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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are fighting as fiercely against each other as they did when they broke up.
Amber just filed legal docs claiming Johnny has defied their settlement by refusing to pay her installments for the $7 million settlement they struck. Johnny has fired back that Amber has dragged her feet in the settlement and not signed the documents needed to seal the deal.
Johnny, who is asking the judge to slap Amber with $100,000 in sanctions, strongly insinuates Amber doesn't really want a divorce … because she's reveling in the public attention. Johnny's lawyer says in legal docs, "It is clear that she is intent on prolonging resolution and continuing litigation as long as the public's attention will allow."
Amber says in her declaration, it's Johnny who has dragged his feet in the divorce. Amber says in her docs, "I want my life back. I want to be divorced from Johnny now."


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County transportation officials have approved a new Metro station near the Los Angeles International Airport that would link LAX with the Metro and finally provide Angelenos with convenient public transportation to its main airport.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to start drafting plans to build an extra station on the Crenshaw Line about a half-mile north of the Aviation/Century stop.
The $200 million station at 96th Street and Aviation Boulevard would allow Metro riders to transfer from the Crenshaw Line to LAX terminals with the help of an elevated tram similar to the monorail at Disneyland.
The tramway would start at a proposed car rental facility east of Aviation Boulevard, pass through the 96th Street station and connect to a $1.5 billion transit hub just east of the airport terminals.
The transit hub is intended to reduce wait times by allowing people to check into their flights remotely. Allowing people to drop off and pick up passengers away from the gates will also cut down on car traffic near the terminals. Remote airline check-in will also be available at the 96th Street Metro stop.
"We're finally on the way to bringing rail to LAX," Mayor Eric Garcetti told the Metro Board on Thursday. "We'll be able to fix a historic mistake of our past."
Garcetti, Councilman Mike Bonin and Supervisors Don Knabe and Mark Ridley-Thomas proposed the motion to direct Metro officials to begin drafting plans for the 96th Street station.
Riding the Metro to LAX currently involves catching the Metro Green line to the Aviation/LAX station and transferring to shuttle buses. The 96th Street station would close the two-mile gap between the Green Line and the airport.
"Bringing the Metro rail system directly into LAX is imperative to the growth of tourism and reaching 50 million annual visitors to L.A. by 2020," said Ernest Wooden Jr., president and CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. "International visitors, especially from Asia and Europe, who often don't drive, expect to be able to use public transit when they visit L.A. A rail connection to our airport is crucial to staying competitive with other cities."
The Crenshaw Line, which will connect the Green and Expo Lines with the LAX transit hub, is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2019. The LAX tramway connector would come about three years later.


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Step Up 2 the Streets (US - BD RA)
No, Gabe does not want to dance, he's happy being a wallflower, thank you...
Andie (Briana Evigan) is a fantastic little dancer whose step mother (I think?) threatens to send her off to Texas if she doesn't get her act together. Her skills land her in a prestigious Baltimore performing arts school, but her street upbringing makes getting along with her classmates difficult. To top it off her street friends aren't happy with her missing practice, and kick her out of the squad. She catches the eye of one of the schools biggest stars, who convinces her to start up a new squad, using students from the school.
I, uh, didn't know there was a Step Up part one, and the title Step Up 2 the Streets doesn't necessarily point to a sequel. Needless to say, I'm a little shocked by the fact that there's another Step Up somewhere out there. There are so many movies about teen prodigies pulling themselves up by the bootstraps already I simply can't imagine the need for any of them to feature a sequel.
Step Up 2 the Streets is the most disgusting pop culture filter for white people I think I've ever seen, this side of the Disney Channel. Every major character supports pasty flesh, but are surrounded by genuine black people, and speak Ebonics with more flare then a 42nd Street pimp in hopes of gaining some kind of street cred. The blatant racial stereotypes are actually kind of shocking (this coming from the guy that didn't think Fight for Your Life was particularly shocking). Seriously, if you're going to sell black culture to white Middle America, at least have the gumption to steal it with a bold face. Some of the characters are actually defined by their race and that race's stereotypes alone, while non-Anglo Saxon cultures are toured like a thinly veiled freak show. And god forbid one of the white leads ends up with romantically involved with someone outside of their own race.
Actually, race relations are the least of this film's problems. Mostly I was just so bored I ended up latching onto the film's one interesting facet, which is unfortunately a negative one. I don't expect anything original out of a dance movie for teens, but do we really need every single cliché tossed into this pot (am I really talking about clichés again? Oh my god, that's my cliché! Complaining about clichés!)? Have you ever seen Sister Act? Or Bad News Bears? Or The Mighty Ducks? That swimming movie I reviewed a couple of months back? Or the, like, six episodes of South Park that make fun of these misfits make good movies? Then you've seen Step Up 2 the Streets, everything but a few dance moves.
Really the only thing I expected from the film was a few 'phat' beats and some 'slammin' moves. I like watching dancing. I watch America's Next Best Dance Crew. I knew who the Jabbawockeez were. Step Up 2 the Streets isn't a bad dance movie, but it didn't make me want to get up and pump my fist screaming 'Hell yeah! Drop it like it's hot!' Some of the dancing is kind of lethargic, and director John Chu often over cuts them. The point of this kind of dancing is to see the group dancing in sync with one another, and Chu's cutting features too many close-ups and confusing quick cuts. Strangely enough he actually shoots the non dance scenes with a quiet effectiveness, maintaining focus without lopping the camera off, or getting too flashing with the angles and editing. But there are some solid numbers, and it's hard to complain about Briana Evigan's milky curves.
I expected a very colourful movie when I hesitantly crammed Step Up 2 the Streets in my player, based on the trailers that graced every single Disney Blu-ray I've seen over the past several months, but cleverly enough Chu has opted to desaturate most of the non-dance scenes, both optically, and in the case of costumes. This was probably to accentuate the liveliness of the dances, but it has the additional effect of creating a space where the dance is the only thing for the characters to live for. The disc looks great, though part of the desaturation process seems to dull details and create a bit of grain, though nothing particularly extreme. The more colourful scenes sport poppy vibrancy, sharp contrast, bright whites, and deep blacks. There's a tiny bit of overall blocking to some of the solid colours, specifically yellows and oranges.
