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Can anybody be surprised that most of the world's papers were less than impressed by President Bush's plans for a manned mission to Mars? While the thrill of interplanetary exploration makes for a hot election-year topic at home, much of the foreign press saw it as rocket-fueled American imperialism.
Characterizing a roundup of United Arab Emirates residents' views on Bush's latest policy announcement, the Gulf News said, "[P]resident Bush is promising the moon—quite literally—but people are skeptical about the plan being realized, and call it just another 'political gimmick' designed to uphold US supremacy and resume the space race."
Other voices in the Middle East were less charitable. The Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah practically sneered: "The U.S. is preparing for the invasion of Mars and other planets. ... What are the other planets chosen for the US invasion? Are they an axis of planetary evil?" (Arabic translation courtesy of BBC Monitoring.)
Ridicule of Bush's plans wasn't limited to the Arab world. A columnist in the Age of Australia envisioned the day, not too far in the future, when American astronauts will traverse the rusty red rockscape—"so our scientists will be able to verify the existence of Martian rocks." As for the tremendous price tag affixed to the project? Not to worry. If it doesn't get spent on travel to Mars, it'll go for bombs and freeways, not education and health care. And what tangible impact will such an undertaking have on the future of the world? "A human trip to Mars is about as useful as a surfing trip to the Dandenongs."
A columnist for Canada's Globe and Mail offered an assessment that focused heavily on the realities of the upcoming November elections. Noting that the promise of a trip to Mars may help divert voters' attention from budget deficits, unemployment, and the growing death toll in Iraq, the paper dubbed the project "close to irresistible"—and it certainly doesn't hurt that key electoral states such as California have huge stakes in the aerospace business. Still, the op-ed rejected space's allure, "Of what possible use to humanity are the moon and Mars? Both are barren, lifeless places, with conditions utterly inhospitable to human habitation."
Austria's Der Standard captured the cynical tone that typified much of the world's coverage of the new Mars efforts: "A national mission to a faraway place where glory awaits and no rebel movement lurks will help Americans forget about the continuing problems in Iraq and portray the president as a peaceful visionary." (German translation courtesy of BBC Monitoring.)
Some papers were just plain mean. Britain's Guardian documented Mars' irrelevance to everyone but red rock aficionados and then turned its biting sarcasm directly at Bush: "Take-off is planned for the year 2020, or later if they let Dubya do the final countdown from 10 to lift-off."
But not everybody wanted in on the Mars-bashing game. The Times of India reported on the progress of India's own space program, which "may be trailing behind on planetary missions, thanks to resource constraints" but is poised to launch an impressive effort in 2008. Several Indian space researchers vouched for the value of a mission to Mars, including one who said, "[T]he chances of [finding life as we now know it] on smaller planets is high. It's only a question of time before we get definitive evidence."
Perhaps because India is so intrigued by the last frontier of space, the ToI pulled out the stops to examine the prospects of Martian exploration. For instance, did you know that a day on Mars is 24 hours and 39 minutes, and a Martian year lasts 669 days? Or that for every 50 pounds a person weighs on Earth, he'll weigh just 19 pounds on Mars?
The Indian enthusiasm is refreshing in a sea of global media cynicism. If not for them, how would we know that some of those famous red rocks have been named after cartoon characters—including Scooby Doo and Barnacle Bill—or that Total Recall is just one of 20 Hollywood films that have featured Mars and Martians? If that isn't enough to make you want to sign up for the six-month journey to the red planet, maybe nothing is.


