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It's embarrassing that Florida is developing a reputation for ill-conceived laws involving guns.
It's embarrassing that Florida is developing a reputation for ill-conceived laws involving guns.
Perhaps none fits that description better than the "Docs vs. Glocks" law.
The law restricts doctors from asking patients about gun ownership. It was inspired, interestingly, by the story of an Ocala pediatrician who asked his patient's mother whether there were guns in her home. When she refused to answer, he told her to find another doctor.
The law, passed in 2011 and formally called the Firearm Owners' Privacy Act, was thrown out by a federal judge in July. But the state is appealing the ruling, leading a state senator from Miami Gardens to recently file a measure that would repeal the law.
It appears a repeal is the only way to get the state to stop wasting time and resources, only to defend a law that addresses a non-existent problem.
Medical confidentiality is already protected under the law. Clinicians need to be able to ask about anything that affects a patient's health. When they're talking with the family of a child or dementia patient, asking whether a gun is in the house fits the bill.
There are exemptions for questions involving patient safety in the "Docs vs. Glocks" law, leading one to wonder what's the point of the measure. It simply seems to be another National Rifle Association-led effort to fuel paranoia in gun owners that the government is coming to take away their guns, in this case with the help of doctors.
The bill does serve one legitimate purpose: bringing attention to the idea that guns are a public health issue. The American Medical Association encourages its members to ask parents about guns and educate them about safe storage.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has a similar recommendation. One in five deaths among people under 20 years old is caused by a firearm-related injury, according to the academy's research.
The gun lobby takes issue with that kind of research. Some members of Congress in the mid-1990s tried to eliminate and ended up cutting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for research into gun injuries. More recently, the CDC and National Institutes of Health were blocked from funding work that promotes gun control.
A group of researchers, including two at the University of Florida, sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden asking that barriers to firearms-related research be removed. There were more than 4 million firearms injuries from 1972 to 2012, yet just three NIH studies involving gun-related injuries in all that time, according to the letter.
President Barack Obama earlier this month issued 23 executive orders intended to address gun violence. One directed the CDC to research the causes and prevention of gun violence. Another clarified that the Affordable Care Act doesn't prohibit doctors from asking their patients about guns in their homes.
A national conversation about guns is long overdue. It's fitting that the conversation should start in a doctor's office and involve common-sense steps that gun owners can take to keep their kids safe.


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A Carteret County murder case could go to trial later this year.
BEAUFORT � A Carteret County murder case could go to trial later this year.
A mother and daughter who face charges in connection with a 2012 homicide each had first appearances in Carteret County Superior Court Tuesday following their January indictments.
While the court appearances were brief, District Attorney Scott Thomas said afterward that they are looking toward a trial date in the murder case against Rhonda Hagan, 33, of Newport, sometime in the fall.
Hagan is accused in the September 2012 death of her great aunt, 90-year-old Goldie Hall. Investigators said at the time that Hagan killed Hall following a dispute over money on Sept. 20 of that year and then burned Hall�s home in the Gales Creek community.
Hagan was arrested on Sept.26, and Hall�s body was found the next day on farm property near the Newport Flea Mall in Newport. An autopsy on Hall revealed she died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Thomas said they are continuing in the discovery phase of the case, providing information as required by law with the defense, and also waiting for evidence that is currently at the State Bureau of Investigation lab.
�We will continue to meet with the defense attorneys, continue to work with the (Carteret County) Sheriff (Asa) Buck and his staff, and the SBI as we prepare the case for trial,� he said.
Hagan, who remains in custody in the Carteret County Jail without bond, was indicted Jan. 13 on charges of murder, second degree arson, first degree kidnapping, larceny from the person and conceal/fail to report a death.
She is being represented by Jacksonville attorney Richard McNeil, who appeared with her before Judge Kenneth Crow.
After the court appearance, McNeil said the big decision to be made in the case is whether it will be declared capital murder, which could mean punishment by death or life in prison without parole if convicted.
�The district attorney makes the decision whether it�s capital or not capital,� McNeil said.
Thomas said that�s a decision yet to be made and that he could not comment further on it.
McNeil said Hagan has been cooperative and the time away from her family has been difficult on her.
�She obviously misses her family very much,� he said, noting that her children have been staying with their father.
He said the amount of publicity in the case has been an issue and a decision will be made later on whether or not a change of venue would be sought for a trial.
Williams was indicted on charges of accessory after the fact of murder, accessory after the fact of second degree arson, conceal/fail to report a death and obstruction of justice. She was released from jail after making bail and is being represented separately from her daughter.
The next court date for Hagan and Williams will be during the April 14 session of Carteret County Superior Court.
Thomas said he expects the next court date to address administrative matters.
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Frank Horwill
- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
Progression - the key to increasing fitness
The late Ron Pickering, former national athletics coach for Wales, and mentor to Olympic gold medallist Lynn Davies in the long jump (8.23m) many years ago was giving a lecture to the British distance running squad at their training camp in Merthyr Mawr. The theme of this lecture was – progression. He said, "If you wake up every morning and go for a 2 mile run around the park in 15 minutes, you will become very good at running 2 miles in 15 minutes. But, if you wish to progress, some of your runs will have to be 4 miles around the park, and some, just one mile around the park much faster".
During his lecture he was puzzled by the appearance of a middle-aged man sitting in the back-row of the audience, wearing a battered old trilby hat and smoking a pipe (Smoking was not so badly thought of thirty years ago!). Pickering thought no more of the matter until a year later when he was again addressing the same gathering – the same man, in the same place and in the same gear.
After his lecture, the man approached Pickering and said, "I thought about what you said last year on progression. I started with one chin to the bar and increased it by one a day. I got up to fifty!" The average for chinning the bar correctly for the British running elite in 1963, was three for men and a half chin for women.
Pickering felt inclined to doubt the man's story and suggested they adjourn to the gymnasium for the man to give a demonstration. When the man had reached thirty chins he spluttered to Pickering, "Sometimes I get bored doing these and pull myself up to arms-length." He then proceeded to pull himself up until his arms were fully extended and his hips were above the bar! He completed fifty chins. His sport was sheer face rock climbing, for which he was world-renowned.
The moral of that story is obvious and not new. One of the most famous stories of its kind occurred more than 500 years before the birth of Christ. Milo of Crotona was delighted with the birth of a bull calf from a good stock cow, he expressed his joy for lifting the calf above his head first thing in the morning. He continued to do this until it was 4-years old and twenty times heavier than when first born. This did not stop him carrying it the length of the stadium at Olympia. Progressive weight-training had started.
The writer had a similar experience to that of Ron Pickering. He was in the habit of putting his athletes through a series of tests at the beginning of each winter, one of these was the number of press-ups that could be done in one minute – 60 was good. 50 was fair and 40 was poor. One athlete scored only thirty – he was asked to start with one press up every morning and to add one each day. Several months later, the athlete enquired of the writer, "How long should I keep up these press-ups, Frank! I'm up to on hundred and thirty-three at present".
The key to progressive training is to start small – aim big. One never to be forgotten distance runner did just that when he ran in the 1948 Olympic Games at Wembley in 5,000 metres, where he gained a silver medal, his daily training consisted of 5x200, 200 jog recovery, 10 x 400, 200 jog recovery and 5 x 200. Two years later, he doubled this and a year later, he doubled it again, i.e. 20 x 200, 20 x 400, 20 x 200 daily! Inclusive of the jog recoveries, this is the equivalent of running the marathon distance daily! He was to be handsomely rewarded – Emil Zatopek gained gold medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres plus the marathon, the last distance he had never run before, but it did not stop him breaking the Olympic record (2:23:03:2) A feat that has never been equalled.
