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NEW YORK, NY, September 21, 2009: Leaders of the world's island states have demanded that the new post-2012 international climate agreement guarantee their countries' livelihood and survival by ensuring that global warming be kept well below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In a Declaration adopted today in New York at the 'Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Summit on Climate Change', leaders and ministers of the 42-member negotiating group expressed 'grave concern that climate change poses the most serious threat to our survival and viability', and disappointment at the current slow pace and lack of resolve in international climate talks.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was represented at the Summit on Climate Change by Sir Louis Straker, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade. Ambassador Camillo Gonsalves, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations and Nedra Miguel, Counsellor, also formed part of the Vincentian delegation.
AOSIS Leaders heard that current targets from industrialized countries add up to emissions cuts of only 11 to 18 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, which would put the world on a path to 3 degreesC or more in temperature rise. Current targets are about one third of the 45% cuts by 2020 required to keep global warming and associated losses and damage - already estimated at $125 billion annually - under control.
Recent science indicates that 3 degrees Celsius of warming will result in substantial loss of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, resulting in one or even two metres of sea-level rise by the end of the century. The UN's High Commissioner for Refugees has already warned that some particularly low-lying island states are 'very likely to become entirely uninhabitable'.
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada, the Caribbean island state which currently holds the AOSIS Chairmanship, called the current targets "unacceptable", adding that no state or group of states has the right to condemn another to the tragedy of statelessness.
"Our people are already suffering devastating impacts and losses at the current 0.8 degrees Celsius of warming - coastal erosion, coral bleaching, salty drinking water, flooding, and more intense cyclones and hurricanes" said President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. "Should we, leaders of the most vulnerable and exposed countries, be asking our people to sign onto significantly greater degrees of misery and livelihood insecurity, essentially becoming climate change guinea pigs? The limit must be 1.5 degrees Celsius to stay alive!"
Today's 'AOSIS Declaration on Climate Change' calls on the international community to ensure that the Copenhagen climate agreement peak global emissions by 2015, with a subsequent fall to 85% below 1990 levels by 2050.
The AOSIS 1.5 degrees Celsius target and associated goal of stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at 350 parts per million is supported by the Group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a total of about 80 countries that represent more than 40% of the U.N. membership. The targets are below the 2 degrees Celsius and 450ppm promoted by many industrialised countries and some developing countries, which are based on now-outdated science. Recent economic studies show the tighter targets are feasible, requiring investments of less than 2% of GDP by 2100. Tighter targets would also send a positive carbon price signal to the markets to drive the development of clean energy technologies needed for the transition to low-carbon economies.
Speaking at a press conference following adoption of the Declaration, Prime Minister Marcus Stephens of Nauru took a swipe at recent suggestions that talks on a new post-2012 climate deal should be allowed to leak into next year. "Seventeen years after signing the Framework Convention on Climate Change, we are still waiting for emissions to peak. We cannot allow domestic politics and self-interest to delay what we already know to be essential. Further delayed action will escalate the cost of adaptation well beyond our economic capacity," said Prime Minister Stephens.
AOSIS Leaders also stressed that the provision of finance for adaptation by small island states and other vulnerable countries 'must be an urgent and immediate global priority', and that the new global deal must include a comprehensive insurance facility to address the now-inevitable loss and damage to fall on vulnerable countries as a result of climate change. "Climate change is already delivering damage not of our making. Our countries need adaptation funding urgently - not in 2020, not in 2030, but now", said President Nasheed.
"The Secretary-General's Climate Change Summit tomorrow is a unique opportunity to up the tempo and head towards Copenhagen with a true sense of urgency and purpose," said Prime Minister Thomas of Grenada. "World leaders must mandate their negotiators to deliver a deal in December, full of the ambition and scale of commitment necessary to address the challenge of our generation".
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Below is an excerpt, Chapter 16, from Smith's wake-up call about "the most dangerous energy source on earth."
"Run! Run as fast as you can. Don't believe the government. The government will lie to you."
—Natalia Mironova, Russian nuclear engineer and Chernobyl "liquidator"
One consistent lesson from Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima is clear: when the public is at risk, plant operators and government officials inevitably cover up and lie. "They lied to us," physicist Michio Kaku memorably told CNN on June 22, 2011. "TEPCO isn't in cold shutdown and won't be for another year. And, if there's another quake, it could start all over again." Behind the official reassurances from Tokyo, full meltdowns were under way at three of the six reactors, 600,000 spent fuel rods were at risk of burning off into the atmosphere, and the fallout burdens turned out to be 10 times greater than officially reported. Plutonium rained down 28 miles from the plant and strontium-90 turned up 155 miles away–well outside the official 12.5-mile "evacuation zone."
Immediately after the Fukushima accident, the Health Physics Society (HPS) joined the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) in downplaying the danger. The HPS stated that "loss of life and future cancer risk are small, particularly in contrast with those resulting from the Chernobyl accident,"3 the ANS claimed that "no public ill health effects are expected," and the NEI echoed the view that "no health effects are expected among the Japanese people."
London's Guardian newspaper subsequently revealed that just two days after the Fukushima quake (about the time the first wave of fallout hit the US West Coast), British officials "approached nuclear companies" to fashion a PR strategy "to play down" the accident lest it undermine "public support for nuclear power." The government-nuclear complex worked closely "with the multinational companies EDF Energy, AREVA, and Westinghouse."
Infrastructures of Deceit
For more than 50 years, the creation, activation, and expansion of nuclear power has been accelerated, promoted, and protected by a vast infrastructure of deceit. From the earliest days of atomic power, the military-industrial-nuclear complex engaged in untruths and propaganda, from the false promises of electricity "too cheap to meter" to the depiction of atomic energy as "clean" when its proponents knew full well there was no effective long-term plan for safely dealing with tons of toxic nuclear wastes. The deceit continued with the creation of supposedly safe "threshold" exposures that ignored medical science and perpetuated the false notion that nuclear risks are manageable. The deception continued in 2011 as plumes of fallout blew across the Pacific, dusted Hawaii, and headed for the West Coast.
On March 15, 2011, President Barack Obama assured viewers of Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV that "the nuclear release from Japan will dissipate by the time it gets to Hawaii, much less the US mainland." By reassuring his audience (many of whom were still haunted by memories of Three Mile Island), the president was engaging in the kind of public relations subterfuge that has long been a staple of the nuclear industry and its government enablers.
In fact, the swirling cloud of radioactive gases that crossed the Pacific Ocean did reach the US mainland. Independent scientists monitoring the plume detected xenon-133 and "high concentrations" of cesium-137 in the United States and Canada. Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen estimates that, within four days of the Fukushima explosions, Seattle was exposed to xenon and krypton levels 40,000 times above normal, followed by slower-moving clouds of iodine, cesium, and strontium isotopes.
From March 15 to 19, radiation swept over Hawaii and the West Coast, covering all of western North America. While the Rocky Mountains blocked much of the fallout, rainwater was contaminated across New England. Two of three East Coast monitoring stations (including one in Boston) detected the presence of dangerous "hot particles."9 Air sampling traced the fallout all the way to Stockholm.
Although the Norwegian Institute for Air Research was reporting that fallout had blanketed most of the United States and Canada, little official alarm was demonstrated in either country. Three weeks after Fukushima's reactors began to overheat and explode, the US government still refused to publish any official data on radiation levels in the United States.
Nuclear expert Gundersen issued a call to form a citizen's brigade of radiation trackers. The procedure involved swiping a one-square-meter surface with a cloth following a rainstorm and placing the cloth next to a Geiger counter. Hundreds responded with photos and videos of Geiger counters clicking away from California to Connecticut. One volunteer in St. Louis monitored "rainout" levels 178 higher than normal following a storm.
The importance of monitoring fallout patterns would be dramatically underscored by a December 2011 report linking the Fukushima fallout to 14,000 "excess deaths" in the United States in the 14 weeks following the meltdowns. The authors, Joseph Mangano and Janette D. Sherman, reviewed weekly mortality records for 122 cities collected by the Centers for Disease and Control and reported that the greatest mortalities in excess of what would be expected were seen among children under the age of one. The findings echoed the 16,500 "excess deaths" recorded in the 17 weeks following the Chernobyl explosion. On February 23, 2012, Mangano updated the report, raising the excess death count to nearly 22,000.12 Industry pundits and pro-nuclear bloggers immediately dismissed the findings as "bogus."
The Government's Response
"It's not that government agencies aren't tracking the spread of radioactive material," the Seattle Times reported on April 5, 2011; the problem was that "they have so far released very little actual data on isotopes of concern to human health, including iodine-131 and cesium-137." The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains a coast-to-coast, border-to-border network of stations, called RADNET, that monitor radiation in the nation's air, rain, and milk, but the agency failed to offer a full accounting of its findings. Similarly, the Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory declined to make its findings public. The EPA didn't come forth with news that it had found radionuclides in US drinking water until six days after a team at the University of California at Berkeley alerted the nation to the situation.
Robert Alvarez, a former DOE deputy assistant secretary for national security, was aghast. "If a university professor and his students can collect samples and turn them around in a reasonable amount of time and report it, you would think government officials could do the same," he declared.
At UC Berkeley, where nuclear engineering professor Kai Vetter and his students had been busy monitoring Fukushima fallout, there was also criticism of the government's failure. Referring to an array of monitors set up on the roof of a campus building, Vetter expressed amazement: "This is the only source of hard data out there—which is a surprise to me." Researchers at the university's nuclear energy department complained that the EPA had "rigged" its RadNet monitors to show lower radiation readings and called the system "severely flawed." In any event, RadNet tests only for iodine-131 and ignores radioactive isotopes from cesium, uranium, and plutonium.
On May 3, 2011, the EPA announced it was suspending its weekly radiation monitoring and would, henceforth, test milk and drinking water for radiation only once every three months. On February 7, 2012, the Washington Post confirmed that the NRC knew there was a good chance radioactive iodine would reach Alaska but chose to tell the public there was no health risk. The EPA refused to test the Gulf of Alaska for fallout.
Vetter's rainwater monitors began to detect the first traces of fallout on March 17, a week after the quake and tsunami. Levels of iodine-131 peaked on March 20 at 4.5 millibecquerels. This spike appeared to be linked to the hydrogen explosions that destroyed the reactor containment buildings. The monitors also detected radioactive isotopes of cesium and tellurium. On March 23, Vetter's monitors recorded iodine-131 levels at 181 times the EPA's maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water. UC San Diego researchers reported similar readings as Fukushima's radioactive cloud swept over southern California. Meanwhile, milk and vegetables on sale in Bay Area markets during this period were found to be mildly radioactive.
Although some of the rainwater Vetter and his students harvested on the Berkeley campus contained iodine-131 concentrations 181 times greater than the EPA's MCL of three picocuries per liter, university scientists agreed with the government that short exposure to 543 picocuries per liter of iodine-131 would too low to pose any serious health threat to the public. (The MCL standard refers to a constant level of exposure for over a year.) Data subsequently released by EPA's RADNET laboratory analysis indicated that rainwater falling on Richmond, California, on March 22, 2011, contained 138 picocuries of iodine-131 and 5.96 picocuries of tellurium-132. On April 12, the same monitors recorded a deluge of stormwater laced with iodine-131, cesium-134, and cesium-137. The high readings lasted until April 28, with iodine-131 levels peaking at 8.9 picocuries per liter—nearly triple the MCL's "safe" limit.
Hot Particles over Seattle
On October 31, 2011, Marco Kaltofen, a fallout specialist with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, informed the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association that his research had found "isolated US soil samples [containing] up to 8 nanocuries per kg of radiocesium." Kaltofen reported detecting cesium fallout in the soil of five California cities—Alameda, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, and Sonoma.
After Fukushima's radiation levels peaked on March 20, garage operators in Seattle were warned that automobile air filters now qualified as "radioactive waste" that required special handling for disposal. But it wasn't just air filters that posed a risk. As nuclear energy expert Arnie Gundersen explained during a videotaped interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott on June 17, 2011, the air over Seattle during April and May was "loaded with hot particles. . . . We're seeing plutonium and americium . . . strontium and cesium." Gundersen extrapolated that, if the average resident of Tokyo was inhaling "ten hot particles a day . . . the average person in Seattle breathed in six."
Responding to evidence of widespread contamination, the EPA announced on April 3, 2011, "We did not expect to see radiation at harmful levels reaching the US from damaged Japanese nuclear power plants." While acknowledging that the danger was small, Robert Alvarez took issue with this argument. The nuclear industry "likens [radiation] to everyday life and it is not like everyday life," Alvarez stressed. "You shouldn't have radioactive iodine, even in tiny quantities, finding its way into your milk supplies."19 The EPA promised to move quickly to release its tests for radioactivity in rain and snow but failed to do so. Within a week of the EPA's reassuring advisory, independently tested milk samples in Phoenix and Los Angeles were registering iodine-131 at levels roughly equal to the EPA's MCL. (Note: While the EPA's MCL allows for one death per million Americans, the FDA's more lenient "safe exposure" level permits 2,000 deaths per million.)
As Fukushima's hot breath blew across North America—contaminating strawberries in California and milk in Vermont — word began to circulate that Washington was preparing to follow Tokyo's example by simply increasing "permissible" exposures. As it turned out, the nuclear-industry-backed plan to raise the "permissible" levels of radiation exposure started back in 2009. In the closing days of the Bush Administration, the EPA agreed to update the EPA's 1992 Protective Action Guides (PGA) to subject the public to vastly increased radiation exposures. The Obama Administration has not closed the door on raising exposure guidelines. On May 29, 2012, the EPA's Radiation Protection website reported that revisions to the PAG Manual "are under review."
According to investigators at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the new guidelines would "significantly increase allowable public exposure to radioactivity." The new guidelines would include a nearly 1,000-fold increase for exposure to strontium-90 and a potential 100,000-fold jump in exposure to iodine-131. "With the Japanese nuclear situation still out of control and expected to continue that way for months," PEER executive director Jeff Ruch observed, "this is the worst possible time for the EPA to roll back radiological protections for Americans." (At least nobody in Washington went as far as one cavalier Japanese politician who advised, "Smile and the radiation won't harm you.")
The industry benefits from radiation's long lag time. While radiation-linked leukemia can manifest in 5 to 10 years, solid cancers do not appear until 15 to 60 years after exposure. And since radiation-induced genetic mutations tend to be recessive, many generations may pass before the damage from Chernobyl and Fukushima eventually resurfaces in the misshapen form of stillborn fetuses or deformed and disease-ridden children. As Dr. Helen Caldicott emphasizes, there is no such thing as a "safe dose" of radiation, and all internal bodily exposures are cumulative.
In March 2011, Friends of the Earth, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service filed a Freedom of Information Act request in an attempt to discover the basis for the NRC chair Gregory Jaczko's remarkable recommendation that US citizens in Japan evacuate from locations within 50 miles of the Fukushima reactors. When the documents were finally released, nearly a year later, they further confirmed the government's practice of "safeguarding the truth" rather than safeguarding the public.
Among the documents was a 507-page transcript of NRC phone conversations revealing a multiparty discussion on March 17, 2011, about "the [radiation] doses they saw all the way out in California." One speaker states, "They were calculating doses, particularly for children—thyroid doses [that] . . . are showing millirem range doses, like one to 10 millirem." Later in the conversation, a speaker identified only as "Mr. Lewis" mentions a "dose estimate that was done for California . . . estimating what we believe to be very high doses to children." Referring to the accident in Japan, another NRC staffer notes, "The public doesn't know what percentage of core damage [inaudible]. We did not on purpose put that in the press release, because it's a little alarming."
Institutional Failures
On the first anniversary of the Japanese triple meltdown, Greenpeace International released a major report that identified the most critical lessons from Fukushima. Greenpeace concluded that the leading causes of the growing calamity were "institutional failures of political influence and industry-led regulation." In short, it was "a failure of human institutions to acknowledge real reactor risks, a failure to establish and enforce appropriate nuclear safety standards, and a failure to ultimately protect the public and the environment."
In page after page of analysis, the Greenpeace postmortem describes a pandemic of symptoms in Japan's nuclear cabal—symptoms that eerily echo patterns in the US government-nuclear complex. "The [Japanese] nuclear industry kept saying that the probability of a major accident . . . was very low. With more than 400 reactors operating worldwide, the probability of a reactor core meltdown would be in the order of one in 250 years." Instead, over the past 30 years, "a significant nuclear accident has occurred approximately once ever decade."
In Japan, emergency planning failed. It was impossible to coordinate the evacuation of so many people. People were told to "shelter in place," but their food and water ran out before the cesium-137 stopped falling from the skies. The 20-kilometer mandatory evacuation zone proved to be too small. A 50-kilometer zone would have been more advisable from a health standpoint (except for the fact that a larger evacuation would have been even more problematic).
Evacuation plans in the United States are no better. The challenges range from the impossibility of evacuating Manhattan to the plight of rural Americans living downwind from US reactors who would be expected to flee down unpaved dirt roads.
Greenpeace estimates that the total costs to compensate Japan's citizens for their losses, pay for the decontamination of the land, and cover the expense of decommissioning all six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site could soar to $650 billion. The Greenpeace report states, "It is staggering to witness how the [Japanese] nuclear industry managed to build up a system whereby polluters harvest large profits, while the moment things go wrong, they throw the responsibility to deal with losses and damages to the impacted citizen." Sound familiar?
Greenpeace found that TEPCO and government agencies shared an "attitude of allowed deception" that was reinforced by "undue political influence" on the regulatory process. This "self-regulatory environment" was a key factor in Fukushima's failure.
Even on those occasions when regulators finally demanded modifications in the interests of public safety, TEPCO was permitted to go years without actually implementing the changes. (This echoes the situation in the United States, where the NRC spent a year devising a list of twelve post-Fukushima safety improvements but chose to demand only three and then gave the industry up to five years to comply.)
Ending on a positive note, the Greenpeace assessment celebrates the fact that the new renewable power plants that came online worldwide in 2011 were now churning out as much electric power as 16 large nuclear power stations. If that's not a renaissance, what is?
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Sevenday, if this was a couple and the wife worked full time and the husband was taking ONE online course while looking for a job, would you still expect the wife to be doing 50% of the household chores?
Hi,Thanks everyone for opening my eyes. I assure you I wasn't being picky (that was part of the reason, because I was applying to a lot of jobs at the same time) and it paid off! I'm in Europe and am one of the lucky few who didn't have to wait a couple of months to get a job, so it worked itself out. I do want to defend myself a little by saying that I was already doing some stuff (cleaning - laundry - ironing was my job even before all of this) but I have to admit I will have to do even more if I want to live on my own, so today I started to learn how to cook .
Most people won't find a job online. It's the face to face - giving your resume or asking to fill it out on the spot or going to the mall and applying on their in-store computer application.
Quote from: Promise on October 01, 2013, 06:23:00 PMMost people won't find a job online. It's the face to face - giving your resume or asking to fill it out on the spot or going to the mall and applying on their in-store computer application.IME it's the opposite. Where I live, the vast majority of places will direct you to their company's website. You fill out the forms online, then submit. At my favorite grocery store, Wegman's, you submit your resume online and there is 1 guy, who lives in PA, who makes the hiring decisions (this info from the store's manager)! Mom and pop places, yes, it's still face-to-face, but that's unusual. And with the economy and the changing healthcare standards, many of those are holding back on hiring.
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Reduce stress with relaxation tools
Stress has become a daily part of people's lives. Despite its detriments to health and well-being, stress seems to be something most people can't shake. Increasing the number of relaxation tools around the house may prove effective at reducing stress.
Pick any number of surveys and you're likely to find that the general public is stressed out. A survey by Northwestern Natural Life indicates that 40 percent of workers report that their job is "very or extremely" stressful. A National Health Interview survey indicates that 75 percent of the general population experiences some stress every two weeks. Forty-two percent of people questioned by an American Psychological Association study found that stress has increased in the last few years.
Considering that more than half of all Americans are concerned with the level of stress in their everyday lives, the following steps to reduce stress might be very helpful to millions of people across the country.
Few things can reduce stress as much as the feeling of human hands working the kinks out of tense muscles. Massage can alleviate pain, reduce anxiety and may even improve immune system function. There are many different types of massages available. A person can certainly invest in a massage table for home and have a spouse or family member do the massage. However, most prefer to visit a spa or rehabilitation center and rely on a trained professional.
A pool, much like a hot tub, can foster feelings of relaxation. Swimming combines the stress-relief of water with the benefits of exercise. Daily swimming can shake off the stress of work and family life.
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Water, heat and massage therapy as provided by a hot tub can alleviate many of the body strains caused by stress. Raising core body temperature for 15 minutes around 90 minutes before bedtime has been shown to induce a more restful sleep. Heat also dilates blood vessels to increase blood flow to sore or damaged tissue. In addition, water provides buoyancy that reduces strain on muscles and joints. Add the gentle massage from spa bubbles and the body is relaxed. This, in turn, can help turn off the mind and facilitate feelings of ease.
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Having a stationary bike, treadmill or elliptical trainer in the home can entice people to get moving. Exercise is a known mood-booster. In a 2007 study at Duke University, exercise was shown to reduce major depression as well as standard antidepressant medication. Stress and depression are often linked. Exercise releases endorphins into the body, which can banish the blues. Other studies have shown that as little as 10 minutes of brisk walking raises the mood and increases the energy level of people for up to two hours after the walk.
Alternative therapies
Everything from acupuncture to aromatherapy to music therapy can be tried in an effort to staunch stress. Look for local classes where these activities are offered, or simply try them at home.


