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LAKE PLACID - Organizers were pleased with the inaugural year of the Lake Placid Brewfest, calling it a great foundation for an event they hope to see grow in the future.
Twenty-three brewers were set up in booths in a line through the center of the Olympic Center's 1932 Rink on Saturday, Oct. 6 and offered samples of about 70 varieties of beer in total. Each attendee got a tasting glass with the Brewfest's logo on it, as well as 15 tokens they exchanged for samples.
The idea for the event came from Rob Kane Jr. and Sr., who own Great Adirondack Steak and Seafood and the brewery they operate there, Great Adirondack Brewing Company. They pitched the idea to Ted Blazer, president and CEO of the Olympic Regional Development Agency, when he was having dinner at their restaurant one night last January or February.
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Blazer loved the idea after a rough winter with very little snow.
"Whenever we think of these things, I always think we could be the best at everything," Blazer said at the event Saturday. "So I said, 'Let's do that.'"
Blazer and his event staff at ORDA worked with the Kanes and Chris Ericson, owner of Lake Placid Pub and Brewery, to put together the event. Both companies travel around the country to brew festivals regularly.
Rob Kane Jr. was at the Great Adirondack booth set up at the event, and after being nervous that morning, he called it a huge success for a first-year brewfest.
Kane said he envisions the event moving to the Olympic Center's 1980 Rink and growing to two days in a few years. He said the first year of a brewfest is about making sure everyone is happy, and then the next years are about learning from the event's failures and successes and expanding in a manageable way.
Ericson said he was thrilled with the turnout. Numbers weren't available.
"Any time you do something for the first time, you never know how it's going to go," he said.
He was also pleased with many of the little touches ORDA put on the event. There were games like cornhole and mini-golf along the sides of the skating rink, plus a photo booth with costumes and even a campfire set up with chairs around it.
"I've been to a thousand brewers festivals, and I've never seen such a warm little touch," Ericson said of the campfire.
He also noted that it was nice to be able to wake up in his own bed that morning, which he isn't usually able to do when he goes to other festivals.
Blazer was pleased with how the event came together.
"I'm really ecstatic," Blazer said. "The turnout is beautiful; the venue looks great."
He said both the brewers and the customers seemed to be happy with everything.
"It's just great," Blazer said. "It's perfect. And it's weatherproof."
Blazer noted that fall is a good time for a beer festival, since seasonal brews like harvest, Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers are all popular.
He said he plans to keep having the event every year, and he hopes it will grow.
"Lake Placid is the perfect place for this to happen," Blazer said.
Local people attending the event were happy to see a brewfest happening in their area.
"I hope they get bigger and better every year," said Saranac Laker Dave Trahey.
Katie Million, assistant director of events for ORDA, said Saratoga Eagle distributing company put a lot of work into the event as well, providing trailers to house kegs and other supplies.
She said they were shooting for about 20 breweries, and they were pleased with exceeding that number.
"The success today is seeing all the happy people coming through and sampling all the beer," Million said.
ORDA's concessionaire, Centerplate, held the liquor license for the event and trained each of its pourers to give responsible alcohol service, Million said.
"We definitely want to make sure that people are being responsible," Million said.
She said she saw a few locals at the event, but there were plenty of visitors as well. That weekend is traditionally one of the busiest in Lake Placid, with Columbus Day as well as Canadian Thanksgiving giving people an extra day off work to travel, and that's one of the reasons ORDA chose that date for the event, Million said.
ORDA marketed the event as a complement to its Flaming Leaves Festival at the Olympic Jumping Complex, which has ski jumping, live music and food.
Contact Jessica Collier at 891-2600 ext. 26 or jcollier@


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Hideko Takamine, a child star in Japan in the 1930s who became one of her country's leading screen actresses during the post- World War II era, in which she played a variety of contemporary women who captured the tenor of the times, has died. She was 86.
Hideko Takamine: In the Jan. 5 LATExtra section, the caption for a photo that appeared with the obituary of Japanese actress Hideko Takamine misspelled the name of the actor with whom she was pictured. He was Eijiro, not Fijiro, Tono.
Takamine, who died of lung cancer Dec. 28 in Tokyo, made her screen debut at age 5 in the hit 1929 silent film "Mother" and is said to have been in more than 300 films in a career that ended when she retired in 1979.
"Hideko Takamine was one of the most beloved and accomplished of Japan's film stars," said Kevin Thomas, a former Times staff writer who reviewed Japanese films from 1962 to 1985. "She was beautiful, and she had tremendous range and versatility."
After beginning as "sort of Japan's answer to Shirley Temple," Thomas said, "she emerged as one of Japan's greatest star actresses in the postwar period, which was a tremendous period for Japanese cinema."
In the wake of the war, Thomas said, "there was this renaissance of Japanese filmmaking. They could discuss the war and assess blame, the impact of the occupation, the growing emancipation of women — all this kind of stuff. There was this terrific ferment, and it was a really creative period."
And for many Japanese, Phyllis Birnbaum wrote in her 1990 New Yorker profile of Takamine, "she was as much a part of postwar Japan as the strange-tasting powdered milk distributed by the American military."
"Many of Takamine's heroines were typical of the women who had grown up after the war," film historian Donald Richie told Birnbaum. "Like so many Japanese women then, they wanted more out of life, but couldn't get it.
"The war may have been over, women found, but they weren't better off. They were still fairly unhappy. So the kind of roles Takamine played fit the zeitgeist, may have even made that zeitgeist."
Takamine, who left the studio system to freelance in 1950, made many of her most notable films with directors Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita.
They included playing a stripper in Kinoshita's satirical 1951 film "Carmen Comes Home," Japan's first feature film in color; and a schoolteacher in Kinoshita's 1954 antiwar film "Twenty-four Eyes."
She also memorably played what film critic Michael Wilmington once described as "a woman obsessively in love with an unworthy man" in Naruse's acclaimed 1955 film "Floating Clouds" and was a widowed bar hostess in Naruse's "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs" (1960).
"Both directors have the reputation for the depiction of women, though their styles are completely different," Takamine told the Straits Times in 1994. "During more than 10 years, I passed from one to another, just like a ping-pong ball.
"Though different in style, they shared a common aversion to things that were not natural. What I tried to do was to be as natural as women we see in the news, but adding a touch of drama so that I would be even more real."
In 1955, the year Takamine became Japan's No. 1 female box-office star, she married writer-director Zenzo Matsuyama, who survives her and with whom she made a number of films.
When they married, Takamine told the media she wanted to "create a new style of wife who has a job."
Takamine was born March 27, 1924, in Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido.
When she was 4, her mother died and her father placed her in the care of his sister in Tokyo. A year later, with her aunt serving as stage mother, Takamine was in the movies. She appeared in an estimated 100 films as a child, including sometimes portraying little boys.
"There were no child-labor laws, and I was supporting my family," she said of her days as a child star in a 1983 interview with the New York Times.
