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It's Product Review Friday and this week we have a review of yet another innovative product from the creative folks at Perfect Fit Brand.
This is our 3rd Perfect Fit Brand review and there are plenty more to come. To keep track of all our PFB reviews use the search function in the header of DrDickSexToyReviews.com, type in Perfect Fit Brand, and PRESTO!
Alrighty then, lets check in with Dr Dick Review Crew members, Mick & Chuck, to see what they've been up to.
Tunnel Plug — $44.95
Mick & Chuck
Mick: "'Wait a minute! Are you telling me someone's gone and fiddled with one of the most basic sex toys ever? I hope to god they didn't fuck it up.' That was me on the telephone with Dr Dick when he asked if Chuck and I would be up for reviewing the revolutionary Tunnel Plug."
Chuck: "I was like totally down with at least taking a look at it. But I was simply going on the other Perfect Fit Brand reviews posted here and I figured, how bad could it be? Besides, there are loads of different kinds of plugs out there."
Mick: "Yeah, there is! But a plug's a plug, right? And my thoughts were, well if it works why fix it? As fate would have it, all my worry was for nothing, because even though the Tunnel Plug is revolutionary, it still is very much a plug. It has all the features of the traditional design — the insertable part is a tapered cone or bulb shape, designed for easy insertion and giving you that all-filled-up feeling while it's in place. The plug tapers more dramatically near the base into a notch. This allows your sphincter muscle to close down on the plug keeping it firmly in place. Finally the wide base keeps it from slipping inside your bum."
Chuck: "Ok, so let's tell everyone how the Tunnel Plug is different from every other butt plug we've ever see. Most of the butt plugs I'm familiar with are made of a solid material — glass, metal, wood, rubber, etc. You can't have something really squishy, because you could never get it in your ass. The Tunnel Plug is firm, but flexible. It's even got a little stretch to it. It's made of a proprietary material called PFBlend. It stretches like TPR (Thermo Plastic Rubber), but it is safe and durable like silicone."
Mick: "The next obvious difference between this plug and all the rest is the center is hallow. I know, why didn't someone think of this sooner? It is the perfect convenience. Instead of just plugging your hole, you can open it too. The tunnel hole goes right through the core of the Tunnel Plug. So once I had the Tunnel Plug in my ass, I inserted a slim vibrating dildo in the center of the plug and I was happy as a pig in shit!"
Chuck: "It's also ideal for keeping your hole open for a quick douche. The hose or nozzle fits right in the hollow center. And think of all the enema play fun you can have. You can insert a finger too. And if you have a little penlight flashlight you can shine a light in the very place where the sun don't shine. I did this while the Tunnel Plug was in Mick's ass. I mean, I had never seen the inside of a guy's hole before. It's kinda breath-taking actually."
Mick: "Not to be undone by Chuck's creativity, I decided to make the Tunnel Plug part of my Halloween costume this year. I found this faux-fur foxtail (Try saying that three times fast.) at a costume store here in town. I fastened it to a wooden dowel from the hardware store and inserted the dowel into the hallow center of the Tunnel Plug. It looked fantastic, if I have to say so myself."
Chuck: "We need to submit that costume suggestion to the DIY site!"
Mick: "The point is, the Tunnel Plug allows you to be creative in your anal play. I decided that some sensation play might be nice. A trickle of chilled (not ice cold) water through the hallow center was both startling and amazing. What a unique feeling. The fact that the plug gives you this filled up sensation while allowing you to add another sensation is like WOW!"
Chuck: "The Tunnel Plug comes in two sizes — (Small/Medium): 3″ total length, 2.75″ insertable length, 2″ in width, and 6.25″ in circumference and (Medium/Large): 3.5″ total length, 3″ insertable length, 2.5″ in width, and 8″ in circumference."
Mick: "You can use any type of lube you want wit the Tunnel Plug. And clean up is a snap. Because the PFBlend material is nonporous, everyday cleanup with a mild soap and hot water is fine. However, if you're gonna share your toys sanitizing is highly recommended. You can drop the Tunnel Plug in a pot of boiling water for a couple minutes, then let it air dry. You can also wipe it down with a lint-free towel moistened with peroxide, rubbing alcohol or a 10% bleach solution."
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WICHITA — A former Wichita police officer has been charged with conspiring to bribe a car-theft victim in hope of saving her job.
The U.S. attorney's office says 34-year-old ex-officer Joletta Vallejo was indicted Wednesday on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy. Also charged in the case are 40-year-old Patrick Melendrez and 30-year-old Courtney Foster, both of Wichita.
The defendants' home phones were either disconnected or unanswered Wednesday. It's not known if they had lawyers.
Prosecutors say an internal police investigation concluded that Vallejo violated department rules in handling reports of a domestic violence case and a related car theft.
The indictment accuses Vallejo of arranging last August for Melendrez to pay the theft victim $150 to recant his statement and another $150 if she kept her job.

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Clarkson University's Conry Named Distinguished Service Professor
Clarkson University Professor Susan E. Conry has been named Distinguished Service Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering by full vote of the University board of trustees.
Prof. Conry's service to both the University and to her professional field has been exemplary, said Clarkson President Tony Collins. "She has traveled nationally and internationally to maintain the best practices and standards for educators and to sustain an exceptional education system for our nation and our increasingly global society. We are proud to recognize Prof. Conry with this honor."
The trustee resolution recognized Conry for her contributions to higher education, saying, in part, that "she has defied convention among her higher education peers and been a leader within her profession by graciously accepting and initiating many national as well as international assignments to advance engineering and computer science education, and in particular, advancing the opportunities for women to enjoy the fruits of an education rooted in technology serving humanity; and therefore bringing great credit and reputation to herself and to Clarkson University."
Conry's activities related to computer science and engineering education are extensive. She has been actively involved in major curriculum development efforts in the computing disciplines organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Since 1985, she has also been active in accreditation of computer science programs and engineering programs.
In 2005, Conry received the IEEE Educational Activities Board Award for Meritorious Achievement in Accreditation Activities in recognition of contributions to computer science and engineering accreditation and the development of model curricula. She has been designated a Fellow of the IEEE for her contributions to engineering education, an ABET Fellow for her contributions to computer science and engineering accreditation, leadership in the development of the Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), and for leadership in the integration of ABET and CSAB, and a CSAB Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions to computer science education and accreditation.
Conry joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1977, serving as chair from 1996-2001. Her research and educational interests cover various areas of computer engineering and software engineering. Her work in multiagent systems has been cited over 300 times by others working in that area. More recently, she has been active in bringing computer-based solutions to problems in rehabilitation engineering.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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Dave White's first movie review was of the animated feature Snoopy Come Home. He was seven years old...Read full profile
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the least comforting movie of 2007. Read full review
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Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Baumbach's achievement stings. It also has the sureness of tone and direction of a Chekhov story.
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Watching this movie feels a bit like being trapped on a weekend holiday with an unpredictable and seriously unhappy group of people.
Noah Baumbach has followed up his acclaimed 2005 breakthrough "The Squid and the Whale" with another wryly observed, giddily cringe-inducing, bracingly original winner.
Which brings us back to Kidman, who really IS sensational here.
See all Margot at the Wedding reviews at Metacritic.com
Iffy for 16+
Well-acted tale of crushing family dysfunction.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this mature, sometimes-uncomfortable drama isn't for kids, even though Jack Black co-stars (this is definitely not one of his over-the-top comedy roles). Focused on the long-repressed conflicts between two adult sisters, its themes include competition, sexual desire and frustration, and passive-aggressive behavior. Several arguments include yelling and crying, and two brief fights show victims (men) getting kicked or hit. There are discussions and images of masturbation, rape, and abuse, and an adult man makes out with an adolescent girl. Language includes many uses of "f--k."
Messages: The movie is a veritable study of "bad" behavior -- adults act out, compete, and abuse one another emotionally. Their kids watch, worry, and try to make sense of the bickering, yelling, and withholding.
Violence: Sisters recall their father's abuse (he beat them with a belt). Margot yells at a woman who's pulling on her daughter's arm; she yells back at Margot and calls her a "bitch." An argument results in a slap. A dog is hit by a car, and Jim tries to save it (some blood visible). A boy beats up and bites Claude (who yells loudly in pain). Dick chases and kicks Malcolm, who cries. Discussion of unseen sister's rape.