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Namco Bandai and From Software have released new images from Dark Souls II, showing off the online features of the game.
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Quincy, FL - A Valentine's Day fire has left two homes badly burnt in the area of Love Street in Quincy.
According to Quincy Fire Department, a man started a fire in his fireplace this evening; they say he then walked out to his porch to grab a sandwich.
When the man came back inside, he noticed a fire emitting from the fireplace. He went to get some water, but told fire officials that the heat was too much, so he fled from the home.
Eventually, the entire home was engulfed in flames. A house a few feet next door also caught fire from the heat.
One fire crew put the fire out at the first house, and a second crew later put out the fire in the second house.
During the fire, they were dumping water on a third house to keep it cool, so that it wouldn't catch on fire from the radiation.
It all lasted for approximately 2 hours, and officials say things were under control around 9:00pm this evening.
There were no injuries, and the State Fire Marshall's Office is investigating.
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Though many features of the various Corvette pace cars changed from one venue to the next, one element remained essentially constant. All of the pacesetters shared a gorgeous graphics scheme featuring a large depiction of the Corvette nose emblem and very prominent checkered flag-like ribbons sweeping across the nose and down both sides. Most enthusiasts agreed that the pace car graphics were far more dynamic and appealing than the graphics utilized on the C5-R racers.
Brian Miller was among those who felt this way, though at first he simply admired the pace cars from afar. When he first saw one he had recently become the proud owner of a new '99 coupe. No stranger to high-performance Corvettes, having owned a '66 roadster, a '68 L89, and a ferocious '69 L88, his goal was to make the '99 a serious drag race competitor with few, if any, cosmetic modifications. In fact, for the first two years his car's only deviation from stock consisted of a broad white racing stripe up the middle of its Torch Red nose.
Earlier this year, however, he decided the pace car scheme was right for him. Only, unlike the vinyl stickers that the actual pace cars wore, he wanted the design painted onto his steed. For that challenging assignment Brian turned the car over to V&J Auto Body in Lindenhurst, New York. Using a die-cast pace car model as their primary guide, the experts at V&J first removed the broad white racing stripe, added a Doug Rippie hood, and then sprayed the white base up front. Following this, they carefully laid out the ribbons along both sides and the extra large Corvette emblem on the hood. After two weeks of fastidious masking and spraying the car was finished. The result is every bit as stunning as the original it is modeled after, and all the more remarkable since it is painted on.
While Brian's C5 is stunning, its beauty is far more than skin deep. Right from the beginning his goal was to turn the car into a formidable drag racer. After competing with it in bone stock condition for a little while he turned to the Vette Doctors, an Amityville, New York, shop renowned for squeezing every last ounce of performance out of C4 and C5 Corvettes.
Initially, the Vette Doctors were asked to increase power output by reworking the engine's upper end. Careful porting of the cylinder heads in conjunction with a competition valve job satisfied that request. At the same time the Vette Doctors also massaged the drivetrain. The differential was outfitted with 3.73:1 gears while the automatic transmission was treated to a full competition rebuild and installation of a Pro Torque 2900 stall speed torque converter.
It was not difficult for Brian to gauge the effects of the work that was done to his car since, on average, he brings it to Englishtown's Raceway Park three times a week. After the upper end and drivetrain were reworked the car turned consistent 12.0 quarters and on a good day it would dip into the high 11.90s.
That was fine for about a year, but then Brian got the itch to take his ride to the next level. Once again he turned to Dennis and Carmen at the Vette Doctors. Out came the original LS1 engine and in went a 383 cubic inch stroker version.
The stroker was built using Brian's original block as a foundation. Because the LS1's cylinder liners don't allow for a bore increase, the block was honed only enough to clean up the cylinder walls and true the bores with a torque plate bolted in place. The original internals were shelved in favor of a Lunati stroker kit that included a forged crankshaft, forged rods, and forged pistons anchored by full floating pins. A custom ground camshaft replaced the factory stick and shortened pushrods were substituted for the originals.
Because the custom camshaft has higher lift than the factory unit, and because the cylinder head castings were milled to bump up compression ratio, valve actuation geometry was significantly changed. By specifying shortened pushrods, engine builder Dennis was able to maintain the proper rocker arm ratio and rocker arm tip to valve tip contact pattern. Rather than allowing critical clearances to fall within an acceptable tolerance range, Dennis makes sure every one is exactly where he wants. Main and connecting rod bearing clearances, for example, are carefully set toward the high side of their acceptable range in order to maximize the thickness of their oil film.
Every performance junkie knows that improved breathing is one of the keys to unlocking horsepower. To that end the engine was outfitted with a ported LS6 intake manifold, a ported mass airflow sensor, and a larger throttle body.
At the other end, custom-designed Vette Doctors headers speed the exit of exhaust gases. Because the engine routinely sees high rpm usage, ATI underdrive pulleys were installed. And to help control engine temperature, Brian opted to go with a Ron Davis aluminum radiator.
The final power making move involved the car's electronics. Its stock engine management system was reprogrammed with custom tailored fuel and ignition timing curves to take full advantage of all the other modifications. Finally, in the interest of occupant safety, the Vette Doctors welded in a Kirk Racing rollcage anchored to the car's structure at six points. Also in the name of increased safety they added a five-point Simpson harness.
The Corvette's original wheels got treated to high quality chrome plating and wear street tires for occasional road duty. A spare pair of rims fitted with Mickey Thompson ET Streets is put on the rear for added traction at the race track.
After the engine stroke and all ancillary work the car remains entirely civilized. It starts immediately, idles sedately, drives well, and offers up all of the creature comforts Chevrolet engineered into it in the first place. But when Brian puts his foot into it, all semblance of civility is abandoned as evidenced by the car's consistent 11.20 quarters. With that kind of speed, this Corvette really sets the pace for all of its competitors!


