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�Does this car make me look fat?� I asked my husband.
He just blinked at me. I thought that maybe the lights at the car dealership were blinding him and that�s why he was blinking. I was fairly sure it had nothing to do with my question.
�I mean, it is a big car and I might look big by association, you know?� I clarified.
He blinked again. They were obviously some really bright lights.
�Although �� I continued. �Since the car is so big, I actually might look smaller in comparison. On the flip side, of course, if I got a small car, people would assume I had to be small to fit into it. But then again, I might look really large getting out of it, so I�m not really sure which way to go.�
My husband walked over to the SUV we were considering, opened the door, and banged it against his head.
�What are you doing?� I asked him.
�Trying to make sense of this conversation.�
I stared at him. I really had no idea why this was so confusing to him. I realized that there were many important factors to consider when buying a car � cost, gas mileage, safety features, warranty. But clearly the issue of driver appearance was also something that needed to be addressed as well. I wouldn�t buy jeans that made me look fat. I certainly wouldn�t buy a car that did either.
I recalled the first car I had owned - a midsized black sedan. I opted for this color because everyone knows black is slimming. Unfortunately, I chose to save a few bucks and got a car without air conditioning. Little did I know black cars heat up significantly faster and hotter than white cars and I spent three summers sweating like a polar bear in the Amazon. The good news was, I ended up sweating off so much weight, the whole thing was a moot point, anyway.
Meanwhile, back at the dealership, I noticed another woman checking out a minivan with her husband and three children in tow. I had a hunch that she would be much more help in my quest for a thinning car than my husband.
�Excuse me,� I said to her. �I was wondering if I could ask you a question?�
�My husband and I are considering buying this car,� I said, gesturing to a nearby SUV. �But I�m concerned that it, um, makes me look fat. Do you think that�s crazy?�
She smiled. �Not at all.�
I knew I had asked the right person. Only another woman could understand the relationship between your car and the size of your thighs.
�So what do you think?� I wondered.
�Is that the car?� she asked, gesturing to the SUV.
�And is that the color?�
�Yes,� I replied again.
She thought for a bit and then nodded.
�I think that car is very slimming on you,� she finally concluded.
I grinned.
�But you might want to change your hair color.�
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AC Milan icon Paolo Maldini has added his voice to the growing praise for Riccardo Montolivo, comparing him to Italy icon Andrea Pirlo.
The midfielder has been at the heart of Milan's domestic resurgence over recent weeks, and performed superbly during the midweek win over Barcelona in the Champions League against some of the most highly rated players in world football.
Maldini has been surprised at how well the Italy international has performed and compared the midfielder to Juventus' Pirlo, who left the Rossoneri for the Bianconeri on a Bosman transfer in 2011.
"Montolivo has really surprised me," Maldini told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "He's been consistent, he has quality and he's proved that he can adapt to a number of different roles.
"He's a decisive player, one who can fill the hole that was left when Andrea Pirlo moved on. He has physical strength, he wins back the ball, he has vision - he's got it all."
Milan face a crucial derby with Inter this weekend, as the race for the top three in Serie A hots up.


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They came in as unreformed Cold Warriors, only lacking a cold war — and looking for an enemy: a Russia to roll back even further; rogue states like Saddam's rickety dictatorship to smash. They were still in the old fight, eager to make sure that the "Evil Empire," already long down for the count, would remain prostrate forever; eager to ensure that any new evil empire like, say, China's would never be able to stand tall enough to be a challenge. They saw opportunities to move into areas previously beyond the reach of American imperial power like the former SSRs of the Soviet Union in Central Asia, which just happened to be sitting on potentially fabulous undeveloped energy fields; or farther into the even more fabulously energy-rich Middle East, where Saddam's Iraq, planted atop the planet's third largest reserves of petroleum, seemed so ready for a fall — with other states in the region visibly not far behind.
It looked like it would be a coming-out party for one–the debutante ball of the season. It would be, in fact, like the Cold War without the Soviet Union. What a blast! And they could still put their energies into their fabulously expensive, ever-misfiring anti-missile system, a subject they regularly focused on from January 2000 until September 10, 2001.
They were Cold Warriors in search of an enemy–just not the one they got. When the Clintonistas, on their way out of the White House, warned them about al Qaeda, they paid next to no attention. Non-state actors were for wusses. When the CIA carefully presented the President with a one-page, knock-your-socks-off warning on August 6, 2001 that had the screaming headline, "Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S.," they ignored it. Bush and his top officials were, as it happened, strangely adrift until September 11, 2001; then, they were panicked and terrified — until they realized that their moment had come to hijack the plane of state; so they clambered aboard, and like the Cold Warriors they were, went after Saddam. In the process, they crashed that plane of state into Iraq, creating a classic Cold War disaster (which is why Vietnam analogies always come to mind) in another era. No small trick.


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April 12, 2012, 12:19 pm
Shoe issue: Sneakers vs. wingtips vs. my pain-prone feet. (What's a man to do?)
So here I am, on the early side of middle age (he says, optimistically), and what am I spending my mornings wondering about? My shoes.
At the same time that I've outgrown sneakers (let's face it, when you're in your mid-40s, sneakers belong in the gym, in the park, on the tennis court, and pretty much nowhere else), my feet are also much more prone to hurting like Hades by the end of the day.
Would I love to wear a pair of bespoke wingtips every day? Oh, yes, I want to be that guy.


