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MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Kiko, churning in the Pacific Ocean far off Mexico's Baja California coast, weakened further Sunday night, U.S. forecasters said.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 8 p.m. PDT advisory that Kiko's sustained winds were at 50 mph -- down from 70 mph early in the day -- and it was heading to the north-northwest at 6 mph. Topical storm-force winds extended outward up to 70 miles.
The storm was about 395 miles west of the southern tip of Baja California, the forecasters said.
Kiko was expected to slow down and weaken into a depression Monday and atrophy into a remnant low by Tuesday.

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No. 8 Michigan State routs No. 4 Michigan 75-52 in the rivalry's first matchup of top 10 teams
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Gary Harris scored 17 points and Derrick Nix had 14 to help No. 8 Michigan State rout No. 4 Michigan 75-52 on Tuesday night, the rivalry's first matchup of top 10 teams.
The Spartans (21-4, 10-2 Big Ten) broke a first-place tie in the conference with No. 1 Indiana, which plays at Michigan State next Tuesday.
The Wolverines (21-4, 8-4) have lost three of four, but the closely contested setbacks on the road against the Hoosiers and Wisconsin were nothing like the latest when they were held to a season-low point total.
Michigan State didn't trail once, led by as many as 16 points in the first half and enjoyed 30-point leads in the second half. The game was so lopsided that both coaches filled the court with reserves during the final minutes.
Trey Burke scored 18 points for the Wolverines and didn't get much help from his teammate offensively, or defensively.
Tim Hardaway Jr. was held scoreless until making a layup early in the second half and didn't score again. He was 1 of 11 from the field and scored a season-low two points. Glen Robinson III was 1 of 4 and scored two points to match his season low.
The Wolverines, who pride themselves on taking care of the basketball, had a season-high 16 turnovers and didn't have much success getting the ball away from the turnover-prone Spartans.
Everything went right for Michigan State, which had just eight turnovers and made 48-plus percent of its shots.
Harris scored from the outside, making five 3-pointers, and Nix had his way on the inside as part of a balanced offense.
Keith Appling had 11 points and Branden Dawson scored 10 before leaving the court late in the game because Michigan's Mitch McGary hit him in the face inadvertently with his right arm. Freshman Matt Costello scored a season-high eight points.
Michigan State has won two straight in the series after losing three in a row following a run of dominance for the Spartans.
The highly anticipated game drew Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio, who mingled with Michigan football coach Brady Hoke, as they stood near ex-Wolverines football coach Lloyd Carr.
The white-clad fans in the stands were fired up before the game even started and they stayed enthusiastic, standing for much of the game, because the home team gave them plenty of reasons to cheer from start to finish.
In the first matchup of 20-win teams in Division I basketball this season, Michigan State showed it might not be a rebuilding this season.
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After turning on the types of runtime checking you want, run the program being tested, with or without breakpoints.
The program runs normally, but slowly because each memory access is checked for validity just before it occurs. If dbx detects invalid access, it displays the type and location of the error. Control returns to you (unless the dbx environment variable rtc_auto_continue is set to on (see Setting dbx Environment Variables.)
You can then issue dbx commands, such as where to get the current stack trace or print to examine variables. If the error is not a fatal error, you can continue execution of the program with the cont command. The program continues to the next error or breakpoint, whichever is detected first. For detailed information, see cont Command.
If the rtc_auto_continue environment variable is set to on, runtime checking continues to find errors, and keeps running automatically. It redirects errors to the file named by the dbx environment variable rtc_error_log_file_name. (See Setting dbx Environment Variables.) The default log file name is /tmp/dbx.errlog.uniqueid.
You can limit the reporting of runtime checking errors using the suppress command. For detailed information, see suppress Command.
Below is a simple example showing how to turn on memory access and memory use checking for a program called hello.c.
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The function access_error() reads variable j before it is initialized. Runtime checking reports this access error as a Read from uninitialized (rui).
The function memory_leak() does not free the variable local before it returns. When memory_leak() returns, this variable goes out of scope and the block allocated at line 20 becomes a leak.
The program uses global variables hello1 and hello2, which are in scope all the time. They both point to dynamically allocated memory, which is reported as Blocks in use (biu).


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The New Pittsburgh Courier's Fab 40 Cocktail Reception - 3/27/09
Forty was the epitome of fabulous on a Friday night at the Senator John Heinz History Center's Great Hall as the New Pittsburgh Courier celebrated its Fabulous 40. Twenty men and 20 women, all under the age of 40, were recognized for their community contributions at the evening reception. More than 200 people joined the Courier in celebrating the 40 young African Americans who were also acknowledged in a special commemorative section in the paper. Photos by Rachel StadelmeierRead More
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Earlier today, we rounded up some national opinion on the Eagles' signing of Michael Vick.
And one of the angles several people seemed to tackle was the effect this will have on Donovan McNabb.
McNabb, of course, spoke at length about the signing and said he lobbied Andy Reid to bring Vick aboard. Reid, Tony Dungy, Jeffrey Lurie and Vick himself all clearly stated that McNabb was instrumental in making this move possible.
Yet the question of how the addition will affect McNabb's psyche and playing time remains a point of legitimate interest.
Earlier today, former Eagles QB and current ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski, whose No. 7 will be worn by Vick, had some interesting things to say about the entire situation.
Most notably that he thinks Vick will pose a threat to McNabb.
"Ultimately, Michael Vick is a quarterback and a starting quarterback in the National Football League," Jaworski said during an interview on ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike program. "I heard Donovan's comments that he's not threatened, he's the starting quarterback, but just think of this. The Eagles fall behind 10-0. Donovan's 1-for-6 in the first quarter, and the previous couple games Michael Vick has made a couple plays. I will guarantee you 65,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field will be cheering for Michael Vick to come on the field. It's just the nature of the fan base there. So I think Michael Vick will be a threat to Donovan McNabb."
I can definitely see that scenario playing out, although I disagree on the 65,000 people part. Having sat in the stands many times at the Linc when fans call for the backup, I find it's usually half that number at the most who clamor for McNabb to be replaced. But I've seen it with Kevin Kolb and even A.J. Feeley. So he's right. If Vick shows flashes, and McNabb struggles, well, that's how it's going to play out.
Jaws later speculated on how the Eagles might use Vick.
"Donovan McNabb is still the quarterback of the team, and I believe if you start replacing Donovan for 10 snaps a game, 15 snaps a game, I think you diminish his effectiveness in the game," Jaworski said. "I think you take away from his rhythm of the football game, which is so critical, so it's gonna be very interesting to see how this plays out."
It was clear during the interview that Jaws does not support the move. In fact, he said the Eagles are probably No. 32 on his list of teams where Vick would be a good fit.