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Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday:
English Premier League
Huddersfield Town v Newcastle United (1230)
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea (1500)
Spurs face champions Chelsea
LONDON - Tottenham begin a season-long residence at Wembley Stadium by hosting Premier League champions Chelsea in a showdown between last season's top two teams. Promoted Newcastle United travel to Huddersfield Town in the day's early match. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1420 GMT/10:20 AM ET, 500 words)
Serie A
Atalanta Bergamo v AS Roma (1600)
Bologna v Torino (1845)
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Inter Milan v Fiorentina (1845)
Sampdoria v Benevento (1845)
Sassuolo v Genoa (1845)
Lazio v SPAL (1845)
Udinese v Chievo Verona (1845)
Soccer-Milan visit Crotone, Inter host Fiorentina in Serie A
MILAN - Big spending AC Milan start their Serie A campaign with a visit to Crotone, the side who pulled off a great escape last season, while Inter Milan host Fiorentina. (SOCCER-ITALY, expect from 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words)
La Liga
Athletic Club v Getafe (1615)
Barcelona v Real Betis (1815)
Deportivo Coruna v Real Madrid (2015)
Barcelona open campaign v Real Betis
Barcelona start their Liga campaign at home to Real Betis, still reeling from their 5-1 defeat by Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup and facing a shortage in strikers after the departure of Neymar and a knee injury to Luis Suarez. SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect from 2015 GMT/4:15 PM ET, 400 words)
Ligue 1
Lille v Caen (1300)
Olympique Marseille v Angers SCO (1500)
Paris St Germain v Toulouse (1900)
Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt (1330)
Borussia Moenchengladbach v Cologne (1600)
Chinese Super League
HONG KONG - Shandong Luneng take on Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League as both clubs look to take a step closer to qualifying for next year's Asian Champions League. (SOCCER-CHINA/, expect by 1600 GMT/1100 AM ET, 500 words)
'Pinetree' felled. All Blacks great Meads dies aged 81
WELLINGTON - Tributes flowed from politicians, former team mates and current players as New Zealand mourned the death of All Blacks great Colin Meads at the age of 81 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. (RUGBY-UNION-NZL/MEADS (UPDATE 3, PIX) moved with updates on merit, by Greg Stutchbury, 600 words) (we also moved RUGBY-UNION-NZL/MEADS (FACTBOX) and RUGBY-UNION-NZL/MEADS (NEWSMAKER))
ATP/WTA: Cincinnati Open (to 20)
Dimitrov faces unpredictable Kyrgios in final
Bulgarian seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov takes on talented Australian Nick Kyrgios in the final of the prestigious Masters 1000 event at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/MEN, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 400 words)
Halep and Muguruza meet in final
Romanian Simona Halep will assume the world number one ranking if she beats Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza in the final of the outdoor hardcourt event. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/WOMEN, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words)
PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship (to 20) Greensboro, North Carolina
Stenson leads into final round
Swedish world number nine Henrik Stenson, at 16-under 194, takes a one-shot lead into the final round at Sedgefield Country Club, while 53-year-old Davis Love starts the day three back as he attempts to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history.(GOLF-WYNDHAM/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 400 words)
LPGA: Solheim Cup (to 20) West Des Moines, Iowa
U.S. carry five-point lead into final day of Solheim Cup
The United States are on the verge of retaining the Cup in the biennial event, enjoying an almost unassailable five-point lead heading into the 12 singles matches on the final day against a European side needing a miracle to overtake the hosts at Des Moines Country Club. (GOLF-WOMEN-SOLHEIM/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words)
Sri Lanka v India, first one-day international
Sri Lanka hope for better show in ODIs against India
DAMBULLA - Sri Lanka will hope the change in format can also bring about a reversal in their performance when they take on India in the first of the five-match one-day international series. India thumped the hosts 3-0 in the tests. (CRICKET-ODI-LKA-IND/ (PIX), expect by 1730 GMT/1:30 PM ET, 300 words)
Vuelta d'Espana
Chris Froome will be eager to strengthen his bid to win the Vuelta a Espana for the first time as the riders head for the second stage, the 203.4-kilometre route from Nimes to Gruissan in southern France. (CYCLING-VUELTA/ (TV), expect from 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 400 words)
Red Sox and Yankees wrap up series
Right-hander Rick Porcello (7-14) is slated to start for the Boston Red Sox as they seek to extend their lead in the American League East in the final of a three-game series against the New York Yankees, who will counter with Sonny Gray in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0400 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 900 words)
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LSU TE Dillon Gordon out for game with Achilles injury
LSU tight end Dillon Gordon was injured on his first catch since the 2013 season.
The 300-pound tight end will miss the rest of Saturday's game after aggravating an Achilles tendon injury he suffered earlier in the season, according to ESPN's Holly Rowe.
Gordon made his return to the field after missing LSU's last three games while recovering from the injury. The injury came on a relatively routine catch, but Gordon was immediately in pain after hitting the ground. The senior started in every game during the 2014 season primarily as a blocking tight end. His timetable beyond Saturday's game is unknown.
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Illness Sidelines McPhee to Start Idol TourMatt Richenthal at . Comments
One fan said she was "bummed out" about the news. And we'd imagine a large number of other concert goers feel the same way.
Nevertheless, as finalists from American Idols Live kicked off their U.S. tour Wednesday, this season's runner-up, Katharine McPhee, was nowhere to be seen. She was sidelined with severe bronchitis and laryngitis.
Those in Manchester - at the Verizon Wireless Arena - won't get to see this talent perform. Organizers announced that McPhee's doctor, Sean Nassari, ordered "total voice rest."
The starlet, of course, didn't want to let down her fans. In a statement, she said she was disappointed she couldn't perform, but "I need to follow my doctor's orders to recuperate and reunite with the rest of the Idols."
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By Charles Sabatino
Commission Director Charlie Sabatino shares his top 10 myths and facts about advance directives.
Myth #1. You must have a living will to stop treatment near the end of life.
•False. Treatment that is no longer helping can be stopped without a living will. Physicians will generally consult with your health care agent or close family when you cannot speak for yourself. The goal is to make the decision you would make if you had the capacity to speak for yourself. However, having an advance directive can make the right decision easier and help avoid family disputes.•The durable power of attorney for health care is the more useful and versatile advance directive, because it applies to all health care decisions and empowers the person you name to make decisions for you in the way you want them made.