This Dolby track features all the throbbing bass and cracking treble I expected from a break dancing movie, but the music tracks are, for the most part, just uncompressed versions of stereo mixes, with a few Pro-Logic centre effects. I would've been more impressed with some totally remixed tracks that incorporated the rear channels. The only five channel mixing I really noticed was during the final dance, which incorporates sound effects, and some additional score. The rest of the mix is pretty standard, with well centred and crystal clear dialogue, and a few minor surround effects, like cheering crowds.
I am so happy to announce that there is no commentary track to be found on this disc, meaning I only had to watch the film once. But there are a fair collection of extras, starting with a collection of eight deleted scenes, all with director intros. Some of the deletions are actually dance numbers which kind of sucks considering that the dance scenes are likely the only reason to see the film in the first place (including a Jabbawockeez number that's easily better than anything that made the final cut). My critical side says that the character deletions were a good call, but the dance deletions were a bad move. The scenes are anamorphically enhanced, but don't appear to be high definition, and everything's presented in Dolby 2.0 Surround. This entire section, including intros runs just over twenty two minutes.
'Through Fresh Eyes' is a semi-fluffy twelve minute behind the scene video diary, which is mostly made up of raw set footage and slow ball interviews. The inclusion of director Chu's childhood movies is a nice one. It's followed by a five minute featurette with the 410 Crew dancers. 'Robert Hoffman's Video Prank' is a cruel dance trick played on an unsuspecting convenience store guy, and it lasts a whopping two minutes. The disc also features five music videos and a handful of Disney Blu-ray sneak peeks.
Step Up 2 the Streets is a terrible film, that placates to every audience in the wrong ways, avoiding any of the culture behind the dance. It's as demeaning and suburbanated as possible. I'm actually shocked by the PG-13 rating, because save the breast thrusts you already saw in the trailer these dances are just as chaste as they are bland. I guess I may've been raised to be a little overly sensitive to these kinds of things, but had this been an adult film with adult characters I'm sure I'd be amused rather than offended. To top it off, the plot is a rehash and the best dances are in the deleted scenes menu.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 15th July 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: PCM 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English HoH, French, and Spanish
Extras: 'Thru Fresh Eyes', Outlaws of Hip Hop: Meet the 410s, Robert Hoffman Video Prank, Deleted Scenes, Music Videos, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Chu
Cast: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani, Cassie (II), Will Kemp
Length: 93 minutes
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Nike (NYSE:NKE) and RadioShack (NYSE:RSH) said on Wednesday they have severed their ties to former champion cyclist Lance Armstrong as the scandal-ridden athlete resigned his chairman position from the Livestrong cancer charity he founded.
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Additionally, Anheuser-Busch said it won't renew its relationship with Armstrong when its current agreement is up at the end of 2012.
In a statement, Nike pointed to what it called "seemingly insurmountable evidence" that Armstrong both participated in doping and misled the company for more than a decade.
Last week U.S. anti-doping officials released a scathing 1,000-page report that accused Armstrong of doping and supplying ex-teammates with illegal substances as part of an elaborate scheme. Armstrong has denied taking banned substances.
Nike said it does not "condone" the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs in any matter.
"It is with great sadness that we have terminated our contract with" Armstrong, Nike said.
The company also said it plans to continue to support Livestrong initiatives, which it said were "created to unite, inspire and empower people affected by cancer."
Previously, Nike had a deal with the foundation to license the Livestrong brand for a collection of clothing and shoes the company sold.
Meanwhile, electronics retailer RadioShack said in an emailed statement that it has "no current obligations with Lance Armstrong."
RadioShack began a multi-year deal with Armstrong in July 2009, but didn't specify when it ended the deal.
The retailer also said it "continues to be proud of what we've accomplished with our customers in generating more than $16 million to date for the fight against cancer."
Shares of RadioShack slipped 0.34% to $2.36, while Nike gained 0.61% to $97.83 Wednesday afternoon.
Anheuser-Busch, which is owned by Belgian brewing giant Anheuser-Busch Inbev (NYSE:BUD), announced plans to also drop Armstrong but said it will continue to support Livestrong and its cycling and running events.
Armstrong founded Livestrong in 1997 after he discovered he had testicular cancer.
The former cyclist said he is stepping down "to spare the foundation any negative effected as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career."
Jeff Garvey, currently the foundation's vice chairman, will now serve as chairman.
"I am deeply grateful to the people of the foundation who have done such hard and excellent work over the last 15 years, building tangible and effective ways to improve the lives of cancer survivors," Armstrong said in a statement detailing his resignation.
Livestrong said that "thanks to Lance's leadership," the foundation has raised almost $500 million to serve people affected by cancer.


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Merck & Co.'s latest downsizing plan comes with a twist.
In addition to more job cuts — 8,500 this time — the global pharmaceuticals giant is walking away from its plan to relocate to Summit, instead saying it will move its headquarters to its Kenilworth operations, on Galloping Hill Road.
The new downsizing plan is expected to save Merck another $2.5 billion by the end of 2015.
Merck, currently based in the Whitehouse Station section of Readington, said today it shifted plans after determining it could achieve greater savings in real estate and other operating expenses by moving to Kenilworth.
Over the summer, Merck was actively shopping manufacturing buildings on its Kenilworth property to buyers in the private and government sectors. The R&D facilities at the 113-acre site were not being listed as part of a possible sale, a spokeswoman said this morning.
Both the Whitehouse Station and Summit facilities will now close, giving Merck a smaller footprint in New Jersey. The complete transition is expected to complete by the end of 2015.
Merck said the savings will enable the company to sharpen its commercial and research and development focus, so it can pursue opportunities that will deliver greater returns and a stronger pipeline.
"These actions will make Merck a more competitive company, better positioned to drive innovation and to more effectively commercialize medicines and vaccines for the people who need them," CEO Kenneth Frazier said in a statement.
Merck said most savings will come from marketing and administrative expenses and research and development. The company projects $1 billion in savings by the end of 2014, and the full $2.5 billion by the end of 2015. These savings are off 2012 levels.
The 8,500 jobs slashed today come after previous downsizings cutting 7,500 jobs. Total reductions will amount to about 20 percent of current levels, bringing the company's global workforce of 81,000 to about 65,000.
Merck's animal health and consumer care divisions, based in Summit, will be relocated elsewhere in New Jersey. The company said additional manufacturing, laboratory and other functions currently based in Summit will move to other sites in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
By restructuring, Merck said it will better target "high growth" opportunities, such as its anti-PD-1 immunotherapy program for oncology. Merck said it also plans to increase focus on therapeutic areas involving diabetes, acute hospital care, vaccines and oncology.
