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I want an ebook that is all about freshwater fish and how to take care of them. I'd rather it's not one that pushes products.
Thank you.
We have one here
If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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I was looking more for the cold water kind. Thanks though!
Goldfish need fish tanks, filters and a cycled tank like all fish do. Only difference is they require no heater. Read the goldfish article in your left hand menu.
Obviously, goldfish do not belong in bowls.....ever. Read the growth chart in my signature for the different types and what size they should grow to.
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What OTHER kinds or Species of coldwater fish are there besides the goldfish would you recomend to be cared for in a 55 gallon tank?
EltyIT, please start a thread to ask your questions
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Hey eltyIT, I happened to read your reply. I have a 65 gallon tank that once had 15 goldfish in there along with 2 dwarf gouramis, a glass cat, pearl danio, and a tuxedo platy.There was plenty of space for all of the fish, however the goldfish all died within days. There is a reason they call it a goldfish COMMUNITY (just like we label cichilds, freshwater, and marine fish- goldfish need their space.), they are not very hardy fish, they rely on eachother to find food. When you mix two types of communities together like goldfish and freshwater, you obviously have to consider different feeding methods, whether it's putting the two types of feed in at different times, or just using both goldfish and tropical pellets or flakes. Since goldfish often follow the first to get to the food, they end up eating the wrong food. They also eminate much more ammonia then most fish, so the only fish I'd reccomend mixing is an easily satisfied freshwater fish like a platy or mollies. Make sure they're similar size as well, if you put a smaller hardy fish in there like a guppy, however friendly and hyper they may be, their bodies can't handle the waste levels.
spikiki, many aquariums and fish emporiums actually have their own ebooks. If you go to year nearest one (and PLEASE not a pet wholesaler, they don't know healthy fish, they can't raise them properly.) and ask a manager or whoever if they have any guest workshops, they usually give you all the info on great ebooks and forums at the end of the meeting. Hope that helped.
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Career Best Day for Ida Sargent
KUUSAMO, Finland (Nov. 30) – U.S. Ski Team cross country racer Ida Sargent (Orleans, VT) scored a career best Friday, powering to a ninth place finish in the opening classic sprint at the Ruka Triple mini tour World Cup at Kuusamo in northern Finland. Norway's Marit Bjoergen won for the women with Russian Nikita Kruikov getting his first win. The sprint was the first of a three-day mini tour. Defending FIS World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was tenth.
- Ida Sargent (Orleans, VT) took a career best ninth in a classic sprint to open the three-day Ruka Triple mini tour at Kuusamo in northern Finland.
- Sargent qualified 13th to lead the USA. She skied a very strong tactical race in the quarterfinals to finish second but went out in the semifinals.
- World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was tenth.
- Simi Hamilton (Aspen, CO) and Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) qualified but both went out in the quarterfinals, finishing 26th and 28th.
- The Ruka Triple continues Saturday with short distance racing and wraps up Sunday with a pursuit.
Ida Sargent
I felt great all day. It was a fun day and I was just skiing on the momentum that got started with the awesome results last weekend. I'm super happy because it's my best ever sprint result and first top ten but being a few tenths from the final is also so close! Next time!
I got boxed in on the big uphill in my semifinal and had to slow down and change tracks. I think if I had had a different track I could have gone for it more on the uphill, which is my strength, and probably made the final.
Kikkan Randall
I'm still pretty psyched about how this season has started. I had hoped to be fighting for the podium today but I feel satisfied with the effort I gave today. I just felt flat and when the other girls picked up the tempo over the top of the climb I couldn't respond. My skiing felt tight and heavy and I was leaning too far into the hill. That's usually where I come on really strong in the heats but today I just didn't have that sprint gear.
Matt Whitcomb, Women's Head Coach
For Ida, today is a career breakthrough kind of day that we've known was going to happen. But actually seeing her hit the top 10 will provide all kinds of new confidence in her sprinting.
The start of the Ruka Triple means kicking off your weekend at the mercy of a tough classic sprint. That yields an early tour lead for sprinters and a bit of a time deficit going into the longer events for pure distance skiers. Tomorrow the tour gets really exciting as sprinters hang on, distance skiers climb the ranks, and those who excel in both make a getaway.
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Russian label Hyperboloid somehow managed to sneak their latest EP past my music radar, but fortunately Pixelord was so kind to get me notified in time.
And I'm glad he did, as NVG's First Trip stands out from the lot of similar beats I get every day. Here's not just another collection of 8-bit beats and bleeps, it's a nice versatile EP with a vocal track and undeniable references to Richard D. James' AFX moniker.
