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These days, it's difficult to watch the evening headlines or scroll through a news website without seeing a politician, celebrity, athlete or business leader in the spotlight for saying something stupid. Sure, you might laugh -- or wince -- at these gaffes and wonder aloud why anyone would ever think saying that was a good idea. Secretly, a part of you may sympathize with the clueless celebrity or the foot-in-mouth politician, because you've seen similar things happen in your own conversations: Jim in accounting shares a little too much about his weekend during a lunch conversation, your boss says something completely loony about a client, or your co-worker Sarah lays a nutty conspiracy theory on you during an informal chat in the hallway.
Yes, dumb statements are a fact of life, but you can reduce the negative impact of someone else's dumb statements by playing dumb yourself -- by pretending you didn't see it or hear it. This strategy allows your conversational partner time to self-correct (e.g., "That's not what I meant" or "I can't believe I just said that, sorry") after an ill-conceived statement. This valuable conversational space allows hasty and counterproductive words to disappear without comment, thus preventing unnecessary damage to the underlying relationship.
Playing dumb is an especially smart strategy in the digital age where we are doing so much more talking, texting and tweeting. Because communication and people are fundamentally imperfect, more communication means that there will be more incidents that require the silent treatment.
Here are seven rules to help you smarten up by playing dumb when you see or hear something stupid:
1. Put on your best poker face. When an "I can't believe she just said that" moment happens, your first instinct probably is to react physically. You might roll your eyes, sigh or raise your eyebrows. But actions speak just like words, so if you're serious about defusing the episode instead of escalating it, you'll need to pretend that you're competing in the World Series of poker. Playing dumb is considerate when it's done discreetly, but it's embarrassing to the other person when it's overt.
2. But don't overplay your hand. Making an effort not to react to a dumb statement is considerate -- but don't take the act too far. You're in the midst of a real-life interaction, not an after-dinner game of charades, so you need to make sure your "performance" is believable.
3. Be inconspicuous. If you oversell your dumbness by acting totally clueless or befuddled like one of the Three Stooges, you'll draw unwanted attention to your actions. You may even cause the other person to double down on her unproductive words, repeating them in an attempt to help you understand. Dumbness works best when you subtly allow the other person to walk back from her ill-advised words.
4. Muzzle your inner know-it-all. It's human nature to want to be right. But the urge to prove another person wrong often gets people into hot water and torpedoes conversations. Correcting another person can spark arguments and harm the underlying relationship. Nobody likes a know-it-all, and nobody likes being contradicted. Unless something crucial hangs in the balance, if you hear someone misquote a statistic, mangle a story or make a logical error, don't whip out your smartphone and start searching the Internet to prove her wrong. And when someone lays a goofy conspiracy theory or profoundly loopy world view on you, don't treat it as your moral obligation to set him straight.
5. Don't expect it to be easy. It's often difficult to override your instincts -- and your desire -- to respond with comebacks, criticisms and corrections. We feel obligated to respond when spoken to or to reply when we receive a message. Playing dumb requires us to resist the urge to reply. The most important thing is to move the discussion away from the offending words and give the other person an opportunity to self-correct -- not to gain short-term satisfaction by hanging the dumb words around your conversational partner's neck.
6. Don't play dumb too often. There's a line between playing dumb for relational harmony and playing dumb because you are in denial about a clear and present relational problem. If you find yourself doing it frequently, it may be a warning sign of a larger issue that you need to address. Fundamentally, playing dumb involves a trade-off: We sacrifice part of a conversation in the short term to preserve an underlying relationship. Don't misuse the technique to avoid important relational issues. There are other communication tools to help you handle that.
7. Don't feed the fire. You can play dumb and still talk, as long as you don't add anything that redirects attention back to the offending words. If you feel like you need to say something after your conversational partner says something stupid, you can use neutral continuers like "I see," "OK" or "I hear you." There is a danger that the other person will hear your neutrality as a tacit approval of his statements, so use them selectively and exert your right to remain completely silent when you hear something so offensive that you don't feel comfortable being neutral. If your conversational partner asks about your lack of reaction, you can say you have nothing to add, politely request a topic switch, or just start talking about something else.
8. Pick and choose your targets. Build a mental list of people with whom you might need to make a special effort to play dumb, so that when you interact with them you can remind yourself beforehand to keep your reactions on a leash. You might find it's beneficial to play dumb more consistently with bosses, key clients and important colleagues, with whom you have less leverage to alter their behavior. You might also choose to play dumb with older relatives who have a penchant for saying things that drive you crazy, but don't really harm you. In these cases, your long-term strategy might be to listen and comment when necessary, without adding anything substantive, or you could change the underlying conditions to limit the instances of problematic communication. If a key client tends to make off-color jokes after a couple of happy-hour cocktails, start inviting him to breakfast instead. Or if Aunt Sarah can't resist criticizing your housekeeping every time she comes over, try to visit at her home instead.
Playing dumb illustrates the power of communication in its absence and is one of the smartest, most altruistic moves you can keep in your conversational toolkit. We exert a profound influence on interactions with what we don't say, type or forward. And in today's communication environment where speed routinely trumps deliberation and where restraint is often abandoned by the desire for self-expression, playing dumb is a tool that's both necessary and effective.
Geoffrey Tumlin is CEO of Mouthpeace Consulting LLC and is the author of Stop Talking, Start Communicating: Counterintuitive Secrets to Success in Business and in Life (McGraw-Hill, 2013).
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Worm Farming secrets says to choose a bin made of material that is made of a solid material not transparent. Keep a lid on your bin to prevent any light from entering. Red worms have no eyes and cannot see they use light-sensitive skin cells concentrated at the front end of their bodies to sense light and move away from it. If your container is kept dark You're worms will feed on the surface and stay active.
