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Sir Cliff to share Morrissey stage
Sir Cliff Richard has been lined up as an unlikely support act for controversial singer Morrissey for a major US show - but admitted he initially thought it was a wind-up.
The Devil Woman and Living Doll singer admitted he could not name of the ex-Smiths frontman's hits and warned that he would not be ditching meat in order to play on the same bill in New York as the famously vegetarian performer.
The unusual combination is one of two shows Morrissey has lined up with veteran pop knights as "special guests" in the coming months, as he has also announced a show with Sir Tom Jones in Los Angeles.
Sir Cliff said he wondered whether the approach had been a joke when his manager told him.
He told the BBC's Colin Paterson on BBC Radio 5 live: "I said, 'my initial answer is yes but can you check it's not a joke? Is there an ulterior motive?' He got hold of Morrissey's management and he said 'no, Morrissey's a fan and he'd like you to be there.' So I said 'yes please.'
"The chances of me singing for 15,000 people in New York are pretty well nil for me at the moment anyway. So I thought it would be great."
Morrissey is renowned for his hatred of meat and has at times insisted on it being banned in the vicinity of some performances, even walking off stage at the smell of burgers.
But Sir Cliff, 73, appeared to underestimate Morrissey's conviction, when he said: "I like to think he might eat some meat when I arrive, but I wouldn't expect him to. So I don't think he'd expect me to be vegetarian. If I found he was offended by people eating meat then I won't eat it in front of him. But I'll have a chicken curry afterwards."
He added: " I've had nine top 30 hit singles [in the US] but I have no identification out there. All I can say is 'Thank you Patrick, or Morrissey' - I'm not quite sure how to refer to him - and I'm so grateful that he's thought of having me on the show. I'd love to play to 15,000 people in the States and now I will."
Morrissey - whose Christian name is actually Steven, although his middle name is Patrick - is playing a series of gigs in the US. American keyboard player Kristeen Young, who is reportedly best known for her "aggressive, dissonant" playing style, will also perform at both dates.
It is not the first time Morrissey has teamed up with a 1960s chart star.
In 1984 The Smiths duetted with Sandie Shaw on a new version of their debut single Hand In Glove, which made the top 30, and i n 2004 he collaborated with Nancy Sinatra to record her version of his song Let Me Kiss You.


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Contemporary Explorations: Paintings by Contemporary Native American Artists
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor
March 1–October 14, 2012
This installation presents the work of three contemporary Native American artists. It is part of the series, Contemporary Explorations, which features focused, rotating displays from the museum's permanent collection that explore aspects of art from the 1950s to the present.
Image: Emmi Whitehorse (American, born 1956). Rushing Water, 2001. Oil, chalk, and paper on canvas. Gift of Thomas Robertello in honor of the Jacobs School of Music flute class 2010, IU Art Museum 2010.95
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Former Luzerne County jduges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan have withdrawn their guilty pleas in the kids-for-cash scandal.
The withdrawls came 3 ½ hours after a federal judge denied their request that he reconsider his rejection of their plea agreements in the case, which would have sent the former judges to jail for 87 months. U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik ruled the sentences were too lenient and the former judges had not accepted full responsibility.
The withdrawls open the way for a possible trial on charges that the judges accepted $2.6 million in kickbacks in connection with county contracts with two for-profit juvenile detention centers.
The builder and former owner of the center have entered guilty pleas in the case and are cooperting with federal prosecutors.
Ciavarella's attorney, Al Flora Jr., said there are no current negotiations underway with prosecutors on a new plea agreement.
"Mark Ciavarella has not been convicted of any crime. He is entitled to the full presumption of innocence," Flora said. "We hope everybody will respect that Constiutional guarantee and now the next step has to be taken by the government and the case will proceed accordingly."
Conahan's attorney, Philip Gelso, declined comment.
The U.S. Attorney's Office had no immediate comment.
Our update from this morning:
A federal judge dismissed this morning requests from two former Luzerne County judges to reconsider their rejected plea deals in the $2.6 million "kids for cash" kickbacks scheme.
The former judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan, filed the motion last week asking U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to reconsider his decision and reinstate the 87-month prison sentences that had been guaranteed for each former judge under their agreements.
Ciavarella, 59, and Conahan, 57, pleaded guilty in February to accepting $2.6 million in kickbacks to facilitate the development of privately owed juvenile detention centers.
The 10-page document constituted the first public response from the judges' attorneys since Kosik rejected the plea agreements and excoriated Ciavarella and Conahan in a July 31 memorandum as "self-serving" obstructionists who repeatedly failed to acknowledge the full extent of their involvement in the county corruption scandal.
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Thurnis Haley talks balls and soup; Xzibit refuses to pimp his date's ride; Po-Po officers take down two homicidal dancers.
Episode 1
Dr. Muhammed is the remarkable dentist with no arms; Emo Patrick posts responses to skits on YouPoop; Tyler loses a leg in a backyard bloodbath.
Episode 2
Thurnis Haley recounts a tragic story while washing his balls; Po-Po officers bust some illegal Cubans; bands-aids get a blacktop makeover.
Episode 3
Lionel the Booty Hunter; the Channel 5 News presents puppies and catamarans; new D'Angelo video drops
Episode 4
E.T.'s arrest leads to an interrogation room shootout; a pickup basketball game goes bottomless; some angry ice dancers take down a pig and a school.
Episode 6
Thurnis Haley shares his wisdom at a golf shop; Tyler and Lionel remake Miami Vice; Black Shaun White shows off his stunts.
Episode 7
Maurice finds out who's the daddy; Tyler, Jasper, and Lionel play with fish; Fernando teaches the art of dance.
Episode 8
Mars and Sabrina Williams meet fans at a local tennis court; Mike G investigates a murder; Hodgy takes on a gang.
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Young N-Word and Gunshot go to court over a video game; Jasper kung fu fights; Blackass.
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Soul Food
The guys welcome Blake Andersen, Lionel tries out new catchphrases, and Tyler trains a rookie.
Waiting To Exhale
The guys do their own spin on the Real Housewives Reunion and skate with Tony Hawk. Lionel wakes up a friend.
Jason's Lyric
The Po-Po need help solving a big case, Blake Andersen is back, and a new music video debuts.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The guys welcome back an old friend, Jasper and Taco audition for a fake commercial, and Lionel stars in the Blindside 2.
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The guys search for treasure, Jasper attempts a bike jump with the help of Andy Bell, and Earl complains about his roommate.
Set It Off
Tyler hates his new stepfather Bam Margera, Taco hits the streets in a bathtub, and the cast gets new dolls with surprising powers.
Jungle Fever
The cast attempts an intervention; Jasper and Tyler face moral dilemmas. Taco changes the game.
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Sweet Chin Music
The guys return and take it to another level with Blake Anderson; Jasper shows off his cooking skills.
Figure Four Leg Lock
The guys explore the dangers of drug use in a workplace; Tyler gives Seth Rogen valuable advice.
Stone Cold Stunner
Lionel and Jasper wrestle Tigers; Maurice helps Mac Miller battle his phobias.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Barry University's Maria Lopez was named the women's tennis National Assistant Coach of the Year Tuesday.
It marks the second straight year Lopez has won the award.
"I was very excited last year," Lopez said. "With this being my second year winning the award, I think I'm more shocked this time than the first time."