"I believe of 32 cities where he could go, I think Philadelphia would be number 32," he said. "I mean it's a very tough, passionate town. He's not gonna be able to fly under the radar. Everywhere he goes, he's Michael Vick. He's a star. He's in a city that has incredible passion and enthusiasm for the game of football. I think he's really going to be under the microscope. Being in Philadelphia, I don't think is the right spot for Michael Vick."
Meanwhile, commissioner Roger Goodell released the following statement:
I have said several times in recent weeks that I want Michael to be one of the NFL's success stories as an individual and as a football player. I believe he can accomplish both goals with the Eagles organization which has done an outstanding job in the community and on the field these last 15 years under the direction of owner Jeffrey Lurie. I know the Eagles will provide strong support but, ultimately, Michael's success is up to him and the decisions he makes.
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On Coruscant, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker captured Zam Wesell, a shapeshifting assassin who'd tried to kill Padmé Amidala. But before the Jedi could interrogate Wesell, a mysterious figure in Mandalorian armor shot her dead with a toxic dart. The strange weapon led Obi-Wan to the waterworld of Kamino, where he discovered a galaxy-shaking secret. Supposedly on Jedi orders, the Kaminoans had created an army of clones using the genetic material of a bounty hunter named Jango Fett. When Obi-Wan confronted Jango, he recognized him as the killer he'd tracked from Coruscant. Jango said the Kaminoans had recruited him through a man named Tyranus. Obi-Wan tried to bring Jango back to Coruscant for questioning, but he escaped with his "son" Boba, actually an unaltered clone. Obi-Wan tracked them to Geonosis, evading a fusillade of fire from the Fetts' starship Slave I. There, he discovered Jango was working with Count Dooku's Separatists. Jango defended Dooku during the battle with the Jedi, but proved no match for Mace Windu, who struck off his head with one swing of his amethyst-bladed lightsaber. But Jango's legacy lived on through the millions of clones that became the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Purged from the otherwise complete Jedi Archives is all evidence of the mysterious world of Kamino. A lonely world beyond the Outer Rim and just south of the Rishi Maze, few could have predicted that Kamino would become a key contributor to a massive shift in political power in the final days of the Republic. Kamino is a planet of endless oceans and storms. Few features mark its surface, save for massive stilt-mounted cities wherein reside the planet's natural inhabitants, the Kaminoans. From Tipoca City, the planet's Prime Minister rules. Lama Su closely monitored the operations of Kamino's most prized export: clones.
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With his customized Mandalorian armor, deadly weaponry, and silent demeanor, Boba Fett was one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. A genetic clone of his "father," bounty hunter Jango Fett, Boba learned combat and martial skills from a young age. Over the course of his career, which included contracts for the Empire and the criminal underworld, he became a legend.
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At the time of their introduction, the Republic clone troopers represented the future of galactic warfare. Far superior to battle droids, the clone troopers formed the backbone of the Republic's new military that waged war against the forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. So symbolic were they of the times, the galaxy-wide conflict that saw their debut took its name from their ranks: the Clone Wars.
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The deadly Slave I was infamous for its association with Jango Fett, a bounty hunter in Mandalorian armor. Fett packed the craft with weapons, from laser cannons and projectile launchers to seismic charges. Boba Fett inherited Slave I upon Jango's death, but Aurra Sing crashed it on Florrum and Boba was taken into Republic custody. Hondo Ohnaka repaired Slave I, and Boba later reclaimed it. A generation after Jango's death, the distinctive craft remained the last thing fugitives wanted to see on their scanners.
Count Dooku
Count Dooku was a menacing Sith Lord and central figure in the Clone Wars. Once a Jedi -- trained by Yoda -- he became disillusioned with the Jedi Order and thirsted for greater power. Dooku voluntarily left the light side behind and became Darth Sidious' dark side disciple, taking the secret name Darth Tyranus and leading the Separatist army. Dooku advanced Sidious's secret plot to take over the galaxy, but forgot that betrayal is the nature of the Sith.


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Actor-comedian Jim Carrey has listed his place in gated Malibu Colony at $13.95 million.
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Three hours before the stars of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" were set to pose for the cameras, rows of fans were clustered behind a fence with posters, drawings and cameras in tow. Some held up flags representing the countries they hailed from, including Mexico and South Africa. Others had their Sharpies ready for early arrivals to sign one of their copies of Stephenie Meyer's novels.
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Fujitsu, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and other companies in the broadband market recently grumbled about BT's planned ducts and pole network access pricing structure.
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I use this thought to reassure myself aaaall the time. Swear words? Nasty gestures at bad drivers? The time The Rage took over your senses and you yelled your head off about your kids' apparent inability to clean up the Legos? Those little moments when your language, your behavior, your manners all take a dive into Undesirable In A Mother - that's when it's great to take a breath and say to yourself, "Self? It's okay. They won't remember this anyway."
I think my biggest sense of they-won't-remember-this relief happened after a particularly ginormous fight with my husband. Which we conducted in front of our small, sweet, impressionable children. I even wrote about it here, I think. I felt SO guilty about it and while it helped when some of you left comments saying, "No, it's good to for kids to see their parents argue and make up" (emphasis mine!) the biggest help was knowing THANK GOODNESS they were too little to remember the time their parents waged war in their presence.
Except, well, hmm. Jack is four. Four and a half. And if I think back reeeeeeally hard? MY first memories come from being about four and a half.
I can remember kids in my preschool - their names, what they looked like, who I liked best. I was closer to five when my baby sister was born, but I have super clear memories of my mom letting me climb into the hospital bed and letting me hold the new baby. I remember getting in trouble for fighting with my brother. I remember my CLOTHES. There was a particularly awful pair of knee socks that my mother made me wear with a particularly awful brown scratchy jumper.
(As an adult I happened to be complaining about this outfit - in front of my aunt, who, it turns out, MADE IT FOR ME. headsmack!)
So now I am in a small state of panic. My freebies are all gone. My get out of jail free card is no longer. MY TIME HAS RUN OUT. I now have a kid who is going to remember each and every thing I do to screw him up, from this point until the day I die. HOLD ME.
Jack's not just this smooshy baby boy anymore - he's a PERSON! I feel like being a parent is going through this perpetual realization of "WAIT. He's FOR REAL." You know? Like he's not some little toy baby? Oh wow, that sounds horrible doesn't it? But you know what I mean! RIGHT?!
Now there's this whole new way to see through Jack's eyes. It's not just Life At Home anymore, it's Life All Over and now I'm not only wondering what he thinks about things NOW, I'm wondering what he's going to think about them in the future. Jack doesn't remember our first house or the rental house (well, he says he does, but the boy hates to admit he does not know something) but he's going to have definite and concrete memories of THIS house. Even that seemingly neutral example makes me wonder. Will he remember sharing a room with his sister? What will he think about that?! Will he remember it fondly? I AM SO CURIOUS!
