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this is a discussion within the Everything Else Community Forum; Are you prepared for the impending zombie invasion? That's the question posed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse." And while it's no joke, CDC officials say it's ...
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CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse'
Are you prepared for the impending zombie invasion?
That's the question posed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse." And while it's no joke, CDC officials say it's all about emergency preparation.
"There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for," the posting reads. "Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That's right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you'll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you'll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency."
The post, written by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan, instructs readers how to prepare for "flesh-eating zombies" much like how they appeared in Hollywood hits like "Night of the Living Dead" and video games like Resident Evil. Perhaps surprisingly, the same steps you'd take in preparation for an onslaught of ravenous monsters are similar to those suggested in advance of a hurricane or pandemic.
"First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house," the posting continues. "This includes things like water, food, and other supplies to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp (or in the event of a natural disaster, it will buy you some time until you are able to make your way to an evacuation shelter or utility lines are restored)."
Other items to be stashed in such a kit include medications, duct tape, a battery-powered radio, clothes, copies of important documents and first aid supplies.
"Once you've made your emergency kit, you should sit down with your family and come up with an emergency plan," the posting continues. "This includes where you would go and who you would call if zombies started appearing outside your doorstep. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake or other emergency."
The idea behind the campaign stemmed from concerns of radiation fears following the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan in March. CDC spokesman Dave Daigle told FoxNews.com that someone had asked CDC officials if zombies would be a concern due to radiation fears in Japan and traffic spiked following that mention.
"It's kind of a tongue-in-cheek campaign," Daigle said Wednesday. "We were talking about hurricane preparedness and someone bemoaned that we kept putting out the same messages."
While metrics for the post are not yet available, Daigle said it has become the most popular CDC blog entry in just two days.
"People are so tuned into zombies," he said. "People are really dialed in on zombies. The idea is we're reaching an audience or a segment we'd never reach with typical messages."
Read more: CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse' - FoxNews.com
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A Zombie-Proof House to Survive the Undead Apocalypse
Read more: A Zombie-Proof House to Survive the Undead Apocalypse - FoxNews.com
Scared of zombies? Concerned about the apocalypse? Have we got the house for you.
A Polish architectural firm has designed the world's first zombie-proof abode the "Safe House".
It's not really inspired by the walking dead, but it's been getting plenty of attention as the world celebrates its fifth annual Zombie Awareness Month.
Built between 2005 and 2009, the house features Rubik's Cube-type movable parts and folds in on itself completely at the end of the day to seal against outside threats.
"Every day the house acts in a similar way it wakes up every morning to close up after dusk," says architect Robert Konieczny of KWK Promes.
Located on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Safe House has just one entrance, on the second floor, connected by a drawbridge.
For extra security, after crossing the bridge, visitors have to wait within a safety zone before being let into the rest of the house.
During the day, the house opens onto a garden and the movable walls change position to create a courtyard.
"There is no risk of children escaping to the street area in an uncontrolled way while playing in the garden," says Mr Konieczny.
Read more: A Zombie-Proof House to Survive the Undead Apocalypse - FoxNews.com
Best Car to Survive Apocalypse
Now that the Centers for Disease control has warned Americans to prepare for a possible Zombie Apocalypse, it may be a good time to rethink your upcoming automobile purchase.
If Hollywood has thought us anything over the years its that, while they are very susceptible to baseball bats, zombies are adept at jumping on cars and breaking through their windows in order to eat the brains of their occupants. Not to fear, theres one vehicle that should keep your noggin intact.
The Knight XV from Conquest Vehicles wasnt designed with the undead in mind (at least we dont think that it was) but the mega-SUV is perfectly suited to the task at rotting hand. About twice the size of your typical HUMMER, the fully-armored truck could likely survive an assault by Team 6, let alone cracked fingernails.
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Reid Beyerlein is an ambassador. Not from one country to another, but from the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce to its members.
Beyerlein joined the Chamber in 2004, just before its Ambassador program debuted, and he quickly jumped in.
�For me, the Chamber is a great place to meet a lot of wonderful people and that has led to some great friendships,� Beyerlein said.
Beyerlein is a regular at Chamber coffees, after-hours and other events, mingling and making sure members are satisfied with their membership and that they are aware of discounts and member-to-member programs.
A financial advisor and branch manager of Raymond James Financial Services in Berkley, Beyerlein mentors new members, making sure they have someone to talk to at events and helping them learn about Chamber benefits.
At the Chamber�s State of the Chamber and VIP Celebration on Jan. 30 at Red Run Golf Club, Beyerlein was honored as 2012 Ambassador of the Year.
�Reid is a champion for the Chamber,� Chamber Executive Director Shelly Kemp said. �His signature style both entertains and educates.�
That style includes wearing special themed costumes to events, such as Willie Wonka, Austin Powers and the Joker at YMCA Halloween parties and Uncle Sam for the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Oakland County�s annual auction.
Beyerlein serves as a trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs and chairs their board development committee. He is also an enthusiastic member of the Royal Oak Optimist Club, where he is past president and current treasurer.
He co-founded Ties Like Me, a Metro Detroit business network, and is helping the Berkley Chamber start its own Ambassador program.
Royal Oak�s Chamber membership is at an all-time high with 608 members, 140 of which joined in 2012.
�Absolutely, I believe the Royal Oak Chamber is growing because of the Ambassadors and also the great benefits and value Chamber membership brings to any business,� Beyerlein said.
Becky Maas, sales and marketing manager of Hamlin Corner, a restaurant and bar opening in the spring at 376 N. Main St. under the North Main Lofts, and leader of the Chamber�s first business referral group, was honored as the 2012 Volunteer of the Year.
Saying Maas goes the extra mile, Kemp praised her direction and vision in bringing business owners together to exchange referrals and form lasting bonds.
Maas is also a regular volunteer for all major Chamber events. Last year she organized a dunk tank for the Chamber�s annual Garage Sale that raised $650 for the Chamber�s scholarship fund. She coordinates Baconfest Michigan at Royal Oak Farmers Market, set for June 1 this year and she is planning a Royal Oak Pub Hunt for Saturday, Feb. 16 (see item below).
Maas was elected as a new member of the Chamber�s Board of Directors, along with Royal Oak Schools Superintendent Shawn Lewis-Larkin. Mark Schneider takes over as vice president, Carrie O�Neill as secretary and Jay Dunstan as treasurer. Chief Judge of the 44th District Court Terrence Brennan swore in the new and returning officers and board members.
Attorney Howard Galloway, a partner at Galloway & Collens PLLC, was elected to serve a second term as Chamber president. In his State of the Chamber address, Galloway thanked outgoing board members: former Chamber president Andrey Tomkiw, secretary Jackie Galesky and treasurer Brett Tillander.
Galloway noted that the chamber staff �operates at a breakneck pace,� organizing, supporting and spearheading 65 different events in 2012, including large-scale events like the Garage Sale, Royal Oak in Bloom and the Clay, Glass and Metal Show, and smaller ones like cash mobs and photo walks.
In addition, Galloway observed, �Even when the staff was displaced for weeks at a time due to construction, they powered through, found reasons to laugh in the face of trying circumstances and never let a single thing slip.�
The newly renovated Chamber offices at 200 S. Washington Ave. have an updated conference room with two flat-screen televisions that can be rented by members or the general public.
In 2012, the Chamber worked with Royal Oak elected officials and departments heads to help members seize economic and business opportunities, but also had fun at a bowling outing. �I�m sad to report, we lost the Golden Squirrel Award to Police Chief Corey O�Donohue,� Galloway said. �He vowed to practice bowling and take the Golden Squirrel back to the Chamber in 2013.�
Galloway said the Royal Oak Garage Sale, set for July 13-14, will return to its original location in the Center Street Garage in 2013, to make it more accessible to businesses and restaurants.
This is also an Athena year, when the Chamber�s Business Women�s Network honors those who mentor women in business. A date has not been set for the September event. Athena nominations can be made by emailing the chamber at firstname.lastname@example.com.
�More than 150 volunteers dedicate their time and energy to our success every year,� Kemp said. �The events and programs of the Royal Oak Chamber would not be possible without them.�
Antique Valentines at Orson Starr House
An exhibit of antique Valentine�s greeting cards will be featured at the Orson Starr House Museum at an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The museum is at 3123 N. Main St. in Royal Oak. Free parking is available one block south at the Salvation Army Citadel. Call Lois Lance at 248-546-0138 for more information.
Fat Tuesday for Blessings in a Backpack
Celebrate Fat Tuesday on Feb. 12 and help the Royal Oak Woman�s Club Group 7 support the Royal Oak Schools Blessings in a Backpack program that ensures children have food for weekends.
Eat in or carry out breakfast, lunch and dinner at Pronto!, 608 S. Washington Ave. in Royal Oak, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Call Sandy Wilkins at 248-894-6441 for more information.
Malaysian dinner to benefit YMCA
Five courses of Malaysian food will be served to diners at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at a Valentine�s Wine Tasting and Dinner at the new Satay House, 31101 Dequindre Road in Madison Heights.
Hosted by Cloverleaf Fine Wine and its owner, Michael Chetcuti, each course will be paired with an appropriate wine. The Michael Chetcuti Foundation is sponsoring the event to benefit the South Oakland Family YMCA.
Tickets are $60 per person and include food, wine and gratuity. Call 248-399-7166 for reservations.
Ferndale Garden Club program
When is a wall more than a wall? Jim Rizzo of BrightGreen in Hartland, Mich., will answer that question at the Ferndale Garden Club�s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernois St. in Ferndale.
Rizzo will show how to design and create indoor and outdoor unique living walls filled with plants and flowers. Guests are welcome. For more information, call 248-541-6427.
Royal Oak Pub Hunt
Join the fun of Royal Oak�s first Pub Hunt, part pub crawl and part scavenger hunt, on Saturday, Feb. 16, to benefit Gilda�s Club Metro Detroit and the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce.
Start at BD�s Mongolian Grill at 11 a.m. and end at BlackFinn American Saloon at 3 p.m. In between, visit 14 other Royal Oak restaurants and bars, receive discounts and vie for prizes.
Tickets can be purchased for $15 in advance at firstname.lastname@example.com or for $20 the day of the event.
Have news about your club, organization or interesting individuals in Southeast Oakland County you would like to share with the community? Email Jeanne Towar at email@example.com or call 248-890-8370.