Sex: Couple appears in bed, with woman's breasts visible. Margot listens to her sister having sex in the next room and masturbates in bed (no nudity, but obvious movement). Sisters discuss their sexual pasts several times, including that of another, unseen sister. Maisy tells Claude that his mom is "hot" and "I'd do her if I was gay." Dick kisses Margot in the car. An adult man admits to sexual activity with a female teenager. Claude admits to masturbating. Some body-part words ("testicles"). Suggestion that pregnancy prompted the wedding.
Language: Lots of uses of "f--k," as well as "s--t," "bitch," "d--khead," and "a--hole."
Consumerism: Margot is concerned with promoting her new book.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some cigarette smoking and wine drinking. Margot finds pills in a drawer.
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City budget passed
PLYMOUTH —The Plymouth Common Coun-cil passed the 2011 budget Ordinance on second and third readings with a 4-0 vote Monday.
The Council also voted to allow the transfer of $185,000 from the general fund to the rainy day fund.
According to Mayor Mark Senter, there was approximately $4.1 million in the rainy day fund before the transfer.
City Attorney Nelson Chipman said the city is in a very enviable position by having the funds to transfer. Council member Mark Neidig said, "This is an extremely rare occasion with what is going on in the country."
Senter expressed his appreciation to the citizens of Plymouth, donors, and the media for their help in addressing the vandalism that occurred in Oakhill Cemetery.
Vandals damaged 110 headstones in the cemetery. Five citizens contributed a total $5,000 to a reward fund.
He also thanked Super-intendent Jim Ousnamer and his staff for the repair work that they performed in clean-up efforts.
"They were putting things back in place the best way they could by Tuesday, Sept. 28," Senter said, adding there were 22 headstones beyond repair. The South Bend Monument Company also helped to restore headstones and have taken one headstone back to their facility to work on it.
Senter praised Plymouth Police officers, Jim Cox, Leo Mangus, Ted Brown, and Dave Bacon for their investigative work that led to arrest of four in the matter.
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The big bang is the causation of our universe. What i want to know is what is outside the big bang before it started. And the infinite regression of questions continue.
If it takes infinite questions to counter an answer which is deemed 'true", then mathematically its takes infinite answers to reply
However the infinite questions put forth will always be borned out immediately from the previous answer(Q:what caused the universe? A: The Big Bang ...Q:What cause the Big Bang?)
Which means the reason of existance is an infinite QnA with the Q always being at the forefront before the answer.
This proves that we are created and engineered by (infinity) to infinitly not know how we are created (Q being always in the forefront)
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Judgment at Nuremberg
29-30 September - 1 October 2006
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A symposium on international criminal law; commemoration of the trial of the major German war criminals at the end of the second world war and its impact on international law, the judicial system, world peace, and order; and a special commentary and documentary presentation.
Presented by the Whitney R. Harris Institute of Global Legal Studies, Washington University Department of Philosophy and the Washington University School of Law in collaboration with the Robert H. Jackson Center and the American Society of International Law (ASIL Regional Centennial Conference).
In the fall of 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg issued its final judgment on the criminal responsibility of Hitler's chief advisors for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes against peace.
This was the first major international criminal trial and the touchstone for contemporary international criminal trials. The Nuremberg Tribunal held that individuals have duties under international law and spawned the idea of international human rights. At Washington University, on 29 September – 1 October 2006, 60 years after the Nuremberg judgment, a group of distinguished scholars and practitioners of international law and jurisprudence will join former Nuremberg prosecutors in a three-day conference rethinking the meaning and contemporary relevance of the Nuremberg judgment.
Whitney R. Harris, U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg
John O. Haley and Leila Sadat, Washington University, Law
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Do you believe in prayer? If you do, check out today's "A Little Salt" column.
Prayers are an interesting line of communication.
The Bible teaches that prayer is a person's opportunity to catch the ear of God. It's pretty awesome when you think about it.
Any time day or night, and regardless of holidays, you have the capability of sending a message to the all-powerful creator of the universe. There's no chance of getting a busy signal, encountering an answering machine or an "assistant" who demands to know the nature of your "call" before making a decision as to whether it's important enough to warrant bothering "the boss." God is always in and willing to drop everything to hear from you.
If that doesn't blow you away, try placing a call to the White House and asking for Barack. Too unrealistic? All right, put down your Courier-Post or walk away from your computer and try phoning Gov. Jay Nixon. Still aiming too high? There's no guarantee you'll be able to reach a member of the Hannibal City Council on your first attempt.
While prayer is designed as an avenue for believers to express their appreciation to God for all he does, many souls utilize prayer as solely a means to ask for their latest desire.
I must confess that I am not the prayer warrior that my wife, Nancy, is. While I make a point of saying "thanks," I'm sure I should do it more frequently. And on the flip side, while I do make requests, I try not to be a pest.
One of my most regular requests of God in recent months was that he would watch out for my son-in-law of less than a year, Shawn, during his tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Shawn was deployed last fall, just a few months after marrying my daughter, Amber. Lousy timing, but is there ever a good time for a loved one to be sent into a war zone?
At the time of their marriage, it appeared Shawn was going to be transferred to a post in Germany, and would be able to take Amber with him. But late last summer things changed dramatically, when his reassignment to Europe turned into a deployment to Afghanistan.
I was never privy to Shawn's exact location in Afghanistan. I supposed it was one of those, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," situations. And if it meant enhancing my son-in-law's safety by me not knowing, that was fine with me.
I did come to know Shawn better during the course of his deployment. In my personal attempt to make sure he knew he had not been forgotten, I regularly sent him e-mails, which he was amazingly good about answering.
The subjects of our correspondence were nothing profound. I'd share about the weather, my latest photo excursion and how proud I was of his wife, Amber. And Shawn, who is an outstanding photographer, would offer photo tips, talk about the weather there, acknowledge some of the dignitaries he had met there and share how much he was looking forward to getting back home to Amber and their three dogs.
But as much as he missed friends and family, Shawn indicated he accepted being in that dangerous place because he felt he was helping make a difference. In many of my e-mails I conveyed from my heart how proud I was of him and his colleagues for their service.
Last Friday my prayer of safety was officially answered when Amber sent an e-mail that indicated Shawn had arrived at Lambert Airport, safe and sound.
My new prayer is that Amber and Shawn will smoothly make the transition from a couple in love that miles for months was separated by thousands of, to a husband and wife living together in harmony under the same roof.


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Here's how to make an easy caterpillar bento lunch box using a ham, mashed potatoes and veggies
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Antichoking warning: Remember to remove toothpicks and cut up blueberries, grapes, carrots and other food for children under 4. See our Antichoking guide for more information.
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Federal food officials are warning Americans not to eat any food containing pistachios because of possible contamination by salmonella, in another food scare sure to rattle consumers already upset by the contamination of peanuts with the same bacteria.
The Food and Drug Administration said central California-based Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., the second-largest U.S. pistachio processor, was voluntarily recalling more than 2 million pounds of its roasted nuts shipped since last fall.
"Our advice to consumers is that they avoid eating pistachio products, and that they hold onto those products," said Dr. David Acheson, assistant commissioner for food safety. "The number of products that are going to be recalled over the coming days will grow, simply because these pistachio nuts have then been repackaged into consumer-level containers."
Two people called the FDA complaining of gastrointestinal illness that could be associated with the nuts, but the link hasn't been confirmed, Acheson said. Still, the plant decided to shut down late last week, officials said.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that the salmonella scare may have erupted because contaminated raw nuts got mixed with roasted nuts during processing, the company at the center of the nationwide recall said Tuesday.
Lee Cohen, the production manager for Setton International Foods Inc., said the company does not believe pistachios were contaminated by a human or animal source in its plant. He said the company suspects that roasted pistachios sold to Kraft Foods Inc. may have become mixed at Setton's plant with raw nuts that could have contained traces of the bacteria.
The pistachios were processed at central California-based Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., which is in the corporate family of Commack, N.Y.-based Setton International Foods Inc. Cohen is in California to help as the FDA inspects the nation's second-largest pistachio processor.