There are many who watch the London Marathon in April each year, with admiration tinged with envy. The latter sentiment comes from a feeling of wanting to run but doubting one's ability to do so. There is also a fear of looking something of a spectacle in one's initial outings. But, the simple fact is that every person who completes the London Marathon has had to make a start from a start of semi-decadence. Some start by doing a little too much, they get stressed and depressed – they give up.
The art is to start with minuscule amounts of work and progressively to add to it. We can either begin with just one minute of running on the first day then add one minute a day to this with every seventh day off, or we can run for one minute a day for a whole week and then make it two minutes a day for the second week, and so on.
With the first method, a person will reach 100 minutes a day in about 4 months. Once thirty-five minutes of running are reached in thirty-five weeks by the second method, it should be changed to a minute a day progression, so that by the end of the thirty-ninth week an hour's running is done daily (about 8 miles).
To complete a marathon without too much stress, double the distance of the marathon (52 miles) should be run each week. Do not believe those who tell you that you need double that amount! The writer has coached females who in their first marathons, ran about 2 hours 40 minutes 30 seconds and 2 hours 54 minutes on just 40 miles a week.
This brings us to another important aspect of progression – making the activity tougher. There will come a time when the quantity of an activity is not practicable, we have only so much time in the day for exercise. When we reach the limit of that practicality, it's perhaps time to halve the quantity and make it harder. Take for example, the lad who reached 133 press ups. If he had placed his feet on a chair and hands on the floor he would not have done so many repetitions at first. But, given a month or two he might reach his former maximum, and in doing so make his arms and shoulders immensely strong. So, with progressive training we have some options:
- Going for quantity.
- Aiming for a quantity making it tougher and aiming for the same quantity
- Fixing the quantity and increasing the quality.
Emil Zatopek concentrated on two things at the same time. In a conversation with the writer in 1963, he claimed that he did his 20 x 200, 40 x 400, 20 x 200 at the same speed as he did only 5 x 200, 10 x 400, 5 x 200. That takes some doing!
Roger Bannister (first man to break 4 minutes for the mile), on the other hand, went for (3) above. His motto was – minimum time – maximum effort. Time for him was a precious commodity, he had medical exams to pass, and later, when a house doctor, he was on call 24 hours a day. From the time he left his students' residence to the time he returned, not more than an hour had elapsed, and during that hour he did his training!
He started the winter with 10 x 440yds in 66 seconds with 440yds jog in 2 – 3 minutes. The aim was to reduce the time of the repetitions by a second a month. In May 1954, he got them down to 56 seconds. But, he was mindful that he needed endurance as well, and did the "dreaded" session of 3 x 1.5 miles (6laps of 440yds) once a week with 5 minutes recovery after each. This regime led him to immortality.
Tradition in Britain has decreed that runners go for quantity in the winter. The runner is somewhat unique: he/she is expected to compete all the year round although some other sports at international level do compete abroad out of season due to the timing of world championships. Needless to say, there are some runners who do not believe in year-round competition.
Sebastion Coe at 21 years of age, decided to give up cross-country racing in the winter and aimed to concentrate on category (3) above in training, whilst Steve Ovett aimed for category (1) above and competed in cross-country. When both were aged sixteen years, Steve Ovett was the superior athlete. At 15 years of age, Coe's best for 1,500 metres was 4:25 at the same age. Ovett was 10 seconds faster.
But, 10 years later Coe was superior to Ovett in the 800 metres, 1,500 metres, mile and 1,000 metres, and had gained twice as many Olympic medals and world records. This could be a strong recommendation to follow category (3) in training and to avoid cross-country racing. The latter choice is not popular with die-hard athletics club officials.
So, what is your weakness? Usually a weakness is something you avoid because you are no good at it and do not want to be humiliated. One thing is for sure, it won't get any better by ignoring it. It will always be your weak link in the chain of total fitness. Many middle-distance runners' usually 800 metre specialists are good sprinters but poor endurance runners – they would avoid long repetitions with short recoveries. Such thinking is not world-class thinking, it is third-rate also-ran thinking.
Here is a plan to move up a peg in your own estimation, and possibly to improve your fitness beyond your wildest dreams. Accept that you have a personality – it is made up of three things, a trinity in unity, mind, body and will. They are all important but the will is the most important since it dictates to the mind and hence the body. Treat the will as a muscle to be exercised daily with small tasks which grow in magnitude.
Decide now what aspect of your fitness or competitive training you dislike most. Be honest! Have the guts to say, "I hate running up hills", or "I hate any form of strength training." Once this is said, you have accepted that you are not so cracked-up as you think you are. Your days as a poseur are over, no longer will you do just the things you are good at and look good. You are prepared to face reality and look, at times, "all fingers and thumbs". You have made a momentous decision.
Remember the old Chinese saying – "A 10,000 mile walk starts with the first step." Choose a minuscule amount of the activity you dislike most and decide whether you want to do it daily or weekly, remember that it progresses each time you do it.
For example, you may dislike bent-knee abdominal exercise. This can be done daily at home first thing in the morning. You start with one exercise, next day two, etc. It may be that you are afraid of hill-running – once a week will suffice. You choose a long hill of about 1,200 metres. You scale it once, next time it will be two efforts. Choose the same time and the same day.
At the end of a week of progression, give yourself a pat on the back. Get a postcard and write on it in block letters, the word will and stick it up on the bedroom wall, it will remind you that your will-power is in the ascendancy. Each week of progression, replace the paper with bigger letters, if necessary start painting the wall with the word – will! Be able to say 6 months hence, "I am greater than I ever knew".


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Whether your family has lived in Western North Carolina for years, or you moved here in pursuit of the high quality of life in this area, most residents agree that the wide vistas, open farmland, clear mountain streams and general country living make WNC a gem.
That�s why we�re high on the national list of most desirable places to live. Such popularity, however, can lead to a loss of the very qualities that make this area desirable. Many residents agree that maintaining the rural characteristics of Henderson County contributes to everyone�s quality of life. This means keeping farms and woodlands intact, rather than subdividing them for housing or other development. One of the best strategies for this is conservation easements.
For folks unfamiliar with conservation easements, the basic idea is this: As demand for land in this region increases, land becomes more and more valuable. This increases the tax burden of a piece of land and also increases the incentive to sell it off. Conservation agreements preserve property in its natural, undeveloped condition. The landowner voluntarily puts a permanent restriction on the deed, prohibiting certain activities such as development or mining or logging. This restriction reduces the value of the land by making it undevelopable, it takes the property off the high value market.
There are a lot of legal details and conditions, so people interested in this opportunity should contact a land trust, such as Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy (CMLC), for all the details, as well as consult their own financial advisor.
But, there are some significant benefits that are time limited. Usually, you can deduct up to 30 percent of your adjusted gross income on your federal taxes, and you can carry over any unused deduction for five more years. So, for example, an owner who donates a conservation agreement valued at $100,000 and who has an annual adjusted gross income of $60,000 may deduct 30 percent of $60,000 ($18,000) in each of years one through five and the remaining $10,000 in year six. But, if that same owner (with $60,000 income) donates an easement valued at $200,000, he can still only deduct 30 percent of his income ($18,000) each year, and he can only carry it over for five years, so he would be unable to use $92,000 worth of his donation.
To encourage conservation easements in light of these limitations, the 2008 Farm Bill offers a better deal. It allows qualified farmers and ranchers who donate conservation easements in 2008 or 2009 to take a federal tax deduction up to 100 percent of adjusted gross income and to carry that deduction forward as much as 15 years.
