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In this exclusive video, the MMA fighter from Belarus shows you how to stop a kick and turn that defense into a takedown and counterstrike!
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MMA Videos
The MMA videos are a mixed collection of photo shoots, interviews and demonstrations of effective fighting skills as used by current and former MMA champions.
MMA pioneer Bas Rutten demonstrates knee strikes and shoulder locks. Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Chael Sonnen discusses his hook kick, spinning backfist, side control and omo plata skills. Ultimate Fighter Mac Danzig displays his winning tactics showing his armbar, reverse omo plata and takedown skills.
With his Get Fit Quick video sets, Scott Sonnon teaches ultimate conditioning techniques for strikers, ground fighters and kickers. Other MMA conditioning-related videos are presented by trainer Kevin Kearns who demonstrates the use of the stability ball as part of MMA training. He also discusses alternating chin-ups, lunges, single-leg deadlifts, dumbbell uppercuts and sledgehammer punching routines.
Another notable MMA video features Greg Jackson on how to apply MMA tactics to reality-based street fighting. Other notable videos feature UFC champions B.J. Penn, Frank Mir and Dan Henderson, brawler Nick Diaz and Strikeforce champion Cung Le.
Vladimir Matyushenko MMA Techniques Video: How to Stop a Kick and Execute a Takedown
– October 8, 2014
In this exclusive video, the MMA fighter from Belarus shows you how to stop a kick and turn that defense into a takedown and counterstrike!
How to Do a Shoulder Lock From Inside the Closed Guard | Jean Jacques Machado Shows You an MMA Technique From His New Grappling DVDs!
– June 4, 2014
Get inside the mind of a grappling legend as Jean Jacques Machado demonstrats an elegant maneuver for passing an opponent's guard and securing a submission!
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Mark Hatmaker: The Importance of Drilling for Traditional and Mixed Martial Proficiency
– September 4, 2013
It sounds boring, but drilling can make all the difference of being someone who does martial arts vs. being a martial artist. Mark Hatmaker explains.
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Learn 5 MMA Techniques From MMA Ref "Big" John McCarthy
– July 3, 2013
Watch MMA ref "Big" John McCarthy demonstrate five of his favorite MMA techniques in these five exclusive videos shot at his Ultimate Training Academy just outside Los Angeles!
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Black Belt Magazine's Top 10 Videos: MMA Techniques — Featuring Mac Danzig, Karo Parisyan, Ronda Rousey, Chael Sonnen and More!
– April 17, 2013
BlackBeltMag.com features more than 400 martial arts videos. That's a lot of footage to take in, so we've made it easy on you by presenting this Top 10 list of our most-watched entries. This collection deals with MMA techniques.
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Karo Parisyan's Favorite MMA Moves: 2 Arm-Lock Techniques and a Triangle Choke
– January 16, 2013
Love him or hate him, Karo Parisyan has taken on some of the top names in the world of mixed martial arts. In this exclusive video, Karo Parisyan shows us three of his favorite MMA techniques and breaks them down step-by-step!
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Exclusive Interview Video with Rashad Evans: 10 Questions From an MMA Fan
– August 13, 2012
During our photo shoot for the cover story of the October 2012 issue of Black Belt, UFC light-heavyweight fighter Rashad Evans was kind enough to meet with a young MMA fan and answer a series of 10 questions on camera. Watch their entire conversation in this exclusive martial arts interview
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Bas Rutten Knee Strike Technique for MMA Fighting
– July 5, 2011
Bas Rutten is one of a small number of pioneers who were not only present and active during the birth of mixed martial arts, but also successful and charismatic to boot. Hailing from Tilburg, the wool capital of Holland, Bas Rutten has lived a colorful life as a model, then
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Gokor Chivichyan: Fighting Tall Opponents
– May 26, 2011
If you don't know Gokor, you're not really into grappling. Disagree all you want, but you can't dispute the fact that Gokor Chivichyan is the go-to guy for submissions, especially leg locks. He was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame in 1997 as Judo Instructor of the Year,
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Bench Dips on Stability Ball for MMA Training
– May 20, 2011
Fitness expert Kevin Kearns was interviewed for the article "Fighting Fitness 101″ in the October 2010 issue of Black Belt. In this exercise tutorial, Kearns shows you how to execute bench dips on a stability ball.