A former All-American player at Barry, Lopez was named a full-time assistant in November. She has been an assistant coach in some of the Buccaneers' most storied teams in school history. In 2011, she served on a coaching staff that won the national championship. Last year, she coached the Bucs to an undefeated regular season and trip to the NCAA semifinals.
This year, she's helped steer the Buccaneers to its first No. 1 national ranking prior to the national championships, following another unbeaten regular season under the guidance of head coach Avi Kigel.
"It's been great to have the support of the administration," Lopez said. "Avi has been a great mentor for me. There's been many people that have guided me to where I am as a coach, and I am truly grateful for them. The experiences that I've had with some of the former and current players have helped shape me to the coach I am today."
Lopez has helped Barry to a 26-0 season this year, entering Wednesday's Round of 16 match against Midwestern State at the NCAA Championships.
"Obviously, we've had a great season," she said. "Our goal is always to accomplish those small little obstacles that we encounter throughout the season, with the big picture in mind. Our main goal is to win the national championship. That's the ultimate goal that we strive to accomplish when we meet with the players on the first day of school.
"It's a great accomplishment for myself. In this job, sometimes we forget to reward ourselves a little bit. For me, it's kind of a pat on the back to say, 'You're doing an OK job.' There's plenty of great assistant coaches out there that are doing a great job to inspire players. That's what I strive to do every day. I want my own players to think that I am the best coach that they have. That's what's most important."


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I've become joined at the hip in more ways than one with these piece montee de macarons.
Hmmm...well I took another look at her mini shop and instantly decided to make a painting like this piece montee.
Ah, les pièces montées! We always eat them for a celebration in France. I'm not a big fan, but with the macarons, I can't say no!!!!!ReplyDelete
Here I am working ... bored ... so I see you've updated and pop across to find out what today holds at Paris Breakfasts .... mwaaaaaa - delicious!!!!!ReplyDelete
Ooh good choice. I love those strands and strands of caramel wrapped gleefully around a profiterole tower... si charmante this mini...what a cool project.
Tick tock..a few more days and you will be sniffing out the real ones!
Love the paintings. Lucky Sophia. :)
Macarons make wonderful still lifes for photos and paintings.
not to mention for eating. :))
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Love these water colors!! Especially the closeup!!
You are too much!!
Thank for stopping by today.
You brightened my day!!
YUMMY watercolour!ReplyDelete
Love the close-up perspective on this one!ReplyDelete
Wonderful,Carol! All wrapped up in delicious swirls--looks elegant and pretty!ReplyDelete
I think your piece montee is a croquembouche - little balls made of choux paste and glued into the tree shape with hot caramelized sugar. Then the sugar it drizzled into strands (cooked to the hard crack stage) usually referred to as spun sugar. But, no matter, because i think the macaron piece montee would be soooo much tastier!ReplyDelete
Our favourite restaurant served a fantastic amuse bouche the last time we went. It was a macaron flavoured with squid ink and I wish I'd had my camera to show you this dark black feast for the lips.
Next time, I promise.
THANKS olechko..
You read my mind...
I've been thinking of painting that fruit montee...
But do I need to return to Chateau Vaux le Vicomte to do it? ? ?
Jeanette - it is a Framboise MACARON Montee...HUMPH!
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Thaddeus Gene Brown was convicted in May of five sexual offenses.
A Sarasota man has been sentenced to 40 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a young girl.
Thaddeus Gene Brown, 43, was sentenced Wednesday nearly a month after a jury convicted him on five sexual offenses: four counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and one count of sexual battery by a custodial figure. Some of the instances took place before the victim turned 12, carrying a higher suggested sentence.
"I'm satisfied, but I would have rather had life," said Suzanne O'Donnell, assistant state attorney. "I've prosecuted several people in their 70s and 80s who continue to molest children."
In March 2012, the girl's mother found Brown in her daughter's bed at the home they shared. She notified the Department of Children and Families, which launched an investigation with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
During interviews, the victim said Brown inappropriately touched her on at least 10 occasions, beginning in 2010.
When the case first went to court, the prosecution's case was "a credibility contest between the victim and her mother and the defendant," O'Donnell said.
That all changed when semen found on the victim's comforter was matched with Brown's DNA, she said.
The state offered a 20-year plea deal, five years less than the minimum sentence. Brown did not take it and was unanimously convicted by six jurors last month.
At this week's sentencing hearing, Brown said he previously wanted to take the deal, but never had a hearing to do so.
"It was very clear from the beginning he wasn't taking anything," O'Donnell said.
Without following up, Judge Frederick Mercurio moved on to rendering the 40-year sentence.
Under state law, Brown could be released after serving 85 percent of his sentence if he displays good behavior.
O'Donnell cited an unusual difference in this situation and other sexual abuse cases: Brown has already been to prison four times and has numerous prior felony arrests.
"Very rarely do we have sex offenders with this kind of a record. It's counterintuitive," O'Donnell said. "He is someone who has been in the system. He's already been to prison and has nothing left to offer society."


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WORD: This prayer center uses old Scrabble-like game boards and game pieces:
"How have you experienced God's presence in your life? What words come to mind as you reflect on who/what/how God is for you? Use the letters here to create and meditate upon the words that come to mind. Feel free to connect your words to those of others (Scrabble-style!) as a symbol of how we each have experiences of God to share with one another."
"What words, images, or symbols express your journey of faith? Meditate on your journey so far – the ups and downs, twists and turns, the spiritual companions who have walked alongside you, the questions, doubt, and fears, the mountain top experiences, and the challenges of ministry with young people. Use this wall to express your spiritual journey in image, symbol, or word. Take time to consider what others add to the mural. Where do their journeys intersect, parallel, or diverge from your own?"
As we look into our hearts, there are times when we need to be forgiven and God forgives us. There are times when we need to forgive. God gives us the strength to forgive. How will we respond? By a prayer of thanksgiving? By promising never to do it again? By praying for the person we have forgiven? Reflect on this. Is there something you wish to bring to God to ask forgiveness? Write or draw it in the sand. Ask forgiveness. Then pass your hand through the sand, obliterating the words or images as a symbol of receiving God's forgiveness. Is there something which you should forgive? Write or draw it in the sand. Ask God for the strength to forgive. Smooth the sand. Now, what will be your response be to God's forgiveness working through you? Write or draw your response in the sand and leave it for the next visitor to see."
"Confession is not easy. We are called to confess those things that separate us from community and contribute to the brokenness of the world. As Christians, we often call those things sin. The Psalmist writes in Psalm 32: "While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up* as by the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord' and you forgave the guilt of my sin." Let us confess by writing on paper the broken places, attitudes, and relationships in our lives and in our world. As you write, you are invited into a time reflection. Feel God's mercy. Consider what it might feel like to let go of guilt. Consider how you will work to repair broken relationships and broken systems. As you feel comfortable, you are invited to shred these confessions as an act of release and transformation. As you shred or after you shred these pieces of paper you are invited to pray your own personal prayer or this prayer: Eternal God, we pray that you will change the grief of our guilt into the joy of forgiveness, that we may be delivered from sin and set free to serve Jesus Christ, Amen."
"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
Choose a mirror and gaze into it. Examine the reflection that stares back at you. Mediate on God's abundant love for you. Are you able to give thanks to God for the amazing creation that is you? As you consider your reflection, perhaps use this centering prayer, praying it over and over, meditating upon and sinking deeply into the meaning of the words: Thank you God, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."
