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Traumatic Brain Injury
Each year, an estimated 2.5 million people in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury. The impact on their families and caregivers is immense. This fact sheet discusses traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its consequences, and provides information about the helpful resources available to families caring for a loved one affected by TBI.
Traumatic brain injury, also called brain injury or head injury, occurs when a blow or jolt to the head results in damage to the brain. TBIs range in severity from mild to severe.
Mild TBI occurs when a person has a brief change in mental status or loss of consciousness. The most common type of brain injury, a concussion, is classified as a mild traumatic brain injury. Mild TBI often goes undiagnosed and consequently the person suffering the injury loses out on the benefits of rehabilitation and medical care.
Severe TBIs may involve loss of consciousness for hours or weeks and can result in permanent disability. Any TBI, whether mild or severe, can result in short- or long-term disability.
There are many different types of traumatic brain injury, including:
Concussions - the most common type of TBI
Penetration injury - from bullets or other objects entering the skull
Contusions - bleeding that results from blows to the head
Diffuse axonal injury - damage from tearing of the brain tissue (includes shaken baby syndrome and some bicycle, car or motorcyle accident injuries)
5.3 million Americans, approximately 2% of the population, currently live with disabilities related to brain injury.
Males are more than twice as likely as females to experience a TBI.
TBI is most common among adolescents (aged 15-24) and older adults (75 and older).
The most common causes of TBI:
Falls (40.5%)
Unintentional blunt trauma (15.5%)
Motor vehicle accidents (14.3%)
Violence (10%)
- TBI is a contributing factor to a third (30.5%) of all injury-related deaths in the United States
- The direct medical costs and indirect costs of TBI, such as lost productivity, total an estimated $60 billion in the United States.
A TBI may result in mild, moderate or severe changes in one or more areas, including thinking, speech, physical functions and social behavior. The consequences of TBI can be lifelong for some people, while others may be able to recover and resume activities they enjoyed before the injury occurred.
A partial list of Cognitive Changes (or Changes in Thinking) which can occur due to a brain injury include:
Shortened attention span
Memory problems
Problem-solving difficulties
Poor judgment
Partial or complete loss of reading and writing skills
Language problems, including communication deficits and loss of vocabulary
Inability to understand abstract concepts
Difficulty learning new things
Some of the Physical Changes that can occur due to a brain injury include:
Muscle coordination problems
Full or partial paralysis
Changes in sexual functioning
Changes in the senses (hearing, sight, touch, etc.)
Seizures (also called traumatic epilepsy)
Sleep problems
Speech difficulties
Personality and Behavioral Changes may be subtle or severe and include:
Difficulty with social skills
Inability to empathize with others
Tendency to be more self-centered
Inability to control one's emotions
Increases in irritability and frustration
Inappropriate and/or aggressive behavior
Extreme mood swings
Depression (individuals with TBI are considered to be at a high risk for depression)
For further information about how to cope with behavior problems that result from a TBI, see the FCA Fact Sheet: Coping with Behavior Problems after Head Injury.
Prognosis (or Chance of Recovery)
It is difficult to predict how well someone who has had a brain injury will recover, partly because there is no test a doctor can use to predict recovery. The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to determine the initial severity of a brain injury. It is often used at the scene of the accident or in the emergency room. This scale uses eye movements and ability to speak and move other parts of the body to determine the seriousness of the injury. Ask your doctor to explain the tests used to determine your loved one's ability to recover.
Your loved one's prognosis will depend on many factors, including the severity of the injury, the type of injury, and what parts of the brain have been affected. Prompt diagnosis and treatment will help the recovery process.
Recovery Tips for People Who Have Had a TBI
The recovery process is different for everyone. Just as no two people are alike, no two brain injuries are alike. Recovery is typically lengthy—from months to years—because the brain takes a long time to heal. These tips, directed at the person with a brain injury, will help your loved one improve after the injury:
Get lots of rest.
Avoid doing anything that could cause another blow or jolt to the head.
Ask the doctor when it's safe to drive a car, ride a bike, play sports or use heavy equipment, because reaction time may be slower after a brain injury.
Take prescription medication according to thedoctor's instructions.
Do not drink alcohol or use street drugs.
Write things down to help with memory problems.
Ask the doctor to recommend rehabilitation services that might help recovery, and follow those recommendations.
The goal of rehabilitation is to help your loved one live and function as independently as possible. Rehabilitation helps the body heal and assists the brain in relearning processes so that an individual recovers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Rehabilitation will also help the person with TBI learn new ways to do things if any previous abilities have been lost.
After your loved one's initial life-saving treatment at the time of the injury, he or she will most likely start a rehabilitation program and will work with a team of specialists. The person with TBI and his or her family are the most important members of the rehabilitation team. Family members should be included in the rehabilitation and treatment as much as possible. Some of the other professionals who may be part of this team include:
Physiatrists - doctors who are experts in rehabilitation medicine who typically oversee the rehabilitation process.
Neurologists - doctors who are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of nervous system disorders, including diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles.
Occupational, physical, speech and language therapists - therapists that help the person regain thinking skills, communication skills, physical abilities and behavioral skills.
Neuropsychologists - specialized psychologists who focus on thinking skills and behavior problems.
Vocational rehabilitation experts - employment coaches who help with regaining job skills.
It is important to remember that rehabilitation may last years and that your loved one will benefit from the ability to receive rehabilitation services throughout this time. Appropriate programs and treatments will also change as your family member's needs change.
A variety of treatment and rehabilitation programs may help your loved one. Some of the different types of rehabilitation facilities include:
Acute rehabilitation - an intensive rehabilitation program.
Coma treatment centers - provide coma-specific medical care.
Transitional living programs - nonmedical residential programs that teach skills for community living.
Long-term care and supervised living programs - residential facilities that provide care and
rehabilitation to people with TBI who are not able to live independently.
Behavior management programs - typically community-based (i.e., not residential) programs that teach self-control and appropriate social behaviors.
Day treatment programs - provide rehabilitation during the day so the person can return home at night.
The Brain Injury Association of America's Guide to Selecting and Monitoring Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs is a good resource for figuring out what questions to ask a rehabilitation provider and can help in choosing a rehabilitation facility. The Brain Injury Association of America also publishes the National Directory of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services, which lists services in each state.
TBI's can be life altering, yet many are preventable if the necessary precautions are taken. The following are tips for minimizing the risk of sustaining a TBI:
Drivers and passengers should always;
- Wear lap belts and shoulder harnesses.
- Use properly installed infant and child safety seats. A representative of your local police department or highway patrol can show you the proper method of installation.
- Avoiding drinking and driving, or driving under the influence of drugs or medeications
- Use helmets for motorcycle and bicycle riding and other recreational sports.
To help prevent falls individuals should;
- Use the rails on stairways
- Install adequate lighting, especially on stairs for people with poor vision or who have difficulty walking.
- Place bars on windows to prevent children from falling
- Do not place obstacles in walking pathways.
Research has shown that approximately 85% of head injuries form bicycle accidents can be prevented with the use of helmets.
