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Iowa officers arrested 56-year-old Jerald Reiter in the parking lot of the Dog House bar, where people had been taking photos of a small zebra and a parrot. Both of which were in Reiter's truck. Reiter says the zebra and macaw parrot are pets and like riding in the truck. Reiter claims he sometimes takes the animals into the bar, but the owner says they're not allowed inside. Officers gave Reiter a field sobriety test and charged him with drunken driving. Reiter disputes the arrest. He says he was about to let a passenger, a person, begin driving. Glad THAT was clairified.
A San Diego man's implanted heart defibrillator saved his life in an unintended way. According to police, the 57-year-old victim got into an argument with an acquaintance, who pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the man in the chest. The knife hit the man's defibrillator, a device that uses electricity to control irregular heartbeats. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Police arrested the acquaintance, 60-year-old Richard Kiley on suspicion of attempted murder.
Dirty clothes have a Pittsburgh-area police officer in hot water. WPXI-TV reports a home's owner noticed his electric bill was unusually high, given that he hadn't lived in the house for months. When the owner visited, investigators say he found the dryer running with Officer Rocco's clothes inside. Avalon police who questioned Rocco say he told investigators the home's back door was already broken and he "just had to do some laundry."


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UPDATE: It looks like Ubi already stopped the demo.
Feel free to /facepalm.
Yes, I'm still calling it Heroes of Might and Magic, because Might and Magic Heroes sounds ass backwards. Anyway, a bit of news that isn't ass backwards is the fact that HoMM 6 just got a demo, and it's out right now!
Download it HERE
Stay tuned to RipTen for continued coverage of Heroes VI and reverse nomenclature


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The Department of Environmental Protection has issued an emergency permit to the Bloomfield Borough Water Authority in Perry County to use unfiltered spring water so it can replenish its drinking water supply. The move requires the authority to issue a boil-water advisory and institute water-use restrictions.
The authority's two reservoirs are served by two wells. The primary well has stopped producing water and the secondary well, which normally operates only a few hours per day, has been unable to keep up with demand. The result has been reduced water pressure throughout the entire distribution system, which serves approximately 1,100 residents.
"This emergency permit will allow the Bloomfield Borough Water Authority to use an alternate water source to maintain adequate water supplies for customer use and fire protection," said Rachel Diamond, DEP south central regional director.
Because the spring water is under the influence of surface water and is unfiltered, the authority must issue immediate mandatory water-use restrictions for all customers; issue a boil water advisory; and increase the amount of chlorine to 3.0 mg/l.
The authority is receiving 10,000 gallons of water daily through an interconnection with New Bloomfield's Carson Long Military Institute, which has its own separate water supply.
DEP staff has contacted county and surrounding officials to make them aware of the lack of water for firefighting in New Bloomfield.
The restrictions and boil water advisory will be in effect until further notice. DEP recommends that all water used for drinking or cooking be heated to a rapid boil for one minute. A hot water heater may not kill all disease-causing microorganisms, so boiled water should be used to wash vegetables and other foods that require washing.
For information on drinking water, readers may visit DEP's Web site at www.depweb.state.pa.us, keyword, drinking water.


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Checking in OED for the etymology of the old verb roger, to copulate (it comes from the name Roger as applied to the penis, as I should have guessed) I came across something which puzzled me in the entry for the name.
Roger, noun 2
3. slang. a. (See quot. a 1700.)
Quot. 1653 seems to be a ghost.
1653 URQUHART Rabelais I. xi. a1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Roger,..a Man's Yard. 1719 D'URFEY Pills VI. 201. 1720 D'URFEY Pills VI. 201 Here's a Health to the Queen, let's Bumpers take in hand, And may Prince G{emem}'s Roger grow stiff again and stand.
What do they mean by a ghost? If, as I'm speculating, they mean a quotation or entry which was never quite completed in the original dictionary, why don't they just excise it, or have I got the wrong idea?


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BROOKFIELD - The Brookfield Elks renew their rivalry with the East Hants Penguins tonight in Lantz in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League.
Brookfield Elks
Game time is 7:30 p.m. at East Hants Sportsplex.
The Elks (4-12-0-1) come into the contest last in the six-team Fred Fox Division while on a four-game losing skid. The Penguins (10-1-1-1) meanwhile, sit in a tie with the Valley Maple Leafs (11-6-0-0) at the top of the division.
The Penguins won the only other meeting between the teams so far this season in a 3-2 decision on Nov. 12.
The Elks will be facing former teammates James Shapleigh, Jordan Lauther and Cole Baker, three key contributors to Brookfield's run to the Fred Fox final last season. The players were traded to East Hants before the start of the season.


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|Re: [TowerTalk] balun beads for 9913
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On 10/10/2010 9:29 AM, Grant Saviers wrote: > Why use 9913 to make chokes when smaller diameter PTFE cables are > available? At 30Mhz, RG's 142 (3Kw), 223, 304(6Kw), all handle max > legal power plus with some VSWR headroom, and 316(1Kw @ 30Mhz, 2.26Kw @ > 7Mhz) for lower frequencies and power levels. (RG213 is 2Kw at 30Mhz). > It seems to me that the smaller braid OD has less capacitance per turn, > assuming they are spread out around the core. Or at the same self > resonant frequency get more choke Z with a few more turns - N squared > sure helps. Even at a couple of bucks per foot, only need a few feet > are needed. You might have one more coax to coax connection up in the > air and lose another 0.05db , which is a little downside. You're correct about the relationship between conductor diameter and stray C. That's why you'll find two sets of measured data for chokes in my tutorial -- one for RG8-size cable and another for RG59-size cable. BUT -- for all practical purposes, especially at 50 MHz, the only advantage of using smaller coax would be that you could use smaller i.d. cores. But smaller i.d. cores also tend to be shorter, and both L and R are proportional to core LENGTH, so you would need more chokes in series to get the desired choking Z. Hence my advice to simply wind turns of 9913 around bigger cores. :) It's a simpler solution, no additional connectors to get wet. A LOT of serious thought and measurement went into my having settled on Fair-Rite's #31 material, the 2.4-inch toroids, and the "biggest clamp-on" as being most useful for ham use. I also find clamp-ons of 0.4 - 0.5 in i.d. to be quite useful for suppressing RFI radiated on smaller cables by noisy equipment. Above 5 MHz, Fair-Rite #43 is just as good, and it's cheaper. But if you're buying only a few part numbers, you can buy in quantity and take advantage of quantity discounts, which makes them even cheaper. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday accepted Melissa Harris-Perry's apology for a segment on her MSNBC show during which she and her guests joked about Romney's adopted grandson, who is black.
An article Sunday about the incident, Harris-Perry's apology and Romney's acceptance drew scores of comments from syracuse.com readers. Here's a selection:
From notprincecharming: What about the other members of her panel? Why don't we hear about them apologizing . . .
From SaltCuse: Well, at least one person is staying classy in this beef. One must ask why the folks on this channel are always being fired or apologizing week after week. They are bad folks with low ratings, so why do they exist? Awful network!