The company said cost reductions will also enable it to better maintain high cash levels returned to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock repurchases.
Merck had initially planned to move headquarters to Summit into facilities acquired from its acquisition of Schering-Plough in 2009. Merck has been based in Whitehouse Station since 1992; before that, its headquarters were in Rahway.


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- The art of dumping a handicapped person out of their wheelchair as made famous by Deputy Charlette Jones of Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department, Hillsborough, Florida.
Dude, I thought I could get out of a DUI because of my wheelchair but that cop didn't give a shit. He gave me the Florida Fling and dragged my ass to downtown.
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text: Friday, May 2, 2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Life Gallery - Naturalist Lab Meet University of Utah biologist Mark Chynoweth and discover why large carnivores and other wildlife species are important as a natural resource. Gray wolves are often a source of human-wildlife conflict, but they play an important role as a top predator. See the equipment used in the field as Mark demonstrates what goes into capturing, tagging and tracking gray wolves. See how exciting it is to work as a wildlife biologist: learn about the challenges involved in tracking and capturing large carnivores and how to safely conduct wildlife research. Included in Museum Admission Related Programs: Scientist in the Spotlight


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A while back, we featured indie artist with a voice of pure honey, Jade, as one of our We Got the Beat's, and the response we got (including this wise comment from our own contributor Dee: "girl crush!") was positive enough to reach out to the singer and find out what she was up to these days.
Turns out a couple of months can change a lot, and in this case it was for the better! Jade is now known as Jade<3/Jadeismusic, and has been teaming up with the likes of Melo-X and Fonda of Team Facelift fame on a remix edition of her EP It's My Heart, Cookie. The singer has also been working on a series of webisodes chronicling her creative process, and just shot a trailer for the IMHC Remixes EP. Keeping busy, to say the least, right?
As busy as Jade<3 is, when we requested an interview and intimate performance from her (and crossed our fingers and hoped our hardest that she'd say yes!), the singer graciously agreed and worked to schedule some time in for us. On the day of the shoot she was running late, she arrived at our location– the NYC fan favorite hotspot Ella Lounge–a bit late, and apologized profusely, insisting "I never do this!" There was just something about her quiet charm that made us believe her. And when she set up and began singing, we were entirely won over! The singer performed acoustic versions of her single "Drown Me Out", as well as a yet-unreleased track "Girl" with a clear, strong and haunting voice. When we talked to her more in depth about what she was inspired by and what her EP was, we were blown away by Jade<3's intelligent creativity. This girl is definitely someone to watch out for!
Check out our interview and EXCLUSIVE live acoustic set with Jade<3 below! To find out more, visit Jade<3's website, and follow her on Twitter. AND click to download two really dope cuts off her remix IMHC EP on RCRD LBL.
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Jun 11, 2012 at 9:06 am
Thanks for the comments on my Monza, it's amazing that these are rare considering how many were built! Nice TA!
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Thanks for the comment on mt TA. You have two Awsome looking rides yourself. Always brings smiles and looks when driving.
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That is cool that you have pics of all the cars you owned previously!


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Two children, a baby and a toddler, were locked in a hot van in Katy, TX, while their father shopped in a gun store, reports KTRK Channel 13. The children, a five-month-old boy and a 17-month-old girl, are fine; the father has not been charged.
A customer spotted the children, distressed and crying for help, in the parked van and went into the store to get help. The store's owner Jeremy Alcede said that, when asked, no one claimed the van or children as theirs, including the father. Police officers rescued the children and later identified the children's father on surveillance.
Plus: One mom's personal story of a hot car death
"Seeing the sweat all over their face […] seeing the faces of those children just broke my heart because I don't know how parents can do that to their children," said Alcede's employee Moe.
The case has been turned over to Child Protective Services, which must report to the District Attorney's office before any charges against the father are accepted.
"I don't understand," Alcede says. "This just does not make sense that he blatantly broke the law, endangered the lives of his kids. And he is free on the streets."
In 2011, the Department of Geosciences at San Francisco University reported 33 reported cases of hyperthermia, or overheating, in children as young as three months and as old as eight years. The majority of cases occur when the car suffers from the greenhouse effect, trapping the sun's rays in the car and heating it at an alarming rate. A young child's body is unable to handle such drastic changes in temperature, so it quickly becomes lethal for children to remain in locked cars with no ventilation.
Hyperthermia can happen even when the temperatures are at a comfortable 50 or 60 degrees when parents bundle their children too heavily with jackets, hats, scarves, and mittens, containing the heat in the child's body and causing the same overheating effect by trapping and building on their own body heat.
Have you ever forgotten you child in the car? How do you think the father should be charged?


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Before the sun began to peek over the horizon Sunday morning, faithful Christians around Volusia and Flagler County gathered for Easter Sunday sunrise services, an annual tradition for many in the area.
Before the sun began to peek over the horizon Sunday morning, faithful Christians around Volusia and Flagler County gathered for Easter Sunday sunrise services, an annual tradition for many in the area.
The Rev. Phil Egitto, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Daytona Beach, led one of several beachside sunrise services Sunday morning. He said his church has been holding services at the Bandshell and on the sand next to it to celebrate Easter Sunday for half a century.
"We've been doing masses here at the Bandshell for probably 50 years," he said. "When we can do it on the beach, we have. It depends on the tides."
Continuing in that tradition, at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Egitto led a congregation of several hundred in commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Some in the crowd had beach chairs, while others sat on towels or simply stood bundled up in the somewhat chilly morning air.
"It was kind of chilly out there, but it was pretty," said Kristin Depaula, a Daytona Beach resident and member of Our Lady of Lourdes. "Father Phil gives a good sermon."
Easter represents a defining cornerstone of the Christian religion: Christ's resurrection three days after his crucifixion. Egitto said the idea of Easter is something he and his congregants commemorate and honor week after week.
"Easter is so significant that we celebrate it Sunday after Sunday. For us, Every Sunday is Easter," he said.
The idea of everlasting life after death, symbolized by the Resurrection, is a key tenet of the Christian faith.
"Therefore, there is nothing on this Earth that we should fear, for God's love is victorious," said Egitto. "And so by celebrating that love and victory over death week after week, our hearts become filled with joy and filled with gratitude."