I am curious and also determined to be a better mom. Is it wrong to be inspired to be a better mom based on the idea that now someone will have an opinion about your parenting? Up to this point no one was keeping track! That's just a tiny bit intimidating!
And haven't you talked about YOUR childhood memories with YOUR parents? I am sometimes shocked - no really, parents of mine. SHOCKED! - at the things my parents either don't remember or remember INCORRECTLY. Because, obviously, those memories I have of being a four-year-old are the right ones.
Wait- that's my new excuse. "At least he won't remember this ACCURATELY!"


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Born July 10, 1942 in Indianapolis, he was the son of Walker Paul and Roma Catherine (Aegater) Wilson. He was a graduate of Spencer High School and served in the United States Army. He retired from Metropolitan Printing after 40 years of service, working as Plant Manager. He was a member of the Spencer United Methodist Church. He enjoyed woodworking, working on his farm, but most of all he loved spending time with his family.
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Polonium halos prove the Earth is young though. It's suppressed because they want God out of the picture. True origin has a whole thesis about the halos, along with rebuttals to scientists who say that it's nonsense.
Polonium halos prove the Earth is young though.
All this raises a question that I am still trying to resolve. That is, why should theists feel threatened by advances in science? If the advances show that a given theistic understanding is incorrect, why not adopt the new information and go on with the work of the church to take care of widows and orphans?
Not all theists fear scientific advancement.
Not all theists fear scientific advancement. Some think it is noble to learn more about the inter workings of God's creation.
As I have explained, if someone were to examine Adam when God created him, they would say, "Male, about 25 years old." But, this would be wrong because Adam would technically be 1 minute old but he would APPEAR to be 25 years old.
That is correct. But science is based on the premise of getting rid of God as an explanation, plus it's entirely circular. Genesis can't be correct. Why? Because God isn't real.
That is correct. But science is based on the premise of getting rid of UGABUGA as an explanation, plus it's entirely circular.Ancient Scrolls can't be correct. Why? Because UGABUGA isn't real.
But science is based on the premise of getting rid of God as an explanation, plus it's entirely circular.Genesis can't be correct. Why? Because God isn't real.
Skeptic, please define for me what you believe defines a OneTrueChristian.Please use point form, and be as specific as possible. I will not accept vague answers, I want the truth from you and I want it now. If ALL other religions are wrong, please convince me that yours is the correct one, and give valid reasons why.
All Christians are like people that pack a large bag that nobody else can see planning to go on a trip. Their trip is a place they are absolutely sure exists but you cannot find this exotic, heavenly destination on a map and you cannot go to this designation while alive. They pack this large bag for the hope that in death they will go to the better of the 2 places that they not only made up but packed their bag properly for and even developed a relationship with the so-called ruler of this exotic place they once again made up.All Christians pack their bags with different stuff all claiming that they have all the right stuff for the trip. Every Christians bags are different colors, shapes and sizes and yet all claim they still have not only the right bag but the right stuff packed.When people who don't have these bags question why they have the bag and what they have packed they always get different answers and reasons for the bag they've picked and what the contents of the bag are. When people who don't have bags point out what others have or don't have in their bags the person currently holding their bag in front of us quickly point out why the other bags are wrong and some of the contents are wrong.Myself being a person without a bag learn over time that the people with the bags seemingly get the decision that the bag is needed because of the type of family and how they were raised making them feel like they require the bag themselves. The color, shape, and size of the bag is generally picked by geography as well as the contents which vary from location to location.Anyways, you all can keep your bags if you feel they are necessary as well of your content that always seem to change with time, geography and bag person to bag person. But please don't tell me that you can't understand why we don't believe you even need to the bag let alone most of its contents. More importantly please don't tell me why we think the underlying reason for the bag and it's contents is for the hope and of a relationship with the ruler of a destination that can only be attained in death.Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, all we ask for is a little and the common courtesy of thinking about the real reasons you feel you need your invisible bag with your own special contents. Ask yourself what is more likely vs unlikely in life and not only will you be more open and honest with yourself, you'll sound more credulous and reasonable.
Quote from: skeptic54768 on December 22, 2013, 09:36:34 PMPolonium halos prove the Earth is young though.No, they don't prove a young Earth. The "halo" rings in the rocks could also have been made by radon or uranium, both of which have considerably longer half-lives. This article by John Brawley explains in more detail.
That is not 100% solid proof. In the same way the polonium halos "could" also mean the Earth is young. This is why we want it taught in classrooms. Since both of them are based on guesses and speculation, it's not right to only include ONE version of the speculation. That is called indoctrination.
Quote from: skeptic54768 on February 22, 2014, 02:00:38 AMThat is not 100% solid proof. In the same way the polonium halos "could" also mean the Earth is young. This is why we want it taught in classrooms. Since both of them are based on guesses and speculation, it's not right to only include ONE version of the speculation. That is called indoctrination.And guess what?Polonium is complete rubbish for proving a young earth.If the earth was indeed 10-6K years old, there should be virtually no polonium, it should all be radon and uranium.In other words, we should find A METRIC ASS-LOAD of elements which have high half lives.Alas, this is not the case.
Your source is bogus.Find a better one.
Quote from: Angus and Alexis on February 22, 2014, 02:23:02 AMYour source is bogus.Find a better one.I am sorry but you can not just dismiss something like that without explaining why.
Since both of them are based on guesses and speculation,
Quote from: skeptic54768 on February 22, 2014, 02:00:38 AMSince both of them are based on guesses and speculation, They're not both based on guesses and speculation. That is called a false equivalence. Stop doing that.
Yes, it is both guesses and speculation. Uniformitarianism is an assumption, not an empirical fact.
Uniformitarianism is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformitarianism
Quote from: skeptic54768 on February 24, 2014, 11:53:06 AMYes, it is both guesses and speculation. Uniformitarianism is an assumption, not an empirical fact.You did it again. Guesses and speculation are not the same as an assumption. That would be one of those false equivalences I asked you to stop making. Also, you just shifted the goal posts. Uniformitarianism was not mentioned in that post. It was about polonium halos and some cockamamie idea that you allege is being suppressed because of religious bias or some bullshit like that. All of which you offered without any supporting evidence, I might add. This looks a lot like a really dishonest argument skep. I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt here. But you are floundering. Quote from: skeptic54768 on February 24, 2014, 11:53:06 AMUniformitarianism is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniformitarianismIn case you haven't noticed, the only people pushing against this idea are people who desperately need it to be false, ie, young earth creationists. If you would like to establish that uniformitarianism is wrong, go ahead, get your science on. But until you have a better reason than an iron age book of myths, I invite you to stfu about it.