When someone suffers a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), the entire family is affected. Studies show that caregivers of people who have suffered a brain injury may experience feelings of burden, distress, anxiety, anger and depression. If you are caring for a partner, spouse, child, relative or close friend with TBI, it is important to recognize how stressful this situation can be and to seek support services.
Services that may be most helpful to you include in-home assistance (home health aides or personal care assistants), respite care to provide breaks from caregiving, brain injury support groups, and ongoing or short-term counseling for caregivers to adjust to the changes that have come as a result of the injury. You also may need to ask your support system of family, friends and community members for help with your loved one's care, so that you don't get burned out. (See Family Caregiver Alliance's Fact Sheet: Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers for additional tips on taking care of yourself.)
In your role as a caregiver, you will probably find that it can be difficult to find appropriate and adequate services for your loved one. It is important to know that you will most likely need to be persistent in your search for assistance. You should use your network of family and friends, as well as professionals, to get tips about available resources.
Veteran Affairs Response to TBI
Due to the high incidence of TBI in the military field, Veteran Affairs (VA) and other sectors of the US military health system have become active in addressing the issues surrounding TBI.
Active duty and reserve service members are at an increased risk of sustaining a TBI compared to their civilian peers. This is a result of several factors, including the specific demographics of the military; in general, young men between the ages of 18 to 24 are at the greatest risk for TBI. This is coupled with an increased risk of being deployed to areas where they are at risk for experiencing blast exposures and the potential danger of even the most common operational and training activities which are common in the military.
research conducted by the Defense and Veterans Brain Center (DVBIC) in 2005 foudn that blasts in combination with other mechanisms are a leading cause of TBI for active duty military personnel in war zones.
The DVBIC also found that service members with previous TBI's had more symptoms in the first three months after a subsequent injury, compared to those with their first TBI, highlighting the significance and implications for treatment, of multiple TBI's.
VA has implemented an integrated nationwide system of care for Veterans and active duty service members recovering from TBI and polytrauma. This system is designed to provide care for persons with TBI as an isolated condition or in the context of polytrauma or other comorbidities. It consists ofmore than 100 VA medical centers; each offering specialized rehabilitation care by an interdisciplinary team.
Various steps have been taken to improve identification and treatment;
- In 2007, VA initiated a TBI screening for all Veterans
- Veterans with a positive TBI screen are referred for a comprehensive evaluationwith specialty providers who determine a definitive diagnosis.
- An individualized Rehabilitation and Reintegration Treatment Plan of Care is developed for those Veterans that need ongoing rehabilitation services.
In late 2012 the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense announced they were investing more than $100 million in research to improve diagnosis and treatment of mild TBI and post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Useful Resources and Services for Families Affected by TBI
National Disability Rights Network Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities
Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System and Client Assistance Program (CAP)
This nationwide network of congressionally mandated disability rights agencies provides various services to people with disabilities, including TBI. P&A agencies provide information and referral services and help people with disabilities find solutions to problems involving discrimination and employment, education, health care and transportation, personal decision-making, and Social Security disability benefits. These agencies also provide individual and family advocacy. CAP agencies help clients seeking vocational rehabilitation. For more information on P&A and CAP programs, contact the National Disability Rights Network at: www.ndrn.org or (202) 408-9514.
Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems
Funded through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the TBI Model Systems consist of 16 TBI treatment centers throughout the U.S. The TBI Model Systems have extensive experience treating people with TBI and are linked to well established medical centers which provide high quality trauma care from the onset of head injury through the rehabilitation process.
For more information on the TBI Model Systems, go to www.tbindsc.org or call the TBI Project Coordinator at (973) 414-4723 to find the center nearest you.
Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) Chartered State Affiliates
BIAA is a national program with a network of more than 40 chartered state affiliates, as well as hundreds of local chapters providing information, education and support to individuals, families and professionals affected by brain injury.
To locate your state's TBI programs that can be of assistance, visit the Brain Injury Association of America's online listing of chartered state affiliates at www.biausa.org/state-affiliates, or call (800) 444-6443.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
It is possible that your loved one may be entitled to SSDI and/or SSI. SSDI and SSI eligibility is dependent on a number of factors including the severity of the disability and what assets and income your loved one has. You should contact the Social Security Administration to find out more about these programs and whether your loved one will qualify for these benefits. For more information on SSDI and SSI, contact the Social Security Administration at www.ssa.gov or (800) 772-1213.
Centers for Independent Living (CIL)
Some families have found that it is important to encourage their loved one with a TBI to continually learn skills that can allow them to live independently in the community.
The CILs exist nationwide to help people with disabilities live independently in the community and may have resources to help your loved one reach a goal of living alone. CIL services include advocacy, peer counseling, case management, personal assistance and counseling, information and referral, and independent living skills development. For more information on the CIL system, contact the National Council on Independent Living at www.virtualcil.net/cils or (703) 525-3406.
Recommended Readings
Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families, Second Edition. Richard Senelick, MD and Karla Dougherty. 2001: HealthSouth Press. ISBN#: 189152509-3.
Traumatic Head Injury: Cause, Consequence and Challenge. Dennis P. Swiercinsky, Terrie L. Price and Lief Erick Leaf, 1993, Head Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 305, Kansas City, MO 64105. 1993. Kansas City: Brain Injury Association of Kansas.
Head Injury: Information and Answers to Commonly Asked Questions: A Family's Guide to Coping. Christopher D. Strum, MD, Thomas R. Forget, Jr., MD, and Janet L. Strum, RN. 1998: Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, MO. ISBN# 1-57626-096-8.
Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Parent's Guide. Edited by Lisa Schoenbrodt, Ed. D. 2001: Woodbine House. ISBN#0-933149-99-9.
The HDI Coping Series and the HDI Professional Series on Traumatic Brain Injury, William Burke, Michael Wesolowski and William Blacker, 1996 (revised), HDI Publishers, 10131 Alfred Lane, Houston, TX 77041, (800) 321-7037.
Fact Sheet: Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers, Family Caregiver Alliance.
Fact Sheet: Coping with Behavior Problems After Head Injury, Family Caregiver Alliance.
Brain Injury Association of America. Guide to Selecting and Monitoring Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs. www.biausa.org
Brain Injury Association of America. Treatment and Rehabilitation. www.biausa.org
Brain Injury Association of America. What Is Brain Injury? www.biausa.org
Brain Injury Association of America. National Directory of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services (2006). www.biausa.org
BrainLine.org. Facts About Traumatic Brain Injury. www.brainline.org
Center for Disease Control and Protection (2006) Get the Facts on Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States. www.cdc.gov
Center for Disease Control and Protection (2014) Traumatic Brain Injury. www.cdc.gov
EurekAlert (2013) New research on military traumatic brain injury. www.eurekalert.org
Faul M, Xu L, Wald MM, Coronado VG. Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations and Deaths 2002–2006. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2010
National Institutes of Health. (1998). Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury. Consensus, NIH Consensus Statement. October 26-28, 1998. www.nichd.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page. www.ninds.nih.gov
U.S Department of Veteran Affairs (2013) FACT SHEET FOR POLYTRAUMA AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY www.prosthetics.va.gov
Veterans Health Initiative (2010) Traumatic Brain Injury www.publichealth.va.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (NCIPC). Traumatic Brain Injury Fact Sheet. www.cdc.gov
Vaughn, S.L. & King, A. (2001). A survey of state programs to finance rehabilitation and community services for individuals with brain injury, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Vol. 16, 20-33.
