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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Oregon has them. So does Baylor. And Ole Miss. And Washington. And Indiana. And now add South Carolina to the list of college football teams taking a crack at the chrome helmet game.
Yes, the Gamecocks are joining the latest trend in college athletics: the shiny, metal-like, statement-making helmets that are more curiosity than anything.
The Gamecocks Equipment Department tweeted out a photo of the chrome helmet early Thursday morning.
You've seen the helmets pop up in the past few years and it's not exactly clear who started the trend, but Oregon has lead the way in these helmet designs, using them during their appearance in 2012's Rose Bowl.
However, it is not clear if the Gamecocks plan to use the chromedomes during the season. The equipment department tweeted out another photo of the team's traditional white helmet just minutes later.
"FYI we will be wearing our traditional white helmet this year," said the tweet. "'If it ain't broke don't fix it.'"
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - hello, does anybody remind of me? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in hello, does anybody remind of me? Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 ... 50, 51, 52 Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message PommezaniJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 231Location: France Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: yeah, I saw a map of Tokyo subway I was like --> lol But I'm so happy, this is my dream, living there!! and I will be living in a japanese family! I will be able to learn more japanese in geat conditions! my dream is coming true, I wish everybody could say this one day too Back to top Bob S.Joined: 29 Apr 2004Posts: 1767Location: So. Cal Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: Pommezani wrote: I will be living in a japanese family! I will be able to learn more japanese in geat conditions! Oh, a homestay! Very good. You will have a great time. If you are not familiar with Japanese culture, I know a little bit, so here is some advice to make your stay a little easier (and minimize any faux pas): Bring a gift from your home country for every person in the homestay house. Also a gift for every important person you will be working with (boss, assistant manager, etc.). French wine would be great, but also any knick knack (dish towel, oven mitt, scarf, tie) featuring famous scenes of your home, calendars, photo books or postcard sets of your home, etc. It's a way of saying Thank you for your hospitality and apologies for any inconvenience you might impose on them now or in the future. You should know no shoes in the house, so bring slippers. But also, the WC will have its own slippers you wear in there and nowhere else in the house (called toilet slippers). And if they have a tatami room (the floor has traditional tatami mats), no slippers in there, only socks or bare feet. Hopefully your host family's WC won't have an old-fashion squat toilet. But even if it doesn't, you may encounter some conveniences you are not used to such as big flush-little flush options (depending on how much water you need to flush), heated seats with bidet washlets, and spigots over the holding tanks for washing your hands with water that will later be used for flushing (a smart conservation idea). On Valentine's Day, bring chocolate for every male you deal with on a daily basis. It is expected. On the commuter trains, no eating or drinking, and talk quietly. And if you must use your cell phone, use text messaging only. It is so crowded on the trains, people create their own mini zones of privacy and try not to disturb others while texting, reading sports newspapers or hentai (naughty adult) comics or doing homework. If you haven't had Japanese lessons yet, memorize these basic introductions for when you meet your host family and boss. When you leave the office/school for the day, every day, say to the rest of the staff (who will probably be working late) "otsukaresama desh'ta". Good luck and gambatte ne! __________________________ What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone? -Sir Winston Churchill Back to top PommezaniJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 231Location: France Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:51 am Post subject: wow!! arigatou gozaimasu for all those advices!! I surely need them for my host family hehe actually, they are the parents of one f my japanese friend living in Paris, so I'm gonna ask her a lot of questions about habits in her house, so with all your advices and hers, I hope I won't do anything rude (we french people are known to be rude in Japan ).. For work, I'll be a french teacher, and the school is french.. So all the people I'll work with are french. it'll be a french environment so I'm not scared to make mistakes, it won't be so complicated.. lucky! I'm gonna read those pages about rules in Japan thanks!!! Back to top OrianiJoined: 13 Oct 2006Posts: 208Location: Venezuela Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: Hello, everyone!!! Back to top hoshiJoined: 01 Feb 2007Posts: 564Location: At the best place of your dreams :D Loveland Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: hello_________________God gave us two ears to hear, two eyes to see and two hands to hold. But why did God gave us only one heart? Because He wants us to find the other one! Back to top garfield_jesseJoined: 17 Oct 2005Posts: 271 Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:38 pm Post subject: Where is Admiral?_________________I'm smart, that's why i'm single...haha(^_^) Back to top hoshiJoined: 01 Feb 2007Posts: 564Location: At the best place of your dreams :D Loveland Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject: garfield_jesse wrote: Where is Admiral? Lost like almost everybody _________________God gave us two ears to hear, two eyes to see and two hands to hold. But why did God gave us only one heart? Because He wants us to find the other one! Back to top demonJoined: 23 Mar 2008Posts: 3 Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject: hoshi wrote: garfield_jesse wrote: Where is Admiral? 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Your very 1st post was about her not wanting to do anything but feed all day. When she was two weeks old. So how are you saying that the "feeding for hours" didn't start until your supply dropped? And we know at that point your were making enough milk.
Is your LC an IBCLC? Because she sounds CLUELESS about why a child who is bottle drinking AND what formula does to supply. MORE BOTTLES=LESS MILK. There is no way around that. If your child missed two cues at night because she is trying to cluster feed and you give her a bottle you miss two opportunities to make milk. AT LEAST. So when you 1st got here you were worried you weren't making enough because she wanted to be attached to your breast all the time. But she was gaining fine and all was normal. So you started supplementing at night before two days ago. You were talking about Sometimes her taking 3 oz and sometimes her taking 5. (Which is way too much not matter what is happening). So that began before the 27th. I am not sure when but when you did you began damaging your supply. I suspect it was during the 3 week growth spurt. SO when your child started telling your body that you needed MORE you in fact started giving her LESS.
It DOES in fact take MANY babies who are your babies age an hour to nurse. That is VERY normal behavior. And a baby drinking 3oz of formula after a feeding does NOT indicate anything in terms of starving. I have seen women COMPLETELY overfeed their kids via bottle or allow their DCP to do it. I repeat: Just because a baby WILL drink the bottle does not they NEED the bottle and it's no indication of what you are making.
And the more bottles in the mix the MORE likely she IS to cry. Because she is frustrated at how much work needs to be done to get the milk at the breast comparatively. And pumping less AND adding formula supplements DAY AND NIGHT is doing things differently! It's WAY different.
The ONLY way to up your supply is STEP AWAY from the supplements. That it.
Here's a link http://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/basi...rease-formula/