"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day." (Genesis 1) Take some time to silently focus on the many needs of the world. Perhaps use the surrounding magazines and newspapers for inspiration. Consider how your prayers, offered in this moment, move out and meet at God's center with the cries for release from those in need around the Globe. When you are ready, take one or more stones and place them on the locations on the map that have stirred your prayers today."
"The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert . . ." Take some time to just stop, relax and listen. Choose a cd player and let the music or sounds help to center your thoughts and prayers. Resist the temptation to rush the experience. Perhaps close your eyes, lie on the floor and just experience the moment."
FACES OF JESUS: For this final prayer station, we set comfortable chairs in front of a screen and projected a PowerPoint loop of images of Jesus throughout history:


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Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Layers, an exhibition of recent paintings by the Ghanaian-born artist George Afedzi Hughes. This will be his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The reception is Thursday, February 25th, 6-8pm and the artist will be present.
"Art may not stop violence, but present philosophic examples of human activity as creative alternatives" is one important credo of George Afedzi Hughes. Connected in several ways with former works, the core topic of his Layers series is the ubiquity of violence—in societies, in ecologies and in man as part of nature. Hughes is focusing on the inevitability to escape violence and its related emotional dynamics—and the basic necessity to try it over and over again. His new works are tending to the layers that superimpose blocked-out aspects everywhere in the world. He is bringing up widely tabooed matters nevertheless lurking behind the surface concerning personal experiences as well as historical phenomena like colonialism, current socio-political developments and present-day global conflicts. In short: his work is thematically dominated by visual reminders of the savage side of man and human societies.
In his artistic visions Hughes is creating oppressive and disturbing worlds, exposing suppressed realities and the irrational and frightful side of daily routines and of the seemingly rational and normal. His pictures are troubling and not easy to interpret: everywhere we see confusing images associated with decadence, things associated with violence such as severed limbs of humans and animals, and unexpected and distressing juxtapositions of body parts or skeletons with man-made objects such as guns, bullets, sabers, tanks or commercial signs. For the artist, "the use of violent narratives in painting…is a civil necessity if the objective is to speak against the negative effects of violence." In his paintings, Hughes plays with expectations and surprise and challenges familiar patterns of perception and interpretation. He breaks with accustomed ways of seeing things and shakes up expectations by presenting seemingly unrelated objects. Hughes is demonstrating the perish-ability of nature as well as of man and his moral values and qualities: sports, religion, culture and affection to play—everything is for sale, degraded to a commodity and ruled by money and violence.
Born 1962 in Sekondi (Ghana) and after moving to the US in 1994, Hughes obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Painting/ Drawing Minor from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 2001. Since 2006 he is Assistant Professor of Painting at the Visual Studies Department of the University at Buffalo, New York. Painting is an integral part of his creative oeuvre but his artistic activities also include poetry, assemblage and performances. The "layered aspects" of his new series are reflected in the use of materials applied to the canvas in several layers.
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Gators' wide receiver hoping to help Gators climb out of rut.
Q: How hard has it been dealing with consecutive losses to Georgia?
A: This has been my favorite game of the year. Losing to them the last two years has kicked us out of the SEC championship (race). Last year was extremely tough because it was the offense's fault. We had six turnovers. So we definitely have to limit our turnovers and hopefully it will be a closer game.
Q: Would a win in this game help the team gain confidence and start heading in the right direction?
A: Yeah, it's really big. If we win this, we still have a chance to win the East. We just want to get going and playing ball like we have been.
Q: How difficult is the road to Atlanta now?
A: It's extremely difficult. All we can do is beat Georgia and we'll see what happens after that with other teams losing and winning.
Q: Why do you think the offense has struggled in the past few games?
A: We've been in a little rut. We've played some pretty good defenses. We're just trying to get out of it, and hopefully we can before the Georgia game.
Q: The coaches talked about wanting to simplify the offense. In what ways has that happened?
A: Just doing the things we're good at. Running the pass patterns we're really good at and we know really well, and not putting too much new stuff in. And just doing all the runs that we're really comfortable with and know how to do.


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I know you take this lightly because you've convinced yourself that there is no God or no such thing as hell. Your mind has become a slave to demonic lies and you have convinced yourself that they are true. The reality of the situation is that there is a narrow way to Heaven and few find it and a broad way to hell and many go in it.


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Last month a 6-year-old boy from Silver Spring, Maryland was suspended for playing with a handgun at school...but not the kind you might think. He didn't bring a pistol to his classroom, and he wasn't showing off a revolver on the playground.
First grader Rodney Lynch made a gun gesture with his fingers, pointed it at a fellow student, and said "pow." The Montgomery County School District categorized the boy's behavior as a threat "to shoot a student," and he received a day's suspension.
Lynch's parents are now fighting the disciplinary action, hoping to expunge their son's record.
PLUS: Should School Staff Carry Guns?
"His record says suspended for 'threatening to shoot a student' and that's a lie," said family attorney Robin Ficker. "He wasn't threatening a student, he's never been around a gun, he doesn't know what a gun is, he doesn't know what killing anyone is, he had no intent to harm anyone."
According to ABC News, Lynch's parents received a letter from the vice principal of the elementary school regarding the incident. The document said their son had been reprimanded three times on December 20 for pretending his fingers were weapons. After the third action, he was suspended.
"I don't think the punishment fits the crime," mother Jeannie Lynch told ABC News affiliate WJLA.
Rodney was back in school on Wednesday, and school officials are currently considering the family's appeal.
On the heels of the Sandy Hook shooting, educators are hypersensitive to the threat of school violence, but do you think the Montgomery County School District went too far? Leave a comment.


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One of the most tax-savvy moves a donor can make is to use appreciated stock to fund charitable gifts. Reason: If you have owned the stock for more than one year, you can take a deduction based on the stock's full fair-market value and you don't have to pay tax on any of your paper gain.
Example: Hal, a faithful supporter of our mission, typically makes a $10,000 annual gift to assist with our operating expenses. In past years he has written a check and has taken a $10,000 deduction when he files his income taxes.
Hal has enjoyed watching several of his stock holdings go up in value as the market has risen in recent months. This year, after talking with a member of our staff and his financial advisor, Hal decides to use shares of XYZ, Inc. he bought three years ago for $2,500 and which are now worth $10,000 to make his annual gift. As a result, Hal generates a deduction for $10,000 and avoids capital-gain tax on the $7,500 the stock has appreciated since he bought it.
Obviously, the stock has performed well since Hal bought it—quadrupling in value in just three years. What if Hal believes the stock still has significant upside potential and is reluctant to part with it? Should he revert to his previous practice of writing a check?
Hal is still better off to give the stock in almost all cases, and the reason is simple: he can turn around and immediately repurchase an equal amount of the stock he gives away using the cash he originally planned to use to make his gift.
How does this help him? Not only does he get to deduct the full value of the stock and avoid tax on his gain, he gets to continue owning that stock—but with a higher cost basis. That is important because it raises the threshold for measuring any taxable gain or loss when he sells the stock in the future.
Assume he holds the stock for two more years and sells after it doubles in value to $20,000. Because he gave away the original stock for which he paid $2,500 and repurchased it for $10,000, his taxable gain at that time will be just $10,000 ($20,000 - $10,000) not $17,500 ($20,000 - $2,500).
