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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday.
Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an employee of AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, Daniel Keeney of DPK Public Relations confirmed Sunday night.
Al Haase, president and CEO of AGC, issued a statement early Sunday that, while not referring to Hundley by name, called reports of behavior by one of its executives on recent personal travel "offensive and disturbing" and said he "is no longer employed with the company." Keeney would not say whether Hundley was fired or resigned. Hundley was president of AGC's Unitech Composites and Structures unit.
Hundley was charged last week in federal court in Atlanta with simple assault for allegedly slapping the boy during the Feb. 8 flight. His attorney, Marcia Shein, of Decatur, Ga., said Saturday that Hundley will plead not guilty. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
Shein did not immediately returned messages seeking comment left Sunday evening by The Associated Press. Hundley does not have a listed phone number.
The boy's mother, Jessica Bennett, 33, told the FBI their flight was on final descent into Atlanta when her son, who is now 19 months old, started to cry due to the altitude change. Hundley "told her to shut that (N-word) baby up," FBI special agent Daron Cheney said in a sworn statement. She said Hundley then slapped him in the face, scratching the boy below his right eye and causing him to scream even louder.
Bennett told Twin Cities television stations on Saturday that the incident has caused her family a great deal of trauma and that her son, Jonah, had been outgoing but had turned apprehensive of strangers.
Hundley became increasingly obnoxious and appeared intoxicated during the flight and complained that her son was too big to sit on her lap, she said.
"He reeked of alcohol," Bennett told KARE-TV. "He was belligerent, and I was uncomfortable."
Bennett said she was shocked by the racial slur she says Hundley used when Jonah started crying.
"And I said, 'What did you say?' because I couldn't believe that he would say that," she told WCCO-TV. "He fell onto my face and his mouth was in my ear and he said it again but even more hateful. And he's on my face, so I pushed him away."
Bennett and her husband are white, while Jonah, whom they adopted, is black.
"We wish to emphasize that the behavior that has been described is contradictory to our values, embarrassing and does not in any way reflect the patriotic character of the men and women of diverse backgrounds who work tirelessly in our business," Haase said in his statement.
February 21, 2013
By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press
Academic and co-founder of South Africa's Black Conscious Movement, Mamphela Ramphele, announced the creation of a new political party Monday "to build the South Africa of our dreams," lambasting the 101-year-old African National Congress of Nelson Mandela for corruption and power abuse.
The 65-year-old medical doctor, who was close to activist Steve Biko before he was assassinated and bore him a son, told a news conference that her party will contest the 2014 elections, campaign "from village to village" and serve millions of South Africans "who have confirmed a hunger for a new beginning."
Her party joins several in the opposition at a time when South Africa is burdened by a growing chasm between rich and poor, as well as massive unemployment, and increasingly violent protests against job losses, utility shortages and an education and health system in crisis. She said Monday that she was appalled to learn that 71 percent of South Africans between the ages of 15 to 38 years are unemployed. That group, she said, makes up 60 percent of the population.
Ramphele, among four people appointed managing directors of The World Bank in 2000, has what South Africans call "struggle credentials." She was an anti-apartheid activist and domestic partner of Black Consciousness co-founder Biko, with whom she had a son. Ramphele spent seven years under house arrest enforced by the white-minority apartheid regime in the 1970s, and she used her expulsion to a remote rural area to start a health program and empower women through initiatives like growing vegetables.
But analysts say they don't know what she will bring to the political table, noting that her criticisms of the ANC are no different from those of several other opposition leaders, that she has no grass-roots support and is not well-known even in cities. The ANC party that fought a guerrilla war to liberate South Africans from apartheid has won resounding victories at past elections.
"The dream has faded for the many living in poverty and destitution in our increasingly unequal society," Ramphele said. "And perhaps worst of all, my generation has to confess to the young people of our country: We have failed you."
Ramphele said her party, called Agang in the Sesotho language meaning "Build," will be funded by South Africans at home and abroad. City Press reported that she had recently been on a fundraising trip abroad where she canvassed South African ambassadors.
She also criticized the government's foreign policy, saying South Africa has lost "moral authority and international respect" for taking positions on Zimbabwe, Sudan's Darfur province and Myanmar that flout the human rights principles of the constitution.
She also attacked the decision to refuse a visa to Tibet's exiled religious leader, the Dalai Lama, as "the surrender of our country's national sovereignty to appease foreign powers such as China."
Recently she has become a businesswoman, sitting on the boards of several companies including Anglo American Corp. and Gold Fields Limited. This makes her part of the small elite that has benefited from black empowerment programs, criticized for promoting ANC members and cronies.
Ramphele has drawn the ire of the ANC-allied National Union of Mineworkers for defending companies that want to lay off workers in the aftermath of violent and prolonged strikes that led to the police killings of at least 34 mine workers last year. She said it was better to lose jobs now and work on creating new high-tech jobs.
On Monday, Ramphele spoke of the need for reform and innovation in the mining sector that is a pillar of the South African economy, and said its reliance on migrant labor and large numbers of cheap, low-skilled workers is unsustainable.
The union had welcomed her resignation from Gold Fields last week, ahead of Monday's announcement. Spokesman Lesiba Seshoka told The Associated Press that in the five years she chaired the company "there has been no transformation, in fact we have seen the state of health and safety get worse."
Gold Fields spokesman Sven Lunsche denied that, saying the mine has had "safety issues" but the number of fatalities has consistently decreased.
Lunsche said Ramphele "has certainly put a focus on sustainable development and drove very hard at board level for everything from housing to investing in communities."
Like most miners in South Africa, many Gold Fields workers live in shacks. The company says on its website that it has reduced room density in its hostels to just over two to a room from six in 2006 in a major housing investment program. Ramphele's interest in the plight of people living in overcrowded hostels led her to start the Western Cape Men's Hostel Dwellers Association in the 1980s.
In 1988 she went to Harvard University as the Carnegie Distinguished International Fellow and wrote a doctorate of philosophy thesis based on her research at hostels. She later wrote a book about life in the migrant labor hostels.
February 21, 2013
Bernette Johnson was sworn in Friday February 15 as the first black chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, less than four months after her colleagues resolved a dispute over whether she was entitled to the position.
Johnson took the oath of office during a brief ceremony a day after her predecessor, Catherine "Kitty" Kimball, formally retired. A public ceremony marking her investiture is scheduled for February 28 on the courthouse steps in the French Quarter.
"After serving for 10 years as a district trial judge, and then as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, I feel well-prepared for the tasks ahead as the chief administrative officer of the judicial system of the state," Johnson said in a statement. "I am ready to serve, and excited about the challenges of this new position."
Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in July 2012 after her colleagues said they would debate whether she or Justice Jeffrey Victory, who is white, had the seniority that entitled them to succeed Kimball.
U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ruled in September that Johnson had more seniority, but stopped short of ordering the state's highest court to name Johnson as Kimball's successor.
The Louisiana Supreme Court ended the racially tinged power struggle in October, ruling that Johnson's years of appointed service count when deciding which justice is "oldest in point of service" under the state constitution.
Voters elected Johnson in 1994 to the state appeals court, and she was assigned to the Supreme Court as part of settlement of an earlier lawsuit that claimed the system for electing justices diluted black voting strength and violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She served an eighth Supreme Court district centered in New Orleans until the court reverted back to seven districts in 2000, when she was elected to the high court.
Victory joined the court in 1995, a year after Johnson, but said her years of appointed service shouldn't count.
Johnson, Victory and a third judge who stood to be second-in-line if Victory's argument prevailed were recused from debating the matter.
