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The program is called STEPS — Supportive Therapies and Enhanced Palliative Care Services. It provides medical, mental-health and spiritual services, with the goal of ensuring the child is as comfortable as possible throughout the full spectrum of treatment, said Theresa Murdock-Vlautin, associate professor of pediatric critical-care medicine.
Murdock-Vlautin, who is board certified in hospice and palliative care medicine, founded and directs the program, which consists of a specialized interdisciplinary team to form a network of physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, child life specialists, chaplains and support staff that works with the patient and their family and the patient's primary medical team.
"From diagnosis throughout the course of the illness, the STEPS team will be there to enhance the care of the patient in body, mind and spirit," Murdock-Vlautin said. "We will coordinate resources to maximize involvement by all family members, to create hope and healing."
She explained that the STEPS team will guide care through consultation with the patient's primary medical team, emphasizing aggressive pain and symptom management, enhancing meaningful quality of life and providing support for patients and families, to alleviate stress.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison after being convicted of killing a man, tying up the victim's 80-year-old mother with duct tape and stabbing his dog during a New York City robbery.
The Queens district attorney's office announced Domingo Mateo's sentence Friday. His lawyer didn't immediately return a call.
Prosecutors say the 24-year-old Reading, Pa., man and an accomplice slipped into Thomas Shanis' apartment building when Shanis went out to walk his dog on May 3, 2011.
Prosecutors say the killers waited for the 33-year-old Shanis to return, then attacked him in a hallway and barged into the apartment he shared with his mother, Zelda.
Shanis and his dog, Sampson, were stabbed.
Sampson survived after surgery. Police raised money to pay for it.

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This news comes around the same time that the administration has announced that there will not be a decision [2] on the proposed Keystone Pipeline [3] until after the election, while research is done on a new route that would place the pipeline farther from a major water source.
Comparisons have abounded between the sex abuse scandal in the church and the unfolding news of a similar scandal at Penn State. Read what our own Scott Alessi says about the notes that the church should be taking on Penn State's situation [4].
Meanwhile, Bryan Cones asks [5]: Who gets to decide what constitutes a "religious reason" sufficient to gain exemption from a civil law?
Fore! Apparently in Fairfax, Virginia, a golf ball from a nearby driving range broke through the window of a Presbyterian church [6], hitting a youth pastor on the head.


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The Estherville Lincoln Central volleyball team received its first field test Tuesday against a senior-dominated Sioux Central team.
The visiting Rebels' experience showed as they made fewer mistakes as they won 25-12, 25-12, 25-12.
ELC coach Carly Marx, who took over the team this season, said her squad still has some work to do.
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"Most of them are playing a new defense and new positions," said Marx. "They're doing the right things-they just need to settle down and follow through with the motions."
ELC jumped out to an early 5-3 lead in the first game, but Sioux Central put together a few runs before winning.
"We lost that first game by 13, but we had 15 errors," Marx noted.
ELC never led in the second game with their best run coming early in the game as they won a long rally, got an ace serve from Megan Jensen followed by a hitting error by the Rebels. That got ELC within four at 10-6. But Sioux Central went on a 6-0 run and cruise to the victory.
ELC had its best stretch of the night to start the third game. Two ace serves by Joslyn Moore were followed by a pair of big kills from Jensen. Caitlyn Clayton followed with an ace serve and a Rebel hitting error gave ELC a 6-1 lead.
But the Rebels rallied. They took a 10-9 lead and then went on a 7-0 run and cruised to the victory as ELC was unable to mount a comeback.
For ELC Moore had eight set assists and was 7-of-9 serving with three aces. Jensen finished with five kills while Alicia Jorgenson had two and Rylee Miller had one. Lauren Moeller had the lone block for ELC.
Also from the serving line, Clayton was 8-for-8 with an ace, Jensen was 6-for-7 with an ace and Jorgenson was 4-5 with an ace.
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PHOENIX – A woman charged with killing her lover in his Arizona home after a lust-filled day of sex and raunchy photographs is set to resume her testimony Monday as defence attorneys work to portray the victim as a liar and philanderer in hopes of gaining sympathy from jurors.
Jodi Arias, 32, testified for three days last week, recounting her troubled childhood marred by abuse at the hands of her parents, a string of bad relationships and struggles to pay bills as she moved from job to job.
In a provocative day of testimony Wednesday before the trial ended for the week, Arias described in graphic detail how Travis Alexander made repeated sexual advances all while converting her into the Mormon faith during their heated initial courtship.
She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, violence and betrayal. Trial was set to resume Monday morning.
In questioning by defence attorneys, Arias has portrayed Alexander as a domineering womanizer. She says the killing was self-defence, and that Alexander belittled her, called her derogatory names and used her for sex throughout their stormy five-month relationship, and even after as the pair continued to see each other for trysts.
Prosecutors say Arias was a jealous ex-girlfriend who snapped and killed the motivational speaker and successful businessman.
Arias' testimony has been an unusual mix of Mormon theology and X-rated descriptions of their relationship, including naked pictures of Alexander displayed for the jury.
Alexander, a Mormon, persuaded Arias to become a member of the church and performed her baptism in late 2006, she said. He simultaneously pressured her for sex, something Arias felt contradicted the church's teachings that forbid such acts before marriage.
On the same day that he baptized her, Arias said the two went into a bedroom, and engaged in sexual intercourse she called painful. Alexander told her the sex was OK under Mormon teachings because their encounter did not involve vaginal intercourse.
She said he once called her a "skank," and that she felt like a prostitute at times because of Alexander's emotional detachment, but she stayed with him because she liked him even after some of his own friends urged her to break it off.
She said she first met Alexander at a Las Vegas convention in late 2006 after years of bad relationships. The two almost immediately began a steamy relationship which they carried on long distance between her home in California and his in Mesa, Ariz.
She claims they dated for about five months, then broke up but continued to see each other for sex, and that she came to Alexander's home on June 4, 2008, the day of the killing, at his urging. Alexander's friends said she stalked him after the breakup and became possessive and jealous.
Arias first denied any involvement in his death, then later blamed it on masked intruders before eventually settling on self-defence, claiming he attacked her in a fit of rage, forcing her to fight for her life.
Alexander was stabbed and slashed 27 times, had his throat slit and was shot in the forehead. His body was found by friends about five days later.
Authorities said they found Arias' hair and bloody palm print at the scene, along with time-stamped photographs on a memory card in a camera discovered inside Alexander's washing machine that place Arias there on the day he died. The photos included one of Arias nude on his bed, one of Alexander lying on the bed, and one of his body crumpled on floor of his shower.
The trial began in early January. Defence attorneys have yet to explain why Arias apparently attempted to clean the scene, washing Alexander's bedding and the camera, and what happened to the weapons.
Authorities say Alexander was shot in the head with a .25 calibre gun, the same calibre Arias' grandparents reported stolen from their Northern California home about a week before the killing.


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Ever been to the Leaning Tower Of Pisa? If you have, chances are you've had your photograph taken "holding it up" with your arms outstretched.
Ah, forced perspective, eh? Always a giggle, be it with Paris's Eiffel Tower or Seattle's Space Needle - but it does tend you leave you open to a pretty easy-to-carry-out prank.
YouTuber 'JegStuffoInfo' here calls it 'troll high-fiving', which essentially means that you high five people while they're offering up their open palms to the sky. Tonnes of fun, we can all agree.
And if this little prank-a-thon has piqued your interest in such childish activities, here's our video gallery of professional prankster Remi Gaillard doing his thing, starting off with this ludicrously popular 'Real-Life Mario Kart' video.


