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A lone-wolf Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) moonlights as a freelance getaway wheelman, and he finds his solitary existence taking on new meaning after befriending Irene (Carey Mulligan), the lonely wife of convicted felon Standard (Oscar Isaac), and her young son Benicio (Kaden Leos). When Standard gets released from prison and is strong-armed into committing a bold daytime robbery, the Driver offers his services in an effort to help the repentant ex-con cut his ties to the criminal underworld. Things get complicated, however, when the robbery goes unexpectedly awry, and the Driver just barely manages to escape alive. When the take from the job proves to be stratospherically higher than the Driver was led to believe, it quickly becomes apparent that they were set up. Later, thugs threaten to kill Irene and Benicio, and all evidence points to transplanted New York crime boss Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) and his hot-headed partner Nino (Ron Perlman) as the masterminds. As the Driver attempts to turn the tables on them, it becomes clear that the chain of command goes much higher than he could have ever anticipated.
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Linda Arnold
Cliff Martinez - Composer
Jeffrey Stott - Executive Producer, MURDER BY NUMBERS (2002)
Frank Capra III - Assistant Director
Lon Bender - Executive Producer, THE DOGWALKER (2002)
Newton Thomas Sigel - Director of Photography, CASINO (1995)
Tom Sigel - Director of Photography, CASINO (1995)
Hossein Amini
Nicholas Winding Refn
Ronnie Spector - Pop Singer/Phil's Wife
Jim Behnke - Producer, THE MAJESTIC (2001)
Gerald Quist
Dave Paterson - Production Manager, TOO MUCH SLEEP (2001)
Victor Ray Ennis
Michael Moore - Key Hairstylist
Robert Fernandez - Sound Mixer
James Sallis
Darrin Prescott
Lisa Sessions Morgan
Bryan Cranston - Actor, Dad on "Malcolm in the Middle"
Cesar Garcia
Ron Perlman - Actor, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST series, HELLBOY
John Pyper-Ferguson - Actor/"Bird On A Wire"
Russ Tamblyn - American Actor/Dancer/Singer
Rusty Tamblyn - American Actor/Dancer/Singer
Russell Tamblyn - American Actor/Dancer/Singer
Albert Brooks - Actor/writer/director
Albert Einstein - Actor/writer/director
Tim Trella
Craig Baxley Jr.
Jeff Wolfe - Stunts; Actor
James Biberi
Joe Pingue
Ryan Gosling - Actor, HALF NELSON, THE NOTEBOOK
Christina Hendricks - Actor, KEVIN HILL/HUNGER POINT
Dieter H. Busch
Carey Mulligan - Actress
Joey Bucarro
Oscar Isaac - Actor, THE NATIVITY STORY, (2006)
Jimmy Hart - Stunts; Actor
Tina Huang
Tiara Parker
Kaden Leos
Andy SanDimas
Kenny Richards
Chris Muto
Rachel Dib
Steve Knoll
Mara LaFontaine
Teonee Tbrasl
Ralph Lawler
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4 stars out of 5 -- "DRIVE dynamically merges a traffic film noir plot with a cool retro look, evoking '60s classics like POINT BLANK and BULLITT." - 06/18/2011 Box Office
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"The look is artfully stylized, influenced by classic film noir; the mood is dark; the performances nuanced; and the story unnervingly exciting." - 09/16/2011 USA Today
"[G]osling and this powerful film, which is ultimately about a moment of grace, deserve each other. He's the medium's most graceful minimalist." - 09/16/2011 Wall Street Journal
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t is Gosling, along with Refn's meticulous, dynamic direction, that is the star of the show..." - 10/01/2011 Total Film
4 stars out of 4 -- "Gosling is dynamite....Pure cinema, a grenade of image and sound ready to blow." - 09/15/2011 Rolling Stone
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Very complete site on Bach's life and music.
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This is a list of drawings published by the 26 museums and collections which have participated in the project to microfilm technical drawings of musical instruments, organised by Hague Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands, with the co-operation of CIMCIM. This list, prepared by Dr Rob van Acht of the Hague Gemeentemuseum, includes the drawings now available on microfiche. The drawings are all also available in their original format directly from the participating museums, many of which also have further drawings on sale. ...
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"The music publisher Universal Edition, which was founded in 1901 in Vienna as a publisher of classic instructional literature, developed rapidly within a few short years following its establishment into a future-oriented publishing house serving many of contemporary musical life's most creative talents. Today, Universal Edition's catalogue encompasses over 30,000 items and is inseparably linked with the great composers and musical developments of the 20th and 21st centuries." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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Maintained by Bradley Lehman, email@example.com This is a group of web sites about harpsichords, clavichords, and similar stringed keyboard instruments before the modern piano. Member sites may be about the instruments, players, builders, repertoire, recordings, etc. Participation and listing are free of charge; any relevant site approved by the maintainer is welcome in the ring. Why join? Because it gives better exposure to your web site!
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Welcome to the Mutopia Project ... a place where music is free for everyone! Download it, print it out, and share it. Mutopia is similar in spirit to Project Gutenberg, but consists of free sheet music.
Broadly speaking, copyright on a creative work expires 70 years after the creator's death. This means that the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and many other composers are in the public domain - in principle, they may be copied and performed without restriction.However, you may not normally copy or perform a sheet music edition which you can buy, because an editor also has a copyright on the edition, and an arranger may have, too. " ...
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" The Werner Icking Music Archive contains music-related stuff. Click on the name of a subdirectory containing scores, typesetting source files, additional README-files etc., or follow the composer links to enjoy the WWW-presentation of this music archive. The icon image points at images, the icon info at short information, and the icon PDF at a PDF-file. (To view a PDF file you must Download Acrobat Reader .) This is the definitive archive of software related to MusiXTeX, a music typesetting system based on TeX. You must have TeX installed before you can use any of this. To learn about TeX, try a google search on "TeX" and "Getting started" to see what's required. "
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" * You can search on one of these names at a time: o Arrangers o Dances o Dance steps o SCA Sheet music * Usefull, case sensitive, search names: RealAudio, MP3, CD (audio CD), PS or PDF (sheet music), Book, MIDI, Arranger, LOD, NWC, Steps " ...
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- Hardcover: 592 pages
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"Welcome to the International Music Score Library Project! IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge. You can read the full list of goals that IMSLP will try to achieve.
IMSLP also encourages the exchange of musical ideas, both in the form of musical works, and in the analysis of existing ones. " This site has been closed due to copyright issues. Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Des partitions concernant des pièces du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, aux formats midi et nwc (Note Worthy Composer)"/ Midieval and Renaissance pieces in midi format. ed.)
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Acadia University (CA) early music archives online. (ed.)
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"La Trobe University closed its Music Department at the end of 1999. This site has not been updated since February 2004. A new and updated version of the Medieval Music Database is currently under construction and should be available early in 2008: in the meantime we welcome your comments, corrections and additions.
The main features of the new version are a much expanded repertoire of works in addition to the melodic incipits of liturgical works. Four complete manuscripts, a gradual and three antiphonals, have been added. Browse by Liturgical Feast is entirely new. This displays the melodic incipit of each liturgical chant for each feast, analyses related melodies and displays colour images of source manuscripts. The Browse by Composers, by Genre and by Manuscripts remain the same as they were is the earlier versions. " ...
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"Founded by Boston-area recorder teacher Sheila Beardslee in 1995, CONCORDIA CONSORT is the performance ensemble representing Recorders/Early Music Metrowest, the metroWest's participatory early music program. For over a decade, Concordia has contributed period music for over 200 services at churches throughout New England. Concordia has been heard in live broadcast on for WCRB, WHRB and WGBH Radio and has performed in concerts historic King's Chapel in downtown Boston, for the Concord Museum, at Middlesex Community College, MIT Chapel, Williams College and other venues. " ...
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"This site contains an anthology of over 500 files of Early Music in all-digital quality. Beyond music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque period, you will find here a few miscellaneous music files.
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" "What's this thing, Polish Early Music? Never heard of it!" We would be not surprised if you didn't. No offence meant: it is obscure. Here you can listen to some samples of Polish EM and learn a bit about our composers. And if you liked the site and the music, come again or drop us a note. We will be more than happy to help you within the limits of our knowledge and resources. " ...
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"York Early Music Press was founded to disseminate high quality scholarly performing editions of music composed pre-1800.
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York Early Music Press was launched in July 2001 in association with the Department of Music, University of York, the Heslington Foundation and York Early Music Foundation " ...
