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Connecticut School Shooting: Celebs Express Heartbreak, Prayers
It's been reported that the gunman is 20-year-old Adam Lanza, whose mother Nancy was a either a teacher or an aide at the elementary school, located just 65 miles northeast of New York City. After the rampage, which began in the school's main office and continued on in a kindergarten classroom, Adam Lanza was found dead, although it's unclear at this time if he took his own life. Police have also discovered the body of an unknown adult at the Lanza family home. ABC News reports it is Nancy Lanza.
One child is confirmed dead in #Newtown shooting theatln.tc/SoSXAd - this is just awful. My heart goes out 2 all affected... So sad
How could someone be so evil as to kill innocent children at school? God Bless and watch over those families and children that witnessed it!
There are just no words. Only sorrow. We are all shedding tears today for those families.
These poor parents probably have Christmas presents for these poor babies. I can't stop crying. I want to rip Bryn out of school.
Just sick about the news from CT. Sending love to all those families
Praying for Sandy Hook
Camille Grammer: Ex Kelsey Won't Let Our Kids Say My Name at His HouseKathleen Perricone at Goddess: Celebrity Moms and Dads 2 yrs ago
The "c-word" is not allowed to be spoken in the Grammer household … and no, that word isn't "car seat." During an appearance on "Anderson" on Tuesday, Camille Grammer revealed that her ex-husband, Kelsey Grammer, has forbidden their two children (Mason, 11, and Jude, 8) from saying their mother's first name while they are visiting with him and his new wife, Kayte.
"So these poor kids, my daughter and my son, can't say my name in their father's house," said the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star, adding that it made her "sad" when she found out. "I think they can say 'mom' or 'the other household,' but they can't say my name."
It's unclear why Kelsey, 58, who cheated on Camille, 44, with Kayte, is so incensed by his ex. During an August interview with Oprah Winfrey, he also refused to say Camille's name, only referring to her as "that person."
Kelsey's rep did not respond to omg!'s request for a comment.
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Charlie Sheen's Ex-Wife Brooke Mueller: I Didn't Overdose, I Was 'Napping'
It looks like Brooke Mueller went to the same school of excuses as Lindsay Lohan. After it was reported by TMZon Friday that the ex-wife of Charlie Sheen and mother of his 3-year-old twin boys had overdosed on drugs, her rep Steve Honig – who coincidentally or not just quit as Lohan's mouthpiece – explained, "An assistant thought Brooke was non-responsive while she was napping and hastily called an ambulance. As a precaution, Brooke was brought to a local hospital and discharged after an hour. She was diagnosed with exhaustion and dehydration and is now fine and resting at home. That's it."
According to TMZ, Mueller, who split from Sheen in November 2010 but has remained friends with him, has been to rehab 15 times for dependency issues, most recently this past June. In March, she struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Aspen, Colorado, after she was arrested for cocaine possession following her arrest for attacking a woman in a nightclub last December.
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Lindsay Lohan Shows Up at The Wanted Concert: Her History of Acting Like a Groupie
But it doesn't look like she won his affections this time either. Despite reports that the 26-year-old was only there to spend time with the British singer, he clearly had other plans: a date with Jagermeister. "Good night ahead!!" he tweetedafter the Philly show, along with a photo of him planting a kissing on a huge bottle of the German liquor. Lohan, whom George described as "the best drunk in New York" toE! Online after the Big Apple debacle, "has been trying to hang out with Max for some time," a source tells the site. "You always want to give people the benefit of the doubt, but once he saw what was happening, he was out of there."
This the first time Lohan has acted like a band groupie. After filming "Chapter 27" with Jared Leto in 2006, she spent the next few years showing up at 30 Seconds to Mars concerts and hitting events proudly wearing his band's Echelon bracelets – even long after the two had been rumored to be an item.
Bobbi Kristina Brown's Ex Blasts Whitney Houston Song During Arrest
The saga of Bobbi Kristina Brown and her adopted brother just got to another level of weird. On November 28 – the same day Whitney Houston's 19-year-old daughter crashed her car after she drove down an embankment – Nick Gordon was arrested for going 82 mph in a 35 mph zone … while blasting the late singer's 1992 classic "I Will Always Love You." Because nothing inspires speeding like an easy-listening ballad.
Ironically, Bobbi Kristina got into an accident on that same day, and Houston was clearly on her mind as well. After she crashed her car into a tree, which left her uninjured, the teen tweetedthat her mother was her "personal guardian angel" who kept her safe from harm. "Not a scratch," she added.
Later that day, it was reported that Bobbi Kristina and Gordon had called off their engagement – even though they never officially confirmed it – and that everyone will be able to watch the drama unfold on the Houston family's upcoming Lifetime reality show.
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Lindsay Lohan's Bank Accounts Frozen by IRS to Pay Off $233k Debt: Report
Just when it seemed that things really couldn't get any worse for Lindsay Lohan … they have. On Monday, just days after she was arrested for punching a woman at a New York City nightclub, it was reported that the IRS had frozen the actress' bank accounts in order to get payment on the $233,904 she owes Uncle Sam in back taxes from 2009 and 2010. Although her "Scary Movie 5" co-star Charlie Sheen reportedly gave Lohan $100,000 to put towards her 2009 bill, the very generous gift seems to not have made much of a dent in the overall amount, which now also includes 2011 taxes, according to TMZ. (Lohan's manager did not respond to omg!'s request for comment.)
Lohan has not been seen since she was escorted out of New York City's 10th Precinct early Thursday morning. Although there were reports that she might enter rehab in an effort to cut a deal with the judge to keep her out of jail, she's reportedlytelling friends she does not feel she needs any help.
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Lindsay Lohan Kicks Assistant Out of Car After He Bails Her Out of Jail: Video
In a new video, just before Lohan, 26, was escorted out of the 10th Precinct at 7 a.m., she can be seen turning around to Gavin Doyle and yelling, "You're not coming with us!" Still, he does and hops in the front seat of the awaiting car, while Lohan gets in the back with security. But before her door shuts, the actress is heard screaming, "Gavin get out of the car, get out of the car Gavin! Get him out of the car, now! Gavin get out! Gavin get out of the f--king car. Now!" Doyle does as he is told, while the group surrounding the car laughs at him, but not before poking his head back in the car and telling Lohan, "OK. Never speak to me again."
On Friday, Doyle tweeted that he was headed for Miami, presumably to get far away from the drama. Soon after, he added, "Be thankful for the good things and people in your life. It's not where you are in life, it's who you have by your side that matters." [Related: Why Isn't Lindsay Lohan in Jail? -- And Other Burning Questions]
Clearly, she has priorities.
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Amanda Bynes Stops Cab to Yell at Photographers Waiting on Justin Bieber
For someone who wants to be left alone by the general public, Amanda Bynes sure knows how to command attention. The "retired" actress, who hasn't been seen in weeks since she fled Los Angeles for New York in September after a string of bad driving incidents, came out of hiding on Wednesday looking better than she has in a while … but still acting very strangely. Bynes, whose dark hair is now a golden hue and extra long thanks to extensions, accidentally stumbled upon a group of photographers waiting to snap a picture of Justin Bieber while walking down a New York City sidewalk. Once she realized her mistake, she immediately tried to cover her face with her scarf, but it was too late. Luckily for the "What a Girl Wants" actress, she was able to hail a taxi and extract herself from the situation … yet moments later, she made the cabbie pull over so she could go back and give the photogs a piece of her mind. According to E! Online, Bynes scolded them for acting illegally – even though they were not – and then hopped back in the cab and headed straight to Bergdorf Goodman for a shopping spree.
