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When one wishes ill upon another or simply having a conversation among peers and needing to comment on what someone has said to you.
"Why you little rat, I hope you burn in hell."
by n4t3 April 11, 2004
a sentance used by butters to show how gay he is, its true how gay butters is. using this word in modern sentances makes you 1337 if you dont say it or dissaprove it makes you gay REALLY REALLY GAY.
see butters farted,butter's SanDisk
see butters farted,butter's SanDisk
butters farted, then justin takes out butters sandisk then butters says to max burn in hell, then every one in the room says how gay butters is.
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A torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a serious knee injury, especially for athletes. Ligaments are long, rope-like bands that fasten bones together. The ACL helps give the knee its stability.
Teens who get ACL injuries usually play contact sports (like football) or sports that feature swift, abrupt movements such as pivoting, stopping, or turning on a dime.
People also can tear an ACL when they do movements they're used to doing all the time, like jumping and landing hard on the feet. If the quadriceps muscles aren't strong enough, a movement a player is used to doing can suddenly put too much pressure on the knee joint and cause the ACL to tear or break apart.
Teen girls are much more likely than guys to tear an ACL. There are several reasons why, including the fact that girls and guys have different body shapes and limb alignment. Hormones can play a role too. Female hormones may loosen the ligaments.
ACL injuries can really hurt. They can also lead people to be unsteady on their feet during sports. Depending on the person's age and the severity of the injury, a torn ACL usually heals best with surgery in addition to 6 to 12 months of rehabilitation. Getting surgery can prevent a player from getting arthritis or other knee damage later on.
Here's what most people notice after tearing an ACL:
Many people report hearing a "pop" sound when the injury happens. This is the sound of the shinbone popping out and back into place when the ligament tears. Others also report the knee feeling looser than it was before. Sometimes, though, people with ACL injuries don't notice anything different. It all depends on how severe the injury is.
If you injure your knee — whether out on the field or at home — stop all activity to prevent further injury. See a doctor as soon as possible. In the meantime, keep your knee iced and elevated to reduce swelling. If it feels painful, don't put weight on your knee.
A doctor will examine the knee and probably do imaging tests to see how it might be injured and, if so, how badly.
These tests can help diagnose an ACL injury:
Doctors may order X-rays with knee injuries, but that's usually to see if a bone is fractured, since X-rays only image bone. So some doctors will order an MRI, which images tissue (like ligaments and muscles), to confirm a partial or complete ACL tear.
Doctors highly recommend surgery for teens with ACL injuries.
A torn ACL usually is treated with a procedure called an ACL reconstruction. Surgeons replace the damaged ligament with new ACL graft tissue — either taken from the patient's own body (tissue from the main patellar tendon or the hamstring) or donated from someone else (called an allograft).
After surgery, patients will need to use crutches, limit physical activity, and wear a knee brace for a while, depending on what the surgeon advises.
Recovery from ACL surgery can take 6 months to a year. Rehabilitation ("rehab") therapy is needed to help heal the knee and to:
Most people do rehab at a center three times a week, with daily exercises they practice at home. Accelerated rehab programs involve more frequent therapy, but they won't necessarily speed recovery.
In the early stages of recovery, a doctor may recommend a leg brace or knee brace. Keeping the knee iced and raised can help to reduce swelling. Doctors usually prescribe painkillers and anti-inflammatory medicine to help you deal with the pain and feel more comfortable. In some cases, doctors may give you steroid injections to ease pain and help reduce swelling.
While most sports are off limits — especially the activity that caused the injury in the first place — you might try some low-impact activities like swimming, bike riding, or protected running. Talk to your doctor about what activities might help you; some of these may even count as therapies.
Being told that you can't do the things you love — like running or playing football, field hockey, or softball — can be frustrating. Recovering from an ACL injury might make you feel angry or even depressed, especially if you're no longer playing team sports with your friends.
But in the meantime, there are ways to still feel like part of the team. Keeping score, being a coach's assistant, or bringing water to your teammates may help. If you don't want to do these, start something new, like playing the guitar, painting, drawing, or another activity that won't put strain on the knee.
In time, you can do the things you love. If you feel like you're struggling with recovery, consider talking to a counselor for support.
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Date Reviewed: 14-10-2015

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Indiana's Voter ID Law
Contact: Jim Gavin
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita Lauds Decision
(Indianapolis) April 28, 2008 - Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold Indiana's Voter ID law. Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, Indiana's Chief Election Officer and the Respondent in the case vigorously defended Indiana's law.
"Today, Indiana won the national battle for voter protection and state's rights. Across the country, leaders are thanking Hoosiers for raising the bar in protecting voters and improving the integrity of the election process," stated Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita. "I expect many states to follow our lead."
Many states across the nation have waited for the Court's opinion on the two consolidated cases, Indiana Democratic Party v. Todd Rokita and Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. States like Mississippi and Texas have attempted to model their Voter ID proposals after Indiana's law in an attempt to improve election accuracy.
"Indiana's ID law is about accuracy - are we going to demand accuracy through integrity in our election process? The answer from the Supreme Court echoes that of the American people. Yes, we want accurate elections that protect each individual's vote." stated Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita.
The photo ID law has been tested and successfully passed the scrutiny of the courts in the past. First, by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker in 2006 and then upheld by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled 2-1 in favor of upholding Indiana's Photo ID law in 2007.
Over the last three years, the Indiana Secretary of State's Office has maintained an aggressive plan to inform Hoosiers of the Voter ID requirement as part of a $1.25 million in voter outreach and education. This year, Secretary Rokita increased primary outreach spending, focusing on the photo ID requirement and tailoring the outreach to new voters."
"As we have with the past seven elections in our state, we will continue to work with local election officials to inform citizens of the ID requirement," stated Secretary Rokita. "Our office has increased our outreach efforts by almost 50% during this busy primary season. It is my hope that those who spent energy in fierce opposition will spend equal amounts of energy helping us continue to inform Hoosiers of this common-sense requirement."
Indiana's Voter ID Law
Public Law 109-2005 requires Indiana residents to present photo ID before casting a ballot at the polls on Election Day. The photo ID must meet 4 criteria to be acceptable for voting purposes. It must:
1. Display the voter's photo
2. Display the voter's name, and the name must conform with the voter registration record
3. Display an expiration date and either be current or have expired sometime after the date of the last General Election
4. Be issued by the State of Indiana or the U.S. government
In most cases, an Indiana driver's license, Indiana photo ID card, US Passport, or Military ID is sufficient. A student ID from an Indiana state school may only be used if it meets all of the 4 criteria specified above.
For more information on the types of identification or documents required to receive appropriate identification, please visit http://www.photoid.in.gov/
The law requires that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles provide free photo identification to citizens who do not already have a valid photo ID that would meet the requirements.


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Wrath Beta Patch Notes wrote:By now, I am sure you've heard that the Wrath of the Lich King Beta is going live and the patch notes are up. There's a rather extensive section devoted to Hunters on this iteration. We have a few more insights into the pet talent trees that were announced at the Worldwide Invitational, as well as a few changes to existing talents and a nice Steady Shot buff.
Pet Changes
Pets have been vastly streamlined in how they work and how one gets new skills. It looks like owning and maintaining a pet should be a lot less of a hassle now, although a few things remain for "flavor." Here's something a long time coming: All pet families now have one unique family ability, including ones that didn't before -- yes, that means the poor Sporebats finally get some love. In addition, as every hunter pet can learn Growl, Cower and either Bite or Claw. Bite itself has been changed to be exactly like Claw in damage and focus power. Avoidance, Cobra Reflexes, and Dash/Dive will now be talents.
In addition, if a low level pet is tamed, it will automatically raise to 5 levels below the Hunter's level -- it's unclear if existing low level or stabled pets will get this benefit too -- and all Hunter pets will learn new ranks of their known skills automatically upon leveling. Assuming Bite, Claw, and the family skills are baseline, it sounds like taming pets solely for skill learning should be a thing of the past.
