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This past weekend brought the first bonafide blockbuster of 2014. Despite terrible weather and the Winter Olympics as competition, Warner Bros' "The Lego Movie" came in just south of $70 million, marking it the second-best February opening, and the fourth-best non-sequel animated opening, of all time. More surprising, at least to some, was the wild critical adulation that greeted its release: at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, it has a higher score than all but two of the Oscar nominees this year (for whatever a RT score is worth). Hell, even notable contrarian Armond White liked it. On this occasion at least, the consensus is right, because "The Lego Movie" is a total delight, the best animated movie since Pixar still gave a shit, and by some distance the most inventive and enjoyable wide release of this young year.
That's wonderful and all, but given that the movie is a four-quadrant targeting celebration of a toy, featuring a masterclass in corporate synergy thanks to the showcasing of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Gandalf, Dumbledore and various other Warner Bros. properties as characters, it's hard not to feel that a Pandora's Box has been opened. Or has it?
It's remarkably easy to celebrate "The Lego Movie" on the surface. The faux-stop-motion look of the film is a marvel. It's wildly imaginative, with more ideas in a minute than most movies in its genre(s) have in their entire running time. Like writers/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller's equally imaginative previous films, "Cloudy With Chance Of Meatballs" and "21 Jump Street," the structurally satisfying animated film manages to pull off parody so that it feels like celebration, rather than a cheap gag. It's laugh out loud funny, has a giant heart, and features a bold, potentially movie-breaking third-act twist that takes the film into surprisingly rich thematic territory. So yeah, go see it.
But then again, is a vote for "The Lego Movie," at least what it represents on the surface, a vote for everything that's been wrong with studio movies in the last few years? Over the last decade, creatively bankrupt studio executives have shifted away from sequelizing everything they can get their hands on to, well, sequelizing everything they can get their hands on and/or greenlighting almost exclusively projects that are based on existing properties (comics, video games, toys etc.) in the hope that they come with some in-built brand recognition that makes the marketing job easier.
The results of toy-based movies ("Transformers," "Battleship," "G.I. Joe" etc.) have had mixed success financially, though it should go without saying that they've all been fairly bad movies. But the successes are tempting enough that there remain countless similar projects in development, from "Stretch Armstrong" to "Candyland," few of which have much creative promise in them. That's part of what makes "The Lego Movie" so dangerous — with a reported budget of $60 million, it's going to be wildly profitable, and likely to encourage studio executives to roll the dice on similar toy tie-in movies that will probably have much less thought put into them. After all, the lesson most executives took away from "The Avengers" wasn't 'let someone who truly loves these characters write them, and it'll likely connect with fans and the general public alike,' it was 'audiences love characters crossing over, so let's create our own shared universes and copy their paradigm lock, stock and barrel in hopes of the same blockbuster success.'
Even aside from the movie's box office, there's the hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandise sales about to be raked in. For all of its wit and innovation, "The Lego Movie" is still, at heart, a toy ad. A great one, because it gets to the core of what makes Lego appeal to the young and old alike, but it's an ad nonetheless. Not to rain on anyone's parade, but that makes it commerce, not art, and you don't have to be a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist to feel a bit odd celebrating that. Is the movie really any different from a particularly funny, well-made Super Bowl ad? Because for all the craft put into those, I'm not sure I'd consider those art.
But "The Lego Movie" might be different. For one, as a toy commercial, it has no problem mocking its masters. The superheroes and similar characters are made fun of endlessly. For instance, Batman is a fratboy douchebag in love with his own darkness, and the chances of Green Lantern ever being taken seriously again — if they weren't already ruined by the Ryan Reynolds movie — are probably even slimmer thanks to his appearance here. It also helps that, with "Star Wars" and "The Simpsons" characters also popping up, this isn't just a one-studio show, but something closer to a reflection of the toys that a kid might actually own (though, disappointingly, it is a very male version of what it is to play with toys, for the most part).
Lego itself isn't necessarily beatified either. The movie's message comes down more to a celebration of creativity than an ad for the benefits of the product itself, and some of the company's more obscure ranges are mocked, along with the very idea of being an adult that collects and builds with Legos (which one suspects, in this nostalgia-happy age, is a significant proportion of customers of both the bricks and the movie).
But the satirical targets are wider than that, as Fox News have already picked up on, attacking the film for calling its villain President Business. The film's attacks on corporate culture, and a culture of uniformity, are there, and they're funny, but they're hardly razor sharp (believe it or not, the "Robocop" remake is arguably more pointed when it lays into its targets), on about the same level as Chris Cooper's Tex Richman in "The Muppets." But where the film becomes truly subversive is its message.
As Bilge Ebiri wrote on Vulture, the film serves as something of a response to the "chosen one" narratives of almost every blockbuster from "The Matrix" to "Harry Potter," not to say the virtually Ayn Rand-ian politics of Pixar's "The Incredibles" and "Monsters University." By acknowledging that the movie's central prophesy is made up, and putting the film's climax in the hands of those who are not extraordinary, but ordinary. I'm not sure I'd go as far as the Vulture subs and call it "practically Communist," but it's certainly egalitarian in a way that's rare for this kind of movie.
Perhaps more touchingly, it's a celebration of being weird. The movie itself is the strangest tentpole release in memory, full of space-chair-piloting Abraham Lincolns, and pirate Transformers with sharks for hands, and a deeply-repressed, psychopathic cat/unicorn hybrid, and a hallucination sequence that's more Ben Wheatley than "Dumbo." It also sports an omnipresent earworm pop song not by, say, Taylor Swift, but by indiepop duo Tegan & Sara, a joke about Batman wanting to fuck Chewbacca, and a surprising third act shift.
None of this changes the fact the movie was created to sell toys, and will do a damn good job of it. Indeed, no movie since "Cars" (which sells around a billion dollars a year of related claptrap) is likely to set off a merchandising bonanza like this one. Far worse is that every studio executive in town likely spent Monday morning trying to inquire about the rights to Mega Bloks or K'Nex, or digging up old scripts about He-Man, Monopoly or Voltron. A successful toy movie — especially a toy movie with critical approval, loved by adults as much, if not more, than by kids — will only beget other toy movies, and studios are probably now thinking of any number of properties that are just sitting there, waiting to be exploited. There's no guarantee that the already in development sequel to "The Lego Movie" will be as smart or interesting as the first movie: Lord and Miller opted not to return for "Cloudy With Chance Of Meatballs 2," and the result was a mediocre shadow of the original. Not to mention that the hiring of Jared Stern — writer of the loathsome Google commercial "The Internship" — for part two, doesn't really bode well either.
