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One of the things that scares me the most as a mom is how our food is modified with artificial ingredients and additives before it hits store shelves. There are so many harmful things that are injected into perfectly healthy food, rendering them unhealthy, before they are available to use for consumption. Despite research that links these ingredients to harmful side effects like tumors, cancer, ADHD and more, the FDA is refusing to completely ban them. So, the next best thing I can is do is to try my best to avoid them. Here are seven ingredients you should always try to avoid, or eat in severe moderation. I like to carry around a list of these preservatives to make sure they're not in any of the ingredients lists of the foods I buy!
MSG (Mono-sodium glutamate) 1 of 7MSG is a common food additive that is considered a neurotoxin because it can overstimulate cells to death. It is found in many everyday foods, including deli meats and salad dressings. Heed warnings about consuming too much of it, and know the symptoms to watch for if you do, such upset stomach 15 after consuming the MSG, headaches, and arm or leg weakness. You can help eliminate MSG from your own diet by making some simple foods, like salad dressings, from scratch.
Make buttermilk ranch dressing, perfect for salads or as a dip
BHA & BHT 2 of 7These additives are often added to food made with fats to prevent early spoilage and extend shelf-life. They are known to cause cancer in rats, and, although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers both to be safe, they are toxic in large qualities. You can steer clear of this additive by choosing natural snack brands and making your own snacks, like potato chips, from scratch.
Make delicious sweet potato chips your kids will love
Sodium Nitrate 3 of 7This salty food additive is often used to preserve meats and fatty foods. The Mayo Clinic warns that sodium nitrate could increase your heart disease risk. You can avoid stabilizers found in processed meats by making sandwiches using proteins like fresh chicken, which you can roast yourself.
Make your own tasty corned beef from scratch
Artificial Food Dyes 4 of 7Artificial food dyes have been linked to ADHD, cancer, and allergies in kids and adults. About 15 million pounds of eight specific synthetic dyes are put into our food each year. If you can, avoid eating artificially colored foods, like gummy bears, and learn how to make natural food dyes -- it's surprisingly easy.
Make natural food dyes from vegetable extracts
Propyl Gallate 5 of 7This food preservative is often found in vegetable oils, meats, soups, chewing gum, and turkey stuffing. It is banned in Britain and several other countries have restricted its use. Some studies have shown that it may cause cancer in rats. In humans, propyl gallate has been linked to cases of skin irritability and stomach problems, as well as allergic reactions that impact breathing. To avoid it, cook with organic, grass-fed meat whenever possible.
Make your own meatloaf using organic, grass-fed meat
Aspartame 6 of 7Frequently cited as one of the most dangerous neurotoxins available, aspartame is found in many sugar-free foods and is used to artificially sweetened soda, candy, and a wide variety of diet food. It is linked to depression, fuzzy thinking, headaches, seizures, and cancer — specifically lymphoma and leukemia. Keep your cabinets clean of aspartame by avoiding "diet" foods and artificial sweeteners.
Make your own simple syrup and fruit syrups with natural ingredients
Potassium Bromate 7 of 7This seemingly-harmless additive is often used in baked goods to achieve a higher rise and lighter crumb. It's use has been banned in Canada and Europe because of a potential cancer link. In the U.S., the FDA has encourages bakers to use other additives, although potassium bromate has not been banned. Check the labels when you shop for baked goods; many companies, including Arnold's, Pillsbury, and Pepperidge Farm are now bromate-free. You can also try getting the kids in the kitchen and making your own baked goods from scratch.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Futures are heading higher with new government data showing that wholesale inflation led by falling gasoline prices dropped in October for the first time since May.
Dow Jones industrial futures are up 25 points to 12,742. The broader S&P futures have tacked on 5.9 points to 1,376.80. Nasdaq futures are up 14.75 points to 2,575.25.
The Labor Department says wholesale prices slipped 0.2 percent in October as gasoline, and energy prices as a whole, trailed off. Food prices, meanwhile, were pushed higher by drought.
Also, the Commerce Department said that Americans cut back on retail spending in October, which may be a combination of unease about the economy and Superstorm Sandy. Almost every retailer that has a presence in the Northeast was forced to close stores, including flagship stores in New York City.


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Another View -- Peter R. Devine: Changing curriculum — again — will not improve math skillsPETER R. DEVINE
November 14. 2013 11:20PM
There's been much discussion in this newspaper and elsewhere about whether to implement the Common Core Standards into New Hampshire's schools. As a math educator, I find the battle over this proposed curriculum change somewhat amusing. Yes, our students lag behind other countries in math skills; but it's been that way for decades, and the curriculum is the least of the problems.
Our public schools are failing us and, as a part-time professor of mathematics for over a dozen years, I see evidence of this every day in the college classroom. I see otherwise intelligent students who turn to a calculator to add 5 + 6, or to multiply 3 x 4. One student used a calculator to get the answer to 50 – 50. Many students now in college never memorized basic multiplication facts of the type most of us learned by the fourth grade. Will changing the curriculum change that? I presume basic arithmetic is still somewhere in the math curriculum, with or without the Common Core Standards.
Common Core is not the first proposed major curriculum change; in fact, it happens every couple of decades, and I've witnessed several such changes in my life-long work as both a math teacher and math textbook publisher. Remember the "New Math?" But Common Core is the first attempt at a national curriculum, so even the politicians are involved now. That can't be a good thing.
The New Math on the '60s focused on a more rigorous development of principles, but that approach failed. That was followed by a "back to basics" movement that focused on basic competencies; and that too failed. And more recently, we have the questionable practice of giving all students a calculator at all times. What do all these curriculum changes have in common? No matter what the curriculum, our students have continually lagged behind the students of other countries in performance. Clearly, we should be focusing on our schools, not on the curriculum.
If you have a child in a public elementary school, there is a very good chance that the child is learning math from a teacher who genuinely dislikes math, or who knows very little of it, or both. It's not so much the elementary school teachers' fault. When they majored in education, they likely learned at a college whose ivory-tower education professors focused more on principles like multiculturalism and "equity" (fairness) than on actual content and pedagogy. Given that reality, imagine the further frustration felt by these teachers when, after they finally get comfortable with a curriculum, it gets changed for no particularly good reason, forcing them to learn new materials and new procedures.
And what about your child in middle school or high school? Nearly 30 percent of students overall, and about 50 percent of students in urban areas, are being taught math by someone who is totally unqualified to do so. Why are there so few qualified math teachers? There is one pay scale for all teachers, leading to teacher shortages in some areas (math and science), and surpluses in others. The laws of supply and demand seem to mean nothing in education. It happens that well qualified math and physics teachers can often do much better in other lines of work. Thus, in our secondary schools, math is too often being taught by someone who didn't even minor in mathematics in college.
Further, at all grade levels you will find the occasional totally incompetent teacher who is protected by the union, and whom the principal feels powerless to fire. So instead, the administration waits for the incompetent teacher to retire, and again, it's our students who lose out.