Pet upkeep is also much easier: loyalty is gone, as are training points and the Beast Training skill. They're replaced by talents and automatic learning of skills as the pet levels. Apparently, food is already in, so there is some pet upkeep, and we'll still have to keep track of what vendors sell stuff that Fluffy actually eats and remember to stock up, but at the least bringing up a new pet should be relatively painless. There's no word yet in the patch notes on whether Great Stamina, Natural Armor, and the resistance skills are gone for good or folded into the talents, but it seems a relatively safe bet that they'll appear in the tanking tree in some form, or get folded into the baseline stats for pets.
As for the pet talent tree, Hunter pets will now gain talent points starting at level 20, with a new point earned every 4 levels. They can use them learn talents in "one of three trees depending on family." If I'm reading that right, it sounds like pet families will now be much more distinct in their assigned roles, with some families allowed to learn the DPS tree, and some the Tank tree, others the 3rd utility tree.
It will be interesting to see how pet families play out after this. If only certain pet families can learn the DPS tree, we will probably still see favored pet families for raid DPS, especially if the family stat modifiers also stay in. It's the change I'm the most wary about, as making Hunters choose specific pets for every possible pet role may not solve the homogenization problem. It seems Hunters may have to continue to stable their favorite pet bear who can only access the Tanking tree and bring out the ravager for raids and groups after all.
Talent Changes
There's still no new 40-51 point talents for Hunters, but some of existing Hunter talents have received changes, mostly in the Survival Tree, where the first few tiers have been firmed up considerably.
Trap Mastery as it currently exists has been removed. Talents that buff hit rating or decrease resistances are being nerfed across the board, and seem to be part of a larger mechanics change that deemphasizes hit rating, so this is likely simply in line with that, and hopefully shouldn't affect a Survival Hunter's trapping performance overly much. In the meantime, Clever Traps has been renamed Trap Mastery, but will stay in its current position on the tree.
In damage buffing abilities, Monster Slaying and Humanoid Slaying have been replaced with a single first tier 5-point talent called Improved Tracking, which will increase damage done to the tracked mob type by up to 5%, which should make the talent much more versatile and desirable. Master Tactician now has a 10% chance of proccing, up from 6%. A 4% jump is nothing to sneeze at, and should certainly increase the amount of time it's up -- it will definitely be interesting to see how much of a damage jump it becomes.
It looks like Blizzard is also looking at buffing Survival's damage avoidance potential, perhaps as an attempt at fixing Hunter PvP woes. Deterrence will now also block 60% of incoming spell damage, and is down to a 3 minute cooldown. Improved Feign Death will also block up to 30% of incoming damage. In theory, one could use these skills to survive focus fire. If it's the fix Hunters need for Arena, or if it will work as well in action as on paper, is yet to be seen, and something that will probably need testing.
In what seems like it might be a bit of a nerf, on the other hand, Surefooted will simply reduce the duration of movement impairing effects by up to 30% instead of attempting to outright resisting them. This seems similar to the old changing of silence avoidance talents to resists, so it may simply be a design decision on Blizzard's part. It may make surviving spamstringing a bit harder, though.
Baseline Skill Changes
There were a few changes to the baseline skills for hunters in the patch notes as well. First, Steady Shot now uses ammunition to determine damage. Combined with the announced removal of Auto Shot clipping from the WWI, it sounds like Steady Shot is lined up to get a nice damage boost. It should scale better now and be easier to manage which is only a good thing. Plus, Steady Shot already consumes ammo, so it'll be nice to see the stuff actually go to good use now.
Aspects also got a small change, in that they no longer cost mana. That will help slightly when Hunters switch from Aspect of the Hawk to Aspect of the Viper to regain mana during longer fights. Of course, the fact that we need to switch constantly between Aspect of the Hawk and Aspect of the Viper seems to be a problem in and of itself, that this slight change won't solve. Hopefully, there's a more long term solution in the works or not in the patch notes for our mana regeneration problems. I'm still hoping for a bit less chain chugging of mana pots in my Hunter's raiding future.
The Verdict
The changes so far seem like a good start, although they won't solve all our problems. I'd say my biggest problem so far is that we haven't seen an answer to our mana regeneration problems, at least not in these patch notes. In addition, It seems like Hunter pet homogenization probably won't actually be addressed by this new system, since pet talent trees still seem to be segregated by family. That's something that may need some gentle feedback to Blizzard.
Of course, we also have new talents to check out as well. Once we see those, we may have a better picture of where Hunters are headed, and hopefully we can look forward to a brighter future, one with less grabbing aggro from our pets and less chain chugging of mana potions.


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Zoeller hits up Plymouth Country Club's Fall Stag event
PLYMOUTH — Fuzzy Zoeller can lay claim to a U.S. Open and Masters championship. Now after a long and successful career as a golfer, Fuzzy is throwing his hat into another ring.
Fuzzy Vodka hit shelves in July 2009.
Zoeller was in Plymouth Thursday night to sign bottles and press the flesh for members and non-members alike as the local country club held its annual Fall Stag.
Zoeller recently played in the Champions circuit of golf, formerly known as the Seniors. Now, Zoeller, said, he's going to focus his attention on his vodka.
"I had some people approach me about doing a signature wine," said Zoeller. "But I don't drink wine. Then I had a buddy say 'Why don't you do a vodka. You know plenty about that."
So Zoeller ventured into the vodka game. He tried several. He had his friends try several. But the one that stuck came from Bend, Ore.
Zoeller said the vodka is selling like gangbusters so he's going to focus his attention on that.
Despite his increased interest in spirits, the Indiana native and resident still follows the game.
"It's in great hands right now," said Zoeller of the new generation of golfers like Bubba Watson and Rory McIlroy.
Zoeller said the Ryder Cup this summer was proof of how good the game of golf is right now.
"If you watched that and it didn't do something to you then you have no pulse," said Zoeller.
More than 100 people were on hand Thursday night to meet Zoeller.
The proceeds from the Stag event go to improvements for the golf course.


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Out of sight for months and seeking re-election in weeks, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s return to Congress by voters may be virtually assured, but a new federal investigation of the South Side Democrat has made his political and legal future even more tenuous.
The probe by federal prosecutors in Washington into whether Jackson misused campaign funds is but the latest example of how the once-bright future of a 17-year congressman with big political aspirations greatly dimmed after his involvement with imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich four years ago.
A source close to Jackson, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the congressman's situation, said Tuesday that there was no change in Jackson's status as a candidate for re-election but cautioned that matters surrounding the latest federal investigation were "all in the lawyers' hands now."
The look at Jackson's finances is an "ongoing inquiry," according to a federal source familiar with the probe. Another source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the investigation into campaign finances has been ongoing "for months" and that vendors to Jackson's campaign are among those being questioned in the case.
On Tuesday, a woman who identified herself as a co-owner of a suburban office furniture company told the Tribune that federal authorities contacted the business within the past month or so to tell the operators they would be receiving a federal subpoena for records connected to a purchase of furniture by Jackson's campaign committee.
Campaign finance records show that Jackson's campaign committee purchased office furniture from the company for $8,000 in September 2010.
Jackson's last real power lies in remaining a member of Congress. Though he potentially faces prosecution, his title as congressman could provide him with a bargaining chip to trade with authorities in exchange for avoiding a contentious prosecution or stiffer penalty.
Many top Democrats acknowledge there are no last-minute preparations to replace Jackson on the Nov. 6 ballot because they don't believe he'll drop out and is all but a shoo-in to win in a 2nd Congressional District drawn to heavily favor Democrats, and the congressman in particular.
Under state election law, Democratic leaders have only until Monday — 15 days before the election — to pick a replacement candidate should Jackson opt to remove his name from consideration. After that, Jackson's name would appear on the ballot. Should he decide later to resign, a special election would be held several months down the road.
Top Chicago Democrats also said privately that they believe Jackson's tenure in Congress may be short-lived, due to the new federal investigation but also in light of his drama-filled summer. Jackson's camp offered few details about his June medical leave from the House that finally led to the revelation in August that he was being treated for bipolar disorder.