Kraft spokeswoman Laurie Guzzinati said her company's auditors "observed employee practices where raw and roasted nuts were not adequately segregated and that could explain the sporadic contamination."
She said she didn't know what they saw specifically, but "that's how the auditors shared the information with us."
The recalled nuts are a small fraction of the 55 million pounds of pistachios that the company's plant processed last year and an even smaller portion of the 278 million pounds produced in the state in the 2008 season, according to the Fresno-based Administrative Committee for Pistachios.
California is the second-largest producer of pistachios in the world.
The FDA learned about the problem last Tuesday, when Kraft Foods Inc. notified the agency that routine product testing had detected salmonella in roasted pistachios. Kraft and the Georgia Nut Co. recalled their Back to Nature Nantucket Blend trail mix the next day.
The FDA contacted Setton Pistachio and California health officials shortly afterward, in what Acheson called a "proactive move."
By Friday, Cincinnati-based grocery operator Kroger Co. recalled one of its lines of bagged pistachios because of possible salmonella contamination, saying the California plant also supplied its nuts. Those nuts were sold in 31 states.
Fabia D'Arienzo, a spokeswoman for Tulare County-based Setton Pistachio, said the company was only recalling certain bulk roasted in-shell and roasted shelled pistachios that were shipped on or after September 1.
Because Setton Pistachio shipped bags of nuts weighing up to 2,000 pounds to 36 wholesalers across the U.S., it will take weeks to figure out how many products could be affected, said Jeff Farrar, chief of the Food and Drug Branch of the California Department of Public Health.
"It will be safe to assume based on the volume that this will be an ingredient in a lot of different products, and that may possibly include things like ice cream and cake mixes," Farrar said. "The firm is already turning around trucks in transit to bring those back to the facility."
Salmonella, the most common cause of food-borne illness, causes diarrhea, fever and cramping. Most people recover, but the infection can be life-threatening for children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
Roasting is supposed to kill the bacteria in nuts. But problems can occur if the roasting is not done correctly or if roasted nuts are re-contaminated. That can happen if mice, rats or birds get into the facility.
The national peanut salmonella outbreak was blamed on a Georgia company under federal investigation for flouting safety procedures and knowingly shipping contaminated peanuts.
That outbreak is still ongoing and is not related to the pistachio scare. More than 690 people in 46 states have gotten sick. Nearly 3,900 products made with peanut ingredients from Peanut Corp. of America have been recalled.
California public health authorities have taken hundreds of samples at Setton's processing facility, but lab results have not yet determined whether salmonella was found at the plant, Farrar said. The food companies' own tests of the contaminated products isolated four different types of salmonella, but none were the same strain as the one found in the peanuts, Acheson said.
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Openness is the keyword of the interview, and Rubin uses it to clearly set Android apart from Apple's restrictive iPhone operating system. He first states that because Android is open ad free to use by any OEM, it will eventually win out over proprietary, closed platforms like that of Apple and RIM. "It's a numbers game. When you have multiple OEM's building multiple products in multiple product categories, it's just a matter of time," Rubin said, "I don't know when it [Android outselling Apple/RIM] might be, but I'm confident it will happen. Open usually wins."
Rubin event went as far as to compare Apple's iPhone OS to North Korea. He states that users will care about openness as soon as they realise the lack of it means they can't have things. "When they can't have something, people do care. Look at the way politics work. I just don't want to live in North Korea," he said.
Stone also asked whether or not Google has an innate advantage over competitors on the Android Market because Google might use secret APIs. Rubin denied this, and slipped in yet another stab towards Apple.
"We use the same tools we expect our third-party developers to," Rubin told the NYT, "We have an SDK we give to developers, and when we write our Gmail app, we use the same SDK. A lot of guys have private APIs. We don't. That's on policy and on technology. If there's a secret API to hook into a billing system we open up that billing system to third parties. If there's a secret API to allow application multitasking, we open it up. There are no secret APIs. That is important to highlight for Android sake. Open is open and we live by our own implementations."
Recently, Steve Jobs made a traditional "think-of-the-children" remark - he said that "folks who want porn can buy an Android phone". Rubin didn't feel like responding to this. "I don't really have a rationale for that," he said, "It's a different style of interacting with the public and the media."
And what if a Google employee lost an Android phone prototype at a bar? "I'd be happy if that happened and someone wrote about it," Rubin said, "With openness comes less secrets."


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On this, the 50th anniversary of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail, his niece, Dr. Alveda King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life, says her uncle's letter applies just as profoundly today to abortion as it did in 1963 to segregation.
Alveda is joined by Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life who today said: "Today, that letter still speaks. Just as it spoke in his day on behalf of those who suffered the violence of segregation, so now it speaks for those who suffer the violence of abortion."
Alveda adds, "If Uncle M.L. were alive today, he would surely include the 21st century womb babies and their mothers in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." The atrocity of abortion in America has killed millions of human babies who are often considered to be property, chattels, and less than human.
"In his 1963 letter, he wrote that segregation 'ends up relegating persons to the status of things.' Change 'segregation' to 'abortion' and you have the year 2013.
"Jim Crow laws gave us the continuing dehumanization of African Americans, beatings, lynchings, and the Ku Klux Klan. Roe v. Wade has given us the dehumanization of unborn and, now, born babies, skull crushings, spine snippings. Consider Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia; the Planned Parenthood Chicago facility that killed Tonya Reaves; and all of the other hundreds of abortion providers and Planned Parenthood officials who can't say whether fully born babies who survive abortions should be helped to live.
"In the Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Uncle M. L. noted that by their effort and example, early Christians 'brought an end to such evils as infanticide' in the Greco-Roman world. We now know, however, that the Greco-Roman world has been revived in abortion clinics across the land. Where the ancients would leave their unwanted babies to die of exposure, abortionists now leave their 'mistakes' to die in corners or closets – or worse.
My Uncle M.L. once wrote in 1953 that the most segregated hour in America is 11:00 am on Sunday because back then Blacks and Whites didn't often worship together.
Fast forward to 2013, where minority mothers and our babies are targeted by abortion providers as the most vulnerable recipients of abortion in the name of women's rights and solutions to poverty. Even Gosnell, whose defense lawyer said if women want Mayo Clinic standards they should go to Mayo Clinic, yes, even Gosnell's House of Horrors had a slightly cleaner "White Only" surgical room, while Black women and their babies were butchered in a torture chamber in another section of the abortion mill. All the while, they all keep trying to hide the fact that all abortions are dangerous to a woman's health, her baby's life, and generally result in death and misery.
This all leads me to say that the most segregated place a woman can go today is an abortion mill! And no ludicrous references to a 1966 deceptive Planned Parenthood Award offered to MLK and accepted by his wife, not him, is going to trick people into believing that my uncle would condone slaughtering babies and damaging their mothers in the name of justice.
"Uncle M. L. even once asked: 'How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: 'An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The Reverend King was a man of God and a preacher of the Word. He sought a peace that was not just the absence of tension, but the presence of justice. He would agree that there can be no real peace in a society that tolerates injustice. He would most certainly agree that the taking of innocent lives is a horrible injustice. There is no doubt that just as my Uncle M.L. called America's clergy to awaken 50 years ago to the moral transgression of segregation, he would today sound out a call for a moral awakening and urge all Americans and indeed all human beings around the world today to awaken to the grievous wrong of abortion, and the subsequent devastation of natural marriage and family."


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I would say pass rush and running game.
We couldn't run the ball effectively when we wanted to and most of the season our pass rush was MIA.
Now take into account our two best OLB's were missing in many games and we didn't have them both on the field at the same time till at the end.
We only had two or three games out of the entire season where our run game played well, other than that they wern't very good.
I would like a strong OLB,ILB, too but I believe we need more help on the offense beside RB. we also could use a good TE, WR, and o-line help.
I keep thinking of all the positions and the outcome of last season and it keeps coming up inability to score enough points , thats the problem folks, and its the main problem.
Look at the Ravens, their defense isn't as good like they use to be, but they did play excellent in the Pat game. They also gave up over 400 yrds, against the Colts but still won. The reason is their offense is coming together and Flacco is playing good.