He encourages his congregation to manifest that joy and gratitude by seeking justice in their communities, as a way of "loving the God we cannot see by loving the neighbor we can."
Almost immediately after the beachside service ended, Egitto celebrated a second service at 9 a.m. in the Bandshell itself, which was equally well attended.
While some attending are regulars at Our Lady of Lourdes, many were snowbirds or other tourists who stopped by to participate.
Lee Kraus was in the area from Connecticut, visiting his son, Zach Kraus, a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes. Both men took part in the service Sunday.
"We just think it's incredible," he said.
"I love the Mass on the beach. It's just perfect with the sun coming up over the water," said the younger Krauss. "It just fits for Easter."
Just a few miles to north, several Flagler Beach churches – Flagler Beach United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church of Flagler Beach and Coastal Community Church -- held a combined sunrise service at Veterans Park at 7 a.m.
In Palm Coast, Christ Lutheran Church held a service at Varn Park. Other churches and community groups around the two counties held services and other activities like Easter egg hunts, as well.
Later in the morning, the crowds on the beach began to show some turnover as swimmers, surfers and other beachgoers, all celebrating a mostly sun-filled Easter Sunday in quite another way, gradually replaced the worshippers.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nearly two-thirds of parents reported they felt the need to watch over their child's care to ensure that medical errors are not made during their hospital stay, according to a study led by Beth A. Tarini, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School.
In particular, parents whose first language is not English were more likely to report the need to be vigilant about their child's care.
This is the first study to document parental concerns about medical errors during a child's hospitalization.
Researchers also found that parents who were more confident in communicating with physicians were less likely to be concerned about medical mistakes.
"We need to address parents' concerns about errors and find ways to make them feel comfortable talking to us about their child's care," Tarini says. "Parents are an underutilized resource in our efforts to prevent medical errors."
This study, which appears July 30 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, surveyed 278 parents of children who were hospitalized at the Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., in 2005.
Medical errors are linked to between 48,000 and 98,000 deaths a year, according to the Institute of Medicine, and are linked to increases in length of stay, health care costs and death. Doctors and hospitals have focused on processes and hospital systems as a way to prevent medical errors, but little work has been done in investigating the experiences of patients and their potential role in preventing errors.
The Joint Commission and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality currently recommend that parents help prevent errors by becoming actively involved and informed members of their health care team and taking part in every decision about their child's health care.
This study is an important step toward characterizing the scope of parental concern about medical errors during pediatric hospitalizations and understanding its relationship toward communication between parents and physicians, Tarini says.
Devising a quality initiative program to improve parents' confidence interacting with doctors may help to temper parents' concerns about medical errors while also encouraging their involvement in their child's medical care, the researchers suggest.
Funding: Grant from the Quality Improvement Committee at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.
Reference: Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 4, issue no. 9.


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YWCA visitation center's closing brings uncertaintyBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 06. 2014 7:16PM
The waiting list for child visitation in Nashua would stretch to 1 1/2 months if most of the parents who use the YWCA New Hampshire program in Manchester sign up for the Nashua program, a director of the Nashua program said Tuesday.
Already, the waiting list for weekend visitations is a couple of weeks, said Tony Paradiso, the chief operating officer of the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center, which runs the child visitation center in the Gate City.
On Monday, the YWCA said it would discontinue its supervised child visitation program — the scene of the murder-suicide of 9-year-old Joshua Savyon and his father last August — for financial reasons. The agency cited costs of security and a reduction in federal grants used to fund the service.
Like the YWCA program, the Nashua program is funded in part by a federal grant.
"It wouldn't necessarily cover us if we had to expand the level of service," Paradiso said. The YWCA has told him it services about 25 families, he said.
• Legislation regarding visitation centers has passed both the New Hampshire House and Senate and awaits Gov. Maggie Hassan's signature. It adds language that allows judges to specify that visitation centers must use metal detectors and trained security. It also calls for studying whether centers should be licensed.
• The U.S. Justice Department's Office of Violence Against Women confirmed that grant-funded visitation centers will not be able to charge fees in the future. A spokesman pointed to grant applications, which said the restrictions are to "ensure accessibility of (Office of Violence Against Women)-funded services."
Victim support groups have an uneasy approach to visitation centers.
Without them, judges may allow unsupervised visitations in unsafe situations, said Maureen McDonald, a spokesman for the Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. But her organization questions whether resources on visitation centers could be better spent on prevention and victim services.
"What other crime would we make the victim go and spend time with the person who did a crime against them?" McDonald said.
Karen McCall said she previously worked at the YWCA and now works at a local safe place for abuse victims. She said batterers will use a visitation center for six months, earn a good report and ask a judge for unsupervised visitation.
Yet, others said the visitations centers are necessary.
"Obviously, in situations where there's a divorce, we need to allow a child to have connection with both parents," said Deputy New Hampshire Attorney General Ann Rice. Her agency acts as a pass through for the grants that fund the visitation centers.
Merrimack County Sheriff Scott Hilliard, whose agency provides security for visitation centers in Boscawen and Franklin, said not all visitations involve a history of violence. Some involve mental health issues, contentious divorces or people who are trying to improve their parenting skills.
"We need to look at it like anything else, on a case by case basis," he said. Still, some visits have been volatile and deputies at times must remove a parent, he said. A deputy will also refuse visitation when a parent arrives intoxicated.
Hilliard said he's not aware of the caseload of the Merrimack County program, which is partially county funded, and whether it could accept cases from the Manchester area.


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TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) — One of two adult sons in a family of four found dead inside a California home in June fatally stabbed his parents before he and the other son died in an arson fire there, police said.
Rodney Bowman, 39, stabbed his parents multiple times before he and the other son, Robert Babakhan, 42, died of exposure to smoke and toxic chemicals from the fire, Turlock police said Tuesday.
It was unclear who started the fire or what motivated the stabbings of Sarkis Babakhan, 78, and Rozmary Babakhan, 70. Robert Babakhan was disabled and died after the fire extinguished itself, police said.
Police spokeswoman Mayra Lewis declined to elaborate in a call Wednesday.
Authorities initially described the deaths as a murder-suicide and said the bodies were found in various places inside the house. They said the four family members had been dead at least 24 hours before officers found them June 26.


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Hmm... Very interesting.