Even if Hal is wrong and the value of the stock drops, he is still better off than if he had not used the stock to make his charitable gift to us. For instance, if Hal sells after the value of the stock drops to $7,500, he realizes a $2,500 capital loss ($10,000 - $7,500) that he could use to offset capital gain in other investments. Capital loss can also offset ordinary income up to $3,000 each year if capital loss exceeds capital gain. Had he held on to the original shares and then sold, instead of a $2,500 loss that could reduce his taxable income he would have had to recognize a $5,000 gain ($7,500 - $2,500).
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FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have gathered in a western city for the funeral of protesters killed during a shooting by army troops a day earlier.
Mourners hoisted caskets and waved Iraqi flags while shouting "Allahu Akbar!" or God is great. The Saturday funeral procession took place in central Fallujah, not far away the city's cemetery.
Iraqi soldiers opened fire Friday on stone-throwing demonstrators near the city of Fallujah in the predominately Sunni province of Anbar, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, killing at least five, according to local authorities.
The violence is likely to exacerbate tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis angry over perceived second-class treatment and what they see as unfair policies targeting their sect.


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OTTAWA, Sept. 21, 2016 /CNW/ - Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Democratic Institutions, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, will be in Charlottetown to host a public dialogue on federal electoral reform with local residents.
The Minister will meet with Canadians and stakeholders to hear their thoughts on electoral reform directly and discuss how we can improve Canada's electoral system and our democracy.
For more information on federal electoral reform and the Ministerial tour, visit Canada.ca/democracy.
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BURLEY, Idaho — A tightening cattle supply and strong global demand for beef will keep cattle prices elevated through 2014, according to one industry insider.
Drought in 2011 and 2012, which sent additional cattle to feedlots, exacerbated the declining trend in the U.S. cattle inventory. Cattle numbers on Jan. 1, 2013, were down 1.6 percent from a year earlier and down 16.2 percent from Jan. 1, 1997. The U.S. inventory is expected to be down another 2 percent at the start of 2014, said Casey Bieroth, risk analysis coordinator for Boise-based Agri Beef.
In addition, improving pasture and range conditions in many cattle-producing areas will see fewer cattle headed for feedlots and more heifer retention as cattle producers begin to rebuild the national herd, Bieroth told producers at the University of Idaho ag outlook seminar in Burley on Dec. 11.
Tight feeder cattle and calf supplies will continue for at least another two years before any real herd expansion can be realized. That will keep the beef supply tight through 2015, he said.
U.S. feeder cattle and calf cash prices are record-high in the high $160s and mid $180s per hundredweight, respectively, and should be supported through 2014. Lower feed grain costs will support both herd expansion and the feeder prices from feedlot owners, he said.
Producers in the Northwest, where prices are lower than the U.S. average, should expect feeder cattle prices from $150 to $155 for most of 2014. Fed cattle prices should range from the mid $120s to mid $130s per hundredweight, he said.
Tight supplies are going to favor higher prices until the U.S. cattle herd expands, but there will be regional challenges for Idaho and surrounding states. The region is still suffering from drought and tight forage availability and is burdened by environmental issues, such as sage grouse recovery, he said.
Country of origin labeling also presents challenges to packing plants in the region, making it difficult to commingle cattle from Canada. Overcapacity in packing plants and feedlots nationwide will also continue to be a challenge.
In addition, tight beef supplies and high retail prices will test domestic demand for beef. The per-capita U.S. beef supply is hovering around 50 pounds, well below the average 85 pounds in the 1970s, he said.
That will keep retail beef prices high, and it will be a victory for the industry to hold its ground against competing proteins, which are relatively cheap. High retail prices will limit featuring of beef in grocery stores, and a tough economic recovery in the face of concerns over a government shutdown, healthcare unknowns and personal and government debt won't help domestic demand, he said.
International demand has been a bright spot, however, and continues to show room for U.S. export growth. Exports in 2012 and 2013 were above the five-year average, and Asia's taste for beef is rapidly expanding and will present growth opportunity for U.S. beef for some time to come, he said.
Some challenges do exist, however, including being shut out of the large Chinese market due to the lingering bovine spongiform encephalopathy issue, Russia's ban on U.S. beef due to the use of ractopamine and the increasing value of the U.S. dollar.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice as U.N. ambassador acknowledged Wednesday that the United Nations was unlikely to take decisive action soon to halt Syria's civil war, and she pledged to work to eliminate what she termed the organization's anti-Israel "bias."
Samantha Power also said that if confirmed by the Senate, she would try to make the U.N. more efficient and stand up for freedom.
Her confirmation appeared likely. Several Republicans said Power would be a force in New York even as they pressed the former journalist, human rights campaigner and author to clarify several decade-old comments that the lawmakers suggested were critical of Israel or the United States.
Power, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her examination of the U.S. response to genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia in the 1990s, long has advocated military and other forms of intervention to prevent mass atrocities. She helped make the case for Obama's decision to deploy American air assets to oust Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi from power in 2011.
On Wednesday she expressed little confidence in the U.N. authorizing any similar intervention in Syria but said Washington could act on its own, if necessary.
"The failure of the U.N. Security Council to respond to the slaughter in Syria is a disgrace that history will judge harshly," Power told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
But pressed by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., she acknowledged that any forceful action was unlikely from an organization that, because of the veto power of Russia and China, hasn't penalized Syrian President Bashar Assad or even condemned his government's role in a 2½-year civil war that has killed almost 100,000 people.
Moscow and Beijing have blocked U.S.-backed resolutions against the Assad government three times and remain opposed to any effort by Western and Arab countries to force Assad into stepping down.
Russia, however, says it is working with the U.S. to try to get Syria's government and rebels into peace talks.
Overall, the hearing amounted to a surprising show of bilateral backing for Power, a 42-year-old mother of two. She was a senior foreign policy adviser during Obama's first term and served as the first head of the Atrocities Prevention Board he established last year.
The top Republican on the committee, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, declared himself "exceptionally excited" with Power heading to the United Nations, and GOP colleagues from Marco Rubio of Florida to McCain expressed their support.
But Rubio was the first of a few senators to raise several articles and interviews from Power's past. They included her 2002 call for a "mammoth protection force" to be dispatched to the Middle East to stem Arab-Israeli violence, and the suggestion a year later that the U.S. make a "historical reckoning" of its past crimes.
Rubio introduced legislation Wednesday to make America's hundreds of millions of dollars in annual contributions to the United Nations voluntary and give the U.S. the right to withhold funds for activities it finds objectionable.
Power said she long has dissociated herself from her call for an international protection force in the Mideast, calling it a "long, rambling and remarkably incoherent answer" to a hypothetical question she shouldn't have answered.
She said peace must come through a negotiated solution and that is why the administration is trying to get the Palestinians to drop their campaign for unilateral recognition as a state in multilateral organizations.
Pressed by Rubio on what specific crimes the U.S. has committed, Power, who was born in Ireland and moved to the U.S. as a child, repeated several times that she "would never apologize for America."
"America is a light to the world," she said, refusing to delve deeper into a 2003 article she wrote for The New Republic. She also rejected having ever referred to Iran's contested nuclear program as an "imagined crisis," as stated by Rubio.
Power, who would replace Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, at the U.N., said she'd seek to promote Israel at the United by helping it get one of the Security Council's rotating seats in 2018. It would mark Israel's first inclusion in the U.N.'s top decision-making body.