From Zenith: Even her apology is as shallow as her moral and "journalistic" standards. After reading it several times, I think to myself "That's an apology?"
From MB2013: I don't understand. Like Phil Robertson, isn't she supposed to be able to say whatever she wants to and not have to apologize?
From For This Reason Alone: The difference is, unlike Phil, she's not worth $400 million per year to her network and she knows it. No one, and I mean no one, would care if she was fired. She understands that her net worth to MSNBC borders on zero.
From parishmom: Should Rush be fired? Should Glenn Beck be fired? Should I go on and list the many conservative news people that have uttered insinuations against anybody who doesn't believe exactly as they do?
From sycho: This kind of behavior should be criticized no matter who does it. This left and right side of the aisle garbage hides the real issue -- the media needs to be held accountable for the things they say -- right wing, left wing, no wing.
Wouldn't you agree?
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From the Temple University School of Medicine (Drs. Travaline and Criner), Philadelphia, PA; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Dr. McKenna), Los Angeles, CA; the University of Rome (Drs. De Giacomo and Venuta), Rome, Italy; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Dr. Hazelrigg), Springfield, IL; and Saint Francis Hospital (Dr. Boomer), Tulsa, OK.
John M. Travaline, MD, FCCP, Professor of Medicine, Temple Lung Center, 3401 North Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140; e-mail: email@example.com
*Members and affiliations for the Endobronchial Valve for Persistent Air Leak Group are listed in the Appendix.
Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians (www.chestjournal.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml).
© 2009 American College of Chest Physicians
Prolonged pulmonary air leaks are a significant source of frustration for patients and physicians. When conventional therapy fails, an alternative to prolonged chest tube drainage or surgery is needed. Bronchoscopic blockage of a bronchus can be performed with the hope of accelerating closure of the air leak by reducing the flow of air through the leak. To our knowledge, this article presents the largest series of patients with prolonged air leaks treated with an endobronchial valve.
With Internal Review Board approval, endobronchial valves were compassionately placed using flexible bronchoscopy in patients with prolonged air leaks at 17 international sites.
Between December 2002 and January 2007, 40 patients (15 women; mean age ± SD, 60 ± 14 years) were treated with one to nine endobronchial valves per patient. The air leaks had recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax (n = 21), postoperative (n = 7), iatrogenic (n = 6), first-time spontaneous pneumothorax (n = 4), bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (n = 1), and trauma (n = 1) etiologies. Nineteen patients (47.5%) had a complete resolution of the air leak, 18 (45%) had a reduction, 2 had no change, and 1 had no reported outcome. The mean time from valve insertion to chest tube removal was 21 days (median, 7.5 days; interquartile range [IQR], 3 to 29 days) and from valve procedure to hospital discharge was 19 ± 28 days (median, 11 days; IQR, 4 to 27 days).
Use of endobronchial valves is an effective, nonsurgical, minimally invasive intervention for patients with prolonged pulmonary air leaks.
Prolonged pulmonary air leaks are common and may cause considerable morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, and increased health-care costs. When an air leak is present on the fourth postoperative day, the chance of air leak on postoperative day 7 is 83%.1 In addition to occurring after 15% of thoracic operations,2 other causes of prolonged air leaks may include the following underlying pulmonary diseases: bullous emphysema, advanced pulmonary sarcoidosis, radiation fibrosis, and interstitial lung disease. The treatment of patients with air leaks due to underlying pulmonary disease is often very challenging due to the poor ability of the diseased lung to heal.
Because the poor performance status caused by pulmonary disease may increase the risk for surgical intervention, alternative therapies are needed. Treatment of prolonged air leaks by sclerosing agents3 has shown little efficacy and variable patient tolerance. Various endobronchial approaches include the application of gelfoam, the use of fibrin glue in conjunction with endovascular metallic ring-shaped coil placement,4 tracheobronchial stent deployment,5 and endobronchial valves.6–13 The results of these nonsurgical approaches appear promising and, for some patients, may be the only treatment option after all conventional treatments have failed or are associated with high risk. To our knowledge, this article reports the largest series of patients with prolonged pulmonary air leaks, mostly related to secondary pneumothoraces, treated with an endobronchial valve (Zephyr EBV; Emphasys Medical; Redwood City, CA) in order to assess the results of this bronchoscopic approach for the treatment of prolonged air leak.
In the United States, patients were treated under compassionate- use regulatory provisions in which individual Food and Drug Administration and Internal Review Board approvals were obtained for each patient. Outside the United States, the device was commercially available, with an approved indication for treatment of air leak. Individual case studies for six patients have been previously reported7–12 in the medical literature.
The endobronchial valve system used in this series (Fig 1) consists of a silicone-based, one-way valve mounted in a self-expanding nitinol retainer. The self-expanding retainer stabilizes the device in the airway and provides an airtight seal against the bronchial wall. The one-way valve is positioned in the center of the device to allow it to function independently of the anchoring portion of the valve. The valve is intended to block air from flowing through the air leak while allowing distal secretions to drain normally. The device is designed to function as a permanent implant but can, at physician discretion, be removed with graspers subsequent to resolution of the air leak. Figure 2 shows a transcopic valve in the right middle lobe bronchus.
Anesthesia and access approaches varied across centers, depending on patient status and physician preference. The procedure was performed with IV sedation, spontaneous breathing, and flexible bronchoscopy. Alternative approaches involved general anesthesia, rigid bronchoscopy, and mechanical ventilation.
Prior to valve implantation, the chest drainage system was observed to assess the air leak. A balloon-tipped catheter was inserted into the lobar airway suspected of supplying the air leak. To provide selective bronchial occlusion, the balloon was inflated to block the airflow to that region of the lung. The air leak rate through the chest tube was then assessed qualitatively for reduction. If the leak rate was reduced, the balloon catheter was deflated and repositioned into a more distal airway. The process was repeated to identify the segmental or subsegmental airway or airways that, when occluded, offered the greatest reduction in air leak rate. These airways then were targeted for valve placement.
The endobronchial valves were delivered to the target airway using a flexible catheter. The valves were compressed into the distal tip of the delivery catheter using a valve loader supplied with the system. The delivery catheter was then passed through the working channel of a standard adult bronchoscope (≥ 2.8 mm inner diameter) and guided to the target airway. Once in place, the valve was deployed.
Following valve implantation, patients were allowed to recover from anesthesia according to standard hospital practice. Vital signs and arterial blood gas levels were closely monitored. Chest radiography often was used to assess target lung inflation status. Between December 2002 and January 2007, 15 centers used the endobronchial valves to treat patients with prolonged pulmonary air leaks.
The following data were retrospectively abstracted from patients' medical records: demographic information, the cause of the air leak, associated diseases, and whether hospitalization was medical or surgical. In addition, several end points were chosen to assess endobronchial valve efficacy in treating the underlying bronchopleural fistula, including the lung involved, the number and duration of chest tubes used, the need for other interventions to treat the air leak, and length of hospital stay. These variables were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics.