So, against this backdrop, it's not a surprise that U.S. students can't keep up with the students in most other countries. What is quite surprising, though, is that anyone thinks that changing the curriculum — again — will correct this.
The educators and the politicians can fight over the Common Core Standards all they want, but in the end, all they're doing is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Peter R. Devine is an adjunct mathematics professor at Plymouth State University, former adjunct mathematics professor at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, Mass., a freelance writer, editor, and publisher of mathematics curriculum materials, and a former public school mathematics teacher in Stamford, Conn.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A collection of gold and jewels that a retired Santa Fe art dealer says he stashed in the mountains north of Santa Fe has generated so much interest from amateur treasure hunters that some have put their lives in jeopardy or been cited for illegally digging on public lands.
But authorities are warning people about more than being careful and following the law. They also note finders may not be keepers.
"If this treasure is buried, you would need to dig for it. And you can't dig anywhere in a national forest without a permit," said Bruce Hill, spokesman for the Santa Fe National Forest. "Even if it is not buried and it is just placed somewhere it becomes public domain."
Ditto for state lands, according to Department of Game and Fish spokesman Dan Williams.
Forrest Fenn was asked if he had considered land rights before hiding the chest. He said in an email that much has been written about land laws.
"I'm staying out of those discussions, except to say it may be fun to redefine some of the terms," Fenn said in the email.
The poem that Fenn published in his memoir, "The Thrill of the Chase," to give clues to the chest's whereabouts advises the treasure finder to "Look quickly down, your quest to cease, But tarry scant with marvel gaze, Just take the chest and go in peace."
But authorities currently seem to be more concerned about public safety than ownership questions as publicity about Fenn's claims to have hidden the 40-plus pound chest filled with gold coins, gold nuggets and ancient jewelry draws people to the northern New Mexico mountains.
Last month, a woman from Texas got lost in the mountains near Los Alamos overnight after seeing reports about the treasure on national television. But she was found safe the next day.
And Williams said the state plans to file charges against a man found digging last month under a descanso along the upper Pecos River last month. A descanso is a marker where someone has died or ashes scattered. Williams says the man told officers he was digging for Fenn's treasure.
Forest officials are urging treasure hunters to check with their office before setting out to make sure they have the proper gear and know the best places to go, Hill said.
"One of the concerns that we had is that this might invite people that really aren't familiar with traveling in a forest," Hill said. "They could get lost. They could step and stumble and turn an ankle ... maybe put themselves in a situation where they have to be rescued and maybe put other people's lives at risk."
Fenn said he has also posted caution notices on his web site and several blogs.
"Flatlanders don't realize how dangerous it can be," he said.
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SonoPointer® – a prototype ultrasound system for measuring skull bone thickness
SonoPointer® – Ein Prototyp zur Ultraschallbasierten Dickenmessung am Schädelknochen
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Introduction: For a variety of surgical procedures at the skull, it is of great interest to know the thickness of the skull bone, e.g. for craniotomy, osteosynthesis, calvarial split-bone harvesting, implantation of hearing devices, and implantation of percutaneous titanium fixtures for bone-anchored hearing aids and prostheses.
Materials and Method: The SonoPointer® consists of a Transmit Receive Module II and a 2.25 MHz ultrasound transducer integrated in a handpiece with a soft delay line. 16 human cadaveric skull bones preserved with formaldehyde were measured at 3 points each by ultrasound in water bath and with direct coupling as well as mechanically by callipers.
Results: Coded excitation was better than the use of conventional pulses. The average difference between the mechanical thickness and the coded excitation ultrasound method with direct coupling was 0.04 mm±0.62 mm. The 95% limits of agreement between the two methods were -1.18 mm and 1.25 mm. The limits of agreement for the two caliper measurements were as high as -0.4 mm and 0.42 mm.
Conclusion:The SonoPointer® is a promising tool for skull surgery by providing valuable information on skull bone thickness. Validation in vital human skull bone in an ex vivo setting will be the next step.


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Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
For some NFL-related blog law, I'll refer you to a paper I wrote, The NFL, Intellectual Property, and the Conquest of Sports Media, 86 North Dakota Law Review 760 (2010).
It includes mention of the NFL's extremely aggressive stance toward bloggers that attempt to do play-by-play coverage of games, including it's ejection of a New York Newsday reporter from Giant Stadium for live blogging.
My conclusion is that the NFL's press policies and its assertions of intellectual-property ownership represent a threat to press freedoms of the sports and news media.


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||Cleveland| Morris Dalitz
Birth: December 24, 1899 - Boston
Death: August 31, 1989
Morris "Moe" Dalitz was a bootlegger who would rise to become an important pioneer in the history of Las Vegas.
Early Life and bootlegging
Morris Dalitz was born in 1899 in Boston to Barnet Dalitz and Anna Cohen. He had one older brother named Louis. Both brothers attended the Central High School in Detroit, from which Morris never graduated. He started to work in his families laundry business in Michigan, but when Prohibition became law in 1919 he started bootlegging. With access to the trucks used in the laundry business he started to smuggle alcohol to cities such as Boston, Cleveland and Ohio with his partners Louis Rothkopf and Morris Kleinman, amongst others. Some sources declare that Dalitz was also a member of the Purple Gang and/or the so called "Little Jewish Navy", a crew of rumrunners, but that can be speculated. Dalitz himself later confessed he knew Purple Gang leader Abe Bernstein when he attended school and also worked with them in the whiskey trade, but was not part of the gang itself.
Dalitz became a big player in bootlegging and backed with the Purple Gang did business with Mobsters such as Vito Tocco from Detroit, Meyer Lansky from New York and Chicago boss Al Capone, amongst others. They even sold booze to Capones mortal enemy Bugs Moran. When Prohibition ended in 1933 Dalitz had become a well connected and rich man. He invested in several legitimate businesses such as the Michigan Industrial Laundry Co. in Detroit, the Pioneer Linen Supply Co. in Cleveland, his real estate company called Dalitz Realty and the Detroit Steel Corp. During the 1940's he enlisted in the military and became a second lieutenant. Through the Mafia he also became acquinted with Jimmy Hoffa and his Teamsters Union, which the Mafia would use as some sort of private investment bank. With all these financial means he decided to make investments in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Godfather of Las Vegas
Backed by a couple of his Cleveland buddies such as Sam Tucker, he bought the Desert Inn which was then still under construction. The owner of the building had run into financial problems but was saved by Dalitz who bought about 75% of the casino. The Desert Inn opened it's doors in 1950 and was a great success. In 1951 however he was called to appear in front of the Kefauver committee in Washington DC which investigated organized crime. There he admitted he was involved in bootlegging, but further denied his part in organized crime. By that time he had only been indicted once for bootlegging charges in Buffalo about 20 years earlier, but was acquitted.