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Microbial Nutrition and Growth Culturing Microorganisms Microbial Genetics Controlling Microbial Growth
The source of common essential nutrients are:
Organic Nutrients
-Contain at least some combination of carbon AND hydrogen atoms
-Natural organic molecules are usually products of living things
-Simple to large polymers
Introductory of a sample into a container of media to produce a culture of observable growth
Under conditions that allow growth
Temperature controlled chamber (incubator)
-Microbe multiplies and produces macroscopically observable growth
Observe colony morphology, staining properties, and bacterial morphology - macroscopic and microscopic
-Pure Culture - grows only single known species of microorganisms
-Mixed Cultures - hold 2 or more identified species or microorganisms
-Contaminated Culture - once pure or mixed culture that has unwanted microbes growing
Providing nutrients in the laboratory: Classed according to 3 properties
-Physical State - liquid, semilsolid, solid
-Chemical Composition - Chemically defined and complex
-Functional Type - General purpose, enriched, selective, differential, anaerobic, transport, assay, enumeration
Synthetic (defined) Media
Contains pure organic and inorganic compounds in an exact chemical formula
Enriched Media
Contains complex, organic substances such as blood, serum, hemoglobin, or special growth factors required by fastidious microbes
The study of heredity; The study of what genes are, how they carry information, how information is expressed, and how genetics are replicated
The science of genetics explores
Transmission of biological traits from parent to offspring
Expression and variation of those traits
Structure and function of genetic material
How this material changes
DNA complexed with protein
-Bacterial chromosomes are a single circular loop
-Eukaryotic chromosomes are multiple and linear
Structure of Prokaryotic Genomes: Prokaryotic Chromosomes
Main portion of DNA, along with associated proteins and RNA
Prokaryotic cells are haploid (single chromosome copy)
Typical chromosome is circular molecule of DNA associated with proteins in the nucleoid of the cell
Bacterial Genome: Plasmids
-Small Molecules of DNA that replicate independently of the chromosome
---Can be high copy number or low copy number
---Plasmids can be lost during cell division, if only one daughter cell gets all the copies of the plasmid - (when this happens, it is said to be "cured" of the plasmid
-Not essential for normal metabolism, growth, or reproduction
-Can confer survival advantages
Types of Plasmids
Fertility Factors
Resistance Factors
Bacteriocin Factors
Virulence Plasmids
Dissimilation Plasmids
Fertility Factors
Allow bacterium to undergo conjugation (bacterial sex) to exchange genes with other bacteria
Resistance Factors
Carry genes that make the bacteria resistant to antibiotics
-Enzymes that break down antibiotic
-Mutations that prevent antibiotic from entering the cell
Bacteriocin Factors
-Chemicals that kill other bacteria - one way to beat the competition for resources is to kill them
-Some antibiotics are bacteriocins from bacteria
Virulence Plasmids
-Make the bacterium better able to evade a host's immune system and cause disease
-An example would be a plasmid that allows the bacterium to make a capsule
Eukaryotic Genome Structure: Nuclear Chromosomes
-Typically have more than once chromosome per cell
-Chromosomes are linear and sequestered within nucleus
-Eukaryotic cells are often diploid (two chromosome copies)
Eukaryotic Genome Structure: Extranuclear DNA of Eukaryotes
-DNA molecules of mitochondria and chloroplasts
--Resemble chromosomes of prokaryotes
--Only code for about 5% of RNA and proteins
-Some fungi an protozoa carry plasmids
Gene Function: Transfer of genetic information
-Transcription - information in DNA copied as RNA
-Translation - Polypeptides synthesized from RNA
-Central Dogma of genetics
---DNA transcribed to RNA
---RNA translated to form polypeptides
Mutations of Genes
-Change in the nucleotide base sequence of a genome
Rare event
-Can be deleterious, beneficial, or silent (has no impact whatsoever)
-Rarely leads to a protein that improves ability of organism to survive
-Wild Type (wild strain) - a natural, nonmutated characteristic
Mutant Strain
An organisms that has a mutation, showing variance in morphology, nutritional characteristics, genetic control mechanisms, resistance to chemicals, etc
Spontaneous Mutations
Random change in the DNA due to errors in the replication that occur without known cause
Induced Mutations
result from exposure to known mutagens, physical (primarily radiation) or chemical agents that interact with DNA in a disruptive manner
Types of Gene Mutations: Point Mutations
- most common
-One base pair is affected
---Insertions - one base pair added to the sequence of the DNA
---Deletions - One base pair removed from the sequence of the DNA
---Substitutions - a base is changed in the sequence of the DNA
Types of Gene Mutations: Frameshift Mutatiions
-Nucleotide triplets after the mutation are displaced
-Insertions and deletions of one or more nucleotide pairs
Point Mutations: Base Pair Substitutions
-Point Mutation
-Change in one base pair
-Does not change amino acid in protein
Point Mutations: Nonsense Mutations
-Results in a nonsense codon
--a codon that should encode an amino acid is converted to a stop codon
Mutagens: Radiation
-Ionizing radiation
--Ionizing radiation (X rays and gamma rays) causes the formation of ions that can react with nucleotides and the deoxyribose-phosphate backbone
--Nucleotide excision repairs mutations
-Nonionizing radiation - ultraviolet radiation causes thymine dimers
Mutagens: Chemical Mutagens
-Nucleotide analogs
--Disrupt DNA and RNA replication
-Nucleotide-altering chemicals - Result in base pair substitutions and missense mutations
-Frameshift Mutagens - result in nonsense mutations
Frequency of Gene Mutations
-Mutations are rare events
--Otherwise organisms could not effectively reproduce
-Mutagens increase the mutation rate by a factor of 10 to 1000 times
Positive Effects of Mutations
-Organisms with mutations that are beneficial in their environment can readily adapt, survive, and reproduce
--these mutations are the basis of change in populations
-Any change that confers an advantage during selection pressure will be retained by the population
Negative Effects of Mutations
-Mutations leading to nonfunctional proteins are harmful, possibly fatal
Genetic Recombination and Transfer
Recombination -Exchange of nucleotide sequences often mediated by homologous sequences
Recombinants -Cells with DNA molecules that contain new nucleotide sequences
Genetic Recombination and Transfer: Vertical Gene Transfer
-Organisms replicate their genomes and provide copies to descendants
--Binary Fission
--Sexual Reproduction
Genetic Recombination and Transfer: Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Prokaryotes
-Horizontal Gene Transfer -Donor cell contributes part of genome to recipient cell
-Three types
--Bacterial Conjugation
-One of conclusive pieces of proof that DNA is genetic material
-Cells that take kup DNA are competent
--results from alterations in cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane that allow DNA to enter cell
-Generalized transduction - transducing phage carries random DNA segment from donor to recipient
-Specialized transduction - only certain donor DNA sequences are transferred
of a cell or virus is its entire genetic complement, including its:
-Genes -specific sequences of nucleotides that code for polypeptides or RNA molecules
-Nucleotide sequences that connect genes to one another
-Iodine-containing organic compound found in such antiseptics as Betadine
-Elements such as iodine, chlorine and bromine are the basis for many effective antimicrobial agents
Disinfectants that have the chemical group -CHO, which reacts with and damages both proteins and nucleic acids
heavy metal and oxidizing agent disinfectants damage _____, interfering with microbial metabolism
Less Than
The amount of time needed to sterilize materials using moist heat is _____ the time needed to sterilize using dry heat
Thermal Death Point
The lowest temperature that kills all cells in a broth in 10 minutes is known as
The process of heating milk or fruit juice to levels that kill any pathogenic microbes present
Osmotic pressure
The use of high levels of salt or sugar in the preservation of foods relies on the phenomenon of
A phenolic antimicrobial compound that has been incorporated into consumer items such as garbage bags and diapers
The duration of time required for sterilization of liquid media is always the same when using moist heat sterilization, regardless of the quantity of media being sterilized
"waterless" hand gel containing 70% isopropanol
-The alcohol of the waterless hand cleaner is a germicide that disrupts cytoplasmic membranes and denatures proteins.
-Innefective against bacterial endospores or fungal spores
-limited effect on non-evneloped viruses
-Alcohol evaporates quickly, so the germicidal effect is short term
-Intermediate level disinfectant & not an effective degermer
Hand Soap Containing Triclosan
-Contains a phenolic
-Damages cytoplasmic membranes and denatures proteins
-Effective on the same range of microbes as the alcohol. -Phenolics are intermediate-level disinfectants that persist on surfaces for long periods of time, providing extended disinfection
- If used with running water and the hands are vigorously rubbed, the hand soap can be an effective degermer
Wipe that lists benzethonium chloride (a synthetic quaternary ammonium salt)
-Synthetic "quats" (quaternary ammonium compounds) disrupt cell membranes
-Effective against fungi, enveloped viruses, and most bacteria, -Ineffective against nonenveloped viruses and endospores. -Quats are low-level disinfectants that are germicidal for some microbes
The cellular structures or processes that can be targets of antimicrobial agents
-1) A variety of cellular molecules and structures that make up the cell: cytoplasmic membrane and the cell wall, either of which can be damaged by various types of antimicrobial agents
-2) Proteins and nucleic acids - denatured proteins, mutated DNA molecules
The In-Use Test
-A method of evaluating antimicrobial agents such as disinfectants or antiseptics
-Specimens are collected from objects that need to be disinfected, both before and after the disinfecting agent is applied.
-Then the specimens are inoculated into growth media, and the presence or absence of growth is an indicator of the effectiveness of the agent
-Makes use of microbes that are actually found in the area of concern, and it gives a "real-life" picture of how the antimicrobial agent will work in that situation.
A broth containing 1 million bacterial cells is treated with an antimicrobial agent that kills 90% of the cells in 1 minute. What is the minimum amount of time it will take before all the cells in the broth are dead?
7 minutes
Because 90% of the cells present are killed each minute, the decline of the bacterial population gives a straight line when the experimental values are plotted on a semilogarithmic graph. The last cell will be killed at some point between 6 and 7 minutes of exposure.
An instrument coming into contact with only the skin of an immunocompromised patient should be treated with which of the following?
intermediate-level germicide
An item that would need to be treated with only a low-level germicide in the case of a healthy patient would need to be sterilized with a high-level germicide if used with an immunocompromised patient.
Which of the following could be used to sterilize an object?
ethelene oxide, 100% alcohol, orthophenlyphenol, or silver nitrate
ethylene oxide
100% alcohol, orthophenylphenol, and silver nitrate all have antimicrobial activity to varying degrees, but they do not sterilize.
Which radiation types are classed as non-ionizing radiation?
UV light, visible light, infrared radiation, and radio waves are all types of nonionizing radiation
Antimicrobial agents that damage the viral envelope
Prevent attachment of the virus to its target cell.
Viral envelopes allow the viruses to attach to cells, so that they can replicate.
osmotic pressure
Damage to the cell wall will adversely effect a bacterial cell by enhancing the damaging effects of which of the following?
Catalase in human tissues neutralizes it
Hydrogen peroxide does not make a good antiseptic for open wounds because
odophors and chloramines are similar in that they are both halogen-containing compounds that
slowly release their active ingredients
Iodophors and chloramines are so effective because they release their active ingredients more slowly than do the more elemental forms of these halogens.
exponential growth
Microbial death is defined as the permanent loss of reproductive ability due to the importance of which of the following microbial activities?
organic materials can interfere with these procedures.
Objects to be disinfected or sterilized need to be cleaned first because
increased time and higher temperature
Compared to moist heat methods, dry heat needs what in order to sterilize effectively?
low-level germicides
-Items that come into contact with only the skin of a patient can be disinfected with
-kills vegetative bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and some viruses
ultrahigh-temperature sterilization