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(John 3:16)
Sadly, a great man of God was taken from us the other day. Pastor David Wilkerson, pastor of the Times Square Church in NYC and founder of Teen Challenge, was killed in a car crash. Pastor Wilkerson was one of the few voices in the marketplace crying for this nation to turn back to God and His Truth. I had the opportunity to speak to Pastor Wilkerson on the phone several times in the past year. He heard about me from our efforts with the evangelistic center at ground zero, and was very encouraging.
One of Pastor Wilkerson's constant messages was the need for this nation to turn back to God and His Truth, or face His wrath and judgment. It is the same message I have been sharing for many years now, and with his passing, I feel an even greater sense of urgency to not just declare that word to the nation, but take the steps necessary to see it happen!
I am at a crossroads. In 2007, I wrote a Devotional stating that 2008 would be a monumental year, a year of great change. It was. We saw the financial crisis that has impacted tens of millions of people in this nation, hundreds of millions more around the world explode. We saw the election of a new President who has spent his first two years in office taking a stand for everything God opposes and helping to lead this nation deeper into the spiritual abyss.
While over 12,000 churches have shut down, 120,000 non-profit organizations closed their doors, and with the property of nearly 40,000 churches in foreclosure, Liveprayer has continued to press forward despite seeing a 67% drop in donations from 2008 and losing 29 of our core group of 30 people who had the ability in times of financial difficulty to be able to overnight or wire $10,000-$30,000 to help us over a rough edge.
Due to our extreme financial crisis, I have cut my personal salary from $36,000 to just $12,000, and that is only in order to pay the most basic needs to survive each month. I have poured my heart, soul, life, and even blood at times into God's work here the past 12 years to reach the lost and see HIS Truth declared in the marketplace, to be a rare bold, umcompromised voice for Biblical Truth in this lost age.
As I type these words tonight, I am at the end. Simply sustaining our daily operations is now a daily task. Simply paying for basic personal needs is becoming more difficult. For nearly 20 years, I have literally sacrifice my life, my time, my talent, and my treasure to bring the lost to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and HIS Truth boldly and without compromise into the marketplace, as very few are doing, virtually none at a national level in the secular media. We have some great opportunities opening up to us in June, to fulfill our call from God to help lead this nation back to the Almighty and His Truth.
Don't think for a second I am not of flesh and blood and think about how I could have simply fallen into line like the rest. Gone on Christian TV, brought false hope into people's lives, never talked about sin or the hell that awaits those who reject Jesus, compromise and take the money from cult members, and totally sold out the faith in order to be politically correct and generate tens of millions annually to live like a rock star.
However, at the end of this life, I will stand before God our Creator like each person will. I will give an account for my life. The one thing I can honestly say when I die is that I never wavered, I never backed down from telling people the raw Truth of His Word, and that I never hesitated to boldly declare the only hope for each man is faith in Jesus Christ. That my friend, will be my lasting testimony!!! Helping to lead this nation back to God will be my last work for Him!
I come today asking you to help me. Over nearly 12 years, Liveprayer has sent personal responses to over 70 MILLION emails. We still get over 40,000 a day. Tens of millions of live worldwide have been impacted. Over 500,000 we know of have come to faith in Jesus. THIS IS MY ETERNAL LEGACY AND MY TRACK RECORD OF SERVICE THESE PAST 12 YEARS!!! MY JOB IS NOT FINISHED!!!
All we have done has only been possible by dear friends like you who have prayed for me, and sacrificed to support me financially. In these 12 years, I have never asked for anything for myself, and despite sacrificing the vast bulk of what little personal compensation I took for several years, leaving me over $50,000 in current debts, my only goal today is to cover the $28,000 I need to simply keep Liveprayer alive for one more month. This is the way we have operated for the past 137 months. I have simply asked the Lord to provide what I need to get to the next month.
With just 2 days left in the month, we have received $65,000 of the $150,000 in donations and pledges I asked the Lord to deliver by the end of the month. For those who have been part of the Liveprayer family for these many years, you know that I have rarely sent a Devotional like this…ever. I don't play games when it comes to the finances. I simply share our needs, get on my knees, and trust God to move on the hearts of people to provide for our needs.