In 1958 Dalitz made a second large investment when he took over the Stardust Hotel & Casino, which was first owned by gangster John Cornero until he suddenly dropped dead aged 60. The Stardust became one of the most known casino's in Las Vegas and grossed millions of dollars a year. It also frequently welcomed stars from the music and movie industry. In 1966 the entire ninth floor of the Stardust was rented by exentric billionair Howard Hughes and his entourage, who eventually bought the Desert Inn from Dalitz and his partners for about $13 million. Hughes would later on invest in a couple of other casino's with the means to remove organized crime from Las Vegas, his plans however were shortlived.
By the late 1970's Dalitz was a respected senior member of the Las Vegas Casino community, but because of an incriminating article in Penthouse Magazine he suffered a sudden bad image when they linked him to organized crime. The article dealt about a resort build in San Diego called "La Costa" which they believed had been funded by Dalitz and the Mafia. Dalitz denied these accusations and even sued Penthouse Magazine. Many friends of Dalitz also supported him by stating that he was a legit man who did much for charity. He had even been named "Humanitarian of the Year" by the American Cancer Research Center and Hospital in 1976.
Over the years Moe Dalitz had become very rich, FORBES magazine even placed him as one of the 400 richest Americans in 1981 with an estimated fortune of $110 million. He eventually passed away at the ripe old age of 90 in 1989. Much of his fortune was donated to several Las Vegas casino's and his only child Suzanne Brown.
(Source: www.americanmafia.com, www.1st100.com, www.a2zlasvegas.com, www.nevadaobserver.com, www.lasvegassun.com, "Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz" by Michael Newton)
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An elderly man startles awake after a man in a white coat touches his shoulder. He looks around and sees three other white-coated people standing around his bed.
"Sir? Good afternoon, sir. How are you?" says the man who touched the patient's shoulder.
"Oh, I'm fine." He's perfectly calm.
"I know this is a silly question," continues the man, "but do you know where you are right now?"
"Of course, of course. I'm at home."
The slightest pause. "Sir, you're in the hospital." The man in the white coat names the hospital.
"Oh yes, the hospital,"the patient agrees. It's as though being at home were just a slip of the tongue and not the mind.
"Do you know why you're in the hospital?" the standing man presses.
"I'm here… I'm here because you're giving me circulation to my leg."
"Actually, you just had an amputation of your leg."
The patient's expression freezes, but like many people with dementia, he covers whatever internal processes he has.
"Your leg was just amputated."
This is not the first time the patient has woken up after his surgery. According to the nurses, he had been tearful all day trying to cope with the loss of his leg.
"Can you repeat that after me? Your leg is amputated."
The patient repeats it, in a tone that I've used to talk about the weather.
"Okay? Your leg is gone."
And just for good measure he lifts up the blanket and shows the patient the nothing that is there:
"Your leg is gone."
The doctor turns and leaves. The other people in the white coats who are not in the patient's home not giving circulation to his leg follow his lead. The whole encounter takes no more than 120 seconds.
The third year medical student in the white coat looks back at the man's frozen expression. With this glance, she has already fallen out of step with the team.
A social worker enters as we leave, pulling the curtain around the patient's bed.
A curtain around a man who doesn't wake up from nightmares but into them.
Someone please tell me.
Someone please tell me how to make a box in my mind and put patients into it and seal it and make the patients stay in there until I say they can come out and–actually, on second thought–maybe I'll just never let them out.
Because I am having nightmares too. But at least I am waking up in my home with both my legs still there.
Someone please tell me how to steel myself against this profession I have chosen.


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Do you know the biggest sin of the new Halloween? It's just not scary. And that's one thing you could never say about the original.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
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A wish list in honor of my birthday. #birthdaywishlist
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The glorious, frizzy-haired, big-bearded '70s welcome Striesand and Kristofferson into the pantheon.
From a bestselling work of young adult fiction comes a political melodrama made with a theatrical audience in mind.
Jana Monji reports on the different speakers and conversations at last Thursday's Women in Entertainment summit.
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho revisits John Carpenter's classic Halloween.
An interview with actor and producer Gerard Butler about the submarine thriller and passion project, Hunter Killer.
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By WESTON ALLENBACK, GoThunderWolves.com Insider
PUEBLO, Colo. (GoThunderWolves.com - Oct. 6, 2012) - After falling down 21-3 early in the first half in their battle with RMAC rival Chadron State, CSU-Pueblo persevered with a thrilling 45-38 overtime win in its homecoming showdown at the Neta & Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl, increasing its regular season winning streak to a national-best 21 in the process.
The Pack stumbled out the gate in all three phases, falling behind 14-0 before even gathering its first first down, but found enough big plays to get back into the game. Senior corner back Mark Sterling (Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) shifted the momentum back in favor of the ThunderWolves when he jumped an Eagle route and intercepted Chadron quarterback John McLain late in the first quarter.
Though the Pack was able to finally put points on the board after the Sterling interception, it wasn't a touchdown, which they were in dire need of. After the Pack seemed to be sitting pretty after a 49-yard rush by J.B. Mathews (So., Aurora, Colo.), quarterback Ross Dausin's 3rd-and-goal pass at the Chadron 7-yard-line flew through the hands of Pack receiver Marcial Williamson (Sr., Lakewood, Wash.) and the ThunderWolves settled for a field goal, cutting the lead to 14-3.
CSU-Pueblo continued to have trouble jumping back into the game, but finally turned it into a one-score game as Dausin snuck in for a 1-yard score right before halftime to cut the Chadron lead to 21-16.
After the first half, the real fun began.
Coming out of halftime, the Eagles offense didn't miss a beat, putting another seven points up only 1:30 into the third quarter. But the Pack quickly answered with a score of their own as Mathews scampered 32-yards to make the score 28-23.
Though Mathews had another strong performance with 176 yards and a touchdown, he was forced to leave the game with a foot injury mid-way through the third quarter. Fortunately enough for the Pack, freshman running back Cameron McDondle (Fr., Littleton, Colo.) was able to step in and pick up where Mathews left off.
"We were kind of beat up at the running back position," Wristen said. "That young freshman came in and was able to make some good things happen, so it was nice to see him come in and have some success."
McDondle carried the load of the running game most of the fourth quarter and came up two yards shy of his first 100-yard game as ThunderWolf, ending with 98 yards and two scores.
"This was a huge win for us. It's our red-letter game," McDondle said. "We knew we needed to go out there and get a win. If there is any team that we need to beat, it's Chadron, and we did that. Everyone was pumped up and ready to go."
Though the running game seemed to be business-as-usual, compiling 312 yards on the ground, Dausin had uncharacteristic struggles behind center, especially at key points in the game. Driving for a score after the game was tied 31-31, he threw an interception in the end zone that would have given the Pack a fourth quarter lead. Instead, it gave the Eagles had a chance to take a lead of their own.