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"Welcome to EarlyGuitar.net! This page contains transcriptions for classical guitar (solo and duet) of a variety of renaissance and baroque music. The sheet music is available in pdf format, and midi files are available too. Enjoy!
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"Welcome to the CMME Project, a scholarly initiative to offer free online access to new, high-quality early music scores produced by today's leading experts. Based at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, the project represents a collaborative development effort of specialists in musicology, information science, and music retrieval. The major purpose of the enterprise is to produce and maintain an online corpus of electronic editions, in addition to software tools making them accessible to students, scholars, performers, and interested amateurs. Here, the brilliant polyphonic styles known to the modern world through the works of such masters as Dufay, Josquin, Machaut, Palestrina, and Tallis can come to life again in the central medium of the 21st century. " ...
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"Artemisia Editions was created by Candace Smith and Bruce Dickey to complement the work of the Italian ensemble Cappella Artemisia, a group of women dedicated to performing music from Italian convents of the 16th and 17th centuries. Extensive research has unearthed a startling amount of music either written by or dedicated to these cloistered nuns — music whose quality reflects the remarkably high standards of the original performances as described in the chronicles of numerous historians and travelers in Italy. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Alamire Music Publishers concentrates on educational books in Dutch, facsimiles of musical manuscripts and scholarly works for the international market. Our collection of facsimiles of Renaissance and Baroque prints, is discontinued and liquidated at special discount prices." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Primavera Music is a small company founded and jointly owned by the members of the ensemble OPUS 4. Primavera Music produces CDs, edits and publishes music, imports strings for viola da gamba and hand-made thumb-rests by Ton Kooiman for clarinets or large recorders. We also do layout, design and English/Danish translations for CD booklets. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Funky Jazz Loop" is a short, smooth jazz piece made up of acoustic piano, electric piano, bright vibraphone, electric bass and acoustic drums. It takes a more standard jazz approach with a funk influence rather than being a strict hybrid of the two styles.
The vibes appear with a solo halfway through the piece along with a rolling ride cymbal. The electric piano tapers off at that point but rhe piano and bass guitar remain consistent. This would be ideal for projects looking for soulful, relaxed jazzy music assets that may need to meet a variable timeline.Thanks for listening.


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Kobe Bryant was nowhere to be seen when doors opened to reporters at noon Saturday at the Lakers' practice facility. The good news is, Bryant practiced on his own for a while after not practicing Thursday.
"Yeah, on his own because as a team we just had a light practice, so he got out and did his thing," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "You know, about an hour."
Bryant, who has had a long recovery from surgery to repair a torn left Achilles tendon, did some running and some shooting.
"No contact with anybody else and working on moves and … what I saw of him, I saw him sprint and that's about all I saw," D'Antoni said.
Bryant began full team practices at the beginning of last week, but he sat out Thursday with what was described as general soreness.
"It's not soreness of the Achilles, it's just a general soreness," D'Antoni said. "He hadn't played since April, he went hard and he just felt sore and sluggish and that's a normal thing. He didn't have to back off for injuries."
D'Antoni said Bryant will not play tonight when the Lakers play host to the Sacramento Kings at 6:30. D'Antoni also was not optimistic about Bryant playing on the upcoming road trip that will see stops in Washington, Brooklyn and Detroit.
"I would think it's hard, very hard for him to do that," he said.
Meanwhile, anticipation grows for Bryant's return.
"Well, obviously, I think Kobe's going to add an element we don't have," said D'Antoni, whose team has won two in a row. "He's going to add somebody who can just take over a game and take over fourth quarters and create opportunities for everybody else because the concentration is going to be on him.
"Now having said that, he'll fit in with what we're doing and running, moving the ball and all that, which he will. So it's going to be a positive for whenever he gets to come back."
Gasol not stressing
Forward Pau Gasol is coming off a fine game Friday in a 102-95 victory over the Golden State Warriors, scoring 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting and grabbing 10 rebounds. He intimated he's trying not to worry so much about when Bryant might return because the team needs to stay focused on winning without him until he does.
"Yeah, I try not to think about it," Gasol said. "When it happens, it's going to be great for everyone. But until that happens, we've gotta continue to do what we've been doing lately, and so we can't really anticipate too much or stress about it. He's going to come back when he's going to come back.
"Whenever it is, we'll be happy and excited."
Gasol was asked how he believes his team — now 6-7 — has done without Bryant.
"I don't know if it's better than people expected, worse, same, I don't know," he said. "I think we've had some really good games, really good efforts. We won against better teams supposedly."
Scouting the Kings
Sacramento enters tonight's game with a record of 4-8 following a 103-102 loss to the Clippers on Saturday. The Kings are led by DeMarcus Cousins and Isaiah Thomas. They were averaging 21.5 and 18.4 points before Saturday.
This is the first meeting of the season between the Lakers and Kings, but the Kings did beat the Lakers 104-86 in an Oct. 10 exhibition game.
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D'Antoni said it's possible veteran guard Steve Nash could play after the Lakers return from their road trip. Nash is nursing back and hamstring injuries and has not played since Nov. 10. … Center Chris Kaman, who did not play Friday because of a sore back, did not practice Saturday.


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This guide describes how to place an input (long) hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with buying an input used in your business. A long hedge in the options market is accomplished by purchasing a call option.
For example, assume that Heidi, a swine producer, knows she will be buying a pen of feeder pigs two months from now. To feed the pigs, she will need 5,000 bushels of corn (one full contract at the Chicago Board of Trade) during the next four months to use for feed. Corn is an input into the production of swine. Currently, the local cash price for corn is $5.35 per bushel, but Heidi believes that the price may rise during the next few months. By knowing her cost of production for the hogs, Heidi knows that $5.35 per bushel will allow her to make a profit. What can she do to protect against an increase in the price of corn? Heidi could purchase the grain now, but she would have to pay to store it for the next few months, increasing the price above $5.40 per bushel, or she could buy in the cash market later. Alternatively, Heidi could wait to buy grain, enter the options market, and partially offset any loss in value (increase in price) with a gain in the options value.
First, knowing your cost of production helps you know when to place a hedge. To place a hedge, you need to contact a broker. Most large communities have a broker who will take your order for a set fee (as is common when placing any order in the futures/options market). The broker can help you understand how to place and exit your hedging position. The broker has a stake — a commission — in making sure you have a positive experience with hedging.
After you have placed the order, the broker will contact a brokerage house at the commodity exchange and relay the order. The market forces of supply and demand are matched on the floor of the trading commission. If you want to place a long hedge using options (call option), there will always be someone willing to write a call option, provided you are willing to pay the market price. This process is known as arbitrage. You must also know the strike price at which you would like to enter the options market. For more information, see MU Extension publication G603, Introduction to Hedging Agricultural Commodities With Options.
The price paid for the option is referred to as the premium. The amount of the premium paid is related to the strike price, which comes from a predetermined range of values that is different for each commodity. A call option is said to be in the money if the strike price is below the underlying futures price, at the money if the strike price is equal to the underlying futures price, or out of the money if the strike price is above the underlying futures price. At any given time, the range of strike prices quoted will cover values in the money, at the money, and out of the money. Thus, a hedger or speculator has the option of purchasing an option at any of these three levels. Typically, options in the money will have the highest premium, followed by options at the money. Options out of the money will be the cheapest.
The option premium is the value the hedger pays for the right to take a futures position later. The premium is based on the intrinsic value (difference between the strike price and the futures price for an in-the-money call option) and time value (time remaining until expiration of the contract). Thus, changes in the value of the option are due to changes in the futures market price (intrinsic value) and the number of days until expiration (time value). If the futures market increases, a call option theoretically increases in value, but not always.
Any of three scenarios can arise between the cash and option value. Even though a loss may be shown from taking a position in the options market, the final price must be compared with purchasing the grain in advance and paying storage costs, or waiting to buy in the cash market. Basis is held constant for the examples below.
Based on the example above, assume that Heidi decides to purchase a $5.50 per bushel out-of-the-money call option for $0.20 per bushel (Table 1). Later, when Heidi is ready to purchase the hogs and purchase corn to make feed, the cash and futures prices have increased to $5.60 per bushel and $5.65 per bushel, respectively (no change in basis). The futures price has increased such that the call option is now in the money. Therefore, Heidi purchases the corn for $5.60 per bushel and sells her call option for $0.35 per bushel, a $0.15 per bushel gain in value. By purchasing a call option, Heidi has decreased her cost of purchasing the grain from $5.60 per bushel to $5.46 per bushel ($5.60 per bushel plus $0.01 per bushel commission less $0.15 per bushel gain in option value).