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TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center and Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association and its member hospitals in Westchester and the Hudson Valley are particpating in Vet Connect.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center and Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association and its member hospitals in Westchester and the Hudson Valley are particpating in Vet Connect.
This web-based initiative is intended to raise awareness about employment and health needs of local veterans.
Vet Connect offers veterans information on how to transform their military skills to civilian jobs, access to job listings at each hospital in the Hudson Valley region, a catalog of educational institutions that provide healthcare job training, and a list of member hospitals and medical services offered at each facility.
Vet Connect can be accessed on NorMet's home page at normet.org.
Once users click on the Vet Connect icon, they are brought to pages that provide direct links to hospital job banks, military skills translation assistance and healthcare career training programs for veterans.
WEST HAVERSTRAW — Helen Hayes Hospital has announced the appointment of Janet Murgittroyd as director of medical records, according to Virgil Ennis, chief information officer.
Murgittroyd brings to her new assignment more than 30 years of expertise in the medical records field. She joins the rehabilitation hospital from Columbus Hospital LTACH in Newark, N.J., where she served as the director of medical records for the long-term acute care facility.
She has also served in a range of positions with increasing responsibility at Hoboken University Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, St. Vincent's Cancer Center in New York City and the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J.
Murgittroyd earned a bachelor's degree from Nyack College. She is a registered health information administrator and is a certified coding specialist.
SUFFERN — ColumbiaDoctors of the Hudson Valley has announced the appointment of Dr. David Brogno as chief of cardiology at Nyack Hospital.
An interventional cardiologist for more than 20 years, Brogno specializes in advanced cardiac services such as angioplasty, stent implantation, and minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Brogno is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and an attending physician in interventional cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. He is an attending physician in cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern and at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J..
Originally from the Midwest, Brogno attended the University of Michigan for both his undergraduate and medical school education, obtaining his M.D. degree in 1983. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, where he was the chief medical resident and received the Best Teacher award.
ColumbiaDoctors of the Hudson Valley, a provider of cardiovascular and internal medicine services with a special focus on treating women and the elderly, is at 222 Route 59, Suite 302, Suffern, with offices also at 745 Route 17M, Suite 203, Monroe. Call 368-0100 or 774-1403.
GOSHEN — Improvements to Elant at Fishkill's outdoor living areas have been made over the past several weeks by volunteers of the regional firm Kirchoff-Consigli Construction Management.
The project included a facelift of the facility's two courtyards, walkways and other outdoor areas. Repairs included replacement of missing or damaged fascia for the walkway canopies, carpentry repairs, concrete resurfacing for walkways, painting, and gardening, pruning, fall plantings and mulching.