Fifteen women and 25 men (mean age ± SD, 60 ± 14 years) had at least one endobronchial valve (range, one to nine valves) placed for the management of prolonged pulmonary air leak. Primary comorbidities in these patients were cancer (30%); COPD (30%); pneumonia (7.5%); and other (22.5%), which were rheumatoid arthritis (n = 2), tuberculosis (n = 1), trauma (n = 1), aspergilloma (n = 1), bronchiectasis (n = 1), cor pulmonale (n = 1), lung transplantation (n = 1), and multiple comorbidities (n = 1).
Table 1 shows the etiology and classification of the air leaks prior to the endobronchial valve procedure. Prior to the procedure, 39 patients had at least one chest tube (range, one to five tubes per patient). One patient had an Eloesser flap. The mean duration of air leak prior to valve treatment was 119 days (median, 20 days; interquartile range [IQR], 15 to 45 days). Thirty-five patients were treated with an endobronchial valve only. Prior to placement of an endobronchial valve, five patients had other treatments, which included blood patch (n = 3), wedge resection (n = 1), and pleurodesis (n = 1).
Figure 3 shows representative chest radiographs of a 66-year-old woman with a history of COPD and coronary artery disease who had a loculated right pneumothorax and bronchopleural fistula following video-assisted thoracoscopy and talc pleurodesis. A bronchopleural fistula remained despite chest tubes (Fig 3A) but was reduced following the placement of four endobronchial valves (Fig 3B).
Valve procedures were performed in one session in 37 patients, two sessions in 2 patients, and four sessions in 1 patient, for a total of 116 valves inserted. The classic-type valve was used in 5 patients, and transcopic valves were used in 35 patients. The mean number of valves placed per patient was 2.9 ± 1.9 overall, 3.19 ± 2.2 for secondary pneumothorax, 2.83 ± 2.3 for iatrogenesis, and 2.75 ± 1.5 for primary and 2.28 ± 1.1 for postsurgical air leak. The valves were placed in the right upper lobe (n = 11), right middle lobe (n = 3), right lower lobe (n = 3), left upper lobe (n = 11), left lower lobe (n = 5), right upper and right lower (n = 1), right lower and middle lobe (n = 1), and right upper and left upper lobe (n = 1). In four patients, the target lobe was not reported. The valve procedures were performed using conscious sedation in 16 patients, general anesthesia in 16 patients, and deep sedation in 8 patients.
Following valve placement, the air leaks resolved or decreased in 37 patients (92.5%); 19 patients (47.5%) had complete resolution of acute air leak, 18 patients (45.0%) had reduction, and 2 patients (5.0%) had no change in air leak status. For one patient (2.5%), the immediate change in air leak was not reported. No relationship was found between the resolution or reduction in air leak and the location of the valve or the etiology of the air leak (data not shown). Overall, the mean time from valve placement to chest tube removal for the 28 patients with complete information was 21 days (median, 7.5 days; IQR, 3 to 29 days). The time from insertion of the valve to hospital discharge (35 patients were discharged alive; 1 patient had missing information) was 19 ± 28 days (median, 11 days; IQR, 4 to 27 days). Thirty-four patients had no adverse event related to the valve placement; adverse events for the remaining six patients were valve expectoration, moderate oxygen desaturation; initial malpositioning of the valve that required redeployment, pneumonia, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization following a second valve procedure, and an unspecified event.
Of the 40 patients, 8 had the valves removed after cessation of the air leak. In two of the eight patients, the valves were removed over two sessions. Overall, the valves were in place for an average of 66 ± 53 days (range, 7 to 143 days) prior to removal. In 32 patients, the clinician elected to leave the valves in place.
Follow-up ranged from 5 to 1,109 days after valve implantation. At last follow-up, 24 patients were reported to be alive. The causes of death for the remaining 16 patients were underlying disease (n = 8), cancer (n = 4), bronchiectasis (n = 1), emphysema (n = 1), respiratory failure (n = 1), and sepsis (n = 1). No deaths were attributed to the valve or implantation of the valve.
We show that the implantation of endobronchial valves is effective for a large number of patients with prolonged air leaks following primary and secondary causes of pneumothorax. Complete cessation of air leak following endobronchial valve implantation was achieved in 48% of patients. An additional 45% experienced diminution in the magnitude of air leak. Combined, 93% of patients had improvement in air leak status following valve treatment. The valve implantation procedure and the valve itself also were well tolerated, with few adverse events.
Prolonged pulmonary air leak leads to considerable morbidity for patients, and complications have prompted the need for a nonsurgical, minimally invasive approach to treat patients with this condition. One such approach is an endobronchial valve system (Zephyr EBV), a device initially developed as a nonsurgical method of lung volume reduction for emphysema. This bronchoscopically deployed, one-way device blocks airflow into targeted areas of the lung that are the origin of prolonged air leaks. The valves are placed in the segmental or subsegmental airways proximal to the area of the air leak. The air is prevented from entering the pleural space, thereby enabling the lung to possibly reexpand and heal.
The management of persistent air leaks remains a challenge for pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons. Whether they arise from primary or secondary pneumothoraces or complicate lung resection surgery, they are associated with increased morbidity and frustrate patients who want to be free of chest tubes and not undergo additional surgical procedures. In many patients, surgical options for the treatment of air leaks do not exist, and effective alternative interventions are necessary.
Predictors of persistent air leaks in patients include poor wound-healing characteristics, such as preoperative use of steroids, a low FEV1 percentage, and low maximum voluntary ventilation percentage.14 Intraoperative techniques for surgeons to decrease the likelihood of persistent air leak following lung resection include bovine pericardium buttressing of staple lines,15 use of pleural tents for upper lobectomies,16 use of pneumoperitoneum after lower lobectomies,17 and the use of fibrin glue.18 When persistent air leaks develop despite these measures, they are associated with prolonged hospitalization and increased cost. Patients with prolonged air leak also have an increased risk for postoperative morbidities, such as empyema, fever, and pneumonia.19
Several investigators7–13 have reported the use of endobronchial valves in the management of persistent air leaks, and in all the cases, the patient's underlying condition made the choice of a nonsurgical intervention most appropriate. For example, Toma and colleagues13 reported the use of endobronchial valves in two complex medical conditions. One woman with lymphangioleiomyomatosis shortly following single-lung transplantation required a modified Monaldi decompressing procedure on her native lung complicated by a persistent air leak. The other patient had bilateral pneumothoraces and a persistent air leak following a complicated course of severe pneumonia and ARDS. Similarly, the patients reported here all had significant comorbidities, limiting the safe application of surgical intervention and necessitating the use of less-invasive therapy.
The major limitation of this report is its retrospective, nonrandomized, and uncontrolled methodology. This case series, however, contributes additional information to support the application of this nonsurgical approach to the management of persistent pulmonary air leaks. Further, it serves as a basis to study endobronchial valves in a controlled, randomized, and prospective fashion.
In summary, this report on a large series of patients confirms what has been previously demonstrated in case reports about the use of an endobronchial valve for the treatment of prolonged pulmonary air leak. Further, based on the efficacy of this valve in the treatment of prolonged air leak, it extends the indication for the use of the valve in patients with this condition. It is a reasonable, nonsurgical, minimally invasive intervention that may be appropriate for the treatment of prolonged air leaks in patients who are either operable or inoperable. Prospective trials are needed, however, to further characterize the clinical circumstances in which this intervention may be most appropriate.