"The U.N. must be fair," Power said. "Israel's legitimacy should be beyond dispute, and its security must be beyond doubt. And just as I have done as President Obama's U.N. adviser at the White House, I will stand up for Israel and work tirelessly to defend it."


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During a recent stint teaching journalism at Hillsdale College, Mark Steyn delivered a lecture that he has adapted into the essay "Live free or die." In the essay Mark pursues many of the themes that he has taken up in his recent columns and in America Alone. The essay is featured in the current issue of Hillsdale's popular monthly publication Imprimis.
Here Mark praises Hillsdale in the Age of Obama:
As all of you know, Hillsdale College takes no federal or state monies. That used to make it an anomaly in American education. It's in danger of becoming an anomaly in America, period. Maybe it's time for Hillsdale College to launch the Hillsdale Insurance Agency, the Hillsdale Motor Company and the First National Bank of Hillsdale. The executive supremo at Bank of America is now saying, oh, if only he'd known what he knows now, he wouldn't have taken the government money. Apparently it comes with strings attached. Who knew? Sure, Hillsdale College did, but nobody else.
It's an essay full of timely instruction, presented in Mark's customary style. You will want to read it all.


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CAIRO (AP) — With turnout low amid violence and frustration, Libyans voted Wednesday for a new parliament they hope can bring some stability after three years of dizzying chaos in the North African nation, which has hardly had a functioning government and has been plagued by rampant militias and Islamic extremists since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi.
Islamists and their allies, who held a thin majority in the outgoing parliament, are expected to lose ground in the vote, blamed by many for a political deadlock with their opponents that has virtually paralyzed the political system.
The new 200-member parliament could be a step toward forming a more stable government with lawmakers' backing, paving the way for the writing of the first post-Gadhafi constitution within 18 months and the election of a president. Still, a new government will face the same challenge as previous ones — forming a unified military and central police force while reining in militias, some of which could lash out with violence if their political patrons lose in the election.
Threats of violence hung over Wednesday's voting, which for much of the day was thin. An explosion hit a polling station in the central city of Sirte, where an Islamic extremist militia has a growing presence, Libya Al-Ahrar TV reported, though it gave no details on casualties.
In the country's second largest city of Benghazi, three people were killed when militias attacked troops deploying to protect polling stations, the station said.
Candidate Essam el-Jihani, an advocate for eastern self-rule, said that the attacks diminished hope for better turnout.
Lack of enthusiasm also hurt turnout. "The outgoing parliament left its scar and people grew hopeless thinking the new council won't be different from the old one," he said. In Benghazi, he said, only about 24,000 of the 190,000 registered voters showed up.
No voting took place in the eastern city of Darna, an extremist stronghold, and some polls were closed in at least two other cities that are frequent scenes of inter-tribal fighting. By midday Wednesday, about 16 percent of the 1.5 million registered voters had cast ballots. There were no immediate complete turnout figures when polls closed in the evening.
The mood was a sharp contrast to 2012 parliamentary elections, the nation's first post-Gadhafi vote, when Libyans enthusiastically formed long lines at polling centers from early in the morning, hoping for democracy after 42 years of his iron grip.
"Many people expect these elections to launch a new political dynamic," Tarek Mitrik, the U.N. Envoy in Libya, said as he toured polls. "Libya needs political institutions that people trust ... institutions that reflect all the diversity present in Libyan society."
The chaos in this oil-rich country of nearly 6 million people has been breathtaking since the ouster and death of Gadhafi after an 8-month civil war in 2011.
The army and police were shattered during the war and have never recovered. Armed militias mushroomed in number and weaponry, and filled the void left by security forces, battling each other and preventing the state from extending its authority.
Over the past two years, militias have briefly kidnapped a prime minister and besieged parliament and government buildings to force their demands. Eastern militias have occupied oil facilities for months, virtually shutting down exports and even trying to sell oil on their own.
The main political blocs — the Muslim Brotherhood-led Islamists and their non-Islamist opponents — each have militias backing them, threatening to turn every political dispute into armed conflict.
Al-Qaida-inspired extremists are rampant particularly in the east, where the main city Benghazi sees frequent killings of police, soldiers, moderate clerics and secular activists. On Sept. 11, 2012, Islamic militants overran a U.S. diplomatic facility in the city, killing the ambassador and three other Americans — and this month, U.S. Special Forces snatched a top suspect in the attack, Ahmed Abu Khattala.
A renegade general, Khalifa Hifter, is now waging his own offensive against militants, vowing to wipe them out. He has garnered the backing of some militias and army units and many anti-Islamist politicians, and his fighters have been clashing almost daily with militiamen around Benghazi.
Libya's politics have been equally tangled. The first post-Gadhafi parliament was initially closely split between Islamists and their opponents. A non-Islamist prime minister, Ali Zidan, was chosen. But over the months, the Islamist bloc gained narrow control as their opponents quit parliament, protesting what they called Islamist domineering.
The Islamists succeeded in removing Zidan and kept parliament in place for months after its mandate ran out in March. Their opponents accuse them of trying to impose their power and of funding militias to back them. Throughout the feuding, the government has been rendered nearly impotent.
Islamists are expected to see a setback in the vote. They won only won a handful of seats in elections earlier this year that chose the 60-member assembly to write the constitution.
"At the very least the vote today, and the creation of a new parliament would lessen the congestion," said Hamouda Sayala, a non-Islamist candidate in the race.
"People blame the parties for the political stagnation in a country where democracy was absent for nearly 5 decades," he told The Associated Press over the phone from Tripoli.
It is unclear who would emerge as the winner. Unlike the previous election, political parties are barred from the race. All candidates must run as independents, a step aimed at reducing factionalism in the next legislature.
There are few prominent political leaders to rally around. Many longtime opposition figures who returned from exile after the war, were barred from politics by a law excluding anyone who ever held positions in Gadhafi's regime.
The absence of parties is likely to boost the power of Libya's many tribes.
"Parties are a pillar of democracy ... the alternative will be tribes throwing their weight behind certain candidates regardless of their programs," said Salah al-Sharif, a Benghazi activist. He is a member of group called Benghazi Youth, which he said is campaigning on behalf of young candidates who believe in pluralism, equality and transparency.


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glass door. Monday , February 26th , 2018 - 13:52:15 PM
Sliding doors add versatility, functionality, and style to your home or office interior. They come in a variety of styles to suit many different design preferences. The types of glass that are available include frosted, laminated, mirrored, milky, clear and linen. You can take comfort in knowing that whatever your interior design project, you will be sure to find the style of glass to fit your needs.
You want to be sure and order all of the materials you will need to do the job at the same time that you order the replacement door. That way, when the new door comes in 2 to 4 weeks later, you will have everything ready to do the job. In addition to any trim needed, you are also going to need caulk, a roll of R-13 Insulation, liquid nails for the track, 4" deck screws, shims, dust masks, and safety glasses. Once the new door arrives, it will be time to take out the old door. That will be our topic in next week′s article.