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Leather Canteen
This canteen looks archaic. The handles were for rope or other fabric that could be used for carrying the canteen on one' shoulder or to put on the saddle of a farm animal. It would have had a stopper , of course, but the stopper is long lost to history. If you go to China, you could look for it in Inner Mongolia, but I would think you might have better uses for your time. This is a piece of sculpture. It just looks wonderful on a table or buffet. So much wear, bumps and dents on the canteen you can tell it was very well used. Mid 20th century.
Wood: Leather
Province: Inner Mongolia
Dimensions: 14" x 12" x 8"
Price: $125


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Jackson, Miss.
Gov. Phil Bryant has called a special session that will be focused on Medicaid.
Lawmakers failed to pass legislation to re-authorize funding for the program during the regular session.
Now, the fight will continue in the House and Senate Thursday.
The governor's office sent out the official proclamation calling the special session around 2:30 Monday.
In a statement, Bryant said it's unfortunate that some lawmakers chose to make a political point during the regular session instead of acting responsibly.
The special session will begin just three days before Medicaid funding is set to expire.
Bryant has called on quick action by legislators when the session starts. But for those enrolled in Medicaid, they're worried.
"You shouldn't play politics with people's lives," said Anthony Giardina, a medicaid enrollee. "I mean whether you're a Democrat or a Republican you should be able to have the compassion to care for the ones who need the help."
Giardina says he can't afford the prescriptions he needs without the help of Medicaid.
"They don't do anything," Giardina said. "That's when my clock, quote 'death clock' starts ticking."
Reauthorization will be taken up first in the session. Still, positions on expanding Medicaid are split in more than just the legislature.
Those who work closely with patients on a daily basis have different concerns. The Mississippi Hospital Association said in a statement:
"The Mississippi Hospital Association supports Medicaid expansion as a way to cover more Mississippians and cut uncompensated care costs for our state's hospitals as disproportionate share hospitals. Payments gradually diminish under the Affordable Care Act."
At the other end of the debate stands the Mississippi State Medical Association. Its president, Dr. Steve Demetropolous, said, "Physicians fear that an expansion of Medicaid may not be financially sustainable and will impose on the state unintended consequences that will weaken provider capacity which is inadequate now and will worsen."
No matter what's done in the special session, people like Giardina say they hope lawmakers consider Medicaid as the source of thousands of lifelines.
"All they're doing is juggling and playing with our lives," said Giardina.
Last week, Attorney General Jim Hood said Gov. Bryant doesn't have legal authority to operate Medicaid by executive order.


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Restaurant Name: JoeDoe
Location: East Village
Years in business: Four
Status: Fully open.
Damage: None.
Losses: Minimal amounts of food; six days of service.
Owner: Joe Dobias
Prior to Sandy, had you ever had to deal with a disaster situation at this or any restaurant?
I've been here for quite a few of them recently. I was here for the blackout in '03. The restaurant I was working at on the Upper East Side lost everything there. That wound up going out of business, not directly as a result of that, but it was the final nail in the coffin.
Then, in 2006, I was working in Queens when much of it was blacked out for days. We actually wound up barbecuing in the street in front of that restaurant, serving $10 plates of food a night. So, I've been through things like this previously, and the idea that anyone in an official capacity was surprised by the intensity of this storm is ridiculous.
When did you shut the doors to prepare for the storm?
We closed down early in anticipation of it, losing all of Sunday night. Then, at 8PM on Monday night, we lost power. I hear people talking about losing tens of thousands in inventory, but we were fortunate. We were at the end of the week, and we close on Mondays anyway. Also, we're extremely careful when it comes to ordering, so we were down to a very minimal amount of food.
What have your post-Sandy reopening efforts entailed?
We opened the doors on Thursday evening with candles and some friends at the bar. We only stayed open until 8:30PM and then, as soon as we shut the doors, we all left together. The city should not be unlit, and it was.
You could sense the angst as you walked the streets. Everybody looked un-showered, unclean, and really, really tired. And that's when I started getting nervous.