Table 1. Long hedge with options as cash and futures prices increase (basis is held constant).
In this example, after Heidi has purchased her out-of-the-money option, the cash and futures prices for corn decrease to $5.15 per bushel and $5.20 per bushel, respectively (no change in basis). The futures price has decreased such that the call option is now even more out of the money. Therefore, Heidi purchases the corn for $5.15 per bushel and sells her call option for $0.02 per bushel, an $0.18 per bushel loss (Table 2). In this case, Heidi has increased the cost of purchasing the grain from $5.15 per bushel to $5.34 per bushel ($5.15 per bushel plus $0.01 per bushel commission plus $0.18 per bushel loss in option value). However, Heidi had the potential for unlimited gains (Table 1 scenario) with limited losses.
Table 2. Long hedge with options as cash and futures prices decrease (basis is held constant).
Today: Cash $5.35/buFutures $5.40/bu
Purchase $5.50/bu call at $0.20 bu (pay $1,000 plus commission)
Cash price paid $5.15/buPlus commission $0.01/buPlus option premium loss $0.18/buNet buying price $5.34/bu
With the same initial conditions as in the previous examples, assume that the cash and futures prices for corn have changed minimally (no change in basis) and the contract month expiration date is tomorrow (Table 3).
Therefore, Heidi purchases the corn for $5.34 per bushel and allows her call option to expire worthless (and Heidi does not pay commission costs for allowing the option to expire). In this case, Heidi has increased the cost of purchasing the grain from $5.34 per bushel to $5.545 per bushel ($5.34 per bushel plus $0.005 per bushel commission plus $0.20 per bushel loss in option value). However, Heidi had the potential for unlimited gains (Table 1 scenario) with limited losses.
Table 3. Long hedge with options as cash and futures prices do not change (basis is held constant).
Today: Cash $5.35/buFutures $5.40/bu
Table 4 outlines an example similar to the one described in Table 1. However, in this case, the futures price increases substantially and the option premium realizes only a modest increase. In this case, Heidi might want to exercise the call option. That is, Heidi would use her right to buy a futures contract at a later date at $5.50 per bushel and sell back in the futures market at the current price of $5.90 per bushel. Therefore, Heidi would pay only $5.66 per bushel instead of the current cash price of $5.85 per bushel. Furthermore, if Heidi had sold her call option, she would have paid $5.71 per bushel because the call option increased in value by $0.35 per bushel.
Table 4. Long hedge with options as cash and futures prices increase (basis is held constant).
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Great American Smokeout health fair to be held November 21 at Campus Center
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Health Promotion Chair, University Health Services Manoa
Every year, 443,000 people in the United States die of tobacco-related illnesses and 3,000 non-smokers die of lung cancer due to second-hand smoke exposure. Additionally, 99% of all smokers start before the age of 26. In response to this serious health concern, the University Health Services Mānoa's Health Promotion Program, in conjunction with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, is hosting the annual "Great American Smokeout" health fair on Thursday, November 21, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom and on the Campus Center Mall.
The Great American Smokeout is a national event developed by the American Cancer Society to encourage smokers to use November 21 as the day to stop smoking or to make a plan to quit smoking. People who stop using tobacco take an important step toward a healthier life.
This year the Great American Smokeout is also designed to support the establishment of a tobacco-free campus at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, with a target implementation date of January 1, 2014. The goal of the tobacco-free policy is to make the campus a healthier place to learn, work and live.
The Great American Smokeout provides information about alternatives to smoking and the importance of reducing second-hand smoke exposure. Numerous organizations will showcase the services and resources available on the Mānoa campus and within the community. There will be interactive games and displays, as well as free giveaways and other prizes. Music will be provided by KTUH.
This year's theme is "Doing Our Share for Clean Air." Event participants include the Hawaii Tobacco Quitline, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi, Queen's Medical Center, Kapiʻolani Women and Children's Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, HMSA Healthways, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, REAL, and the Kokua Kalihi Valley Community Health Center.
Call Kristen Scholly or Lisa Kehl at (808) 956-3574 for more information on the Great American Smokeout or the UHM Health Promotion Program.
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Q.Can you tell me about these creatures that look like small clams?
Q. When walking along the surf line at the beach, I sometimes come across huge patches of sand filled with what look like small clams. At other times I don't see any at all. Can you tell me about these creatures?
A. Your identification of these industrious little animals is correct. The miniature mollusks are coquina clams (Donax variabilis). They appear by the thousands in the intertidal zone in a rainbow of beautiful colors – lavenders, whites, tans, pale blues, deep purples, yellows, rose and other hues. Brilliant color bands radiate from the hinge of each clam's shell to give individuals a slightly different pattern. The clams usually measure less than an inch long.
These burrowers spend the warm months in the surf zone, where waves pound relentlessly on shore. This makes for a very tough existence and only a few life forms can survive here. In winter, the clams move to shallow water just below the low tide level. As spring approaches and waters warm, they begin moving higher up on the beach.
Coquinas lead a life of almost ceaseless activity. Congregating in massive groups of 1,500 or more per square foot, they feed on microscopic plant and animal life called plankton brought by incoming waves. Plankton is vitally important because it forms the base of oceanic food webs.
The sand flashes bright, multicolored patches as the clams emerge and extend their siphons to take in tiny plankton. Seconds later, the clams disappear into the sand, using their stout, pointed foot to burrow as the wave recedes. The clams repeat this behavior hundreds of times each day. To keep up with their food supply, they move en masse higher or lower on the beach as tides rise and fall.
Like all clams, coquinas are filter feeders. Not only do they get food from taking in water, but they also help keep water clean by filtering out pollutants before returning the water to the sea. Large colonies of these small animals are a good indication of a healthy environment.
Coquinas live from as little as a few months to a bit more than a year. Their empty shells are sometimes found intact, spread out on the sand like butterfly wings. Sea snails, crabs, birds, fish and other sea life feed on coquinas.
Information provided by the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. The state operates public aquariums at Pine Knoll Shores, Fort Fisher and Roanoke Island, as well as Jennette's Pier in Nags Head. The facilities are administered by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and are designed to inspire appreciation and conservation of North Carolina's aquatic environments. For more information, log on to ncaquariums.com or call 800-832-FISH.
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Cellphone shaped gun could be in stores this summer
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group)- A new gun, shaped like a cellphone could be in stores as early as this summer. Ideal Conceal, a Minnesota based company, recently announced they have started producing parts of the weapon.
The gun, when not in use, has a handle that covers the trigger area and gives a strong resemblance to a cellphone.
Ideal Conceal CEO, Kirk Kjellberg, told Sinclair Broadcast, he wanted the design of the gun to be discreet. He explained he was at a crowded restaurant and the holstered gun underneath his jacket became exposed and frightened a young boy that was nearby.
"I think a lot of the reason people don't carry as often as they could, is for that very reason," he added.
The gun Kjellberg designed only carries two rounds in the chamber and is not outfitted for a magazine. The gun also has a hidden hammer, a component Ideal Conceal says adds to safety.
"Hammer is hidden inside the pistol, making it impossible to misfire by snagging the hammer on clothes or other objects," Kjellberg said. "When the pistol [handle] is in a closed position and the safety is latched, it cannot be fired. You can't reach the trigger or activate the trigger."
But there are some fears that the realistic looking design could put others or small children at risk.
"People that say that its like well, you don't leave butcher knifes on the table. You don't leave Drano on the table. You don't leave other dangerous things out for your kid to play with, so why on god's green earth would you leave a gun where someone could play with it," Kjellberg said.
"If you can't lock it up and you don't know how to protect it and keep things away from kids we just ask you, please don't buy it. Obviously, the horror of a kid getting hurt by a gun is something nobody wants to live through," added Kjellberg.
Although, Kjellberg says their company has still taken steps to insure the handle is not easily opened by young children.
"When the handle goes up and latches to the pistol, it has a two-step safety lock on the front. The reason for that is that it keeps anybody really young from being able to open it because you have to push it up and pull it back. That was intentional to help keep the handle closed at all times," Kjellberg said.
The CEO said the gun is equipped with a screw lock for the handle when the gun is no longer in use. But the handle on the gun does have a slight spring release.
There are also concerns that the gun could be difficult for police to identify as a weapon. In an interview with CNN Money, Bill Johnson, executive director and general counsel for the National Association of Police Organizations confirmed that fear.