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Monday, September 24, 2007
Saturday Recap & Random Thoughts
After where we were two weeks ago, I'm going to attempt to keep that new found hope and excitement for the season from bursting out of my chest like the creature in ALIEN.
With that said, in no particular order:
* Some pointed out in the comments section of the postgame open thread how Michigan kept running (seemingly) only to the left, especially in the second half. This wasn't lousy play calling (contrary to the shouts in the stadium and living rooms across America), this was out of necessity. Right guard Alex Mitchell left with a knee injury in the second quarter and his replacement, Jeremy Ciulla, was also injured on the same series leaving third stringer Tim McAvoy to start the second half. Even worse, Mitchell and Ciulla were in street clothes at that point.
This is a major loss. Hopefully the injuries aren't serious. Even still...
* We have to disguise things more. There was one play in particular, I believe in the fourth quarter, when the fullback started doing that "shuffle" to the right before the ball was snapped and the entire Penn State defensive line shifted that way because they knew that's exactly where we were going to run the play. Consequently, we were stopped for little or no gain.
Brian on MGoBlog rails on this all the time and it's gotten almost silly now, it's so obvious.
* What on earth can be said about Mike Hart that wasn't said on every newscast and highlight show after the game? The kid is simply amazing. Everybody in the stadium - including the entire Penn State team - knew he was going to get the ball all damn day and - even worse - which side of the line it was going to go to after the injuries mentioned above. And yet he still found a way to carry this team as he always seems to day. Wow.
Watching SportsCenter, Lee Corso had him atop his early Heisman list. While September is never the time to be talking such things, if you're drawing up lists like that, even for just for debate purposes, he has to be top three on everybody's list. Has to.
* Is it just me, or is College Football Final the greatest show on earth after a big win such as this? I swear, I can't get enough highlights, recaps and analysis tonight. Maybe I'm simply making up for the first two weekends when I turned the TV off in disgust after the Michigan games and didn't watch a damn thing after the rest of the night.
* Mallet did exactly what he was supposed to do - not lose the game. Yes, he made some mistakes but, my goodness, that's to be expected at this stage in his career. Best of all about this kid, rather than wilt under pressure, he seems to relish the challenge. That's huge.
* Props to Ron English and the defense. Like the rest of the team, he and they could have quit after being ass-raped the first two games. But they have come back and looked stellar. Yes, I know one of those games was against Notre Dame (man, it's almost weird to type that) and a vanilla Penn State offense (it's standard to type that) but they hung tough when they were needed and made the big stops. On the flip side...
* After seeing what teams - and more importantly, what schemes - have beaten Michigan the last couple of years, how on earth does a team come out and just run such a basic offense against us. Hey, as a Michigan fan with a "W" in the win column today, I'm thrilled but it's a head scratcher. Obviously a team can't junk their entire offense in a week and install the spread, or suddenly make a slow-footed pocket passer Vince Young, but Penn State showed no imagination. It's like they had no idea what sort of plays/gameplans we have trouble with.
And if the QB can't do that (as PSU's couldn't) then directly snap the ball to Derrick Williams or one of your other fleet-footed stars the way Arkansas does with McFadden. Michigan can match up and play with any team in the country that plays "old school" or smashmouth football. So to line up do that hoping to simply do it better, to me, is silly when the blueprint for success has been out there some time now.
As Detroit News sports writer Bob Wojnowski said better than I ever could in his excellent column today, "The Nittany Lions might be the last Big Ten team that still tries to beat the Wolverines at their own game, nothing fancy."
Again, I'm not bitching. I wish all teams would do that.
* The crowd. I thought the crowd was good...for a Michigan crowd. On Penn State's first drive, they were so loud, the announcers commented on the noise. However, on the next drive, it wasn't even close to where it was that first possession. The nearest it came to that opening level again was in the 4th quarter when Penn State was attempting to rally. But not every down. Only on the third downs and not with any real consistency.
And therein lies the difference between a "loud" Michigan crowd and the 'Shoe, Penn State, Oregon, etc.: Sustained noise. If you've never been to one of those places to watch Michigan play, it's not just loud for the first series and then for obvious "key" third downs in the third and fourth quarter of a close game, it's deafening on a 2nd down at the end of the 1st and a 1st down early in the 3rd. In other words, it's loud when the other team has the ball, period.
Furthermore, did you see all the crowd shots of during important moments in the game? Yes, some folks were screaming their heads off. But you could literally count just as many in each of those shots not even clapping. Just watching like they were at the theater. Pretty bizarre.
After the game, I was talking to a good friend leaving the stadium who commented on how good the crowd was. When I said that I indeed thought it was pretty good for "for a Michigan crowd," he not only disagreed but seemed to take it as a personal insult. Like he was the designated crowd noisemaker guy and I was blaming him. But like most who, for some reason, bristle at this lack of noise observation, my friend has never been to a road game to see Michigan play in one of the tough venues against a good team. So don't shoot the messenger. Because if you've never been, that's a different kind of loud.
* Anybody else catch Russell Crowe on the GameDay pre-game show in the morning in which he said something like he'd "fight to the death" for Lloyd Carr if he was his coach? Pretty damn cool.
Ed. Note: Anybody have the clip and know how to get it up on YouTube?
* Oh, I'm sure the haters who were hoping he'd get fired after Appy State or Oregon won't say it but Carr deserves props for keeping this team together and not quitting. It seemed the entire college football world - not just U-M fans - were breathing down his neck yet somehow (I'm not sure how) the man didn't panic. Unfortunately, that calmness is one of the things those that have never liked Carr use to blast him with, calling it a lack of fire or "grumpiness." But such a steady hand has been crucial to getting Michigan back to the place where every Michigan fan wakes up today thinking, "Holy shit, we have a shot at the Big 10 title." And who would have thought that two weeks ago?
* Along those same lines, look around the country at some other teams that were highly ranked then suffer heartbreaking and/or bad defeats early in year. Watch how many fight back and knock off Top 10 teams as opposed to those that go in the tank. Say what you will about Carr, English and the 2007 Wolverines, but they never, ever gave up when the entire cfb world really expected them to.
* Interesting to note that Adrian Arrington has really become the go-to receiver this year as opposed to Mario Manningham. That's not a knock on Mario, just an observation. And when either a) Henne comes back and/or b) the coaches feel confident enough with Mallet, if we start airing it out to go with Hart's skills, this offense could still be the one everybody thought it would be when the season started.
Also, Greg Matthews continues to impress.
* The kicking problems could still cost us one more game (assuming the rest of the team continues to improve and isn't the problem). I have no confidence from any place on the field with this unit. None. Zip. Zero. 24 yards or 44 yards, it's all the same to me.
* Anybody else think Hart didn't get in on his TD and was surprised there wasn't a review/challenge? I personally didn't think he made it. In fact, you saw him motion for the kicking team to "hurry up" as he ran off the field because, I think, he was also unsure.
* As noted by many, those Penn State/Joe Pa masks worn by some Nittany Lion fans are creepy as all hell. They could be the new killer mask in the next HALLOWEEN sequel.
* Didn't realize Mallet was 16 of 29.
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- JukeBox said...
that's a lot of thoughts.
Write something funny about the Waves that the student section tried to kill (and failed), please?
at least we're loud this time, I think the last chants: We own penn state can actually be heard on TV. but I'm not sure. if u listen closely on the TV there's actually noise =).
U didn't put it in the random thoughts. But I still did my key play thing, it's tradition and it's not going anywhere. But I made a lot more noise along with it , by shouting and jumping up and down on the metal bleachers. I don't think I am big enough to make the stadium shake but it's an attempt. (hint: Charlie Weis can probably do it)
- September 23, 2007 2:46 AM
- Yost said...
Had meant to add a crowd noise bullet point but had to run out. Just put it up.