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PARIS – The head of the French wholesaler at the center of a storm over the sale in Europe of horsemeat labeled as beef says he has proof his company is innocent.
The chief of Spanghero told RTL radio on Friday that his company in southern France received a lot of horsemeat along with beef, but "didn't touch" it.
Barthelemy Aguerre provided no details and didn't specify whether he reported the horsemeat delivery, saying only, "I will prove my innocence."
French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon said Thursday that it appeared fraudulent meat sales, apparently over several months, reached across 13 countries and 28 companies. Hamon fingered Spanghero as a major culprit.
In a separate development, three men were arrested Thursday in Britain on suspicion of fraud at two meat plants.


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Dick Stoddard mentioned thunderstorms as a possibility for the end of the week. Nevadans know when there's lighting, there's a danger of wildfire.
Our fire and water officials will tell us it's going to be a bad fire
season no matter what. But they have good reason to say that this year.
We've had an unusually wet spring this year. The Truckee River basin and the Tahoe Basin both have nearly one and a half times as much water locked into the snow as we have most years.
But we reported last week we're still in drought.
Here's the latest look at drought conditions in the western United
States through the eyes of the National Weather Service.
It shows the city of Reno in moderate drought - and parts of
central Nevada in severe or extreme drought. Because the land and the plants haven't recovered from several years of drought.
We can be thankful for a late start to what we think of as fire
season this year. But Dondero gave me some perspective on that.
We had four wildfires this weekend near Markleeville, all caused by
children playing with matches. Fortunately, they didn't spread far.
Firefighters will have their hands full without anybody setting
Half of all fires on Forest Service land are caused by lighting. The other half by humans - usually from campfires that get get out
of control.
That's a good reminder this time of year.


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State Rep. Michael Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, will speak at the Sterling Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The event is open to the public at no charge. It is sponsored by the Rock River Open Forum. This event supersedes our previous plan to watch and discuss the final part of the DVD, "The Corporation." It will be shown in the near future.
Smiddy has been in office about one month. We would like him to talk about his impressions so far.
Also, forum participants have many concerns and want to discuss them with Mike. Some of them are legislation to study the perils of fracking in the central and southern areas of our state, health co-ops, pensions, the budget, the use of guns, genetically modified seeds, fair taxation, the disparity between the rich and poor, and chem trails.
Probably our most important goal is to establish a healthy, working relationship with Rep. Smiddy. Isn't that what democracy is all about?


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Letter to the Editor: 'Mama' upset after Muslim students asked to leave church program
This school year I am hosting two foreign exchange students who are both Muslim. They are seniors at Perham High School. They are here to learn about America and to inform Americans about their countries, culture and religion and promote better relationships between us. Their experience to date in Perham had been one of being welcomed and wholeheartedly accepted.
Since their arrival, these two young men have taken advantage of many opportunities to learn about America and to share information about their homelands and Islam faith. They joined the Boy Scouts, FFA, and the Yellowjackets Speech Team, and have volunteered with Special Olympics, the Boys and Girls Club and the library. They regularly attend church with me on Sundays because the closest mosque is in Pelican Rapids. They have made presentations about their faith to a number of church groups and are planning to speak at a public forum in Perham.
These two young men, each raised in a predominately Muslim country, devoutly follow the teachings of Islam. They pray five times daily, hold in their hearts love and forgiveness, conduct themselves with modesty, treat others with great respect, answer when sure of the answer or say " I do not know" because they do not want to speak a lie.
As Muslims, they were interested in the program offered by the Assembly of God Church that featured a former Muslim who has converted to Christianity. I consented to their attending, thinking they would witness Christian love. I was wrong.
For the first time since coming here, they came home to me upset, for they had been told to leave: "Out, out!" This was because during the question/answer session, they had the nerve to challenge the speaker on some of his references and credibility. There were mischaracterizations and distortions about the speaker's teachings. To them, these misrepresentations were lies, a no-no for a Muslim (and maybe even a Christian). To them, the comments exhibited intolerance and instilled bigotry - not just toward a small group of right-winged fundamentalist Muslims resorting to terroristic acts, but intolerance toward all Muslims.
What I have learned from these two young men is that the majority of Muslims do not approve of terrorism and don't deserve to be associated with it. I have also learned that they as Muslims are taught to respect other religions, to hold love and not hate in your heart, to be slow to anger, and to not raise your fist to others until and unless provoked.
Well, let me tell you, this Mama - me! - becomes a She Bear when she sees her young threatened. And my young were threatened with intolerance, half-truths and non-acceptance at the Assembly of God Church. When they have visited other churches in the area they had been received with acceptance and a respect for their beliefs.
Some religions may want us all to believe as they believe and that their way is the only right way and the rest of us are lost. But the bottom line for me is that, in America, freedom of religion is the bedrock of our legal system and culture. Freedom of religion means to me that I may not agree with what you believe but I believe you have the right to your belief and I ask you to respect me and my right to my beliefs. What I believe is between me and my God.
This might not be the last time my boys will experience meanness in this community because they have different ways and beliefs, but it was heartbreaking to watch the devastating effects of that meanness. And it is disappointing to me to find that there are people within my community who sponsor such meanness and did not stand up for my boys. Shame on you!
Anyone who meets these two young men are left only with the impression that they are smart, capable, courteous, open, respectful, devout and loving.
Before they leave in June, I hope you will attend a presentation by these young men about their countries and their Islam faith. It is in learning from others that we learn about our similarities and bring down the walls of misunderstanding.
If we can't bring peace, tolerance and acceptance between us at the small town level, how will we ever gain peace on Earth?
For those of you who have only shown acceptance and tolerance, thank you. For those very few now who have not, I say also to you:
Assalamu aleykum,
Peace be with you.
Mary Anderson
Perham, MN


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The San Francisco 49ers traded up last year to land a player from LSU in the first round. The same plan could be unfolding this year.
Last year, the 49ers nabbed LSU free safety Eric Reid. This year, the object of their affection could be Tigers wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The Niners are "very interested" in Beckham, a source told The San Francisco Chronicle.
Beckham is considered a certain first-round pick, but how early he goes in the round is the question. While he is a first-rounder, he also is in the second tier of receivers, behind Clemson's Sammy Watkins and Texas A&M's Mike Evans, both of whom could go in the top 10. Beckham, Oregon State's Brandin Cooks and USC's Marqise Lee are in the "race" to be the third receiver picked, and Beckham seemingly is the leader in that group.
The 49ers own the 30th pick, which is too late to get Beckham. But where do the 49ers have to be to be able to snag Beckham? While teams that pick in the early to mid-teens certainly would make room for Beckham, especially Pittsburgh at No. 15, most have bigger position issues than wide receiver. Plus, given the depth at receiver in this draft, those teams could figure they can grab a receiver in the second or third round who fits just as well. But that changes when you get to the New York Jets, who pick 18th. The Jets need to add a lot of talent to their receiving corps and almost certainly would be interested in Beckham.
The Baltimore Ravens pick 17th and are said to be willing to trade the pick; heck, the Ravens' official website posted a story Wednesday with this headline: "Ravens Already Discussing Draft Trades With Teams." (We'll pause here for a minute to let you remember who coaches the Ravens and 49ers.)
San Francisco has 11 picks in this draft, including six in the top 100; in short, the 49ers almost certainly could meet any asking price when it comes to draft picks. And Baltimore GM Ozzie Newsome usually does good things with later-round picks.
Beckham (5-foot-11, 198 pounds) played in a legitimate passing offense for the first time as a junior in 2013 -- the Tigers' passing offense was (ahem) less-than-sophisticated until coordinator Cam Cameron arrived -- and saw his draft stock rise. It has continued to rise in the run-up to the draft. Beckham showed off his elusiveness on the field last fall and at February's NFL Scouting Combine, where he ran a 4.43 40-yard dash and looked good in the drills. He has the potential to develop into a legitimate go-to receiver in two or three seasons, and his ability to stretch the field isn't something the 49ers really have right now.
"What he can do in the passing game -- go up and get the football, run after the catch, can stretch the field vertically, and then the added bonus (is) he's an outstanding returner," NFL Media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah said on NFL Network's "Mock Draft Weekly" in early April.
Putting Beckham in the same lineup with Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis would give quarterback Colin Kaepernick three intriguing passing targets and likely would improve the 49ers' offense as a whole. An offense that's even a smidgen better than last season's might be enough to get the 49ers back to the Super Bowl.
Mike Huguenin can be reached at email@example.com. You also can follow him on Twitter @MikeHuguenin.