•Two-thirds of all adults have no living will or other advance directive.
Myth # 2. You have to use your state's statutory form for your advance directive to be valid.
•False. Most states do not require a particular form, but they do have witnessing requirements or other special signing formalities that should be followed.•Even if your state requires a specific form, doctors have a legal obligation to respect your clearly communicated treatment wishes in any manner or form expressed, as long as the wishes are medically appropriate.
•Most official state forms are either worded too generally or include multiple choice options that may not adequately address the complex clinical circumstances you face in the future.
•The critical task in advance care planning is to clarify your values, goals, and wishes that you want others to follow if they must make decisions for you, rather than trying to address every possible medical treatment. Workbooks such as The Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning can help you: www.ambar.org/agingtoolkit.
Myth #3. Advance directives are legally binding, so doctors have to follow them.
•False. Advance directives are legally recognized documents and doctors must respect your known wishes, but doctors can always refuse to comply with your wishes if they have an objection of conscience or consider your wishes medically inappropriate. Then, they have an obligation to help transfer you to another health care provider who will comply.•Advance directive laws give doctors and others immunity if they follow your valid advance directive. This is the "carrot" the law provides to them.
•The only reliable strategy is to discuss your values and wishes with your health care providers ahead of time, to make sure they are clear about what you want, are willing to support your wishes, and they document your wishes.
Myth #4. An advance directive means "Do not treat."
•False. No one should ever presume it simply means "Do not treat." An advance directive can express both what you want and what you don't want.•Even if you do not want further curative treatment, you should always be given "palliative care" which is care and treatment to keep you pain free and comfortable by addressing your medical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
Myth #5. If I name a health care proxy, I give up the right to make my own decisions.
•False. Naming a health care agent proxy does not take away any of your authority. You always have the right, while you are still competent, to override the decision of your proxy or revoke the directive.•If you do not name a proxy or agent, the likelihood of needing a court-appointed guardian grows greater, especially if there is disagreement regarding your treatment among your family or between family and doctors.
•Choosing a health care proxy is the most important decision you will make. It should be someone who knows you very well, with whom you have discussed your values, goals, and preferences, and who is capable of handling the decision-making responsibility as your spokesperson and advocate.
Myth #6. I should wait until I am sure about what I want before signing an advance directive.
•False. Most of us have some uncertainty or ambivalence about what we would want, and our goals of care change over time. A young adult may not be ready to contemplate end of life but that individual can think about and appoint a health care agent in case of serious accident or illness.•As one matures and faces new health conditions and family experiences, values, goals and priorities change and need to be communicated to your agent and family, and they may lead to a decision to name a new agent.
•When one enters a stage of advanced illness, goals of care change again and as end of life approaches, greater specificity about what one wants or doesn't want becomes a greater focus of advance planning.
Myth #7. Just talking to my doctor and family about what I want is not legally effective.
•False. Meaningful discussion with your doctor and family is actually the most important step.•The question of what is "legally effective" is misleading, because even a legally effective document does not automatically carry out your wishes.
•The best strategy is to combine talking and documenting. Use a good health decisions workbook or guide to help you clarify your wishes; talk with your physician, health care agent, and family about your wishes; put those wishes in writing in an advance directive; and make sure everyone has a copy.
Myth #8. Once I give my doctor a signed copy of my directive, my task is done!
•False. You have just started.•First, make sure your doctor understands and supports your wishes, and you understand your health state, likely futures, and options.
•Second, there is no guarantee that your directive will follow you in your medical record, especially if you are transferred from one facility to another. You or your proxy should always double-check to be sure your providers are aware of your directive and have a copy.
•Advance planning is an ongoing, evolving process. Review your wishes whenever any of the Five D's occur: (1) you reach a new decade in age; (2) you experience the death of a loved one; (3) you divorce; (4) you are given a diagnosis of a significant medical condition; (5) you suffer a decline in your medical condition or functioning.
Myth #9. If I am living at home and my advance directive says I don't want to be resuscitated, EMS will not resuscitate me if I go into cardiac arrest.
•Usually False. Your advance directive will usually not help in this situation. If someone dials 911, EMS must attempt to resuscitate you and transport you to a hospital, UNLESS you have an out-of-hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Order.
•A majority of states have now incorporated instructions about whether or not to attempt resuscitation in a special set of portable medical orders called POLST, MOLST, or similar name. See the definition at the beginning.
•In states with POLST programs, health care providers should initiate discussions of goals of care and care options with patients facing advanced, progressive illness or frailty.•They should then offer to translate those wishes into a set of medical orders (i.e., POLST) addressing key critical care decisions the patient is most likely to face, such as resuscitation, hospitalization, and artificial nutrition and hydration.