Behind its solid running game, which also gained nearly 300 yards against the ThunderWolves, Chadron State drove down the field, culminating in a 47-yard touchdown run by Michael Madkins that put the Eagles up 38-31 with 6:46 left in the game.
With their backs against the wall and failure not an option, Dausin made up for his pick and drove the ThunderWolves down for the tying score. He hit Roger Pfannenschmid (Sr., Pueblo, Colo.) three straight times on slant routes over the middle during the game-tying drive, running it in himself on the quarterback sneak with 1:16 left in regulation to force the overtime.
In the overtime period, it was all Pack. Getting the first chance with the ball, McDondle carried it the distance, breaking runs of 12, 5 and 8 to score the Pack's go-ahead touchdown, giving the ThunderWolves its first lead of the entire game, 45-38.
Then with the momentum, the defense seized its chance to make up for a lackluster game. The big play came on a 3rd-and-4 from the Pack 9-yard-line, when Ben Estica (RFr., Palm Beach, Fla.) blasted through the line and forced McLain to the throw the ball away to avoid a sack, bringing up a go-for-the-goal 4th down, which the Pack held.
The win, the second straight overtime homecoming win at CSU-Pueblo (the ThunderWolves defeated Chadron State 33-30 in triple-overtime at home in 2010) as well as its fourth straight over the Eagles, instantly felt like a signature win for the Pack.
"It is really a mark of our foundation," Wristen said. "I really believe if your foundation is dug deep, you are able to weather the storm and there were a number of storms during the game that we were able to overcome out there today."
The ThunderWolves only get a few moments to feel satisfied about a thrilling win as they travel to Colorado School of Mines this weekend and have some demands to face. The last time the Pack lost a road game, it was two years ago at Mines.


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Thunder Notes: Harvick Won't Commit To Future
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer
Daytona Beach, Fla. – Kevin Harvick, whose driving contract with Richard Childress Racing ends at the conclusion of the 2010 season, shed absolutely no light on his future plans during the media portion of his appearance at Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway.
"I'm not getting in the middle of it," he said. "When it all boils down to it, it's all about winning races, and that's all I care about. We're going to come into the season, and we're going to race a lot this year, and we're going to have fun. That's my main goal for the year is to have fun. How it all plays out, I couldn't tell you."
If it indeed is all about winning Cup races for Harvick, a change could be in store. He hasn't won a Cup race since February, 2007, at Daytona.
Harvick, who also fields teams in the Camping World Truck Series and in the Nationwide Series, said the overall health of those two series seems OK even in a tight economy.
He pointed out that costs have been slashed for truck owners, and that has been a positive change for the series.
"It's become more affordable to race, and I think the series is going to be as healthy as it's ever been with Kyle (Busch's) two or three teams coming in, we've got Turner Motorsports, got two fully competitive teams coming in," he said. "I know we had a couple teams that fell out, but I think there's more quality teams this year than there has been in a long time."
He said the Nationwide Series also is going to be OK even though team owners will have to absorb the cost of introducing a new Car of Tomorrow.
"I think that series is going to be strong as well," he said.
Trevor Bayne doesn't need his 2009 statistics pointed out to him. He knows that he was unable to back up his impressive qualifying runs when the final results were posted. In 15 Nationwide Series starts, he qualified 13times in the top 12, including a pole at O'Reilly Raceway Park and a second at Michigan. But his best finishes were a pair of sevenths and his average finish was 18th.
Bayne, who plans a full Nationwide campaign in a Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, said Saturday that improving his performance over the duration of the race is something he plans to work on this season.
"For the last couple years I've been racing in longer races, but the competition that we were racing against wasn't near the level that we're at now," he said. "The track still changes the same, but it's how other drivers have adapted to the track as it goes on. That's something I've got to get used to."
It will help, he said, being able to go to a track having some personal experience there from last year, even though he still will be seeing some new venues, including Daytona International Speedway.
"Now I've got it written down what the track did the previous year, and when I go back, I can remember, OK, this track freed up so we can be ahead of the curve," he said. "Last year as the race went on, we were kind of chasing it. Now the car is tight, so now what do we do? We couldn't be ahead of the game on that. But I think we've learned a lot in the off-season as to why our long runs kind of fell off, and hopefully we can improve those.
"Our qualifying was great, but we're still looking to improve that until we're on the front row every single week."
The way Clint Bowyer sees it, Richard Childress Racing's drop back from four Cup teams to three, losing the No. 07 Casey Mears team, isn't all bad.
He said RCR seems to function better with three teams, even though Mears got great reviews from his teammates.
"For whatever reason, whether it's the management or whatever else … I just have a feeling that three cars are going to be better for our organization," he said.
It has been in the recent past. In both 2007 and 2008, RCR placed all three of its drivers, Bowyer, Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick, in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Last year none of the four made it.
David Ragan, driver of the No. 6 Ford at Roush Fenway Racing, is having to build lots of new relations as the season approaches. In addition to learning the ways of a new crew chief, Donnie Wingo, he's having to familiarize himself with an all-new crew for the most part.
With Roush dropping the No. 26 team, Wingo's old outfit, to meet the NASCAR maximum of four teams per owner, the company has undergone some significant personnel shuffling, Ragan said.
He said most of his new crew members came over with Wingo from the 26 team.
"(Wingo) is our head guy, he's our crew chief, he's our team leader and he can bring in who he feels like will make our team better," Ragan said, adding that one key addition is that of Loren Ranier, who will be his spotter. Ranier previously did that job for Jamie McMurray when he drove the No. 26.
"I feel like he'll be a key asset to our team and an asset to myself," Ragan said. "He's worked with Donnie so much in the past, he can kind of help that flow from myself to Donnie throughout the three of us."
Daytona International Speedway president Robin Braig said that moving the starting time of the Daytona 500 back to around 1 p.m. already is paying off for the speedway. He said that he attributes 5,000 to 8,000 ticket sales because of the change.
Braig said fans told speedway officials that the later starting times of recent races had forced them to add an extra day of travel and motel costs and in some cases caused the races to end under cautions caused by late-afternoon rains.
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-As you've probably noticed outside, the upper Midwest is currently getting covered with snow from a blizzard. CNN reports that from Nebraska to southern Wisconsin, tens of thousands of people are without power and the storms are being blamed for a 30-car pileup Wednesday on an Iowa interstate.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Following the most successful season in the history of the men's volleyball program, MIT received 16 honors from the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA). The award tally was the second highest for the Engineers since they came away with 19 accolades in 2007.
For the second time in his career, head coach Paul Dill was voted the New England Division Co-Coach of the Year. He helped guide the Cardinal and Gray to its first 30-win season and its second semifinal appearance in the NECVA Championship Tournament.
