast unless they're drunk or impaired."
State Police Crime Laboratory toxicologist Robert Spinks testified Wednesday that an analysis of blood taken from Watts two hours after the crash revealed a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.09 percent.
A blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent is considered presumptive evidence of drunken driving in Louisiana for those 21 and over.


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Bob Godfrey was born on January 27, 1921 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia as Roland Frederick Godfrey. He is known for his work on Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) (1975), Kama Sutra Rides Again (1972) and The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit (1961). He was married to Beryl. He died on February 21, 2013. See full bio »
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I was thinking about having Rhinoplasty done in order to decrease the width of my nose. Right now, it's a too wide. I would also like to change the shape of it. I was wondering if you could give me some information about how this could be done regarding my specific case. I also have some acne problems that i have kept under control until recently. Can this effect the surgery? Is there special precaution that needs to be taken to those with acne problems?
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Your nose can be definitely narrowed
Your nose can be definitely narrowed and the Acne should not be a problem. Your acne should be under control before your surgery. There are many ways to control your acne through cleaning with a cleanser with salicylic acid, topical and oral antibiotics, a nightly retin A cream, etc.
For your nose, the width is ideally one iris width. Your nasal tip should also be one iris width. The base of your nose should be approximately 3 iris widths. When I mean an iris width it is the width of the colored portion of your eye. The narrowing will entail manipulating your nasal bones, and cartilage structures that dictate how wide your nose appears. The width at the base will entail taking some skin out around the base of your nose. This part can be done at a later time.
Choosing a surgeon with an eye for facial beauty is half the battle and more. For males, you may not want your nose to be perfectly ideal, as it could feminize your face. A wider nasal dorsum, tip and base is appropriate for the male nose and renders an element of masculinity.
Nose can certainly be narrowed
Make sure acne is under good control prior to undertaking any rhinoplasty surgery. The nose can certainly be narrowed at the bridge in the tip to further balance with the facial features.
Find someone who specializes in Rhinoplasty
The thickness and large size of your nose can make your case very difficult. Some surgeons may try to remove to much cartilage in order to make it smaller, which in turn will not support the skin envelope and deformities will result. It is extremely important to find a surgeon that specializes in rhinoplasty (not just plastic surgery in general), so you may be examined fully and proper expectations can be instilled. I think you can certainly have a nice improvement, though. Good luck.
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Rhinoplasty for a wide nose
Your problems is not an uncommon one, but difficult to answer without further information. In general though, one can make a large nose smaller with rhinoplasty, but not necessarily small. A profile image would be great to see, but most likely you would need attention to the nasal bones which would need to be "cut" and moved to make the nose more narrow. Along with this the cartilage that makes up the tip would need to be re-modeled to a more narrow and perhaps less projecting configuration. At the end of all this the nose would be better, but you would still look like you.
Rhinoplasty in Thick, Oily Nasal Skin Young Male
Hi Kenzo,
If your nose is bothering you cosmetically, you should see a (or a few) rhinoplasty specialist(s) in your area. Your nose does appear large, and likely can be made a bit smaller through rhinoplasty.
In your case, it appears that you have thick and oily skin (hence the acne break outs). Thick, oily young male skin does not lend itself well to dramatic changes in the tip contour. Your surgeon after examining you should be able to give you a realistic idea of what to expect.
If you have been on Accutane, it is necessary to stop and be off the drug for at least 6 months before having surgery.
Peter Adamson, MD is an excellent rhinoplastic surgeon in the Toronto area.
Good luck and be well.
Dr. P
Rhinoplasty has tremendous potential
Rhinoplasty today has tremendous potential, especially with the the control afforded by open techniques to accurately shape the nose. The tip of the nose in your picture is quite heavy, and the bridge of the nose is broad.
The best way to view possible results and options is to search out a surgeon in your area who can simulate changes in your nose through computer imaging programs. The pictures do not show exactly what you will look like, rather they will demonstrate how certain changes such as narrowing the bridge will change facial appearance. This can be an invaluable tool to help you communicate with the surgeon your feelings about the potential outcome, an also give you and idea of what is possible and whether you like it.
Take your time sorting out your goals and in your selection process of a qualified surgeon in your area.
Best of luck,
Learn more: http://www.peterejohnsonmd.com/rhinoplasty
You need to be seen and evaluated.