My friend, I am counting on you today. I need to hear from you today. This is critical, and I desperately need your help. We are so close to seeing the fulfillment of all Liveprayer has been raised up to be. I can't see everything stop now over a few thousand dollars, even if it was a million dollars. Somebody will lose that tonight in Vegas. Will you reach down, make the sacrifce, and help me today??? I desperately need you and will be in prayer for the Lord to move on your heart to help me!
The fact is, I need $10,000 right away to cover basic operational needs. If you have the liquid cash to wire to our bank, please email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com and I will get you the info. If you are able to send a gift of $2,000 or more, FedEx it to our office in St. Petersburg, feel free to mark "bill recipient" and they will be our special account. After 12 years of pouring out my sweat and blood, literally 24/7, I will not see God's work here slowed down or thwarted, and definitely not shut down. There are enough people with resources who can help me.
Please don't think that just because there are 2.4 million subscribers, someone else will take care of this. It has been friends like YOU over the years who God has spoken to, who have responded, who has made Liveprayer available to bring hope and salvation to so many. It will take someone like YOU today. All I am asking is that you send the most generous gift you are able to send.
Also, I know there is someone reading these words who God has richly blessed, you have been praying about a place to use your resources where God can multiply them exponentially in the lives and eternal souls of men. THIS IS IT! CONTACT ME AND LET'S CHAT HOW YOU CAN HELP ME!!!
To make a gift to Liveprayer on your major credit card at our website http://www.liveprayer.com under the "Donation" button, or you can give from your PayPal account by using my email address, email@example.com , or you can mail it to: Liveprayer, 6660 46th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33709. All gifts to Liveprayer are 100% tax deductible.
I love you and care about you so much. Do you want to do something great for God with your life??? STAND WITH ME!!! I CAN'T DO THIS ALONE!!! I am asking you today to simply pray about what God may be calling you to do to help me with this effort. I am also asking you to please forward this to every person you know, personally reach out to those who God has blessed with financial resources and encourage them to support this new work, and share this email with your pastor and ask him to pray about having your church make a special missions gift towards this effort. I will keep you posted how we are doing with our financial goals over the coming weeks and months.
When this brief journey through life is over, what do we have to show for it? The only lasting legacy we have are those things we did for the Lord. I have taken my stand and will proclaim His truth with my dying breath. Today, I am asking you to pray about joining me and let's turn this nation back to God and His Truth!!!
Will you stand and fight with me???????
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
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Developed by Ian Winstanley this is the UK's largest and most comprehensive website concerning the history of coalmining – including a searchable database of over 164,000 recorded accidents and deaths. There are dozens of historical photos on site, and a useful list of mining terminology http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/literature/glossary/index.html
You can also read the edited version by Ian of the CHILDREN'S EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION 1842. REPORT by JELINGER C. SYMONS Esq., on the Employment of Children and Young Persons in the Mines and Collieries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and on the State, Condition and Treatment of such Children and Young Persons.
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HUDSON, N.H. (AP) � The Nashua Telegraph is on the market.
Publisher Terrence L. Williams announced on Friday that the Telegraph's parent company, Independent Publications Inc., has put the newspaper up for sale.
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Tigers Finish 15th at Skyhawk Classic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State men's golf team completed play at the Skyhawk Classic by shooting a 10-over. Tennessee State finished 15th with a 27-over, 892 on a cool and windy day at the Par-72, 6,685 yard Paris Landing State Park, and part of the Tennessee Golf Trail.
Lee University secured the team and individual title. The Flames shot a 24-under, 840, with Hunter Vest leading the way by shooting a 12-under, 204.
After a pair of 3-overs on Monday, Andrew Warner (75-75-72=222) used three birdies to shoot a team low 72. On the third hole of the day, Warner hit the flag from 100-yards to set up a short putt for one of his birdies.
James Stepp (76-70-75=221) finished the third round with a 3-over, 75 and led the Tigers over the three rounds with a 7-over, 221.
Matt Campbell (79-76-75=230) was tied with Stepp for the second lowest score of the day for the Tigers. Campbell hit 10 fairways and 13 greens in regulation on his way to a 3-over, 75. The junior had a tap-in birdie on the par-4, 2nd, after he hit a gap-wedge from 133-yards out to one foot of the cup.
Blake Burgett (73-73-77=223) recorded the final scoring position for the Tigers with a 5-over, 77. Burgett completed the classic at 7-over.
Codie Welborn (76-75-77=228) posted a non-scoring 5-over, 77 on the final day. Welborn chipped in for birdie on the par-3, 17th for one of his two 1-under's for the day.