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Start your worm farm with some shredded newspaper, moistened, not wet. Add a couple of handfuls of soil, not potting soil, and a couple of crushed egg shells make sure the eggshells have been cooked before putting them in your worm farm. If they are not from boiled eggs, you can cook them by putting them in a cup of water in the microwave. The one property the bedding material must have is the ability to absorb water. Worms need a moist environment—their bodies consist of 70 to 90 percent water. Moist bedding allows your worms to stay comfortable.
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Get it? "Hara" is a Japanese word that refers to your belly and the lower part of your chest, about where your diaphragm is. Some Zen teachers tell you to "Keep your mind in your hara." I don't. Your mind pervades throughout your body and throughout the universe. It seems silly to try and imagine it being in one specific place. So there's that, and I'm in San Francisco. Haw!
Anyway, they say you're not a real writer unless you can come up with ten excuses not to write at any given moment. This I can do. I am the worst procrastinator in the world when it comes to writing. I will even write to avoid writing, as I am doing now.
I'm still here at the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) and not in disguise. I've stopped shaving with a regular razor and now use an electric one to get that stubbly Don Johnson look. What an 80s reference! Kids, ask mom and dad who Don Johnson was. It's easier and your face feels less frigid with some stubble on it especially up here. What would Dogen say? Feel free to come up and say "hi." Just don't get insulted if I excuse myself to run upstairs and watch my KISS DVDs... I mean write my frikkin' new book.
SFZC is very interesting to me. It's very much a communal, monastic practice and not at all what I'm used to. Here I am, a transmitted Master, and I have no idea half the things they do here. I don't know the chants, I don't know when to bow, I'm not sure what order to leave the room, none of that stuff. Clueless. I just watch carefully and try to figure out what the heck's going on. A hint if you find yourself in a similar situation: Try to stand or sit in the middle. In most places, sitting on the end is best since everybody will have done what's gonna be done before your turn comes. But in Zen places sometimes the order suddenly reverses and, as the Bible tells us, "He who is last becomes first." So the middle is always the best spot to figure out what's going on.
It seems to me the bigger an organization gets the more need there is for rules and for hierarchy. You could not run an organization as big as SFZC the way we run things at my sitting groups. Couldn't be done. SFZC runs very efficiently and shows all the indications that they've overcome their well publicized past troubles and will endure for a very long time.
I think rules and institutional hierarchy have their place. But there are significant differences in how I run things. For example, they do a lovely morning service here every day and I have enjoyed participating in it very much. But in terms of practice it's not really necessary. There is no reason on Earth that chanting sutras is in any way particularly beneficial to Zen practice. But it is very beneficial to building a united community and maintaining an institution. If you're SFZC, these factors are vital to your continued existence. If you're just someone interested in Zen practice, they're not. Understand that -- and I think most of the folks here do -- and the chants and rituals are fine family fun and not at all a distraction. Still, a big group outing to the local ice cream parlor could be just as beneficial to your Zen practice, though considerably more fattening.
OK. Chanting sutras may be slightly better. But don't mistake it for real Zen practice. I see lots more people at the chanting services than in the zendo here and pretty much everywhere else I visit.
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Capcom's apparently booked some space in Seattle's central business district, just walking distance from the Washington State Convention Center, and is doing up the joint like a giant hardware store on Friday. If you're at PAX, stop by for "blockbuster sales of your favorite combo weapons and accessories."
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It's an age-old axiom for truck drivers: if you see signs of trouble ahead, start slowing down, because time and space is what you need to safely maneuver your big rig out of danger.
The same maxim applies in the business world, too, as companies large and small tend to hoard cash and put off investments if dark clouds of uncertainty obscure the road ahead. Right now, that seems to be the tactic U.S. businesses are deploying even though many feel headway is being made to address the dreaded "fiscal cliff."
For example, in PricewaterhouseCooper's (PwC) latest Private Company Trendsetter Barometersurvey conducted in the third quarter this year, corporate optimism about U.S. economic prospects for the next 12 months remained tempered, with 44% expressing confidence (down six points from 50% in the second quarter), 15% registering pessimism (up three points), and 41% voicing uncertainty (up 3 points).
Yet despite the further dip in optimism, private companies are significantly more confident than they were this time last year, when only 27% expressed optimism, stressed Ken Esch, a partner with PwC's private company services practice.
"As we approach the end of another year of slow growth, U.S. private companies are as uncertain as they are optimistic," he noted. "These mixed sentiments have been common among Trendsetter companies in recent years. But private companies are resilient, and so although ongoing uncertainty has caused some businesses to delay or scale back plans, it hasn't translated into inaction."
Indeed, despite the backdrop of continuing economic uncertainty and the looming fiscal cliff, PwC US's Trendsetter survey found that private companies boosted their projected revenue growth rate for the next 12 months to 8.6% in the third quarter, up from 8.3% in the second quarter, with projected revenue growth rate increasing from 6.9% to 8.6% quarter-over-quarter.
International companies, on the other hand, reduced their revenue growth to 8.5% in the third quarter, down from 9.7% in the second quarter this year, according to PwC's poll.
Truckers should be concerned about the pullback in investments because, of course, that translates into less freight demand. Another worry is how the manufacturing industry in this country continues to face uphill challenges from other nations – again, a trend that could impact a significant volume of goods carriers by truckers large and small.
According to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index compiled from a survey of 550 CEOs and other leading executives by consulting firm Deloitte LLP and the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, over the next five years, manufacturing stalwarts like the U.S., Germany and Japan will under increasing pressure to maintain their competitive manufacturing edge against emerging nations such as China, India and Brazil.
Both groups said that the global landscape for competitive manufacturing is in their words, "in the midst of a massive power shift," with the U.S. losing its current rank of third among competitive manufacturing nations, falling to fifth place just five years from now – only slightly ahead of the Republic of Korea.
The three other developed nations currently in the top 10 also fall in five years: Germany drops from second to fourth place, Canada slides from seventh to eighth place and Japan drops out of the top 10 entirely, falling to 12th place.
Further, Deloitte's poll finds that Germany's slide in competitiveness holds true for several other European nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland and the Czech Republic, which are all expected to experience a dramatic decrease in their ability to compete. Poland, for example, drops from 14th to 18th place on the Index, while the United Kingdomdrops from 15th to 19th place.