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LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the unified junior middleweight champion, but he made his plans official Thursday when he announced that he will take a second consecutive fight in the welterweight division, where he is also a unified champion, in a September rematch with Marcos Maidana.
Miguel Cotto, for years one of the best at junior middleweight and a former titleholder, moved up in weight and won the middleweight world title by stopping Sergio Martinez in the 10th round on June 7.
So with Mayweather and Cotto out of the 154-pound weight class, at least for the time being, that leaves former unified titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and reigning titlist Erislandy Lara as clearly the two best in the division.
What a novel concept that in a sport where too often the best in a division actively avoid one another, Alvarez and Lara are going to meet in a scheduled 12-rounder on Saturday night (Showtime PPV, 9 ET) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a bout they both demanded.
"Canelo-Lara is a matchup for the ages," Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya said at Thursday's final prefight news conference. "It's a matchup that doesn't come by every day. You will be watching the best 154-pound fighters in the world today, in the same ring, for the same prize, for honor and glory."
Lara stalked Alvarez for quite some time, using social media to harass him and then crashing his postfight press conference to confront him face-to-face and demand a fight following Alvarez's 10th-round knockout victory over Alfredo Angulo in March.
Alvarez calmly told Lara that his press conference was not the place to make his next fight. But Alvarez later told his handlers to get the fight done, showing once again that he is serious about fighting the best opponents.
Remember, Alvarez went against the advice of his team and demanded a fight last year with then-titleholder Austin Trout, who was considered a tremendous threat. Alvarez outpointed Trout to unify belts and then stepped up to face Mayweather, who handed Canelo his only defeat. But Alvarez dared to be great and continued the trend by steadfastly insisting on Lara as his opponent when it came time to set up his next fight after Angulo.
"This fight is important because Lara and I are the best two fighters in our weight class," Alvarez said through a translator. "He might not have the most recognizable name, but in the boxing world everybody knows he is the most dangerous opponent. This will be a very important victory."
De La Hoya, who consistently fought the best possible opponents during his Hall of Fame career, admitted he was not in favor of Alvarez fighting Lara.
"When people say I didn't want this fight for him, obviously it wasn't the first choice," De La Hoya said. "As a promoter, you don't want the most difficult fight out there for him. But this is what Canelo's all about. Ultimately it's his decision, and his decision is a very calculated decision. He's confident in his abilities and he wants to fight the very best. That's the bottom line.
"And me as a promoter and me as an ex-fighter, I look at it in two ways. Here I was as a fighter fighting the very best, just like Canelo's doing, and as a promoter this wasn't my first choice. But you have to go with what the fighter says, with what the fighter feels. And this is what is most admirable of Canelo Alvarez -- that he wants to please the fans. He wants to give the fight fans the most difficult fights out there."
Technically, Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KOs) and Lara (19-1-2, 12 KOs) are not fighting at junior middleweight because the maximum contract weight is 155 pounds and, therefore, Lara's belt will not be at stake -- Alvarez didn't want to fight for it. But the reality is that the fight will crown the de facto best junior middleweight in the world.
"Supposedly, they say he's the best at 154 pounds, but I think I'm the best," Lara said through a translator. "I think it's a good thing that the best are fighting the best."
Not only are they considered the best, but they have contrasting styles and a simmering dislike for each other that has added some spice to the promotion.
Alvarez, the Mexican star who turns 24 next Friday, is the more aggressive fighter with a bigger punch. Lara, the 31-year-old former Cuban amateur star who defected and now lives in Houston, is a technically gifted southpaw from Cuba's amateur machine.
"He's a fighter that moves very well. He has very tight defense, but the thing that doesn't move well is his feet, his legs," Alvarez said. "We know his style; he has a very difficult style. But we've prepared to break down that style. We worked for a difficult style, for a southpaw. Without a doubt we had the right sparring partners. It's not an easy fight, but we've prepared for everything."
Lara has said repeatedly that he will take Alvarez to "Cuban boxing school."
"The Cuban style is the best style in boxing," Lara said "Everybody knows that we win the most medals at the Olympics, at international tournaments. And that's shown throughout our history.
"It's a good style matchup because I know Canelo's going to try to press forward and press for action, and that's a style I like. I like guys that come and fight, and I pick them apart, like I've done to several guys coming up. These are the fights I like. I like guys who come to fight and I like to put them in the dirt, and that's what I plan on doing."
Adding intrigue to the match is how they performed against recent common opponents, Trout and Angulo. While Alvarez struggled to victory against Trout and later demolished Angulo, Lara was in a life-and-death fight with Angulo in which he had to survive two knockdowns and then rolled past Trout in his next fight.
And here's a stat to chew on, courtesy of CompuBox: Alvarez connects on 52 percent of his power punches, the highest among tracked fighters. But Lara's opponents land only 20 percent of their punches, third-lowest among tracked fighters. Something's gotta give Saturday.
Then there is the element of their distaste for each other. Besides Alvarez's desire to fight elite opponents, he took the fight because Lara's repeated insults raised his ire.
"Lara has said so many things behind my back and on social media for such a long time now that, yes, this fight is and has become personal," Alvarez said. "He's a good fighter but he talks a lot. He's offended me. I'm going to have an answer for everything he has said. I'm going to shut him up once and for all.
"Erislandy Lara insulted me and my country. He insulted my ability to box, and I take that seriously. This is more than just a fight for me. On Saturday, I'm not only fighting for my honor, I'm fighting for the pride of my country. This fight will give me personal satisfaction. It's about fighting the best and beating the best. The media and the fans know that this is a dangerous fight, and them knowing that will make my win that much better. It's a personal satisfaction to be fighting the best and beating the best."
Said Jose "Chepo" Reynoso, Alvarez's trainer, through a translator, "His pride was hurt because of all of the smack Lara has been talking. He wants to punish Lara thoroughly. Canelo looks at Lara as an obnoxious little child that needs to be put in his place."
Alvarez could have picked any opponent to fight, headlined his own pay-per-view and made the minimum $1.5 million he'll make Saturday. But he picked Lara because of a competitive spirit.
Lara, however, said he doesn't owe Alvarez any gratitude for giving Lara his biggest fight and biggest payday, $1 million.
"Absolutely not. I don't owe him anything other than left hands," Lara said. "I forced this fight. It wasn't because he wanted to take this fight. We've been after this fight for two years, and I've been putting pressure on social media or interviews and jumping on stage. That's what pressured him to take this fight. I know he didn't want this fight, and on [Saturday] you're going to see the reason why he didn't want this fight."
Whatever we see, and however it was made, it is the best against the best.


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LISLE – Bill Weldon has worked in the store at 4715 Main St. for almost 30 years.
Throughout its five decades in operation, the retail space has had many names – A&P, Home Hardware, Zee's Home Center, Bruce's Ace Hardware, Bruce's Home Center, and finally, Weldon Hardware Supply.
But soon, the sign outside will read "For Rent."
Weldon and his wife, Sharon, who own the business, have plans to close at the end of the month.
"It wasn't an easy decision for us to make," he said.
For the past five years, Weldon's has offered niche parts and products many larger brands don't carry and provided free assembly and delivery with a level of customer service he says can't be found at major chains.
Weldon cited several reasons for shuttering the store: the economy, competition with big box businesses and a roadway structure that makes it difficult for customers driving southbound to access his parking lot.
His lease is up July 1 and his landlord, Oxford Bank, wants a five-year commitment – something Weldon isn't sure he can make.
Additionally, the village has expressed interest in developing the area around his store, including Family Square Shopping Center – the strip mall that houses it – into a tax increment financing, or TIF, district.
Weldon is concerned establishing such a district would drive out existing businesses.
"The village of Lisle does not support local business," he said.
Within a TIF district, property taxes paid on the base value of property within the area go to taxing bodies as they normally would. When property values grow, taxes paid on those increases are reinvested in the development of the area.
Lisle Village Manager Jerry Sprecher said the closing of Weldon's is not directly related to a possible TIF, but is a matter between Weldon and his landlord.
There is concern among village officials about the lack of development at Family Square, Sprecher said. The restaurant space at the mall's south end has been vacant for several years and is not the only empty real estate in the complex.
"Our village board is very interested in promoting economic development downtown," Sprecher said.
The board has worked with contractor Kane, McKenna and Associates, which is providing preliminary consulting on economic development options for the area, since March.
There are no finite plans for a TIF at Family Square, but it remains an item of interest for the village, according to Sprecher.
"It is truly conceptual at this point," he said.
The area where the potential TIF would be located includes Family Square, one largely residential block to the east of the mall and Lisle-Woodridge Fire District Station 51 to the southeast, according to Sprecher.
"We were basically told to look where the greatest need is," he said.
If a TIF were implemented, it is likely a developer would demolish Family Square and rebuild it, Sprecher said, but when and if that happens depends on Oxford Bank.
After the end of the month, the Weldons will focus their energies on their second business selling industrial fasteners, which they will relocate to Aurora.
Until then, items at Weldon Hardware Supply will be sold at reduced prices, which range from 10 to 50 percent off, and may drop as the closing date approaches.
The store will also offer customers the opportunity to win door prizes. Those who sign up are automatically entered and all patrons receive an additional ticket for every $10 spent.
"It's hard for me to make the decision to close the store and walk away from it," Weldon said. "I'm going to dearly miss a lot of my customers."