I keep my XO by my chair, plugged in all the time so it's probably as warm as it's going to get. (Currently, it's propped with the handle UP, but I'll try propping it up on a different side.) Maybe it's positional awareness and the excess adhesive have both "gone South" so to speak.
Thanks for the reply. Worth a try.


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MONTREAL — There has been no Billy Jean King versus Bobby Riggs moment in marathon running, but if you have ever wondered what would happen in a battle of the sexes marathon style, a study out of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., will feed your curiosity.
Female athletes have come a long way since 1973, when King, then 29, accepted the challenge from Riggs, 55, to a match on the tennis court (King won 6-4, 6-3, 6-3). But even the improved opportunity for women in sport in the past four decades can't overcome the basic physiological differences between male and female athletes.
Men have more muscle mass, less body fat, bigger hearts and a greater ability to deliver oxygen to the working muscles, which is why, for marathon running at least, scientists estimate that elite male marathoners are nine per cent to 10 per cent faster than the elite women's pack.
In theory, that gap in time should be similar for all ages of marathoners, as age slows both men and women equally. Yet, Marquette University's study proved otherwise.
The researchers reviewed the times of the Top 10 finishers in each age group of the New York City Marathon over a 31-year span (1980-2010). Times were evaluated in five-year increments from the age of 20-79.
Over those three decades, the number of marathon finishers increased significantly from 12,294 in 1980 to 44,794 in 2010, with the largest group of finishers in the 30-50 age group. More men than women crossed the finish line, but the ratio of men-to-women finishers decreased from 6.76 in 1980 to 1.97 in 2003, a number that stayed relatively static to 2010.
Not only did more women take up marathon running during that time, they also narrowed the gap in speed between the two sexes. The winning men's times were almost 20 per cent faster than those of the female winners in 1980 to 1985 and just 12.6 per cent faster in 2006 to 2010. The quickest female runners were in the 30-34 age group with their best times equivalent to the fastest time of males 45 to 49 years of age.
Among the top 10 finishers of both sexes, speed started to decline significantly after age 35, with the first-place finishers losing an average of one minute and 36 seconds per year (eight minutes and three seconds every five years) from the age of 40 to 79. Among the mid to back packers, that decline in speed didn't start until about age 55.
Most of these stats aren't that surprising. Middle-age runners have flocked to marathons in the last couple of decades and experience combined with improved technique and training can overcome age-related declines in performance among recreational runners — especially among those who are new to endurance racing.
As for women, their participation in marathons, at both the elite and recreational level, was limited until the women's race was added to the Olympics in 1984. Until that time, the marathon was considered too strenuous for women, a theory that has been proven wrong with the growing number of women who continue to register and safely compete in marathons around the world.
What was novel about the results of this study is that the physiological-related gap in speed between genders didn't remain constant over all age groups. Instead, it consistently increased with age, with the smallest gender differences in the 30-34 age group and the largest in the 75-79-year-olds.
Also interesting is that the differences in times between the Top 10 finishers was greater in women than men, a trend that remained consistent among all age groups and all years.
These statistics troubled the researchers who felt that men and women marathoners reached their athletic peak at about the same age (29) and that they aged physiologically at the same rate. Therefore, the gender-related gap in speed should hold constant through all age groups. They went on to speculate that this unusual disparity in speed is due to women's late entry into the marathon field. With fewer marathoners than their male counterparts, many of whom didn't benefit from good coaching and an opportunity to compete at high levels of sport, women have yet to reach their genetic potential in the field of marathon running.
"We predict that, as the number of women competitors who have benefitted from Title IX gradually increases among older age groups, new running records will be set and will approach the physiological potential of all women," the study's authors said.
Title IX was a landmark decision in the United States that obligated colleges to offer a similar purse of athletic scholarships to men and women (Canada followed the example set by the U.S., but without the need for legislation). Instituted in 1972, it is largely credited with improving the opportunity, through better coaching, facilities and competition, of women to achieve their athletic potential.
What this means for the average female marathoner is that your best races are still ahead of you. This is especially true for women in their mid- to late 40s, many of whom are only now realizing their potential as competitive athletes.
So while we know that elite women marathoners can't compete physiologically with their age-matched male counterparts, we aren't saying no to a race between the best female marathoners in the world and their race-pace matched middle-age male counterparts. Let the best man/woman win.
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STOCKTON - Prosecutors have charged a heart surgeon at St. Joseph's Medical Center with multiple felony counts of tax evasion and filing false tax returns.
STOCKTON - Prosecutors have charged a heart surgeon at St. Joseph's Medical Center with multiple felony counts of tax evasion and filing false tax returns.
Timothy J. Sloan of Valley Springs was arrested by a state Franchise Tax Board agent Wednesday after falsifying information in tax returns of past years, according to authorities. He was released from jail on his own recognizance hours later.
Sloan owes more than $120,000 in taxes, interest, penalties and investigation fees, Deputy District Attorney Stephen Taylor said.
"Filing false returns is more serious than filing no returns," Taylor said. The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office works with the tax board to determine when charges are filed.
Court documents say Sloan, 67, failed to report more than $1.2 million in pay and avoided paying $69,000 in taxes from 2006 to 2010.
Investigators say it appears the surgeon reported only income that a billing company had received from insurance companies, Medicare and Medi-Cal.
Their analysis shows Sloan did not report compensation from St. Joseph's Medical Center, MAQUET Cardiovascular and from individual patients with whom his billing company didn't deal, officials said.
In interviews, Sloan told investigators he was aware that he had an outstanding tax balance and that he was willing to pay, according to court documents.
But a state agent said Sloan then filed false taxes even after being made aware of the probe.
Sloan is charged with five counts of evading taxes and four counts of filing false taxes.