Unlike many child stars, Takamine made a successful transition into her teen years.
During World War II, she toured Japanese army camps as a singer. And immediately after the war, she sang for American occupation troops at a theater in Tokyo.
"I was singing American songs like 'You Are My Sunshine,' " she said in the 1983 interview. "I didn't have time to think about whether I liked it or didn't like it. It was work. And backstage, I was getting flowers and chocolates and K-rations, so thanks to Americans I survived."
Takamine retired after making the Kinoshita-directed "Oh My Son!" in 1979.
Asked in the 1983 interview if she had any regrets about her career, the outspoken Takamine said: "Every day I hated it. For 50 years, I hated it, but a sense of professional pride drove me on."
Takamine, whose education was neglected as child and who said she had to learn to read by herself, wrote a number of books, including "My Professional Diary," a 1976 two-volume autobiography.

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Shaun Wright-Phillips maintains there is more to come from him and QPR this season.
The former England winger produced an eye-catching display on his debut in the goalless draw against Newcastle at Loftus Road on Monday night. Wright-Phillips, who joined Rangers after a second spell at Manchester City, was one of several new signings by manager Neil Warnock ahead of the deadline, including skipper Joey Barton.
He told the club's official website, www.qpr.co.uk: "I feel I am a bit off (the pace) at the moment. I need a few more games under my belt to get my match-fitness and sharpness back. With the team playing the way they did and helping me settle in very quickly, that made it pretty easy."
He added: "It's the first game that we've all played together. I think we've done superbly and I also thought the team defended really well.
"As long as we keep playing like that and the better we get to know each other, then the better we're going to do.
"I think if we keep creating chances like that then we can get a few goals in the next few games."
QPR, who head to Wolves on Saturday, are expected to be among the clubs battling to retain their top-flight status but
However, Wright-Phillips believes there is enough talent in the squad to look up the table rather than just down.
"I think we've just got to take it one step at a time and win as many games as possible," he said.
"We need to just concentrate on staying up this year, which I think we're more than capable of doing."
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string (eg. 1.2.3) and tuple (eg. (1, 2, 3)).
Witch of thes two do you prefer?
My thoughts.
The String one can ofcourse be printed easaly for a report.
While the tuple is easyer for advanced compair.
And I find it easyer/faster to convert from tuple to string, than from string to tuple.
Do'h, cant Edit the Pool question.
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Nice shot. And kudos to the folks who painted the white square on the surface of Mars. If only the people who striped our freeways could have done such a good job.
Unfortunately, things are going the other way. NASA's unmanned space budget is being cut.
The Obama administration plans to massively cut funding for NASA's planetary exploration program. Zubrin writes that Obama's 2013 budget would permit the continuation of a couple of projects—the MAVEN orbiter and the Mars Science Curiosity Lab—but would otherwise leave planetary exploration without much of a budget. The space astronomy program, too, faces deep cuts. [slate.com]
The overall NASA budget is similar, but unmanned probes and robotic science budgets have been savaged
Unfortunately, things are going the other way. NASA's unmanned space budget is being cut.
Here lie the last remaining artifacts from a once-great race—the humans—their great potential cut down in its prime by their tremendous lack of foresight. For centuries, the great thinkers had shouted the need to venture among the stars, but their leaders were too busy worrying about building bigger and better weapons to defend themselves from their neighbors. When the great war came and the environment was poisoned beyond the ability to sustain life, the politicians pointed fingers and blustered their "I told you sos", but in the end, it made little difference. Their fate was sealed long before.
Write your local politician to change this. Just a few letters make a huge difference.
Write your local politician to change this. Just a few letters make a huge difference.
Our local politicians have no influence in the affairs of a foreign nation.
Don't lie to yourself, there is no money for them to squeeze out of space exploration so they are diverting it to industries that can provide the biggest kickbacks. Like oil and health care industries or war manufacturing. It has nothing to do with which party or administration, and if you think who you vote for matters in this issue, you haven't been paying attention.
A drill to Europa? You are just gonna find a lot of dead people and France's perfume deposit.
Absolutely. The countries that would be interested in science for the sake of science, don't have big enough budgets. The countries that do are interested in war (because that's what keeps filling the right pockets). We are out of luck.
Remember, all American's can have an impact on that decision.
But may I ask - as a European - how you could do that ?
In theory, more local congress-critters are more receptive to their constituents wants/needs than are the national politicians. For example, in my hometown they build the cores for ship/sub nuclear reactors (or is it nuculur
To make this expensive nasa stuff fly, us US-ians will need enough of the politicians to feel like their constituents hav
I don't care what it costs, I want a drill sent to Europa...
It's probably cheap enough to send a hand drill to Europa. Don't think it'd be any good, but hey, you get your drill on Europa
Just think about this a moment. NASA took a photo from a satellite, of a probe landing on another planet. And they got telemetry relayed about the landing from ANOTHER satellite.
And it's not just a bright pixel, you can clearly see what it is.
Yes, the detail on the parachute is absolutely amazing. In fact, the whole thing is amazing.
(Looks up furtively, tightens tin foil hat, scrunches down.)
What is totally amazing about that image is not only do you clearly see the shading of the parachute itself, but you also see _in the same picture_ the protective heat shield cover falling away from the lander, too. In short, one of the most amazing images ever produced by NASA. (thumbs up)
Huh? Where in the picture is the heat shield cover, and why doesn't the NASA page mention this?
Here's the picture from Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog on Discover magazine's web site:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/08/06/curiosity-update-heat-shield-spotted/ [discovermagazine.com]
Think on this, and think on it carefully: you are seeing a manmade object falling gracefully and with intent to the surface of an alien world, as seen by another manmade object already circling that world, both of them acting robotically, and both of them hundreds of million of kilometers away.
Never, ever forget: we did this. This is what we can do.
But there will always be pathetic yahoos who, out of some desire to make themselves feel important will deny our species' technical abilities.
But there will always be pathetic yahoos who, out of some desire to make themselves feel important will deny our species' technical abilities.
Yes, and they will post about it on the Internet without ever sensing the irony.
I mean that's cool and all, but I think the more significant piece is that the landing was accurate to within 2km with a journey covering nine months and somewhere roughly around 200m km. Scale that down to something we can actually comprehend, and it's using autopilot for 100km and being accurate to within 1mm. Where talking to your co-pilot takes as much as 14 minutes, with another 14 minutes to hear their response.
We've got some damn fine people working on this.
We've got some damn fine people working on this.
And a lot of them will be looking for work after the next round of NASA budget cuts - no matter who wins the next election.
NASA's budget as a fraction of federal spending is 0.48%. That's the lowest it's been since 1960. And it's getting smaller.
Dig on this:
Curiosity project budget: USD 2.5 billion
Cost of "War on Terror" so far: USD 1.36 trillion and counting (yes that's one thousand three hundred and sixty billion)
Curiosity project budget: USD 2.5 billion
Cost of "War on Terror" so far: USD 1.36 trillion and counting (yes that's one thousand three hundred and sixty billion)
The $2.5B would hardly serve to bail out one sleazy banker so he can get his bonus.