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|January 14, 2013, 05:40 PM
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New guy, first post need advice
I'm quite sure you guys have seen many posts like this since I have seen posts like this on other types of forums. I'd say that my situation is a little unique because I already bought this stuff.
I have a friend that decided to empty some stuff out of his basement and this included reloading equipment. I love going to the range and hunting, and I've actually loaded ammo with a friend of mine but it was under his supervision.
Here is a list of equipment I just purchased. I paid $550 for everything and it is actually all in the original boxes still
Dillon "Square Deal B" turret press with bullet tray and all mounting hardware
RCBS RS2 one-up reloading press with all parts
9mm Reloading Die Set RCBS
.38/.357 Reloading Die Set RCBS
.38/.357 Reloading Die Set Lee
.45 Reloading Die Set Lee
Lyman Model 600 small case tumbler
Lyman Model 1200 large case tumbler
RCBS Model 5-0-5 Reloading Scale
RCBS Kinetic Bullet Puller
Lyman Case Length Gauge
Funnel, 2 RCBS bullet trays, 1 MTM 100 ct .45 bullet box, 1 MTM 50 ct .38/.357 bullet box
as well as:
Bullseye Powder (approx 1/2 can)
Bullseye Powder (approx 2/3 can)
Dupont IMR 4064 Powder (approx 1/2 can) used for reloading .270??
.45 cal 200 gr SWC bulk (approx 100-125)
.45 cal 230 gr FMJ/RN Hornady (1 box of 100)
.45 cal 230 gr RN Speer (1 box of 100)
.38 cal 148 gr SWC bulk (1 box of approx 300)
.38 cal 125 gr FMJ/HP Hornady (1 box of 100)
.38 cal 158 gr SWC/HP Hornady (1 box of approx 300)
.38/.357 148 gr SWC D&J (1 bag of 100)
.357 cal 125 gr FMJ Speer (2 boxes of 100)
9mm 115 gr HP Speer (1 box of 100)
Small Pistol Primers CCI (9 boxes of 100)
Small Pistol Primers Winchester (1 box of 79)
Large Pistol Primers CCI (2 boxes of 100)
Large Pistol Primers Winchester (2 boxes of 100)
Large Rifle Primers CCI (1 box of 100)
9mm - fired but primers not removed (1 bag of approx 300)
.357 - primed but tarnished (1 bag of approx 50)
.357 - not primed (1 bag of approx 100)
.357 - fired but primers not removed (1 bag of approx 150)
.45 ACP - fired but primers not removed (1 bag of approx 125)
8mm Mauser (1 box of 44)
Now he did tell me that the Square Deal B comes from the factory caliber specific, and mine was set up for .38/.357. It can easily be switched for other calibers, but that requires the purchase from Dillon of the necessary conversion kit (dies, shell plates and a couple of other change parts), and these are on their website new for $85 per caliber.
Now to my questions.
1. Did I get a good deal? Seems to me I did based on the ammo alone.
2. Where do I start and what advice would you give?
|January 14, 2013, 05:45 PM
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To start with find a copy of the ABC's of Reloading. That's the how to guide. The Reloading manuals you get in your SECOND step have the recipes. Basically the ABC's is how to use the stove, measuring cups, and what not, and the Reloading manuals is which measuring cup, with which stove.
|January 14, 2013, 05:46 PM
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Did I get a good deal?
The only way I figure you got a good deal, is if you figure you got a good deal.
I like it, but then again, not everyone will agree.
And if you get into the hobby and take it as far as some do here, then yes you got a good deal pickle!
Thanks for coming!
|January 14, 2013, 05:52 PM
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I'm a few weeks from actually starting to reload. I am inventorying everything that I have. I am emptying a room in my basement and building a work bench to have a nice area to work. So I figured I'd start my research now as well.
|January 14, 2013, 05:53 PM
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Ditto on the books. I think you did well. The only concern I would have would be the age of the powder. There isn't much there so you may wish to use it to fertilze the roses and buy some new. 4064 may be a little fast for a .270 but I would need to look it up. I use it in most of my 30-06 and all of my 308 loads. It was probably used in the 8mm. Welcome to a great hobby. You are probably getting into it at the right time.
|January 14, 2013, 05:59 PM
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You got a good deal that worked out well for you, and your friend. He made some money from you. You saved a great bit over buying new.
The Dillon is a progressive press that you have to manual index each station if I am correct. (I still use a single stage.)
Not sure on the RCBS
I concur the suggestion of a manual. Lyman Pistol & Revolver is a great one to start with. Not too long to read the introduction to reloading part. 75 easy to understand pages. That are well illustrated. With good pictures to explain the what you are doing, and why you are doing it. As well as 12 page section on casting lead if you want to get into that. The ABC's is a great read as well. Though having a manual with loads that you will use will be needed as well.
For set up, and using the Dillon youtube is your friend. Also you may end up calling the folks at Dillon for help as well.
Note you will need a dial caliper as well.
No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.
|January 14, 2013, 06:02 PM
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Actually my brother got me into handloading, after sending me a test load to shoot through my rifle, I found it was hella more accurate than factory stuff and my 700 loved it.
The first thing I did was to read EVERYTHING I could find about handloading, thats all I did for a solid month, but it paid dividends.
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|January 14, 2013, 06:08 PM
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you have a great start already.I see nothing wrong with wat you have bought,we all start from something at some point.Me I stuck with Lee products till my dad bought me a RCBS Rockchucker press.
Reading is the most important thing,either from books or great sites like this one.Just remember to sometimes take stuff with a grain of salt,for some like to pass on bad ideas thoughts.
Always load in a small amount of ( question ) when loading.I say this for a reason ( saftey ) Me I load with book said loads and judge to wheather it may be safe or not.I'll take a said load then look at the said test gun ( pistol ),and most of the time I go with a middle load for start.I'll too work up from that load or down.
With rifle I found like many others,a ladder test is best to use.You can read a lot on this with better wording than I can type out.So give it a good seach and read up on it.
If you haven't already started building yet I would even seach that one too.Many great ideas on the too,I had to wait 3 years for a building to get a room.Now I can load up and walk away,I even can lock out the family.
Keep us posted and we'll do the same for ya back.you couldn't have picked a better site to join,and ask questions on.
life is great but its better when you can own as many guns you wish to own.for me I haven't bought enough yet.
|January 14, 2013, 06:58 PM
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I'd say you got a good deal. The SDB press has a lifetime warrenty that goes with the press. It doesn't end when it gets sold to someone else. See what pistol caliber you want to make a lot of and you will be able to put the Dillon press to good use. It isn't all that hard to set one up for another caliber once you have the conversion parts and dies.
Bullseys powder is not a favorite of mine. It is too easy to double charge a case with it.
Just start with a straight wall case type to get you started. I hope you have a .357 mag pistol already. That or .38 special will probably be one of the easiest things to load. .45 acp is very close to being the easiest. Start small and keep good notes of everything you are doing. It will be helpful later on.
|January 14, 2013, 07:16 PM
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It would cost you more to purchase the equipment piece by piece
however, how useful it is to YOU...
that is what makes or breaks the deal (good or bad)
you can buy the top end press, and have it be practically useless to you, or buy a Lee Loader that is priceless.
Once again, books, you need to read, go step by step and KNOW what you are doing.
|January 14, 2013, 07:17 PM
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I'm not sure about the Dillon Square Deal (someone will weigh in) but I have a Dillon 550 and it will accept any standard dies. I use Lee dies in mine. The shell plate is unique however and you will need one to convert to .45. You will like the Dillon and any dealing you have with the company.
|January 14, 2013, 07:20 PM
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Just some rough math says if you could sell it, you have sbout $800-$900 of stuff used.
Still, you are not 100% whole in terms of a process. So, what do you want to load first? I would start with the RS5 kit. Does it have a powder measure?
How good is this friend? Do you trust the gunpowder? To me, it is wired to have two cans of canister grade powder open...can he tell you why?
The tarnished, but primed 357 is ok, if you know the primer and it is uncontaminated. Primers are usually good, I think in a bag.
Also, in assuming it is all in good to go condition, is it?
I would start by picking a caliber and reading a manual of the process to get started. The ABC's is ok, but maybe a book like the Lyman manual would be better.
|January 14, 2013, 07:52 PM
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Welcome to the forum!
Awefull deal, but I'll take it off your hands for $450.00.
You have done well if you get what you need to put the equipment into operation. The Dillon Square Deal B uses special dies and will not work with your Lee or RCBS dies. The SDB is for pistol only. You will need caliber conversion kit to change to a different caliber ($85.95 which includes: Dies, Shellplate, Powder Funnel, Locator Buttons). Add another caliber, then will cost another $85.95. More information here:
If you shoot a significant volume in one or two pistol calibers, then you'll find the Square Deal to be a good deal.
You can learn the process on the old RCBS press to make sure you want to reload. Try that before investing in the Dillon SDB caliber changeover parts
I'll second the recommendation of reading The ABCs of Reloading book as a good place to start.
A lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part.
|January 14, 2013, 07:59 PM
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I currently have a S&W 38 special, a Walther 380 and a Springfield 45. I'm thinking that I will get most of the benefit for my 38 and my 45.
|January 14, 2013, 08:24 PM
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I saw a guarded comment that the Square Deal was a manually-indexed progressive press.
Probably not true. It is an auto-indexing progressive press. (The 550b is the manual indexing model.)
However, the comments that it uses proprietary dies and is limited to pistol calibers are correct.
.30-06 Springfield: 100 yrs + and still going strong
|January 14, 2013, 08:36 PM
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Thanks a lot guys. This stuff is gold.
|January 15, 2013, 02:16 AM
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Congratulations and welcome to the forum.
You didn't quite make out like a bandit, but you got a really good deal.
A Dillon Square Deal set up for one caliber will set you back $380 retail (and discounts are pretty much unheard of). With all the dies ($30 to $40 a set or more, new) and $20 to $30 per box of 100 count bullets . RCBS 505 scale is $50 at least. Tumbler (depending on condition, $15 to $40). Primers are $3 to $4 per hundred.
Did did all right, but not so well that you have to hang your head in shame whenever you see the guy you got this stuff from.
You have about $50 worth of powder there. Some people have a rule to never trust powder from an opened container that has not been under their constant control. People have been known to mistakenly return unused powder from a powder measure to the wrong original container. An unsuspecting subsequent user (you) could get hurt inheriting such a mistake. Getting this stuff from a friend, you can evaluate how much you trust his care.
I would have bought it in a heartbeat and I don't even need another press.
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|January 16, 2013, 04:07 PM
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Once again thank you guys for all the information. I'm looking for a book called The ABC's of Reloading like suggested. There are a ton of them out there by several different authors. Before I buy the first one, any author suggestions?
I also made my first steps in building a bench. My neighbor has a counter top with a back splash that is 8' long by 3' wide.
|January 16, 2013, 05:39 PM
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ABC's does not have one specific author. It is a collection of articles by some very good gun writers/reloaders. Check your library. The local library here actualy has it. Though it is popular, and you have to reserve it to check it out.
No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.
|January 16, 2013, 06:01 PM
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I have the 8th edition by Bill Chevalier. (out of print?)
I've read some folks weren't impressed with the current 9th edition, but your mileage may vary.
A lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part.
|January 16, 2013, 10:04 PM
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Good deal and good timing on reloading equipment. As said, read all you can and then ask lots of questions in the reloading area here. Most will be able to set you straight im sure.
I use a SDB press. I really enjoy it and its never about speed when it comes to reloading. Take your time, check and double check yourself till you get sure what you are doing. Make notes on your loads and Procedure's so you can repeat your load once you find one thats good to go in your gun/guns.
Always work up a load, never start at or near max loads. Wear your safety glasses.
There are some good video on you tube about loading, casting boolits and dillon equipment, seting up dies, preping your brass etc...
Good luck, be safe and welcome to the world of reloading and TFL forum.
|January 16, 2013, 10:25 PM
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I will continue to read. I'm hoping to run into someone in southern Wisconsin that might want to teach me the ropes etc. I'm more of a doer than I am a reader of how to do something. But I've always wanted to do this so if I don't meet anyone I'll keep reading.
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The People of Fantasy Baseball Drafts
Sometime between now and Monday, you will likely take part in a fantasy baseball draft. Fantasy baseball is a great way to stay in tune with the game, and up to date on teams and players you wouldn't normally follow. But the most important thing about every fantasy draft is being prepared. Not prepared as in who you want to draft, sure that's important but not the most glaring thing you'll deal with at your draft. No, I'm talking about being prepared for the types of people you are going to encounter at your respective drafts. Go in unprepared, and it could end up being one of the longest hour and half's of your life.
The Commissioner
He'll likely be the first one in the draft and greeting everyone as they arrive, or enter the draft room. He'll also being the one wondering why somebody didn't show up, and taking all the flack for how the draft order fell. Generally, he will ignore most of what is said about him, and will simply just tell you "It's in the rules, it's not my job to read them to you." He can be an asshole if you've got a commissioner who thinks he really is the commissioner of baseball, and tries to act like it by wielding his internet power.
Stat Geek
This guy is becoming more and more common in fantasy baseball drafts, and more and more annoying as baseball keeps creating different sabermetrics to measure a players value. He'll most likely complain that your league using the "standard" categories, and doesn't offer up some weird stats that casual fans aren't aware of. "What? This league doesn't take into account PRIMP or WARMP? What kind of league is this? Those may or may not be real stats, with how many they keep coming up with, I wouldn't be surprised if they are. This also might be the guy who will rattle off last season's stats to try and sound smart, even though everybody can see them on their sheets or draft board. Quiet down nerd, and let me draft my team.
The Analyst
This guy thinks he is auditioning for a gig at ESPN with his "expert" quips and opinions on EVERY SINGLE PLAYER THAT GETS DRAFTED! You'll want to punch this guy in the face by the end of the 3rd round. "Oh Mike Trout at #1 what a big surprise there." "Oh nice pick there, I really think Xander Bogaerts could have a great year and be one of the surprise 3rd Basemen this season." You hear enough of this sort of thing on TV all off-season long, you don't need to hear anymore of it at your draft.
The Complainer
You would think based on how this guy is acting that he is having the worst day of his life. Nothing is good enough for him. "Oh I'm drafting 11th, great, nobody good available there." He also is the guy who feels he is entitled to every player in the draft, and will make it known that you "stole" "his guy" if you make a selection right before him. "Oh this draft sucks, the last 3 rounds, my guy was taken right before my pick, that's not fair." Shut up, until he's drafted to a team, nobody is "your guy" and nothing was stolen from you. Deal with it and draft someone else.
Guy Who Never Shuts Up
This person is so relieved to be away from harsh real life duties that they feel you are their personal psychologist and have to tell you about everything going on in their life. This is fine leading up to the draft to make small talk, but once the draft is started everyone but this person stops talking or messaging and is focused on the task at hand. This person just seems to ramble on about anything that isn't baseball. "Boy, the weather down here in Georgia sure has been unseasonably warm." Stop trying to distract us with your boring life observations and focus on what we're here to do.
"Let's Make A Deal" Person
This person could be classified as "I Hate My Team" but in every draft there is someone who 5 picks in decides their team is going to be terrible, and immediately starts throwing out trade discussion or possibilities while the draft is still going. "Hey, I realize it's only Round 6, but I'm really weak on pitching, so if anybody wants to make a trade after this is over, feel free to shoot me a message." NO. Stop it, My team is barely 1/3 complete, I don't have the faintest idea of what or if I might trade after this.
The Homer
Usually a fan of a good team, they make it known in every way possible who they root for. Look at the team names in your league, see any "RED SOX SUX" or "SPANK THE YANKS" in your league? Be prepared for them to load up on players from their team. They think every player on their favorite team is going to have a career year, and will tell you about it the whole time. Go ahead, take 4 Yankee starting pitchers, only 2 of them are any good anyway.
The No-Show
In every draft, no matter what sport, there is ALWAYS one. The one person who for whatever reason can't make it to draft that night even though they've known it was coming weeks in advance. This person will inevitably fuck over more people than anyone else in the draft despite not being there. Be prepared to have the players you want, or have your eye on taken before you have a chance. Why? Because by not showing up they are on auto-draft and just take the highest remaining player. Looking for outfielder help? Aw too bad, there goes Carl Crawford, even though his team already has 5 outfielders.
There they are, I'm sure there are more, if you have someone to look out for in your future drafts, feel free to list them in the comments. But keep this article handy, this will be the most important document in making sure you have a successful and stress free draft.