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No, Carrie Fisher hasn't actually confirmed she's in Star Wars: Episode VII after all. Shane Black is taking Iron Man right back to his origins. Another Captain America costar might return for a flashback. Sam Mendes is leaving Bond behind... for now. Plus the latest details on Neil Gaiman's Cyberman-centric episode of Doctor Who!
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Star Wars: Episode VII
I think we all knew this was coming, but a representative for Carrie Fisher has clarified to CNN that no, Fisher didn't really confirm her Star Wars return to Palm Beach Illustrated, even though it totally sounded like she did:
"She was joking. Nothing has been announced."
Let's just cut to the chase here, which is that, regardless of whether Fisher was actually joking — and I think we can safely assume she was joking about Leia being "in an intergalactic old folks' home", if nothing else — it's still probably more likely than not that, yeah, she and Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill are going to make some appearance in Episode VII. But until Disney and LucasFilm are damn good and ready to announce that, nothing — even confirmation from the actors themselves — is going to be "official." [CNN]
Iron Man 3
The interviews just keep on rolling out from writer-director Shane Black and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. First up, here's Black explaining how he adapted Warren Ellis's "Extremis" comics story for the film:
In the Extremis comic book, there's a type of thing that takes over and basically upgrades DNA. Sometimes you die. But if you live through the experience then you come out this changed thing. But the way they do it is the guy that does it is not some man chosen to be the super soldier — he's just a militia guy. There's an element of realism to it as well. So what we've tried to do is take this very science-fictiony concept of super people, and ground it in the type of people who volunteer for this being not necessarily super villains, but just people who upgrade.
I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit. That goes around dressed as you are right now. As for the science of it, once again we've gone back to the comic books, and I think pretty much lifted the Maya Hensen idea, that she met [Tony] long ago and had the germ of an idea, which now has come to fruition full circle, but she's afraid because it's gotten out there. And we go from there. I think you'll be interested in the effect that we generate to demonstrate what Extremis does to a human being. It's a pretty interesting special effect. But we've deliberately stayed away from defining, 'Oh it's nanites.' What we do keep from the comic is the idea that there's a slot in the brain that seems to have been dormant, but exists in human beings, almost as though it's waiting for human beings to find a way to fill it. It's been there forever.
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Elsewhere, Kevin Feige explains how Iron Man 3 goes right back to the franchise's beginnings:
"In a way, The Avengers liberated us in the development process, because we knew we couldn't go bigger than Avengers. We didn't want to go bigger than Avengers. What are you going to do? Crack the Earth in two, and Iron Man's gonna have to put it together? No, that's not what it's about. We were much more inspired by the first half of the first Iron Man film. We said, 'Let's put him, metaphorically, back in a cave with a box of scraps and see how he uses his brain to get out of it.' And that's very much in Shane's wheelhouse, taking cinematic tropes and conceits, and spinning them in an unexpected way."
There's more at the link. [IGN]
Finally, Feige explains how the film addresses the fact that Tony Stark could theoretically call the rest of the Avengers for help:
It's a good question, and it's sort of half and half. I am betting that like the comics you don't have to keep – if you are reading a standalone "Iron Man" comic, they don't spend every page explaining where every other Marvel hero is. The audience kind of accepts that there are times when they're on their own and there are times when they are together. I'm betting that movie audiences will feel the same way. That being said, there is a little bit of lip service here and there to that. There is also just the very nature of Tony wants to, once he barely survives that house attack you saw today, and even you saw it in the message he left for Pepper, he's basically saying "I'm going off the grid to try to figure something out."
He also confirms that Tony doesn't yet know that Agent Coulson is alive and well and about to star on S.H.I.E.L.D. [/Film]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dominic Cooper says there's a plan in place for him to return as Howard Stark, although it sounds like scheduling might prevent this:
Yeah, they mentioned that, they mentioned it to me. But I don't know how… I'm too busy. I'm trying to film, I'm filming at the moment, everyday, and I'm really trying to make it work but I think I'm stuck in Budapest, so at the moment its really, really tough, like I don't know how I'm going to achieve it.
I don't know how I'm going to get to… yeah, there was talk of it, and now I don't know whether I can, which will be really annoying because I loved being part of those. You know, I think it it was such an incredible time, and I think — you know the first one - they did such an incredible job of it. So, I will try my hardest to get Stark back into a flashback sequence or some description, but its proving rather difficult in terms of scheduling at the moment.
