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Queens Of The Stone Age | 21/02/11
Some of you suspected this might be happening, and now Rekords Rekords and Domino are very excited to validate those suspicions by confirming details of a full Queens Of The Stone Age UK and European tour for May where the band will perform their debut album in its entirety.
Tying in with the reissued release on 7th March 2011 of the seminal Queens record that started it all back in 1998, the 22 date tour will include an intimate show at the Roundhouse in London on May 17th.
Tickets go on sale on Friday 25th February, and if any of you witnessed the rabid fan response to the recent release of the limited Queens 7" How To Handle A Rope which actually temporarily crashed our servers, you know we're not kidding when we say tickets for these shows will disappear as quickly as they materialise.
Full live dates are as follows:
2nd May: Cologne - E-Werk (tickets from: www.eventim.de)
3rd May: Brussels - Ancienne Belgique (tickets from: www.proximusgoformusic.be)
4th May: Groningen – Oostersport (tickets from: www.ticketmaster.nl)
6th May: Stockholm – Cirkus (tickets from: www.ticnet.se)
7th May: Oslo – Sentrum (tickets from: www.billettservice.no)
8th May: Copenhagen - Vega (tickets from: www.billetlugen.dk/home)
10th May: Munich – TonHalle (tickets from: www.eventim.de)
11th May: Zurich - Komplex 457 (tickets from: www.komplex457.ch)
12th May: Graz - Schlossberg Castle (tickets from: www.oeticket.com)
14th May: Eindhoven – Effenaar (tickets from: www.ticketmaster.nl)
15th May: Amsterdam – Paradiso (tickets from: www.ticketmaster.nl)
17th May: London – Roundhouse (tickets from: www.seetickets.com)
19th May: Dublin – Olympia (tickets from: www.ticketmaster.ie)
20th May: Glasgow – Academy (tickets from: www.triplegmusic.com)
21st May: Manchester - Academy (tickets from: www.gigsandtours.com)
23rd May: Paris – Olympia (tickets from: www.avosbillets.com)
24th May: Antwerp - Trix (tickets from: www.proximusgoformusic.be)
25th May: Strasbourg - La Laiterie (tickets from: www.avosbillets.com)
26th May: Dudingden - Kilbi (Festival) (tickets from: www.starticket.ch)
28th May: Budapest - Petofi Hall (tickets from: www.livenation.hu)
29th May: Prague - KC Vltavska (ticket link TBC)
30th May: Warsaw – Stodola (tickets from: www.ticketpro.pl)


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What's this? An AT&T Android device that doesn't shackle you to the official Android Market? The new Samsung Infuse 4G lets you flip the toggle to download any Android app from any market. That's great! But is it the future?
We contacted AT&T, who didn't deny the Infuse was a step in a new direction of liberated phones, and a company exec told PC Mag "I think we'll go more open," vis a vis apps—so we'd wager this is the start of a (welcomed) trend. [via TechCrunch]


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LWCF Approves Hunting Seasons and Regulations
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted the 2006-08 hunting seasons and regulations and the 2006-07 Wildlife Management Area (WMA) seasons and regulations at their meeting on May 2.
To view the approved rules and regulations please visit LDWF's Web site at www.wlf.louisiana.gov. Then click on "Regulations" from the "Hunting" drop down menu.
The approved rules and regulations included the following major changes to past regulations.
· The season limit for deer is still six. However, of these six deer, only three may be antlered bucks and only three may be antlerless deer. These limits for deer include all methods of take, except antlerless harvest on property enrolled in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) or the Landowner Antlerless Deer Tag Program (LADT). Property enrolled in DMAP or LADT do not count for the season bag limit for hunters. One antlered and one antlerless deer (when legal) per day will be accepted, except on some Federal Refuges and National Forest Lands where daily limits shall be one deer per day.
· Each deer hunter, regardless of age or license status, must obtain a deer tag harvest card prior to hunting and posses this card while deer hunting. Immediately upon harvesting a deer, the hunter must document the kill on the card. All hunters must then file a deer harvest report with LDWF at the end of the season, even if no deer were harvested.
· Deer hunters will be able to harvest antlerless deer during the entire season on private lands, except in Iberville, Iberia, Assumption, St. Martin, St. Mary, West Carroll, Plaquemines, St. Bernard parishes and portions of East Carroll parishes. This does not apply to public lands that include WMAs or National Forest Lands and Refuges, which will have specified either-sex days.
· During deer archery seasons, people with a disability who possess a crossbow permit and hunters over 60 years of age may use a bow that is drawn, held or released by mechanical means.
· Dewey Wills WMA was granted three additional days (Nov. 24-26) after Thanksgiving for the bucks only firearm season.
· Deer hunters that hunt from concealed ground blinds on WMAs must display a minumum of 400 square inches of hunter orange above or around their blinds. The hunter orange must be visible from 360 degrees.
· Big game licensed holders will now be able to hunt bobcats year round during daylight hours with bow and arrow, shotgun, muzzleloader or a centerfire firearm. No more than one bobcat per calendar year will be allowed. This rule only applies to property privately owned and does not apply to WMAs and Federally Owned Lands and Refuges.
· Season dates for Federal Refuges and Jean Laffite National Park were approved.
· Some limited hunting in the Thistlewaite WMA Restricted Area were added. In the restricted area small game hunting is now allowed with shotgun only loaded with shot no larger than BB lead or F steel. Deer hunting allowed by archery only.
The following is the small game resident season dates:
· Quail - Nov. 18-Feb. 28 with a daily bag limit of 10 and possession limit of 20.
· Rabbit and Squirrel - Oct. 7-Feb. 28 with a daily bag limit of 8 and possession limit of 16.
The following is the deer hunting season dates broken down by area:
· Area 1 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 11-17 and Jan. 22-28 Still Hunt: Nov. 18-Dec. 8 and Jan. 8-21 With or Without Dogs: Dec. 9-Jan. 7
· Area 2 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 21-27 and Jan. 15-21 Still Hunt: Oct. 28-Dec. 8 With or Without Dogs: Dec. 9-Jan. 14
· Area 3 - Archery: Sept. 16-Jan. 15 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 14-20 and Nov. 27-Dec. 1 Still Hunt: Oct. 21-Nov. 26 and Dec. 2-Jan. 7
· Area 4 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 4-10 and Jan. 8-17 Still Hunt: Nov. 11-Jan. 7
· Area 5 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 11-17 and Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Still Hunt: Nov. 24-Dec. 10
· Area 6 - Archery: Oct. 1-15 bucks only and Oct. 16-Feb. 15 either sex Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 11-17 and Jan. 22-28 Still Hunt: Nov. 18-Dec 8 With or Without Dogs: Dec. 9-Jan. 21
· Area 7 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 14-20 and Nov. 4-10 Still Hunt: Oct. 21-Nov. 3 and Nov. 11-26 With or Without Dogs: Nov. 27-Dec. 31
· Area 8 - Archery: Sept. 16-Jan. 15 Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 14-20 and Nov. 27-Dec. 1 Still Hunt: Oct. 21-Nov. 26 With or Without Dogs: Dec. 2-Jan. 7
For more information, contact Jimmy Anthony at 225-765-2347 or [email protected].