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California law (Proposition 209) prohibits the use of race as a factor in, among other things, admission to public universities. If this article in the New York Times Magazine by David Leonhardt is accurate, UCLA is violating California law. It's doing so by preferring African-American applicants under the guise of preferring low income students. We know that these preferences are racially based because, according to Leonhardt, as low income black admittees rose last year, the overall number of low income admittees fell. In essence, low income African-Americans took slots that previously had gone to low income students of other races (mostly, it seems, Asians). As Leonhardt, a fan of what UCLA has done here, puts it: "Looking at the numbers, it
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March 18,1928 - March 25, 2013
Middletown, NY
Catherine M. "Kay" TenBroeck, a lifelong Middletown resident, passed away peacefully at Orange Regional Medical Center on Monday, March 25, 2013, after a brief illness. She was 85 years old.
Kay was the daughter of the late Walter H. Neuls Sr. and Emma DeGraff. She was also the step-daughter of the late Emil Himmelsbach. Kay was born on March 18, 1928 in Kingston, NY.
Kay married Walter T.L. (Moto) TenBroeck on June 21, 1959 in Middletown. They were married for 42 years, until his death on June 21, 2001.
Kay was employed as a waitress in her earlier years in Middletown at various restaurants, including the Middletown and Colonial Diners. Walt and Kay also ran the snack bar at Middletown Lanes in the mid 1960's, as well as "The Key Chain" located in the Town of Wallkill. Kay was last employed as the Manager of the Boys Department at Playtogs up to her retirement in 1988.
Following their retirement, Kay and Walt moved to Port Richey, FL and spent thirteen great years together enjoying their retirement in the Sunshine State. They also never missed a chance to catch a Clearwater Bombers Professional Softball game, traveling numerous times to the Championship Games around the country.
Following Walt's death in 2001, Kay returned to her native Middletown to be closer to her family and friends. She was an active participant in the Pinkino games at Wallkill Senior Housing, she also loved to read and do word search puzzles.
Kay's greatest joy came from spending every holiday, birthday and special occasions with her extended family, The Ingrassia's, out on the "Farm" on Ingrassia Road.
Kay got the greatest joy from conversation, and spending time with her loved ones, she was always quick with a joke or one-liner that would make everyone's day.
Kay leaves behind to cherish her memory her children: Pat TenEyck and her life partner, Amy Gibson, Michele TenBroeck Grupe and her husband, Jon, and son, Joseph TenBroeck, all of Aurora, CO, as well as Jacqueline TenBroeck Ingrassia and her husband, Lou of Middletown NY.
Kay's most cherished memories will live on in the hearts of her devoted grandchildren: Brandon Narine and Zane Irelan of Aurora, Louis Ingrassia III, and Andrea Ingrassia of Middletown. Kay was most extremely proud of her beloved great-granddaughter, Annabella Narine, also of Aurora.
Kay was predeceased by her twin brother, Walter H. Neuls Jr. and his wife, Doris K. Meyers Neuls and her sister, Doris A. Neuls.
Our family would like to thank the staff at Middletown Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, as well as the devoted staff at Orange Regional Medical Center, who cared for Mom over the past several months. Their dedication and commitment to her care and comfort was outstanding, and most appreciated.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 5th at the Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home on West Main Street in the City of Middletown. Funeral Services will be conducted at the Funeral Home at 7 p.m. by family friend, Rev. Stuart Stiles.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: the Town of Wallkill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 4795, Middletown, NY 10941.
Arrangements are by Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home, Inc., Middletown, NY.