And question for you: you say you did the key play thing because it's tradition, but what exactly do you as someone who does it think that tradition is for? Usually when someone continues to carry on a tradition, there's a purpose or meaning behind it. At Clemson, they touch Howard's Rock as they take the field for luck. There's a reason there.
So why do you do it? What "tradition" are you carrying on? In all seriousness. What is it supposed to accomplish/why is it done? Do M fans think the other team or the announcers look out, see fans shaking their keys and think to themselves, "Oh look! It's an important or 'key' play and the students are shaking their keys, get it?
And it's not like it's unique to Michigan or only done by us, so it's not a "Michigan tradition." Thus, why continue.
See, in my opinion, the team running out of the tunnel under the M GO BLUE sign is tradition (started in 1962) whereas the key thing is something that was started to be "clever" godknowshowmany years ago and it simply lives on for reasons I bet most people don't even know.
- September 23, 2007 4:08 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Random thoughts, eh?
You swear less when you're happy. That's nice. However, the "ass-raped" expletive has got to go. I'm tired of the Deliverance banjo clip running through my head every time that phrase is used. I've gone blind poking out my mind's eye with a stick.
The fact that PSU didn't change anything and thought they could win reveals that JoePa needs to go...now. I know, I know. That's not going to happen, but it just had to be said.
Do you actually think the rest of the Big 10 is going to come at you like Penn St.? If that happens I'm going to start watching the eastern skyline.
Wow. I've never seen such a huge fan-base turn around. Good thing you all didn't go through with the Ox Bow incident regarding Lloyd. Is anyone else amused that his legend is growing after two wins over Weis and JoePa...this year. Someone check which universe we're in at the moment.
The Russell Crowe quote was too cheesy. Gag! The only thing that could have made it worse is if he delivered it while wearing the Gladiator costume. I feel nauseous.
Those weren't JoePa masks--those were his kids! I'm sure an apology is forthcoming from such a classy outfit as Michigan.
I think your "keys as tradition" argument is humorous considering the style of football Lloyd and Co. is running. There's your deep thought of the day.
Congratulations on your victory. Joy is contagious. This makes the conference race much more exciting.
- September 23, 2007 8:10 AM
- steve g said...
Agreed on the noise at OSU. I had seats in the endzone, not the actual Horseshoe in 2004 and I couldn't even think.
- September 23, 2007 9:38 AM
- Sean Yuille said...
On the topic of the crowd, I am understanding more and more why it never seems to be as loud as other venues. For the entire first half we had two or three people maybe in their 50's or early 60's shouting for people to sit down. There was a group of 3 people standing the whole game, and of course the person I was with got into it and said something, causing an arguement, but guess what he said, "Down in front isn't a cheer." Thank you M Zone, because it truly isn't a cheer, if you want to watch a football game sitting down then stay home. It's getting ridiculous with some of these people. Thankfully we won.
- September 23, 2007 10:31 AM
- ChicagoWolverine said...
wouldn't the key thing make more sense on a key offensive 3rd down? quiet down the crowd so the offense can execute? (assuming it's loud rest of game)
About crowd noise in general. I wasn't at the game this week, but was last week. I was with 5 other friends, all of us now old and busted. We were yelling and screaming our heads off. I was told repeatedly to go sit in the student section and to sit down and shut up so they could enjoy the game. I pleaded with fans... your team is 0-2, they need our support, we help fire them up -- but rather they continue to sit on their cushions and get pissed at me for standing. i was able to rally a few fans and as one guy in front of us said as he left at the end: "thank you, best fans I've ever sat next to"
- September 23, 2007 11:25 AM
- JukeBox said...
Well I am guessing that someone thought doing "key plays" will actually intimidate and make the opponents make mistakes on their 3rd downs and 4th downs? it's to tell them, "if you don't make this play, u're hosed, your coach is hosed, and your team is hosed. ", so when they get nervous they give up big plays and stuff.
Why bother getting rid of what the students have been doing for so many years, as long as they make noise along with the key play. I think if they keep posting "key play" on the screen it actually works, not a whole lot, but I think it does, a bit.
yup, we might not be the only ones doing key plays, but we've been doing it for quite some time, have we not? Just like the wave, it's been around, hence it's kind of like a good luck charm, and it doesn't feel right if we just stop doing it.
maybe we should invent something new now. instead of doing key plays. we should bring our cameras to night games (if we are going to host night games, ever) and turn on flash so that during the games there will be sudden unified flashes all over the place. That might actually distract the opponents. We'll get our own unique "tradition".
It's sad if we can't do anything to call a tradition. coz students can't touch the blue banner.
- September 23, 2007 11:33 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
okay, just to prove we're not all band wagon riders, i'll throw in a gripe or two. sitting under the tent at Frasers after App St, friends & i discussed "nightmare" scenarios for the rest of the season. #1 on the list? going 11-1 or 10-2 after the loss.
why? because it shows we have a great team that thru poor coaching/prep/etc managed to toss away a shot at #1 (like 2003). we're still a long way from that, but come thanksgiving we're all talking about the rose bowl @10-2, we all need to take a breath & realize that losing to a I-AA team is humiliating no matter what else happens.
also, as much fun as yesterday's game was, it only proves the game has passed Joe Pa by more than it has Lloyd. one direct snap/one option/one trick play and everyone's calling for Lloyd's head this a.m. you can bet the house that Tiller/Dantonio/Zook/Swizter, i mean Sweater Boy are all going to look at game film and at least add wrinkles.
Lloyd deserves a lot of credit for stuffing the guts back into this squad. but he still has the blame for the first two "L's". and if he thinks we can run the table w/ Hart carrying to the left 40 times a game, we'll all be pissed come november.
so, am i happy? elated. am i hopeful? absolutely. do i think Lloyd still needs to go at the end of the season absent being struck by bolt from the blue and having a change of attitude? unfortunately, yes.
- September 23, 2007 12:02 PM
- Katie said...
The student section rocks and you all bring so much to the atmosphere of the stadium. Keep on doing what you are doing, there is not a thing wrong with it! I emailed yost about this and didn't want to get all up in this right now, but seriously folks, you are preaching to the choir here. There is a certain culture in the stadium (bue hair, tea and crumpets crowd) who have been coming to games on season passes since the stone ages.......it is their culture and they are not about to change it. So this is not something that is going to change overnight, but can gradually change with those of us in the stands standing up, screaming our lungs out (while being looked at like we have 2 heads) and doing our part. It is just annoying though to hear the same frickin crap week after week. Be HAPPY that the crowd was louder than normal, be HAPPY that we stood and cheered on 3rd downs, (although my section seemed to stand for nearly every play that our defense was on the field.......start looking at the glass as being half full rather than half empty. Ok, off my soap box. Sorry, lest we forget....YOU FUCKING WON!!!!! GO BLUE!
- September 23, 2007 12:22 PM
- Itamicbomb said...
"Anybody else think Hart didn't get in on his TD and was surprised there wasn't a review/challenge? I personally didn't think he made it. In fact, you saw him motion for the kicking team to "hurry up" as he ran off the field because, I think, he was also unsure."
-Once they showed the replay on the big screen, JoePa and the OC were going apeshit on the sidelines, but I have no idea why they didn't challenge before the kick. Ultimately, though, I don't think it had any impact - does anyone question Hart's ability to get into the endzone from 6 inches away and two downs?
- September 23, 2007 12:45 PM
- ThaQuietStorm said...
Does anyone else think our cheerleaders look 100% hotter in what they've worn for the past two weeks (tight yellow sweater and blue skirt) than what they usually wear (white unis)?
I'd like to start a movement to make the yellow and blue outfits permanent. Who is with me?
- September 23, 2007 1:16 PM
- Mary said...