-Milk that can be stored for months at room temperature has been treated by which method?
-Ultrahigh-temperature sterilization kills all forms of living microbes: UHT sterilized milk can be kept at room temperature indefinitely without spoilage, although flavor changes may occur.
the Kelsey-Sykes capacity test
-the preferred method of determining the efficacy of an antimicrobial chemical in the European Union?
-it reveals the minimum amount of time required for a particular disinfectant to be effective.
5 hours
particular species of bacteria has a generation time of 20 minutes. A microbiologist inoculates a broth with 1,000 cells of this bacterium. Under ideal growth conditions, what is the minimum amount of time required before the broth contains more than 10,000,000 cells?
Fermented foods such as sauerkraut or pickles are kept from spoiling by the effects of which of _____
30 minutes
If it takes 2 hours for a population of bacteria to grow from 100 cells to 1,600 cells, what is the generation time of this bacterial species?
a fungus
A microbe is growing on Sabouraud dextrose agar. Which of the following is this microbe likely to be?
hydroxyl radical: catalase
Which of the following toxic forms of oxygen is improperly paired with the detoxifying enzyme or molecule?
Why would a particular microbe need to be cultured inside an animal?
-Standard laboratory culture techniques have proven inadequate.
-Animals can be used to culture pathogenic microbes when the growth conditions for the microbe are unknown or unachievable under normal laboratory conditions.
Blood agar is an example of which of the following? I. a differential medium II. a complex medium III. a selective medium ____________________.
-I and II
-Blood agar is a complex medium, because of the large amount of specialized nutrients it contains. It is also a differential medium because different bacterial species produce various hemolysis patterns as they grow on it.
osmotic pressure
-Crenation can result from a change in which of the following?
-Cells placed in hypertonic solutions will lose water, resulting in the shriveling of the cytoplasm known as crenation.
-Microbes in the __________ phase of the microbial growth curve are most susceptible to antimicrobial drugs
-The rapid growth of cells during the log phase means they are more susceptible to antimicrobial drugs during this phase than in any other phase; many of these drugs interfere with the metabolism of the cell or with the synthesis of important cell structures.
log phase
Microbial growth is at its maximum rate during which of the following phases of the microbial growth curve?
proteins and nucleotides.
Nitrogen is a growth-limiting nutrient because cells need it to manufacture _____
membranes become rigid and fragile
-Which of the following does NOT happen at the maximum growth temperature of a microorganism?
-At temperatures at or near the maximum growth temperature, the lipids of the cell become extremely fluid, which makes the cell's membranes too fluid to contain the cell or its organelles. Additionally hydrogen bonds break at high temperatures, causing proteins to become denatured.
a photoheterotroph
-does NOT use an inorganic source of carbon as its sole source
-Autotrophs use inorganic sources of carbon, whereas heterotrophs use organic sources of carbon.
redox reactions; organic
A chemoheterotroph obtains its energy from __________ and its carbon from __________ sources.
A spectrophotometer is useful for which of the following methods of measuring microbial growth?
streak-plate method
The most commonly used isolation technique in microbiology laboratories is the ____
membrane filtration
Which of the following techniques is most useful when the density of a microbial population is very small?
DNA wraps around histones (in eukaryotes) forming ___ which clump together to form chromatin
Tightly packed chromatin is called _____ and is associated with areas of the DNA that is not active
Nonsense Mutation
If a mutation causes a codon that should encode an amino acid to be converted to a stop codon, it's called a _____
Factors that increase the rate of mutation in an organism to higher than the normal background mutation rate
Although they lack a nucleus, the DNA of prokaryotic cells tends to be localized in one region known as the ___
Missense Mutation
A mutation to a gene causes a valine amino acid to be converted to a phenylalanine amino acid
Eucharyotes and archaea both have histones in their chromatin
Bacteria have non-histone proteins in their chromatin
Bacteriocins, chemical compounds that kill bacteria, produced by a particular species of bacteria, will kill bacteria of the same or similar species
Types of factors (genes) that are carried on plasmids.
fertility factors, resistance factors, bacteriocin factors, virulence factors.
Horizontal Gene Transfer vs. Vertical Gene Transfer
-Vertical gene transfer involves the passing of genetic material from one generation to the next through sexual or asexual reproduction.
-Horizontal gene transfer involves an existing organism gaining new genetic material and does not result in the formation of progeny.
A point mutation can be completely harmless, or it can result in the death of a cell or organism. Explain why these types of mutations can have such varying effects.
A point mutation is a single base change in the nucleotide sequence of a cell's genome. The effects of a point mutation can depend on its location. Point mutations in noncoding regions of the genome are usually harmless. Even in coding regions, point mutations can be harmless if they result in silent mutations. Silent mutations preserve the sense of the amino acid code because of the concept of "wobble," in which two codons can code for the same amino acid by varying only at the third base of the codon. If the point mutation has occurred at this third base, then the amino acid sequence of the protein will remain unchanged. Point mutations occurring at the first or second base of the codon are almost always much more serious because they change the codon to a completely different amino acid. This type of point mutation is known as a missense mutation. (The only exception to this occurs when the new amino acid is chemically similar to the previous amino acid, in which case the missense mutation usually causes little or no change in the overall structure or function of the protein.) Finally, one of the most serious types of point mutations is a nonsense mutation in which the codon has been changed to a stop codon. These types of mutations result in the abnormal termination of a protein sequence. In all such cases, if the protein affected by the mutation is an enzyme or some other vital protein required for proper cellular function, then the cell and/or organism may die as a result of these relatively simple mutations.
How are bacterial conjugation, transformation, and transduction similar? How do these processes differ?
-Bacterial conjugation, transformation, and transduction are all forms of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. They increase the genetic diversity of prokaryotic species that only reproduce by asexual reproduction.
-Bacterial conjugation is the exchange of genetic material between two bacterial cells. This process involves the presence of fertility factors in one of the bacteria. The bacterium carrying the fertility factor will form a sex pilus which will connect it to a bacterium that does not contain the fertility factor. The pillus will pull the bacteria close together and genetic information will be exchanged between the two bacteria.
-Transformation refers to the uptake of naked DNA by a bacteria cell. Competent bacteria can take up naked DNA from their environment, this DNA typically comes from cells that have died and released their cellular contents into the environment. Can also be used in laboratory settings to introduce plasmids to bacteria.
-Transduction involves horizontal gene transfer via a viral intermediate. In transduction bacteriophage viruses accidentally package bacterial DNA into their viral capsules instead of viral DNA. When the virus carrying bacterial DNA infects a new host it injects a piece of bacterial DNA into the host cell, the DNA can be incorporated into the host genome by recombination.
List the three types of chemical mutagens and briefly describe how they interact with DNA and how they cause mutations.
- Nucleotide analogs
--replace the normal base (A, T, G, or C) they are similar to -during DNA replication
--cause base pair mismatches in subsequent rounds of -DNA replication
-- Nucleotide altering chemicals
--- physically alter existing nucleotides into a different form
---result in point mutations in subsequent rounds of DNA -replication
--Frameshift mutagens
---insert in between bases on a strand of DNA creating a bulge
---DNA polymerase cannot read the DNA that has the bulge and may insert of delete base pairs when replicating the DNA
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Coming Soon: Avon Going Green for Summer
Avon is embracing the ever so popular mint green trend this Summer with two new colors to the Nailwear Pro line. Jade, a green based (not blue, holla!) mint creme and Olive Green, a dusty green (think JITB) creme. Check out the swatches now!
Both Jade and Olive Green will be available online sometime in June.
Also new in June, Color Trend Ice Sheer Nail Enamels available in three colors: (L-R) Luscious Lemon, Delicious Berry and Refreshing Pear. Once dried each shade has a fruitalicious scent.
These are now available with campaign 13 and online starting in June. If you love green, don't miss out on Jade and Olive Green, both are definite keepers!
EDIT: Since it may be a while before I get to swatch these, here's a quick bottle picture above. Ladies, these are definitely worth picking up! Jade is a green based mint and Olive Green is a grey based green. If you're thinking Rescue Beauty Lounge Orbis Non Sufficit, you've guessed right! They're practically twins!
Posted by Steph at 06:41:pm
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Halifax said on May 31st, 2010 7:36 pm
My Avon lady already had Campaign 13 out, so I ordered Jade. Don't know I should get Olive Green too, lol. Maybe I'll wait for your swatches :)
Steph said on Jun 1st, 2010 12:10 am
Hi Halifax,
Awesome! What did you think of Jade? I should have swatches very soon :)
Glockoma said on Jun 1st, 2010 7:10 pm
Thanks for the heads up, Steph! I'm a huge green-polish fan, so this is right up my alley. And how convenient: there's a woman at work who sells Avon. I'll have to place my order when it's available.
Steph said on Jun 3rd, 2010 9:12 pm
Hi Glockoma,
You're very welcome! Awesome!! You won't be disappointed!!
Christi said on Jun 1st, 2010 10:20 pm
I have all these. Aren't they great?! Did you see the demo book for capn 15? 4 new pastel cremes. I love when they are @ the demo price. Do you have blue flare or mink vison, they actually have a vamp too. darker than tweed.
Steph said on Jun 3rd, 2010 9:16 pm
Hi Christi,
Oooh, are they pastel? It was hard to tell by the promo pictures, but yes saw those along with new Speed Dry colors for summer! I'm definitely curious about Urban Gray!
Carol said on Jun 2nd, 2010 11:53 pm
Hi Steph, Thanks for the heads up. I think both of these are must haves!
Steph said on Jun 3rd, 2010 9:17 pm
Hi Carol,
Absolutely, ditto!!
rmcandlelight said on Jun 3rd, 2010 1:36 pm
Just emailed my avon lady. Will being ordering them all :) Thanks for sharing :) Please checkout my blog nailsbeautiqued.blogspot.com Thank you :)
Steph said on Jun 3rd, 2010 9:18 pm
Hi rmcandlelight,
Yahh!! Love your blog, your nails are gorgeous!
Jenni said on Jun 3rd, 2010 2:54 pm
I do hope these (Jade and Olive) turn out as good as they look because they look goooooood. Can't wait for swatches!
Steph said on Jun 3rd, 2010 9:20 pm
Hi Jenni,
I can vouch for Avon's Jade, it's really gorgeous!! About two shades deeper than OPI's Damone Roberts 1968
Nicol said on Jun 10th, 2010 6:32 pm
hi, i just stumbled across your website and i think its amazing! just out of curiosity are those your real nails, or do u have gels?
Steph said on Jun 11th, 2010 9:10 pm
Hi Nicol,
Awww, thanks so much for stopping in!! Yes, those are my natural nails :) Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Jennifer said on Jun 12th, 2010 9:50 am
Is Jade similar to MAC Peppermint Patti? It looks like it from the bottle pic.
Steph said on Jun 14th, 2010 1:12 pm
Hi Jennifer,
No, it's much different. Avon's Jade has a lot more depth (as far as color) and Peppermint Patti is more pastel.
Jackie S. said on Jun 14th, 2010 3:05 pm
Olive is on my hit list! :)
Kirn said on Jun 14th, 2010 3:52 pm
Hi, I just want to know that is Jade similar to china glaze's re-freshment? And I have not ordered from a long time, but are their nail polishes pricey?
Steph said on Jun 14th, 2010 4:39 pm
Hi Kirn,
No, it's not. Refresh-mint is much more pale and pastel. The closest to Avon's Jade I have (not exact dupes) is OPI DR1968 http://www.stephscloset.com/blog/gallery/id/2992/damone-roberts-1968-nail-polish
Avon's Nail Polishes are pretty reasonable. Regularly priced at $5.00, but you can find them on sale around $2.99/ea!
Gejba said on Jun 18th, 2010 3:18 pm
These shades look great!
stregalice said on Jul 14th, 2010 10:31 am
I was waiting for these shades to be available also here in Italy when two greens with different names showed up on the catalogue, I wonder if they are the same shades... weird!