But if I told you, "Please prove that the Bible is NOT the Word of God," you would scream, "Unfair! Prove it is the Word of God!"But, it's fair to say "Prove uniformitarianism wrong" instead of saying "Prove it right?"Something is a miss here and doesn't quite add up on the fairness scale....
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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the laser assisted subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) for correction of hyperopia in young patients with refractive accomodative esotropia, as alternative to conventional optical correction by glasses or contact lenses.
This prospective study analyzed refractive results, ocular alignment, binocular vision outcome in 19 patients (38 eyes) with the "pure" refractive accommodative esotropia, who underwent hyperopic LASEK. The mean age of patients was 22±6.4 years (range 15 to 33 years). The mean follow-up was 27 months ( range,12 to 38 months). The mean preoperative spherical equivalent (SE) refraction was +4.59 diopters (D) (range, +2.75 to + 5.5 D). The mean angle of esodevation without optical correction was 43 prism diopters (PD), (range, 25 to 60 PD). Hyperopic LASEK was performed by the Nidek EC 5000 slit scanning excimer laser using a 5.5mm optical zone and 9.0 mm transition zone.
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In an investor letter disseminated midafternoon on Wednesday, Third Point founder Loeb disclosed a "significant stake" in Murphy , adding that his company had "recently filed" for federal approval to increase the size of that stake.
Murphy Oil has opportunities to increase its stock price, Loeb asserts in the letter, because its current asset mix is cumbersome and makes the company hard to value.
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Prosecutors have launched an investigation into two foundations accused of having been used as fundraising vehicles by influence peddlers close to President Park Geun-hye.
According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, Friday, it has questioned current and former officials of the Mir and K-Sports foundations, which are suspected of being used for this purpose by Park's aides, including her long-time confidant Choi Soon-sil.
Chung Tong-gu, the first chairman of the K-Sports Foundation, was among the people who were summoned for questioning. He said he left the position after less than a month because there was nothing he could do.
"Why would I stay in the foundation where I can't do anything? So I left," he was quoted as saying. "I just could not get control. You know what I'm talking about."
Choi is suspected of using the money to run shady businesses in Korea and Germany, which is expected to be another focus of the investigation.
Under the pretext of promoting Korean culture and sports to the world, the Mir and K-Sports foundations were established in October 2015 and January this year, respectively.
The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the lobbying arm for conglomerates, raised about 80 billion won ($72 million) for the foundations in just two months; and it took a single day to get approval for their establishment from the ministry. Such a process usually takes several weeks at least.
This is why many speculate that Cheong Wa Dae is behind the foundations. An Chong-bum, President Park's senior secretary for policy coordination, has been accused of playing a key role in pressuring the FKI to raise the money for them.
While An keeps insisting that it was voluntary donations, Bahk Byong-won, chairman of the Korea Employers' Federation, claims otherwise, saying the government "twisted the arms" of big firms to do so.
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Ms. Choi's previously hidden power over the president suddenly came under intense scrutiny when investigations began into two charitable foundations, Mir and K-Sport, both created in the past one year. In the case of Mir, the Ministry of Culture and Sports approved its establishment overnight; normally it takes a month. The country's top companies donated to them nearly 80 billion KRW through the Korea Federation of Industries, the leading business lobby.
The problem is that these entities were reportedly controlled by Ms. Choi, whose intimates filled the key positions. Some of the money the foundations raised was funneled to at least one company Ms. Choi owns with her daughter in Germany. (The latest tally from the German media is that Ms. Choi owns 14 ghost companies in that country.) This firm bought a hotel near Frankfurt, conveniently close to where Ms. Choi's daughter, an equestrian gold medalist at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, was training until recently and owns a house.
Resembling a princess of some faraway despotic kingdom is this twenty-year-old, Chung Yoo-ra. She lost the top spot at a national championship three years ago, and the police investigated the judges for bias. Two Culture and Sports officials, who subsequently looked into the matter but blamed the fracas on both Ms. Chung and the equestrian association that held the event, were demoted. Ms. Chung became a student at a prestigious South Korean women's university, admitted under questionable circumstances after the university changed its admission criteria, and her attendance record is spotty to say the least. (The university president resigned on Oct. 20 over the allegations surrounding Ms. Chung.)
Early this year, European sources reported that the South Korean electronics giant Samsung even bought a magnificent champion horse, Vitana V, this year for Ms. Chung's use.
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The K-Sports Foundation may have pressured Lotte Group to provide it additional funding by taking advantage of the vulnerable position the group was situated in at the time.
Lotte Group confirmed Thursday that it gave an additional 7 billion won ($6.1 million) to the foundation in May through six of its affiliates. The group had already contributed 1.7 billion won to the foundation in January, along with a dozen other conglomerates that helped the problematic foundation raise 28.8 billion won just one week after its launch.
In May, when the group coughed up 7 billion won to the scandal-ridden foundation - most of which reportedly went to the president's longtime friend, Choi Soon-sil - Lotte was in a fierce power struggle between the two heir brothers over group succession and was facing investigation over alleged business malpractices.
The Hankyoreh Newspaper on Thursday reported that Choi and An Chong-bum, the senior presidential secretary, strong-armed the group into donating, based on an internal document the newspaper obtained exclusively.
The document, which dates back to March 28, details the agreement made between Lotte Group and the foundation on how much the conglomerate could fund projects claiming to support domestic sports talents by constructing training centers.
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[Choi Soon-sil] faces charges of using her links with [President] Park to compel major companies such as Samsung into donating large sums to two non-profit foundations she set up.
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Prosecutors find evidence Choi Soon-sil received cash from Samsung Group
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If corporations admit they expected some kind of reward from the government in return for their contributions, those gifts may violate laws against graft. Among those who contributed to the foundations are steelmaker Posco, and the Samsung, SK, and Lotte conglomerates. They are all bracing for potential investigations.
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At the center of the current scandal is Choi Soon-sil, the leader of the Church of Eternal Life and a confidante of the President for four decades. Last year she set up the Mir and K-Sports Foundations to promote Korean culture overseas. Within months they raised $72 million from corporate donors, allegedly with the help of the Culture Ministry and the Federation of Korean Industries.
Critics say that the foundations were intended to fund Ms. Park's retirement activities. Investigators are probing whether Ms. Choi used some of the funds to buy homes in Germany. Both women deny the accusations.
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When investigators stormed offices of the two foundations presumably controlled by Choi, the offices were almost empty, TV footage showed. All of computers in the K-Sports foundation were reportedly replaced, while email accounts of the employees were closed.
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Ko Young-tae, 40, a former host bar worker who had a relationship with Choi ... has managed The Blue K and Widec Sports, paper companies Choi set up in Korea and Germany allegedly to funnel money away from the Mir and K-Sports foundations.