That's the dilemma -- on one hand, by smuggling smart stuff into a family blockbuster/toy commercial, you have a chance at not preaching to the converted (which, let's face it, is the problem of most satire) and actually making a difference. On the other, if your satire is making a corporation a billion dollars, and makes them look like good sports while they're at it, then maybe you're just propping up the system further. For all the on-screen change of heart he goes through, it's hard not to feel that President Business is the real victor here.


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Belinda Carlisle Artist Bio and Lyrics
The '80s artist Belinda Carlisle was born Belinda Jo Carlisle on the 17th of August 1958 in Hollywood, California. She was the lead singer and co-founder of the Go-Go's, and later embarked on a successful solo career.
It was in the middle of the '80s that Carlisle decided to go solo. Her debut album, Belinda, was released in the year 1986. It featured the hit songs "Mad About You" and "I Feel the Magic." For her second solo album, 1987's Heaven on Earth, marked a shift away from the '60s style pop of her previous album, and was more of an '80s power pop record. Carlisle's new style was credited to producer Rick Nowels, who had worked with Stevie Nicks and would later go on to work for Madonna.
In the year 1989, Carlisle's album Runaway Horses was released. That album made it to Number Four on the charts in the United Kingdom, but did not do as well in the United States. It featured the single "Leave a Light On," which contains a slide guitar solo by George Harrison of the Beatles. The second single, "Summer Rain," made it to Number Thirty on the charts in the United States the following year. Carlisle's most recent solo album is Voila.
The albums of Belinda Carlisle include Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, Live Your Life Be Free, The Best of Belinda Volume 1, Real, A Woman and a Man, A Place on Earth – The Greatest Hits, and 2007's Voila.
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Microsoft counts 30K Windows Phone App Studio projects in first 48 hours
Users initiated more than 30,000 application builds leveraging Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) new Windows Phone App Studio in the 48 hours after the Web-based mobile software development tool went live.
Microsoft Senior Product Manager Bryan Tomlinson announced the milestone on the company's weekly Windows Developer Show podcast, noting that demand for Windows Phone App Studio eclipsed expectations. As a result, Microsoft is currently "throttling" access to the service, although lag times are not expected to exceed 24 hours.
Windows Phone App Studio enables users to build applications without coding expertise, applying text, Web content, imagery and design concepts to customizable app templates. "Getting started is easy--just create a Microsoft account, choose your template and begin adding your content," explained Todd Brix, senior director of Microsoft's Windows Phone Apps Team. "Windows Phone App Studio does the rest. When your app is ready to go, you can download the app to your own phone, or share it with others by publishing it to the Windows Phone Store."
During his Windows Developer Show appearance, Tomlinson clarified that Windows Phone App Studio is designed for aspiring developers without formal coding experience and training. TechCrunch notes that some Microsoft marketing efforts pitched the tool to "savvy developers," confusing some consumers and media outlets. Article


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Reds lose 3-1, drop series to Brewers
CINCINNATI One single in seven innings. Not the way the Cincinnati Reds wanted to end a weekend that left them with a bit of a lost feeling as they hit the road.
Caleb Gindl homered for the second straight game, and rejuvenated Marco Estrada held Cincinnati's lineup to one single over seven shutout innings, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 victory on Sunday.
The Brewers took two of three from the Reds, who wasted a chance to gain a little ground in the NL Central. They remain right behind Pittsburgh and St. Louis, which is their next stop on the schedule.
"When we lose a series to any team at this point, we feel it's a missed opportunity," said Jay Bruce, who had one of Cincinnati's five hits.
Credit Estrada (6-4), who gave up Shin-Soo Choo's leadoff single in the first inning, and then left the Reds swinging at nothing. He walked two, fanned a season-high nine and retired 10 batters on popups or fly balls - usually a risky thing in homer-friendly Great American Ball Park.
"He's one of those guys that if he makes his pitches, he'll have success," Bruce said. "If he doesn't, the ball gets up in the zone. After Choo got that hit, that was generally it. He pitched a really, really good game."
Estrada's changeup is his best pitch, and it was working Sunday.
"Besides a well-located fastball, to me that's the second-best pitch in the game," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "He pitched a good game, no ifs and buts about it."
Jim Henderson gave up Joey Votto's 20th homer in the ninth inning while picking up his 21st save in 24 chances.
Right-hander Greg Reynolds (0-2) made his second start as an injury fill-in, this time for left-hander Tony Cingrani. Reynolds did far better this time, limiting the Brewers to five hits in six innings, including Gindl's homer off a cut fastball that was off the inside corner.
"He gave us what we needed," Baker said. "He gave us six innings, then it was time for a pinch hitter. He pitched well enough to win."
Jean Segura singled home another run in the seventh.
With the way Estrada was pitching, the Reds were fortunate just to hit the ball hard. Estrada fanned six in a row during one stretch. The Reds hit only one ball out of the infield from the second through the sixth innings, Zack Cozart's routine flyout.
Estrada is on his best surge of the season. He was sidelined for two months with a strained left hamstring, and has dominated since his return on Aug. 6. He's 2-0 in four starts, allowing a total of only five earned runs.
Gindl has shown a knack for noteworthy homers.
He became the first in Brewers history to have a game-ending homer as his first in the majors, a solo shot in the 13th inning for a 1-0 win over Miami on July 21. On Saturday night, he had the first pinch-hit homer of his career, also a solo shot during a 6-3 loss to the Reds.
He belted the fourth pitch he got from Reynolds over the wall in right for a 2-0 lead.
It was Reynolds' second start this season for the Reds. Reynolds, who was Colorado's first-round pick in 2006, also was called up from Triple-A Louisville to pitch the second game of a doubleheader on July 23 in San Francisco. Reynolds pitched at Stanford and had a lot of friends and family on hand for the game, which added to his nerves.


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Dancing With the Stars "Where Are They Now?" Special Airs Tonight, March 11
For the next couple of months, your Monday night dance card is full — with Dancing With the Stars programming starting tonight!
Dancing With the Stars 2013 premieres next Monday, March 18, but tonight (March 11) TV Guide Network is airing a special called The Cast of Dancing With the Stars: Where Are They Now? from 9 to 10 p.m.
According to TV Guide, as part of the special, Season 15 All-Stars winner Melissa Rycroft will take viewers on a hike with Season 5's Cameron Mathison, speed around the race track with Season 5 winner Helio Castroneves, and get the details on two-time pro winner Julianne Hough's new shoe line. They won't be the only stars featured, so we'll have to watch the show tonight for more.