February 21, 2013
By COREY WILLIAMS | Associated Press
The fiscal crisis plaguing Detroit is now in the hands of Michigan's governor after a state-appointed review team determined the city was in a financial emergency with "no satisfactory plan" to resolve it.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has 30 days to decide if Detroit needs an emergency manager to take charge of its finances and spending, and come up with a new plan to get the city out of its financial mess.
After spending weeks looking at the city's books, the independent review team released a report Tuesday saying Detroit's deficit could have reached $900 million last fiscal year had it not borrowed enormous amounts of money. The city's long-term liabilities, including underfunded pensions, are more than $14 billion.
The report also said the city's bureaucratic structure makes it difficult to solve the financial problems.
Some fiscal experts believe the city's only way out may be municipal bankruptcy, but state Treasurer Andy Dillon said answers could be found if the city and state work together.
"It's our hope at the state level that this is a partnership. It doesn't have to be adversarial," said Dillon, a member of the review team. "A lot of the ingredients for the turnaround of the city are in place. Now we just need to execute. I do believe strongly that Detroit is fixable."
But over the last nine months, that relationship has been strained. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the nine-member City Council entered into a consent agreement with Snyder in April that allowed some state oversight and help with Detroit's finances — short of cash infusions — in return for certain fiscal reforms. However, the city often missed deadlines and benchmarks.
The ongoing cash crisis has threatened to leave the city, which has a current budget deficit of $327 million, without money to pay its workers or other bills. Dillon said the city has been running deficits since 2005, and masking over them with long-term borrowing.
"I stand with Detroiters and other stakeholders that the pace of change has been frustratingly slow," said Gary Brown, City Council president pro-tem. "The political will has often not been there to make the necessary and bold fiscal reforms. ... Without a doubt we need the support and accountability that a State of Michigan partnership offers. We cannot address our legacy obligations alone."
Under state law, Snyder has 30 days following the review team's finding to decide for himself whether there's a financial emergency. Bing would have 10 days to request a hearing. The first-term governor could then revoke his decision or appoint an emergency manager.
The emergency manager would be responsible for overseeing all of the city's spending. Bing and the City Council would keep their jobs, but the manager would decide all financial matters. And only the manager would have the power to authorize the city to take the bankruptcy route.
James McTevia, president of a Michigan-based firm that specializes in turnaround management, said an emergency manager could halt the city's borrowing, freeze debt and restructure finances, including voiding contracts.
"The checkbook needs to be taken from the politicians," he said.
However, others said that even with an emergency manager, municipal bankruptcy may be the city's only option.
"Is it imminent? Well, not tomorrow," said Doug Bernstein, managing partner of the Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group for Michigan-based Plunkett Cooney law firm. "You need to give a financial manager the opportunity to formulate a plan and let the plan have a chance to succeed or fail. It may not avoid a bankruptcy, but you don't need to do a bankruptcy today."
Bing said Tuesday's report shouldn't have surprised anyone.
"My administration has been saying for the past four years that the city is under financial stress," Bing said in an emailed statement. "If the governor decides to appoint an emergency financial manager, he or she, like my administration, is going to need resources — particularly in the form of cash and additional staff."
Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said the governor will carefully review the team's report.
"He won't make a determination immediately, but sooner rather than later," she said. "The governor believes that a strong and successful Detroit is key to Michigan's continued comeback."
If Snyder appoints an emergency manager, Detroit would be the sixth and largest city in Michigan to have one. The cities of Benton Harbor, Ecorse, Pontiac, Flint and Allen Park are currently under state oversight. School districts in Detroit, Highland Park and Muskegon Heights also have managers.
A new state law taking effect in late March gives local governments the chance to choose their own remedy when a review team finds a financial emergency exists. However, Detroit loses those options if an emergency manager is put in place before the new law goes into effect, said Department of Treasury spokesman Terry Stanton.
The six-member review team began looking closely at Detroit's books in mid-December. Another team had done the same about 12 months earlier, but stopped short of declaring a financial emergency. That team's findings eventually led to the consent agreement in April.
February 14, 2013
By Randall Chase and
Katie Zezima Associated Press
Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as "Black Byrd," has died. He was 80.
He died Feb. 4 in Delaware, according to Haley Funeral Directors in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., which is handling arrangements. It didn't have details on his death.
Byrd, who was also a pioneer in jazz education, attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, played in military bands in the Air Force and moved to New York in 1955. The trumpeter, whose given name was Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, rose to national prominence when he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers later that year, filling the seat in the bebop group held by his idol Clifford Brown.
He soon became one of the most in-demand trumpeters on the New York scene, playing with Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. He also began his recording career by leading sessions for Savoy and other labels.
In 1958, he signed an exclusive recording contract with the Blue Note label and formed a band with a fellow Detroit native, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, making their label debut with the 1959 album "Off to the Races." The band became one of the leading exponents of the hard-bop style, which evolved from bebop and blended in elements of R&B, soul and gospel music. A 1961 recording, "Free Form," brought attention to a promising young pianist, Herbie Hancock.
In the 1960s, Byrd, who had received his master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music, turned his attention to jazz education. He studied in Paris with composer Nadia Boulanger, became the first person to teach jazz at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and started the jazz studies department at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Byrd began moving toward a more commercial sound with the funk-jazz fusion album "Fancy Free" in 1969, taking a path followed by fellow trumpeters Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard. He teamed up with the Mizell brothers to release "Black Byrd" in 1973, a blend of jazz, R&B and funk that became Blue Note's highest selling album at the time.
Jazz critics panned Byrd for deviating from the jazz mainstream, but he was unperturbed.
"I'm creative; I'm not re-creative," Byrd told the Detroit Free Press in a 1999 interview. "I don't follow what everybody else does."
Byrd invited several of his best students at Howard to join a jazz-fusion group called the Blackbyrds that reached a mainstream audience with a sound heavy on R&B and rock influences. The band landed in the Top 10 on the R&B charts with the mid-'70s albums "Street Lady," "Stepping Into Tomorrow" and "Place and Spaces."
In 1982, Byrd, who also had a law degree, received his doctorate from New York's Teachers College, Columbia University, and turned his attention from performing to education. Byrd, a longtime resident of Teaneck, N.J., was a distinguished scholar at William Paterson University and twice served as an artist-in-residence at Delaware State University.
Byrd didn't have much training in mathematics but created a groundbreaking curriculum called Music + Math (equals) Art, in which he transformed notes into numbers to simultaneously teach music and math.
"I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop," he told The Star-Ledger newspaper of Newark, N.J.
In the late '80s and early '90s, he returned to playing hard-bop on several albums for the Landmark label, which also featured saxophonists Kenny Garrett and Joe Henderson.
He performed on Guru's 1993 jazz-rap album, "Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1," and his recordings were sampled on more than 100 hip-hop songs by such performers as Black Moon, Nas, Ludacris and A Tribe Called Quest.
In 2000, the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Byrd as a Jazz Master, the nation's highest jazz honor.
Zezima reported from Trenton, N.J. Associated Press writer Charles J. Gans in New York contributed to this report.


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A Community prayer vigil will be held at Community Clubhouse in Crisp County on Sunday, September 14,2014 at 7pm.
After 50 years of service in Lowndes County, the Superior Court Clerk is retiring.
Sara Crow has seen a lot of changes at the courthouse and in the court system since the 1960's.
Born and raised in Lowndes County, Sara Crow says she never imagined she'd work in the same office for more than a half century.
"My father would go into the courtroom to listen to the case being tried, and we had to sit in the balcony because children and females we not allowed," said Crow.
In 1961 Crow started working in the clerk's office. In 1983 she was elected Superior Court Clerk and she's held the position up until now.
"Had no idea when I started to work in September of 1961 that I would have spent my life as a public servant," said Crow.
And the people she worked with over the years say she's been an inspiration. Former Superior Court Judge Arthur McLean says he and Crow go back 50 years.