Bobbi Kristina Brown Thanks Late Mother Whitney Houston for Keeping Her Safe After Car Crash
For the second time in two months, Bobbi Kristina Brown's Camaro has been involved in a single-car crash. On Wednesday, the 19-year-old lost control of her vehicle as she attempted to make a left turn out of her apartment complex in Alpharetta, Georgia (click hereto see photos). She drove over the curb and down an embankment before coming to a stop on a park trail. Luckily, no one, including Bobbi Kristina, was injured, although she took out a bunch of trees on the way down.
According to law enforcement, after a passerby saw what happened, the person called 911, but when EMTs arrived, Bobbi Kristina was already safely out of her car. She was later given a citation for "failure to maintain lane," after it was determined that no drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident.
Following the crash, Bobbi Kristina took to Twitter to tell her concerned followers that her mother, Whitney Houston, who died in February following cocaine use, was her "personal guardian angel" who kept her safe from harm. "Not a scratch," she added, before including the hashtag "SeriousChangeswithinME."
Gabriel Aubry vs Olivier Martinez: The Conflicting Stories About Their Fight
According to TMZ, Aubry was granted a restraining order from the "Unfaithful" actor, and in his declaration, he claimed that the day before the fight, he took Nahla (his daughter with Berry) to her school play, and when his ex and Martinez showed up, Martinez whispered in his ear in French, "I wish I could beat the s--t out of you right now. You're lucky we're in a school right now. We're going to take Nahla right now and you're not going to follow us." That next morning, Aubry states, he brought the little girl back to her mother's home, but instead of the nanny receiving Nahla as she normally does, Martinez appeared at the door and said, "We need to talk." According to Aubry, he was walking to his car when Martinez jumped off the stairs and knocked him to the ground. As he beat the model, he yelled that he had cost him $3 million in lawyer fees (Berry and Martinez recently lost their bid to move to France with Nahla). Aubry also writes in his declaration that after the fight, Martinez said, "We called the cops … you're going to tell them that you're the one who attacked me, or I'm going to kill you." [Related:Gabriel Aubry Steps Out With Bruised Face After Brawl]


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On the Job: Copita Margarita
Two of the things I love to photograph are people (of course) and food. Occasionally, I get the chance to do both at once.
That happened recently when Marin Magazine asked me to photograph restaurateur Larry Mindel and former Chez Panisse cook and and writer Joanne Weir, who have teamed up as owners of the new Sausalito Mexican restaurant, Copita.
The idea for Copita, which bills itself as a tequileria, came out of Weir's book, Tequila: A Guide to Types, Flights, Cocktails, and Bites, so I also wanted a picture of what Weir calls her "perfect" margarita.
I photographed Mindel, Weir and the "perfect" margarita on a weekday afternoon at Poggio, Mindel's Italian restaurant on Bridgeway in Sausalito. For the picture of them, I used a quiet back corner of the restaurant, a big front window for light and and the helping hands of a publicist to hold a reflector. For the margarita photograph, I used a small Nikon Speedlight and left plenty of space for the art director to lay in some type. The lime wedge was Weir's idea and it made the shot.
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Having felt a passion for teaching for as long as he can remember, James Rhem, creator and executive editor of The National Teaching & Learning Forum, describes teaching and learning as sacramental acts. He was pursuing post-doctoral studies when the opportunity to have a wider influence on the teaching community opened and he began creating publications on teaching for higher education. After founding four newsletters, including the popular Teaching Professor, he founded The National Teaching & Learning Forum in 1990. Rhem is also active as a speaker, offering a humanities perspectives on teaching.
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The FORUM has had international readers since its founding over twenty years ago, and from time to time, we've had some provocative contributions from faculty in countries other than the United States. This issue, however, offers something a bit different with regard to connecting with education internationally. NTLF Editorial Board member Mark Stoner, CSU-Sacramento spent a year studying education in Finland trying to gain insight into the so-called "Finnish Miracle." Finland consistently rates at the top in educational success in international rankings. Why? To explore what he witnessed, Mark queried several colleagues from his sabbatical. Together, their round-robin discussion offers insight into why education in Finland succeeds so well. This issue offers part one of their discussion.
Increasingly, as pressure on, hope for, and concern with education increases everywhere, faculty find themselves pressed to investigate their own teaching. Why does it work (or not work)? When does it work (or not work)? While these questions interest all faculty, many find themselves puzzled as to how to investigate them. Ten years ago, I was pleased to be part of the steering committee that founded the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Its first president was Craig Nelson, a professor of biology at Indiana University. Craig has been a leader among faculty in doing what's called SOTL research. We lead off this issue with the model he's evolved for doing this kind of work. It's a practical and inspirational model bristling with commonsense and, as I see it, provoking intellectual excitement. However interesting a faculty member may be in his or her area of subject expertise, few take up the life of a teacher without also being profoundly interested in what helps, lets, or causes learning to happen. Think of Craig's model as a blueprint for getting on with remodeling the building you've long been inhabiting; it's never finished and can always be improved.
When I was a graduate student, I used to escape the campus and wander through a local hardware store. I'd grown up surrounded by tools and men who knew how to use them to build things. They didn't write; they sawed wood and drove nails. I didn't want to lose touch with that, but it amazed me how new tools and materials kept appearing. Somehow, naïvely, I thought tools were tools and that there wasn't much room for improvement. But there was and is, and in teaching and learning new tools keep appearing that don't so much redefine the job as help us rediscover the joys in its depths and complexities. Kimberly Kode Sutton and Joshua DeSantis, York College of Pennsylvania offer a brief introduction to two new web tools capable of turning a large, passive assembly of students into an interactive learning community via any of the ubiquitous mobile devices with which almost all students are now equipped.
But, of course, not-to-be-forgotten basics persist. Students seek education today in order to be more effective (and employable) once they leave college. "Teaching Real World Writing" from John Immerwahr, Villanova University not only reminds us of the obligation to prepare students for the world beyond the campus, but offers examples of how to do it with redesigned writing assignments.
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Drivers now have a new way to travel Interstate 495 in Virginia, but the new option appears to be leading to a small spike in accidents as drivers get used to the new traffic pattern.
The new 495 Express Lanes opened to traffic in the early morning hours Saturday, and by the start of Monday evening rush hour there had already been six accidents related to the lanes, according to Virginia State Police.
The lanes allow drivers to either pay a variable price toll to use the lanes, or vehicles carrying three or more passengers can use an E-ZPass Flex to travel the lanes for free. So far, the lowest toll has been 25 cents and the highest has been $1.90.
All of the crashes were around the starting point of the northbound Express Lanes, between the Springfield interchange and Braddock Road.
"We've definitely seen some driver confusion," said Pierce Coffee, marketing director for Express Lanes operator Transurban.
Despite the fact that there are signs posted a few miles back, it seems that drivers are realizing at the last minute that they are about to enter the Express Lanes, and then swerving into traffic, according to Coffee.