Cha Eun-taek, a commercial director and close acquaintance of Choi ... led many of the culture ministry's key initiatives, including the creation of a nationwide exercise routine. Cha was alleged to have influenced the culture ministry when the Korea Institute of Sports Science had already completed "Korea calisthenics" over two years at a cost of 200 million won, to make a new routine called "Neulpum calisthenics" choreographed by the celebrity fitness trainer.
On her blog Saturday, Jung revealed that she had been instructed by a culture ministry official to lie about her involvement in the project. She said the ministry "told me to say that I was the one who came up with the idea (of the new exercise routine) if anyone interviewed me."
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Prosecutors also raided the office of The Blue K, a paper company set up by Choi. She is thought to have used it to funnel money from the Mir and K-Sports foundations without leaving a trace.
She is also suspected of moving all the money eventually to other paper companies she set up in Germany. According to Taunus Zeitung, a German local media outlet, there are 15 companies under her name, including Widec Sports.
In a surprise statement at Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday, President Park partly admitted that Choi was secretly involved in state affairs, including editing her speeches in the early years of her presidency. But evidence indicates that Choi's intervention behind the curtain may have continued for far longer.
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...the scandal worsened when the President was shown to have fired eight senior officials of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism after Choi's daughter won second place in an equestrian competition in 2013 and subsequently filed a complaint demanding that the judges at the event be investigated. Park also called a cabinet meeting and ordered an audit of the sports community – particularly the Korean Equestrian Foundation – after which she fired the eight officials. It was later revealed that Choi had the notes for the cabinet meeting saved on her computer in advance, with emphasis on investigating equestrian groups.


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2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons dried cilantro leaves
1 teaspoon ground thyme
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 pounds beef flank steak
¼ cup fresh lime juice
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 medium green bell peppers, cut into julienne strips
3 medium red bell peppers, cut into julienne strips
1½ large yellow onion, cut into julienne strips
½ cup vegetable oil, in all
15 flour tortillas
how to prepare
Combine the first 8 ingredients together thoroughly in a small bowl - this will make a Seasoning Mix. Slice the steaks (cold meat is easier to slice) into strips about 4 inches long by ¼-inch thick.
Place the meat in a large bowl and add 3 tablespoons of the Seasoning Mix, the lime juice, and vinegar, and mix thoroughly with your hands. Cover the bowl and allow the meat to marinate at room temperature about 2½ hours.
Combine the green and red bell peppers and onions in another bowl. Strain the marinade from the beef into the vegetables. Stir in ¼ cup of the oil and 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of the Seasoning Mix. Mix thoroughly with your hands.
Add another 1 tablespoon of the Seasoning Mix and the remaining ¼ cup oil to the meat and rub in well with your hands. Heat a 12-inch cast iron skillet over high heat until very hot, about 8-9 minutes. Using tongs, add the meat to the skillet in batches and cook until browned on both sides, about 2-3 minutes. (Be sure to allow the skillet to get very hot before adding each new batch of meat.) Remove the meat to a bowl.
Let the skillet get very hot again, add the vegetables using a slotted spoon, and cook, tossing often with the spoon, until crisp-tender, about 4-5 minutes. Remove the peppers and onions from the pan with a slotted spoon or tongs, leaving the liquid in the skillet and add the meat. Toss to mix.
Add any liquid remaining in the marinating bowls to the skillet and cook over high heat, stirring and scraping the bottom of the skillet, until thickened. Pour over the meat and vegetables and toss to coat.
Meanwhile, heat the tortillas quickly in a skillet. Top each tortilla with ½ cup of the meat mixture and ¼ cup of the Guacamole and roll up. Top each burrito with another 2 tablespoons of the Guacamole and serve immediately.NOTE: These are the ground chile peppers we used. You can use whatever peppers are available in your area, but try to use a variety of heats for a "round" flavor. Don't use commercial chili powder
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Yes, but is it Art?
I had stopped what I was doing suddenly. Like the abrupt and offensive sound of a needle scratching an LP, my task had ceased. I looked up at him dumbfounded.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Photography isn't art. My Dad was an art teacher for 20 years, and it wasn't until recently that photography was inserted into the art curriculum. It was never considered an art before then."
I blinked twice. With this level of ignorance, I'd expected knee-high Jack Boots on his feet, or some kind of stick or club in his hand. He was so sure of his opinion... so confident he was right...
"It's not art, it's a skill."
"You...(sigh)...I...I don't have the words to express to you just how wrong you are."
He looked at me as if he'd just discovered that it was me who'd peed in his corn flakes this morning. "Don't you tell me I'm wrong! I know what I'm talking about. My Dad taught Photography for 10 years. It's not art, it's a mechanical process."
My eyebrows rose as if to object, my mouth opened and inhaled as if to speak, but nothing came out. I was so shocked at the absurdity of it all... (Was this what it was like to be offended?...) and finally composing a thought...
"I think that Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, among others, would take issue with that." I tried to contain myself, being at what passes for work. I put down what I was doing and...
"I don't know who Amstel Adams or Western is, but my Dad said..."
He continued to talk, his words melded into the teacher's voice from the Peanuts cartoon.
All of a sudden I knew the story...
His Dad was a failed or frustrated painter, maybe a watercolorist or a Bob Ross graduate, or maybe he answered that ad for a free art test on TV, either way, he felt forced into teaching. Then he gets this class foisted upon him with no raise in pay to compensate for the extra pain in the ass (not to mention little or no extra funding to make it work). Now he's dealing with all of this chemistry, and these mechanical cameras and lenses...this class was the albatross around his neck and he'd been sure to pass on this opinion like a recessive gene to his offspring.
"...So you're saying that art must be made by hand?"
"Well, yeah, that's the creative process. Artists create something from their minds that wasn't there before. Art isn't just recording reality."
"(blink)...So, if I make a camera out of, say, a cigar box, I then make some paper, and coat it with silver nitrate, and then use the cigar box and the paper to create an image that wasn't there before, that's not art."
"It's still a mechanical process. I know, my Dad's an ART TEACHER."
I raised a Harrison-Ford-Righteously-Indignant-Finger at him, "Well, I'm a PHOTOGRAPHER and maybe you should with hold your judgments on the matter until you see my 'ARTWORK' on display in my gallery space. There are some other PHOTOGRAPHERS there who might take an interest in your opinions as well."
For the first time in a while he said nothing.
"(deep inhale)...You have a sad and narrow view of art...
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Although individual health issues are complex, the approach is simple – "I don't think anybody wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to feel cruddy today.'"
That comment by Kimberly Nathan, director of the UH Workwell program offered by Union Hospital in Dover, describes her approach to making healthier lifestyle improvements one person at a time.