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Dr. Travaline contributed to the concept and organization for the manuscript, data collection and organization, statistical analysis, and the primary preparation and writing of the manuscript. Dr. Criner contributed to the concept and organization of the manuscript. Dr. McKenna contributed to the primary preparation and writing of the manuscript. All authors contributed to data collection and additional review, writing, and editing of the manuscript.
Dr. Travaline was a coinvestigator for the VENT Study-Endobronchial Valve for Emphysema Palliation Trial Emphasys Medical, Inc, from 2003 to 2008. Dr. Boomer is a consultant for Pneum Rx. The remaining authors have reported to the ACCP that no significant conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.
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8/1 Minor matters – Thursday's games
Javier Baez, Kris Bryant and Mike Olt each homered to back Dan Straily who gave up four hits over six scoreless innings and lead Iowa to a 4-0 win over New Orleans. Baez hit his second home run in as many games. Olt posted his fourth two-hit game in his last five. Bryant slugged his 35th homer of the season (13 with Iowa). He's second in the Minors behind Joey Gallo.
Tennessee lost, 6-4, to Pensacola. Felix Pena gave up five runs over four innings.
Tayler Scott gave up six runs — one earned — over five innings in Daytona's 8-0 loss to Bradenton. The D-Cubs went 0-for-11 with RISP.
Kane County gave up four runs in the bottom of the eighth in a 7-3 loss to Wisconsin. Jeffrey Baez had two doubles.
James Norwood gave up two runs over three innings in Boise's 2-1 loss to Vancouver.
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is there any protein powder on the market that isn't insanely expensive? I'd like to up my protein without having to always eat meat (cause I'm getting tired of meat, and it's so darn expensive!) but the powders seem super expensive too!
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I'm not sure how it compares on a $/gram of protein basis, but consider adding eggs as a cheap protein source. When I first started lifting weights I ate a minimum of 4 raw eggs every day in my protein shakes. I do admit that these were either conventionally-raised eggs or the "extra omega-3" eggs, but never organic. These days, I eat so many eggs that I don't pay the big bucks for the organic ones, either.
I recently started lifting again and have a protein drink immediately after workouts, but I'm much less of a die-hard, "Eat all the protein I can" sort of guy. These days my protein shakes are coconut milk + 1 scoop whey + 1 raw egg + water for volume and it's delicious.
Some people worry about salmonella, but I've probably eaten over 900 raw eggs in my life and never gotten sick. Even if I do get sick, salmonella poisoning is rarely fatal unless you're elderly or have a weak immune system.
Undenatured whey has benefits you cannot get from meat sources of protein. The two that stand out are lactoferrin and immunoglobulins. Plus, a good undenatured whey is likely going to boost glutathione more than any other protein source.
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MCCALLA, Alabama -- Big Cory from McAdory has picked up offers from the big boys over the last two months, including Alabama, Florida, Florida State and Tennessee, among others.
Cory Thomas (6-6, 270) was actually at safety as a freshman. That might offer up a sense of the agility within a frame that's put on 25 pounds of muscle since last year.
"He's worked extremely hard in the offseason," McAdory coach David Powell said. "Great motor. Great energy. Great positive attitude every day he comes to practice. He was the vocal leader of our practices last season."
Thomas is motivated by things that could be seen as slights in regard to his ability. He's always eager to prove himself.
The Class 5A All-State defensive lineman from 2012 was big and mean and productive last fall. He passed every eyeball test, but the big offers didn't come his way.
He's active on Twitter and noticed when younger players that also played his position were getting SEC offers he didn't have.
Thomas is one of those "if you don't work, then you don't eat" type of grinders in the trenches. That made him take a good look at the areas of his game that needed to get better in order to earn similar offers.
Thomas went to Auburn for a one-on-one workout with defensive line coach Rodney Garner. Garner didn't like what he saw enough to extend an offer.
Thomas, who had longer hair at the time, was trying to grow out his hair. Powell thought that maybe cornrows was his intention.
Those extra locks of hair might have helped Samson, but they didn't bolster Thomas on a hot spring day. He had trouble in the heat and didn't perform at his peak ability.
When it was time to work out at an Alabama lineman camp, Thomas said he was "all business from the moment he put his hand on the ground" in Tuscaloosa. The rising senior earned an offer that he said was contingent on coming back for another camp.
If he stands out in that arena, then maybe his offer becomes one of those where a prospect can actually commit to play for the Crimson Tide.
Thomas listed a top five that included Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Miami and Tennessee in no particular order.
He also likes Mississippi State, but said he needs to have a good talk with head coach Dan Mullen in order to fully understand the recent probation handed down by the NCAA regarding the program.
Here's a look at Thomas during practice video from Super 6 week last December as unbeaten McAdory prepared to face Spanish Fort in the 5A state title game.
His energy and enthusiasm was clearly evident, but it wasn't at a fever pitch. It was maybe just a little more fire than the way he prepared for other big games last fall.
Thomas is also not one to shy away from competition.
"I can play with the best no matter (if its) a four-star or a five-star or ESPN Top 150," he said. "I can play with them all."
Jeff Sentell covers Birmingham high school sports for The Alabama Media Group and The Birmingham News. Write to him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dear Teen Me,
Right now, you're stuck in Mr. Berry's class, learning about cell division (actually, it's kind of cool). The boys in the back row are flicking staples at your head. The room smells like formaldehyde and cut grass (somebody's mowing the lawn). You want to run outside, but you're trapped at your desk. There's only way to survive this day. You grab a Sharpie and doodle in the edges of your notebook.
1. Will I ever get out of here?
Answer: "Outlook good." I know it probably seems like you'll never escape from high school ("a black hole in space," as you call it). But it gets way better in college. You'll study your two most favorite things–film and literature–in Paris, Prague, and London. you'll move to Brooklyn, New York. Of course, you'll be flying back and forth to Miami. It will always be in your heart.
2. What will I look like in the future?
Answer: "Cannot predict now." Let's be real. You're always hiding behind your long hair. Secretly, you want to chop it all off. And one day (actually, during your studies abroad) you will rock a pixie cut.
3. I have a boyfriend in the future, right? (please say yes)
Answer: "Signs point to yes." I'm not going to lie. It will take a few more years before you meet the right boy. Don't go looking for him. Because you won't recognize him at first. No, it's not Mr. Darcy. It's someone even better…because he's the real thing.
4. My dream of becoming a writer….does it come true?
Answer: "Yes." Guess what? You are already a writer. All those stories you're scribbling during Biology class. The endless novels about elves and sorcery that you saved on floppy discs. Well, that won't be the stuff you finally publish. Yeah, you're into epic Tolkien-esque fantasy now. But you're actually going to write books about people in high school. So take notes (I bet you're already doing that). And don't give up. It's going to be a long road….and totally worth it.