Jackson has not campaigned publicly, and spotting him has become fodder for gossip websites. The Daily reported that it found Jackson outside his DuPont Circle home in Washington smoking a cigar Monday. Jackson told the site he's "not well" and visits a doctor twice a day at a nearby hospital. The Daily also said it confirmed that Jackson had shown up twice last week at a D.C. bar with a group of people that included men and women.
In 2008, Jackson faced federal scrutiny over his involvement in trying to secure President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat from Blagojevich. Jackson's political stock rapidly declined amid allegations that a wealthy supporter and longtime friend, Raghuveer Nayak, offered Blagojevich up to $6 million to appoint the congressman to fill Obama's Senate vacancy.
Nayak, who was arrested on unrelated federal fraud charges in June, had told federal investigators that Jackson asked him to raise campaign money for Blagojevich in hopes the then-governor would appoint the congressman to the seat, sources familiar with the investigation have told the Tribune.
Jackson has denied any knowledge of fundraising in exchange for the appointment, but the allegations over the Senate seat prompted an ongoing investigation by the House Ethics Committee. Jackson has said he expects to be vindicated by the ethics panel.
Under House rules, a violation of a law involving a House member "that may have been disclosed in a committee investigation" can be reported to federal or state authorities by a vote of two-thirds of the ethics panel's members.
Federal law prohibits candidates and officeholders from using campaign dollars for personal obligations such as a home mortgage, rent, utility payments, a noncampaign automobile expense or a country club membership, to name some examples.
Jackson had $113,055 in his campaign treasury Sept. 30, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. From January 2011 through September, he had $983,096 in contributions and about $1 million in expenses, the reports showed.
Jackson's campaign treasurer in Chicago, Vickie Pasley, and his lawyer in Washington, Reid Weingarten, did not return phone calls for comment Tuesday. The U.S. Justice Department, the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia and the FBI's Washington field office had no comment Tuesday about Jackson.
Tribune reporters Richard A. Serrano, Hal Dardick, John Chase, Jeff Coen and Annie Sweeney contributed.
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|1995 Chevrolet Corvette Base 2dr Hatchback Special!! Was $9,995
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Astronomer: Asteroid strike in 2106 looks unlikely
Earth orbits in a shooting gallery of asteroids and space rocks, but an impact looks unlikely for the foreseeable future.
Good news, folks. An asteroid looks unlikely to smack into Earth on Friday or in 2106, despite Russian media reports.
An asteroid half the size of a football field, 2012 DA14, whizzes past Earth on Friday at an altitude of 17,100 miles, close by astronomical standards. NASA says no impact is possible.
However, a recent Voice of Russia report, citing two Russian astronomers, warns that another asteroid, 2012 YQ1 (asteroids are named after the year of their discovery and in alphabetical combinations that reflect the order in which they were spotted), threatens our planet with an impact almost a century from now, in 2106. That asteroid is about three-quarters of the size of a football field, to stick with sporting-grounds measurements.
No fear, says MIT asteroid expert Richard Binzel. "Looks like a rogue report," he says, pointing to the space agency risk table for asteroids, which doesn't list 2012 YQ1 as a concern.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking the asteroid and its orbit doesn't seem to intersect with Earth for the foreseeable future.


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NEWINGTON, NH — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney struck an upbeat note as he opened the final weekend of his campaign in the state where he launched his campaign more than 16 months ago.
"I've got a clear and unequivocal message for you: America is about to come roaring back," Romney told a chilly crowd of more than 1,000 supporters gathered to see him off for a busy Saturday of campaigning.
Romney also thanked the Granite State for its support in the Republican primary, and said they would be key to his presidential aspirations on Tuesday. The latest NBC/WSJ/Marist poll, released this week, shows Romney locked in a statistical dead heat here against President Barack Obama; the president leads 49 to 47 percent among likely voters, within the poll's margin of error.
"New Hampshire got me the Republican nomination and New Hampshire is going to get me the White House," Romney said to cheers.
From here, Romney campaigns across Iowa and Colorado on Saturday, with a packed Sunday schedule to follow that also takes him to four battleground states. Romney will next return to New Hampshire on Monday, but left behind today a team of top surrogates to barnstorm the state in his absence: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who joined New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte in introducing Romney here this morning.
Romney shortened his typical stump speech this morning, but left room for a critique of Obama, telling his audience here that "talk is cheap," and that the president "wants to convince you to settle."
"Americans don't settle – we dream, we aspire, we reach for greater things," Romney said. "And we will achieve greater things with new leadership. "


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Allergy testing can tell you what you are allergic to. Testing may reveal allergens that you didn't even realize were causing you problems. Furthermore, testing is necessary if you wish to start immunotherapy (allergy shots).
The allergist will ask questions about your medical history to determine whether allergies run in your family. The allergist may ask detailed questions about your symptoms, what you did to treat those symptoms, and whether it worked. Once non-allergic conditions are evaluated and allergy is suspected, your allergist will perform a diagnostic allergy test.
When most people go to the allergist for the first time, they want to know right away -- "What am I allergic to?" Fortunately, skin testing can usually be done on your first visit, and you may get immediate answers to your questions. However, some medications may affect the accuracy of the test, such as antihistamines and antidepressants. If you are taking any prescription medications, ask your primary care physician and allergist how to prepare for the allergy tests.
The skin prick or scratch test is the most common, reliable test for most allergies. The procedure is fairly painless. A small needle or plastic device is used to lightly prick or scratch your back or forearm with a tiny amount of allergen. After 15 - 20 minutes, your allergist will be able to interpret the results by examining each spot where allergens were scratched or pricked into your skin. The spots where you are allergic will become red and swollen, and the others will remain normal.
The intradermal test is typically done when the skin prick or scratch test results are negative. It is similar to the prick or scratch test but involves injecting a small amount of allergen under the skin using a needle. The test is also more sensitive, exposing the skin to more allergen than the prick or scratch test. The test is usually done only to see if you are allergic to medicines. It should never be done to test for food allergies, as it may cause an allergic reaction.
Reactions to skin testing should clear up quickly. Because skin testing involves the injection of allergens under the skin, there is a small risk of anaphylaxis. For this reason, allergy skin testing should only be performed in a medical setting, with access to emergency treatment.
The blood test or RAST (radioallergosorbent) test measures the levels of the allergy antibody IgE to a specific allergen in your blood. If you are allergic to a substance, the IgE levels against that substance are usually high. The blood test may be used if you have existing skin problems like eczema, if you're on medications that are long-acting or you cannot stop taking, if you have a history of anaphylaxis, or if you prefer not to have a skin test. A drawback of the blood test is that it may take several days to get the results. Also, other conditions are associated with elevated IgE levels (such as HIV, skin diseases, and parasitic diseases), so the results are not always accurate and need to be compared to your allergy symptoms and medical history.
To find out whether you have an allergy, if your allergist is not certain after testing your skin or blood, you may need a challenge test. These tests are usually done only for food or drug allergies. There are two types of challenge test: open and blinded. In an open challenge, you gradually swallow increasing amounts of a suspected allergen while you are monitored for allergy symptoms. In a blinded challenge, you swallow a very small amount of the suspected allergen (such as milk or antibiotic), usually in a capsule. Real capsules may are alternated with placebo capsules. That way, your health care provider and you do not know what you are taking. This helps eliminate any uncertainty.
Due to the risk of a severe allergic reaction like anaphylaxis, challenge tests are done in a clinical setting and are only performed when absolutely necessary.
Snapshot of a Moving Picture
Most people think of specific allergies in black and white terms -- something you either have or you don't. However, being allergic to something is a continuum -- and that continuum changes over time. Most (but not all!) food allergies get better over time. Most airborne allergies get more common as children get older. Some allergies peak before puberty and then disappear. Others don't even begin until puberty is over.
Furthermore, test results must be interpreted differently at different ages. Under age 1, a positive test is usually a true allergy, but a negative test does not tell you anything. In children over 3 or 4, the reverse tends to be true -- a negative test means the child is probably not allergic to that substance, whereas a positive test does not necessarily mean that the substance causes symptoms for the child.
