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Urban beekeeping has been on the rise over the last few years, with this growth spawning a number of establishments centered on urban beekeeping products and services such as Bee Thinking in Portland, Oregon.
Bee Thinking is a retail store that offers special honey-making products and services to urban beekeepers. According to its website, Bee Thinking is "the world's first beekeeping supplier specializing in foundationless top bar hives and Warre hives," which are made using environmentally friendly processes. What's more, as PSFK points out, these hives require minimal space so they're ideal for city-dwelling beekeepers.
In addition to clothing, accessories and materials for beekeeping, Bee Thinking provides a variety of beekeeping services, including classes and one-on-one training on beekeeping. Public speaking presentations are also available, as are swarm removal and colony removal services.
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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 10, 2002
I think Malcolm Glazer should be nominated as father of the year. After all, how many dads give their sons a $650-million toy and not get angry when they break it?
-- R.M. Seroor, via e-mail
How many times is Rich McKay going to let the Glazers kick him in the teeth? First they want McKay to step down as GM and make him president to make way for Bill Parcells. Then McKay recommends Marvin Lewis as coach and the Glazers say,"No, let's pursue Jon Gruden." Appears there is a power struggle going on that McKay has no chance of winning. Rich, if you haven't begun already, start looking for a new job.
-- Daryl Schuette, Brandon
I was discouraged by your coverage of Altron Jackson becoming the career leading scorer in Conference USA. His accomplishment received almost no fanfare; it was not part of any headline and was not mentioned in the article about USF's win over UCF until several paragraphs into the article.
USF athletics are labeled inferior; its comparatively fledgling sports programs are judged unfairly by the standards of the ancient programs of UF and FSU. The apathy in the bay area toward USF's sports programs never ceases to amaze me. When it seemed as though something a USF player accomplished would finally get attention, it was swept under the carpet and into the pit of second-rate news.
Please give Jackson the recognition he deserves for being an outstanding basketball player -- one of the best in the state -- and the best scorer in the history of Conference USA.
USF is not a second-rate university, and it is time our residents stop referring to it that way.
-- Caleb Fritz, via e-mail
I couldn't agree with Hubert Mizell more. It's obvious Mike Tyson is out of control: reckless driving, rape, drugs and numerous assaults. He is a deplorable example for our youth. I can't think of one thing admirable about his character. If we never read another word about him or see another picture we would be better off.
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Regaining fans' trust in Final Fantasy will take a "long time", FF14 producer says
Personally I've had bad experiences with the customer service in both XI and XIV - they can improve the game as they see fit but this will always be a factor I will have to bear in mind with their products. Reply 0
Steam Summer Sale is now live
@Lunatic4ever I'd keep an eye on that in coming days - i'm sure we'll see it take a dive. Reply +1
Bloodforge Review
Great looking but not great playing. The annoying thing is that I think there's a market for decent alternatives to God of War this however is not one of them. Reply 0
The Walking Dead: Episode One Review
Hated the TV show, never read the comics but loved this - hope Episode 2 expands and improves on what this has achieved. Reply +6
Game publishers help man injured in riot
@coolbritanniaIt's debatable whether it is or not but does it even matter? Something bad happened to someone and a company who wouldn't have been penalised for doing nothing did something which will make that person happy... publicity stunt or not it's a good thing! Reply +5
LulzSec: "We're hacking Sony right now"
FFS this is just childish... Reply 0
Deus Ex hack: "Game not at risk"
Oh good, now the news is full of the internal politics of hacking groups... yay.Seriously though, it seems there's a surge of hackers at the moment who feel they deserve to be infamous. Reply 0
Rift 7-day free trial now available
"You'll gain the nifty ability to summon one another every half an hour, too..."
If anyone wants to do this free trial with this ability included then PM me and I'll sent you a trial link for it. Even if this aspect doesn't interest you though Rift is a great game and worth doing the normal trial as it's free. Reply +1
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ships two million
Homefront 2 is "certainly the plan"
It seems common now for developers to have decided on a sequel prior to the game's release. Reply +2
Kaos Studios slams Homefront leak
It is sad that this has happened but I think it should be noted that stories like this (e.g. X game is now leaked, here's what the dev thinks) should be publicised after release (except in extreme cases). As this only adds fuel to the fire, many will see this as a "heads up" and check out the torrent sites for themselves now. Reply 0
FFXIII-2 has an evolved battle system
I'll be interested to see how they've taken player feedback and what they've done with it... Also from what neck of the world exactly as the Eastern player-base embraced many changes that the Western did not. Reply +1
Nintendo: Why the 3DS is region-locked
I am a little annoyed - it's not uncommon for certain RPG's to get a US but not an EU release... at least with the DS Lite there was a way around that. NVM, I guess... Reply +9
Dragon Age II
I for one am still hyped about DA2 but isn't it funny how the original was publicised as and supposed to be a return to the tactical combat and emotional choices of BG/IWD (BG2 being one of my favourite games ever) yet Bioware seem keen to leave that behind. Reply +1


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Jessica & Neil's engagement session is the highest commented upon engagement blog post on this blog of all time. With a whopping 77 comments! Maybe you remember their fireworks engagement session. When Jess & Neil set out to do something, be it engagement photos, killer choreographed Bollywood mini feature films to entertain guests at their reception, or entering a television contest to win a free honeymoon, they go all out!!!! Nothing stops this couple from winning, being the most over the top or throwing the best party. Seriously they are a force. I am just glad Ryan and I didn't enter the Slice Networks 4 Weddings TV show contest because we would have gotten our asses handed to us. We were way happier being on their team for the wedding day.
And so … Jess & Neil were married on July 30th 2011, at Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham Ontario. They didn't have a typical wedding, and if you read the paragraph before this you will know why. Their weddings, and by wedding(s) I mean they had two, were a semi-traditional Jewish ceremony and a Hindu ceremony. Myself, Ryan, and our 3rd photographer Sarah were joined by 2 videographers, and a crew of 6 cameramen from the 4 Weddings television show, plus 250 wedding guests, a whole whack of kids, a white horse, and a bridal party of 12.
It was seriously some of the most fun we have had at a wedding, ever! Now I don't think that having a television crew follow every one of our couples around on their wedding day will be a great idea. However; if we can learn any lessons from this wedding, they would be: Give your guests something to do at the reception while they are waiting around for you to enter, or in between courses. Jessica and Neil made 2 mini movies, one that mocked and illustrated how they met (it was actually really well done, and in the style of the show How I Met Your Mother, so if you know it you would have really appreciated this video) and the other one was a crazy Bollywood dance video. Seriously everyone loved it! Secondly, get a candy table, the line up to get candy at their wedding was at least 10 mins long and the dance floor was still packed. And finally… come into your reception dancing. Why do you ask? because in our experience at the 100's of weddings we have watched over the years. Couples who get up and dance, and have a great time in front of their guests usually end up partying until the late hours of the night with them. Let your guests know its okay to get up and dance. No one likes to be the first on on the dance floor, but since its your party, you'll have to take the lead.
So here is what I want you all to do. Scroll to the very bottom of this post, once you are done admiring the photos, and leave a nice comment below for the newlyweds. Maybe congratulate them on their big win, or tell them they made the right choice in hiring us for their engagement photos and wedding haha! And if your wedding is going to be anything like this one, contact us and make the right choice too!
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Jozsef Peter
According to Whittaker Chambers, Jozsef Peter succeeded Max Bedacht as the head of the Communist Party underground in the United States during the 1930s. Peter denied this, but was eventually expelled from the country. In 1983, while living in Budapest, Peter wrote his autobiography, which is excerpted here, translated from Peter's native Hungarian. In the portion that follows, Peter discusses Chambers' allegations and the impact they had on his life.