Over the internet, our opinions are unreliable. I am an experienced rhinoplastic surgeon, as such, I need to see you inperson to evaluate what you have and what can be done.
You can expect improvement, but see an experienced board certified plastic surgeon for an opinion in person.
You have a large male nose!
When noses are evaluated, frontal projection and lateral views are used to assess surgical options. Your nose appears generally large for your face. Finesse issues are less likely to change because acne prone male skin tends to be thicker and less likely to show fine detail. Your nose would benefit from reduction rhinoplasty that generally reduces the nose proportionally in all three dimensions. I agree with Dr. Kasden's preliminary ideas. Seeing a Rhinoplasty specialist in your area (and there are several in Toronto) for an evaluation is a must.
Good luck.
Here is my 2cents
First, you only present us with one view, so information is somewhat limited. That said, it appears that your nose in general is wide. Based on inadequate information, my assessment is that the bony structure must be narrowed, the upper and lower cartileges must also be narrowed. It also looks like your nostrils are too wide, and consideration should be given to narrowing this as well.
The acne should not affect surgery.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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On Showtime's new series Homeland, CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) has quite the job to do: Discover just who Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody really is.
As the above sneak preview shows, Mathison faces opposition from her colleagues when she believes Brody, viewed as a war hero after returning from Afghanistan alive despite being declared dead, may be working for Al Qaeda.
Watch more of Us Weekly's sneak preview of Homeland -- from the producers of 24 -- above before the series premieres October 2 at 10 p.m. (EST) right after Dexter.


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As the education reformer Horace Mann once said, 'A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.'
In Women's Interest, and the Nation's
Harry C. Alford is the president and chief executive of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.
Updated June 23, 2016, 5:05 PM
With our economy still in a shambles, young Americans are faced with a difficult choice. Should one take the first short-term job that comes along, or is the better option seeking further academic credentials for the long term? Women, much more so than men, are planning for the future by pursing advanced degrees. I believe this is a wise decision that will set them apart in their careers down the road.
As the education reformer Horace Mann once said, "A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated." And being educated in these days of accelerating global competitiveness is of utmost importance. As co-chairman of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Paul Otellini, president and chief executive of Intel, constantly reminds us of this fact. The council's research shows that approximately 120,000 U.S. engineering students graduate each year. In China and India, however, these graduates number more than one million.
In this light, by forgoing work to pursue higher education, America's young women will be doing a great service to our country in the future. The fields of science and mathematics, moreover, will be even more important if we are to compete with the world's emerging economies. Thankfully, there are efforts well under way, like the National Math and Science Initiative's Young Leaders program, geared to our young women in these fields to help them achieve their full potential.
Women who are returning to their studies will also help even the imbalance relative to their male counterparts in these critical science and math fields. For example, today, women constitute 48 percent of the U.S. labor force, but account for just 24 percent of the jobs in the fields of engineering, science and technology. For our country's benefit, we need more female engineers, biologists and computer scientists as soon as possible.
Finally, continuing education during this difficult economy is of particular importance for females in our nation's minority communities. Young black women currently face an unemployment rate of 13.5 percent, more than 7 percent higher than young white women.
While today's market outlook may be bleak, young women who choose to go back to school are making the right investment. And while the initial homework and student loans may seem unattractive, women returning to study will find not only a much happier future ahead of them, but also a more competitive nation thankful for their dedication to higher education.
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A few options on North Korea
- By Will InbodenWill Inboden is Executive Director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for History, Strategy, and Statecraft at the University of Texas-Austin. He also serves as Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Distinguished Scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
Further to Will Tobey's excellent post below, the last thing that the Obama administration wanted to deal with during Thanksgiving week is another crisis with North Korea. The administration's policy thus far of "strategic patience" has rightly avoided the past traps of rewarding the DPRK's bad behavior and broken agreements with further concessions. But the Kim regime's latest round of belligerence — including artillery attacks on civilian populations in South Korea and ominous advances in its uranium enrichment program — show the limits of strategic patience alone in the face of an adversary willing to escalate its provocations to dangerous levels that cannot be ignored.
In the short term there are no good options on the table, only a difficult set of choices as the White House seeks to avert war on the Korean peninsula while dissuading the DPRK from further aggression and reassuring U.S. allies in the region, especially South Korea and Japan. The announcement of joint military exercises with the South Koreans is a good start, but more will need to be done. Just what that "more" entails is the hard part. As my former NSC colleague and Korea expert Victor Cha said in the Washington Post yesterday, "in many ways this is our worst nightmare… the administration has really got its work cut out for it."