"In general, the concept of any kind of weapon that's disguised, so that it's not apparent that it's a weapon, would be cause for concern," said Johnson.
Kjellberg feels that the gun isn't a big risk for police.
"If someone is really intent in causing harm to the police they are going to do it anyway and I doubt they will do it using our pistol," Kjellberg said.
Ideal Conceal has already pre-sold nearly 750 guns. The company later plans to offer a version of the gun that will have a laser.


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Alert online readers might have noticed that the movie review in Preview today for Bob Dylan's fractured biopic, "I'm Not There," has five videos:
* A movie trailer (different from the one posted here a week ago);
* A clip by Batman, I mean, Christian Bale, as Dylan, performing "The Times They Are A Changing'" (they are, The New York Times just fired some people for the holidays - Ouch!)
* Another one with Heath Ledger as Dylan, on why women can't be poets (double ouch!)
* And two snippets with Cate Blanchett, one in which her character expresses her feelings and, my favorite, one with a mean exchange with a reporter (triple ouch!).
The movie, which was the darling at the Woodstock Film Festival, is playing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck.


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The San Diego Padres released 11 minor league players Wednesday, March 20, including RP Eddie Kunz. The team also released OF Alexi Colon, Ps Ryan Quigley, Will Scott, Chris Wilkes, Adam Schrader, Dan Cropper, James Jones, Jeremy Gigliotti and Dustin Pease. INF Connor Powers was also cut loose.
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The Oakland Raiders are changing directions at quarterback once again. The Raiders acquired Seattle backup Matt Flynn on Monday for draft picks, signaling an end to Carson Palmer's brief tenure as starter in Oakland.
Fox Sports reported Palmer was expected to be dealt to Arizona. The Raiders paid a hefty price when they acquired Palmer from Cincinnati midway through the 2011 season, trading a 2012 first-round draft pick and 2013 second-rounder for the former Pro Bowler. They now will move on from Palmer before they have even finished paying up on the trade.
Oakland will send a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a conditional pick in 2015 to Seattle for Flynn. The Raiders also will receive a late-round pick from Arizona if the deal for Palmer is completed.
Palmer failed to get Oakland to the playoffs in 2011, falling one game short, then the Raiders regressed and went 4-12 this past year. With Palmer owed $13 million for this season and the Raiders in rebuilding mode, general manager Reggie McKenzie decided to get a quarterback he was familiar with from his time in Green Bay.
"Matt is a tough football player, and a talented quarterback," McKenzie said. "He will get the opportunity to compete to be a starter with the Raiders. I believe Matt has that potential, but I also know he hasn't had enough experience. We're going to let him compete and battle, and see what happens."
After showing promise as a backup with the Packers, Flynn signed a three-year, $26 million deal with the Seahawks, but failed to beat out rookie Russell Wilson for the starting job and quickly became expendable.
Flynn, a backup in college at LSU to former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell, has started just two games in five seasons as a pro. But it's those brief appearances that intrigue many NFL teams.
He threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns in a loss at New England in place of an injured Aaron Rodgers late in the 2010 season. He then started the regular-season finale the following season, going 31 for 44 for 480 yards and six touchdown passes in a 45-41 win over Detroit.
Flynn was drafted by the Packers in the seventh round in 2008 when McKenzie worked in the Green Bay front office. He has throws 141 passes in his career, completing 87 for 1,083 yards, nine touchdowns and five interceptions.
The Seahawks must now look for another backup either in free agency or the draft.
"There's different avenues we can go," general manager John Schneider told 710ESPN Seattle. "We have a plan in place and it's contingent on who that player is. There are veterans who are available now, some very talented guys. Guys who are all football. ...
"There are also some guys in the draft we think are pretty interesting. We have a plan and we're going to take it as it comes."
Since dealing a 2012 fourth-round pick to Washington during the 2010 draft for Jason Campbell, the Raiders have committed up to six draft picks on quarterbacks with no proof they have found the right man for the job.
Oakland used a 2012 third-round pick to take Terrelle Pryor in the supplemental draft in 2011; dealt the two high picks for Palmer after Campbell got hurt in October 2011; and now have made the deal for Flynn.
If Flynn beats out Pryor for the starting job, he will be the 16th quarterback to start for Oakland since the beginning of the 2003 season. Campbell is the only one of those to have a winning record as a starter, going 11-7 in his two seasons.
The only other quarterback currently on Oakland's roster is Pryor, who showed a few signs of being able to play in the NFL in his first full pro season. Pryor got in for a few plays late in the season before starting the final game at San Diego with Palmer sidelined by cracked ribs and a bruised lung.
Pryor went 13 for 28 for 150 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in a 24-21 loss to the Chargers. He also ran for 49 yards and a score and looked more than capable running the offense.
Palmer put up prolific numbers in his first full year as a starter in Oakland, but that led to little success for the team. He completed 61.1 percent of his passes and threw for 4,018 yards in 15 games - second most ever for the Raiders - with 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
But with McKenzie overhauling most of the roster he inherited when he took over the organization last January, he apparently had little need for a 33-year-old quarterback. The Raiders will save about $6 million on this year's cap when Palmer is moved.
If he goes to the Cardinals, Palmer is expected to take a pay cut. He would likely become the starter for a team that has been searching for a replacement for Kurt Warner the past few years.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tom Brady might have a broken nose, but that was perhaps the only damage inflicted Sunday by the Tennessee Titans against the New England Patriots, who simply don't lose season openers.
Brady threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns, and the defending AFC champion Patriots routed the Tennessee Titans 34-13 for their ninth straight season-opening win. It's the longest current streak in the league.
"I need some scars," Brady said, joking about the white bandage covering his nose and marring his usual look.
Titans defensive end Kamerion Wimbley hurt Brady in the second quarter when he got Tennessee's only sack of the game. Brady said that was the only good hit he took all day and complimented his revised offensive line, featuring a new left tackle in Nate Solder, a new center in Dan Connolly, and a new right guard in Donald Thomas.
"It wasn't perfect by any stretch, but it's always fun to win," Brady said. "It's a good feeling."
The Patriots ruined Jake Locker's debut as Tennessee's starter, sacking him twice and forcing two turnovers. New England rookie Dont'a Hightower returned Locker's fumble 6 yards for a TD in his own debut, and Stevan Ridley ran for 125 yards and a TD.
New England knocked Locker out of the game in the fourth quarter and held Chris Johnson to 4 yards on 11 carries.
"This is something that can be a backbone for us," Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork said. "To hold a great back to only 4 yards, that was good defense."
Locker hurt his left shoulder tackling safety Patrick Chung on a fumble return that officials should have whistled dead as an incomplete pass to Titans receiver Nate Washington, who also was hurt on the play. Matt Hasselbeck replaced Locker, who tried to talk his way back onto the field after being examined. Locker said he was sore but expects to play next week at San Diego. And he won't shy away from tackling in the future.
"I know I'm playing offense," Locker said. "I'm not going to let a guy run into the end zone."
The Titans weren't happy at the failure of the replacement officials to call pass interference on three passes into the end zone. Coach Mike Munchak said there always will be calls they believe are missed by officials.
The first came on the opening drive when Devin McCourty helped break up a pass to Damian Williams in the end zone. The second wound up an interception by Patriots rookie Tavon Wilson on a pass to Washington. The third came with Chung defending Jared Cook in the fourth quarter that left the Titans tight end pleading his case to an official.
Williams had an opinion on the lack of a flag, but refused to criticize the officials, who also needed replay to overturn the on-field ruling of an interception by McCourty in the third quarter that squirted out when he hit the ground.
The Titans had former Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt on hand, not that she could help them stop or even slow Brady — despite spending the offseason prepping for the teams' first meeting since being routed 59-0 in New England in October 2009.
Brady threw five TD passes in one quarter that day. He didn't match that Sunday, but didn't need to with Ridley providing plenty of help on the ground as the Patriots outgained Tennessee 390-284.
"They're going to make their share of plays, which we knew," Munchak said. "We just couldn't help them, and unfortunately along the way, we helped them."
The Titans couldn't match Brady's efficiency and had to settle twice for field goals of 28 and 24 yards by Rob Bironas. Locker did find Nate Washington for a 29-yard TD in the third quarter even with Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones grabbing the quarterback.
Brady missed connecting with Brandon Lloyd for a would-be TD on the opening drive. That was among his few misses.