So, if you have a sizable property with high value, but you don�t have a fantastically high income, you might not be able to take advantage of the full donation under the regular rules, but if you donate the easement this year, you may be able to realize a much greater tax benefit. The 2008 Farm Bill also raises the deduction for other conservation easement donors (non-farmers or ranchers) from 30 to 50 percent of their income and expands the carryover period to 15 years as well.
For more information, contact Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy at 697 5777.
Diane Silver is coordinator of the Mud Creek Watershed Restoration Project, housed by the Henderson County Cooperative Extension Service. CMLC is a partner of the Mud Creek Project.
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Title: The Assassin's Curse
Author: Cassandra Rose Clarke
Publisher: Strange Chemistry
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Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless fiance. But her escape has dire consequences when she learns the scorned clan has sent an assassin after her.
And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse — with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be.
I love books like The Assassin's Curse. The premise sounded intriguing, but when I first started reading it, I wasn't sure that I would like Ananna. She's rough and unpolished, the daughter of pirates. She's a thief, she lies with aplomb, and she just didn't seem like someone I wanted to know better. But like Aria in Under the Never Sky, by the time I reached the fourth chapter, I had a drastic change of heart. While Ananna could be crude and violent, she was also brave and ready to fight for her own freedom. After fleeing from an arranged marriage, she opens a huge can of worms that includes an assassin with her name on his hit list, a curse that she unwittingly unleashes, and an adventure the likes of which she could have never imagined. Neither could I, when I first sat down with Ananna and Naji. By the last page, I wanted more of their story and more of their larger than life journey. Even more than that, I wanted them to be happy, and to be safe from the dangers that stalked them.
I read The Assassin's Curse in less than a day. It is a fast read, one that you won't be able to put down. Ananna careens from one life-threatening situation to the next with the speed and trajectory of a pinball, and the only thing she has to keep her alive is her courage and her razor sharp wits. She may not have had the benefit of an education like Naji or her ally Marjani, but she is far more clever than either of them. She also has a steadfast confidence in her own abilities, which gave her an edge in every thing she did. Ananna is street smart and street savvy; she has been raised among cutthroats and thieves, and she fully expected to take her place as a pirate ship's captain, whether she was a girl or not. Her gender just gave her more of a challenge to make her dream of owning her own ship, with her own colors, come true, and she wasn't going to give that up. Ditching her stupid fiancé was easier than ditching the scary, shadowy assassin his family set loose on her, but Ananna didn't even back down from Naji and his deadly, mysterious blood magic.
I loved the gradual friendship that develops between Ananna and her would be killer. Naji didn't strike me as the kind of guy who could take money to commit murder, but when pushed, he suddenly turned into a freaking badass. One with little common sense, but with all of that magic at his command, he was able to move mountains. Literally. What happened after that, well, that was anyone's guess, especially when he depleted his energy so much that he could barely remain upright. Given his impulsiveness and, at times, his complete lack of common sense, I wasn't surprised that he was the victim of an impossible curse. That Ananna, his would be target, set the curse into motion made the premise of the book that much more enjoyable. These two extremely diverse people are stuck with each other, not able to venture far apart, and they must learn to get along and, more importantly, learn to work together, to find an answer to Naji's problem. As long as the magic shackles them together, Ananna is a target of a different sort. Powerful magical beings want Naji, and they will do anything to get him, including using, or hurting, Ananna.
My one nick pick with the book is, as usual, the lack of an ending, but I felt optimistic and happy when I reached the last page. I don't even know why, because Ananna and Naji are left with more questions and challenges than answers at the end. I think that I just enjoyed spending my time with them so much that Ananna's optimism rubbed off on me. She knows that they will overcome all of the impossible tasks before them, and she knows that, one way or another, all of her dreams will come true. Even though she despairs at Naji's cluelessness, and even though his disregard cut to the bone, both Ananna and I know this one thing; Naji's impossible curse has at least one possible cure. It's a pity that we must both wait until the next book for him to finally open his eyes to the answer that is sitting right in front of him.
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On May 11, 2012, OCR resolved a Title VI complaint filed against Richmond Heights Local School District alleging racial harassment, different treatment on the basis of race and retaliation. Based on its investigation, OCR concluded that the District discriminated against African American students on the basis of race in violation of Title VI. OCR found that African American student athletes were subjected to a racially hostile environment and the District failed to address the harassment, and that the District denied these same students assistance with obtaining athletics scholarships. OCR also concluded that the complainant and her son were retaliated against for complaining about the racial harassment. Under the Resolution Agreement, the District will revise its harassment and retaliation discrimination policies and procedures and train staff, Board members and students on racial harassment; take appropriate disciplinary action with respect to District personnel involved in the racial harassment; establish a student committee at the high school and a District advisory committee (comprised of students, parents, interested community members, and staff) on racial harassment; conduct periodic assessments of the school climate with respect to racial harassment; conduct informational sessions for student athletes regarding athletics scholarships; and offer counseling to the students.
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Kristin Billerbeck, one of the first Christian chick-lit authors, has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and World Magazine for her work. Her book, What a Girl Wants won the 2004 American Christian Romance Writers Contemporary Book of the Year. When not writing, Billerbeck enjoys loud worship music, reading, and weekend family trips. She makes her home near Sacramento with her husband and their four children.
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Despite the expected recovery of residential building in the second half of 2009, total construction spending on an annual basis is expected to fall 12% this year and 4% in 2010, reveals the "Third Quarter U.S. Construction Briefing" from IHS Global Insight, headquartered in Lexington, Mass. Looking at the market as a whole, real total construction spending is not expected to rebound with double-digit growth on an annual basis until 2011 and 2012.
Pulled down by commercial construction, which faces a 27.9% annual decline this year, non-residential construction remains in a slump, says the forecast, and will continue to do so for the remainder of this year and next. Driven by a single-family market verging on recovery, residential construction, on the other hand, is expected to expand in the second half of 2009, climbing 2.1% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter and 4.8% in the fourth.
Although it's been pushed up by a surge in spending on pipelines and refineries, the pace of growth in manufacturing construction brings more grim news. On an annual basis, total manufacturing construction spending is forecast to fall 41.5% in 2010 and another 12% in 2011 before recovering in 2012.
Despite these sobering statistics, certain sectors hold promise for a more optimistic outlook. For example, the report reveals that total spending on hospitals and other health care buildings continues to increase steadily, driven particularly by rapid expansion in public health care construction. Excluding power segment construction, which is expected to decline, infrastructure construction is forecast to rise 6.4% in 2010 and 4.5% in 2011. According to the report, most of the $82 billion in infrastructure investment included in the $787 billion stimulus package will be allocated over the next two years. Finally, spending on transportation infrastructure will see moderate increases in 2010. However, although the stimulus package includes $13 billion for rail projects, transit systems in several major cities are facing deficits equal to at least 12% of their operating budgets.


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New Car Review
2013 Chevrolet Silverado Work Truck: Overview
Pros: Reasonably priced; highly capable
Cons: Lackluster performance; aging design; few features
What's New: With an all-new model on the way for 2014, the Silverado is largely unchanged for 2013.
The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado is a full-size pickup available in Work Truck, LS, LT and LTZ trim levels. This overview focuses on the Work Truck, which is primarily aimed at commercial buyers looking for a no-frills truck for towing, hauling and performing various other jobs.
The Silverado Work Truck is the pickup's base model. It's offered in three configurations: regular cab, extended cab and a 4-door Crew Cab variant. All three come standard with only a short list of features that includes steel wheels, vinyl seating and manual windows and mirrors. The Silverado Work Truck's only luxuries are standard air conditioning and cruise control. An AM/FM radio is also standard, but a CD player is a $170 optional extra.