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Disability NEWS -- May 7, 2012
- Resolution for Employment of People with Disabilities on Council agenda
- Portland Commission on Disability Meetings
- Mayor Adams keeps equity at forefront of next fiscal year budget
- Small Business Development Panel featured at CCC May meeting
- Film fest to feature the lives of people with developmental disabilities
- Colored Pencils to feature artists with disabilities on June 29
- Meet Business event about natural resource careers at federal agencies
- Visit the City's Disability Program Facebook page for current postings
Resolution for Employment of People
with Disabilities on Portland City Council
agenda for May 9 at 10 a.m.
A Model Employer proposal for employing people with disabilities is on the Portland City Council agenda for 10 am, Wednesday, May 9, in Council Chambers at City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave. The proposal, in the form of a resolution, is the result of over a year's work by the Portland Commission on Disability (PCOD).
PCOD's Employment Subcommittee researched numerous information sources, analyzed the data and compiled this proposal which will now be considered for adoption by City Council. The proposal document reports what the Commission has learned and outlines its recommendation that the City become a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The Commission on Disability, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Human Rights, is looking to work in partnership with the Mayor and Council to develop, implement and evaluate a strategic plan for increasing the City's employment of people with disabilities.
Commissioner Amanda Fritz commends PCOD for their diligence and hard work to produce the proposal. She sees the Commission's proposal as an excellent example of work that will address issues of equity in Portland. With implementation of this resolution by the City equal opportunity provision of the American with Disabilities Act will be addressed, elements of the Portland Plan will be successful, and the City will diversify with a highly motivated and productive workforce.
PCOD commissioners are urging their supporters and the community to write, email or call the Mayor and City Council Commissioners to encourage their support for adoption of this proposal. To show your support, visit www.portlandonline.com and click on the Mayor and different Commissioner's web links to locate contact information to send or phone your words of support. The Commission also hopes that people will attend the May 9 meeting to show their support. Following are links to find contact information for the Mayor and City Council:
Mayor Adams: http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?c=49271
Commissioner Fish: http://www.portlandonline.com/fish/index.cfm?c=47686
Commissioner Fritz: http://www.portlandonline.com/fritz/index.cfm?c=49290
Commissioner Saltzman: http://www.portlandonline.com/saltzman/
Commissioner Leonard: http://www.portlandonline.com/leonard/
Portland Commission on Disability
May 2012 Meetings
PCoD Livability and Wellness Subcommittee
Tuesday, May 8, 3 to 5 pm
Pettygrove Room, Second floor/City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue
PCoD Accessibility in the Built Environment Subcommittee
Monday, May 14, 10 am to 1 pm
1900 Building, 1900 SW Fourth Ave, Room 4A
PCoD Public Outreach and Awareness Subcommittee
Wednesday, May 16, 3 to 5 p.m.
Disability Rights Oregon
610 SW Broadway, Second Floor
PCoD Employment Subcommittee
Friday, May 25, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Pettygrove Room, Second floor/City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue
Portland Commission on Disability Meeting
Friday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Conference Room C, Second Floor
Portland Building, 1120 SW Fifth Ave
PLEASE NOTE: Meetings may be cancelled or subject to changes in date, time and location. For the most up-to-date information on Commission meetings, please click the Portland Commission on Disability calendar website or ONI Neighborhood Calendar Disability Events link the for latest information on meetings. Other community disability organizations' events may also be found on these sites.
Mayor Adams keeps equity at forefront
of Fiscal Year 2012-2013 budget
May Sam Adams has released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012-13 and strived to maintain funding for all Portlanders – regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, neighborhood, age, income or place of birth – to have opportunities to succeed. He noted they must have access to opportunities to advance their well-being and achieve their full potential. Adams said, "Equity not only makes individual lives better, it uplifts the whole city. Despite a tough budget year, I have kept equity at the forefront."
Of interest to people with disabilities, his proposed budget spares the Office of Equity & Human Rights from cuts, supports the Portland Plan's equity framework, includes $368,000 to fund phases II and III of the Citywide compliance assessment project related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and has provisions for the City Attorney's Office to continue providing legal advice on Equity in Contracting, the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act compliance. The $368,000 funding relates to the effort supporting the implementation of the Disabilities Transition Plan stated in the Portland Plan, recently approve by Council.
More information about the proposed budget and the full text of the May 3 Mayor's proposal may be found by clicking the link on the Mayor's website, http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?c=49278&a=396028.
Small Business Development Panel featured
at Connecting Communities' May meeting
At Connecting Communities Coalition's May 10 membership meeting, a Small Business Development panel will be featured to give advice and guidance to budding business owners. The meeting will be held from 5 to 8 pm at Independent Living Resources, 1839 NE Couch Street. Service organizations for people with disabilities will also be present to help attendees connect with resources that can assist them in beginning the process of starting their own business.
Participants are requested to RSVP so CCC may know who and how many persons will attend. Click http://www.doodle.com/wmuws9yu93sswksn to respond. CCC is also happy to provide any accommodations necessary and requests any accessibility questions or requests be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Local Sprout Film Fest to feature the lives
of people with developmental disabilities
The Sprout Film Festival will feature a collection of innovative and memorable films by and about the lives and accomplishments of people with developmental disabilities on May 12. The fest will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at McMenamins Kennedy School Theater, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue. Tickets may be purchased online securely through PayPal by clicking the link, www.theriotrocks.org/products/sprout-2012, and looking to the right side of the webpage.
Guests may order from the full McMenamins food and beverage menus in the theater before, during and after the show. All purchases will help meet the food and beverage minimum required to rent the space and bring this premiere event to Portland. There will also be a raffle for an exciting array of prices throughout the evening that have been generously donated by supporters.
Colored Pencils celebration to feature
artists with disabilities on June 29
The Colored Pencils Art and Culture Council would like to integrate artists with disabilities into their family and is calling upon these artists and storytellers to participate at the June 29 art and culture night celebration. The Portland Commission on Disability, Disability Arts and Culture Project and Connecting Communities Coalition will be co-hosting the celebration with Colored Pencils.