•Your health care providers are then obligated to make sure these portable orders travel with you across care setting and are regularly reviewed to ensure they conform to your wishes.
Myth #10. Advance directives are only for old people.
•False. It is true that more older, rather than younger, people use advance directives, but every adult needs one.•Younger adults actually have more at stake, because, if stricken by serious disease or accident, medical technology may keep them alive in a vegetative state for decades. Young adults should at least appoint a proxy decision-maker. ¦
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Five years ago, Catherine decided to be a foster parent. Over the years, her experience fostering has varied greatly. The longest period that an animal was in her care was over a year and the shortest, a couple of weeks. She has been in many different situations – it all depends on the cat and its circumstances. Regardless of any adversity that she might face, being a foster parent is one of her favourite things to do. It is a great way to keep cats constantly coming in and out of her life while helping them at the same time. "[It's] the best thing ever!"
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Naughty no! Following Treach's comments about Vinny, he let his pen do the talking on this new diss. He tells AHH they haven't spoke in years and it's strictly business. "We never wanted to be the groups that couldn't resolve our issues. Nobody is larger than the group. We always fit [Vinnie] in even if there wasn't a spot for [him] to fit in. You will never see Vin do a Naughty show [alone], because he can't. Me and KG (the groups […]


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Just when we thought that professional tennis players were in danger of becoming pampered, along comes the Australian Open to present a compelling case for the payment of hardship benefit.
Two hundred courtesy car chauffeurs for the fortnight sounds generous enough, but it takes no account at all of all those personal physios, coaches, and shrinks they cart around with them, and the 'Players' Beauty Bar' is so oversubscribed that when Serena Williams wants her coiffeur attending to she's liable to be told she'll have to hang on for 10 minutes because Mr Federer is still under the drier. And that's not the worst of it.
Serena and Roger have only managed to scrape together career prize money of £7.5 million each, and yet the organisers apparently think that laying on a complimentary beauty parlour is enough to compensate for a miserable £70 per day allowance, on-site meal vouchers, discounts at hotels, restaurants and clubs, plus free laundry, match tickets, tourist trips, massages, hair styling, body waxing, and eyebrow tinting.
However, if you want even harder evidence that these poor men and women are being taken for a ride, you only have to join the queue outside Melbourne Aquarium. Believe it or not, Roger and Serena only qualify for a 10 per cent discount on the £10 admission charge, and they actually have to pay the full whack if either of them wants to take home a souvenir cuddly dolphin.
It was, therefore, heartening to see both of them managing to come through their matches on the opening day, and move one step closer to the singles' prize of £492,160 each. Don't forget that Roger has a cow to keep after someone bought him one for winning his first Wimbledon, and that sort of money wouldn't even buy Serena a new pair of matching earrings.
The strangest thing about the £492,160 each is that Australia pays equal prize money. Strange, in that this is not only the land of stark definition between blokes and sheilas, where the caveman's club is regarded as coming from the Cary Grant school of romance, but also where they've developed the habit of kicking the more hopeless women's matches (ie nearly all of them) off the prime-time TV evening schedules.
When Margaret Court won one of her Australian Open titles, in the pre-professional era, she was presented with an umbrella, and you have to wonder why that still isn't the case, at least up to the semi-finals. The umpire had to call a let in mid-point when Serena lost one of her shoes, but her leg would have had to come off with it for Camille Pin, of France, to have lost more respectably than 6-1, 6-1.
There's another pharmaceutical allegation doing the rounds in women's tennis, which has serious implications for the drug companies in that anyone ranked outside the top 10 found testing positive for a performance enhancing substance has a clear case for suing them.
Mademoiselle Pin's service came across the net so slowly that the radar gun failed to register it for most of the first set, either that or they turned it off to spare her the embarrassment. The match lasted just under an hour, which must have been considerably shorter than the time it took Serena to get dressed up for it. She emerged in a lime green top with a hole on one side –further proof that tennis players haven't got two ha'pennies to rub together – and a pair of knee-high white leggings with lime embroidery. It made you wonder how she could take so much trouble with her wardrobe and then forget to tie up her shoelaces.
Serena was never in danger of losing her meal voucher entitlement after only one day, though the downside of winning here is that you have to be interviewed by a bloke in blazer before you can get to the players' dining room. "Well played," the blazer said, to which Serena replied: "Thank you so much.
''I'm so excited to come here. I feel like this is my home." From which we can infer that she leaves her shoes lying around in the house as well. Then it was off for more interviews, in which she revealed that she's been preparing for tough first round matches like this one by filming a sit-com for American TV, and holding a fashion show.
Next on Centre Court was Roger, in another mismatch between a tall, glamorous figure in a snazzy shirt and resplendant hair-do, and a small, austerely dressed French player. The difference here is that Fabrice Santoro has a reputation for being a player to avoid in early matches, because of his difficult style, but Federer is so good that Santoro looked close to tears after his 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 demolition. When you've taken that kind of a beating, it's tough to console yourself with the thought of a 10 per cent discount at the aquarium.