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September 10. 2013 9:21PM
Officials seek details after flash fire injuries at gas station
By KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
Fire officials investigate a underground gas tank explostion at the Mobil station on Hanover Street in Manchester on Monday. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
Tank Tech worker burned in Manchester flash fire dies
UPDATED: Underground tank fire at Manchester gas station sends two workers to hospital badly burned
— Two technicians severely burned in a flash fire inside an underground fuel storage tank remain in intensive care at a Boston hospital Tuesday while city fire investigators returned to the Hanover Street service station to review whether proper equipment and safety procedures were used.
Donald Scott, 24, and Andy A. Snow, 31, both of Andrews, S.C., suffered third-degree burns after an industrial work lamp accidentally fell off its mooring in to the tank, causing a spark to ignite the fiberglass, resin and another compound being used to reline the 10,000-gallon container about 1 p.m. Monday, Manchester Fire Chief James Burkush said Tuesday.
Snow got out of the tank on his own with burns mostly to the waist down. Co-workers and a witness pulled Scott from the bottom of the tank by hand using a harness and cable, the witness and fire officials said. Both men were airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Scott suffered third-degree burns over most of his body and was in critical condition; Snow was in stable condition, city fire officials said.
But a spokesman for their employer, Tank Tech Inc. of Blodgett, Mo., said both men are in stable condition at the MGH intensive care unit.
The two men were part of a crew of five hired to refurbish the underground diesel tank at Mobil Kwik Stop at 1095 Hanover St.
After speaking with Snow and the three other Tank Tech workers at the hospital, a city fire investigator was able to confirm the industrial work light ignited the flash fire, Burkush said.
"One worker actually saw the light fall in and looked in and saw the spark and then the big fire," Burkush said. The men doused the flames with two fire extinguishers.
"It was definitely an accident," the chief added.
But city fire investigators, working in conjunction with the state Fire Marshal's office, are examining the light more carefully and ran tests on the air exchange system to determine if it was operating properly to prevent the build up of flammable fumes, Burkush said.
"There are significant questions that remain about the process and the safety procedures and the safety practices that were involved. We're still looking into that," Burkush said.
All work being done on the site is suspended pending the conclusion of the investigation, he said.
Burkush said investigators also are trying to determine if Tank Tech is operating anywhere else in the state. One man who arrived at the Hanover Street station Monday identified himself as a Tank Tech employee currently working on a site in Salem.
Tank Tech spokesman said the company employs crews around the country and "couldn't really speak" to whether crews currently are working elsewhere in the state.
"I don't believe so. I think the work at that site (Salem) has been completed," spokesman Jonathan McNeeley said.
"At this point, our main concern is obviously for those technicians and making sure they have what they need...We are certainly cooperating with every official agency that is involved to determine the cause of the accident," McNeeley said.
Burkush said fire investigators took measurements inside the underground tank — which is 8-feet deep by 24-feet long. There also is 6-foot deep manway that allows workers access to the tank, making the tank's total depth 14 feet.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state Department of Labor also are involved in the inquiry.
McNeeley said none of the agencies indicated problems with equipment or procedures.
"We have been in business since 1985. This is the first time an event like this occurred," McNeeley said.
John Brewer, owner of Johnny B's Car Care across the street at 1004 Hanover St., helped the Tank Tech crew pull Scott from tank. He said the workers erected a tripod in the manway and intended to use it to winch Scott up with the cable. The tripod didn't work and the crew had to pull him out by hand, he said.


