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The most widely used prescription to treat menopause-related changes is hormone replacement therapy (HRT), either a combined progesterone/estrogen treatment for women who still have their uterus or estrogen therapy for women who have had a hysterectomy. Both of these methods can reduce hot flashes, night sweats, bone loss and vaginal dryness. HT can also help reduce the risk of osteoporosis and fractures.
Women who have experienced "natural" menopause (non-surgical) and still have their uterus are usually placed on a combination of estrogen plus progesterone to prevent cancer of the uterus that can be caused by the use of estrogen alone.
However, there are risks involved in taking HRT. These include:
The risks are rare in women under 60, but because there are no overriding long-term health benefits, it is recommended that women use the lowest dose of hormones that treats their symptoms and that they use hormones for a short amount of time. You should discuss the benefits and risks of HT with your doctor and consider your overall health when making a decision
Women who:
A major study called the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) has looked at the effects of MHT on heart disease and other health concerns. It has explored many questions relating to MHT, including whether MHT's effects are different depending on when a woman starts it. Future research may tell experts even more about MHT. For now, MHT should not be used to prevent heart disease, memory loss, dementia, or Alzheimer's disease. MHT sometimes is used to treat bone loss and menopausal symptoms. Learn more about MHT research results in Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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Not just a guy's game
Even gray and rainy days, although there haven't been to many of those this summer, are fun at the Warwick Boys and Girls Club summer camp operating from the Masonic Temple grounds off Long Street. Between sprinkles yesterday kids either gathered at the pavilion for crafts, swam in the pool (they were wet anyway) or played tennis baseball. That's a tennis ball in place of a hardball. Here camp director Nicole Spirito lands on home plate. "Boys aren't the only ones who can hit the ball far," she said. It is a message that resonated with many of the kids. The camp has 80 campers and is run by 17 counselors and 19 counselors in training. And when there is a downpour, the campers relocate to the Oakland Beach Boys and Girls Club. (Warwick Beacon photos)

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The high moral tone in Washington and London about "rogue" states, such as Iraq, building arsenals of biological weapons belies a shameful past. Winston Churchill wanted to finish off the Germans in 1944 with 500,000 anthrax bombs made in the United States (but his generals persuaded him against such action); and the United States granted immunity from war crimes to Japanese generals who had carried out ghastly experiments with biological agents on Chinese prisoners in Manchuria–so that the Japanese results could be used in developing the US biological arsenal.
In fact, it was the United States that led a secret arms race in these weapons after World War II (although it denounced them in 1969). And it is the United States that has had to live, for almost half a century, with a charge by the Chinese that it actually used biological weapons in the Korean War in violation of the Geneva Protocol of 1925.
Given this history, today's hypocrisy in Washington and London is stunning. But what of the Chinese charges? Were they simply Communist agitprop, as the United States has always claimed, and if so, why hasn't Washington managed to have them withdrawn? Or is it indeed true that the Pentagon or some "rogue" US covert force used the Korean theater as a proving ground for World War III, trying out everything in its arsenal except the A-bomb?
Nagging questions have always hung over the Korean War charges. For example, US pilots who became prisoners of war confessed to the Chinese that they had used biological weapons–dropped fleas infected with plague and turkey feathers coated with toxins. Were the pilots, quite understandably, simply seeking a quiet life in captivity? Or were they telling even a bit of the truth? When the pilots came home after the war they retracted their confessions, but that was under threat of court-martial.
On the scientific level, could the Chinese have concocted the epidemics of plague and cholera that suddenly broke out along both banks of the Yalu River–their border with North Korea? And what of the 1952 international scientific inquiry led by Dr. Joseph Needham of Cambridge University, which concluded that the United States was guilty as charged? Were the members of the inquiry duped by the Communists?
Now two historians at York University in Toronto, Stephen Endicott and Edward Hagerman, have produced the most impressive, expertly researched and, as far as the official files allow, the best-documented case for the prosecution yet made. Still lacking a smoking biological bomblet, the authors nevertheless conclude from the circumstantial evidence that the United States is guilty–not of waging a prolonged biological attack on North Korea and China but more likely of conducting a limited covert action, a kind of experimental foray with biological weapons to test the kind of war Washington would have waged had the Korean conflict led to World War III.
The authors are not disinterested prosecutors. Endicott, an East Asia scholar, was born in Shanghai, the son of missionary parents. His father, Dr. James Endicott, was convinced of the truth of the charges against the United States and said so at the time, which got him into some hot water: The Canadian government, which viewed Endicott as too sympathetic to the revolutionary movement in China, considered prosecuting him for treason but was persuaded against such a move by Washington, which apparently didn't want to stir things up. His son was granted unique access to top-secret Chinese archives, and this information lends the book credibility from an entirely new angle.