"America and Europe have continued to watch emerging markets mature and become formidable competitors over the past decade," said Craig Giffi, vice chairman at Deloitte and leader of the firm's consumer and industrial products division.
He noted that in five years key emerging nations are expected to "vault forward" in the Index: Brazil jumps from its current eighth place slot to third place and India jumps from fourth to second place. China, however, will remain firmly in first place.
"While several nations in the Americas will continue to show significant manufacturing potency – with the U.S., Brazil, Canada and Mexico all in the top 15 most competitive nations five years from now – many advantages are tilting toward Asia, which are expected to have 10 of the top 15 most competitive nations within the decade," Giffi added.
That being said, Deborah Wince-Smith – president and CEO of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness – noted that even though the U.S. is expected to slide in the Index in five years, it remains a "powerful competitor" in her words – one that is poised to lead the technological transformation in manufacturing.
"The image of manufacturing as dumb, dirty, dangerous and disappearing is far from accurate," she stressed. "Today, U.S. manufacturing remains at the technological forefront; it has become smart, safe and sustainable – and this powerful brand of domestic manufacturing is surging nationwide."
Wince-Smith points out that just a scant two years ago, this survey ranked the U.S. fourth in terms of global manufacturing competitiveness – lower than this year's third place ranking. Similarly, Germany improved from eighth place to fourth place between the 2010 Index and the 2013 Index.
"The net gain in both countries shows that 20th-century powerhouses can still stake out 'winning ground' and can more than hold their own in areas like advanced manufacturing," Wince-Smith said.
For trucking's sake, let's hope that such "winning ground" can indeed be found and secured – and soon, too.


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The PlanetQuest Observing Cards are designed to give telescope operators and other interpreters a new way of explaining the night sky. Relating common observing objects to our search for exoplanets makes these spectacular sights more understandable.... (View More) These cards are a great resource for use at observing night events, providing new stories to tell about commonly viewed celestial objects. (View Less)
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This is a demonstration about the density of the planets. Learners will compare the relative sizes and masses of scale models of the planets as represented by fruits and other foods. They will then dunk the "planets" in water to highlight the fact... (View More) that even a large, massive planet - such as Saturn - can have low density. They discuss how a planet's density is related to whether it is mainly made up of rock or gas. This activity is part of Explore! Jupiter's Family Secrets, a series designed to engage children in space and planetary science in libraries and informal learning environments. (View Less)
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In this activity, students are reminded that the Universe is made up of elements and that the heavier elements are created inside of a star. They are then introduced to the life cycle of a star and how a star's mass affects its process of fusion and... (View More) eventual death. Students discuss the physical concept of equilibrium as a balancing of forces and observe an experiment to demonstrate what happens to a soda can when the interior and exterior forces are not in equilibrium. An analogy is made between this experiment and core collapse in stars, to show the importance of maintaining equilibrium in stars. Finally, students participate in an activity which demonstrates how mass is ejected from a collapsed star in a supernova explosion, thereby dispersing heavier elements throughout the Universe. This activity is part of a series that has been designed specifically for use with Girl Scouts, but the activities can be used in other settings. Most of the materials are inexpensive or easily found. It is recommended that a leader with astronomy knowledge lead the activities, or at least be available to answer questions, whenever possible. (View Less)
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Whilst Tappa is best known these days for his productions with the likes of Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond (Putting Up Resistance), Yami Bolo and others, in the mid-to-late seventies he was a dee-jay force to be reckoned with, scoring many big hits for Bunny Lee, Yabby U, Clem Bushay and his own Stars label, on which he also released sides by Junior Ross & The Spear, Prince Allah and even Horace Andy. Tappa Zukie in Dub was first released as a limited edition album in 1976 and was ripe for a reissue, gathering together all his big rhythm tracks of the period. These include recuts of Studio One classics such as Joe Frasier [Ras Allah's Bosrah], Please Be True [Ronnie Davis' No Weak Heart], Declaration of Rights [Junior Ross & The Spear's Judgement Time] and Pick Up The Pieces and Freedom Blues which Tappa voiced as Pick Up the Rockers and MPLA respectively. Rush I Some Dub and Cool This Dub are both cuts to Linval Thompson tunes originally produced by Bunny Lee whilst Loving Dub is a version to Slim Smith's Give Me A Love. As an additional bonus, the CD includes dub mixes to two further Junior Ross songs not on the original album in So Jah Jah Say and Send Me Over There. Musicians playing on the tracks include Sly & Robbie from their Revolutionaries' days, alongside Earl 'Chinna' Smith, Ansel Collins, Gladdy Anderson, Noel 'Skully' Simms, Bobby Ellis and 'Deadly' Headley Bennett; all luminaries of the era. Throughout, the sound quality is immaculate, capturing the deep, resonate basslines and sizzling drumplay of real Jamaican Dub music in all its former glory. Furthermore, this reissue is a masterpiece of presentation, from the always innovative Intro artwork, to the full-length, absorbing and quote-laden sleevenotes by Blood & Fire co-founder Steve Barrow himself. It's an object lesson in how to repackage classic revival music, and maintains Blood & Fire's already formidable reputation for setting new standards in this field. Make no mistake, Tappa Zukie In Dub was deserving of such lavish treatment on merit, and will prove an essential addition to any serious reggae fan's oldies collection. John Massouri - Echoes, October '95


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I sometimes feel bad about this, but I'm going to let a map I just received today jump to the front of the queue, as it was in the right place at the right time. This one comes from my colleague Tim Wallace, who was sitting next to me filling out a health insurance form.