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Skyfall director Sam Mendes has announced he won't be back for the next Bond film, though he does say he hopes to be involved with the franchise again in the future:
"It has been a very difficult decision not to accept Michael and Barbara's very generous offer to direct the next Bond movie. Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and King Lear, that need my complete focus over the next year and beyond. I feel very honoured to have been part of the Bond family and very much hope I have a chance to work with them again sometime in the future."
Doctor Who
Executive producer Caroline Skinner previews the penultimate episode of series seven, the Neil Gaiman-penned "The Last Cybermen":
"One of the things that Neil was initially really excited about was being given one of the classic Doctor Who monsters and being able to bring a new twist and a new way of looking at them. Certainly when we watched them on set they felt very creepy and the redesign of the masks recalls to a certain extent some of the earlier 'Moonbase'/'Tomb Of The Cybermen' designs. What Neil's also done in that episode is actually used the notion of being able to write a story about the Doctor in conflict with the Cybermen in a new way, to really make it a huge episode for Matt. It's a brilliant performance, that one. It's interesting what Neil does – he always delivers such wonderful visual sequences, as he did with 'The Doctor's Wife', but one of his real strengths is that he gets right to the heart of the characters as well. In many ways that episode is as much about Matt's Doctor in conflict with one of the most classic and famous Doctor Who monsters as it is about what the Cybermen look like."
Check out the link for some cryptic thoughts on another episode, "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS." [SFX]
Elsewhere, Skinner offers some general hints about the 50th anniversary special, which is due to start shooting on March 18:
"Marcus Wilson and I spend most of our time saying to one another: 'Oh, good God, Steven Moffat's imagination is AMBITIOUS.' 'Wow, we've got a lot of work to do.' 'And how exactly are we going to do that?' 'And that?' 'And, oooh, that?!' But more succinctly, and in just four words: 'It. Will. Be. Big."
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Ygritte actress Rose Leslie discusses what to expect from the third season:
I was so happy to be holding a bow and arrow. I was so happy about it because I just thought it embodied Ygritte, as to who she is, being such a fiercely independent character. She's powerful and strong and I felt that a bow and arrow fitted her beautifully… I was able to kind of do some archery lessons before just so I didn't look like a right numpty [Editor's note: British slang for fool] when I was drawing back the bow… just so that I looked a little bit authentic. But it is really cool. Oh, I loved it!
She also discusses two new beyond-the-Wall actors, Rome's Ciarin Hinds as Mance Rayder and the British Office's Mackenzie Crook as Orell:
In Season 2, Mance Rayder — the name at least was certainly built up, wasn't it — to an extent where you were looking forward to finally meeting this character. And he is dominant and he is a leader, and especially from Ygritte's perspective… She has put all her eggs in one basket so to speak, when it comes to Mance Rayder.
What is it about Mance that makes her want to follow him, that she's so devoted to? Is it just because he chose the life of a free person, is he just so charismatic and strong, does he respect her?
I think it's an amalgamation of all those things that you mentioned, actually. He is strong and I feel that the kind of wildling community, because they are harsh and brutal, and of course, that is the environment that they have all been brought up in, you, as a wildling look up to that. And I think with Mance Rayder, because he is a turncloak and because he no longer wants to bend the knee, she has a huge amount of respect for him because she feels that he is now 100 percent on their side.
You have Mackenzie Crook from the original 'The Office,' and he was in 'Pirates'… Can you tell us anything about his character, Orell, because I imagine he's very delightful to watch.
Yes! He is absolutely incredible. He's such a lovely, lovely man. But, his character is incredibly different to who he is, obviously, which is a huge accolade to him. But Orell, oh, he's a nasty piece of work. He's vicious and he does not trust Jon Snow and not wanting to give too much away, he's incredibly loyal to who he is and his love of his people… and yeah, he's nasty!
There's still some more at the link. [Access Hollywood]
Elsewhere, Jon Snow actor Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie discuss Kristofer Hivju's work in the upcoming season as the new character Tormund Giantsbane:
Harrington I think you are going to love what he does this season. He brings this wonderful energy and eccentricity to that part [Hivju is playing Tormund Giantsbane]. He was such a joy to work with. I wasn't familiar with his work up onto working on Thrones. I hope to keep in touch with him. He is really, really good. He just is that character. He has got quite a big personality.
Rose Leslie: Yeah, definitely. He just sort of dominates the room.