On the topic of crowd noise, I might mention what I've personally known for a long time, and something the commentators were also pointing out. The shape of the big house itself does NOT promote a loud atmosphere. As a former member of the MMB, I'll let you know that it is VERY difficult to be a loud BAND in there because of that shape. You have to play 10X louder than in practice to get the same effect.
I do know firsthand the issues with the older alumni (they were CONSTANTLY telling the BAND to sit down when we were placedd on the other side of the stadium)...though I have no idea how to fix that....
- September 23, 2007 1:34 PM
- Jeremy said...
I disagree. I was at the PSU game last year expecting my brain to explode. It was pretty damn loud for the first quarter, but as soon as they were losing, it was quiet for the rest of the game until they scored the late td to make it 17-10. They certainly disappeared and did NOT "sustain the noise."
- September 23, 2007 1:44 PM
- Bo said...
1. qstorm, amen to the new cheerleader outfits...
2. fan noise is definitely up this year and will only improve with the addition of the east and west end structures next year
3. we're ranked #34 in the coaches poll! (with plenty of opportunities for improvement coming up)
- September 23, 2007 2:06 PM
- Bo said...
and #30 in the AP poll...
- September 23, 2007 2:11 PM
- JukeBox said...
when we're ranked we usually get upset pretty easily. I rather we run under the radar and still win the B10. It'd be easier on the players as well.
Well when we're down 32-7 halftime against Oregon, the whole stadium was soooo quiet.
another thing to point out is that I am kind of surprised to see PSU fans being able to chant "P S U" clearly across the field to the students section before the game started. It's amazing to see how clear it was. We should do better next game.
- September 23, 2007 2:42 PM
- Nashville Wolverine said...
I live in Nashville, TN (although originally from Holland, MI) and have tix to the Purdue game in a few weeks. I can't get up to the Big House nearly as much as I'd like to anymore, but I'll be damned if I'm going to sit down the whole time and/or jingle keys. You can expect a lot of noise from this fan because I'm not driving all the way up there to stay in my seat and be quiet.
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Jennifer Lawrence wanted to ''burn'' her 'Hunger Games' outfits.
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Step 1: Download MRIcroN (software for viewing MRI datasets)

Step 1: Download MRIcroN (software for viewing MRI datasets)

Download the correct installer package for your computer. Windows, Mac and Linux are supported; detailed installation instructions are provided for Windows and Mac but not Linux.
Download the correct installer package for your computer. Windows, Mac and Linux are supported; detailed installation instructions are provided for Windows and Mac but not Linux.
* For Windows, double-click the installer and answer the on-screen questions
* For Windows, double-click the installer and answer the on-screen questions
Revision as of 14:40, 16 January 2013
This is the web page for information about downloadable MRI neuroanatomy teaching materials. The instructions below describe how to download MRI datasets and a freely available viewing program to look at them.
Step 1: Download MRIcroN (software for viewing MRI datasets)
Download the correct installer package for your computer. Windows, Mac and Linux are supported; detailed installation instructions are provided for Windows and Mac but not Linux.
For Windows: media:Beauchamp_MRIcron_windows.zip
"I agree" with the license agreement "Next >" to install all components of the software "Install" to install the package "Close" when finished installing
By default, MRIcron is installed in the folder C:\ProgramFiles\MRIcroN
Open a Windows Explorer window and browse to this directory. Find the MRIcroN icon (it looks like a small brain). For easier access in future, right click and drag the icon to your desktop and create a shortcut. Start the software by double-clicking the icon or file name.
detail: The first time that it is run, the software will ask if you want to associate certain file types with this program; click "No". If you want to click "Yes", Windows Vista users must right click the icon and select "Run as Administrator" the first time they open the program.
After successfully starting the program, you should see the following window. To make the images easier to see, you can enlarge the window. Go to Step 2, below.
Right click on this file or icon; select "Show Package Contents" in the pop-up menu that appears. A new window will open that contains the folder "templates". Option-Click to drag a copy of this folder into the "mricronmac" folder. (You only have to do this step once). To start the program, double click on the mricron.app file or the small brain icon. For easier access in the future, drag the file or icon to the Dock. You should see the following window. To make the images easier to see, you can enlarge the window.
Step 2: Explore the brain
To view a colored template with anatomical regions colored, perform the following steps.
Surf around the brain. When clicking on a colored region, you will see the anatomical label for that colored area of the brain. The label (e.g. Putamen_L for left putamen) will appear in the bottom of the viewing window on PC, in the top of the viewing window on Mac.
Step 3: Different kinds of brain MRI
MRI is clinically very useful because it is non-invasive and safe. Because no exposure to radiation is involved, patients can receive many different kinds of MRI imaging procedures without risk. The MRI scanner can be programmed to create different kinds of images that reveal different tissue properties. The three main kinds of images are T1, T2 and Proton Density (FLAIR). The names of the image types refer to the physical priniciples used to create the images. The three links below link to three datasets, all collected from the same normal subject, that show the three different image types. Click on each link and save the file to your computer.
After you have downloaded the datasets, you can load and view them in MriCroN by clicking File/Open. Navigate to the directory where you saved them and select the dataset name.
OPTIONAL: for more information on MRI imaging priniciples, see http://spinwarp.ucsd.edu/NeuroWeb/Text/br-100.htm
Step 4: Different kinds of spine MRI
Because the spine is so long, it is typically imaged in three separate scans covering the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar+sacral portions of the cord. The following archive file contains T1, T2 and IR datasets for each spine portion. Download the file and unzip the 12 datasets that it contains. It is easiest if they are unzipped to the same directory as the datasets in Step 3. The datasets can then be opened in MRIcroN.
Step 5: Cerebral Vasculature
Here are two movies that show the results of a Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA). Click to download the movies to your desktop. Then double-click on the movies to view them. They have been tested with Apple Quicktime, free software downloadable from www.apple.com. After the movie is loaded, press the left and right arrow to scroll through the frames of the movie.
Coordinates of structures in labs 8 and 9
View in mricron using the "ch2" file (ch2.nii.gz)
Structure x y z
Central Sulcus 56 95 129 (omega sign)
Lateral Sulcus 27 110 82 (aka Sylvian Fissure)
Caudate 104 136 83
Putamen 116 136 72
Globus Pallidus 109 128 72
Thalamus (anterior nucleus) 102 121 81
Midbrain (superior colliculus) 96 94 62
Crus Cerebri 109 115 61
Red Nucleus 97 108 64
Substantia Nigra 103 108 61
Cerebral Aqueduct 91 97 62
Internal Capsule, anterior limb 110 140 78
Internal Capsule, posterior limb 115 115 77
Coordinates of structures in lab 11
Limbic System A.
Cingulate Gyrus 97 114 111
Amygdala 117 127 154
Hippocampus 117 111 48
Lateral Ventricle 126 89 67 (temporal horn)
Fornix (body) 92 123 85
Fornix (column) 92 130 70
Hypothalamus Landmarks
Lamina Terminalis 91 141 57
Anterior Commissure 92 131 67
Optic Chiasm 93 137 50
Infundibulum 93 132 47
Mamillary Body 93 121 58
Hypothalamus Proper 88 126 59
Pituitary 93 134 42
License Information for MRIcron software. Chris Rorden's MRIcron, copyright 2012, all rights reserved. Redistribution and use in binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided inclusion of the copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer is provided with the distribution: Neither the name of the copyright owner nor the name of this project (MRIcron) may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.This software is provided by the copyright holder "as is" and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.


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ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR -- (Marketwire) -- 12/10/12 -- Housing starts in St. John's, Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 2,215 units in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR)(1) of housing starts. The standalone monthly SAAR was 2,148 units in November, up from 1,659 in October.