It may surprise those of you who are not from the area to learn that Dane County, Wisconsin, does not look very much like that. The rigid lines of the Public Land Survey System, combined with the Wisconsin River, have left us with something that looks more like this:
Now, that being said, the fact that this map has a very high level of generalization is not inherently problematic. There are lots of very generalized, even cartoonish maps out there. It depends on the purpose and audience of your map, and sometimes fine details are not important. But I think they significantly overdid it here. It looks rather comic, and this clashes with the professional application (a healthcare provider directory) to which it's being put. It seems haphazard and only loosely related to reality, and that makes me doubt the rest of the information that goes in to it.
The real lesson from today's map, which applies to a lot of maps out there, is that it should not have been made. It conveys no useful spatial information. I can't use it to figure out how to get to any of the UW clinics, and while I can sort of tell where clinics are in relation to each other (the heavy generalization makes that an estimate at best), that's not really useful information unless you choose your health clinic based on its proximity to other clinics or cities. "I'm sorry, the village of McFarland has asked that I stay at least 10 miles away at all times, so I'll need a clinic an appropriate distance away." So, barring bizarre circumstances, I cannot tell how having a map is better than having a table of clinic locations. A table would, in fact, be significantly more useful, because you could use the clinic address to actually figure out how to get there. Not everything that has a location needs to be mapped, or can be usefully mapped.
Also, if you compare the two maps above, you will notice that the city dots for the clinic map don't really bear a lot of resemblance to where those communities actually are in Dane county. And, in case you're wondering, I spot checked this against the addresses for the clinics in Belleville and Verona, and it still did not match. The dots have only the loosest connection to reality. If geography really means so little here, why make a map? Again, a table would be better. The only reason the author of today's map can get away with this level of generalization and haphazard dot placement is because the map is scarcely conveying any geographic information.
The labeling could be better, though it's not horrible. It needs more consistency in how far the label is positioned relative to the dot. Look at Cross Plains vs. Waunakee. Why not put them both directly under the dot center, if that's what you're going for? And this is not to mention the lack of corner positions. It is conventional, and, as I have often been taught, rather easier to read, if you put the label in a corner position — that is, up and to the right of the dot, or down and to the left, etc. Fitchburg is also ambiguously placed — the label is about the same distance from two different dots. Would have been just fine if it were off to the left of the dot. Now, to be fair, not all labeling can be ideal, because geographic realities get in the way. But, the author of this map does not appear to have been strongly tied to geographic reality anyway, so I'm not sure if that's an excuse in this case.
This map does not need a legend. A good map title should tell you what the map is about; since this map is about only one thing, if it's well-titled I should be able to figure out what the red dots mean. If I'm looking at a map that's titled "2009 UW Health Clinic Locations," I'm not going to mistake those red dots for bowling alleys. Or cheese factories. Also, the dot in the legend is not only larger than the dots on the map, but a different shape. The ones on the map are more elliptical.
I was a little confused about the statement in the legend that says the communities of Black Earth and Cambridge are excluded — both are in Dane county. Skimming the report a bit, I think it's because they're not part of the UW Health Network. In which case, of course they wouldn't be on the map — why would they bother to mention that? Chicago is also not included on this map, but they forgot to mention that one. On the other hand, if they are in the network, I have no idea why they would be left off. Maybe the author is no longer allowed to make maps of Black Earth.
In the end, this looks to me to be a classic case of "a table is too boring, let's make a map!" But a table would have been a lot more useful for people who actually want to find a doctor.
One Nice Thing: The author set the county label in a different type than the city labels, strongly distinguishing them from each other.


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About Jordan Applied University
In 1980, the Jordan government represented by the Ministry of Ttheirism and Antiquities established Ammon College for Hospitality and Ttheirism Education, and ran it for two years in collaboration with The United Nations Development Program and the International Labor Organization. Later, this responsibility was delivered to the Jordan Ministry of Education and the college started with the Diploma program in Hotel Management.
In 1996, an agreement was signed betTheyen the Jordanian government and the Jordanian Hospitality & Ttheirism Education Company to run Ammon College and the Training hotel.
In 2004, under a new name Jordan Applied University College of Hospitality and Ttheirism Education. The college started with two programs; Bachelor Degree in Hospitality Management and in Ttheirism Management, as Theyll as Certifications for short Training Programs in Hospitality, Ttheirism and Ttheir Guiding.
A number of students graduated from the college, who work for a lot of national, Arab and international institutions, in both private and public sectors, since the year 1999/2000 and until 2012/2013 a number of students graduated as follows: (528) students with a Bachelor degree and (728) students with a Diploma degree in Hotel Management, (62) students with a Bachelor degree and (6) students with a Diploma degree in Ttheirism Management, and (107) students with a Training Diploma in Hotel Management and Culinary Arts.
The college, after 33 years of its establishment, forms a speaking and shining image as a pioneer educational scientific institution in Ttheirism and Hospitality education in Jordan and the Middle East, and it keeps on expanding, not only in the number of students, but also in the academic and training programs it offers, and it aims to carry on developing its programs to include all academic and technical and language skills. It also aims to continue teaching its Bachelor program in English.


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Welcome to Alanya
Alanya is a seaside resort city in the Mediteranian region of Turkey, which is in Antalya province. It have beautiful scenery with Taurus mountain at the north and the Mediteranian sea at the south. Yes, Alanya is far from Istanbul which is 15 hours by bus. But if you want to get hurry to be in Alanya, you can reach by plane to Gazipaşa airport (from Istanbul) about 1 hour.
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Google is apparently developing augmented reality glasses that will have a camera and allow artificial images and information to overlay what you actually see. Initially, most people envision these being used for more "traditional" augmented reality kinds of experiences, like seeing tenants' names when you look at apartment buildings, being able to look through walls and see wiring and plumbing (based on recorded plans), and GPS directions popping up magically in front of you (so you don't take your eyes off the road when driving or bike riding). But of course… most technology is capable of a lot more than just the practical stuff.
Given Google has a rather messed up reputation with regard to privacy anyway, and to date hasn't aggressively curated the Android app store to keep up questionable apps, maybe it's worth investigating a few potential other uses for AR glasses.