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a boy was seriously injured jumping from the back of a moving school bus Tuesday afternoon near the corner of University Boulevard and Cruz Road.
Troopers say the Durham School Services bus was transporting about eight children with developmental disabilities when Ian Michael Galeza Flores, 11, of Jacksonville unbuckled himself, got out of his seat, opened the emergency exit at the back of the bus and jumped. The bus was traveling about 15 to 20 mph when it happened.
According to troopers, Flores fell on his head and was transported to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
The driver and an aid were on the bus at the time and a tone sounded when the back door was opened on the bus. The adults turned around in time to see the boy jump.
The FHP says there was a camera on the bus and the video has been requested as part of the investigation.
"It's horrible. It's awful because you don't know what's behind the bus or if the bus was moving when he child jumped out. Yeah, that's scary," said Tracey Shafer.
Kathy Benoit and Tracey Shafer are both special needs bus drivers in Clay County. The two say it's very difficult to manage kids and drive, especially on special needs busses.
"It's different with special needs because sometimes kids don't have total concept of what they're doing, special needs kids sometimes don't understand consequences of their actions," said Benoit.
This isn't the first time a child has jumped from a bus. In May of 2012, a child jumped out of a bus and died.
At the Duval County School Board meeting Tuesday, Board Chairman Fred Lee said he had just learned about the accident.
"Our heart goes out to the student and hope they have a quick recovery. But that's all we know. All I know is that they got off the bus, fell off, jumped -- we don't know -- and the student was injured. That's all we know," said Lee.
The Duval County School district is investigating and a spokesperson with the Durham School Services said they "don't have further comment until a thorough investigation" is complete.
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Nashua zoning board approves plan for Trafalgar Square restaurantBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
July 23. 2013 10:47PM
NASHUA — Zoning officials on Tuesday paved the way for a new restaurant to be built at Trafalgar Square, while corresponding plans for a 118-room hotel on the same site will be presented to planning officials next month.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a use variance to allow the proposed restaurant, which has yet to be identified, to be constructed at 25 Trafalgar Square on a parcel zoned park/industrial.
The same property is also going to house — if approved by the Nashua City Planning Board on Aug. 8 — a four-story hotel titled TS Residence Inn LLC."
This site has been an eyesore for quite some time," said Alderman Richard Dowd, Ward 2. "If they feel this is a viable business opportunity, more power to them."
Trafalgar Square Associates LLC owns the 4.5 acre site not far from four other hotels in the area. Because the property is already zoned for hotel use, a variance was only necessary for the stand alone, 225-seat restaurant, not the proposed hotel.
Although Dowd said he is pleased the site, which has sat vacant for more than decade, will now be developed and bring more revenue into the city, he did voice some concerns about traffic and parking.
Paul Okonak, who lives nearby at the Cannongate III apartment complex, also expressed concerns about additional traffic at the small intersection where Cannongate and Trafalgar Square connect.
"There have been a number of accidents and a number of near misses," said Okonak, describing the intersection as incredibly small. "That is a lot of cars that are going to come in and out of there."
Okonak also noted that there are already four other hotels in the nearby vicinity.Gerry Reppucci, chairman of the ZBA, said the traffic concerns are valid. However, he said those issues must be addressed by the Nashua City Planning Board when the hotel application is reviewed next month.
"We believe the infrastructure in this area is adequate for a 118-room hotel and restaurant," said Katie Enright, an engineer with Hancock Associates of Chelmsford, Mass.
At least one zoning board member, Jack Currier, said he was concerned about turning over property that is zoned for manufacturing to a restaurant and hotel. The hotel, stressed the applicant, is already an allowed use for the property.
"I am a little on the fence on this one," said Currier.
Reppucci said the existing parcel is an eyesore, maintaining the hotel and restaurant proposal attempts to beautify an area of the city that really needs attention.
"The applicant states that the restaurant, with the proposed abutting hotel, would enhance the neighborhood by offering amenities to local businesses and residents," states a staff memo on file at the city's Community Development Office at Nashua City Hall.
The undisclosed restaurant will serve both guests of the hotel and the public, according to the memo, adding it will also enhance the overgrown foundation that now exists on the property.
The restaurant is proposing 75 parking spaces, with the hotel recommending 118 parking spaces. The hotel, if approved, will be constructed on the western side of Trafalgar Square, just north of Cannongate Drive. The restaurant will be built on the southern most corner of the property near Route 101A.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - World equity and oil prices rebounded on Friday after Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives said they would seek to break a budget impasse next week, while the yen hit a 31-month low against the U.S. dollar ahead of potential asset purchases by the Bank of Japan.
On Wall Street, the Dow and the S&P 500 posted five-year closing highs after Republicans said the House will consider a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling enough to allow the country to pay its bills for another three months. The strategy would buy time for the Democratic-controlled Senate to pass a budget plan that shrinks the federal deficit.
The Nasdaq finished slightly lower, pulled down by a weak earnings outlook by Intel Corp (INTC.O), the world's leading chip maker.
"It could be a big positive for the markets if we come up with a plan of spending cuts that isn't too awfully hard on the economy," said Bryant Evans, investment adviser and portfolio manager at Cozad Asset Management, in Champaign, Illinois.
Earlier, stocks had faltered after a survey that showed U.S. consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level this month since December 2011.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 71.3, down from 72.9 the month before.
Omer Esiner, a chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange in Washington, said the consumer confidence numbers would be closely scrutinized going forward, given the still-uncertain impact of higher payroll taxes on U.S. consumers.
"This is a big miss and could mark the beginning of a downward trend in sentiment and in spending," Esiner said.
Shares of Intel slumped 6.3 percent to $21.25 a day after the company forecast quarterly revenue below analysts' estimates and announced plans for increased capital spending amid slow demand for personal computers.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI closed up 53.68 points, or 0.39 percent, at 13,649.70. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 5.04 points, or 0.34 percent, at 1,485.98. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC fell 1.30 points, or 0.04 percent, at 3,134.71.
For the week, the Dow gained 1.2 percent, the S&P 0.9 percent and the Nasdaq 0.3 percent.
Anxiety about the economy undercut optimism from upbeat U.S. housing data earlier this week, reviving some safe-haven bids for government debt.
The U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury note ticked up 12/32 in price to yield 1.8416 percent.
Disappointing UK economic data helped pushed European shares down. The FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top shares closed 0.16 percent lower at 1,163.64.
China reported that its economy grew at a slightly faster-than-expected 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, a clear sign it has avoided a sharp economic slowdown, though the annual growth rate was the weakest in 13 years.
The China data followed strong U.S. labor and housing market reports on Thursday, providing fresh impetus to a broad rally in equities, precious metals and commodities since the start of the year.
MSCI's all-country world equity index .MIWD00000PUS hit its highest level since May 2011 at 351.90, up 0.25 percent.
Spot gold retreated $2.87 to $1,684.30 an ounce.
Oil supply disruption fears were reinforced by the Islamic militant attack and hostage-taking at a gas plant in Algeria, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Lack of progress from another round of talks between the United Nations' nuclear agency and Iran about Tehran's nuclear program also pushed prices higher.
Brent crude rose 79 cents to settle at $111.89 barrel, while U.S. oil settled 7 cents higher at $95.56 a barrel. <O/R>
The yen lost ground against the dollar on expectations aggressive policy moves by the Bank of Japan.
Sources familiar with the BoJ's thinking told Reuters the central bank, under relentless pressure from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will consider making an open-ended commitment to buy assets until 2 percent inflation is in sight.
"This is a big deal," said Jens Nordvig, global head of currency strategy at Nomura Securities in New York. "But as always from a trading perspective, it matters greatly what is already priced."
The euro last traded 0.22 percent lower against the yen at 119.89 yen, down from 120.70 earlier, its highest since May 2011.
The euro was also down against the dollar, falling 0.43 percent to $1.3317.
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This week at ScorpioMartianus.com, I have posted a scene from the wonderful movie Amadeus dubbed into Latin:
As you will hear and read in this week's programme, I ask your opinions on classical music: are you fans? Who's your favorite composer, and why? what musical style about this composer most pleases you? Do you even like classical music, and if not, why so?
Also: my review (and others'!) of The Dark Knight!
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Manchester woman accused of stealing ring from priest gets bail
December 27. 2013 12:26AM
MANCHESTER — A Circuit Court-Manchester District Division judge set personal recognizance bail Monday for a woman accused of stealing a ring from a retired priest and pawning it.
Djemi Lazzare, 23, is charged with a felony of theft by unauthorized taking and a misdemeanor of theft by deception. A probable cause hearing on the felony charge was set for Jan. 8, 2014.
Judge Gregory Michael told Lazzare he was setting the $2,000 personal recognizance bail so she could be with her children for the holiday.
But he also told her: "Stay out of trouble."
Lazzare, of 501 Kimball St., was working as an LNA at the Bishop Peterson home for retired religious at 221 Orange St., last October when she allegedly took the ring belonging to Father Cornelius Goggins and pawned it at Cash for Gold.
Court documents show Lazzare, who was fired after the incident, initially suggested it could have been a friend who was visiting her at work who took the ring. But police said photos taken as part of the iLeads program for pawn shops, showed Lazarre was the person who pawned the ring.
Michael, who said he remembered hearing about the theft, said: "Wasn't it blessed by the Pope?" Michael wanted to know if Father Goggins got his ring back. Police prosecutor Carrissa Pelletier said the ring was recovered from the pawn shop.
Pelletier had sought $1,000 cash/surety bail for Lazzare, saying she was convicted of a drug misdemeanor in Hillsborough County Superior Court North, but Michael set personal recognizance bail, telling Lazzare: "So you can have a Merry Christmas."