Here's an interview with star Tracy Spiridakos. [BuddyTV]
Once Upon a Time
Here are some tidbits from the recent PaleyFest panel:
1. Snow White is going to go dark after she vows to kill Cora in last week's episode. Ginnifer Goodwin told the Paley crowd. "What she's going through is going to shake her self identity and self definition," she said. "If she's not the Snow White she read about in story books [while] in Storybrooke, then she doesn't know who she is. But I think that does a lot for her. She can get in touch with a more involved way of protecting herself and her family."
2. Episode 17, "Welcome to Storybrooke," will be a flashback to 1983, the first week of the curse. "We're going to get more insight into what it was like that very first week in 1983 and what it was like for the Evil Queen to win and to figure out modern clothing," says [co-creator Edward] Kitsis. This episode, airing March 17, will mark the return of Jamie Dornan as the town's hottie sheriff/The Huntsman.
3. An upcoming Belle-centric episode will explore the character's cursed persona, jokingly called "Racy Lacey" during the panel. "Lacey's very interesting," said Emilie De Ravin. "She's the opposite of Belle," added Kitsis.
There's a bunch more at the link. [EW]
Here's a promo photo for episode seventeen, "Goodbye Stranger", which airs March 20. Check out more photos here.
The android cop show from J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot production company — which actually isn't called Inhuman anymore, but it's a slightly better placeholder title than "Untitled J.J. Abrams Android Cop Show" — has reportedly assembled its cast. The show "is set in the near future when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids", and it "centers on one such pairing, cop John Kennex and his android partner Dorian (Michael Ealy)." The Unit's Michael Irby has been cast as LAPD Detective Richard Paul, "who blames Kennex for the death of fellow officers in the tragic mission that casts a pall over the department." Mackenzie Crook, who previously appeared in this article in the Game of Thrones item, has reportedly been cast as the eccentric LAPD robotics designer Rudy Lom. [Deadline]
Additional reporting by Katharine Trendacosta.


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Chaz Bono couldn't survive another week at the bottom of the leaderboard on "Dancing with the Stars."
The transgender activist and author was voted off on week six – the halfway point – of ABC's dancing competition.
Moments before being given the boot, Bono was shown in a confessional clip fuming for having been called a "cute little penguin trying to be a big menacing bird of prey" by judge Bruno Tonioli after Monday's tango.
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The same judge had referred to Bono as an ewok in an earlier week. Bono said he was "sick" of being likened as a "fat troll dancing with a beautiful woman every week."
Bono's professional partner, Lacey Schwimmer, had told the AP Monday that the judges, "always have their favorites, and this season it's completely clear who they are. I won't name names, but we are not one of them."
Despite the cheap shots, Bono called performing on "Dancing with the Stars" an "amazing journey."
"I came on this show because wanted to show America a different kind of man," he said after learning his fate.
As the first transgender contestant on "Dancing with the Stars," Bono's pop star mom Cher helped defend her son earlier this season against "stupid bigots" online. She also drummed up votes online and was shown tearing up in the ballroom while cheering on Bono in person on week four.
Despite frequently earning the lowest scores of the bunch, judges had praised Bono's charisma and heart.
Bono said Tuesday that he dedicated his "Dancing" accomplishments to "all the people out there like me."
His exit spared U.S. soccer star Hope Solo from leaving the ballroom early, after having scored second from bottom on the leaderboard on Monday.
Solo and her pro-partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy also had harsh words for the show's judges.
Solo said she was "sick" of being told she wasn't sexy and "looked like a dude," one day after Chmerkovskiy lit up the blogosphere for lashing out at judge Len Goodman.
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Team Priory for Daraja are Woodside Priory High School students, faculty and families dedicated to empowering women of promise in Kenya through the Daraja Academy. The Daraja Academy of Kenya was started four years ago by the grassroots efforts of teachers and others in the US and Kenya to get women of promise into a secondary school that they could not otherwise afford. The leverage of educating a woman in this environment is significant. Women influence their children and improve conditions of life greatly: The Nike Foundation calls it the "Girl Effect".
I am the leader of this team, one of the initiators of Daraja and past President of the Board of the Carr Educational Foundation, which supports Daraja. I have been to Daraja twice, once to help set up the school, and again last summer to visit with over 76 students enrolled at that time. My picture shows me meeting with the students who follow Islam in their lives. Although Daraja is a nonsecterian school, it encourages students of all religions, tribes and geographies to express themselves in a positive and individual way as part of the global community..