X-ray glasses
If you can look at a building and see plumbing, why not look through clothes? They wouldn't even have to have to be real images, just a pool of male and female naked bodies (and the Web is full of pictures like this, er, ah, so I'm told). The service would superimpose these over actual, real-world bodies and suddenly everyone you're looking at would be attractive and naked. Granted, this could lead to some rather disappointing surprises when you took the glasses off, but who says you have to take the glasses off?
It could certainly make watching political speeches more interesting, and I can imagine settings that could either enhance someone you liked or detracted from someone you didn't like. How about a disliked presidential candidate with the body of a pig, for instance? Or your boss or teacher?
I seem to recall a scene from the Lost in Space movie where Will Robinson ("Danger Will Robinson!") turned his school principal's body into that of Rambo and then of an ape during a video call (about 5 minutes into this clip).
Criminal or jerk detector
A few years ago, I was given access to a background checking tool and scanned for sexual predators in my neighborhood. Trust me, you'll likely have no idea how many people around you apparently fall into that category. Now imagine an app that would highlight people around you who were voted jerks on Facebook or some other social networking site, identified known criminals, habitual liars, or nasty ex-spouses. Over each person's head would appear a listing of what they were known for, both good and bad. It certainly might cause you to pick more carefully who you spoke to at a bar, or went home with.
Now imagine what that same list might say about you based on what an ex-spouse, coworker, boss, significant other, or just someone you cut off on the way to work said. How about that last time you decided to flame someone else in an online discussion? Not only are you looking at a lot of folks rather strangely, but they are looking at you in much the same fashion. Eventually it could improve how people behave and keep you safer, not to mention catch criminals more quickly. Initially, it'll probably wipe out dating after 16.
Virtual graffiti
Physical graffiti is annoying on two fronts: It messes up someone else's property, and after you put a ton of work into a drawing, someone else will likely scribble over it or cover it up. So it really isn't either very permanent, nor is it very neighborhood friendly. But with these glasses you could create virtual graffiti. Everything from art, to putting what you think of our ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend on their car or home wall for all your friends to see. You could do this to your own stuff as well. Want your parent's car to be purple with flames and look more like a Corvette when you drive it? You can do that. How about making your clunker look like a Ferrari to your friends, or that jerk with a Ferrari look like he's driving a Yugo? All possible with Google augmented reality glasses.
Virtual violence
Imagine putting the glasses in weapon mode. When someone cuts you off on the freeway, you can fire virtual missiles out of your car (assuming they aren't too distracting) and blow the (virtual) wheels off. Granted, it won't get rid of the actual car or driver, but it might make you feel better. And it would be vastly more satisfying than taking your hands off the wheel to give them the one-finger salute.
Watching someone on the TV say things you disagree with? Pull out your virtual gun and pop holes into them virtually, or blowing off body parts from time to time could be a lot of fun. You could also call in virtual ninjas, or karate cheer leaders, or the cast of Glee, depending on your own personal preference.
With AR glasses, this wouldn't have to be on TV, but at live events as well. Just putting a couple of attractive and scantily clad people on the stage or screen virtually might appeal to some people who are more into love than war, or having a monster truck smash the speaker for those that aren't. In this augmented reality world, anything can be a video game.
It cuts both ways
I don't think we've fully thought through just how much trouble we likely can get into with this wonderful new technology. And remember: Everything I'm saying you could do, others could likely do to you. When speaking in front of an audience and imagining them naked, what are they actually seeing when they are looking at you? Kind of gives a whole new meaning to stage fright.
Isn't the future grand?
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CesarG. needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Cesar Gamez <- I'm branding me so make me look good!
I am a speaker and I'd like to have a t-shirt that says, "Cesar is my homeboy"
My name is CESAR not Caesar (commonly mistaken) :)
FYI - proceeds from this shirt will go towards charity. It's my family's christmas project.
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Stay away from ghetto look.
This shirt gave me the inspiration
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I want something hip, classy, flashy and TRENDY.
First image is my logo. You're welcome to put it somewhere but it's not necessary. I think I'll probably print it on a sleeve.
Second image is a picture of me. Feel free to just use my face for it if you have a design that needs it.


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Beaudon Spaulding needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 167 designs submitted by 49 freelance designers.
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Individual: Bloggers, video bloggers, content providers, direct response, affiliate, marketing professionals ect.
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RICHMOND — A former Richmond youth sports coach has pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested three girls.
Barron Edwards, a 51-year-old San Lorenzo resident, entered the plea Friday in a Richmond courtroom, prosecutor Melissa Smith said.
Edwards is charged with 39 felony sex crimes, including rape, aggravated sexual assault on a child under age 14, and child molestation, for alleged acts on girls in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
Edwards coached football at Kennedy High School in Richmond, basketball at De Anza High School Richmond, and worked for the Boys & Girls Club in the East Bay.
He remains in jail in lieu of $34.15 million bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 27.
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Dr. Carl V. Hill becomes new Director, NIA Office of Special Populations
To lead efforts addressing health disparities in biomedical research and its workforce, the National Institute on Aging is pleased to welcome Carl V. Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H. Hill joins NIA as the new Director of the Office of Special Populations. In this position he will help facilitate studies focused on health disparities; facilitate the development of initiatives to enhance NIA's research and training efforts targeting underrepresented groups, including minorities and women; and provide advice and guidance to senior staff on health research related to special populations.
"Dr. Hill's experience and innovative ideas for addressing health disparities will enrich NIA's existing initiatives, as well as generate new ideas and approaches," said Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director of NIA. "Reducing health disparities is a top priority for the Institute, even more so as the aging population becomes larger and more diverse."
The demographics of aging are changing dramatically, according to the most recent federal report, "Older Americans 2012: Key Indicators of Well-Being." In 2010, non-Hispanic whites accounted for 80 percent of the U.S. older population; projections for 2050 indicate that the composition of the older population will be 58 percent non-Hispanic whites, with increasing proportions of Hispanic, Black and Asian older Americans.