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Attention, Alabama and Georgia – time to start securing your knives, forks and any other sharp metal objects that might be lying around: scientists in Florida are building the world's most powerful magnet.
You know him from Mythbusters, but he's also obsessed with the dodo – here, a paean to extreme geekitude.
No matter where you are, Google can see you – better than anyone else. At least they will when their new, exclusive satellite launches.
NASA is going to spiff up the Hubble Telescope – one last time.
Oil goo: a Houston startup has developed a new technology that squeezes hard-to-reach oil out of wells.
Space is stealing our oxygen.


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Updating previous reports, Pittsburgh Steelers DE Brett Keisel signed a two-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pittsburgh released DT Al Lapuaho to make roster room.
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The St. Louis Rams have waived PK Brett Baer, WR Demetrius Fields, WR Andrew Helmick, LS Jorgen Hus, QB Tim Jenkins, DT Al Lapuaho, LB Joseph LeBeau, TE Colby Prince, WR Raymond Radway and CB Robert Steeples. The team also waived injured OL Graham Pocic (undisclosed).
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Obama Immigration Plan vs. 'Gang of Eight': How They Differ
President Barack Obama laid out his plan for comprehensive immigration reform Tuesday that largely mirrored an immigration proposal unveiled by a bipartisan group of senators a day earlier – with some important differences.
Both plans agree on the same four core principles for comprehensive immigration reform: strengthening border security, create an employee verification system, a pathway to citizenship, and fixing the legal immigration system.
But here is how they differ:
Pathway to Citizenship
The most striking difference between them is how to get an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the United States on the pathway to citizenship.
The Senate plan, presented by eight U.S. Senators, known as the 'Gang of Eight,' creates a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the United States that would begin only after increased border security measures are increased. A commission of lawmakers and border-state community leaders would assess when security measures are completed.
Obama's plan stresses that the pathway to citizenship should begin as quickly as possible – and should not be contingent on the completion of more stringent border security measures.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the 'Gang of Eight,' says he will not support Obama's bill if the pathway to citizenship is not directly tied to better border security.
"If, in fact, this bill does not have real triggers in there, if there is not language in this bill that guarantees that nothing else will happen unless these enforcement mechanisms are in place, I won't support it," Rubio told conservative radio talk show host Rush Lambaugh on Tuesday.
Same Sex Couples
Another difference is over how to deal with same-sex couples.
The senate deal does not include a provision allowing sponsorship of a same-sex partner.
Obama's deal allows U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor a visa for same-sex partners.
Members of the immigrant LGBTQ community have asked Obama to use his executive power to halt the deportation of undocumented immigrants while immigration reform is being debated.
"We need President Obama to show real and tangible leadership on immigration issues, and to immediately call for a moratorium on deportations. Hundreds of thousands of LGBT immigrants like myself would benefit from that call in enormous ways while we wait for Congress to act," said Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez, National Field Director for GetEQUAL, and a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program instituted by Obama last year.
Agricultural Worker Program
The Senate deal lays out a proposal for a program that allows the agricultural industry in the United States to hire low skilled jobs that Americans don't want to do. The program would offer strong labor protections and would offer green cards to those who are successful over many years in the United States.
Obama's plan does not include a specific program for agricultural workers.
Below is a breakdown on both plans:
— Create a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the country, but not until increased border security measures are completed.
— Create a commission of lawmakers and border-state community leaders to make a recommendation about when security measures are completed.
— While security measures are under way, undocumented immigrants can register, pass background checks and pay fines and back taxes to earn "probationary legal status."
— Once security measures are in place, immigrants on "probationary legal status" could apply for permanent residency behind other immigrants already in the system after they prove their employment history and learn English and civics.
— Create a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, with "provisional legal status" and a green card as intermediary steps, regardless of whether border security measures are completed.
— Undocumented immigrants can earn "provisional legal status" by registering, passing background checks and paying fees and penalties.
— Immigrants on "provision legal status" could get in line for permanent residency behind other immigrants already in the system.
— Five years after receiving permanent residency, immigrants can apply for citizenship.
— Add unmanned drones, surveillance equipment and more agents at and between ports of entry.
— Create an entry-exit system to track whether people in the U.S. on temporary visas have left as required.
— Improve infrastructure at ports of entry and use public-private partnerships to boost investment in technology for foreign visitor processing.
— Create new criminal penalties for those who smuggle people, drugs, weapons or money across the border and crack down on passport and visa fraud.
— Deport convicted criminals at the end of their prison sentences and streamline the process for removing those who overstay their visas or pose a national security threat.
— People brought to the U.S. as children would have a quicker path to citizenship.
— People brought to the U.S. as children would have same path to citizenship, but could expedite that path by attending college or serving for two years in the military.
— Reduce backlogs in family and employment visas.
— Allow more lower-skilled immigrants to come to the country when the economy is creating jobs than when it's not.
— Permit workers who have succeeded in the workplace and contributed to their communities over years to earn green cards.
— Create an agricultural worker program and allow employers to hire immigrants if they can demonstrate that American workers aren't available.
— Raise the annual cap for how many family-sponsored immigrants can come from any given country from 7 percent to 15 percent.
— Temporarily increase annual visa numbers by an unspecified amount.
— Create "startup visa" for job-creating entrepreneurs and expand visa opportunities for those who invest in the U.S.
— Allow greater flexibility to add countries to the visa waiver program for tourists and let the State Department waive interview requirements for very low-risk visitors.
— Award green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math from American universities.
— Award green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math from American universities.
— Create a new visa category for highly skilled immigrants to work in federal science and technology labs on national security programs after being in the U.S. for two years and passing background checks.
— Does not include a provision allowing sponsorship of a same-sex partner.
— Allows U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor a visa for a same-sex partner.
— Farm workers in the country illegally would have a quicker path to citizenship.
— Farm workers in the country illegally would have the same path to citizenship.
— Create a nonforgeable electronic system for requiring prospective workers to demonstrate legal status and identity.
— Stiff fines and criminal penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented immigrants.
— Create a fraud-resistant Social Security card and create nonforgeable documents for those without Social Security cards.
— Increase penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented immigrants.
— Over five years, phase in mandatory electronic employment verification, with exemptions for some small businesses.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Here's the 2013 All-Ionia County Volleyball Team:
Volleyball Player of the Year: Lakewood's Gabie Shellenbarger
Shellenbarger, a freshman setter, made an immediate impact for the Vikings in her first season with the perennial powerhouse program. She dominated her position with a team-high 756 assists and also was a threat on second ball with 62 kills. She also had 46 blocks, 275 digs and served at 94.1 percent with 57 aces. Shellenbarger was a first-team all-CAAC White selection and helped Lakewood to a conference championship. The Vikings, who won a Class B state title in 2012, were eliminated in this year's district semifinals against state runner-up Wayland. "She was able to find those holes with her tips and she put her teammates in great positions," Lakewood volleyball coach Kellie Rowland said.
First Team
Gabie Shellenbarger, freshman, Lakewood
Vanessa Reynhout, junior, Lakewood
Candace Martin, senior, Pewamo-Westphalia
Gabby Holyfield, senior, Belding
Brooke Linebaugh, sophomore, Belding
Second Team
Charlie Smith, sophomore, Lakewood
Karly Morris, sophomore, Lakewood
Stephanie Harig, senior, Belding
Rachel Hunt, senior, Belding
Taylor VantLand, senior, Lakewood
Honorbale Mention
Hannah Linebaugh, senior, Belding
Gracie Shellenbarger, junior, Lakewood
Mary Brooks, senior, Portland
Sarah Swartz, senior, Ionia
Anna Riccius, junior, Ionia
Elizabeth Beachnau, junior, Portland St. Patrick
Sadie Guersney, senior, Saranac