Will Tobey is correct that beyond the tactical challenges of this current flare-up, the administration should develop a long-term North Korea strategy that includes seeking the end of the Kim dynasty dictatorship. Such a strategy will entail many components. One pillar it needs to include, especially for a peaceful change in North Korea, is human rights promotion. In the midst of the current policy stalemate, a pivot by the U.S. towards a renewed focus on the plight of the North Korean people and the illegitimacy of the Kim regime could provide a strategic game-changer.
The regime's greatest vulnerability is its appalling barbarity and decades-long torment of its own citizens. It also represents an area of potentially overwhelming international consensus. With the unfortunate exception of the cynical Chinese government, virtually no global power supports North Korea's mistreatment of its people.
What might be done? There are many possible steps; here are just a few:
- Escalate the "reputational sanctions" targeting the regime's illicit activities, such as international financial institutions that hold the ill-gotten gains of the regime's henchmen, including the Kim family. And follow through vigorously on implementation and enforcement. Few things got Kim Jong Il's attention like $25 million of his personal fortune being frozen in Banco Delta Asia's accounts in 2005. Condition the lifting of the sanctions on a dramatic improvement in human rights, such as the closure of the regime's prison camps and release of all prisoners of conscience.
- President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and other senior U.S. officials should hold visible meetings with North Korean defectors, dissidents, and survivors of its prison camps. And encourage other world leaders to do the same.
- Substantially increase financial support for independent broadcasting into North Korea (via radio, TV, and Internet), step up countermeasures to override the regime's jamming, and even explore ways to get uncensored radios and televisions into the hands of more North Korean people.
- Press for a U.N. Security Council debate on applying the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine to North Korea for "crimes against humanity," and the application of Principle Three on intervention by the international community. With the possibility of further famines caused by state malevolence, on top of the regime's ongoing depredations, such a debate would at a minimum draw global attention to conditions in North Korea, and might even lead to multilateral action.
- Include Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights Bob King at the table in any possible future resumption of negotiations involving North Korea (whether six-party talks or bilateral). This will make clear that America's priority concerns are not just the DPRK's nuclear weapons but also its treatment of its people.
- Direct the intelligence community to increase its collection efforts on human rights conditions within North Korea. Most of what the U.S. government knows in this area comes from the intrepid work of human rights NGOs and defectors. Much more could be learned if the intelligence community devoted resources to mapping the locations and activity patterns of prison camps, monitoring the DPRK's internal repression system, and identifying possible dissident activity.
Finally, don't expect help from China. Beijing ostensibly shares an interest with the U.S. in curtailing the nuclear adventurism of its most problematic client state, and has on occasion (though not consistently) been helpful in restraining Pyongyang. But when it comes to the regime itself, China's interests diverge from the United States', at least insofar as Beijing has made the short-sighted calculation to keep propping up the Kim dynasty as a buffer state on its border. The United States should leave the short-sightedness to the Chinese. A more visionary long-term strategy for the United States should include concrete steps to support the North Korean people in ending the tyranny that afflicts them.


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Allan Rhodes of Paducah, Ky. emailed recently because he was "dismayed at the mean-spirited attack on the Tour de France" he said he'd heard on Only A Game. Huh. I can only guess Mr. Rhodes was responding to my recent conversation with Charlie Pierce in which we discussed Lance Armstrong's curious decision on the brink of the 100th running of that august event to announce that he still considered himself its greatest champion. In any case, Mr. Rhodes regards our "attack" as "very sad, very sad indeed."
In the "best of" edition of the program which ran last weekend, we reprised Ken Shulman's story about baseball in Nicaragua, much to the delight of a couple of listeners who posted their responses on our Facebook page. "Fascinating view of the impact of sport in another culture and economy," wrote Mark Baranski. "I would enjoy hearing more pieces on how other countries and cultures use sport to make the world better."
The same show also included Anne Marshall's story about pole vaulting on the streets of a city better known for horse racing than for track and field. That story gladdened the heart of Kent Henry, who posted on the Facebook page as follows: "Another reason Louisville, Kentucky is one of the greatest cities in the nation."