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EMINENCE arrests
Matthew T. Wells, New Castle — arrested May 30 at West Broadway after police served two warrants for another police agency.
Desmond Mason, Eminence — arrested May 31 at Circle Drive for alcohol intoxication in a public place (first and second offense); disorderly conduct, second degree; resisting arrest; criminal mischief in the second degree.
Sheriff Arrests
Joseph Moore, arrested May 21 by Rick Nelson for contempt of court.
Charles Graves, arrested May 23 by Rick Nelson for failing to comply.
Clay Roberts, arrested May 23 by Rick Nelson for failure to appear.
Jonathan Whitehead, arrested May 28 by Rick Nelson for failure to appear.
Carl Downey, arrested May 28 by Rick Nelson for failure to appear.Lindsey Brian, arrested May 30 by Dean Murray for failure to appear.
Eminence Police
Eminence PD Arrests
Elizabeth P. Winters, DOB 09/07/95, Pleasureville, arrested May 18 on West Broadway by Officer Wilson for careless driving, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs/etc, aggravated circumstances, first offense, possession of open alcoholic beverage container in motor vehicle, persons 18-20 possess/purchase/attempt to purchase or have another purchase alcohol.
KSP Arrests
Kristin Norton, 37, Sulphur, arrested 5-13-14 by Officer Hazelett upon the execution of a bench warrant from another agency.
John Armstrong, 19, Bethlehem, arrested 5-18-14 by Officer Brewer for a DUI, failure to produce an insurance card, his rear license plate not being illuminated, failing to wear a seatbelt and speeding nine mph over the limit.
Loren Scroggins, 33, Madison, Indiana, arrested 5-18-14 by Officer Brewer for a DUI, failing to notify the DOT of an address change and careless driving.
HC Sheriff Arrests
Larry Payton, 41, Campbellsburg – arrested on Summit Road on May 6 by Officer Hindman for Manufacturing meth 1st; Trafficking in controlled substance 1st-meth
Christopher W. Harbaugh, 29, Bedford – arrested on Pendleton Road on May 6 by Officer Brewer for parole violation warrant
Thien Do, 22, Louisville – arrested on May 9 on I-71 by Officer Hindman for DUI 1st; Improper parking/block traveled portion of hwy; Reckless driving
Grand Jury Indictments
Scott Johnson, Pleasureville. Johnson admitted trafficking heroin when police executed a search warrant for the home of Don Watterfield, Shelbyville. Johnson told police that his, "stash was at his grandfather's home." Johnson's grandfather is Don Watterfield of Shelbyville. Johnson said that his stash was money and that he sells $30,000 per month of heroin.
EPD Arrests
James P. Wright, 42, Eminence was arrested on April 22 on Vernon Avenue by Officer Kemper serving a warrant for another agency.
KSP Arrests
Perry S. Brewer, 36, New Castle arrested on April 23 on W. Cross Main, New Castle by Trooper Brewer for possession of marijuana; possession of drug paraphernalia; and execution of a bench warrant for another agency (8)
Paula Bright, 41, Pleasureville – arrested on April 16 on S. Penn by Officer Parham for speeding 10 mph over limit, careless driving and operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense
Adam Brown, 38, Pleasureville – arrested on April 20 on S. Main by Officer Parham for careless driving and no brake lights, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense
Eminence Police Arrests
Billy Joe Young, 36, arrested April 11 on Fairview for Alcohol Intoxication in a public place, first and second offense
John C. Wells, 19, arrested April 12 on Elm for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, less than 21 years of age
Denita Watkins, arrested April 11 by Rick Nelson for TBUT
Justin Johnson, arrested April 10 by Rick Nelson two counts of failure to appear, contempt of court
Kentucky State Police Arrests
Bruce Johnson, contempt of court, arrested by Rick Nelson on 4/2.
EPD Arrests
Lara Wilson, of Pleasureville, was arrested on 4/6 by Officer Wilson on Ballardsville Road and charged with careless driving; vehicle a nuisance, noisy; DUI.
Barry Taylor, of Eminence was arrested on 4/6 by Officer Wilson on Ballardsville Road and charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place 1st and 2nd offense; providing motor vehicle to drunk or drug addict.
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May 07. 2014 8:56PM
DEA raids smoke shop as Free Keene members look on
By MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
Ian Freeman, a member of Free Keene, videotapes DEA agents seizing items seized from Keene head shop Phat Stuff Wednesday afternoon. (MEGHAN PIERCE PHOTO)
Keene head shop owner pleads guilty
— Downtown head shop Phat Stuff was included in a Drug Enforcement Administration nationwide synthetic drug raid Wednesday.
"We're targeting every level of the designer synthetic drug market in the U.S., wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, the whole gamut," said DEA spokesman Rusty Payne.
Phat Stuff was one of more than 200 locations searched Wednesday.
"We're looking at 150, 160 arrests nationwide," Payne said.
Payne would not speak specifically about Keene or whether anyone was arrested as a result of the search of Phat Stuff.
A crowd of Phat Stuff patrons and members of the Free Keene movement gathered outside Phat Stuff on Main Street Wednesday afternoon, many trying to get a glimpse inside the smoke shop.
Store employee Evan Prokowich said he was called to the store shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday when the employee opening the store said the DEA had arrived with a search warrant.
"They basically said, 'We're taking everything and you have to leave," Prokowich said.
About a dozen DEA agents were inside the store, he said.
Prokowich said the shop had sold "herbal incense" in the past, but stopped months ago when the city banned it.
"We really didn't want to carry it any more anyway," he said.
Prokowich said he wasn't told what the DEA was looking for, but was given a document that said products such as bongs and water pipes and any other devices uses to inhale or ingest illegal drugs would be seized.
"Everything we have is for tobacco use only," Prokowich said.
He added the store also sells sex toys.
Just before 4:30 p.m. the crowd moved out to the back of the store where DEA agents, one wearing a ski mask, filled a U-Haul truck with boxes labeled DEA evidence.
"We've done absolutely nothing wrong. We're getting all this stuff back," Prokowich said.
Members of Free Keene videotaped the DEA agents and some heckled the agents about taking the store's merchandise, saying they were taking away the store owner's livelihood.
Ian Freeman asked the agents if they would think it ironic when they reward themselves at the end of the day with an alcoholic beverage.
Rich Paul said he believes all drugs should be legal and said there is nothing in the Constitution that allows for the federal government to prohibit drug use.
"People should be free to pursue happiness in their own ways," he said to the DEA agents.
The raids targeted synthetic drugs, which are often manufactured in China, and packaged as incense, spice, bath salts or plant food and labeled not for human consumption, but have caused overdoses because people can buy them over the counter and know they are designed to mimic illegal drugs. Some are hallucinogens some stimulants.
These synthetic concoctions are dangerous and people are getting duped by the marketing and packaging, Payne said."This is the new frontier. These designer synthetic drugs with advances in science and chemistry," Payne said.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Local, state and federal agencies ranging from local sheriff's offices to the North Dakota Army National Guard have borrowed unmanned surveillance drones from the Homeland Security Department nearly 700 times in the past three years, according to government records obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The San Francisco-based civil liberties group got the Customs and Border Protection records as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The records do not list which sheriff's offices or local law enforcement agencies were able to use the surveillance drones. The EFF first reported last year that the Homeland Security drones were used 498 times for other agencies, and updated its list this week after receiving additional records from the department.
Jennifer Lynch, a senior staff attorney for the group, said the records that were obtained also don't detail how many hours 10 unmanned Customs drones were used for other agencies or who paid for the surveillance flights. Lynch said the government declined to provide the names of local police agencies using the drones because of concerns that such information could interfere with ongoing investigations.
Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Jenny Burke said Wednesday that the majority of DHS drone use is for the agency's border security mission but the drones also are used to give "emergency responders real-time imagery of areas hit by disasters."
The agency's website notes the use of drones in the aftermath of multiple hurricanes and floods, including Superstorm Sandy, since 2008.
Homeland Security has been using drones along the U.S. border with Mexico since 2005 and started using the technology along the border with Canada in 2009. In recent years, the popularity of using drones for domestic surveillance has grown among local law enforcement agencies.
Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a five-year roadmap for regulating drones for commercial and law enforcement purposes. Despite a congressional directive to grant the unmanned planes broader access to U.S. skies by 2015, the FAA plans to initially limit surveillance flights to permits granted on a case-by-case basis.
Privacy has been a chief concern of critics of expanded use of drones, including some lawmakers.
After the FAA roadmap was unveiled last year, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said the plan fell short of "putting in place the necessary privacy protections for the commercialization of drone use in U.S. airspace."
The FAA plan only addressed privacy concerns for a group of six drone test sites.
For its part, Customs and Border Protection said surveillance video feeds are protected by encryption and available for viewing only by authorities with the proper clearance.
Lynch said the use of unmanned drones represents a worrisome expansion of unchecked surveillance.
"When the agency isn't being transparent about the state and local agencies they are working with, it's impossible to have an informed debate," Lynch said.
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Paul B. wrote:When I love a wine, I let it be known - and them's my favourite words by which to do it!
Two thoughts, to be taken as free advice worth what you paid for it:
* When a glass of simple table wine earns such lavish praise as "most amazingly awesome thing in the history of the world," what have you got held in reserve to use when something REALLY awesome happens?
* You know those Internet sigs that some of us put as an automated tail on the end of forum posts? Some of them are funny as hell; others are witty or thought provoking. They're all interesting the first time you see them. But the 100th time you see them, you're either irritated or you just tune them out completely.
Excess of zeal in the service of tasting is sort of like an Internet sig in this regard.