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Skip to comments.WATERGATE: Nixon Warned Grand Jury on Pentagon Spy Ring
Posted on 11/10/2011 9:20:39 PM PST by Hunton Peck
Newly unsealed grand jury testimony by ex-President Richard Nixon shows he warned prosecutors and grand jurors not to probe an episode from 1971, when he discovered that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had been spying on him and national security adviser Henry Kissinger.
Dont open that can of worms, Nixon told his interrogators in June 1975, when he spent roughly eleven hours over two days time fielding and sometimes deflecting questions put to him by lawyers for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force and two grand jurors flown in from Washington.
And he confided what his predecessor in the Oval Office, Lyndon B. Johnson, lamented during their closed-door meeting at the White House in December 1968, during the transition between their administrations. He told me, very emotionally, that the greatest mistake he made was after his election in his own right in 64, in not firing all of the people or virtually all of the people whom he had inherited from the [Kennedy] administration and getting his own people in.
The Archives also unsealed an undated recording from the spring of 1973 by Haldeman aide Gordon Strachan. Talking with fellow Haldeman staffer Lawrence Higby, Strachan can be heard discussing the role of White House Counsel John Dean in the disbursement of hush money to the men arrested at Watergate. The conduits Dean used included Strachan and Nixon campaign aide Fred LaRue. I took 40 [thousand] to LaRue, because Dean told me to take 40 [thousand] to LaRue, Strachan said. It would be, you know, the same night that Dean told me to do it.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
well of course. all the agencies with the means are keeping close tabs on the current president
all they need is a single paned piece of glass they can bounce a laser off to listen in.
you can also get a good vibration off some metals
like those found in golf carts...
The excellent book "Silent Coup: the Removal of a President)" by Colodny and Gettlin begins with the Pentagon's spy in the White House, a junior officer who manned a communications office IIRC.
The senior military had noticed back-channel communications going on between Red China and someone in the White House. This was while we were busy fighting China's ally North Vietnam and the military were concerned that they might have discovered a traitor. So they spied on these communications.
This led to a discussion of some select young military officers who acted as liasons between the White House and the Pentagon. One such Naval officer was Bob Woodward. Among the White House officials Woodward briefed was Alexander Haig.
Woodward then left the Navy and went to work at the Washington Post, teamed with Carl Bernstein. And then came Watergate and fame for one-time Naval officer and White House briefer Bob Woodward.
Spying on the White House:
Colodny and Gettlin's "Silent Coup" online:
Yes, it was an excellent book chock full of many details and revelations.
Extremely interesting posts. Thanks and bookmark.
There was an Admiral Moorer in that book - I think he had Woodward under his wing. In the book he is quoted as saying something like âIt is ridiculous - unimaginable that we would be spying on the White House...â
It was many years later that I read an article (U.S. News - 1990's??) where Admiral Moorer was caught up in some scandal where they posed as military museums and got stuff from the military at a discount, but sold a lot of it back off to foreign countries - perhaps even enemies. In that article hes is quoted as saying "It is ridiculous - unimaginable that we would be selling arms...."
Seriously - it was almost verbatium from his quote of 20-30 years earlier! So much so that even with my bad memory I was able to find the quote in the book and put the mag article in there as a bookmark. (Hmmm - now where is that, I know it is around here SOMEWHERE!)
I always wondered what Nixon meant when he was trying to protect the breakin guys (Cubans) and can be heard on the tapes (write before the silent part IIRC) saying something like "...that could open up that whole Cuban thing..." I always wondered if they were involved in the Bay of Pigs, and Nixon was trying to protect that (and Kennedy).
In spite of his problems, Nixon really had a passion for keeping the dirty secrets of the government secret - regardless whether they were his secrets or not. (The Pentagon Papers were created under LBJ and supposed to be secret). And the State and Military going against the Presidency which it sounds like here he wanted to keep quiet. Both things if he had spun them the other way may have helped him.
We must be the two who read it!
What is fascinating is that the two authors are, or were, political liberals. And they began their task of creating a "harmony of the Watergate memoirs" with John Dean helping them.
But as time wore on and they began asking Dean about some inconsistencies in his account, Dean became unhelpful if not outright hostile.
And the authors began to conclude that the Watergate break in had been a scheme concocted by John Dean alone, to retrieve a book with his wife Maureen's picture in it. The book was a list of high-priced call girls being run out of a desk in the DNC's Watergate office, and that was what Maureen Biner had been when John Dean began dating her.
Admiral Thomas Moorer was Bob Woodward's boss. Moorer was one of the four sources who told the authors that Woodward had been briefing Alexander Haig, something that Woodward had been denying in public.
Nixon had thought that Atty Gen'l John Mitchell had planned the break in. But Nixon never asked Mitchell. Mitchell thought Nixon must have planned it. But Mitchell never asked Nixon. Both men thought they were protecting the other.
Nixon selected his own investigator inside the White House to learn what had happened. He picked John Dean. Very bad luck for Nixon.
Dean was able to control and direct the flow of information concerning Watergate. When Dean saw that the Senate investigators were closing in and about to discover his role he ran to the Senate and said "I can give you the President".
Well, there are at least three of us who've read the book! It seems like I read it 100 years ago, but your take is spot on. I always thought the book was political dynamite and wondered why it didn't "take" on the general public, at least those who read and who cared about this nation. Why Dean is still trotted out by the libs on occasion is beyond me, other than he sounded like a leftist last time I saw him on the tube. He still is a filthy vermin, IMO.
Thanks for posting this article.
It never ceases to amaze me that, even after Nixon has been dead for years, still they dribble out some tapes and/or transcripts, every so often, so that they Leftist media might once again relive those glorious days when they overthrew a sitting American President. They so relish the fact that they can still find small ways to drag his name through the mud. Remind people why history ought to remember him as "tricky Dick," and why he is to be despised and villified at every opportunity.
I'm no great fan of Nixon. He was an old line Republican, not a Conservative. He was a control-freak. He would destroy his political enemies if they got in his way. But the News Media LOVES Liberals who are EXACTLY like that. The reason they hated Richard Nixon, and ALWAYS wanted to destroy him, was because back in the late 1940's, during the McCarthy era, it was Nixon who, as a member of the House UnAmerican Affairs Committee, chaired the sub-committee that exposed the hero of Democrats and the Media, Alger Hiss, as a Communist Agent, with the testimony of former Communist Whittaker Chambers. It proved to be a major embarrassment to President Truman, who has tried to force HUAC to back off Hiss. In 1952, Truman would not run for re-election in part for this debacle, and in part for his firing of popular war-hero and Commander of American forces in the Korean Conflict, General Douglass MacArthur.
Alger Hiss eventually was convicted of Perjury and spent 3-1/2 years in prison. But the media NEVER forgot that Nixon pressed the case against Hiss, even when the others on the HUAC would have let it go. The Media and the Democrats swore to destroy Nixon, and at every opportunity, they sabotaged him.
In 1960, when he ran for President against JFK, the TV debate is a veritable lesson in camera-work for presenting one candidate in a very positive light (JFK) and another in a very negative light (Nixon). Whereas Kennedy was generally shown from the waist up, and usually when he looked at ease, most of Nixon's shots were tight close-up's of his face — so close one could see the sweat glistening — and they usually cut to these tight face-shots when Nixon has a frown or nervous scowl. It was an artful use of propaganda.
Even then, Nixon came within 100,000 popular votes or so of winning the election. The closest state was — Illinois. There, in Cook County (Chicago) there were tens of thousands of fraudulent votes in the largely democrat precincts. There was enough that Nixon could have legally forced a 2000-like Supreme Court showdown had he wanted to. Nixon, however, dismissed the thought. He didn't want to cause such a division in the country. A shame Al Gore didn't learn that lesson, isn't it?