Maybe we ought to go with "best of" shows more often. Last week's program also included Whitney Jones's story about Shoeless Joe Jackson's namesake and his budding baseball career. "I truly enjoyed this story," wrote Mollie Luna, who hears the program on WRVO in New York. "But then I truly enjoy your show."
Finally, last week's program also included a reprise of Only A Game's Doug Tribou's energetic and funny appreciation of our favorite sports-related movie, Slapshot. Doug's story originally ran on the 35th anniversary of that film, which starred Paul Newman and the Hanson brothers, not necessarily in that order. On our Facebook page, Audrey Kramer posted: "I do love that movie, and, of course, watching Newman." Matt O'Neil chimed in with "Not just a great sports movie – for so many reasons – but a great movie, PERIOD." That story provoked another great comment that I can't repeat for reasons that have nothing to do with time, which is an inducement to visit our Facebook page.
If you don't agree with Mr. O'Neil, don't follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook, because you'll be wrong. Otherwise you can leave a comment at the bottom of this page, or leave us a voicemail on the OAG listener line at 617-353-1860.


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[Chuseok Special] Male Stars We'd Bring Home to Meet the Parents
Chuseok, or Korean thanksgiving, is one of the biggest holidays in Korea, where the entire family gathers to celebrate together.
One of the most asked questions that we receive from our relatives during this time (or all the time in Korea) is the inescapable "Do you have a boyfriend?"
So it had us wondering, if we could choose five male stars to bring home to meet the family during this Chuseok season, who would they be?
Song Joong Ki
He might not be the nicest guy around at this time, since he's currently busy with his current KBS drama Nice Guy, but it still doesn't change the fact that Song Joong Ki will steal the hearts of our family away.
With his good manners, Song Joong Ki proves he's boyfriend material, since he's willing to help others out even when his work is done, so we know that he'll help us clean the dirty dishes after the holiday feast is over.
He's intelligent and manages to keep a conversation going, in Korean or English, since he's so good at both as shown in Nice Guy.
We know that despite being surrounded by people he doesn′t really know, he won′t shy away and stay true to himself since he hates being a fake person.
Plus, that smile of his is bound to melt our mothers and our aunts.
Choi Siwon
Not only is he handsome with a hot body, Choi Siwon of Super Junior is probably one of the most well-mannered idols out there.
He goes out of his way to show his support for the people he cares about and always remembers to celebrate the birthdays of the important people in his life.
When danger arrives, he'll become your personal body guard (and soldier of light), and we're sure our fathers approve of that.
And did we remember to mention that he's ridiculously good-looking?
Lee Seung Gi
Lee Seung Gi is part of the umchinah crowd that makes the rest of the male population sort of hate his guts but makes our mothers just absolutely adore him.
He may be a slight workaholic , but we're sure he'll have time for us and the family, since he's proven to be a good juggler of both his work and his education.
He′s usually good about keeping in touch and even does good deeds, and what person in his or her right minds would hate that?
He's also in great physical condition, even helping to carry the Olympic torch for the London Olympics.
You would think that someone this perfect will have a huge smudge on his past, but he has people backing him up that he was just as amazing then too.
He′s good with kids too, so he can help baby sit our baby cousins.
Lee Min Ho
Lee Min Ho is such a well-mannered man that we don't even know where to start with the countless reasons why he makes our hearts flutter and will make our families' hearts flutter too.
First off, he's just a hard-working man, who focuses all of his attention on what's important and then excels from that. He's constantly willing to take criticism and all the help he can get without getting pouty about it.
He wants to give back as much as he's received. Plus, he looks great with everyone he's with (although he may also outshine everyone with his good looks), and despite the party animal image he may carry, he's actually a good boy that parents would approve of.
Plus he recently lost some weight, so we think it's our responsibility to help fatten him up a bit with lots of traditional pancakes and rice cakes during this holiday.
Park Yoo Chun
First off, he's royalty. Okay, that seems a little forced, but you can't deny his good looks and amazing skin that's fitting pf a prince.
But more than his social status or his physical features, Park Yoo Chun in general is an amazing person that we would love to introduce to our family.
He's a hard worker, who studies his butt off to be as perfect as he can when he's working on something. Park Yoo Chun doesn't take people for granted and always remembers to thank them for their hard work and consideration.