The call for this celebration is for a spoken word artist (storytelling, poetry, singing, etc.) from the disabilities community to perform. Anyone interested in being part of the event or knows an interested person, please submit a brief biography, photo and YouTube, website or other collateral information to Lavaun Heaster at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A talent bank is also being gathered for spoken word, cultural and visual artists with disabilities to be represented at future celebrations. Any artists who wish to join the talent pool may provide the same information as noted in the previous paragraph and forward it to Lavaun's email. To join in June or become part of the talent pool, you may also contact her by phoning 503-231-1052.
Colored Pencils Art & Culture Council is a sweaty 6-week community-building process even more than it is a bi-monthly multicultural family room event celebrating Portland's culinary, performing, and fine artists. During this raucous 6-week process which produces a vigorous bi-monthly event, a construction crew of strangers representing a dozen ethnicities; 4 generations; all religious traditions, all love orientations, all physical and mental abilities, work then play, eat and dance together. More information about Colored Pencils is available at this website link.
Meet Business event highlights natural resource
careers at federal agencies on May 24 in Portland
A Meet Business: Natural Resource Carrers within Federal Agencies is being held Thursday, May 24, from 1 to 4 pm for people with disabilities. The career event is being held at the Doubletree Hotel at Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah St., and free on-site parking passes will be available at registration.
The U.S. Forest Service, in partnership with Incight and OVRS, is hosting this informational and netoworking event to introduce job seekers, job developers and job coaches to natural resource career opportunities within Federal agencies. There will be up to 12 natural resource careers showcased by various agencies along with career display tables and materials from each of the participating Federal agencies.
For information on reservations and to request reasonable accommodation, contact Tiana Tozer by phone at 971-244-0305 or emailing email@example.com. Registration may also be completed online at: http://incightemployment.org/events/meet-business-sign-up-may-24th/.
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The Commission has begun development of its own website, which is found at www.PortlandDisability.com. There are links for meeting calendars, commissioner profiles and other information. The site will be adding more content as it now is moved to the new Office of Equity & Human Rights. Please visit and watch its development.
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Robert Aubinière
General Robert Aubinière was the first Director General of the French space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), from its creation in 1962 until 1972, and second Secretary General of ELDO until 1975. He passed away in 2001.
Born in Paris in 1912, Aubinière joined the French air force after finishing his studies at the Ecole Polytechnique. After two years at the Ecole de 1'Air, he served in North Africa between 1936 and 1941. Posted to Algeria as a non-commissioned observer-pilot, he flew reconnaissance missions over Italy.
In 1943, after making his way to England, he rejoined the Free French forces and worked in special operations. On one mission, he parachuted into France in order to direct air operations but was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Ravensbruck, Germany. He was liberated by the Soviet army, returning to Paris in 1945.
He spent three years at the Ecole de 1'Air as Director of Training, then entered the Ecole de Guerre and was seconded to Algiers as Chief of Staff of the General in command of French North Africa. In 1954 he took command of the Ecoles d'Apprentis et de Mecaniciens de 1'Armee de 1'Air, Rochefort-sur-Mer (Charente-Maritime). In 1957, he became Director of the Centre Interarmees d'Engines Speciaux at Colomb-Bechar and in 1958 was promoted to Genera1.
After spending six months at Salon-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhone) as head of the Ecole de 1'Air, he became Director of Technology and Industry in the Aeronautics Department at the Ministry of Defence in Paris.
This function was responsible for the aeronautics industry and, in particular, development of the Mirage 3, Concorde, the Breguet Atlantique, and also the start of the Sol-Sol-Balistique-Strategique (SSBS) missile programme ordered by General de Gaulle.
At the start of 1962, General Aubinière left the air force. He was entrusted with the direction of CNES, which had just been established by Pierre Guillaumat, French Minister of Scientific Research, and he held this post for ten years. During this period the basis of French space policy was established, with CNES acquiring the necessary technical capacity for building and using satellites, and developing launchers (Diamant B). Aubinière played a major role in the creation of the Centre Technique (Toulouse) and in the choice of the Kourou launch site (French Guiana) after the closure of the Hammaguir facility in Algeria.
CNES represented, with the French Department of Foreign Affairs, the French government on the councils of the European space organisations ESRO and ELDO.
Aubinière chaired the ELDO Council for three years. In 1972, he left CNES and was nominated Secretary General of ELDO, with the aim of rendering this organisation more efficient after its repeated technical failures. The reorganisation had started when France and Germany had agreed on participation in the post-Apollo programme with the USA and in the development of a new launcher (Ariane). ELDO was later merged with ESRO to form ESA.
General Aubinière was one of the key figures in creating a European space agency, and was responsible for France becoming the world's third space power. He is bearer of the Grand-Croix of the Legion d'Honneur, la Croix de Guerre with palm, the Order of Merit, the Médaille de l'Aeronautique, Médaille Commemorative 1939-45, Médaille Commemorative de l'Africa Francaise du Nord, and an honorary member of l'Academie de l'Air et de l'Espace.


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Dead Space Extraction Sales Slow, Analyst Points to Poor Marketing
The game sold only 9,000 copies in the US between September 29 and October 3, according to NPD sales data. "Electronic Arts didn't market Dead Space Extraction as much as it does with other titles," said EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich to Edge.
"The success or failure of a Wii title usually correlates directly to marketing spend," he added. "If Electronic Arts spent little on marketing, I am sure the sell through was no surprise to them. So I do not believe sell through was a disappointment to EA."
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Delhi gang-rape: Trial begins, victim's friend testifies
The trial in the Delhi gang-rape case formally began against the five accused in a fast track court here Tuesday with the 28-year-old male friend of the victim testifying in court and police filing the woman's autopsy report.
The witness, a software engineer, came to court on a wheelchair, accompanied by his father.
The fast track court of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna started day-to-day trial in the case after it framed charges of murder, gang-rape and kidnapping, among others, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against five of the six accused.
The case of the sixth accused, a minor, is being heard by the Juvenile Justice Board.
Police filed a supplementary charge sheet that included the autopsy report of the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who was gang-raped by the six men Dec 16, 2012, in a moving bus. She died Dec 29 in a Singapore hospital.
The gang-rape victim's friend, who appeared as a witness, boarded the bus with her before the attack, police said.
The accused men gang-raped the woman and also assaulted her male friend and both were thrown out of the bus after around 40 minutes, naked, bleeding and shivering, police said.
The other charges framed against the accused are unnatural offence, destruction of evidence, attempt to murder, causing hurt while committing robbery, dacoity with murder, and common intent. The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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All-Inclusive Fishing Trips at Kenai Riverside Fishing
Welcome to the Kenai Riverside Fishing program at Kenai Riverside Lodge, your destination for incredible Alaska fishing experiences. Kenai Riverside Fishing is part of Alaska Wildland Adventures, a long-time operator of guided fishing trips since 1977. Our trips explore the world-famous Kenai River for freshwater species, like king and sockeye salmon, rainbow trout and Dolly Varden. We also fish Resurrection Bay for halibut and silver salmon. Whether you are a seasoned angler or a first time fisherman, we'll put you on the fish!