Of course, the Media got their chance to bring Nixon down with the dirty political operation of the Watergate break-in, and the cover-up. When he resigned in August, 1974, I remember how upset my Dad was. He said the Media had finally gotten what they wanted. And he was right. So they "dig up" ol' Nixon every now and again, just to spit in his face one more time, to revisit old victories. And they live in hopes that they can recapture old glories and destroy new hated figures today.
They seem to be doing pretty well....
For a contrast, take a look at this AP hatchet job on the same release, complete with incendiary qualifiers and dinosaur-media spin: Nixon defended his legacy in grand jury tape. Just for a teaser, here's the lede:
WASHINGTON (AP) Feisty and cagey, ex-President Richard Nixon defended his shredded legacy and shady Watergate-era actions in grand jury testimony that he thought would never come out. On Thursday, it did.
The entire problem was Dean's mess. The true beneficiary of the actual break-in was none other than John Dean. Nixon's 'crime', other than being universally hated by the rabid left, was in giving loyalty to a man (the self-same John Dean), which in the final analysis, deserved none...
the infowarrior
"And they live in hopes that they can recapture old glories and destroy new hated figures today."
I seem to recall something in the last election - something to do with Nixon. But brought up some portion of history, scandal, etc. And not sure if it was the same article, but perhaps - or at least in the same time frame, some story about McCain that would have been somehow related.
I'm thinking something to do with statements regarding Vietnam?
Hmm - I wonder when the media will be asking for the tapes regarding Cain's recollections of the bimbo's lawsuits etc.? "What did he known, and when did he know it?"
As I read that paragraph I thought of Gordon Liddy's evisceration of the weasely Mr. Dean, and his allegation that the real object of the break-in was to retrieve embarrassing pictures of Dean's wife, or something to that effect.
Yup. John Dean had married a known DC prostitute, and the Mc Govern campaign knew it. Retrieving *THAT* evidence was what the break in was all about, from jump. Prime beneficiary Nixon? Hardly. Prime beneficiary Dean, from the start. Nixon thought Mitchell was involved, and Mitchell thought Nixon was involved, but neither were directly involved. It was all Dean...
the infowarrior
"As a response to the leaks, the Nixon administration began a campaign against further leaks and against Ellsberg personally. Aides Egil Krogh and David Young under John Ehrlichman's supervision created the 'White House Plumbers,' which would later lead to the Watergate burglaries."
So what is Daniel Ellsberg up to these days? Well, for one thing, he is an endorser of the Revolutionary Communist Party's "World Can't Wait" movement...
Click on the 'World Can't Wait' link just below and see: "Endorsers of the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include" You may recognize a few other names as well, including the democrat chair of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers Jr. Conyers' name appears right after Ward Churchill's.
Endorsers of the [World Can't Wait] Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include:
James Abourezk, Aris Anagnos, Rocky Anderson, Anti-Flag, Edward Asner, Russell Banks, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Belafonte, St. Clair Bourne, Gabriel Byrne, Margaret Cho, Ward Churchill, Paulette Cole, US Rep John Conyers Jr., John Densmore, Jesse Diaz Jr., Michael Eric Dyson, Steve Earle, Niles Eldredge, Daniel Ellsberg, Eve Ensler, Laura Flanders, Jane Fonda, Martin Garbus, Senator Mike Gravel, Andre Gregory, Sam Hamill, Suheir Hammad, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Mumia Abu-Jamal, Rickie Lee Jones, Sarah Jones, Brig. Gen. (Ret) Janis Karpinski, Jonathan Kozol, Rabbi Michael Lerner, US Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Robin Meyers, Mark Crispin Miller, Tom Morello, Viggo Mortensen, John Nichols, US Rep. Major Owens, Grace Paley, Harvey Pekar, Sean Penn, Michelle Phillips, Harold Pinter, Michael Ratner, Mark Ruffalo, US Rep. Bobby Rush, Susan Sarandon, Richard Serra, Jeff Sharlet, Rev. Al Sharpton, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Sheen, Nancy Spero, Gloria Steinem, Lynne Stewart, Serj Tankian, Sunsara Taylor, Studs Terkel, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker, Naomi Wallace, US Rep. Maxine Waters, Cornel West, Ann Wright, Howard Zinn, and thousands more who have already joined us.
World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime is a Maoist-revolutionary movement organized by the Revolutionary Communist Party. (scroll down the list that appears (after clicking link) to find the World Can't Wait organization --rwor.org is the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party):
From David Horowitz's FrontpageMag.com /DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
Profile: World Can't Wait (WCW)
*Revolutionary communist movement that stages protests against the Bush administration
*Organizes college and high-school students
*Founded in June 2005 by Charles Clark Kissinger, a longtime leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party
The RCP calls for the armed overthrow of the U.S. government...
From the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party (revcom.us or rwor.org) :
"Create Public Opinion, Seize Power: We are preparing minds and organizing forces for the time when there is a major crack in the system, whenever it comes and wherever it comes from: an opening that makes it possible to bring the future Revolutionary Army of the Proletariat (R.A.P.) into the field and wage a revolutionary armed struggle that actually has a chance of winning.
And we have said that building our party itself is the most important part of organizing forces for revolution. This is true now, and it is true looking forward to the creation of that future R.A.P. and the waging of that armed struggle.":
Count me as the fourth reader of Silent Coup. Still on my bookshelf for occasional reference. Dean is lucky that G. Gordon Liddy has a slight bit of self control.
They list Alabama as having 324,050 votes for Kennedy and 237,981 votes for Nixon, but Harry F. Byrd received the majority of the electoral votes. When the voters went to the polls, who did they think they were voting for--Kennedy or Byrd? Did the ballot list a name that the electors were pledged to vote for? If the Democratic electors just said "Democrat," who is to say how many of the voters intended to vote for Kennedy?
Any FReepers who were living in Alabama in 1960 and old enough to vote in that election?
Well the Byrds are one of the founding families of Virginia and Harry Byrd Sr. was a Senator from Virginia at that time.
Lister Hill and John Sparkman would have been the US Senators from Alabama during the 1960 election.
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NEW YORK — Mo Williams scored 19 points, Al Jefferson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Nets 92-90 Tuesday night despite nearly throwing away the victory.
NEW YORK — Mo Williams scored 19 points, Al Jefferson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Nets 92-90 Tuesday night despite nearly throwing away the victory.
Utah turned it over on two inbounds passes in the final 31 seconds, the last leading to a Nets steal. They pushed it up and got a potential go-ahead 3-pointer from Gerald Wallace that missed. The Jazz escaped when Reggie Evans' follow shot was no good as time expired.
Derrick Favors added 13 points against his former franchise for the Jazz, who improved to just 5-10 on the road.
Joe Johnson scored 21 points for the Nets, who led for most of the game and by as many as 13 points before dropping their second straight.
Brook Lopez finished with 16 points and Deron Williams had 14 for the Nets, who will try to bounce back from this disappointment when they make the short trip to visit the Knicks on Wednesday.
Utah trailed for nearly the entire game before finally going ahead when Mo Williams pulled up for a 3-pointer in transition, making it 82-80 with 5:43 remaining. Favors followed with a basket, and Utah kept either a two- or four-point lead the remainder of the way.
The Jazz didn't make it easy on themselves at the end.
Leading by four, they threw the ball in from the sideline, but Gordan Hayward's pass went untouched out of bounds on the other sideline, giving possession back to the Nets. Johnson followed with two free throws with 22 seconds left, and the Jazz then passed it in from the side again after a Nets foul.