We are going to duplicate this season unless we get this offense working to score more points.
You average 21 points a game and you will be sitting at home for years......GET THIS DAMN OFFENSE IMPROVED and FAST!


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Each week, Alan Burnett of News From Nowhere randomly dips into his collection of vintage postcards and investigates what comes up.
This week's treasure was by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl.
This card, however, did not feature a Gibson Girl.
It was postmarked 1903 and addressed to a Fred Beckett in Worksop (in Nottinghamshire), apparently following a visit to his mother, who'd posted the card at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Send me a Program of the Bazaar when they are out.
I will do something for it with love from Mother".
to find the answer to Alan's burning question:
Who was Fred Beckett?
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UK censuses reveal that in 1901, 16 yr-old Frederick E. Beckett was a student and boarder (street address not given) in St Cuthbert's College District, Worksop.
St. Cuthbert's wasn't a college per se, but a boarding school for 13-18 yr olds. Even though the census data was two years old, we can assume Fred was still there in 1903.
The census gave "Oughty Bridge, Yorks" [Yorkshire] as his birthplace. The correct spelling is Oughtibridge (or Oughtybridge), and it's a village near Sheffield, Yorks.
Because "Fred (or Frederick) Beckett" is a rather common name in the UK, Oughtibridge and the middle initial "E" would be the keys to tracking "our" Fred.
In the 1891 census, he was a 6-yr-old at home with his parents, John and Catherine Beckett, at 33 Elmore Road, Nether Hallam, a "borough" of Sheffield, Yorks, much like Brooklyn or Manhattan is to New York City.
John's occupation was "commercial traveller", and he and Catherine were born in Sheffield, as were all of Fred's siblings. Apparently Fred was the only child to enter the world in Oughtibridge, in the Dec Quarter (Oct-Nov-Dec) of 1884.
Luckily for us, Fred's older brother, John Smith Beckett, was still living at home in 1891. By 1901 he had left home.
In the 1911 census, Fred is shown as a 27-yr-old boarder in the home of widow Esther Jane Mortimer at 75 West St, Erith, Kent. We also learn his middle name is Ellis, that he's still single, and employed as an "engineer's fitter" (whatever that was).
Notice Frederick Ellis Beckett's birthplace is Oughtybridge!
At 27, a fellow is probably thinking about marriage, right?
The next stop was the BMD (Birth Marriage Death Index), which showed that in the Mar Q 1916 (Jan-Feb-Mar) a Frederick E. Beckett had wed Annie J. Lait in St Olave's Bermondsey, part of Southwark, London.
Kent being not far from London, Fred could've moved to London in the 5 years since the census...
Good thing I didn't assume this Fred was our Fred and stop there. A bit more digging revealed Annie Jane Lait had married Frederick Ernest Beckett.
A private named F.E. Beckett had entered the army in Mar 1916, survived combat in France and mustered out in 1919. But his post-service home address was Camberwell, a section of Southwark, meaning this was also "Fred Ernest", Annie's husband.
in the BMD either...so where was he?
Well, ever since Oct 1919, farming in Canada of course.
(I didn't see that one coming either!)
Specifically, on R.R. No. 2, Puslinch, Ontario,
with his brother, John Smith Beckett.
visiting England. He sailed from Southampton on 3rd Nov.
The passenger manifest is two side-by-side pages, so
I had to split them up. Click to view full-size.
He went to England on the Empress of Australia, sailing
from Quebec on 31st Aug 1927, arr Southampton 7th Sep.
His address while in England was to be
"c/o Mrs. Beckett, The Haven, Flamborough, England".
Flamborough is a village on the coast of East Yorkshire.
I'm assuming "Mrs. Beckett" was Fred's mother Catherine,
then 77, and this was the last time he would see her.
Fred's brother, John Smith Beckett, had emigrated to Canada
in 1903, landing at Montreal from Liverpool on 5th June.
The following year, on 16 Nov 1904, he married Mary Minerva
Ruddell in Wellington Co, Ontario. He was 28 and she 19.
The marriage record stated he was the son of John Beckett
and "Kate" (Catherine) Smith. By 1911, John and Mary were
parents of two children, Frederick Joseph and Catherine.
As of 1927, "our" Fred Beckett had never married.
More of Alan Burnett's delightful musings.
Have a great day!


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The BCCI Working Committee will meet in New Delhi on July 16 to discuss and ratify the recommendations made by the technical committee for an overhaul of domestic cricket.
"It's a routine meeting. It would discuss recommendations of the technical committee and the special committee (formed in the previous working committee meeting for improving the domestic cricket set up)," BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said.
On whether the decision of the disciplinary committee that handed out life ban to T P Sudhindra, and slapped a five-year ban on Shalabh Shrivastava and one-year ban on three other domestic cricketers for indulging in spot-fixing would have to be ratified, Jagdale said the disciplinary panel's decision was final.
"The decision of the disciplinary committee is final. There is no need for it to be ratified," he informed.
The technical committee headed by Sourav Ganguly and the special committee comprising another former captain Anil Kumble, among others, had recommended some sweeping changes in the domestic cricket structure on June 12.
As per the recommendations, the Elite and Plate groups are to be replaced by three groups of nine teams each. Each team will play eight matches at the League stage.
Three teams from Groups A and B, and two from Group C, will qualify for the knockout phase. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be five-day games.
If in the knockout phase, a result on first innings is not obtained at the end of the fifth day, then the match will be extended into a sixth day. If a result on first innings is not obtained even at the end of the sixth day, then the winner will be decided on the spin of a coin.
The technical committee has also recommended a change in the points system in the league stage, suggesting six points for an outright win, to encourage teams to go for these rather than be content with taking first innings points (3 for the team taking the lead).
The committee also wants a change in the N K P Salve Challenger Trophy from 2013-14 season with the winners of the previous season's Vijay Hazare one-day tournament given a slot as one of the three teams, the other two to be picked by the national senior selection panel.
With there being a recommendation for a change in the order of domestic tournaments to be staged, the committee has suggested that there can be two Irani Cup games in the upcoming season.
Current Ranji Trophy champions Rajasthan would take on the Rest of India in September and after the conclusion of the new Ranji season, its winners would clash with the Rest immediately afterwards, as per the recommendations of the Ganguly-headed technical panel.
Some changes in the playing conditions of domestic one-day games have also been suggested by the technical panel.
These include the suggestion of one bowler being permitted to bowl a maximum of 12 overs, two bouncers per over be allowed and no change in the prevalent rule pertaining to the number of fielders allowed outside the thirty-yard circle in non-powerplay overs, are some of the recommendations.
A change in the under 22 tournament has also been recommended with each such side to be called 'A' team of that association.
The other recommendations are that players who are below 25 years of age, as on September 1 of the year in which the season starts, should be eligible to be a part of the 'A' team and each team allowed to field three players who have figured in the playing XI in the Ranji Trophy in the ongoing season or immediate preceding season in each game.
All these recommendations need to be approved and ratified by the working committee on July 16.
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The BCCI Working Committee will meet in New Delhi on July 16 to discuss and ratify the recommendations made by the technical committee for an overhaul of domestic cricket.


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We love cats and dogs, but are foxes the new cutest pet ever? That seems to be the case! Recently, a guy played catch with an adorable little fox, and put the vid on YouTube. As with many YT vids, we've become completely enamored with the little guy, and now we want one of our own! And is it just us, or is this little fox definitely quicker than any dog you've seen?! One celeb who can probably appreciate this is Big Time Rush's James Maslow! He has a pup named Fox, who isn't actually a fox, but looks like one! Watch the video above to see this adorable fox play catch!


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Moses Harvey was Montague's representative to the Massachusetts General Court, but because of his pro-Regulator sympathies, was removed in October of 1786. This letter from Thomas Grover and Elisha Pondell asks Mr. Harvey for men and provisions saying that "The seeds of war are now sown." On November 30, 300 light horsemen were sent by Governor Bowdoin to Groton, to arrest Job Shattuck, Oliver Parker and Benjamin Page. Shattuck and John Hapgood were injured. There was a rumor that the horsemen had also injured innocent bystanders. This letter is dated December 2, 1786, but it did not appear in the Hampshire Gazette until February 21, 1787 - a month after the action at the Springfield Armory.