He put the Patriots up 7-3 with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez late in the first quarter, capping a 67-yard drive. It was Brady's 301st career touchdown pass, surpassing John Elway for fifth in NFL history. It also marked his 33rd straight game with a TD pass.
He found Rob Gronkowski for a 2-yard TD pass just before halftime for a 21-3 lead.
The Patriots' work boosting their defense through the draft showed early dividends. Jones sacked Locker and forced a fumble that Hightower ran in for a 14-3 lead in the second quarter.
NOTES: Patriots Coach Bill Belichick got his 193rd career victory, tying him for eighth all-time with Chuck Knox. … Brady became the 14th player with 40,000 yards passing. He has 40,215 yards, just shy of Johnny Unitas (40,239) for 13th place. … Brady now has sole possession of fifth for career wins by a quarterback with 125. He's 5-1 against Tennessee and has 10 TDs with no interceptions in those games. … Titans LB Colin McCarthy had a walking boot on his right foot but said he'll be OK.


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ABC's "This Week" — Investor Warren Buffett; Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation; former Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani; former Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.; former GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo.
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Jimquisition: The Creepy Cull of Female Protagonists
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Back from obscurity and not posting in months.
Yeah, something is wrong wrong wrong with the industry. And people wonder why there are so many "dudebros" and "meatheads" or whatever to call in the industry today. This is why. The game industry needs some diversity pretty darn badly. Because as it stands most "AAA" developers, are making games nearly exclusively about white heterosexual males who look something like Ben Affleck(is that how you write his name?) or manlier.
Back in the 16-bit era, there was plenty more diversity than this. It is almost like, somehow, sometime after the 16-bit era. People started going right after the stereotypical "frat-boy" demographic. This sounds like a cliche claim about "dude-bros" and "frat-boys". But looks, it's true! I cannot think up a better hypothesis than this.
What happened? Something is very, very very wrong with the gaming industry today. Get me some ladies, gaming industry. There's too many dudes on the dance floor.
Because Ben Affleck is noted for his heterosexual dude appeal, of course.
The problem stems from two different thoughts within feminism, and they both have good points.
One school of thought purports that the only way to gain true equality is for the gender lines to be eliminated, to destroy the idea that some traits or behaviours are "manly" and others are "womanly" and to assign all kinds of traits to both sexes.
The other school of thought supports gender constructs and instead seeks to end the denigration of the feminine. Their reasoning is that "male" qualities are exalted and valued, while "female" qualities are denigrated, ignored or devalued, and therefore the kind of interpretation they wish to see of female characters is one that fits common conceptions of femininity and womanhood, but who is not hampered by those qualities (for example, that her delicate, soft and sensitive qualities make her an asset to the team instead of a burden).
Personally, while I sympathise with the second camp in that there is most certainly a denigration of the feminine that must be redressed, I am firmly within the first camp. I support the destruction of the concept of gender, and all the baggage we associate with biological sex. I support the idea of women acting in traditionally male ways AND the idea of men acting in traditionally female ways, as a way to destroy the gender barriers without denigrating the feminine or overvaluing the masculine. Hence why I will always defend the "man with tits" trope (and its counterpart, the "woman with penis" trope).
I just had to say Mr. Sterling, in addition to approving of all of your lines of reasoning in this video I also find the jokes to be among your best. Kudos!
So? BioWare still has an amazing character at hand here.
Also, have you taken a good look at Male Shepard? I looks like every action hero ever, and even his voice acting is so damn flat you wonder what the audio engineer's were smoking.
Male Shepard was designed so the audience can project onto him as easily as possible. Female Shepard is an actual character, with a much better voice actor.
females during the games industry where actually left out in the start the only real first female protagonist i can think of was Samus, the female protagonist THE area that game industries tend to stay far away from. personally i never see female soldiers out in the field in call of duty games modern warfare.
I'm sorry, but that last part, the underlined part to be exact, is just wrong. Shepard of both genders are designed to be projected into. Female Shepard is just a gender flipped Male Shepard.
Thank you for clarifying that, it makes a bit more sense now.
no. not too many duuuuuudes..
Yo, Jim, yo.
Whatever happens at Pax Prime ... take videos.
I'm surprised he didn't cover Lara Croft, and how yes she's popular and covers her own box art, but only became that way because a rendering flaw made her have huge tits and otherwise she would have been one of the thousands of game characters that nobody had ever really heard of.
Sorry about a slight bump, but I just want to know: what was that cyberpunky-looking game Jim kept showing in this episode with the female protagonist running around climbing and doing martial arts? That looks kinda cool...
Not only is that not true but even if it was it's pure conjecture that such a minor and imperceptible detail (of such crude graphics) was the sole factor in turning Tomb Raider from abject obscurity to one of the most successful games of it's generation.
Have you no concept of the actual gameplay???!
It's like saying Nathan Drake's "half-tuck" is the only reason for Uncharted series' success.
Pretty sure you're referring to that same Remember Me that launched Jim's rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m82AF52mFi4 video so you can be sure, since Jim is sure as hell right about the lack of marketing, google has trouble spitting out the right thing.
when I looked at the Bioshock Infinite box I wondered why Elizabeth wasn't front and center on the cover. I shrugged my shoulders and thought it was just stupid designers designing box art.
Then I was wondering why every one was making such a big deal about the cover art. so I went to the poll and voted for the one with Elizabeth thinking these are really weird selections.
Then I watched this and realized I was not taking notice of this stuff most likely because I'm clumped in an out of date marketing model for so long I didn't notice what was being done right under my nose. I would prefer the box art to match the game and I'm pretty sure sales won't be effected if a chick is on the front cover.
Why do people keep on pushing this "moar females" crap onto every major gaming website? Females aren't prominent in "hardcore" gaming(read: the medium buget titles up to AAA) because it is male dominated through and through(most of the programmers and audience are males) and will probably always be, 90% of those games are male empowerement fantasies with varying degrees in quality. On the other hand, women are highly represented on the more casual front, lots of them play mobile,indie games. The Nintedo wii reached such high numbers in sales because its casualised look and feel, with games that could break away from the run and gun/sword and bash that most AAA titles seem to offer and it is no surprised that lots of women love this console. I own pretty much every gaming platform out there but when people in my group are bored, the girls almost always want to play Wii games even when presented with other console options. Argue about stereotypes all you want but IMO it is girls/women that made SIMS the huge success that it was and that was basically an advanced "let's play house" scenario. None of my male friends played SIMS(except for maybe 5-10 minutes to see the hype) whereas my female gamer friends LOVED THE S**T out of it and bought almost every expansion for the SIMS games.
If we want more women into the AAA business side of things then the huge number of women programmers and female audience fanbase will have to come knock on our door with something tangible, not to declare that the medium should change their ways and let them in. The guys making the games would change the way they portray females in gaming if girls/women were a huge part of their audience but THEY ARE NOT. This is something that the politically correct crowd can't seem to get to grips with. Sure, their numbers are growing as opposed to years before but it is still VERY SMALL on the AAA side of things. Simply put, there is almost no female audience to develop for in major AAA gaming. This is the "lost audience" that indies seem to lap up because, without the big publisher contrains, they can be a bit more freethinking in their approach. But big companies need to think about the bottom line and most of their audience IS made up of young males who would naturally have problems identifying with a young girl as their avatar.
For those that don't buy into my narrative, think about the most famous female gaming character: Lara Croft. She is basically Indiana Jones with knockers. She is a girl but the guys playing her don't really feel like they are a controlling a gender different than their own, in fact she is another male fantasy, combining the agility,endurance and overall badass-ness of a popular male character with a heaving pair of bossoms to tittilate them. Sure, you get decent female characters like Jade from BGE but they are VERY RARE.
In my experience, few female gamers behave like most of the guy gamers I know, which is to be interested in many gaming websites, read previews, buy AAA titles, try to be constantly updated on the games industry etc. Most game casually and aren't interested in future trends and such. And the ones that do take gaming a bit seriously are a bit more shuned by their group of female friends as sort of weirdos because "serious" gaming is still seen as a guy thing.
The inclusion of more girls/women into major gaming is a numbers game to me, it has nothing to do with changing attitudes with the drop of a word or two. Once you (somehow) get more women into tech fields, that churn out programmers/game designers and such, then you will MAYBE see a change in how women are represented in gaming because they may be represented on a demographic level, especially on the development sides of things(go to most development offices and it's a sausage fest most times). Until then it's just a couple of girls/women and their internet white knights shouting and throwing rocks at the boys treehouse represented by triple A gaming industry and achieving nothing but page hits in the process.