All Silverado Work Truck models come with a standard 195-horsepower 4.3-liter V6. Only shoppers who truly need the lowest-level capabilities should get that engine, as it struggles to motivate the full-size pickup. Buyers can upgrade to a 302-hp 4.8-liter V8 or a 315-hp 5.3-liter V8, though the optional 6.2-liter V8 is reserved for Silverado LT and LTZ models.
As expected, fuel economy isn't great -- partly because of the Work Truck's standard 4-speed automatic. Even with the V6 and 2-wheel drive, the pickup returns just 15 miles per gallon city/20 mpg hwy. Four-wheel drive drops fuel economy to 14 mpg city/18 mpg hwy. Interestingly, the 5.3-liter V8 returns the best mileage, at 15 mpg city/21 mpg hwy.
Chevrolet Silverado Work Truck models start around $24,500, which places it on the very low end of the full-size pickup pricing spectrum. That price is for a regular-cab model, while an extended-cab Work Truck starts at $28,600. A Work Truck with the brand's 4-door Crew Cab configuration is $32,700 with shipping. Four-wheel drive is optional on all models.


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By Matthew Hurley: As the most important fight of his career fast approaches, Juan Manuel Marquez is champing at the bit to get at Manny Pacquiao. Convinced that the only way he will finally put his controversial rivalry with the Filipino icon to rest is by knockout, 'Dinamita' has been concentrating almost exclusively on the strength and power of his upper body. But has he become so top-heavy, so muscle bound, that his speed, and thereby his brilliant counter punching skills, will be compromised?
In his first foray into the welterweight division against Floyd Mayweather, he attempted to do the same thing. His training camp concentrated on adding weight, assuming he needed to be bigger and stronger to deal with a naturally bigger, stronger foe. Unfortunately for Marquez he never seemed comfortable with the added poundage, looking pudgy and sluggish, and wound up getting beaten decisively by Mayweather over twelve rather non-competitive rounds.
For his fourth go round with Pacquiao, however, Marquez's body looks fit and tight. In fact he looks like a body builder in comparison to the sinewy Pac Man who is concentrating on his speed and explosiveness. Pacquiao's mindset is to hopefully reinvent himself as the whirling dervish of their first fight in 2004 where Marquez was initially overwhelmed by punches coming from awkward angles he couldn't keep track of.
Strangely, over the course of their first three bouts, the more technically proficient and refined Pacquiao became the easier it was for Marquez to time him and use his counter punching skills to drive Manny to distraction. Marquez's trainer Nacho Beristain admitted that it was the reckless, left hook happy Pacquiao of that first fight that proved to be the most difficult version of the fighter because they were unprepared for such an unorthodox attack.
With both fighters gunning for a knockout to conclusively settle the score it's hoped that with age and wear and tear we will get just that. But there is a good chance that once the fight gets heated these two fighters who know each other so well will revert to form and we will be subjected to yet another oh-so-close twelve round decision.
Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach worries that his charge will enter the ring at a distinct disadvantage, at least in the eyes of the judges, who he fears will bend over backwards to give Marquez any and all close rounds. The Marquez camp sees it just the opposite. Their overriding fear is that Juan will get robbed yet again should the fight go the distance – thus the focus on building Marquez up into the bigger, stronger man in order to push Pacquiao around, hurt him and get him out of there once and for all.
Pacquiao's plan, if indeed he can implement it in the ring, seems to be the more plausible of the two. We haven't seen the wicked explosiveness we had grown used to in years now. He hasn't scored a stoppage win since 2009 against Miguel Cotto. In his recent fights he's grown complacent, either from outside forces or thoughts and demons within. Yet so intent has he become to revert to form that one can't help but anticipating him exploding out of his corner at the clang of the opening bell.
There is obvious annoyance in both fighters' comments leading up to December 8, but the reserved Pacquiao appears to have finally grown disgusted with Marquez and Beristain's constant complaining over the results of the first three contests. And regardless of how he waves off the hotly disputed decision loss to Timothy Bradley last June as inconsequential, there is no doubt that it infuriates him.
With all of those thoughts spinning in his head his focus seems to have zeroed in on letting it all hang out on the line. Also, it is Pacquiao who has proven he can drive Marquez to the canvas with one shot. He just hasn't been able to keep him there. He's determined to do so this time.
Marquez, on the other hand, has had his greatest success against Pacquiao by laying back but not giving ground and counter punching. His boxing skills are superior to Manny's and his measured yet tenacious approach is what has made all 36 rounds they've fought so compelling. It's fire versus ice.
It is that style, that technical brilliance that has made him Pacquiao's most heated and puzzling rival. It has never been about being the harder puncher, which he's not, or being physically larger than Manny. His success has come down to his technical advantages – with heart and toughness thrown in for good measure when disaster struck.
If he does forgo that and fights with his heart on his sleeve he could fall right into Pacquiao's game plan. Manny's short, compact and devastating left is still one of the most ferocious weapons in boxing and Marquez has proved to be vulnerable to it. If he gets caught and decked for a fifth time it might be his undoing this time around.
Or, he might get up, revert to form and fight to another standstill against a man he can't quite seem to get the better of – at least on the scorecards.
In a way, if there isn't a knockout in this bout, another draw to bookend the series might be the most appropriate result of all. So evenly matched are these two, so much excitement have they provided and so much blood spilled on both sides that a stalemate could make both fighters look at each other and concede that they are equals.
Fans and the majority of the media would hate such a result but as time goes by and the careers of these two extraordinary fighters comes to an end, this rivalry will be looked back on fondly no matter how it ends. And who knows, they may retire at around the same time and both wind up being inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame on the same warm June day in Canastota, New York. That would be the most appropriate ending of all.
December 4, 2012
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Canaries Take Drubbing From Amarillo
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Sioux Falls Canaries suffered a lopsided 12-2 loss to the Amarillo Sox on Sunday afternoon at Sioux Falls Stadium to set up a rubber game for the season finale on Monday.
Amarillo (52-47) kept their playoff hopes alive with the victory, remaining at least one game behind South Division leading Grand Prairie and Laredo.
The Sox jumped on Canaries starter Kyle Vazquez (3-5) for four runs in the third inning, never looking back after Chris Valencia's RBI single. Amarillo batted around with three hits, and they took advantage of an error, a walk and a hit batsman.
Jake Taylor doubled in the Canaries' first run in the fourth inning to cut the lead to 4-1, but Amarillo responded with five more runs in the fifth. Kyle Nichols delivered the big blow with a two-run home run.
The Sox amassed 14 hits total, and Nichols finished 2-for-4 with three RBI. K.C. Serna and Adam De La Garza each had three hits.
Kevin Dultz lined a solo home run to left in the seventh inning, his second of the year, for the only other Canaries run.
Vazquez lost for the third time as a starter, allowing nine runs, six earned, and 10 hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out two. The Birds record dropped to 41-58.
Despite three hit batters and a wild pitch, Joe Newby (7-5) picked up the win for Amarillo. He had a quality start, allowing only one run and two hits in six innings. He walked two and fanned six.
The final game of the year is at 12:05 p.m. on Labor Day Monday at Sioux Falls Stadium.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Jun 2012 21:30 UTC
The E3 is supposed to be all about gaming, but since you can only go so far with realistic renderings of bullets entering and exiting various body parts, Microsoft's keynote was more about expanding the Xbox ecosystem - with, among other things, Internet Explorer and SmartGlass. The latter is a service which allows you to use additional devices - tablets, smrtphones, PCs - as remote controls for your Xbox. IT goes much further than that though, while watching a TV show or a game, SmartGlass can show additional content (i.e., a map of Westeros while watching Game of Thrones), or pick up content where you left off. Pretty cool - and coming to iOS and Android as well, including the game integration. Yup, expect Office for iOS and Android to land soon.