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In today's dispatches, the Poodle-Brained Therese Daniels is off her meds again. The birthers try to call out Michelle Bachmann. DSV World Nut Daily continues it's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sewer. Devvy Kidd thinks that doing the same things that have failed the birthers in the past will reap some results.
The Obama 2012 campaign has a new treat for donors, and the birthers are hopping mad about it. Esquire shows the birthers what a sense of humour looks like. The birthers reply with a complete and total failure to understand. And the Pest and eFail continues their long-standing tradition of publishing whiney, tantrum-filled letters.
17 May - Ah, hell hath no fury than a disgruntled birther.
"Michele (Bachmann)
Don't even waste your time running for president.
Your failure to speak out about Obama's election fraud, identity fraud, his lifetime of crime, his ongoing trashing of the U.S. Constitution, communist policies, his ongoing lies to the American people, overt racism and usurpation of the presidency, precludes you from having any credibility as a candidate on the national stage. You know full well that Obama is a fraud and a criminal and you continue to stand on the sidelines and feign ignorance.
As such, you will not get the vote of the Constitutionalists (AKA BIRTHERS) and I can also assure you that there will be a concerted effort to symbolically target someone such as yourself until the truth is revealed."
All that just to say "Wahh! You won't board the crazy train with us!! Wahh, we thought you were our friend, wahhhh!!!"
"On the other hand Michele, you could do something very patriotic and very courageous: You could step up to a microphone tomorrow and announce to the world that you are demanding a congressional investigation into Obama's crimes against the American people! You could do that!"
Yes, you could already make yourself an even bigger political laughing stock than before!!
17 May - At Dr. Kate's, the Poodle-Brained one goes off on a tear again. She reposted something she wrote and posted elsewhere after the White House Corespondent's dinner.
"usapatriots-shout May 17, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Well, what we eventually saw was Trump flying away from running.
Yeah, that was good, wasn't it?
"Last night's pitiful performance by the White House and Barry revealed it all. "
Funny, almost everyone in the reality based community thinks he rather effectively handed Trump and the birthers their asses.
"The silver plated turd can't even lead a second grade class to the bathroom and he is running around the world on Air force I like a loose cannon. "
Projecting much?? And what is it with the people at Dr. Kate and their scatological fixation??
"Obama aka Sotoero and his gangstas' are making one stupid blunder after another. "
"Gangstas'", eh?? Racist much??
"It began last week when the Tarot Card Fool released another forged copy of his certification of live birth."
Funny, the State of Hawaii doesn't agree with you.
"Then the king and queen appeared on their god mother Oprah's program repeating their lies saying Oblabla produced the birth certificate, "
Yeah, how dare they disprove the lies you've been spewing about them!
"Then he ran that demeaning America video with that .50 forged COLB continually flashing on top of America's monuments. Was he attempting to use subliminal hypnosis upon the viewers? That entire video wasn't just strange—IT WAS SUSPICIOUS!"
I thought it was hysterical personally.
"Let us not forget the short piece from the LION KING. What was the real message he was trying to send with that? That he was born in Kenya and is the MESSIAH? "
No, I think the message he was sending was he doesn't take you fools seriously.
"Obama's blunders from April 27 to April 30, 2011 disclose a frightened regime that is getting backed into a corner without any more intellectual ammunition left to fight the tsunami wave of pressure coming forward regarding his eligibility."
Which is why the birthers poll numbers have been shrinking.
"This week will be a pivotal week. Obama just used up all his ammunition against Mr. Trump and the eligibility challengers. Now is the time for Donald to show the world what's he got. He needs to sock it to them."
And instead the tribble mobility scooter decided he had better things to do. Oh dear, sucks to be you.
17 May - At this point I think World Nut Daily and the birtherstani need to lease DSV Alvin to see if there's a level they won't stoop too. Because Swiftboat Liar Jerome Corsi is now parroting the Pest and eFail / Ladyforest story about dead infants.
"The researcher found documentation for Virginia Sunahara's birth on the morning of Aug. 4, 1961, at Wahiawa General Hospital in Wahiawa, Oahu. She was the daughter of Hawaii-born Tomio Sunahara, a postal clerk of Japanese ancestry who fought for the U.S. in World War II, and his wife, Clara.
The infant developed complications and most likely was transferred to Kapi'olani Women and Children's Medical Center in Honolulu, although the hospital could have been Queens Medical Center. She died on Aug. 5, 1961.
WND contacted Virginia's mother Clara, 83, who is living in Wahiawa on Oahu.
Clara told WND by telephone she did not have Virginia's birth certificate and she was not interested in applying to the Hawaii Department of Health to see what birth records might be on file regarding her daughter."
In other words, "Leave me alone you pack of ghouls!" Mind you, the birthers will simply claim she was threatened or bribed.....
Seriously, how freaking crazy, sick or deranged - hell, how freaking subhuman do you have to be to call an elderly woman and harass her about the child she lost as an infant fifty years earlier??
17 May - The Pest and eFail reposts the latest from bottle redhead Devvy Kidd.
"My column Wednesday May 11 has brought a ton of email with questions about a legal process known as Quo Warranto.
I must repeat that I am not an attorney nor have I had any legal training."
Since when has ignorance of the law stopped a birther?
"However, I can read and I have spent the equivalent of months in reading time on all the lawsuits filed regarding Obama/Soetoro's birth certificate and the issue of natural born citizen."
You have noticed how they all failed, right?
"There are many superb legal analysis dealing with the issue of standing for plaintiffs in those lawsuits. If a person really wants to understand this issue, you have to spend the time doing the research and evaluating the submissions by attorneys involved going back to 2008. There just isn't any other way to understand complicated legal issues."
You have noticed how all those "superb legal analysis" were rejected by the courts, right?
"I provided foot notes for very important legal analysis by lawyers who are experts in constitutional law and the subject matter. I selected those four as they were germane to that column. Once you read them, one can fully understand why I used them."
So what four legal experts did you find?
"Over the past 2 1/2 years, I have continued to read postings on the following sites: Leo Donofrio, Mario Apuzzo, Stephen Pidgeon and Dr. Orly Taitz, as well as filings by Cort Wrotnowski."
*LAUGH!* You based your article on the legal writings of a poker player who thinks he's an avatar of god, a DUI attorney, a religious right lawyer with a failure record, and a dentist with a law degree from an on-line law school???? Every single one of which have had their birther lawsuits rejected by the courts?? You have GOT to be joking!
"All attorneys (except Cort) involved in cases against Barry Soetoro. Many of their filings in federal court have been posted so we can learn the arguments and law."
You might want to focus on learning the arguments and law from the other people involved in those cases. Like Roger West, David DeJute, Judge Carter, Judge Land, Judge Lamberth, and Judge Glass, among others.
"Perhaps Dr. Keyes could sit down with some of the great attorneys involved in those citizenship cases like Stephen Pidgeon and Mario Apuzzo and discuss going for a straight federal Quo Warranto."
Perhaps they can. It would be fun to see their legal arguments shot down in flames again.
18 May - The Barack Obama campaign unveils a new gift for donations:
Stay caffeinated for campaign events (and everything else) with a limited-edition Made in the USA mug. Donate $15 or more to get yours.
And from the letter by Julianna Smoot, Deputy Campaign Manager:
"Last year, the President said, "I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead."
This is about as close as we can get.
If the facts can't make these ridiculous smears go away, we can at least have a little fun with it.
And then we'll get back to the important work of supporting the President as he tackles real problems like high gas prices, the deficit, and unemployment."
Oh, and they also have a t-shirt, just in case you don't want the mug.....
What would have been cute was a comment that the t-shirt was "just right for that fashionable layered look".
The birthers are going to get pissed off, because not only will they see this as a personal attack against them, but it also shows the President doesn't take them seriously.
18 May - Esquire has a little bit of fun at Corsi and Farah's expense
"In a stunning development one day after the release of Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President, by Dr. Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah has announced plans to recall and pulp the entire 200,000 first printing run of the book, as well as announcing an offer to refund the purchase price to anyone who has already bought either a hard copy or electronic download of the book.
In an exclusive interview, a reflective Farah, who wrote the book's foreword and also published Corsi's earlier best-selling work, Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak out Against John Kerry and Capricorn One: NASA, JFK, and the Great "Moon Landing" Cover-Up, said that after much serious reflection, he could not go forward with the project. "I believe with all my heart that Barack Obama is destroying this country, and I will continue to stand against his administration at every turn, but in light of recent events, this book has become problematic, and contains what I now believe to be factual inaccuracies," he said this morning. "I cannot in good conscience publish it and expect anyone to believe it."
When asked if he had any plans to publish a corrected version of the book, he said cryptically, "There is no book." Farah declined to comment on his discussions of the matter with Corsi."
And just to make sure they don't have a repeat of the San Diego Reader article:
"UPDATE, 12:25 p.m., for those who didn't figure it out yet, and the many on Twitter for whom it took a while: We committed satire this morning to point out the problems with selling and marketing a book that has had its core premise and reason to exist gutted by the news cycle, several weeks in advance of publication. Are its author and publisher chastened? Well, no. They double down, and accuse the President of the United States of perpetrating a fraud on the world by having released a forged birth certificate. Not because this claim is in any way based on reality, but to hold their terribly gullible audience captive to their lies, and to sell books. This is despicable, and deserves only ridicule. That's why we committed satire in the matter of the Corsi book. Hell, even the president has a sense of humor about it all."
18 May - The problem is that Joseph Farah has no sense of humour when it's himself or World Nut Daily being made fun of.
"A major national publication that endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008 today published a completely fabricated news story claiming Jerome Corsi's new best-selling "Where's the Birth Certificate" has been disavowed by the publisher, taken out of stores nationwide and refunds given to any and all customers."
Though to give Esquire credit, it was just as factual has most of what World Nut Daily publishes.
"WND founder and CEO Joseph Farah confirmed he never spoke to Esquire. "Never uttered these words or anything remotely resembling them to anyone. It is a complete fabrication."
And if anyone knows complete fabrication, it's Joseph Farah.
"Farah said the Esquire attack is "a prima facie example of libel and attempt at restraint of trade."
"This is an astonishingly reckless report by a company that has demonstrated its total disregard for the truth," said Farah. "I don't know who Esquire's anonymous sources are, but I can only guess that their address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
The concept of parody continues to elude the birthers I see.
"We are exploring our legal options right now," said Farah. "There is no question of damages from this irresponsible attack. This book was released yesterday. Our author is in day two of a media tour. This report is playing havoc with a bestselling book – and there is little question that is the intent."
Oh sure. And explain in court why the release of the long form didn't damage the book before release, or why the sales numbers on the book went into free-fall afterwards.
18 May - And the Daily Caller comments on Farah's hissy fit.
"An article on Esquire magazine's website, claiming that the publisher of Jerome Corsi's new book about President Obama's birth certificate is pulling it from bookstores, may have been written as a parody, but not everyone is laughing.
The Esquire story, written by Mark Warren, spread across the Internet moments after being posted on the magazine's website Wednesday morning. Esquire has said it was a joke and Warren told TheDC he has no regrets about posting it.
"He is an execrable piece of shit," Warren said of Corsi."
18 May - Someone at the conspiracy site Nesara News didn't get the memo about Donald Trump leaving the race.
"Just wait until Trump gets past the birth certificate and onto the issue of Barry O's use of a stolen SSN. You will see leftist heads exploding, because they will have no way of defending Obama. Although many Americans do not understand the meaning of the term "natural born citizen," there are few who do not understand that if you are using someone else's SSN it is a clear indication of fraud."
18 May - The LA TImes reports on the Obama campaign's latest fund-raiser.
"A fundraising e-mail sent to supporters Wednesday morning offers up—for the donation of $25 or more—a "Made in the USA" T-shirt , featuring a picture of the president on the front and an image of his recently released long-form birth certificate on the back—a tweak at those who think Obama was not born in the United States and therefore not eligible to be president.
"Last year, the president said, 'I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead,'" writes deputy campaign manager Julianna Smoot. "This is about as close as we can get."
The bid to raise money off of birtherism also needles author Jerome Corsi, whose book "Where's the Birth Certificate?" was released Tuesday, a top seller on Amazon.com despite the fact the White House released a copy of the long-form birth certificate three weeks ago.
"There's really no way to make this stuff completely go away," the Wednesday email reads. "The only thing we can do is laugh at it -- and make sure as many other people as possible are in on the joke."
18 May - World Nut Daily, like most birthers, really honestly don't seem to understand when they're being made fun of.
"The Obama presidency today ramped up its attacks on critics, offering online an opportunity for constituents to buy a T-shirt or a coffee mug with an image of the Obama "Certificate of Live Birth" released several weeks ago as well as a portrait of Obama, stamped "Made in America."
In an email dispatched from BarackObama.com this morning, Julianna Smoot proclaims, "You'll like this one."
She's right, we did.
"Just an hour earlier, a national magazine, Esquire, had published a fabricated report attacking the Corsi book.
Esquire, which endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008 claimed in the fabricated story that the book had been taken out of stores and was being "pulped."
The magazine later claimed it had "committed satire" but not until after a long list of major news organizations apparently accepted the report as correct and contacted WND Books for reaction."
"If what Barack Obama released is really a valid birth certificate that answers all the questions about this controversy, why is the Obama campaign in attack mode on Jerome Corsi's bestselling book?" asked Joseph Farah, CEO of WND.com and chief of WND Books."
Because he did and you're still trying to pimp a discredited book full of lies??
18 May - And in the Pest and eFail's tradition of whiney letters.
"It seems notable to me that not only does the attorney attempt to endorse your retention of information but she also attempts to vouch for the accuracy and sufficiency of the information (before ever having seen it) – both of which actions seem strange and at odds with reality. What the attorney deems "legally sufficient evidence of birth in Hawaii" may be correct insofar as HI and its needs, desires, and laws are concerned, but that is not the issue here. As you surely should know the United States is composed also of 49 other states (or possibly 56) and the HI-intensive meaning certainly means nothing to these other states. "
No, but the "Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution does.
"Their interest, instead, is the legally sufficient evidence under the U. S. Constitution of an individual being a "natural born Citizen" a horse of a completely different color from a law crafting "citizenship" by a State for their own internal purposes even while they were only a Territory and striving to gain as many "citizens" as they possibly could; thereby engendering all sorts of "creative" natality laws, documents and requirements."
Hawaii was a State when Obama was born.
"Unlike attorney Judith L. Corley I am writing you on behalf of the American People as I know them and have known them for many years. My "Letter of Authorization" is, quite simply, a request for the honest and complete truth which has yet to be evinced from the State of HI about the simple matter at hand which you must surely know is not a request for any sort of a document created administratively by the DOH that shows"
Well, you could check the records at the state DOH website and see for youself
"It is preposterous to believe that you as the Director of DOH can restrict this information forever from the American people since it is their inherent right to have as complete a set of knowledge as possible about their top political leaders."
It's called "HIPPA". Look into it.
"Your State – along with many others – benefits greatly from tourism and it would indeed be a shame to have an internal decision such as this make the State a pariah and looked down upon in years to come because you chose to withhold such vital information from the rest of America for such narrow reasons."
Yeah, they may lose tens of tourists from the mainland.
"I therefore ask you on behalf of many, many millions of Americans of all colors and creeds and political persuasions and individual pursuits and outlooks – and even some too young to yet vote – to release a complete set of all information in your vital statistics files about this man so that history may judge both the man and your State correctly. "
"To hell with State and Federal privacy laws, I want to see those records, damnit!! I'll figure out some way to dismiss them mind you, but I still want to see them!!"
"Pamela Barnett says:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 2:10 PM
We need a lawsuit against Hawaii.. Hopefully, someone will file one. There is enough there to sue over. The standing would be under common law fraud where standing does not need to be established."
Why don't you ask Dr. Orly? You've hauled her water before, right??