He's also very family-oriented, as seen from his closely-knit relationship with his mother and brother. He always has his family in mind and remembers them even when they're not present. Not only that, he's even considered doing the tremendous deed of adopting a child so that his mother wouldn't be lonely and because he always wanted a little sister or a daughter in the family.
In other words, He's the perfect candidate to bring to a huge family event.
So here are our choices of men that we want to introduce to our parents this Chuseok season.
Who would you introduce?
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THAT WAS FUN wasn't it? The final debate of the Seanad referendum took place last night with Vincent Browne overseeing several testy exchanges between the Yes and No sides.
While Fine Gael's Richard Bruton and Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald were unlikely allies on the Yes side Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin and Democracy Matters' Michael McDowell, old Cabinet colleagues, were arguing for a No vote.
Lots happened and you can read all about it here, but did you see McDowell's massive Constitution? It put Dana's to shame:
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"This is a recipe for a basic, strong flavoured cheesecake that I've adapted from two recipes in the Edmonds Cookbook. (the must-have cookbook for all New Zealanders!) My husband, the 'cheesecake connoisseur' , loves this cheesecake and requests it frequently! He likes me to make the cheesecake with double the cheese, in which case you double all the cheese ingredients except for the gelatine which you should triple ... yum! Note: This recipe requires a spring-form cake tin."
Quick 'n' Easy Fruit Cheesecake (No-Cook)
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READY IN:20mins
YIELD:1 cheesecake
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (250 g) packet digestive biscuits (plain biscuits)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 75 g melted butter
- 2 teaspoons gelatin
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 (250 g) container cream cheese
- 1 (250 g) container sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 (560 g) can canned fruit, in syrup (eg pineapple rings, strawberries)
- 1 teaspoon gelatin
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 3⁄4 teaspoon fruit essence (of chosen fruit, e.g. pineapple, strawberry, etc.)
- BASE: Finely crush biscuits.
- Combine biscuit crumbs, lemon rind, juice and butter.
- Line the base and sides of a 20 cm spring-form tin with biscuit mixture.
- Chill while preparing filling.
- FILLING: Combine gelatine and water.
- Leave to swell for 10 minutes.
- Beat cream cheese until soft.
- Add sour cream and beat until well combined.
- Add sugar, lemon juice, rind and vanilla.
- Beat until sugar has dissolved.
- Dissolve gelatine over hot water.
- Add to cheese mixture and mix.
- Pour filling into prepared base and chill until set.
- TOPPING: Arrange fruit pieces in a nice design on cheesecake.
- Measure 1/2 cup of the remaining syrup and put in a small saucepan.
- Sprinkle gelatine over and leave to swell for 5 minutes.
- Gently heat the gelatine mixture, stirring until gelatine has dissolved.
- Stir in sugar, stirring until dissolved.
- Remove from heat and pour over cheesecake (the cheesecake should already be set and still in the tin).
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Superior CopperCorp. has announced it will buy the remaining 50 per cent interest in the Coppercorp project from its joint venture partner, First Mineral Exploration Ltd.
The Coppercorp project is located 90 km north of Sault Ste. Marie in the Batchawana Bay area and includes past-producing historic copper-mining camps that date back to the 1800s.
Under the agreement, Superior Copper would retain a 100 per cent interest in 101 unpatented mining claims covering 120 square kilometres.
"It has always been our view that the Coppercorp Project is one of the best discovery-focused exploration projects in Canada and, despite difficult equity markets for junior exploration companies, the reorganization of ownership will allow the company to maximize the value of these properties," said Brian Howlett, president and CFO of Superior Copper, in a news release.


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Three teams from the WPIAL have advanced to the PIAA football semifinals. North Catholic will play Friday night, while South Fayette and Central Catholic each play Saturday. The schedule is below.
PIAA Tournament
Class AAAA
Saturday's schedule
St. Joe's Prep (11-2) vs. Neshaminy (13-1) at Northeast High School, Philadelphia, 1 p.m.; Central Catholic (14-0) vs. Lower Dauphin (13-1) at Altoona High School, 1 p.m.
Class AAA
Friday's schedule
Archbishop Wood (11-2) vs. Berwick (14-0) at Allentown, 7 p.m.; Bishop McDevitt (13-1) vs. Erie Cathedral Prep (13-0) at Clearfield, 7 p.m.
Class AA
Saturday's schedule
Berks Catholic (14-0) vs. Imhotep (13-1) at Governor Mifflin, 3 p.m.; Hickory (12-1) vs. South Fayette (14-0) at Slippery Rock University, 1 p.m.