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The Red Green Show "DNA All The Way" A rich eccentric passes away and everyone tries to prove a relationship. Red uses an electric fan to start a lawn mower.G
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My Family "Life Begins at Fifty" Susan is suffering from severe mood swings and forgetfulness. She is arrested for stealing a pair of sunglasses because she refuses to admit she is a "woman of a certain age." Ben is convinced he can handle Susan's defense in court.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Doctor's Wife" The Doctor follows a Time Lord distress signal to a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble Universe, unsure if there could be another living Time Lord out there. But the asteroid hides a secret, which could threaten the existence not only of the TARDIS crew, but of the TARDIS itself.G
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How to launch a new manufacturing line
Consulting engineers can be great allies in expanding or changing your process, but only you can impress on them the unique needs of your company and your plant.
Competition in the food and beverage market grows more intense every day. The manufacturers that feed the world are being pushed to provide new products in a low-cost, fast and efficient method. As a result, the profits of successful food processors are heavily influenced by the performance of their manufacturing lines.
One common cause of low performance is poor equipment integration and commissioning. Poor project integration is commonly the result of picking the wrong project execution methodology.
Consulting engineers are working with food and beverage clients to meet the demand, designing and providing construction services for new production lines to meet stringent requirements for performance, high utilization and high efficiency.
While they may know the principles of engineering, they don't know your process or the unique needs of your company and your plant. The following is about what you need to understand and the choices you need to make to help those consulting engineers work their best for you.
When implementing new manufacturing line projects, the two ends of the execution spectrum are turnkey and design-bid-build (DBB). Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages. Consulting engineers can advise and implement projects that have a variety of execution strategies. But the selection of the strategy ultimately is up to you. Here's some help in finding the strategy that best fits your needs.
Is turnkey right for you?
Turnkey projects are those in which one vendor provides equipment, installation and commissioning services under one contract. This method replaces the need for in-house technical staff to manage capacity increases, plant upgrades and product changes.
Advantages include:
- Fastest method for completing a standard project by providing opportunities to optimize parallel activities.
- Provides owner with one point of responsibility.
- Someone else can make equipment decisions for the inexperienced owner.
- Useful if one manufacturer can supply equipment for the line.
- Reduces administrative costs by combining the procurement process for equipment, line design, construction and commissioning.
However, there can also be disadvantages to turnkey projects:
- Little owner flexibility to select equipment providers.
- Provider may not have experienced designers and engineers who understand the unique problems of the owner's manufacturing environment.
- No opportunity to provide supplier competition for mid-stream changes.
- Changes are more expensive due to fast-tracking.
Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) can be poor executors of packaging processes, because their thinking is more machine-based than system- or process-based. OEMs that understand integration have skills that generally are centered on their own equipment.
For a turnkey integration project to be successful, team concepts such as commitment, communication and trust must be established early in the process so decisions can be made. The owner must be prepared to relinquish control of quality and details which will be handled by the turnkey supplier.
Whoever the turnkey supplier is, the project leader should be a "devil's advocate" to assure the manufacturing system truly meets all of the production and operational requirements. True turnkey integration specialists are a rare breed, but if they are part of the owner's team, the results are consistent and profitable.
The skinny on design-bid-build
The other school of project methodology is design-bid-build (DBB), which generally requires the owner to provide the major equipment and to work in conjunction with a design firm that provides detailed designs.
The owner bids installation with the design firm's assistance, and then hires the installation and commissioning services from vendors directly, while the design firm provides oversight. Such project scopes as building expansions, innovative package design, the latest process and packaging equipment, major piping efforts and plantwide tie-in require special engineering understanding that is not usually the specialty of turnkey providers.
Advantages for DBB include:
- Offers the greatest flexibility for an owner to control cost, design and schedule issues.
- Works very well for projects where manufacturing flexibility, process changes and innovative products are scoped and installed.
- Changes and uncertainty in a project do not have large cost impacts since the project evolves over time.
While the specialized knowledge of design firms coupled with owner flexibility may be a great fit, it is important to note some potential challenges to the DBB process as well:
- Responsibility limits may not be clear.
- Costs and schedule may not be optimized.
- There is an increased probability of responsibility disputes and owner involvement cost.
Somewhere between turnkey and DBB is a spectrum of integration solutions that combine the best of both worlds.
Multiple turnkey suppliers can be assembled to provide different aspects of a project. For instance, one supplier could provide all packaging systems, while another provides the building expansion and a third supplier takes care of electrical distributionn and infrastructure upgrades
Engineering firms specialize in recommending optimum solutions to manufacturing challenges - whether the investment includes purchasing a new production line, consolidating operations or upgrading existing production facilities. Consulting engineers can provide a strategic integration plan for blending the right execution methodologies whether it is turnkey, DBB or somewhere in-between.
Whatever project methodology a manufacturer chooses, there are four basic phases to consider in every manufacturing project. The four phases are design, procurement, construction and commissioning.
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HAND HOOKS | WALL HOOK or SHELF | Harry Allen | Areaware White | iPhone Dock
These hooks are a catchall for keys, change, soap, or any small thing that needs a helpful hand.
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DescriptionHarry Allen's attention-grabbing hand hooks for Areaware are very realistically based on the human hand - actually cast from the designer's hand.
Seven different helpful hands are available:
- Accompanied by a glass vial and metal cup, 'Bestow' may be used as a vase or candlestick holder.
- 'C'Mere' can hold a coat, keys, or anything that needs a friendly hand.
- 'Grab' is a catchall for keys, change, soap, or any small thing that needs a helpful hand.
- 'Om...' which catches the incense ash.
- 'Offer' is a catchall for keys, change, soap, or any small thing that needs an offering hand.
- 'HandDock iPhone' is a wall-mounted docking station that helps alleviate desktop clutter.
Designer: Award-winning interior and industrial designer Harry Allen gives everyday objects a wry twist in his Reality series for Areaware.
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by Lauren Kane (VM16)
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) are small shorebirds that breed only in three regions in North America: Atlantic Coast, the Northern Great Plains, and the Great Lakes. Piping plover were listed as threatened and endangered in 1986 and is an endangered species in Illinois. There is estimated to be 2,800 breeding pairs throughout the three North American regions. Breeding habitat has been replaced with shoreline development and recreation, which overtime, decreases the quality foraging and roosting habitat of these birds. Currently, the Fish and Wildlife Services have two main goals to recover this species and remove them from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. The first is to achieve well-distributed increases in numbers and productivity of breeding pairs, and secondly, to provide long-term protection of breeding and wintering plovers and their habitats. For more information, please visit http://www.fws.gov/northeast/pipingplover/pdf/summary.pdf


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We live in a digital world, where we are constantly bombarded by the exchange of ideas and experiences. Piccirilli Dorsey cuts through the noise of our digital lives in new and innovative ways, using websites, games, apps, social media and beyond.
The digital space has forever changed the way customers interact with brands. There are new opportunities and challenges to growing brand loyalty. At Piccirilli Dorsey, we love digital and can take advantage of new trends and technologies to help build your brand. We are branding experts for the digital age.
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Googorola yoinks Android mobes off German shelves
Apple, Microsoft patent warfare forces European retreat
Motorola Mobility's global smartphone market share shrank faster than usual yesterday when the mobe maker pulled all but one of its products from Germany.
Patent infringement lawsuits launched by Apple and Microsoft against Moto have demanded a sales ban on the Google-owned handset biz's Android tablets and smartphones in Germany.