Fujii, D., Schaefer Hanes, S., & Kokuni, Y. (1996). Family intervention in the rehabilitation and community reintegration of individuals with brain injury, The Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, March/April, 6-10.
Family Caregiver Alliance
785 Market Street, Suite 750
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 434-3388 phone
(800) 445-8106 toll free
Website: caregiver.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) seeks to improve the quality of life for caregivers through education, services, research and advocacy.
FCA's National Center on Caregiving offers information on current social, public policy and caregiving issues and provides assistance in the development of public and private programs for caregivers.
FCA's e-newsletter. Caregiving PolicyDigest, offers up-to-date information on national policy issues.
For residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, FCA provides direct family support services for caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, ALS, head injury, Parkinson's and other debilitating health conditions that strike adults.
Brain Injury Association of America
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 611
McLean, VA 22102
Helpline: (800) 444-6443
Helpline e-mail: [email protected]
A national advocacy and awareness organization which develops and distributes educational information about brain injury and resources, legal rights and services. The Association provides a variety of information regarding brain injury and has state affiliates throughout the U.S.
The Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center
c/o Craig Hospital Research Dept
3425 S Clarkson Street
Englewood, CO 80113
(303) 789-8202
Maintains a list of current TBI Model System centers.
National Disability Rights Network
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc.
900 Second Street, NE, Suite 211
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 408-9514
Find solutions to problems involving discrimination and employment, education, health care and transportation, personal decision-making, and Social Security disability benefits.
Social Security Administration
Office of Public Inquiries
Windsor Park Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
(800) 772-1213
Information about disability benefits requirements.
Centers for Independent Living (CIL)
National Council on Independent Living
1916 Wilson Blvd., Suite 209
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 525-3406
Clickable map to help you locate the Independent Living Center in your state.
Tamara Greenspan Head Injury Collection
116 Merritts Road
Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735
(877) HEAD-INJ or (877) 432-3465
Free resource library, with many good books on brain injury available through the interlibrary loan system.
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
4330 East West Highway, Suite 301
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 656-3500
Provides up-to-date information about the TBI state grant programs.
Head Injury Hotline
212 Pioneer Bldg.
Seattle, WA 98104-2221
(206) 621-8558
Hotline provides consultations, research assistance, case management and legal services to families and professionals.
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Building 1, Room B209
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington DC 20307-5001
(800) 870-9244
Serves active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury. Offers evaluation, treatment, follow-up care, educational materials and research.
This fact sheet was prepared by the National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance and was reviewed by Catherine Sebold, communications specialist of the Brain Injury Association of America. Funded by the Archstone Foundation. © 2003, 2007, 2015 (partial updates) Family Caregiver Alliance. All rights reserved.


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Super Bowl 47 Hunch Line
Posted By Steven Keys On Jan 29 2013 @ 10:38 pm In NFL | No Comments
"Nobody can eat fifty eggs"
The biggest story leading-up to SB47?
DeerAntler-gate? I'm all for PED-prevention but SI's timing is quite curious. Maybe it's intended as a message to NFL powers, DeMaurice Smith in particular: get crackin' on the blood test, fellas.
The Harbaugh family reunion might make a great Hallmark movie but seeing a couple of privileged, cocky men hit pay-dirt doesn't float my boat.
Nice to see Joe Flacco finally get some positive feedback but the JF interview is just slightly more interesting than an episode of NOVA.
And Ray Lewis, he's not really retiring. He'll be giving his NFL insights from the cozy confines of ESPN's Connecticut studio for years to come. And the rich get richer.
The big story in the Big Easy is the 49ers' fleet-footed QB Colin Kaepernick and how he's energized the biggest debate going in football today: pocket passer vs. flash-QB.
The kids love anything that rocks the status-quo, older folk favor pocket poise and the rest are taking a wait & see approach.
Like "Society" (Cool Hand Luke), maybe I'm stubborn, but I'm not buyin' run-QB.
Some call him revolutionary. I say guys like Kaep Krusader, Vick, Tebow, RG3 and Newton are just newer, muscled versions of the old single-wing tail-back of the 1930s (See; C. Isbell).
As for the "read option," that's like asking a 6th-grader to read a book rather than watch TV. Not likely. Give flash-QB the "option" to rabbit and he'll do it 8 outta' 10 times while his reading skills (on defensive schemes) will never mature beyond "See Spot run."
And if you think highly-paid, spotlight-craving receivers and true ball-carriers are gonna' forever happily accommodate their ball-hog quarterbacking teammates, you've got another thing coming.
When you think how the passing game changed the nature of football (Sid Gilman '60), keep in mind that that change expanded the franchise to anywhere from 4-8 possible targets who might be on the receiving end of a pass play. That was revolutionary.
It's why stopping the aerial attacks of a Joe Namath, Doug Williams or Tom Brady has always given defensive coordinators fits, as in, 'Where's the damn ball gonna' go?'
Sure, CK did a real number on GB that won't soon be forgotten and the counter-punch he delivered to the Falcons' heavy helpin' of run-stuffing was evidence he can multi-task. But seeing isn't always believing, even for a Missourian ("Show Me").
More than match-ups, the pro game's about adjustments.
Atlanta needed less than a week to make the necessaries to sufficiently contain Colin in NFC title (letting it slip away, like SF in '12, on costly TOs), and expect the same from around the League come September. As such, SB47 might be the high-water mark for run-QB as coordinators make necessary modifications to secure the middle and injuries mount for General Athletic.
Does that mean an 'all expenses paid' trip to Disneyland is outta' the question for Colin in the week following SB47? Heavens no. It just means that, how shall I put this, if Trent Dilfer can hoist the Lombardi, then getting one ring does not a revolutionary make.
The only revolution we're likely to see will come courtesy of Nike Corporation as they guillotine every classic NFL logo & uniform-design they can hunt down in their youthfully-misguided reign of marketing terror.
The Other Ray
To some, Ray Lewis forever wears a scarlet 'C' on his chest: Criminal.
On the night of January 31, 2000, Lewis and two friends (Oakley & Sweeting) were involved in a street fight in Atlanta resulting in two deaths (Baker / Lollar). Lewis was charged with Obstruction by Fulton County in return for his testimony in the murder trial of his companions. Both men were acquitted and no one else was charged (Wikipedia).
Some people believe the investigation was mishandled (Munson / ESPN). To those with a prejudice, this means cover-up. To the rest of us, the lack of sufficient evidence, right or wrong as that may be, allows us to choose forgiveness or just simply move forward.
For the forward thinker, it's the heavy hits, the passion play and his standard of success that will define Ray Lewis' legacy.
My favorite Ray Lewis trait: honoring the line.
When you compete on a playing field, there's a place you never go.
It's different in business, where Machiavelli is patron saint. The end justifies the means, buyer beware, greed is good, lawyer on retainer and all that jazz.