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"Everything we do is centered around the environment, animal welfare and community," says general manager Evan Saulsbury. "We want you to feel good about how you look and know where your clothes come from."
Boulder, which opened this summer, is the latest addition to Conscious Corner in Clarksville -- a collection of businesses on Route 108 near River Hill that are focused on healthy and mindful living. Jeff Kaufman, who founded Conscious Corner 12 years ago, was searching for a vegan men's clothing store when he decided to open his own.
Nearly all of the products, which include clothing, footwear, belts and even sunglasses made from sustainable wood, are vegan friendly.
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New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez says he's 'fighting for his life and legacy' as he deals with his 211-game suspension for doping offences.
The Yankees third baseman will have his case heard at an arbitration hearing this week, but didn't feature this weekend against Houston - the final game of the regular season - because of sore legs.
Rodriguez's hearing is scheduled for five days this week, Monday to Friday, and he has stated that he plans to attend every session.
"I'm fighting for my life and my whole legacy," Rodriguez told USA Today. "Yeah, I should be there."
Rodriguez was slapped with a 211-game suspension by the MLB on August 5th for his part in the Biogenesis drug investigation.
The Yankees hitter is looking to have the ban reduced or even overturned completely at the appeal hearing, although he wouldn't be drawn on what he would consider a successful appeal.
"I'm not going to get into that," Rodriguez continued. "I told you guys about a month-and-a-half ago that I'm not going to talk about it during the season.
"I'm kind of just giving you some colour on it, but I'm not going to get into my expectations and whatnot."
The 38-year-old is still owed a significant chunk of money as part of his current Yankees contract - up to $86m over the next four seasons.
He's been plagued by injury in recent years, and admits he's just looking forward to resuming preseason training ahead of next year's campaign.
"I'm looking forward to coming back in great shape and being a big contributor."
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The No. 4 Radcliffe lightweight crew visits rival Princeton, ranked fifth, for the Class of 1999 Cup in the finale of the 2012 dual-racing season Saturday morning on Lake Carnegie.
Racing Schedule
11:25 a.m. – Novice eight
11:40 a.m. – Varsity eight
Watch From Home
Live video of the races is scheduled to be available here.
Last Weekend
Each of Radcliffe's three boats raced to a win last weekend. The second varsity eight came from behind to top Wisconsin, Stanford and MIT in Saturday's invitational regatta. The varsity placed third, behind the No. 2 Badgers and top-ranked Cardinal, and then topped MIT for the Muri Cup the following morning. The Black and White novice eight also beat the Engineers to win their first novice race.
Last Season
Radcliffe and Princeton split a pair of races on the Charles River. The Tigers won the varsity race by 7.1 seconds before the Black and White second varsity overcame choppy water and gusty winds for a 12.7-second victory.
History Lesson
The Black and White is seeking its second Class of 1999 Cup win and its first since 2009. The Tigers lead the all-time series between the teams, 12-2, and have won five of the six matchups since competition for the cup began in 2006. Radcliffe is seeking its first road win against Princeton. Including this weekend, both Radcliffe and Princeton have been ranked among the nation's top five in each of their last 11 dual meetings, with one crew coming in as No. 1 in six of those years.
Championship Rivalry
The Radcliffe and Princeton lightweight varsities have combined for 19 Eastern titles (Radcliffe 12, Princeton 7) and six national championships (Princeton 5, Radcliffe 1).
Scouting the Tigers
Princeton posted a 2.3-second win against No. 6 Georgetown last weekend. The Tigers previously finished third at the Knecht Cup and second in the San Diego Crew Classic.
Probable Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Maryana Vrubel, 8: Marissa Reichel, 7: Katherine Mallett, 6: Emma Lukasiewicz, 5: Elizabeth Hamilton, 4: Elizabeth Lenczowski, 3: Kelly McCarthy, 2: Adelaide Backer, 1: Elizabeth MacEachern
Novice Eight
Cox: Elissa Lin, 8: Katherine Fair, 7: Kelsey Rankin, 6: Claire Harmange, 5: Olivia Krusel, 4:Kiara Kealoha, 3: Priya Duvvuri, 2: Glynis Healey, 1: Emma Framson


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ACC M5: 12.02.13 EditionPosted by mpatton on December 2nd, 2013
- CBS Sports and NBC Sports: After Duke lost another game to a very good team after leading most of the game, the popular question is whether or not the Kansas and Arizona losses are reasons to toss Duke out as a national contender. There's no doubt, the losses bring up some concerns (though my question was "Why did Mike Krzyzewski randomly start playing zone?"). But not many teams are as big and athletic as Kansas and Arizona. Those are tough match-ups for Duke, which is still a young team. It's not a surprise they struggled. The other story that didn't get a ton of publicity after the game is how quiet Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon were in the second half for Duke. The backcourt holds the key.
- NBC Sports and Tar Heel Blog: Speaking of raising questions, North Carolina didn't exactly silence its doubters by losing a close game at Roy Williams protege Jerod Haase's UAB Blazers. The Tar Heels got killed on the boards, and the Blazers concentrated on stopping Marcus Paige with considerable success. Look for Michigan State to key on Paige again this week. Until someone else shows the ability to be the man in his place, there's no downside. That said, I personally wouldn't be surprised to see the Tar Heels pull out the win because (1) I have no idea what to think about this team and (2) Roy Williams is Tom Izzo's kryptonite.
- Burlington Times-News: NC State looked significantly better against Eastern Kentucky and showed the ability to score against a zone–albeit a shorter, less athletic one than Syracuse will trot out in ACC play. Promising signs came from Jordan Vandenberg, who set a career high, and TJ Warren, who managed 26 points in the second half. This team is already improving, which is a good sign. To keep up his success on the recruiting trail, Mark Gottfried needs to keep showing player and program development.
- Tomahawk Nation: If you haven't watched Florida State, you should know that Leonard Hamilton's team looks for real. The Seminoles came a touch-foul away from taking Florida to overtime on the road. Michael Ojo and Boris Bojanovsky looked terrific. The twin sophomore towers kept the game within reach. Ojo in particular is a completely new player. Hamilton is the best coach in the league at developing big men. Last year Ojo looked completely lost. This year, he still has his moments, but is much more confident with the ball and is a terror on the boards. This team is good (much better than anyone predicted), but the next couple years could really be special.
- Duke Basketball Report: Barry Jacobs took a look at the hottest ACC teams historically from downtown. Number one? Virginia Tech. Yep, this year's Hokie team is shooting an unbelievable 45.5% from deep. This year's Duke team is third on the list. Notre Dame and Pittsburgh also check in at over 40%. Unfortunately for Virginia Tech, that percentage is likely to drop, which will hurt its already mediocre offensive efficiency.
EXTRA: Joe Harris has ups.


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Funny you feel this way as it sounds like a pair made in heaven with your nickname. ;-)
I think, and may be wrong, that part of the reason they picked the names was so that they sounded funny too and sure, at least to me, they do and I enjoy the playing.