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i'm basically having a hard time learning kanji's at the moment, but at least i learned the japanese words. lol
I'll be migrating to my new acc TendoBrice. See y'all there~ o/
It's very easy
I use an app on my Iphone 3G, JPLT thing and it's free. Before using it, I used to have a notebook that I wrote all kanjis I saw in my textbook, but then realized it didn't work well since I couldn't remember the words didn't draw my attention, (for example like mathematics word, garden word etc. ) then I started to use that app, I started to draw the every kanji I saw on the screen in my mind, I know it's not a big achievement enough, almost 60 kanjis there (before using it, I learned many words from my textbook but I could only recognize them when I saw them without remembering how to read.) but at least when I want to write something, I remember those words and how to read, how to write. I advise it. As Japanese is just a hobby to me, I've learned this much in some months. But if you try harder, of course, you learn more.
Personally, I've found it easiest to learn the kanji first. You're going to need them for the vocabulary anyway, so sooner you learn them the better. In most cases that has worked for me, though there have been a few that I kept mixing up (姉妹; 千午; 時待) until I learned a few vocabulary words to differentiate them.
As for the learning order? I don't pay much attention to that. I just note down the unknown kanji that I happen to encounter and then learn the ones that I've seen most frequently..
I'm studying Japanese for some years now. The books that are quite useful to learn are みんなの日本語初級1漢字 (if you use minna no hinongo as a regular learning book). Also げんき or Basic Kanji 1 are quite useful.
Once you are done with all the basic/Joyo kanji, and you want to take it further by studying for the JLPT, the Kanzen Master series is a good tool. I use the books for grammar and Kanji.
It helps to learn kanji in context, instead of just rote memorization. I would suggest learning it in a sentence so you also know how it is used. Another benefit to this is you also get to practice your grammar patterns. Good luck
Another thing to keep them in your head, reading.
Yonkoma manga are great for beginners, like Azumanga Daiou
I liked James Heisig remembering the kanji. I have a hard time going back to review it now though since it teaches no japanese and I would rather spend more time on japanese. My knowledge of kanji is ok... except the pronunciations which the book doesn't cover anyway. But it was a great help at first.
I'm using an app on my phone called Obenkyo. It has just kanji alone and vocabulary like sayings and combinations of the kanji and stuff. It uses flashcards, and it's been pretty useful so far.


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M. Power (Lead Author), K. Fishman, F. Makdisi, S. Musser, R. Richards and T.L. Youd; MCEER-06-SP11; 12/1/2006; 370 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
I.G. Buckle (Lead Author), I. Friedland, J. Mander, G. Martin, R. Nutt and M. Power; MCEER-06-SP10; 12/1/2006; 656 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
MCEER; MCEER-06-SP09; 9/18/2006; 0 pages; A summary of the proceedings can be viewed here . Additional information regarding the workshop can be viewed here.
S.D. Werner, C.E. Taylor, S. Cho, J.P. Lavoie, C.K. Huyck, C. Eitzel, H. Chung and R.T. Eguchi; MCEER-06-SP08; 8/31/2006; 144 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
I.G. Buckle, M. Constantinou, M. Dicleli and H. Ghasemi; MCEER-06-SP07; 8/21/2006; 190 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
T. Ho, R. Donikian, T. Ingham, C. Seim and A. Pan; MCEER-06-SP05; 8/1/2006; 188 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
Edited by K.C. Chang, K. Kawashima and I.G. Buckle; MCEER-06-SP03; 4/3/2006; 0 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
Edited by W.P. Yen, J. Shen, J-Y. Chen and M. Wang; MCEER-06-0014; 11/15/2006; 0 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
P. Dusicka, A.M. Itani and I.G. Buckle; MCEER-06-0013; 11/1/2006; 84 pages;
Edited by L.C. Fan, G.C. Lee and L. Zhang; MCEER-06-0012; 10/12/2006; 404 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
S. Thevanayagam, G.R. Martin, R. Nashed, T. Shenthan, T. Kanagalingam and N. Ecemis; MCEER-06-0009; 8/28/2006; 114 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
J.W. Song, Z. Liang and G.C. Lee; MCEER-06-0008; 8/21/2006; 108 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
S. Cho, C.K. Huyck, S. Ghosh and R.T. Eguchi; MCEER-06-0007; 8/4/2006; 150 pages; A summary of this report is provided.
P. Dusicka, A.M. Itani and I.G. Buckle; MCEER-06-0003; 3/15/2006; 254 pages;
J.W. Berman and M. Bruneau; MCEER-05-0004; 4/21/2005; 168 pages;
Edited by Lichu Fan and George C. Lee; MCEER-05-0003; 4/20/2005; 268 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
M. Pollino and M. Bruneau; MCEER-04-0011; 12/20/2004; 246 pages;
K. Lee and M. Bruneau; MCEER-04-0007; 6/30/2004; 324 pages;
Edited by George C. Lee and Lichu Fan; MCEER-04-0006; 6/25/2004; 342 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
ATC/MCEER Joint Venture; MCEER-03-SP09; 12/31/2003; 320 pages; To order this report, contact the Applied Technology Council (ATC).
ATC/MCEER Joint Venture; MCEER-03-SP08; 12/31/2003; 208 pages; To order this report, contact the Applied Technology Council (ATC).
MCEER/ATC Joint Venture, NCHRP 12-49 Project Team; MCEER-03-SP03; 12/30/2003; 498 pages; To order this report, contact the Applied Technology Council (ATC).
Edited by Lichu Fan and George C. Lee; MCEER-03-0004; 7/15/2003; 288 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
M. Shinozuka, M.Q. Feng, H. Kim, T. Uzawa and T. Ueda; MCEER-03-0002; 6/16/2003; 192 pages;
Edited by R. Nimis and M. Bruneau; MCEER-02-SP04; 3/11/2002; 624 pages; A summary of this report can be viewed here . Additional information regarding the workshop can be viewed here.
K.Lee and M.Bruneau; MCEER-02-0005; 10/18/2002; 216 pages;
G.Mylonakis, G.Gazetas, S.Nikolaou and A.Chauncey; MCEER-02-0003; 10/2/2002; 268 pages;
P.C.Roussis, M.C.Constantinou, M.Erdik, E.Durukal, M.Dicleli; MCEER-02-0001; 5/8/2002; 140 pages;
A.A. Shama, J.B. Mander, B.B. Blabac and S.S. Chen; MCEER-01-0006; 12/31/2001; 262 pages;
MCEER; MCEER-00-SP03; 12/31/2000; 0 pages; This CD-ROM contains over 450 high quality images together with the full-color text of the MCEER/NCREE reconnaissance report (MCEER-00-0003). A summary of the reconnaissance report can be viewed here. Additional web-based materials can be viewed here.
S.D. Werner, C.E. Taylor, J.E. Moore III, J.S. Walton, S. Cho; MCEER-00-0014; 12/31/2000; 286 pages;
M. Shinozuka, V. Saxena, G. Deodatis; MCEER-00-0013; 12/31/2000; 266 pages;
A.G. Vlassis, E.M. Maragakis and M. Saiid Saiidi; MCEER-00-0012; 12/30/2000; 160 pages;
C-Y. Chang, C-M. Mok, Z-L. Wang, R. Settgast, F. Waggoner, M.A. Ketchum, H.M. Gonnermann, C-C. Chin; MCEER-00-0011; 12/30/2000; 108 pages;
I.PoLam, H.Law; MCEER-00-0008; 9/25/2000; 134 pages;
J.Brown, S.K.Kunnath; MCEER-00-0007; 7/25/2000; 126 pages;
N.Abo-Shadi, M.Saiidi, D.Sanders; MCEER-00-0006; 6/29/2000; 348 pages;
G.Pekcan, J.Mander, S.Chen; MCEER-00-0004; 5/26/2000; 182 pages;
Edited by G.C.Lee, C.H.Loh; Contributors: M. Bruneau, I.G. Buckle, S. Chang, P. Flores, T. O'Rourke, M. Shinozuka, T. Soong, and others from NCREE; MCEER-00-0003; 4/30/2000; 176 pages; A summary of this report can be viewed here. Additional web-based materials can be viewed here.