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EDIT: Page claim for that one lady from Force episode 5!
|2011-05-14, 04:52
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That makes me wonder how will result a new 26 season, i mean, people learn from their mistakes and at least Keroko's analysis looks pretty decent for the first nine episodes. Probably a 26 anime series for FORCE will be much better paced than StrikerS i guess(waiting a week for a well compilated chapter with fluid animation is a million tiomes better than wait a full month for 16-tp-30 pages of over decompressed story).
|2011-05-14, 05:00
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I just hope, if they were to go ahead with a FORCE anime, they don't confuse manga time with real time. The average close-combat fight sequence is, or should be, extremely fast paced with its strike-defend-counter sequence. Nobody waits for their opponent to finish what they're doing and talk about it when they're fighting (sparring between student and teacher being an obvious exception), and in close quarters melee the heavy punches and explosive attacks really should be happening so fast that it's all the opponent can do to keep up. Manga tends to be very descriptive of movement, so what goes down in five or six pages of massive fight panels of a manga can happen in a few seconds. It's just good choreography. Unfortunately, animators don't get this and decide its as good as as many pages of dialogue. . . and this is where you get long-winded fight sequences, exaggerated attacks, and commentary from the peanut gallery, "Ooh that was a good one," "Ooh he defended against it." Just because the artist took the time to draw out the characters' fighting doesn't mean you have to draw out the time the characters take fighting. Attack and parry! Evade and attack! Offense and defense happen simultaneously and in the same motion from both sides, or else somebody goes down instantly. It's kinda that fast.
Nanoha has been far less egregious about this than some other series I could name, probably due to the fact that previously any manga were supplemental and any presence it has is due to it being a standard trope. It's also occasionally justified by the fact that Nanoha is just trying to talk to everybody at first, and when she's grown up that has actually evolved into her fighting style as a result. Still, you stop and wonder what was going on between Arf and Zafira, the way they'd show up with their friends for a fight, trade a punch for sport, and then kick back and watch everyone else with a bucket of popcorn and a pop (one straw!).
So the question is: how will events in motion be screwed up when translated from a manga to the screen? Ideally, Tsuzuki would leave the manga paneling in the books and direct everything from the start as it applies to a moving-pictures medium. . .
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Manga: "I will now explain why I'm going to attack you and why you cannot win."
"I shout out my attack before you really finish talking."
"Fool, I merely show my superior skills to avoid your attack and start talking again."
"I talk back, explaining what mistake you just made."
"Heresy! I must now attack!"
Anime: *explosions, long drawn pandering of the landscape. Ogle the characters, panting.
"I will now explain why I'm going to attack you and why you cannot win."
*Include grin, a grunt, laugh. Pander the landscape again*
"I shout out my attack before you really finish talking."
*show a single move, let dust fly and wait for it to settle. Another grin, another pander of landscape. Perhaps even a grunt*
"Fool, I merely show my superior skills to avoid your attack and start talking again."
*wait for character to explain for a few min. Pause with landscapes, surprised grunts and distant explosions or perhaps a flashback*
"I talk back, explaining what mistake you just made."
"Heresy! I must now attack!"
*shouting, then fight commences.*
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"Yes, she's meant to be really tough. Please ignore how she spent most of her first fight being made a fool of."
Like with Fortis; they called him the brains of the group, but he hasn't really done anything intelligent yet.
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All of the other Huckebeins trigger some kind of emotion from me: Veyron is misterious and interesting, Arnage is kind of sympatethic, Curren is a smug badass, Stella es the designated Creepy Child, Deville is cool and implacable and i hate Cypha with burning passion(i guess triggering hate from the fans is a good accomplishement for a villain), but the only thing Fortis provokes in me is annoyment(for example: i want to see Cypha burning on a cauldron of boiling oil but i don't really care about what happens to Fortis as long as he shuts his mouth, something like a dope-slap or a classic punch to the face).
The most impressive thing the guy has done is crush a soda can into a tiny metalic marble.
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Still waiting to see Subaru teaching her a leasson.
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Hi Retroretrofuturist wrote: (cut for space)
I'm a bit confused as to what you mean here. Is there any chance you could recast your question with reference to Pali terminology such as vinnana or manasikara?Sarva wrote:What about "awareness", there is the awareness of something and awarness of no thing, however this "awareness" is not observable itself, in other words it is an "unobservable phenomena", or would you disagree? I am curious how to get around that.
I answered Tilt before seeing your reply, so hopefully there might be some clarity in my question above. Although I have blundered an answer in my very own question above, but would appreciate your shared insight if you have the momentum to reply
I am very new to the sutta and pali I used 'awareness' because I was not sure if there is a term in Pali, I guess "pure consciousness". Or a bit more clear:
MN140 link"There remains only consciousness: pure & bright. What does one cognize with that consciousness? One cognizes 'pleasure.' One cognizes 'pain.' One cognizes 'neither pleasure nor pain.' In dependence on a sensory contact that is to be felt as pleasure, there arises a feeling of pleasure.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Or "Luminous is the mind" AN 1.49-52
Link: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Interestingly I came across the Buddha's words trying to find how Gautama calls it and came across an interesting explanation, I hope I am not derailing your thread by sharing it here, just for friendly interest:
MN 121 link: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"He discerns that 'Whatever disturbances that would exist based on the perception of village are not present. Whatever disturbances that would exist based on the perception of human being are not present. There is only this modicum of disturbance: the singleness based on the perception of wilderness.' He discerns that 'This mode of perception is empty of the perception of village. This mode of perception is empty of the perception of human being. There is only this non-emptiness: the singleness based on the perception of wilderness.' Thus he regards it as empty of whatever is not there. Whatever remains, he discerns as present: 'There is this.' And so this, his entry into emptiness, accords with actuality, is undistorted in meaning, & pure.
Thank you, I think you hit the nail on the head with your answer regarding avijja. I will keep up with topic to see if this question returns.retrofuturist wrote: (An excellent question, and hopefully one we can explore a bit further in this topic. The short answer I would put forward is that all sankharas depend on avijja, so whatever mental cultivation reduces avijja reduces sankharas.
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"The Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge is designed to motivate younger students who have done some enrichment study beyond their school year and who are looking for a mathematics enrichment challenge", said Mr. Ronald Dunkley, University of Waterloo, and Chair of the CMS COMC Committee. "In addition, the Open acts as a qualifying paper for the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad which will be written on April 1, 1998".
1997 Prize Winners: The top five winners in the 2nd Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge are:
Adrian Birka, Lakeshore Catholic High School, Port Colborne, Ontario; Adrian Chan, Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario; Teppei Mikami, Sentinel Secondary School, West Vancouver, British Columbia; Adrian Tang, Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, Ontario; Jonathan Yu, Western Technical Commercial School, Toronto, Ontario.