At the outbreak of World War II, organized workers were employed in each important plant of the trusts. During the labor fights, the number of members of the Party increased five times. In 1938 the Party already had 75,000 members. It could have had much more but the best activists were involved in the organization of the CIO [Congress of Industrial Organizations], and they did not pay enough attention to the making of the Party. In those days I spent much time in the various centers of the automobile, steel and rubber industries.
Having accomplished the task of concentrating Party activity, the Central Committee charged me with cadre affairs. The effective membership of the Party was appraised, as well as those who were willing to join the Party. The boarding schools of the Party, which offered three-month courses, improved the formation of Party cadres. It was a part of my scope of duties to look after communists and sympathizers in the cultural field. So I got into contact with Hollywood and Broadway. The semi-legal organizations of those in the cultural field (writers, actors, artists) and of other intellectuals, besides having great impact on their own field, gave significant financial support to the Party.
It was my job to unite these groups and to organize their Marxist formation.
The monopolies could not just sit back and watch the triumphal expansion of the CIO. In 1938 they went on the offensive against it. They resorted to the legend of the "red ghost," their old gun. A committee was established to investigate anti-American activity. It made investigations all over the country. The CIO was accused of organizing communist violence and "assisting the making of Soviet America." Strike leaders were summoned to appear before the Committee [HUAC] by the dozen.
The Soviet-German Pact was used to boost anti-Soviet agitation. Contemporary to the war against the Soviet Union, there was a campaign against the Communist Party. Communists were arrested and condemned, one after the other. In 1940 Congress passed the Smith Act, which imposed a severe punishment on those advocating the overthrow of the government and organizing subversive actions. The Act ordered the registration of non-citizens. The fingerprints of 3,600,000 immigrants were recorded in FBI files.
"The Handbook of Organization" played a significant role in the chase against the Party. It was used to underline their charges.
The situation required the reorganization of the Party machinery in order to make possible the Party activity under bad circumstances. This task was given to me. I had to work and live underground in some critical moments following from the nature of my task. I worked in a factory for a time. I was in contact with the Party through a member of the Political Committee. I could take up open Party activity only after the end of the war.
The political climate began to change in June 1941, when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union and the tide was turning after December 7 (Pearl Harbor).
The campaign against the Party calmed, but the building of the underground structure of the Party could not halt. The nature of the task was to make use of those sympathizing with us. I had to establish contacts, usually personally. I toured the country from New York to California.
Browder [Earl Browder, formerly the head of the Communist Party], after the signing of the agreement in Teheran, worked out the so-called Teheran Thesis. He misunderstood the agreement of the Soviet Union, United States and Great Britain, and arrived at the conclusion that "if the Soviet Union can cooperate with imperialist powers, the Communist Party can also live in peace with the capitalists." There was only a short step from here to his proposal forwarded in 1944, according to which the Communist Party should be disbanded and a Communist Political Union should be formed.
In May 1944, the Party congress adopted Browder's proposal.
Duclos, the leader of the French Communist Party, criticized harshly Browder's theory as a "notorious revision of Marxism," by which Browder distorted the diplomatic proclamation in Teheran. The Party, in a special congress in July, passed a resolution: "Nothing accounts for the dissolution of the Party." Browder did not accept the criticism. He was expelled from the Party.
The Cold War against civil rights, against the Party and the trade-union movement started right after the end of the war, at the end of 1945 and beginning of 1946. Some 3,500,000 organized workers in 1945, and 4,600,000 in 1946, went out on strike against the freezing of wages. Strikers attained considerable wage hikes in the coal, automobile, steel and electric industries.
Monopolies considered the old anti-Red campaign to be the most effective way to break down the trade unions. A pamphlet from the Chamber of Commerce wrote that "Moscow had conquered the media of radio, films, publishing, theater and television in the United States." It urged the congressional Committee to examine these fields. And the Committee set to work immediately. Large numbers of writers, scientists, artists, physicians, directors, actors and journalists were summoned.
The public was informed by alarming news through the press and radio channels. "The Red Army is planning the occupation of Detroit," "Soviet submarines off Californian coasts," and similar phrases. Many were the victims of this fierce witchhunting. Hundreds of those investigated were laid off, were blacklisted (among them the Hollywood Ten), were imprisoned, because they were not willing to be moles. Due to these examinations, 12 people committed suicide, among them high-ranking government officials, ambassadors, writers, actors. Five died of heart attacks.
Truman ordered the examination of the loyalty of government officials, because Soviet agents allegedly had made their way into the administration. Nobody knew his accuser or the charge.
The FBI had kept me constantly under surveillance since the end of the 1930s, but especially in the last ten years. In those days we lived in the house of a sympathizer. He kept me informed about the activities of the FBI agents who shadowed us from a rented apartment. The press wrote about me endlessly. In articles under shocking headlines, journals blared that Peter is "Soviet spy No. 1, the leader of the underground movement, an agent provocateur inciting to the violent overthrow of the government."
Behind this increasing chase after me, there was the statement of an informer, W. Chambers, which he gave before the Nixon Committee. He accused a government officer from Washington, A. Hiss, of being a Soviet spy and he involved me, too, in the case.
We learned that Nixon, in the name of the Committee, summoned me under threat of a fine. The Party decided that I would have to avoid the delivery of the summons.
In October 1947, four FBI agents surrounded and arrested me in a town near my underground hiding place. I was taken to New York City. Here, after having taken my fingerprints and photos in the center of the office, I was carried off to Ellis Island. From here, the attorney of the Party liberated me, not immediately, by paying $5,000 dollars security. I was carried back to the Immigration Office building, where the prison van entered the gate to the cellar at the back of the building. I was taken to the head of the office by elevator, where Carol King, a liberal attorney sympathizing with the Party, who took on my defense without compensation, had been waiting for me. After the official procedure, seeing the crowd of journalists and photographers waiting for us at the central gate, the attorney was indignant and protested against the unlawful action of the Office which had informed the press. She demanded that I be able to leave the building unobserved. After a long debate, the office head backed off and I was taken from the building through the cellar by stealth.
After the Ellis Island episode, I went underground on the order of the Party, to avoid Nixon's citation. First I stayed in a comrade's 10th-floor apartment in New York, which I could not leave for weeks. Then I was received by an old Hungarian couple. I had contacts with the Party by means of my wife. I could not call the apartment. We could not meet personally. We chose the number of a phone booth on the street. I went to the booth on a given day some minutes before the time stated, and I waited for the call. The next phone conversation: by agreement.
I had to change my place because of certain suspicious signs. I got a new address, which the Party had indicated to my wife during the next phone conversation. It was late evening when I arrived at the apartment on the other side of the city. I rang. The man opening the door looked at me, surprised. I understood that he was unfamiliar with my case. I apologized, saying that I was mistaken. I had to risk going back to the old couple.
I did not call the next day. My wife reported to comrade Dennis, the general secretary of the Party, that l had disappeared. They decided to wait another day. In case l did not give a sign, they would announce my disappearance.
The following day l was able to get in contact with them. The same day, I arrived at the corn farm of a Hungarian comrade about 100 kilometers from New York City. He had machines: it was easy to help him. I listened to the radio news regularly. My case was mentioned in every program. It is clear from the published minutes of the Committee that they hunted for me unceasingly. Finally the Immigration Office set the day of examination, and my attorney received the citation.