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Joseph Dansie received his B.S. Degree in Communication Disorders from Brigham Young University and his Au.D. (Doctorate of Audiology) from Utah State University. He has degree emphasis/graduate training in auditory learning and spoken language development (helping children with hearing loss develop verbal/spoken language). He has experience in working with newborns through adults in diagnostic hearing evaluation and amplification.
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Carter & Byrne on Lovecraft's Strange Adventures
|"the Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" on sale in April
While the title itself gives a good idea of what to expect, writer Mac Carter prefers to leave the details of what goes in the pages of his new miniseries, "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft," for readers to discover when the Image Comics miniseries debuts later this year. "Call me a full-blown geek, but comics that don't explain themselves, that engage me thoughtfully, are the ones I always enjoy most," Carter told CBR News, name-checking the likes of Moore, Gaiman, Morrison, Ellis, and Dysart. "In other words, mining the intent of a writer is half the fun of any reading experience, so I don't want to give away too much of my thinking along those lines. Â
"But I can say this: first and foremost, the book is about a deeply complicated and conflicted man: a brilliant thinker, an innovative writer, a neurotic, an introvert, and a very, very lonely guy. Poor old Howard.  Seventy-odd years after his death, we've dragged him from the grave and plunked him down in the middle of a story that reads, on its surface, like a classic men's adventure magazine.  Such an ignoble circumstance for such a cerebral fellow.  He certainly deserves a more highbrow setting than that.  Alas…. There.  He.  Is."
Cver artist Adam Byrne was a bit more open about the book's premise. "It's really about taking H.P. Lovecraft, the writer and his troubled history, and asking the question: what if the inspiration for his unique fiction came from some irrational, unexplainable horror mixed up in his real life? Â We've tried to take Lovecraft's biography–he's such a compelling character–and blend it with his bizarre mythology, which is vast and mind-bending. Â You might think of the story like 'Shakespeare in Love,' but instead of Shakespeare it's Lovecraft, and instead of 'Romeo and Juliet' it's the cosmic horror of Cthulhu."
While Lovecraft himself is front and center in the story, Carter has set in motion an entire Lovecraft universe. "[It's] a rich stew of real world figures and fictional characters from his writings, everyone from Alhazred to Houdini," the writer said. "Of course, we've taken more than our share of creative license with everyone involved, and we've made up a few new characters, too."
Carter continued, "The engine driving this first arc is a love triangle between Howard, Sylvia (the cute, bookish girl he's loved from childhood), and Grayson (the town's Gatsby figure, and Sylvia's fiance). Â Howard wants Sylvia. Â Sylvia wants true love and finds herself torn between the two men. Â Grayson very much wants Howard to just go away. Â
"Add to that mix two more characters of import: Dr. Brand, a psychiatrist fascinated by the run of insanity in the Lovecraft family, and lastly, the Horror. Â Strange, perhaps, to think of the Horror behind the series as a character, but it's more than just a tonal cast, it's a palpable player in the lives of everyone in the story."
Before giving any thought to the genre he wanted to write in, Carter said he "simply set out to create a book similar to the ones I love and admire.  I wanted to write a story populated by rich characters that would be equal parts action-adventure and horror, not unlike the world of 'Hellblazer.'  Ultimately, I guess, it's our hope that it satisfies the many devoted fans of Lovecraft's writings while remaining accessible to the casual reader.  To that end, we've sprinkled in lots of references to his life and works; when possible, I've tried to flavor the horror to his eerie taste; and for those less interested in all-things-Lovecraft, I've set him in the center of what I hope is a dramatic and frightening conflict (brandishing Grampa Whipple's revolver but, sorry, no bullwhip). Of course, to have it considered 'Lovecraftian' by readers would be the ultimate compliment.  But that's a very high bar."
Carter didn't need to search very hard, far, or long for the inspiration to write about the famous horror author as the main character of his own adventures. "Give Lovecraft's wiki page a quick read," said Carter. "I mean, what a life! Â All his wonderful and weird writings aside, he is an endlessly fascinating character. And, man, what a family. Â The poor guy was doomed long before he was even conceived. Â With all due respect, the sandbox of Howard's life is a fun one to play in, and for that reason, we started there. Â Then, in the same way 'Shakespeare in Love' treats The Bard as a character bound up in the writing of one of his own plays, we stuck Howard into the middle of a drama that pulls ghoulish details from a number of his stories, letters, and musings. Â As I've told the many fans that I've talked to about this comic, I love the guy's tales, but better than any of them is Howard's own life story."