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October 28, 2013
The Habits Of The Lucky Rabbit
So far in my series on superstitions, I have focused on the bad luck: the black cat, knocking on wood, Friday the 13th, and broken mirrors. I thought it was about time to focus on some superstitions that bring good luck. Since I started this series with an animal superstition for bad luck, I wanted to continue that for good luck and talk about the lucky rabbit's foot.
So, just what is the origin of this superstition? Well, that is a good question. In fact, historians, scholars, and the layman (or woman) interested in superstitions only have speculation. In my research, I found a Yahoo article that outlined three possible origin stories for the lucky rabbit's foot. I will summarize them here:
- The first theory has to do with rabbit's habits. Because rabbits burrow, many thought that their time spent underground made them privy to some secret communication to the netherworld that humans did not have. Another sort of habit that leads to the good luck of a rabbit's foot is that they are born with their eyes wide open thus they witness more of the pre-natal life mysteries.
- The second story connects the luck of the rabbit's foot to Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Christian Bible makes no reference to the rabbit and Christ; however, older Northern European beliefs claim that the rabbit is the escort to Eastre, the fertility goddess. Christians seemingly have incorporated the traditional symbols of rabbit and eggs into its own Easter celebration due to this.
- The final story discussed in the Yahoo article discusses how the animist belief systems connect the rabbit to spiritual powers. In the words of the article: "Then, the people believed that whoever carried part of the rabbit would in term possess its strengths such as the ability to run swiftly from danger and to improve fertility. Such strengths were derived from the inherent powers of the speedy fertile rabbit."
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry explains that the luck of the rabbit comes also from their relationship to spring. Spring brings the return of life: plants, trees, flowers, and even mammals, birds, fish, and animals. Spring is a time of fertility and birth. And the rabbit has a reputation for fertility. In fact, a rabbit seen running through a field or yard meant that the next year would be good for having children or would produce good crops from a garden.
The foot specifically has a couple of explanations. According to the Yahoo article, "But why the foot? It was said that ancient man, in his cave drawings and stone sculptures, showed the foot as a phallic symbol, a totem to foster fertility in women and a cornucopian harvest. That seemed to explain why the foot." The rabbit never strays too far from fertility, does it?
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry further purposes its own explanation for the foot:
"The manner in which rabbits run gave birth to the superstition about rabbit's feet. Apparently their unusual stride makes the back feet touch the ground ahead of their front feet and so the back feet were considered especially lucky.
For luck to had, however, the original owner must give their rabbit's foot away and it would be the receiver of the gift that would also be the recipient of the good fortune. If the owner kept the foot for himself, he would be visited by bad luck. If the recipient of the rabbit's foot lost his lucky charm he would also be visited with bad luck."
I must admit, I have never been a fan of this particular superstition. I have already explained that I am not particularly superstitious myself, but I do find them interesting. However, carrying around a dead animal's foot to invoke good luck just baffles me. It is a bit morbid and gross. I am not judging here. Carry around your lucky rabbit's foot. I am just saying that I could not do it.
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Hey all, I suppose this is the place to be for someone who loves to make maps. I mostly do them for my book series (I've used Campaign Cartographer once, but I don't have the patience to keep relearning it, so now I just use photoshop). I love retooling old city maps for my own use also, but it's time consuming. Anyway, I'm here to hopefully learn some new tricks and maybe share some of the things I've picked up along the way.
This is most definitely the place to be for people who love making maps Welcome!
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Yeah, as long as it doesn't break any rules. I read somewhere on here not to post derivative works? The main map I did that turned out the best was from an 1800s or early 1900s map of Melbourne. It took me like 4 hours to clear all the stuff off and get it ready for adding my own stuff, but I also saved a version of just the plain map so if anyone wants it for rpg campaigning or whatever, just PM me or something.
And thanks for all the welcomes!
If it's from the early 1900s or older, most likely the copyright has run out and it's in the public domain. Worth checking first (different countries have different copyright lengths -- iirc the US is ~75 years), but you're probably ok to post it.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – August 21, 2009 – The State Auto Insurance Companies have introduced personal lines products in Connecticut, less than 18 months after the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer affiliated with the Patrons Group of Glastonbury.
"We are excited to be able to offer State Auto personal insurance products to Connecticut residents," said Vice President-Director of Personal Insurance Joel Brown. "Our independent agency partners throughout the state are prepared to offer outstanding service at competitive rates. That makes State Auto a very attractive option for anyone in Connecticut looking to insure their auto, home or farm."
State Auto's personal lines products include:
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a super regional property and casualty insurance holding company. The company is primarily engaged in writing personal and business insurance products exclusively through independent insurance agencies in 33 states and is proud to be a Trusted Choice® company partner. State Auto Mutual is part of the State Auto Group. The State Auto Group is rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company and consists of State Automobile Mutual, State Auto Property & Casualty, State Auto National, State Auto Ohio, State Auto Wisconsin, State Auto Florida, Milbank, Farmers Casualty, Meridian Security, Meridian Citizens Mutual, Beacon National, Beacon Lloyds, Patrons Mutual and Litchfield Mutual Fire.
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Archive for the 'Annual Report' Category
Annual Market Trends
Since 2009 the appreciation has been terrific! Single family homes in our area have nearly doubled in value. This high rate of appreciation is caused by a lack of available housing. Sellers are staying in their homes longer while the population and number of high paying jobs grows. We do not see any changes to this situation on the horizon. Happy New Year Homeowners!
In the charts below, you'll find 15 years of data for market activity and median sales price for the Year 2015 for Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park and Mountain View. You can't find this level of historical data all in one place anywhere else, so if you have any questions or wish to get more info about your community, don't hesitate to contact us.
2014 Was Another Bullish Year!
The current tech boom has brought lots of jobs and money to our area once again. As a result, home sellers in 2014 were handsomely rewarded. Using the average of all 14 cities and towns listed below, here's how 2014 compares to 2009: The number of homes sold was up by 16% while the number of homes for sale was down by 23%. The average "days on market" was down by 59%. All of this activity is eerily similar to the 2000 real estate market. Is this another bubble in the making? We believe more of a cyclical top than a bubble.
The strength of the real estate market is controlled by supply and demand. As the numbers below illustrate, in 2014 demand was UP while supply was DOWN. The tech boom is one of the few financial bright spots globally and is attracting a lot of money, talent, and jobs to our area – which explains the demand side. The reason the supply of homes for sale was down is that owners who saw their home values rising at the greatest rate since 2000 were in no hurry to sell. All of this made it especially difficult for buyers in 2014 as multiple offers and extreme overbidding were the norm. And nearly half of the sales in the high-demand areas were "all-cash"!