Hill comes to NIA from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), where he was a Contract Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) with the National Children's Study after serving as Health Scientist Administrator (HSA) for the Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA) in the NICHD Division of Special Populations. Before NICHD, Hill was an HSA with the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (now the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities). He is the current chair of the trans-NIH Special Populations Research Forum and member of the NIH Diversity Council.
"The science of considering populations that are disproportionately affected by various health outcomes is critical for protecting public health. Research suggests that what we experience in early life and through adulthood can significantly influence our ability to thrive as seniors. With my previous experience at NIMHD and child health and now at the aging institute, I'm excited for the opportunity to address health disparities across the lifespan," said Hill. "I especially look forward to working with the amazing community of scientists at NIA to continue this work."
Hill was a member of the inaugural class of the Master of Public Health program at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He later joined the charter class of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS), where he worked on the CDC's 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), helped to establish the Center for Bioethics in Research and Healthcare at Tuskegee University, and implemented a local version of the YRBS in Harris County, Texas. Upon completing the PHPS program, Hill was a research fellow at the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and joined the W.K. Kellogg Doctoral Fellowship Program in Health Policy at Michigan. He completed his dissertation research on the influence of ethnicity, stress, and coping on black men's health at the Michigan's Institute of Social Research Program for Research on Black Americans. Most recently, Hill has teamed with extramural investigators at Morgan State and Central Florida Universities to publish a public health and health disparities approach to crime and violence.
"Dr. Hill's career demonstrates a long dedication to supporting the health needs of our most vulnerable populations. We are thrilled to have him be part of the NIA team and join us in helping to improve the health of all older Americans," said NIA Deputy Director, Marie A. Bernard, M.D.


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2013 chevrolet avalanche Model Overview
This is the last year to get a brand-new Chevrolet Avalanche as the innovative truck will be discontinued after 2013 model year due to flagging sales. Mostly unchanged from last year's model, the Avalanche enters its final year on the market powered by a peaky 5.3-liter V-8 making 320 hp and 335 lb-ft of torque. Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, the Avalanche is available in rear- or four-wheel drive. Despite your choice of drivetrain, the Avalanche will net 15/21 mpg city/highway on the EPA cycle.
The first-generation Avalanche was loved for its vast assortment of engine options, tow capacity, and innovative mid-gate, which is a second tailgate behind the second row of seats that folds down, expanding cargo capacity into the cabin. After our last drive of the Avalanche, we wrote, "The six-speed transmission makes the Vortec 5300 V-8 feel more sprightly than did the previous four-speed, but the two extra ratios still can't mask the engine's slightly peaky power and torque delivery, especially considering the Avalanche's roughly 3-ton weight." We also noted that "there's more hard plastic than we'd like, especially given our LTZ tester's $53,815 price tag."
For 2013 Chevy sends off the Avalanche with the Black Diamond edition, which includes new badging, a 2013-only paint color, and body-color bed trim. The 2013 Avalanche also gets a few additional standard features for its final year on the market.
New for 2013
The 2013 Chevy Avalanche Black Diamond edition is a send-off edition. It includes special badging, body-color trim surrounding the truck bed, and a new paint color called Fairway Metallic. The 2013 Avalanche also gets foglights; remote start, power-adjustable pedals, a rearview camera, and rear park assist for its last year on the market.
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Prescribed Burning: Prescription for a Healthy Habitat
Find some answers to your burning questions about controlled fires.
Beaver – Mammal with Mountaineer Spirit
Possessing qualities of the state's native sons, the industrious beaver has weathered hard times to thrive in the Mountain State.
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Creator: Brown, Bedford, 1795-1870.
Collection number: 92-z
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Abstract: Bedford Brown was a state legislator and United States senator from Caswell County, N.C. The collection includes scattered papers of the family of Bedford Brown and of his son, Livingston Brown, whose wife was a daughter of John Bullock Clark (1802-1885), United States and Confederate congressman of Fayette, Mo. Papers include Brown and Clark family letters, beginning in 1836; political correspondence of Bedford Brown only in 1860, and of Livingston Brown, 1866-1876; and Caswell County deeds and miscellaneous papers.
Repository: Southern Historical Collection
Collection Highlights: Folder 3 contains a 12 May 1860 letter from an enslaved man in Arkansas (name unknown) to his Uncle Ned on another plantation. There is also a bill of sale dated 31 August 1863 for an enslaved woman named Lucy.


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The castaway who claims he spent more than a year lost at sea, drifting some 6,000 miles from Mexico to a remote Pacific atoll, said Monday that he contemplated suicide after his traveling companion starved to death before his eyes.
"I was going to commit suicide," Jose Salvador Alvarenga told NBC News partner Telemundo in Spanish during a phone interview from the Marshall Island hospital where he is recovering from his ordeal.
"I wanted to kill myself, but no. I asked God that he was going to save me."
Alvarenga, 37, has told authorities in the archipelago, which sits in the middle of the ocean between Hawaii and Australia, that he survived for months on fish, small birds, sharks and rainwater.
"When there was nothing, I would eat nothing," he said. "I would drink my urine. I spent a lot of time without eating."
Fishermen in the Mexican state of Chiapas told the El Universal newspaper that they knew Alvarenga and remembered the day he went missing.
"It's a great surprise," fisherman Belarmino Rodriguez Solis told the newspaper in the Spanish-language article published Tuesday. "Nobody survives more than two or three months in those conditions.
"We even laid flowers in the palm hut where he lived," Solis added. "When fishermen leave and do not return we look for them."
Another fisherman, Williams Decuir Uscanga, said: "We're surprised, we couldn't believe it, now that we saw him on the news we're totally sure it is him."
The fishermen were from a village in the municipality of Pijijiapan, in Chiapas, and said this was where Alvarenga set sail in 2012.
"We want him to come [here] … when he left here he was a kid, he didn't have a beard," another fisherman, Jose Luis Ovando Corzo, told El Universal. "In 27 years I haven't seen anyone survive so much time at sea, until this guy who is a world record [holder] for all fishermen."