"Everywhere I have gone in the state one of the first questions that is asked of me is, do I know Sara Crow? And they invariably speak very highly of her and appreciate all that she's done for the courts in general and really for the people in the state of Georgia," said McLean.
Crow says she's seen all of the transformations of the historic courthouse including the building of the annex where her office used to be, to now it being torn down.
She says one of the most frightening moments of her career took place during a murder trial inside this courthouse.
"We had a defendant that tried to escape during his jury trial in the court room. Chief Deputy Sheriff at that time was Billy Cowart an he handled that situation very well but I went under the desk," said Crow.
Crow says she plans to spend her retirement vacationing with her husband
Lowndes County officials will hold a reception for Crow inside the Judicial Complex Friday at 4 p.m.
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Regan created sweet potato turkey sliders.
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Two people were killed and four others injured after an SUV fleeing police slammed into car in DeKalb County on Wednesday, according to police.The crash occurred in the 4000 block of Snapfinger Woods Drive at around 7 p.m.DeKalb police were conducting a neighborhood sweep when a SWAT car pulled over an SUV on a traffic stop. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Jeremiah Warthen, then rammed a squad car and fled.Police said they lost sight of the vehicle, and then later discovered that it had run into the car, which had six people inside.
"Lost sight of him. We rolled up on the car. He had an accident with a small red sedan vehicle with six occupants," said Asst. DeKalb County Police Chief Dale Holmes.
Police say 57-year-old Alicia Moxley and 3-year-old Jordan Haynes were pronounced dead at the scene. Two additional adults were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in serious and critical conditions. Two other children were taken to Children's Healthcare at Egleston, also in serious and critical conditions, according to police.
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In 2011, among countries covered by the BLS international comparisons program, Mexico had the highest employment-population ratio among men (72.4 percent), and Canada and New Zealand had the highest employment-population ratios among women (58.5 and 58.3 percent, respectively).
Turkey recorded the lowest employment-population ratio among women (24.1 percent). Turkey also experienced the largest employment-population ratio gap between men (64.8 percent) and women. South Africa had the lowest employment-population ratio among men (47.4 percent).
In the United States, the employment-population ratios for men and women were 63.9 and 53.2 percent, respectively.
These data are from the International Labor Comparisons program. The employment-population ratio represents the proportion of the working-age population that is employed. To learn more, see "International Comparisons of Annual Labor Force Statistics, Adjusted to U.S. Concepts, 16 Countries, 1970–2011" (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, International employment-population ratios, 2011 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20120814.htm (visited September 22, 2014).
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Louisiana Check-List: Six pack of beer, Copenhagen dip, NRA card, 4 dead bucks, but no mud on the boots... suspect...
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The Sector 9 bread truck has overcome Sierra blizzards without chains, giant Mexican potholes the size of a moon craters, Montreal punker riots, and Santa Cruz all nighters. The machine has camped illegally in Yosemite, avoided the mafia in NYC, and has seen more rock shows than Rolling Stone. It's been around the USA twice, maybe more with all the u-turns. This single truck has changed more lives than Mother Theresa. Today it returns to the 5 North as a beacon of glowing yellow light guiding you to the promise land...
Posted In Ads by admin Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Alexis Rivera is one of the raddest dudes you could meet in Puerto Rico, not to mention he absolutely rips! Congratulations Alexis for becoming Mundo Rad's Skater of The Year!!
Alexis also drives VW buses... another reason we love this guy...
Posted In Photos by admin Thursday, November 24, 2011
Mike Morrissey and Jon Steele took Texas by storm! They hunted boar, they surfed tanker waves, they skated everything, and they still made it back in time for Thanksgiving!
Posted In Photos by admin Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Big Bruce from Cocoa Beach sent this to us. It's not him and we're not sure if the tattoo is supposed to look as beat up as the board but we do love this guy. Dedicated for sure....
Posted In History by admin Thursday, November 10, 2011
Take a look into Sector 9's roots, where we are today, and where we are headed in the future through the eyes of Founders Steve Lake, Dennis Telfer, Dave Klimkiewicz, and EG Fratantaro.
Read the tale here: http://business.transworld.net/76401/features/how-sector-9-reshaped-skate/
Big Thanks to Transworld Business.
Posted In Events by admin Friday, October 28, 2011
Could it be true that the Europeans have a more advanced culture than us Americans? Do they have better fashion? Better food/wine? How about a better social care system? The answer is debatable... the one thing that Europe does have over us, and anyone else in the world, is the first ever Sector 9 Retail store!!!
Front Desk
The Board Wall
Workshop Zone
It's all Sector 9, all day! If you don't believe me then you can book a trip to Hossegor France to see for yourself. If you can't afford the trip, then here's some more pictures from the Grand Opening.
Sector 9 Europe Crew
This Hi-Fi system can be heard from 10 Blocks away!!!
Posted In Good Causes that Deserve Applauses by admin Friday, September 02, 2011
To see skateboarding spreading and thriving in a place like Uganda, along with other places all across the world is amazing. Skateboarding is the same everywhere and thats what makes it pure... like this massive frontside air by Douglas Mwesigwa!
Article via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/08/17/yann-gross-ugandas-homegrown-skate-park/#6


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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Three of every four motorcyclists killed in Wisconsin crashes last year were not wearing helmets at the time.
116 bikers died in state motorcycle accidents in 2012.
According to Gannett's newspapers in Wisconsin, 165 bikers suffered traumatic brain injuries in 2010 – and 83 percent of them were not wearing helmets.
A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that only 70 of those victims, or less than half, would have suffered brain injuries had they been wearing helmets.
Gannett says about a half of Wisconsin motorcyclists wear helmets on the road. Experts at Neenah's Theda Clark Medical Center say those who don't risk long-term effects not only for themselves, but for their families – and those effects can last for years.
Theda Clark estimates that the immediate treatment and rehab for 45 days can run up to a half-million dollars.
Wisconsin once required motorcyclists to wear helmets, but bikers loudly protested and won a repeal of that law in 1978. There's no talk in the Legislature about bringing it back.
Dave Charlebois of the biker group ABATE of Wisconsin said riders are willing to accept the risk. He notes that others behaviors are not exactly the safest, and he asks, "Do you want to live in a bubble?"


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click image to zoomNeil Ducoff proudly wears a Strategies 20th Anniversary T-Shirt. HOLDING TRUE TO HIS "NO-COMPROMISE" MANTRA, STRATEGIES' NEIL DUCOFF CELEBRATES HIS 20TH YEAR OF GIVING SALON OWNERS A BUSINESS WAKE-UP CALL.
Since 1993 Strategies has held true to a single mission: to help businesses operate more efficiently and profitably. The company has worked with thousands of salon/spa/medspa owners, managers and their teams to create businesses that balance profitability with a happy work environment and devoted customers.
"Strategies is a living, breathing entity that tells you if your company is performing correctly and functioning properly. It's designed to build strong, vibrant, healthy companies," says Neil Ducoff, founder. "Our mission is to empower our clients to be the most successful they can be by teaching best practices that result in tangible improvements in each of our four business outcomes: profitability, productivity, staff retention and customer loyalty."
Led by Ducoff, Strategies has a team of coaches and educators who perform seminars, on-site training, coaching services and webinars to clients nationwide; offering them the opportunity to streamline and improve their systems, and most of all to grow their profitability.
"Sometimes after starting a company, it doesn't always turn out like how you intended," says Ducoff. "If you are strong, then yes, you and your service providers can grow together; but if you aren't, then that's where Strategies can help you get back on the right track."