Motorola Mobility's attempts to overturn the rulings have failed, forcing the Illinois-headquartered manufacturer to beat an ignominious retreat from the biggest market in Europe.
Now Moto's German portal offers only one product for sale: the bargain-basement clam-shell Gleam phone running a proprietary OS.
In comparison, there are 18 products on the Motorola Mobility UK and US sites: 14 phones and 4 Xoom tablets.
Moto announced a change of strategy in August towards making fewer phones and selling them in a smaller number of select countries. It also announced a 20 per cent cut in staff and the closure of a third of its offices. The change in direction came three months after Moto was bought by Google in May 2012.
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A new customer required a Parker Denison R5U (R5U12) relief valve, which was to be mounted directly onto a pump. The valve is now being delivered to the customer.
H-MAS Series (OMS Type)
The H-MAS hydraulic motor series is an OMS type, Geroler low speed high torque (LSHT) hydraulic motor delivering high output torque at an economical price. The gear set of the H-MAS series hydraulic motor comprises a rotor, stator and rollers providing increased motor performance and efficiency. Tapered roller bearings on the output shaft allow the motors to sustain very high radial and axial loads. The advanced valving design minimizes cross port leakage resulting in high volumetric efficiency and constant output speeds at varying pressures. The H-MAS series (OMS type) Geroler hydraulic motor takes advantage of the latest proven technology providing extended life, performance and reliability for medium duty applications. Other features include:
- High starting torque;
- Wide speed range;
- Constant output torque over a wide speed range;
- Fixed displacement;
- Favourable power-to-weight ratio;
- Very smooth running, even at low speeds;
- Robust design capable of withstanding tough operating conditions;
- Suitable for applications such as conveyor drives, winches, agricultural machinery, forest machinery, cranes, sawmill equipment and lifts/elevators.
This online catalogue only showcases a small selection of the products that we supply from a comprehensive range of hydraulic brands and manufacturers - we couldn't possibly squeeze everything we do in here! So don't worry if you can't find what you're looking for… Our experienced team should still be able to help.
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New from Axor in 2011: Bouroullec Brothers & Citterio
- Location: online only
- Website: hansgrohe-usa.com
Store History
- Founded: 1901
- Founded by: Hans Grohe
- Headquarters: Schiltach, Germany
Last month, I had the chance to visit the Axor|Hansgrohe Headquarters in Schiltach, a small town in the Black Forest of Germany, where I previewed new designer bath collections by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Patricia Urquiola, and Antonio Citterio. Although I'd seen photos of Axor Bourollec, this was the first time I laid eyes on the real thing, which debuts in the US later this year.
A little bit of background: Axor is the high-end, designer branch of German fixtures company Hansgrohe. The Axor plant manufactures more complex and pricier pieces than the main Hansgrohe factory. (The brand name 'Axor' combines the old Celtic word for water — 'Ax' ('exe') — with the Latin root 'Or' ('aurum') — meaning gold. So, Axor very loosely translates into 'goldwater.')
The Axor showroom is filled with modern displays of designer collections. The first thing I noticed when I ran my fingers over the Bouroullec sink was the material difference between this futuristic resin design and the traditional porcelain usually associated with washbasins.
The multi-tiered form requires more lightweight and flexible resin, as opposed to porcelain, which would crack if used for a delicate design like this one. The resin also allows holes to be drilled anywhere on the sink, so that customers can pick and choose where to mount faucets, handles, and mixers. The modular design frees the faucet from its traditional center-of-sink placement, and the client is only limited by the restraints of their plumbing.
Customers can choose from 45 different pre-selected versions of the washbasin (meaning that Axor will pre-drill the holes for you and provide instructions on how to install) or you can be a maverick and go with a configuration of your own choosing, which Axor can help to customize for you. The full Axor Bouroullec collection spans over 70 different bathroom fixtures, including tubs, showers, and mixers.
I also checked out the new line from Italian designer Antonio Citterio, who has worked with Axor before. This year, he created a slimmer collection with a star-shaped handle. Faucets and fixtures have clean-lined edges that are "cut" like a gemstone to catch the light. Citterio's catchphrase for the collection is "the new luxury" — he hopes that it speaks to busy cosmopolitan people who use their bathrooms as mini-retreats within the home.
Further down the line, in 2012, Axor will be launching new fixtures by Philippe Starck.
US Launch Dates for Axor's 2011 Collections
• Axor Urquiola — Available now through Axor US
• Axor Citterio — Launches at ICFF in New York, May, 2011
• Axor Bouroullec — Launches in Fall, 2011
• Maxwell's Daily Find: Axor Bouroullec Modular Sink
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Extra Tables Needed: During A Party
During a party, we like to mingle, socialize, drink and eat (sometimes all at once). But throughout the evening, we might need to set a drink down to shake a hand or stop eating in order to introduce friends. When this occurs, it's such a nice feeling to find a small table conveniently close by to place our items on.
- Bring a small side table from another part of the house into the area where everyone will be gathering. You can dress it up with books and flowers or leave it bare for added space.
- We love these teeny glass accent tables. Small enough to leave the space feel open but large enough to fit a handful of drinks or a plate of food.
- Stools are great because they are short enough to slide under a larger table when not in use but can be pulled out at a moments notice. They're also great if you need extra seating during your party.
- We've always liked the compact nature of a fold-up side table or butler's tray table. Like the stool, you can stash these small tables away when you're not using them.
- If you have an ottoman that isn't stable enough for drinks to land, add a sturdy tray to create a makeshift table.
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Friday Style Icon: Uma Thurman As Mia Wallace In Pulp Fiction
Mrs. Mia Wallace. Played by Uma Thurman, Mia is the wife of fearsome gangster Marsellus Wallace and one of the most iconic characters in the pretty consistently iconic 1994 classic, Pulp Fiction. The failed former actress (Fox Force Five) who loves cheeseburgers, pricey milkshakes and thought experiments (everyone, she claims in a cut scene, can be reduced to a Beatles man or an Elvis man) in kitschy settings gets Vincent Vega in a lot of trouble when she accidentally overdoses in his care. She also loves Urge Overkill and air guitar. She can twist really well, too. Here's our salute to the fashion minimalism of Mia Wallace.


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Teen girls pressured to look like porn stars, claims Indian-origin researcher
Pornography is destroying young women's confidence and creating a culture where women need to dress like adult stars to impress men, an Indian-origin researcher has claimed.tabloid Updated: Mar 20, 2013 14:55 IST
Pornography is destroying young women's confidence and creating a culture where women need to dress like adult stars to impress men, an Indian-origin researcher has claimed.
Dr Gomathi Sitharthan, a professor of sexual health at the University of Sydney, said the unlimited access to porn has warped young people's views of sex and relationships and has long-term effects.
"If a girl seems to like being treated roughly, has sex with five guys, has sex with the pool guy or the pizza delivery fellow five seconds after they meet - inform them that it only happens in movies. This is not the norm," News.com.au quoted Sitharthan as saying.
She said that looking at porn is just part of growing up, especially for teenage boys and there is nothing abnormal about that but due to new technologies, they can have access anytime and anywhere.
Sitharthan said that unlimited access has contributed to teenage boy's distorted view of the world, in turn young women are encouraged to dress and act in certain ways, and feel pressured to submit to sexual acts that simulate the porn material.
For many young women this means succumbing to intensive grooming rituals that includes Brazilian waxes, tanning and in some cases breast and lip augmentation to gain the porn star look.
For other women it is about dressing in short skirts and high heels mimicking the style of adult stars to give an impression of availability.