I think a huge majority of male gamers and developers are indifferent to females either working on making or playing video games, of course there are exceptions. This kind of misogynistic culture that the gaming industry seems to think is rife in this culture has been fabricated by big money. The metrics indicate that the world of gaming is male orientated; of course Female gamers are going to run into a lot of male focused games and game covers.
I don't really care if a company decides to scrub the chick from their covers or keep them as a flat uninteresting trope in the games. What bothers me is the assumption that all male gamers hate women, and that video game box art is so bloody generic.
I just wish cover art resembled the story represented in the games and the actual statistical data collected is updated and analysed to better represent today's Male and Female gamer.
Maybe I'm not thinking this through enough, but this basically says that if I enjoy a game that places a woman in such a role (sex object, or tool, or whatever) (barring stuff like DOA-X, that's the other end of the spectrum), that I'm a sad spineless wankmuffin.
And here I was thinking that games (can) have an escape from reality role, they allow you to do things you can't in real life, maybe because they're impossible (being a superhero?) or immoral (murder?).
So if that makes me sexist, does playing Mortal Kombat, Battlefield or Call of Duty make me a murderer? I mean, I enjoy looking at that T&A, and I enjoy shooting that camping son-of-a-bitch, but I don't give women less regard in life, nor do I shoot guys that bug me.
That said, publishers forcing game devs to change their vision is bullshit. I mean, I get that publishers want to protect their bottom line, but if a game developer has a desire to make a certain game, that must mean that like minded people would like to buy and play that game.
I learnt about Remember Me when Jim first mentioned it here (already a while back).
I bought it just to find out, and finished the game yesterday. There is not a single trace of anything of the sort in the whole of it.
I have no idea what hurdles the complaining part (the publisher I believe) could have seen in this character. More than that, I have no clue of how any of those complaints could have even emerged from them. There is absolutely nothing in Remember Me that might've discomposed even the most demented of misogynists.
Very, very strange.
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The following five pets are from Noah's Arks Rescue. They all are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, house- and crate-trained and micro-chipped. Noah's Ark hosts adoption fairs from noon-4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday at the Bluffton PetCo in the Best Buy shopping center on U.S. 278. Please call 843-540-6755 for more info and go to www.noahs-arks.net.
Pearl is a 7- to 8-month-old Boxer puppy and was found in an abandoned home. She had a Developmental Orthopedic Disease. She is now considered healthy and pain free but has some deformed limbs because of the disease. She is a happy, active, energetic puppy and loves the company of people and other dogs. She is the perfect family dog. She can run and play just like any other dog and is not bothered by her unusual formed legs at all. Call Noah's Arks Rescue at 843-540-6755 for more information.
Spirit is an 8- to 9-month-old pitbull that was picked up as a stray. He was almost starved to death. He was locked up somewhere without any food or water and then dropped off on the side of the road. He became a healthy, happy puppy who loves life, all animals and everybody. He is a perfect family member and the most loving dog you can imagine. Call Noah's Arks Rescue at 843-540-6755 for more information.
Tally is a 6- to 8-year-old pitbull senior that spent her whole life in a basement being used for breeding and as a bait dog. Only the most submissive dogs are used as bait dogs. Now she is playful and as sweet and loving as a dog can be. She gets along with other male, medium-sized dogs but it needs to be individually tested. She loves people and children. Call Noah's Arks Rescue at 843-540-6755 for more information.
Linus is a 9-month-old Lab/pitbull mix that was picked up as a stray with terrible burns across the top of his back. One thing is for sure, this is one sweet dog. He is a wiggly little one that wants to play now that he is out of pain. He will make a wonderful member of the family for anyone with other dogs and kids. He is young and loves to run and play. Call Noah's Arks Rescue at 843-540-6755 for more information.
Java is a 2-year-old pitbull that was picked up as a stray. He was kept in an emaciated state for very long. He is a beautiful loving dog and is looking for a family where he will be cherished and loved for the rest of his life. Java gets along well with other dogs and loves children and people. He is very energetic and needs lots of exercise. He would fit perfect in an active household. Call Noah's Arks Rescue at 843-540-6755 for more information.
Pearl is not thrilled that she was put in a shelter just before Christmas, but she is making the best of it. She really misses having a family to love and hopes her time at HHHA is short. For more information on Pearl or any of the animals at the Hilton Head Humane Association, call 681-8686 or visit www.hhhumane.org
Kadie is a lovely Shepherd mix who is eager to please. Anxious to bust out of the kennel and settle into a home, she is house-trained and great on a leash. Grab a tennis ball and spend some quality time with this classy girl. For more information, call Brooke's Haven Animal Rescue at 757-7387 or visit the haven from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday at 25 Buck Island Road.
Oscar is a 6-year-old neutered male English Mastiff and is well house-trained. This gentle giant loves kids. Call Maranatha Farm at 816-6676 or go to www.maranathafarm.org for details.
Jakey is a beautiful and sweet Treeing Walker Coonhound. Jakey had a rough start in life, and is ready for the loving home he deserves. A little shy around new people at first, Jakey warms up and is appreciative of tenderness and affection. He is calm in the house and walks well on the leash. Jakey is 3 1/2 years old and fully vetted. A catless home is best for Jakey. Please call Tender Hearts Animal Relief Society (THARS) of Bluffton at 837-3702 for a meeting with this handsome and good boy.


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Tom Orry, Editor - Captain America, Xbox 360 and PS3
I like this game. There, I've said it. While Metacritic disagrees with my score, I enjoyed SEGA and Next Level Games' Captain America game far more than I expected to. What I wasn't a big fan of was the 3D. It just so happens that this is the first 3D game I've played on the fancy new office TV, and to be honest it was a disappointing experience. There was little depth to the scenes and I quickly returned to the standard viewing mode. Still, that doesn't hurt the overall fun I had with the game. I wouldn't recommend you go out and hand over £40 to give this a whirl, but when it's inevitably significantly cheaper you too might find a game that shatters your expectations. Except now I've probably raised your expectations so high the game itself won't be able to come close to meeting them.
Neon Kelly, Deputy Editor - Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, 3DS
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D reminds me of a cat that's lost a leg after a run-in with a car: it doesn't have everything it ought to, and past trauma seems to have left it with behavioural issues, but somehow you're still glad it's around. I can forgive the lack of content and the occasional spat of jerky animation, because when all's said and done it's still a surprisingly addictive game. The lack of online leaderboards is beyond a shadow of a doubt the biggest failing, but it says a lot that I still care about beating my own times and scores.
For me it's arguably more annoying that I can only ever play for a couple of hours at a time, thanks to the pathetic battery life of the 3DS. The latter really is the worst thing about the console; even if the line-up improves and gives us the games we want, we'll never be able to play them for a decent length of time. Well, not on the move, anyway - and isn't that the point of a handheld?
Martin Gaston, Previews Editor - Demon's Souls, PS3
Demon's Souls is certainly a technically complex game, but I don't think it's actually as hard as its reputation makes it out to be. I think the journalists over-egged that one a bit - and, yes, I'm certainly as much to blame as anybody.
Many people mention that if you die you're forced back to the start of a level, for instance. That's true, but working through a stage generally unlocks certain routes and paths that dramatically shorten the travelling time. It's annoying but not a disaster.
I mean, sure, there will be times when you get completely screwed, stabbed in the back, or just fall down a gaping hole. But, really, the difficulty comes more from learning the game's unique set of mechanics and overcoming them which, once you get there, really does feel amazing.
I don't think it helps that the first two levels are some of the hardest in the entire game, however.
Emily Gera, Staff Writer - Simon the Sorcerer, PC
The other day someone on my Twitter feed was whinging about the pointlessness of Simon the Sorcerer so like any normal person I dusted it off and played it for five consecutive evenings to double check. Don't worry, nostalgia fans, it turns out the guy's an idiot. I still consider Simon fairly untouchable. Some games suffer from that "You can't go home again" problem that plagues the games we grew up with. Simon is rough around the edges thanks to the baffling game logic of all point-and-clicks from the '90s, sure. But it's achingly funny, incredibly British, and one of the most likeable games you're probably too young for.
Jamin Smith, Staff Writer - SpaceChem, PC
The story I'm about to tell is 100 per cent true. On Saturday night, I played SpaceChem for around three hours and made some good progress. Then I got stuck. Big-time stuck. Four-hours-on-one-puzzle stuck. So - after having sat and played the game for about seven hours straight - I gave up and went to bed. I struggled to get to sleep that night; little chemical symbols flitted about underneath my eyelids as my subconscious still wrestled with the solution. Mr Sandman eventually came, though.