Most people who do get tested for allergies have a single round of skin testing. This can provide a valuable snapshot of allergies at a single moment in time.
Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P.


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I'm looking back at all of the products I've reviewed and used in 2010, and 10 favorites clearly stood out. Each has earned a place in my heart as particularly great. To get on this list, the product had to be something I use regularly and enjoy.
Kindle DX
I picked the Kindle DX up to review thinking it was too big, and that it would end up on my shelf unused after a couple of days. Instead I fell in love with it, and it goes with me wherever I go. The larger screen allows me to put more text on the page, so I'm not flipping as often, and allows me to use larger text so I'm not straining my eyes and can work in low light. While I do miss a cover with a built-in book light like the regular Kindle, I can't give up the extra size, and for me, the iPad just hasn't been a real alternative. I have the latest model in black, and it did cost $379 but I really don't know what I'd do without my Kindle. It is the one product I don't go anyplace without.
Alienware M11X
This laptop has been a real champ this year, and I now have two of them with one as a backup. This laptop has been a dream. No problems, Nvidia graphics when I want to play games, embedded graphics when I need the battery life. It looks cool, and it is small enough to use in coach without sucking in my gut. The latest model switches between graphics chips automatically, and has an updated Intel processor, so it is even better now. Some folks carry what their company gives them, I carry what I want, and currently I want my Alienware M11X.
E+ M-750 TidalForce Electric Bicycle
With a 1,000-watt motor and a frame that was based on a bike sold to the US military for paratroopers, this bike is my own personal dream come true. With substantial power for the hills, the ability to fold it up and put it in the back of my car, and stealth black finish, this has been a wonder to enjoy the California sun. It will go up most hills with only a little added work and can really put on the speed when you need that burst to get through a light. This is my second electric bicycle, and by far my favorite of the set. Electric cars may not yet make sense for most of us, but electric bikes have arrived and I love my M-750.
Neato Robotic Vacuum
I have 5 Roombas in various states of repair, and not a damn one of them vacuums very well. They also wander around the floor like a blind, nose-less mouse. Basically they are stupid sweepers. The Neato uses a technology similar to what is being used in self-driving cars, and it is a real vacuum cleaner, so it actually vacuums up the dirt, it doesn't just try to sweep it in. This means it looks around the room, figures out how to best cover the space, and then it executes a plan. Personally I think it is smarter than most politicians. If I could, I'd vote it into office.
Steelcase WalkStation
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Police hit the road to turn wild ones into mild ones
November 24, 2012
John Silvester
Crime reporter, The Age
MOST crime squad offices are a little bit battered and frayed at the edges - much like the detectives who inhabit them.
In contrast, the 11th-floor St Kilda Road office of the anti-bikie Echo Taskforce is clean and spacious with room to expand - which gives you the first clue that bikies are a crime problem the brass thinks will only get bigger.
For the record, Victoria Police was the first Australian law-enforcement body to target bikies, but then for some strange reason senior officers declared the gangs were no more aggressive than tamborine-toting Hari Krishnas.
Around two years ago we had another shift, with police command deciding to finally get with the program and set up Echo.
The taskforce's instructions are simple: investigate and disrupt organised criminal activities conducted by members of some of the groups.
It should be pointed out that not all outlaw bikies are outlaws in the real sense. Sure, they drink beer out of dirty glasses, but many work straight jobs and remain oblivious to the criminal conspiracies planned around them.
So detectives selected for the job first had to work out who were the main players calling (and occasionally firing) the shots. This was made more difficult as the area had been neglected for so long that no one had a handle on the local scene. In fact, Echo found the intelligence file on bikies consisted of a VHS tape of Easy Rider and a black-and-white poster of a leather-clad Marlon Brando astride his Triumph Thunderbird in The Wild One.
Now, after developing contacts and encouraging street police to fill in intelligence reports after any bikie contact, team leaders feel they have an accurate picture - and it is not pretty.
Echo chief Detective Inspector Ian Campbell says some big outlaw motorcycle gangs have quietly moved into debt collecting - a rather inevitable act of multiskilling.
But what is disturbing is that respectable business types are turning not to accountants in cardigans but bikies in gang colours to recoup legitimate business debts.
In one way, it makes sense. Chasing down debts from a stubborn non-payer is time-consuming, expensive and often doomed to fail. So a heavy or two with a don't-take-no-for-an-answer attitude can cut through the red tape. And if bikies take 40 per cent, so what? It is better than 100 per cent of nothing.
That is if everything goes smoothly. But what if it doesn't? What if the other side won't pay or, worse, hires a rival bikie gang to argue the case for the defence? Then a businessman trying to cut corners will find himself painted into one.
Police caution that if you hire bikies and it goes bad you can be looking at serious jail time. "You engage these people and it goes wrong you will be held responsible," Campbell says. "Many can seem quite pleasant but they can turn violent very quickly."
In recent times bikies in colours have turned up at one business to demand the immediate payment of more than $200,000, at another firm over a $5000 squabble, and have been chasing down heavy trucks as part of a bankruptcy claim. By the time the rigs reach the receiver, many of the trucks have been stripped of much of the expensive mechanics and are just shells.
For very large men, bikies seem extremely adept at squeezing through the smallest legal cracks.
From the middle of last year, debt collectors no longer needed to be licensed and police have since seen a jump in bikie involvement.
A recent suspicious fire in a bayside business has all the markings of a bikie payback over a debt. Such suspicions were hardly dispelled when members of the gang drove past flipping the bird at investigators.
Many bikies have legitimate businesses, but some use gangster tactics to intimidate competitors.
One is in the heavy haulage business and is now turning up at truck breakdowns in club colours, telling would-be towies to hit the road. Each job is worth nearly $1000.
Detective Senior Sergeant Wayne Cheesman has been with Echo since it began and is called a ''subject matter expert,'' which is a fancy way of saying Cheese knows his onions.
He certainly looks like a bikie investigator with his shaved head (a most attractive look) and a physique that suggests he could bench-press a bison.
Big Cheese says the 24 outlaw bikie clubs operating 59 chapters in Victoria vary from old-style bourbon types who still play Canned Heat on their Walkmans to the new breed of ''Nike bikies''.
This new mob spend hours in the gym, munch steroids like Smarties, display designer tattoos and wax themselves like Brazilian beach volleyballers. It is, sadly, a sign of age that your columnist remembers the days when a bikie pit-stop involved a visit to the garage, not the beautician.
Gangs that were stubbornly racist have embraced multiculturalism, recruiting Pacific Islanders and Middle Eastern members, who are invariably the size of a fridge-freezer combo.
So, which gangs are the ones to watch? The Finks down at Port Melbourne are quite visible, while the Bandidos have decided to maintain a lower profile. The Hells Angels are old-school and would prefer to avoid violence, while the Comancheros have declared they want to be the most feared gang in Victoria.
And then we have the Rebels, a gang in the middle of an aggressive recruiting campaign with a declared plan to "take over Australia".
Of concern is the chatter the Angels, Comancheros and Bandidos are considering a temporary alliance to thwart the Rebels.
This is unlikely to involve a stern letter to The Times, but something a tad more robust.
Police know that when push comes to shove on the street, someone falls down. In the bikie world they sometimes don't get up.
Headlines are made when bikie gangs go to war, but detectives who have worked on the groups say most violence involves feuds inside an individual club. They call it ''internal cleansing'' though it usually leaves a hell of a mess.
Police say the gangs have been moving into regional Victoria to explore ''business opportunities'', with the Rebels attempting to monopolise the drug business in Mildura. To run the show, they have been encouraging local dealers to look seriously at the tree-change option - retire or get buried under one.
Now, Mildura is a lovely place with sun, fresh oranges, caravan parks and five-star restaurants. It also is near the tri-state border, which means police from Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia are unlikely to be impressed with the Rebels' expansion policy.
Which leads your correspondent to believe a law-enforcement show of strength may be on the agenda.
On such occasions may we suggest it would not be advisable to take to the Sunraysia streets on a Vespa, let alone a Harley-Davidson.