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It's hardly controversial to note the gap between an economist's macro policy recommendations and the returns they garner as money managers. As Moshe Milevsky recently noted, Irving Fisher, the first "celebrity economist" and one of the greatest scholars of the first half of the 20th century, announced to the media and world at large that "stock prices are at a permanently high plateau" and that he was quite bullish. That was in 1929.
More recently, Jim Cramer of CNBC (hardly an economist, but arguably a major influencer) so thoroughly missed the calamity to come that he picked the semi-literate ballplayer Lenny Dykstra as one of one of only "four or five people in the world" from whom Cramer would take stock advice. Dykstra was jailed in early March for grand theft auto with another trial scheduled for this summer over alleged bankruptcy fraud.
But The Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig seems to have found controversy nonetheless by pointing to the remarkable investing record of one economist that elicits more emotion than most—John Maynard Keynes (left).
In a column over the weekend, Zweig attempted to make the case that Keynes should occupy the same level of sanctity as Graham, Markowitz and other theorists now considered staples of Investing 101. The blowback was so intense it prompted a follow-up column by Zweig on Tuesday.
"Regardless of how you feel about his theories on the need for governmental intervention in the economy, Keynes (1883–1946) long has had a reputation as an outstanding investor," Zweig wrote in his original thesis. "From 1924 through 1946, while writing numerous books and overhauling the global monetary system, Keynes also found time to run the endowment fund of King's College at Cambridge."
Over that period Keynes outperformed the U.K. stock market by an average of 8% annually, adjusted for risk, Zweig noted, citing David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, finance scholars at the University of Cambridge and the London Business School, respectively.
Hogwash, some readers commented, insisting Keynes was merely front-running his own economic policies, buying gold "before he debauched the value of the British pound."
Other readers defended Keynes, ridiculing the notion that Keynes "could have had access to inside information on interest rates and currency values without trading on it."
But facts are facts (and stubborn things), and Zweig added that Keynes was neither a good nor a bad investor because readers happen to agree or disagree with his investment policies.
His track record as an investor "should be judged just as any other investor's should be: by the numbers," and the emotion surrounding this rather obvious observation is really just an exercise in behavioral economics.
"Investors succumb to the halo effect when they let their general evaluation of a person or situation cast a warm glow over their assessment of specific aspects of the same person or situation," he wrote Tuesday. "If you love your iPhone or iPad, you may well love Apple's stock price, too, no matter how high it might go. Likewise, liberals who admire Keynes's interventionist economic theories rushed to defend him as an investor."
Zweig also pointed to evidence in reader comments of confirmation bias, or the tendency to view all new evidence through the old lens of their existing beliefs, "[disregarding] whatever might tend to disprove what they already believe, even while they point eagerly to any information that reinforces the views they already hold."
"In short, what you think about Keynes as an economic theorist should have nothing to do with the question of how good an investor he was," he concluded. "Similarly, investors should always be on guard against the halo effect and confirmation bias. When you ask a question about an investment, make sure you don't end up answering a different question entirely."
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Former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug "Rhino" Marshall (12-3) returns to the venue that gave birth to his MMA career to take on "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Kyacey Uscola (18-15) under the Tachi Palace Fights banner.
Marshall and Uscola meet in the main event of "Tachi Palace Fights 6: High Stakes" on Sept. 9 at The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif.
The card also features a co-main event between former WEC lightweight champ "Razor" Rob McCullough (18-6) and "The Ultimate Fighter 5" cast member Corey Hill (4-3), as well as a middleweight title fight between dual challengers Anthony Ruiz (20-14) and Leopoldo Serao (7-7).
The full nine-fight card is set for broadcast on GoFightLive.com, and MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan will take to the broadcast table to help call the action.
Marshall fought the first seven fights of his career at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. In fact, "Rhino" claimed the WEC's light heavyweight title at the venue with an August 2006 win over Lodune Sincaid. Marshall would go on to defend the belt twice before losing to current UFC middleweight contender Brian Stann.
Meanwhile, Uscola competes for the first time since his run on "The Ultimate Fighter 11." After defeating Brent Cooper to gain entry into the "TUF" house, Uscola was eliminated by Rich Attonito. Uscola was given a second chance in the tournament, but he was defeated by eventual finalist Kris McCray..
The night's card also features a featherweight scrap between fellow Georgians Micah Miller (14-4) and Diego Saraiva (18-6), as well as appearances by "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Joseph Henle (3-0) and talented female contender Stephanie Frausto (2-2).
The full Tachi Palace Fights 6 card includes:
- Doug Marshall vs. Kyacey Uscola
- Champ Anthony Ruiz vs. Leopoldo Serao (middleweight title)
- Corey Hill vs. Rob McCullough
- Diego Saraiva vs. Micah Miller
- Luis Gonzalez vs. Darrell Montague
- Colin Hart vs. Joseph Henle
- Stephanie Frausto vs. Paulina Ramirez
- Andrew Martinez vs. Mark Matthews
- Art Becerra vs. Gabriel Solorio
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MMAjunkie.com and USA TODAY reporter John Morgan today joins The FAN 590 Toronto to discuss this weekend's upcoming "UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II" event.
Morgan joins "Brady and Lang in the Morning" hosts Greg Brady and Jim Lang at 9:20 a.m. ET (6:20 a.m. PT) for the segment.
Tune in to 590 AM in Toronto, or listen online at www.sportsnet.ca/590.


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In the next development in the UAW-Volkswagen episode, the union today filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board and called for a new vote from workers free of "intimidation" from third-parties.
The filing with the NLRB comes a week to the day Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, TN rejected forming a works council under the UAW, 712 votes to 626.
The UAW names Tennessee Governor William Haslam, among a half dozen state officials, in conducting a "coordinated and widely-publicized coercive campaign" to dissuade workers from backing the UAW.
Those "consequences" of UAW representation, as Watson made clear, included their employer's loss of State financial support seen by all as critical to make the Chattanooga plant viable through the introduction of a second product line (the B-SUV) in order to bring the plant to full, secure and profitable capacity utilization.
They also point to U.S. Senator Bob Corker's claim that VW told him the Tenenssee plant would get the 7-seat SUV production if they voted down unionizing, something the company quickly denied.
Meanwhile back in Germany, the head of VW's works councils says he's intent on stopping further investment in the South over the lost vote, but he may just be full of hot air. There's a lot of that going around on both sides in this ordeal.
The UAW's full complaint is here. The plot thickens.
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MICHAEL Kightly is set to stay at Burnley, after promotion triggered a clause in his loan deal from Stoke City.
The Clarets are understood to have made an agreement with the Premier League side that they would sign the winger permanently in the event of a top flight return, after he joined on a season-long loan in September.