In my dream, I'd conjured up an answer: a truly out-of-the-box solution to the puzzle that involved fusing atoms at exactly the same location that you export them from the reactor (I apologise - this will mean nothing to anybody who hasn't played the game). I woke up shortly after this, logged back into the game, and tried the idea immediately. It worked, and I passed the level. This is the closest to a religious experience I've ever had.
(I've been stuck on a new puzzle for around five hours now. My dreams have yet to offer a solution.)


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Alan Wolfe and the Taming of Religion
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Europeans routinely scratch their heads in puzzlement over the eagerness with which the American regime, unlike the modern French state (until Nicolas Sarkozy?), invites religion into the public square. How can the most progressive nation on earth have such a hankering for such a medieval mixing of Church and State? In a recent interview with… READ MORE >
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The word wizards have done it again
The word wizards of Merriam- Webster dictionary fame warned us in July that the new hot 100- word list would be published this fall. And, true to their promise, the latest version of the Webster Collegiate is hot off the presses complete with the new 100 additions.
The question of the day is: Do we really need 100 new words to communicate more accurately?
Not that long ago, the annual word addition was under 10 words. I remember when the addition of "ain't" as a real word was ill received by the literati, and its introduction to the language made front-page headlines.
New technology, medicine and science are expected to introduce new terminology. Thus, we get terms like avian influenza, biodiesel and gastric bypass. Although these terms have been in use for some time, official admittance into the language is not a fast process.
One would think that words of this nature would be fast tracked into the working vocabulary because they significantly influence our lives. Sadly, that is not the case.
The words that get fast tracked are terms like "frenemy," a friend who is really an enemy, and "mouse potato," a person who spends too much time at their computer. Pop culture seems to rule in the let's legitimize street jargon, slang, clichés and compound words that are glued together from sheer laziness, so the ignorant can sound intelligent.
At the other end of the spectrum, we have words like "locavore," one who eats locally-grown foods, and "sock puppet," a legitimate term that referred to a poor kid's toy, but now has an entirely new meaning. In today's speech, a "sock puppet" is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. Locavore and sock puppet are terms created by the educated that have too much time on their hands.
Many words are coined by inventive journalists who are limited to word counts and attempt to economize by coining terms they hope will give them notoriety. One of those words is "prepone," meaning the act of arranging for an event to take place earlier than originally planned — the opposite of postpone. It didn't make the list this year, but watch for it in the near future.
Then we have the words that attempt to define the human condition. Terms like "drama queen," (yes it made the list), meaning a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions, has been on the list for consideration since 1979. After the masses beat the term to death, the board of word wizards gave in and legitimized it.
They also made "unibrow," meaning a single continuous brow resulting from the growing together of eyebrows, a real word. It's been around since 1959. I'm sure Scrabble players everywhere will be delighted.
The hot-100 list is easy to come by. Purchase a new dictionary or search for the list online — it's free. Webster has another list that not many people know about. This is a list of words and terms submitted by the public for future consideration.
Some of these words are rather inventive. Many are entertaining. Some are just plain stupid. Judge for yourself. Here are a few examples:
• Global weirding (noun): Unpredictable changes in climate and esp. extremes of temperature and weather patterns as a result of human activity.
• Skillage (noun): Exceptional skill.
• NPA (abbreviation): No permanent address.
• Yummify (verb): To make food more delicious.
• Dolphinology (noun): The study of dolphins.
• Mustardize (verb): To add mustard.
• Medicinary (noun): A store offering natural medicines, vitamins, herbs, etc.
• FWB (abbreviation): Friend with benefits.
• Beautarian (noun): One employed to apply cosmetics, prepare wardrobe or style hair.
• Folder (verb): To put something (as a digital document or file) into a digital folder.
• Fumblitis (noun): A marked tendency to fumble easily or frequently.
• Bellignorant (adjective): Belligerent and ignorant.
• Religiocentric (adjective): Based on or from the perspective of religion.
• Boomeritis (noun): Injury or pain resulting from exercise among baby boomers.
• Greenify (verb): To make less harmful to the environment.
I don't know about you, but I'm still struggling to learn a small percentage of the 470,000 entries in the old Webster's unabridged. I do not believe we need that many new words to effectively communicate in a system we can't understand.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 5, 2010) - The ETSU women's tennis team extended its four match winning streak Friday as the Lady Bucs opened Atlantic Sun Conference play with a strong 7-0 win over league rival Kennesaw State inside the "Bubble" at the Country Club of Bristol, in Bristol, Tenn.
ETSU (5-2, 1-0 A-Sun) opened play by sweeping all three doubles matches. The ETSU team of senior Yevgeniya Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) and junior Kelly Holtzhausen (Johannesburg, South Africa), dropped KSU's Mackenzie Swindall and Iesha Holton 8-3, while sophomores Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain) and Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) matched their teammates score with an 8-3 victory over Alena Sergeychik and Vera Shkundia.
Rounding out the doubles scores was junior Tara Sheets (Gate City, Va.) and sophomore Diana Navrostska (Kviv, Ukraine) who made quick work of Avano Tanaka and Aqatha Pailder 8-3 at the No. 3 position.
"Today our girls really battled hard for this win," said head coach Steve Brooks. "Head coach Brandon Padgett has improved Kennesaw State so much since we've last seen them. They're a team on the rise this season and it really wouldn't surprise me if Kennesaw finished third or fourth in the A-Sun standings by the end of the season."
As singles action got underway the Lady Bucs extended their lead as Stupak dominated her contest against Shkundia 6-3, 6-3, while Holtzhausen made the score 3-0 with her 6-3, 6-4 straight set victory over Holten at No. 2.
Paula Jaime then secured the win for ETSU as the second-year Lady Buc stayed unbeaten this spring with a 6-1, 6-0 defeat over Swindall at No. 3. Adding to the ETSU score during head-to-head matches were Kedzo, who dropped Tanaka 6-2, 6-2, Navrostska who defeated junior Agatha Palider 6-0, 6-1 and sophomore Andra Voinea (Brasov, Romania) who closed out her third straight win with a 6-3, 6-2 straight set victory over freshman Therese Lagerkvist.
ETSU will now have a quick turnaround as A-Sun foe Mercer travels to Johnson City for a 1:30 p.m. contest outside at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center on the ETSU campus.
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- Click on Registered Users above and log in. If you do not have a login, you can sign up as a new user. If you have a login but forgot your password, you can retrieve your password automatically.
- When you have logged in, click on the link to the Volunteer Form. It's a simple form and you can easily let us now which jobs interest you, including coaching, refereeing, serving as a team administrator and many more.
- Once approved as a coach, an assistant coach, a team administrator or a referee, you will need to visit AYSO's national online registration program, eAYSO, and "pre-register" as a volunteer. DO NOT USE eAYSO TO REGISTER A PLAYER. The eAYSO pre-registration form for volunteers is required by child protection policies implemented by AYSO and many other youth sports organizations. Please visit our Volunteer Registration and Certification Requirements page for more information. NOTE: eAYSO is administered by the national office of AYSO and not by our region. For help with eAYSO, call 1-800-USA-AYSO (1-800-872-2976).


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Thursday, August 18, 2016
Dental Anesthesia
Are There Sedative Options For a Root Canal?
Can you please tell me if there are dentists who do a root canal using a sedative? I am allergic to Novocain and some forms of Lidocain (which is what they typically use). I just had 4 extractions by an oral surgeon (# 7, 8, 9 & 10). I am waiting for the gum to heal before implanting the teeth.
I was told by my regular dentist that tooth # 31 needs a root canal. I am also deathly AFRAID of all dentists to the point of shaking, crying, and vomiting. Thankfully, I am comfortable enough with the surgeon and regular on to have gotten this far.
I am supposed to see an Endodontist in 3 weeks? Any suggestions or help would be gratefully welcomed!
There are some dentists who are trained in IV sedation and some who use nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and oral sedatives as well. These may all be acceptable.
However, with your level of anxiety, you may need to be asleep or at least deep sedation which requires the dentist to have a general anesthesia permit.
Most oral surgeons have this kind of training but for procedures other than oral surgery, you will have to contact a dentist anesthesiologist. These dentists complete a 2 -3 year anesthesiology residency and go to other dentist's offices to provide only the anesthesia, like in the operating room. You may find a dentist anesthesiologist at www.asdahq.org.