Here in California they just floated $5 billion in bonds for that fuckhead Fossil Brown's full scale choo choo train set. The final bill could cover fifty Mars overs.
This is what you get, you republican and democrat party loyalists, when you put your particular breed of sociopath into office over and over.
Yeah, i know- its the OTHER side that's all stoooopid and evuuul and your team is all ponies and purity. Don't even start in with your red or blue shit. You're ALL guilty.
I mean that's cool and all, but I think the more significant piece is that the landing was accurate to within 2km with a journey covering nine months and somewhere roughly around 200m km.
Well, they weren't "accurate within 2km" in the conventional sense - which would mean they came down within 2km of a designated point. Curiosity didn't have a designated point, it had an eclipse and NASA would have been "on target" and considered a success regardless of where it landed in the eclipse. (The far edge of the
I mean that's cool and all, but I think the more significant piece is that the landing was accurate to within 2km with a journey covering nine months and somewhere roughly around 200m km.
To be fair; they've made a few course corrections along the way.
Remember: Mars is in orbit, so you have to calculate where your landing pad will be after 9 months, taking into consideration planetary rotation and relativistic effects.
Like trying to land a glider on an airborne helicopter pad -- and doing it gently.
I was somewhat amazed the whole landing worked, so many complex parts that had to work together...
And then like you say - a casual snap shot from above of the thing on descent! Too amazing.
I'll put on several hats just to take them all off for all the NASA engineers on this one. It was a really spectacular success and it was fantastic how well they did at getting visual confirmation right off the bat before it went into radio silence.
Reminds me of the story where humans send a robotic probe to another star, and after decades of traveling it finally gets there and beams back the first images. The people at mission control yawn and are hardly excited because they've all seen the images already; during the time the probe was in transit, the aliens from that star already came to earth via warp drive. And the only person in the room who was excited about the whole thing was an alien in attendance, because the aliens have warp technology but they don't have good robotics.
Well if we ever get humans orbiting and living on Mars, these images will seem about as exciting as Columbus's sketches of Bahama island. Just a thought.
So what you're saying is old stuff gets old.
And they planned that (a couple years ago) so it would be there to take that picture so they can show us just how fscking awesome they really are.
You guys kick ass!
Tiff images
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/ [nasa.gov]
XML source file for day 0
http://landingimagecatalog-1450153822.us-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com/landing/images_sol0.xml [amazonaws.com]
This one is real nice
Bad link. If I guess, and try it on photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, I get a nice old 404. (and verbatim as you have it, also bad)
oops, missed some copy/paste
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00000/opgs/edr/fcam/FRA_397506083EDR_F0010008AUT_04096M_.JPG [nasa.gov]
Color image of lander going down
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00000/mrdi/0000MD9999000036I1_DXXX.jpg [nasa.gov]
That's actually the heat shield in free-fall.
why http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ [arizona.edu] didn't release a sequence of pictures? It'd be so awesome! Perhaps the other ones are blurry
"If HiRISE took the image one second before or one second after, we probably would be looking at an empty Martian landscape," said Sarah Milkovich, HiRISE investigation scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
This might be the only frame they got with Curiosity in view. HiRISE was moving pretty fast over the scene.
I think something missed in all of this is how powerful imagery is.
Imagine a world without photographs ?
This mission, and ones before it.. highlight how important this invention, photography, is.
We have photographs of this on its chute landing.. this is the second time we've done it.. and we got photographs back as soon as it landed.. This is great... and the excitement of the crew, and the public, upon seeing these images is a testament to how far photography has come in the past 150ish years.
Kudos to all of those who made this happen.. for the science it will do.. and further affirming the power of images in our world..
What amazes me is how cheap the entire MSL mission is...
The entire budget was only 4 days in Iraq/Afghanistan, or approx USD$2.5billion.
NASA's entire budget is less than what the US Army spends on air-conditioning in Iraq/Afghanistan ( USD$20 billion ).
I. Kid. You. Not.
Thoughtful analysis untainted by political correctness is getting scarce these days. Which by definition means it's getting more valuable.
I don't like the Taliban. At all. They're a bunch of lying, autocratic, misogynistic, terrorizing, hypocritical warlord assholes (and a whole lot of other choice words). Yet I wholly agree that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were huge, obvious mistakes from day one.
People tend to get fed up with oppressive governments rather quickly. Given time, they'll take care of them all by themselves, as history has shown repeatedly. Unless, of course, an invading army comes along, bombing your country back to the st
And which mission is the one trying to prevent another entire generation in that region from falling under the control of a bunch of medieval-minded religious thugs...
Neither. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have exactly as much to do with women, education and religious freedom as they have to do with exploring Mars.
Which is to say, nothing at all.
You're right. We can only do one thing at a time. We should focus on more rovers, and tell the Taliban that they're welcome to roll that region back into the Dark Ages again...
Yeah we should Europe had a dark age and then we turned into you guys and modern day Europe. Maybe the "dark ages"-stage of civilization is important and this whole "we can fix it (with bombing)"-attitude is not completely correct.
and do their level best to work their way into more influence in nuclear-armed Pakistan.
Pakistan controls the Taliban, not the other way around. Pakistan WANTS the Taliban to win because then they have a radical Pashtu controlled country loyal to them.
And if the US leaves that middle eastern shithole, you can bet with certainty that no kid from that place will ever set foot on another planet.
This guy is right. Iraq never had universities - there were no phds, engineers or scientists. Hell, they didn't even have roads or their own infrastructure to drill and refine their oil... at least after it all fell apart in the 80's during the peak of involvement, ignore that detail.
The sad reality is that it seems the middle east shithole is only such as result from giants using it as a place to shit.
When I was being a vocal critic of the war in 2003, it never ceased to amaze me how little of conditions in Iraq Americans actually knew...
And if the US leaves that middle eastern shithole, you can bet with certainty that no kid from that place will ever set foot on another planet.
Yeah, and?
The world is a harsh and uncaring place, the idea that we can "fix it" or "make it better" is at best needlessly romantic and at worst actually culturally damaging.
There are periods in the developing of a stable civilization/nation where a lot of people have to die and a lot more have to go through unimaginable hell, these periods are important and have to happen.
Was there Cake?
...there can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth. - George Jacob Holyoake


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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Wings and Waves Air Show is expected to bring more than 200,000 people to the area.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Wings and Waves Air Show is expected to bring more than 200,000 people to the area. Visitors can watch the air show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday beachside behind the Daytona Beach Hilton Oceanfront Resort.
"This is one of the only shows in country that has three jet teams," said air show producer Rick Grissom. "It's one of the best lineups in the country of performers." The show's jet performers include U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the Black Diamond Jet Team. GEICO Skytypers, a flight squadron of six vintage World War II planes, will also perform flight maneuvers. This year's event also includes a performance by the New Jersey Air National Guard with a fly-by in a KC-135 Stratotanker.