The teenage son of a co-worker who had joined him on the fishing trip could not stomach the bizarre diet and died of hunger and thirst four weeks after a storm pushed their 24-foot fishing boat off course, Alvarenga told officials. He said he threw the body overboard.
The battered vessel finally washed up on a reef on Ebon Atoll last Thursday to the shock of islanders who found Alvarenga in ragged underwear, sporting a bushy beard and long hair — and telling a mind-boggling story.
Two days later he was taken by boat to the main island, Majuro, where he gave officials information about his background, including the names of relatives scattered from his hometown in El Salvador to the suburbs of the United States.
Real-Life Castaway's Family SpeaksFeb. 3, 201400:39
After being contacted by NBC News early Monday, his siblings gathered together at a home in Maryland, hoping to confirm that the castaway was their long-lost brother, who had lost touch with the family a decade earlier.
They crowded around a television and watched a video of the fisherman after he landed in Majuro, grasping a can of Coke in his hand and smiling broadly.
"That's him!" they said.
They also said a photo taken of Alvarenga in the Marshall Islands on Monday appeared to be their flesh and blood. They remembered he had a tattoo of barbed wire — a detail also described by officials on the island. A list of relatives' names he gave authorities all checked out, and he said he is from the same tiny town as the rest of the family.
"It's incredible," said Jorge Bonilla, who believes the castaway is his brother-in-law. "I am so happy."
The family said their Jose Salvador Alvarenga left Garita Palmera, in El Salvador, more than a decade ago — and the last they heard he was fishing for a living in Mexico. So many years had passed, some feared he was dead.
Now they are poised for the most unlikely of reunions.
Asked what he would say to his family, Alvarenga told Telemundo: "That I miss the very much and I will be with them soon."
But officials have not yet verified his identity or his remarkable account. The man could not recall his own birth date or home addresses, did not know the last name of his employer, and could not explain why there was no fishing gear on the battered vessel, they said.
He said he set off on either Dec. 21, or Sept. 21, 2012, according to two different summaries of the interviews. Alvarenga specifically remembered it was a Saturday — but both of those dates fell on a Friday.
To confuse matters further, one of the fishermen interviewed by El Universal said Alvarenga set sail at 1.30 p.m. or 2 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2012, which was a Tuesday.
Castaway Welcomed Back to Dry LandFeb. 4, 201400:30
Marshall Islands resident Matt Riding, who served as a translator, told NBC News that Alvarenga was "super loopy and out of it but incredibly friendly."
"My mind is scrambled. I can't think anymore," he said, according to Riding.
Alvarenga also had trouble standing and his joints were swollen. His main concern, though, was his unruly mane — which seemed to have been lightened by the sun.
"When do I get a haircut? I need a haircut," he kept asking.
I wanted to kill myself, but no. I asked God that he was going to save me.
Those who met him were skeptical but not dismissive of his story.
"He has gone through an ordeal, that's clear," U.S. Ambassador Thomas Hart Armbruster told NBC News, but noted that Alvarenga did not fit the classic image of a person lost at sea for months on end.
"If he did survive on fish and turtles and birds he did a pretty good job of keeping himself fed," he added.
"He has a story that can be verified so those are the next steps — to find out when he left Mexico and then add up the evidence and the information he has provided. But certainly if what he is saying is true, he is one of the best survivalists around."
Ambruster said that while he would expect someone who spent more than a year at sea without supplies to "be in worse shape," he conceded that "there is no alternate explanation at this point for how he wound up there."
Riding said he was skeptical at first, as well, because Alvarenga was not skin and bone. "But after taking to him I don't have reason to doubt it," he said.
The fisherman has been fingerprinted and authorities in Mexico are trying to track down the details of his life there — which would provide the first real confirmation of how long he had been adrift on the Pacific.
"For a long time, we heard nothing about him. Nobody knew what happened to him," said Carlos Orellana, who believes he is the man's brother.
"Everybody is so surprised. Everybody is so happy. But we need to find out more."
NBC News' Kerry Sanders, Carlo Dellaverson, Alexander Smith and Brinley Bruton contributed to this story.


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In December, 2004, Sue Draeger, of Curtice, noticed her black Labrador retriever, Murphy, was sore from arthritis. Eager to alleviate its pain, she took the dog to her veterinarian, who prescribed a common pain killer, Rimadyl (Carprofen). In the next three weeks, Murphy's health declined so rapidly that Draeger had the dog put to sleep.
"After three or four doses of Rimadyl over six days, all of a sudden, she started going downhill, fast," Draeger said of Murphy. "She was just not herself. She was laying down a lot. On Christmas Eve, she had a seizure. Before I gave her Rimadyl, she used to swim in my pond. She was a great dog."
Draeger, a registered nurse, suspects Murphy may have had an adverse reaction to Rimadyl after she learned of the drug's potentially dangerous side effects on the Internet.
Rimadyl, made by Pfizer Animal Health, belongs to a class of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) prescribed to control osteoarthritis and post-surgical pain in dogs. While they are proven in many instances to be effective, several dogs have suffered seizures, internal bleeding, and liver and kidney failure from the drugs. Many have died.
Draeger, and others whose pets have had adverse reactions to NSAIDs, share gut-wrenching guilt for unwittingly contributing to the injury or death of their dogs, unaware of the drugs' possible side effects.
Sadly, Draeger's story is a familiar one.
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Jean Townsend, of Johns Island, South Carolina, still feels guilty, she said, for giving Rimadyl to her chocolate Labrador retriever, George, for arthritis.
The dog died of massive internal bleeding and liver failure soon after being prescribed the drug in 1997. Townsend joined a class action lawsuit against Pfizer in 1999 for failing to warn pet owners about the drug's risks. Pfizer eventually settled out of court, without admitting wrongdoing.
"George was never tested to see if he was even a candidate for the drug," said Townsend, who later established a message board for dog owners, DogHealth2. "George didn't have a chance. When I lost him, I lost a part of myself. His death has changed my life forever. I had a hand in killing my beloved companion – and that hurts."