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NEW YORK – At the end of every season, the five anonymous members of the MLS Disciplinary Committee receive the same sort of scrutiny they apply on a weekly basis.
MLS commissioner Don Garber and the Board of Governors contribute their thoughts. Coaches and players issue their evaluations through the technical committee as they do on a monthly basis during the campaign. The members even use the distance provided by the brief offseason to review their own decisions.
The parties assessed plenty of incidents and initiatives. Garber and the Board of Governors implored the Disciplinary Committee to take a more active role in 2012 to enforce the Laws of the Game and protect the players on the field. The committee adopted and enacted its brief under withering scrutiny from skeptical observers urged onward by seemingly inconsistent decisions and noticeable hiccups within the process.
"It was the most active the committee had been in reviewing plays," MLS executive vice president of competition, technical and game operations Nelson Rodriguez said during an interview last week. "More plays fell into its purview than in previous years based on the direction given. And there was a belief that as we got to the end of the season that we may have been – the key is may – seeing a modification of player behavior in the direction that we want."
The downturn in discipline meted out toward the business end of the season – a pragmatic response by coaches and players to the decisions issued earlier in the year as the matches increased in importance – encouraged Garber and the Board of Governors to stay the course for the upcoming campaign. All five members of the committee will return in 2013, according to Rodriguez. They will follow the same directives and try to implement them as consistently as possible according to the process established and tweaked over the past few years.
It is a procedure that requires significant energy and time to complete on a normal weekend. At least two people – committee members, league officials or trusted observers – watch every match live. The number increases to five (or more) by the end of the weekend. Those viewers highlight possible incidents and take notes. Committee members then receive clips of the noteworthy conflicts through a match analysis system to continue the review process. On occasion, clubs forward their own incidents after waiting for a proscribed no-contact period – 24 hours from the completion of the match – to pass.
The background work provides the foundation for a conference call including Rodriguez and the committee members on Sunday night. Committee members discuss the incidents at hand in light of the principles and parameters set forth by the league. Rodriguez shepherds the committee through the process. Some decisions are reached by the end of the call. Other incidents are tabled for further assessment or reflection. Most of the decisions are completed by the end of a conference call on Monday morning, but the committee will occasionally wait for further evidence if the incident requires further reflection. Clubs are informed of potential discipline as the process unfolds, according to Rodriguez.
Once a decision is reached, the MLS Players Union and the involved player are notified. Those parties possess the right to appeal under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. If they choose to exercise that right, then the appeals are heard by either Garber or an appointed designee (usually within 24 hours). If the disciplinary action is upheld, it is then revealed to the public.
The extensive nature of the process often conflicts with the needs and the preparations of the players and teams subjected to it. Midweek matches, in particular, present a logistical challenge. The furor surrounding former Vancouver midfielder Barry Robson's one-match ban in August – a suspension announced hours before the game and revealed to the Whitecaps less than 24 hours before a match against Seattle – highlighted the inherent tensions created by competitive and disciplinary concerns. Rodriguez said the committee attempts to inform clubs and players as early as possible to prevent such conflicts, but he noted those pressures would not influence the integrity of the process.
"It's much, much better, I believe," Rodriguez said. "I think there's a recognition around the league that it is better, but, again, the decisions are too important and due process is too important. If we have to take a little extra time and teams have to make hard decisions as to whether they train with a guy or not or travel with an extra guy or not, they'll have to bear those decisions."
Clubs and players rarely exhibit similar patience regarding the consistency of the decisions from week to week. Several instances cropped up last season – including a comparison between a yellow card issued to Montréal midfielder Sanna Nyassi and a one-match ban handed to New England midfielder Kelyn Rowe in the Musings last July and pretty much any incident involving David Beckham – to raise valid questions about the coherence of the supplemental discipline rendered.
Part of the problem with assessing the consistency lays with the fact-specific nature of the situations, according to Rodriguez. The unique circumstances surrounding each incident influence the Committee's thinking and prompt apparent inconsistencies. Although Rodriguez questioned the practice of labeling decisions inconsistent without the benefits of context and time, he said the consistency within the membership and the shared history between the members should reduce those external concerns in the future.
"We think the process has gotten much, much better," Rodriguez said. "If we can keep the consistency of the committee and keep the consistency of the parameters and the direction – and this year, we've been told to keep it as it was in 2012 – it tends to lead to more 'consistent' decision making. The biggest thing is that we cannot deviate from the process."
The process will continue to evolve as the season approaches. Most of the fundamentals will remain the same, but Rodriguez said he hopes to increase external and internal transparency this season. Clubs will receive more information during the season about incidents involving other teams. Rodriguez said the league also plans to produce explanatory videos – similar to the offerings created by the NHL's Dept. of Player Safety – on selected controversial incidents during the season.
"Over the years, we've tried to find the right balance between continuity – which I think is really important – and improvement," Rodriguez said. "How do we get better? How do we make things better?"
The answers to those questions will not come easily, but the dialogue will continue. And that internal debate will prove crucial as the league charts its course regarding player discipline and endeavors to produce the desired results year after year.Follow KYLE MCCARTHY on or shoot him an email


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Looks like a fabulous place.. I even know where it is ... I have photos of La Pagado .. which is just down the street. :-)ReplyDelete
Beautiful simple little Water Color, Carol, and post. Next time you're in Philly, I'll introduce you and your taste buds to our local coffee house, "Town Hall Coffee" and the Barrister/owner, Tim. http://www.townhallcoffee.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
What an amazing gem of a coffee shop you found! Very scientific approach to coffee! I love the flavour/scent chart.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
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I'm new to coffee but liking it alot more of late.
I always LOVED coffee ice cream so it was waiting in the wings(freezer) to happen
You are RIGHT Merisi about Mr. Snuffleupagus!! :)
The place looks nice. The smell is wonderful in there isnt it? Wish I liked coffee buy cant even take coffee ice cream. But I love the smell of a just opened can of coffee. ahhhh..ReplyDelete
Looks lovely in a Willy Wonka sort of way. How were the pain au chocolat??ReplyDelete
I want to go! I am craving coffee and as always paint au chocolat!ReplyDelete
love this post......vacuum coffee makers were new to me until my son bought one for me for my birthday this year.....it makes the most perfect cup of coffee i have ever had....a little tricky to learn....but once you do it is easy.....it's from Bodum, and is called the Santos.....love it!ReplyDelete
That looks one trendy café. Carol, I love your watercolour - that water glass is beautiful. Talented lady! Yes, agree - that handbag is looking at us...ReplyDelete
So you didn't even bite into those pain au chocolat??ReplyDelete
Not one bite, when we were headed to Le Boulanger des Invalides Jocteur immediatement after!!
Plus I visited Pain du Sucre, Sebastien Degardin, Cafe Pouchkine and Patisserie des Reves the same day.
A girl has to save herself a tad you know.
I am such a sucker for labware! Why can't my coffee haunts use it?ReplyDelete
As for Snuffleupagus, everyone knows no one can see him except Big Bird. This is clearly an wanna-be!
This is great. I've just recently moved to Paris so I keep scribbling down all the places I must visit.ReplyDelete
Nice idea!!ReplyDelete
Added to my cafe menu ideas..


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Yesterday, I was incredibly excited to discover that the awesome Ms. Blake Woodruff of imoutoart.wordpress.com (I'll call her Ms. Woodruff as to not get confused with Mr. Blake!) posted a fan art of my graphic novel The Poet and the Flea. As far as I know, this is the first ever fan art of The Flea and feels like a huge milestone in The Flea's progress!!
I asked Ms. Woodruff for permission to repost her illustration here on my blog (see below) and hope that all my readers/followers will take a look at the impressive work on her blog and website!
I especially admire the deep colors/tones she used for this piece and get a total kick out of The Flea lurking in the background!
Next, I plan on creating a fan art page on thepoetandtheflea.wordpress.com and will post Ms. Woodruff's piece there as well.
I wholeheartedly welcome all The Poet and the Flea fan art and would be more than delighted to showcase your work on my blog!
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Mountain lion killed in western Nebraska
Mountain lion killed in western Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. —
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says a western Nebraska resident has shot and killed an adult male mountain lion near his home.
A written release from the commission says the animal was killed Wednesday in the Pine Ridge of Dawes County, about 10 miles south of Chadron.
The release says a man spotted the 160-pound animal while walking along a creek near his home. The man says the cougar was about 20 yards from him and that his attempts to scare the mountain lion away by making noises didn't work.
The man then shot the cougar with a 9 mm handgun about 150 yards from his home.
Mountain lions are a protected species in Nebraska, but may be killed if threatening people or attacking livestock.