The first thing we have to do is measure for the replacement door. You want to measure across the bottom, center, and top of the existing door frame to find the narrowest dimension. Start outside and measure at the point where the old door frame stops and the exterior material starts. That material can be stucco, siding, or brick. Measure across in the 3 places: bottom, center, and top. Record the smallest dimension. Then go inside and do the same thing. You want to measure where the frame ends and the drywall, plaster, or sheetrock begins. Take all six measurements, find the narrowest one, and deduct 3/4". That is the width of the new door. Now, when you measure the height, you can do it just on the outside. Measure the left, center, and right side from the ground where the bottom track sits, up to the top where the old frame ends and the exterior material begins. Take the narrowest dimension and deduct 1/2". That is your height of the new door. Then, determine which side the sliding panel should be on. The fixed panel is designated by the letter "O", and the slider is an "X". In most areas of the country, you call it out by looking at the door from outside and reading left to right. So, if you were outside looking at your door, and you want the sliding panel to close to the right wall, you would ask for an "OX". However, because i have recently discovered that not all parts of the country do it this way, my suggestion is to ask the dealer how they read the opening before placing your order.
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Dark Vale Games has announced that its massively multiplayer online action role-playing game Forge is going free-to-play. The change will come via an update this week.
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Report is second round of slashings
More tires slashed in Lancaster
Report is second round of slashings
LANCASTER, Pa. —
Another weekend brought another round of tire slashings in the city of Lancaster.
At least nine cars were hit in this latest wave of vandalism in the 100 block of North Mulberry Street.
One of the victims was also hit by the "acid throwing" vandal a couple of years ago.
"This is not something I can't afford," said Gloria Richmond of Lancaster. "I work paycheck to paycheck to pay my bills. This is ridiculous."
The incidents are very similar to tire slashings reported a week ago in the same area. In that instance, 31 vehicles had tires slashed.
Police did release surveillance images in connection with the slashings from a week ago. Click here to view those.


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G6720, Reviewed June 2014
As much as 80 percent of the water used around the home during summer is used outside. Watering the lawn is the main outside water use. During dry summers, local water authorities may cut off water for outside use or only allow watering on certain days. Both measures are necessary and effective means of reducing water use and relieving the strain on city water supplies.
To avoid severe loss of turfgrass and to conserve water, homeowners should manage their lawns each year in anticipation of water restrictions.
This guide describes that will reduce the need for irrigation while improving the competitiveness and appearance of your lawn.
Turfgrass water-use rates are high during sunny and windy days with low relative humidity. In situations where lawns are not watered and rainfall is limited, grasses first show symptoms of wilt and later turn completely brown.
Management practices in the fall and spring determine the drought tolerance of the lawn in summer. To reduce the need for irrigation, your lawn management program should maximize root volume and depth in preparation for summer drought. By the time summer arrives, you can do little to help a lawn except mow and irrigate properly.
The following lawn-care tips will help reduce the need for irrigation and increase the chance of surviving summer drought.
Automatic irrigation systems with pop-up sprinklers are often associated with excessive irrigation. However, properly designed and operated systems supply water uniformly over an entire area without wasted runoff.
Missouri soils generally have low water-infiltration rates. Automatic controllers can be set to supply several short cycles so that the total amount of water desired is supplied without runoff.
The most common type of watering occurs with hose-end sprinklers. Some studies have shown that the average homeowner applies 2-1/2 times the amount of water required for overgrowth when using hose-end sprinklers.
Several types of hose-end sprinklers are available (Figure 1). Select one that best fits the size and shape of your lawn, and operate it efficiently. All hose-end sprinklers can be attached to inexpensive timers that can be used to shut off unattended sprinklers and avoid overwatering.
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Some sprinkler types and their applications
Once you have selected the best sprinkler for the size and shape of your lawn, you must decide how long to operate a sprinkler in a certain location. To make an informed decision, you need to know how many inches of water your system puts out in a certain amount of time. Take the following steps to determine your system's water application rate:
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Proper sprinkler pattern overlap of 50 percent.
If a sprinkler delivers 1/4 inch of water in 45 minutes, then how much water does it apply in 1 hour (60 minutes)?
0.25 inch ÷ 45 minutes = X inches ÷ 60 minutes
(0.25 inch x 60 minutes) ÷ 45 minutes = 0.33 inch per hour
An alternative approach would be to measure the area that your sprinkler pattern covers and the length of time it takes to fill a one-gallon container directly from the sprinkler. Example 2 describes how to calculate your water application rate using this approach.
If a sprinkler takes 1 minute and 13 seconds (73 seconds) to discharge 1 gallon of water, then how many gallons of water can it discharge in 1 hour (3,600 seconds)?
1 gallon ÷ 73 seconds = X gallons ÷ 3,600 seconds
(1 gallon x 3,600 seconds) ÷ 73 seconds = 49 gallons in 1 hour
If 49 gallons of water is applied to 235 square feet per hour, then how many gallons are applied to 1,000 square feet in 1 hour?
49 gallon ÷ 235 square feet = X gallons ÷ 1,000 square feet
(49 gallons x 1,000 square feet) ÷ 235 square feet = 208 gallons per 1,000 square feet
If 624 gallons of water equals 1 inch of water per 1,000 square feet, then how many inches of water will 208 gallons of water provide per 1,000 square feet?
(1 inch per 1,000 square feet) ÷ 624 gallons = (X inches per 1,000 square feet) ÷ 208 gallons
(1 inch x 208 gallons) ÷ 624 gallons = 0.33 inches per 1,000 square feet
In the above examples, sprinklers should be operated about three hours in each location to supply 1 inch of irrigation water per week.
Most soils in Missouri will absorb only about 1/2 inch of water per hour. If your sprinkler system delivers more than 1/2 inch of water per hour, move it to a different location more frequently, after each time 1/2 inch of water has been applied. Repeat the process until the full amount of water desired has been applied.
Rotary sprinklers that are set to deliver a half or quarter sprinkler pattern will discharge two or four times the amount of water on a given area, respectively. Operate rotary sprinklers with half patterns for half the amount of time and sprinklers with quarter patterns for one-quarter the amount of time.
The utility water meter connected to your home can also be used to check how effectively water is being applied. It accurately measures water in cubic feet. When no other water is being used in the home, water a known area for a set amount of time, and use these conversion factors to determine your water application rate:
Once you have decided that your lawn has sufficiently wilted and irrigation is needed, supply enough water to last a week. Depending on the type of sprinkler and the soil water infiltration rate, several sprinkler changes may be required over a two- or three-day period to supply the amount of water desired.
If no rainfall occurs, continue to irrigate on a weekly schedule. If rainfall does occur, delay the next irrigation until symptoms of wilt are present. Even though water application is discussed on a weekly basis, it is not crucial that water be applied every seven days. Keep the application schedule flexible, and irrigate based on the determination of lawn wilting and soil moisture.
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Once you have decided to irrigate, use Table 1 to determine the appropriate amount of irrigation for your lawn and develop an irrigation schedule. Should puddles or runoff occur before the total amount of water is applied, stop irrigating and resume only after the ground has absorbed the free moisture. Lawn areas that are moist, firm and have no visible water are ready for a repeat irrigation cycle. Areas that are soft and produce squashy footprints when walked on are not ready to receive additional irrigation.
One day after watering, check a few different locations in the yard to determine how well your irrigation program is distributing water in the root zone. With a shovel, cut a slender 2-inch wedge 6 to 8 inches deep. This wedge of soil, roots and turfgrass can be replaced easily without damage to the lawn after inspection.
Estimate the moisture content at different depths in the soil profile by pressing together a golf ball–sized amount of soil. If drops of water can be squeezed from the soil ball, you may be irrigating too much or too often. Soils that hold together without crumbling and appear moist have been irrigated properly. Soils that appear dry and dusty and do not form a ball when squeezed have not received enough irrigation or the water is running off the surface of the lawn and not into the root zone.