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Interview with Katsumi Tamura : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Katsumi Tamura : Life, Nature and City etc. ― all thing's shapes and colors surrounding myself. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Katsumi Tamura : My designs focus on making a user happy and affluent. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Katsumi Tamura : I want many people to know our products. Besides, I'm glad that fun of our products increase by taking advantage of this awards. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Katsumi Tamura : 4 months .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Katsumi Tamura : No. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Katsumi Tamura : This is designed as functional, beautiful and joyful calendar for corporate promotion. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Katsumi Tamura : It is easy to understand, and has quite impact. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Katsumi Tamura : Adobe Illustrator .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Katsumi Tamura : It is a unique calendar designed with a lean of 30°. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Katsumi Tamura : Creative Director: Takuya Okamoto, Chief Producer: Naoto Fukazawa, Producer: Takeyuki Mizuta, Account Executive: Shinichi Kikuchi / Megumi Wakita, Art Director: Katsumi Tamura, Designer: Takahiro Sugawara, Copywriter: Toshiyuki Nagamatsu and Printing Director: Osami Gondaira .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Katsumi Tamura : Our designs and products are supported by precision paper processing technologies. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Katsumi Tamura : I challenge to bring out character and potential of paper. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Katsumi Tamura : I choose competitions which are operated sincerely, and promise a sound effect by getting award. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Katsumi Tamura : No. .
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Hey I'm not a philanderer! When I love something that's loyal and trustworthy, I'll generally love it for life. But every now and then, something else better looking and just darn more appealing comes along and unseats your pride and joy - and gets you excited all over again. As many of you loyal readers know, before the entire Hicap series came out, our pride and joy was a highly realistic P226 by Tanaka. Today, it still stands tall in our display cabinet as one of our most realistic gas pistols ever made. The introduction of the WA Hicap line introduced a near era of clone-like workhorses (kind of like GM cars) with superb and reliable performance but nothing to really distinguish them.
From their hefty extended magazines to their plain old Colt Government styling (albeit with many different hammers, triggers, and magazine combinations which we personally felt were more bells and whistles than anything), we opted for function over form and distinguished the still relatively new WA CQB as our weapon of choice. Packing a wallop of power in a small package, the CQB stayed with us for most of this year terrifying our skirmish opponents and consistently blowing holes through anything that got in our way. With 30 rounds in the magazine, the supply of terror seemed endless and the blowback power simply surpassed anything else on the market (yes, even in the winter!). Power and versatility became our core criteria for the guarded pedestal of love. Then just before the millennium, WA released the SV Infinity Compact Carry; an advanced version of the Hicap series running on a new Type-R valve that promised to deliver even more punch (with less gas). Fuel economy! Before we were able to empty 5 magazines worth of rounds, it became very clear to me that the new Compact Carry was a winner and soon was to become my new love. (Well, mistress - I'll explain).
While it packed 5 rounds less than the CQB, the shorter butt allowed more convenient carry. The shorter barrel also made shoving the Compact Carry down my pants pocket a snap. Power was rated to be equivalent to the CQB though our chrono tests showed it was indeed slightly less powerful than it's big brother. The CQB still clearly packed the harder punch (though only slightly) and as such will still retain its seat as the premier outdoor skirmish pistol. When times get tough, the extra 5 rounds makes a world of difference. But then would you trade off that little power for a lot more versatility? Hmmm. Guess it depends on if you play outdoor or indoor.
No (for your creative types), the Compact Carry's magazine doesn't fit the CQB though the new Type-R technology has been applied to all existing Hicap pistol magazines and are available separately. The CQB's magazine does, however, fit the Compact Carry though the magazine juts out more than it should. Same effect as shoving a P226 magazine into a P228.
Sporting a funky luminous blue metal trigger (which actually wasn't too appealing for me personally), you can label the Compact Carry as "just another Hicap variant" with an "SV" name on it (and is therefore more expensive).
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Stacy Locklear Sr. was a true believer, and as a career educator and family patriarch, he encouraged others to join him in his passion for education and his university.
This fall, Locklear's family honored him by establishing an endowed scholarship in his name at UNC Pembroke. A 1962 graduate of Pembroke State College (now UNC Pembroke), Locklear passed away in February 2011.
Like his life, the Stacy Locklear Sr. Endowed Scholarship will help others get an education. The $10,000 endowment will yield an annual scholarship for a science education major.
Stacy Sr. grew up in the Saddletree community of Robeson County and his wife, the former Betty Chavis, grew up in the Wakulla community. Like many great families in Robeson County, education and UNCP were major factors in their success through more than one generation. Betty Locklear's mother, Jesse Belle, was a 1936 graduate and career teacher.