Edited by C. Scawthorn; Contributors: M. Bruneau, R. Eguchi, T. Holzer, G. Johnson, J. Mander, J. Mitchell, W. Mitchell, A. Papageorgiou and G. Webb; MCEER-00-0001; 3/23/2000; 202 pages; A summary of this report can be viewed at here. Additional web-based materials can be viewed here.
G.Lee, M.Bruneau, I.G.Buckle, S.Chang, P.Flores, J.Goltz, T.O'Rourke, M.Shinozuka, T.Soong, L.Taddeo; MCEER-99-SP03; 10/31/1999; 24 pages; This report is only offered as a PDF and can be downloaded from here. Additional reconnaissance information is available from here.
M.Bruneau, J.Mander, W.Mitchell, A.Papageorgiou, C.Scawthorn, N.Sigaher, L.Taddeo; MCEER-99-SP02; 9/1/1999; 12 pages; This report is only offered as a PDF and can be downloaded from here. Additional reconnaissance information is available from here.
A.P. Asfura and P.J. Flores; MCEER-99-0017; 9/30/1999; 68 pages;
Edited by N.Abrahamson, A. Becker; MCEER-99-0016; 8/11/1999; 113 pages; The results of the scenario modeling exercises provided by eight of the workshop participants can be downloaded from here. A workshop summary is also provided.
H.G. Cooke and J. K. Mitchell; MCEER-99-0015; 7/26/1999; 216 pages;
P.Ritchie, N. Kauhl and J. Kulicki; MCEER-99-0013; 7/20/1999; 132 pages;
M.Constantinou, P.Tsopelas, A.Kasalanati, E.Wolff; MCEER-99-0012; 7/20/1999; 204 pages;
M.Randall, M.Saiidi, E.Maragakis and T.Isakovic; MCEER-99-0011; 7/20/1999; 174 pages;
R.Dobry, R.Ramos and M.Power; MCEER-99-0010; 7/19/1999; 118 pages;
C. Rojahn, R. Mayes, D. Anderson, J. Clark, D'Appolonia Engineering, S. Gloyd and R. Nutt; MCEER-99-0009; 4/14/1999; 170 pages;
M.R. Button, C.J. Cronin and R.L. Mayes; MCEER-99-0007; 4/10/1999; 186 pages; Response ratios, mode shapes and the input files for the programs used can be downloaded from here.
J.H. Kim, J.B. Mander; MCEER-99-0005; 3/8/1999; 230 pages;
A. Kasalanati and M.C. Constantinou; MCEER-99-0004; 2/26/1999; 238 pages; The experimental results from each of the systems tested can be downloaded from here.
A. Dutta, T. Kokorina and J.B. Mander; MCEER-99-0003; 2/22/1999; 152 pages;
I. PoLam, M. Kapuskar and D. Chaudhuri; MCEER-98-0018; 12/21/1998; 156 pages;
Edited by I.M. Friedland, M.C.Constantinou; MCEER-98-0015; 11/3/1998; 474 pages;
M.C. Constantinou, J.K. Quarshie; MCEER-98-0014; 11/3/1998; 268 pages;
R.DesRoches, G.L.Fenves; MCEER-98-0013; 11/3/1998; 244 pages;
D.A.Wendichansky, S.S.Chen, J.B.Mander; MCEER-98-0012; 10/2/1998; 302 pages;
A.M. Reinhorn, V. Simeonov, G. Mylonakis and Y. Reichman; MCEER-98-0011; 10/2/1998; 314 pages; Before acquiring, learn about the IDARC Users Group
A.D. Gadre and R. Dobry; MCEER-98-0010; 10/2/1998; 246 pages;
J.B. Mander, A.Dutta, J.H.Kim; MCEER-98-0009; 9/12/1998; 184 pages;
A. Dutta and J.Mander; MCEER-98-0007; 7/14/1998; 284 pages;
P. Ritchie, N.Kauhl, J.Kulicki; MCEER-98-0006; 7/13/1998; 86 pages;
T.L.Youd; MCEER-98-0005; 6/16/1998; 92 pages;
N.Basoz, A.Kiremidjian; MCEER-98-0004; 6/2/1998; 312 pages;
J.B.Mander, A.Dutta, P.Goel; MCEER-98-0003; 6/1/1998; 160 pages;
A. Thomas, S. Eshenaur and J. Kulicki; MCEER-98-0002; 5/29/1998; 184 pages;
Q.Chen, B.M.Douglas, E.M.Maragakis, I.G.Buckle; MCEER-98-0001; 5/26/1998; 86 pages;
Edited by T.L. Youd, I.M. Idriss; NCEER-97-0022; 12/31/1997; 310 pages; Also online is this publication's Summary Report
C.L. Mullen and A.S. Cakmak; NCEER-97-0017; 12/30/1997; 128 pages;
T.J. Wipf, F.W. Klaiber and F.M. Russo; NCEER-97-0016; 12/28/1997; 224 pages;
J.B. Mander and C-T. Cheng; NCEER-97-0014; 12/10/1997; 144 pages;
C-T. Cheng and J.B. Mander; NCEER-97-0013; 12/8/1997; 212 pages;
K.L. Fishman, R. Richards, Jr. and R.C. Divito; NCEER-97-0011; 10/2/1997; 122 pages;
Edited by I.M. Friedland, M.S. Power and R.L. Mayes; NCEER-97-0010; 9/22/1997; 452 pages;
K.L. Fishman and R. Richards, Jr.; NCEER-97-0009; 9/15/1997; 88 pages;
R.A. Imbsen, R. Schamber, E. Thorkildsen, A. Kartoum, B. Martin, T. Rosser and J. Kuli; NCEER-97-0007; 9/3/1997; 154 pages;
S.K. Kunnath, A. El-Bahy, A. Taylor and W. Stone; NCEER-97-0006; 9/2/1997; 192 pages;
Edited by G.C. Lee and I.M. Friedland; NCEER-97-0005; 8/29/1997; 550 pages;
C. Rojahn, R. Mayes, D.G. Anderson, J. Clark, J.H. Hom, R.V. Nutt and M.J. O'Rourke; NCEER-97-0002; 4/30/1997; 198 pages;
Edited by Ian Buckle and Ian Friedland; NCEER-96-BRIP; 6/17/1996; 476 pages; A workshop summary is provided.