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City officer accused: A pawn in a political game
March 31. 2014 4:12PM
A District Court judge last week found Manchester Police Officer William Soucy not guilty of domestic abuse. The accusation might have been little noticed had Manchester Alderman At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur not thrust Soucy's name into the media spotlight as part of his effort to portray city police as corrupt and abusive.
Levasseur, an attorney, represented Soucy's former girlfriend, who made the abuse allegation. Levasseur has every right to be a forceful advocate for his clients. But in this case Levasseur used his public office to advance his private client's case by portraying her as a victim not just of one officer, but of a conspiracy of officers.
In July of last year, Levasseur claimed that police were protecting Soucy. "No one would arrest him. No one would get back to her. She was afraid," he said.
Levasseur's complaint was investigated by the Attorney General's office at Manchester Chief David Mara's request. Contrary to Levasseur's claims, the AG's office found that Manchester police investigated the allegation and referred it to the Hooksett Police Department, as the abuse allegedly happened in that town. A Hooksett police officer interviewed Soucy's ex-girlfriend and tried to follow up with her the next business day to see if she wanted to press charges. She did not respond to several attempts to contact her. Fearing for the woman's safety, the officer asked the Manchester police to check on her. Two officers conducted a well check, and Levasseur later claimed that this attempt to protect his client was actually an attempt to intimidate her. The AG's report found no grounds to substantiate any of Levasseur's claims.
Now Levasseur is alleging that the Hooksett Police Department mishandled the case. The blame-shifting and allegations of misconduct never end. Is any area police department — or officer — safe from Levasseur's wild accusations as long as he remains in office?


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MAC Dazzle Lipstick (Part 2)
Dazzle Lipstick: Naughty You, Smash Hit, Snazzy, Sweet Bits, Troublemaker, Wham, Win-Win
MAC Dazzle Lipstick for the Glitter Lovers
Check out part one for details on the formula!
Dazzle Lipstick ($14.00 U.S. / $16.50 CDN)
- Naughty You is a semi-opaque brightened medium pink with fuchsia glitter. It's a brighter, less cool-toned version of Troublemaker. The application went on pretty even, and the glitter seemed to stay in place for the most part.
- Smash Hit is a sheer beige-gold with darkened gold glitter. It's a warmer version of Liquid Lurex. Since it's rather sheer, the glittery bits are more noticeable and thus look gritty rather than smooth (but again, it doesn't feel gritty). I'd use this layered underneath a lipgloss.
- Snazzy is a semi-opaque, red plum with fuchsia-purple glitter. This is one of the most pigmented shades of the thirteen dazzle lipsticks. It has a nice level of color coverage and is also the most wearable, because it's glittery without being metallic.
- Sweet Bits is a semi-sheer grayish lilac with multi-color glitter. It's kind of like Vex eyeshadow in lipstick form. I find this color a little hard to wear on its own, so it's definitely more of a layering shade. It also has a tendency to look gritty (but it doesn't feel that way) and has a decent amount of slip-slide with the glitter, so it may look uneven.
- Troublemaker is a semi-opaque, darkened red-pink with fuchsia glitter. It's a darker, more opaque version of Naughty You. I had a lot of slipping with this shade–I definitely had to be careful not to press my lips together or else the color and glitter seemed to smear around and look uneven.
- Wham is a red-brown with gold and copper glitter. This one also had a fair amount of slipping when I pressed my lips together–so be careful should you choose this shade.
- Win-Win is a light baby pink with blue undertones and lilac glitter. It's very cool-toned and almost veers on a lilac pink or a milky pink. It's very sheer, so it's better layered with another product than alone, if only because it looks more obvious that you're wearing glitter with it by itself.
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As he flew to Boston last week to speak at a memorial for victims of the marathon bombings, President Barack Obama placed a call to Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
As he flew to Boston last week to speak at a memorial for victims of the marathon bombings, President Barack Obama placed a call to Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
A huge explosion at a fertilizer plant the evening before had leveled parts of West, Texas, killing 14, injuring nearly 200 and damaging dozens and dozens of homes and businesses.
Clearly this was a disaster too big for the farming community of 3,000 to handle alone, and Obama offered Perry help.
Friday the president signed a disaster declaration as members of the Texas congressional delegation worked to make sure federal disaster relief dollars flowed toward West.
This is exactly as it should be. When disaster strikes, Americans jump into the fray and offer their help and their money. Your politics don't matter. Politics must never matter. Unfortunately, politics almost always seem to matter even in times of obvious need.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, was widely criticized by some in his party for standing shoulder to shoulder last fall with the Democratic president when Hurricane Sandy devastated a wide swath of the heavily populated Northeast.
Some in Congress even refused to vote for disaster relief for New Jersey, New York and other northeastern states hard hit by Sandy.
Ironically, some of the very same people who tried to block help for Sandy's victims - among them Republicans Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Bill Flores, who represents West, Texas - now demand some of the same kinds of relief for West they would have denied victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Again, politics shouldn't play a role in who gets help with disaster strikes. Neither should hypocrisy.


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Cheektowaga town justice issues maximum sentence following car chase
A Cheektowaga town justice has imposed the maximum 30-day jail sentence following a guilty plea by a Buffalo man involved in a high-speed chase with Cheektowaga police in early March.
Town Justice Paul S. Piotrowski sentenced Sergio Jacobs, 26, of Sterling Avenue, Buffalo, in connection with the chase that started at about 3:55 a.m. March 6.
Jacobs was driving on Genesee Street, near the airport, when Officer Daniel Clifford attempted to stop his vehicle for insufficient tail lights. Police say Jacobs, who was driving a stolen car, refused to stop and ran several red lights on Genesee Street at excessive speeds.
He later was arrested on a warrant and charged with criminal possession of stolen property, unauthorized use of a vehicle, unlawfully fleeing a police officer, reckless driving, speeding and other violations, police said.