It is wrong to suggest that only tough-guy tactics work. Echo investigators regularly sit down with bikie office-holders to work out civilised ground rules. At one such coffee meeting (skinny milk with one) a gang boss said he was happy to work within reasonable constraints but complained that local police were harassing them. ''If it continues some of your guys will be murdered,'' he said in a matter-of-fact tone.
The state government expects to have its anti-gang laws up and running in the new year. Attorney-General Robert Clark is confident such laws will survive any legal challenge because any ban orders will be made by the Supreme Court after examining evidence.
In fact, some in police circles say if the bikies spend millions in legal challenges it is one way of stripping them of assets.
Anti-fortification laws will be introduced around the same time, forcing gangs to shed clubhouses' perimeter shields. If they don't, the Special Operations Group will do it for them, meaning the scrap won't even be fit for eBay.
Bikie gangs always have enemies but what they really want is friends. That's why they would like people to think that they, like the cuddly toys they donate to charity, are just big teddy bears. They would also like to have friends in places of influence, leading senior police to warn junior colleagues about the dangers of improper associations.
A Melbourne strip club is offering free entry to all emergency and military personnel - meaning men in uniform are encouraged to see the establishment's girls out of theirs.
The club is a known bikie haunt, which police say is bankrolled by one of the bigger gangs. So for coppers out on the town, if you are considering taking up the offer, think again - drinking with bikies is not the way to get a promotion.
And if you choose to ignore this warning, the only thing you will see sliding down a pole will be your career.
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You can take an eco-cruise of the Abrolhos Islands, a beautiful archipelago that is home to 90 species of seabirds. Watch the sea lions play and feed the huge Sampson fish by hand. Or jump in with them and snorkel around the wreck of the Batavia—the treacherous reef-surrounded atolls have claimed many like her.
As for things to do on land, most of those have to do with the ocean as well. The HMAS Sydney II Memorial and the ship's story at the Western Australian Museum are haunting. Then check out the red and white striped Point Moore Lighthouse and the nearby Keeper's cottage, which houses a charming historical collection of life in a lighthouse. End the day with a tour of the Byzantine St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, one of (architect and priest) Monsignor Hawes' greatest masterpieces.
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South Dakota State Beats Northern Arizona in Opening Round of the FCS Playoffs
South Dakota State ran all over the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona Saturday night, gaining 343 yards on the ground, beating Northern Arizona 26-7 to advance to the second round of the FCS Playoffs.
The Jackrabbits will play at #3 seed Eastern Washington, December 7th at 3:00pm CST.
Junior Zach Zenner ran for more than 200 yards for the second time in three career playoff games, scoring a pair of touchdowns.
Northern Arizona's talented Zach, Zach Bauman, among the top ten FCS rushers this season was held in check by the SDSU defense, gaining 101 yards (35 on one play), mainly in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach.
The Lumberacks were without their head coach Jerome Souers, who missed the game because of complications from back surgery.
Neither team could muster much of any offense in the first quarter, with only SDSU crossing midfield. In all, seven drives for the Jacks and Lumberjacks to start the game ended in seven punts.
But things changed in the second quarter, as Bauman ran for a 35-yard gain to get the Lumberjacks into SDSU territory for the first time, before punting the ball back.
That lead to more offense on NAU's next possession as Kyren Poe hit Dejzon Walker for a 36-yard gain to the Jacks 37. Three plays later, Bauman was in the end zone with the game's first score - a 6-yard touchdown run - and it was 7-0 Northern Arizona.
The Jackrabbits seemed poised to match that score on their next drive, taking it all the way down to the NAU 23, but on what appeared to be Zenner touchdown run, the junior was separated from the ball by Marc Thompson at the one, Andres Battle fell on the loose ball in the end zone, killing the drive.
The Lumberjacks now had a chance to tack on another score, as they drove to the SDSU 7, but this time it was the Jackrabbit defense that stopped a drive, with Jack Sherlock picking off Poe at the 7, keeping the game 7-0.
This time the SDSU offense responded in lightning quick fashion, with a one play drive - a Zenner 87-yard touchdown run and it was 7-7.
Near the end of the half, the Jacks had a chance to take a lead into the locker room, but Austin Sumner's pass into double coverage was tipped into the hands of battle in the end zone for a touchback, keeping it 7-7 at the break.
In the third quarter, the SDSU defense and special teams took over. An Ethan Sawyer punt was downed at the NAU 3, leading to a T.J. Lally tackle of Bauman in the end zone for a safety and the Jacks' first lead of the game at 9-7.
It was part of a defensive effort that held the Lumberjacks to just 7 yards in the third quarter. The SDSU defense finished with 6 sacks and forced four turnovers.
Getting the ball back on a short field after the free kick, SDSU wasted little time getting back in the end zone, Zenner with a 34-yard touchdown run to up the score to 16-7. He finshed with 249 yards rushing, averaging better than 8 yards a carry.
The Jacks got a break later in the quarter, when it appeared that a drive had stalled at the NAU 43, but the Lumberjacks roughed Sawyer on the punt and SDSU got the ball back at the Lumberjack 16 and turned it into 3 points with a Justin Syrovatka 20 yard field goal to make it 19-7.
In the fourth quarter, the Jacks put it out of reach. With the NAU defense keying on Zenner and backup Reggie Gandy inside, Sumner called his own number outside, scampering for 26 yards to the Lumberjack 9. Gandy finished the drive with a 7-yard run to end the scoring.
Coming off of a solid performance throwing the ball at Youngstown State in the regular season finale, Sumner struggled thru the air Saturday, completing just four of his 19 passes for 56 yards.
The Jackrabbits (9-4) play on the red turf of Ross Stadium in Cheney, Washington in round two against another team from the big Sky Conference.
Eastern Washington (10-2) has the 3rd best passer in the nation in Vernon Adams, who has thrown for 4,059 and 46 touchdowns this season, for a team that averages 40 points a game.
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WELCOME TO TAOS!Located in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, the John Dunn Shops line a beautiful pedestrian walkway linking Bent Street and the historic Taos Plaza.
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The John Dunn House, on the National Historic Register, was the home of one of Taos' most colorful characters. Click here to read his story. Stroll in John Dunn's garden, visit with locals and shopkeepers, sit by the shaded fountain, listen to local musicians, meet local artists at their easels, sip a cappuccino or fresh fruit smoothie... and in summer, enjoy sweet or savory crepes or Asian noodles from one of our outdoor food carts.
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50 years ago this week: Alice Wiesel, treasurer of the Tuscaloosa Federated Jewish Charities, was honored for her outstanding leadership in charities here.
Alice Wiesel, treasurer of the Tuscaloosa Federated Jewish Charities, was honored for her outstanding leadership in charities here.
Fire and an explosion heavily damaged Jeffrey Motor Co. on the main block of downtown Linden.
Northport city officials named H.C. Hulgan, a captain with the Tuscaloosa Fire Department, as fire chief for the city of Northport.
Firefighters at the No. 1 Station on Seventh Street in Tuscaloosa were moving to a new station on the same block, but fronting on Sixth Street at the intersection of 26th Avenue, leaving a building that was built in 1922 and going to one that was one of the most modern in the state.
The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education stood firm in its decision to delay construction of a new elementary school in the eastern section of the city despite protests from a 55-member delegation and a petition bearing more than 100 signatures. The board was waiting for the results of a study being conducted by the University of Alabama. The meeting, described as "one of the wildest on record," was interrupted time and again by applause and laughter.
Victor Hugo Friedman, the only active charter member of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club, was honored as the club observed Hugo Friedman Day. Friedman joined the club when it was organized in 1916 and served as its president in 1920.
Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Pete Mathews announced that the city won first place in Alabama for its fire prevention activities in 1963; it was the 22nd time in 25 years that Tuscaloosa captured the first-place honors.
Dr. Jack Davis had the winning bloom in the Second West Alabama Camellia Show with his variegated "Tomorrow," nearing 10 inches in diameter and perfect in all details.