Kightly has so far made 37 appearances for Burnley, including 31 starts, since being reunited with Sean Dyche, who he first worked with at Watford.
The 28-year-old has scored six goals, the most significant being the winner at Blackpool to fire the Clarets closer to promotion, going on to add the second in the 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic which confirmed the second automatic slot on Easter Monday.
And it seems set to have paved the way for Burnley to sign Kightly full-time, with a deal in place for the promoted Clarets to buy him out of the remaining year of his Stoke contract.
Kightly's transfer to the Britannia from Wolves two years ago is reported to have cost £3million including add-ons. It is not yet known how much his latest move would cost Burnley, who are also believed to be weighing up a bid for Watford's Troy Deeney.
The 25-year-old is top scorer at Vicarage Road this season with 23, and is well known to Dyche having signed for the Hornets in 2010 while the Burnley boss was on the coaching staff.
Until he is able to make advancements in his recruitment and scouting structure it is likely the Clarets boss will maintain a preference for tried and trusted players in seeking to enhance his squad this summer in preparation for the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy has backed Kightly to shine in the Premier League with Burnley.
"He's a good player Kights. He's got a je ne sais quoi," said McCarthy, who signed Kightly in his first season as Wolves boss in 2006/07.
"He had so many injuries. If he hadn't have been injured like he was at Wolves he'd have been a top player in a top team throughout.
"I'm delighted for him that he's back playing at that level because he's a great kid."


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Nikole Herriott
Following a trail of beautiful pictures of wooden spoons and bowls, I finally made my way to Nikole Herriott's instagram. Which then led me to Herriott Grace, the amazing product of a talented father-daughter duo. Not only are the products so beautiful and very obviously made with so much passion (I can't wrap my mind around how Nikole's dad, Lance, makes them) , but the photographs and styling by Nikole really make them irresistable!
Little did I know, Nikole is an old friend of Irene (who also loves her designs) and has been a guest on Bloesem before! Here is a post about her home and some other posts about Herriott Grace. What a small world!
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A study out of Boston University printedin the August issue of Pediatrics, the first to look at a significant test group of obese adult African-American women for causation, has linked severe physical or sexual child abuse to an increased risk of obesity—a connection that had been found among women in previous studies, but not black women specifically.
The link was determined to be "modest" but "statistically significant" for women who experienced severe early-childhood abuse, drawn from data from the Black Women's Health Study. Beginning in 1985, women across the country from age 21 to 69 were asked about their status every two years—as of 2005, 58% of the 33,298 women who took part in the study reported at least one instance of abuse as a child or teen, with 11% reporting severe physical or sexual abuse. Unsurprisingly, childhood abuse was also found to be the cause of depression, smoking, and "inversely associated with being married and household income."
'Childhood abuse linked to adult obesity in black women, study says' [LA Times]


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It's a trick question. If you had the right battle rifle, you can shoot the occupying forces and take their tier one common gear.
lead acid batteries would not survive a year of not being charged and discharged
As a bonus, the elevation still has me within the range of metropolitan VHF repeaters, even though there is no cell coverage.
Semi related, I recently visited a fascinating alpine campground that would be excellent for portable ops. It's at 2800ft elevation and is a rural air strip with free campsites on either side. There is over 3000 level feet in a strsight line that one could run a 160 meter dipole if desired.As a bonus, the elevation still has me within the range of metropolitan VHF repeaters, even though there is no cell coverage.
New comms-related post up: https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/the-motherlode-all-the-radio-pdfs-you-didnt-even-know-you-wanted/Which is really mostly a link to this cache of pdf's: http://www.n5dux.com/ham/files/pdf/ Certainly a lot there, everything from shack grounding to SETI.
New post up: https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/quantity-vs-quality-putting-the-handheld-radio-in-context/It's something between a data dump of good general advice and a stream-of-consciousness rant – Baofengs are crap, some people are stuck on stupid, practice with your gear now, etc. And of course, because it focuses on handhelds, it's only about VHF/UHF bands. Worth a read.
There exists a strong differentiation which must be made; Survivalist or Retreat Communications is a different animal from Tactical Communications.
You have an unpredictable set of needs to address.It's super common to get confused, especially if all that you're doing is snapping up and stashing kit without working through its bugs or thinking past plug n' play.
He writes rather "stream of conscious" a lot of the time. As you noted, many wise nuggets, but it's not really structured like a non-fiction guide to communication strategy.If we were sitting around a campfire, we could interact with questions, ask for examples or to paraphrase. Something I learned working with offshore engineering teams in different time zones, was to write concisely and unambiguously. Too much could be lost if an email reply was sent to me at 3am asking for clarification.On that topic, you likely have come across survival archives of PDFs. Often they are old military field manuals, scanned articles on homesteading, bushcraft, etc. I know several people who have saved this type of material off onto backup storage media, and even printed hard copies in some cases. They one thing almost no one does is read the damn stuff before hand. Some of that material is crap, and not really useful in practice.
New post up: Back to Basics: Data Books and What Should Be in Them.Not unlike Jack's documentation package idea, with more emphasis on field and (of course) radio operations.
AT&T: firstname.lastname@example.com: firstname.lastname@example.com: email@example.com (text-only), number@vzwpix (text + photo)Sprint: firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com Mobile: firstname.lastname@example.com: email@example.com PCS: email@example.com Mobile: email@example.com: email@example.com: email@example.com Wireless: email@example.com Fi (Project Fi): email@example.com: firstname.lastname@example.com: firstname.lastname@example.com. Cellular: email@example.com Cellular: email@example.com: firstname.lastname@example.com Plus: email@example.com
I read that, and it reminded me to print and laminate this for winlink wellfare traffic purposes:How to Send a Text Message (SMS) Via Email:To send a text message via email, you must use a SMS to email gateway. Just substitute a 10-digit cell number for 'number' for each carrier below:
This past spring at emergency comms convention, I heard some presentations from FEMA region X about NIFOG.FEMA, DHS seem to place a lot of focus on region X, as we have volcanoes and 3 seismic fault lines intersecting. Alaska is also included and those dudes are hardcore. 72 hour kit for 20 below zero, and a much bigger area of operation place additional demands on their comms planning.You'd think some prepper store would be selling USB drives loaded with reference material like this for $20.
Man...and here I give such stuff away...
If you've been to a "prepper" flea market, it's amazing how many vendors are reselling crap from Harbor Freight, packaged up in "tactical" molle pouches.$20 in eBay grade Chinese kit sells for $100 at the gun show.
This post is back to radio, specifically the 6 meter amateur band:...It's a good simplex band, also has some repeater infrastructure and doesn't have a lot of the unlicenses preppers with baofengs involved.