Hayward was replaced as the inbounder by DeMarre Carroll, but Carroll's pass was tipped and picked off, setting off the frantic final possession.
Deron Williams created some controversy Monday when he expressed his preference for the offensive system he played in under Jerry Sloan in Utah, saying he hadn't been as comfortable in Nets coach Avery Johnson's system. Johnson said he wasn't bothered by the comments, saying he was aware of Williams' concerns and they frequently discussed ways to address them.
Williams made the first basket of the game on a well-designed play, coming off a screen for a wide-open jumper. Wallace had eight points in the first quarter and Williams added seven, leading the Nets to a 24-20 lead.
The Nets ran off 12 straight points midway through the second quarter, extending a one-point lead to 45-32 on a jumper by Lopez with 5:08 remaining. The Nets led 57-44 at the half when Wallace made a 3-poiner with 1.4 seconds left.
Trailing by nine, the Jazz finally got themselves into the game in the third quarter with a 10-2 run, slicing the Nets' lead to 69-68 on a basket by Favors. Johnson hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left in the period, sending the Nets to the fourth with a 74-70 edge.


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The first forty-five were mistakes, the forty-sixth an accidentComments
The headline at the LA Times reads "Torrance neighborhood edgy after mistaken shootings," and the phrase "mistaken shootings" refers to the fact that there have been multiple incidents in which Los Angeles and Torrance police officers have opened fired on people who don't remotely resemble proud cop-killer Christopher Jordan Dorner: two Latina women delivering papers for the Times and a white man sneaking in a morning surf. But calling these incidents "mistaken shootings" downplays both the extent of the mistake and the severity of the shootings. Consider the state of the truck driven by the Times employees:
I'm not sure what I find more disturbing: the fact that two members of the LAPD put at least forty-six bullets in the back of that truck or that the barrage only wounded the two women in the truck. Not that I wish them further injury, mind you, only that I'm uncomfortable with the level of incompetence such "marksmanship" seems to suggest, because the police are out in terrible force and they are angry. If you live where I do, you don't need to watch the news conferences or know that over 50 members of the force (and their families) are in protective custody to notice, and feel unsettled by, the heightened police presence in Riverside and Orange and LA counties. I literally can't go to the doughnut store without having to stand behind four grumpy sleep-deprived cops.* I understand why the 15 and 91 were crawling with police vehicles last Thursday, as Dorner shot the officers in Corona a few miles from my apartment, but given that the search is now centered around Big Bear, I'm not sure why the continued police presence is necessary.
Especially when, since the "mistaken shootings" that happened last week, people who drive pickup trucks of any make and model are being encouraged to find alternative means of transportation until Dorner is dead or custody.** Because you never know when an angry sleep-addled cop who can barely hit the back of an SUV will open fire on you because of who you could be, but clearly aren't. Having a standing army of incompetent shots occupy a few counties may not be the best way to calm civilian nerves. This strikes me as generally true, but even more so when the only stated targets are cops and the only victims unrelated to law enforcement personnel have been shot, mistakenly, by law enforcement personnel.
*By which I mean, when I went to the doughnut store this morning, I had to stand behind four grumpy sleep-deprived cops.
**This despite the fact that the burnt husk of the truck in question was located on Saturday night.


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so, you cut the loss in half, for how many $$$? play what if -- calculate the total heat loss & gain using the various combination of windows & look how much the grand total changes!
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that is why you have the load calc program --
you are going to install a window having only 55% light transfer? It would be cheaper to buy a window having only 50% of the area!!! And, one hell of a lot cheaper every day due to much less energy loss!!! Compare the heat transfer thru a window then thru the adjacent wall!
Not only that, drive thru any neighborhood, and see just how many houses have the blinds | drapes | curtains pulled back --


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Jhonas Enroth posted 32 saves to backstop the Buffalo Sabres' 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday at First Niagara Center.
Kevin Porter, Jochen Hecht and Tyler Ennis each scored once for the Sabres, who have won two straight to keep their postseason chances alive.
With 42 points, Buffalo sits four points back of the New York Rangers for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with five games remaining.
"I think the guys in the room believe that they're a playoff team," Sabres coach Ron Rolston said. "We've had some setbacks in the last week, especially the Montreal game. There's a lot of pride in that room and guys were able to bounce back on the weekend and put (in) some good efforts back to back."
Benoit Pouliot netted the lone Tampa Bay tally, while Mathieu Garon gave up all three goals on 22 shots for the Lightning, who have lost three straight and find themselves nine points back of the Rangers with six games left.
"We've hit that point where we're out of the playoff chase, so I think reality at some point sinks in," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "They're only human. They know that we have a few games left and we have no chance for the playoffs, so I think mentally, they're human in there. They know what's going on."
Tampa Bay center Steven Stamkos was whistled for slashing just under four minutes into the game, and the Sabres quickly capitalized on the ensuing man advantage. Christian Ehrhoff threw a slick backhand pass from the right point to the low left side for Thomas Vanek, who quickly fed a cutting Ennis for a tap-in from the low right side to make it 1-0 at the 4:09 mark.
Hecht doubled Buffalo's lead eight minutes into the second when he skated into the right circle and rifled a wrister that Garon got a piece of, but it wasn't enough to keep the puck from crossing the goal line and give the Sabres a 2-0 advantage.
Porter's tip-in tally at the 12:37 mark of the second period pushed Buffalo's lead to 3-0, but Pouliot answered just under a minute later by making his way to the front of the net and re-directing Eric Brewer's blast from the left point past Enroth.
Tampa Bay would get no closer, though, as Enroth stopped all 11 shots he faced over the final 20 minutes to secure the much-needed victory for the Sabres.
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Tampa Bay went 0-for-1 on the power play, while Buffalo finished 1-for-3 with the man advantage ... Buffalo visits Boston on Wednesday ... Tampa Bay travels to Winnipeg to play the Jets on Tuesday.


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|2008-03-22, 16:48
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Well, this chapter certainly wasn't what I was expecting, and it's shifted the series dynamics around quite a bit. I don't know what's stranger to me...the fact that the guesswork in my post last month came close in a few areas or that Kaworu Watashiya has injected a lot of sympathy into the one-shot character of Rin's father and made Reiji out to be even more of an asshole than we previously thought. o_O
I must admit I'm more disappointed in Reiji that ever now. The man simply doesn't have his shit together and he looks like he's a heartbeat away from sniping people from a clock tower with a high-powered rifle. He almost blew his entire case and I respect Rin's father and his lawyer for not immediately demanding custody or slapping him with assault charges right after the teacup incident. It's pathetic if a 10-year-old girl and a 24-year-old male virgin with a lack of street smarts and common sense have more sense of propriety, emotional stability, and maturity than you.
Though he came pretty close to blowing it, it looks like Aoki's finally learning not to jump to conclusions until all the facts are in. I know I'm breathing a sigh of relief because it looks like the series will continue for a little while yet, at least... ^_^;
The Lunar Archivist
|2008-03-22, 23:12
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...Damn. That's... er... a nice picture of Aki...
It's easy to dislike Rin's biological father. Cookies to Aoki for being the only one considering Rin's feelings.
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|2008-03-23, 01:03
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Okay one I was more then disappointed in Reiji come on man grow up please. Like I and many have said before he's still a little kid with "LOVE ME!" complex who needs some serious help.
Now Aoki finally sees the light and realizes Rin whats to be treated as human being and not just a child. Go Sensei!
Anyway Rin blow her dad off like I though would happen but now is faced with an even bigger issue of thinking she may have contributed to her mom's death by being born. Poor kid...
Finally it seem like Shiro-Sensei has decided to pull some string to help Aoki at the cost of going to marriage interview...I wish her the best of luck then Ms.Tsundere!