On the gridiron you bring your "killer instinct" (Bednarik) and if you catch your opponent unawares, all the better (head on a swivel), but you don't cheap-shot and you don't take away his dignity. You leave enough there so he can pick himself up and go 'til the bell rings. That's Marquess of Queensberry and that's a professional.
Cross that line and you go from hero to hooligan, from player to punk.
Before you start listing off all of Ray's late hits, unsportsmanlikes and other boo-boos…don't bother. Every player's got 'em, from Ray Nitschke ("Mean on Sunday") to 49ers' All-Pro Patrick Willis.
And Ray Lewis never crossed the line.
Super Bowl 47 Pick
Believe it, basketball can be entertaining.
By the time Super Sunday finally rolls around I've cashed in my football chips and vested in Mr. Naismith's invention. For me, it's the lead-up to Super Sunday which is apex of the NFL season.
Had the powers-that-be not tacked on an extra week of sales & hype I might feel different. But with the delay, the players are running on fumes (most at it since May), momentum curried in the PS is lost and fans like myself are not all too pleased at being played for saps.
And using the semi-Pro Bowl to somehow tide us over doesn't sweeten the deal, Roger & DeMaurice. Apart from PED prevention, those two cufflinks play the same course.
As for the game, the guys will give their best effort, even if it won't be their best. That usually means a pretty good show, ever since the NFC decided to join the modern era with the help of Roger Staubach and Bill Walsh.
In the pros, there's no easier road to a title than the NFL playoff highway.
The Ravens' path to New Orleans was no cakewalk, besting three foes, including wins at Denver and New England, whereas, SF gets a R1 bye, a homer versus enigmatic WK1 foe GB and find their "golden ticket" in the Georgia Dome against Atlanta's great pretenders.
Why San Fran favored? Odds-makers are businessmen, not football fans.
Post-season, Baltimore's defense has become equal of 49ers' vaunted crew, has a capable run game, holds an edge in passer proficiency, brings more pressure, can clog the middle to force CK horizontal, has traveled a tougher road to get here and will not be bested in the intensity department. Clichéd, but expect moderate scoring affair with these defense-favored coaching philosophies. The winner: Baltimore Ravens.
Steven Keys
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Angela Fritz , 9:07 PM GMT on June 26, 2012
Debby continues to weaken this afternoon, but remains a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The storm's center of circulation made landfall this afternoon near Steinhatchee, Florida. Hurricane hunters continue to find surface wind speeds that just meet tropical storm criteria and surface buoys on Wundermap are all clocking in at or below 30 mph. The storm's upper-level circulation is being stretched out into the Atlantic by the same steering forces that will transport it to the other side of Florida, and this combined with dry air has led to a messy-looking tropical cyclone over the past couple of days. Though there was no lack of rain yesterday in the Florida panhandle, Debby has certainly been weakened by the dry air that has wrapped into its center (figure 1). Water vapor imagery from satellite shows Debby's center is almost completely void of moisture, though rain continues to fall on the northeast side of the storm where moisture is still available. A 6 foot wide, 12-15 foot deep sinkhole swallowed a small portion of I-10 in Madison County west of Jacksonville, Florida, this morning, where heavy rain continues, though this hole will likely be filled and the lane reopened by tomorrow morning. Wind shear around 20 knots is also keeping Debby at bay, but the real disrupter is the lack of moisture.
Figure 1. Where's Debby? On the left: visible satellite imagery. On the right: water vapor satellite imagery, where the dry air ranges from black to rusty orange. Debby's center is almost completely void of moisture. These images were captured around 1pm EDT.
Forecast for Debby
The forecast for Debby continues to be similar to previous forecasts. The storm will likely continue to lose strength as it moves over Florida this evening and Wednesday, but could gain some momentum again when it reaches the yet untapped Atlantic water. There's a high chance Debby will be downgraded to tropical depression status this evening. The HPC continues to forecast up to 8 inches of rain for far northeast Florida over the next 5 days, likely because of the slight strengthening forecast to occur on Thursday and beyond. Debby's center will most likely be over Atlantic water Wednesday night.
Figure 2. Advisory map for the U.S. Tuesday afternoon. Heat advisories (pink) blanket the central U.S. This heat is expected to move eastward over the next few days as the ridge of high pressure advances.
The Heat Continues
Record highs continue to fall Tuesday afternoon in the central U.S., where Denver, Colorado had its fifth consecutive day of triple-digit heat after it reached 100°F at 1pm MDT, and could continue to rise this afternoon. This ties the all-time record for consecutive 100°F+ days. Nebraska and Kansas are particularly toasty this afternoon; McCook, Nebraska has reached 113°F so far, and Hill City, Kansas is up to 112°F. Though, to put that in perspective, the state record for Nebraska is 118°F, and the state record for Kansas is 121°F.
The heat moves east tomorrow, and by Thursday, many of the major Midwest cities are forecast to be in the triple-digits, including Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. By Friday the heat will be beating down on the East Coast. In the meantime out west, the forecast high in Fresno for this weekend is 82°F, which would tie as the coolest final weekend in June on record, according to the Hanford forecast office.
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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The musical Oliver! certainly earns its exclamation point, especially as pumped up in this lively Trinity Repertory Company foray (through March 30). One suspects Charles Dickens would approve of this adaptation of Oliver Twist, his 1838 novel about a spunky orphan who runs away from a workhouse.
In addition to truth in punctuation, we get a roller coaster ride of a production, directed and choreographed by Trinity alumnus Richard Jenkins, on hiatus from Hollywood, and his wife Sharon Jenkins.
What's remarkable about this musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Lionel Bart, is how physicalized the storytelling is, not just in songs and dance but in how actors inhabit the persons they portray. As befits a melodrama, you can tell the miscreants from the nabobs by whether their lips are curled or pursed.
We first see Oliver anonymous among many orphans (well, nine) in the sort of workhouse that served as an orphanage in early 19th-century England, and which reflects Dickens's own dire circumstances as an impoverished boy. After the hungry children sing the pathetic celebration "Food, Glorious Food," Oliver (Phineas Peters) singles himself out as different by being the only one to toddle up with his bowl and ask for more gruel. Outrageous ingrate. The workhouse taskmaster, Mr. Bumble (Tom Gleadow), tries to peddle him in the street ("Boy for Sale") and ends up apprenticing him to an undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry (Erick Pinnick). Sent to sleep under a coffin, he sings the poignant "Where Is Love?" Poor Oliver.
But now the fun begins — or at least the mischief. After beating up a bullying servant for insulting his mother, Oliver escapes and spends a foot-sore week walking the 60 miles to London. Right away he runs into the Artful Dodger (Noah Parets), a ragged but foppish boy wearing a top hat and chipper disposition. Parets does a fine job establishing the outgoing character who sings "Consider Yourself," welcoming Oliver into the "family" of Fagin (Stephen Berenson) and the street urchins who work for him as pickpockets. Berenson is entertaining at his physical characterizing, a hunched and sneering miser — much later, speak-singing "Reviewing the Situation," he rivets our attention to a maundering meditation on character change. Quite the challenge.