Although individual health issues are complex, the approach is simple – "I don't think anybody wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to feel cruddy today.'"
That comment by Kimberly Nathan, director of the UH Workwell program offered by Union Hospital in Dover, describes her approach to making healthier lifestyle improvements one person at a time.
The approach began to take form in mid-2007 as area businesses began approaching the hospital for ways to become more effective in handling rising health care and insurance costs. Then hospital CEO Bill Harding also was dealing with the issue for hospital employees.
"There was a tremendous interest among people wanting to take charge of their health," Nathan said.
The hospital implemented the program internally, and then grew and extended it to area businesses beginning in 2008. Since then, the workplace wellness, occupational medicine and employee health services programs have been combined into the UHWorkWell program.
For instance, the program covers the about 1,100 hospital employees, from prehire testing, to flu shots, to the mandatory vaccination updates required for healthcare workers.
"No one aspect of the program has been much more busy than the others," she said.
However, the occupational medicine services portion "is picking up a bit" with the increased volume of personnel associated with a boom in oil and gas exploration in the Tuscarawas Valley region.
Entering its sixth full year, the program continues to evolve.
"We don't take a cookie-cutter approach," she said. "It's very distinctive regarding what each company's specific needs are."
In the beginning, the program primarily provided blood testing and conducted a health risk assessment from up to 40 questions an employee answered from checking a written form.
Now, the blood tests are still in person, but the assessment and other questions can be answered online.
"With all of the technical advances, the employee can go online to a health coach and discuss any topic from overall general health to nutritional guidelines or physical activity levels," Nathan said. "The person decides the topic. A coach is available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you want to contact the coach at 5 a.m., there's someone there."
Union Hospital isn't alone in its approach, as other hospitals or medical agencies in the region offer a variety of programs aimed at achieving a healthier lifestyle. Also, many area companies offer some type of Employee Assistance Program.
"There's been a huge push in EAP to help employees get through whatever is holding them back from meeting their goal," she said. "When there's a third-party person available online or by phone, that can make a huge difference. For some people it's more comfortable not to be talking about sensitive issues face-to-face."
Nathan has 25 years of experience as a nurse, starting out in the emergency room department.
"I've seen the devastation, and I've learned what really matters in life," she said.
"I really don't think that anybody wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to feel cruddy today,'" Nathan emphasized. "The majority of people want to feel better. Most people don't want to pop pills to keep their blood pressure or cholesterol lower."
For many people, their health takes a slow spiral downward.
"When you peel back the layers, it can be a financial issue, divorce, troubles with their teenager, taking care of elderly parents, or grandparents taking care of their grandchildren," she said. "All of those are factors. The preventative efforts – a physical or dental check-up – get put on the back burner."
That's often especially true for women.
"Folks are so busy now," she said. "You're working full-time, but you're also trying to be a good wife, mother, and still take care of yourself."
The program can help with preventive care and maintenance.
"We have two wellness nurses on our team who are really involved with that," she said. "For instance, they can help guide you about exercise and sticking with it. We've seen some really great success."
Just five years ago, the concept of lifestyle coaches "wasn't really even in the vocabulary locally," she said. "Now, it's huge. It's no longer just going to a doctor or nurse practitioner. Lifestyle coaches are helping with many issues, including financial, physical and spiritual health. It's not just looking into eating and exercise, but a wellness approach to your whole mind and body."
She said changes in federal health care laws are pushing wellness programs into the spotlight as a way to combat soaring costs.
UH WorkWell's motto is "Helping businesses and their employees stay healthy together," and the program's clients include some of the area's largest companies, as well as "mom and pop" operations.
"We're also able to assist companies regarding injuries, illnesses, eye irrigations, hearing tests, and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation matters," she said.
"It's a lot more cost-effective to go to their business, and it's better for the employee," she said.
One key to the approach is making healthcare terms understandable to everyone.
"It's not just letters in the alphabet," she said. "It can be overwhelming to people – like we're speaking a foreign language. We've stressed that to staff throughout the hospital. And, if you don't understand something, be sure to ask and get an explanation."
She believes that much of the initial suspicion regarding such programs has gone away.
"Now, it's being stressed that it's provided as a benefit for the employee," she said. "For a long time, there was a fear that it was the company trying to find out who had the worst blood pressure or other health issues. And, when we go to a company, it's confidential – no different than when you're going to the doctor.
"We see a lot of companies at least on an annual basis. The employees like seeing us in person. They'll tell us about losing 30 pounds or running in a 5K race."
Often, improvements can be simple.
"It's all about moderation," she said. "It's OK to have a cookie, but don't eat the whole package."
While people frequently complain about the higher cost of eating a healthier diet, she said that has been offset locally in the past few years with the growth of the Tuscarawas Valley Family Farm Market at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds in Dover.
"What an incredible opportunity, and so many people don't take advantage of it," she said. "For $10, you can get two bags of food, especially in-season fruits and vegetables. I'd love to see people take more advantage of what's available right here."
When it comes to healthier eating, many businesses are helping people help themselves.
"Here at the hospital, it used to be that a recognition or award celebration was cupcakes, cookies and punch," she said. "That's not been eliminated, but now we'll include apples and granola bars. Or, if we have an ice cream social, there's the option of frozen yogurt and sugarfree toppings."
Vending machines provide healthy options for 50 percent of the selection. Traditional favorites such as Snickers candy bars remain in place to prevent potential riots, she said with a laugh.
While pleased with what the program can offer, Nathan views any attention to health as a positive.
She referred to the March 9 Spring Healthcheck conducted by the hospital and New Philadelphia Rotary Club. Between 6 and 11 a.m., a total of about 1,035 people participated. The $40 blood profile included a complete cholesterol lipid panel. Laboratory staff draw the blood samples and conduct testing, with the results mailed to participants.
"Even if that's all the individual does all year, it's a great way to find out if you have issues with cholesterol or triglycerides. Then you can check with your doctor about what to do next. It may require a change in physical activity or lifestyle."
Reach Lee at 330-364-8402 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Playing the Lucky 5 lottery can be very exciting especially if from time to time you are a winner. Winning can be accomplished quit often if the correct system is used. There are many so called experts in the market offering winning number secrets and scratch off ticket recommendations that promise to help you win. Most are not legit. However, there are a few systems on the market that has produced some promising results.
When you consider that that there are many different lottery systems available and lots of past winners you remain anonymous or don't talk about their winning strategies how many more winners might there be who have used such systems?
Think about it: is it possible that a huge percentage of lottery winners are actually using mathematical or statistical formulas to help them win? If that is the case then anyone who is not using a system is merely feeding the prize fund and has an almost zero chance of winning.
Would You Like to Win The Lucky 5 lottery?