Class A
Friday's schedule
Old Forge (13-1) vs. Steelton-Highspire (12-1) at Hazleton, 7 p.m.; Clarion (14-0) vs. North Catholic (14-0) at DuBois, 7 p.m.
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Cheboygan man charged in bank robbery and bomb threat
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:22:33 GMT —
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) - A Michigan man is charged with a Minnesota bank robbery and bomb threat that prompted a six-hour evacuation over the weekend. Sixty-five-year-old David Michael Tyler of Cheboygan, Mich., was charged Monday in Washington County court with second-degree aggravated robbery.
Tyler is accused of robbing a U.S. Bank in downtown Stillwater on Saturday. According to the charges, Tyler warned that a bomb in his briefcase would level an entire city block. Two blocks of downtown Stillwater were shut down. Police later determined the device in the briefcase was not a bomb.The complaint alleges that Tyler demanded $200,000 in a note handed to bank employees but that he absconded with only $3,726.
The Star Tribune reports Tyler was ordered to remain in jail pending an initial court appearance.


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The late great PLM Title closed under mysterious circumstances nearly three years ago. I previously blogged about this here and here. As reported in yesterday's Morning Herald, a mystery no more. That ugly saga represented one of every real estate lawyers worst nightmare scenarios. The evil doers apparently took funds from closings that were supposed to be used to pay-off old mortgages for their own use. Those unpaid mortgages hampered many otherwise innocent buyers and sellers.
Could this happen again? Sure, I suppose so. Fortunately however, Illinois home buyers and sellers are now protected by a recent change to the Illinois Title Insurance Act that requires mandatory closing protection letters. Every title insurance agent's underwriter must now assure the buyer, new mortgage lender, and seller that no loss will be suffered as the result of a dishonest title agent. Of course, buyers and sellers are paying new fees for that protection, but lest we gripe about those new charges too much, it is worthwhile to look back to remember why.
Two plead guilty in massive DuPage mortgage scam
Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110404/news/704049854/#ixzz1If41E4hy


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Authorities are searching for two Metairie men they believe burglarized three homes in St. Rose over a two-day span.
The St. Charles Parish Sheriffs Office has issued warrants for Joseph Delay, 40, and Michael Kendrick, 19. The last known address for both men was 1455 Laurel Drive, Apt. 3 in Metairie.
The three burglaries, which all took place during the day, occurred blocks away from each other. One of the homes had surveillance equipment and several images of two men authorities believe were Delay and Kendrick were caught on camera.
Capt. Pat Yoes, a spokesman for the St. Charles Parish Sheriffs Office, said that witness statements combined with the video footage led to the identification of both men.
Electronics were the main target of the burglars, who escaped with several TVs, a PlayStation 3 and a Wii game system, Yoes said.
Anyone having any information on the whereabouts of either of the men is asked to contact Det. Lance Richards at (985)783-1135 or (985)783-6807.


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In this short blog, I will talk about how to assign media url in code behind for SSME: SmoothStreamingMediaElement. For this code sample, I am not using Microsoft Media Platform: Player Framework v2.6. I am building the application from scratch using Silverlight Smooth Streaming Client v1.5. I hope this short blog will help you while debugging.
1. You will need to add the player in .xaml file. I didn't set the streaming source in SmoothStreamingMediaElement in .xaml file.
<SSME:SmoothStreamingMediaElement AutoPlay="false" x:Name="SmoothPlayer" Grid.Row="0" />
2. And go to the code behind, and insert the following code
public MainPage()
SmoothPlayer.SmoothStreamingSource = new Uri("http://devplatem.vo.msecnd.net/Sintel/Sintel_VC1.ism/manifest");
SmoothPlayer.MediaOpened += (o, e) =>
You will see from the code above, the first step is straight-forward, that we assign the media source URI to SmoothStreamingSource. However, if now, you immediately call SmoothPlayer.Play(), you will get an error. That's because when media source gets set up, Smooth Streaming player will do a bunch of things, such as downloading manifest and downloading some amount of data chunks. Thus, initially I called SmoothPlayer.Play() after ManifestReady() event, that's also wrong. Because Smooth Streaming player still needs to validate the media stream and read the file reader. However, MediaOpened event guaranteed all these. For details, you could read on MediaOpened() MSDN documentations here.