Transurban is closely monitoring the situation and working with police to resolve the issue, Coffee said. They are updating electronic message boards and adding reflective material to the white posts that separate the regular lanes from the Express Lanes.
In addition, Coffee said Transurban is trying to educate drivers that it is not the end of the world if you enter the Express Lanes by accident, even if you don't have an E-ZPass yet. There is a way on 495expresslanes.com to pay a missed toll, or you will receive a bill in the mail.
Aside from the traffic mishaps, the first few days of Express Lanes have gone smoothly, Coffee said. Traffic has been relatively light, possibly due to the holiday week, she said.
"We definitely expect to see a ramp-up period," Coffee said.
On the other hand, she noted, there were also eager drivers who were out on the lanes on opening day, and people posting today on social media about how much it shortened their commutes.
"You're also certainly seeing people who are using it and enjoying the ride," she said.


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Steven Luisi, a once prominent criminal defense attorney, is attempting to come back to the profession after a struggle with drug addiction and a family tragedy. Steven stumbles into a complex, high profile murder case, which will eventually lead him down a path that brings him face to face with his own demons. While trying to solve the case Steven teams up with an ex-athlete turned gang member, Richard "Beanz" Allen. With Allen's help, Steven discovers that there are deep connections between a corrupt police department and a vicious Gang leader called Bowen who's Steven's old drug dealer.
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Why did humans invent sports and why do so many people love watching and playing competitive sports games?
I'm not asking why certain individuals are attracted to sports. Obviously people find it exciting, thrilling, entertaining etc. My question is why do people find it to be so exhilarating?? Why is it exciting? Why is it entertaining? Why do athletes enjoy sports so much? Is it simply the sublimation of our evolutionary drives in a way that is accepted by society? What are the psychological, historical, scientific, etc. reasons for us creating and participating in competitive sports?
Also, how do you think we can use the popularity of sports to make the world a better place?
Nov 26 2012: Sports is for the most part, a by product of our evolutionary path. Back when we were prey, many of the things such as speed and strength were hardwired to impress others of the society. It allowed for the best of the best to carry on their genes, as the ones desired by people were those that could survive due to their traits. In this modern day however, there is no real way for the average person to enjoy such physical show offs, so they watch sports. Also, studies have shown that men actually get more of a 'boost' out of winning or competing as a team, which shows why team sports such as baseball or football are so popular.
Nov 27 2012: "...were hardwired to impress others of the society" because our genes are themselves hardwired into thinking "ooh, I want to breed with the strongest gene poo, and the only way I can do that is to impress". Then, what if the need to "impress" and be rewarded by status/mating/etc was actuallya genetic Catch 22 where the need for reward overcame the fear of death, so that the human had enough "courage" to actually go out and hunt/survive?
Chick Morgan
Nov 25 2012: The endorphine rush. Goals and glory. Initially, men could test their strength / skill without killing each other.
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Also, they could show-case their prowess and hopefully impress the girlies. Pretty much the same reason some elderly men drive fire-engine red sports cars, it screams "Check me out, ladies, see what a hunter / gatherer I am !" But that's the same reason that men do practically everything. Like gorillas thumping their chests, like stags clashing their antlers, like birds flashing their plumage and adorning their nests. A universal imperative if a chap hopes to reproduce and pass on his genes. We can't help ourselves. It's our inner cave-man !
Nov 25 2012: Haha, love the way you explained that. But what about watching sports? Why would someone sit home on their couch watching someone else engage in these "cave-man" like acts and get entertained by it? If anything we should become jealous or angry.
Nov 25 2012: We admire them, we'd like to be like them but realise we've missed the boat, or, if we're honest, we admit to ourselves we don't have what it takes. So we adopt them as mascots and enlist them into the service of our tribes. I use the term "tribe" loosely. Your neighbourhood, your city, your school, your nation..........
Nov 25 2012: But there are plenty of people who have never played sports themselves and never wanted to, yet they can watch others play and they'll still enjoy it. And it's not because they want to be like them and realized that they can't....
Fritzie -
Nov 26 2012: Some sports are beautiful to watch, so people might watch them in the same way that people might view a painting they could not paint, listen to music they could not play, or watch a ballet they could not dance.
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There may be an innate attraction to the narrative of a hero's journey- observing or sharing in the journey of heroes, with sporting events modeling struggle, failure, and success.
W. Ying
Nov 29 2012: Each cave-man member of the winner colony would get a piece of the booty. That is why the "watchers" supporting the winners are happy instinctively, though in vain today.
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Hence, watching sports is a kind of INVALID happiness.
Stuart Nolan
Nov 28 2012: Can I recommend Brian Sutton-Smith's excellent book The Ambiguity of Play. It has the best thinking on the slippery topic of "play" and why we do it. He considers 7 major rhetorics of play and I see those rhetorics occurring in the conversation here.
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As to why we enjoy "watching" sport? I think there are many answers to that but one that interests me is beauty. Try this quote...
"Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.
The human beauty we're talking about here is beauty of a particular type; it might be called kinetic beauty. Its power and appeal are universal. It has nothing to do with sex or cultural norms. What it seems to have to do with, really, is human beings' reconciliation with the fact of having a body."
David Foster-Wallace - Federer Both Flesh and Not.
I'm quoting from the version in the book Federer Both Flesh and Not but there is another version here called Federer as Religious Experience http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?pagewanted=allNov 25 2012: The sport is in us, we just see the evolution.
Gail .
Nov 25 2012: The Olympics began as athletes competed in sports that were part of the necessity of survival - who could run the farthest to the next village with an important message about his village being under attack with help needed. Who could throw a discus the farthest as self defense. Who could throw most accurately. Sports were part of survival techniques.
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Sports is something very different today. It is a money-grounded entity. I don't find sports exciting at all. I find it barbaric. I don't see any significant difference between a football game and a war.
Nov 25 2012: I understand your first point. But sports being barbaric? What about figure skating, golf, tennis, gymnastics? The expertise and beauty needed to participate in some of these sports on a professional level is far from barbaric.
Gail .
Nov 25 2012: My problem is with "competitive" sports. Improving one's abilities is an art form, not a sport - unless you want to make it into one.
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Nov 29 2012: Yes!
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It is barbaric, as I replied to Lawren Jones next.Dec 1 2012: For me, sport isn't just a simple discipline, but it's a lifestyle, it teaches us the principles of life, the best way to win.
athletes like sports, perhaps because they feel good, or maybe because it brings money.Nov 30 2012: Also see games that animals play.Nov 30 2012: Historical reasons for 'inventing sports' probably won't be easy to find. Games develop randomly. Let's say you are in a forest, and you pick up a rock. Your friend says 'lets try throwing the rock at that tree'. A game has been 'invented'. It is a way to challenge ourselves, to gain new skills, to have fun, to be social, and the competition part of it seems to snow ball.