The Party told me to appear on the citation of the Immigration Office: otherwise the $5,000 bond would be lost. So I left the farm and I arrived in time. The attorney had been waiting for me, but the citation [subpoena] of Nixon, the member of the Committee, was also there. The Immigration Office called in the witnesses, one after the other. The defectors, the informers who had infiltrated the Party, offered their evidence willingly. One of the defectors, among others, told a stunningly ridiculous story.
According to his statement, armed groups were trained in the cellar of the building of the Party committee in New York State. Their goal was the violent overthrow of the government. The training was lead by Peter.
I had to mention here that the attorney ignored the witnesses' evidence on the order of the Party. However, it would have been very easy to prove that the witness lied. The building had a cellar indeed, but there was a huge machine where the Party paper was printed. In the cellar, there was not even space for the paper bales necessary for the printing.
It is characteristic of the Cold War atmosphere that this pure fabrication was quoted by the press on the front pages, with alarming headlines. There were other witnesses who claimed to have heard my lecture at the Lenin School in Moscow. Among the evidence, there was a forged passport used in 1931. They could not start a penal procedure against me because of the statute of limitations.
The hearing of the witnesses and the presentation of the evidence ended the same day. There was no decision. In the meantime I had to appear before Nixon. Nixon arrived alone in New York. There was much fuss. Press, television, dozens of photographers. A confrontation with Whittaker Chambers – a former member of the Party and police informer who, among others, had called me a Soviet spy in the course of the interrogation of the Committee. On Nixon's question, whether I knew the witness, I refused to answer, referring to the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution on the order of the Party. The press, waiting for a scoop, left, disappointed. Nixon put aside my case for a time because the election campaign took all his time.
The Immigration Office made the decision. I was expelled from the U.S. as persona non grata for subversive activity. Comrade Endre Sik, ambassador in Washington, brought my passport personally to New York. The following day I left for home by plane.
After my arrival (May 1949), comrade Rakosi received me. At the end of our conversation, he called in comrade Karoly Kiss and they discussed my future assignment. If I remember well, he mentioned the Department of Party and Mass Organization.
After some time, comrade Kiss took me on a sightseeing tour, and he informed me discreetly about the decision of the Political Committee, according to which comrades returning from the West could not work in the central apparatus of the Party for some time. Later I was assigned to the publishing house of the Party – Szikra, Kossuth. Here I worked for the International Department as head of section, department head, later editor-in-chief. After my retirement I continued to work. I was named chairman of the editorial board of Nemzetkozi Szemle (International Review).
During the past more than thirty years, I have done voluntary work in the National Trade Union, in TIT, in MNDSZ. I was a member of the International Working Committee of the Central Committee, and I have given lectures at the Party Academy, at the Military Academy, etc.
Budapest, December 7, 1983.
—Jozsef Peter


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Long Lunches
NCDFREE's Long Lunches bring together young change makers for an afternoon meal where
they hear about and discuss one of the most challenging categories of chronic disease.
Long Lunch:
Feburary 2015
30 established and future leaders from a mix of disciplines with a common interest in youth mental health met in the Clarendon room at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. This was the first in our new series aimed at generating greater discussion, collaboration and innovation in major areas of NCD prevention and advocacy. Participants were encouraged to network and brainstorm new ways that they may forge connections to improve the mental health of young Australians. They were treated to a 2-course lunch with guided mindful-eating by Smiling Mind and the presence of engaging speakers from the diverse fields of data science, public value consulting and healthcare – who tabled common issues faced in Mental Health and the health sector more generally: the need to work together to achieve more, the need to identify our common purpose and vision and the need to stay open to new ways of approaching wicked-problems.
Long Lunch:
April 2015
The Sydney Changemaker's Long Lunch convened at Gratia cafe in Surry Hills to enhance Preventive Health approaches. Participants were treated to presentations by media strategists, designers and healthcare professionals, that asked guests to re-think the power of language and intention when communicating public health challenges. A keynote address was delivered by Simon Chapman, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney and well-known tobacco control and clean energy advocate. He shared insights into how to make the public "take notice" and "take action" on public health messaging. Breakout sessions challenged participants to "BrandJam" junk food advertising to create anti-junk adverts in mixed-teams. Participants also engaged in mindful eating and were rewarded with a coffee voucher at Gratia to foster ongoing connection.The appetite for increased connection of health advocates at all levels of experience is high and this remains a key area that NCDFREE wishes to foster in the future.
Long Lunch:
March 2016
In our third edition of the NCDFREE long lunch, we brought together 30 emerging and established minds from a variety of backgrounds to engage in the topic of mental health and suicide prevention. Over a delicious healthy two course meal we served up an afternoon of inspiring talks, reflective exercises and group activities, all in the aim of fostering positive collaboration.
Speakers included Professor Merete Noredentoft (University of Copenhagen), Thomas Lethenborg (CEO of Monsenso), Meik Weiking (CEO of The Happiness Research Institute) and Ellis Pedersen (Novo Nordisk). You can find all the event photos here.
Long Lunch:
June 2016
We were delighted to team up with Unified For Health to deliver a long lunch focusing on the topic of Diabetes. The Sunday event brought together 30 fantastic young medical students from Justus Liebig University and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Giessen, Germany. Over a delicious healthy meal, we served up an afternoon of inspiring talks, reflective exercises and group activities, all in the aim of fostering positive collaboration.
Invited speakers included Nana Mensah-Abrampah (World Health Organization), Anna-Maria Volkmann (University College London) and Lukas Herrmann (Unified For Health). You can find all the event photos here.
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Justices to Hear N.H. Abortion Notification Challenge
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
As if the Senate negotiations over filibusters and the federal judiciary were not intense enough, the Supreme Court issued a reminder yesterday of its power over the pivotal issue in the fight: abortion.
In a one-line order, the court said it would rule on the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law that requires an abortion provider to give a minor's parents 48 hours' notice before the procedure, unless a judge grants an exception or the girl's life is at risk.
But, unlike parental notification or consent laws in most other states, the law makes no exception for cases in which the health of the pregnant girl is at risk. The question for the Supreme Court is whether that makes the New Hampshire law unconstitutional.
Though the case presents no direct challenge to the broad abortion right recognized in Roe v. Wade , and will not be argued until next fall -- with a ruling due by mid-2006 -- both sides in the filibuster debate said it shows that the stakes go well beyond the appeals court nominations now in contention.
"This is something we will bring up to our constituents as to why the Supreme Court battles are so important," said Wendy Wright, senior political director of Concerned Women for America, which supported an end to Democratic filibusters of President Bush's nominations for the courts.
Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, which opposed Republican efforts to eliminate the filibuster, said: "If the composition of the court changes, it's hard to predict if new justices will apply the law we've come to rely on."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, based in Boston, ruled last year that the New Hampshire law is unconstitutional under a 1992 Supreme Court decision that said states may not impose any "undue burden" on the right to abortion. The Supreme Court defined that as a law that "in a large fraction of cases" puts a "substantial obstacle" in the way of someone seeking an abortion.
In its appeal, however, New Hampshire said the 1st Circuit applied the wrong legal standard. It cited a 1987 Supreme Court ruling that suggests opponents of the law must show that the law would impinge on abortion rights not just in some or most cases but in all cases.
While this is a seemingly technical point, the court's ruling on it could have a far-reaching impact.
If the justices affirm the ruling of the 1st Circuit, striking down the law, the effect will be to fortify and entrench Supreme Court abortion rights precedents -- before Bush has the chance to appoint multiple justices who may not favor abortion rights.