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"Children are brainwashed. Prejudice is fed into the child with mother's milk."
— Henri Vander Kolk
I don't remember what I was fed with my mother's milk, but I do remember what I was fed when I graduated from the teat to cup.
I started going to Sunday school before I could read and write, but I could sing. We all sang and the song I remember best had these words: "Red and yellow, black and white, we are precious in His sight. We are all the little children of the Lord."
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The beast is finally to be unleashed in the boxing ring.
League winger Manu Vatuvei has got the Warriors to reverse their stance on charity boxing and organisers hope to pit him against a current All Black in the Woodstock Honey Fight for Life.
The 29-year-old has endured a difficult season as part of a struggling Warriors' outfit and was dumped by the Kiwis for the first time in his career - but he is the main drawcard in the boxing ring in mid-December in Auckland.
"Manu has always wanted to achieve in different areas and this is a great challenge," says his agent Peter Brown. "It will test him physically and mentally but is also a great opportunity to finish the year on a high."
His prospective opponent has yet to be finalised, but organisers hope to entice a member of Steve Hansen's squad to face off against the man known as The Beast.
"We are hoping to sign up a current All Black," says event promoter David Higgins.
"That would obviously be a fantastic drawcard and a great match. If that is not possible for whatever reason, then maybe a former Wallaby - someone like [former captain] Rocky Elsom could be enticed over."
Vatuvei was set for the charity event last year but the Warriors refused permission. Coach Brian McClennan was unwilling to take any risks with such a marquee player. Brown and co-promoter Dean Lonergan revisited the idea six weeks ago and cooked up a deal that Warriors' coach Matt Elliott has approved.
"We had always resisted in the past," says Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah, "but it was something that Manu had been keen to do and Matt saw it as something that the whole team could get behind. It's a fantastic opportunity for Manu and something that will give him plenty of direction in fitness. He's obviously keen to prepare well and perform well."
Scurrah believes the risk of injury to one of the most valuable players at Mt Smart is minimal. "There are risks in any form of sport or training," he says. "People have suggested to me that all the wrestling drills in pre-season training are just as likely to cause an injury.
"There was no significant injury to anyone who came through last year's event."
Scurrah and the Warriors have also taken heart from the examples of Isaac Luke and Liam Messam, who both competed in the last year's event.
Messam has had a breakthrough year and is thought to have taken a lot of physical and mental gains from the boxing training into his sport.
Vatuvei began training last week under the eye of former teammate, now boxing trainer Monty Betham.
He will train up to 90 minutes daily, four to five times a week, and that will be factored in by new Warriors trainer Carl Jennings when the club begins their pre-season work next month.
The event is raising funds and awareness of prostate cancer. Vatuvei lost an uncle to the disease.


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Generally when I pet/house sit, I will sit down and watch Tv or read for a couple of hours while petting the kitties or take the kitties out in the yard for their leash walks. I will open and close window shades, answer the phone if it rings and take down messages, etc. But I also only do this for family and a couple selected family friends growing up, where the expectations are clear going in to things. I do not typically stay overnight.I find the OP situation somewhat troubling, in that it is not what the OP was expecting. But I can also see completely innocent and reasonable explanations for how it happened as well. Since it caused the OP discomfort I would discontinue having the neighbor petsit and change the locks.
Another thing that really bothers me about this is the neighbor's boyfriend's presence. I wonder if he is the one who suggested that they hang out at mbbored's home for the night, whether he was looking for a chance to touch her things, look through her underwear, and so forth.It's more likely that the neighbor and her boyfriend are just clueless people without proper boundaries. However, the whole thing seems really creepy to me, and I think that OP needs to change her locks ASAP. A woman who lives alone needs to be extra cautious.
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In April a 17 foot 7 inch female weighing in at 164 pounds was euthanized. She was carrying 87 eggs inside her.
In the recent years, it has come to the attention of most South Floridians that the Burmese python has become far more than an ordinary pest.
Due to the state's historically under-regulated trade laws of exotic reptiles, an overabundance of them is destroying the state's ecosystem. Our beautiful state is now implying that the reason these snakes that are destroying our Everglades is due to the release of them as former pets. The idea to bring this under control is stated by Everglades National Park superintendent Dan Kimball, "We will continue to enhance our efforts to control and manage the non-native python and to better understand the impacts on the Park." This seems to be like putting a Band-aid on an artery to stop the bleeding. This is a snake that can lay up to 100 eggs, as often as three times a year. Instead of released pets, why don't they look at the study that has been done? The genetic study done on this population suggests that the population stems from the Hurricane Andrew devastation in 1992. At least one facility had over 900 Burmese pythons at the time and was destroyed completely. The pythons being captured today seem to have the same generic origin as these snakes. Can you imagine how many pythons could have been born during the past 20 years?
USGS Director Marcia McNutt believes the problem is at a level that demands immediate remedy. In the survey, she states, "Pythons are wreaking havoc on one of America's most beautiful, treasured and naturally bountiful ecosystems. Right now, the only hope to halt further python invasion into new areas is swift, decisive and deliberate human action."
To hunt these pythons and help preserve our beautiful Everglades, one must have a permit. If they truly want to alleviate them why don't they just eliminate the permit and place a bounty on them? It is truly a problem but the State Of Florida is more interested in many a few dollars off the permit than to fix the problem! They truly have a Reptiles Of Concern (ROC) law which was enacted January 1, 2008, but this is just another way for the State of Florida to make money. This is how the government has nearly wiped out many other species! Why continue to just sit around and wring our hands?
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We, the motoring people of Pennsylvania, should be ashamed of ourselves. When driving on Route 100, Route 724 and many other roads, what do we see? Trash — aluminum cans, plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, Styrofoam cups and fast food containers.
What are we teaching our children by word and example? Who do we think will clean up this litter? We should all have a trash bag in our cars and teach our children and ourselves to use them. Let us all care for our world.