Annual Real Estate Market Snapshot – SF Peninsula & Silicon Valley
How 2013 compared to 2012, 2008, and 15-year Averages
Heavy demand in a recovering economy is nothing new. What was unusual in 2013 was the extremely low number of homes for sale! This is due to several factors. The greatest contributing factor is state and federal tax policy. At the state level, "Prop. 13" (passed in 1978) essentially freezes property tax rates based upon its sales price. Prior to the passage of Prop. 13, folks would often trade up or down as their circumstances changed. This occurs much less frequently now.
Today most owners will stay in their home and add on or remodel, as needed, rather than risk increasing their tax basis by buying a more expensive home. At the federal level, the IRS allows owners to leave their primary residences to their heirs at the "stepped up basis" (current market value). Thereby, both the home owner and their heirs avoid capital gains taxes on the property. These tax policies encourages the elderly to stay in their homes. Instead of moving into a senior facility many seniors are now bringing help into their homes instead. In fact, the "in-home care" industry is growing rapidly, due to this trend.
In the tables below, you'll find 15 years of data for market activity and median sales price for the Year 2013 for Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park and Mountain View. You can't find this level of historical data all in one place anywhere else, so if you have any questions or wish to get more info about your community, don't hesitate to contact us.
Homeowners tend to stay put when the value of their property is rising. Those who are thinking of moving tend to wait until signs appear that property values are starting to decline. At that point in the cycle, we typically see a terrific increase in the numbers of homes for sale. Lastly, people are simply living longer.
Adding up all of these factors, it's easy to see why we have record low numbers of homes for sale. Demand for homes in our area will most likely continue at a heated pace and inventory of homes for sale will remain low until the next financial shock occurs.
The towns included above have diverse neighborhoods and prices. When we look at averages we get clues to the overall market, but not the details. If you would like an in-depth analysis of market trends in your particular town or neighborhood, simply call Jeff at 650.823.8057 or Steve at 650.450.0160, or email us: [email protected]. We'll be happy to help!
2011 Annual Market Report
The San Francisco Peninsula & Silicon Valley real estate markets continued their spectacular recovery in spite of a global recession. Technology and social networking companies from Mountain View to San Francisco are rapidly expanding – and hiring. The demand for housing in this area is now nearly as strong as it was during the dot-com boom of '98-'00. Median sales prices, on average, were up 4% from last year, and up by 13% in Atherton.
Palo Alto Continues to Defy Gravity
Palo Alto again had the most overbidding in 2011 with sellers receiving 103.6% of asking price, on average. It also had the most expensive real estate in the area with homes selling at an average of $723 per square foot. Increases in sales prices and over-bidding are likely to continue in 2012, unless there is some major national or international financial upheaval.
Hills Markets Now Recovering
During the past few years demand has been low in Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley, and Woodside. Yet, in 2011 those areas had the greatest increase in sales volume over the previous year of all the areas covered here. In fact, Woodside's sales volume was up by 84%!
See charts below comparing the 2011 and 2010 for closed sales, new listings, average days on the market, median sales price and average percentage of list price received.
2010 REVIEW & 2011 MARKET FORECASTShare
2011 Local Real Estate Market Forecast
All market factors point to a sharp uptick occurring in local prices during the first half of 2011. Last year, the number of sales, median sales prices, and percentage of list price received were up in almost all areas. In addition, it took less time for a home to sell in most areas. All of these factors are good leading indicators that buyer competition for homes will continue to be strong (barring a major economic shock of some kind) and sales prices will continue to rise.


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Director: Jay and Mark Duplass
Cast: Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Jennifer Lafleur
Official Synopsis: "From Jay and Mark Duplass, the writer/directors of the Sundance hits 'The Puffy Chair,' 'Cyrus' and 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home' comes 'The Do-Deca-Pentathlon,' the story of two grown brothers who secretly compete in a homemade Olympics during a family reunion. When their fierce and disruptive competition is uncovered, the brothers must choose between their passion for beating the hell out of each other and the greater good of the family."
"One of the greatest films ever made on the subject of brother-catharsis."
"This film accomplishes what has largely eluded American comedy for decades, and the Duplass brothers deserve nothing but praise for their stunning achievement."
John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter:
"An undiluted dose of the low-budget sensibility that attracted stars like Ed Helms and John C. Reilly to the Duplass Brothers."
"Like [The Duplasses'] other movies, the low-key story, characters, and unscripted dialogue keeps the film feeling loose and natural albeit slight and somewhat disposable."
"If the runoff of several more successful Duplass-driven or otherwise Duplass-oriented projects (including 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home,' 'Cyrus,' and 'Humpday') had swirled into a single stream and then pooled in an Austin ditch at summer's height, 'Do-Deca' might be the movie some avid scavenger fished out."
"The Do-Deca-Pentathlon" is now available on iTunes and VOD and is playing in select theaters.


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Ted Miller Handmade Prairie Hunter Knife
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Ted Miller Handmade Prairie Hunter Knife
Up for Auction is a Incredible piece by by Master Knifemaker Ted Miller. It is Called "Prairie Hunter" and is 13 1/2" long and is proudly displayed on a hand made deer antler stand and holder. It is numbered and has the number 4561engraved into the blade. The Handle is Shed Stag Antler with Turquoise Stones. The Guard is Brass. The Balse is Polished 440C Stainless Steel/, 56-60 Rockwell. The Stand is Deer Antler on a Walnut base. This was bought for $320 a few years ago. The Art of Ted Miller
Cherokee Knife Maker, Ted Miller is an American Indian Artisan, of Miami-Peoria-Cherokee heritage. He has won over fifty significant awards. He carves images of his heritage and culture from stories passed down through his ancestors. Ted makes the handles for his knives from natural shed Deer and Elk Antler enhanced with semiprecious stones such as turquoise, coral, and onyx. Black handles are made from Buffalo horn. The blades for the knives are shaped individually from 440 C stainless steel, 56-60 Rockwell, and acid etched designs are worked on the larger blades . Stands shown are included in the price. Each knife is individually numbered.Payments
We accept PayPal, Money orders or Personal checks. Only PayPal will be accepted from International Bidders.Payment or payment notification must be made within 7 days of the auction close. Unpaid auctions will be forfeited after 7days and a non-payment notice will be filed with eBay and appropriate feedback submitted after 7 days. Please include your Auction number and mailing address in all forms of payment. Sales Tax: All bidders from MD will be charged 5% sales tax. Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal ! Methods of Payment: We accept PayPal, money orders or personal checks. Only PayPal will be accepted from International Bidders. Shipping
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Well I took my new RS Sid out for its debut ride the other day. I pumped it up to the appropriate pressures but it felt too squishy during the ride. I got back home and put the fork pump on it and found that the pressures had dropped about 50% from the time I aired them up. So I aired the positive and negative chambers back up and noticed something. When I take the pump off the valve there is some air that escapes, at first I just thought this was the air left in the line. But when I put the pump back on and checked the guage I noticed that the pressure has again dropped about 50%. So my question is this:
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Gwen Stefani has given birth to her second child.