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Heat 1 - NSW Windsurfing Series - Aussie
Summer in Australia = Formula racing, and lots of it!
The first of eight Heats in the "NSW Windsurfing Series" kicked of at beautiful Hawks Nest. (about 2.5hours north of Sydney).
Results, Report and some photos on www.storm-riders.com.au
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Oenanthe oenanthe
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|Scientific Name:
|Oenanthe oenanthe
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|AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
|Ekstrom, J., Butchart, S.
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Vagrant:Barbados; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Botswana; Comoros; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Curaçao; Gabon; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Malaysia; Maldives; Mexico; Nepal; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Seychelles; Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
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|Rich et al. (2004) estimated the global population to number 3,000,000 individuals. In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 4,600,000-13,000,000 breeding pairs, equating to 13,800,000-39,000,000 individuals (BirdLife International 2004). Europe forms 25-49% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 28,200,000-156,000,000 individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. National population sizes have been estimated at c.100-10,000 breeding pairs and c.50-1,000 individuals on migration in China and c.100-100,000 breeding pairs and c.50-10,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009).
Trend Justification: In Europe, trends since 1980 show that populations have undergone a moderate decline (p<0.01), based on provisional data for 21 countries from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (EBCC/RSPB/BirdLife/Statistics Netherlands; P. Vorisek in litt. 2008).
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The Jets have signed K Jay Feely, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. That person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to speak for the Jets.
K Mike Nugent is expected to be sidelined at least a week with a strained right thigh or quad. He was injured on his second kickoff against the Dolphins.
The club auditioned three players Monday afternoon, Dave Rayner, Aaron Elling and Feely and decided on Feely.