There will be little change in the balance on the court if Bush replaces the ailing chief justice, William H. Rehnquist, between now and a decision in the New Hampshire case, known as Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood , No. 04-1144. Rehnquist is already reliably opposed to abortion rights.
But if the court were to uphold the New Hampshire law, it would open the door to other states to adopt similar legislation.
And opponents could not sue until a person pressed a claim for an injury she blamed on the law.
At present, 33 states, including Virginia and Maryland, have a parental notice or consent law for parents of girls younger than 18 seeking an abortion. Eight of those states have provisions similar to those in the New Hampshire law, according to lawyers at the National Women's Law Center. Six states and the District have no law.
In 10 other states, parental involvement laws have been adopted but are not being enforced because of legal disputes.
One of those states is Idaho, whose law was struck down last year by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco, because its health exception was too limited. The Supreme Court declined to hear Idaho's appeal in March -- making yesterday's decision to hear New Hampshire's appeal encouraging to its supporters.
"Since the court is hearing a case where the law was struck down, that gives us hope that they want to correct a mistake," Wright said.
A ruling that abortion regulations do not necessarily have to have a health exception could also affect the new federal ban on the late-term procedure critics call "partial birth" abortion. That ban, enacted by Congress with Bush's support in 2003, included no exception to protect the mother's health. Instead, Congress included findings that such an exception was unnecessary.
It has yet to go into effect, however, because three federal district courts have ruled it unconstitutional. Those rulings, now on appeal in three circuit courts, cited the Supreme Court's 2000 decision striking down a Nebraska ban on partial-birth abortion because it lacked a sufficient health exception.


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Hemodialysis nurses provide extensive care for patients who suffer from renal failure or chronic kidney conditions. They assist patients through dialysis treatments. Nursing care for hemodialysis patients is technically demanding
Dialysis is a procedure that is a substitute for many of the normal duties of the kidneys. Many dialysis nurses provide treatment for the same patients regularly and follow their care over time.
Hemodialysis nurses duties:
-educate the patient and family members on treatment issues
-educate the patient about preventative care
-check the patients' vital signs
-set up equipment prior to the start of the dialysis procedure
-connect patient to dialysis machine to initiate procedure
-administer the anticoagulant
-monitor patient response during dialysis
-collect, document and analyze patient information before, during and after dialysis.
Most dialysis nurses work in hemodialysis centers, or they can treat a patient who have kidney problems at the patient's home (peritoneal dialysis nurses). Many of the responsibilities of the peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home nurse hemodialysis are the same as in-center.
There are travel opportunities for hemodialysis nurses but locations can be sporadic. As such most successful travel dialysis nurses need to be flexible on locations.
Most employers seek dialysis nurses who have obtained an RN license from the state where that nurse works, a CPR certification, a CNN (Certified Nephrology Nurse) or CDN (Certified Dialysis Nurse) certification and hemodialysis or peritoneal experience.


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Vaughn to take a Lucky Strike?
Vince Vaughn could be swapping comedy for action with a leading role in Lucky Strike.
The Wedding Crashers actor is said to be in negotiations to star in Tony Scott's upcoming action thriller, reported Deadline.
Written by Henry Bean, the movie focuses on an agent working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as he unites with a drug runner in an attempt to take down a drug cartel.
It's not yet known which part Vince is up for, although filming is set to start later this year.
Vince - who became a dad for the first time when wife Kyla gave birth to daughter Locklyn in December 2010 - was last seen in romantic drama The Dilemma.
His next big-screen outings include science fiction comedy Neighbourhood Watch, which will reunite him with Dodgeball co-star Ben Stiller, and comedy Lay The Favourite with Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones.


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|Make : LAND ROVER
|Model : RANGE ROVER
|Year : 2007
|Build Dates : 2006-05-26 - 2011-07-12
|NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 16V374000
|Date Owner's Notified: 2017-03-20
|Date Received by ODI: 2016-05-27
|Date Added to Database: 2016-05-27
|Manufacturers Involved: LAND ROVER
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|Manufacturer Campaign Number: P081
|Component: AIR BAGS:PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL
|Potential Number Of Units Affected : 34738
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC "Land Rover" is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands "Saipan", and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Land Rover is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Vehicles not originally sold or ever registered in either Zones A or B are not subject to this safety recall. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
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Posted on 06/30/2011 9:05:21 AM PDT by Morgana
CHICAGO - A CHICAGO woman is accused of strapping her baby's corpse into a sling and taking him shopping after killing the three-month old in a drunken rage, local media reported on Wednesday.
Ken Blackman Jr had been dead for eight to 14 hours when the woman wrapped up her shopping trip and went to visit a neighbour, who noticed blood on the baby blanket and called 911.
Prosecutors told the Chicago Sun Times that Toyrianna Smith, 20, beat and suffocated her baby because he wouldn't stop crying on June 22.
She had been drinking vodka at a friend's house and spent the night in their guest room with the baby. She slipped out of the house the next day before the baby's father came to pick him up.
Smith, 20, is being held in jail on a US$1 million (S$1.23 million) bond on charges of first-degree murder. -- AFP
She should never see the light of day again.
She'd've been in a lot less trouble if she'd've had us taxpayers pay for a "legal" abortion. Then, nothing would've happened to her (or the doctor, either). Silly girl . . . waited too long for her delayed abortion.
Damn Amish again....
Light of day? She should never see anything but the electric chair.
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Soup with the Supe
On March 10th, MPS will host an evening called "Soup with the Supe". Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson is inviting the community to have dinner with her and her leadership team to share her vision for MPS and answer questions from guests.
Burroughs Community School
1601 West 50th Street Minneapolis, MN 55419
6-8pm, child care available, interpreters available for Spanish, Somali and Hmong speaking guests.
Everyone is welcome.
Gael Ellis
Area C (z3) Community Liaison, MPS
Four Gates Physical and Energetic Culture arrives to the Kingfield neighborhood, 4238 Nicollet Ave. S.
Join us Saturday February 26 for our grand opening celebration! Lift kettlebells, practice yoga and partake in a ceremony to bless our studio with light.
12pm and 2pm: Intro to cosmic kettlebells classes.
Each class is 60 min long and open to all levels of fitness.
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there are times when we all wish for the same thing.
when we all wish for the happy moment to freeze.
when we all wish to pause on our favorite moments, rewind for a moment, and skip the bad things.
when we all wish for time to stop or fly.
it feels like it was just yesterday that I'm so excited to wear my white-gray uniform. but now, in 3 days, my final year will begin, the last year on high school. then in no time, we'll all start a brand new life. new adventure. real life. real world. cruel place.
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The Omena House by Danny Forster in Michigan is one of the most clever eco designs I've seen for a private residence yet. The Omena House is full of eco features, from recycled newspaper countertops to floors made of locally-harvested bamboo and a vegetative roof.
The most promising aspect of the Omena House by Danny Forster Design Studio, however, is what they call its 'Nano-Wall.' According to ArchDaily, this 15-foot wall uses wind for a hydronic radiant heating and cooling system that eliminates HVAC in favor of a geothermal design that controls the Omena House climate passively.
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Sahel food insecurity crises 2012
22 October 2012 -- Countries affected by the food and nutrition crisis are reporting an increasing number of children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). Assessments also show that the prevalence of Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) in food insecure districts is often above 15%. Poor living conditions, high malnutrition prevalence and low immunization coverage in a context of fragile health systems increase the risk of transmission of on-going disease outbreaks of measles, cholera, meningitis and Lassa fever in displacement areas in Mali and neighbouring countries. Health partners, NGOs and volunteers coordinated by WHO, are providing health services through the Mali medical Association and MoH.