The popularity of sports does make the world a better place, the Olympics for example. It is a great way to have nations come together and revel in our similarities and differences.Nov 26 2012: I just finished watching the Toronto Argos win the Grey Cup. .... I have never played football, I have never had or have any desire to play football yet, I found this moment entertaining and I am excited for the home team. For me now, it is the camaraderie and the celebration, which is a positive one. .... as for my thoughts on the evolution of sports.... it's a big puzzle that makes the picture. You need the team, the prize, and the adoring fans. The reward is a massive hangover due to the consumption of a lot of beer during this celebration. All these puzzle pieces make for a wondrful picture. Sorry, my friends are waiting, gotta go. lol
CheersNov 25 2012: Well it all started with Abner Doubleday...
Only a psychologist would try to screw up something perfectly good like sports.
I think it started when we had free time. Then we could live vicariously through our team.Nov 25 2012: Ok, I am going to argue for sports here and live with the abuse.
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences talks about a kinesthetic intelligence. "The core elements of the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are control of one's bodily motions and the capacity to handle objects skillfully. Gardner elaborates to say that this intelligence also includes a sense of timing, a clear sense of the goal of a physical action, along with the ability to train responses so they become like reflexes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning
Learning the skills of a sport and them demonstrating them through competition is artistic and a means of training future learners.
Competition in all forms is just part of life. Darwin's survival of the fittest is alive and well today.
The primal chaos present on the screens today in SOME sports makes those that know they could not compete uncomfortable. The strong will generally win a contest of strength, and when it comes down to a struggle, and civilization is lost in a struggle between two men. It is civilization that tells us that what we are observing is wrong. It is important to note that not ALL sports should be lumped in this category.
I think it is exciting because you do not known the outcome, either one-on-one, or with a team until the matter is proven on the playing field. Many of the weak are also power voyeurs. It is entertaining because you get to see a blend of power and skill demonstrated. It is not talk, it is action. These are people that must perform weekly for judgement. If they do not perform, they are discarded and a performer is found. As a prior writer mentioned, it is also an acceptable arena for settling differences of opinion about who is stronger, at the personal or team level. Albeit carnage on TV, there are referees to control.
I do believe that the instant it goes from sport to fight, society's rules should kick in and arrests made to send the right message.Nov 25 2012: Good Lewis and lawren But you have me thingking of bread and circuses.Nov 25 2012: "Is it simply the sublimation of our evolutionary drives in a way that is accepted by society?"
That's precisely what I believe. It's millions of years of tribal instincts adapted to modern civilization.
Nov 25 2012: So why do so many people enjoy WATCHING sports?
W. Ying
Nov 29 2012: Yes!
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It is the bio-recapitulation of our instincts. But it plays in the wrong conditions of today's highly developed civilization rather than 10,000 years ago.
Hence, it is INVALID or out of the valid scope of our instincts.
And thus it gives us INVALID happiness. It wastes our time in vain or even injures ourselves as in the case of football-fan violence.
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I couldn't find a video of the recorded version of this Chuck Johnson track, off of his 2011 album A Struggle, Not a Thought, but this version, which was apparently filmed/recorded in someone's dining room, is just as good. In the '90s, Johnson was a member of the band Spatula, who worked with Bob Weston (the producer, not the one-time Fleetwood Mac member) on their album Despina By Land. Since the ending of Spatula, Johnson has released a number of albums under his own name and under the name Ivanovich, and he operates a cassette tape label, mostly for putting out his own work.
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Crescent Uranus
Date: 24 Jan 1986
This image shows a crescent Uranus, a view that Earthlings never witnessed until Voyager 2 flew near and then beyond Uranus on January 24, 1986.
Following its flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 2 was to become the first -- and only -- spacecraft to visit Uranus. The planet displayed little detail, but gave evidence of an ocean of boiling water about 800 km below the cloud tops. The spacecraft discovered 10 new moons, two new rings, and a strangely tilted magnetic field stronger than that of Saturn.
This planet's natural blue-green color is due to the absorption of redder wavelengths in the atmosphere by traces of methane gas. Uranus' diameter is 32,500 miles, a little over four times that of Earth. The hazy blue-green atmosphere probably extends to a depth of around 5,400 miles, where it rests above what is believed to be an icy or liquid mixture (an 'ocean') of water, ammonia, methane, and other volatiles, which in turn surrounds a rocky core perhaps a little smaller than Earth.
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Piaget Gouverneur 43 mm watch. 18K pink gold case. Guilloché "sunburst" motif dial embellished with gold threads and with 18K pink gold hour-markers and date window. Sapphire crystal case back. Manufacture Piaget 800P self-winding mechanical movement with seconds and date indication.
Metal: Pink gold
Metal weight (gr): 54.9
Strap type: Alligator
Strap colour: Brown
Strap buckle: Ardillon buckle
Wrist size: 200 mm (max), 159 mm (min)
Case shape: Round
Case diameter: 43 mm
Case thickness: 9 mm
Dial colour: Silvered
Dial finishing: Guilloché
Index: Batons
Waterproofness: 03 ATM
Specificities: Sapphire case back
Movement: Self-winding mechanical
Combining technical excellence with a bold aesthetic, the new Gouverneur line expresses Piaget's quintessential expertise and historical values. As part of the Black Tie watch collection, it follows the tradition of shaped cases in a classic design, housing mechanical movements and complications that are developed and produced by the Manufacture and are perfectly integrated in the design. With the Gouverneur range, Piaget reveals a brand new case merging a circle and an oval in a subtly balanced design. The alternating shapes are repeated until the centre of the dial creating a sophisticated, soft and harmonious structure, evoking both perfection and innovation. The finishes on the case and dial are meticulously crafted, enhancing and surrounding the shapes without detracting from their attractiveness. Equipped with the 800P movement, renowned for its durability, this self-winding Gouverneur watch with a date display offers hours, minutes, central seconds and a date window at 6 o'clock. For the ultimate in sophistication, the pink-gold oscillating weight stamped with the Piaget coat-of-arms is in perfect harmony with the colour of the case. A cleverly timeless and elegantly refined timepiece.
800P movement
The 800P movement belongs to the third generation of Piaget self-winding, ultra-thin movements, and has given rise to numerous variations and features. It is fitted with a balance with screws, balance stop, central seconds and large date window positioned at 6 o'clock. To give it ample autonomy, the movement has also been fitted with a double barrel that, thanks to its two springs, provides an increased power reserve. Circular Côtes de Genève, a circular-grained mainplate, bevelled bridges, blued screws and an oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat-of-arms add the finishing touches to this movement and are reminders of the Swiss watchmaking brand's high aesthetic values.
Shape: Round
Functions: Date at 6 o'clock, Seconds, Hours, Minutes
Technical features: Double barrel, Balance with screws, Balance stop
Power reserve (in hours): Approx. 85
Frequency (vph): 21,600
Frequency (Hz): 3
Diameter (lines): 12.00
Diameter (mm): 26.8
Number of jewels: 25
Thickness (mm): 4
Number of components: 201
Finishing: Oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat of arms, Bevelled bridges, Circular-grained mainplate, Blued screws, Circular Côtes de Genève
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* No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.
I don't consider myself special or anything like that. I just do what I have to do to live. And that's exactly why I when I was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer in June 2008, I came here to beat it.
How it all began…
I was working out four times a week and in great shape. I had always been on the go and eating whenever I could find time. Friends noticed that I had lost a lot of weight, but I just thought it was due to my active lifestyle. During this time, I was constantly having stomach problems. My doctors recommended over-the-counter drugs and thought nothing of it. For a month, I also had constant diarrhea. Again, my doctors found nothing wrong.