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When the Rapids closed the 2012 regular season with a 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo, it left the club with an 11-19-4 record and 37 points, but settled one question moving into the offseason. With Colorado finishing 14th out of 19 MLS teams, the Rapids are in line to select 6th overall in next year's MLS SuperDraft.
If MLS maintains the draft format from last season, the SuperDraft will consist of two rounds, with the Rapids selecting 6th in each. Colorado's second round selection will be the 25th overall pick.
However, the Rapids also picked up an additional second round pick in the Wells Thompson trade with the Chicago Fire. The conditions of the trade were met, meaning that Colorado receives the Fire's natural second round SuperDraft selection. The exact placement of this pick will be determined by Chicago's performance in the MLS Cup Playoffs, and could be as high as 11th in the round (30th overall) if the Fire lose the Knockout Round match, or as low as 19th (38th overall) if Chicago wins MLS Cup.
The Rapids' three selections in the first two rounds of the MLS SuperDraft will be the most the club has had since the inaugural SuperDraft in 2000, when Colorado had three picks in the first round, and one in the second. That year, the Rapids took goalkeeper Adin Brown (3rd overall) and defenders Wes Hart (7th) and Alan Woods (10th).
Colorado should also have three picks in the first two rounds of the Supplemental Draft, owning both their natural selections and also having acquired an additional pick in the trade that brought Brian Mullan to Dick's Sporting Goods Park and sent Colin Clark to Houston. The pick was originally a fourth rounder in the MLS SuperDraft, but with that draft being shortened to two rounds, it should fall in the second round of the Supplemental Draft.
Below are the Rapids' expected picks in next year's drafts:
Round 1: 6th overall
Round 2: 25th overall
Round 2: Chicago Fire's natural selection (TBD)
Round 1: 6th overall
Round 2: 25th overall
Round 2: Houston Dynamo's natural selection (TBD)
Round 3: 44th overall
Round 4: 63rd overall
The Rapids had just one pick in last year's MLS SuperDraft, selecting Tony Cascio (pictured above) with the 14th overall pick out of the University of Connecticut. Cascio finished his excellent debut season with three goals and three assists in 29 games (18 starts). His 1692 minutes were the most by a Rapids rookie since Nat Borchers in 2003.


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A relieved Bernard Tomic hopes he can get his tennis career back on track, saying his bid to fight a driving charge sapped his performance over the past year.
The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to three traffic offences stemming from three run-ins with police on the Gold Coast on Australia Day last year.
He defended a fourth charge of failing to stop for police but was found guilty by Magistrate Ron Kilner in Southport Magistrates Court on Monday.
Tomic was given a $750 12-month good behaviour bond for that offence, as well as a $1000 fine for the three traffic offences.
No convictions were recorded.
Australia's highest-ranked men's tennis player said the court case and ensuing public scrutiny had affected his performance in the past 11 months.
He said he was happy to put the matter behind him.
"Now I can really focus on my tennis," he told reporters.
"It was a big misunderstanding. I'm glad it's over. It's been really difficult for my tennis and myself ... now I can really focus on my tennis and getting my performance back to where it should be."
Tomic denied feeling that he had been unfairly targeted by police.
But he did turn and say "thanks guys" to police in the courtroom as his lawyer read out offensive comments posted on his personal website after the Australia Day incidents.
"Absolutely not. They're doing their job, and so am I," Tomic said when asked if he had an issue with police.
Police twice told Tomic to return home last January after booking him for breaching special licence conditions in his high-powered BMW coupe.
It was on his second journey back to his Surfers Paradise residence that an officer tried to stop him for the third time that day.
Tomic told the court he mistakenly believed Senior Constable Dale Snekel was gesturing for him to drive home, rather than stop.
"I thought he was following me to go home as that day (twice) before I'd been told to go home," Tomic told the court.
"I thought he was just making sure I was going home ... those were my instructions."
Mr Kilner found the officer's signals could reasonably be interpreted as requesting a driver to stop and found Tomic was guilty of failing to stop.
The magistrate took into account Tomic's good driving record and accepted his behaviour wasn't consistent with someone trying to evade police.
He said the offence was at the lower end of the scale, and it was a shame Tomic's profile had caused so much publicity and distress.
Tomic confirmed he has since sold his $200,000 BMW.