She gave birth to her second son on thursday at Cedars Sinai medical centre in LA. The new arrival weighed 8 and a half pounds.
He has been called Zuma Nesta Rock and he is a new brother for Kingston.
These stars do call their babies some strange names...


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Teen Mom 2
Watch the Teen Mom 2 Girls Impersonate Barbara Evans! (VIDEO)
Barbara Evans is the gift that keeps on giving! Teen Mom 2's most quotable glamma steals the show week after week with her myriad of prophetic musings and memorable one-liners, not to mention her unwavering patience for her wayward daughter. She even has her own (fake) Twitter handle, which is followed by over 270K people!
As an ode to Saint Babs, OKMagazine.com somehow convinced all four Teen Mom 2 girls (including Jenelle!) to put on their acting hats and spit out a few of their favorite Barbara-isms. And the result is pretty much Oscar-worthy.
Jenelle's up first, revealing how her mom responded to the news of her second pregnancy with boyfriend Nathan Griffith.
"She was like, 'Well, I'm not taking care of this baby, Jenelle. You know that. That's it. No, I'm not gonna do it. And you know what? I'm not taking custody. You're gonna do this all by yourself. And no one's gonna help you. Just to let you know!'" the Teen Mom 2 says in her best New England accent.
Leah Messer and Kailyn Lowry take things back to the Kieffer Delp days, quoting two of Barbara's most celebrated rants: "High, high, you're both high!" and "I hope you have fun living with your booooyfriend."
Chelsea chimes in once with "Adam's a loooosah!"
Sigh, Barbara is so wise.
What is your favorite Barbara-ism? Watch the video and leave your fave quotes in the comments below!
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The Concrete Industry Management program is pleased to announce that the signature item for their 10th annual auction at World of Concrete is a Mack Granite step forward axel model mounted with a McNeilus 11-cubic-yard Bridgemaster concrete transit mixer.
The Concrete Industry Management program seeks donations for its 10th annual auction to be held at the World of Concrete on Feb. 4.
The National Steering Committee for the Concrete Industry Management program, a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management, recently elected new officers and board members.
The National Steering Committee (NSC) for the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program raised more than $810,000 in gross revenue at its ninth annual auction, held in conjunction with the World of Concrete on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
A look at what concrete producers can expect at World of Concrete 2014.
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Meet the Class of 2012 - 2013
Kristin M. Hittle, MSN, RN, CCRN
Fort Worth, TX
Track: Health Services Research Track
Faculty Adviser: Dr. Ann Minnick
My name is Kristin Hittle and I live in Fort Worth, Texas. I am a pediatric nurse practitioner (acute care) and work in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children's Medical Center Dallas.
I knew since my undergraduate nursing program that I wanted to earn a PhD degree. I was attending a pediatric nurse practitioner conference when I heard a speaker talk about his role in the implementation, through policy, of a state wide pediatric disaster plan. He was able to use his clinical expertise and impact the way healthcare was delivered to children he would never personally care for. Listening to his presentation made me want to learn more, to develop the tools to advance my ability to create knowledge that would benefit children I would never care for and would be credible in a policy area. To do that, I knew it was time to go back to school for a PhD in nursing science.
I was very interested in the health services research track available at Vanderbilt. The faculty are experts in their field and they exhibited not only a passion for their area of interest but for mentoring new researchers. I knew they would support my learning and growth. In addition, the synchronous online course format was a good fit for my learning style and allowed me to continue to practice in a clinical environment without needing to change jobs and start school at the same time.
I am interested in policy and pediatrics. One area I think I have a particular interest is in the response to disasters and the care delivered to pediatrics in those situations.
James Scott Johnson, MSN, RN, ACNP
Orlando, FL
Track: Clinical Research Track
Faculty Adviser(s): Drs. Lorraine Mion and Shelagh Mulvaney
My name is Scott Johnson and I am originally from Rogersville, Alabama. I currently reside and practice in the Orlando, Florida, area focusing in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. After graduating from Vanderbilt ten years ago as an acute care nurse practitioner, I began working in both the outpatient and inpatient settings caring for individuals across a wide spectrum of diseases and illnesses. Through practice, my research interest has grown out of recognizing the progressive decline in functionality of the aging population which is especially rapid in those individuals with chronic lung disease. I am interested in investigating techniques in pulmonary rehabilitation for symptom management of dyspnea and to promote well-being in the elderly population. I return to Vanderbilt for the opportunity to work with leading nurse researchers who foster an environment of mentorship in a resource rich academic setting.
Micah A. Skeen, MS, RN, PNP
Columbus, OH
Track: Clinical Research Track
Faculty Adviser(s): Drs. Mary Jo Gilmer and Terrah Foster
I currently live in Columbus Ohio and I am a pediatric bone marrow transplant practitioner. I have worked in the field of pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant for over ten years. Because of this, I have been given the unique opportunity to be involved in research on several levels. I am the nurse representative on our Institutional Review Board, have been part of many national collaborative research studies, serve as the study nurse on several national studies and have been given the opportunity to conduct my own research and present at the national level. My extensive involvement in research only led me to the next logical step, my PhD. I hope to continue my career in research and improve the outcomes of pediatric transplant patients.
I chose Vanderbilt for several reasons. It is ranked 15th in the country in nursing and has an excellent reputation for research. The diverse internationally known faculty to help guide me in my doctoral studies and the opportunity for synchronous distance learning all influenced my decision to select Vanderbilt. I have several areas of interest. My main interest is communication and adherence in the pediatric bone marrow transplant practitioner. In my current role, I am studying the impact of early re-vaccination in the pediatric bone marrow transplant population.


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Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers:
June 29
Morning News, Savannah, Georgia, on arming teachers:
School officials across Georgia should advance to the head of the class when it comes to arming teachers.
According to published reports, few, if any, school districts plan to do it, even though a sweeping state law goes into effect Tuesday and expands where Georgians can legally carry firearms.
On July 1, each district has the option of arming teachers or staff, but requiring them to set training schedules. In other words, just giving a pistol to the staffer who's closest to the front door was never an option, although that's of little comfort.
Law-abiding Georgians have a constitutional right to own and carry firearms.
But the idea of arming teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, secretaries and others employed in school districts, as a way to prevent or bring down killers who prey on school children, was poorly conceived and mostly motivated by election-year politics.