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The Burgundy region boasts top French wines, romantic canals, Romanesque churches and some of France's most renowned cuisine. We base in the small town of Beaune and learn about its history of winemaking. From the vineyards of the Cote d'Or to the culinary delights - we discover the exquisite taste of Burgundy. The city of Dijon and the cathedral at Vezelay add artistic treasures to the Burgundy experience. For the second half of our trip, we head for the Loire Valley and chateaux country. From our home base in Amboise, we visit the famous chateaux, including magnificent Chenoneau, and Franois I's overwhelming Chambord. Tips include touring wine country, discovering smaller chateaux and ballooning over the Loire.
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It's called the anniversary effect. And it happens when people are forced to deal with traumatic situations all over again. With September eleventh fast approaching...doctors say many people are susceptible to the anniversary effect...but they say that there are things you can do.... To heal an ailing mind.
"You wouldn't think it would reach thousands of miles here to Rockford... but it does," says Dr. Terry Lichtenwald, psychologist.
When the trade towers fell it was impossible to escape the horror and fear on the faces of people that were crippled by this unthinkable attack.... but as we revisit and remember these attacks people may have to come to grips with these images again.
"I remember crying all day and I just had to call my grandparents to touch base," says Megan Anderson.
These events were also extremely traumatic on children
""Just looking into there eyes as I saw them on TV what I saw just scared me, says 14-year-old Michael Roop.
" Felt very sad watching all of those people die," says 9-year-old Ashley Ancona
Responses like this have doctors advising parents to pay close attention to how their children react to the upcoming media coverage.
"Many of the emotions will be triggered by the anniversary, but as you work through it as a group the sharing will help lessen it," says Lichtenwald.
And that's key to dealing with the impact these images can instill. Doctors say that by talking to love ones about these events can help reduce the level of stress people experience.
Remembrance services are one-way doctors say that everyone can recognize and honor the people who lost their lives. They say it helps us heal and deal with the anxiety that will be felt again on September eleventh. But while it's important to remember the event...doctors say you should pull yourself away if the images begin to be too much.


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LONGPOINT Vineyard has harvested its best vintage since 2000.
Owner Graeme Davies said weather conditions have been perfect for his grapes.
While rain fell heavily, it did not do so for many consecutive days making conditions suitable for a bumper grape season, Mr Davies said.
"The rain didn't last for weeks and weeks so if anything, it kept the vines going," he said.
The chambourcin had a 14.2 per cent baume or sugar content, which pleased Mr Davies.
He hoped the cabernet sauvignon variety would develop a little more sugar, then it would be perfect for picking.
About five tonnes of grapes will be picked at Longpoint this season.
Each tonne produces about 1200 bottles of wine.
Mr Davies said experience, pruning technique and vines all contribute to the quality of wine.
"It's not just the weather," he said.
Mr Davies said the preparation for this season had run smoothly and weather patterns for our region were returning to normal.
This corker of a vintage, the duo of chambourcin and cabernet sauvignon, will be ready for purchase in 2015.
The vineyard was established in 1995.


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The Midwest's Most Violent Storm
Atmospheric scientists use modern meteorology to detail the cause and damage of the 11/11/11 weather disaster.
Saturday, Nov. 11, 1911 saw what was probably the most sudden and dangerous cold blast in American history. People who enjoyed a summer like morning froze to death in heavy snowfall that evening. Blue skies changed to low clouds, driving rain, sleet, hail, thunderstorms, tornadoes and blizzards in half a day. Winds were so violent that they turned buildings into trapezoids.
To better understand what created the storm and chronicle its impact, University of Missouri atmospheric scientist Patrick Market and a team of students have analyzed the storm with both modern meteorological tools and dives into the historical records. They've created a three-dimensional 21st Century model of what happened in the atmosphere to trigger the blast and an online map of the destruction that it brought to Missouri.
Market, an associate professor in Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences in the School of Natural Resources, has for more than a year studied what climatologists call the Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11.
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When I read what people occupying Zuccotti Park are saying I tend to nod my head in agreement, except when it comes to those who would — with the help of dei ex machina, presumably — overthrow the entire system, which, I'm afraid, we're stuck with.
No doubt, capitalism can be exploitative, which is why, though not in a union myself, I've always supported them. If there had been no unions — and thus no middle class — this country would have seemed like a third world one insofar as income inequality is concerned far, far sooner.
But the unions have been bashed for years, and people have bought the snake oil, beginning with Reagan, that wealth will lift all boats, rather than scuttle 80 percent of them, as has been the case.
Since wealth has been redistributed upward through overgenerous fiscal policies during the past 30 or so years, why can fiscal policy not be adjusted so as to re-redistribute some of it in order to achieve a semblance of fairness, which, along with individual freedom, is also a hallmark of this alleged democracy. I doubt that the C.E.O.s who have made away — and continue to make away — with obscene salaries and payouts vastly in excess of what their employees make would miss it.
How much money does one need, anyway? No less a patriot than Ben Franklin once suggested that once a man had provided sufficiently for his family he should give the rest back to the government whose laws enabled him to amass his fortune. Warren Buffett has said, in effect, it's the luck of the draw. Had he been born in Africa, things would have gone differently for him.
And on the subject of patriotism, the ducking of taxes by myriad corporations seems to me no less than treasonous. Where's their patriotism? Somebody has to pay for our wars, our maimed, and for our terrorist drones that know no borders and incinerate at will — innocents as well as those on our hit list, which, because of our enormities, promises to be ever-expanding. Like octopi we've occupied the world.
I peeled from my office wall the other day a column written 20 years ago at about this time. And, frankly, I see no reason to alter what I said, to wit, that we needed "a consensus economy aimed at maximizing the well-being of the land and its people rather than profits."
And I went on to say (I always go on to say!) that "if there were indeed peace and fellowship in the land, there wouldn't be the huge gaps between rich and poor that capitalism spawns, there wouldn't be racism and the ghettos it spawns, and people wouldn't feel . . . that things were so out of control that only divine intervention could make a difference, whereas we, the people, have within us the wherewithal to effect change."


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[VIDEO] Britney Palmer Celebrates the 12 Days of Christmas in Her Skivvies
(Don't worry, Fido, we're pissed we can't hump her leg either.)
Thanks to the athletic supplement brand Gamma Labs, my penis has officially never been more confused in its life. It's like a nervous groundhog down there, unsure of whether or not we'll have six more weeks of winter. And all in the name of Christmas.
Picture this scenario: Brittney Palmer is in your living room, counting down the 12 days of Christmas in red lingerie, preferably while you wait for her evil but equally hot doppelganger to arrive and help you pick out stocking stuffers together (BA-DUM-TSH!). Sounds awesome, right? Now picture that, as you're about to lay this gorgeous piece of work down by the fireplace, she suddenly morphs into PETE FREAKING SELL, complete with two black eyes and a shitload of tinsel (and probably a cold cut combo somewhere in there). Then Shane Carwin shows up. Then Chuck Liddell. Then Joe Stevenson and an army of caroling children. And so on. And so forth. It is a hellish nightmare that I wouldn't wish upon the dingus of my worst enemy, yet Gamma Labs has spawned forth this erectoral purgatory on us all seemingly as some sort of cruel holiday joke.
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Educational Opportunity Center offers information on college
LAHAINA - The Educational Opportunity Center at the University of Hawaii Maui College is helps people who are interested in attending college but unsure of where to begin.
Free information sessions are scheduled for Oct. 4 and 11 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the UHMC Lahaina Education Center at 60 Kenui Place at the entrance of the Front Street Apartment complex.
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Two Hawaiian monk seals snoozed on the beach at Shark Pit on Tuesday morning. Signs were posted asking onlookers to not disturb the endangered seals, which are protected by state and federal law. PHOTO BY MARISHIA HANNEMANN.
All are welcome. For more information, or to register, call 984-3286.
EOC provides free college admissions, financial aid assistance and career exploration services to eligible Maui County residents. Those interested in enrolling in college for the spring 2013 semester should be preparing now.
The EOC has been on Maui since 1977. Over the years, staff has helped thousands of students get into college on Maui or elsewhere, and others into careers.
The EOC's goal is to increase the number of Maui County residents who enroll in college, especially those who face economic barriers, educational challenges and those with military connections.
Wiki Wiki runs set
LAHAINA - The second annual Wiki Wiki 5K and 10K will be held Saturday, Oct. 6, and welcomes all runners, joggers and walkers.
Race day registration starts at 6:30 a.m., and the race begins at 7:30 a.m.
The event will start and end at The Vitamin Shoppe at Lahaina Gateway Center. The course up to the old sugar cane haul road offers sweeping ocean and mountain views.
Pre-register online at www.flpregister.com/24 or in person from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The Vitamin Shoppe on Friday, Oct. 5, for a discounted entry fee of $30. The fee is $25 for Valley Isle Road Runners members, store Healthy Awards Club members and youth age 17 or younger on race day. Registration on the morning of the race is $35.
The entry fee includes an event T-shirt, awards, refreshments, race participant goodie bag and entry into the drawing for door prizes. For information, call Trish Link at 870-2190 or email inquiries to email@example.com.