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Rihanna and Chris Brown 'split again' after pictures of her kissing fan
Rihanna and Chris Brown have sparked rumours of their split after the rapper unfollowed the Barbadian singer on Twitter after pictures of her kissing a mystery man surfaced online.
Pictures of the 25-year-old hip-hop artist kissing a man, who calls himself Justin LaBoy, have been posted by him on Twitter and Instagram.
"Me and the wife @Badgalriri out here tonight," the Mirror quoted him as captioning the photos. Meanwhile, Brown took to Twitter to write, "Sh*t is overrated now a days (sic."
"Just remember to keep ya muthaf**kin head up," he posted on his Twitter account. Brown has started following his former girlfriend Karrueche Tran again whereas Rihanna has started following Drake on Instagram though she is still following Brown on Twitter.


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PSCS is a Washington State approved middle and high school. Our courses and activities are delivered to students by a teaching staff with degrees from some of the most prestigious universities in the country, volunteers from within and without the community, and are often led by our own students—but are a natural by-product of this environment. It's a philosophy grounded in the most robust findings in behavioral science over the past 50 years, as well as first-hand observation of how kids learn and grow.
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Today, I will convene a U.S. Senate field hearing in Anchorage on an issue of great importance to Alaska, our nation and the world at large - the opportunities and challenges that we face as melting sea ice opens up the Arctic for energy and mineral production, shipping, tourism and other commercial activities.
In the Arctic, environmental and geopolitical changes are occurring at an unprecedented rate. While changes are happening rapidly, though, our nation's Arctic policy has been slow to catch up.
The Arctic is warming faster than any other place on the planet with some sea ice models now predicting the Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer within a few decades. In fact, commercial vessels are using the Northern Sea Route this year to travel between Asia and Europe - an activity that's only expected to grow as shippers take advantage of the Northwest Passage as a 5,000-mile shortcut between the two continents.
The impacts of this rapid warming are not all positive, however. They are also being felt by the local residents who are legitimately concerned about what an ice-diminished Arctic will mean for their way of life. Many of the Alaska Natives in the region live a subsistence lifestyle. They're dependent on the sea and ice, and fear not only the loss of summer sea ice and its effect on marine mammals, but also the possible negative impacts that increased economic activity in the area could have on their lives.
Until recently, the resources of the Arctic were considered too difficult and expensive to develop. But with increasing access and high energy and mineral prices, the Arctic's wealth - estimated to contain approximately 22 percent of the world's remaining oil and gas reserves - is now being intensely examined.
As one of only five countries bordering the Arctic Ocean, the United States must be prepared to deal with the growing level of activity in the region. We must take steps to protect our strategic economic and military interests in the Arctic, as well as provide proper protection for the environment.
Unfortunately, we currently lack the infrastructure and investment necessary to respond to these new challenges.
To correct this, I recently introduced the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Implementation Act of 2009 (S. 1514). The bill would implement the Arctic Council's recommendations for improving shipping safety in the region, including funding for navigational aides, vessel tracking, oil-spill response, search and rescue capabilities and ice-breaking escorts.
To better determine the most pressing needs in the Arctic, I'll be hosting a field hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security this week in Anchorage. The hearing is at 2:30 p.m. today at the University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library in the Lew Haines Memorial Room. The hearing is open to anyone who wants to attend.
Admiral Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, will attend the hearing and will focus on U.S. national and homeland security interests in the Arctic, as well as the Coast Guard's expanding role in the region. There will also be a number of notable Alaskans testifying on the impacts of a changing Arctic, including Gov. Sean Parnell; Dr. Lawson Brigham of the University of Alaska Fairbanks; David Benton, executive director of the Marine Conservation Alliance; Edward Itta, North Slope Borough mayor; and Mead Treadwell, chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
This hearing will help us learn what we can do to approach our policy toward the Arctic strategically, proactively and comprehensively. We should work in a spirit of multilateral cooperation with the other Arctic nations - Russia, Norway, Denmark and Canada - but foremost protect our own national interests.
Our first step should be to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea. The convention, now before the Senate, would codify and maximize international recognition of U.S. rights to one of the largest and most resource-rich continental shelves in the world - extending at least 600 miles off Alaska's coast. Canada, Denmark, Norway and Russia are parties to the convention and are already acting to protect and maximize their rights. We must do the same.
I have sought to prioritize funding to replace our aging Polar Class icebreakers both through legislation and the Homeland Security Appropriations bill. As the Arctic sees more marine activity and competition for resources among Arctic nations, the U.S. must have a strong presence in the region.
As we explore the Arctic's vast natural resources, we must strive to strike a proper balance between reasonable development and strong protection of the environment. We must not overlook the needs of Alaska's first people - the Inupiat, Athabaskan and Yupik who have thrived in the northern reaches of this land for millennia. Preserving the culture, languages and subsistence lifestyle of these Alaskans must be our priority.
The Arctic is unquestionably unique and the projections of an ice-diminished Arctic have profound implications for this region, its ecology, environment and people. How we address and adapt to these changes is truly the challenge and opportunity that lies ahead.
What: U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security field hearing on Arctic policy at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, August 20, at the University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library at 3211 Providence Drive, in the Lew Haines Memorial Room (room 307).
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the Appropriations Committee.
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Sicily - Another Point of View
Susan from England. Written in response to our Travel Notes on Sicily by Phyllis.
In 2000 my husband, daughter and I stayed in Sicily for two weeks - one of those weeks was on the island of Lipari, and the other in the resort of Cefalu, on the northern coast, not far from Palermo. We stayed there in the second half of October and the first couple of days in November. We loved the place so much we all returned with another daughter and her son and some of us stayed for a week, while my husband and I stayed for six weeks, from the end of October to the end of the first week in December, 2001. I mention the dates because that may have something to do with the entirely different experience we had in Sicily.
My normal practice would be to diplomatically mention all the points on which I agreed with Phyllis, and then mention the points on which I disagreed. But out of a sense of service to other would be travellers in Sicily and to Sicily itself, I feel I must point out more of the positive things about travelling in Sicily, and suggest that Phyllis' experience gives only half the picture.
Sicily is poor. Never mind the reasons why; the fact remains that they are. That means that there isn't a lot of surplus cash to spend on non-essentials, and looking after its people might rate higher than looking after its very many antiquities and beautiful buildings. In Palermo, for instance, I have read that there are 10,000 important and beautiful buildings that need money spent on them in restoration and maintenance and the city cannot afford it, though it is doing its best. I realize that the figure may not be accurate -- just because I read it doesn't mean that it is true. But even the casual visitor will see the large number of beautiful buildings clustered around the area of the central railway station alone. The fact is that although it is a tourist destination that is increasingly popular, the contribution of tourists to the economy is not enough to maintain the numbers of sites and buildings of historical and cultural and architectural interest. So a criticism of the lack of care in that area is not entirely fair.
Where Sicily really excels is in the scenery. Did you notice, those magnificent roads going across valleys on what seems to be endless bridges? (An engineer would be able to tell what the correct name for what the construction was. Alas I am not an engineer.) Any road going across Sicily has to be built on supports to cross deep valleys and through tunnels to get through mountains. No road is a simple construction and I was forced to marvel at them often. We only travelled across Sicily once in a car to go from Cefalu to Mt. Etna. We experienced no problems at all.