Then, one day during my workout, I was stretching out on a Pilates ball and I noticed a bump protruding under my left ribcage. I knew something was not right. I had also been very tired, having a hard time eating, and in general, not feeling good. I just hurt. I went to my internal medicine doctor and had a MRI and CT scan. Four days later, the physician assistant told me that I had a mass in my pancreas and lesions on my liver. Holding back tears, I asked if they could take them out. But she said they couldn't. The physician assistant mentioned that I should see an oncologist, and that was the first indication that she was talking about cancer. She never even said the word "cancer."
It then took me two weeks to get into an oncologist near my home outside of Bangor, Maine. In that time, I did so much research on pancreatic cancer. When I got to the oncologist's office, I was told they would put me on a chemotherapy regimen I knew from research I had done had only a 2 percent survival rate. I went over a list of other treatments I had read about and asked if they offered them. They said "no" to most of the treatments. I asked why other hospitals could do these treatments and they couldn't. They just said they had what they had.
My sister and I then went to a bigger hospital on the East Coast for a second opinion. They advised me to do what I was recommended at the hospital at home. It was a waste of time.
A few weeks passed by and then I remembered another place I had always seen commercials for, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA). I checked it out and made a phone call. I spoke with Karen Rivera, a lovely lady who is an Oncology Information Specialist at CTCA. She was an angel. She provided me with information about CTCA and the treatments they offer. CTCA had what I was looking for and I was interested. Unfortunately, because I had selected an insurance plan through work that had a lower level of coverage, I didn't have the flexibility to treat out of network at CTCA. But my managers and the benefits team at the company I work for helped me select another insurance plan. It would allow me to come to CTCA for treatment, helping cover my treatment costs.
I called Karen back and we got the process rolling. Karen helped make travel arrangements for my mom and me to come to CTCA at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois. So we flew to Chicago early that August. I'll never forget, a limo picked us up at the airport. I had never been in a limo before, so that was cool. The driver took us to the hospital and as soon as my mom and I walked in the front doors, I knew this was the place I needed to be. That day, I met with my nurse navigator Roxanne and she explained how things would go for my evaluation and consultation. I first met with Dr. Glynis Vashi, who is an intake physician at the hospital. Then I started all of the testing—a bone scan, CT scan and PET/CT scan to make sure the diagnosis I received was accurate and that the cancer hadn't spread anywhere else. Next I met with all of the people who would provide me with supportive, or complementary, therapies. Then I met with my medical oncologist, Dr. Robert Levin. We discussed my treatment options. Everything was coming together the way I needed it to. My treatment plan was in place and I was ready to fight.
My treatment at CTCA
That weekend, after my evaluation and consultation, my mom and I stayed in town and participated in day trips to local attractions the hospital organizes for patients and their families. We went on a boat ride and to the Bristol Renaissance Faire. That was the best thing because it really helped take our minds off what I was about to go through the next week—beginning my pancreatic cancer treatment.
I started my chemotherapy regimen, which included intravenous chemotherapy (FUDR chemotherapy and leucovorin), as well as intra-arterial chemotherapy (cisplatin and mitomycin) to both my liver and pancreas.
The intra-arterial chemotherapy, in particular, was intense. But, it knocked my tumor markers down dramatically. I went through four rounds of intra-arterial treatment. I experienced side effects, including nausea, low blood cell and platelet counts, and hair loss. I also needed to have blood transfusions. But progressively, I started getting better and feeling stronger.
These days, every month I return to CTCA for five to six days at a time. I continue to receive chemotherapy intravenously and take advantage of all of the supportive therapies and services CTCA offers. I meet with many of the members of my care team, including Dr. Levin. He and I have such a great rapport. He knows I'm in it to win it. And he is too.
My naturopath helps me cope with nausea and has me on vitamin D, multivitamins, green tea, and fish oil because of their natural, cancer-fighting properties. Something else that's helped me tremendously to reduce side effects is acupuncture, which CTCA also offers. My acupuncturist Irina has even helped me deal with hot flashes/night sweats. Dr. Rosenberg, the chiropractor at the hospital, has also realigned my spine. It was out of whack due to a sports injury. Now I just go back for adjustments. I also have massages with Gretchen. On the days when I have my massage and chiropractic adjustment, I feel so relaxed.
The spiritual support I have received at the hospital has helped renew my faith. And, my mind-body therapist Victoria has been a Godsend to my mother and me. She's somebody that I feel comfortable talking to, and she's helped me get through some really difficult times.
Living with cancer, but not letting it control my life
The first year of my treatment was really hard. In the second year, I feel as though my body is regenerating itself. My energy level has been great and I feel like I'm 25 again. Granted, it takes me a couple days to recoup after I receive five days' worth of chemo. And some months are better than others. But overall, I've had pretty normal energy three weeks out of the month. I'm eating right and taking the natural therapies my naturopath prescribes.
I do a ton of juicing. That's how I get a lot of my fruits. I juice apples, carrots, red grapes, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, and cantaloupe. It's fabulous! Once a day I do it. And when I'm at the hospital, the culinary staff does it for me.
I had my first beer since I was diagnosed on the two-year anniversary of my fight. I couldn't drink it for a while, and I didn't want to. But two years is definitely a momentous thing. So two Guinnesses got cracked open. Next year it will be three.
Since April 2010, I've been working part time at my job as a collections agent for a major bank, which I've worked for since 2006. It feels good to be a part of something again. Just to say, "I'm working," feels like winning a battle. It's nice to be back. My coworkers have been amazing through all of this, especially my boss Jess. They're my guardian angels. They even saved my job for me.
I don't carry my work home with me. I work for four hours a day, and then I go golfing, which has become my new passion. I even walk the golf course carrying my own bag. It's empowering for me to be able to do that. And when I'm not golfing, I'm at the beach. I'm like a kid: I'm not indoors until the sun comes down. I don't want to miss a thing. I started working out again and jogging/walking about a half mile, when I feel up to it. A couple of times, I've even played basketball. It's good for my body to do something different.
I've also started an initiative to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer called the Purple Iris Brigade. We've bought thousands of purple irises from the local garden club and planted them throughout the community. On Facebook, we have about 1,300 friends. We hope to someday get non-profit status to further our plight. It's my dream. I'd like to get it to take off and raise money for people who have pancreatic cancer that can't afford treatment.
Why I chose CTCA
I know I can beat this. No one else would really help me fight. But at CTCA, they help me to aggressively fight cancer and have a good quality of life.
My advice for anyone who is considering CTCA for treatment is to take that leap of faith. Your doctor at home isn't the only person out there who might be able to help you. Follow your instincts and always ask a lot of questions. If you don't like the answers you're getting, go someplace where you do like the answers you're getting. That's why I'm here. Because I refused to listen to anyone tell me I had six months to live. Don't let anyone tell you how long you have to live—ever. Nobody knows that. It's all up to you and the "guy upstairs."
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Does anyone know of an original science fair project?
My 14 year old son has wanted to become a scientist since before I can remember. An opportunity has come up for him to enter into a science fair but I need some ideas.
It would be the first science fair he has entered into so it doesn't matter if he wins or not, just the participation I believe would be a good experience for him.