The air show is also an opportunity for the university to show off some its best and brightest. Performers with ties to the university include alumni Major J.R. Williams of the Thunderbrids, Doug "Tut" Demko of the Black Diamond Jet Team, record holding skydiver Cheryl Sterns, GIECO Skytyper lead solo pilot Steve Salmirs , and former professor Tim Plunkett . Embry-Riddle will also host an "Education Zone" at the Bandshell featuring student robotics, environmental group demonstrations and athletics.
"I think it's a great thing that Embry-Riddle does for the community — it's a way to give back," Grissom said. Grissom said that the air show can be viewed up to a mile on either side of the Hilton, but the ideal place to see the show is half a mile on either side of the hotel. Grissom said parking is available at the Ocean Center, the Ocean Walk parking garage and inside beach driving zones. Specific times of each performance will be released shortly before the show each day, Grissom said.
The entertainment doesn't stop when the planes land. The Wings and Waves After Dark concert at 7:30 p.m. at Peabody Auditorium will feature Little Texas and Dwayne O'Brien. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and several pilots will make an appearance and sign autographs. Tickets range from $29-$34 and are on sale at the Peabody box office, online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000.
Air Show Events to See By Land and By Sea
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Wings and Waves Air Show is Saturday and Sunday off the Daytona Beach shoreline centered in front of the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort. The free show is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The order of performances include:
- Jim Hagedorn P-51
- Embry-Riddle Flyby
- Cheryl Stearns, current and 23 time U.S. Women's Parachuting Champion, (Embry-Riddle Pope AFB grad).
- Matt Chapman, flying the Embry-Riddle sponsored plane, and Rob Holland teaser.
- John Klatt, flying the Air National Guard plane, and Michael Goulian teaser.
- U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue Demonstration.
- Corkey Fornof, flying the Lopresti Aviation plane.
- The Plunkett World War I collection, (including Tim Plunkett, former Embry-Riddle assistant professor, and Tom Clark.)
- KC-135 New Jersey Air National Guard (ERAU graduate Tom Cervini).
- Jason Newburg, flying the Viper plane.
- Black Diamond Jet Team (including Doug "Tut" Demko, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach campus grad).
- Rob Holland, flying the MX2 aerobatic plane.
- F-18 Super Hornet Tactical Demonstrations
- John Klatt, flying the Air National Guard plane.
- Canadian Snowbirds Jet Team
- Michael Goulian, flying the Whelen and Goodyear plane.
- GEICO Skytypers (including Steve Salmirs, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach campus grad)
- Matt Chapman, flying the Embry-Riddle sponsored plane.
- U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (including Maj. J.R. Williams, Embry-Riddle, Prescott, Ariz. graduate).
- On the shore will be the "Education Zone" in the Bandshell, featuring ERAU student and robotic and environmental group demonstrations, athletics, alumni relations and a jet dragster.


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Tanzania police seize more than 200 elephant tusks
Well-armed criminals kill elephants and rhinos for their tusks, which are used for ornaments and in some folk medicines. Police said the 214 tusks were worth 2.1 billion shillings ($1.32 million) and that at least three suspects had been arrested, including two Kenyans. The smugglers had planned to transport the ivory to Kenya, they said. Most of the elephant tusks smuggled from the east African nation end up in Asian countries, according to police. A Tanzanian member of parliament, Peter Msigwa, said poaching was out of control in the country, with an average of 30 elephants being slaughtered for their ivory every day. This month Hong Kong seized HK$26.7 million ($3.5 million) worth of elephant tusks and ornaments smuggled from Tanzania and Kenya, its biggest seizure of illegal ivory. In August 2011, Tanzanian authorities seized more than 1,000 elephant tusks hidden in sacks of dried fish at Zanzibar port which were destined for Malaysia.
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that thing looked so fake.
that thing looked so fake.
I cant even tell you how many times i've to the sight of him..that bod, hands, voice. shitt. i actually have a friend who dated him before the marky mark days. she said the day he got out of jail was the best fuck of her life. soo jealous.
I have been in love with him ever since I was a young lad. WOW! He is so fucking beautiful... Thanks for sharing the pics...
So with a bod like that, does anybody know the real reason why Our Georgie dumped him for Matty?
Well I hear "prison pipe" is the best.
Me too!
Should have known I wasn't straight when I got hard just at the sight of him in those calvin klein commericals back in the early 90's.
looks like he's packin a thick one..what you think?
Mark was real cock teaser in those ads for CK! He could have been one great gay porn star with that body and cock.
I agree lalala00:
I really like the "yeah... you feel it baby?" in "Good Vibrations", such a hot deep voice...(although not so much in the rest...oh well)
he used to be soooo hottt!!!
used to? i'd still bang him in a nano second!
yah, i'd do him anytime...
yea he is hot
An will always be hot.
He is one of my all-time favorites. He has only ripened over the years.
i personally think that since he has gotton older he is much better looking. What surprised me about him is he is turning into a fine actor.
^^I agree 100%. He has definitely gotten better as he got older. He'a more professional now.
yup and even me, tavares, the meanie who hates pretty white boys (oh, please) loads to him back in my high school days.
Bad actor but one of the hottest men alive. Mmmmmm
he is really really hot !!!
The guy is a pretender and a scuzball. He has been in trouble before because of his comments against blacks, asians and gays (Marky Mark days). He became a "hip-hop" star because it was all part of the money making image his publicists needed in order to penetrate the deep pockets of suburban teenage girls. There were far better talents out there doing the exact same thing the only problem is that they couldn't be marketed to white girls.
When the money from the "music" dried up and he became yesterday's news lo and behold the transformation from Marky Mark to Mark Wahlberg the actor. Now he looks at his Marky Mark days with shame and contempt. I wonder if Marshall Mathers III (a.k.a. Eminem) is next. Wahlberg is just another reprehensible opportunist who has always been a whore to big money and cheap fame.
As far as his body goes... Not all bigots are toothless, old, fat guys... there are plenty of bigots and gay bashers out there with six-packs, hard asses and big dicks... if you go to prison just like that asshole Wahlberg did, you'd find plenty of those.
Damn...He was a kid that came from nothing that did the marky mark thing to pay the bills..he even admits it today, his brother got him through the door. He's grown up a lot, and is now a respectful actor.
and a note, he was never a gay basher..Madonna's publicist started all of that after he had words with her. Guy has a gay brother that he has taken care of throughout the years.
This is something I just don't understand: If you don't like the celebrity that the post is about, why open the thread at all?
Can't we all just get along?
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OK - I admit it - I over his Calvin pics back in the Marky Mark days. Looking at him now tho, I wonder why. Well - we don't all age as gracefully as Ben Browder - LOL.