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YOUNG people in Scotland have the most to gain from remaining in the UK and the most to lose from opting for independence, the leader of the pro-union campaign will tell younger voters.
Better Together leader Alistair Darling will use his latest speech to argue that Alex Salmond and his supporters are presenting a negative message to the electorate by "failing to answer basic questions" about the consequences of a yes vote.
He will say that the impact the outcome of the referendum will have on future generations shows why there must be certainty about the decision.
The former chancellor is due to give a speech in Edinburgh to an audience of younger voters.
He will say: "There has been a lot of talk on this campaign about who has the positive and who has the negative message.
"Well, let me tell you this. I can think of little more negative than demanding that Scotland leave a 300-year union that generations of Scots built with our neighbours without any real guarantee about what would come next.
"Take the most fundamental issue at stake in this referendum: Alex Salmond cannot even tell us what money we would carry in our pockets the day after independence.
"I will be voting no. Others will vote yes. Others have yet to make up their minds. But be warned. The biggest of the don't knows is Alex Salmond."
Mr Darling will argue that Mr Salmond is unable to provide answers and guarantees on issues such as currency, mortgages, tax rates and education.
He will add: "That is too negative a message for Scotland to contemplate.
"A vote to separate from the rest of the United Kingdom will be unchangeable. This generation of Scots will have bound the hands of generations of Scots to come. Be in no doubt about the gravity of this decision.
"The question on the ballot paper is not a hypothetical one. The only certainty of an independence vote is that we will leave the United Kingdom, no matter what we lose, no matter what the cost."
Mr Darling is the latest leading figure in the independence debate to argue his case to the public in recent weeks, following speeches from Deputy First Minster Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael.
Angus Robertson MP, the SNP's Westminster leader, said: "This is desperately poor and panicky stuff from Alistair Darling, who is hastily reacting to the fact that the Yes campaign have the momentum in our referendum year.
"There are no new ideas or messages from the No Campaign - only further evidence that Project Fear is alive and well in 2014.
"Mr Darling sounds rattled, and is out of touch even with his own campaign - the No campaign's expert adviser Professor Gallagher agrees that Scotland will not be part of the euro.
"He is also out of touch with what is happening on the ground - as we have seen in Ayrshire College and Prestwick Academy in recent days, Yes moves into the lead when people hear the positive arguments for an independent Scotland, and they are seeing right through the smears and fears of the No campaign."


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For years, the Steelers' defense has played an integral role in the team's success. It started with the Steel Curtain and has continued with a unit that has been ranked No. 1 in total defense the past two seasons.
Yet, despite its reputation and storied history, SI.com shunned the Steelers' defense when it failed to list it among the NFL's top-rated defensive units this season. Predictably, veteran players considered their exclusion an insult.
However, most so-called experts are convinced the defense will be in the not-so-unfamiliar position of having to carry the offense, especially if the Ben Roethlisberger-led offense falters as it did down the stretch last season.
I wouldn't say the defense has to carry the offense because at one point in time last year we weren't fulfilling our obligations, defensive end Ziggy Hood said. The offense was doing everything in its power to keep us in games.
Ever since I've been here, coach (Dick) LeBeau preaches being the top-ranked defense, linebacker Larry Foote said. So, I think our offense will feed off of us. If we can give them the ball, they will put up points. If we lose, it's because we allowed teams to score.
Cornerback Ike Taylor said the defense must carry much of the load if the Steelers are to improve on last year's 8-8 record.
It's what we've been doing since the Steel Curtain, Taylor said. When you think of Pittsburgh, you think defense point blank, period. If everyone feels like we have to carry the team, then nothing has changed since the '70s.
We've got a group of guys with thick skins, so there isn't any pressure to carry the team. We just take it on as another challenge. We apply pressure instead of worrying about pressure.
While the defense is willing to take on the challenge, some offensive players are motivated by the lack of confidence some critics have in the unit's ability to put up points, beginning with Sunday's season opener against the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field.
While the exhibition season is largely discounted, the fact remains the offense scored more than 13 points only once in going 0-4. And only once did it reach the 30-point plateau last season a 34-31 loss at Oakland.
The defense really did carry us last year, running back Isaac Redman said. But I feel the offense is miles ahead of where it was last year. I'm ready to go out there and shut everybody up.
Still, there are some glaring gaps in an offense trying to perfect Todd Haley's schemes. Even though Redman will likely be the opening-day starter ahead of recently acquired Felix Jones, questions persist about an oft-maligned offensive line and who can cover for the absence of Mike Wallace in the passing game.
Foote, though, insisted after Monday's practice that it won't matter what the offense does or doesn't accomplish if the defense isn't again among the league's best.
Typically, offenses are a little behind defense early in the season, Foote said. We've been doing this for so long I think people sweep it under the rug. I'm scratching my head that no one remembers we were No. 1 in the league, but if you don't make the playoffs they tear down the whole team.
While Hood believes the defense is ready to carry the load, he cautions against pitting the offense against the defense.
When you get into a conversation about offense versus defense, that's how a team divides, Hood said. I don't see it as if we have to carry anybody.