We find in most places we have visited in Europe, Sicily and Palermo and Cefalu included, that in prominent places -- squares, railway station, public monuments, etc., there are large boards at eye level in convenient places for tourists to see and use. On the boards are maps giving local points of interest -- railway stations, bus stations, local monuments, churches and places to visit. There is an indication of where on the map that particular board is located and the names of the relevant streets, etc., and some landmarks. Often these are in two languages, that of the home country and, usually, English. That is very good for us, but the majority of visitors to Sicily are the Germans and Dutch, not the English, so it really is surprising to find that English is found on any sign at all. We have not visited many tourist information centres in Sicily, but we did visit the tourist information centre in Cefalu on several occasions, and found two English speaking members of staff, even in this small resort, who gave us local maps and whatever information we asked for. We did not find many people who spoke English in Sicily, as you would expect, but those who did were very helpful and kind. They greatly appreciated our attempts to speak Italian.
There is one thing I totally agree on. The traffic in Palermo is mad! There were articles in the local newspaper while we were there in November 2001 indicating that the local government was introducing measures to try to regulate it a little more. I hope they succeed but I wouldn't drive in Palermo. It seemed to be more of a speedway circuit than a road. I wouldn't drive in Naples either for it seemed just as mad as Palermo when we visited it on our way home in December 2001. You have to laugh. Perhaps we could laugh because we weren't driving ourselves. A police car nearly rammed our taxi on the way to the airport. It made even the Neapolitan driver worried when he noticed that it was a policeman driving.
The first time we stayed in Cefalu, we stayed at the Hotel Mediterraneo and had a very pleasant stay. The room was large and comfortable, with a TV, air conditioning and heating. The breakfast was a superb buffet. The price was a very moderate 150,000 lire. The next occasion we rented a holiday apartment on the esplanade, a hundred yards or so from the Norman town in the center of Cefalu. The apartment was on the third floor, its only drawback. We had a fully equipped kitchen, three double bedrooms, a living/dining room complete with fireplace and terraces that looked out over the beach and sea. We could see the old town and 'the rock' from the back terrace where there was a washing machine for our use. It only cost us 330,000 lire a week because it was off season. Even though it was off season, we were still swimming in the sea in the middle of November, though it turned colder soon after and though you might sunbathe on sunnier days, no one was swimming.
Restaurants were inexpensive and served very good food. Most often we restricted ourselves to the pasta course as this was usually all we needed. We shopped in the local supermarket and the Saturday market on the esplanade and found the food very fresh, and thus very full of flavour, and reasonably priced. We could buy our olives fresh!
We are going back again this year if we can. It is hard to beat the place. A bonus to us is the opportunity to try our hand, or tongues, at speaking another language as there are so very few English or American tourists there.
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Getting through Big Easy regional will be big challenge
Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 20, 2008
AP Sports Writer
LSU is in familiar territory _ their home court, hometown crowd, and their 10th straight NCAA tournament, including four consecutive trips to the Final Four.
This year they're hoping to do more than stretch that record _ they want to cap it.
But getting there will require negotiating the New Orleans regional, which will be anything but the Big Easy.
Second-seed LSU (27-5) begins the quest against 15th seed Jackson State (18-13) Saturday night, and despite the old coaching mantra of "one game at a time," the Tigers have been thinking championship all season long.
When Van Chancellor was hired to coach the team, one of his first orders of business was to gather his players in the gym and have them practice cutting down the nets.
"He wanted us focused on winning," guard Erica White said. "He told us the only way we'd cut down another one was when we won the national title."
LSU has been close, losing in a semifinal game four straight times.
Jackson State, winner of the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship for the first time in school history, is making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1995. They take a three-game winning streak into Saturday night's game.
"No one expected us to win," coach Denise Taylor said. "So we've been an underdog all season."
Seventh-seeded Marist (31-2) squares off against 10th-seeded DePaul (20-11) in the first New Orleans regional game Saturday night.
Marist has not lost since Dec. 12, running off 21 straight victories. The Red Foxes were in the tournament in 2004 and 2006, and advanced to the final 16 in last year's tourney.
"It's obviously the dream of any coach to have a team that can get to the tournament more than once and to be three years in a row and to get the highest seed we ever had, you feel a tremendous amount of pride," Marist coach Brian Giogis said.
DePaul, meanwhile, is making its sixth straight NCAA appearance.
Forward Caprice Smith said she remembers watching Marist in last year's tournament.
"We just know that they're a great basketball team and they're ranked and we're not," Smith said. "We've just got to go into the game with a chip on our shoulder because we're the lower seed."
Opening the day will be Texas A&M (26-7), the No. 2 seed, against No. 15 Texas-San Antonio (23-9) in the Oklahoma City regional that's also being held at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
It's the highest seed ever for the Aggies, who just won their first-ever Big 12 Conference tournament, and the fifth NCAA tournament action for A&M, including the past two years.
The Aggies closed out the season winning 13 of 14, including the final nine.
"We have a lot of momentum coming into this game, coming off a tournament championship," guard A'Quonesia Franklin said. "Before that, winning our last four conference games, which were huge games for us."
The Aggies just have to keep doing what they've been successful with so far, Franklin said _ playing intense defense and creating offense off it.
For Texas-San Antonio, this is the first trip to the NCAA tournament in school history. Still, coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair believes her team is ready for the challenge.
"I think we've had our opportunities to enjoy those moments and we have enjoyed them, and now we want to come in and be very focused," she said.
Seventh-seeded Syracuse (22-8) meets No. 10 Hartford in the next game.
Syracuse, which had only one winning season in the past 17, is making its fourth appearance in the NCAA tournament, its first since 2002.
"This is our fourth time in 37 years being in the tournament, so we're excited," Syracuse coach Quentin Hillsman said. "When you talk about what it means to compete at this level and to have a chance to win the national championship, that's what you strive for."
Hartford (27-5), which is making its third tournament appearance in the past four seasons, has a slight edge against Syracuse because of the experience, coach Jennifer Rizzotti said. "This is not a team that's just happy to be in the NCAA tournament," Rizzotti said of Syracuse. "Their kids are very focused.
"The way they have been able to pull together as a group and play together, you would think they've been playing together for a couple of years."


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Vauxhall's all-new Viva has been nominated for its first honour, the What Car? Reader Award 2015, months before its launch date.
Due to be unveiled in summer next year, Vauxhall's all-new five-door entry-level model faces a What Car? readers' vote for the most eagerly anticipated car of 2015.
Readers can vote at http://www.whatcar.com/readeraward and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 7 January 2015 at the 38th annual What Car? Car of the Year Awards.
"We're delighted Viva has picked up its first award nomination ahead of its launch next summer," said Tim Tozer, Vauxhall's Chairman and Managing Director. "Offering an extremely attractive price point, Viva will be well specified and come in a range of trims and equipment levels, which will hold great appeal in this rapidly growing sector."
"Once again, next year will see Britain's motoring public spoiled for choice when it comes to new and exciting cars hitting the market," said Jim Holder, What Car? Editor. "The Reader Award has a special prestige for manufacturers, purely because it is voted for by their paying public. To get this particular prize is a very good indication that the car you're toiling over is getting the right reaction from consumers."
The Viva will be the latest edition to Vauxhall's small-car range, joining the fashionable A-sector ADAM and the popular Corsa supermini.
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Last weekend, freshmen Carson Fulmer and Xavier Turner played huge roles in Vanderbilt's third NCAA Regional championship in four years.
On Wednesday, the pair was honored for their respective seasons as a whole. Both Turner and Fulmer were named Freshman All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball.
This marks the 30th time — all since 1991 — that Vanderbilt has had a player earn Freshman All-American honors. Most recently, in 2011 four — Tony Kemp, Conrad Gregor, T.J. Pecoraro and Kevin Ziomek — did so.