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2 men accused of stealing from Manchester Gold's Gym customers arraigned
January 29. 2014 10:53PM
MANCHESTER — Two men accused of stealing property belonging to customers of Gold's Gym, 89 Dow St., were arraigned Wednesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division.
Doneil Sackey, 31, of 4 Bethel Court, could not enter a plea in circuit court to a felony charge of falsifying evidence, which alleges he discarded a coat after leaving Gold's Gym in an effort to avoid being recognized as one of the people stealing items from the gym's locker room.
He pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft by unauthorized taking, for allegedly removing a TD Bank card and ID card belonging to a gym customer, and to loitering/prowling, for being in the area of Fir Street and North Hampshire Lane, with no reason to be there.
A police prosecutor requested $1,000 cash/surety bail for Sackey, who is out on bail on a felony charge that was bound over to a Hillsborough County North grand jury. Sackey asked Judge William Lyons for personal recognizance bail, but Lyons, noting Sackey was out on bail when he allegedly committed new crimes, said: "No."
A probable cause hearing was set for Feb. 6 on the new felony, and trial on the misdemeanor and violation was set for March 7.
Douglas Pretti, 29, of 434 Amherst St., pleaded not guilty to charges of theft by unauthorized taking, for allegedly removing a wallet from a man's backpack at Gold's Gym, and resisting arrest, for running from police. Pretti had failed to appear in Circuit Court on Tuesday on a charge of operating after suspension for driving while intoxicated, so all his charges were set for trial March 7.
Pretti, who was given a suspended one- to three-year sentence on a theft conviction in July 2013, is subject to a 72-hour probation hold. Despite his failure to appear in court Tuesday and being on probation, he tried to persuade the judge to set personal recognizance bail for him, saying he is losing his apartment, has an infant and needs to get his affairs in order. Lyons set bail at the $1,000 requested by the police prosecutor.
All charges against Ryan Gallant were annulled.
Three assault charges
Bail remained at $1,000 personal recognizance on Wednesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division for Ryan Gallant, 27, of 60 Walnut St., who pleaded not guilty to three simple assault charges.
Gallant is accused of pushing his girlfriend out of bed, causing her to fall to the floor; throwing a glass at her; and hitting her and pushing her into a rocking chair.
Bail conditions bar Gallant from contact with his girlfriend and from her residence. Trial was set for March 17.
Says felonies new to him
Charles Morgan, 42, of 410 Bedford St., protested Wednesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division that felony assault charges weren't mentioned during a meeting at the police department earlier in the morning.
Morgan, who was arrested on warrants, is charged with misdemeanors of criminal threatening and simple assault and felony charges of second-degree assault and attempted second-degree assault, resulting from an ongoing argument with a Morgan Storage employee.
Morgan is accused of telling the man to get back into a room or he would beat him and of assaulting the man, during which he fell on top of the man, resulting in a rib fracture.
The felonies allege he tried to spray the man with an aerosol bug spray and that he swung a claw hammer and a crowbar at the man's head, although he missed hitting the man.
Morgan said: "Fifty percent of what I just heard isn't true. ... I'm not a violent person."
A police prosecutor, who said Morgan's criminal record consists of a conviction for driving while intoxicated, requested a $10,000 cash/surety bail, with conditions barring contact with the alleged victim and barring Morgan from Morgan Storage.
Judge William Lyons set bail at a total of $6,000 cash/surety, with $5,000 on the felonies and $1,000 on the misdemeanors.
Stolen checks worth $30k
Joshua Caswell, 22, of 232 Central St., could not enter a plea Wednesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division to a felony charge of receiving stolen property.
Police said Caswell had in his possession, at Manchester and Beech streets Tuesday night, four books of checks belonging to another person that he knew, or should have known, were stolen. Police said each check had a value of $250, for a total value of $30,000.
A police prosecutor requested, and Judge William Lyons set, bail at $10,000 cash/surety, with conditions that bar contact with the owner of the checks and bar Caswell from the check owner's residence.
A probable cause hearing on the felony was set for Feb. 6.


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Updated 1:19 p.m. — A path toward resolving the impending the co-called fiscal cliff was suspended in limbo Friday following a dramatic defeat for House Speaker John Boehner, whose own rank-and-file members refused to support his backup plan Thursday night.
After conservatives balked at Boehner's "Plan B," which would have preserved current income tax rates for those making less than $1 million, the nation's top elected Republican shrugged off questions about whether his job was in danger. And as Washington prepares for a holiday break, Democrats and Republicans are further apart than ever on a plan to avoid the combination of tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect in just 11 days.
And the Ohio Republican emerged Friday urging President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to re-engage in talks toward an overarching deal toward resolving the fiscal cliff, the combination of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts (which fall heavily upon the defense budget) set to take effect on Jan. 1.
"I'm interested in solving the major problems facing our country," Boehner said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. "And that means House leaders, Senate leaders and the president are going to continue to have to work together to address those concerns."
With just 10 days until the nation goes over the so-called "fiscal cliff," lawmakers head home for the holidays. For the president, his stay in Hawaii will be a "working vacation." NBC's Kristen Welker reports.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., demanded that Boehner allow a Democratic proposal to extend tax rates for income under $250,000 to come up for a vote.
"There's nothing preventing the speaker from taking up our bill," Reid said Friday afternoon on the Senate floor. Boehner did say the House would "certainly take a look" at that bill, if the Senate manages to resolve a procedural holdup that would bar the House from considering the legislation. (Reid called that excuse "phony.")
But the speaker's task has become more vexing than ever; conservatives sent a powerful signal yesterday that they would not approve any tax increase, even on millionaires. Obama's demand that tax rates be allowed to rise for the wealthiest Americans amounts to a seemingly intractable standoff with House Republicans.
Boehner said that many lawmakers still prefer broad reforms to the tax code, but he acknowledged the difficulty in reaching any consensus: "How we get there? God only knows."
The president plans to work with Congress to prevent tax hikes and spending cuts that are expected to kick in on January 1 after House Republicans rejected a vote on House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" legislation. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
The speaker seemed unconcerned, though, about the prospects for an uprising from fellow Republicans.
"No, I am not," Boehner said when asked directly whether he should be concerned about his position. "If you do the right things every day for the right reasons, the right things will happen."
Republican leaders dismissed House lawmakers for the holiday weekend after pulling the vote on Thursday evening. Boehner said they would be recalled to Washington "as needed." The Democratic-controlled Senate is currently scheduled to reconvene next Thursday, Dec. 27.
"It's too bad Speaker Boehner wasted a week on this futile, political stunt," Reid said. "It's time for the speaker and all Republicans to return to the negotiating table."
The intervening time period might allow for Boehner and Obama to reach an agreement, though its final approval in the House would almost certainly involve the speaker turning to Democrats for votes. That would strengthen Obama's ability to insist upon tax rates, spending cuts and entitlement reforms that hew more closely to the plan on which he campaigned for much of this year.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Boehner has "done his part. He's bent over backwards." As an alternative, the top Senate Republican proposed extending tax rates for a full year with instructions to enact tax reform in the meanwhile. (Democrats rejected it out-of-hand.)
For their part, Republicans said they would look to Obama for action on a path forward.
"I don't want taxes to go up, Republicans don't want taxes to go up," Boehner said. "But we only run the House; Democrats continue to run Washington."
McConnell said: "It's the president's job — it's his job — to find a solution that can pass the Congress."
In the meanwhile, Boehner said he remained committed to working toward a deal, and said he was not interested in giving up his position as speaker.


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"Revenge" producer Mike Kelley is kind of a genius.
I try not to throw that word around lightly, but the Winnetka native earns the praise for creating a must-see, damn-it's-not-on-this-week drama at 9 p.m. Wednesdays on ABC.
I'd call it a guilty pleasure, but I feel no guilt at all enjoying it.
Kelley's real genius—and I'm an idiot for not seeing this earlier but I was too preoccupied with all its soapy goodness—is that he's taken on the recession in an incredibly entertaining way.
Having the show's main character, Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) plot the downfall of the corrupt rich folks who destroyed her father, Kelley is tapping into America's current frustration with economic inequality—and distrust of the "1 percent."
He's given viewers in the lower and middle classes a hero. Emily's doing what all those protesters on Wall Street, in Chicago and other major cities want to do. "Revenge" is Occupy Hamptons, if you will.
It's also just plain fun.
Let me catch you up: Emily has moved back to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the wealthy folks who years earlier set up her now dead father and ruined her life. While in juvie, she swapped identities with another woman, who now uses Emily's real name, Amanda Clarke.
Loaded with the money her father left her, our Emily spares no expense to destroy her targets (and they have been dropping like flies). She's tapped her dad's confidante, tech gazillionaire Nolan (Gabriel Mann), to help her in her quest. Her prime targets are Hamptons socialite Victoria (Madeline Stowe) and Conrad Grayson (Henry Czerny), but she'll happily take down others who get in her way.
In order to get to the Graysons, she's been romancing their son, Daniel (Joshua Bowman), but she's actually falling for the hottie. She's also sweet on blue-collar hunk Jack (Nick Wechsler), with whom the young Amanda used to play.
Many plot twists have ensued over the episodes—which I encourage you to watch legally at abc.com or wherever they are online—but those are the basics.
The Nov. 16 episode, "Treachery," promises to deliver squeal-worthy moments because the real Emily—I'll refer to her as Amanda (Margarita Levieva)—has come to town after dispatching private eye Frank with a tire iron.
Amanda's arrival can only make Emily's situation even more complex and difficult, as you can see in the video sneaks above. Also tonight, Queen Victoria takes in her former bestie Lydia (Amber Valletta), the gal who had an affair with Conrad before Frank pushed her off a building.
See what I mean about the soapy fun? As I pointed out in my earlier review, "Revenge" delivers plenty of eye-rolling, unbelievable moments and over-the-top dialogue, but it's just immensely watchable.
VanCamp, who formerly played sweet girls on "Brothers & Sisters" and "Everwood," was cast against type as Emily and she's nailing it. She makes Emily steely while plotting but also confused because she's falling for Daniel. Thanks to VanCamp's terrific performance, we believe that Emily knows her need for revenge may likely destroy her.
Stowe delivers a delicious, ice cold performance. She elevates what is basically a soap opera mainstay—the bitchy diva—to a sublime creature worthy of the Queen title fans have bestowed upon her. Don't you just love the way she sizes up every person she encounters and every situation she's in? A stare from her could freeze fire.
Mann irritates me as Nolan, but that's exactly why I love his portrayal of the nerdy meddler. And I have to agree with AOL's Maureen Ryan, he's turned another annoying character, Tyler (Ashton Holmes), into someone more interesting. I could not have been happier to see Nolan confront Tyler about his gigolo history—and blackmail bed him in the process.
I'm giggling as I write this story. I just love "Revenge."