If you find a dentist who does IV moderate sedation, that might work as well but you will still be awake. Hopefully you will be relaxed enough, but still awake.
The best way to find one is to ask your dentist who does this in your area or call various dentists until you find someone who does or can refer you to someone who does. Some state dental board web sites list those dentists with both IV conscious sedation and general anesthesia permits. This may be another way to locate someone who can help.
Good luck.
Steven I Ganzberg, SB, DMD, MS
Formerly, Clinical Professor of Dentistry
College of Dentistry
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Consumer Hero Investigates Toilet Paper "Sheet Shorting" Conspiracy
Leo Hill figures that every single roll of toilet paper he's bought since 2006 has shorted him at least one "sitting," says the Denver Post.
Mr. Hill has been counting the sheets included in his rolls of toilet paper since his wife noticed something odd. The rolls in the 4-pack lasted longer than the ones in the 12-pack.
"She complained that a roll in the 12-pack would last just three days and the same size in the four-roll pack lasted four," Hill explained. "I wanted to find out."
Hill figured he had the time, since there wasn't much else to do but read or stare at the shower curtain. So he counted every sheet of toilet paper as he used it.
It wasn't for any other reason, he said, than to know if the number of sheets noted on the package matched what was on the roll.
Jotting his totals on a flattened inner tube from an expended roll, Hill said he kept meticulous track. Each day he'd count the number of sheets he needed — he limited the experiment to his Lakewood home's basement bathroom because his wife won't go there — then added it to his previous day's tally.
By his count, the first roll was short by 15 sheets.
"You couldn't prove anything from one roll," Hill admits, "so I counted them all."
At the end of the month, Hill said his nine-roll average was 156.75 sheets for the rolls of Angel Soft that promised 198 on the package.
Hill didn't want to make a stink about it, but thought someone should know.
"I called them up," Hill said about Georgia-Pacific Corp., the tissue's makers.
Leo was offered a coupon for more toilet paper. Concerned that other consumers might be getting the "short sheet", Mr. Hill filed an official complaint Denver Better Business Bureau, which was then forwarded to the toilet paper company.
Intrigued, The Denver Post tried to replicate Mr. Hill's findings, but none of the rolls they counted had fewer sheets than advertised. This news pleased Mr. Hill:
"Maybe they started getting the counters right," he said with a chuckle. "I'm sure glad you got a good roll."
It's good to know Leo's out there, keeping them honest.
In the paper chase, he's coming up short [Denver Post] (Thanks, Stephanie!)
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March 18. 2013 9:34PM
Amherst students show off poise, enthusiasm in speaking contest
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
From left, Kate Boyea, Kate Eastland, Kaitlin Griffin and Sean Corrigan, students at Amherst Middle School, receive awards during the school's annual Wells' Public Speaking Contest recently. (COURTESY)
AMHERST - Amherst Middle School students recently participated in the school's annual Wells' Speaking Contest, with a student from each grade level taking home a trophy.
The finalists from this year's contest were: fifth-grader Kate Boyea with her presentation of "Gingerbread Fred," sixth-grader Kate Eastland with "The Paper Bag Princess," and seventh-grader Kaitlin Griffin, with her personal memory of "The Juice Fiasco." Seventh-grader Sean Corrigan was given the Aaron Ebbert Award for enthusiasm and excellence in public speaking.
Students were required to choose a story or picture book that inspired them, memorize it and then perform it for their classroom before taking the stage in front of the entire grade level.
"The performances were exceptional. The students dazzled the audience with enthusiasm, poise and talent," said a release from the school. "It was an outstanding evening of excitement and entertainment, and we look forward to seeing what next year will bring."


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Jill RK Griffith BS, PharmD is a clinical pharmacist affiliated with the Central Ohio Poison Center at Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus OH 43205. As a Certified Specialist in Poison Information (CSPI), Dr. Griffith recommends and monitors the treatment of poisoned patients daily. She consults with and advises emergency department physicians, nurses, medics and other health care providers as well as the general public on the management of poisoned patients. In the field of clinical toxicology, Dr. Griffith has contributed to research presented at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology and has been published in the peer reviewed medical literature. She is a full member of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
Previously, she has experience in managed care, recommending drugs for formulary placement and managing Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists. Dr. Griffith has also worked as a drug information pharmacist for a medical communications company bringing new molecules to market. Dr. Griffith received her BS and PharmD from the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She completed her specialty practice residency in Drug and Poison Information at the Central Ohio Poison Center at Columbus Childrens Hospital.
Dr. Griffith also currently serves as the program director for Ohio's Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Program. This program works to safeguard the health of Medicaid patients by assessing the appropriateness of drug therapy and alerting physicians and pharmacists to inappropriate or medically unnecessary pharmacological care.


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Iams Nutrition Insider for the Veterinary Team: The latest insights on inflammatory bowel disease (Sponsored by Iams)
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been an important topic of discussion and research in canine and feline gastroenterology for more than 20 years. At times, IBD has been stated to be the most common cause of chronic gastrointestinal signs in dogs and cats.
There has not been a clear consensus as to exactly what constitutes canine and feline IBD. Most researchers and clinicians define IBD as a chronic condition causing persistent or recurrent gastrointestinal signs with histologic evidence of inflammatory infiltration of the small or large intestinal mucosa of unknown cause. Current thought is that the condition can only be called IBD if no underlying cause for the inflammation can be found.1
The role of gut bacteriaThere are published accounts of antibiotics (e.g. tylosin) curing IBD dating back 30 years.2 Since then, the efficacy of tylosin has been confirmed in other studies,3 which has helped reveal the potential role that bacteria play in causing or maintaining the intestinal inflammation in patients with IBD.1,4-7 Recently, the term dysbiosis has been suggested as a better description of what is occurring in the intestines of patients with IBD.
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the commensal intestinal bacterial population such that bacterial species that tend to favor inflammation in the intestinal mucosa (e.g. Escherichia coli) are overrepresented, while those species that are less likely to induce inflammation (e.g. Bifidobacterium species) are underrepresented. The result is initiation and/or perpetuation of intestinal inflammation.
Antibiotics and prebiotics
While antibiotics have been effective in treating untold numbers of dogs and cats with chronic gastrointestinal disease, there is growing concern over the development of antibiotic resistance associated with long-term use of antibiotics in animals. Therefore, it is reasonable to explore other methods of altering or modulating intestinal bacterial ecosystems or their effect upon the intestinal tract. Prebiotics and probiotics are two possibilities that bear investigation.
Prebiotics are dietary fibers (e.g. fructooligosaccharides or xylooligosaccharides) that cannot be metabolized by mammals but that preferentially feed some bacterial species (i.e. "good" bacteria that benefit the patient), theoretically giving these species a competitive advantage over less desirable bacteria that may harm a patient.
Michael Willard, DVM, MS, DACVIM
1. Washabau RJ, Day MJ, et al. Endoscopic, biopsy, and histopathologic guidelines for the evaluation of gastrointestinal inflammation in companion animals. The WSAVA International Gastrointestinal Standardization Group, 2009 ACVIM Consensus Statement. J Vet Intern Med 2010;24(l): 10-26.
2. van Kruiningen H. Clinical efficacy of tylosin in canine inflammatory bowel disease. J Am Arum HospAssoc 1976;12:498-501.
3. Westennarck E, Skrzypczak T, et al. Tylosin-responsive chronic diarrhea in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2005;19:177-186.
4. Simpson KW. Host floral interactions in the gastrointestinal tract. ACVIM Forum, Montreal, Canada 2009:437-439.
5. Xenoulis PG, Palculict B, et al. Molecular-phylogenetic characterization of microbial communities imbalances in the small intestine of dogs with inflammatory bowel disease. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2008;66:579-589.
6. Janeczko S, Atwater D, et al. The relationship of mucosal bacteria to duodenal histopathology, cytokine mRNA, and clinical disease activity in cats with inflammatory bowel disease. Vet Microbiol 2008;128:178-193.
7. Craven M, McDonough DS, Simpson KW. High throughput pyrosequencing reveals reduced bacterial diversity in the duodenal mucosa of dogs with IBD. J Vet Intern Med 2009;23:731 [abstract].
8. Ruaux CG, Tetrick MA, Steiner JM, et al. Fecal consistency and volume in dogs with suspected small intestinal bacterial overgrowth receiving broad spectrum antibiotic therapy or dietary fructo-oligosaccharide supplementation. J Vet Intern Med 2004;18:425 [abstract].