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Is anyone interested in playing tennis on June 3? I'm looking for someone who's a 3.5 or higher.
I'm interested in rallying and maybe playing a few games.
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I'm interested to play. I'm not sure what my skill level is but I have a decent serve & backhand. Let me know if you want to play.
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Algoa Bay, situated on the East Cape coast of South Africa, is known for its natural beauty and biodiversity. The bay incorporates two island groups and is home to the largest populations of African Penguins. It is a protected refuge to calving whales, large pods of bottle nose dolphin, humpback dolphins and visiting orcas are not an uncommon sight. The annual migration of millions of sardine is announced and celebrated by blue eyed Cape Gannets, game fish, dolphins and sharks alike. The abundance is overwhelming and life prolific. Recognized as one of the world temperate biodiversity hotspots and candidate for Mission Blue Hope Spot status is witness to the area's uniqueness and biodiversity.
Algoa Bay is also home to a wide variety of sharks, some residential such as ragged tooth, pyjama and leopard shark, other are frequent and regular visitors to our beautiful bay. The resident shark species such as pajama and leopard catshark (endemic to South Africa) and an even larger number of frequent visitors. The area is nursing ground to both ragged tooth, great white and smooth hammerhead sharks. Sharks are both prey and predator and they fulfil an essential and meaningful role in the functioning or our oceans as a whole and are indicative of ocean life.
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HOOVER, ALA. – After South Carolina rallied from three runs down to tie the game in the fourth inning, Mississippi State scored twice in the ninth with RBI base hits from Wes Rea and DeMarcus Henderson as the Bulldogs defeated South Carolina, 5-3, in the SEC tournament late Wednesday.
South Carolina (39-17) will face No. 1 Vanderbilt in an elimination game today beginning 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 10:30 a.m. contest.
Tied 3-3 entering the top of the ninth, Adam Frazier led off with a base hit for the Bulldogs (42-16). The Bulldogs then put a pair of runners on base with no outs. Alex Detz knocked a grounder up the middle on a hit and run attempt. Gamecocks shortstop Joey Pankake went to field the ball but fell while fielding and could get neither the runner at second or at first. With one out, Brett Pirtle drew a walk by Adam Westmoreland to load the bases. With left-hander Tyler Webb in the game, Wes Rea knocked a 0-1 pitch into right field for a base hit, scoring Frazier. After Demarcus Henderson failed on his squeeze attempt allowing the Gamecocks to tag Detz for the second out, Henderson made up for his mistake with a RBI single to score Pirtle.
Westmoreland (7-2) allowed two runs on two hits in two innings with a walk and two strikeouts.
MSU reliever Myles Gentry (4-0) worked 52/3 scoreless innings with just three hits and three walks allowed and struck out eight batters to earn the win.
Rea was 3 for 4 with two RBIs and Henderson 2 for 3 with three RBIs to lead MSU.
Brison Celek went 1 for 3 with two RBIs for South Carolina.
Mississippi State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Frazier led off with a single and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. A one-out single by Hunter Renfroe would give the Bulldogs runners on the corners. With two outs and runners still on first and third, Rea knocked a 1-2 pitch from Belcher into right field for a base hit scoring Frazier. Henderson followed with a RBI base hit to left-center.
The Bulldogs increased the lead to 3-0 in the third inning. Pirtle led off with a double down the left field line. After a sac bunt moved him over to third, Henderson knocked a sac fly to center to give MSU a three-run lead.
South Carolina responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game up. Pankake got things started with a one-out base hit and LB Dantzler added a single to center to give Carolina a pair of runners. After a wild pitch, Grayson Greiner would walk on four pitches to load the bases. Max Schrock would drive in the first run for the Gamecocks on a walk. After working the count full, Schrock took a ball low and away to score Pankake. Brison Celek kept the momentum going as he ripped a two-run single up the middle to tie the game. That ended the evening for MSU starting pitcher Luis Pollorena. He worked 31/3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
South Carolina received a quality start from senior left-hander Nolan Belcher. He allowed three runs on eight hits in 61/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
The Gamecocks will start sophomore left-hander Jordan Montgomery (4-1, 2.11 ERA) against the Commodores with Vanderbilt countering with junior left-hander Kevin Ziomek (10-2, 1.99 ERA).


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Texas Tech 42 West Virgina 7. Didnt see that one coming.
I'm not an Oklahoma fan but I love what they did to Texas. Texas losing is always fun, and Texas getting embarassed is even better.
Hopefully Oregon State and Stanford can hold on. And i'm hoping Washington can somehow beat USC, although I think USC will have too much offense.
LSU vs South Carolina should be interesting as well.


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3-year-old dead, 5 hurt in single-car crash in Stoneville
3-year-old dead, 5 hurt in single-car crash in Stoneville
A 3-year-old boy was killed and five others were hurt in a single-car crash Tuesday morning in Rockingham County.
Dylan Edward Scott died in the crash, which happened around 11:30 a.m. at 780 Sneed Road northeast of Stoneville. Dylan was ejected from the car and found dead underneath it, troopers said.
The five others hurt include Dylan's mother, Chantelle McBride; McBride's boyfriend, Juan Antonio Garcia; and Dylan's siblings. Most were taken to Moses Cone Hospital.
The crash happened after the car ran off the road to the right and Garcia overcorrected, troopers said. The car went into an embankment on the other side, troopers said.
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I'm tuning the air/fuel ratio still but so far I've run a 15.4, It'll go faster once i get it all tuned correctly,
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ur saturn is slow and in need of azn mod
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casinos bosses are hoping for a bright and profitable night as thousands of partiers descend on Sin City to usher in 2013 with big-name concerts, celebrity toasts and a fireworks display billed as the country's largest.
More than 330,000 visitors are expected to flock to the desert for Monday's festivities.
A crush of high-profile musical acts including Beyonce, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Black Keys will play in the New Year during sold out concerts.
Casinos are also touting nightclub parties with bottle service starting at $3,000 hosted by musical and reality television celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and Ice-T.
Police will shut down the Las Vegas Strip to vehicles at 6 p.m. from the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino to the Sahara, allowing tourists to flood a four-mile stretch of road normally packed with cars.
Temperatures are expected to fall to the low 30s as night falls and casinos lock their doors to all but paying guests. The bundled-up masses outside will still have access to plenty of 2012 knickknacks, novelty hats and street-side entertainment, as well as oversized drinks.
When the clock strikes midnight, seven hotel-casinos will unleash a coordinated eight-minute rooftop fireworks display costing $500,000, about 10 times as much as the Mandarin Oriental's "Ultimate Presidential New Year's Eve Package."
The city's 2,700 metro police officers will pass among the crowd on the lookout for brawls and "people who are too sick to move on," said Lt. Jason Letkiewicz, who will be overseeing the command center on the Strip.
Nevada National Guard troops will be watching for potential terrorist threats.
North of the Strip, the downtown Fremont Street Experience walking mall is holding an adults-only party featuring cover bands, virtual fireworks and a countdown by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
With room occupancy approaching 100 percent, hoteliers are hoping for a lucrative ending to a middling 2012. Visitor volume has only recently eclipsed pre-recession levels here, and gambling revenue continues to flag.
Many hotel-casinos sought to lure guests to town before the New Year's eve — traditionally the biggest moneymaking night of the year — with concerts, "rehearsal parties" and mandatory two-day reservations.
"It is a 'super weekend' of sorts," Micah Richins, a senior vice president at MGM Resorts International, said in a statement.