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Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch Winehouse, wasn't pleased with "Amy" from the start.
The late singer's father has blasted the award-winning documentary, even stating last summer that he would create a new movie in response to the Asif Kapadia-directed film. "We're going to invite everyone that's spoken on the other film and we're not going to edit it, like they've edited me, and we're going to tell the truth about Amy's life because this is not," he said during an appearance on British talk show "Loose Women."
In "Amy," Mitch Winehouse is portrayed as an opportunistic father who failed to get his daughter help while riding her coattails. He wasn't pleased with his depiction then, and when Kapadia won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for his work on "Amy" Sunday night at the 88th Annual Academy Awards, the "Rehab" songstress' father immediately took to social media to voice his disapproval.
"Always proud of my baby. Amy will not get an oscar though. Just Asif Kapadia. That is what this is all about...Asif. He's fooled everybody," he posted. "I am not changing my stance just because film won Oscar. It's a negative, spiteful and misleading portrayal of Amy. We will fix this."
Twitter users responded to the latter post, defending the documentary and slamming Mitch for criticizing Kapadia's work.
"@mitchwinehouse its not negative of Amy, it's negative of you!!! That's why you're hurting. It shows love for Amy. Look up the meaning!" one follower responded.
"I don't don't think it was a negative portrayal of Amy," another wrote. "It showed how beautiful, intelligent and creative she was."
During his acceptance speech, Kapadia talked about what he wanted to accomplish with "Amy," which told the story of the young star who died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. "This film is about Amy and showing the world who she really was, not the tabloid persona," he said. "We just wanted to make a film to show the world who she really was."
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Fruit and Nothing But the Fruit — Plus A Food Gal Giveaway
In this day and age with ingredients lists a mile long on food packaging, you have to hand it to the "Much-ado-about-mango" one.
Its ingredient list?
Organic mangoes.
That's it.
Peeled Snacks of Brooklyn makes conveniently packaged dried, organic fruit that has no added sugar, no preservatives, no sulfites and no gluten.
As a result, this dried fruit actually tastes like real fruit and not a souped-up sweetened version of it.
The resealable snack pouches come in 10 varieties, from "Cherry-go-round" (organic cherries) to "Farmer's Market Trio" (organic raisins, apples and cherries).
Recently, I had a chance to try some sample bags.
Although the fruit is dried, it still has a nice soft texture. I can't get over how vibrant the fruit tastes when it's not masked by sugar, as is the case with so many other dried fruit products.
I especially liked the "Paradise found" with its thick, tender chunks of dried banana (none of those thin, hard chips here), along with pieces of mango and bits of pineapple. Call me a purist, but my favorite was probably the "Much-ado-about-mango," which is just big shards of mango the color of a sunset and the taste of the tropics.
One serving has about 120-130 calories, depending upon the variety.
Tuck a bag into your child's lunch. Or toss one into your purse, workout bag or carry-on luggage.
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Everyone is talking about Ben's injury but how bad is Hines's hammy? He's out now for the second game this week and we should be concerned. Cowher hasnt said much about it though.
Everyone is talking about Ben's injury but how bad is Hines's hammy? He's out now for the second game this week and we should be concerned. Cowher hasnt said much about it though.
I think he is fine Preseason there is no reason for vets to play he saw what happened to Clinton and dosent want it to happen to him
Its not the fact he's not getting the sill work in, its the fact he's not even out there. I wonder how much practicing he's doing in Latrobe.
I wouldnt play Ward much anyways..the guy is in great shape and it won't take him long to shake off the rust once he gets on the field. If his hamstring is soar, I'd sit him out and let him get treatment for as long as it takes so he's ready for opening day.
yeah we shouldn't worry about this at all. it's just an excuse for him not to be out there. he's getting old now, and he's been in this system his whole career so training camp and preseason is pretty much pointless for him. he'll be their week one and playing like nothing was every wrong with him
"SA, it's more than a FEVER it's an ADDICTION" -BlacknGold Bleeder
I think they are just trying to give him time to make sure he is 100% before putting him out there too soon.
I guess you're all right, it just seems that Ben misses one practice and people go nuts but Hines has been out a while.
I wont feel relieved until I see him on the field even if it's September 7.
Agreed. Anytime a player misses anytime you have to be at least a little concerned.Originally Posted by blackNgold22
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Very true Pitt. I'm sure he'll be back to play in the 3rd preseason game though.
I would love to see him suit up atleast once, but if he is going to rest it, what better time than now.
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The Houston Astros officially activated OF Jason Maxwell (ankle) from the 15-day disabled list Friday, July 13. He was in the lineup for the game against the San Francisco Giants, starting in center field.
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Oct. 7, 2006
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team captured a 30-17, 30-21, 30-18, win over Big West Conference opponent UC Riverside Saturday evening in front of a home crowd in the Thunderdome. For the second consecutive day, senior Olivia Waldowski led the Gauchos as she put away 15 kills and hit .429 overall.
With the win, the Gaucho season record is lifted to 10-7 overall and UCSB now sports a three-game win streak, the longest this season. UC Riverside drops to 2-15 on the season and 0-5 in conference; UCSB now holds a Big West record of 3-2. The Gauchos extend their series record over the Highlanders to 17-0.
Second to Waldowski, who helped UCSB to Friday's 3-0 home win over Cal State Fullerton, sophomore Lauren McLaughlin posted 13 kills with one error on 27 attempts for a .444 hitting percentage, her highest this season.
Setter Stephanie Brandt put up 50 assists in the win and Emily Hendrickson, the conference leader in digs per game for six consecutive weeks, tallied 23 scoops for the Gauchos. Freshman Rebecca Saraceno added four service aces in the win.
For the Highlanders, Ashley Halperin tallied a team-leading 14 kills and a .333 hitting percentage. Brittney Murrey handed off 21 assists and Amanda Nisson led with 12 digs.
Game one saw only one tie early on at 2-2, after which the Gauchos went on a 3-0 run to command the lead. With the score at 29-13, UCSB had troubles putting away the final point as the Highlanders tallied four consecutive points, but a kill from Jamie Garbisch finally sealed the Gauchos' win at 30-17. UCSB saw its most efficient hitting in the first frame as they outhit UC Riverside .450 to .067 with McLaughlin and Waldowski each posting six kills.
The Gauchos shortly struggled to break away from the Highlanders at the beginning of game two, but with the game tied at 8-8, UCSB went on a 6-1 run fueled by three kills from Waldowski to grab a 14-9 lead. UCSB maintained the advantage and took the game at 30-21.
Game three would prove to be the final of the match as UCSB outhit the Highlanders .372 to .147. Garbisch led the team with five kills and a service ace in the final frame while Lindsay Fletcher provided the final point with her third kill of the match to give UCSB the game at 30-18.
UCSB will conclude its three-match home stand on Tuesday evening when they face non-conference opponent No. 23 Pepperdine in the Thunderdome. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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A bookstore is always a welcome stop on a weekend road trip.
Yeah, Amazon is efficient, but online browsing is woefully lacking in aesthetic pleasures compared with the experience at O. Brisky Books, a fixture in the cozy business district of Micanopy. The town, about 15 miles south of Gainesville off Interstate 75, is a Norman Rockwell-worthy Southern village that's ground zero for antiques, porch swings and books.
In a shop such as O. Brisky's, with thousands of titles that range from history, philosophy and religion to Willie Mays, surprises are the best part of the experience. I don't know what I'm looking for until I find it.
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Smile Studio Orthodontics
Smile Studio is an addition to the historic Southside of Chattanooga which has become a wonderful conglomerate of locally owned businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, working studios, boutique shopping, and unique cuisine. In keeping with the goals and objectives of neighboring Main Street businesses, Smile Studio is the result of a modern, artistic vision made possible by collaboration between HK architects, the client Dr. Marie Farrar, and general contractor Mike Berry with Berry Construction.
The office includes one private treatment room, three treatment stations, a waiting area, reception, cleaning station, and mezzanine. The design style and directive of the space is one of minimal and modern tastes. Conceptually, the space was arranged in a way to maximize the dramatic verticality of the existing space and choreograph interesting volumes in a relatively small floor area. The project uses a full palette of materials ranging from Cherry wood and polished concrete to translucent resin panels and stainless steel.
From the beginning, Dr. Farrar expressed her strong desires to make the project an environmentally conscious and sustainable project using LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) as a guideline. This project will be the smallest project to receive a LEED certification in the city of Chattanooga. Totaling eight hundred seventy-two square feet, Dr. Farrar's orthodontist office was an unfinished space at the start of construction consisting of only exposed brick walls, drainage gravel, and exposed wood roof framing. With critical team efforts between client, architect and contractor, sustainable material selections and construction methods were used in fitting out the space with an environmentally conscious design.