5. So the future is a little different from what I expected…
Answer: "As I see it, yes." Don't worry. You'll check off everything on your secret wish list (yes, I know about that list). But it won't happen EXACTLY the way you imagined. And maybe not as quickly as you'd like (still working on being patient, huh?) In many ways, it's even more awesome.
Okay. Right now, you're trying to survive another class. It's hard to picture the future. Every day is a struggle. Just walking to your locker feels like a battle zone. But you will get through it. Trust me.
PS: Don't throw away your doodle-infested notebooks. One day, they will come in handy.
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Crissa-Jean Chappell was born in Miami, Florida and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her debut novel, TOTAL CONSTANT ORDER (HarperTeen) is a NYPL Book For The Teen Age, a Florida Book Award medalist, and a VOYA Perfect Ten. MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH (Flux) is her most recent novel, which Kirkus calls, "compelling and emotionally nuanced." Chappell holds an MFA in screenwriting and a PhD in interdisciplinary studies. She has taught creative writing and film classes for over ten years. When she misses her home in South Florida, she talks to the wild parrots in Prospect Park.


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Arlington students celebrate diversity in schools, march for MLK in Everett
ARLINGTON Approximately 140 students from the Arlington School District are taking part in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. march in Everett Jan. 10, but for the fourth- through 12th-grade members of the schools Respect Teams who are attending, this event is only one part of a year-round curriculum of celebrating diversity.
According to Matt Whitten, one of two Respect coordinators for the Arlington School District, this year marks ASD students second-annual participation in the Everett MLK march, which Whitten believes opens students eyes to different and inspiring perspectives.
I think we want them to encounter the experiences of people who have been involved in causes, Whitten said. The cause of civil rights provides a positive message, but taking part in the march, and hearing from speakers afterward, offers a positive message of citizenship overall. The kids in these Respect Teams are already seen as leaders in their schools, so this experience can further expand their potential.
Shortly before the march in Everett, many Arlington schools schedules made time for mini-marches around their own buildings, just as each school in the district decided in September the specifics of how they would commemorate each months Respect events.
At Kent Prairie Elementary, the All-School Respect Summit in October became an opportunity to teach children about respecting one another through games, while the Mix-Up in November encouraged students to play with new people.
Like their fellow elementary schools in the district, Kent Prairies students donated to community organizations in December, among them the Arlington Food Bank and Kids Kloset, just as they and other ASD schools turned the midweek MLK march in Everett into the centerpiece of a full week of respect-based activities, Jan. 8-12.
Kent Prairie fifth-grader Brandon Mortensen and fourth-graders Paige Quander and Isabella Tift were among the Respect Team members decorating posters for the MLK march before the event, and all three students expressed enthusiasm about the activities and goals of their team, such as dispensing Dream Tickets to students who make respectful choices, and composing I Have a Dream statements about their own dreams for their school, their community and their world.
Tift considers it a really big deal to be able to help her school and surrounding community get together in friendship, so that people wont live their lives in a nutshell. Quander likewise appreciates the opportunity to see how other students and community members encourage respect and celebrate diversity. As for Mortensen, he loves making a difference in leading my school to a greater future, but he hopes that the cause that he cares about will be picked up by others.
I want people to think about better ways to be friends and neighbors to one another, Mortensen said. I want to see people get along, at work and at play, and not just in our school. I want it to spread, until it becomes a good disease. I want it to be contagious.
By seeing whats beyond their schools and their parents, we can make the world a little bit bigger to these kids, Whitten said. Id say the Arlington School District has really been pioneering with the Respect program.
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A Holy Week primer to prepare for Easter
A little boy was asked if he understood the meaning of Easter. He replied, "Sure, that's when the bunny comes out of the tomb hoping to see his shadow."
Definitely a case of mistaken identity. And yet the youngster's confusion about the most significant week of the Christian calendar is not unique.
Holy Week seems a bit like the movie "Groundhog Day." Every year, Christians observe the same thing. Palm Sunday. Maundy Thursday. Good Friday. Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. The hymns are the same. The Scripture readings are the same. We do it all over again year after year.
But what is it all about, anyway? For the benefit of those Islanders who do not observe the Christian holidays, consider Christianity as a two-act play.
In Act One, the Creator seeks to communicate His love for His creation by coming into the world and taking the name Jesus (or Jeshua, meaning "the Lord saves"). Becoming skin and bones, the Almighty experiences the joys and sorrows of the human condition personally (Christmas).
The events of Holy Week comprise the Second Act of redemption's drama. This incarnation of Deity is praised for his miracles, demonstrating power over nature all the while alleviating human suffering. His teaching reveals the selfish inclination with which everyone is born as he calls for repentance. People applaud Jesus as if he were a grand parade marshal (Palm Sunday).
Jesus, an observant Jew, proceeds to celebrate Passover with his closest friends. During the Seder he suggests he will give his life in order to provide the ultimate exodus. He will lead them from a captivity worse than slavery in Egypt (Maundy Thursday).
But Jesus' popularity is short-lived. By the time palm branches carpeting the cobblestone streets of Jerusalem have turned brown and brittle, the courtroom of public opinion has turned against him. Claiming to be "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world," Jesus is crucified on a Roman cross (Good Friday).
While his critics breathe a sigh of relief, his followers are beside themselves. His lifeless body lies buried. His "truths," seeming to be nothing but lies. The disciples lock themselves behind closed doors fearing for their lives (Holy Saturday).
But you can't keep this good man down. Death cannot confine Jesus to a grave. By coming back to life, Jesus proved that his sacrifice for the sin of humanity was complete (Easter).
Much like the repeated holidays of my Jewish neighbors' calendar, Holy Week for Christ followers has a Groundhog Day repetition. But not without purpose and not without meaning. Christians live in the shadow of that meaning!
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DAVISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- Township officials have challenged the recently formed Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors to be visionaries as they look into the municipality's future.
"We're going to rely on this board on the direction we should be taking," said Township Supervisor Kurt Soper at the board's Aug. 11 meeting.
'I can't express how important your job is going to be in the next ear or so," commented Randy Stewart, township planning coordinator, who was named acting director of the nine-member mostly citizens group.
"It's my vision for the DDA that it's a very active DDA," he added.
Although the group, which includes Soper by virtue of his office, is still feeling its way along, some already are excited about possibilities as they look to develop about 1,500 acres of land generally in the I-69 interchange of Irish Road and land surrounding the I-69 intersection of State Road connected to land fronting Lapeer Road.
They have 25 years to implement a plan to spend an estimated $22.5 million, but officials want them to get started as soon as possible.
Craig Stefanko, CEO of DDC Construction Co. of Davison, said he is particularly excited about Stewart's outlook on the proposed development.
"He is very progressive and has a cutting-edge approach to township planning," said Stefanko, who was asked to serve on the board. "Randy is so far ahead of some people with his thinking."
Stefanko said he is particularly impressed with a regional water retention system discussed by Stewart in the area of the Black Creek in the Lapeer and Irish Roads area.
On Aug. 11, Stewart mentioned piping water to the Black Creek area for a retention pond for fishing and recreation as well as areas for pathways, trails, a dog walk and nature parks.