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Effectiveness of Anti-Bacterial Products
As the winter approaches, I am wondering if anti-bacterial products are effective in preventing colds, flu and other viruses, or is it necessary to use a disinfectant such as Lysol. What is the most effective way to prevent catching these things in public places such as grocery stores?
Most colds, flu and other viruses are spread by hand-to-hand contact or via intermediary surface contact. This means that someone who wipes a runny nose or coughs or sneezes on their hands, then opens a door or picks up a telephone or touches a common surface, can leave secretions on the surface that another person can pick up on their hands inadvertently. If the other person then chews on a fingernail or eats a sandwich or even touches his or her nose or mouth, enough virus may be transferred to start an infection.
It turns out to be more difficult (although not impossible) to transmit viruses "air-borne," so the good news is that walking through a public place, such as a grocery store, is not much of a risk, as long as nobody sneezes on you and you wash your hands before touching your face or eating.
Hand washing with soap or detergent for at least 15 seconds does a good job of removing soil and transient microorganisms. Hand washing or surface washing with an antibacterial product would not be expected to do any better job of killing a virus than a regular soap or detergent would. Antiviral and antibacterial disinfectant products, such as Lysol, kill viruses on surfaces quickly, but as long as surfaces are thoroughly cleaned of mucus, oil, dirt and debris, viruses don`t survive long anyhow. Experimental studies using specifically antiviral hand rinses (not on the market) are unfortunately not very protective.
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Famke Janssen is in matriarch mode as Olivia Godfrey in a new image for Season 2 of Netflix's supernatural horror show, "Hemlock Grove," which premieres with 10 episodes on July 11.
Hero Complex readers can check out two new images from the series, based on Brian McGreevy's novel of the same name and executive produced by torture porn enthusiast Eli Roth.
Set in a small Pennsylvania town, "Hemlock Grove" centers on the friendship between Roman (Bill Skarsgard), the young heir to the Godfrey family fortune, and a recent arrival, a gypsy named Peter Rumancek (Landon Liboiron). As the second season opens, the pair is dealing with the fallout from a deadly massacre, and Roman specifically is wrestling with a fractured relationship with his mother (Janssen) and the disappearance of his sister Shelley (Madeleine Martin).
The cast also includes features Dougray Scott, Madeline Brewer, Joel de la Fuente and Kaniehiio Horn.
"Hemlock Grove" arrived last spring to mixed reviews, with some critics objecting to the show's narrative structure and pacing (though others praised it as campy fun). Viewers responded, however — Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings told analysts after its premiere last year that the series was watched by more subscribers in its first few days than its high-profile sister show "House of Cards," the political drama starring Kevin Spacey as a ruthless Southern schemer.
For "Hemlock Grove's" second season, executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee, whose previous television credits include "The Walking Dead" and "Dexter," was brought on as showrunner, taking over from McGreevy and his writing partner, Lee Shipman, along with Mark Verheiden, who oversaw Season 1.
With its photogenic cast, supernatural themes and bursts of bloody violence, "Hemlock Grove" has been compared to "Twilight," "True Blood" and even an R-rated version of "Grimm." It certainly belongs to the latest wave of television horror, a class of shows including FX's "American Horror Story" and the network's upcoming Guillermo del Toro vampire series, "The Strain," which is set to premiere July 13.
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Rob Miller is an associate professor in the MIT EECS department and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University (2002). His doctoral research concerned intelligent interfaces and pattern languages for automated text editing, particularly of structured and semi-structured text. He received B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in EECS from MIT (1995).
His research interests involve user interfaces and programming systems, in various combinations: (1) end-user programming, specifically for the web, to help people change and adapt the web applications they use every day; (2) new UIs and tools for software developers, to make their programming more effective and productive; and (3) human computation and crowd computing, which is about building systems that have people inside them, as integral components alongside traditional software. In the past, he has also done work on usable security and programming by demonstration.


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Be aware of what you buy
The following is a true story. I did not make this up. It is worse than my worst nightmare. Freddy Krueger ranks in the Mother Goose category when compared to this frightening tale.
Last week I went to a charming toy store in a nearby town to buy a Christmas present for Emily, the 5-year-old daughter of some very close friends. It has been a while since I've purchased anything for kids of that age, and I probably looked a little lost amongst the young mothers crowding the store with and without their offspring.
A nice young lady with a generous smile looked at me sympathetically and said, "You look like you could use some help." I had to chuckle. "Do I look that lost?" I asked. "Yes," was her quick reply.
I told her that I had not the foggiest idea of what 5-year-old girls played with these days, and asked if she had any suggestions. She said, "Absolutely," and led me back to the doll department. She suggested a doll in a big box. It came with little dresses as well as other clothing and accessories that looked as if a real baby girl could wear them. I noticed a bottle and other baby paraphernalia that seemed to make the package complete, so I thought it was just the thing I needed.
"It's our most popular model," the clerk said enthusiastically, and she started to list all the features. I interrupted her and said, "Sold - save the sales pitch."
Then she said that if the little girl were given a duplicate gift she could come in and exchange it for something else. What more could I ask? Everything seemed perfect. The doll she showed me was a display model, so she went to the back of the store and retrieved a brand new unopened box. "Here's a new one," she said brightly. "I'll have it wrapped for you."
This was shopping heaven, I thought. I bought the latest model of a popular toy; it was giftwrapped, and the price was right. I was in and out of the store in less than twenty minutes. Mission accomplished.
I delivered the present two days before Christmas, and Emily was ecstatic. She wanted to open it right away, but her parents told her to wait until Christmas morning.
I more or less forgot about the doll after that and went about the business of spending Christmas with my family. Then, along about three in the afternoon on Christmas day I received a phone call from Emily's father. I thought he called to thank me. Well . . . he did - sort of.
"So - how did Emily like the doll?" I asked. "Oh - she loved it," he replied. "As a matter of fact, it's the only toy she's played with all day. Not only that; it's the only toy that all of her little girl cousins and friends have played with all day as well."
"Oh really," I beamed. "That's nice to hear. I'm glad she liked it."
Then he asked, "Did you know that it's a fully functioning doll? It actually drinks water out of a bottle, and eliminates it as if it were a real baby."
"You're kidding," I said.
"No. I'm not," he replied. Then he said, "Did you know that the doll is also anatomically correct?"
"That's interesting," I said. "I guess she'll learn how all her parts work."
"Oh, I don't think so," he said. And I noticed a slight chill in his voice. Then red flags started waving before my eyes, bells rang, and sirens screamed.
"It's a boy doll," he said. I felt my heart skip a beat.
"It is?" I said in a voice an octave higher than normal. "I distinctly remember purchasing a girl doll," I said defensively. Then it dawned on me, when the woman went to the back of the store to get a new doll, she must have picked up the wrong box.
To make matters worse, a warning sign was on the box about parental guidance being recommended for children under a certain age, something none of us noticed. I explained what I thought had happened, apologized profusely, and offered to take it back and exchange it for something else.
"Oh no," he said. "She loves the doll. I wouldn't make her give it back. However, you might be getting a call from my wife. We knew that at some point we would have to have 'the conversation' with our daughter. We just didn't think it would be today.
"Since you're the master of a system we can't understand, my wife would like to know how to answer all of the questions like 'What's that? Why does he have one? Why don't I have one? How does it work?' You know, the usual stuff. How to respond to those little inquiries is something we can't understand."
All I could say was - ouch. Explaining anatomically correct toys is yet another glitch in a system we can't understand.