Not to ruffle any feathers, but am I the only one who thinks the passing of time has been kinder to bro Donnie? Recently caught him in Saw II, and thought he was lookin' quite nice.
He's still got the hot body, but he's definitely looking a little rough in the face lately.
I cant get enough of this man! i have to go whip out my copy of boogie nights!
^^I'd have to agree. all night long
Not that this makes it any better but he did something to a Korean shop keeper...robbed him or something and made racial remarks...it wasn't against Blacks. He is loved and respected more than our other hometown boys Affleck and Damon around here, especially among blacks and latinos...Originally Posted by Oden_grey
He keeps it real...real hot.
His looks and personality are totally different things. I don't know his personality, but he still has one of the hottest bodies and faces I've ever seen. I like his younger pics, but that's probably just b/c he's more my age in those. Great pics here too.
The best underwear ad campaign to date. It still makes me hard as a rock!
Yes. They're brothers.Originally Posted by JumboJimmy
And I loved Marky Mark in "I Heart Huckabees."
There used to be zillions of Mark Wahlberg nudes. So many that a lot o' people got tired of 'em. Real nudes. Nothin' fake. I might have one left. There might be some fans of his more devoted than myself.
Hung? He has a very good looking dick. Nothin' humungous.
are there any GENUINE nude pics of Marky Mark?
One of 'em is real.
There used to be LOTS more and better.
He was quite a good poser.
looks like he's packing a thick one to me. i'd be on my knees in .2 seconds!
So far the only genuine nudes of Mark have been of his gorgeous ass. EVERYTHING else is a photoshopped fake or the prosthetic penis from "Boogie Nights". Sorry to burst bubbles (I would much rather blow them).
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
He looks like he has a thick one
190 views not one reply!
It works for me. I'd gladly get my mouth all over that!
hmm maybe more pics would help :-P
wasn't he an underwear model or something at one point!?
looks thick to me like the rest of his body, man i love this mark guy, so damn hot
looks pretty big to me...
he was a model for CK. i want him bad
My Dream would be to have just one night with RYAN DAHARSH
Boogie Nights, he starred as "Dirk Diggler", great movie, great shots of Mark.


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DENVER (KUSA)-- When you're a kid, the best part about Christmas is jumping out of bed and seeing all the toys Santa brought you, especially when you're five and have been waiting all year for that that special toy.
But Wednesday morning, that excitement turned to horror.
"He handed the 3DS to Bryton, and Bryton said, 'Dad, I don't think he should be looking at these pictures,'" says Mark Giles.
It was hard for Giles' two young sons to see pornographic images on their toy, but it was even harder for him, a dad who tried so hard to make Christmas special.
"About nine images of sexual activity on this toy that he got from Santa that Santa got from GameStop," says Giles.
So GameStop tried to make it right. They told Giles the images were from the previous owner, and they weren't caught before the refurbished device was sold.
"You can't unsee this. He's five years old. Maybe when he's 18 or 20, maybe he won't know anything about it, but he's not going to forget about it tomorrow," says Giles.
Gamestop says it's currently looking into the situation.
For now, the store has given the family an upgraded version of the Nintendo 3DS, along with a bunch of games.


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Row 1: Landin Stone, Ben Goodin, Josh Nowak, Kevin Ford, Reid Olmstead, Cole Bischoff, Brennan Kosarue, Josh Golkiewicz, Kolyne Suydam, Jakob Fricke, Matt Gdula
Row 2: Dylan Nelson, Jacob Whaley, Michael Mannor, Jacob Vigliotti, Zach Phillipp, Broc Roberts, Matt Seegert, John Milkovich, David Roach, Justin Seitz
Row 3: Coaches: Ryan LeFevre, John Johnson, Erik Johnson, Steve Bolster, Mike Bolter
Coach: Erik Johnson, sixth year
Last season: 5-4, 4-3 Lenawee County Athletic Association
Returning letter winners: 9
Returning starters: Offense 3, defense 6
Schemes: I-formation/4-4
Top players: Seniors Josh Golkiewicz, 5-11, 180, RB-LB; Michael Mannor, 6-2, 260, C; Brennan Kosarue, 5-9, 160, WR-DB. Juniors Jacob Whaley, 6-1, 270, OL-DL; Zach Philipp, 6-3, 195, QB-FS.
Outlook: The Bulldogs have only nine returning letter winners, but seven are seniors.
None is expected to carry a greater load than Golkiewicz, who is looking to rush for more than 1,000 yards for a school-record third consecutive season. He churned out 1,048 yards on 162 carries in seven contests last season, which was shortened by a knee injury. He gained more than 1,500 yards as a sophomore.
Despite a lack of experience, Summerfield is looking to be competitive with consistent play coming from others like Philipp, Mannor, Kosarue, and Whaley.
"We're going to have a lot of new starters, a lot of players playing varsity for the first time," Johnson said. "If we do what we're capable of doing we'll be fine."
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Life was going well for psychologist Alexandra Blake. Her career has taken off and she has been exploring her darkest sexual fantasies with her lover Jeremy Quinn. But her bliss is rudely interrupted when she is abducted in London, caught up in a dangerous struggle between unscrupulous corporations. Her captors want her to help them with their sexual experiments – pushing the boundaries of convention in the search for a drug to stimulate the female libido. But at what cost? How far will Alexandra be willing to go to satisfy her curiosity, both professional and personal? What will she have to do to escape, and – more importantly – does she want to? This scorching novel is an erotic exploration of trust and betrayal, experimentation and control, lust and love.
Not sure what I expected but not worth wasting time listening. I was very disappointed the story was far fetched and not believable.
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After enjoying 'Destined to Play', this was quite a let-down.
The credibility of the plot suddenly vanishes, and the up-till-now reasonably sensible heroine starts to believe the unbelievable and agrees to a ludicrous proposal.
Since there is no opportunity for sexual adventure through most of the plot, Indigo resorts to regular, bizarrely timed flashbacks to endeavour to keep the interest flowing...
Sorry but this sequal doesn't come close to its predecessor.


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7 May 2014, Rome- FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today praised UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon for his support in the fight against hunger at a meeting with FAO member countries, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), and UN Rome-based agencies staff.
"The Zero Hunger Challenge you launched at the Rio+20 Conference is helping catalyze a global movement to eliminate hunger and malnutrition," Graziano da Silva said in a video message.
"Your presence at FAO reflects the importance of food security," he added. "It is at the heart of FAO's mandate. You are a strong supporter of this cause."
Graziano da Silva was not present at the gathering in Rome due to his participation at the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, which began today in Santiago,Chile. "As much as I would have been honored to personally attend, duty comes first," the FAO chief said.
"I thank and applaud FAO Director-General's leadership in working together with all of us to alleviate and to address global food insecurity," UN Secretary-General said.
"We will not eliminate extreme poverty or achieve sustainable development without adequate food and nutrition for all," Ban said. "That is why the Rome agenda is of such great importance to the global agenda. We cannot know peace or security if one in eight people are hungry."