Alabama football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant denied published rumors that he planned to retire at the end of either the 1964 or 1965 season because of his health. Bryant told a Montgomery Advertiser newsman: "I'm a tired old man, but don't challenge me."
Controversy brewed after Waste Management Inc. bought the site of a defunct barge-building operation on the Tombigbee River near Demopolis. Environmental activists believed the site would be used as a hub for receiving hazardous waste. The owner said the land would be used for an industrial development project of which Demopolis would be proud.
State and federal lawmen executed federal search warrants for evidence of "racketeering and corrupt practices" related to the sale of alcoholic beverages in dry counties by the Fayette County Sheriff's Department after allegations that the department was involved in an illegal bootlegging operation. In a search of 14 locations, some 1,300 cases of beer, an undetermined amount of liquor and almost a half-million dollars in cash were seized.
After operating at different locations around the city, the West Alabama Food Bank finally had a home in a warehouse with a loading dock near Southside Baptist Church at 1605 23rd Ave.
Eutaw Mayor Joe L. Sanders was presented the David M. Cochrane Award for outstanding leadership. Sanders had 36 years of service to the city of Eutaw as a council member and mayor.
A state project to widen U.S. Highway 82 through Sipsey Swamp stalled after a subcontractor lost its insurance coverage and was rendered ineligible to continue working on the project.
Vandals damaged a sculpture on the university campus in front of Garland Hall for the third time in a little more than a month. "The Walt Whitman Cult Wagon," a cast-iron sculpture resembling a small rowboat filled with rocks, was wrenched from its foundation, scattering the stones and damaging several of its ribs.
Eutaw Mayor Raymond Steele was in court defending his attempt to annex about 1,000 people into the Greene County town of 1,800. The annexation would dramatically change the racial makeup of Eutaw, which was about two-thirds black and one-third white. Annexation would reduce the white population percentage to 21 percent.
The Tuscaloosa City Council was working to establish a municipal historic commission made up of seven board members that would supersede the Tuscaloosa County Heritage Commission. It agreed to ask the Tuscaloosa County legislative delegation to propose an amendment to the 1980 act that established the countywide commission. The amendment would eliminate the commission's jurisdiction over the districts in Tuscaloosa's city limits.
By the summer, the Tuscaloosa Public Library computers would be in compliance with a federal law designed to keep pornography from being accessed there. The library was required to place Internet-filtering software on its public-access computers or lose $130,000 in federal funding.
Foul play was suspected in the death of Ellis Hinton, 84, whose body was found in the Black Warrior River.
Several hundred West Alabama residents boarded buses in the McFarland Mall parking lot for a 16-hour drive to Washington, D.C., to be present at the inauguration of Barack Obama.
State Rep. Robert Bentley, a Tuscaloosa dermatologist, said that he was leaning toward running for governor of Alabama in 2010 and that his focus would be health care and ethics reform.
Deaths this week included Marion C. "Pete" Pierson, local leader and former Tuscaloosa High School basketball coach, at 75.
The Tuscaloosa Jaycees sold their property at Jaycee Park to developer Stan Pate and the city of Tuscaloosa had a contract to buy the property from Pate.
Alabama basketball star Ronald Steele would not attempt to play for the remainder of his senior season and left the team. Steele had not played since the Jan. 11 game against LSU due to plantar fasciitis, a painful foot condition.
The DCH Health System changed primary blood suppliers to save more than $400,000 per year, changing from United Blood Services to the American Red Cross.
Shelton State Community College cheerleaders took first place in the junior college division of the National Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Fla.
The Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society was trying to have the Spiller Building placed on the state "Places in Peril" list even as bids were being accepted for demolition of the building. The building was owned by the Christ Episcopal Church and was built in 1903 as the Allen & Jemison Warehouse Co.
Thousands of Alabama fans lined University Boulevard for a parade to celebrate the Crimson Tide's 2012 BCS National Championship.
A request to rezone part of the land owned by the Country Club of Tuscaloosa for building apartments and condominiums was approved by the city's planning commission. Developers said they wanted to keep the 18-hole golf course, one of the oldest in the state. The country club opened in 1920.
Demolition began on the Leland Shopping Center in Alberta. Damaged by the April 27, 2011, tornado, the building was designated a hazardous structure by the Tuscaloosa City Council. Wright's restaurant, located in the shopping center, would close temporarily to move to a new location on University Boulevard. The restaurant had been in business for 40 years.
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By Marc Livitz in San Antonio, TX: The Alamo City has a rich boxing tradition and the hardcore fight fans who call it home are always more than eager to help keep the fighting tradition alive year after year. A few months ago, nearly 40,000 fans packed the Alamodome to see Mexican ring superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez take on Austin Trout. Shortly after his victory, Alvarez (42(30)-0-1) had not quite cleared the sweat resulting from twelve rounds of constant slugging from his brow when his future intentions were made quite clear. The fresh faced, red headed and unbeaten boxer from Guadalajara, MX was going for the pugilistic gold and he wanted a crack at the sport's reigning king, the one and only Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. (44(26)-0).
Unlike last April's bout versus Trout, the fans who flocked to the historic Alamo this afternoon weren't a kind 99 to 1 ratio in favor of Canelo. The two fighters made San Antonio stop nine of eleven as part of their multi city press tour to promote their September 14 showdown in Las Vegas.
The fight itself sold out in less than twenty four hours and is ever so quickly gaining steam and popularity as the date draws closer. Some have even predicted that the WBA and WBC light middleweight title bout could eclipse the totals reached for Mayweather's 2007 clash with then fighter and now promoter Oscar de la Hoya.
Shortly before the press conference in San Antonio commenced, Mayweather Promotions announced that tomorrow's scheduled appearance in Phoenix had been canceled out of respect for the nineteen firefighters who lost their lives while battling a wildfire in Arizona.
The press conference in San Antonio was originally scheduled to begin at 6pm, but each fighter was delayed on their respective flights from Houston, just 200 miles to the east. Canelo arrived around 6:30pm despite Mayweather's plane being behind schedule. Alvarez said that he frankly didn't care whether or not Floyd showed, as in his words, "I am here for you just as you are here for me."
At 7:30PM CST, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer informed the eager crowd that Mayweather's plane had finally landed and that he was en route. Collectively speaking, the one thing which every single person in attendance today could smile about was the overcast skies which canceled out the usual 100 plus degree Texas sun.
Floyd finally graced the red carpet styled extended catwalk close to 8pm.
Selected quotes listed below.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar de la Hoya: "I have always considered San Antonio as my second home and the fight fans here are second to none. This is only the beginning of Canelo's greatness and a tradition of victory. September 14 will be a great night for the sport and a great win for Canelo and the people of Mexico."
WBA and WBC Light Middleweight Champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez:
"Thank you to everyone who came here. I feel like I am home here because I was treated so well the last time I was here. The press conference was set to start at 6pm and I am here because I respect you. I know there are fans of Mayweather here as well and I am here for both of them. Floyd thinks all fighters have to fear and respect him, but I am here for all fans of boxing."
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe: "Come September 14, we will promise you that there will be a great fight. Floyd is the number one fighter in the world and an eight time world champion in eight different weight classes."
Floyd Mayweather: "First off, thanks so much to all the fans. You've been brilliant over the years. I wouldn't be here without you. I commend you guys. Canelo is a young, strong champion but I've been here before. San Antonio is a great fight city and there's no city like it. And if ya'll don't know...Mayweather loves Mexico. I did it on Cinco de Mayo and I'll do it again in September."
"I was once told that it's not bragging if you can back it up. They've put forty four in front of me and forty four have come up short. Look at my record and then look at his. Are you betting on youth or are you betting on experience? I only ask you this. Go check the records. Tell me ten champions that Canelo has beaten. Just ten. When you get to twenty or thirty, then you're talking about me."
"September 14 is just another walk in the park. You know how I got here. We're not going to talk about (Austin) Trout. Floyd Mayweather is not just a smart fighter. It takes brains to surround yourself with brains. We put Canelo on my undercards and we let him get to the pinnacle. Guess what we're going to do? We're going to knock him right off. It's okay though. He's young and we'll build him back up.