T.L. Youd and C.J. Beckman; NCEER-96-0015; 11/25/1996; 94 pages;
J.B. Mander, D-K. Kim, S.S. Chen and G.J. Premus; NCEER-96-0014; 11/13/1996; 232 pages;
J.B. Mander, J.H. Kim and C.A. Ligozio; NCEER-96-0009; 5/31/1996; 202 pages;
J.B. Mander, B. Mahmoodzadegan, S. Bhadra and S. Chen; NCEER-96-0008; 5/31/1996; 204 pages;
R. Imbsen, R. Schamber and T.A. Osterkamp; NCEER-96-0006; 5/28/1996; 100 pages;
J. Kulicki and Z. Prucz; NCEER-96-0005; 5/28/1996; 110 pages;
N. Wehbe, M.S. Saiidi, D. Sanders and B. Douglas; NCEER-96-0003; 11/7/1996; 114 pages;
A. Nikolaou, G. Mylonakis and G. Gazetas; NCEER-95-0022; 12/23/1995; 260 pages;
G.Mylonakis, A.Nikolaou, G.Gazetas; NCEER-95-0021; 12/22/1995; 242 pages;
N.Basoz, A.Kiremidjian; NCEER-95-0007; 4/24/1995; 178 pages;
P.Tsopelas, M.C.Constantinou; NCEER-94-0022; 7/22/1994; 168 pages;
Edited by G.C.Lee, K.C.Chang; NCEER-94-0019; 7/18/1994; 476 pages;
P.Tsopelas, M.C.Constantinou; NCEER-94-0014; 6/13/1994; 220 pages;
G.A.Chang, J.B.Mander; NCEER-94-0013; 6/1/1994; 164 pages;
Edited by I. Buckle and I.Friedland; NCEER-94-0009; 3/31/1994; 604 pages;
I.G.Buckle; NCEER-94-0008; 3/24/1994; 132 pages; The photographs and corresponding captions included in this report can be viewed online
G.A.Chang, J.B.Mander; NCEER-94-0006; 3/14/1994; 240 pages;
Edited by J.Goltz; NCEER-94-0005; 3/11/1994; 222 pages; The photographs and corresponding captions included in this report can be viewed online
P.Tsopelas, S.Okamoto, M.C.Constantinou, D.Ozaki, S.Fujii; NCEER-94-0002; 2/4/1994; 472 pages;
P.I.Yanev, C.R.Scawthorn; NCEER-93-0023; 12/23/1993; 140 pages;
M.C.Constantinou, P.Tsopelas, Y-S. Kim, S.Okamoto; NCEER-93-0020; 11/1/1993; 180 pages;
A.W. Elgamal, M. Amer, K. Adalier and A. Abul-Fadl; NCEER-93-0018; 10/7/1993; 100 pages;
S.W.Swan, S.K.Harris; NCEER-93-0017; 9/30/1993; 68 pages;
J.Mander, S.Waheed, M.Chaudhary, S.Chen; NCEER-93-0010; 5/12/1993; 176 pages;
Edited by R.V.Whitman; NCEER-92-0006; 2/29/1992; 82 pages;
Edited by Ian Buckle; NCEER-92-0004; 2/4/1992; 616 pages;
M.C.Constantinou, A.Kartoum, A.M.Reinhorn, P.Bradford; NCEER-91-0027; 11/15/1991; 228 pages;
N.Makris, G.Gazetas; NCEER-91-0010; 7/8/1990; 62 pages;
K.Fan, G.Gazetas; NCEER-91-0003; 1/10/1991; 60 pages;
N.Makris, M.C.Constantinou; NCEER-90-0028; 12/20/1990; 124 pages;
G.Gazetas, K.Fan, A.Kaynia, E.Kausel; NCEER-90-0021; 9/10/1990; 92 pages;
M.Mehrain; NCEER-90-0017; 10/4/1990; 46 pages;
A. Mokha, M.C. Constantinou and A.M. Reinhorn; NCEER-88-0038; 12/5/1988; 296 pages;
S.M. Mamoon, P.K. Banerjee, S. Ahmad; NCEER-88-0034; 11/1/1988; 62 pages;
A.S. Veletsos, A.M. Prasad and Y. Tang; NCEER-88-0031; 12/30/1988; 46 pages;
A.S. Veletsos and A.M. Prasad; NCEER-88-0021; 7/21/1988; 70 pages;
J. Pantelic and A.M. Reinhorn; NCEER-87-0026; 11/1/1987; 36 pages;
K.W. Dotson and A.S. Veletsos; NCEER-87-0024; 12/1/1987; 48 pages;
A.S. Veletsos and K.W. Dotson; NCEER-87-0021; 10/15/1987; 56 pages;


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Capture NX 2 - Full Version (Boxed)
- Newly developed Selection Control Points powered by U Point® technology
- New Auto Retouch brush
Product Details
Key Features
Color Control Points: Enhancements for hue, brightness and saturation are as simple as placing a Color Control Point on your image, then adjusting the length of the sliders. For example, Color Control Points are remarkably convenient for changing the color of flowers for better effect against green surrounding foliage. Take a dull gray sky and add blue to change the mood of a captured scene.
Auto-Retouch Brush: Capture NX 2 adds an automatic retouch tool to its image editing toolbox allowing users to seamlessly remove blemishes, dust and other distracting elements from photographs while maintaining the integrity of the image.
Redesigned Interface includes:
Customized Workspaces
- Improved Toolbar function and layout
- Improved Edit List functionality
- Newly designed image browser featuring a Favorites Folder
- Improved Image Resolution adjustments
Features continuing from Capture NX version 1.x include:
Color Control Points (improved operation)
- Black/White/Neutral Control Points (improved layout)
Color management control with Soft Proofing
Color Aberration Control, D-Lighting (High Speed/High Quality), Image Dust Off, Vignette Control and Fisheye-to-Rectilinear Image Transformation
Noise Reduction: global or selective adjustments
Distortion Control - reduces pincushion and barrel distortion effects
Color Booster
Color Balance
- Photo Enhance (for toning, sepia, black and white)
- Levels/Curves Editor, LCH Editor, Auto Levels
Unsharp Mask, Gaussian Blur, High Pass Filter
- Add Grain/Noise
Contrast: Color Range
Black-and-White Conversion
Straighten and Crop Tools
Full support for Picture Control (camera and software-based function)
U Point® is a registered trademark of Nik Software, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Selection Control Points: Now you can selectively edit photographs without the need to manually outline or mask the area for editing. Simply place a Selection Control Point anywhere on the photograph then choose from almost any adjustment such as D-Lighting, Unsharp Mask or Noise Reduction, while limiting the "reach" of that adjustment to just the selected area.
Shadow/Highlight Adjustment: With just a simple slider adjustment you can easily open up shadows or recover blown-out highlights. Highlight recovery is most effective for RAW (NEF) files however it will work with JPEG and TIFF files as well.
Capture NX 2 features award-winning U Point® technology for precision selection and application of enhancements without complicated selections or layer masks. Designed to closely match the way photographers work with their images, Capture NX 2 is easy to learn and creates the highest quality results.
Capture NX 2 provides the highest quality RAW (NEF) conversions from your Nikon camera and fully integrates with all Nikon software including Camera Control Pro 2, Image Authentication Software, Transfer and ViewNX.
LCD, Video and Photo Gallery images are for illustrative purposes only.
Tech Specs
Technical Specification
CPU: 1-GHz or better Intel Celeron / Pentium 4 / Core Series
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 2*
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2*
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Service Pack 2*
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Service Pack 2*
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 2*
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3*
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 3*
*Only 32-bit Pre-installed versions supported.
Hard-disk space: 50 MB required for installation; 500 MB free space recommended.
Installed RAM:
Windows XP: 512MB (1 GB or more recommended)
Windows Vista: 1GB (1.5 GB or more recommended)
Display: 1024 x 768 (XGA) or better
CPU: Power PC G4 / G5; Intel Core Series / Xeon series
OS: Mac OS 10.4.11, 10.5.7
Hard-disk space: 50MB required for installation; 500 MB of free space on the start-up disk (1GB or more recommended)
Installed RAM: 512 MB or more (1GB or more recommended)
Display: 1024 x 768 pixels (XGA) or more at Thousands of colors minimum.


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CARSON, Calif. -- There was no 45 yard stunner goal on Saturday, but Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena was full of praise for the performance of Brazilian midfielder Juninho in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake.
Juninho's play in the midfield was at the forefront of an early deludge by the Galaxy in the opening stages of the game as LA put considerable pressure on RSL as they searched for an early goal. The Brazilian provided the spark that led to Robbie Keane's goal in the 17th minute when he launched a pinpoint cross towards the Irishman that Keane fired on a left-footed volley into the back of the net.
RSL would take the lead for good minutes later when Fabian Espindola tallied a pair of goals in the 25th and 28th minutes, but that did not prevent Juninho from trying to do his part in getting LA back in the game. Juninho rattled off four shots on the night, including one shot that rattled the cross bar in the sixth minute and another in the 87th that was saved by Nick Rimando.
However, that was not the only place on the stat sheet that showcased Juninho's impact as he made a total 72 successful passes out of his 78 attempts along with an impressive ten recoveries and two interceptions.
Below are Arena's thoughts on Juninho...
(On Juninho's performance..)
ARENA: "I think Juninho played quite well for us tonight. If we had nine other players who played like Juninho tonight I think we would have won the game."
(On the defense against Juninho...)
ARENA: "I'm not sure [they were pressing Juninho]. He got a little space when he hit that crossbar. I don't think that was an issue, but I think they did play well, they did defend well; they deserved to win the game."


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ASHLAND -- A three-alarm blaze destroyed an Ashland home early today. The family was vacationing in the Carolinas when authorities alerted them.