This post is back to radio, specifically the 6 meter amateur band:https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/6-meters-survivalist-magic/Virtues of the 6m band:Privacy through obscurity. Because there isn't a $30 chinese 6 meter handheld, you will have relative privacy.FM and SSB options allow it to work in a variety of operating environments.It's a good simplex band, also has some repeater infrastructure and doesn't have a lot of the unlicenses preppers with baofengs involved.
That's ALL it took to keep me from selling the pair of Wouxun's I have! (2m/6m) thanks Smurf!*I notified Sparks31 a few years back of the MTC offering; he blogged, they sold out in less than 1 day and couldn't figure out why till I called to congratulate myself! Every time I mention on the show, the sell a bunch
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New Canon Forum Provides A Platform To Ask Questions, Get Answers And Share Experiences With Peers
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 13, 2012 — Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of the Canon Forum, where enthusiasts can communicate with one another to trade personal tips and techniques to get the most out of their Canon products and post personal product experiences.
"We are very excited to offer our customers a place to ask questions, interact and learn more from their fellow Canon users," stated Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies & Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. "With the rise of social media, Canon recognizes the importance of connecting users to each other for information-sharing purposes."
Users can browse the Canon Forum page, forums.usa.canon.com, and then register to join or start a conversation. To help organize the various topics being discussed in the Canon Forum, there are five boards now open: Camera, Printer, Cinema EOS, Camcorder and General Discussion.
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Archive for 'Targa Newfoundland'
Sprongl's Audi Burnout & Donuts
Posted on 25. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
On the Saturday after Targa Newfoundland, the local car club hosts a charity autocross in St. Johns. Here is Frank Sprongl's final run in the Audi Quattro. No need for that rubber anymore!
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Targa Newfoundland Video & Wrap-up
Posted on 24. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
Another year, another Targa Newfoundland is in the books. This year's edition saw a hotly contested battle for the overall podium, and many dramatic "press-on-regardless" moments that Targa is famous for. Roy Hopkins and Adrienne Hughes repeated their winning performance in a 1969 BMW 2002. Jud Buchanan and Jim Adams in the ground-pounding 1967 Acadian […]
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Hopkins and Hughes make it two in a row at Targa Nfld.
Posted on 19. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
Repeating their 2007 performance, Roy Hopkins and Adrienne Hughes are the provisional overall winners of the 2008 Targa Newfoundland, with only 25-seconds of penalties from the five days of action. This morning's leader, Bill Arnold, suffered broken suspension on the penultimate stage, dropping him out of contention for the win. Results could not be confirmed […]
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One Day Remains in Targa Newfoundland Battle
Posted on 19. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
Thursday's Leg 4 brought competitors to the scenic Heritage Run area on the Burin Penninsula. A new leader has emerged, but only by the smallest of margins. Taking over the lead on the penultimate day was previous Targa champion, Bill Arnold, with co-driver Alan Ryall. On the notice board at lunch time, Arnold was one […]
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BMW's top the charts after Leg 3 of Targa Newfoundland
Posted on 17. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
With only 25-seconds separating the top six competitors after the third leg of Targa Newfoundland, the pressure to hit target times is starting to build. Roy Hopkins and Adrienne Hughes in their 1969 BMW 2002 have maintained their overall lead through the third day of competition, accruing just 0:03 seconds in penalties. Bill Arnold and […]
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Targa NFLD: Leg 2
Posted on 16. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
Tuesday's action at Targa Newfoundland saw a mix of high speed stages and variable weather, and was not without its share of incidents. Intermittent rain throughout the morning gave drivers the additional challenge of reading the quickly changing road conditions. From one minute to the next, roads could be completely dry, or filled with puddles […]
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Targa NFLD: Leg 1
Posted on 15. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
As the rest of the world clocked into work on Monday morning, Targa Newfoundland competitors punched a different sort of time clock. With the sun rising above the rocky, rugged landscape, teams convoyed out to Argentia and Placentia for the first true competitive stages.
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Prologue Photos
Posted on 14. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
Prologue day at Targa went according to plan for most people, with very little in the way of major incidents or "learning experiences". Most teams were conducting final checks and setup adjustments this evening, while a few teams were troubleshooting slightly more serious gremlins. The racing starts in earnest tomorrow as cars head out to […]
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Targa Newfoundland Kicks Off Sunday
Posted on 13. Sep, 2008 by Warwick.
The 2008 edition of the Targa Newfoundland rally takes to the roads east of St. John's on Sunday for the Prologue stages. Teams will have three stages to practice their timing, settle into a rhythm, and find any last-minute faults in their car. While the prologue stages do not count towards the final results of […]


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11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: 15 "Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. 16 In the past, he let all nations go their own way. 17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy." 18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.
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I have been sitting on this news for months but I have attended my first meeting in London, and the press release went out yesterday, so now I can tell you all...
Fiction Uncovered Judging Panel Announced
· Louise Doughty to Chair 2013 Judging Panel
"The Mercury Prize for books, because it celebrates writers whom keen readers (and literary editors) might know about, and introduces some whom we probably don't."
Katy Guest, The Independent on Sunday
"Fiction Uncovered is one of the best run competitions I've served on. It is also, I think, uniquely well conceived."
John Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of
Modern English Literature at UCL Chair of Judges, Fiction Uncovered 2012
Fiction Uncovered announces its 2013 judging panel today (Friday 26th October).
Supported by Arts Council England and funded by National Lottery, Fiction Uncovered celebrates the best of contemporary British fiction through its website, an annual retail promotion, author events, and its pop-up radio station, Fiction Uncovered FM.
The eight titles for the third annual Fiction Uncovered promotion will be selected by a judging panel chaired by novelist Louise Doughty. The 2013 judging panel will include Sandeep Mahal, Programme Manager at the Reading Agency, Lynne Hatwell, aka influential blogger dovegreyreader, and writer Courttia Newland.
The Fiction Uncovered promotion creates an annual opportunity for eight British fiction writers (novels, short stories, graphic novels) to be part of a major summer promotion supported by a wide network of partnerships.
Chair of the 2013 judging panel, Louise Doughty, today said:
"There has never been a better time for a promotion such as Fiction Uncovered, helping readers to discover the best British authors they may not have heard of yet. For many good writers, there is often a lull between between the sparkling debut and established bestseller status. Fiction Uncovered aims to push to the fore eight exciting authors, recognising and celebrating their talent as they go on to produce the great works for which they may one day be renowned."
About Louise Doughty (Chair):
Louise Doughty is the author of six novels, most recently Whatever You Love, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her hugely popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC. She has judged many literary awards over the years, particularly those for new and emerging writers such as the Asham Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award. She has previously chaired two judging panels, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Orange Award for New Writers and was a judge for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. Her new novel, Apple Tree Yard, will be published by Faber & Faber in June 2013.