A veterinarian who looked at George's necropsy (autopsy) report said the drug "literally blew him apart inside," Townsend told The Press. "I cringe every time I think about what my George went through – and the fact that it was my doing – makes it even worse."
Lola Quinlan, of Jupiter, Florida, took her 10-year-old German shepherd, Sam, to the veterinarian's to treat a sore leg. After being prescribed Rimadyl, the dog became ill, dazed, and lethargic, lost its appetite, had excessive thirst, and loose stools. Tests showed it had developed kidney problems, said Quinlan. When the dog's health deteriorated further, Sam was euthanized, just days after getting the drug.
She is convinced it was the Rimadyl.
"I am certain the drugs were the leading cause of his premature demise. This dog was extremely healthy. Never had a sick day in his life. Yes, he had arthritis in his right hip, but not serious enough to die from it," she said.
The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) urges veterinarians to distribute Client Information Sheets (CIS) to pet owners that describe the risks of NSAIDs. CIS are similar to package inserts humans get when pharmacies fill their prescriptions, including information on a drug's risks.
"The Food and Drug Administration works with the drug sponsors to develop Client Information Sheets and other information that can help ensure that approved veterinary medicines are used properly," said Linda Grassie, communications director at the FDA. "FDA believes that these CIS can be helpful for pet owners and encourages veterinarians to provide available CIS to their clients."
Yet few pet owners get that information.
"I never got a Client Information Sheet," said Draeger. "I blindly trusted my vet. I shouldn't have."
"Once a person knows what a CIS is, they have the capability to make an informed decision on whether they want to use that drug," said Laurryn Simpson, whose website www.DogsAdverseReactions.com, and Caninedrugdangers message board, provide the latest information on NSAIDs and other medical news. "If they do, they know what to watch for in case of an adverse reaction."
Besides Rimadyl, other commonly prescribed NSAIDs include Deramaxx (Deracoxib), Etogesic (Etodolac), Zubrin (Tepoxalin), Previcox (Firocoxib), and Metacam (Meloxicam).
The FDA was flooded with reports of canine injury and death from Rimadyl soon after it was approved in 1996. Of all the Adverse Drug Event (ADE) reports received by the CVM in 1998, 39 percent, or 3,626, involved Rimadyl, according to the FDA in December, 1999. It is estimated that less that one percent of actual adverse drug reactions are ever reported to the FDA.
"The number of ADE reports received by CVM for Rimadyl is considerably more than that received for other animal drugs," said the report.
Approximately 13 percent of the 1998 Rimadyl ADE reports for dogs involved death, either on their own or by means of euthanasia, according to the CVM.
Pfizer and other NSAID manufacturers have issued "Dear Doctor" letters to vets to inform them of the drugs' risks and asking that the information be passed along to pet owners. Still, most vets do not inform pet owners of the drugs' potentially lethal side effects.
Demitry Herman, an animal welfare advocate in Pennsylvania, wants a law passed that would change all that.
While acknowledging NSAIDs have saved dogs that might otherwise have had to be euthanized from crippling arthritis, Herman nonetheless has been working tirelessly to get the legislature to support a bill that requires vets to conduct pre-screened blood tests and hand out CIS to pet owners before prescribing the drugs.
Herman's 11-year-old schnauzer, Jetta, a licensed therapy dog, died soon after getting an NSAID, Deramaxx, for a sore leg.
"My goal is to get the word out to people that these NSAIDs work, but they're not for every dog," Herman told The Press. "These vets aren't doing the proper testing as the manufacturers suggest. The FDA should require it. The vets are not telling us about side effects and death rates. These dogs are our kids."
Had he known about the drug's risks, he would have recognized Jetta's symptoms, and the dog might have been saved, he said.
"That pill hit our dog right away. Jetta wasn't eating, had glassy eyes, staring at the wall. I would have stopped the drug right away and got her to the vet because the drug started eating through her stomach," said Herman. He rushed the dog to the vet, where it had a heart attack and died, 48 hours after getting the drug.
"She was a strong dog," he said. "This shouldn't have happened."
Herman has asked the Pennsylvania State Examining Board to require vets to give informed consent to pet owners on the drugs' risks, and to offer pre-screened blood tests to determine if NSAIDs would be suitable for their pets.
Herman is also seeking appointment to one of two public seats on the board, which oversees the veterinary profession.
"If the board is not going to pass a regulation that says vets need to explain the drug, and give CIS to clients when they hand out the drug, and do blood testing, then I'm going to have a law passed," said Herman.
"It costs just $16 to test the liver and kidneys for suitability," he said of the pre-screened blood tests. "It's estimated that 35 to 50 percent of dogs, if they were tested, would not be suitable for these drugs."
The Ohio Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA), which represents veterinarian interests in Ohio, would oppose a similar bill if it were introduced in Ohio.
"Veterinarians should assist their clients in understanding the medications prescribed for their animals, which may or may not include extensive written materials," Jack Advent, executive director of the OVMA, told The Press. "Mandatory forms and the dispensing of large amounts of information can at times desensitize clients to the key facts they should be aware of. The information provided should preferably be a matter of a variety of factors, including safety, good customer communication, and prior client/patient experience with the medication, among others. The administering of all tests, including pre-anesthetic blood tests, should be left to the discretion of the veterinarian based upon medical factors and professional judgment - and the client, after those factors have been explained to them."
"If that's the case," said Herman, "then the vet should be responsible if something happens. But if people know ahead of time, then they can't go back to the vet and say they screwed up."
Features Editor Tammy Walro contributed to this report


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Ceder Key Lions and volunteers Paula Wescott, George Sresovich, Dick Wescott, Lannie Cardona, Frank Molitor and Marve Franks. Not pictured are: Judy Duvall, Jennie Pinto, Teri and Rory Brennan who collected 14 bags of trash alongside the newly renamed stretch of Highway 24 honoring fallen Cedar Key serviceman, Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing.
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