This year is a special year for Strategies—marking its 20th anniversary serving the salon industry. The company recently held open-invitation events in Austin, Texas, Lake Zurich, Illinois and at its Business Academy in Centerbrook, Connecticut. Attendees shared their success stories and tuned into a live streaming session from Ducoff thanking everyone who has touched Strategies in some way or another over the past 20 years.
"It's amazing how memories come rushing back at these milestones. And that's exactly how I view our 20th anniversary—it's a milestone. It's a time to look back at the accomplishments, enlightenments, wins, losses, and of course the lessons we learn along the way."
SALON TODAY recently interviewed the "master of business," and Ducoff shared some of the wisdom he's gained about salon ownership, entrepreneurism, and the professional beauty industry, as he built his own company.


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IRVING, Texas – From the statistical standpoint, the Cowboys have the fourth-best defense in the league. Against the pass, no one has been better this year.
And to think, the Cowboys still haven't had one of their best players in the lineup.
That should change this week with the return of defensive tackle
Ratliff has been inactive the last four weeks and backup
As usual, Ratliff politely declined a request to speak to the media on Monday. But make no mistake, his coaches and teammates are excited about the return of their four-time Pro Bowler.
"He's worked very hard to get himself back in shape to play coming off the injury," Jason Garrett said on Monday. "He's an outstanding football player and has been for a long time. He makes a big impact on our defense and our football team."
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"Getting Jay back is like getting three guys back," Spears said. "In the nickel packages, in the base packages and then teams actually game plan for Jay Ratliff. It'll give other guys the opportunity to probably make more plays and have more success because he's in the game."
But don't expect Ratliff to be turned loose right away.
"Well, we've just got to monitor him day by day but he did practice last week," Garrett said. "So we're excited about seeing how he does (Monday) and how the week goes on."
Brent will remain in the rotation even with Ratliff back. Garrett said the same goes for Lissemore and Spears when and if
"Those guys play so much," Garrett said. "We don't get too caught up in the defensive line who is the actual starter."


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To celebrate the 250th play commissioned and produced by A Play A Pie and A Pint at Oran Mor we look back to 1762 and the publication of Jean Jaques Rousseau's The Social Contract. You may be asked to sign a document while sipping your drink and nibbling your pie before the show goes up…
I (insert name….. ) being of sound mind, average intelligence and only mildly intoxicated at this hour of the day, do hereby undertake to enter into a SOCIAL CONTRACT whereby I,(insert name etc…), hereinafter referred to as The Punter, agree to be set free from my chains, whether I like it or not, in return for which I do solemnly undertake at all times and in all places to put the interests of society as a whole before my own greed, ego, personal needs, indulgences, whims, binges, grudges, jealousies, appetites (gastronomic and sexual), sullen resentments, sure-fire racing tips, zany self-enrichment schemes etc, so help me God.
This show may seriously damage the health and balance of the Status Quo.
Written by every young, radical firebrand writer we could recruit and a few old gits who have never grown up…
Thoroughly enjoyed the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Show! I'd recommend it to everyone who likes a lively show that makes you laugh.
Congratulations to all involved.
as an Englishman abroad I have to commend all concerned,reminds me of the political satires of the 1960s good enough for televising.


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An elderly woman from Louisburg was assaulted Monday on her family's farm during an attempted break-in.
Authorities said the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Monday near Moulton Road.
The victim said she heard a vehicle pull up to her farm, so she grabbed a handgun from her home and drove up to the farm area.
When she pulled up on her farm, the vehicle sped away, leaving behind a suspect.
The suspect started to run away and the woman began to chase him in her golf cart, police said.
The victim was able to get close to the suspect and she asked what he was doing. At that point, the suspect allegedly pulled the woman off the golf cart and threw her to the ground.
"I just said to him, I said, 'Do not kill me. Please don't kill me,'" the woman, who asked not to be identified, said. "I'm still in a lot of shock and shaky from it."
While on the ground, she managed to fire her .22 pistol, scaring off the suspect. Neighbors heard the gunshot and called the sheriff's office, which had no luck conducting an extensive air and ground search of the 150-acre farm for the suspect.
"We've put out an alert about what has happened and have a lot of tips coming in," Sheriff Jerry Jones said.
The sheriff's office also responded to a break-in attempt earlier Monday near Louisburg. In that incident, a woman was home alone and reported to authorities that three young black men tried to break into her home.
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Hollywood Elite: A New Outlet for Composers To Reach Out
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With ancillary uses of recordings increasingly becoming the horse that drives the music biz, a new web platform called Hollywood Elite Composers is betting on the idea that there can never be enough revenue streams for the established working musician....
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Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson and Mehmet Kurtulus have been added to the cast of Jalmari Helander's actioner "Big Game." Thesps will join previously announced Samuel L. Jackson and Onni Tommila. "Big Game" tells the story of a nervous and shy 13-year old...


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- For Jason Garrett and his football team, this trip to Kansas City was a missed opportunity. There were plenty of outstanding efforts by players on both the sides of the ball, but when they needed a play the most, whether it was in the red zone or getting the ball back one final time for your clutch kicker to send you home with a victory, the defense wasn't tough enough to get a stop.
- What I have learned already about this current Dallas Cowboys squad is that when it gets turnovers, it can play with anyone in the NFL. But when they turn the ball over, they will find a way to get beat. The Kansas City Chiefs under Andy Reid will not turn over the ball on offense, but this afternoon, Alex Smith threw two passes that were the difference in 14 points.
- On the Chiefs' first drive,
Will Allenwas in perfect shape coverage-wise against Dwayne Bowe when Smith threw the ball behind his receiver. From my seat in the press box, it appeared that Allen had the ball in his hands, but instead of ending the drive right there and getting his defense off the field, he drops it, and six plays later, Smith is able to lead his team into the end zone for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead.
- The second missed opportunity came right before the half on third-and-10 from the Dallas 39-yard line. Smith drops back and makes a reckless throw to tight end Sean McGrath as
Bruce Carteris driving on the route. Carter once again is in perfect position with both hands on the ball and nothing but green grass ahead of him, but he drops the ball. If Carter makes that play, he puts his team up 17-7 and with the offense getting the ball to start the second half.
- As outstanding as
Dez Bryantwas against the Chiefs, there will be a play in the fourth quarter that will be on his mind during the flight home. With the offense backed up and facing a second-and-10 from its own 21, Romo appeared to signal to Bryant for an adjustment on his route, going one-on-one against Brandon Flowers. At the snap, Romo takes the ball in the pocket, and launches a beautiful floating pass in the direction of Bryant, who has separation on Flowers. The ball cannot be thrown in any more of a perfect spot for Bryant, but he loses focus and the ball falls away. Two plays later, the Cowboys have to punt. If Bryant catches that pass, he has a chance to take it all the way – another missed opportunity.
- The more I prepared for this game against the Chiefs, the more I knew it could potentially come down to one or two plays that could make a difference in the final outcome. The Chiefs were able to force turnovers and the Cowboys were not. The Chiefs made some key plays down the stretch running the ball to kill the game and the Cowboys did not. Teams that find ways to make plays on a weekly bases, find ways to win. In Kansas City, the Cowboys learned that lesson the hard way.


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The Phoenix Zoo is looking to help out Arizona's turtle population -- rounding up hundreds of unwanted reptiles.
As some turtle owners get tired of caring for their half-shelled friends, they decide to drop them off in the "moat" outside of Phoenix Zoo.
But those turtles have begun to pile up, and zoo officials are now live-trapping those unwanted turtles in efforts to control the population.
Many of the turtles released aren't native to the valley, and could potentially overcrowd ponds.
So far, 13 turtles have been collected.
Back in 2010, a 62-pound snapping turtle was found at Papago Park during one of these annual roundups. Zoo employees named him "Cracken."
Cracken was twice the size of the of the previous record holder, and was turned over to the Herpetological Society.