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Approximately 80 of the top students from the 1997 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge will be invited to write the 1998 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO). The CMO is Canada's premier mathematics competition organized and administered by the Canadian Mathematical Society. "These top students will now be busy honing their problem solving skills as they prepare for the 1998 CMO and try to be one of the six students who will represent Canada at the 1998 International Mathematical Olympiad in Taipei, Taiwan in July", said Dr. Graham Wright, Executive Director, Canadian Mathematical Society. "These valuable enrichment activities are possible because of the many teachers in the schools and universities who assist on a voluntary basis".
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Ahold packaging facility to shift meat cutting out of storesLower Allen: Highway fixes bring more industry to twp.
Yetter Court. It's a short stub road in Cumberland County off St. Johns Road.
For years, the 38 acres in Lower Allen Township sat vacant even with other businesses nearby, including a terminal for New Jersey-based trucking company NEMF less than half a mile away.
Today, construction workers are installing the infrastructure that will support a new meat-packaging facility for Ahold USA and Kansas-based Vantage Foods US.
In May, Lower Allen's commissioners approved the construction of the 163,650-square-foot facility. Last week, Middlesex Township-based Ahold said it would open the facility in 2013, creating more than 800 jobs preparing and packaging beef and pork for its Giant Food Stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Maryland stores are operated under the Ahold's Giant Landover division.
Changing grocery industry
Ahold's decision to locate its meat-packaging facility in Lower Allen Township was part of a four-year project to move most of its beef and pork cutting out of the stores, so that staff there can focus on customer service, company spokeswoman Tracy Pawelski said. It's also a good way for the company to improve its business model as it grows.
"By obtaining fresh beef and pork products from this facility for the Giant Carlisle and Giant Landover divisions, we can control the supply chain, help to reduce waste, enable the stores to focus on delivering best-in-class customer service and improve performance of meat departments," she said.
Ahold's Giant stores continue to grow their business and expand regionally. Giant has acquired 40 stores through two acquisitions worth $146 million since 2009, including the purchase of 15 Genuardi's Family Markets in the Philadelphia area this year. The stores were fully converted to the Giant brand by July, and the company hired more than 1,000 people to support the expanded hours and product offering, Pawelski said.
Today, Ahold has 198 Giant and Martin's stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It has 43 locations in the midstate. Giant's Carlisle division alone employs more than 30,000 people in 2012, according to Business Journal records.
"We are very fortunate that our divisions continue to grow sales and market share in a very competitive environment where customers have scores of choices for their food shopping," Pawelski said.
The reduced amount of in-store cutting and preparation will not mean the end of the meat counter, she said. Many stores will continue cutting for special requests and offers. Responsibilities and roles will change, but it won't happen anytime soon, she said.
"Across the industry, many products in the meat department have moved from in-store production to packaged, fresh options, beginning more than 20 years ago with poultry," she said.
Destination: Lower Allen
Lower Allen Township is becoming a destination for development.
Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is seeking to put a store on the site of a former car dealership on Hartzdale Drive near the Capital City Mall. It has preliminary plan approval but must get the township's final nod before construction can begin.
A 284-apartment residential complex, known as Meridian on the West Shore, is under way on Lisburn Road. That's just the first of three phases, but the township hasn't seen final plans for the rest, said H. Edward Black, president of the Lower Allen Township commissioners
Much of the West Shore has seen increased development this year.
"The community at large is a good community, a welcoming community, and I think people are starting to realize that it's not only a good place to live, but a good place to do business, too," said George Book Jr., the interim president of the West Shore Chamber of Commerce.
Improvements to highways and interchanges over the years have only helped bolster business on the West Shore, he said.
One of the largest projects since 2007 was the reconstruction of the interchanges and exits on routes 15 and 581 in Camp Hill. With that work completed, companies and residents have easier access to the center of Lower Allen, the same area Ahold chose for its facility, Black said.
"I hope that we do see some quality industrial development," he said. "Industry brings jobs, which brings economic development and income."
Rare tax-abatement request
Middlesex Township-based Ahold is seeking 10-year tax abatement from Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County and West Shore School District under Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance laws, or LERTA, for the facility at 2628 Lisburn Road, which is next to the Camp Hill state prison.
LERTA reduces a company's taxes for development, then increases them gradually over duration of the agreement until it's paying the full rate.
Ahold's application is the only official LERTA request the township has ever received, Manager Thomas Vernau said. But the subject has been discussed at least two other times in the past 16 years.
California-based Panattoni Development entertained the idea of LERTA with the township commissioners to build on the same lot as the meat-packaging facility, said H. Edward Black, president of the Lower Allen Township commissioners and president of engineering firm H. Edward Black and Associates.
Prior to that, you have to go back to 1996-97, when a company wanted to buy residential properties to build a warehouse, Vernau said. When the developer couldn't acquire all the properties, the proposal crumbled, he said.
Black said he favors giving the tax abatement to Ahold but is unsure about the 10-year time frame.
"I'd like to see the LERTA have the shortest impact as possible on us," he said.
Through the years, Black said, he's warmed to the idea of using LERTA as a tool to expand the local economy — particularly if the township has properties that could be developed but have not because of their location or perceived deficiencies, he said.
"We have a site next to a prison that's somewhat disabled because of the proximity to the prison," Black said. "I think seeing that developed is important, and we should consider it."
Ahold is willing to negotiate the timeframe for the LERTA and said it would even be comfortable with four or five years, according to its LERTA request letter to the township. The company plans to invest about $70 million into the site.
The township commissioners voted last week to schedule a hearing on the matter for Oct. 8. Commissioner Peddrick Young was the lone dissenting vote. He did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Commissioner John Titzel said he's waiting until the hearing and wants to learn more about LERTA and its impact on the township before he decides on whether he supports it.


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The script is really nothing more than an excuse for loud car chases, choreographed fights and ridiculous shootouts in which the main characters are immune to the barrage of bullets.
He'll never be considered one of Hollywood's greats, but the late Paul Walker deserves a better sendoff than "Brick Mansions, " an inferior remake of the 2004 French action film "District B13."
Set in a near-future Detroit, Walker plays Damien Collier, an undercover cop tasked with recovering a neutron bomb possessed by the most powerful gang in the city's walled-off, crime-ridden Brick Mansions section. In order to stop the gang from detonating the bomb, Collier teams with Lino (David Belle), a local tough guy bent on cleaning up his derelict neighborhood.
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Always likable, Walker the star of the "Fast and Furious" franchise, is sorely underserved by writers Luc Besson ("Taken") and Bibi Naceri, who also penned the original "District B13." But that's the story of Walker's career – a talented heartthrob with all the tools to be a great actor, but trapped in bad movies.