In addition, if you want to read more about how we design different state of the media elements, you could read MSDN documents Media Element State Transitions.


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Don't give Donald Trump a role at the GOP convention
Republicantthinkstraigh Anywhere but, Utah, UtahAug. 22, 2012 4:32 p.m.
I agree with you Joe Blow. I listen to each of the sides plan and vote accordingly. I never hit straight "D" on the ballot box. I voted for Huntsman, thought he was a great Governor. It's a shame the right has gone so extreme right they instantly shot down Huntsman as their candidate. I would like to see Huntsman become a Democrate and run after the next four years of Obama. I think we Dems would take Huntsman in with no problem.
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCAug. 22, 2012 11:23 a.m.
I have recently voted R and D in presidential elections.
I believe in the fiscal restraint that the GOP espouses (although they talk a much better game than they play) is necessary.
I also believe that wealth collection at the top is bad for our country and feel that we need to ensure that we take care of our poor. Dem qualities.
However, those that are taking over the GOP are an embarrassment to me to the extent that I do not want to be associated with them.
Palin? Seriously?
And that is just the start. Things like the birther issue are beneath what once was a great party.
Trump? Limbaugh? Beck? These guys make me cringe.
Certainly there are some on the left also, but not nearly to the same extent. BTW those on the left make me cringe also.
We need mature, intelligent leaders. Unfortunately, the GOP is pushing all of those out.
A congress all made up of Olympia Snow's would make me happy. But her types are being pushed out to be replaced by the Joe Wilson types.
The GOP is quickly turning into a sad bunch with no desire to lead this country.
Blue Salt Lake City, UTAug. 22, 2012 10:36 a.m.
Trump is the perfect poster-child for today's GOP. He deserves a spotlight at the convention.
Mad Hatter Provo, UTAug. 22, 2012 10:22 a.m.
The GOP is home to some of the most unconventional and weird thinking that the Party cultivates the extreme ideologues but doesn't want them expressing themselves in a public forum lest they alienate Independent voters who they need to win elections. It's kind of a double-edged sword. These ideologues respond to the dog whistles and negativity, yet they want a place at the table which the GOP leadership is reluctant to give.
The GOP leaders know that their Party is becoming an anacronism and the only way they can maintain their edge is denying the other side the ability to cast votes. Otherwise, the conservatives would probably lose every election. With the Tea Party taking over the Republican Party, "moderate" conservatives are having to become Blue Dog Democrats. The RINO purge has damaged the Republican Party to such an extent that voter suppression laws and other tools to deny the vote to people who do not automatically vote Republican have become necessary.
Donald Trump ("Birther extraordinare"), Michelle Bachmann("radical Islamists infiltrating the State Department"), Todd Akin ("women 'legitimately raped' can't get pregnant"), and the others on the Extreme Right want their say. A GOP nightmare, truly!
The Real Maverick Orem, UTAug. 22, 2012 10:05 a.m.
Nothing like a TV reality star most famous for his fake hair and stupid one liner, "you're fired" to speak at one of the most serious functions of our country.
No wonder why no one takes the GOP seriously anymore.
First Bush, then Palin, now Trump?
HAHAHA! Not even Jay Leno could have come up with this material!
Eric Samuelsen Provo, UTAug. 22, 2012 9:35 a.m.
Oh, please please please, let the Donald speak! We want to hear his views! Expounded at length! On prime time! The people have spoken! We want Donald!
one old man Ogden, UTAug. 22, 2012 9:07 a.m.
Trump is a joke.
But so is the rest of the GOP.
So they kind of fit together, don't they?
Lagomorph Salt Lake City, UTAug. 22, 2012 9:02 a.m.
Gerson seems unready to accept that the GOP is increasingly giving itself over to the loony extreme that rejects science and rational discourse. As he notes, all sources are afforded equal credibility regardless of merit. Why listen to climatologists and geophysicists who have actually gone out and measured temperatures and glacial extents and analyzed core samples and published their data when you can read skeptical criticism by renowned, trained scientists like Glenn Beck or Ann Coulter. They are all equally valid, right? (and Beck doesn't use those big sciencey words) Ditto for the science of human origins. Or the salutary contraceptive effects of physical and emotional trauma resulting from rape (Akin, et al.). Michelle Bachmann talks to an unnamed, uncredited woman in the lobby after a GOP primary debate and she's ready to outlaw vaccinations. Bobby Jindahl (a medical doctor) supports the Louisiana Science Education Act, which provides state funding to private schools teaching Creationism. Gerson rightly points out that such shallow thinking is wrong. I fear he underestimates how strong a hold it has on his party.