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Women's Soccer
October 10, 2012 Recap
ELKINS, WV - The Daemen College women's soccer team's struggles continued today as the Wildcats dropped a 2-1 decision on the road to the Davis & Elkins Senators of NCAA Division II at River Bend Park. The loss, the Wildcats' fifth straight, drops Daemen to 3-8 on the season, while Davis & Elkins improves to 9-1-2.
"We didn't play well and execute for the full 90 minutes, and you can't do that at this level and expect to get positive results," said Daemen head coach Dan Dolan afterwards.
Daemen did jump out to a 1-0 lead when freshman Kim Obermeier (Depew, NY/Depew HS) put home her team-leading fourth goal of the season in the seventh minute.
The lead was brief, however, as the Senators struck back with a goal by Taylor Morton in the ninth minute.
From there, the team's stood their ground and the score remained tied, until the Senators' Kristin Turshmann scored off a corner kick in the 88th minute to provide the final margin.
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Amon Amarth
Swedish heavy metal icons, AMON AMARTH, have launched their brand new music video, the title track to their 2013 album, 'Deceiver of the Gods.' The video features clips from the upcoming film, Northmen - A Viking SagaRead More
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DOWNFALL OF GAIA has just launched the landing page featuring a brand new song and front art of their upcoming album 'Aeon Unveils The Thrones Of Decay' to be released the 7th of November, 2014!Read More
Battlecross have recently returned home from their first trip to the southern hemisphere! The Detroit shredders performed live in South America with Killswitch Engage, plus a show in Mexico City with none other than Black Label Society.Read More
During the recording process, the band shot a series of videos documenting their work on 'Deathless'. Today the first video from the sessions is available for streaming. Check it out HERE.Read More
In collaboration with Metal Hammer Germany, AntropomorphiA now launch the 2nd single taken off AntropomorphiA. Surf over HERE to check out 'Carved To Pieces'!Read More
Cannibal Corpse
Today long-running Death Metal behemoths, CANNIBAL CORPSE deliver 'The Murderer's Pact' via the website of EMP mailorder and merchandising!Read More
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TÝR releases 'Another Fallen Brother', the third single taken off new album 'Valkyrja', exclusively via website of Metal Hammer Germany!
- 26/08/13 – Faroe Islands very own TÝR have just the third single...Read More
IN SOLITUDE announce new album and stream title track 'Sister'!
- 21/08/13 – Sweden's IN SOLITUDE have announced their third...Read More
RIVERS OF NIHIL launch new music and pre-orders for 'The Conscious Seed of Light'!
- 21/08/13 – RIVERS OF NIHIL have released the first single from their...Read More
SIX FEET UNDER to tour Europe in September!
- 21/08/13 – American Death Metal veterans SIX FEET UNDER return to...Read More
TÝR releases 'Valkyrja' studio video!
- 21/08/13 – Valkyrja, the seventh full-length album from the Faroe...Read More
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Allen Moore of Two Rivers has won the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
The 55–year–old musher crossed the finish line in downtown Fairbanks at 6:54 a.m. yesterday.
This year's race looked like it was going to again come down to a battle between Moore and defending champion Hugh Neff, who won last year's Yukon Quest by just 26 seconds in 2012.
But after leaving the checkpoint in Two Rivers, Moore managed to widen the gap.
A small group of race officials and spectators greeted Moore in the predawn darkness at the finish line on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks.
Among them was was Newscenter 11 sports *man Joe Cook, who had a quick chat with the winner. Moore said "It feels great, you know. It's something you strive for all year long. It's kind of like a basketball championship or football championship. It's what you go for all year long that you're preparing for. I think what swung it in my favor was in Circle when he stayed three hours maybe. We'd just done a long run and he didn't stay very long. I was sleeping, so he just snuck out and thought he would go almost 75 miles to Central and it made his dogs really tired. Because when I left, I made up an hour and a half on him on that run because his dogs were tired and mine weren't. I think that was a pivotal point."


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Freshman Jeannine Mondesando (Mawah, NJ) shined for the Scarlet Knights, tying for third place overall in individual competition, just two strokes off the lead, with a 54-hole score of 232 (75-77-80). Her best effort came in the first round Saturday, when she shot a three-over-par 75. Mondesando recorded 35 pars for three rounds, the second most in the tournament. Cincinnati's Allison Couch won the event with a combined score of 230 (77-75-78) for the tournament.
Senior Kathleen Freer (Vorhees, NJ) shot a three-round score of 244 (83-82-79) to tie for 28th place overall. Sophomore Mary Stewart (Scottsdale, AZ) registered a 54-hole score of 250 (86-85-79) to place 52nd. Sophomore Caitlin Flynn (Fairfield, CT) placed 86th, carding a three round score of 270 (92-94-84). Finishing two strokes back, junior Amanda Lennox (Narragansett, RI) shot 272 (84-104-84) for the tournament to finish 90th.
Sophomore Kathleen Kennedy (Annandale, NJ) carded an 84 for the first round, but was forced to withdraw in the second round. She came back Sunday to shoot an 86 in the final round.
The women will return to action on Sat.-Sun., Oct. 12-13, traveling to Lewisburg, PA to participate in the ECAC Invitational.


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Brave (2012)
Alternate title: Bear and the Bow, The, The Bear and the Bow, The Brave
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36 Readers' Reviews
June 25th, 20129:32 pm
I LOVE Pixar movies. I have been breathlessly anticipating "Brave"'s release for a year. I was already sobbing (literally... embarrassingly) from the beauty of the enchanting short-film "La Luna." I was on my feet when Angus and Merida raced through the fields. But even I, a Pixar fanatic, am disturbed by the thematic undertones of this movie.
Pre-spell, Queen Elinor was a kind woman that built a loving home for her family, developed civic and extraterritorial alliances for her kingdom, and arranged the best possible opportunities life (as she knew it) could offer her daughter. Yet, even tasked as she was, Elinor was a cool, refined and awesome force: pre-spell, Elinor's orations were peerless, and a single look of disapproval from her could make the king and clan's leaders piously serious.
After the spell was cast, Queen Elinor did not change: she remained considerate, gracious and fiercely devoted to her children. Even in the midst of her strange circumstances, she reprimanded her rambunctious triplets, gave in to Merida's heart-felt, though incredible, demands, and showed supernatural strength when Merida's safety was threatened.
But instead of admiring her grace, we, the audience, are supposed to presume that Elinor is cold because she expects self-discipline, and unfeeling because Merida, in opposition, is so fiery. To me, that is the disturbing hand of this movie, that the plot punishes Elinor for her sense of propriety and tradition! Pre-spell, Merida complains that her mother is overbearing. Post-spell, Merida openly laughs at how buffoonish Elinor seems as the queen struggles to retain her dignity. Pre-spell, the clansmen quake in Elinor's presence. Post-spell, the men, including the king, hunt her and tie her down for slaughter! At the story's resolution, Elinor is literally sitting naked in their presence!
The true showing of bravery in this film is Elinor's, but all she suffered to exercise it was, to this Pixar fan, disturbing and unnecessary.
— Nicole, Forest Hills, NY
June 26th, 20126:53 pm
It's an animated movie for kids, not an arthouse film.
Its protagonist is a strong-willed girl who wants to take charge of her future. As a mother of a 6-year old girl, I was thrilled that my daughter saw a powerful alternative to the "someday, my prince will come" concept.
Really now, does the movie have to be a dissertation on womanhood?
— Lisa, Southern California
June 26th, 20126:53 pm
This is a good movie, but this kind of smells like a samurai movie. Did Pixar get an idea from Japan?