Veteran local attorney J. David Karr, who was elected board chairman, pointed to possibilities outlined in a plan developed by WadeTrim, an area planning firm and the prospect of investing funds to carry out the program.
"It's nice to be part of hat responsibility to apply the money in a way that is best for the community," he said.
Joy Smith, a real estate appraiser, was enthusiastic abut possibilities for commercial and recreational development.
"It would be nice not to have to travel to Lapeer or Flint to shop and stay right here in our home town," she said. "We also need something for our youth. They have no where to go and when they do we worry about them."
"I think we are going to do a lot of things to help development the community," she said. "It will also help bring more residents here because we will have something for them to do."
The township already has singled out 10 possible retail developments from a list proposed by a Texas-based retail site selection company. The group, known as Buxton, was hired jointly by the city of Davison and Davison Township to help attract selected retailers into the area.
Restaurants, a furniture store, department stores, children's and women's clothing stores and a tractor supply company are on the township's top 10 list.
It will be Buxton's job to provide information about the Davison area to targeted businesses with the hope that they will take a serious look at coming to the area.
"I am more interested in the information than the actual stores," Stewart told the DDA board.
Stewart sees the city of Davison attracting smaller retailers because of its hometown atmosphere and land availability while the township is more likely to lure big-box stores.
The township already has a Meijer store at Lapeer and Irish Roads wit Menard's still planning to establish a store in the DDA area.
"It's not if but when they will build, maybe in he early spring providing the economy doesn't tank," Stewart said.
DDAs get their operating funds from tax increments so commercial development, especially, is important. The Davison Township DDA already has captured about $30,000 from summer taxes and is expected to get $120,000 the first year.
Soper encouraged the DDA board to consider recommending that the township float bonds to get some ready cash to initiate projects.
first on the agenda is expected to be infrastructure, providing water and sewers and roadways to accommodate businesses and shoppers.
There, too, Stewart has a vision. He sees Irish Road being made into a boulevard with trees and grass in the center to invite shoppers.
"But, we're not looking for another Miller Road or Grand Blanc Township," he said.
But, he said much depends on the advice of the DDA board.
"We're prepared to do whatever you guys choose," he said.
The board voted to switch its meeting dates from the second to the first Tuesday of the month, starting at 9 a.m. in the township hall, if it has agenda items to discuss.


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The much rumored Droid 2, as Motorola's little brother to the Motorola Droid X, was recently caught in Verizon Wireless's summer catalog. The Droid 2 will be a high-end Android smartphone with a 1 GHz CPU and the same 3G Mobile Hotspot app as that on the Droid X. However, unlike the Droid X, the Droid 2 will only have an 8 GB memory card as well as a lower 5-megapixel camera instead of 8.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:36 PM GMT on September 11, 2008
Hurricane Ike's winds remain at Category 2 strength, but Ike is a freak storm with extreme destructive storm surge potential. Ike's pressure fell rapidly last night to 944 mb, but the hurricane did not respond to the pressure change by increasing its maximum winds in the eyewall. Instead, Ike responded by increasing the velocity of its winds away from the eyewall, over a huge stretch of the Gulf of Mexico. Another very unusual feature of Ike is the fact that the surface winds are much slower than the winds being measured aloft by the Hurricane Hunters. Winds at the surface may only be at Category 1 strength, even though Ike has a central pressure characteristic of a Category 3 or 4 storm. This very unusual structure makes forecasting the future intensity of Ike nearly impossible. The possibilities range from a Category 1 storm at landfall--as predicted by the HWRF model--to a Category 4 storm at landfall, as predicted by the GFDL.
Ike is now larger than Katrina was, both in its radius of tropical storm force winds--275 miles--and in it radius of hurricane force winds--115 miles. For comparison, Katrina's tropical storm and hurricane force winds extended out 230 and 105 miles, respectively. Ike's huge wind field has put an extraordinarily large volume of ocean water in motion. When this swirling column of water hits the shallow waters of the Continental Shelf, it will be be forced up into a large storm surge which will probably rival the massive storm surge of Hurricane Carla of 1961. Carla was a Category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds at landfall, and drove a 10 foot or higher storm surge to a 180-mile stretch of Texas coast. A maximum storm surge of 22 feet was recorded at Port Lavaca, Texas. Despite the fact that the center of Carla hit over 120 miles southwest of Houston, the hurricane drove a 15-foot storm surge into the bays along the south side of the city. I don't expect Ike will reach Category 4 strength, thus its maximum surge is not likely to reach the extreme values above 20 feet seen in Hurricane Carla. Like Carla, though, Ike will probably inundate a 180-mile stretch of Texas coast from Port O'Connor to just north of Galveston with a 10-15 foot storm surge. This will occur even if Ike is a Category 1 storm at landfall. The latest experimental storm surge forecast From NOAA's SLOSH model (Figure 1) shows a 10% chance that Ike's storm surge will exceed 15-21 feet at Galveston. The Galveston sea wall is 17 feet high, so it may get overtopped.
Figure 1. Experimental storm surge heights for Ike. There is a 10% chance the storm surge from Ike will exceed these values. Data courtesy of NOAA.
The amount of water Ike has put in motion is about 50% greater than what Katrina did, and thus we can expect Ike's storm surge damage will be similar to or greater than Katrina's. The way we can estimate this damage potential is to compute the total energy of Ike's surface winds (kinetic energy). To do this, we must look at how strong the winds are, and factor in the areal coverage of these winds. Thus, we compute the Integrated Kinetic Energy (IKE) by squaring the velocity of the wind and summing over all regions of the hurricane with tropical storm force winds or higher. This "Integrated Kinetic Energy" was recently proposed by Dr. Mark Powell of NOAA's Hurricane Research Division as a better measure of the destructive power of a hurricane's storm surge than the usual Category 1-5 Saffir-Simpson scale. For example, Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi as a strong Category 3 hurricane, yet its storm surge was more characteristic of a Category 5 storm. Dr. Powell came up with a new scale to rate potential storm surge damage based on IKE (not to be confused with Hurricane Ike!) The new scale ranges from 1-6. Katrina and Wilma at their peaks both earned a 5.1 on this scale (Figure 2). At 9:30am EDT this morning, Ike earned a 5.6 on this scale, the highest kinetic energy of any Atlantic storm in the past 40 years.
Figure 2. Comparison of the potential damage from storm surge and waves on a scale of 1 to 6 (left scale, and corresponding to little "x" marks on the plot), as a function of total Integrated Kinetic Energy in Tera-joules (IKE, on the right scale, corresponding to the little squares on the plot). Hurricane Ike at 12:30pm EDT had an IKE of 134, 10% higher than the value of 122 Katrina had at landfall in Mississippi. Ike's amount of wind energy can generate storm surge and wave damage rated at 5.2 on a scale of 1 to 6, worse than Katrina's 5.1 at landfall. Image credit:"Tropical Cyclone Destructive Potential by Integrated Kinetic Energy" by Mark Powell and Timothy Reinhold.