Adequate soil moisture 6 to 8 inches deep is sufficient to maintain grasses during the summer. A foot-long slender screwdriver pushed into the ground in several locations can also give a quick assessment of the moisture condition of the soil. The screwdriver will easily penetrate to the soil depth that has received sufficient water. The screwdriver test can also be used to help determine where and when irrigation is needed.
The best time to water a lawn is from 6 to 8 a.m. During this time, the water pressure is highest, disruption of the water pattern from wind is low, and water lost to the atmosphere by evaporation is negligible. Watering early in the morning also has the advantage of reducing the chance of turfgrass diseases that require extended periods of leaf moisture. Avoid irrigation during midday and windy conditions.
Move sprinklers frequently enough to avoid puddles and runoff. Difficult-to-wet areas such as slopes, thatched turfgrass and hard soils may benefit from application of a wetting agent to improve surface penetration of water.
Water only when the plant tells you to. Become familiar with areas of the lawn that wilt first — bluish-purple leaves, rolled leaves, foot printing. Water within a day of observing these symptoms.
Water problem areas by hand to postpone the need for irrigation of the entire lawn. Some areas of a lawn usually wilt before others. These areas, called "hot spots," may be caused by hard soils that take up water slowly, slopes, southern exposures and warmer areas next to drives and walks. Lawns that have unusual shapes also may require some hand-watering to avoid unnecessary watering of paved surfaces, mulched beds and buildings. Soaker hoses that have a narrow pattern and supply water at a slow rate may be useful in these areas.
Newly seeded or sodded lawns require special irrigation. A newly seeded lawn should be watered daily and may need as many as four light waterings in a single day. Keep the seedbed moist, but not saturated, to a depth of 1 to 2 inches until germination occurs (green cast to lawn and seedlings are 1/4 to 1/2 inch tall).
Seedlings of a new lawn must not be stressed to the point of wilt. Continue with light applications of water — 1/8 to ¼ inch — one to four times a day.
Apply straw (one bail per 1,000 square feet) at time of seeding to help shade the ground and prevent rapid drying of the soil surface. Straw also will reduce seedling damage from the force of large sprinkler drops. Watering with a light mist is best for establishing new lawns. As seedlings reach 2 inches in height, gradually reduce the frequency of watering and water more deeply. After the new lawn has been mowed two or three times, deep, infrequent waterings are the best.
Newly sodded lawns require watering one or two times a day. Begin irrigation immediately after laying sod. Plan your sodding operation so that a section of laid sod can be watered immediately while other areas are being sodded.
Sod should be watered so that both the sod strip and the top inch of soil below the sod are wet. The first irrigation will take about an inch of water to completely wet the sod. After watering, lift up pieces of sod at several locations to determine if it has been adequately irrigated. Continue watering one to two times a day with light irrigations to prevent wilting and to ensure moist soil just below the sod layer.
As sod becomes established and roots penetrate and grow in the soil, gradually reduce the frequency of watering. After sod has been mowed two or three times, irrigate deeply and infrequently. During hot, windy conditions, establishing sod may require several light mistings per day to prevent wilt and potentially lethally high temperatures. In this case, light misting, just to wet the leaf surface and not to supply water to the soil, cools the grass plant as water is evaporated from the leaves.
Do not overwater, or saturate, the soil because that will inhibit sod roots from growing into the soil. If the sod cannot be watered on a daily basis, thoroughly water the sod and soil to a depth of 6 inches. Although this will delay the rooting time of sod, it will also reduce the chance of rapid drying and severe loss of grass.
Good lawn care practices save water and harden turfgrass in preparation for dry periods or local lawn-watering restrictions. Taller mowing and fall nitrogen fertilization fertilization of cool-season grasses develop a hardy and efficient root system that reduces the need for supplemental irrigation.
Irrigation schedules should be kept flexible and associated with identification of lawn wilting. Choose a sprinkler that best fits the size and shape of your lawn. Determine the amount of water the sprinkler applies to accurately water your lawn. During establishment of newly seeded or sodded lawns, water daily. After a new lawn has been mowed a few times, water deeply and infrequently.
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October 30, 2012 -- Proton therapy produces as much of a survival and therapeutic benefit as other types of treatment for prostate cancer, according to four studies scheduled to be presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Boston this week.
The four studies assessed quality of life (QOL) and toxicities following treatment for proton therapy. All reported similar excellent outcomes as studies previously published in peer-review journals, and several add to a growing body of data that represent patient-reported outcomes.
Study presenters included radiation oncologists from MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, and ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City.
MD Anderson research
In the first study, presented by Dr. Andrew K. Lee, associate professor of radiation oncology, 1,090 men were treated at MD Anderson's proton center, Scripps Proton Therapy Center, Loma Linda Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, or the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute.
The patients completed an Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) survey at least one year and again up to 10 years following proton therapy treatment. They also may have received hormone therapy.
The cohort of prostate cancer patients was compared to a cohort of 112 healthy men. The EPIC survey, which is designed to assess a patient's health-related quality of life, uses a scoring system of 1 (poor) to 100 (perfect). The median age of the healthy patient group was 64.8 years, compared with 65 years for those with prostate cancer.
The prostate cancer patients scored 89.8 for urinary quality and 92.7 for bowel functions, compared with scores of 89.5 and 92.4, respectively, for healthy men.
QOL scores for sexual function were not comparable, with prostate cancer patients scoring lower. The differences in sexual function scores were driven by men who were older at the time of treatment, who were on hormone therapy, and who had higher Gleason scores, according to Lee.
"The strengths of this study are that it involved a large number of patients from multiple institutions and, for more than half of the respondents, represented outcomes reported four or more years following treatment," Lee said. "It reconfirms the findings of other studies and is consistent with our institution's prospective studies."
Lee also discussed findings of a study of 299 prostate cancer patients with a median age of 65 years. Between 2006 and 2009, these patients underwent proton therapy at MD Anderson Cancer Center, with or without hormone therapy. One cohort received 75.6 Gray equivalents (GyE) at 1.8-GyE fractions, while the other cohort received 76 GyE at 2-GyE fractions.
All participants completed an EPIC survey before receiving treatment and at periodic intervals following their therapy. The researchers found a small but statistically significant difference in the groups in urinary and bowel function from their baseline scores to their scores at three years after treatment. However, these changes were not clinically significant. There was no meaningful difference in QOL changes between the two groups except for sexual function.
The researchers also assessed toxicities experienced by the patients. The three-year, cumulative rates of grade 2 urinary side effects were 24.1% for the group that received the lower fraction, and 17.6% for those who received the higher fraction. Both groups reported high satisfaction rates with their treatment, at 91% and 93.5%, respectively.
Proton therapy in the community
Historically, proton therapy has been delivered by large academic centers, but a private radiation oncology practice in Oklahoma City was the first to offer this treatment in a community setting for prostate cancer patients. From its first day of operation, the center established a patient database and opened a registry study.
Radiation oncologist Dr. Sameer Keole said that he and his colleagues prospectively analyzed toxicities and a group of 76 prostate cancer patients completed EPIC surveys. The patients ranged in age from 43 to 84, with a median age of 65. Forty-six percent had stage I low-risk disease, 37% had stage IIA intermediate-risk disease, and the remainder had stage IIB high-risk disease. The patients completed an EPIC survey prior to treatment and at three, six, 12, 18, and 24 months following treatment.