— Flippy, Korea, seoul
June 26th, 20126:53 pm
I was very disappointed in this movie. They had some good ideas but the ende product felt like the result of a rushed committee. Good first half, poorly organized second half.
The fight scenes near the end of this film are simly too intense for children.
— M, Western Massachusetts
June 26th, 20126:53 pm
We all hold Pixar to a higher standard. Unfortunately, the Disney influence is creeping in.This film was among Pixar's least imaginative. The story predictable and contrived. Few minor characters developed significantly. Long on action sequences, which audiences have become benumbed to given the usual summer Mayhem at the Multiplex. Given the near disappearance of quality, thoughtful films from the U.S. studio system, film lovers cling to Pixar as one of the few life rafts. Brave is not a waste of time, but a major disappointment, filled with cliche, Disney-influenced plot lines and moments. 2008-2010 gave us Wall-E, Up, and TS3. 2011-2013 will give us Cars 2, Brave, and Monsters 2. Uh-oh.
— Mark Lowenstein, Brookline, MA
June 26th, 20126:54 pm
I took my wife and two daughters to see Brave this weekend. We came out of the theater very impressed. Is this Pixar's greatest movie? I don't think so. However, it burns me that so many critics - many of them male - take the script to task for not being "Pixar-worthy". My wife and I both felt that the dynamic between the mother and daughter in the movie was very well written. What other animation has produced a story about the widening rift between a mother and daughter, and their attempts to make amends? Seriously, has no reviewer made the connection between the proverbial "mamma grizzly" and Elinor? Brave should refer to the writers who wanted to tell this story when other animation titles attempt to blitz both children and their parents with excess in motion, color, and spasms of happy endings. In my opinion the best moments in every Pixar movie are the subdued ones where the action slows to a halt and the actors and actresses convey emotion through the voices, well matched by the expressive body language of their animated avatars that Pixar has pioneered. Brave is full of these moments, and it is a shame that we as an audience have become so calloused to them.
— dh, New Bern, NC
June 26th, 20126:54 pm
For anyone who ever disagreed with their parents over their future, this movie is for everyone. The true test of these movies is whether kids and adults will enjoy it. Brave passes this test with flying colors. Even more, little boys will relate to the female character without sucky romance and fawning making this a super winner all around.
— Ronald S Woan, Redmond, WA
June 26th, 20126:54 pm
Just thought I would mention that this movie may be too scary for young children (under 5 or so). Our 4-year-old son has loved all the Pixar movies, but this one was too dark and scary for him. It was a little too intense when the mother turned into a bear, especially when she started to act like a wild, dangerous bear.
My son asked if we could leave because he was scared, and I had to rip myself away from it to take him out of the theater (I was really into it myself!). We will probably see it on DVD in a few years when he's a little older.
— Karen S., Tucson
June 26th, 20126:55 pm
I agree with the reviewer. While the visuals were great, the plot was thin. It was a waste of Merida's beautiful character, I wished it had been better. All the men in this movie are portrayed as irresponsible half-wits. The gender line was clear: The poor lone mother didn't only had to parent her own 4 children, but she had to parent her husband, his clansmen, and the other clans. It really was quite a stupid plot so go see it for the visuals (and be aware that it does have some scary parts).
— Baffled, Washington state
July 30th, 201212:49 pm
I'm 6 years old and I think the movie Brave was really fun. The three little brothers were funny. They were cute when they found the cake and turned into bears. I liked how they listened to their big sister.
— Atl, San Francisco, CA
September 7th, 20142:26 pm
I got this on DVD to watch with my 3 1/2 yr granddaughter who loves strong princesses. She was a little scared the first time watching Frozen but not the 2nd time. She was scared watching Despicable 2 so I watched this in advance and think it will be too scary for her at this stage. However, it was a beautiful story of mother and daughter coming to understand and value each other. I laughed out loud at the part involving Merida and her mother as a bear. The expressions of the bear/mother as she tries to maintain her human dignity while being a huge awkward animal were priceless and, contrary to another reviewer, I found them quite ¨emotionally resonant.¨ Elinor is a strong queen respected by her husband but tied to tradition. Her daughter comes to respect the strength of her mother but teaches her mother that traditions can be changed. Lots of action. If anybody is demeaned in this picture it is the adult men. They all seemed a little bufoonish. As an adult, I liked it a lot and can understand why the other reviewers older children liked it also.
— Leola, Seattle


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National Council on Aging Awards Grants to 10 Organizations to Help
Seniors, People with Disabilities Access Benefits
Washington, DC –The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is pleased to announce grants to 10 organizations nationwide for the purpose of finding and enrolling older people and younger adults with disabilities who have limited incomes into public benefits programs.
Awarded through NCOA's National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (http://www.CenterforBenefits.org), the grants support the development of person-centered community-based systems for outreach and enrollment into public benefits through the creation of local and state Benefits Enrollment Centers (BECs). The BECs will reach and assist older people and younger adults with disabilities throughout the country, who may qualify for but are not yet enrolled in programs that help pay for prescription drugs, medical care, food or utilities.
"The deteriorating state of the economy makes the work of the Benefits Enrollment Centers all the more critical," said Wendy Zenker, NCOA vice president, Benefits Access Group. "At risk older people and younger adults with disabilities will now have access to vital benefits that many people in need didn't even know they were eligible for."
Each Benefits Enrollment Center is receiving up to $100,000, to enroll older people and adults with disabilities into the following need-based programs: Medicare Part D Extra Help (Low-Income Subsidy); Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs); Medicaid; the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the federal Food Stamp program; State Pharmacy Assistance Programs (where available); and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP). "Need-based" benefits programs are those for which eligibility is based on financial need.
Benefits Enrollment Centers have an ultimate goal of creating community or state based, person-centered benefits enrollment systems that are as seamless as possible for consumers and their families and are sustainable beyond the period funded by these grants. They will help people who need one-on-one assistance with filling out benefits application forms, and use "person-centered" approaches, which encourages an individual to be screened and apply for multiple benefits at one time, rather than pursuing individual benefit programs one by one.
The following state and local organizations are the recipients of the grants (listed alphabetically by state):
South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, Mobile, AL
AgeOptions, Oak Park, IL
Green River Area Development District, Owensboro, KY
Maine SHIP, Office of Elderly Services, Augusta, ME
Washington County Commission on Aging, Inc., Hagerstown, MD
Elder Law of Michigan, Lansing, MI
Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, Helena, MT
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, New York, NY
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, Cleveland, OH
Benefits Data Trust, Philadelphia, PA
Under a cooperative funding agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Administration on Aging, the National Center for the Benefits Outreach and Enrollment was established in September 2008 to help older Americans and younger adults with disabilities of limited means remain healthy and improve the quality of their lives. The expected duration of the projects funded under this initiative is 12 months (March 1, 2009 to February 28, 2010).
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Closer than Ever to Achieving a Cure
Dr. John Hardin's career with the Arthritis Foundation has deep roots. He received Foundation fellowships in the 1970s and 1980s to advance his understanding of the causes and possible treatments of the disease. Today, he is giving back to our cause by directing the Foundation's efforts to make even more progress in our persistent quest to prevent, control and ultimately cure arthritis.
How has arthritis research changed over the course of your career?
When I first started out, doctors were treating arthritis patients with gold injections and lots of aspirin. The results were about what would have happened with no treatment at all: On average, of every three patients, one would spontaneously get better, one would continue to have the disease, and the third would have aggressive disease that would eventually leave them crippled.
In the 1980s, we had a breakthrough with a drug called methotrexate, which was being used in cancer treatment. Today, it helps a large portion of patients get 50 to 75 percent better. But methotrexate doesn't work for everyone, and it can weaken resistance to infection overall.