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Al Qaeda in North Africa calls for attacks on France
Latest update : 2013-05-08
The north African offshoot of al Qaeda has urged Muslims to attack French interests, saying in an online video on Tuesday that it was legitimate retaliation for French military intervention in Mali.
An Algeria-based al-Qaida offshoot said in an online video on Tuesday that Muslims have an obligation to attack French interests around the world because of France's military intervention in Mali.
In a message posted on YouTube, Abou Obeida Youssef Al-Annabi, a notable in the Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb group, or AQIM, said the "crusade" led by France in Mali makes its interests "legitimate targets."
French President Francois Hollande said he takes the threat seriously. Hollande ordered the Jan. 11 intervention to stamp out AQIM and two other groups of radicals that controlled northern Mali.
The speech by Al-Annabi said the military campaign against AQIM "is an issue of religion being disgraced and a people being annihilated and an identity destroyed." He said, "It is an obligation on you, Muslims, to respond ... by confronting French interests everywhere."
"These interests," Al-Annabi said, "have become legitimate targets for you," warning that France risks falling into "the same swamp which America fell in in Iraq and Afghanistan."
The group had previously threatened French interests but in less dramatic written statements.
France, helped by African forces, quickly pushed AQIM and other jihadists from Mali's main northern cities, including Timbuktu, killing or dispersing jihadists. Special forces and other troops are now in a clean-up phase, searching for scattered fighters and their caches after seizing some 200 tons of munitions and arms.
"We take seriously this threat from AQIM. We have inflicted tremendous loss to AQIM via the intervention in Mali," Hollande said at a news conference. "But AQIM networks exist outside Mali," he noted.
The intervention in Mali will continue "for the time required," Hollande said, while France remains vigilant elsewhere, including protecting French installations.
He noted the April 23 car bomb outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, that wounded two French guards and a Libyan girl in a home nearby. No group claimed responsibility for that attack.
French authorities have said they were increasing security around Africa's Sahel region where Mali, a former colony, is located as well as in the Middle East. In France, there is extra surveillance at monuments and facilities that draw the public such as airports.
France has nearly 4,000 troops in Mali. They have been joined by African forces, including from Chad, and soldiers from other African nations are being trained to replace French forces as they make a staggered departure. However, French authorities have said that there will still be 1,000 troops in Mali by the end of the year, along with U.N. peacekeeper, as the nation prepares for presidential elections, perhaps as early as July.
AQIM emerged in 2006 from a previous movement of radical Algerian insurgents, and bit by bit spread its extremism around a large area of the Sahara. By last year it reigned over northern Mali.
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All shot yesterday IN Paris.
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Mood Paris
All shot yesterday IN Paris.
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It still amazes me how many still enjoy smoking..Not judging...just amazed.ReplyDelete
(I did it .. 100 yrs ago..)Not judging.It's just that this is one thing you can control health wise.So much is beyond one's control.
Love her shoes..
Love les pots de fleurs.
Ru there?Replies
YES I AM HERE in Paris!!!Delete
enfin/at last :)
I see a lot less smoking than in the past.
Really the shoes were so cute...sometimes you have to just let it be.
We have had a month's worth of rain, fall today. With some of the villages nearby, here in Dorset being cut off. Just love those french pooches !ReplyDelete
A beautiful moody day! Love those summer showers when the weather is warm enough to get out and walk in the rain.ReplyDelete
Aren't those the cutest pails of roses!Replies
Au Nom de la Rose never disappoints.Delete
Carol, it's grand to see your first Paris bulletin. I am so looking forward all that will follow.ReplyDelete
(Hereabouts is horribly hot and humid...we long for the temperature to drop below 90, and for a glimpse of some blue in the sky above.)
I am SO happy to be away for NYC heat!!Delete
Pouring buckets (& it did briefly yesterday) is a delight after that nonstop heat.
I hope the temperature drops soon Frances.
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Very nice! How do you get over jet lag?ReplyDelete
Its so nice you just get going and hit the sidewalks and fit right in.Its also nice of you to show Paris how it really is, not just always sunny and bright. Very beautiful. merci~Replies
HOW I GET OVER JETLAG:Delete
1 week before I depart my body decides to go to bed at 7PM and get up at 1:30AM
No kidding!
I have nothing to do with it. It has a mind of it's own.
A day after arrival I'm back on schedule getting up at 5:30AM (late for me)like today.
But going home is Hell. It doean't work in reverse. It takes me TWO weeks to re-adjust. It's why I have to move to Paris to avoid the jetlag!
Bonjour Carol. I just came back from my annual vacation in France and left Paris three days ago. Interesting comment you left about jet lag. My family has the exact opposite problem. We have the hardest time re-adjusting to French time when we land in Paris (strange, since our bodies and minds should remember they are... well... French :-) but we hardly have any problem when we come back States side. Bizarre, non? Anyhow, I am happy for you. It sounds like you have a fun itinerary lined up. Already hard at work I see :-) Good thing most Parisians are used to street photographers... Loved the French bulldog shot. I swear I saw that pooch near rue St Honoré just last week :-) Have fun! Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDeleteReplies
so funny!Delete
I guess 'home' for you Veronique, is now the US.
Everyone is taking pictures with their iPhones these days so it makes it easier for me & my Canon is tiny
NO comment on those sneakers and the long formal looking skirt? I'm thinking an American tourist but most tourists wouldn't have their dogs along...ReplyDeleteReplies
No that was definitely a Frenchie :)Delete
I am officially sick of the rain!!!!!ReplyDelete
Wow, you have arrived... willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!!!!
You sound so happy when you're there. I agree, to avoid jetlag, move to Paris! xxReplies
No rain yesterday at allDelete
but I just turned on the shower by mistake and wet the floor here.
French showers!! :(
So will you be over there for as long as you were originally going to be? I hope the weather clears up. I love the flowers on the table photo and the girls above it shot. I guess its hard to tell the tourists now with no cameras slung around the neck, or maybe you still can by all the 'phones' pointed at things. :))ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't look for the touristsDelete
but I can HEAR them for sure :)


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Today's Meditation
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
-Psalm 119:105 (NRSV)
At 4:45, I left the house for my morning run. I live in the country; and the sources of light for my early morning runs are the moon, the stars, and lights from the farmers' yards. I had looked forward to running in the light of a full moon, but clouds blocked the light. I was more than a little disappointed. Being plunged into darkness left me with the dual challenge of seeing where I was running and making myself seen by early morning commuters.
Toward the end of my run, a break in the clouds allowed me to see the moon. It not only made the sky a beautiful patchwork of light and dark but also lit the way for me.
When we find ourselves plunged into darkness, we often feel trapped, separated, lost, fretful, anxious, and alone. We don't know where we are, and we are unable to get where we want to go. We need a guiding light.
That morning's glorious moonlight reminded me that we are never alone. In all circumstances, God walks with us in love, care, and concern. Even when darkness in our lives causes us to feel lost or disoriented, God searches us out and provides light to guide us home.
Cole Warner
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Prayer: Dear God, help us to understand that in the dark times you are with us, guiding, comforting, and encouraging us through your word. Thank you for protection and for the light of your love. Amen.
Thought for the Day: God's word is light in our darkness.
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MORTON — About 100 "golden tickets" have been hidden on page 90 in books at the Morton Public Library.
Each ticket is good for a prize, either a library tote bag, cup of coffee or hot cocoa or bottle of water.
The scavenger hunt is part of a year-long celebration of the library's 90th anniversary.
"We're trying to come up with creative ways to commemorate the anniversary without having a lot of money to spend," said John Howard, the library's technology coordinator and head of the 90th anniversary committee made up of six staff members.
Committee members and library staff hid the golden tickets in mid-July. As of Friday, eight tickets had been turned in.
Tickets can be redeemed at the library's circulation desk through the end of the year, "but I'll bet we'll be getting them returned years from now," Howard said.
The library has more than 100,000 items including about 80,000 books. Tickets weren't placed into the approximately 10,000 children's picture books because they typically aren't long enough to have a page 90.
While Howard didn't want to provide too many clues about where the tickets are hidden, he said many are in popular and newer books.
And several are in books written by John Steinbeck because Morton High School students are often assigned to read his works.
The golden ticket idea came from the popular 1964 children's book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," by British author Roald Dahl.
In the story, chocolatier Willy Wonka hides golden tickets in five chocolate bars that are good for passage into his magical factory and a lifetime supply of his chocolate.
A kickoff party for the library's 90th anniversary celebration was held April 23 at the library, 315 W. Pershing St.
The next event is a tea at 2 p.m. Aug. 26 at the library for area residents born in 1924 (the year the library became a public, tax-supported institution) or earlier and a guest. For reservations, call the library at 263-2200.
This is the library's fourth location since 1924 — construction began in 1981 and the building opened in 1982 — but there have been only three directors.
Janice Sherman has been the director since 1979. Her predecessors were Marie Drexler (1925-1957) and Helen Hatcher (1957-1979).
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Morton Public Library hides 'golden tickets' as part of 90th anniversary celebration
MORTON — About 100 "golden tickets" have been hidden on page 90 in books at the Morton Public Library.