If a school district has a public safety concern — and many of them do — then they should hire professionals. Putting campus police in the hallways is more responsible than giving pistols and shooting lessons to math teachers or lunchroom monitors.
Georgia isn't the first state to respond to school violence by allowing staff to carry guns.
After 20 children and six adults died during a 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., at least nine states passed bills in 2013 authorizing armed school personnel, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Other states had similar programs in place before that shooting. In 2014, at least 14 more states including Georgia introduced similar bills.
Phillip Hartley, an attorney who works with the Georgia Schools Boards Association and dozens of local boards, talked to a room of board members about the issue at a recent conference. He said he felt a "reluctance to be the first" without a serious push from parents.
"There just hasn't been that kind of groundswell," Mr. Hartley said.
Give school officials an "A'' for using good judgment about an idea that's a dud.
June 30
The Augusta Chronicle, Georgia, on citizens' religious beliefs:
If you like your religious freedoms, you can keep them. For now.
The U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled Monday that business owners with religious objections can't be forced to pay for women's birth control under the Obamacare law.
The 5-4 opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, held that imposing the contraceptive mandate on closely held corporations violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Essentially, the court said if you are morally opposed to birth control or abortion, you shouldn't have to buy it for others just because you offered them a job.
Though the ruling specifically dealt with the Hobby Lobby chain and other companies whose owners have deeply held religious views, it is really a First Amendment victory for all Americans.
"Today's decision was a victory for freedom," the National Center for Public Policy Research said. "Because a person who does not have the right to order his or her professional and personal life in accordance with his or her religious beliefs does not have freedom at all."
It is the first major challenge to Obamacare to come before the court since the justices upheld the law's individual requirement to buy health insurance two years ago. This will send the Obama administration hunting for another way to give women free contraception if they can't get through their employers' insurance plans.
Had the mandate been upheld, a company objecting to the contraceptive mandate would have had three choices: violate their faith; pay ruinous fines; or go out of business.
The ruling applies to businesses so closely held that there is no essential difference between the corporation and its owners. Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby, which employs more than 15,000 full-time workers in 41 states, was founded by a family of evangelical Christians. The other major company involved in the case, Pennsylvania-based cabinet company Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., is owned by a Mennonite family.
What's more frightening than the contraception mandate the Obama administration dismissively tried to cram down employers' throats through the Affordable Care Act is the fact that it was nearly upheld as law - only a single Supreme Court justice stood in the way.
Freedom in this country is hanging by a thread.
June 29
The Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, on state's first national park:
We all know -- at least we should know -- how special a place the Ocmulgee National Monument is and the treasures within it that date back thousands of years.
Soon, if U.S. Reps. Sanford Bishop and Austin Scott get their way with the introduction of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014, the monument could become the only national park in the state.
This bipartisan bit of legislation would increase the monument's boundaries from 700 acres to 2,100 -- about where the original planners in 1934 had envisioned. And there's a caveat that could make the monument even larger.
The legislation, if passed by the House and Senate, would direct the Secretary of the Interior to initiate a Ocmulgee River Corridor Special Resource Study between Macon and Hawkinsville that would determine the "national significance of the study area" and the "suitability and feasibility of adding lands in the study area to the National Park system."
This process doesn't happen overnight but is another step closer to making the monument a national park. Once funds are appropriated -- another big step after passage -- the Secretary of the Interior has three years to submit the report and his recommendations to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In a joint release from Bishop's and Scott's offices, they point out that "the expanded park also will generate much needed tourist revenue for Macon, Georgia and the surrounding areas while educating visitors on the little known fact that different cultures occupied this land for thousands of years."
The plan of work has been meticulously executed so far, and while most of the work to attract co-sponsors will be handled in Washington, D.C., a few encouraging phone calls and emails to the rest of the Georgia delegation in the House would not be unwelcome -- and it would be a nice tribute if this work could be completed before Sen. Saxby Chambliss takes his leave from the Senate at the end of the year.


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I too have Litage forks on both my road bike, and my mtn bike/commuter. I've also ridden top end steel forks from Reynolds and Columbus for decades, and can say the Litage road fork rides as nicely as the steel ones in every respect. (I don't have a decent basis of comparison for the mtn/commuter fork, but I've very happy with it.
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Venessa Room
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The bedroom has a queen size double bed (fully orthopedic, anti-static, anti-bacterial), LCD TV, chairs, writing desk and slippers.
Steps lead up to the bathroom which has one shower unit with rain, jet or hand held options, towels, quality soaps, hair conditioner and hairdryer.
A rich buffet breakfast with local touches can be eaten indoors or al fresco at our rooftop panoramic terrace.
Free Wi-Fi.
Non smoking.
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You have to set AF Point Illumination to OFF for the DX letterbox to appear. Setting a4 in the menus.
It's an odd thing that it only works in that situation. I would consider it an interface bug but I'm sure there is a technical reason why it can't work when the illumination is turned on.
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1Go to a nearby fabric store and buy fabric you need for your cosplay. For example, if your original character has a brown shirt that is frizzy, feel every fabric until you find what you have. If your original character has black shorts, find black fabric. If you can't just use black jeans and add some things your original character has on their pants. Be sure to study your character. And make sure when you buy the fabric, that you have enough to make into something that will fit you.
2Go to the thrift store! you can find a lot of your clothes there. You can cut them up, sew some together. And do almost anything. :)
3Fix your hair like the person you are cosplaying as. If you don't have the same hair color as that person, you can dye it, borrow a wig, buy a wig, or even make your own. (Dying your hair is fairly permanent after all)
4If your Character has a tattoo, have a really good artist that you know, draw it on. Or if you can find temporary tattoos that look like it, use those.
5Before you begin to put your outfit together, sketch it out. And be sure to measure yourself and the clothes!
6You can look up parts of you shirts, pants, etc. to print out and trace on to your clothe, remember to make sure it fits!
7Finally, after your hard work, put on your cosplay and wear it proudly.
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- If you're going to make your own cosplay for a convention, make sure you do it a few months before the convention! Making cosplay takes some time.
- Get a friend or relative to help you, while they're making cosplay for themselves.
- Save up your money to buy more fabric if you want to make another cosplay.
- If you were to sell it, sell it for about $10 or more because you put effort into it.
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BEST BETDATE: July 11 2011, 12:30 PM to July 22 2011, 3:30 PMCost:$55.CATEGORY: Kids and FamilyVENUE INFORMATION:Denver Firefighters Museum1326 Tremont PlaceDenver, CO 80204
Introduce tykes to a day in the life of a firefighter during a week-long camp. Children will jump through a kid-size obstacle course, learn the basics of first aid, hear talks from professionals in the community, and much more. Ages 5-7 can attend the July 11-15 camp, and ages 8-12 can attend the July 18-22 camp. Weekly 12:30-3:30 p.m.