Using a real world figure for the basis of a story meant a certain level of research. Given that the character is question is Lovecraft, it also meant there was a degree of scrutiny to contend with. "First, let me pay my respects to his fans out there.  They are legion.  And they know all.  All!" Carter remarked. "How did I come to learn this?  Because, I've been rightly corrected in my work by many of them.  To each of you good people, thank you. "Â
"Beside his stories," Carter continued, "there is no shortage of writings on Lovecraft out there. Â The Sprague de Camp biography was essential. Â But having read it, and a lot more, I set everything aside and went about crafting a character that worked in the framework of the conflict. Â Truthfully, I didn't have to tweak too much. Â He was a tragic guy and it wasn't hard to imagine him having all sorts of problems. Â Of course, his stories themselves provide lots of fun details and Easter eggs for the fans, but I don't want to give any of those away."
"The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" has spent the better part of a decade in forming, and it was cover artist Adam Byrne who was instrumental in putting all the players in place. "I met Mac Carter and [his friend] Jeff Blitz while working at Platinum Studios on some web animation projects in 2000," he said. Â "I was fresh out of college and, though I was gainfully employed, I was looking for something better worth my energy. Â At the time, I was shocked these guys were knocking around in animation. Jeff and Mac seemed to me the best-kept secret in Hollywood. Â They were extremely meticulous, thoughtful, and modest, contrary to all my other Hollywood experiences. Â I busted my butt on their projects. I worked with them, putting in sixteen-hour days for four weeks straight, sleeping under my desk, etc. We came to be close friends, and walking around the San Diego Comic-Con later that year, badly hung-over from cheap sake, we hatched the poorly conceived idea of doing an animated project together all on our own; the internet was abuzz with content sites in those days.
"When we got back to L.A., we pitched each other several projects. Â I immediately latched onto Lovecraft. Â The first time I heard the pitch it gave me shivers up my spine, literally, and it's taken nine years to exorcize it from my system. I think.
"In the meantime, Jeff and Mac lost their status as best-kept-secrets–they've won multiple awards for their work in commercials, and Jeff was nominated for an Oscar for his documentary, 'Spellbound,' and made the feature film, 'Rocket Science,' with another of our friends.
"As time wore on, 'Lovecraft' took on many unfinished forms – 10-minute animated short, video game pitch, and my own pass at the artwork for the miniseries–until we realized the workload was too much for a struggling artist with a mortgage. Everything changed when I met [artist] Tony Salmons at WonderCon in 2006. Â Tony and I spent a memorable evening walking around the Tenderloin (there may have been higher planes of consciousness involved), with me trying to convince him his luck could change. Â He bought in, and 160-plus pages later we have our first arc."
Carter is equally pleased with Salmons' work on "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft." "Can we all just acknowledge, for the record, that Tony is one of the greatest comic book artists alive? In short, his work is fucking awesome. Â Google some of his pin-ups – they'll blow you away. Â So many great artists of today cite him as an influence. The storytelling and images that come out of his head are nothing short of inspired and I can't wait for everyone to see his crazy cool stuff."
For "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft," Salmons designed all of the monsters and, says Carter, "They are super freaky. Â He also has a knack for breathing life into characters and scenes like no one else. Â He makes Lovecraft's world feel absolutely real and that was crucially important to me given the element of biography involved. Tony's a brilliant man and an incredible artist and I can't impress upon your readers enough how talented he is. Â Sadly, he works so rarely. Â He deserves much more attention than he's received to date. We got really lucky that he was willing and able to do it. And what a feat – over 160 pages! Â I think everyone will agree Tony was a perfect fit for the book and did an unbelievable job. Adam calls it Tony's magnum opus."
Byrne himself is also contributing his unique visuals to the series. "How amazing were the pulp covers of the '20s?" he said. "I love everything about them: the colors and textures, the amazing font work, and the dames–wow! I'm trying to honor those covers and talented artists, specifically the pulps that featured Lovecraft's original works-the issues of 'Weird Tales' from the 1920s. Â And not just the content of the images, but the quality, too. For example, all our covers have a painted paperback quality and feature conceits like aged edges and dog-eared flaps. It's been a great challenge, and a ton of fun (as well as many hours at the computer), to strike just the right balance between those old time pulps and an image that captures the attention of the modern reader."
Carter comes to comics as a successful commercial director. Do his experiences in that visual medium translate to his writing for the visual medium of comics?
"Yes, is the short answer," he said. "I absolutely wanted the experience of reading this book to be a cinematic one.  As I wrote it, I imagined the moments as filmic scenes. But my directing/filmmaking has always been fed by my love of comics.  Way before I could afford to run film through a camera, I was sitting for long hours in my bedroom penciling tales of my favorite childhood heroes; absolutely any character ever drawn by Kirby, Kane or Ditko, to name just a few.  More than the great writers of comics, my particular visual style and filmic storytelling is a direct result of my love of comic art.  How many of us as avid comic book readers dreamed of seeing those awesome characters on film?  We all did!  That passion inspired me to get into directing, as I'm sure it has many filmmakers, and now Lovecraft brings the whole experience full circle.  I guess I owe all of those artists big time."