"It went to three alarms pretty quickly," said Peter Chisholm, spokesman for the Ashland Fire Department.
The fire was reported at 6:20 a.m. when a passerby noticed the shooting flames, he said.
Firefighters had to battle the blaze from outside of the house because the fire was so massive, Chisholm said.
"It's probably totally destroyed, unfortunately," he said of the Grover Road home.
This is the second house fire in Ashland in the past three months, he said.
It is unclear how long the Grover Road house had been burning when authorities got the call.
"It was unoccupied, so who knows how long it was burning for," said Lieutenant Keith Robie.
Lieutenant David Iarussi, an investigator with the Ashland Fire Department, called the family to inform them of the incident.
"They said they already heard about it," he said. "Between text messages and phone calls, nothing takes too long these days."
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal's office and the Ashland Fire Department.
Ashland firefighters asked surrounding towns for help fighting the fire, including Hopkinton, Southboro, Framingham, Sherborn, Holliston, Milford, and Natick.Dina Rudick can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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August 10, 2011 08:00 ET
- 57% premium to recent share price- Choice of $0.55 in cash or 0.013 of a Paladin share per Afexa share- Offer for any and all Afexa shares - Minimal and customary conditions
- 57% premium to recent share price
- Choice of $0.55 in cash or 0.013 of a Paladin share per Afexa share
- Offer for any and all Afexa shares
- Minimal and customary conditions
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 10, 2011) - Paladin Labs Inc. ("Paladin" or the "Company") (TSX:PLB), a leading Canadian diversified specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it is making an offer to acquire any and all of the issued and outstanding shares of Afexa Life Sciences Inc. ("Afexa") (TSX:FXA) of Edmonton, Alberta for $0.55 per share (the "Offer").
Afexa's core product is COLD-FX®, Canada's leading over-the-counter cold and flu remedy. COLD-FX® is indicated in Canada to help reduce the frequency, severity and duration of cold and flu symptoms by boosting the immune system. According to Afexa, most of the company's revenue is from the sale of COLD-FX®.
Paladin announced on July 15, 2011, that it had purchased Afexa common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange that gave Paladin beneficial ownership of a total of 15,421,300 common shares of Afexa or approximately 14.94% of Afexa's total issued and outstanding common shares. The shares acquired on July 15 were purchased at prices between and $0.36 and $0.55 per share.
Premium Offer
Based on the Offer's cash alternative, Paladin's Offer represents a 57% premium to the Afexa share price on July 14, 2011, the last trading day prior to Paladin's market purchases of Afexa shares announced on July 15, 2011, and a 43% premium to the volume weighted average trading price of Afexa shares over the 20 days up to and including July 14, 2011. It also represents a premium of approximately 16% over the closing price of Afexa shares of $0.475 on August 9, 2011, the last day before commencement of the offer.
Choice of consideration
Under the Offer, Afexa shareholders will be entitled to elect to tender their shares for either $0.55 per share in cash or 0.013 of a Paladin share for each Afexa share, through a tax-free rollover (for most Canadian residents). The share exchange ratio was calculated based on a price of $43.14 per Paladin share, which represents the volume-weighted average price of Paladin's shares for the 20 trading days ending August 9, 2011.
Following the July 15 announcement of the acquisition of Afexa shares, Paladin approached Afexa in an effort to negotiate a mutually beneficial transaction. Under an exclusivity and standstill agreement, the two companies discussed several strategic alternatives. By the August 5 expiry of the agreement, those discussions had failed to result in a negotiated transaction and, in Paladin's view, there was little prospect of one being completed on a timely basis. Paladin then decided to make an offer to acquire Afexa directly to its shareholders.
"We believe we are making a very compelling offer, with a significant premium to the shareholders of Afexa. Our offer provides an opportunity for Afexa shareholders to receive an immediate and attractive cash premium for their investment at a time when the outlook for Afexa is uncertain," said Jonathan Ross Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paladin. "We are also offering Afexa shareholders the choice of continuing to have an interest in COLD-FX® and in the specialty pharmaceutical sector by accepting shares in Paladin, a diversified, profitable and rapidly growing company whose shares have significantly outperformed Afexa and the market generally over the past five years."
High certainty of completion
The Paladin Offer is open until 8:00 p.m. Toronto time on September 15, 2011 and has a total value of approximately $50 million, assuming that all shares not already owned by Paladin are tendered. The conditions to the Offer are customary and minimal and they will be described in detail in the offer to purchase and takeover bid circular (the "Circular") which will be mailed to the registered shareholders (and optionholders) of Afexa today. They include: TSX approval to list the additional Paladin Shares issued in exchange for Afexa shares; the Afexa Shareholder Rights Plan being waived, invalidated or cease traded, and; Paladin having determined that there has not been and, if the Offer is completed, there is not reasonably likely to be, a material adverse effect.
The Offer has no minimum tender condition and is not subject to due diligence or financing conditions.
The Offer is being initiated through the mailing of the Circular to Afexa's registered shareholders and optionholders and will be filed on SEDAR today. The Circular will be available at www.sedar.com and through the Company's website, www.paladinlabs.com. All information about Paladin's Offer will also be available at www.afexaoffer.com.
About Paladin Labs Inc.
Paladin Labs Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring or in-licensing innovative pharmaceutical products for the Canadian market. With this strategy, a focused national sales team and proven marketing expertise, Paladin has evolved into one of Canada's leading specialty pharmaceutical companies. Paladin's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PLB. More information is available at www.paladinlabs.com.
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Kathleen Brennan 9/30/2009 8:57:57 AMGreat closeup of these chicks! #1186595
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For Release: Thursday, August 2, 2012
DEC Seeks Participants for Summer Game Bird Surveys
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today encouraged New Yorkers to participate in surveys for two popular game birds: wild turkeys and ring-necked pheasants.
"Citizen science efforts such as these provide our wildlife managers with invaluable data and give people the opportunity to partner with DEC to help monitor New York's wildlife resources," Commissioner Martens said. "I encourage you to take the time to record your observations of turkeys or pheasants while exploring the outdoors or driving through the state's beautiful landscapes this summer."
Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey
Since 1996, DEC has conducted the Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey to estimate the number of wild turkey poults (young of the year) per hen statewide. Weather, predation, and habitat conditions during the breeding and brood-rearing seasons can significantly impact nest success, hen survival, and poult survival. This index allows DEC to gauge reproductive success and predict fall harvest potential.
During the month of August, survey participants record the sex and age of all flocks of wild turkeys observed during a participant's normal travel. Those interested in assisting DEC with the turkey survey can download a Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey form from available on the DEC website. Detailed instructions are available with the survey form. Survey cards can also be obtained by contacting a local regional DEC office, calling (518) 402-8886, or by e-mailing the Wildlife Office.
Monitoring Pheasants in the Genesee Valley Focus Area
Since 1945, farmers in the 13 counties that comprise the Lake Plains of New York have partnered with DEC to help survey wild pheasant populations and this effort will continue in the newly established "Pheasant Habitat Focus Area" in the Genesee Valley (portions of Livingston, Genesee, Wyoming and Monroe counties) located on DEC's website. This new focus area was created as a part of DEC's ten-year management plan for ring-necked pheasants. The goal of this focus area is to concentrate the efforts of public and private habitat conservation programs to benefit pheasants and other grassland birds. This survey assists DEC to monitor pheasant populations and evaluate the success of habitat management efforts in the focus area.
DEC requests that farmers in Livingston, Genesee, Wyoming or Monroe counties, consider participating in the Farmer-Pheasant Inventory. No special observations are required; just those made during normal spring and summer farming activities. Farmers interested in participating should contact DEC at (518) 402-8886 or by e-mailing the Wildlife office.
Those that do not farm but would like to contribute pheasant observations from Livingston, Genesee, Wyoming and Monroe counties are asked to join the Summer Pheasant Sighting Survey. During the month of August, survey participants record the sex and age of all pheasants observed during normal travel. A survey form (PDF) (246 KB) is available on the DEC website or by calling (518) 402-8886.
For more information on Citizen Science initiatives with DEC, see: Citizen Science Initiatives on DEC's website.