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December 20, 2011
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Phone: 504-865-5210
One of the earliest known ancestors of modern humans preferred to live close to the water, according to Tulane researchers.
The lure of waterfront property goes back a long way in human history it seems. Ardipithecus ramidus, one of the earliest known ancestors of modern humans, preferred to live close to the water's edge rather than in the interior regions of East Africa where previous research suggested the ancient hominins resided.
These latest findings, revealing predecessors of today's coast-hugging populations, appear in a Dec. 20 article in the online journal Nature Communication. The article is co-authored by Nahid Gani, a professor of practice in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Tulane University.
Gani and her co-author husband Royhan Gani, an assistant professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of New Orleans, studied sedimentary layers in Aramis, Ethiopia, where fossils of at least 36 members of the 4.4 million-year-old Ardipithecus ramidus have been found. Layers of sediment around the fossils revealed ancient channels indicating the presence of major rivers. Carbon isotope analysis from ancient soils showed the signs of decayed mixed vegetation (grasses and trees) prevalent in river-adjacent floodplains.
The habitat of "Ardi," as scientists have nicknamed the tree-climbing Pliocene-age species, has far more implications than providing the antecedent for modern-day real estate preferences
"East Africa has been the center place for human evolutionary studies, including investigation of why and how hominins split off from early apes," the Ganis wrote. "Understanding the dynamic nature of the early Pliocene landscape and environments, once frequented by hominins, both at a regional and local scale is critical to evaluate the role of physical environment as a driver for hominin evolution."
Nature Communications is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the same group that produces the 142-year-old Nature, the world's most cited scientific journal.
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A Simple Mashup that allows you a user to find restaurants nearby him. The user can add ratings, view comments via the web and his mobile phone(blueprint).
The coolest thing is that you can pay(Paypal X Adaptive Payments) via SMS(SMSGupShup APIs) or the mobile web. So you don't need to carry cash with you when you go out.
Because of the fact that this hack uses Paypal Adaptive Payments both the restaurant owner as well as the developer can make money :-)


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One map finished, time to start a new one.
This project is inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces.
I started to make the terrain with Bryce. I haven't rendered it in full quality yet, so this is just a quick test render.
There will be a village in the upper left corner (therefore I posted it in town/city) and lots of vegetation all over the map.


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Move over Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin…
When Brisbane-based university friends Mark Cracknell and Nathan Hoad brainstormed the idea of a social network based on live broadcast, they were shocked to find they were the first.
In December, after less than 18 months in development, the duo launched social live video network Kondoot in the United States, which is where the majority of its members are now from, though strong support from South East Asian nations like Indonesia and Thailand is also a trend.
Since its soft launch fourth months earlier, the site has wooed subscribers from 133 countries who use its live and recorded video broadcast options as well as instant messaging service to communicate with family, friends and colleagues.
Free iPhone and Android apps give users the mobility to broadcast live from almost anywhere and Kondoot's games can be played online, or downloaded on to smartphones.
"You can't use LOL any more because I can see whether you are actually laughing or not!" is a tweet that best describes Kondoot's technology.
But Kondoot's key fee generator is it's unique broadcasting platform where musicians or bands can sell online tickets to a live concert via PayPal, allowing fans to virtually attend. The site gets a 20% cut on all ticket sales.
"We've had a really good response on a smaller scale and brought online an Australian sales force actively targeting larger artists and festivals," Cracknell told Deal Journal Australia, noting the industry seemed welcoming towards Kondoot's offering.
He hinted the site could be partnering a recognizable Australian festival later this summer, adding Kondoot– a word play on 'conduit' — is opening an office in New York to push American sales. The IT team plan to relocate in 2012.
Once the Australian and American markets have been tapped, Kondoot intends to boost its European presence, to be based in London before diversifying into areas such as sports broadcasting. The site will also enable a full translation system in coming months with a focus on European languages, but for now, relies on recognizable icons and symbols for ease-of-use.
Through both domestic and offshore interest facilitated by the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board, Kondoot has raised 800,000 Australian dollars (US$823,512) and Cracknell said another A$3.2 million should be banked by the end of January, when the raising is scheduled to close. Once that funding is locked in, talks with venture capital funds in the Silicon Valley can continue.
And could we see an IPO in three years asked this reporter? "2015 sounds a bit far away doesn't it?" said Cracknell, smiling, but with a sense of confidence. "You've got to plan big."
21 year-old Cracknell, met 25 year-old Hoad while living on campus at The University of Queensland when completing a Bachelor of Information Technology, specializing in pure mathematics. Hoad has the same degree, with a major in interaction design as well as a Bachelor of Multimedia Design.
And while the pair compare themselves with Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin and often remind each other their daily stunts could wind up in a movie, they remain very aware of the downside to start-ups, having visited Facebook, Google and Groupon headquarters in 2010.
"There are inherent risks with being an IT start-up but for a company like Facebook to add a live broadcast feature would go against their concept of sharing, it would be a significant change for them" he mused.
The 21 year-old added that the site had yet to be banned in China, though believes it inevitable and joked it would be a milestone.
And though it's early days yet, Kondoot already has thoughts on any takeover offers. "It's built in such so it continue running the business constantly because there's reliable content but if the right offer came along, at the right time and place, by all means but if the idea is to purchase us to shut us down, which doesn't benefit users, that may not be the right decision to make," Cracknell said.
Though their business cards don't quite lead with "I'm CEO" and end in a profanity, Cracknell and Hoad have made the effort to differentiate themselves by designing a significantly smaller business card.
With all the innovative technology that's emerged from the U.S., it's game on Australia.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa field hockey team is ranked 13th in the country in the 2013 Penn Monto/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I Preseason Poll. The Hawkeyes garnered 344 points in the rankings.
Iowa has been ranked each week (22 weeks) in the poll dating back to Sept. 6, 2011.
"We are ready for a challenging season to begin this weekend," said UI head coach Tracey Griesbaum. "Our mindset is to take it one day at a time and the results and polls will take care of themselves."
Iowa is one of four Big Ten Conference schools in the team rankings along with Penn State (sixth), Michigan (ninth), and Northwestern (11th). A total of seven Hawkeye opponents are in the top-20.
"We have seven of the top 20 teams in the preseason poll on our schedule, and many others who are close to breaking into that elite group," said Griesbaum.
Iowa opens the regular season in Easton, Pa., facing Bucknell on Friday and Lafayette College on Sunday. The Hawkeyes open their home slate, Sept. 7-8, hosting the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Iowa faces Wake Forest on Sept. 7 at 11:30 a.m. (CT) and North Carolina on Sept. 8 at 11:30 a.m. (CT).