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Chris Bosh has led the Miami Heat in scoring four times in the first 11 games of the 12-13 NBA season.
Bosh came into the season having only led in scoring 16 times over a season and a half.
"He's such an impact to our team, and so efficient," LeBron James said. "He gets his points so quietly, makes jump shots, gets to the free-throw line. He makes things happen for our team."
Bosh has increased his scoring with Dwyane Wade missing three out of six games on their road trip.
"I know that my role has changed a bit and I have to be a lot more aggressive," Bosh said, "so it's just a matter of making shots when I'm open."


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Indian-Spiced Chicken Kebabs
Aromatic and mouthwatering chicken kebabs are served on a bed of tumeric scented rice. Mint chutney mellows out the flavor of this spicy chicken dish.
2 tbsp. cumin
2 tbsp. cardamom
2 tbsp. garam masala
8 tbsp. plain yogurt
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 1⁄2 tsp. garlic, minced
1 cup mint leaves, chopped
2 tsp. fresh ginger, chopped
1 green chile, minced
3 lb. chicken breasts, cut into 1-in. pieces
1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. plain yogurt
Salt and pepper, as needed
Turmeric scented rice, as needed
- Combine marinade ingredients and add to chicken pieces. Cover and refrigerate 3-4 hr. or overnight.
- In a food processor, combine chutney ingredients and mix until combined.
- Place 3-4 pieces of chicken on a bamboo skewer leaving about 1⁄2 in. between pieces.
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Domotex Asia/Chinafloor will add ceramic and stone to the show in its March 2013 edition. Cer Tiles and Stones will be held in a dedicated pavilion and feature high end products from manufactures around the world. With the addition of ceramic to Domotex Asia/Chinafloor, the show now presents every major flooring product category, creating a new opportunity for attendees of the world's second largest flooring show. Cer Tiles and Stones will include ceramic tile and natural stone floorings with a focus on unique and upper end products.
While ceramic accounts for only 9% share of the floor covering market in the USA, consumption is much greater in other areas of the world. Ceramic is a traditional floor covering in Central and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. China is the largest consumer of ceramic where it claims about 80% market share. While in years past, commodity tile was thought to be synonymous with China, now the country's growing upper and middle classes crave fashionable, higher-end goods and that will be the focus of Cer Tiles & Stones. "Asia is the world's largest floor covering market and the world's largest consumer of ceramic. We feel it is important to create a venue where the world's ceramic manufacturers can show their products in the heart of that market and where buyers can see every kind of floor covering in one location," said David Zhong - president of VNU Exhibitions Asia
"Our goal is to become the leading high-end ceramic tile exhibition in the Asia Pacific region."
In addition to adding ceramic and stone floorings, the show will offer a unique marketing platform, InnovAction flooring, to introduce new floor covering products in China. "Domotex Asia/Chinafloor is not just Asia's largest floor covering show, it is the gateway to China's floor covering market which influences all of Asia," says Jim Gould, president of the Floor Covering Institute. "The show's organizers have the resources to help manufacturers expose their new products in China, especially in major cities of the Eastern developed area, such as Shanghai, where construction and demand for floor covering is high." To increase exposure of their new products both inside the show and around China, manufacturers can use the InnovAction marketing plan which provides for value added services on site and target marketing to areas with high floor covering demand in new urban centers of China. This plan will be introduced next month to existing and prospective exhibitors.
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The prestigious Telecoms Awards have recognised iDefigo for its ground-breaking mFrame™ technology that has enabled iDefigo to launch the world's first "mobile-first" surveillance management platform - the software that enables the MyMi5 service.
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Area high school students shine in UC Davis stem cell labs
Posted Aug. 11, 2011
Summer vacation for high school students doesn't typically consist of working inside the world's most advanced scientific laboratories. But for a group of talented California teens, that's exactly what this summer entailed. An innovative program sponsored by the state's stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), encouraged several dozen high school students from around the state to work with stem cell scientists at major universities, including UC Davis.
Elk Grove teen among student researchers
The students worked closely with highly skilled scientists over the summer and were invited to share the results of their research during a presentations-and-poster session hosted by CIRM in Oakland last week. Jaskaran Dhillon, a soon-to-be senior from Elk Grove, gave a presentation about mesenchymal stem cells and their capacity to produce bone to heal fractures and osteoporosis. He was recognized as the best student overall among the group, which included young students from labs at Stanford, UC San Francisco and UC Santa Barbara.
"These students truly exceeded our expectations," said Jan Nolta, director of the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures and a mentor for several of the students. "One of our other interns was so determined to learn about stem cell science that he traveled two hours from Vallejo and back each day to work in our Sacramento lab. All of these young people performed fabulously, and they represent a very bright future for science, particularly, I hope, in stem cell research."
"All of these young people performed fabulously, and they represent a very bright future for science, particularly, I hope, in stem cell research."
— Jan Nolta
Nurturing young scientific minds
The teen program is part of the CIRM's effort to strengthen the pipeline of stem cell expertise in California by funding young faculty, graduate students, and masters and undergraduate students, ensuring that California has the scientific talent to fill biotech jobs and create the next generation of stem cell therapies. This year's high school program was a pilot project that reached even further down the pipeline to enable promising high school students to gain college-level experiences and inspire them to pursue science degrees and careers.
"One of the most valuable parts of my experience at the Institute for Regenerative Cures was the fact that I was able to translate theoretical work and my passion for medical research into lab experiments that provided concrete results," said Dhillon, a Sheldon High School student, who, as a junior, created a website dedicated to information about genetics and gene therapy.
"I've realized that regenerative medicine is part of a new revolution in health care," said Dhillon. "Although I knew beforehand that I wanted to become a physician-scientist, working at the Nolta lab has steered my research interest toward discovering cures using innovative stem cell and gene therapies."
Dhillon and the other students also participated in this year's Teen Biotech Challenge at UC Davis, which is sponsored by the UC Davis Biotechnology Program and led by Judith A. Kjelstrom and Denneal Jamison-McClung. That experience enabled the budding scientists to confidently put their newly developed biotech skills and interests to use in the university's regenerative medicine laboratories.
Vallejo student makes daily commute to participate
"I experienced many wonderful things at UC Davis' stem cell lab at in Sacramento," said Rex Reyes, a soon-to-be senior at Vallejo High School who traveled by train, bus and on foot to the institute's labs each day. "While the highlight was working in the lab's unique Good Manufacturing Practice facility, I was amazed to be able to learn about use of lentiviral vectors in gene therapy as well as induced pluripotent stem cells, which are stem cells derived from adult cells."
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The intern program is the state stem cell agency's second to reach high school students. Last year, it created a high school curriculum that teachers could download and use to teach students about stem cell research. Calling innovation and creativity the keys to developing breakthrough discoveries in science, the agency has been supportive of programs that encourage the work and interests of young scientists as well as college and high school students who may want to pursue medical or research careers.
UC Davis Health System scientists who mentored the summer students and encouraged creative thinking, in addition to Jan Nolta, included Gerhard Bauer, Fernando Fierro, Stefanos Kalomoiris, Karen Pepper, Jing Liu, Min Zhao and Whitney Cary.


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Being firmly ensconced in earthquake country, Crave has always taken a keen interest in anything that claims to provide early warning--or any warning--before The Big One hits.
And just our luck, Tokyomango gives us a two-fer that addresses our twin obsessions of quakes and technology with an item titled "Super Multifunctional Earthquake Detecting Device." We're not exactly sure how it's supposed to detect earthquakes, but it apparently has plenty to help keep you occupied while you wait for one, including a radio, an LED flashlight and a charger for multiple devices.
But if you're dubious about this gadget's accuracy (such a cynic), you might want to batten things down just in case.