Carter sees "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" as appealing to a wide potential audience, but there are certain segments that come to mind. "There should be an obvious appeal for the fans of Lovecraft, but I don't want to be presumptuous. Â Some of my choices they may vehemently disagree with. Â I just hope that they feel I've been true to the spirit of his work. Â That has always been my intention. Â If you know Lovecraft and his writings, you'll get a little more out of the series. Â If you don't, there's plenty of action and adventure and horror to entertain. Â And maybe, just maybe, the series will whet the appetites of those who know absolutely nothing of Lovecraft for the man's work. Â That would be a great bonus.Â
"But I'll tell you, independent comics are a tough business. Â Anyone who doesn't think so hasn't been through the launch of a new book. Â It's a roller coaster ride. But with any luck, we'll find that following any new comic needs to survive. The final pages of the final issue should give readers a strong hint of where we'd like to take the series next."
"The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" goes on sale April 8 from Image Comics.
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My son is a 13 year old middle school pitcher playing for his HS JV team. His fastball will touch 80, stays around 78. His changeup is around 61-64. He is learning to attack batters, and is also learning a curve ball. He will be the first generation of athlete in our family who, I think, might actually have a shot to play ball past high school. I understand speed isn't everything, and he is getting more and more proficient at placement. Just curious if we should be taking college baseball serious at this point. Thanks for all of your input.
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With that velo this early, you should definitely take it seriously, but also realize that he could max out early and not gain any more velo. As far as placemtn goes, I wouldn't harp on it. I got looked at by D1's before I committed to a top 20 juco and i throw 90 and it's in the zone but not spotted. Just get him throwing more gas.


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The DA's top assistant once admitted all the BAT van scrutiny would make it harder to take these cases to a jury. There are still several cases working their way through the system and on Thursday they won their second in a row -- a conviction the DA says is proof nothing was ever wrong with the BATS vans and the evidence they collected.
Back in May, HPD pulled the suspect over on suspicion of drunk driving after police say he hit a curb. After sobriety tests, officers put him inside a BAT van to check his breath alcohol level on the machine inside the van.
The DA and his own lawyer tell us it the results were more than twice the legal limit.
On Thursday, he was convicted -- only the second time since the BAT van evidence was called into question that the DA has taken a BAT van case to trial. Harris County prosecutors have won both, prompting the DA to say in a press release, "DPS experts conclusively determined the scientific validity of the (BAT van) breath-testing equipment. A jury of Harris County citizens reviewed the facts directly for themselves and reached the same conclusion."
The arrest in this case was in May -- months before the DA admitted there were questions about BAT van reliability -- but the trial was this week, months after the DA herself said she didn't trust HPD to run the BAT vans.
"I am asking DPS to take over all supervision of breath testing matching at the Houston Police Department," said Lykos.
DPS does supervise the machines now and, after testing them, assures their reliability. But it is still not enough for some critics who continue to question the BAT vans.
On Friday, we found the BAT vans parked at HPD. The department says they've been used multiple times this year including at this year's rodeo. But the department and DA have committed to using them less as time goes on.
The DA's office is still under investigation by Texas Rangers and a Harris County grand jury.
We've been covering the BAT vans and Harris County DA investigations for sometime. You can check them all out here.


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Cerumen Impaction: An Updated Guideline from the AAO–HNSF
Am Fam Physician. 2017 Aug 15;96(4):263-264.
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Key Points for Practice
• Cerumen impaction should be diagnosed when an accumulation precludes an ear evaluation or when the accumulation is confirmed by otoscopy in a person who has symptoms.
• Each time a person with hearing aids presents to the office, otoscopy should be performed to evaluate for cerumen.
• Patients presenting with cerumen impaction should be appropriately treated with a cerumenolytic agent, irrigation, or manual removal.
From the AFP Editors
Although there are benefits to cerumen, including cleaning and protecting the ear canal, it can also cause blockages that can lead to loss of hearing, tinnitus, otalgia, itching, and other symptoms. In the United States, approximately 12 million persons present for problems related to cerumen, with about 8 million removal procedures performed. This update from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO–HNSF) provides guidance for persons older than six months diagnosed with cerumen impaction.
For persons presenting with accumulated cerumen, physicians should discuss appropriate ear hygiene to prevent impaction. Many persons commonly perform ear hygiene measures; therefore, the discussion should be focused on safe and effective regimens that also avoid such harms as scrapes or unintended impaction caused by manipulation. Preventive methods may be needed for persons who have a history of impaction or greater likelihood of an occlusion, including children, older persons, persons with cognitive impairment, and persons who wear hearing aids. Options to limit accumulation include cerumenolytic drops and irrigation. Patients should be advised against using cotton swabs or small objects to clean the ear.