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About Sandeep Mahal
Sandeep leads The Reading Agency's partnership work to link publishers and libraries up better. Reading Partners was set up in 2004 with 5 publishers. Today, the scheme is hugely flourishing with 40 publishers now involved and is part of a bigger drive to turn libraries into social, community hubs for reading. Always seeking to widen The Reading Agency's partnership net to spread reading, Sandeep is interested in working with anyone passionate about building new audiences for reading and stronger library partnerships. In 2006, she was chosen as one of the top 10 Young Librarians of the Future, named Events Manager of the Year at the Publisher's Publicity Circle awards and The Bookseller's 'Rising Star' in 2012.
About Lynne Hatwell
Lynne Hatwell has worked as a health visitor for thirty five years and in that time also gained a degree in English Literature from the Open University. She has been writing her literary blog dovegreyreader scribbles for the last six years from her home in the Tamar Valley in Devon attracting a worldwide audience of readers who share her lifelong passion and enthusiasm for books whilst exploring a wide range of reading tastes. Lynne is a regular contributor to The Reader magazine and also brings the blog to life each year with author interviews in the dovegreyreader tent at Port Eliot Festival, as well as speaking at other literary events around the country.
About Courttia Newland:
Courttia Newland's first novel, The Scholar, was published in 1997. Further critically acclaimed work includes Society Within (1999) and Snakeskin (2002), The Dying Wish (2006), Music for the Off-Key (2006), and A Book of Blues (2011). He is co-editor of IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (2000) and has short stories featured in many anthologies. His career has encompassed both screen and playwriting; plays include B is for Black, and an adaptation of Euripedes Women of Troy. He was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, the Alfred Fagon Award, the Frank O' Conner Award and The Edge Hill Prize 2012. His latest anthology, co-edited with Monique Roffey, is Tell Tales 4: The Global Village (2009). A forthcoming novel, The Gospel According to Cane, will be published by Akashic Books in February 2013.
The eight Fiction Uncovered titles go on to be part of a summer promotion supported by retailers which last included Foyles, Waterstones, Daunt, iBookstore and independent bookstores across the UK. The selection is also promoted via a partnership with The Reading Agency reaching libraries and reading groups. In 2012 Foyles Charing Cross Road hosted the inaugural Fiction Uncovered FM, a pop-up FM radio station which attracted over 10,000 listeners over four days.
UK publishers are now invited to submit titles for consideration. This year Fiction Uncovered has introduced a new sliding scale of contributions for publishers selected for the promotion to encourage a wider group of smaller publishers and presses to submit.
Details of Rules and Eligibility and Submissions Forms are available for download at:
The eight titles chosen for the 2012 promotion were:
· Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke by Peter Benson, Alma Books
· The Light of Amsterdam by David Park, Bloomsbury
· This is Life by Dan Rhodes, Canongate
· Hit and Run by Doug Johnstone, Faber and Faber
· My Former Heart by Cressida Connolly, Fourth Estate
· When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones, Mantle
· Lucky Bunny by Jill Dawson, Sceptre
· Crushed Mexican Spiders by Tibor Fischer, Unbound
For more details about Fiction Uncovered please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or Laura Creyke on 07951 777 407


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Alleged killer Tinsley finally moving toward trial
The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg is revealing details of the ongoing case against Kenneth Maurice Tinsley, the 61-year-old man accused of raping and murdering Culpeper County resident Rebecca Lynn Williams in 1982, the crime that almost resulted in the execution of an innocent man. Tinsley, who allegedly stabbed the 19-year-old Williams to death in front of her two young children, is already serving two life terms in state prison for a 1984 rape here in Albemarle, but he wasn't connected to the Williams case until 2006. The original suspect, Earl Washington Jr., confessed and spent time on death row until he was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2000 and later pardoned. Last May, a Charlottesville-area jury awarded Washington $2.25 million in a civil judgment against the estate of the State Police investigator most closely associated with Washington's false confession. A hearing for Tinsley originally scheduled last fall was postponed when he suffered a heart attack. Tinsley still suffers from a heart ailment, but the Fredericksburg newspaper reports that he appeared to be in relatively good condition as the proceedings commenced yesterday. #


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It's one homecoming after another for Wanderlei Silva.
This past summer, the legendary Brazilian got to fight in front of his home country's fans for the first time in nearly 12 years. And while the result was a loss in a five-round war to Rich Franklin, the "Fight of the Night" performance over 25 minutes gave Brazilians reason enough to know what they'd been missing in person.
On Saturday, Silva has another homecoming when he returns to Japan for his first fight there in six and a half years. Silva (34-12-1 MMA, 4-7 UFC) meets Brian Stann (12-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FUEL TV 8, which takes place at Saitama Super Arena just north of Tokyo with a main card on FUEL TV after prelims on Facebook.
It's the arena Silva made countless walks in while fighting in Japan as one of the most successful and revered fighters in PRIDE history.
As his career winds down – even though Silva won't yet say how close he is to retirement – the chance to have back-to-back homecoming fights is an opportunity that isn't lost on him.
"I had a dream to fight again in Japan," Silva told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) earlier this week after arriving in Japan. "Thanks to Dana White and the UFC, I got the opportunity to headline and be in the main event. I'm ready for one of the greatest performances of my career right now."
"The Axe Murderer" also said he's prepared to give the Japanese fans a little of what they've been missing since he last fought in PRIDE. Silva signed with PRIDE in 1999 and went on an amazing 20-fight unbeaten run in that promotion that stretched more than five years. He went 18-0-2 with the company over that stretch with just a loss to Tito Ortiz in a UFC light heavyweight title fight standing between him and perfection.
His 15 knockouts or TKOs under the PRIDE banner was a record, and he hasn't forgotten that. He wants to bring the same kind of vintage Silva against Stann.
"I was really happy (to find out I was fighting in Japan)," Silva said. "My dream was to fight in Brazil and in Japan, and I get to do two in a row. I had some of the best moments of my career over here, and I want to do the same thing right now.
"There will be a lot of emotion, and I think it's going to be one of the best moments of my life. I'm going to enjoy every second."
Part of enjoying every second this time around comes from not having to worry as much about his weight cut. Wight fights at 185 pounds against Michael Bisping, Chris Leben and Cung Le in 2010-11, Silva had no fun cutting down. He fought Franklin at 190 pounds, giving him five pounds fewer to worry about.
But against Stann, he'll fight at light heavyweight. That extra 20 pounds makes a big difference to him. And while Stann is planning to return to middleweight after the fight with Silva, Silva would like to stay put.
"I feel good, I don't have any injuries and I feel ready for this fight," Silva said. "I feel good because I have a diet, but not like last time. I feel a lot happier because I can have carbohydrates, I can eat – not too much, but I feel better. Sometimes, when you lose too much weight, it's hard on you. So this is good."