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Find out who will win the newest "Battle of the Iron Grandmas: Meatloaf Edition" and take home the "Golden Meatloaf"
Fans of ABC's "The Chew" will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses on Twitter from the co-hosts during the eastern and central time broadcasts of the show Wednesday, March 6 (1 p.m.). Use hashtag #AskTheChew to join the conversation.
On Wednesday's show, "Battle of the Iron Grandmas" is back with an all-new group of grandmas and a new challenge: meatloaf. The panel of judges weighing in on the "Meatloaf Battle Royale" includes "The Next Food Network Star" Aaron "Big Daddy" McCargo Jr., Iron Chef and restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian and Food & Wine magazine's own Gail Simmons.
In addition, co-host Carla Hall takes viewers inside the Staten Island home of the original "Iron Grandma," the inimitable "Mama T," to learn how to make her acclaimed eggplant polpette.


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As soon as Cesare Borgia's nun lover was found murdered in Sunday night's "Stray Dogs," I just knew the cardinal and Showtime's "The Borgias" were going to take viewers on a thrill ride.
And thanks to a superb performance by Francois Arnaud as Cesare, it was a fascinating trip into the dark corners of a vengeful mind and hurting soul.
The ride started when Cesare's chief henchman Micheletto (Sean Harris, also wonderful) rounded up Rome's stray dogs—a group of soldiers for hire—to attack the French with less-than-honorable weapons and tactics. It ended with rather barbaric torture of captured soldiers before delivering the final blow to the French in the middle of the night.
I asked Arnaud how difficult it is to shoot scenes like the torture sequence in "Stray Dogs," when Cesare seems to have lost all emotion but the burning desire to get vengeance.
"I think you have to find it in yourself to go there," he said. "In those scenes, I think what they did was so awful, you know?
"I'm against the death penalty, but I can understand when someone you love gets killed or tortured and raped, and you'd like to kill him with your own bare hands, you know? So morally, it's completely wrong. But on an intimate level I think it's very easy to understand.
"So I just stay focused on how awful I think these people are and then I can be awful to them."
The episode also showed that Cesare, as Arnaud told me in our interview before the season began, is no longer going to sneak behind the Pope's back to do what he thinks is right for the Vatican and Rome. He's just going to do what he does. The episode ended with a great confrontation between Cesare and Rodrigo (Jeremy Irons), in which Cesare essentially busted his father for sleeping with the wife of the Duke of Mantua, the man fighting the Pope's battles.
"My night was as satisfactory as I'm sure was yours," Cesare said. "I slept the sleep of the good and the just, as I hope you did, Holy Father."
Arnaud had more to say about the episode, including how he helped choose the weapons with which Cesare outfitted the wild bunch (the scene in the video below).
Let's talk about when you and Micheletto get the wild bunch together. How is it working with Sean Harris?
I was a bit worried about what Sean would think of the Wild Bunch, about getting other people to come into our little assassination bubble. But I think he knows and Micheletto knows that we're—we just hired them because there's not enough for the two of us to do all the work Cesare wants to do. To me these characters are all a little dumb, you know? They're bad killers that don't really get it; they just follow orders. And I think that's not the relationship that Cesare had with Micheletto.
They have a relationship on another level too and I think it's—and we get to know more about Micheletto this season actually, Episode 5 especially you'll see something about Micheletto's family and like where he comes from.
Did you have to do some weapons study?
Yes. [Laughs.] The weapons that we're using on the show like are so, like I mean totally [crazy]. I picked the weapons that I wanted to use for that scene where I show them to the Wild Bunch. The guy who makes the weapons for the show gave me a couple of books actually about weapons of that era and we tried to pick them together.
So for each weapon there are like three versions of it. There's one that's a hard plastic one and painted. And one that's completely working, it's just like an actual weapon. And one that's like—how's the third one—it looks real, it's not that you can actually shoot with it.
So it was just great to actually get to rehearse with the old weapons. It was amazing. [Laughs.] It's awful, really.
It's awful and amazing at the same time.
[Laughs.] I mean it's just like, the ways to torture someone are just shocking.
But you got to help pick the weapons you'd use. I don't know, did you feel like a kid again a little bit?
A kid again? Yeah, I felt like a kid with big heavy weapons. [Laughs.]


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Whatever holes were drilled for the studs do not belong. I'd media blast the rear hem first and also see if any holes are blown though where those tabs are spot welded to the raised spots. Common issue. And look for swelling inside at the rear hem which is indicative of advancing corrosion.
They don't look quite like my 68, but they had the secondary emblem cut outs for spoilers already in their design. My spoiler was an add-on. The bottom set of holes that should have been drilled from the factory weren't.


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Actor Emile Hirsch was charged Thursday with assault after police said he put a studio executive in a chokehold and dragged her across a nightclub table while he was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival.
Hirsch was charged with aggravated assault, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. He is also facing a misdemeanor count of intoxication.
Summit County prosecutor Ryan Stack confirmed that the woman, Daniele Bernfeld, is an executive for Insurge Pictures, a Paramount Pictures subsidiary.
Court documents say the altercation occurred Jan. 25 at Tao Nightclub in Park City, when Hirsch, looking drunk, approached Bernfeld and asked why she...


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"Gentle Acoustic Logo III" is comprised of an acoustic guitar plucking three chords while another plays a short melody creating an intimate and jazzy identifier. With a sweet and smooth tone, it could prove useful either as a companion for logo graphics or as a transitional music bed.Thanks for listening.