Matt Hohenberger earned the program's second NECVA Rookie of the Year award to go along with NECVA All-Conference Second Team, New England Division Rookie of the Year, New England All-Division First Team, and NECVA Championship All-Tournament First Team plaudits. Mike Demyttenaere earned spots on the NECVA All-Conference Second Team and the New England All-Division First Team. Eric Reuland represented MIT on the New England All-Division First Team and the NECVA Championship All-Tournament First Team. David Thomas and Tim Lee were selected to the New England All-Division Second Team, marking their first league honors.
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BioShock Infinite released earlier this spring and everyone was quick to call it the Game of the Year. Months later, The Last of Us graced the PlayStation 3 and everyone changed their minds. Is the gaming community being to hasty in these reactions? More importantly, why do prominent narrative components seem to guarantee slots on year-end awards lists when gameplay elements might be lacking? Led by editor Curtis Stone, Gamers Association explores the issue.
"Is the gaming community being to hasty in these reactions? "
^ If it's not too hasty, it's not the gaming community.
We're the kings of being too hasty. I mean I haven't looked that up or anything, but it feels right enough that I'm gonna call it a sure thing.
There is nothing in TLOU's gameplay that is lacking, but hey, thats just me.
I kind of agree with what this article is getting at. Yet some of the best experiences this Gen seem to fit in with this. I look at it this way, they are no longer just games, but full on entertainment experiences.
With that said I actually had fun playing the last of us. I do wish they would have incorporated manhunt type executions for a little more variety.
If they decide to make a sequel I can't imagine how much better it will be after building onto the first.
Obviously games are not as great as an art medium as movies are atm, but the whole oscar thing has its movie of the moment deal. Slumdog, the hurt locker, and argo just to name a few movies that came at the right time and won.
Bioshock Inifinte vs The Last of Us is like:
Taken vs There Will Be Blood
The Last Of Us, is not Game Of The Year, it is Game Of The Generation. It is a truly great masterpiece......The few on here hating it, are the few that aren't still playing the s^%t out of it. I also really am enjoying slowly getting through Metro.....But TLOU is game of the year....that is obvious, as the Meta score must be through the roof, with all the 10's, 9.5's & barely a score that goes under that, apart from that one 7.5 that some attention whore site's reviewer gave it.


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Lewiston's reputation as a thriving arts community and cultural epicenter is due in no small part to the annual Lewiston Art Festival. Now in it's 46th year, the festival has been named one of the "Top Cultural Destinations" by First Sunday Magazine; a "Summer Festival Showcase Event" by Bi-National Niagara Tourism Alliance; and one of the "Top 100 Attractions Along the Seaway Trail" by Journey Magazine.
On Aug. 11 and 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., this prestigious event will showcase the work of more than 175 professional and student artists from 13 states (as far away as Alaska). Artists will compete for prize money awarded in eight categories, including painting, photography, graphic arts, sculpture, artistic crafts (ceramics, wood, fiber, glass) and jewelry. Modern Corporation co-sponsors the "Modern Art Awards," which total more than $5,000.
On Saturday, watch the chalk fly as 12 teams of talented high school student artists represent schools from across the region in the KeyBank parking lot for the KeyBank Chalk Walk competition. Spectacular murals will depict this year's culturally significant theme: "Diversity is ...". Teams will compete for "Arts Are Key" awards, sponsored by KeyBank. Spectators can cast a vote for the People's Choice Award. Judging takes place about 4 p.m. on Saturday.
In keeping with our commitment to foster the development of young artists, College Alley will again feature the work of 23 high school and college students on North and South Fifth Street. College Alley provides these artists with an opportunity to gain exhibiting experience without adhering to the more stringent requirements for professional artists.
A special addition to the 2012 Art Festival is a weekend-long residency for three well-known Native American artists: Rosemary Hill, Simon Brascoupé and Karen Hodge Russell.
"Art Inspired by our Ancestors" is the theme for exhibits, demonstrations and art activities at 732 Center St., outside the Tuscarora & Friends Gallery at the Lewiston Opera Hall. All activities will incorporate Native medicinal plant designs.
Hill was born and raised on the Tuscarora Reservation and is internationally known for her Tuscarora beadwork. She has exhibited, demonstrated and taught this traditional folk art internationally, and her work is found in museums and private collections in the U.S., Canada and Europe. She will demonstrate traditional Tuscarora beading using native plant designs.
Hodge Russell (Mik'Maq, Acadian) is a retired art teacher, fiber artist and printmaker. She will demonstrate weaving of a fiber piece on a traditional loom using local dyes and found materials. She will also lead a free, hands-on activity creating woven sculpture pieces on a branch frame, using natural and found materials.
Brascoupé is Tuscarora, Algonquin and Mohawk, and grew up on the Tuscarora Nation. He is a printmaker who uses traditional stencil (pochoir) techniques on canvas in his artwork. He and Hodge Russell have adapted this prehistoric technique to make it possible for people of all ability levels to create crisp, vivid prints in colorful traditional designs. Participants will create simple, beautiful prints on paper using his designs of native medicinal plants. Special art pieces created for the festival will also be on exhibit.
"It is wonderful to have artists of this caliber on hand to share their traditional native culture with the public," said Irene Rykaszewski, executive director of the Lewiston Council on the Arts. The residencies were sponsored in part with a grant from the Arts Niagara Decentralization program, a regrant program from the New York State Council on the Arts administered through the Tonawandas Art Council and the Carnegie Art Center.
Inspired by Native American reverence for nature and the environment, organizers this year have made a commitment to transition the Art Festival to be more "green."
"Recycling and food scraps composting is coming to the 2012 festival to lighten its environmental impact. Recycling reduces energy and natural resources used, and composting returns nutrients to soil naturally and improves soil structure. Both reduce waste at existing landfills," said Katy Duggan-Haas, the event's sustainability coordinator.
Modern Recycling will donate recycling and composting services to this year's Art Festival for this pilot program. Participating will be possible with collection containers placed next to trash containers for the convenience of festivalgoers. Modern employees will volunteer their time to guide the public in correctly discarding bottles, cans, plastics, food scraps and paper for recycling and composting.
To emphasize the theme of recycling and reuse, the Modern ArtZone, a free hands-on art activity area, will focus on creating art from discarded materials from noon to 4 p.m. each day of the festival. Thanks to Richard Pope, Niagara County Refuse Disposal District director, Sunnking Electronics Recycling donated elements of disassembled electronic devices for the activity. Sunnking is the first R2 (responsible recycling) certified facility in New York, and recycles all devices, including computers, cell phones, video games, copiers and TVs. Also on hand will be a robot built from recycled components.
Don't forget to visit the information booth at Fifth and Center streets to pick up this year's colorful Art Festival T-shirt, which features the new design "Flying Frog Comb" by Hodge Russell. Nontraditional fibers were used in a traditional Canadian maritime rug hooking technique to create the piece.
Street musicians and performers are welcome to add their musical ambiance to the show.
Art Festival sponsors include Modern Corporation, KeyBank, Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Tin Pan Alley, the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission and Arts Niagara Decentralization program.