"We cannot say we have reached our goals, until every man, woman and child realizes their Right to Adequate Food," the UN leader added.
"And we cannot do any of it without your work and support," he told CFS stakeholders, member countries and staff of FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), all of which are headquartered in Rome.
"We have enough food today. But we need to adapt and shift to more sustainable food systems to ensure our food supply tomorrow," Graziano da Silva said in his remarks.
In his speech, the FAO Director-General mentioned his support for the Climate Summit which the UN Secretary-General will host onSeptember 23rd in New York.
The meeting was organized by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), set up in 1974 as an intergovernmental body to serve as a forum for review and follow up of food security policies.
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Carl Benz patented the Benz "Motorwagen" in 1886.
The 1902 Mercedes-Simplex 40 PS was so named for its advances, which were aimed at maximizing ease of use for drivers.
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Mercedes-Benz's SL cars were best known for their gull-wing doors during the mid-1950s.
Mercedes-Benz said it installed the first series-produced four-stroke direct-injection petrol engine in the 1954 300SL sports car. It was among the fastest cars of its time.
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The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS Roadster was produced between 1957 and 1963.
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The Mercedes-Benz SL-class debuted in 1952 and was named "SL" as an abbreviation for super light. The model produced between 1971 and 1989 is shown.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class design was used between 1979 and 1990.
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Nottingham Forest striker Matt Derbyshire has vehemently refuted claims in a national newspaper that he criticised the club's supporters following the Championship defeat at Southampton.
The Sun suggested that Derbyshire, 25, had taken a swipe at Forest fans after manager Steve McClaren was taunted during the 3-2 loss on Saturday. The taunts came from the home fans rather than the 1,777 Reds who had made the journey to the south coast.
Derbyshire said via a statement on the club's official website: "It is ridiculous that a journalist can suggest that I was having a go at our supporters. It was clearly the Southampton fans that were taunting the gaffer."
He added: "Our fans were magnificent at St Mary`s - as they have been all season.
"The journalist concerned may think it is okay to write something like that but it is me that has to pick up the pieces.
"I would never criticise my own club's supporters, it is not in my nature.
"I apologise to anyone who has taken offence bit I wasn't being critical of our fans."
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ASU tops No. 1 Georgia Southern
BOONE - Jamal Jackson threw for three touchdowns and Brian Quick racked up 119 receiving yards as No. 5 Appalachian State upset No. 1 Georgia Southern, 24-18, at Kidd Brewer Stadium on Saturday.
The Mountaineers (6-2, 4-1) jumped out to a 17-3 halftime lead and the ASU defense held off a late rally by the Eagles (7-1, 5-1) to pick up their first win over a top-ranked team since defeating a then No. 1 Georgia Southern squad on Oct. 16, 1999.
Jackson (13-for-26) threw for 222 yards and ran for a game-high 71 as the Apps racked up 320 yards and held the vaunted Eagle offense to just 201 total yards.
Jackson connected with receivers on two first-half touchdowns. He found Andrew Peacock on a 25-yard strike and in the waning seconds of the half hit Brian Quick for a 56-yard scoring play.
Appalachian struggled in the game's third quarter and couldn't manage a first down. Meanwhile, Georgia Southern evened the score at 17-17. The Eagles scored on their opening drive of the third quarter and punt returner Darrieon Robinson raced a punt return 43 yards to score.
Appalachian's defense came up big, intercepting GSU quarterback Jaybo Shaw twice and stuffing the Eagles' triple-option offense on three key red zone stands in the second half.
Jackson and Quick connected for a second touchdown - this time a 15-yard pass and catch - that gave the Mountaineers the winning 24-17 margin.
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No. 2 -- Miguel Cabrera
Cabrera¿s .339 average in 2006 at the time set the single-season club record. His 50 doubles that year remains the single-season standard. His .313 Marlins career batting average is tops on the franchise list and his .929 on-base-plus-slugging (OPS) percentage is second. A four-time All-Star, Cabrera hit four postseason homers as a 20-year-old.
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I'm sitting here looking at an el cheapo hammock and the thought occurred to me that I could do some experimenting with it. Specifically, I was thinking of trying to add an UQ modification to it.
My thought was that one could sew webbing straps with adjustable buckles on the outside along the hem, to hold a foam pad or UQ in place. I wouldn't have to mess around with doing anything radical in the hammock body at all. I'd simply be using the outside hem.
If one didn't need the UQ (in Summer, say), you could remove the webbing between the buckles. The modification would be light, depending upon how excessive you get adding buckles.


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Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the manifestations of functional abdominal pain. Functional means that there is no organic disease. Functional abdominal pain describes a constellation of symptoms as a result of intestinal motility disorders. Symptoms may include:
urgency with defecation
incomplete sensation of defecation
passage of mucus in the stool
The digestion and propulsion of nutrients and fluids through the gastrointestinal system (GI) is a very complicated and very well organized process. The GI tract has its own intrinsic muscles and nerves that connect, like an electrical circuit, to the spinal cord and brain. Neuromuscular events occurring in the GI tract are relayed to the brain through neural connections, and the response of the brain is also relayed back to the gastrointestinal tract. As a result of this activity, motility and sensation in the bowel is generated. An abnormality in this process results in a disordered propulsion of the intestinal contents and generates the sensation of pain.
The exact cause of IBS is unknown. One theory is a person with IBS may have a colon that is more sensitive and reactive than usual, so it responds strongly to stimuli that would not affect others. The nerves that control the digestive tract may also be more sensitive to the activity associated to the process of digestion. Children with irritable bowel syndrome may be more aware of gas and motion and rumbles of the intestines. They are more aware of these discomforts and hence more irritated when they occur. The child who experiences the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome is thought to be as a result of the following and their interaction:
motility abnormalities
visceral hypersensitivity
The viscera are the organs inside the abdominal cavity. The GI tract is the largest in the abdomen and it has been seen that in patients with functional GI disorders there is heightened sensitivity to changes within the intestine, whether to the presence of food or as a result of distension of the viscera.
psychosocial problems
It is well known that the emotional state of the person can directly influence the activity in the gastrointestinal tract. High levels of anxiety, stress, or anger can induce diarrhea.A stressful event is not circumscribed to emotional issues but also to physical stresses such as a viral illness or any other particular disease state.
bacterial infection
Some of the individuals with gastroenteritis caused by a bacterial infection sometimes develop irritable bowel syndrome.
All of the above factors can trigger the occurrence of symptoms. It is important to stress to the child with a functional bowel disorder that his/her abdominal pain is real and not imaginary.
Irritable bowel syndrome occurs in both children and adults. Almost 14 percent of high school students and 6 percents of middle school students complain of IBS-like symptoms.
Ten to 20 percent of the general population in the US have irritable bowel syndrome.
Thirty-three percent of adults who have irritable bowel syndrome can trace their symptoms back to childhood.