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Just because they singlehandedly deplete the world's stock of sunblock to protect their fragile skin, and they might be someone's stepchild, doesn't mean gingers don't deserve our respect. Who better to give it to them than Pixar, who the world trusts to bring them quality animated films that please both children and the adults who need them to be quiet for awhile? Brave continues the tradition, as expected, with a feisty heroine, gorgeous setting, and non-annoying messages about the importance of familial bonds and repeating history.
As a little girl, it was easy to want to be Cinderella or Snow White, because they were pretty, sang well, and really knew how to clean a floor. Getting older sharpened my vision, making contemporary princesses kind of boring because they never really changed much (with rare exception, like Mulan or Rapunzel in Tangled). But now, there's Merida, the fiery-haired lass at the center of this story, who gave even an old fuddy-duddy like me something to aspire to. She's smart, funny, spiritual, great with a bow and arrow, rides a horse like the wind, and refuses to be put in a box that her Scottish family and kingdom understands. She is a real spitfire.
Merida has come to the age where taking a horse on an obstacle course and climbing waterfalls is no longer how she is expected to spend her days. Her mother Elinor (Emma Thompson) and father Fergus (Billy Connolly) have started accepting suitors for her marriage because it's just what you do, but you can imagine that Merida won't go quietly into that dark night. She particularly butts heads with her mother, whose lessons on their kingdom's history and being a lady never cease, especially when Merida puts her bow on the table at dinner. When Merida embarrasses the family in front of all her kingdom's clans, she seeks refuge with a witch (Julie Walters) who promises to fix everything. Which of course, in storybook land, means turning mama Elinor into a grizzly bear.
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I am planning to take about 3 months off this winter, starting from February 2012. Would like to saddle down in a perfect kitesurfing spot for me for first 4 weeks or so and then travel around the area and the neighboring countries for the rest of the time - if possible then also kiting here and there. By current plan I would go there alone and after a month or so my girlfriend would join for tripping around.
The hardest part seems to be picking the perfect kite-spot, as I seem to have quite high expectations:
- Paradise-like
- Very warm water during that time
- No chop, no waves, no beachbrake - fields of crystal clear flat (waves can be also, outside reefs)
- Wind 16knots or more 80%+ of days
- Not very crowded, sik-sak`ing billion kiters
- Quite cheap accommodation - about $20/day max. Should be clean and with AC, otherwise nothing fancy
- Quite cheap but good food - ~$10/day eating out
- Mainly quiet and relaxed atmosphere - not looking for partying, rather to take time off and rest
- Friendly locals
- Something to do/see nearby during no-wind-days - go sightseeing with motorbike etc.
- Not supercrazy/-expensive to get there and away
- Would rather avoid extreme amount of moskitos or other similar disadvantages
I know that it is a lot to hope for but I`m sure a similar spot exists. Some places that have cached my eye:
- Boracay - would be very cool if it was´nt that crowded and kite-beach so dirty (sewers go into there)
- Mui Ne bay - seems to be very crowded and no flat/lagoons
- Carnasa Island - I mean WOW, this could be the spot, but the only accommodation there is that $400/day resort?
- Kingfisher bay - Again very cool spot, but is there accommodation near my budget range? Any other comments?
- Phu Quy island - is near Mui Ne and so far it seems the best found yet. It seems to have everything I look for, but other activities nearby. Any comments about this spot?
Correct me if I`m wrong. But, please also share some spots that I would be looking for. I am starting to be late in booking flights already. I know there can be secret spots which kiters dont want to overcrowd with ..but I can assure I`m not going to spoil those spots so you can PM me about those
By the way I bring my own equipment so kite-centers would be issue only for emergency repairs etc.
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well i made my friend.. break up with her first boy friend. Its for her own good. I was a lil jealous but at the end it prove me right. she discovered that the guy was a player so It was good that I did... =D
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Cant really recall too much. I tend not to do dumb ass stuff.
One time I did the classic poke a hole in the styrofoam cup trick. Poor bastard never figured out it was me.
hmm...probly last year i told my friend randy id giv him a dollar if he gav me his locker combo so at lunch he did and i ran away wif it and nvr gav him tha dollar. then tha next morning, my school las year had those tall thin lockers so my friend jake whos lik super skinny and can fit in there volunteered so we took randy's crap and put it into his and he hid in tha locker and we locked it, then lik 5 mins later my other friend who i jacked his combo from comes to open his locker and jake jumps out and scared him so much, he screamed and fell on his butt lol
heyyy im sleeping~
In middle school, I punched my friend a couple of times(seperate times) while we were playing.
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In Colombia...having a blast
In highschool, I lead a girl on something fierce. I was under a world of pressure to get scholarships for college, and I finally found one I wanted to shoot for: Duct Tape Prom. Unfortunatly, this required stupid, stupid me to ask a girl to prom, which is kinda a big thing. I picked one of my friends who was really into cosplay and she got really excited about this. The whole project eventually collapsed, but I unintentionally got her heart running.
Things eventually came to a point when other girls were trying to woo me (I went to a mostly girls arts school, so the rules were different back then) she got mad, and her and I finally had a talk. I was very, very surprised that she felt that way about me, plus my best friend had a crush on her, so I politely declined her heart. She had the courage to next ask me if I could ever have feelings for her. After being led on by someone else for a year, I chose to make myself very clear and not take her any further. I shot her down pretty good, thinking that it was the best thing for her.
Looking back now, even though I haven't seen her in many years, I'd take back my words in a second because of what I did to her confidence.
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me and my owner were looking for a mouse on the patio and took a mouse of the ground and poured bleach on it to it an diluted it with ammonia. our friend saw and was sad for the mouse but still hung around.
i once snuck up on my friend who was playing condemned criminal origns i scared him so bad he pissed himself
once a friend and i were just hanging around and i threatened to dump her towl in a stream (i wasn't actually gonna do it) then she said i didn't have the guts to do it, so i did. the same thing happened a week later, except with a shoe and a swamp.
sometimes i lock my friends in storage closets...
hah, you just wasted part of your life reading this
i have no friends................... ;_;
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^ Acquaintances
Hmm I think I bit their hand when they tried to take some of my food.
Ku~ ku~ ka!
Worst Thing You Did To Your Friend... i kicked her.
^ that's nothing
hah, you just wasted part of your life reading this
i kicked my guy friend in the nuts once yeaaaaaaah
but the only bad thing i can remember doing to my best friend was spitting on her when i was like 10 & she spat back at me.


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Salt Lamps
Posted 25 November 2003 - 07:09 AM
Ion counters are used in ghost research because the ion count in the air changes when a ghost is around, usually the negative ion count rises.
So, if someone had a very haunted house and put salt lamps in every room, what would be the outcome, would it increase or decrease the activity.
I think it would tend to decrease the activity, but that is my opinion.
Anyone? ???
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I was thinking it may work like one.
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Any ideas?
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The Air Ion Counter can be used for the detection of natural and artificial ions. Natural ions include those generated from the decay of radioactive minerals and radon gas, ions generated by fires, lightning, and evaporating water, and ions associated with storm activity. Note that in fair weather at sea level, typical ion counts are about 400 negative and 500 positive ions per cubic centimeter. Before a storm, positive ions increase dramatically. During a storm, negative ions increase.
The Ion Counter can gauge the output and coverage of artificial sources such as ion generators, improperly grounded air conditioning vents, combustion vapor and electrically charged or heated surfaces, and plasma-discharge ions in air and other gases. This device can be adjusted to measure positive, or in paranormal investigation cases, negative ions separately. Much like with an electromagnetic field detector, the ions in the air will measure as a high disturbance when anomalous energy is present. This device is great for investigations because it is sensitive to natural effects like radiation, electrical storms and radon.... thus, is not easily disturbed by power outlets. However, this also can be a major drawback if you are unaware of the ambient atmosphere you are investigating in.