Lottery predictions is quite popular these days. People used to be skeptical with the predictions as they thought that the winning numbers are a matter of luck and fortunes. Not many people believe that lottery can be won by using some kind of a sophisticated science based predictions. It was not until the late 90s when lottery players began using lottery predictions to help them to win lottery or at least get closer to the winning numbers. When Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo, a Spanish man who managed to study and analyze many games in two different countries, Spain and the US and win a lot of money by using different strategies. After him people started to believe that lottery results can be predicted.
Lottery players start thinking about how to win the lotteries using predictions. They use many kinds of predictions: from mechanical predictions on mechanical lotteries to technological predictions using computer software. A lot of people use algorithm to analyze and predict lottery results.
Analysis of Groups
There are many kinds of group analysis that lottery predictors use to get into the winning numbers. Lottery players can group the months having the best winning numbers of a certain period or they can group the numbers winning in certain period of time.
Analysis of Hot-Cold Trend
This algorithm analysis is one of the most favourite so far as it can record the frequency ranks and use the variations to predict the tendencies of hot and cold numbers in the next drawings.
Analysis of Repetition Pattern
A lot of lottery players share the same opinion that repetition is quite important to predict the winning numbers as most of jackpots will appear again in the future.
The analysis mentioned above represents only a part of the strategies that lottery players can use. There are still many other algorithm analysis that can be done by predictors to help them win.
How To Answer "Yes," To "Will I Win The Lottery?" And Turn "I Want To Win The Lottery" Into "I Won!"
Is it really possible to use an easy pick lotto ticket to win the Powerball? If you answered yes to this question then you are absolutely 100% correct. On the flip side if you answered no to the proposed question than you are also correct. What?Now wait, before you brush me off and stop reading this article at least give me a chance to explain myself. As you already know winning the Powerball is a huge undertaking. On a slow week the jackpot starts at 20 million dollars.With that much money at stake a simple yes and no answer is impossible, when it comes to winning with a computer generated number. But don't despair by reading this article you will learn not only how to use the computer generated numbers to win the Powerball but you will also find out when your chances of winning from the easy pick numbers are slim to none. Both of these two facts are of equal importance and determine your chances of winning. Lets not forget winning is everything am I correct?The answer is broken into two parts.Part number 1: Winning Powerball tickets contain ranges of number that have low middle and large numbers. For example 6,8,15,19,35,40 is an example of the range needed to produce a winning outcome.Part number 2: If you purchase an easy pick ticket that contains low middle and large numbers than you have a potential winner. All your focus should be set on securing more tickets that have a combination of low, middle, and large numbers. This is the only way your going to win using computer generated numbers.Now with that being said I want to leave you with one more piece of information that will be beneficial to you.
Winning the Lucky 5 lottery is very rewarding. Give this system a spin and watch your winnings grow.


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Cetartiodactyla is a group comprised of two orders of mammals that are superficially quite different and that, until recently, were recognized as two separate monophyletic clades. These orders are Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulates, including animals such as cows (Bovidae), camels (Camelidae), and deer (Cervidae), and Cetacea, a group of mammals that are highly specialized for an aquatic lifestyle, including baleen whales and toothed whales. Recent molecular evidence suggests that Cetacea evolved from artiodactyl ancestors, making Artiodactyla non-monophyletic unless Cetacea is included. Experts suggest the monophyletic clade representing artiodactyls and cetaceans be called Cetartiodactyla.


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A phrase that is typed repeatedly at the end of an article in order to meet the word requirement.
The year 2000 affair of cabinet secretary Hidenao Nakagawa was a fairly by the book sex scandal that provided an excellent insight the media interplay between tabloids and mainstream newspapers. Screw Flanders Screw Flanders Screw Flanders Screw Flanders
by Anoonamoose January 15, 2008
something...Homer Simpson might say?
by equine_attraction_00 July 27, 2004
1. A poster a New wOw Order that thinks he is cool but in reality is a one-note tool.
2. What really killed Jesus.
3. A fucktard.
2. What really killed Jesus.
3. A fucktard.
Screw Flanders makes baby Jesus cry.
by Brandon Downard November 25, 2003
buy the domain for your cat blog
1. A poster nobody cares about who enjoys posting definitions of himself on the Internet, then claiming "it wasn't me".
2. An insult used towards rubbish posters on wrestling boards.
2. An insult used towards rubbish posters on wrestling boards.
1. Why is this thread so crap? Oh, Screw Flanders started it.
2. "This thread is Screw Flanders-bad."
2. "This thread is Screw Flanders-bad."
by Joe Wilson November 27, 2003
Some guy that posts really cool stuff at WWFE and wOw and OO.
Screw Flanders is awesome.
by Reeks Of Awesomeness November 25, 2003
(noun) a human inflicted with mental retardation that can only find sexual gratification with farm animals.
Hey! What's that humping my cow? Oh, it's just SCREW FLANDERS again.
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MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Officials say two residents at a California senior care center have died following an outbreak of a gastrointestinal virus that sickened nearly 60 people at the facility.
The Marin Independent Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1390fcD ) the norovirus outbreak began just before Christmas and has afflicted residents and employees at The Redwoods facility in Mill Valley.
Public Health Officer Matthew Willis said Friday the virus may have contributed to the death of the two residents who were at least 86 years old and had "significant pre-existing conditions."
Officials say another six people were taken to the hospital after falling ill from the contagious virus, which causes flu-like symptoms for 24 to 48 hours.
Marin County officials say the Redwoods outbreak follows an outbreak at San Rafael retirement home that sickened 27 people in November.


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Unlike much of the mass produced fare that floods the market today, each California Faucets fitting is custom made. Starting with good old-fashioned craftsmanship featuring solid brass construction, we add state-of-the-art ¼ turn ceramic disc valves with lifetime warranties, the world's largest offering of decorative PVD finishes and quality controls that meet or exceed government codes, including national and local lead-free and water conservation standards. California Faucets offers every decorative fitting you need to outfit your entire bathroom, including: Faucets & Fittings, Shower Systems, Luxury Drains, and Accessories & Trim.
California Faucets offers a wide selection of Bathroom Faucets, Roman Tub Faucets and Shower Faucets in an array of Finishes including Polished Chrome, Brushed Nickel, Brushed Bronze, Brushed Chrome, Polished Nickel and Oil Rubbed Bronze. California Faucets also produces a wide variety of accessories for the Bathroom and Shower including Shower Heads, Deck Mount Hand Showers, and Towel Bars. Whether your looking for a California Faucets Bathroom Faucet or Shower Faucets, California Faucets has what your looking for in styles and finishes that compliment any decor.


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Cotton sales are important to the economies of many nations, including the United States. Sales can help balance trade with cotton-buying countries.