"I never worry about his trainer or my trainer. I don't see anything but tunnel vision. (Manny) Pacquiao is a has-been and his career is over. Juan Manuel Marquez and Julio Cesar Chavez are legends. Chavez beat my uncle (Roger Mayweather) twice.
"Canelo and I have been going face to face, but he doesn't like that.
"Thank you, San Antonio. I'm very sorry that I was late."
July 1, 2013
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Tiffany Kenney anchors WPBF 25 News at Noon and at 5 p.m. with Felicia Rodriguez.
Tiffany is no stranger to Palm Beach County. The Emmy-Award-winning journalist is the only local evening anchor born and raised in our area. Her parents, sister and nieces live in West Palm Beach.
ALSO: 20 Things You Don't Know About Tiffany
Tiffany's reporting talents have earned her five regional Emmy Awards for investigative and in-depth reporting. She has covered many hurricanes in South Florida, including some of the worst to hit the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. She was on the set for 17 hours straight, anchoring WPBF's coverage of Hurricane Frances, the third major storm of the busy 2004 hurricane season.
She's also covered the Olympics, presidents and other major newsmakers, but her favorite stories remain those of people who have faced adversity and won.
Tiffany anchored the newscast that was awarded the 2013 Florida Associated Press Best Newscast. In 2013, Jupiter Magazine named Tiffany as one of the area's Top 25 Impact Players. She also was honored as a Distinguished Alumni by the Palm Beach County Education Foundation.
Tiffany attended school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She majored in Journalism and minored in English and Art History. Her studies also took her overseas to Rome, where she studied Italian and Art History during her junior year at SMU. Rome continues to be Tiffany's favorite city to visit.
When not at the anchor desk, Tiffany enjoys hanging out with her family, hitting thrift shops with friends, traveling with her children and reading books. Tiffany lives in Palm Beach County with her husband, Scott, and their two young children.
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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) Mo Martin has a plan for every golf course she plays, and it's working at Royal Birkdale.
The 31-year-old American is among the shortest hitters in women's golf, so she figured out the widest part of the fairways and keeps hitting them. It has produced 10 birdies in two days, a pair of 3-under 69s, and a three-shot lead going into the weekend at the Ricoh Women's British Open.
''It's always nice when your plan pans out,'' Martin said. ''So it's fun to be here.''
Michelle Wie's plans did not include her searching for a flight home before the weekend. The U.S. Women's Open champion missed her first cut this year by not making enough birdies to account for too many times she had to scramble for par. She had rounds of 75-78.
She still has that shiny trophy from her first major at home, though that was a small consolation.
''It does still feel good,'' she said. ''But I'm disappointed in myself. I wanted to play well here.''
Martin was at 6-under 138, three shots ahead of Beatriz Recari (67) and So Yeon Ryu (70), who joined Martin as the only players to break par both days at Birkdale.
Martin has never won on the LPGA Tour, and her plans figures to get a serious test over the final two days of a major, especially if the weather gets ugly.
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MIGHTY MO: The UCLA grad passed her first big test Friday. She was among the last to tee off, when the wind usually is at its strongest. The 18-hole leader, Ayako Uehara, faded badly with a 44 on the back nine for a 79 to slip nine shots out of the lead.
Martin produced a steady diet of fairways and greens. She was bogey-free on the front nine with two birdies. After back-to-back bogeys early on the front nine, she atoned with birdies on two par 5s for a 69.
''Every hole, you have something to think about. Every single shot, you have something to think about,'' Martin said. ''But there's fairway there, and there's green there, and that's what I'm focusing on. ... My caddie and I just figured out where the widest parts of the fairway were, where I would have the best approaches into the greens.''
WIE AND ARNIE: Michelle Wie learned some history at Royal Birkdale on her way to missing the cut.
She was on the cut line when her tee shot on the 16th went right and landed in a blackberry bush. She thought for a second she might get free relief because of a metal plaque in the ground that might impede her swing. But it wasn't in the way by mere inches. She took a penalty drop and wound up making double bogey.
Wie was too disgusted to read what the plaque said.
It was for Arnold Palmer, who in the 1961 British Open slashed a 6-iron out of that bush and onto the green to make par. He won by one shot to win his first British Open. And that daring move added to the lore of his go-for-broke nature that makes him such an endearing figure in the game.
Wie listened to the details of Palmer's shot and smiled.
''Yeah,'' she said. ''Didn't happen for me.''
ACCEPTING MISTAKES: So Yeon Ryu, a former U.S. Women's Open champion, ran into trouble on the second hole and took double bogey. She expects a few bad breaks, and some high numbers. The key is to move on, and that she did. Ryu didn't drop a shot the rest of the way and chalked up another solid round that put her in the hunt.
''Links golf is always hard to predict,'' Ryu said. ''Even when I hit the great shots, still can finish at the worst place. And when I hit the bad shots, still can finish close to the pin. So it's really important, whatever the result, we need to accept it and just keep working. Today, I made a double bogey on the second hole, but I knew it was just unlucky. I just accepted it and then think about next holes, and it helped a lot.''
BAD STARTS: Lexi Thompson had the roughest start of them all. The Kraft Nabisco winner hit her opening tee shot out of bounds to the right. She reloaded and hit the next one out of bounds. The third shot was in play, but the ride was still bumpy. She made a 10. Just like that, she went from even par to 6 over.
Thompson battled back with birdies and finished with a 77 to make the cut by one shot.
GREAT FINISHES: Vikki Laing of Scotland was inside the cut line by one shot when she came to the par-5 17th. After a good drive, she hit 5-wood from 240 yards into the hole for an albatross, the rarest shot in golf. That gave her a 68, and she was at 2-over 146.


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I usually really like what China Glaze does for Holiday every year and these are no exception, if you like glitters like I do I think you'll really like this collection also! Check out all the swatches after the jump!
Angel Wings is a golden glitter with a ton of small holo glitter mixed in. This polish is awesome, it's a dupe of Ultamate Holiday which was an Ulta Exclusive last year...that polish was one of my 2011 favorites and I'm just as in love with it now as I was then. If you missed Ultamate Holiday go grab this! To see Angel Wings side by side with Ultamate Holiday please check out this post. The formula was okay on this, it was a little thicker than I personally care for so I thinned it a bit, now it's perfect! I used 3 coats for the photos below.
Champagne Kisses is a tan, rose gold-ish glitter with a ton of holo glitter bits in the mix also. This is the same kind of glitter as Angel Wings (seems like China Glaze is doing a lot of glitters like this the past year). I did a comparison of this with a few of the similar glitters China Glaze has given us lately, you can check that out here. The formula was okay, a bit thick...it's probably one I'll thin before wearing again. I used 3 coats for the photos below. If you get this I would recommend waiting a few minutes between coats to avoid dragging the polish off.
Glitter All The Way is gold, green, red & purple glitter of various sizes in a clear base. If you've ever wanted Mardi Gras in a bottle this is for you haha! I love the mix of glitter, it's fun and I don't think I have anything like it. The formula was great, not too thick and the glitter payoff was incredible. I used 1 coat over Seche Smokey for the photo below.
Pizzazz is multicolored glitter in a clear base. I do like this but I already own a lot of very similar polishes, as you can see in my comparison post. If you don't already have a multicolored glitter this is another good one! The formula was good, a little thick but the glitter payoff was great! I used 1 coat over Seche Magnifique for the photos below. Both photos are in the shade.
Pure Joy is red and gold glitter in a clear base. I didn't realize this until I started typing this post but it's pretty much an exact dupe of Orly Devil May Care, when I was swatching this I couldn't figure out why it seemed so familiar, now I know why! The formula was good, you could definitely get this opaque on it's own if you wanted to. I used 1 coat over Nicole by OPI Keeping up With Santa for the photo below.
Winter Holly is forest green glitter, fine gold glitter and tiny holo glitter in a clear base. This is again like the previous fine glitters in this collection. This is my easy favorite of my picks, what can I say...I love green. Photos don't do this much justice if you like green like I do you will need this. The formula was really nice, not thick like the others. I used 3 coats for the photos below.