Speaking of impressive acting, Rachael Warren is stunning as Nancy, the girlfriend of scary burglar Bill Sikes (Timothy John Smith) who takes a motherly liking to Oliver. Warren wows us with hell-bent plunges into each of two numbers that are polar opposites, mood-wise. "It's a Fine Life," in which the ensemble joins in at a tavern, is full of gin-soaked giddiness that masks the misery they are drowning. "As Long As He Needs Me" is a love song clinging to the timeless hope of mistreated women. Wow indeed.
Big, bad Sikes, with his crown-to-chin pink knife scar, is as much a metaphor as an actual person, wordless and menacing when we first see him, backlit and faceless. When he sings "My Name" ("Strong men tremble when they hear it!/They've got cause enough to fear it!"), we're forgiven for gulping and sinking lower in our seats. Eventually Sikes is a hulking threat to Oliver as well, as we all but hear the thump-thump of the Jaws theme.
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Comment Re: Jupiter Tape? (Score 2) 621
There's a huge difference between this claim and lawful intercept on demand -- meaning that a formal request is made to the Telco to intercept such and such number for a period of time, then the calls are re-routed to special recording equipment.
In this case you'd need to have active real-time recording capability for every call made on every switch in the entire national phone network. You'd also have to hide this capability from the techs who work on the switches and/or swear them all to secrecy. That would be tens of thousands of switches, and many thousands of technicians.
Leaving aside the fact that you'd have to re-engineer the switches themselves, since they were not designed to support this kind of logging (no storage capacity, limited CPU, etc.)
All it would take at this point is a single wagging tongue or a Wikileaks dump to break the whole thing open. Since we've seen this happen for much smaller wiretapping deployments, I'm skeptical that you could pull anything like it off without everybody knowing.
What you can do is monitor trunk lines (which is what happened in the case of the Folsom Street tap, mentioned above) and you can certainly build your own wireless interception hardware. But this is a very different thing than what TFA claims.


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shlomif, the reason people created the RTFM acronym was so that it would be shorter than answering most any question.
People (I) resent others asking random questions of them out of a sense of fair play, dislike of laziness, and dislike of the arrogance that can be inferred.
if someone asks me a question i am more likely to answer that question if i know the answer directly, i know the person asking, and/or i have been helped by the person asking before (or otherwise have a reason to want to help them (friendship, ass-kissing, impress others with my knowledge, whatever)).
fairplay and failure to scale: this is of course the tragedy of the commons scenerio: even though 1 random person entering a channel and asking a simple question is not onerous, a whole lot of them will become so. with respect to only one person asking, it seems like a person refusing to answer is just being petulant, but when you consider that you might be the 500th person to ask the same question to that person that day, it becomes more understandable that they would refuse: it takes up their time, they get no benefit from it, it is not fun. it in short becomes a job.
if someone feels like they want to help the community by doing that job, i find that admirable and worthy of encouragment, but by simply being in a certain place at a certain time, a person does not consent to fulfill that role, and since most people still have the freedom to do what they like rather than submit to your will or government's will, or what you think would benefit the community etc, they don't have to.
when the questioner enters a place and asks a question, it may be considered presumptious of them, but when that questioner insists that you should tell them the answer because it's easier than arguing or saying 'rtfm', that person is presumptious, arrogant, rude, and annoying.
this quite simply is the bottom line: you are asking for something and you have no inherent right to an answer. if someone is nice enough to give you an answer you should be thankful, if they are not, you should be thankful for the chance to impose, but you should not insist that you deserve (or should otherwise get an answer) because the question is so easy or how quickly it could be answered or because people there should know the answer and it would save you time rather than finding it yourself.
it is annoying, rude, and arrogant. and for the people that see it it day after day every day time after time, it becomes less and less tolerable to be treated that way.
you should be more considerate of others, no matter what you think would help the community.


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Latino Heritage Month Features Panels, Celebration
Posted December 14, 1999; 10:08 a.m.
Princeton's observance of Latino Heritage Month begins Friday, November 12. The theme this year is 'Que crezcan las raices' which means, 'That the roots may grow' A calendar of events follows. For additional information, contact Noemi Garcia, email@example.com , or Monica Rosado, firstname.lastname@example.com , both at 8-8380. All events are free of charge.
Friday, November 12, 10 p.m., Salsa Party at Chancellor Green
Saturday 13, 6 p.m., Latino Heritage Month opening dinner with guest speaker Sandra Guzman, editor of Latina magazine, at Liberation Hall of the Third World Center
Sunday 14, Latino Heritage Sunday at the Chapel with Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Sociology Department
Monday 15, 6 p.m., Chicano Film series part 1, TWC Lounge
Tuesday 16, noon, 'Reforming Property Systems in Central America,' William W. Fisher III, Harvard Law School, 58 Prospect Ave., room 107
Wednesday 17, 6 p.m., Accion Puertoriqueqa Discovery Dinner, TWC
Thursday 18, 3 p.m., SHPE Science Fair, TWC. 6 p.m., dinner and discussion with Iran Rodriguez, director of the Migrant Head Start Program, Butler College. 7 p.m., 'Sex in the City,' PLAS event, McCormick Hall
Friday 19, 12 p.m.,Accion Puertoriqueqa - A Vigil for Vieques. 12:15 p.m., 'Cuban Migration in the Caribbean,' PLAS roundtable discussion, 58 Prospect Ave., room 107. 4 p.m., trip to New York City to see the art show Americanos
Saturday 20, noon to 6 p.m., Sports Day, Dillion Gym
Monday 22, 12:15 p.m., OLA Fall Food Festival, Murray Dodge. 'The Panama Canal: Its Operations, Transitions, and Future,' PLAS Seminar Series 3, 58 Prospect Ave., room 107
Tuesday 23, 8 p.m., Chicano Film series part 2, TWC lounge
Monday 29, 8 p.m., Chicano Film series part 3, TWC lounge
Tuesday 30, 12:15 p.m., 'Migrating Citizenship: Puerto Rican Migrants and the Puerto Rican Government, 1940-1970,' PLAS Seminar Series 4, 58 Prospect Ave., room 107
Friday, December 3, 3 p.m., 'The Crisis in Colombia,' Marc Chernick, Georgetown University, McCormick 101
Saturday 4, 6 p.m., closing ceremonies dinner, TWC. 10 p.m.,Fiesta Latina Dance, Chancellor Green
Wednesday 8, 8 p.m., reading by Junot Diaz, McCormick 101
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Posted 19 September 2012 - 09:13 AM
Today, September 19th, we'll do a No Photo Challenge! Create a layout without any photos. Everything else is fine! Are there some things youd like to document but you dont have photos? Try using scanned memorabilia or extensive journaling to make a memorable layout without photos.
Create your layout and upload it to the special High Noon Crop and Challenge. You'll be amazed what you can get done in just one hour, but there is no High Noon Sheriff timing you! Hope to see you in the chat room!
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My BLOG My GALLERY I scrap in CC7 on my MACbook, or whatever is available!