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ATLANTA -- The only sign of age on Kentucky's basketball team is Nerlens Noel's hi-top fade, straight outta old-school rap, a time well before his parents got together and decided to someday make John Calipari a smarter coach.
That's life in Calipariland. Every fall, the Cats start over. They roll out a team filled with freshmen who'll look raw at first but will eventually figure it out in time to make a strong NCAA tournament run ... and leave for the pros. They're less a college basketball team than an NBA feeder program, which means that any player who's still around as a junior will make a fine accountant someday.
Noel and Alex Poythress and the other UK freshmen don't know how to play college ball yet. That was apparent in Kentucky's loss to Duke at the Georgia Dome on Tuesday night. That said, Noel and Poythress and the others will put up a strong defense of the Wildcats' national championship by spring. That also was evident against the Blue Devils. If these teams meet in the tourney, who you got? The ready-made Devils? Or the Cats with the hi-top ceiling?
They might be the youngest and weakest freshmen in the Calipari era. Still, give me the team with Noel, who may be a walking recruiting violation but is the quickest 6-foot-10 player in the country (7-1 with the fro). Give me the team with Poythress, a tremendous leaper who'll be dangerous in the post once he learns how to stay there. Give me transfer sophomore Ryan Harrow, who missed the Duke game because of the flu, a small but fluid point guard who can stabilize a young team. Yes, give me Kentucky because the Wildcats usually manage to age gracefully and quickly, to the delight of their bloodthirsty legion of fans and NBA lottery teams everywhere.
"They don't know what they're doing out there, but they're freshmen," said Calipari. "This is how it is right now."
Yes. Right now.
In their first two games, the Wildcats escaped by three points over Maryland before crumbling in the clutch against an older and wiser Duke team. This must be November, which means the best team on campus is the Kentucky football team. Remember, Calipari is putting five and six players together who just met. Or, as he said: "They were in Vegas playing AAU ball four months ago."
If you're stuck in the prehistoric '80s then this must be very annoying, this cycle of rolling out a fresh Kentucky team every year. Yes, agreed, somewhere in the Kentucky one-and-done college basketball world, where players (rightfully) take advantage of their skills and play for money, something is sacrificed. The campus never gets the chance to know its teenaged heroes very well or for very long. The players, at least the good ones, are Wildcats one day, Bobcats (Charlotte) the next. Actually, any player who's a lock for the draft lottery doesn't even need to attend classes in the second semester. By the time he's ruled ineligible to compete, the NCAA tournament is over, and so is his college "career."
Kentucky made this deal with the devil when Calipari was hired three years ago. Nothing wrong with that, mind you. A coach like Calipari is only at Kentucky to win. That's it. As long as he steers clear of the NCAA police, which he has so far, it's all good. As long as he goes deep into the tournament, he can continue to chase players like Noel, who had more red flags following him out of high school than a Russian parade.
There are undoubtedly some coaches, swayed by professional jealousy rather than proof, who are convinced that not all is pure at Kentucky. It's true that Calipari has had successful seasons wiped out at UMass and Memphis, but he's covered in non-stick coating and right now runs a program that will only keep attracting McDonald's All-Americans every year. Which means that the Wildcats will contend every year.
Kentucky became the first school to go 1-2 in the NBA draft when Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist one-and-done'd from last year's championship team, and someday the Wildcats might repeat that trick. Noel is already projected as a lottery pick, and depending on how things develop in the next few months, he'll probably have company.
The goal, then, is for Calipari to whip them into a smooth unit in five months, and hope they're mature enough to navigate the minefield known as the NCAA tournament. Right now, they're not. They sweated out the Maryland win. They couldn't take advantage of Duke when Mason Plumlee got into foul trouble and had to sit several minutes in a tight game. The older Blue Devils actually upped the lead and finished the job.
"We were composed," said Duke guard Seth Curry, a senior who smoked the Cats for 23 points. "We'd been in that situation before."
Tuesday's big night of basketball at the Georgia Dome, the site of the Final Four, also had Michigan State and Kansas. Any one of those four teams can return to Atlanta in April and celebrate. College basketball is so unpredictable in the early going, when teams are still trying to pass pop quizzes, none more than another Kentucky team filled with freshmen.
"It's all new to this team," said Calipari. "What they don't understand is how hard you have to play and how a minute and a half can cost you the game. We're a November team right now. We don't play hard enough yet. We don't go after every rebound yet. We don't know how to finish games yet. It's just going to take time."
Time is the one luxury the Wildcats never seem to have in surplus. Calipari can recruit the quick guards, the punishing power forwards and intriguing centers with haircuts from the '80s. He just can't get them to stay very long.
Because at Kentucky, there's always a push: for championships, for the NBA draft, for the reset button.


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Over Memorial Day weekend, the Elmhurst Cougars 14U Blue team went 5-1 to take home the title in the Gameday USA Stars and Strikes tournament in West Chicago.
The Cougars came back four times from deficits, including a seven-run comeback.
The journey started on Saturday, May 25, with a 5-4 win over the West Michigan Outlaws. The Cougars lost to the Crystal Lake Bombers 11-5 and followed that with a 6-4 winner against the Warrenville Warriors.
The next day's bracket play featured more tight games. The Cougars opened bracket play with a 9-7 quarterfinal win over the St. Charles North Stars in nine innings.
A semifinal rematch against the Crystal Lake Bombers followed and this time the contest went to the Cougars with a 9-7 win after trailing the Bombers 7-0 in the fourth inning. The boys capped off the tournament with a 7-5 win over the Elgin Warriors to claim the championship.


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Glossy magazines may promote weight lifting as the key to looking buff, but the real benefits of weight lifting can be much more practical when it comes to everyday living.
For heart-attack or osteoporosis patients, or for those who are simply combating the aging process, functional strength training can rebuild muscles and slow muscle loss, a process that begins at about age 30 and accelerates after 75, according to studies at the University of New Mexico.
When Sam Reitz began weight lifting, the last thing on his mind was bodybuilding. Reitz came out of rehab for a heart attack two years ago feeling weak. Even routine activities like climbing stairs were a chore.
"I was losing muscle because of some of the medications I was taking. Even things like going up and down the steps, I felt older. I don't feel that way anymore, says Reitz, a 75-year-old Medford resident. "On occasion, I now take two steps at a time."
Like many elderly patients, Reitz wanted a weight-lifting program that would help build strength for his daily activities. He chose a program at Medford-based Baxter Fitness.
"Functional strength is your ability to accomplish your activities of daily living. So that's getting out of a car, getting out of a bathtub, climbing stairs "… so we're better off doing movements we can replicate in the real world," says Andy Baxter, owner of Baxter Fitness.
For heart-attack patients like Reitz, weight lifting can significantly improve the quality of life.
"If you have a limited oxygen output, you want to be able to take up that oxygen as efficiently as possible. By building muscles through anaerobic training, you develop more muscle surface area, more ability to use available oxygen," explains Baxter.
Reitz works out 45 minutes a day, 5 days a week, using a combination of cardio training and functional strength exercise machines.
The basis of Baxter's strength-training program is what he calls "compound movements."
"In compound movements you're always going to have at least two axes of rotation, two joints in movement at a time. The potential is there to override the joint and put too much strain on the joint and connective tissues, rather than in the muscle. So we're much better off doing a (compound movement like a) leg press," says Baxter.
Baxter has condensed the usual 10 to 15 weight stations into three machines that use compound movements, plus a recumbent, hand-cranked bicycle machine. The bicycle motion gives his clients a cardio workout while working wrists and shoulders together.
Several of Baxter's elderly patients are recovering from joint-replacement surgery. Focusing on compound movements works especially well for them.
"The joint that's replaced, it's going to be bomb-proof. There's nothing wrong with the joint itself, but if you don't have the musculature to support that joint, you're going to have that same problem, which is a loss of function," says Baxter.
Falls are the most common cause of bone fractures in seniors, and many of these falls are exacerbated by osteoporosis, a severe case of age-related bone loss. Weight training can be a key to preventing fractures.
Personal trainer Carol Lee Rogers teaches several classes for seniors, many of whom either have osteoporosis or are at risk of developing this disease.
"It's all about fall prevention. We focus on strengthening their quad muscles: doing chair raises, squats, lunges, and as we're strengthening these muscles, we're going to have better balance," says Rogers.
As people age or become more sedentary, says Rogers, routine activities like grocery shopping or walking to the curb to retrieve the mail become more difficult. Weight training can reduce the chance of falling by improving muscle endurance.
Upper-body strength is also important — not only for balance, but for being able to complete activities most people take for granted, such as housecleaning or lifting a small grandchild.
"I primarily work with free weights and straps and body — being able to use your body as the weight. Pushups are great, you don't need anything but your own body," Rogers says.
The payoff, says Rogers, is not always what happens, but what doesn't happen.
"I'm told over and over again by my students, 'I was tripping over a curb and I caught myself and I didn't fall,' " says Rogers. "That's all a result of fall prevention, and we can only prevent it with strong muscles in the legs."
For more information on aging, muscle loss and rebuilding muscles, visit www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/sarcopenia.html.