I believe the Holiday Joy Collection is a November release for China Glaze so start looking for it soon at Sally Beauty Supply and Ulta!
While I was typing this post up I received the official info from China Glaze for the collection so I thought I'd include a list of the sets this collection will be available in. China Glaze always has cute sets for their holiday collection, I wish my beauty supply would have had them in when I bought these!
- Ho Ho Ho: Merry Berry, Cranberry Splash, Red Satin, With Love, Pure Joy with First & Last base/top coat. MSRP $35.00
- Holiday Charms: Mini bottles of Merry Berry, Red Satin, Winter Holly and Glitter All The Way. MSRP $16.00
- Puttin' On The Glitz: Cranberry Splash, With Love and Pizzazz. MSRP $14.00
- Keepin' Cozy: Merry Berry, Glistening Snow and Cranberry Splash with fingerless gloves. MSRP $21.00
- Let It Glow: Champagne Kisses, Red Satin and Winter Holly with a pine scented candle. MSRP $21.00
- Brrr…It's Chilly: With Love, Angel Wings, Pure Joy and a mini snow globe. MSRP $21.00
- Wings of Wonder: Blue Bells Ring, Champagne Kisses and Cranberry Splash with an angel key chain. MSRP $21.00
- Santa Paws: Red Satin and Pure Joy with your very own plush puppy – "Joy". MSRP $14.00
- Trimmin' The Tree: With Love and Glistening Snow with a festive snowflake-embellished ornament. MSRP $14.00
- Cheers!: Angel Wings and Glistening Snow with a frosted shot glass. MSRP $14.00
- Jingle All The Way: Pizzazz and Merry Berry with an adjustable Jingle Bell ring. MSRP $14.00
- Makin' Memories: Red Satin and Winter Holly with a "JOY" picture frame. MSRP $14.00
- Stocking Stuffers: Pure Joy and Champagne Kisses with a mini stocking. MSRP $14.00


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At any given time during the holiday season, I can usually be found with my face in a pie. Any (vegan) pie will do. But in order to make up for my pie parties (also sometimes mashed potato parties, mac n yease parties, and post-sex Chinese food takeout parties) I try and get some clean eating in. In the summer, it's so easy to munch a salad. The produce is fresh, and with all of the warm weather, you crave something cooling. While soup is a great clean eating option for winter-time, I try and get in a handful of raw veggie servings a day, and the best way to do that is with a salad. But how can you tempt yourself to crunch a salad when it's 23 degrees outside? With an amazing dressing. While I will often accessorize my salads with just a squeeze of lemon in the summer, in the winter I like a heartier dressing, mostly so that I can look forward to eating my salad when I would probably rather be eating more pie.
My co-worker/friend/fellow blogger Nick sent me a recipe for avocado salad dressing several weeks back, which he got from the Paleo book Primal Blueprint. I used that as an inspiration to make my own version, because I am an INDIVIDUAL! (Plus I didn't have most of those ingredients…) Now while I am saying this is a salad dressing, it really can be used on top of anything. I recently made some lentil soup and feeling a little bit CRAZAY I put some of the avo dressing on top of it and it was delicious.
Avocado Lime Dressing
Serves: 4|Time: 5 min
1/2 avocado
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2 tbs olive oil
1/2 clove garlic
salt and pepper
Optional: 1/2 cup fresh basil, when in season, which turns recipe into Avocado Basil Lime dressing. Fancy. I am a cheater and have some frozen basil from summer, but if you don't, you can buy some at the store.
Step one: Add everything except oil to your food processor. Turn on, and drizzle in oil as you go to avoid separation.
Step two: Drizzle over your favorite salad. Store extra in fridge for up to one week.
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It is the first large-scale wind farm to be developed by the paper giant's energy arm, Holmen Energy, which wholly or partly owns 21 hydro power stations across Sweden.
The Varsvik project is being jointly funded by Holmen Energy and Eurofideme 2, a renewable energy fund owned by French investment bank Natixis.
"It is very positive to see an increase of new entrants in the wind power industry and especially with actors representing Swedish basic industry," said Vestas Northern Europe sales vice president Krister Poole Jönsson.
Vestas' contract for the project includes delivery, installation and commissioning of the V112 turbines.


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Shanghai GRAND SLAM | 30 April - 5 May 2013
Salgado sisters revenge Xue/Zhang to reach Shanghai Grand Slam semis
Shanghai, China, May 4, 2013 – Brazilian qualifiers Maria Clara Salgado Rufino/Carolina Solberg Salgado took a sweet revenge on defending champions Xue Chen/Zhang Xi of China Saturday afternoon to make the women's top four of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Shanghai Grand Slam.
The Salgado sisters, who had lost to Xue/Zhang 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) in a pool A match on Friday, upset the Chinese title favorites 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) in the quarterfinals to set up an all-Brazilian clash with Taiana Lima/Talita Da Rocha Antunes in the semifinals scheduled for Sunday morning.
Following a 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) win over the 2011 Shanghai Open champions Marleen Van Iersel/Sanne Keizer of the Netherlands 21-18 and 22-20 in the morning, the Fuzhou Open champions of Xue/Zhang seemed to be out of energy in their second match of the day that lasted for 41 minutes. Falling down 21-18 in the first set, Xue/Zhang fought back hard for a 6-4 lead in the second and held it to 15-14 before the Brazilians reaped a pair of blocking points against the 1.89-meter Xue to overtake the lead at 16-15. The Chinese managed to level it at 17-all, but a couple of mistakes from them and a stuff of Maria against Zhang gave the Brazilian duo an unshakable 20-17 advantage while one more serving mistake of Zhang finally handed the victory to the Salgado sisters.
"I'm really happy, it's our first semifinals in the Grand Slams, " said Carolina. "It was a tough week for us, we lost in the qualification in Fuzhou, so we really wanted to play this tournament here. I think we were really focused on all the games. "
"I think we played really well today, we were aggressive, we were trying to do our best on every point and they are a really amazing team which is motivating. It's always really nice to play against them, " added Carolina, who had missed the last season due to her pregnancy. "It was a good day. I wanted to be back in the Tour so much. My baby was born in August and one month later I was practicing a lot already. It was hard to stay out, but having my baby was the best thing in my life. So I think I'm stronger."
Meanwhile, Taiana Lima/Talita Da Rocha Antunes cleaned swept Barbara Seixas/Liliane Maestrini 2-0 (21-12, 21-12) in an all-Brazilian quarterfinal to join Salgado sisters in the top four and the other semifinal berths were taken by Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel of the Netherlands and Austria's Schwaiger sisters of Stefanie and Doris.
Meppelink/Gestel, the fourth finishers from the season-opening Fuzhou Open, outlasted Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk of Brazil 2-1 (23-21, 17-21, 15-11) to reach the medal round for the second week in a row.
Splitting the first two sets with the Brazilians, Meppelink/Gestel jumped to a 6-2 lead in the tiebreaker on back of a nice shot, an ace of Meppelink plus a spiking mistake from Agatha. After the Dutch women enlarged the lead to 12-6, the Brazilians surged back with a 5-1 run to pull within 13-11. Then Meppelink/Gestel called a time-out and came back to run off two points in a row and secure the victory.
"The score came a bit closer and they put some nice service, so we called a time-out, we needed a break and we just talked about what we were going to do and it worked," said Sophie van Gestel.
Gestel/Meppelink now have another chance to fight for their second Grand Slam medal following a silver in Klagenfurt, Poland last year. "Last week in the semifinals we did not play very well, it was only our second semifinal match and we'll try to do better this time, " Gestel said. "This year we got a new trainer and we practiced a lot with the team. Everything was fresh after last winter and we wanted to do well on the court. And now it seemed it worked and we're becoming better and better and better."
The $220,000 Shanghai Grand Slam, the first of a FIVB-record 10 Grand Slam events on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar, will conclude on Sunday with the women's semifinals and finals.
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