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CAMDEN -- Rutgers University-Camden will hold three commencement ceremonies on Thursday, so expect delays and increased traffic on roads leading to the campus.
Graduation ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. with Rutgers School of Business-Camden, followed by the Rutgers School of Law-Camden at 1 p.m. and the Rutgers-Camden College of Arts and Sciences/Graduate School/University College at 6 p.m.
All ceremonies will be held at the Susquehanna Bank Center. During each event, parking will be available in Susquehanna Bank Center lots directly across the street from the amphitheater.
Extra traffic should be expected throughout the day on Cooper Street in Camden, as well as Route 676 and the Admiral Wilson Boulevard.
More information about Commencement 2009 at Rutgers-Camden is online at http://camden.rutgers.edu/resources/commencement-2009.


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The man accused of killing NOPD Officer Nicola Cotton can't competently assist in his own defense and must be sent to a state mental hospital for treatment, a Criminal District Court judge ordered Tuesday.
Bernel Johnson, 44, will be sent to the state forensic mental hospital in East Feliciana Parish, where doctors will evaluate him and attempt to improve his psychiatric condition enough for him to stand trial in the first-degree murder of Cotton.
Judge Julian Parker ordered that Johnson be "immediately" transferred to the hospital after the testimony of three specialists, who all concluded that Johnson suffers from a psychiatric disorder that currently impairs his ability to stand trial.
Charles Vosburg, a forensic psychologist, and Dr. Michelle Garriga, a forensic psychiatrist, said they tried to interview Johnson on Tuesday morning, but found him largely unwilling to answer questions. But, based on the answers he did give, and his extensive history of mental illness, both experts testified that he needed treatment before he could assist in his own defense.
"His concentration is poor; his impulse control is poor," Vosburg said.
Johnson previously has been diagnosed as having either schizoaffective disorder or paranoid schizophrenia, Garriga said.
Prosecutor Mary Glass repeatedly questioned both experts about whether Johnson is possibly "malingering," or faking the extent of his illness in order to avoid trial.
Vosburg acknowledged that some of Johnson's refusal to answer questions is a conscious choice, but added that part of his stubbornness also seemed tied to his mental illness.
The only way to determine the extent of Johnson's illness and restore his ability to assist with his defense is to put him in a hospital setting where he will be evaluated by both security staff and medical professionals at all times, Vosburg said. The staff will also treat Johnson, with the hopes of making him competent for trial, he said.


text: CIAO is hosting its annual picnic and meeting at Russell Joy Park (upper pavilion) on July 27 at noon. The picnic is open to members, their guests and anyone interested in learning about CIAO, its activities or who would like to join. The club's purpose is to educate, encourage and promote Italian culture in the community. New members are always welcome. To help promote a family atmosphere, children under the age of 12 are free, so bring your grandchildren and children to an enjoyable day of food and fun.


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The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the apparent shooting death of a 27-year-old local male on Thursday morning. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family members. The killing occurred at about 6:55 a.m. in the 4500 block of Skyview Drive.
According to investigators, Seventh District officers responded to a call of a "male down" and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying in a high grassy area of a driveway of a vacant house in the 6000 block of Beechcraft Street with a gunshot wound to the body. Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene, where he was pronounced dead.


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Local Anesthetics After Total Knee Arthroplasty
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|Local Anesthetics After Total Knee Arthroplasty
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|Local Anesthetics After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Intra- vs. Extraarticular Administration? A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
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|The aim of this randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study is to evaluate the specific role of injection of local anesthetic into the intra- vs. extraarticular tissues after toal knee arthroplasty.
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Coaches and players learn more about each other each day as team prepares for road trip to Army
NEW ORLEANS, La.-Four weeks into the 2007 season, the Tulane University football team continues to learn about itself, its coaching staff and its ability.
After turning more than one head in last weekend's showing against arch-rival LSU, the Green Wave may even have learned how to play up to their full potential as Tulane gave the Tigers all they could handle for most of the game. The team will now look to build on what they have learned as Tulane continues to prepare for Saturday's game against Army in West Point, N.Y.
"After (last) week, I think there's a trust that's been built," new head coach Bob Toledo said. "The players said, 'Coach, now we know what you're talking about. Now we realize why you have to practice so hard.' And I keep telling them, 'You know, you have to focus and prepare yourself and go watch film on your own and do some of those things.'
"So, I think there's a trust being built here where the players realize that if they do what we tell them to do, then we've got a chance to be successful and they're buying into the program."
The transformation was slow at first, but the improvement from week two - when the Green Wave dropped a 34-10 decision to Conference USA foe Houston - to last week's showing against LSU is obvious. After allowing 505 yards of total offense against the Cougars, the Tulane defense limited the Tigers to a season-low in rushing yardage.
The Green Wave now lead C-USA with 14 sacks - 11 of which came in the last two games - and have allowed a league-low three sacks offensively. Tulane's running game, powered by All-American candidate Matt Forte, has piled up 388 yards over the last two weeks and scored six touchdowns.
"What we're doing is we're teaching them all the time," Toledo said. "I took the sideline from the Southeastern (Louisiana) game and I showed them on the video our sideline mannerisms. Forte fell on the ground and five or six guys just walked away. Nobody picked him up. Nobody got excited. We are constantly teaching our guys how to perform, how to play in the game, and how to be a part of the game. I told them, (the way they played vs. LSU is) the way you've got to perform to have a chance to be successful."
For the second consecutive week, the Green Wave will start sophomore Anthony Scelfo at quarterback. In his first career start last week vs. the Tigers, Scelfo completed 11-of-26 passes for 117 yards - all career-high water marks. Redshirt-freshman Kevin Moore took over signal-calling duties late in the fourth quarter, marking the second game the Highland Village, Texas, native has played in during his young career.
"We're going to go with Scelfo to start with again, and we'd like to get Kevin Moore in the game again," Toledo said. "Scott (Elliott) is on the backburner for a little bit and he knows that. We've given him an opportunity and he's ready and willing and all of those things, but we're going to give these other two guys a chance."
Regardless of who is under center, however, Toledo was quick to tell his team that at 1-3 so far on the season, there is very little room for error the rest of the way if the team is to attain its goal of winning a Conference USA title and making a bowl game.
"I told them, there are no excuses," Toledo said. "There is no such thing as, 'Well, I wasn't ready to play,' or, 'I wasn't up for the game.' You only get so many chances. You've got be fired up and ready to play for every game. So, again, we're teaching them every week. Some things are happening and we're trying to teach them how to be a winning football program."
Saturday's game is the first of three straight road games for the Green Wave, who return home for Homecoming 2007 against C-USA foe Memphis at 2 p.m. at the Louisiana Superdome. Single-game tickets for the 2007 season remain on sale through the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased in person, over the telephone at (504) 861-WAVE or via the internet at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.