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Emily Yu, curator, is an undergraduate at the UW. She is interested in pursuing a career in the fields of Art and Psychology.
Co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; Fund for the Arts, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States; the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium, UW Future of Ice Initiative; UW Native Organizations of Indigenous Scholars; University Libraries; and the Ontario Arts Council.
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Guest blogged by David Edwards
Prior to the Feb. 6th Senate Judiciary hearing on the NSA's Domestic Spying program, the Bush Administration is rushing to frame the debate. Most of the talk has amounted to little more than political spin.
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Gen. Michael Hayden lead the PR blitz by taking questions from reporters at The National Press Club on Monday. The General confirmed to NSA expert James Bamford and Jonathan Landay with Knight Ridder that a feature of the NSA program was the lowering of the legal standard from 'probable cause' to 'reasonably believe' (a.k.a. 'reasonable suspicion') --- which would avoid the FISA Law requirements.
Besides showing that he had a limited understanding of the Fourth Amendment, Hayden's assertion of the Constitutionality of lowering the 'probable cause' standard has troubled many. This Kos diary calls the admission "explosive and damning" and goes on to say:
The following video is a compilation of clips from General Hayden's press conference and comments from James Bamford focusing on the 'probable cause' issue.
Democracy Now has a complete transcript of the exchange.
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Over the years, many celebs have received the ultimate honour of being immortalised as a Simpsons character.
And now it's the turn of Lady Gaga who has lent her voice to the legendary cartoon. Just when you thought she couldn't get any more animated, eh?
Even though she's playing a cartoon version of herself, she still manages a whopping 18 costume changes during the episode - that's nearly one a minute.
Speaking of her character, Gaga told EW in August: "I play a little bit of a slut. The apple doesn't fall far from my artistic tree."
And as the trailer for the episode hit the web earlier today, Gaga could not contain her excitement, tweeting: "I'm so excited!!!! I'm gonna be on THE SIMPSONS! #LisaGoesGaga Watch the trailer. Look closely, their paws are up!"
There's plenty of the usual controversy from Lady G in the episode as well as her classic costumes, as she's caught sharing a girl-on-girl snog with Marge.
The plot sees Gaga arrive in Springfield aboard her Gaga Express train (which is powered by a flame-shooting bustier, natch) to cheer up Lisa, who is more socially outcast than ever.
Cue Gaga spreading the message about being unique and 'born this way'.
She must've really had to get into character for this one.