Girls and boys are equally affected by the disorder.
There is no known gene that causes irritable bowel syndrome, but the disorder does seem to occur more often in families where either a child or a parent has the disorder.
Children with irritable bowel syndrome often do not feel well. Those who have diarrhea may have little warning of their need to go to the bathroom, and, therefore, may be embarrassed and avoid going to school or socializing with their schoolmates. Children can become depressed or anxious because of the disorder.
Most children with irritable bowel syndrome continue to grow and develop normally. However, some children may eat less to avoid the pain that can accompany digestion, and therefore, lose weight.
Its greatest morbidity resides in the fact that it affects normal daily activity of the child, affecting school and peer relations.
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), irritable bowel syndrome in children tends to produce two types of symptoms: diarrhea or pain, depending on the age of the child. Symptoms may include:
recurrent abdominal pain. The pain becomes chronic when it has been present for a period greater than three months.
an altered bowel pattern with diarrhea and constipation, all of which suggests intestinal motility dysfunction.
limb pain
In children, symptoms of functional bowel disorders are variable and are age dependent. For example:
infantile colic (younger than 4 months of age)
gastroesophageal reflux (younger than 2 years of age and then reappears in adolescence and adulthood)
chronic non-specific diarrhea (younger than 4 years of age)
constipation (any age)
irritable bowel syndrome (adolescents and adults)
The symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are not unique for the condition. Altered bowel pattern and abdominal pain could be symptoms of organic disease - one reason why you should always consult your child's physician for a diagnostic work-up.
Your child's physician will obtain a thorough medical history, perform a full physical examination, and obtain screening laboratories to assess for infection and inflammation. The laboratory tests, imaging studies, and procedures to be performed will be dictated by the history and physical examination. Tests and procedures that your child's physician may order may include the following:
blood tests - to evaluate whether your child is anemic, has an infection, or has an illness caused by inflammation or irritation.
urine analysis and culture - to help assess for urinary tract infections.
stool sample - for culture to check for bacteria and parasites that may cause diarrhea.
stool samples for occult blood - occult blood cannot be seen and is only detected by a special solution that turns blue when coming into contact with blood. It suggests an inflammatory source in the gastrointestinal tract.
lactose breath hydrogen test - to determine if your child is intolerant to lactose, a sugar present in milk and milk products.
abdominal x-ray - a simple study that will give the physician an idea of how the internal organs look.
abdominal ultrasound - a diagnostic imaging technique which creates images from the rebound of high frequency sound waves in the internal organs.
endoscopy - a test that uses a small, flexible tube with a light and a camera lens at the end (endoscope) to examine the inside of part of the digestive tract. Tissue samples from inside the digestive tract may also be taken for examination and testing.
Rarely, the physician will require ultrasound and/or an endoscopy.
colonoscopy - a test that uses a long, flexible tube with a light and camera lens at the end (colonoscope) to examine inside the large intestine.
Specific treatment of irritable bowel syndrome will be determined by your child's physician based on:
your child's age, overall health, and medical history
extent of the problem
your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
expectations for the course of the condition
your opinion and preference
The main objective of treatment for irritable bowel syndrome is to restore normal daily function. Management begins with the positive diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome. This will give your child reassurance that he/she does not have any life-threatening condition.
Environmental modification is important to identify the stresses surrounding your child and reverse them. Parents and school teachers must support the child rather than concentrating on the pain. Try to help the child focus on something fun or pleasant during a painful episode.
In lactose intolerant patients, restriction of lactose or supplementing the enzyme that digests the sugar (lactase/Lactaid) is recommended since this sugar can be a trigger for symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.
A controversial issue is the use of high fiber in children since it could promote flatulence and abdominal distension. It is recommended in the adult population, and it may be beneficial in children in which the symptom of constipation predominates.
Depending on the severity of the symptom, medication may be indicated. In rare cases, pain control needs to be administered by specialists in the field of pain management. Biofeedback has become part of the treatment strategy, as well as acupuncture.
For children two years of age and older, use the following guideline: The child's age plus five equals the number of grams of fiber that should be eaten daily.
For example, a 4 year old needs four + five grams per day = nine grams of fiber per day.
Fiber is found in foods such as:
whole wheat breads and cereals
Use raw vegetables and fruits with dip.
Use unpeeled potatoes for potato salad or french fries.
Add high-fiber cereal or fruit to ice cream, frozen yogurt, or yogurt.
Add beans to soups, stews, and salads.
Use whole wheat bread for sandwiches.
Whole wheat bread, granola bread, wheat bran muffins, Nutri-Grain® waffles, popcorn
Bran Flakes®, Raisin Bran®, Shredded Wheat®, Frosted Mini Wheats®, oatmeal, Muslix®, granola, oat bran
All-Bran®, Bran Buds®, Corn Bran®, Fiber One®, 100% Bran®
Beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, corn, green beans, green peas, acorn and butternut squash, spinach, potato with skin, avocado
Apples with peel, dates, papayas, mangos, nectarines, oranges, pears, kiwis, strawberries, applesauce, raspberries, blackberries, raisins
Cooked prunes, dried figs
Peanut butter, nuts
Baked beans, black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans, lima beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, chili with beans, trail mix
Typical Meal
High-fiber Meal
Corn flakes 1/2 cupDonut 1Milk 1/2 cupOrange juice 1/2 cup
Total grams of fiber = 0.5 grams
Raisin bran 1/2 cupBran muffinMilk 1/2 cupOrange juice 1/2 cup
Total grams of fiber = 5 grams
Beef patty 3 ouncesHamburger bunFrench friesGreen beans 1/2 cupCanned pears 1/2 cupMilk 1 cup
Beef patty 3 ouncesWhole wheat bunBaked potato with skinBaked beans 1/2 cupPear with skinMilk 1 cup
Total grams of fiber = 15 grams
Grilled chicken 3 ouncesLettuce saladWhite rice 1/2 cupWatermelon 1/2 cupMilk 1/2 cup
Total grams of fiber = 1.5 grams
Grilled chicken 3 ouncesBroccoli 1/2 cupBrown rice 1/2 cupStrawberries 1/2 cupMilk 1/2 cup
Total grams of fiber = 6 grams
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|True Stories
|Tuesday, 30 March 1999
There are certain films that shouldn't be reviewed by particular reviewers. Case in point: this reviewer and 'True Stories,' director/co-writer David Byrne's comedy with music. To quote another writer: "For those who like this sort of thing, it's the sort of thing they will like." For the rest of us, it is a well-made, acoustically adept but relentlessly self-indulgent exercise in the making of patronizing vignettes.