"Survey findings showed that urinary and bowel QOL satisfaction scores were identical out to 18 months following treatment," Keole said. "Genitourinary and gastrointestinal function appeared to be stable in patients starting as early as three months post-treatment. There appeared to be a slight decline in sexual score in men who did not receive androgen deprivation therapy."
Minimizing rectal toxicity
Dr. Nancy Mendenhall, medical director of the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, reported the findings of a prospective study assessing the usefulness of dose-volume constraints to minimize the risk of rectal toxicity. In the study, early- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients received image-guided proton therapy.
The outcomes of 171 men were followed for a minimum of five years. They had received doses from 78 to 82 cobalt gray equivalents (CGE) delivered in 2-CGE fractions over eight weeks. Toxicity rates were scored and disease was assessed.
"Biochemical progression was 99% at three and five years following treatment," according to Mendenhall. "There were only two patients who developed grade 3+ gastrointestinal toxicities. Both patients were on anticoagulation and both incidents did not recur following successful treatment."
She also said that the majority of grade 2 or worse toxicities -- about 7% of the total -- consisted of rectal bleeding and/or proctitis.
"What we wanted to do in this study was try to correlate gastrointestinal toxicities with dose distribution," Mendenhall said. "What we were able to show was a significant correlation with the volume of rectum that received various dose levels. The dose levels were as low as 30 CGE up to 75 CGE. We wanted to see if there was a relationship between toxicity and volume of rectum receiving certain doses. There was; it was quite striking."
The other study objectives were to provide dose-constraint guidelines for other proton therapy centers to help them achieve optimal results, and to provide some parameters for designing future comparative trials. The results were comparable to those of previously published studies.
"The value of these and other studies about prostate cancer patients who received proton therapy treatment confirms what we already knew about excellent outcomes for these patients," Mendenhall said. "They show that this treatment produces as high a therapeutic ratio for early- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients as any other type of treatment available."
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The following is a sampling of calls answered by the Town of Niagara Police between July 19 and 26. A total of 170 calls were received during this period.
Thursday, July 19
•4700 block of Tuscarora Road, domestic. Husband asked to have his wife arrested for assault, third-degree, for assaulting him in front of his kids. She said she had just found out he was having an affair on Facebook with another woman who lived down the street. He said he did it because she was having an affair with another man.
•2000 block of Tuscarora Road, suspicious person. Caller reported three juveniles at the side of his house, possibly having sex.
•8200 block of Ziblut Court, vandalism. Caller reported juveniles believed responsible for vandalism the previous night were back in the area.
Friday, July 20
•3000 block of Lincoln St., domestic. Appearance tickets were issued to both a 51-year-old mother and a 33-year-old daughter after a physical altercation.
•2400 block of Military Road, larceny. An Ontario woman reported her purse was stolen from her shopping cart as she was walking from a business to the parking lot, when she stopped to look at some bicycles outside the store.
Saturday, July 21
•1900 block of Military Road, arrest. Patrol responded to a shoplifter in custody call at the mall and found that the 21-year-old Forest Avenue man already had active bench warrants out of both Town of Niagara and Niagara Falls.
•5100 block of Sweet Home Road, fireworks complaint. Patrol advised parties not to launch any more fireworks.
Sunday, July 22
•4500 block of Liberty Avenue, EMS call. Patrol assisted Rural Metro Ambulance with a highly intoxicated man who fell and hit his head, became combative and fled on foot, returned home, became combative and vulgarly abusive again and fled again.
•200 block of Beckwith Avenue, vandalism. Complainant reported someone slashed a tire on his work vehicle parked outside his house during the night. Surveillance camera showed a dark vehicle, possibly a Grand Prix.
•4200 block of Military Road, shoplifting. Business reported a man placed about $100 worth of groceries in several bags and left without paying.
Monday, July 23
•3000 block of Military Road, suspicious person. Caller reported a man wearing a camouflage backpack carrying an apparent detonation device. Patrol found a U.S. Marine exercising while carrying weights.
•Military Road and Saunders Settlement Road, traffic tickets. Patrol observed a driver disobey a flag person directing traffic where Mercy Flight was trying to land by cutting through a gas station. Driver was argumentative and confrontational.
Tuesday, July 24
•Porter Road, civil matter. Complainant said a driveway sealer truck in front of him leaked and splashed droplets on his truck's front end. Patrol assisted parties with exchanging information and staying civil.
•South Whitham Drive, Military Road, Packard Road, Porter Road, Tuscarora Road, Witmer Road, traffic tickets. Patrol issued tickets for various offenses, including failure to wear a seatbelt, talking on a cell phone, revoked registration and speeding.
Wednesday, July 25
•2400 block of Military Road, vandalism. Business reported someone tampered with two conduit boxes providing power to the building.
•1900 block of Military Road, shoplifting. Patrol arrested two 16-year-old Buffalo women for concealing clothing in large handbags at a mall store. In another incident at a different store, a 20-year-old woman and 18-year-old woman were arrested for concealing children's clothing in a baby's stroller.
Thursday, July 26
•I-190, animal complaint. Numerous reports received of two dogs running on I-190. Patrol, State Police and SPCA secured dogs on Packard Road.
•2400 block of Military Road, shoplifting. Business reported a man stuffed his clothing with items and left the store. Patrol stopped a vehicle pulling out onto Military Road and recovered 13 packages of bacon and three pairs of socks. A 50-year-old Seneca Avenue man was arrested.


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I know this is an older thread, but just for future reference...
I checked those ingredients in Dr. Hale's meds database, and the only one I could find was fennel, which is rated an L4 because it's theoretically possible (doesn't look like there's any data) that it could inhibit milk production --
An acetone extract of fennel has been shown to have estrogenic effects on the genital organs of male and female rats.[1] As an herbal medicine it is reputed to increase milk secretion, promote menstruation, facilitate birth, and increased libido. The estrogenic component is believed to be a polymer of the anethole such as dianethole or photoanethole.Ironically, fennel is sometimes used as a galactagogue.Fennel is a popular herb that has been used since ancient times. It is primarily believed to be estrogenic. Because estrogens are known to suppress breastmilk production, its use in lactating women is questionable.
Somehow I doubt this clears things up for anyone , but I figure it's good to have as much info available as possible.


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Have you ever wanted to make a toast with the Crawleys? Perhaps sip some wine with Lady Mary while gossiping in the library? Or taste-test the pairings with Mr. Carson before dinner?
Well hold on to your knickers, because now you can!
To celebrate season 4 of the hit-British drama (which returns to PBS's Masterpiece in January 2014), Grands Vins de Bordeaux winery debuts a duo of Downton Abbey Wines: a "Blanc" white wine and a "Claret" red wine.
Beyond the Downton name on the label, the wines have a true connection to the show: They're made from grapes grown on the same vines and from the same soil in the Bordeaux region of France as the era depicted in Downton Abbey. "We truly believe the Crawley Family would have been proud to serve [them] at their table," co-creator William Zysblat says in a statement.
This isn't the first series to offer a line of branded beverages: there are Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones beers, True Blood orange sodas and, hey, even E.L. James released a collection of Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired wines.
So whether you want to recreate your own Downton Abbey dinner party or indulge in a treat while catching up on all the saucy storylines, you can order them for $15 at downtonabbeywine.com or from select retailers beginning November 1.
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