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Cancer patients can Look Good ... Feel Better Monday
On Monday, the American Cancer Society will hold its Look Good ... Feel Better program from 10 a.m. to noon at Pardee Health Education Center at Blue Ridge Mall for residents in Hendersonville.
Guided by volunteer, licensed beauty professionals, female cancer patients who participate in this class will learn how to use makeup and skin care techniques to overcome the appearance-related effects of cancer treatment. To register, call 1-866-790-9355.
Shriners auction Saturday to benefit hospitals for children
The Hendersonville Shrine Club's annual auction will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday at North Henderson High to support the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Scott Treadway, actor and photographer, is offering to join the highest bidder for lunch at El Paso Mexican Restaurant at a mutually convenient time. Other items include golf packages, gift certifi cates from local businesses and new items including paintings, prints, exquisite jewelry, custom pens, sports memorabilia and furniture.
Several used cars in good shape, including a pickup truck, a small trailer and a couple of barbecues, will be auctioned off outside.
Auctioneer Richard Hatch will begin the bidding promptly at 10 a.m., allowing two hours for registration and viewing the items. All proceeds will benefit the Shriners Hospitals for children, where more than 500 children from Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties are being treated for orthopedic and/or burn conditions.
Shriners also will sell tickets for a drawing to be held at the completion of the auction. The drawing will be for three gift certificates good for use at any Sams Club or Wal-Mart in the United States. First place, $1,000; second place, $500; and third place, $250. Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20. You do not need to be present to win.
Call 828-489-7712 for more information.
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Hmm...I've been on both sides of this issue.I just quit working for a guy who insisted on alternately making the employee he's working with do everything, and acting like it's your first day in front of customers. (And he's frequently wrong...his employees know more about the business than he does ). So I can understand your husband's frustration.On the other hand, I have worked with and managed people who really truly couldn't do anything correctly and reacted to the most gentle correction as if I had beaten them. Is there any possibility whatsoever that your hubs is not very good at his job and is truly doing things wrong and getting in the way and she's the only one speaking up? That would explain why the director hasn't done anything about it. I *have* had bosses that were too soft to have hard talks with incompetent people, and it's difficult for everybody. I apologize if this isn't the case...just had way too much experience with people who are in the wrong position and won't pick up hints that they need to bow out gracefully.
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Russell Earl Bradley
Dec. 5, 1943 — Sept. 27, 2010
PLYMOUTH — Russell Earl Bradley, 66, 705 Mansfield, Plymouth, died at 12:42 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 at his residence.
He was born Dec. 5, 1943 in Plymouth to Wilbur and Susie Bradley and lived for more than 36 years in Plymouth, coming from Galien, Mich.
He married Kolleen G. Bradley in 1974 in Plymouth. He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion Post #385 LaPaz. He loved camping, country music, spending time with family, his grandchildren and friends. He was a "people person."
He is survived by his wife Kolleen; son, Craig Miller of Plymouth; daughter, Angela Leed of Plymouth; five grandchildren: Scout Leed, Zoe Leed, Daren Miller, Emma Miller and Nicholas Miller; brothers: Eddie Bradley of Buchanan, Mich., Allen Bradley of Niles, Mich., and Bernard Bradley of Chesterton; a sister, Delores Zimmerman of Cameron, N.C.; mother-in-law Jean (Pete) Guerrero of Benton, Ariz.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Pamela Bradley; two sons, Ronald Miller and Gregg Miller.
Visitation will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Hoven Funeral Home, 414 East Front Street, Buchanan, Mich.
Funeral services will take place at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at Galien Cemetery, Galien, Mich., followed by a dinner at the Eagles Lodge, 404 W. LaPorte, Plymouth.
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I was tryin to show some of the distros from 2 of the coverdiscs to someone today, with an option to install later and replace vista
On both occasions the arrow keys would not move the cursor on the main distro selection window of the live discs, so after much hitting of buttons for 30 seconds I was forced to go into the one on the top of the list. This happened with 2 recent discs
Once the distro at the top of the list in question loaded up, the keyboard worked fine,again on both discs
Does anyone know how to move the cursor up and down to select a distro on one of these keyboards?
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Thanks for asking—Submitted by Adult Services on October 5, 2013 - 6:19pm
All of us here at The Urbana Free Library appreciate the concern and interest our Urbana patrons have shown for our library and our staff the last few months.
We think it's important to keep you informed and answer any questions you might have about the work and activities we're doing here at the library. Please always feel free to ask us.
Friday (October 4) we started weeding selected materials from our adult collection, welcoming the assistance of seven collection development students from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library & Information Science. We want to let you all know what we were doing and why.
The students started one project I'd been preparing since this spring—weeding the large print collection. As the librarian who purchases books for this collection, I add 200-300 volumes annually. The library hadn't weeded from large print section for about four years and it was outgrowing its shelves. We wanted to consider books that hadn't circulated in more than three years (a criterion we've been using for fiction), plus titles with low circulation and titles that were dated. We looked at factors such as the date we added the book, total circulations, and last checkout dates, plus whether or not we had the title in regular print format. Then we prepared a list of books to inspect. Working from the list, the students pulled books the Adult Services librarians wanted to examine. These are in the Adult Services office where we can look at them more carefully. The library will keep some, but will weed about approximately 800-900 large print titles, around the same amount I've added the last four years to that collection.
The other project of the day was to identify duplicate copies no longer needed in the romance and mystery collections. When popular books are new, libraries buy multiple copies to fill the demand. After a while, we don't need as many and cut back on the copies held. We need to do this on a regular basis, so the students looked for duplicates fitting criteria we gave them. These extras are also in the Adult Services office, so librarians can verify we no longer need to keep so many.
A word about weeding—deaccessioning or removing materials from a library collection. This is part of any library's lifecycle of materials. Librarians decide what to buy, how many copies to buy, and when to no longer carry specific items. We use our best professional judgment in all of these activities. Public libraries can't keep everything. Space is finite, especially with new materials published all the time. Books are weeded using criteria such as condition, low circulation, superseded with newer editions, or simply being out of date. Our particular library adds over 12,000 books to the adult collection every fiscal year. Weeding the collection is a necessary piece of our routine and we use our best professional judgment to craft a collection that our Urbana citizens can be proud of.
A word about the UIUC Graduate School of Library & Information Science. We're pleased to partner with this school, as it has provided many excellent student volunteers and interns. In return, we've been able to give students first-hand library experience. Members of collection development classes have helped us with weeding projects several times the past few years, in an efficient yet controlled way. The students helped us cost-effectively accomplish tasks that could take far longer than if we processed one cart at a time. Since Friday's activity was a teaching opportunity besides a practical experience, I sat down with the students when they arrived, explained what we were doing for the day and why, reinforced this with instructions sheets, and monitored their activities. I also stressed that the Adult Services staff would make final decisions.
Again, please get in touch with me or with any member of The Urbana Free Library administrative team if you have questions. It's important to us.
Mary Wilkes Towner
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Kaneland boys track coach Eric Baron has been waiting and waiting to get the Knights outdoors.
The Knights dominated last month's Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference indoor meet, but Baron said many of his athletes have struggled to keep their form during recent cold weather.
"We were pleased with our performances in meets, but the weather has been a struggle for us," Baron said. "We're struggling a little bit. We're not really at the level we want to be at."
Baron hopes the weather cooperates in the upcoming weeks, which will give Kaneland an opportunity to work on technique in the field events and see what some of its younger athletes can do when given a chance in the lineup.
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From the Wires
Shelf Drilling Completes Acquisition Of 38 Rigs From Transocean
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 30, 2012 05:00 PM
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd ('Shelf Drilling'), a newly-formed focused provider of shallow water drilling services in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, announces the closing of its $1.05 billion acquisition of 37 jackup drilling rigs, one swamp barge, and associated operations from Transocean Ltd (NYSE: RIG). The transaction was effected pursuant to the terms of the agreements signed on 9 September 2012.
Shelf Drilling was created to become the leading international shallow water drilling contractor to the oil and gas industry. Building on the decades of experience of the approximately 3,500 worldwide employees who will transfer as part of the transaction, Shelf Drilling seeks to provide the safest and most reliable fit-for-purpose jackup drilling services to its customers. The company has established its headquarters in Dubai for optimal access to operating bases in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Italy.
"Our strategy is based on focus, reliability and relationships," commented David Mullen, the Chief Executive Officer of Shelf Drilling. "We are exclusively focused on shallow water drilling, and we will seek to build a sustainable business that continues to grow to become the jackup drilling contractor of choice for our customers, employees and investors. We intend to build on our workforce's industry-leading track record of safety and operational excellence to allow us to build long-term relationships with our customers and suppliers."
"I have been extremely encouraged by the response from our employees and customers following the initial announcement of the transaction. The entire Shelf Drilling team is excited about the leading role our company will play in the global shallow water drilling industry."
Shelf Drilling will immediately assume operations of seven rigs. The remaining currently-contracted rigs will operate under transitional operating and services agreements with Transocean, with the goal of assuming full operations of the entire fleet in 2013. Shelf Drilling and Transocean will work in close collaboration to ensure a seamless transition and outstanding safety and operational performance. A list of Shelf Drilling's assets is included in Appendix A.
Shelf Drilling Holdings is a private company owned by management and private equity funds managed by Castle Harlan, Inc., CHAMP Private Equity and Lime Rock Partners.
Additional information about Shelf Drilling can be found at www.shelfdrilling.com
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Time Has Never Been Better for a Gay NFL Player to Come OutMarch 27, 2013
While the stigma of an openly gay athlete has long since passed in women's sports—thanks to the courage of women like Martina Navratilova a generation ago, Sheryl Swoopes nearly a decade ago and Megan Rapinoe today—we have yet to witness an active player in men's professional team sports announce that he is gay.
That time will come, though, and per a report from CBS scribe Mike Freeman, that time may be soon:
Based on interviews over the past several weeks with current and former players, I'm told that a current gay NFL player is strongly considering coming out publicly within the next few months —and after doing so, the player would attempt to continue his career.
I'm told this player feels the time is now for someone to take this step.
Freeman went on to explain that his sources told him the player who is thinking about coming out is reluctant to do so because of how the public will treat him (i.e. how fans will react), not because of how he will be treated in an NFL locker room.
Please, if you think the time is right to come out, do it. There are more people than ever willing to accept, defend and celebrate you. It's time for sports to catch up to the rest of society.
I'm not naive enough to think there isn't homophobia in the NFL—with fans and within the locker room—but there is also tolerance.
Last year, when the state of Maryland voted to allow same-sex marriage, Baltimore Ravens players Matt Birk and Brendon Ayanbadejo were on very different sides of the decision. The NFL media has made Ayanbadejo into something of a cult hero for his outspoken stance.
At the start of the NFL season, the San Francisco 49ers were the first team to produce an "It Gets Better" public service announcement focused on LGBT youth. Before the Super Bowl, 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver found himself embroiled in controversy after his anti-gay comments made international news.
Culliver's remarks were widely rebuked. Feeling the immediate pressure, he apologized for his statements and—with the 49ers spin machine in full gear—promised to undergo sensitivity counseling after the season.
Culliver has made good on his promise, spending a day in March with The Trevor Project, a Los Angeles organization that helps LGBT and questioning youth, specifically those at-risk.
It should be noted that in February, however, the 49ers had another public relations gaffe when the "It Gets Better" campaign pulled the team's ad after two players in the video denied their involvement, stating they had no idea what the commercial was for.
Clearly, this is a work in progress, but the time has never been better for a player to take this leap.
Is there any rational mind that believes as long as no player comes out to proclaim his homosexuality, the possibility of a gay player ceases to exist?
A few weeks ago, I heard a caller on local sports talk radio—I know, not always the bastion of level-headedness—tell the host he hopes no player comes out because he, the caller, didn't want to have to deal with it.
He didn't want to have to explain what that meant to his family, or deal with the issue of that gay player, perhaps, being on a team for which he likes to cheer. He was, pardon the expression, undressed by the host, pilloried for his antiquated viewpoints and lampooned for even daring to make someone else's struggle with their hidden sexuality about them.
We live in a society where nature versus nurture is somehow still up for debate.
We live in a society where people still believe that homosexuals have a choice on how they feel; that they are sinners if they act on sexual urges toward an individual of the same sex.
We live in a society where, despite the amazing strides taken in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender Americans, many people still find those people repulsive, immoral and unworthy of the basic civil rights as those who cohabitate with a member of the opposite sex.
Still, through all the struggles and all the prejudices and all the reasons not to live an open and honest lifestyle, more and more LGBT Americans continue to make the courageous choice to come out of the shadows.
Every one of you helps the next.
Former United States soccer international player Robbie Rogers recently retired from the game, announcing he was gay in his note about the decision. His eloquently worded statement read, in part (via RobbieHRogers.com):
For the past 25 years I have been afraid, afraid to show whom I really was because of fear. Fear that judgment and rejection would hold me back from my dreams and aspirations. Fear that my loved ones would be farthest from me if they knew my secret. Fear that my secret would get in the way of my dreams.
Rogers wrote about how much internal damage keeping secrets can do to a person, and how playing soccer, the game that defined him for much of his adult life, helped mask his true identity.
Now, after injuries derailed a promising career on the field, Rogers decided, at just 25 years old, to leave the game behind, saying, "I realized I could only truly enjoy my life once I was honest."
Rogers has been universally lauded after his announcement, with some lamenting the fact that he felt he needed to make the statement at the time of his retirement and not while he was still playing the game.
It's coming soon, surely.
Being gay in America comes with far less of a stigma than ever before, at least in popular culture and most progressive facets of society.
Legally speaking, the rights afforded because of one's sexual disposition are still up for debate, reaching the Supreme Court just this week. As politically charged as any decision can be, the court is split on how to handle the decision of making same-sex marriage a federal law.
Surely it's difficult to extract oneself from taking a side on the politically charged topic of same-sex marriage, but the general acceptance of letting someone live his life—as gay or not, in this particular instance—seems a tad more basic than that.
Should people be denied their unalienable rights to live their lives freely and openly?
Moreover, should a player of a professional American team sport still, in 2013, be concerned about the public's backlash when he announces to the world something he has known about himself for, presumably, most of his life?
For who? For the fans? For those people who feel their religion or morality or righteousness gives them the authority to judge someone else's sexual orientation?
For them? Please.
When that first player comes out and pulls back the curtain on a life he has felt the need to hide for years, he shouldn't do it for them. He should do it for himself.
He should do it for the countless other players who will come out after him, and for the thousands upon thousands of LGBT youths who will be inspired by that decision. Those people—and players like Ayanbadejo or Chris Kluwe or Scott Fujita (who has been outspoken on the matter)—will embrace you.
I can't pretend to know what the gay player referenced in the CBS report is going through. Announcing your homosexuality is a bell that cannot be un-rung, so this advice does not come flippantly.
But it's time.
If we are to the point where national writers like Freeman are talking to current players about their gay teammates, we are closer to that day than ever before.
So, to whoever is contemplating this announcement, go ahead and jump. There are enough of us here to catch you, and we promise to hold you up for as long as you need.