Posted 25 November 2003 - 10:04 AM
Anyone have any take on this positive/negative ions?
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Posted 25 November 2003 - 12:01 PM
I know that standard suggestion for de-haunting a home is sage, salt in the corners of the room, more sunlight in the rooms to help break up the negative energy.
Ghosts are energy, these salt lamps change the ions in the air, how may that effect a ghost?
Posted 25 November 2003 - 12:28 PM
First of all, one of the ways to cleanse a house is with salt, and secondly, the positive ions would neutralize negative ions.
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Physician Skills Profile
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Today I was cruising around LinkedIn and took a second to look at my LinkedIn profile. Turns out I still need to add a few things to my profile. It's hard to keep up with stuff like that. However, what I found most intriguing was the somewhat recently added Skills section on LinkedIn profiles. I've known about them since the beginning, but I hadn't really looked how skills were being described by other members of the community. In fact, I purposefully tried not to influence people's recommendations of my skills. I wanted to see which skills they would identify. Here's what the results are as of today:
I find the results quite intriguing and I'm happy to say that the people on LinkedIn did a pretty good job profiling and endorsing my skills. The top skills are: Healthcare Information Technology, SEO, Blogging, EMR, and Social Media. That's a pretty fair representation of my top skills. I live, eat, sleep and breathe those things every day. I am sad that Entrepreneurship wasn't on the list, but maybe that's not a skill people think about. I'm surprised that compassionate and caring didn't make the list either;-)
As I think about that skills profile and the post about Physician Ranking Websites I did on EMR and HIPAA, I wonder if it would be valuable to allow people to endorse physician's skills. I wonder if any doctor has tried to do this on LinkedIn and what that would look like. I know for example I could endorse my wife's OB/GYN for a number of things that she did really well.
I like the idea of endorsement rather than ranking or review. In many ways it's a subtle difference, but it's an important difference. Besides the fact that the endorsements are simple to do and so there's a greater chance that you'll get more people involved, it also avoids some of the flame wars that can occur with physician review sites. Plus, the idea of physician rankings assumes that one is better than another when the fact might be that both doctors are great.
I also love the idea of having someone's profile linked to their endorsement. This is partially where it can break down in healthcare. Some people with cancer might not want to endorse their oncologist if they haven't told people they know about their cancer. Not to mention the potential big brother issues.
However, this isn't the case with many doctors. For example, I don't know how many times people haven't asked my wife and I for a recommendation of a pediatrician or primary care doctor. We of course tell them which ones we've liked and which ones we didn't like so much and why. Now imagine you could do something similar across all of your friends and associates.
I'm sure there's potential for gaming this system and there's other unintended consequences to this as well. Although, it intrigued me how well my LinkedIn contacts were able to identify my skills. I wonder if something similar could be done with doctors. Maybe Doximity could do something like this, but only doctors would be able to endorse other doctor's skills. Although, as I said in my article linked above, even many doctors don't know how good other doctors are. Depends on how often and in what ways they interact with the other doctors.


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Skyforce Surrender Big Lead But Still Top Mad Ants
In a game of runs, it's the matter of when they happen that matters most. The Sioux Falls Skyforce had two significant stretches where hot shooting carried them past the Fort Wayne Mad Ants 103-101 on Monday night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
A 17-1 burst bridging the end of the first quarter to the beginning of the second period opened things up for the Skyforce (11-3). The lead got to its apex at 55-43 near the middle of the quarter before the Mad Ants (6-7) pecked away until an 11-0 stretch for the home team gave them the lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
The second Sioux Falls strike was a run of 8 straight including back-to-back threes by Walker to briefly get the lead back. The Skyforce never trailed for the rest of the game although the two teams were tied four times in the fourth quarter. Sioux Falls took the lead for good with a layup and free throw by A.J. Davis with 2:26 left.
Justin Hamilton scored 31 points and Henry Walker had 26. DeAndre Liggins the reigning NBADL Performer of the Week chipped in with 13 and Charlie Westbrook supplied 11 counters. Fort Wayne was led by Ron Howard's 23 points and Indiana Pacers assignee Solomon Hill added 19 in his D-League debut.


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Columbus wants to host the Republican or Democratic national convention in 2016, and I'm all for it. Landing either one would be great for sales of bourbon, funny hats and flag lapel pins. (I assume we couldn't host both conventions, because that would deplete the city's strategic name-tag reserve.)
Columbus wants to host the Republican or Democratic national convention in 2016, and I�m all for it.
Landing either one would be great for sales of bourbon, funny hats and flag lapel pins. (I assume we couldn�t host both conventions, because that would deplete the city�s strategic name-tag reserve.)
Given the nation�s polarized politics, the Democratic convention would undoubtedly draw a crowd with interests different from those of the GOP crowd.
To help city officials prepare for all eventualities, I�ve developed a forecast on the particular needs, tastes and interests of conventioneers from the rival parties:Transportation
Democratic leaders would want bicycles and alternative-fuel buses on hand so they could feel good about their environmental consciousness while passing in limousines.
Republican bigwigs who didn�t arrive by private jet might ask that the Scioto River be dredged to allow for yacht traffic.Decorations
Both parties could be expected to make heavy use of balloons, bunting and confetti.
For added pizazz, Democrats would call on the policy expertise of Hollywood stars.
For added diversity, Republicans might hire a few minorities to stand on the convention floor and pretend to be party members.Food and drink
Republicans would consume more red meat because they not only eat it but also throw it raw to tea-party members. Also, a few of the party�s more ardent gun-rights advocates might hire guides to drive them into the suburbs so they could harvest a deer for supper.
Restaurants selling locally grown produce, no-hormone beef and free-range chicken would be of more interest to Democrats, who like side orders of self-righteousness with their meals.Entertainment
The city�s biggest attractions � the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, COSI Columbus, German Village � could be expected to draw visitors in roughly equal numbers from both parties.
As for regional attractions, I wouldn�t expect too many Democrats at the Creation Museum or too many Republicans checking out the fair-trade craft stores in Yellow Springs.
Short North nightclubs could expect heavy traffic from both parties. Groups of Democrats would undoubtedly be seen congregating outside the front doors of gay bars; Republicans would sneak in the back.Recreation
Republicans would golf, shop and lament the passing of the 1950s.
Democrats would bicycle, shop and fantasize about how great things would be if Al Gore had won in 2000.
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After cutting ties with her longtime agent last week, Paula Deen, 66, has hired a new legal team, one of the lead lawyers told ABC News.
It's been a rough few weeks for the Georgia native. After she admitted under oath to using a racial slur in the past, the Food Network, Wal-Mart, and QVC have all cut ties to the celebrity chef and author.
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Deen has called on Grace Speights, managing partner for Morgan Lewis, one of the top labor and employment firms in the country, to represent her in the Lisa Jackson lawsuit. It was a deposition that Deen gave in the suit that led to the slur controversy.
A representative for Morgan Lewis did confirm that they have been retained to serve as lead counsel for the case.
Jackson is claiming she worked in an environment, co-owned by Deen, where racial slurs were commonplace.
Patricia Glaser, along with Savannah lawyer Harvey Weitz will also be on Deen's new legal team. Weitz will serve as local counsel.
A representative for Weitz confirmed his retention, while attempts to reach Patricia Glaser were not returned.
The Food Network was one of the first companies to cut ties with Deen in June, even after she made an apology begging for forgiveness in two online videos shortly after the her use of the "N word" went public.
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