There is no better place to ask than the TED community, all ideas would really be appreciated.
Grant Sutton
Mar 10 2012: Their was a really cool project a couple Canadian students did launching a lego many into space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwLmGR6bPA
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I always liked testing chemical reactions. So as a kid if i could design a product that went boom for science that made me happy.
Also you could perhaps try Kevin idea with various ways of filtering the water. Boiling and recondensing water can remove some of the salts, as well as perhaps testing a commercial filter, and perhaps another method.
Mar 10 2012: I love the lego man, I must say I am surprised it went into space so fast. I'll have to show my son. Thanks!
Mar 11 2012: The video was speed up so your feeling was justified. If you search for lego in space their are a couple articles on who did it.
Mar 11 2012: Awesome, it's a pretty cool idea. I wonder how he came up with the idea of launching a lego man into space :)Mar 8 2012: He could do a small-scale agricultural experiment. Plants such as beansprouts grow quite quickly. He could see how any number of variables affects the growth of the plant. Ex: amount of light, water, type of soil, etc. I did a similar experiment in 6th grade.
Most importantly, he should be interested in whatever he tests and be curious about the results. Designing the experiment, creating proper controls, etc is a very good learning process.
Mar 8 2012: Hi Kevin, How did your project go? I'd need something that would grow near the salt water if you have any suggestions. We've tried an onion and sunflower seeds but both failed and I guess it is because we are too close to the ocean.
Mar 9 2012: I remember we used some alaskan bean plant that grew quite fast and measured its main stalk height, the variable you measure could be something else though. If your local soil isn't sufficient for the growth of the plant you choose, you can always just buy some soil from a gardening store.
I'm not sure of a quickly germinating plant that would suit your local soil offhand though. I really know next to nothing about plant biology.
Try getting into contact with local gardeners in your community if you can to help you in the process. I must emphasize that your child's curiosity should guide the experiment though.
Mar 10 2012: Okay, thank you!
edward long
Mar 7 2012: How about a project illustrating the construct of the Scientific Method? It would be helpful, interesting and enlightening.
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Mar 7 2012: Hi Edward, Do you mean a project about the components of the Scientific Method? As in, would there be any other components of the Scientific method scientist could include to come to their conclusions?
edward long
Mar 8 2012: Many folks are unfamiliar with the prescribed method of scientific investigation which is the prevailing, and venerated, rule for all credible scientific effort. It is concise and comprehensive at the same time. Some say it is one of man's best inventions. Have your 14- year-old look it up. You could include an actual example with each step of the process. Enjoy!Mar 6 2012: I remember reading this article:
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I believe #7 would be the most suited for a science fair project
(creating a representation of our solar system with all actual moons, asteroid fields and potential other planets in our solar system that science has not yet discovered, but currently theorising).


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Please don't tell me they are getting cut down?
That will totally ruin the course and ruin the park IMO.
Also, we ran into a dad and his kid that were having fun out there chucking and they loved the trees...
So in closing...trees good...no trees bad.
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FISHERS, Ind. – Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) contractors plan to temporarily restrict traffic lanes during overnight hours at the Interstate 69 interchange with 116th Street and State Road 37.
Beginning Thursday, March 14 at 8 p.m., contractors plan alternating lane restrictions on the northbound I-69 Exit 205 ramp to 116th Street to modify lane markings. Ramp lanes will be shifted to the right throughout the night to allow contractors to rebuild and widen the left side of the ramp. Some short-term traffic stoppages, lasting no more than 20 minutes, may be necessary through the night. All lane restrictions are expected to end by 5 a.m. Friday. This operation is weather and temperature sensitive and may be rescheduled according to the forecast.
Contractors will restrict the left lane of I-69 in both directions approaching the new two-lane flyover ramp to State Road 37 on Friday, March 15 at 8 p.m. The lane restriction will allow workers to complete work on the new bridge's center pier, which was rescheduled from earlier dates due to weather. The lane restriction is expected to end by 5 a.m. Saturday.
Also on Friday, March 15, through Tuesday, March 19, contractors plan to begin placing temporary pavement for widening along southbound State Road 37. At 8 p.m., the contractor will restrict the right lane of the southbound State Road 37 ramp to I-69. The lane is expected to reopen before 5 a.m. The overnight restriction will continue each night as contractors prepare the roadway for an upcoming traffic shift.
On Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20, beginning at 8 p.m. both nights, northbound I-69 will be restricted to a single lane for paving operations between the State Road 37 flyover and just north of the Cumberland Road overpass. The restriction will begin in the left lane and switch to the right lane around midnight. All lane restrictions are expected to end by 5 a.m.
Beginning Wednesday, March 20 at 8 p.m., contractors will begin a right lane restriction on southbound I-69 and a left lane restriction in the southbound collector-distributor ramp system for work along the concrete barrier wall near 116th Street. This restriction is also expected to end by 5 a.m., but is expected to repeat each night through the end of the week.
All schedules are subject to change based on variables such as weather and progress. For more information about Operation Indy Commute – I-69, and to sign up to receive updates throughout the project, visit www.IndyCommute.indot.in.gov.


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Bonn. At the upcoming round of climate negotiations, Wetlands International, together with IUCN and the Union of Concerned Scientists, will organise a side event to discuss the role of nature-based solutions within Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). The side event will take place on Tuesday the 2nd of June, from 15:00 to 16:30.
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An international group of scientists from Vrije Universiteit and Wageningen University has calculated and modeled the potential effects of the exploitation of peatsoils on the greenhouse gas balance for Northern peatlands. In the new scientific publication in PNAS 'The uncertain climate footprint of wetlands under human pressure', they conclude that rewetting of drained peatsoils not only rapidly reduces emissions from drained peatlands but also on the longer term turns them into effective net greenhouse gas sinks. The wise use of peatsoils is essential in combating climate change.
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Fairfax County voters helped make Tuesday a good night for Democrats in Virginia.
Democrat Tim Kaine bested Republican George Allen in a race that was not quite as close as many projected before Election Day, helping Democrats to retain a majority in the U.S. Senate. President Barack Obama also edged out Republican Mitt Romney in what was considered a key battleground state.
In Fairfax, with all 237 precincts reporting, Kaine received 61 percent of the votes to Allen�s 38 percent. The statewide margin was significantly closer, with Kaine garnering 52 percent of the votes, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting.
Obama, who made four campaign stops in Fairfax County between June and November, saw those efforts pay off Tuesday night as he outperformed Romney here, earning 260,835 votes to Romney�s 173,786. The president�s margin of victory in Fairfax County and other Northern Virginia jurisdictions proved critical in securing a 51-48 win statewide.
Kaine, a former Virginia governor who will fill the seat held by Democrat Jim Webb, campaigned as someone who would work across the aisle to meet the challenges facing the nation. Kaine made the �talent economy� the primary focus of his campaign, proposing investments in education, workforce training and economic opportunities for military veterans.
To begin reducing the federal deficit, Kaine favored letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire for people making $500,000 or more, ending subsidies and allowing more negotiation within Medicare for prescription drug prices. Kaine supports an �all-of-the-above� energy policy.
Allen, also a former governor of Virginia, was looking to reclaim the U.S. Senate seat he held from 2001 to 2007. Allen narrowly lost the seat in 2006 to Webb.