Fulmer, a hard-throwing right-hander from Lakeland, Fla., is 3-0 with a 2.66 ERA and four saves in 25 relief appearances. The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder entered in the fifth inning on Saturday night of one-run game against Illinois. He pitched five scoreless innings and allowed just three hits to pick up his third win.
Turner, a 6-foot-2, 220-pounder from Marietta, Ga., is batting .324 with 36 RBIs and 38 runs scored. He has played in 57 games and made 45 starts at third base. In the regional, he had seven hits, six RBIs and scored five runs. He also made a diving stop in the championship game on Monday night to steal a double from Georgia Tech designated hitter Zane Evans.
"By Staff Reports"
I wouldn't put my name on this story either as the fact-checking is lousy.
Xavier Turner is from Sandusky, OH, not Marietta, GA. A simple fact, but when one fact is wrong, you start questioning the validity of the other facts - in this instance, the VUCommodores website states that Turner has started 49 games, not 45, but I suppose the discrepancy could be that he may have started some games as a DH and not at 3B.
4Gold, The Vol is representative of living in the Volunteer State, not from being a Vol fan. It also commemorates my volunteering in various areas, as in giving of my time.
I try to not harbor evil thoughts about others; in acting with good sportsmanship, I support my team without directing any wasteful energy towards others (although it is hard with some Alabamians - must be my wife's 'Auburn' deflecting onto me)!
I got relegated to that wonderful "infield" section BB, which is about as much 'infield' as those who watch from the parking garage. Nice that all of the 'fans' will be sitting in close, I hope they all buy programs so they'll know who the players are, otherwise, it might be a little quiet up there.
PK after spending a week in Birmingham for SEC tournament and listening to Sports talk shows I assure you the Alabama fans are full of themselves. I dislike UT because they drain sports dollars out of Nashville and are main reason VU can't fill their own football stadium.
Your BB seats are just fine. Been there but my AA seasts for the regional got pushed out to Outfiled. And you dont know who is batting, ball/strike count or score tor that matter. You are just there. Too bad they didnt have space to build a larger grandstand where you could actually see the game. Outflield seats are only good for the picnic crowd. Not for people that want to see the game.
Go Dores, Preds, Titans! Go Nashville a great place to live!


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There are two lines of thinking when it comes to the Toronto Marlies.
One: Let's just enjoy the ride, a team in Toronto is finally winning.
Two: How does this translate to the Leafs? (Which then shoots off into a million different opinions of how this helps, if this even matters, and so on).
Frankly, we won't be able to answer that until, at minimum, next season. Although it will probably take longer than that though for us to fully understand the significance, or insignificance, of this run.
I've already written out the players to focus on as potential future pillars to the Leafs organization so you can focus on them if you're looking towards next year.
If you're just enjoying the run? Sit back, relax, and if you're able to attend a game this round, by all means do so. The Marlies and Barons split their season series one regulation win apiece. Ben Scrivens played against Oklahoma once and got a shutout (Owuya lost against OKC earlier in the year), but really there's not much we can take away from two measly games in the regular season that happened in November and at the beginning of January.
For one, Jake Gardiner and Matt Frattin weren't in the lineup. Carter Ashton wasn't even in the organization then. In fact, Oklahoma never even saw a Marlies roster with Nazem Kadri and Joe Colborne both dressing at the same time. Conversely, the Marlies played against Magnus Paajarvi once and didn't see two of the Barons top five scorers this playoffs in Dylan Yeo and Josh Green at all this year.
The Barons have lost two games games so far this playoffs, the Marlies one. Really, it's anyone's series based on pretty well everything we know at the moment. We'll see how the first few games go before we get out some thoughts on it.
Until then, here are 15 points on the Marlies after two rounds:
1 – In round one I talked with Nazem Kadri about playing with Frattin, and like I wrote at the time, he spoke highly of playing with Frattin and eventually expected to be paired up with him whenever coach Eakins decided to change it up. Low and behold, in round two they were united on a line with Jerry D'Amigo after game one and absolutely lit up the Heat. In those four games Kadri had six points, Frattin had three goals (also scored in game one) and D'Amigo had three points of his own.
2 – Of course, part of the reason that line has been put together is the injury to Joe Colborne. Damien Cox reported the stitches have been tearing during the game and I can say that I've been in that dressing room or seen him after pretty well every home game this playoffs and I've yet to see his hand; it's always covered so we can't see how bad it really is. He obviously isn't taking faceoffs either. In the six games he has played, he has four assists. But frankly, to me, he's injured. Maybe it's a personal thing, but when a guy that young is hurt and can't even take faceoffs (or probably grip his stick considering stitches are ripping) I really don't put much stock into his play. Frankly, I've sort of dismissed putting any sort of criticism on him right now all things considered. He does, however, get full marks for trying to tough it out.
3 – Another player injured: Carter Ashton. It's tough to make out when/if he's going to come back, but it's just a shame he's not healthy right now and will probably be off his game should he eventually return. I think a lot of us are still learning about Ashton and are curious to see where he fits in moving forward, but we might have to wait until next year to better find out where exactly that will be.
4 – Jesse Blacker is also a guy worth mentioning when it comes to injury. In Game 2 against Abbotsford he didn't play on the power play or penalty kill units at all and he only saw even strength shifts with Jake Gardiner. During the regular season, Blacker saw regular time for both units. Even with Gardiner there now, he shouldn't be seeing zero time whatsoever for special teams. Either they are easing him in, or he's still relatively banged up. Blacker did get better as the series went on and was throwing his weight around. We'll see how he does after all this rest now.
5 – If only for a game, it was great to see Matt Lashoff back. Who knows what the future holds for him, but he's a heck of a personality and is a solid hockey player. He's battled back hard from a tough injury and deserves a ton of credit.
6 – Was happy for Greg Scott to notch a hat-trick near his hometown and with family in attendance. Was even more interested in Damien Cox writing that some in the Leafs organization think he could be a third or fourth liner for the big club. Now, I did not have Scott on my list of players to watch when it comes to the Leafs and I'm not backing off that he's a future piece for the big club, at least right now. But I will say this: a big reason players like Scott never make the NHL is because the organizations they belong to do not give them the proper opportunity to make the team (meaning a guy like Ashton will get five or six chances to make the team before Scott gets a sniff and either Ashton wins the spot, or the big club just brings in someone else to fill the hole). Having people in the organization believe you is a big step towards having a chance to crack the team.
7 – That all said, I'm not looking too much into that just yet. Scott still has a long way to go. But the Leafs, their bottom six, and the players who might crack it are a discussion for another time.
8 – Thought it was worth mentioning that, while I'm no fan of Damien Cox, he has begun writing about the Marlies during the playoffs and he's doing an excellent job. I would definitely recommend checking out The Star and some of the stuff that they have been producing. We do a lot of criticizing of Toronto's mainstream media outlets when it comes to Leafs coverage, so it's important for our own credibility to acknowledge when they get something right. Kudos to them.
9 – Coverage of the Marlies will probably start to pick up even more now and while I'm not a huge fan of papers avoiding them in the first and second round then all of a sudden showing interest in round three, it's great to see the Marlies getting covered. Hopefully the fans respond and sellout the building from here on out, too. Also, I can't wait for the the inevitable Oilers rebuild vs. Leafs rebuild, but let's be real, Edmonton could have sent down Ryan Nugent Hopkins the same way Toronto did with Jake Gardiner, and is this even a series if that happened? Sure we can compare the young guys on both teams, but not the entire rebuild of each team based on this series. That's just foolish.