In 2000, we had another breakthrough with biologics: medications produced by living cells in an incubator. They bind to a specific molecule present in inflammation and inhibit it. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we know the immune system is activated in and around the joints, and that substances called cytokines are important in this process. The first set of biologics targeted a cytokine called TNF-alpha, which is very important in tissue injury. Newer biologics are now being developed as well. Biologics are absolutely life changing for many people. But most still have some flares of the disease, and they need continued use of these drugs to control that. It isn't a cure, and a percentage of patients don't experience an acceptable level of remission.
Where do you envision the next research breakthroughs occurring?
There is significant potential for breakthroughs in so many areas, especially in RA. I believe that the earlier people with RA are treated, the more effective the treatment will be. We need to identify biomarkers that can determine what kind of drug is most likely to be successful on a given patient. In other words, more personalized medicine. To achieve that, we need to create patient registries so we can analyze and correlate biological and treatment information for large numbers of people with this disease.
The Arthritis Foundation is helping fund data coordination for TETRAD (Treatment Efficacy and Toxicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Database), which was launched by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2009. Our goal is to correlate genetic data of a large number of people with RA over the next two years. We are also working on an alternative approach to developing a very large registry for patients with RA. We refer to this new initiative as AIR (Arthritis Internet Registry), which was initiated by the Arthritis Foundation in 2010 and capitalizes on our relationship with the million-plus people who have RA. Housed on our website, an online questionnaire quickly confirms eligibility. Then a lab contacts participants to acquire blood samples and processes the data. This approach builds a real partnership of scientists and patients in seeking better ways to halt RA.
What about breakthroughs in osteoarthritis and juvenile arthritis?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 27 million Americans have osteoarthritis (OA) today, and that number is growing as our population ages. We also have an obesity epidemic, resulting in OA at early ages. There are also more athletic injuries – especially anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in girls and women, and a majority go on to experience life-altering arthritis in that joint. Presently we do not have an effective intervention for OA other than joint replacement surgery.
What is needed to move this field forward is a way to detect OA at a very early stage, even before any symptoms appear. In other words, we need a test that is the equivalent of a blood cholesterol measurement as a predictor of cardiovascular disease or an imaging strategy comparable to a bone scan for detecting osteoporosis. For this reason, we are working to identify biomarkers for OA. Our strategy is to further study a group of candidate measures to determine if any of them correlate with and predict clinical outcomes in patients with OA who have been followed over a significant period of time. The NIH has already collected the required material on a number of OA patients, and the Arthritis Foundation is promoting an analysis of this material to determine if any of the potential OA biomarkers has clinical utility.
Once we have a biomarker for OA, moving forward will be much easier. Pharmaceutical companies already have products on their
shelves that could change the outcome for OA. These products have not yet been tested, because without a biomarker, relevant clinical trials could take many years to complete.
In addition to promoting development of a biomarker for OA, we are working with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to find ways to address new clinical trial designs that will dramatically speed up the drug discovery process.
Besides supporting researchers investigating arthritis in children, we're working closely with the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), a national network of pediatric rheumatology centers, which the Arthritis Foundation helped found. Our investment in the accelerated juvenile arthritis research that CARRA makes possible will enable us to identify the best ways of matching patients with the right treatments at the right time.
What will be necessary to take us to the next level?
There is no question that the level and pace of arthritis research and funding must accelerate. We are talking about a disease that is a principle driver of health care costs in this country. There is no way to predict exactly how and when any breakthrough will take place, but we are working on some concrete initiatives, such as TETRAD and AIR, and we know how much investment they will require. None of the breakthroughs that we are looking for are going to happen without significant funding. And, of course, we need more than funding alone.
It is also critically important to encourage patients to participate in clinical trials. Pharmaceutical companies fund some patient research, but not enough. NIH grants usually only cover research that is already established. That is why the Arthritis Foundation funds Innovative Research Grants, which enable researchers to pursue and prove new approaches and ideas, which we need to do at a greater depth.
New breakthroughs also depend on improvements in patient education and advocacy to get arthritis drugs into the marketplace and ensure their safety. The Arthritis Foundation is the organization that represents the interests of patients with arthritis. We must bring the disease into the public consciousness like never before.
There is a huge deficiency in pediatric rheumatology, and we need more people to pursue it as a career. Our advocacy plan is focused on legislation to improve funding for arthritis, which will bring more people into the field and encourage the development of arthritis specialists.
The power of basic science today, compared to when I first began, is amazing. Who could have imagined how far we would come? When I started working in this field, we could hardly imagine how to isolate proteins in the body. Now we can produce them in a test tube. The scientific capability for a cure to arthritis is in our hands. Think about HIV that causes AIDS. It was an overwhelming disease that killed almost everyone who got the virus. But there was a great push for advances in treatment, and now it is so much more controlled. We need the same push in arthritis.
Why is supporting the Arthritis Foundation so important?
The Arthritis Foundation is involved not only in innovative research, advocacy and education, but also in pulling these elements together to take scientific discoveries through the process of research, funding and development, and to make them commercially available. The scientific community in the United States is very strong, with outstanding medical schools and research institutions that prepare people to embark on careers that can really make a difference. Unfortunately, 90 percent of potentially important research ideas go unfunded because they are based on unproven strategies.


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The Oregon Duck - Gangnam Style Parody
Parody of PSY's Gangnam Style by the Oregon Duck mascot….and OMG their cheerleaders. Original and more here: http://bit.ly/RuUWvV
Better Names For Things
Name swapping signs targeted at ….well..Target. I'd totally buy a Baby Jail. Video by http://www.pleated-jeans.com
Ian McKellen - Baby Got Back
Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" as if it were performed by actor Sir Ian McKellen. Video by Hunter Davis.
Bikini Friday - SI Swimsuit In Peter Island
Jessica Gomes, Brooklyn Decker, Cintia DICKER and Hilary Rhoda to the beautiful PETER Island. (lol)
Russia - Best Skyrim Mod Ever
Dat bear.
Freddie Wong - Old School Vs. New School
New effects laden Freddie Wong video! Old school video game characters vs. new school ones. (Rawr Laura Croft)
2 Hamsters 1 Wheel
You have to feel sorry for the hamster that couldn't keep up. So. Dizzy.
Towel Horn
Father tricks his son into making a "towel horn". (reddit)
Sleepers - Car Modding Documentary
Imagine pulling up to a Buick Regal with your new Mustang and getting owned. This is a student documentary by JuniorN316.
Joe Goes RENN FAIRE
Joe visits the Big Bear Renaissance Faire and talks with a "pirate", girls from the Schytte shop, writer of Twilight fan fiction, and more.


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From Ed Laskos:
On this 12th anniversary of the worst terror attack in U.S. history, the sound of bells and the sound of the names of those who died and the tears from all of those left behind.
From a moment of silence at the White House at the exact moment the first plane hit the first tower; to bagpipes playing and relatives reading the names of the thousands who died at ground zero in New York City, to the President laying a wreath at the point of impact where one of the hijacked planes hit the Pentagon, and the memorial service in a Pennsylvania farm field where passengers overpowered the hijackers and crashed the plane. Americans all took time to remember.
Dozens of memorial services through the Southland to mark this very special day. The U.S.S. Iowa in San Pedro paid tribute to the 411 first responders who died a dozen years ago. And, in Sherman Oaks, a helicopter flyover at Fire Station 88. It is home base to the first Urban and Search Rescue Team sent to lower Manhatten. A 750 pound steel beam, which once was part of the twin towers, is now part of that Fire Station and it's 9/11 Memorial for the ages.
(FOX 11 / AP) As bells tolled solemnly, Americans marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Wednesday with the reading of the names, moments of silence and serene music that have become tradition.