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The chat room seemed like a revolving door today with all the Internet issues (on both sides of the Atlantic). It was fun as always. Thanks for the chat and the challenge.
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We need to you to come to the chatroom
Oh believe me, I would have if I could have. No power makes chatting a bit hard.
Fortunately it came on again before the chat was over.
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Hmmm this is a hard one - I'll be late - but I'll find something to scrap about.
It was a hard challenge for me too. I just started going through my childhood scrapbook looking for inspiration.
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Looks like only you and Florida Granny have done this challenge. Ok I'll do it. LOL
There are lot of layouts posted in the gallery for this challenge. They just didn't post links here. I was happily surprised.
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What is a manufacturing maintenance technician?
Manufacturing maintenance technicians are responsible for preventive maintenance of machinery and automated equipment. Examples include lubricating machinery, performing diagnostic tests, checking performance and testing damaged machine parts. In addition to this, technicians must address machine problems that occur. After diagnosing the problem, the mechanic disassembles the equipment to repair or replace the defective parts. With the advent of advanced technology, these workers increasingly use electronic and computer skills to repair complex equipment.
What skills are required?
These workers need mechanical aptitude, manual dexterity, good physical conditioning and agility. Coursework in mechanical drawing, math, blueprint reading, computers and electronics is useful.
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Two thirds of these workers are employed in manufacturing industries such as food processing, textile mills, chemicals, fabricated metal products, motor vehicles and primary metals. Others may work for the government, utility companies, mining companies and other facilities in which industrial machinery is used.
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[Re: Newscity, "Pet Peeved," March 26-April 1] As the president of the Alliance for Albuquerque Animals, I was stunned to see last week's article regarding Petland and its practices. The owner is quoted as saying that she "tried to get in touch with members of the Alliance for ABQ Animals, but no one wanted to talk to her."
"Why would anyone pay $1,000 for a puppy when there are literally thousands of dogs and cats that have to be killed every year in this state for lack of a loving home?"
I want to go on record that [to my knowledge] she never [contacted] anyone from our organization. Furthermore, I would ask everyone to think of the enormous suffering created by every single person who buys a puppy from any pet store that sells puppies and kittens. Go to stoppuppymills.org for more info if you want to be an informed buyer. Why would anyone pay $1,000 for a puppy, anyway, when there are literally thousands of dogs and cats that have to be killed every year in this state (more than 90,000 per year) for lack of a loving home? On April 25 and 26, there will be wonderful puppies from shelters and rescues all over the state at the "Pet a Palooza" adoptathon at the Journal Center. Put your money where your heart is. You can save a life, or you can support the misery and horror of puppy mills. I know Alibi readers know the difference.
Debbra Colman
President, Alliance for ABQ Animals
Forty-Five Million and Counting
Dear Alibi,
Since I live in the Old Town area, I especially enjoyed your review of Pro's Ranch Market [Restaurant Review, March 19-25]. However, your very first sentence stating that the U.S. Hispanic population is "poised to eclipse the white population any day now" is wildly off the mark. The U.S. Census stats show 241 million White and 45.5 million Hispanic. Since about half of the Hispanics (c. 23 million) describe themselves as White, the White non-Hispanic would be ca. 221 million. Not even close. Perhaps you are extrapolating New Mexico's unusually large Hispanic percentage to the nation.
Peter Ives
Dear Alibi,
The late George Carlin once said there are three types of people in America: Stupid, full of shit and just fucking nuts.
I just read that a state legislator in West Virginia has proposed a bill that would impose a statewide ban on the sale of Barbie dolls in the whole state. Mind you, this legislator is a Democrat. His state is one of the poorest in the entire United States of America; 17 percent of the population lives below the poverty level and the percentage of related children below the poverty level is 24 percent. Yet, instead of taking cues from the president and working toward common sense proposals to help lift his state out of poverty, his priority is banning Barbie dolls. He fits all three of Carlin's descriptions.
Further evidence of a nation that has its priorities mixed are the probes into steroid abuse by baseball players. Congress, under the control of both parties, wasted valuable time and resources investigating steroids in baseball. What is it to me and other Americans if some overpaid athlete wants to take the bargain of big muscles for a shrunken ding-a-ling and raisin-sized testicles? What bearing does that have on jobs, world relations and the quality of life for the American people? None.
"What is it to me and other Americans if some overpaid athlete wants to take the bargain of big muscles for a shrunken ding-a-ling and raisin-sized testicles?"
In 2008, there were some Senate subcommittee hearings on Spygate; the scandal of the New England Patriots videotaping opposing teams' defensive plays and signals. This was a national priority while the Republic was burning. Congress also wants to hold hearings on the fired U.S. attorneys and whether or not politics had a part in those firings. While the actions of Sen. Pete Domenici and Rep. Heather Wilson were inappropriate, the fact remains that U.S. attorneys are at-will political appointees; unfortunately, they can be fired for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Whether partisan politics played a part is of no bearing. The fact is that U.S. attorneys serve at the discretion of the president. That's that!
Yet, in the midst of this nightmare, certain representatives see fit to waste time and resources arbitrating an issue that by default is a non-issue. Yes, Bush was an a-hole. But, he, along with any other occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, did have the right to hire and fire his appointees.
Under the Republican Congress, time and money were wasted on Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, along with the aforementioned steroid hearings. They also debated vital issues like flag burning and the estate tax during the time they decided deficits did not matter.
Democrats have their pet issues as well: reinstating the assault weapons ban; the Fairness Doctrine and the aforementioned hearings on the fired U.S. attorneys. The West Virginia legislator is a microcosm of the U.S. Congress—ass backwards priorities. I leave with a question first posed by the comedian Gallagher: What is the opposite of progress? Congress!
Brandon Curtis
Talk About a Revolution
Dear Alibi,
[Re: Book Review, "Starting Over," March 26-April 1] It looks like Emile Nakhleh, author of A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World, or your reviewer Tom Gibbons expect us to take the word of a CIA agent on what to do about conflicts our country has with smaller countries. Aren't they the people who've been getting us into trouble with those countries ever since the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran in the '50s?
The reviewer points out that many Americans wonder, concerning Muslims, "Why won't they stop fighting?" Rather than start by consulting a CIA agent, we'd do well to notice that for the last thousand or so years it's been people in Europe and the United States who've been doing the most fighting, especially including invading Muslim lands. And a long book could be written trying to count up the governments the CIA has tried to subvert or overthrow, and trying to evaluate what we got for it.
Reber Boult
Down on Death Row
Dear Alibi,
As an innocent man who spent nearly 18 years on Florida's death row and who would have been executed had it not been for a complete quirk of fate and had the appeals process not been so rigorous, I would like to thank all of the legislators who voted to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico and the governor who signed the repeal bill into law. I would like to thank them for their courage and wisdom in abolishing an error-prone, inefficient and exorbitant punishment that has not proven itself to deter murders in our communities or in our prisons. As the 99th person since 1973 to be exonerated from death row in the nation with evidence of innocence, I offer the following observations.