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Say: "Lord, judge with truth! Our Lord is the All-Merciful, the One Whose help is sought in the face of what you describe." ( Surat al-Anbiya', 21:112)
People need to feel Allah's existence and power both in times of difficulty and of ease. In other words, during every moment of their lives, all people are in need of prayer, for unless Allah wills, they cannot attain anything. Given that we are created with many inherent weaknesses, people can only live by means of Allah's mercy and favor.
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Do they make things into partner-deities who cannot create anything and are themselves created; who are not capable of helping them and cannot even help themselves? If you call them to guidance, they will not follow you. It makes no difference if you call them or stay silent. Those you call on besides Allah are servants, just like yourselves. Call on them and let them respond to you, if you are telling the truth. Do they have legs with which they can walk? Do they have hands with which they can grasp? Do they have eyes with which they can see? Do they have ears with which they can hear? Say: "Call on your partner-deities, try all your wiles against me, and grant me no reprieve. My Protector is Allah, Who sent down the Book. He takes care of the believers." Those you call on besides Him are not capable of helping you. They cannot even help themselves. If you call them to guidance, they do not hear. You see them looking at you, yet they do not see. ( Surat al-A'raf, 7:191-98)


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The works of the nation's top visual artists will be on display October 6-7, 2012, at the bi-annual Cottonwood Art Festival. Now in its 43rd year, the prestigious show is rated one of the top art festival in the United States and is the premier fine arts event in North Texas. Featuring the finest arts and crafts in the nation, the twice-a-year event generates more than $2 million in art sales annually.
The festival is set for 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. (the featured band will play to 8 p.m.) on Saturday October 6 and 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 7, 2012, at Richardson's Cottonwood Park. The park is just east of the intersection of Beltline Road and Coit Road. Full details are available at www.cottonwoodartfestival.com.
Cottonwood Art Festival is a juried show. This year, more than 1,000 artists submitted their work for consideration. Jurors selected 240 artists to exhibit their museum-quality work in 16 fine art/fine crafts categories: 2-D Mixed Media, 3-D Mixed Media, Clay, Decorative Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Metal, Oil, Watercolor, Drawing/Pastel, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Wearable Fiber, Wood and Leather.
More than the art, the festival also features local bands performing the best in rock, country, jazz, blues, swing and folk. In the courtyard, sit in the shade by the lake and enjoy the music. A varied menu of fine food, wine, margaritas and beer are available for purchase.
ArtStop, the children's' area at Cottonwood Art Festival, offers arts, crafts and activities for children of all ages. Create a sculpture hat from scrap, add to an enormous collage, or practice sculpting clay. Some of the children's activities require a small fee.
Artists include:
2D Mixed Media
Michael Colpitts, Mary DiStefano Jarowitz, Jana Epstein, Steven Graber, Keith Grace, Anthony Grant, Julie Havel, Robin Renee Hix, Jay Long, Lisa Loudermilk, Brice McCasland, Teri McReynolds, Mauricio Mora, Rodgers Naylor, Scott Olson, Armando Pedroso, Julie Rice, Vernon Rollin III, Marty Ruiz, Ellie Rusinova, Geralyn Sedlak-Ford, Karen Smith, Scott Swezy
3D Mixed Media
Cassie Arnold, Rick Bachman, Kimmy Cantrell, Ronald Colbert, Robin Daning, Gerald Garner, Leif Holland, Jennifer Ivory, Sheri Meldrum, Toby Mercer, Nancy Michael-Susaneck, James Mosier, Reza Pishgahi, Mark Rademacher, Steven Radtke, Ellie Rusinova, Lyn Sedlak-Ford, Chris Smith, Benjamin Stielow, Aly Winningham, Bill Wirtel, Barbara Woods
Cathra-Anne Barker, Marvin Blackmore, Sumati Colpitts, Larry East, Casey Hankin, Peter Karner, Brenda McMahon, Michael Meyer, Adrianna Morrisette, Kyle Osvog, Clare Pousson, Tom Radca, Ralph Rankin, Collin Rosebrook, Tony Schartz, Diane & Don Smith, Paul Uhl, Jacqueline Wetzel Phillips
Tanya Doskova, Jimmy Ellis, Brett Miley
C.J. Bradford, Jennifer Cavan, Don Coons, C. L. Cunningham, Geri Dunn, Stephanie Ford, Douglas Fulks, Lauren Herr, Meredith Kuntzsch, Robin Lauersdorf, Yan Lee, Sherry Steele, Scott Swezy
Larry & Rebbecca Brockman, Myra Burg, Donna Doersam, Olive Kraus, Lucy & Mel Mendez, Emilie Pritchard, C. Smathers
Brenda Benson, Paul Counts, Leslie Friedman, Lance Heddan, Rollin Karg, Randy Kuntz, Roger Mathews, Toby McGee, Jason & Nicole McQuaid, Stan Megdall, Steve Palmer, Randle Sedlak-Ford, Laura & Michael Thompson, Meredith Wenzel, Paul Willsea & Carol O'Brien
Rick Angrick, William Bailey, Susan Butler, Greta Cannon, Lisa Crowder, Joseph Cyberski, Janine DeCresenzo, E. Moises Diaz, Mary Filapek, Ann Finley, Lyn Foley, Michele Friedman, Phillip Hall, Hanan Ingel, Jo Jennings, Julie Jerman-Melka, Sharon Johnston, Katherine Kaya, Karyn Kozak, Roger Mathews, Kimberley Morris, Rex Nockengust, Denise Robertson, Michael Romanik, Andrew and Turza Shows, Fred Tate, Robert Trisko, Victoria Varga, Erica Zap, Zeke & Marty Zewick, Marc & Wendy Zoschke
Steve Cambronne, E. Moises Diaz, Anthony Hansen, Rick Martin, Corky Storer, Wendell Turner, Charles White
Painting: Oil/Acrylic
Gregory Arth, Dawn Baker, Pamela Blaies, Lon Brauer, Danny Chu, George Coll, Stephen Dickerson, Stefan Geissbuhler, Steven Graber, Maggie Grier, Niki Gulley, Richard Hall, Tate Hamilton, Jeremy Hansen, Robert Hurst, John Irizarry, Brian Keller, J. Lynn Kelly, Miro Kenarov, Jeff Laibson, Mary Landis, Jay Long, Armik Malekian, Jerry Malzahn, Michelle Mardis, Brian McGuffey, Jo Moncrief, Betty Nash, Scott Olson, Eric Painter, Andy Quaglino, Jamie Rice, Betty Robbins, Bonnie Siebert, Thomas Stotts, Brian Sullivan, Cat Tesla, Alla Tsank, Kathy Womack, Dick Zimmerman
Painting: Watercolor
Shelly Burden, Yongqun Guo, Diana Hsu, Jeffrey Jensen, Rick Loudermilk, Tai Poon, Larry Stephenson,
Steven Vigil, S Brian Berkun
Photography Digital
Harry Bowden, John Canterbury, Liv Colbert, Bob Coller Jewett, Clark Crenshaw, Greg Davis, David Gill, Edward Holland, Marty Hulsebos, Larry Humphrey, Carol Lyon, Doug Remien, Mark Stephenson, Patrick Whalen
Photography Traditional
Nancy Blades, Craig Brabson, Jana Epstein, Kavan Geary, Oscar Matos Linares, John Scanlan, Vicki Bolen
Lorri Acott , Glo Coalson, Will Grant, Denise Greenwood-Loveless, Casey Horn, Roger Hubbard, Ralph Parker, Jin Powell, Craig Riches, Greg Robertson, Wendy Salin, Adam Schultz, Harold Siefert, John Zidek
Wearable Fiber
Sandy Atkins-Moran, Mark Carter, Robert Dachenhausen, Valery Guignon, Diane Harty , Barbara Holloway, Lynn Langhoff, Valarie Pagni, Jeff Seemayer
Adam Crowell, Kevin Desplanques, Souphong Manikhong, Pete Mccaskill, Lance Munn, Steven Potts, Dale Robbins, Rick Robinson, Ron & Christine Sisco, Wolf Sittler, Robert Wilhelm
For more information on Cottonwood Art Festival, go to www.CottonwoodArtFestival.com. Whether shopping for art, listening to music, enjoying the outdoors or making art of your own, Cottonwood has something for everyone.