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|2008-03-23, 01:15
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I've got my blog article up about Chapter 35 now.
Congratulations Roku and Reiji, you couldn't have been worse examples of what a responsible guardian should be if you tried.
|2008-03-23, 01:23
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Oh and BTW. For those of you who are interested heres is an interview with Kodomo no Jikan's mangaka Kaworu Watashiya I recently came across. It's about a year old when she first started Kodomo no Jikan and if you hadn't noticed yet she's a pretty odd women.
1.What made you set your eyes on becoming a manga author?
Because I didn't want to go to university or a corporation.
2.Please explain the origin of your penname.
My real name is "Kaoru" so "Watashiya Kaoru" → "Watashiya Kaworu"
3.Are there any manga which influenced you?
It's easy to become too influenced, so I do the opposite and try not to read.
4.If you have any time where you thought "thank goodness I became a manga author," please tell us about it.
I can get up and go to sleep when I like and live closely with my cats.
5.What kind of people do you want to read "Kodomo no Jikan?"
I started thinking not pedos but rather people who like older people.
6.Do you have any "I can't do without!" indispensible items when drawing manuscripts?
Green tea, green tea, green tea.
7.Tell us about your thoughts from when it was decided it would be animated.
!? They can air that!?
8.Is there anything you've recently gotten into?
Room layout, etc.
Also I would like to request a translation for these pages I found please...
Spoiler for size:
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|2008-03-23, 08:17
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God I hate Reiji he's beyond saving at this point. You can argue that he's already molested Rin with all those hickeys he's given Rin which has happen more then once. He's also partly to blame with how mess up Rin is, she knows way too much about sexual things and he buys her sexy type of panties and clothes for Rin eventhough he shouldn't.
He has the whole countdown thing going on waiting for Rin to turn 16 or is it 18 so that he can marry her yeah time to bail Rin out of their hell if she ended up with her real father would be better at this point. Not sure how it's going to end for Rin do hope she somehow ends up with Aoki with him as the guardian/father then again she will probably be making her move while he's asleep too dangerous for Aoki.
|2008-03-24, 00:26
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I stand by my original statement about Rin's father. I found him sympathetic and can understand the difficult position he was in ten years ago. Doesn't mean that I believe he was in the right, just that I can see where he's coming from. I'd hate being in a position to choose between the lives of my child and my wife/girlfriend...
Also, I think some people are confusing the actions of Rin's father with those of his overzealous, slimy, female lawyer. Basically, he wanted to either 1) gain custody of Rin or 2) financially support her any way he could. He seemed pretty sincere and honest if you ask me, especially the part about openly admitting he wanted to Aki to have the abortion. Had he kept his mouth shut or lied, he could've strengthened his case, but he readily admitted it. It's only when people started giving him a piece of their minds and opposed his ideas that the lawyer stepped in and began issuing thinly veiled legal threats in order to intimidate Reiji and Aoki into submission.
The Lunar Archivist
|2008-03-24, 01:12
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I actually can understand his point on insisting on the abortion. To his eye, it was the only way to save the woman he loved. I have been married for 15 years; my wife suffers from long-term clinical depression. In the years before we married, she was actively suicidal. At one point, I realized--with the help of a very loving Mother--that I could not take responsibility for her own actions; I had to realize that if I could not get her to take care of herself, I would have to leave, or be destroyed with her. In our case I convinced her to hospitalize herself, get into therapy and get medicated. At the time, Rin's father must have felt something very similar. In his eyes, she was killing herself. When he could not stop her, he pulled back to protect himself. After Rin's birth, He was almost certainly too ashamed of himself to try to make contact again. I'm not saying he acted rightly, but I am saying he acted as a human. He is coming back now, not to make everything right but to try to do what he can to make up for his failing. He admits that he does not deserve to thought of as a parent, but he does seem to want to help make Rin's life better.
Of course, both he and Reiji are acting like normal adults in that neither of them thinks to actually ask Rin what she wants; in that sense, he fails as much as Reiji does.
|2008-03-24, 02:23
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Billborden: none of that changes the fact that he abandoned his girlfriend when she needed him most, and their child. Sure, he wanted to protect himself. Sure, it was human. As Rin said, he's not a bad person. But that doesn't mean he's a good person, either. That doesn't mean he has a right to come into Rin's life and mess it up. That doesn't mean that he, of all people, can come into their house and criticize Reiji for not being there enough, even via a lawyer. I mean, where was he?
|2008-03-24, 05:27
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I think many of you are not looking at this from an outside perspective but are taking it personally. In most of the world, children are seen as little more than property and thier oppinion is worth about as much a one legged man in an @$$ kicking contest. As for Aoki he is really just an outsider interfering in private business and whether he is thier teacher or not his only responsibility in most cultures is to teach the skills that they should learn at school. I am no expert on Japan but when I visited I saw one small child misbehaviving in public and the mother smacked him on the face 3 or 4 times till he calmed down and quieted down. No one and I mean no one did or said anything most people ignored it like they were invisible. When I lived in China for a while it was even more pronounced, (I was a teacher) I had students beg me not to give them a bad grade because they would get a beating from thier parents. I was told by one of my Chinese colleages that I could hit the ones that acted up, when i seemed suprised he told me the parents would be more concerned with what the child had done to deserve a beating and probably hand out another beating rather than be mad at me for giving the beating. After I married a Chinese girl I asked her about this subject and she causually replied that she got beat by her teachers all the time, when I asked if her mom really beat her too after that she said only at first because after that she had the good sense never to tell her mother again. I saw babies going down the street naked squatting to pee and poop whever they pleased. Children as small as 3 or 4 left unattended while parents did who knows what. One time I went to a kareoke bar (found out that is where the Chinese red light district is) and saw kids (small ones) waiting around outside while men went inside and played around with hookers. Japan and China aren't the same and my experience with Japan is much more limited but it has been my experience that attitudes twards children lean more twards "spare the rod and spoil the child" than some of the "happy happy joy joy everyone deserves a hug" stuff I have seen in America....
BTW if you read all of this and you were offended or I said something that pissess you off I hope you won't take it personally most of this was just my observations of some Asian culture aspects that really may be far outside the experience of most people and just wanted to share so that you could get some idea of how the rest of the world sees children.
|2008-03-24, 05:45
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I personally am for "smacking" when a child does wrong. Heck it worked for me and I believe I turned out better than if I wasn't disciplined. Though I am not for some cruel way of torture which happenes so often when parents just takes it too far in their actions and cross the line from disciplining to just letting out their anger, that is a no no.
Anyway, the stuff that you mentioned can happen in many forms in other places as well. In the UK I've seen many 8 year olds swearing their heads off in public, throwing tantrums, smashing bottles, just being vandals, terrorising people and not even human like. That kind of attitude disgusts me and the reason for that is that they have no parents to put them straight. It's so easy here to be a parent and have a bunch of kids, throw them into the streets and live off child benefits. Thinking that, I think I am glad that I didn't turn into them because my parents knew better and taught me what is right and wrong (and some smacking at times). Actually, when I ask them to smack me now the funny thing is that they say that I'm too old for it, there goes my sweet memories
Back on topic. I see a father who abandons his "wife" because she wanted to give birth to a child that may kill her as wrong. Even if he disagrees, she has made up her mind and you can't force her not to. Now that is fine that he broke up with her, but he does have some nerve to come back asking for Rin because his wife can't have kids (seriously, I do believe that is the true motive for his actions). I mean, he hasn't helped her and her mother at all, if he did then maybe Aki wouldn't have died of cancer or at least give her a chance with treatments. The guy is an irresponsible mess and I just don't like him. In the long term Reiji will become a problem but for now just kick away the dad.
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