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Larry Shepherd Collection - Heritage 3/2004:6973, $36,800 - Cary & Cheryl Porter Collection - Heritage 5/2007:2607, $37,375 - Louis Bassano Collection - Heritage 7/2009:1482, $43,125
Heritage 1/2013:5978, $30,550
Heritage 7/2002:5103, $18,400 - "JFS" Collection (PCGS Set Registry) - Heritage 8/2004:4318, $21,275 - Heritage 9/2005:4056, $25,300
Stack's/Bowers 8/2012:11584, not sold - Heritage 9/2013:6941, not sold - Heritage 4/2014:5863, $19,975
David Hall: The 1926 Sesquicentennial differed from the numerous commemorative issues of the 1930's in several ways. First, there is no doubt about the worthiness of the event commemorated, the 150th anniversary of American independence. Second, there were an enormous amount of Sesquis minted (1,000,528), but about 86% of the original mintage (859,048) were melted as unsold at the issue price of $1.00 per coin. Still, this made the Sesqui one of the highest "mintage", i.e. actually distributed to the public, of all silver commemoratives of the 1892-1954 classic era. Finally, though the mintage was very high, the design was poorly executed and very flat, thus most issues have lots or scraps and marks and Gem MS65 examples are rare. In this way the 1926 Sesqui is very similar to the also "flatly designed" 1923-S Monroe.
The typical Sesqui is MS63 or MS64. Because it was an "early" commemorative issue, i.e. struck before the flood of commemoratives issue during the commemorative collecting mania of the 1930's, Sesquis were not all saved and many reached circulation. Gem MS65s are rare and there are only about a dozen or so known Superb Gem MS66s. I personally have never seen or heard of a Sesqui that grades MS67 or higher. The big problem is scraps and marks, particularly on the face on the obverse. Sesquis come with varying degrees of toning, including a very unattractive yellow. The yellow coins sell for a considerable discount and it seems there is somewhat of a two tier market...decent eye appeal coins and yellow toned coins. Obviously, collectors prefer good eye appeal over ugly yellow toning!
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some Wisconsin clinics will resume offering nonsurgical abortions after a judge halted a state law requiring three doctor visits for women seeking them.
Under the law, a woman seeking a nonsurgical abortion must meet with a doctor who ensures she isn't being coerced into having the procedure. The doctor also must be present when a woman takes the pills that induce an abortion. Web-based consultations are prohibited.
Dane County Judge Richard Niess issued a temporary injunction in April barring the law's provisions from taking effect after Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit, saying the law is unconstitutionally vague and fails to specify how doctors can avoid criminal penalties.
Planned Parenthood, which stopped offering pill-based abortions last year, said it would resume offering the procedure at its clinics in Madison, Milwaukee and Appleton, The Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/16aNxvH) reported Wednesday.
"This is a significant step in the right direction recognizing that medical professionals should be trusted to determine the safest and best medical care for patients," said the organization's president and CEO Teri Huyck.
The injunction will be in effect until the federal case is resolved, Planned Parenthood said.
Information from: Wisconsin State Journal, http://www.madison.com/wsj


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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — U.N. attack helicopters targeted M23 rebels in eastern Congo on Saturday after fighting resumed following a monthslong lull in violence, a local official said.
Two army officers and 151 rebels were killed in a battle beginning Thursday that the U.N. called the worst clash between the M23 group and the military since July. Attack helicopters for the U.N. mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, had been on standby.
"MONUSCO helicopters this morning bombarded the M23 positions in the city of Kibumba," said North Kivu governor Julien Paluku. He said the Congolese army had earlier retreated from Kibumba, which is 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Goma, after thousands of Rwandans, who he says were backing the rebels, attacked early Saturday.
"The fighting was very violent between the Congolese military and the M23 rebels backed by the Rwandan army," he said. "Rwandan forces bombarded our positions in Kibumba since early this morning and an estimated 3,500 crossed the border to attack us."
Reports by United Nations experts have accused Rwanda and Uganda of supporting the rebels. Both countries strongly deny any involvement and Uganda said if the charges continue it will pull its peacekeeping troops out of Somalia, where they are playing an important role in pushing out the Islamist extremist rebels.
At U.N. headquarters in New York, peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said the rebels were very well-equipped, including with night vision equipment, which allowed them to attack at 4 a.m. However, he said that UN officials did not know who was supplying the M23. "At this stage we are not in a position to confirm whether or not Rwanda was directly involved in those attacks."
Earlier on Saturday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon had called Rwandan President Paul Kagame "to request that he use his influence on the M23 to help calm the situation and restrain M23 from continuing their attack," Ladsous said.
The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate stop to the violence following a two-hour, closed-door emergency meeting. The council said it would add sanctions against M23 rebels and demanded that rebels immediately stop their advance toward the provincial capital of Goma.
"We must stop the M23" because Goma's fall "would, inevitably, turn into a humanitarian crisis," said France's UN Ambassador, Gerard Araud. He added that U.N. officials would decide in the coming days which M23 leaders to target for additional sanctions.
The U.N. and the United States have both issued sanctions against the M23 leader, Sultani Makenga, who is accused of forcing children into the M23 ranks. The Congolese government said it welcomes sanctions against the M23 but estimates they are not sufficient.
Bosco Ntaganda, who also is thought to be leading the M23 rebellion, is under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for similar war crimes.
The council also warned that any attempts to "undermine" the U.N. forces' mandate, which includes protecting civilians, "will not be tolerated."
The M23 was created after officers from the Congolese army defected in April and May and launched a rebellion to demand better pay, armaments and amnesty from war crimes.
Direct fighting broke out Thursday in Rugari, the town between the M23 and the Congolese army positions, only 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Goma, and around 15 kilometers (9 miles)from Kanyaruchinya, a camp where more than 60,000 people have already sought refuge from the fighting since June. Ladsous, said about 4,000 more people had been displaced by Saturday's fighting and were seeking refuge at the camp.
The army spokesman in North Kivu, Col. Olivier Hamuli, said Friday that two army officers were killed and seven were wounded in the fighting in the Kibumba area.
M23 spokesman, Col. Vianney Kazarama, denied the heavy casualties, saying that only two rebels were wounded.
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo said it was the worst battle since July. Paluku said the country faces a humanitarian crisis as those displaced are moving toward Kanyaruchinya.
Since August, members of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region have been holding talks in Kampala, Uganda, to try to find a solution to the conflict. There had been a de facto cease-fire during the mediation, but tensions mounted on the ground over the past two weeks as the talks seemed to be reaching a dead end.
Associated Press writer Maria Sanminiatelli at the United Nations contributed to this report.