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Hi,Thanks for requesting me, and sorry for the delay. I had to take a phone call that ran overlong, and when I got finished, there were a few follow ups waiting for me before I could tackle this one.Your right to bear arms is fundamental -- granted by the Constitution. Your right to a permit, on the other hand is discretionary. It's at the will of the licensing authority and they do not have to give you one if they don't feel it's appropriate.However, your position is correct. If you never were mandated to in-patient treatment, and you never lost your rights in the first place, you should be eligible to apply for a permit.There are lawyers who specialize in pardons, expungements and the restoration of civil and gun rights. You should look for one and appeal the decision against you. If it came from the state level, you'd have to appeal it with the authority that made the determination. If it came from the Federal government, you would appeal that with the firearms division of the FBI. You can see how to do that here.
Hi Fran,
Your opinion is exactly what my lawyers think - we're taking the idiots to court. This happened in WA state, BTW.
I've never been adjudicated 'mentally deficient' (as defined by gravely disabled and / or a harm to myself / others) - this adjudication was avoided because I voluntarily submitted myself to the will of the court (this is what I meant when I said 'agreed order')...so net-net, I voluntarily committed myself for outpatient treatment. I don't think there is ANYTHING in the federal statute which says I'm ineligible by this...I'll let you know what happens in court once my motion for clarification is judged...thanks!
Nice response, BTW! :-)
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October 4, 2013 – The number of young children with lead poisoning in New York City in 2012 is at a historic low, the Health Department recently announced in its annual report to the City Council. In 2012 there were 923 children under 6 years of age identified with lead poisoning, a 22% decline compared to 2011, when the total was 1,183. The number of childhood lead poisoning cases has declined 66% since 2005 when NYC implemented Local Law 1, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, and an 85% decline since 2000.
"We have made amazing progress, and these numbers show that our efforts are working," said Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner. "But we still need to take precautions to protect our children. It is critically important that building owners follow the law and safely repair peeling lead paint in homes with young children."
Lead poisoning can cause learning and behavior problems, even at low levels. The New York City Health Code defines lead poisoning as a blood lead level containing 10 or more micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood (mcg/dL). New York State law requires health care providers to test all children at 1 and 2 years of age and test older children found to be at risk.
Since 2005, the Health Department is required to conduct a home inspection to identify lead paint hazards and other lead exposures in the homes of children with blood lead levels of 15 mcg/dL or higher. When lead paint hazards are identified, the Health Department orders the building owner to safely repair the problem. In 2012, 349 children under 18 years of age were newly identified with blood lead levels of 15 mcg/dL or higher. Of these children, 313 were younger than 6 years of age, the age group with highest risk. This represents an 8% decline compared to 2011 when there were 342 children, and a 78% decline since 2000.
Early identification of lead-poisoned children is important in order to identify and prevent further exposures as quickly as possible. An estimated 84% of New York City children turning 3 years of age in 2012 were tested for lead poisoning at least once. Yet, only about half (54%) of them were tested at or around both age 1 and age 2.
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 20-26, 2013. During the months of October and November, the Health Department is providing educational programs to over 300 community partners, including daycare centers, early learning programs and community boards, to encourage blood lead testing and promote lead poisoning prevention.
For more information on preventing childhood lead poisoning or to host an event for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, call 311 or visit nyc.gov/lead.


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Thank you for visiting Richard Brent Arthur and Dawn Marie Roan's website. They are marrying on April 17th. Details related to the wedding celebration will be posted here. Eventually, this site will become their blog, so feel free to bookmark it.
Richard and Dawn Marie are grateful to their family members and friends for helping with the many details of the wedding. Shiloh and Andrew Jacobs provided invaluable advice on the website and put together the wedding video. Lori Allred and Karl Arthur took gorgeous photos. Spencer and Katherine Roan, Mark and Amy Hunter, Karl Arthur, and Marcus Arthur graciously stuffed envelopes and addressed invitations. Eric Linfield, Laura Linfield, Sharon Ives, and Maudie Roan volunteered to cook or purchase Thai food for the family dinner. Barb Thomas, Marbe Campbell, Amy Hunter, and Karl Arthur helped with the bridesmaid dresses. Marcus Arthur acted as our general go-to guy. And Jim and George Hazel offered their home for the Open House.
Richard and Dawn Marie would especially like to thank their mothers for their generosity and herculean efforts—Linda Linfield for the moral support, early planning assistance, and help with dress shopping, invitations, and all the other minutiae; Gail Arthur for photos, planning the Open House, and the many hours of labor on the bridesmaid dresses; and Amy Roan for planning, hosting, and cooking for the family dinner as well as preparing their new home.


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October 1997: Deployment of the Oceanic Flux Program sediment trap mooring aboard R/V Weatherbird II (Bermuda Biological Station). Sinking material will be collected in the sample bottles on the rotating plate affixed to the bottom of the trap funnel. The large yellow balls are "hardhats" housing glass deep sea floats. (Judy Leonard)
May 1977: Werner Deuser's first sediment trap is ready for its initial entry into the sea. The ship's crane was used to lower this large trap into the water.
Werner Deuser is shown here aboard R/V Atlantis II in 1977, the year that he initiated the first continuous time series of particle flux measurements in the deep ocean.
The Oceanic Flux Program particle flux record in the Sargasso Sea. The present time series is today one of the very few oceanographic time series extending for more than a decade and by far the longest record of its kind.
Scanning electron micrographs of typical components of the particle flux material collected by the 3,200 meter Oceanic Flux Program trap. (A) A calcite shell of a foraminifer (a one-celled animal) with secondary calcite encrustations. The species composition and carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios of foraminifera shells preserved in ocean sediments are extensively used by paleoceanographers to reconstruct the past ocean environment. (B) A siliceous test of a radiolarian, another one-celled animal. (C) A zooplankton fecal pellet (left) and an unidentified biological aggregate. (D) Assorted skeletal remains of cocco-lithophorids, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and amorphous organic material aggregated inside the elongated fecal pellet shown in C. The elaborate round structures are individual calcite plates (liths) from different cocco-lithophore species.
The long-term trend in the biogenic carbonate to silica flux ratio in the 3,200 meter Oceanic Flux Program trap. Variability in the deep particle flux appears to be forced by large scale changes in the atmosphere/ocean climate system.
Author Maureen Conte prepares to inject the extracted lipids of a trap sample into a capillary gas chromatograph. This instrument is used to separate and quantify up to a hundred different compounds present in a single complex mixture.