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Friday, August 12, 2016
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in this country. About one million Americans develop skin cancer each year.
The skin is the body's largest organ. It protects against heat, light, injury, and infection. It helps control body temperature. It stores water and fat. The skin also makes vitamin D.
Epidermis: The epidermis is the top layer of the skin. It is mostly made of flat cells. These are squamous cells. Under the squamous cells in the deepest part of the epidermis are round cells called basal cells. Cells called melanocytes make the pigment (color) found in skin and are located in the lower part of the epidermis.
Dermis: The dermis is under the epidermis. It contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, and glands. Some of these glands make sweat, which helps cool the body. Other glands make sebum. Sebum is an oily substance that helps keep the skin from drying out. Sweat and sebum reach the surface of the skin through tiny openings called pores.
Skin cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up the skin. Normally, skin cells grow and divide to form new cells. Every day skin cells grow old and die, and new cells take their place.
Sometimes, this orderly process goes wrong. New cells form when the skin does not need them, and old cells do not die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor.
Growths or tumors can be benign or malignant:
Benign growths are not cancer:
Malignant growths are cancer:
Skin cancers are named for the type of cells that become cancerous. Types of skin cancer are:
These cancers usually form on the head, face, neck, hands, and arms. These areas are exposed to the sun. But skin cancer can occur anywhere.
Basal cell skin cancer grows slowly. It usually occurs on areas of the skin that have been in the sun. It is most common on the face. Basal cell cancer rarely spreads to other parts of the body.
Squamous cell skin cancer also occurs on parts of the skin that have been in the sun. But it also may be in places that are not in the sun. Squamous cell cancer sometimes spreads to lymph nodes and organs inside the body.
Melanoma is a form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin). It may begin in a mole (skin melanoma), but can also begin in other pigmented tissues, such as in the eye or in the intestines.
If skin cancer spreads from its original place to another part of the body, the new growth has the same kind of abnormal cells and the same name as the primary growth. It is still called skin cancer.
Checking your skin for new growths or other changes is a good idea. The National Cancer Institute website has a helpful guide for checking your skin. Keep in mind that changes are not a sure sign of skin cancer. Still, you should report any changes to your health care provider right away. You may need to see a dermatologist, a doctor who has special training in the diagnosis and treatment of skin problems.
Source: National Cancer Institute - What You Need to Know About Skin Cancer
Last Reviewed: Aug 07, 2013
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A seed producer is recruiting area farmers to produce sorghum, a grain crop also known as milo, for use in ethanol production, including at the Pacific Ethanol Inc. plant in Stockton.
A seed producer is recruiting area farmers to produce sorghum, a grain crop also known as milo, for use in ethanol production, including at the Pacific Ethanol Inc. plant in Stockton.
Chromatin Inc. will host a meeting Feb. 5 in Modesto, hoping to convince growers to plant thousands of acres of grain sorghum this spring to supply Aemetis in Keyes and Calgren in Pixley, as well as Pacific Ethanol.
"We're shooting to get 30,000 acres this summer to support the three ethanol plants," said John Fulcher, director of business development, speaking Tuesday from Chromatin offices in Chicago.
Pacific Ethanol mixed sorghum with its usual corn feedstock in Stockton last year and is eager to expand use of the grain, said Neil Koehler, president and chief executive of the Sacramento-based company.
"We are excited about it," he said.
The company used sorghum grown on 40 acres outside Stockton as well as additional grain sorghum imported from Argentina through the Port of Stockton.
"We've tried it, and we'd like to see a lot more of it grown in California," Koehler said.
Sorghum takes less water and fertilizer to grow than corn, so it has a lower carbon footprint, giving it an edge in meeting California's low-carbon-fuel standards. Additionally, in certain applications, sorghum-based ethanol can be considered an advanced biofuel by the Environmental Protection Agency, Koehler noted.
Those advantages, combined with prices generally lower than corn, make it attractive for ethanol production.
"It's a pretty good deal in terms of the economic incentive to do it," Koehler said.
Sorghum yields per acre are somewhat less than corn, but the ethanol executive said that can be offset by the lower costs of production.
"I think it's a tremendous opportunity for farmers, and we're very optimistic," Koehler said.
Rudy Mussi, the Stockton farmer who grew two varieties of sorghum for Pacific Ethanol, isn't so sure.
"The yields compared to corn aren't greater," he said. "From an economic standpoint, I think I'm better off growing corn."
However, Mussi quickly added, his experience came from growing sorghum on rich Stockton farmland. On more marginal land, sorghum might be a good fit, he said.
Fulcher said it generally costs $100 to $200 per acre to less to grow sorghum vs. corn, so it should make sense in many cases.
"It needs less than half the water than corn, ... so if you get where water is more expensive or in short supply, sorghum is a good choice," he said.
And to keep transportation costs down, Fulcher said the company wants to find growers within a roughly 50-mile radius of the three ethanol plants.
The meeting is open to any interested grower. Visit chromatininc.com/news or call (559) 310-1112 for more details and to register to attend.
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NEW YORK – A surge of outgoing traffic during the January transfer window disrupted the equilibrium usually struck and prompted some consternation about the state of affairs.
Although a club rarely expends the fees it procures on direct replacements, the proceeds usually fund moves for several players. Not this time. A modest number of acquisitions hardly compensated for the departures of established figures like Roger Espinoza, Fredy Montero, Andy Najar, Brek Shea and Carlos Valdés. And the setbacks caused by their defections paled in comparison to the loss of the irreplaceable David Beckham.
While the focus always tends to fall on the negatives, the league now operates from a position where it can replace departing stars by integrating fresh faces and leaning on its loyal and productive stalwarts to fill the void, MLS executive vice president, player relations and competition Todd Durbin said recently.
"I see the players coming up," Durbin said. "I see them stepping in. To me, the issue isn't sustaining the system. I think we do a fantastic job of that. To me, right now, it's about taking it and having explosive growth. We are keeping the important guys we need to keep. We're signing the best young domestic players. The question for us now over the next three or four years now is taking that and saying how are we going to explode that."
MLS currently has a stated goal of competing with the best leagues in the world in 2022. Although the standard continues to improve with each passing year, the league isn't close to satisfying that objective yet. Devising a path to reach that improbable point on such an accelerated time frame created internal debate about how best to chart the proper course.
Most competitions operating within MLS' financial parameters – a pliable budget structure nominally pegged at $2.95 million with mechanisms capable of driving that figure into the low eight figures – cultivate talent and ship it elsewhere at a profit. The usual business model has its place within the American structure as evidenced by the league's conservative player sales, but the continued pursuit of an improved level of play also requires the importation of players capable of driving the league onwards and supplying the extra touch of class.
The tension between those two approaches ultimately yielded to a more pragmatic approach. By investing significantly to develop youth players and using transfer proceeds to bolster the top end of squads, the league eventually struck the necessary philosophical balance.
"Where we have landed in all of this is that we want to be in a position where we are doing both," Durbin said. "In five to 10 years, we want to be in a position where we are developing players at a world class standard and we're still out in the marketplace trying to bring in top international players as well. It can't be either or. It has to be both."
Much of the focus at this point falls on the burgeoning academy system. Clubs have plunged significant resources into their youth setups over the past five years. The results – a handful of players breaking into the first team, a host of hopefuls falling away without a trace and one high-profile transfer involving Najar and Anderlecht – do not yet justify the expenditures. And they likely will not for the next couple of years as the model takes hold.
"We've taken a significant step," Durbin said. "We're now there. We now have clubs. We now have people there. Now we need to take what is there and move it to the next level, take that massive investment we've made and move it forward."
The next step involves changing the player evaluation metrics to reflect those systemic advances. MLS – with the cooperation of U.S. Soccer – has established a developmental system capable of guiding players through the youth system. The recent agreement with the USL potentially creates a similar route for players stuck between the youth and the first-team ranks.
With those pieces in place, the paradigm can shift from comparing players against their domestic peers to weighing their credentials in the world market. By producing better players according to those standards, the league benefits in two ways: it increases the level of the domestic competition with better homegrown talent and permits the league to export more players to create room for the next crop of promising prospects..
"For us, the focus is making sure that when we do it, we're smart about it and we have a system in place to replace the players who are leaving," Durbin said. "That is going to come not only from producing more players out of our system, but also being smart with the resources we have coming in to go out and sign players."
The key to processing all of those winter departures rests in that concept, according to Durbin. Shipping out those expensive players creates opportunities to introduce new talent. MLS retains scouts in various locations and spends ample funds to track pertinent competitions in Central and South America to help its clubs managed those situations. The efforts have garnered mixed results on the personnel front given the meager transfer fees usually offered, but their mere presence inspires hope that the balance between distribution and procurement will not veer in the wrong direction.
"We're constantly monitoring that," Durbin said. "It's one of the benefits of our structure: we can have a holistic view of it as opposed to looking at it as a case-by-case basis. What I'll say – at least for this year – is that our story hasn't been written. Our window hasn't closed yet. We don't actually know the upshot of where and how that money is going to be spent."
Only time will tell whether the eventual replacements will replicate the feats of their predecessors. Even if they do not, MLS will not divert from its principles to supply a short-term fix. It must, however, ensure the proper balance remains over the long haul to ensure those directives foster the expected growth over the next several years.Follow KYLE MCCARTHY on or shoot him an email