At a morning ceremony on the 2-year-old memorial plaza at the site of the World Trade Center, relatives recited the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked jets crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa., as well as the 1993 trade center bombing victims' names.
In Washington, President Barak Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden and members of the White House staff, walked out to the South Lawn at 8:46 a.m. - the moment the first plane struck the south tower in New York. At the site in lower Manhattan, friends and families silently held up photos of the deceased. Others wept.
"Daddy, I miss you so much, and I think about you every day," Christina Aceto said of her father, Richard Anthony Aceto. "You were more than just my daddy, you were my best friend."
Bells tolled to mark the second plane hitting the second tower, and the airliner that crashed into the Pentagon. Near the memorial plaza, police barricades were blocking access to the site, even as life around the World Trade Center looked like any other morning, with workers rushing to their jobs and construction cranes looming over the area.
"As time passes and our family grows, our children remind us of you," Angilic Casalduc said of her mother, Vivian Casalduc. "We miss you."
Name-reading, wreath-laying and other tributes also will be held at the Pentagon and at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville while the commemoration unfolds at ground zero, where the mayor who has helped orchestrate the observances from their start watched for his last time in office. And saying nothing.
"No matter how many years pass, this time comes around each year - and it's always the same," said Karen Hinson of Seaford, N.Y., who lost her 34-year-old brother, Michael Wittenstein, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee.
"My brother was never found, so this is where he is for us," she said as she arrived for the ceremony with her family early Wednesday.
Loved ones milled around the memorial site, making rubbings of names, putting flowers by the names of victims and weeping, arm-in-arm. Former Gov. George Pataki, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and others were in attendance. Continuing a decision made last year, no politicians will speak, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Over his years as mayor and chairman of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum, Bloomberg has sometimes tangled with victims' relatives, religious leaders and other elected officials over an event steeped in symbolism and emotion. But his administration has largely succeeded at its goal of keeping the commemoration centered on the attacks' victims and their families and relatively free of political image-making.
"Joe, we honor you today and all those lost on Sept. 11," said Kathleen O'Shea, whose nephew Joseph Gullickson was a firefighter in Brooklyn. "Everyone sends their love and asks that you continue to watch over us all, especially your wife."
Memorial organizers expect to take primary responsibility for the ceremony next year and say they plan to continue concentrating the event on victims' loved ones, even as the forthcoming museum creates a new, broader framework for remembering 9/11.
"As things evolve in the future, the focus on the remembrance is going to stay sacrosanct," memorial President Joe Daniels said.
Hinson said she would like the annual ceremony to be "more low-key, more private" as the years go by.
The 12th anniversary also arrives with changes coming at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, where officials gathered Tuesday to herald the start of construction on a visitor center. At the Pentagon, plans call for a morning ceremony for victims' relatives and survivors of the attacks and an afternoon observance for Pentagon workers.
Around the world, thousands of volunteers have pledged to do good deeds, honoring an anniversary that was designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.
When Bloomberg and then-Gov. George Pataki announced the plans for the first anniversary in 2002, the mayor said the "intent is to have a day of observances that are simple and powerful."
His role hasn't always been comfortable. When the ceremony was shifted to nearby Zuccotti Park in 2007 because of rebuilding at the trade center site, some victims' relatives threatened to boycott the occasion. The lead-up to the 10th anniversary brought pressure to invite more political figures and to include clergy in the ceremony.
By next year's anniversary, Bloomberg will be out of office, and the museum is expected to be open beneath the memorial plaza.
While the memorial honors those killed, the museum is intended to present a broader picture of 9/11, including the experiences of survivors and first responders.
But the organizers expect they "will always keep the focus on the families on the anniversary," Daniels said. That focus was clear as relatives gathered last September on the tree-laden plaza, where a smaller crowd was gathering Wednesday - only friends and family of the victims were allowed.
Bruni Sandolval carried a large photo of childhood friend Nereida DeJesus, a victim.
"We grew up together on the Lower East Side and I come every year with her family," she said. "Coming here is peaceful in a way."
Denise Matuza, who lost her husband on Sept. 11, said people ask her why she still comes to the service with her three sons.
"It doesn't make us feel good to stay home," she said. Her husband called after the towers were struck. "He said a plane hit the building, they were finding their way out, he'd be home in a little while. I just waited and waited," she said.
"A few days later I found an email he had sent that they couldn't get out."
Back here at home:
For the 11th consecutive year, Long Beach firefighter Gary Biggerstaff today will lead hundreds of motorcyclists from Trabuco Canyon to Long Beach to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terror strikes.
Biggerstaff used to organize a ceremony at his house, but the annual event got too big, he said. And while he'd like more people to honor the memory of those killed in the attacks, he sees a silver lining in the tapering off of enthusiasm.
"It helps it to be smaller and more manageable,'' Biggerstaff said. Unlike the 10th anniversary of 9/11 -- which was held just four months after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the attacks -- last year's event drew hundreds fewer motorcyclists, Biggerstaff said.
"Last year, we had 275 riders and it was toned down quite a bit -- the 10-year anniversary was huge,'' Biggerstaff said. "Last year, we kept it on the down low and that's where it is now.''
The 2011 ride featured more than 1,000 motorcyclists, with a small fraction running red lights and causing aggravation for police, Biggerstaff said.
"I wish police and fire agencies would treat it with the same reverence as in the early years when all the emergency vehicles made a point of being part of it,'' Biggerstaff said, adding he understands why some law enforcement backed off because of the "1 percent'' of scofflaws.
The motorcyclists will leave Cook's Corner in Trabuco Canyon in the afternoon and take Santiago Canyon to the 241 tollway to where it merges into Laguna Canyon Road, then head south on Pacific Coast Highway to Joe's Crab Shack in Long Beach.
Other events in Orange County planned to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the attacks include:


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Mass. company to build solar array in Vt. townFebruary 02,2013CHARLOTTE- A Massachusetts company has received approval to build a solar array on a field in the Vermont town of Charlotte.
The Vermont Public Service Board recently approved the request by Charlotte Solar.
The Burlington Free Press reports (http://bfpne.ws/11cIBYk) the project, which was fought by neighbors, will occupy about 12.6 acres with 26 rows of solar panels. The panels will be about 10 feet high.
Bill Ellis, an attorney representing the neighbors, indicated then that it seemed the project was "predestined to be approved from the get-go."
Public Service Board Hearing Officer Jake Marren found that the project was consistent with the town plan.MORE IN This Just InA Rutland judge has denied Christopher Sullivan's motion to exclude an expert's testimony from... Full StoryMayor Christopher Louras endorsed Rutland County State's Attorney candidate Rose Kennedy Monday. Full StoryCaramelized leeks bring flavor to mashed to potatoes. Full Story
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Tarkus wrote: ? Could you use some type of basket or holder to use saw dust in a RMH in the RMH I built I used a 1/2"mesh SS basket to hold wood chips fed from a hopper, works OK but still tweaking it. (wood chips free by the truck load from local tree trimmers)
Tarkus wrote: Len: I'm in So Cal spring and summers here dry a large truck load of chip pretty fast, turn it a couple of times with tractor during the dry season. I started getting the chips for the garden walk ways and have a pile 2years old (rather large pile) so when I started playing with the RMH it was an obvious fuel.
Andrew Parker wrote:If you want to convert your sawdust into standardized fuel briquettes, take a look at the Holey Briquette
Ernie Wisner wrote:use a bit of horse manure for binder. if you are going to use pressure make the press out of steel cause i keep breaking the wood ones and am sure other folks will as well.
I would do an iron plate and pipe with a hydraulic jack myself then i could put a few thousand pounds of pressure on the briquette. also you might think about the dura log type briquette as it may work better than what we where working with. (the ones with the hole in them.) make the briquette either small or to the height of the feed tube.
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