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Update: Google has now made the shockingly bad move of removing the Wikipedia layer from Google Maps. However there are still some third party maps that can help you find Wikipedia information on a Google Map. I've linked to some of the more useful maps in this Google Kills Wikipedia post.
In what is proving to be another busy day for Google, Wikipedia articles have been added to Google Maps. The new Wikipedia tags can be turned on via a 'More' button that has been added to the top right hand corner of the map.
When the Wikipedia tick box is selected small 'W' tags appear on the map where Wikipedia articles are available. Clicking on the 'W' tag will open an information window containing the Wikipedia article.
Panoramio photos can also be turned on via the same 'More' button. The photos option however feels a little superfluous considering Panoramio photos were added last week and can also be turned on in the left-hand panel. Intriguingly the photos turned on by the 'More' button contain a Panoramio logo whilst the ones accessed by the left-hand side panel don't, even though both sets of photos are served by Panoramio.


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I suspect the truth lies somewhere in between, minimum wage is not the answer.
None the less there are some who for some reason or another are chronically stuck at minimum wages, but if cost for employees goes up wont jobs dry up at those entry level jobs. resulting in the most skilled filling the limited number of jobs. Tossing out the unskilled with the bath water. Taking our most at risk and pricing them out of the market.
Now, you might argue that even if the current minimum wage seems low, raising it would cost jobs. But there's evidence on that question — lots and lots of evidence, because the minimum wage is one of the most studied issues in all of economics. U.S. experience, it turns out, offers many "natural experiments" here, in which one state raises its minimum wage while others do not. And while there are dissenters, as there always are, the great preponderance of the evidence from these natural experiments points to little if any negative effect of minimum wage increases on employment.
there just isn't any evidence that raising the minimum wage near current levels would reduce employment. And this is a really solid result, because there have been a *lot* of studies.
Were I to try and jack up wages I would open the millions of jobs currently held by illegal aliens. They are an artifical depression on wages. My way of dealing with this is destinctly different from most republicans who seem to blame the aliens (I don't our lax laws were a defacto invitation to them so I don't blame them)
I would push for amnesty but it would require a simultanious crack down on employment of illegals. I would bankrupt companies using ICE and INS agents to go after employers who employ illegals.
And we all know plenty of US citizens who would rather sit on their butts, play video games, get high, have sex and eat chips.
Quote from: nogodsforme on June 24, 2013, 11:11:36 PMAnd we all know plenty of US citizens who would rather sit on their butts, play video games, get high, have sex and eat chips. Simultaneously?
I don't know Breitbart
but I thought there was some truth in what he wrote. But I think the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Increased expense results in lower profits (that is ok if the company chooses that route), higher prices (if the consumer is willing or can pay them) or reduced headcount (jobs for only the most skilled {likely those second income earners} leaving a segment of society unemployable [those most at risk]). typically I do believe these problems are temporary until the market reaches it's new balance so it might be temporary pain for a greater good.
Why not make minimum wage high enough that you can support a house (with spouse and 2 kids) in NYC with 1 income. Or perhaps just a little more so they can be comfortable with a few luxuries.
Or should we use the illegal immigrant model with 6 families in a house sharing expenses and assigning a few members for daycare? BTW that model still leaves money to send back home.


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Judge: Sammy Hagar's memoir did not defame woman
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A defamation lawsuit against Sammy Hagar filed by a former Playboy bunny who claims he fathered her child has been dismissed, and the former Van Halen frontman is pleased with the result, his attorney said Monday.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade ruled April 30 that Hagar did not defame the woman — identified as Jane Doe in court documents — when he accused her in his 2011 memoir of falsely naming him as the baby's father in order to extort money.
"We're certainly gratified by the result and we hope this means that it's all over," said Hagar's attorney, Wesley Kinnear of San Francisco. "It's difficult to be involved in litigation like this. It was a surprise to him. And he's very pleased that the judge ruled the way that she did."
The woman, of Waterloo, Iowa, claims she and Hagar had an affair in the 1980s, when she was a Playboy bunny and that she became pregnant with his child after a concert in 1988.
At the time, the two reached a legal settlement in which Hagar agreed to pay her during the pregnancy as long as she kept quiet about her belief that he was the father. The child died shortly after birth in 1989 and no paternity tests were conducted. In all, Hagar paid the woman $7,000.
In his 2011 memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock," Hagar denied fathering the child and accused the woman of extorting him. He wrote that the woman, who then lived in Lansing, Mich., seduced him after a concert in Detroit, and then soon thereafter claimed she was pregnant. "I smelled a setup," he wrote.
Hagar said he agreed to pay the woman during her pregnancy because his manager convinced him it was "the smart thing to do" and then to reassess the matter after the birth. Hagar said that when he learned of her claim of the baby's death, "I don't believe that she ever had a baby. She may have had an abortion early on."
"I never heard from her again. Obviously, it wasn't my baby, and they knew it," he wrote. "They just extorted me as long as they could. No one ever saw her again."
The woman filed a lawsuit against Hagar in 2011 claiming he defamed her, violated her privacy, intentionally inflicted emotional damage and breached their 1989 confidentiality agreement.
But Reade ruled that Hagar did not defame the woman because he did not refer to her by name in the book — identifying her erroneously as a "Playboy bunny from California" — and the woman did not prove she suffered any financial, reputational or emotional injuries from his statements. Only individuals who already knew about their relationship, not the general public, would have understood Hagar was referring to her in the book, she added.