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Cespedes' agent, Adam Katz, told ESPN.com that the 26-year-old could return to the Dominican Republic as early as Thursday.
Cespedes was recently granted a travel visa and traveled to Miami late Tuesday for a scheduled meeting with the Miami Marlins. It is unclear is Cespedes had met with other clubs in Miami during his two-day visit.
Asked whether Cespedes had plans to meet with other teams before he is to depart, Katz told ESPN.com that "nothing is scheduled for now."
Cespedes reportedly had lunch Wednesday with Marlins president David Samson and toured the club's new downtown ballpark. Samson told reporters last week that the club is "aggressively negotiating a contract" with Cespedes, but it is unknown if the club extended an offer Wednesday.
Cespedes arrived Tuesday afternoon and told a group of reporters at Miami International Airport that "it would be good (to play in Miami)."
"There are a lot of Cubans and they would support me a lot," Cespedes told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. "Hopefully I can play for the Marlins."
Team officials reportedly treated Cespedes to an oceanside lunch at Smith & Wollensky in Miami Beach before walking him through a 30-minute tour of the ballpark Little Havana, according to the Palm Beach Post.
At least five teams, including the Tigers, have expressed serious interest in Cespedes, who is expected to garner a multi-year contract that could exceed $50 million. The Cubs, White Sox and Orioles have been linked to the five-tool outfielder, too.
Cespedes, who has been living in the Dominican Republic since defecting from Cuba last summer, recently established temporary residency and was declared a free agent in late January.
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This legislative hearing is being held regarding Gov. Chris Christie's proposal to close the Vineland Developmental Center. The hearing will include testimony from invited speakers and members of the public.
"... (C)uts to services for people with developmental disabilities jeopardize the level and availability of care for people across the spectrum of disorders and severity of disability," said Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), chairwoman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, after a May 2 Senate Budget Hearing.
Those who wish to present spoken testimony at the meeting are asked by the committees to limit their remarks, and those presenting written statements are asked to provide 30 copies of their testimony.
"If we are going to transition individuals from developmental centers, we must come up with a comprehensive, humane, fiscally-responsible plan for doing so that includes all seven of the state's facilities," said Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic), who will sit on the Senate Committee for Tuesday's meeting.
"I look forward to continuing my review of this proposal, and to hearing from VDC residents, their family members and the community at our legislative hearing on May 17."


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George Washington's Handwritten Beer Recipe
At left you'll find George Washington's handwritten recipe for "small beer," recently published on the New York Public Library's Tumblr.
Here is a transcription:
To Make Small Beer
Take a large siffer [Sifter] full of bran hops to your taste. Boil these 3 hours. Then strain out 30 gallons into a cooler. Put in 3 gallons molasses while the beer is scalding hot or rather draw the molasses into the cooler & strain the beer on it while boiling hot. Let this stand till it is little more than blood warm then put in a quart of yeast. If the weather is very cold cover it over with a blanket & let it work in the cooler 24 hours then put it into the cask. Leave the bung open till it is almost done working. Bottle it that day week it was brewed.
On this and every Presidents' Day, remember that our nation's first was not only the kind of man who brewed his own beer, but also used the term "blood warm" to gauge its temperature.


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Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) -- The Executive Officer of the Arrowhead Builders Association has passed away while on vacation in Greece.
According to our partners at the Duluth News Tribune, Ongaro was killed in a boating accident in the Mediterranean Sea as she and her husband, Frank Ongaro, were vacationing in Greece.
According to Robin Ongaro's LinkedIn page, Ongaro was the Executive Director at Grand Avenue Business Association as well as the Vice President in Marketing & Business Development at the Members Cooperative Credit Union.
Ongaro was also the President of the Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce and served on the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce.
She was the Membership Director for Iron Mining Association of Minnesota and is a graduate of Blandin Leadership.
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What's up?
My apologies for my absence on this site and Facebook page lately. By now I should be on my way to El Salvador to visit DH's family for Christmas. I'll be back at my desk on Tuesday.
It's been almost two years since we have gone and our first trip in a long time, in which we are 100% unplugged. Between the elections and my new staff position, DH and I are looking forward to unwinding and dedicating quality time to the kids. Whew!
In the meantime, here are some news items for you to chew on:
I am saddened and angered by the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Wisconsin. Anytime I have visited a Planned Parenthood it has been behind bullet-proof glass doors and windows. Will we ever get to a point in our country, in which LEGAL reproductive health services for women are respected? Where civil discourse is embraced and not met with violent means like fire bombings? Sometimes I fear for my children and their generation.
On the flipside, this ad running in Alabama gives me hope. It is of clergy speaking out against the state's anti-immigrant law, HB 56, and reminding Alabamians that the law is not christian. In related news, I updated MomsRising's Alabama immigration blog carnival with new stories — reflections — by women delegates who witnessed firsthand the havoc HB 56 has wreaked on families.
Mitt Romney won the GOP presidential primary in Maryland yesterday, according to the New York Times.
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Tim Tebow is in the news again, despite barely making an on-field impact for the 3-6 Jets this season.
Some Jets anonymously ripped Tebow, calling him "terrible," while at least one (Shonn Greene) says it may be time to make a switch at quarterback.
Tebow remained professional when speaking about the criticism, saying he was "disappointed" but still managed to praise the Jets. Star-Ledger columnist Steve Politi says Tebow has become an expert at dealing with shots at his playing ability.
Still, since the moment the Jets traded for Tebow, he has been the center of attention -- despite throwing just six passes and running for less than 100 yards this season.
How would you rate the Jets' handling of Tebow, including the trade? Rate the front-office's decision to bring him in, the way the team handles the off-the-field controversy surrounding him, and the way Rex Ryan and Tony Sparano have used him during games. Post your thoughts below in the comments section.


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Opponents of the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare often complain that it represents a big government takeover of health care, though when pressed to explain how they come up short. For a real and truly frightening example of big government intrusion on the health of individuals look no further than the tangled web of punitive state laws restricting abortions (Eagle, Oct. 21). There is a real danger that these horrors could be afflicted on the nation as a whole in the years ahead.
In 31 states, governors and legislators -- nearly all of them Republicans and thus supposedly anti-government and pro-individual rights -- have passed laws to get around Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that the Constitution gave women the right to make their own decisions about their bodies. In these states, politicians have paternalistically decided that they should dictate health care decisions to women. In Mississippi, doctors are required by law to warn women about abortion risks that the medical community says don't exist. In Texas, doctors are required by law to tell women that abortion is linked to cancer, a falsehood according to the National Cancer Institute. Many states have instituted waiting periods and needless tests to cynically discourage women from having abortions.
There is no banning of abortion, of course.
The way to reduce abortions dramatically, as a recent Washington University study attests, is to make contraception readily available at little or no cost. Sex education also must play a key role. Making it difficult to get safe and legal abortions, or repealing Roe vs. Wade, which could happen if Supreme Court vacancies emerge and are filled by right-wing judicial activists, will again send women to the back alleys to be butchered. That's the ultimate cost when government meddles in the rights of women.


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An area of low pressure over central Alabama is expected to move generally southward into the north-central Gulf of Mexico during the next day or so, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Environmental conditions appear marginally conducive for slow development of this disturbance once it moves over water. This system has a low chance, 10 percent, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.


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Ward Bower
Ward Bower is a principal of Altman Weil, Inc. He heads consulting assignments in law firm strategy, partnership planning and compensation-related issues and has facilitated some of the largest law firm mergers in the world. He is a key adviser on retainer to a number of major law firms.
Mr. Bower has authored articles for numerous publications, including The American Lawyer, National Law Journal, ABA Journal, International Financial Law Review and Legal Week. His comments on the legal scene have appeared in legal, business and general publications ranging from Of Counsel to the New York Times, The Times of London, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Time and U.S. News & World Report. He has appeared on news programs for Fox News and National Public Radio.
Mr. Bower is a frequent speaker on the legal profession. He has made presentations for legal groups throughout the world, including the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Association of Legal Administrators, the Society of English and American Lawyers, The Economist, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, and many other bar associations, law schools, and legal associations. He taught for many years at the ABA/ICLE Strategic Planning Institute at the University of Michigan Business School.
He is a former leader in the ABA's Law Practice Management Section and chaired the IBA Working Group on MDPs from 1996 to 2007. He is a Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the College of Law Practice Management. He served as a member of the Board of Counselors of The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. In 2013, he was honored in the National Law Journal's inaugural list of 50 Business of Law Trailblazers & Pioneers for his work on law firm mergers and acquisitions.