Chapter 1 actually has one of the best, most intriguing images in the film, with a brilliantly colored road through likewise vivid grass suggesting endless possibilities ahead. The road leads to the mythical, eccentric town of Virgil, Texas, pop. 40,000, where the locals are preparing for a Celebration of Specialness. We meet a wealthy woman (Swoosie Kurtz) too lazy to get out of bed; we see a fashion show featuring weird color-coordinated garments; we hear corporate gospel music. The strongest through-line, so far as it goes, belongs to Louis (John Goodman), a good old boy who will do just about anything to find a wife. Filmmaker Byrne, best known for his work with the band Talking Heads, plays a visitor who observes the goings-on with a perpetual expression of mild interest.
Visually, Byrne has some interesting ideas. Chapter 11 has a wonderful, strange low sky, with a gleam of light between the clouds and the earth and his ability to come up with mildly absurd, striking images would serve a TV commercial quite well. Goodman is also terrific as Louis, putting a lot of nerve and soul into his big song, "People Like Us," in Chapter 27. Most of the film's onscreen musical numbers are conspicuously lip-synched, including a rendition of Byrne's "Wild Wild Life" mouthed by a succession of odd-looking folks "performing" on the Virgil stage.
Byrnes and co-writers Stephen Tobolowsky & Beth Henley seem to be inviting us to enjoy the tunnel-visioned people they present for both their ridiculousness and their pathos. However, it's hard for a shallow cartoon to achieve pathos. Because its target is so obvious and so utterly not in need of attack (making fun of small towns trying to relive the '50s hasn't been original for a while now), 'True Stories' also seldom rises to the level of genuine absurdity. The big, clean lines Byrnes creates in his shots do constitute a visual style that is sometimes interesting, but there are few things on earth or in film less watchable than humor that falls flat. The sound quality on the songs is excellent. Fans of Byrnes who love his sensibilities may love 'True Stories.' Others will likely get much more satisfaction (and much less annoyance) from simply listening to the soundtrack.


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UFO in Augusta turns out to be restaurant light
UFO in Augusta turns out to be restaurant light
Sep. 27, 2013
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Several Augusta residents called police and the local newspaper to report a UFO hovering over the capital city this week.
But there were no little green men invading. Just chimichangas and fajitas.
Deputy Police Chief Jared Mills tells the Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1bL5EOh ) the source of the UFO rumor turned out to be a spotlight being used by Margaritas Mexican Restaurant to celebrate its reopening on Wednesday night.
Manager Rob Michaud says the restaurant recently completed renovations and was shut down for about two weeks.
Mills says police asked the restaurant to shut off the light because of the concerns.
Information from: Kennebec Journal, http://www.kjonline.com/


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Eugenio E. Treviño, Sr.
Holy Mass of Christian burial for Eugenio E. Treviño, Sr., 78, of Sweetwater, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, with Father Michael Rodriguez officiating. Interment will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.A Rosary will be said by Pauline Gauna at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14 , 2011, at McCoy Chapel of Memories.Treviño died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater.He was born Nov. 15, 1932, in Kennedy, Texas.He moved to Roscoe in 1961, and then to Sweetwater 11 years ago. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Sweetwater. Eugenio worked for RS&P Railroad as a brakeman for 20 years, then retiring at Sweetwater Coop Compress. He was also a farmer.Survivors include his son, Ruben Treviño of Snyder; brother, Raymond Treviño of Edinburg, Texas; sister, Gabriella Garcia of Edinburg, Texas; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his parents; and a son, Eugenio Treviño, Jr. on Nov. 29, 2001; and a brother, Guadalupe Treviño.


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David Hellstrom Speaks to Students About Making Healthy Choices
June 01, 2010
David Hellstrom, director of education and training for the BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network presented "The Real Buzz" at convocation in the Mount Union College Theatre on October 7.
With inspiration and energy, Hellstrom talked about the importance of good decision-making, being the best person you can be and getting the things you want out of life. He also talked about making healthy and educated decisions concerning alcohol use and sexual activity.
He offered statistical evidence that showed most college and university students are making healthy decisions that are positively affecting their lives. Over half of the students surveyed who choose to drink do so in moderation and students who choose to be sexually active take all necessary precautions.
"There is a gap between what people believe is happening on college campuses and what really is going on," Hellstrom said. "Not everybody is drinking heavily and making poor decisions. Its important that young people don't feel like they are the only ones who make alternative decisions on these campuses."
Hellstrom was very passionate about students making great decisions that would bring them "positive returns." "Its very important that you trust yourself. Don't let others make decisions for you. Its your life," he said.
Hellstrom is a health educator who has conducted training at over 300 campuses since 1990.


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Bonnie L. "Tubby" Weirich
Bonnie L. "Tubby" Weirich, 81, formerly of Walnut Street, Kane, died on her birthday Thursday morning, Nov. 11, 2010 at The Lutheran Home at Kane.Born Nov. 11, 1929 in Wellsville, N.Y., she was the daughter of Wayne and Bernice Walker Weirich. A 1947 graduated of Kane Area High School, she worked for the Kane Shirt Factory briefly, then for Stackpole in Kane for 37 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kane, the Women's Bowling League for over 40 years and enjoyed her card clubs, friends and her dogs. She also volunteered at The Lutheran Home at Kane.Surviving are two sisters, Betty Lundberg of Warren and Patricia Rose of Erie, plus many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.Preceding her in death, besides her parents, are sisters Marilyn Berlin and Kay Weirich, and brothers James and Robert Weirich.Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane, and may attend a service there at 1 p.m. on Sunday with the rev. David Pflieger, chaplain of The Lutheran Home, officiating. Burial will be in McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette.Memorial contributions may be made to The Lutheran Home at Kane or to the McKean Co. S.P.C.A.Online condolences may be expressed at www.ronaldmcdonaldfuneralhome.com


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RENO, Nev. - Looking at the Truckee River in Downtown Reno, Federal Water Master Chad Blanchard says he's hoping for some more springtime showers.
"We're at the lowest peak since 1988," he said.
On average in May, the Truckee River flows about 1460 cubic feet per sec (cfs). Right now Blanchard says, it's flowing at 673 cfs.
"It would be even lower if we weren't releasing 300 cfs of storage water to keep up with the fish demand," Blanchard said.
He says a lot of our snow came in November and December, but the beginning months of 2013 have been dry, and most of the snow melt is being lost into the ground.
Though we'll take any amount of rain here in the Truckee Meadows, the National Weather Service says what's in the forecast for this week won't do much to help the water levels.
Blanchard says he's hoping for many spring showers spread throughout the season.
Firefighters are hoping for the same thing.
Mark Regan with the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection Service says these showers are helping our vegetation stay moist but it's also causing a potential problem.
"These showers are giving cheatgrass the perfect conditions to grow," Regan said. "If we don't have anymore showers, the thicker grass will dry out and give wildfires even more fuel."
Fire officials say the rain is nice, but all we need is one hot or windy day and we'll be right back where we started.
Blanchard says kayakers competing in the Reno River Festival this weekend shouldn't worry there will still be enough for them to compete.
Water officials are more concerned now about where the water levels will be in the summer.