To start with, it is important to stress just how frequently the death penalty system gets it wrong. The number of people who have been exonerated from death row in the United States since 1973 stands at 130. This number is but a very small reflection of the number of death penalty convictions or sentences that get reversed because of error considered so significant that a sentence other than death was ultimately imposed in the case. Approximately two-thirds of death penalty cases get reversed in this way, and this is at least part of the reason why the death penalty system has proven to be so expensive.
I know all too well just how easy it is to convict and sentence an innocent person to death. In my case, there was no physical evidence against me, and my conviction and death sentence rested on the testimony of two very questionable witnesses: One was a police informant who was paid $5,000 for his testimony against me, and another was a man who himself had been threatened with the electric chair unless he testified against me. Thankfully, a confession of the real killer was discovered 16 years after I was sentenced to death, and in the end it came to light that the real killer had confessed to more than a dozen people.
Many prosecutors invoke crimes like this as justification for maintaining the death penalty when in fact, ironically, they show (in part) just why the death penalty system is so prone to error. When these particularly horrible crimes take place, deep passions are triggered in our communities, rules get broken, and all too often innocent people like myself are wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, and in some cases executed.
"I know all too well just how easy it is to convict and sentence an innocent person to death."
New Mexico is not immune from wrongful executions or wrongful death sentences. There are at least two documented cases of executions of individuals in New Mexico with strong claims of innocence—Thomas Johnson and Louis Young—and New Mexico has the highest rate of exonerations in the country, with four exonerations to one execution.
How does a law that all too often puts an innocent person on death row while permitting the real perpetrator to remain on the streets protect our communities and our children? How can it reasonably be argued that the death penalty deters murders any more effectively than the harsh and arguably harsher punishment of life without the possibility of parole?
Moreover, empirical evidence has shown that those serving natural life sentences tend to be model prisoners who mentor and pacify the more volatile and younger prisoners who will ultimately be returning to the streets. Those serving natural life sentences have every incentive to behave well within the prison walls from which they know they will never be released. By contrast, those who have been sentenced to death have absolutely nothing to lose. How can they be executed twice?
Likewise, there is no empirical evidence to support the speculative argument by death penalty supporters that the death penalty protects our law enforcement officers. To the contrary, all evidence indicates that by abolishing the death penalty, non-death penalty states have been able to focus their resources on effective crime prevention measures and have consequently enjoyed lower murder rates.
Our courageous and thoughtful elected officials who voted to abolish the death penalty and replace it with the harsh and arguably harsher punishment of life without the possibility of parole recognized that New Mexico does not deserve the death penalty. New Mexico does not deserve a law that can kill an innocent person; New Mexico does not deserve a law that squanders millions of our taxpayer dollars; New Mexico does not deserve a law that tortures murder victims' families and the families of those accused of capital murder as it drags them through a merciless and endless process that more often than not results in a sentence other than death; New Mexico does not deserve a law that fails to protect our communities in part because all too often the real perpetrator remains on the streets; and New Mexico does not deserve a law that a majority of countries in the world and almost all of our democratic allies have abandoned as unnecessary, cruel and subject to irreversible error.
As my dear friend and fellow exoneree Freddie Pitts has stated: You can sentence a person to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and if you find out later he is innocent, you can release him. But you can never release an innocent person from the grave!
Juan Melendez
Board Member of Witness to Innocence and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Steering Committee Member New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty
Petland Story
Dear Alibi,
[Re: Newscity, "Pet Peeved," March 26-April 1] Franchise owner Kern says she doesn't have a list of the breeders she buys from.
Enough said.
Let's put aside our emotions for a moment and forget about animal rights or animal welfare or whatever you want to call it. Let's forget whether or not the Humane Society is a fringe group that exists solely for its own financial welfare.
None of that matters.
Because the bottom line is, if you are in business to sell animals as pets to the general public, you have an obligation to ensure to the best of your ability that they are physically healthy and temperamentally sound. There is no way to do this if you are not acquainted with the breeders who provide your animals.
As ter Bruggen rightly points out, responsible breeders take personal interest in each and every home they sell an animal to. They interview. They do home checks. That's because they take pride in their breeding programs and the quality of the animals they produce, whether those animals are meant for the show ring, the working farm or the family home.
If Petland truly was in the business of providing healthy, temperamentally sound animals to good homes, they would be able to provide the Alibi, and anyone else who asks, with the names, addresses and contact numbers for the breeders who supply them. I don't know about anyone else, but if I'm paying $1,000 for a puppy (!!!), I would at the very least want to know where it came from.
Rena Distasio
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By Lillian Simmons
Special to The Telegram
Production companies finished filming "The Grand Seduction" in Trinity Bight last September and left behind a $130,000 gift.
Joe's Place, the bar and restaurant built especially for the film, officially opened to the public Friday.
"Because it's the story of a fishing community, we wanted to find a place that actually had a bar that was right on the water," says Barbara Doran, who co-produced "The Grand Seduction" along with Roger Frappier of Max Films in Quebec. "But we couldn't find one, so when you can't find it, you make it."
The bar/restaurant was built from scratch by local people who Doran describes as "extraordinary carpenters because they are shipbuilders."
The seduction
The film tells the story of a fishing community that has fallen on hard times due to the collapse of the cod fishery.
A competition begins when an oil company is looking for a town in which to build a petro-chemical factory, but there are two stipulations: it must be a certain population and it must have a resident doctor. The town has neither.
"So the comedy is about how they hoodwink this young, handsome doctor into staying in this community and setting up residence."
To suit the role of a community down on its luck, the brand new Joe's Place had to be distressed.
"That involves weeks of work on the part the crew, the art department, the carpenters, the grounds people, to make this building look like it's always been there, hasn't had a paint job in a while and it needs a bit of tender, loving care," Doran says. "It took a good few weeks to do it, everybody banging and hammering and painting and sawing."
When filming finished, there were a couple of options for Joe's Place. One was to sell it.
"Or we had an opportunity to give back to the community that was so generous to us, because when a major feature film of this size comes to town, you feel it," Doran says. "We take over the town, and everybody was extremely patient and co-operative and giving."
It's not the first time a building has been handed over to a community in the area.
When "Random Passage" was filmed there 13 years ago, the site was donated post-filming, and thousands of people still visit each year.
"We think Joe's Place is going to be popular because for years after 'The Shipping News' was filmed in the area people would come and look for the house in the 'Shipping News,' (or ask) where was the newspaper office. Well they were facades, not real buildings.
"So now they've got attractions from two major productions."
Hollywood East
More than $60 million has been spent on four large productions in the Trinity Bight area to date — "Random Passage" (2000), "The Shipping News" (2001), "Young Triffie" (2005) and "The Grand Seduction" (2012).
"An investment on behalf of the producers that was $3-4 million — I don't think there's another community outside of St. John's that can make that claim," Doran says, adding it's recently been dubbed "Hollywood East."
Film friendly
Her company Morag Loves Company, directly involved in three of the productions, was indirectly involved in "The Shipping News" as well, she says.
According to Doran, producers of "The Shipping News" had been location scouting for some time in Newfoundland, when they found "film-friendly" New Bonaventure.
"Filmmakers are always curious about where other filmmakers have shot because there's criteria that you have to have. The director saw New Bonaventure on his way into the 'Random Passage' site and said, 'This is it! I have found my place.'"