All this energy is also going into the waves in the Gulf of Mexico, and the offshore oil rigs can expect to receive a terrific battering. At 8:50am CDT, waves at the Buoy 42001 180nm south of Louisiana were 28 feet and growing. NOAA's Wavewatch III model is predicting wave heights up to 13 meters from Ike on Friday. For comparison, Hurricane Ivan of 2004 generated 27 meter high waves in the Gulf of Mexico. Surf heights of 15 feet have been reported at beaches along the Florida Panhandle, and tides are also running extremely high. Tides are 2-4 feet above normal along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the west coast of Florida, and one foot above normal in Galveston. The water level will continue to rise as Ike approaches Texas, and NOAA's experimental storm surge forecast (Figure 1) is calling for a 10% chance that the storm tide from Ike will reach 24-27 feet on the south and east sides of Houston.
What should Texas residents do?
We must assume Ike will intensify to a Category 3 hurricane by landfall, which would likely do $20-$30 billion in damage. The chances of hundreds of people being killed in this storm is high if people do not heed evacuation orders to leave low-lying areas threatened by high storm surges. Ike's storm surge is going to be affect a huge area and be tremendously destructive.
I recommend Texas residents consult NHC's wind probability product to determine their odds of getting hurricane force winds.
For storm surge evacuation zone information, consult the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
For storm surge heights, consult our Storm surge risk for the Texas coast page.
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I'll have much more in this afternoon's blog, including a look at the rest of the tropics. We've got a new area of disturbed weather to watch, Invest 91L.
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My daughter's boyfriend's mom gave her a cookbook that was created by the Houston Ballet for their Nutcracker Christmas Market in 1984. The recipes in the book were submitted by directors, choreographers, and dancers in the Houston Ballet that year. This recipe was submitted by Sandra Organ, Corps de Ballet.
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- 1 1⁄2 cups dry lentils
- 1⁄2 lb fresh mushrooms
- 1 small green pepper
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 small carrot
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 small onion
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1⁄4 cup raw rolled oats
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
- 5 slices cheddar cheese
- Soak lentils overnight in enough water to cover.
- Cook lentils in boiling water until tender; drain.
- Finely dice the mushrooms, green pepper, celery, carrots, garlic, onion, and walnuts.
- Saute the vegetables and walnuts in margarine. Add salt, black pepper, chili powder, and mustard and stir well.
- In a bowl, mix sauted vegetables, lentils, and rolled oats. Mash together moderately.
- Add tomato paste, eggs, and Worcestershire and mix well.
- Form into 5 large flat patties.
- Broil until browned and crispy, about 6-8 minutes on each side.
- Top each patty with a slice of cheddar and return to the broiler until cheese is melted.
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Great taste and very filling, I'll definitely be making these again. I made a smaller portion than mentioned, scaled everything down, but found the result quite wet, so needed to add some additional oats, and breadcrumbs to help bind it all together. Still licking my lips while I'm writing this :-)
Tasty and packed with iron. I think they need just a little more spice to add some additional flavor, but I'm not sure what spice to recommend. I think that goat cheese might taste good, too, if you mix it in before forming the patties. Also, this made 8 very large patties for us. Made for ZWT8.
These taste wonderful and are very satisfying. I wish that I had read the reviews before making them blush because the mixture is very soft and wet when made into the patties. I couldn't use the broiler because mine is like a BBQ grill with widely spaced bars and these patties would have fallen right through. Even using the pan fry method I had to leave them cooking longer than I would have liked before I could turn them and they got waaay over dark. A drier mixture would have solved that problem and I would happily have added the flour (I will add some to the leftover mix before using again). They taste great and make a very enjoyable sandwich. Don't let the list of ingredients put you off because they aren't at all difficult to make. I used the food processor to do the mashing so that took almost no time.


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Schmidt finished at 3-under par after making birdies at the first, third, sixth and ninth holes. A bogey at the 11th hole was the only blemish on his card for the day.
Post-Standard Amateur champion John Clare and Todd Dischinger were tied for second place at 1-over. Four players were tied for fourth at 2-over.
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First off, let me say I am not opposed to hunting, target shooting or the possession of a gun. Farmers need guns for the control of pests. What I fail to understand is the desire or need to own an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine. Such weapons are designed for the military — for mass destruction of life. Where do you draw the line — a rocket or grenade launcher? Machine guns were outlawed long ago.
When I read that that some of the children in Newtown were riddled with as many as 16 bullets (the kind that are designed to fracture bones and macerate flesh and organs) I was sickened, as were most Americans.
The rush to buy such weapons of mass destruction increased dramatically following that incident, resulting from those fearing that it would cause arms restrictions. Those neanderthal idiots with testosterone poisoning, who were vowing to take up arms against the government, should that occur, are the least desirable persons to be in possession of weapons of any kind.
Background checks should be required for all gun sales, including private sales. This would necessitate the registration of guns, similar to that of car registration.
If you own a car, it must be registered with the state. You must have a license to drive it and pass a test to obtain that license. The registration must be transferred if you sell it.
Australia was mentioned by one of the recent letters to the editor as a failure in gun control. I disagree. After several high-profile multiple murders there, the government banned semi-automatic and automatic weapons and had a compulsory buy-back program. Homicide and suicide by firearms dropped dramatically. America had 30,000 deaths by firearms in 2012. That is equivalent to almost half the population of Redmond.
I think assault weapons and high-capacity magazines should be outlawed. We should have a limited time buy-back program for them and any person found to be in possession of them should be fined and prosecuted.
The obstacle to federal gun control is political, not constitutional. Even Justice Scalia has said that the Second Amendment should not stop the U.S. from banning certain weapons, that the amendment leaves room for gun control.
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TRENTON — After rejecting the matter three times over the last six weeks, city council approved an $85.3 million emergency spending plan at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Councilwoman Phyllis Holly-Ward reversed her position, becoming the fifth vote needed to pass the spending plan, which is designed to fund city operations through the end of December in lieu of a formal budget.
"I changed my vote because the administration provided me with the information I needed to make an informed decision," Holly-Ward said after the meeting.
She said she'd requested information about last year's expenditures to use as a guide to compare how money is planned to be spent next year.
Council's continued rejection of the spending plan drew the ire of both the administration of Mayor Tony Mack and the state Department of Community Affairs, which sent a letter to the governing body last week urging passage of the measure.
Members of council had cited the administration's failure to present a formal 2011-2012 budget for introduction as a reason for rejecting the temporary spending plan at the beginning of October, but the measure still failed even after the budget was introduced last week. It has been consistently opposed by council members Zachary Chester, Marge Caldwell-Wilson and George Muschal, in addition to Holly-Ward.
The spending plan required five affirmative votes from the seven-member body to pass.
Caldwell-Wilson changed her vote after council formally introduced the budget last week. Also voting for the budget were council members Alex Bethea, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and Kathy McBride.
Chester maintained his opposition to the emergency appropriations yesterday, saying he refused to vote for anything that would raise taxes for city residents.
"It's been told to me over and over again by Trentonians that they can't afford a tax increase," he said, citing the city's failure to find new sources of revenue to plug budget gaps. "Nothing has been done, but we continue to raise taxes."
While the emergency appropriations measure doesn't affect the city's tax rate, the rate is expected to rise when the 2011-2012 budget is approved in the next few months. Chester said he will vote against that as well.