In his feature film directing debut, longtime editor Camille Delamarre ("Taken") puts forth a generic actioner that's immediately forgettable, if not for it being the last film Walker completed before dying in a fiery car crash last fall. Delamarre leaves no cliche unturned, filling his film with the usual suspects, including the gorgeous girl in peril (Catalina Denis), the kingpin (rapper Rza), the corrupt politician (Bruce Ramsay) and elderly sage (Frank Fontaine). Oh, yeah, and a revenge motive that is revealed later in the movie.
From the get-go, stuntman-turned-actor Belle, inserts a much-needed dose of adrenaline. Belle gets an extended opening sequence that has him jumping in and out of windows and on and off rooftops. He's nimble, like Jackie Chan, and has chiseled abs. He practices parkour (free-running). Like an acrobat, he can run up walls and back flip over people. He always lands on his feet, or in a nice tuck-and-roll. He beats up scores of muscular thugs armed with assault weapons. He's never met a sticky situation he can't escape. Did I mention the fab abs?
For his part, Walker, always game when it comes to stunts and action, holds his own in a sequence that has him hanging from the trunk of a speeding car. Later, Walker and Belle go mano-a-mano until they team up to take down the golden-gun-packing crime lord Tremaine. As the movie builds, it morphs into a buddy cop comedy minus the laughs. Walker and Belle have some chemistry, but the material is just plain dumb – trying to be simultaneously cheeky and tough. The most inspired line, lifted from an Eric Clapton song, is uttered by Rza's Tremaine: "I gotta shoot the sheriff and the deputy." That's about as good as it gets.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court Order against Defendant Michael Gale of Littleton, Colorado, individually and doing business as Capital Management Group, requiring him to pay $479,402.35 in restitution to defrauded customers. The Consent Order of Permanent Injunction, entered on June 25, 2013, by Senior U.S. District Judge John L. Kane of the District of Colorado, also imposes a $750,000 civil monetary penalty. The Order imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Gale and prohibits him from violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged.
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The 'Party in the U.S.A.' singer's second episode of 'Two And a Half Men' will air Thursday, Nov. 8 at 8:30 PM ET on CBS. Set your DVRs now!


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Washington State rallies from down 18 in 4th quarter to stun Washington 31-28 in OT
PULLMAN, Wash. – Andrew Furney kicked a 27-yard field goal on Washington State's first possession of overtime, and the Cougars overcame an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stun rival Washington 31-28 in the Apple Cup on Friday, snapping an eight-game losing streak.
Washington quarterback Keith Price threw an interception on the first play of overtime that defensive lineman Kalafitoni Pole nearly returned for a game-ending touchdown, but he was caught at the 5.
The Cougars (3-9, 1-8 Pac-12) took possession and, after picking up a first down, Furney kicked a 27-yard field goal, leading to a crush of crimson and gray fans storming and celebrating at midfield.
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Ashland has three new enterprise zones that will give property-tax exemptions to businesses that build facilities there and add new jobs.
The zones cover land along the railroad tracks and Hersey Street in central Ashland, property around the former Croman Mill site near Exit 14 and areas surrounding the Ashland Municipal Airport.
A business that builds new facilities and boosts its full-time employment by at least 10 percent can win an exemption from property taxes for three years, said city management analyst Adam Hanks.
The business can apply for an additional two years of tax exemptions if the new jobs it adds pay $52,722 or more annually, according to city officials.
Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Inc. will help business owners learn whether they may qualify for the exemptions. It can also help them through the process, said SOREDI Executive Director Ron Fox.
"If a business believes it might have an expansion project, we're here to help businesses make those expansions and create those employment opportunities," he said.
Businesses must be "traded sector" companies, meaning they manufacture goods or create value-added services that are mainly sold outside the local area, Fox said.
Qualifying business categories include manufacturing, fabrication, call centers, headquarter facilities, shipping and processing, Hanks said.
With the support of the City Council, Jackson County applied to the state government for approval of the new enterprise zones for Ashland.
Ashland, Eagle Point and Talent received approval for enterprise zones this month.
Enterprise zones already exist in the White City and Central Point areas, as well as in the towns of Rogue River and Butte Falls, Ashland city officials said.
Since 2007, seven companies in those established zones have invested more than $32.3 million and pledged to create at least 226 new full-time jobs, according to city officials.
Hanks said the new enterprise zones will help Ashland compete with other areas in the county that can offer property-tax exemptions through their enterprise zones.
Ashland, SOREDI and the Ashland Chamber of Commerce are working together to get the word out to businesses about the new enterprise zones, Hanks said. E-commerce-zone designations can be added later to provide incentives for high-tech companies, he said.
The council recently adopted a goal to increase the number of Internet-based businesses in town by 50 percent over the next two years.
Hanks said enterprise zones do mean a loss in property-tax revenues for affected jurisdictions, but the exemptions could help persuade business owners to expand who otherwise might not do so.
After the tax exemption period is over, jurisdictions will be able to receive property tax revenue from the newly constructed facilities, Hanks said.
Companies in Jackson or Josephine County that wish to apply for the exemptions can contact SOREDI at 541-773-8946.
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Michael Carrick says that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has no influence over his players' involvement with international games.
United teammate Rio Ferdinand caused controversy recently when he pulled out of the England squad for March's World Cup qualifiers in San Marino and Montenegro, citing the need to stick to a strict fitness regime as the reason for his withdrawal.
Carrick, however, denies suggestions that the United boss attempts to dissuade his players from playing in international fixtures.
"I have never had anything from the manager saying pull yourself out or anything in that manner, because it's not in his nature," he told talkSPORT. "We have got players here who travel the world to play international football. Chicharito goes to Mexico, Antonio [Valencia] goes back to Ecuador.
"If you have got the best players, or the better players, then international football is part of it.
"I don't see a club versus country row. There is obviously two agendas because it's two different set-ups, but they can come together and work well."
Carrick joined United from Tottenham for 16 million pounds in 2006, and looks set to collect his fifth Premier League title in seven seasons at the club. The midfielder was quick to acknowledge the impact Sir Alex has had on his own career.
"He knows how to react and how to get the best out of players," Carrick added. "Whether it's a pick me up and pat on the back or a bit of a dressing down and a kick up the backside.
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