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Former Second Highest Ranking General In The US Apparently Under Investigation For 'Leaking' Stuxnet Info
from the bradley-manning's-cellmate? dept
And, if a report from NBC is to be believed, the target of the investigation is retired General James Cartwright, who was recently the second-highest ranking officer in the military.
Cartwright, who was the number two person in the joint chiefs of staff from 2007 to 2011, was instrumental in the development of Stuxnet, and his role was publicised in a New York Times article published last year.Of course, the really interesting thing to see, if this report is confirmed and anything happens, is how General Cartwright is treated in comparison to, say, someone like Bradley Manning...


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Beaches and sun excluded, nothing says summer more than a good festival. And no festival is complete without a refreshing glass of beer in your hand as you enjoy the event. Now, if luck and local organizers so desire and the festival is a beer festival, well, that's just the best of all worlds.
This week, Wednesday to Friday, you can enjoy such a treat in the heart of Jerusalem, at the Independence Park (Gan Haatzmaut). Already in its fifth year, The Jerusalem Beer Festival is one of the largest and most impressive beer festivals in the country.
During the two days of the festival, Independence Park will turn into a huge bar with impressive settings and luxurious attractions. More than 100 trademarks of all types of beer from Israel and abroad take the stage at this huge event. It hosts premium producers, boutique producers and homemade beers in uncommon tastes of honey, coffee, banana, cherry, different herbs and more.
Visitors will have the opportunity to taste worlwide traditional beers as well as watch a brewing process in real time.
Besides the large variety of fabulous beers, visitors will be able to enjoy food stands, an accessories market, exclusive beer stores and various attractions that create the perfect beer fest experience.
Both nights on the main stage, audiences will enjoy a live show by Israel's leading bands (such as Hadag Nahash, Mookie and more) along with an exciting party hosted by one of Israel's top D.J's.
The festival takes place at the Independence Park, downtown - via Hillel st. or Agron St. August 26-27 6 p.m to midnight. Tickets are NIS 20 for soldiers, students and Jerusalem card holders, NIS 25 for everyone else. For more information visit www.JerusalemBeer.com
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Nana-Sinkam, MD
Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dr. Nana-Sinkam is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. His clinical interests include thoracic malignancies, smoking-related lung disease, and critical care. His research interests are identifying the role of recently discovered microRNAs in lung tumor development and progression, understanding of the molecular heterogeneity that exists in lung cancer, and examining the role of prostaglandins on endothelial survival in tobacco-related lung disease. Dr. Nana-Sinkam has published articles in journals like Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Research, and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He received his MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Nana-Sinkam is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine and is licensed by the State of Ohio. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, American Thoracic Society, and the American College of Chest Physicians.
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The loss of precision in spoken or written language is not, I suppose, the worst problem we face, compared with so many other distressing developments in our national life. But the consequences can include real political harm. Take, for example, a pesky case on which the Supreme Court will hear arguments on March 24: Elk Grove Unified School District v. Michael A. Newdow, which has generated a great deal of linguistic chaos.
In the summer of 2002 Michael Newdow, a pro se appellee with several bees in his bonnet about family law, religion and government, won a 2-to-1 victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where Judge Alfred Goodwin agreed with him that schoolroom recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, with the 1954 addition of "under God" to its text, violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The Ninth Circuit then amended this decision; the school district appealed; the circuit court refused to rehear the case in a murky fluster of judicial action that showed its members at loggerheads with one another and with another Pledge ruling in the Eleventh Circuit; and judges delivered papers "concurring partly" and "dissenting partly" with their colleagues. The Rehnquist Supreme Court itself is partly to blame for the muddle, since it's been handing down divided, inconclusive decisions, in this as in other areas, for years.
I'm only an amateur of constitutional history and the Pledge controversy, but you don't have to be an expert to notice how language gets misused in Newdow. Lawyers, judges and commentators carry on, as they have for decades, without there being much agreement on the meaning of the words they contest or interpret–"Establishment," say, or "Pledge." "Prayer." "God." Or "under." Clouds of sanctimonious verbiage billow in the public space–from ardent atheists like the plaintiff and his supporters, and from hypocritical Christian Republicans who are eager to have this case heard at the highest level.
To cut through the semantic fog, we can start by asking, What is the Pledge of Allegiance and where did it come from? Grammar school is where you're supposed to learn not only how to write and speak (the grammar part) but also the words and texts of our shared civic life. No surprise, then, that it was a schoolteacher, Francis Bellamy, who in 1892 arranged to have children observe the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing with a little ceremony that centered on a "pledge of allegiance" to the Stars and Stripes that he had written. (It nowhere mentioned God.) Bellamy, chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education, was able to insure that his mini-liturgy of American triumphalism was installed as a regular feature of public-school life.
A utopian socialist like his cousin the novelist Edward Bellamy, he composed the Pledge, he explained, in "an intensive communing with salient points of our national history, from the Declaration of Independence onwards; with the makings of the Constitution…with the meaning of the Civil War; with the aspiration of the people." He had wanted to segue from "one nation indivisible" ("we must specify that it is indivisible, as Webster and Lincoln used to repeat in their great speeches") to "the historic slogan of the French Revolution which meant so much to Jefferson and his friends, 'Liberty, equality, fraternity'"–but he realized one couldn't celebrate equality in American life: that "would be too fanciful, too many thousands of years off in realization." Regretfully, he omitted the middle term, though he thought the other two were safe and sound: "we as a nation do stand square on the doctrine of liberty and justice for all." (Did he think that justice insured "fraternity"?) Certainly his bighearted words express a more attractive national ideal than flags have sometimes inspired elsewhere.