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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Methotrexate Shortage And Me
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So sorry to hear you have to deal with having that terrible distraction and concern! I will hope that it is a lot of the false advertising that occurs in the pharmaceutical industry. I have had somewhat similar issues with some of the prescriptions I take and it can be defeating at times, but the good news is that because the pharmaceutical industry is so lucrative, there is always someone coming out with something new, as a means of making money, even if it is at our expense. I will keep my fingers crossed for you!ReplyDelete
I thought of you when I read about the shortages of MTX, Leslie. It sucks that a medicine that works well for so many people with so many diseases can be in such short supply! At least when I was dealing with shortages of Adderall, it was more a lifestyle thing than a keep-me-alive thing. (Lifestyle as in if I want to have a life since without it I have no energy for a life.)ReplyDelete
I'm a little worried for you about those liver levels and what it could end up meaning. Keeping my fingers crossed ...
i can't stand to see things like this happening. is money so important that people really choose to look over the needs of people who are suffering with medications and illnesses?! all these medications and no cures. it's just.. ugh. there HAS to be some other way. and if i hadn't been looking up lupus blogs i wouldn't have come across yours. i created a website for people fighting Lupus because my mother has lupus and i see how it affects her everyday. i hope that the site can raise awareness with people who are more distant from life with lupus, and also i want it to be a place where people can support each other. we have a forum, and i think this post would be a good read for people who join our online community. you can have a look if you'd like at HTTP://ALOVELYFIGHTER.CO.CC . im sorry you were just getting adjusted to your medication and now you may have to get off it or change it.ReplyDelete
That stinks! :( I'm so sorry.ReplyDelete
FDA have their own "Drug-shortage team" has been working day and night to address such kind of problems. They have Announced APP pharmaceutical company had stopped supply of Methotrexate cancer medicines. I have read this blog http://bit.ly/GFrHXe and found renowned online pharmacy has come up with solution to provide such medicines at free of cost to help the victim people.ReplyDelete


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Contest Results
KLRU winners have been selected!
KLRU celebrated all our local winners on Saturday, April 28th at the Austin Public Library Southeast Community Branch. Our winners read their stories to their family and friends, received prizes along with a certificate and snacked on refreshments. Congratulations winners!
UPDATE: The week of May 21st, the first round of national judging was completed in Buffalo, and they now have 46 of the best national stories moving forward for the finals today, June 7th, at PBS. Stay tuned for more information in the next couple of weeks!
Full set of photos from the event available on Flickr
KLRU's 2012 PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest Local Winners
1st Place winner
Katherine Bong
Blackland Prairie Elementary
Round Rock ISD
"Kiwi and the Family"(pdf)
2nd Place winner
Neve Chachanashvili
Doss Elementary School
Austin ISD
"Lunch with Coco"(pdf)
3rd Place winner
Caroline Sauer
Bridge Point Elementary
Eanes ISD
"Kaleb and the Tea Party"(pdf)
3rd Place winner
Satvik Agarwal
Brushy Creek Elementary
Round Rock ISD
"The Universe"(pdf)
First Grade
1st Place winner
Gage Mayhew
Lago Vista Elementary
Lago Vista ISD
"Armstrong and Gatorade"(pdf)
2nd Place winner
Rebecca Wallace
Veritas Academy
Austin, TX
"KC Saves 1000 Aliens"(pdf)
3rd Place winner
Isabela Sloane
Brushy Creek Elementary
Round Rock ISD
3rd Place winner
Clara Schutz
Whitestone Elementary
Leander ISD
"The Violin"(pdf)
Second Grade
1st Place winner
Ashni Guneratne
Caldwell Heights Elementary
Round Rock ISD
"The Stray Cat"(pdf)
2nd Place winner
Andrew C. Jiang
Spicewood Elementary
Round Rock ISD
"The Rainbow on the Ground"(pdf)
3rd Place winner
Bethany Kwan [won 1st Place 2011]
Hill Country Christian School of Austin
Austin, TX
"The Kingdom of Um-Um Am-Am"(pdf)
Third Grade
1st Place winner
Amelia Jane Tsering [won 1st Place 2011, 1st Place 2010, 2nd Place 2009]
Prairie Rose Academy
Georgetown, TX
"Sagnu and the Momo Fame"(pdf)
2nd Place winner
Abbey Smith[won Honorable Mention 2010]
Mills Elementary
Austin ISD
"Reindeer Vacation"(pdf)
2rd Place winner
Ana Sofia C. Sloane
Brushy Creek Elementary
Round Rock ISD
"Under My Bed"(pdf)
2rd Place winner
Bianca Schutz
Whitestone Elementary
Leander ISD
"The Toddler Pest Control"(pdf)
KLRU's Young Writer & Illustrators Past Winners
- 2011
- 2010
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Alex Kovalev's power-play tally with under 7 1/2 minutes left in regulation was the game-winner as the Florida Panthers used a five-goal third period to snap a five-game slide and best the Winnipeg Jets, 6-3, on Thursday.
Kris Versteeg, Peter Mueller, Jonathan Huberdeau and Tomas Kopecky also scored in the final stanza for the Panthers, who hadn't won since an opening-night decision against Carolina 12 days ago.
"We always try to say the right things when we're in the muck, but we were in the deep end there and we're still not out of it," Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said. "Let's not kid ourselves. It's only one win. We're still some way from getting back to respectability."
Jose Theodore stopped 22-of-25 shots for the win.
Grant Clitsome, Olli Jokinen and Tobias Enstrom posted markers for the Jets, who have lost two in a row following a three-game win streak.
Ondrej Pavelec was beaten five times on 33 shots in the setback.
"We have another game in 24 hours against one of the top teams in the East and one of the top teams in our division right now, so if we can't get up for tomorrow, we have bigger issues," Jets forward Blake Wheeler said about his team's game against Tampa Bay on Friday.
Enstrom's blast from a failed Panthers' clearing attempt at the 7:38 mark of the final period gave Winnipeg a 3-2 edge, but it was all Florida from there.
Mueller picked up a rebound on the left side and lifted a shot over Pavelec from the edge of the crease on a power play to make it 3-3 at 11:20. Just 77 seconds later, after Jokinen went off for tripping, Kovalev's wrister put the hosts on top.
It became 5-3 on a broken play. Huberdeau rolled up the left-wing side with Jack Skille on his right for an odd-man rush. The rookie attempted to pass across the crease, but the disc caromed off the body of Enstrom and over the goal line before the net came off its pegs with 4:31 to go.
Kopecky added a late empty-net score to seal the victory.
Brian Campbell's slap shot from the point on a Florida power play was the game's first goal at the 5:14 mark of the second period.
Clitsome evened the score with his first of the season, coming with 3:49 to go in the middle frame.
Jokinen sent Winnipeg up at 1:23 of the third, but Kris Versteeg's first of the year just over two minutes later tied it once more.
Game Notes
Winnipeg had won two of three at Florida last season ... Panthers forward Tomas Fleischmann recorded his first career three-assist game ... Kopecky ended up with three points thanks to being credited with a pair of assists ... Florida forward Marcel Goc returned after a six-game absence due to an ankle injury sustained while playing overseas ... The Panthers announced prior to the contest that veteran defenseman Ed Jovanovski will be out at least two games with a knee injury suffered on Tuesday, and also revealed the acquisition of forward Zach Hamill from the Washington Capitals in exchange for forward Casey Wellman ... Panthers forward Scottie Upshall left the game with an apparent leg injury with 5:43 played in the third period, when fellow combatant James Wright wrestled him to the ice near the boards during a fight and his knee bent awkwardly.


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To be sure, Cain's suits are well cut and he has the stature to carry them. Still, they have always been a curious choice and they have now become ill-advised. He would do well to expunge every double-breasted suit from his wardrobe.And "haughty swagger" is not what you want "when it's alleged that Cain wielded his executive power in a sexual and inappropriate way." The sexual harassment charge cuts deep: It deprives a man of his distinctive personal style.
[I]n this more casual age—when the "suits" are feeling the rage of Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, and anyone who has helplessly watched the rapid decline of their 401(k)—Cain's garb carries with it a sort of haughty swagger.
And then there's religion:
[Cain] is an ordained Baptist preacher and a man with a habit of breaking out in gospel song at the slightest provocation. Ministers of a certain persuasion often seem to have a predilection for double-breasted suits, as well as three-piece ones. Some of that must surely be because of tradition and formality, but there is also an element of the hierarchal at work.Haughtiness... swagger... a "certain persuasion" of religion... if this sounds at least vaguely racial, consider that Givhan herself is black. And she does go on to talk about race:
Black politicians have always had a wider berth when it comes to attire. They often dress more formally to make their authority more evident in a society that might question it. And historically they have been allowed more pizzazz, more personal flair. But Cain's double-breasted suits don't come with a creative flourish. They come with a standard yellow four-in-hand and an American flag pin perched on his left lapel. Sometimes he dons a ranger hat, which is about as imaginative as cowboy boots for affecting a down-home cool.He's black, but he doesn't get the usual leeway black men "have been allowed"... why? I mean, really, why is that? What is she saying? What I hear is: He's not the right kind of black man. He's conservative, so he doesn't get whatever that extra freedom is that is allowed — that the passive voice gives — to black men.