Silva knows that Stann hasn't been past the third round, and he knows that just this past June against Franklin, he went 25 minutes. And while that may give him reason to think he may have an edge deeper into the fight, he's realistic about things.
Silva hits hard. And so does Stann. Silva really doesn't like the prospects of the fight making it into the fourth or fifth round to test Stann's cardio, anyway.
"This fight for sure isn't going past the third round," Silva said. "One guy's going down, and it's not going to be me. He's a really good fighter. He's strong, he's fast, he has real good muay Thai. He's a professional, and he's a tough opponent. And it's opponents like that that I like to fight. I like to fight tough guys, strong guys to prove things to myself, and I'm so glad to fight against him because I know we'll put on a good show for the fans."
Whether that show is his last before retiring remains to be seen. If it is, Japan will be an appropriate end point. And if not, the 36-year-old, who has three "Fight of the Night" bonuses in his past five fights, will continue to soldier on seeking more bonuses and more highlight reels, even if his homecoming opportunities will have run out.
For more on UFC on FUEL TV 8, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.


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Dear Carolyn:
Every so often my other half will complain about something I've done. It's nothing consequential and nothing that will end our relationship. Example: I sometimes put bags on the kitchen counter even though the bottoms of those bags are not necessarily hygienic.
While I think it's perfectly valid to communicate one's pet peeves, no matter how trivial, I can't get myself to do it when I find my other half doing bothersome things. At the same time, I hate feeling like crud when my other half points out a shortcoming and I don't have a specific comeback.
When I challenge in a generic way that (s)he (I'm keeping this gender neutral on purpose) also does things that bother me, so maybe we could just let this slide, I'm always asked to provide examples. However, because I don't "keep score," I can't generally provide these examples, and I'm left changing my behavior in what seems like a one-sided way.
The last thing I want to do is keep tabs on these things or raise the shortcomings when they appear, because it just seems so petty. But I don't want to be the doormat.
— Scorekeeping
"While I think it's perfectly valid to communicate one's pet peeves, no matter how trivial": Really? I think it stinks.
Now, if you're talking about a one-time warning along the lines of "I have an irrational aversion to seeing unclean things on our kitchen countertops" with a rare, self-deprecating refresher — "Remember my bizarre countertop fixation" — then I do agree with you. But if one of you believes the other owes it to him/her to be ever mindful of his/her expectations, then I'm back to saying it stinks.
So it's to your credit that you don't have examples at the ready of your partner's nuisance moments.
It also positions you well to stick to the more relevant point: "If you're suggesting that you're perfect and never do anything wrong or annoying, then I need to ask you to reconsider."
Avoid the tit-for-tat, though, and go straight for: "I think we'll both be happier if we don't nitpick than if we attempt to perfect each other's behavior. I want home to be a safe place for us both to be ourselves."
If that doesn't fly, then it's time to ask yourself how much of your life you want to spend with someone who feels entitled to fix you. In response to this column (wapo.st/1cIzCSw), I heard from many people who've been "corrected" all marriage long by their spouses, and they're not happy tales. Escalation is the norm.
Re: "Scorekeeping":
How would your suggested conversation change if only one spouse has annoying habits? My spouse is always noticing that I left the counter dirty or the sponge wet, etc., but pretty much never does those things himself. We have two small children.
— Anonymous
I refuse to believe there's someone who has no annoying habits. Perfection is itself annoying when used as a cudgel against the imperfect. In fact, I can't think of anything more obnoxious than "always noticing."
Perfection also, by the way, DOESN'T EXIST. Please humor me and read "Domestic Violence: The Facts," specifically the "Warning List." The constant fault-finding alarms me.
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In my life before Good Housekeeping, back in the good old
days when salmonella wasn't a household word, I prided myself on being able to
judge food doneness without a thermometer. But in truth, there were many
instances when roasts had to be popped back in the oven because they were too
bloody, even for my rare-meat loving family, or turkeys were slathered with
gravy because the meat was overcooked and dry. Once I joined the magazine
however, I assumed the mantle of responsibility to communicate to all of you
how important it really, really is to cook food to safe temperatures-which
means high enough to kill any disease-causing bacteria that might be in the food.
And the only way to do that is with a thermometer. And after awhile I bought one
for my home kitchen and a while after that, I actually began to use it.
Today, a crock full of instant read
models sits right next to my stovetop and I can't cook without them! I've
become thermometer happy---I use one for everything! And not only because it
means I'm keeping my family safe but because it means food is perfectly done. A
boneless, skinless chicken breast that's cooked to exactly 165°F is just right.
I can serve lamb chops, rosy rare every time. I even use it to make sure the
lasagna is hot in the middle and I confess stuck one in Italian sausages last
weekend to make sure they were cooked but not overcooked to the point of being
dry and crumbly inside.
And I still rely on simple analog models...I
find them easier to use and read than digital ones. There's no battery to
replace or teeny little buttons to push. My favorite is the Taylor Classic Instant Read 1" Dial Thermometer shown here.
One rule I follow religiously and
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Everyone can't stop talking about how nanotechnology is the future of healthcare, but so far we've not seen many useful applications. Finally, here's one: these nano-scale gold stars can kill cancer cells dead without ever entering them.
How the hell? Well, these little bad boys have between five and ten points, and come coated in drug molecules which are attracted to a protein that all cancer cells produce in unusual quantities. That means that the points attach to the wall of cancerous cells. When blasted with light, those tiny points of contact offer up a massive concentration of the drug which pours into the cell and kills it, explain the researchers in ACS Nano. As Teri W. Odom, one of the scientists, explains to PhysOrg:
"Our drug-loaded gold nanostars are tiny hitchhikers. They are attracted to a protein on the cancer cell's surface that conveniently shuttles the nanostars to the cell's nucleus. Then, on the nucleus' doorstep, the nanostars release the drug, which continues into the nucleus to do its work."
Because the star never has to pass through the surface of a cell, it means that their size is unimportant—making their manufacture simpler and keeping costs down. The only snag is that, because they need to be triggered by light, the researchers envision them only being used in tumors close to the surface of the human body. Still, it's proof that nanotech can help save lives. [ACS Nano via PhysOrg]
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Ohio, river, 981 mi (1,579 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in SW Pa., at Pittsburgh; it flows northwest, then generally southwest to enter the Mississippi River at Cairo, Ill. The Ohio's course follows a portion of the southern edge of the region covered by continental ice during the late Cenozoic era; glacial meltwater probably cut its original channel. The river is a major tributary of the Mississippi and supplies more water to it than does the Missouri River. The Ohio River basin covers c.204,000 sq mi (528,400 sq km); the chief tributaries are the Tennessee, Cumberland, Wabash, and Kentucky.
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- Human Impact
- Flood Control and Canals
- History
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