The Republican focused his campaign on creating jobs, strengthening the economy and a strong repudiation of President Barack Obama�s policies, especially the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Although Virginia saw narrower margins at the top of the ticket, all three congressmen who represent portions of Fairfax County had an easier time winning re-election.
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Dist. 11), narrowly re-elected two years ago, had a much easier time winning a third term, winning 60 percent of votes as compared to 36 percent for Republican Chris Perkins, the other major party candidate in the race, according to unofficial results.
�Here in the 11th District of Virginia the voters made a clear choice,� Connolly said in his acceptance speech. �They voted for pragmatism over ideology.�
In the 10th District, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R) had no problem defeating his latest challenger, Democrat Kristin Cabral, with a 59 percent to 38 percent win, according to unofficial results.
�I am very grateful to the voters for their support,� said Wolf. He plans to be very involved in working on resolving the national debt and deficit issues. �We are facing a troubled time,� he said.
Another congressional veteran, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D) also handily won re-election to the 8th District with a 64 percent to 31 percent win over Republican Patrick Murray, according to unofficial results. His solid win comes despite a recent undercover video that forced Moran�s son to resign from the campaign staff.
Fairfax County voters faced long lines at their polling places Tuesday as they went to cast their ballots in the hotly contested presidential and Senate elections. The lines were still in place when polls closed at 7 p.m., leading election officials to delay the release of results.
State and local officials reported essentially equivalent turnout to the 2008 presidential election, with about 3.7 million people casting ballots.
More than 80 percent of Fairfax County�s 666,701 registered voters cast ballots on Tuesday, compared to about 79 percent in 2008.
Many precincts locally had lines with wait times in excess of one hour, while other parts of the state reportedly faced waits of up to five hours.
The group Election Protection raised concerns about the long waits, fearing that voters could be dissuaded from voting and arguing that the state should have been more prepared for the high turnout after the 2008 experience.
In Fairfax County, the wait time varied drastically at the county�s 237 precincts. Voter processing was slowed in some locations due to a shortage of poll workers, said county spokesman Jeremy Lasich.
In addition, the physical setup of some precincts precludes separate lines for paper and touch-screen voting, Lasich said. It is generally faster to cast paper ballots, but the county offers voters both options.
The county�s electorate seems to have become more diverse, even in the last four years, observed Jesus Salinas, voting in Fairfax.
�As I was standing in line it was very clear that there is a changing face of the electorate,� Salinas said, saying that is something political parties will have to take into account more in future years.
The presidential race was of the most interest to the majority of voters packing the precincts.
Protecting the Obama-backed health care law was an important issue for local Obama supporters, including Rhitu Bhardwaj of Fairfax. Bhardwaj said she works full time for a small company that can�t provide insurance for its employees and she has a hard time buying good quality insurance on her own.
�You can�t leave it to the private sector. It doesn�t work,� she said.
Republican voters like Joe Gasior of Fairfax, on the other hand, see the health care law as a tax increase that they are eager to end.
The economy was not as much of a concern for local voters, as Northern Virginia has not been as affected as other areas. Obama supporters said they believe the president has done the best he possibly could.
�I�m giving Obama the chance to fix the mess the last Republicans left us in. There�s no way he could fix that big a mess in just four years,� said Rand Winston, voting in Reston.
Times Staff Writers Holly Hobbs and Gregg MacDonald contributed to this report.


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The first introduced the label's collaboration with Disney on a Minnie Mouse-inspired line, and, without losing an ounce of either Disney's innocence or Gerlan's cheekiness, she sent a host of bright, light blue, pink, and red-shoed looks down the runway. The best part, of course, was the updated take on the Minnie Mouse ears, which was showcased in a pair of colorful and wrapped pigtail braids.
Her "actual" collection, which was under the straight name of Gerlan Jeans (instead of Gerlan x Minnie Mouse), featured some of the same mall sexuality that Gerlan has made her immediately identifiable calling card. Army prints, '90s-esque Spice Girls slogans, and graphics galore took on a downtown, girl-fighter vibe (it appears that Gerlan has a fascination with boxers).
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Personal Health Records — or PHRs, as they are known — are Web- and computer-based tools that let you access, store and manage your lifelong health information and share parts of it with doctors or others. In theory, PHRs can protect you from lurking medical mistakes, alert you to needed medical tests, and help you shop for the cheapest drugs or track your blood pressure.
See also: Gov't is nudging doctors to make health records digital.
Because your entire medical history is kept in one place, privacy and security issues loom larger than in the days when doctors kept all records solely in paper folders in their individual offices. But with proper precautions, PHRs can make it much easier for you to take control of your own health care.
Although the number of people who use a PHR has doubled in the past year, still only one in 14 Americans is leveraging the technology, according to the California HealthCare Foundation. Unlike electronic medical records — which are created and owned by doctors and hospitals — PHRs are owned and controlled by the consumer.
As the government and industry push to digitize the nation's health care system, some see PHRs as the tool that can best engage patients in their care. Digitally connecting providers to one another and with patients, experts say, is key to improving patient care, facilitating safety and efficiency, and ultimately reducing costs.
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Today, there are about 200 PHRs available, including those offered by stand-alone PHR firms, technology giants Google and Microsoft, health insurers, health care providers and employers.
Many PHRs are free; others charge a small monthly or annual fee. PHRs come with varying bells and whistles. For those skittish about putting their data on the Web, a few USB- and desktop-based PHRs are available. Some PHRs integrate tools to help patients and doctors better coordinate care.
"The PHR is a piece of a larger picture," says Dan Greden, senior director of Aetna's eHealth division. Aetna sends alerts to nearly 1 million members — and their doctors — using their Aetna PHR when care is needed. A person with diabetes in need of a hemoglobin test, for example, will get notified automatically rather than having to remember to schedule an appointment.
An estimated 70 million Americans have access to a PHR, according to the Massachusetts-based Center for Information Technology Leadership, though most have not adopted the technology. For example, Aetna offers its PHR to 9 million members, yet only 1 million use it.
More than 3 million Kaiser Permanente members use My Health Manager, Kaiser's PHR. Medicare offers PHRs now to beneficiaries in Arizona, South Carolina and Utah, and through some Medicare Advantage plans. WebMD offers a freestanding PHR and others on behalf of large corporations and health care organizations.
Tom Lupfer, 72, of Waco, Texas, uses a secure, password-protected PHR to collect and manage the reams of data constituting the medical record of his grandson, Glenn, who has hydrocephalus, a life-threatening brain condition that causes the 21-year-old to have seizures about four times a year.
Lupfer believes the FollowMe PHR helps Glenn receive better care, avoids medical mishaps, and perhaps has even saved his life. The PHR holds his grandson's contact, medical and drug information, and his history of seizure activity. "By having this information, we are always able to provide caregivers good, accurate dates and times of events," Lupfer says.
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Voodoo S: jump putts, straight-turnover putter
Wizards S/E: push putt, overstable putter
Elements S/E: straight-turnover midrange
Warriors S/E: overstable midrange
Assassins: Fairway to long driver, turnover driver
Wraith/Beast/new Gateway proto "apex?": Long range driver
I'll be adding a Sabre, R-Pro Boss, and Groove soon.