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It looks like the 1850s Gothic cottage at 1631 S. Salina St. may have a future, after all.
The building is one of the last of its style of architecture left in Syracuse. It's been falling down for years.
We've told that last month the Common Council approved an application by Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp. to apply for a state Urban Initiative Grant of $200,000 to renovate the house as a one-family dwelling. No city matching money is required.
Tom Francis, executive director of Model Neighborhood, expressed caution because the grant has not been approved by the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal – a decision could come in in as little as three weeks – but Tom told me the house "is worth salvaging" because of its history.
Technically, the house still is owned by its next door neighbor, New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ. The church bought it 30 years ago intending to turn it into a center for the congregation but never did. In 2004, when I spoke to the pastor, the Rev. James T. Jones, he suggested the city ought to demolish the house.
Under the present plan, the city would seize the Gothic for back taxes – the church owes about $179,000 in unpaid levies – and sell it to Model Neighborhood.
In 2002, Model Neighborhood, which works in this part of the city, came up with a plan to rehabilitate No. 1631 as a one-family home, but the agency finally decided it couldn't justify spending the estimated $260,000 it would cost to save the landmark. This time around, Model Neighborhood has its own crew of carpenters, which cuts back on some of those costs, Tom Francis explained.
"We'd like to restore the gingerbread," he said. The decoration is typical of this type of house.
Historians date the house to 1850 to 1855. We aren't sure who built it but it's believed the Lynch family, who lived there for more than 30 years in the early 1900s, bought it from the Longstreet family.
This part of the city was the village of Danforth, named for Asa Danforth, a city pioneer, from 1874 to 1887.
In 2005, with the help of Dennis Connors, curator of history at Onondaga Historical Association, I wrote a column about the Lynch family, who lived in the cottage when it was part of a "doctor's row" on South Salina Street.
I spoke to Irene Lynch at her home in Florida. She grew up in the cottage, her father's home.
She told me the house had four bedrooms, a spiral staircase to the second floor, and fireplaces with marble mantels. Irene's father was Dr. George Lynch, who moved into No. 1631 with his wife, Irene, in 1917. They stayed until 1948.
George Lynch was a doctor in general practice. His office was on the south side of the house. Patients entered through a side porch.
Irene rhapsodized about the large yard, where her father had fruit trees and a grape arbor.
"We had pears, apples, and peaches. There was a rose arbor along the driveway, a flag pole and a big space to play baseball," she explained. George Lynch sold the home to a chiropractor when he retired in 1948.
"It was such a pretty place," Irene Lynch said of her girlhood home. "It breaks my heart to see it now."
Tom Francis, of Model Neighborhood, said he's optimistic about the restoration project because he's already heard from someone interested in buying a rehabilitated Gothic.
Deacon speakiný/(Z);þMilton Sernett, a prolific author about such varied topics as the abolition movement and New York State cheese, has a new project: a biography of Jared Van Wagenen Jr., who wrote the classic "Golden Age of Homespun" book.
The new book deals with Van Wagenen's many years as host of "Farm Paper of the Air," a weekday show on radio station WGY in Schenectady.
Milton said he wants to cite an example of a local farm program, the "Wired Woodshed" series on WSYR radio, with Robert "Deacon" Doubleday. Robert died in 1971.
The author has found a mention of the broadcaster that claims his real name was Elliot Apodnoz.
He'd like to hear from anyone who might know if this was Doubleday's real name.
Contact Milton Sernett at 5300 Ridge Rd., Cazenovia, N.Y. 13035. His phone number is 655-4166.
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Most of you know that I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas and in doing so I have downloading some great books. I came across this little gem of a book called "The Big Genealogy Blog Book" by Amy Coffin. One of her suggestions for blogging genealogy is 52 weeks of personal genealogy. Amy gives 52 prompts to get you writing your own genealogy. There other great prompts in this book as well. If you find your blog is becoming a chore, check out this book it just might put some life and enjoyment back into your writing!
I am starting on week 16 because that would put me around the end of April. So here is my first offering of my personal genealogy.
So where and what was my favorite restaurant?
I think the restaurant that probably has been in my life the most besides Cracker Barrel, where I work, would be a small Mom and Pop dinner called Leighright's. It was a true diner. It had booths and a counter with a jukebox console in each booth.
Leright's was between our house in Westland and our place of worship in Wayne Mi.
Every now and again Dad would stop at Leright's. after Sunday services and we would have our Sunday afternoon meal there. I believe that is where I learned about the wonders of a Reuben sandwich, still my all time favorite! If I recall correctly my sister, Trish, always ordered the Slim Jim of course both of these came with a great heaping pile of french fries. Mind you these fries weren't the itty bitty skinny MacDonald's fries, but home-made fresh from the potato fries! It was some wonderful eating.
There are a few memories that I have of Leright's but I think the funnest one and probably the one I tell the most happened around Christmastime in 1972.
We bugged Dad for a quarter to play the jukebox, finally after much pestering he said fine, here is a quarter, you may play the jukebox if you can find a Christmas song. Giggles of joy escaped from two young girls and the pages started to fly! Hey Dad here is "Joy To The World" it's a Christmas song (okay so it wasn't, but we figured Dad had no clue) he said sure so we popped our quarter into the jukebox, with snickers and side glances. We all know what came from those speakers (giggle), Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. Dad look surprised and Mom well, I think she knew all along what was going on, she had a small smile on her face.
About ten years after this incident, my mother in law became a prep cook at Leright's and very often she would bring home left over chicken or the most awesome stuffed mushrooms and on occasions she would bring home the chipped beef to share with the rest of the family.
I took care of a little girl who just thought Julie's chicken was just the bomb, much to her mothers disappointment, because Judy knew full well that the chicken was not Julie's but Leright's. I never told!
There was even a sighting of the famous there. Steve Guttenberg visit to the Diner sometime around the release of "There Men and a Baby" , if my memory serves me right. Jim's Mom wasn't sure who he was so we bought her a copy of "There Men and a Baby" and it became one of her favorite movies.
Leright's was a land mark in Westland for many, many years. There have been several restaurants that have occupied that space since then and they have never done as well as Leright's did. I am guessing it is because of the personal touch from Mom and Pop Lehright.
Happy Hunting!
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You'll find Cedar Park's sporting heart at the iconic Dell Diamond, Round Rock, home of the much-loved Round Rock Express baseball team in summer. The stadium also offers fascinating behind the scenes tours, giving sports fans a chance to learn about the stadium's operations and local sporting history.
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The common tie of sacred music will link Jews in a broader and deeper sense of community, and will enhance the vibrancy of the Jewish people.
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Selling Stock Vectors Tip#15
With this post I continue the series of tips of how to sell your stock vectors. Please press "Continue reading" to find out more:
Today's tip is Experiment With Colours.
Trying different colours will help you understand which colour combinations work better for your style. Upload the same image in different pallettes and analyze which one looks more attractive (both on a thumbnail and as a fullsize image) and sells better.
I did a few colour variations of the cartoon map of London, and when figured out that the 1st one was selling better I started creating the whole series of cartoon maps of the world's capitals in the more "successful" colour pallette:
You may also notice that a few colour combinations work pretty well, so in future you can upload a few colour sets for the same series of images:
I hope you find this tip useful. If you have any questions please feel free to ask in the comment section below.


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A 14-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting this afternoon in Central City, authorities said.
The shooting took place about 1 p.m. today in the 1400 block of Simon Bolivar Avenue, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Paramedics rushed the boy to LSU Interim Public Hospital, according to Jeb Tate, spokesman for New Orleans Emergency Medical Services. The boy was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the neck.
The shooting occurred near "The Hot Spot" barber shop, just blocks from the NOPD's Sixth District station. Officers were on the scene shortly after the gunfire, cordoning off a section of the city block.
Further details were not immediately available.
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Starbucks unveils logo, celebrates 40 years
In 40 years it went from a tiny store near Pike Place Market to a global brand, recognized around the world. Starbucks is celebrating its anniversary with a new, simplified logo that doesn't have the word "Starbucks" or "coffee" on it.
On Tuesday, a band played and hundreds of employees gathered and cheered as the logo was unveiled at Starbucks headquarters in Seattle. CEO Howard Schultz told the crowd there were many doubters in the beginning who didn't think Starbucks could ever go beyond the West Coast. "But they were wrong," he said.
Melissa Allison writes in the Seattle Times that Schultz reminded employees that he is not the founder of Starbucks.
The company was started in 1971 across the street from Pike Place Market by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl. Two of them, Baldwin and Bowker, went on to buy Peet's Coffee in the Bay Area, and Baldwin still sits on its board. Two of them, Bowker and Siegl, still live in Seattle.
The vision for creating a vast network of coffeehouses came from Schultz, who started working at Starbucks in 1982 as director of retail operations marketing.
On Tuesday, the coffee company's stock price climbed 41 cents to $34.01, near a 52-week high.


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The Honeymoon Capital of India!
Looking for a unique and exotic honeymoon? We recently had the good fortune of visiting India, where we spent the better part of a week in Manali, a village in the Himalayas. Manali is something of a yesteryear, but modern, wild-west town, and is known to the Indian population as the honeymoon capital of India.
In May & June, thousands of happy newlyweds flock to this mountain village, breathe the clean air away from the city hubbub, hike lightly trodden trails or attempt some more strenuous Himalayan trekking, raft the rapids, absorb Indian culture by exploring local villages and temples, visit artisan shops and dine out in the various restaurants.
Don't expect all the modern amenities. But if beauty and romance, peace and solitude are your touchstones, and you happen to have India on your radar, Manali just might be your honeymoon in the sky. Be sure to toast to your wedded bliss with India's own Rhododendron wine.
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Jaggesh consoles Deepak
Jaggesh consoled Deepak by saying, "Goddess of art, Sarswati will not send back anyone, who comes to her, empty handed. One should wait until she shows mercy. Look at the Bollywood Superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. They have also got success after facing many failures in life."
"I have also seen a lot of failures and insults before getting success. I have also stumbled many times before finding the foothold. I am sure that days are not far off for you to stand up," he added.
The director of the movie Sahana appreciated Deepak's dedication to work. She said that he engaged himself in shooting continuously for 24 hours. Once he even stood in rain for ten hours.
Movie Deena is produced by Sunil and Jagadish and directed by Sahana. Actress Smitha, who acted with Vijay in Avva, is playing the heroine of the movie. Like Deepak, she is also looking for success. Let's wish them good luck.