"Although Hagar's statements in 'Red' brought back painful memories for Doe, the evidence does not support a finding that Hagar's conduct was extreme enough to permit the court to find outrageous conduct sufficient to support Doe's intentional infliction of emotional distress claim," Reade wrote.
Hagar did not breach their confidentiality agreement because he did not disclose the terms of the deal, she added.
An attorney for Doe didn't immediately return a message. She still has time to file notice of appeal.


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Kevin de Leon, the Los Angeles state senator who is poised to become leader of the Senate soon, deserves some credit for listening to the people of California, of his district and, well, us. De Leon was one of the lawmakers who blocked passage of a bill last year that would have standardized restrictions on single-use plastic bags statewide.
In an editorial last year, we called on him specifically to turn that bad decision around by personally standing behind statewide bag legislation this year. That's exactly what he did today when he joined Sens. Alex Padilla (whose bill it was that was killed last year) and Ricardo Lara, another pol who opposed earlier bills, to announce they are joining together for another legislative attempt, albeit one with some changes.
Good thing. Bans on single-use plastic bags are already working to clean up the streets, parks and waterways of California, according to L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina. She wrote in an op-ed that the bans in cities (such as Pasadena, Long Beach and, just this month, Los Angeles) and counties (including L.A. County) have effectively diverted 10 billion bags a year.
If California is able to pass this ban, then perhaps de Leon will prove that his leadership position in the Senate is justified.


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Local heroes were celebrated at Hearts Empowered to Rescue Others (H.E.R.O.) Day on May 3 in Hillsville. The day celebrates everyday heroes, including police, fire and rescue departments.
The field on Farmer's Market Drive in Hillsville was packed with various stations where visitors could learn about the local emergency departments and what they do each day to keep our neighborhoods safe.
Last November, missionary Doug Donithan — originally from Grayson County — made the dangerous trek back to his home city of Tacloban in the Philippines to help his neighbors deal with the devastating aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan (also called Typhoon Yolanda).
Because of the chaos and debris that the storm had left behind, many relief efforts had trouble reaching the communities to help. To get back home, Donithan had to fly to another island, travel to his island by boat and then hire a van to drive back to his house.
HILLSVILLE — The annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet on April 10 at the Southwestern Virginia Training Center sang the praises, quite literally, of community services provided to the residents there.
Andrew Shannon, director of volunteer services and gospel singer himself, conducted the mostly musical recognition of more than 400 volunteers much like a revival.
The Galax Recreation Center celebrated the grand opening of its bicycle library on March 28, part of the city's Safe Routes to School program.
By SHAINA STOCKTON, Staff
HILLSVILLE — Local non-profit organization "Live for Life" is hosting a day-long music festival for child abuse awareness and suicide prevention called "Live for Life - Don't Hasten Death" on April 4 at the Grover King VFW Post in Hillsville.
This story was written by Penelope Moseley and was submitted for the Hale-Wilkinson-Carter Home Foundation.
HILLSVILLE — The Hale-Wilkinson-Carter Home Foundation is reopening Mayetta's Market on April 3 after a winter break.
The market features quality handmade original art and crafts in many forms, as well as publications by local talents.
Laura Cassell, who turned age 94 in January, has worked tirelessly this brutal winter to replenish her inventory at the market.
HILLSVILLE — Mava S. Vass touched many lives as an educator and community volunteer over the years, all the while keeping humble about her achievements.
At the March 10 meeting of Hillsville Town Council, it was time to shine the spotlight on Vass and publicly thank her.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 15.2 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2012 spent $902 million in communities nearby.
That spending supported 12,168 jobs in the areas adjacent to the parkway, including the City of Galax and Carroll and Grayson counties. It's hard to know how many of those jobs are local, as the federal report did not break down the spending or employment by locality.
HILLSVILLE — Two sizable donations and the faith of Fuller Center for Housing members has built the foundation for the Carroll County's organization's second home project, says Oliver McBride.
A little more than a year after officials with the Fuller Center for Housing - Greater Carroll County Area turned over the keys for the first home to Krystal Rosier, the non-profit has a blueprint to find a second deserving family and raise a second house, McBride said last week.
HILLSVILLE — When the best biscuit maker contest heated up among Hardee's employees in four states, Mary Marshall of Hillsville kept her cool and baked away.
Boddie-Noell, the largest Hardee's franchise in the United States, named Marshall on Feb. 23 as the champion after months of competition among 700 biscuit makers from 335 restaurants from Virginia, the Carolinas and Kentucky.
It was a typical evening at her boyfriend Richard's house when writing hobbyist and former Independence resident Melissa Caudill first got the idea for a short story.
"I was sitting there, and his cat got on my lap and was laying there in what looked like an uncomfortable position. [Richard] mentioned that the cat likes me, and I told him, 'no, she's just looking for a comfortable place.
"So he says, 'That doesn't look comfortable — that looks like love.'"
HILLSVILLE — Willa the therapy dog attracted attention with her offer of helping children learn how to read at Carroll County Public Library last Thursday.
Willa, a dainty and quiet doberman, attended by humans Rebecca Gatchel and Sarah Largen, is a very important participant in the Paws to Read program.
Elementary and middle school children meet up at the Galax Recreation Center's fourth floor gymnasium after school for fun activities and homework help.
ABINGDON — Elvin Jennings of Hillsville knows a thing or two about winning big in the Virginia Lottery, according to gaming officials.
This year's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Galax was short but sweet, as guests who were filled with joy and hope shared inspirational stories of finding racial equality and defeating prejudice.
Several congregations have made a tradition of gathering at the Gospel Temple #2 church in the Oldtown community of West Galax, where they share stories of hope and strength with one another, and celebrate the holiday with songs and praise.
HILLSVILLE — Those recognizing Sallie Hall for her 38 years with a nutrition program through the Virginia Extension Service served up a heaping helping of fun on Jan. 4.
Organizers lured Hall to the Carroll Senior Citizens Center for a "roast," as well as a spaghetti dinner dished out of a row of crockpots.
Hall took time to greet each of the approximately 50 people in attendance, before opening gifts presented by storyteller Vickie Town and hearing memories by Matthew Miller, an Extension agent who worked with her for about six years.
Twin County Regional Hospital recently welcomed the first baby of 2014.
Jaiden Ercely Sauceda, daughter of Jessica Shinault and Roger Sauceda of Galax, was the baby born closest to New Year's Day, on Jan. 2 at 7:56 a.m. She weighed seven pounds, seven ounces and measured 20 inches long.
HILLSVILLE — When it comes to staying fit, active and healthy in the New Year, the Carroll Wellness Center's Zumba instructor prefers talking about a "lifestyle change" than a well-meaning, one-time "resolution."
When Gretchen Lawson attended her first Zumba class, as a mother-daughter activity through her church, she weighed 220 pounds.
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