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Warren Ellis has created a new biopunk blog called Grinding, spun out of his Doktor Sleepless comic. Mostly it's about body modification, but is also sprinkled with Ellis's traditional techno-urbanism and pretty picture obsessions. The best part is Ellis' introduction to the site, where he talks about a new breed of body-hacking humans.
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I have given this place over to a crack team of mental patients with the brief to discover and present The Future — particularly the "future" of DOKTOR SLEEPLESS and grinder culture — wherever it lays, in potential, in the soil of The Present. I said to them: "Imagine: you want to be a superconnected, modified, new kind of human, and you consider your own body to be a work in progress, so you're constantly looking for new things you can do to yourself (and others) while also keeping an eye on the collapsing planet around you because you want to have enough time to finish your body (or wish to use your many communications-technology devices to record it all as it collapses around your ears)."
We know the feeling. Flickr image by satragon


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Xavi has voiced his opinion that Barcelona must be more ruthless in front of goal if they are to be successful this season.
The Blaugrana became the first European top flight team to net 100 goals in all competitions this term following their 4-2 win over Malaga on Thursday, but the 33-year-old has insisted that they will have to improve their finishing.
"We just need to be a little bit more effective in front of goal to finish games off," he was quoted as saying on the club's official website.
"I think we are at a good level and we are enjoying ourselves right now- I always feel good when I've got players in front of the ball.
"We're in good form and we have a good atmosphere in the dressing room and you can see that reflected on the pitch. You get used to winning and then it hurts when you lose."
Barcelona will be looking to return to winning ways against Osasuna on Sunday after losing their last Liga game against Real Sociedad.


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Oakley presents the latest limited edition release of its iconic Frogskin frame. The 80s inspired Blacklight Pack features several two-tone versions of the sunglasses, all featuring polarized lenses in different colors. Priced at 120 USD, you will be able to purchase them online very soon.
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Rylee here, soon to be Rylee Horan. I just got done...
Stuck Between Two Daddy's.
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Hi. My name is Rylee. I'm not one of those pagent queens, or cheerleaders. I'm not popular, or cute and funny. I'm a loner. I drink, do drugs, have sex, do everything. My therapist says it's to cope with the death of my mother. Does she not know that my mum died when I was 2? I don't remember her. Anyway. I'm not here to tell you my sob story life about how I live with a single dad with 2 younger sisters because their mum left us out of the blue. Oops. Told too much. I forgot to mention one thing about me. I have a boyfriend. His name is Niall Horan. He's a part of the band One Direction. I'm sure you all have heard of them. I'm kind of pregnant. But not with his child. But of another member of the band's... I haven't told either one of them yet. Not sure when I should though. Or if I should even have this baby at all... Abortion sounds better everyday.
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School feeding programme in Malawi. Credit: WFP Nearly 2 million Malawians, including 300,000 children, do not have enough to eat.
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$3.2 million to UN agencies and humanitarian partners to help nearly 2 million people who are facing food insecurity in Malawi. Chronic poverty, dry weather, poor harvests and rising food prices have led to widespread food insecurity across the central and southern parts of the country.
The situation has deteriorated and the number of people needing help has increased in some areas due to consecutive poor harvests over the past four years. More than 300,000 children have been affected by the crisis; nearly 50 per cent of children under five are likely to have their growth stunted by malnutrition. "These funds are critical in supporting the humanitarian community's response to food insecurity in Malawi," said Dr. Felicitas Zawaira, UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi. "In particular, they will be used to alleviate malnutrition in children, ensure the protection of the most vulnerable, and help farmers to mitigate the risks of a further deterioration in the situation." More than half of the funding will help UNICEF manage acute malnutrition through treatment and therapeutic feeding programmes. UNICEF has warned that the food shortage is exposing people, especially women and children, to violence, exploitation, neglect and separation from their families. The agency will also use the funds to monitor human rights violations and access to humanitarian aid, and to provide psychosocial support to children. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization received $1.4 million of the funding to provide agricultural tools and support to farmers. It will promote sustainable practices though conservation, crop diversification and small-scale irrigation. About 85 per cent of Malawians depend on agriculture, most of them subsistence farmers who cultivate small plots of land and are especially vulnerable to drought and heavy rainfall. More>> Malawi Humanitarian Update (Source: Reliefweb) - UN Central Emergency Response Fund