Cerumen impaction should be diagnosed when an accumulation precludes an ear evaluation or when the accumulation is confirmed by otoscopy in a person who has symptoms. Persons who are at risk of impaction but are unable to indicate the presence
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A brand new play that aims to open up the debate on fracking will land on Lancashire soil this April.
"This Land" from acclaimed theatre company, Pentabus, will travel to Bleasdale Parish Hall on Friday 1 April at 7.30pm before moving on to The Bureau, Blackburn on Saturday 2 April at 7.30pm.
Tickets for the show, which is suitable for ages 12 and above, are available directly from the venues. The numbers for the Bleasdale show are 01995 606511 or 01995 643499, while the Blackburn number is 07845 964802.
"This Land" explores what happens when a family face the threat of a fracking company setting up metres from their house. The play hurtles through thousands of years of history, exploring the layers of lives lived on one patch of land – everything that has happened there and what is to come.
How far down do you own the land beneath your feet, how much does where you live inform the person you become and what happens when someone else comes along and stakes their claim? For young couple Bea and Joseph this is a story of fractured hearts, lives and lands.
Audiences will be taken on a theatrical journey through an ever-changing landscape with this new play by Siân Owen, commissioned by Pentabus Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse. The cast features Rosie Armstrong as Bea and Harry Long in the role of Joseph.
Speaking ahead of the tour, director, Jo Newman, spoke about the play:
"The subject matter is incredibly important to me – it is a controversial issue which is happening right now across the UK and all over the world and the play is going to be touring to places where the prospect of fracking is a reality. We are heading towards some scary and challenging times in the continued search for power and more than ever need to be alert to what is happening and questioning, for ourselves, what is right".
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To fight, or not to fight
When people think of hockey, they think of stereotypes like missing teeth, hard hits, beards and pucks — but it seems most people identify the sport with fighting.
In an unscientific survey conducted for the MediaPlex, 78 per cent of participants said fighting should be allowed whereas 10 per cent believe it should be removed.
The arguments against fighting are usually the potential brain damage that fighting could cause and the possibility of serious or even fatal injuries.
Detroit Red Wings' legendary tough-man Bob Probert and New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard are examples of fighting's long-term effect. After long careers of fighting in the NHL, both were diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encelopathy, a degenerative brain disease diagnosed in many athletes who suffer repetitive brain trauma.
Over the years there has been controversy over whether fighting should be allowed in hockey. On Dec. 12, 2008, Whitby Dunlops' Don Sanderson removed his helmet and dropped the gloves in his final fight. Sanderson squared off and after losing his footing fell backwards and cracked his skull on the ice. Sanderson was only 21 and would be the first death recorded in hockey.
After Sanderson's death, the OHL adopted stricter rules regarding fighting but the NHL has continued with little change.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has been quoted supporting fighting in a 2016 Sports Illustrated interview.
"Statistics will tell you that this is a physical game and fighting isn't the only issue," said Bettman. He also mentions the drop in hockey fights over the years.
According to TheHockeyNews.com, in the 2012-2013 NHL season there were an average of 0.96 fighting major penalties per game. In the 2013-2014 season, the average fighting majors dropped to 0.76. Over the years fighting majors have continued to drop and according to NYDailyNews.com, in the 2015-2016 season the average dropped to 0.28.
Fighting in hockey is still controversial and many believe fighting has no use in the sport. Others believe it plays a large role.
"Growing up you see the big hits on TV and fights and it's a momentum builder for their team," said William Stadder, a centreman for the Junior C Essex 73's in the PJHL.
"I've been involved with hockey from Hockey Night in Canada to…the Essex 73's," said Stadder. "I see it today in my league. A hard shift from your teammates gets the rest of the boys fired up and pushes you to play better."
One of the most common arguments for hockey fights is that it keeps dirty hits down because those can trigger fights.
"When a teammate gets hit from behind or intentionally injured you should jump to their aid. Sometimes a fight is necessary to send the message," said Stadder.
Aside from fans supporting fighting as an important role, many believe it is more entertaining.
"If you take fighting out of hockey then it's like censoring almost. It's part of the game," said Hannah Kohut, a student at Humber College currently studying public relations. "I don't follow [hockey] but I like watching it. I find [fighting] entertaining. It makes hockey, hockey."
Many people still enjoy the physical and fighting styles of what some call "old-time-hockey."
Layne Gouin is a former Windsor Spitfire currently spending his time working and playing hockey on the side. Gouin is a fan of the old school style of rough hockey and he has noticed a shift in playing styles over the years.
"[It was] more gritty back then. More fighting and a lot more dump and chase. Nowadays it's more about puck possession and skill," said Gouin.
Like Stadder, Gouin notices the importance of both styles.
"I've followed hockey my whole life and appreciate the game," said Gouin. "I like the speed and stick handling more but fighting and grit is great as well."
The NHL is far from changing the rules of fighting and many believe they never will. As for the injuries, officials are beginning to crack down on stopping fights before they break out.


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