One of the things that makes it so film friendly is the ability to house 160 people.
"And that's not in hotels, because frankly, if a film crew is working for three or four months, they don't want to be in a hotel. Some crews want to come home at the end of the day and relax in whatever way they want, and you can't do that in a hotel."
Instead, houses and inns were rented all over Trinity Bight to accommodate the crew.
And although the province has an abundance of places with magnificent scenery (Doran's company has scouted from one end of the island to the other) it has to be practical.
"We looked at Fogo (Island) as a possibility, but you can't get to it. You can't have an actor sitting in a lineup for three hours at a terminal and then be told it's too windy.
"We always knew we could rely on this area because there are houses we can rent, the grocery stores and gas bars are there, there's a very respectable wine store on the corner and it's accessible. You arrive at St. John's airport, you're on the set in three hours and that's very important."
Doran figures that atmosphere will continue to attract production to the area.
Access to casting and crew wasn't always so easy. Thirteen years ago, the first casting call turned up nobody.
"Nobody understood, or they were shy, not accustomed or whatever and we had to go around picking people one by one."
But the most recent casting call elicited an overwhelming response.
"So that's why we're nicknaming the place Hollywood East," Doran says.
Fall release
"The Grand Seduction" is expected to be ready for release in October. It stars Irish actor/fiddler Brendon Gleeson ("In Bruges," "Harry Potter," "Gangs of New York"); Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch ("John Carter," "Friday Night Lights," "Savages"); and Newfoundland's Gordon Pinsent, Mark Critch, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones and Pete Soucy.
"From the local area we had, on any given day, 120 extras, plus we cast people from the area and then we had additional cast from various places."
Doran hopes to do a screening for the cast and crew of "The Grand Seduction" as well.
During the official public opening of Joe's Place Friday, some of the local actors, crew and extras planned to be there to celebrate.
"Everybody worked so hard and made an enormous contribution to the success of the film and we are only too happy to give something back," she says.


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Running Elements From An Ehd
Posted 19 July 2013 - 06:39 PM
I'm looking at restarting my digi scrapping hobby with Elements. I have CS3 but want something more portable. Do you know if I can install it on an EHD and run it from there. That way I can run it on whatever device I have with me when the scrap bug hits.
Thanks so much,
Posted 19 July 2013 - 06:55 PM
Posted 19 July 2013 - 07:30 PM
It's been a few years since my experience, but I tried this and had a hard time running elements from my ehd. I asked this same question and was told that you should never run a program from one. At the same time I put elements on my ehd I put my itunes on it. I never had a problem with itunes until just lately. I had to try to delete my itunes and reinstall it. I still cannot get help reinstalling. I'm sure it is because it was on an ehd and I couldn't get it completely off. I really miss my itunes and am thinking about paying someone to help me.
Posted 19 July 2013 - 07:39 PM
Posted 19 July 2013 - 08:08 PM
Posted 19 July 2013 - 09:08 PM
And I'm also glad you're going to get back into the game. I hope to see lots of great LOs of Avery.
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 09:46 PM
Posted 19 July 2013 - 11:03 PM
I do hope you document this special time in your life!
Posted 19 July 2013 - 11:12 PM
There is a chance it won't show in your installed programs menu - especially if you are trying to use it on a second machine, so you'd need to go into the program files and manually start it.
Now I'm wanting to try it with something.....
Posted 19 July 2013 - 11:15 PM
You can install the program on more than one computer. I have elements on 3 right now. I have photos and SG supplies on my EHD and can use any of them. I did find out that Picassa tagging doesn't transfer though.
I do hope you document this special time in your life!
I have Photoshop installed on both my desktop and laptop. That would be a much easier solution. Adobe licensing lets you put it on two machines (sometimes 3, but you may get a warning asking for the registration number at some point). I had CS4 on three machines for a few months, but I rarely used one of them.
Posted 20 July 2013 - 12:07 AM
Karen, my iTunes was stuck for 18 months. My XDH is an IT guy. He surfed into my computer via remote support and found 2 stuck files that hadn't deleted. It's the second or third time it's been a file issue. iTunes is notorious for this. I've been to their "genius" bar many times and I really think they need to take that sign down.
Gayle, you're so sweet. I'm really looking forward to making some fun LOs for her. I have very few pics of me as a child. I would like for her to have more than enough.
Posted 20 July 2013 - 04:17 AM
It is my understanding that they will not be doing the cloud subscription for PSE. As for the styles and actions you already own, some may work in PSE and some may not. You'll have to check in the Boutique to see if they are listed as working on both programs. Some may be one or the other. If they are older styles and actions that might have been discontinued, I guess you'd probably have to just try them.
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Posted 20 July 2013 - 08:12 PM
Thanks for the info and congrats on the fiance.
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YO He'll SOLVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
I know all of you slept on him, especially when Seattle took the lead thanks to Atlanta's defense and were ready to pounce on Matty Ice.
Some of us however NEVER BLINKED. Some of us were texting JCane BEFORE Seattle scored saying 30-28 Atlanta final and Seattle should be careful about leaving Matty Ice 45 seconds. Wish I could post the texts.
Turns out they left only 31. But, this is typical Matty Ice. Ive seen it too many times. Ive seen Matt Ryan come through in those exact situations. It was actually Atlanta's best shot to be down 2 in that exact situation.
Matthew ICE Ryan. Beast.
He did all of this despite his defense falling on its face in the 2nd half and his dog**** punter trying to give the game away. My exact text after the Seattle score was "Matty Ice time". J's response........ "dog**** time". Epic fail bro. The only dog**** was that punter from the U who clearly bet Seattle. What kind of KO was that after he **** the bed twice in a row on punts in the 4th qtr?
Indeed it was Matty Ice time. Now all of you can put to rest that nonsense that Matt Ryan cant win in the playoffs. Matty Ice is as clutch as there is in the game. He is a top 5 QB. ELITE!!!!!
Fact is that had we drafted Matt Ryan like we should have we would be winning games by the bunches every year and competing for titles. Forget that total nonsense about how he wouldve gotten killed with no LT bull****. That was the worst of all of the arguments. Matt Ryan is the goods. He can play in any system there is. The guy is the Matural. A complete QB who can make every throw and is as smart as anyone playing the position. He's a winner.
Matty Ice might just start his run of SB MVPs this year. Could be he and Brady going at it, the best 2 QBs in the game for the title.


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Description: It was a busy week for Allete and Minnesota Power. Allete announced a new company focusing on the "Clean Energy" market, and Minnesota Power signed a deal to provide electricity to the Nashwauk Public Utility that will power the new Essar Steel mining facility on the Iron Range. And a brand new summer festival debuts this weekend at the Depot on Duluth's Michigan Street. Musicians, artists and vendors will be on hand, and all Depot museums will offer free admission.
Guests: Eric Norberg, President - Allete Clean Energy; Dave McMillan, Senior Vice President - Minnesota Power; Christine Seitz, Executive and Artistic Director - Duluth Playhouse; Breanne Marie, Musician


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