Stacy Locklear Sr. spent most of his 35-year career as a high school science teacher, said his wife, who is also a career educator and 1972 graduate.
"Stacy was real proud of the university, and he encouraged others to go to college," Locklear said. "He encouraged me too. I had been out of high school for a while with three children and a job. My husband said go, and we would work it out somehow."
By establishing a scholarship to make it possible for others to get an education, a family's legacy comes full circle, said Wendy Lowery, vice chancellor for Advancement.
"When a family such as this one, makes a commitment to ensure that they will do whatever necessary to send their children to college, we as a university must do all we can to help them reach their goals," Lowery said. "The Locklear family exemplifies the concept of 'paying it forward,' and we are committed to ensuring that their investment will honor the legacy of Stacy Locklear, Sr. and his support of higher education."
After graduating in 1972, Locklear taught for 30 years. Their children followed in their parents footsteps to college, and like the next generation of UNCP graduates, they have found success in diverse professional careers. Nan graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and became a pharmacist. Stacy Jr. enrolled at UNC Pembroke, majoring in chemistry and joining ROTC.
"In ROTC, Stacy Jr. found himself," his mother said. "He retired last June from the Air Force as a colonel."
Stacy Jr. has already returned to school to launch a second career. His father would have approved.
"He's in nursing school," Betty Locklear said. "He's done very well, and he's got a plan. Nursing is a wide open field."
Stacy Sr. retired in 1998 and Betty in 2001. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with the family before Stacy Sr. passed away.
Betty Locklear believes a scholarship is the perfect way to honor a career educator, UNCP graduate and true believer like her husband.
"Stacy was so involved in education; he was so involved with children," she said. "I wanted to do this in his honor."
The Stacy Locklear Sr. Endowed Scholarship is the second time the Locklear's honored a family member with a permanent legacy at UNCP. In 2005, they established the Stacy Ryan Locklear Endowed Scholarship for Stacy Jr.'s late son.
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Sept. 19, 2011 -- People with diabetes may be twice as likely to develop memory problems and dementia as they age, including Alzheimer's disease, a study shows.
This risk also appears to be heightened among people with prediabetes -- people who are on the verge of developing diabetes.
Exactly how diabetes and dementia are linked is not fully understood. But the new findings add to growing evidence that what is good for our hearts may also be good for our brains.
The study is published in Neurology.
In the study, 1,017 people 60 and older were given a glucose tolerance test to see if they had diabetes or prediabetes. Researchers from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, followed the participants for around 11 years and then tested them for dementia.
In that time, 232 people developed Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Forty-one of 150 people with diabetes developed dementia. By contrast, 115 of the 559 people without diabetes developed dementia. An increased risk of dementia was also found in people with prediabetes.
The Diabetes-Dementia Connection
Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, says many questions remain regarding the "intriguing" relationship between diabetes and dementia. Arvanitakis is a neurologist at the Alzheimer's Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
For starters, how are the two conditions linked? There are some plausible explanations, she says. Diabetes is known to increase stroke risk, and strokes can lead to mental problems and dementia.
If you lower your risk for diabetes, might you prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease or other types of age-related dementia?
It is too early to say that, but "food that is good for the heart is also good for the brain," Arvanitakis says.
Some of the same heart-healthy habits that help lower diabetes risk, such as getting regular exercise and not smoking, may also improve the health of your brain. "It's too premature to say if you prevent diabetes, you would not develop dementia," she says.
There are other things beside diabetes and prediabetes that may increase risk for dementia, such as family history. "The mechanism linking diabetes and dementia still needs to be sorted out," Arvanitakis tells WebMD. "It is important to stay healthy and prevent vascular risk factors from getting out of hand. If you have diabetes, get your blood sugar under control."
Other vascular (heart disease and stroke) risk factors include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity.
Exercise regularly and eat a balanced diet, too. "Hopefully, this will help in the long run," she says.
Role of Cholesterol
Rachel Whitmer, PhD, says that it's not just diabetes and blood sugar abnormalities that may increase dementia risk either. She is a research scientist and epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.
Previous studies have shown that high blood cholesterol levels also raise a person's risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.
"The silver lining to the cloud is that yes, vascular risk factors are also associated with dementia, but they are modifiable," she says. "You can change your cholesterol levels with exercise and diet."
The same holds true for diabetes and prediabetes. "Understand that what is good for the heart is good for the brain and even though dementia shows up late in life, you need to start thinking about it sooner," Whitmer tells WebMD.


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