Our local course is still set up short for winter play ... once it goes long I'll be adding a few discs to the list.
I'm finding the new E Warriors are so overstable I don't need to carry a Gator/Demon type mold yet.
This is the second time I've tried a mixed bag of Gateway and Innova discs. I'm finding the latest putter/midrange discs from Gateway are far better than they were the first time around. I hear people tell me after i throw them "looks like you have a lot of confidence in that disc" ... I think that says it all.
I'm not set on throwing one manufacturers disc, I'm not sponsored. I have complete and excellent bags of Discraft, Innova and I'm working on Gateway. I don't have access to a disc golf store here in CO ... so it makes it difficult to "test" Gateway drivers. I have a lot of confidence throwing Innova drivers, and similar confidence in Discraft drivers ... but then, I've spent too much money over the years buying, trying and then selling what I don't like.
I've tested the newest Gateway long distance driver (the Apex?), and I like it. Dave said they ran one with, one without, a small bead and changed the nose a bit. I'll be looking for a few of these to test. I found it to be very similar to the Wraith/Beast, and those are my current long distance drivers.
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Marie C. Sherman, 82, of Sandusky, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, while visiting her son in Smethport, Pa. She had been battling cancer for more than a year.
A native of Fremont, she was born March 31, 1927, daughter of the late Rose (Beir) and Edward Hoelzle. A 1945 graduate of St. Joseph's High School, Fremont, she married Raymond E. Sherman on July 26, 1947, in Fremont. He preceded her in death on Feb. 4, 1995.
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F1®'s 63rd season was a belter: eight drivers won races, from six different teams, and once again the Championship chase went right down to the wire with that heart-stopping finale at Interlagos. Now we need to fill in the gap till they arrive back in Melbourne in mid-March, so let's start with a look back at another super season.
Yes, we know Seb won the title again, and it was his third in a row, and he's the youngest driver to achieve that feat. But for once it wasn't all about Vettel.
Take a close look at Fernando Alonso next time you see him: notice that slight hunch of the shoulders? That's because the lion-hearted Spaniard spent the entire season with a burden on his back.
It was called the Ferrari F2012, and Alonso carried it from day one in Melbourne until day whatever-it-was in Brazil. Alonso himself thought it was his best season ever, two titles notwithstanding, and who are we to differ?
A word, too, for Lewis Hamilton, who was brilliant when he had the car (see below) and almost single-handedly responsible for making F1's return to America such a brilliant success.
Has to be Red Bull, pocketing a third successive Constructors' title thanks to the joint efforts of Messrs Vettel and Webber, who won seven of the 20 races between them.
But McLaren pushed them close, with a couple of brilliant streaks of form – mid-season, Hungary through Italy, and end of season, Abu Dhabi through Brazil – that were punctuated by frustrating and uncharacteristic reliability problems.
The other candidates would be Lotus, for whom the returning Raikkonen was quite simply a revelation. While the French fellow in the other car may have been a little hot-headed at times, the E20 was one of the stunners of the season.
There are a few candidates here, though Pastor Maldonado's victory in Barcelona must surely win the vote. Williams had just come off their worst-ever season, there had been shake-ups behind the scenes – and yet here was Sir Frank's first victory since the last race of 2004, a marvellous 70th birthday present for the long-suffering team principal.
Should Sergio Perez be the other? The young Mexican found blinding speed in one of the other cars of the year, Sauber's C31, taking brilliant second places in both Malaysia and Monza. And yet... his last six races were pointless, he seemed to lose interest after announcing his move to McLaren, and the sight of him gesticulating at other (usually innocent) drivers had grown quite tiresome by season's end.
One name leaps out immediately: that of Mercedes. When Nico Rosberg finally broke his GP duck with victory in round three in Shanghai, many F1 insiders nodded sagely and said "Here we go".
But the Silver Arrows claimed just two more podium results, one for Rosberg in Monaco and one – the last of his glittering career – for Michael Schumacher in a surprisingly entertaining Valencia race in round eight.
Two events conspire to make us say things have to get better in 2013: Michael's second departure, this time for good, and the gap that has opened up for Lewis Hamilton to work with Ross Brawn. Will it be a Mercedes marriage made in heaven? Only time will tell...
It's a pleasure to recall so many of them!
Naturally Albert Park springs straight to mind: Grosjean shocked us with third on the grid ahead of Michael, McLaren locked out the front row (something they would do for a record 62nd time before season's end) and Red Bull were back on row three.
Mark Webber achieved his best home result of fourth, but it was a brilliant Jenson Button who won the race ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. Alonso's fifth place suggested Ferrari were off the pace, Kimi came seventh on comeback and the Ricciardo factor was immeasurable.
The young West Australian wore a permanent grin, was a huge hit with the young people in the grandstands on race day, and pulled off the perfect weekend with a last-lap sprint into the points with ninth place on his Toro Rosso debut.
Two places notorious for the difficulty of passing provided two of the other highlights, namely Valencia and Singapore – and yet Valencia disappears next season.
Our top choices are, in fact, the last three races of an absorbing year. Abu Dhabi started the run with a blinder, won by Raikkonen in his comeback season.
Then Austin, Texas, exploded on to the F1 scene with a stunning facility, a can-do attitude, and a race lit up by the high-speed brilliance of Hamilton in pursuit of Vettel.
And last but by no means least, Brazil brought the season to a breath-taking conclusion: the champion-elect spun round and dead-set last on lap one, the other contender again dragging a recalcitrant red car into areas it had no right to occupy, and the outcome in doubt right up to the end.
A three-point margin at the end of 20 rounds – a total of 1192 racing laps – speaks volumes for the qualities of the racing we saw in 2012.
Is GP2 no longer the ideal finishing school for F1 hopefuls? The last three graduates – Grosjean, Perez and Maldonado – are the three hot-heads who incurred the wrath of both race stewards and other drivers most often in 2012...
What's going on at the back of the grid? The three 'new' teams are now three seasons old – and yet to score a single World Championship point among them. What must life be like for drivers such as Kovalainen and Glock, and will any of the three make a forward step in 2013?
Who's likeliest to spring the big surprise of 2013: Mercedes with the fresh impetus of Hamilton... Ferrari with a car worthy of Fernando... Valtteri Bottas in a Williams that clearly has some grunt... or even Perez in a McLaren alongside super-stylist Button?
And the $64,000 question: does Mark have another assault on the title in him, or is Seb's grip on that Red Bull team too tight even for Aussie Grit to break?


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Read the instructions on the emulsion and activator bottles and follow them carefully to mix them together properly. Pour a little bit of the emulsion onto the screen and spread it as evenly as possible onto the screen. You have to coat both sides. You can scoop the excess back into the pot of emulsion. Don't put it on too thick. You need a thin coat, as even as possible, and on both sides. Try to avoid drips. Again, you don't have to be a perfectionist. Just do your best.
Once you've got the emulsion on there, put the screen in a darkish place to dry. Closets work pretty well. It doesn't have to be totally dark like a photo lab or anything. I like to point a fan at the screen to help it dry faster.
Once it's dry you're going to want to go straight on to the next step so that the emulsion doesn't get exposed and harden completely on your screen. You can touch the screen to feel if it is dry.
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