10 – The Marlies power play made some nice adjustments after game one. They don't have a big booming shot to tee-up from the blue line so they began working it down low more (Ryan Hamilton scored a Grabovski-like spin goal from the goal line) and emphasizing simply getting shots through, despite no rocket. The Zigomanis OT winner is a perfect example of that. Kadri simply got a shot on net, that wasn't very hard, and Zigomanis put home the rebound.
11 – Jake Gardiner, however, did blast one slap shot by Heat goalie Danny Taylor. He has an underrated shot and needs to start using it more. Gardiner kind of quietly had seven goals this year as a rookie defenceman and that's really impressive. When watching him run the Marlies power play you wonder if he has the confidence in his shot that he should because there's been quite a few times where he could have let them tip, yet didn't.
12 – On that goal by Gardiner, Jerry D'Amigo took a huge hit from Hugh Jessiman to make the play. Abbotsford really went after him and he took several hefty hits as the series went on, but he kept getting up and kept battling. The points have been a nice touch to his playoffs, but what's going to make D'Amigo a quality NHLer is his ability to kill penalties, his ability to fore-check, his general defensive game and the fact that he can chip in offensively.
13 – The Marlies killed off all 24 penalties they took against the Heat. Including multiple five-on-three's. Abbotsford's power play was ranked 19th this season.
14 – The Heat's Guillaume Desbiens was running around in Game 4 of the series and threw quite a few questionable hits. So it was nice to see Colton Orr go out there and stickup for his teammates. Say what you will about him as a player, but Orr is one quality person. He was signed here to a relatively big deal and was promised a role, even though the coach didn't really believe in that role, so then he got phased out of the roster. Then he got sent down to the Marlies, and he's not even been playing much in the playoffs, and he hasn't complained once. Despite everyone dumping on him, his role, his ability and whatever else, not one peep from the guy. And what has he done since he's been sent down? Worked on his game and continued to be a quality teammate. Then, there he was in Game 4, sticking up for a bunch of teammates wearing a jersey that he probably never thought he'd wear as early as two years ago.
15 – The Dallas Eakins outcry has also been pretty predictable as the Marlies continue to go further in the playoffs. I won't say anything negative about Eakins, but it's incredible that it never seems to be brought up that Randy Carlyle is a hang of a coach. He has experience, he's been excellent with the media so far, he's won a Cup, him and Burke are on the same page when it comes to how hockey should be played, and he is excellent at line-matching and giving player-specific roles while demanding a physical brand of hockey. It was an excellent hiring when it happened, and it still is.
Game dates are as follows:
In OKC: 17th, 18th
In TOR: 21st, 23rd, 25th
In OKC: 28th, 30th
It should be an exciting battle.


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Metallica albums are always difficult to review. They take years before they come out. They've been thought about long and hard. And given the past few years of their chequered history - the unamazing Lulu, the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Beyond Magnetic leftovers EP, and the moneysink that was Through The Never - Metallica have lost ground and traction. Seemingly paralysed by creative indecision, they finally commit to a record after eight years in a creative wilderness. And here it is.
And it's the worst album Metallica have made in 20 years. At the moment, and after repeated listening, it's a generic grab-bag of OK, mid-paced riffs. A massive step down after the brilliant Death Magnetic. It makes St. Anger look like one of the best records ever made. Simply put, it's nowhere near as dull, characterless and boring as Reload, and probably on a par with the insipid Load. The songs are fairly unexciting. It's too long, with too many riffs and segments repeated too long, alongside a bunch of mid-paced, generic, interchangable songs, and utterly predictable Kirk Hammett wah-wah solos that could have been on any record they've made in the past 25 years. Even the tempos are predictable with what feels like the exact same 'dramatic silence' in Halo Of Fire that has previously been used in Sad But True and Harvester of Sorrow. You could drop any of these songs into any album they made in the 90's...and not know the difference.
The songs are often dense and detailed. Every riff that is there should be there ; the product of hundreds of riffs, and dozens of permutations. This is why Metallica albums are often so good : every sound that is there is the best of dozens of possibilities. The problem is that these songs have been tested to destruction, and the album is simply ok. Predictable. There's nothing exciting here, no innovation, nothing that you haven't already heard a dozen times on other better albums over twenty years ago. Sure, if you want Black #2 : Stadium Rock Boogaloo or Threeload! you're happy as Larry, but this is dull stadium rock that The Cult perfected in Sonic Temple, but with added mediocrity. There's no excitement. No fire.
Sure what you've heard already - Hardwired, Rise! Atlas! Rise! and Moths To Flame are good, but they're the best ones by far. But the time you get to Here Comes Revenge, it sounds like a song they've kept in a box since 1991. It's clearly the sound of the band working their way through a desperate need to release uninspired new product, trying to recreate a time that has long gone with a bunch of drearily predictable new stuff that seems like it's a past-their-best stab at reminding us of their history. The songs simply aren't that great they're predictable, quite good (but, 'quite good' by Metallica's standards is both better than many other bands, and frankly not good enough at all) but they should never be 'Quite Good'. Metallica should be great and this just isn't. It's the sound of them trying to recapture past glories instead of creating new glories.
If you loved Black and still want to pretend it's 1991 you'll like this.
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Illegal waste activity costs England £1bn a year and more than 1,000 illegal waste sites were discovered last year, more than in the previous two years combined, with 662 still active as of the end of March.
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U.S.B. Holding Co. Inc., the holding company for Union State Bank, said Wednesday that its shareholders voted to accept the merger with Cleveland-based KeyCorp.
KeyCorp in July said it had agreed to pay $575 million in cash and stock to acquire U.S.B. The deal adds 31 branches in Westchester County in New York and Fairfield County in Connecticut to the 32 branches Key alreay has in the area.
Key, with deep roots in the Capital Region, has more than 40 branches and about 23 percent of the deposit market share here, the most of any bank.


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In need of something exciting in my life. Something I call an achievement and be proud about.
Football, films, music and most importantly my friends (nothing without them).
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a movement aimed to promote understanding and cooperation among Christian churches; aimed ultimately at universal Christian unity
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a movement among Protestant groups since the 1800s aimed at achieving universal Christian unity through international or interdenominational organizations. There are also Ecumenical Councils in the Roman Catholic church; since the Great Schism (1054), the Eastern churches have not been involved.
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Rishi Kapoor - New Dawood in B-Town
Bollywood's fascination with the dreaded don continues as Rishi plays Dawood Ibrahim in an upcoming film
After playing a ruthless gangster in Agneepath, Rishi Kapoor is taking a big step ahead. In his next film helmed by Nikhil Advani, the veteran actor will essay the role of Dawood Ibrahim.
A source informs, "Although much is not known about the story, the fact remains that it deals with four Indian agents including Irrfan and Arjun Rampal bringing Dawood to India via road. Rishi plays the don who is based out of Karachi. He gets arrested and is being brought back to India. Nikhil has kept the characters and the storyline under wraps."
Bollywood fascination with the dreaded don seems to be unending. In the past too, several leading actors have played the kingpin. In Company, Ajay Devgn played Dawood and in 'D' Randeep Hooda was shown as the young Dawood. In Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Emraan Hashmi played the young kingpin. In fact in films like Black Friday and Shootout At Lokhandwala too, Dawood was 'spotted'. In Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam, Dawood was seen in a comic role.
In the upcoming films – Sanjay Gupta's next and in the sequel of Once Upon A Time in Mumbai — Dawood makes an appearance yet again!
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