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Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) --The Duluth City Council approved a settlement Monday night in the ongoing legal battle between the city and two preachers.
Steve Jankowski and Peter Scott, a Jankowsi follower, sued the city of Duluth, saying his rights were violated when he was told to stop preaching at Bentleyville in 2010.
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Helen Mirren on being an action star, her craft, trending on Twitter, and 'Red 2'
Award winning actress tells us to 'hold your nose and jump in at the deep end'
When Dame Helen Mirren discusses her craft, you listen. The actress is reprising her role of super spy Victoria this summer in "Red 2," and we couldn't let our interview with her end without asking a question about how she does her thing (said "thing" having led to BAFTAs, Emmys, SAG Awards an Oscar, a Golden Globe, an Olivier Award, and Tony nominations).
So, how does Helen Mirren keep things fresh when returning to a role like Victoria or The Queen or Jane Tennison? "You just have to hold your nose and jump in at the deep end and just hope for the best… and don't think to much." She also highly recommends being "alive to the circumstances."
Mirren was certainly alive to the circumstances during our discussion, and quite pleased to learn that she was trending on Twitter following a "Red 2" commercial during the NBA Finals. As for the reasons for why she was trending—her action hero nature in the commercial—Mirren told us that she was "thrilled to see Victoria up the ante" in the new movie.
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The largest and most visible activity of the Mercer Street Friends Foods Bank is food distribution. Often confused with a food pantry or soup kitchen, the food bank is actually a much larger entity that functions as a central clearinghouse to secure and distribute donated, purchased or government-supplied food to a network of hunger relief agencies.
At its 15,000-square-foot facility in Ewing, which is outfitted with walk-in freezers, refrigerators, loading docks and a two-tier racking system, the food bank receives and distributes donations as small as a few cans of soup or as large as a bin of sweet Jersey Fresh produce, a pallet of assorted groceries culled from supermarket shelves, or a tractor trailer load of cereal.
The food bank obtains its inventory of food and groceries from a wide range of sources including the U.S. Department of Agriculture; food producers such as manufacturers, packers and processors; food businesses such as distributors, wholesalers and retailers; farmers and growers; food drives; food collections and donations from individuals.
Its efficient and effective food donation and distribution system is a vital community link ensuring that people in need can access food assistance or a wholesome meal from a charitable food provider in their neighborhood.
Mercer Street Friends supplies emergency food pantries; soup kitchens and other meal sites; youth, family and homeless shelters; day care centers; halfway houses and group homes; and afterschool programs.
Nearly 60 organizations and programs partner with the food bank. They include many of Mercer County's best-known agencies that serve those in need, such as Catholic Charities, the Crisis Ministry of Mercer County, HomeFront, the Mount Carmel Guild, the Rescue Mission of Trenton and the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
While more members of the food bank are located in Trenton, a third of the organizations are in Mercer County's suburban communities.
"The face of hunger has changed," said Phyllis Stoolmacher, the food bank's long-time director. "Twenty-five years ago hunger was associated with the homeless, especially in urban centers. Today, hunger reaches into the suburbs and into homes. It is not just the homeless anymore — it's a suburban family with one or both parents unemployed, their children and the elderly."
Mercer Street Friends will channel more than 2.5 million pounds of food into the community this year to help feed more than 25,000 food-insecure children and adults.
The goal of the 2012 Times Holiday Appeal is to raise funds to help meet the skyrocketing demand for the food bank's programs and services brought about by the severe economic downturn.
ETS has pledged to match the first $10,000 raised from contributors, challenging the community to be generous this holiday season.
To make a donation in support of the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, make your check payable to The Times Holiday Appeal and mail it to Times Charities Inc., 413 River View Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08611.
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Who Runs The World?
Girls Apple. Who wants a piece of that pie? Google. Apple changed the planet as we know it with smartphones and tablets, which automatically pushed laptops to the back burner. Apple is still pushing their Retina Deluxe laptops, now with lower prices. So you think that Google is just gonna sit by and let Apple get all of that money? Hell to the no bro. They are throwing their new fancy hat into the ring with the newly announced Chromebook Pixar, and it is one sexy looking machine, if laptops are allowed to be considered sexy. They are going to run on Chrome's OS of course, but to make them light, they will also feature a cloud like storage option, which may be welcoming to some and off putting to others. You may be able to browse the shit out of the Internet on this thing, but you may not be able to run Photoshop. So it depends on what kind of computer user you are and what your intentions and expectations are in a workbook. Many of the expert geek types are already chiming in with their "yays" and "nays" but no one is arguing that it looks cool, and that it doesn't look like an apple knock off, which is an excellent start for Google in these cool wars that we're currently in the middle of.
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Google's previous Chromebooks were budget devices aimed at people looking for a second computer. The Pixel is different — it's aimed squarely at the Macbook Air. It's a premium product designed to be a status symbol akin to an Apple product. It has a high-resolution touchscreen with a total of 4.2 million pixels that Wired calls "gorgeous." It's priced at $1,300 for a standard, 32G version and $1,450 for a Verizon LTE-enabled version with 62G.
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"For a machine aiming at power users, it's a device surprisingly devoid of power features. ChromeOS is, for all its strengths, still essentially a browser, after all. This thing can't run Photoshop, which you'd be able to do no problem if you spend $100 less and get a 13-inch MacBook Air. It can play back movies on that gorgeous screen, but not in as many file formats or with as much ease as you could manage with a Lenovo Yoga 13, also cheaper at $1,049.
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Boston-based Genzyme Corp, which sells a childhood leukemia drug developed at Birmingham's Southern Research Institute, is acquiring New York's Bioenvision Inc., which also has rights to market the drug.
The $345 million deal would give Genzyme exclusive global rights to clofarabine, which could treat other cancers.
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When I posted the northern Chinese celery salad a few weeks back, my friend Yun Ho commented that he wanted to send me this Korean hot-weather soup recipe. Yun Ho is an avid cook who lives in Seoul, Korea. We correspond about Vietnamese and Korean food on a regular basis. He and his wife put together this refreshing soup recipe for ohyi miyuk naeng guk (pronounced "o-yee mee-yuck naeng gook") and emailed it last week.
I made some slight tweaks by adding wakame seaweed, which naturally thickens things a tad and lends extra umami. The result is an addictively good no-cook summer soup. It's akin to a Korean gazpacho. Seriously. And, you can keep it in the fridge for 2 to 3 days.
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The first of 46 windmills was erected Saturday for Noble Thumb I Windpark near Ubly, a project of Connecticut-based Noble Environmental Power.
The company is installing 1.5-megawatt General Electric turbines in Bingham and Sheridan townships.
When erected, each windmill will be almost 400 feet tall, from its base to the top of its blades.
The development, being constructed in farm fields by RMT WindConnect of Wisconsin, is due to be online by the end of the year.
The project is southeast of the 32-turbine Harvest Wind Farm, which became the state's first commercial wind park last year.
When finished, Noble Thumb I will be able to generate up to 69 megawatts of power, or enough to power 23,000 average homes, according to the company.