Hutterite American Fork, UTAug. 22, 2012 8:47 a.m.
Trump can get Romney to release his tax returns.
Happy Valley Heretic Orem, UTAug. 22, 2012 8:41 a.m.
Trump fits right in with the new "Elitist Group" formally know as the GOP.
During a Houston fundraiser, Romney told a room of about 125 donors that he planned to unveil his comprehensive energy plan this week. He said his proposal will specifically relate to fossil-based fuels. But then, he said no more.
"I know that we have members of the media here right now, so I'm not going to go through that in great detail," Romney said.
So if your a paying donor, he'll let you in on his plan, but if your going to tell the common people, well you gotta pay to find out what he's gunna do?
The Elite continue to separate themselves from the servants, who just can't understand what the adult are talking about.
Baron Scarpia Logan, UTAug. 22, 2012 6:44 a.m.
It will be very difficult for the GOP to distance itself from its embarrassing recent past -- beginning with Palin to the more recent GOP primaries involving Cain, Bachmann, Trump, and that women who had to proclaim, "I'm not a witch." The Todd Akin situation simply reminds voters that the GOP doesn't have serious, quality people running the show that will attract moderate voters AND solve problems.
Just read that Romney is pushing fossil fuels and nuclear in West Texas and will release a plan soon to aid his Koch backers and promote our reliance on Canadian tar sands -- so more federal subsidies there. But he opposes incentives for domestic wind energy in Iowa, which gets 20 percent of its power from wind, and his opposition to the tax incentive for wind is already turning off what should have been easy GOP support in Midwest swing states. He touted similar policy in Colorado, home of some of the biggest wind manufacturing facilities. So much for the GOP's "all the above strategy."
Romney may not be touting "drill, baby, drill," but his proposals sure sound like a Palin retread. Perhaps his energy motto can be "burn, baby, burn."


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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 184.108.40.206
I am new to RSS world but after reading about RSS i came to know the following and want you guys to help me in validating my understanding
1) If i have 100 pages on my web site and i want to make 10 pages as RSS enabled, then in that case i would need to create one RSS.XMl file that will contain data in pre defined RSS format (with channel, items etc). For each 10 pages i will have 10 blocks of ITEMS in my RSS.XML file. Is it correct?
2) Once this is ready i can host this XML file on my web site and aggregators like yahoo or google (or any other) can take this URL of the XML file as request query string to publish them on their website. Once the RSS content start apearing on the my yahoo.com website i can click on the heading of the news that will take the user to my website's news page. Is it correct?
3) I just have to specify link, summary and title of the RSS feed news. I dont have to give the full news in RSS.XML. Later when news is published in obe of the agregator like MyYahoo.com then i can click on the news heading that will take me to my website's page (for that news). Is it correct?
One question - My page is very big and contains 600 lines of news content. How do i define teaser or summary for that page that i need to put as description in RSS.XML file (later which will be shown as small description about that news on agregators website)


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Is this a spiral?
the bulge occurs due to the clever placement of blocks
This is quite funny . Stir at it for a few second's then start walking backward's whilst looking at it...
Movie Uploader - " Well come on then give me your requests "
For ADULTS only
if you cant read, read it 2-3 mts away from your screen.
HEY HEY same post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but no prob! we'll try to avoid it as much as we can
This Is Really Weird... Look At The Dot's In The Middle For 20 Second's Then Look At The Wall And Blink What Do You See ... This Is Really Clever ..:d
Movie Uploader - " Well come on then give me your requests "
commuter tara hicks sits and relaxes on her painting, really cool!!
You see a couple in an intimate love position, right?
Interestingly, research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario.
What they will see, however, is nine (small & black) dolphins in the picture!
So, I guess we've already proven you're not a young innocent child. Now, if it's hard for you to find the dolphins within 6 seconds, your mind is SO corrupted that you probably need help!
OK, here's help: look at the space between her right arm and her head, the tail is on her neck, follow it up. Look at her left hip, follow the shaded part down, it's another one, and on his shoulder..