Problems such as diseases can interfere with cotton production and can therefore upset the producing countries' economies. The situation is the same in Missouri. Although the effects of cotton diseases on the Missouri economy are not as dramatic as in some other states, crop damage due to severe disease can seriously affect an individual producer's profit. Fortunately, most cotton diseases can be managed.
To manage disease and nematode problems, an accurate diagnosis is essential. This guide should help producers to identify problems caused by cotton diseases and nematodes and to decide which management strategies to use.
Whenever possible, consult an extension specialist at the:
There are several strategies for managing cotton disease and nematode problems in cotton. The three most important are to rotate crops, plant resistant varieties, and plant in warm, well-drained soil. An integrated approach that uses all of these methods usually is the most effective and profitable.
Improved varieties immune to all or most cotton diseases do not exist. However, newer cotton varieties often have improved levels of resistance to Fusarium wilt. Farmers should choose varieties based on MU yield trials in their area and resistance to locally significant diseases (see results of variety trials at http://aes.missouri.edu/delta/cotton/trials/index.stm).
Rotating cotton with corn or certain soybean varieties will help manage several cotton diseases.
Certain growth regulators cause the plant to grow more open, which increases air movement, reduces canopy humidity and thus reduces boll rot. Boll rot is most prevalent during warm, humid, rainy weather, especially when insect feeding injures bolls. To avoid boll rot, plants should be protected from insects and managed to avoid rank growth, which can increase humidity in the canopy.
Seed treatments and fungicides applied to the soil at planting can be very helpful in managing cotton seedling disease. Most cotton seed sold commercially is treated with a fungicide, but more fungicide may be applied.
Table 1 provides a brief description of the major diseases and nematodes found in Missouri cotton. It also provides management strategies to follow when they occur.
Table 1Cotton disease and nematode management strategies.
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Cisco VNI Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2010 – 2015
Here's a news flash – mobile data traffic is growing rapidly.
. . . Oh, you knew that already?
Well, bet you didn't know HOW fast it's growing.
Really fast, actually. Specifically, global mobile data traffic grew 4.2 times faster than global fixed broadband data traffic in 2010 according to. Cisco's Visual Networking Index Mobile Data Traffic Forecast covering the period 2010 – 2015.
A year ago, the Cisco VNI Mobile Data Traffic study predicted that global mobile data traffic would reach 3.6 exabytes by 2014 . . . and we thought that was fast.
Findings from the recently updated Cisco Mobile VNI include:
- The annual global mobile data traffic will reach 6.3 exabytes per month, or an annual run rate of 75 exabytes, by 2015. That amount is the equivalent of 19 billion DVDs or 536 quadrillion SMS text messages or 75 times the amount of global Internet Protocol traffic (fixed and mobile) generated in the year 2000.
- Global mobile data traffic increased 159 percent from calendar year 2009 to calendar year 2010 to 237 petabytes per month, or the equivalent of 60 million DVDs.
- Global mobile data traffic grew 4.2 times as fast as global fixed broadband data traffic in 2010.
- Global mobile data traffic in 2010 was three times the size of all global Internet traffic (fixed and mobile) in the year 2000.
- According to the updated forecast, the Middle East and Africa will have the highest regional mobile data traffic growth rates, with a compound annual growth rate of 129 percent (63-fold growth) over the period. Latin America anticipates a 111 percent CAGR (42-fold growth), followed by Central and Eastern Europe, with a 102 percent CAGR (34-fold growth), and Asia-Pacific, with a 101 percent CAGR (33-fold growth). Western Europe is forecast to experience a 91 percent CAGR (25-fold growth); North America, an 83 percent CAGR (20-fold growth); and Japan, a 70 percent CAGR (14-fold growth).
- India has the highest national mobile data traffic growth rate, with a CAGR of 158 percent (115-fold growth) for the forecast period, followed by South Africa, with a 144 percent CAGR (87-fold growth), and Mexico, with a 131 percent CAGR (66-fold growth). Comparatively, the United Kingdom will see an 84 percent CAGR (21-fold growth), and the U.S. an 83 percent CAGR (21-fold growth), according to the updated forecast.
- In spite of the slow economic recovery in many regions, the demand for mobile services has remained constant, overall, and strong traffic growth continues globally.
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Writer/director James Cameron photographed during the 2014 Hero Complex Film Festival at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood on May 31, 2014. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)Link
Writer/director James Cameron speaks at the 2014 Hero Complex Film Festival in Hollywood on May 31, 2014. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)Link
Writer/director James Cameron speaks at the 2014 Hero Complex Film Festival in Hollywood on May 31, 2014. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)Link
Los Angeles Times reporter Rebecca Keegan interviews writer/director James Cameron during the 2014 Hero Complex Film Festival in Hollywood on May 31, 2014. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)Link
It takes a village to write three movies at once — or at least that's how James Cameron is approaching the three "Avatar" sequels.
Speaking at the fifth annual Hero Complex Film Festival over the weekend, the "Avatar" director described his strategy for completing the three scripts — which are scheduled to be shot simultaneously beginning later this year — with a technique borrowed from television writers' rooms.
Taking place at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters, the Hero Complex Film Festival featured screenings of Cameron's seminal 1984 science fiction film "The Terminator" and sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."
The director took the stage in between the films for an extended Q&A in which he discussed his progress on scripts for the next big film franchise on his plate, the Pandora-set fantasy "Avatar."
"The first thing I did was I sat for a year and wrote 1,500 pages of notes of the world and the cultures," Cameron said. "The different clans and the different animals and the different biomes and so on… a lot of loose thematic stuff ran through that, but I didn't have a concrete story."
For the next step, Cameron brought in a group of writers, Josh Friedman ("War of the Worlds"), Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes") and Shane Salerno ("Savages," "Salinger") to collaborate with him.
"I knew I was gonna have to work with other writers, and the best experience I'd had working with other writers was in television when I did 'Dark Angel,' " Cameron said, referencing his short-lived sci-fi TV series that ran from 2000 to 2002. "The television room is a highly collaborative, fun experience, so we put together … three teams, one for each script."
The group met daily for five months, Cameron said, hammering out a three-movie story arc with definite beginnings and endings for each film.
"We worked out every beat of the story across all three films, so it all connects as one three-film saga," Cameron said. "I didn't tell them which one was gonna be theirs to write until the last day … so everybody was equally invested story-wise in all three films.
"We all consider that to be a really exciting, creative and groundbreaking experiment in screenwriting. I don't know if that necessarily yields great scripts, but it certainly worked for us as a process to get our minds around this epic, all these new creatures, environments and characters."
"Avatar 2″ is scheduled to be released in December 2016, with subsequent films following in December 2017 and December 2018.
Watch the clip above to hear what else Cameron had to say, and look for more video from this conversation and others from the weekend soon.
–Rebecca Keegan | @LATHeroComplex
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