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Schildknecht Poised to Make History at IRONMAN Switzerland
This Sunday, Ronnie Schildknecht attempts to be the first to notch seven victories in a row at a single IRONMAN event, while Erika Csomor looks to defend her title.
by Volker Boch
Schildknecht shoots for course record
Thirty-three year old Ronnie Schildknecht, called "I-Ron Ronnie" by his friends, has been unbeatable at IRONMAN Switzerland from 2007 to 2012 and is again the favorite this year. He's proven in past years that this course is his course.
The two-lap swim in the beautiful Lake of Zurich has never been a problem for the local athlete. He was always a little behind the best swimmers in the water, but should catch up with them on the bike. The stunning, but technically demanding, two-lap bike course around the lake with its two spectacular climbs, "The Biest" and "Heartbreak Hill," make up his training grounds. The flat but exhausting run course with its four laps and multiple turns plays to the strengths of the strong biker and runner.
Records could very well be broken this year as well. In 2000, Swiss IRONMAN legend Olivier Bernhard set the record of 8:12:27 hours, and Schildknecht missed it in 2010 by only 13 seconds. This year he's in great shape, celebrating his eighth IRONMAN victory at IRONMAN South Africa, claiming second at IRONMAN 70.3 South Africa, and fourth at IRONMAN 70.3 California.
But Schildknecht will be forced to work hard for his money on Sunday: Marko Albert from Estonia will be the one to watch out for in the water. Cyril Viennot from France is a strong biker and a tough fighter in the run. Former Olympic-distance star Ivan Rana from Spain, Maxim Kriat (UKR) and IRONMAN Austria's third placed David Plese (SLO) are also in the race. Another Swiss to look at is last year's runner-up, Jan van Berkel, who was making his IRONMAN debut.
Csomor faces established talent and a dangerous dark horse
All eyes will again be on Erika Csomor this Sunday. The 39-year-old from Hungary won IRONMAN Austria in under nine hours four weeks ago, and has also earned victories at IRONMAN Los Cabos and IRONMAN 70.3 Italy this season. In last year's race she beat Bella Bayliss and Simone Braendli, but she faces a strong field this weekend.
Anja Beranek, reigning IRONMAN 70.3 European Champion, had a hard day at the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt and had to drop out early on the run. But the strong swimmer and biker from Germany arrives in Zurich refreshed. Other strong racers completing the field include Sofie Goos from Belgium, Regula Rohrbach (SUI), Swiss Celine Schaerer and Diana Riesler (GER).
A dark horse this year is the most decorated athlete in the field: Great Britain's Emma Pooley is one of the most successful professional cyclists in recent history. The 30-year-old earned victories at the women's Tour de France, the UCI World Championship (time trial), and took silver in the time trial at the summer Olympics in Beijing 2008. She lives on the Lake of Zurich and will make her IRONMAN debut this year.
Join the conversation on Twitter using #IMSwitzerland and check back on Sunday for our live coverage of the race including text updates, photos and live timing.


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to be real cool or chill, similiar to high without weed
Man, I hit such a Keanu yesterday.
living off of ramen singing songs of poverty ~
everyones name mans something good whereas mine is an obscure smexual act.
Everyone should meet this person, a great guy and a great friend. Cares and supports other people in whatever and is always there for them.loving and you feel amazing with him.Makes your day, and makes you feel like you have butterflies and is a great boyfriend
~~~~~~1. One who is intelligent and independent. She learns from many mistakes. She is one who doesn't ever want to be fake. She has lots of friends. Guys do tend to like her a lot but they get turned down because she finds no interest in them. Claire is always distracted in her life but she doesn't know by what. She needs her space to breathe and live. She yearns for a lot of freedom. Claire is also gorgeous. She might not believe it but she truly is. She really has a lot of talents. She is truly beautiful inside and outside.
~~~~~~2. ADJECTIVE: a word used to describe a strange but beautiful girl; maybe a bit innocent or naive. caring, smart, and interesting.
VERB: a verb meaning to champ everything. to win, succeed, and overshadow every other competitor.
"omg she totally claired that."
i need to work on my new profile..
OMG, so many definitions. O_O
I'm just gonna give out the ones that describe me the most.
Sabrina <3
3. Beautiful; Funny; Crazy; will always be there for you
Ya Know I Love You Sabrina!!!
Mood : Lovely . c:
Used to describe someone really cool or high up on a social chain. These people are very powerful so must be respected.
That kid over there is so a Dean, all sexy and cool.
I want to get somewhere in life, where is Dean?
"you are sooo Dean, you rock!"
Lmao I love these definitions
Cake Eater
Ariana: A girl prettier than anyone she knows. Every guy flocks to her, but she acts like no one likes her, when really every guy who has met her falls in love. Ariana is like a diamond, the sun, dresses, and sunflowers. She is everything pretty and sweet smelling.
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not active on this, add me on kik if ya want : arithestarfish
"A formidable foe to normal people. intelligent, strong forceful. a weird hybrid of a bully and a nerd. As well as the first dictator of the America and king of the new peaceful world. Also known as Timebomb and various other variations including at least TB."
Cool, that means I am an evil dude who terrorizes people. lol
I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
a great, loyal friend; someone who gives all of themselves in any relationship, honest, faithful, pure in heart, true to one's self
Akame ga kill: Anime of 2014!
My name is not defined yet, not surprised.
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Charlene -
A person that is absolutely magnificent in every aspect a human being can be. Someone that is an excellent friend and a fantastic lover. Someone that is trustworthy and honest. Attractive and absolutely gorgeous. Charlene is a person that is unselfish and understanding. Someone that may get lost in the darkness, but once in the light can make a person grin until their cheeks ache. Charlene is someone that has the ability to soothe and calm a person in distress. Someone that deserves everything she desires without second thoughts. She deserves the best of the best and nothing less.
Charlene is a unique name for an incredibly special person. Someone that cannot be found anywhere else and no one can mimic.
Charlene is the one and only.
1) Yohann:
somebody with a 12 inch penis.
Man 1: what do you want in a man?
Girl1: i want someoen with a Yohann
2) Yohann:
characterized by large phallic size. usually meant for equine spcecis such as donkeys and llamas. derogatory.
Person 1: I sure wish I was had a large penis.
Person 2: You mean like a Yohann? *snigger* *snigger*
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Say no the mundane and yes to the unexpected!
isn't defined yet -__-
Makes me fucking puke. I am none of those things because I don't want to be seen as a nice guy.
an Incredibly smart , strong, confident and beautiful woman, who likes to be unique. enjoys music, movies, and being with her friends. Defiantly one of a kind, and any one who spends more than 3 seconds with her knows how special a person she is, and those who do know her consider themselves to be the luckiest people in the world.
wow. O_O
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