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At last year's Comic-Con International, comic creator-writer Mark Waid, alongside Max Brooks and artist Shane Davis, announced an upcoming graphic novel titled "Shadow Walk." Today, as fans gather in San Diego for Comic-Con 2013, Legendary Comics is unveiling the cover drawn by Davis in advance of the debut issue's Nov. 27 release.
The idea for the project was sparked by the famous Old Testament verse from Psalm 23 –"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." Legendary leader Thomas Tull approached Waid with the idea: What if the Valley of Death was not just a figurative term, but a physical place?
The notion took hold. In "Shadow Walk," Waid says the Valley is "a sort of nightmarish realm that tests your faith and tests your mettle when you enter it and it's sort of a forbidden land that people don't normally come across."
In the book, John Raines, a soldier who allegedly killed his entire platoon after entering the Valley, leads a group — which includes a priest and an astrophysicist — back to the mysterious locale, as the unit, armed with two arcane artifacts, must try to determine if the road to Hell has opened on Earth.
Hero Complex caught up with Waid — writer of such other thought-provoking titles as "Kingdom Come" and "Superman: Birthright" — to discuss the origins of the graphic novel and his personal perspective on matters of faith.
HC: How did "Shadow Walk" come together?
MW: Thomas came to me a couple of years ago and pitched the idea. There wasn't a real story around it at that point, but he had the basic concept and the basic through-line. I love it. It struck me as "Indiana Jones" meets "Aliens." I loved that idea of using history as a backdrop — also using the Bible and using matters of faith as a backdrop for what is essentially a science-fiction horror story. At that point, Thomas brought in Max Brooks, who is not only a writer but also a whip-smart historian. Max then did the world-building and ended up going through history and pulling out real-world examples of times and places where something like this really truly could've manifested and built a back history around this area that we called the Valley. From there, it was up to me to give it texture and to give it a story.
HC: This is actually your first graphic novel …
MW: I've written things that have been collected into graphic novel form, but this is the first time I've ever written "Page 105" at the top of a manuscript page. I've always worked in comics in smaller increments. While it was great because it gave me a lot of elbow room to tell the story, it was also very daunting in a sense because I had to keep my eye on the long game throughout the entire process. Part of the fun of writing a serial monthly comic is that when I get to the end of a book, I can throw something new in if I want. I can just surprise myself and say, "I'll figure out how to get out of this next month." But with something like this, you don't have that luxury.
HC: Was that your biggest obstacle in writing "Shadow Walk"?
MW: [The first obstacle is] making sure that the overall tone in it stayed consistent and prominent throughout the whole piece. Another big challenge is that I'm used to writing established characters like Superman and Batman, or my own characters. I'm not used to writing non-superhero fiction where I have to introduce everyone to you in a fairly quick amount of time in an ensemble piece like this and make sure that everyone has a distinct personality and a distinct goal and a distinct voice. And do that all within a very short period of time.
HC: Are you a religious person?
MW: What's funny is that I am not much of a spiritual man in any way on a personal level. It is odd for a guy that wrote "Kingdom Come" to not be much of a church-goer or much of a spiritual man, but I have respect for people who believe in whatever they believe. From that outsider point of view, I really enjoy writing about characters of faith — characters who are invested, whether it's religious faith or scientific faith or any sort of belief system — because I generally believe that one of our survival instincts in this world, regardless of what we believe, is that we have a need to process the world around us in a way that makes sense to us. We have a very human need when confronted by things that don't seem to make any sense to find a way to explain them to ourselves in a way that makes us feel empowered and a way that makes us not feel subject to the whims of an angry god. So being able to write a long-form graphic novel that really tests this, that really tests people of faith, but of different sorts of faith — an astrophysicist and a quantum scientist and a priest … Only in this instance, they're literally walking into the gates of Hell. How do they process this world and how does it test your faith? The priest looks at it as a validation of everything he's ever fought for and everything he's ever believed — that there must be a god. But, if there really is a god, what kind of god has he been worshipping all these years that would visit such a horror on the planet Earth? The quantum physicist looks at the topology of this place that doesn't follow any kind of Einsteinian physics and is desperately trying not to lose his mind because it challenges everything that he believes too. It's simply about a nightmare realm that tests your faith.
HC: Assuming everyone sees different things when visiting this place, what might you see upon entering the Valley?
MW: I think it's fair to say that once you're in there, there's something in there that tends to sense exactly what your hot buttons are, and if your faith is being tested … well, not everyone believes the same things as individuals. Hmm, what sort of nightmares might I see in there? Something that involves Comic-Con.
HC: Well, let's stay on that. Since you're reintroducing the book there, what are your overall impressions of Comic-Con?
MW: Having gone to every Comic-Con for the last 30 years — I missed maybe one or two in the last 30 years — watching it grow from a dealers' room into a pop culture mecca has been equal parts splendid and terrifying. Every year — because it's gotten so big — I feel as if I've been airlifted and dropped off in the middle of downtown Tokyo when I stand on the floor. It's noise and lights and blaring and I don't get my bearings, but at the same time there's something really exciting about it. It's a meeting of the minds, and there's 100,000 fans in that room. Some of them are passionate about "Babylon 5," and some of them are passionate about "Doctor Who" and some of them are passionate about anime and some of them are passionate about comics. What's really awesome is that nobody's there to be a cynic. Nobody's there because they just don't like stuff. They're there because they have a passion, and that energy is what buoys and lifts you when you're trying to make it from Hall H to Room 6DE in 15 minutes.
— Jevon Phillips | @LATherocomplex
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Juniors Molly McShane (Lake Bluff, Ill.), Wyatt Ubellacker (Georgetown, Ky.), and Matt Hohenberger (St. Louis, Mo.) along with senior Anastasia Vishnevetsky (Orange, Conn.) were named to the Capital One Academic All-America at-large team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Tuesday. McShane was voted to the first team, Ubellacker and Hohenberger earned spots on the second team, while Vishnevetsky rounded out the honorees with a selection to the third team. MIT's four awards is the second-highest tally among Division III programs this year and tied for the second most in Institute history. The Engineers are the all-time Division III leader in producing Academic All-Americas and ranks third across all NCAA divisions with 184 honorees.
Sports eligible for the at-large program are: women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo, and wrestling.
A third-team selection last year, McShane is the first repeat honoree in the history of the field hockey program. She joins Julie Chen '86 and Martha Beverage '87 as the only players to be named to the first team while collecting the team's eighth award. McShane is also the first player in history of the field hockey team to receive All-America honors three years in a row. A three-time NEWMAC first team all-conference selection, she scored the tying goal in this year's NEWMAC Championship with 81 seconds left that forced overtime and led to MIT's second title in three years. A mechanical engineering major, McShane is a residential tutor for the Women's Technology Program, was inducted into the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society, and created prototypes for outdoor activity toys which received the highest rating for toy concept.
Ubellacker moved up from the third team last year to the second team, equaling Andrew Renshaw '85 for most accolades in the annals of the men's swimming and diving program in addition to picking up the Engineers' sixth plaudit. Ubellacker racked up seven All-America honors at the 2012 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, replicating his award total from the 2011 national meet. He qualified for the upcoming US Olympic Trials in the 50 freestyle and set Institute records in the 50 free, and 50 and 100 butterfly. Majoring in mechanical engineering, Ubellacker is a two-time NEWMAC academic all-conference selection and was named CSCAA Scholar All-America.
Hohenberger joins Praveen Pamidimukkala '08 as the only men's volleyball players in program history to earn Academic All-America honors. In addition, he was the sole representative from the sport to be among the 30 national recipients. An outside hitter for the Engineers, Hohenberger received AVCA first-team All-America accolades after leading the team in kills (365), kills per set (3.26), and hitting percentage (.323), while ranking second in aces (46) and aces per set (0.41). This past season, he broke the Institute record for career aces as his total of 185 surpassed the previous mark of 160. In addition, Hohenberger became the fifth player in program history to eclipse the 1,000 kill mark. Majoring in mechanical engineering, he spent six weeks in Tanzania last summer improving a wheelchair's design to encourage increased mobility within the area. While abroad, Hohenberger also enhanced the design he created at MIT and built a second prototype.
Vishnevetsky is the fifth player in the history of the women's tennis program to collect this award and first since Joanna MacKay '07. She compiled a 12-5 singles record, including a 6-1 mark at the No. 3 position, to go along with a 12-7 total in doubles competition for the Engineers. Vishnevetsky had an unblemished ledger in NEWMAC play and closed her career with six all-conference plaudits. Majoring in brain and cognitive sciences, she has conducted research in localizing language regions in the brain, the effect of multiple sclerosis on vision and the molecular basis of Parkinson's disease. In addition, Vishnevetsky received the Hans-Lukas Teuber Award for Excellence in Academics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards.
Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title --
"Adam and Dog," directed by Minkyu Lee
"Combustible," directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
"Dripped," directed by Leo Verrier
"The Eagleman Stag," directed by Mikey Please
"The Fall of the House of Usher," directed by Raul Garcia
"Fresh Guacamole," directed by PES
"Head over Heels," directed by Timothy Reckart
"Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare," directed by David Silverman
"Paperman," directed by John Kahrs
"Tram," directed by Michaela Pavlatova
The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee members will now select three to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced Jan. 10 and the Oscars will be presented Feb. 24.