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Jake Shields was released by the UFC earlier this month after a single loss, to Hector Lombard. Shields, 35, had previously beaten Yoshihiro Akiyama by unanimous decision and Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley by split decision. Shields also had a win over Ed Herman changed to a no contest, following his positive test for a prohibited substance. It was Shields first loss in nearly three years.
The release was doubtless influenced in part by the expensive contract Shields was fighting under.
The cut was also part of a larger trend in the UFC, in which for example Yushin Okami and Jon Fitch were released and Ben Askren was passed over, due to a fighting style not friendly to asses in seats.
And as well, the UFC is looking to promote young, new talent, rather than fighters like Shields who have been fighting since the late 90s.
UFC president Dana White discussed it with Yahoo Sports Kevin Iole.
"We look at everything," said White. "Everything. Money has something to do with it. I'd be lying if I said it didn't. But that wasn't the only reason or the main reason. It was a part of the piece of the puzzle as we were doing our evaluation of him."
"Mixed martial arts is a young man's game. I like Jake Shields a lot. But let's be honest here: Where was he going in this division of animals we have? He's on the downswing, and he's never going to be the guy. His stand-up never improved. He hasn't really shown anything in his last couple of fights to make you go, 'Holy s---.' Right now, at this point, he's just another guy."
Now, in an interview with MMAFighting, Shields responds.
"I was definitely a little surprised," said Shields. "Especially coming off some big wins, guys in the top-10, main events."
"I definitely didn't think they'd drop me after one loss. But, you know, I had a terrible performance. I certainly didn't feel like I fought like myself that night. But, given that it was one performance, you should get a second chance to go out there and try to win again. And I wasn't given that. But, ultimately it is what it is."
"I didn't read what Dana said, but another guy?' So are [a lot of other fighters] I guess, considering I beat at least half the guys in the top-10. That's a little bit ridiculous. But I guess you have to justify it somehow."
"My last two fights have been really close and I haven't finished, so I figure maybe they're just doing that. But that doesn't really... I feel like the sport, they're trying to pull it away from being the best in the sport, and just putting it into, oh, you gotta go and slug it out and fight the way they want you to, which is kind of ridiculous. You wouldn't have guys like Floyd Mayweather being the best in the world if [boxing executives] pressured him like that.
"But it's where it is right now. You just have to deal with it.
"It's a rough industry. You never know what the next day is going to bring. One loss and all of a sudden you're out of the whole show. From being lined up to get a title shot, to being out of the show, you never know where you're going to end up.
"It's definitely a little frustrating, but I just have to not let it get to me and just keep going out there and winning fights and doing what I do."
Shields now fights in the World Series of Fighting.


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The interpreter (Kuropatkin spoke neither English nor German) stood at our left.
No doubt Kuropatkin believed that that butchery had cowed the natives for all time.
At the same time General Kuropatkin was appointed commander of the Russian land forces.
If Kuropatkin could see just one of these awful onslaughts, he would run up the white flag and hie himself to safety.
Kuropatkin retired to Harbin, and then returned to serve under the new commander-in-chief.
Skobeleff sent his righthand man, Kuropatkin, to occupy Askabad, and reconnoitre towards Merv.
He believed that the best foundation for Russia's supremacy lay in industrial development; Kuropatkin trusted in the sword.
As a modern representative of might and force Kuropatkin seemed to be an improved edition of Genghis and Tamerlane.
Were Kuropatkin able to fulfill his rash threat of invading Japan, the nation would probably rise as one man.
Frequent conferences took place between Kuropatkin and this officer, who always used to come in a special train to Liao-yang.

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Bauer to make Majors debut Thursday
D-backs' top prospect promoted from Triple-A to face Braves
By Daren Smith / MLB.com | June 26, 2012 3:56 PM ET
D-backs manager Kirk Gibson confirmed that the team's top prospect will be promoted from Triple-A Reno to face the Braves on Thursday in Atlanta.
"He's excited, we're excited to have him, let's be honest," Gibson told MLB.com. "It's a great challenge for Trevor, and he's up to it."
Bauer has raced through the D-backs system and shares the Minor League lead with 118 strikeouts across two levels this season. He began the year with Double-A Mobile and went 7-1 with a 1.68 ERA in eight starts. Promoted to Reno in mid-May, he was 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA in eight Pacific Coast League outings.
"I think we feel that Trevor has progressed and it's getting time for him to find out how he does against a little better competition," Gibson said. "It has to start, and we've decided this is it."
Bauer is expected to join the D-backs on Wednesday. And while the hype surrounding his debut will be formidable, it could provide a relief of sorts for the UCLA product.
"I can control how hard I work and how I prepare and how I sleep and how I eat," Bauer told MLB.com earlier this month. "Promotion, no promotion, cut or whatever, I don't want to think about it. I play baseball and I pitch every fifth day, and whatever team I am on, that's what I'm going to do."
Bauer has garnered almost as much attention for his unique pregame routine as for the impressive numbers he's posted. He starts warming up exactly 80 minutes before the first pitch, beginning with short tossing. He increases the distance until he's throwing from one foul pole to the other.
With a career Minor League mark of 12-3 and a 3.03 ERA, the D-backs have allowed the 21-year-old right-hander to continue with his unorthodox routine. Perhaps with an eye toward Thursday's debut, team officials met with Bauer earlier this month at Chase Field.
The meeting, according to MLB.com, had more to do with non-baseball-related issues.
"Trevor's talent and the unique way in which he does his work makes him a natural story for a lot of media members," said Josh Rawitch, the D-backs' senior vice president of communications. "And we were fortunate to have time to chat with him about how to handle those demands."
Bauer, who employs a nine-pitch repertoire, has admitted he's his own worst critic. He has a cerebral approach to pitching and used a high-speed camera he purchased during the offseason to review footage of the ball leaving his right hand.
"We didn't tell him what he could say and not say," D-backs general manager Kevin Towers said. "We want [our players] to be their own selves, but ... when that point comes and he is up here, he's going to get hit in a lot of different areas and the less distractions for you every fifth day, the better."
Gibson agreed.
"My worry is that people put too much expectation on the young kid right now," he said. "It's all a process, you know. This game is a little different, the hitters are a little better, the game's going to be a little faster. All the things that we've worked on starting in Spring Training, he's going to be tested to see how good he is at dealing with them."
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Frances Eleanor Smith received many accolades in her lifetime but the honor she prized most was the title "mother."
From a deep feeling for children and their welfare grew what is today the famed Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation in Pomona.
Smith, who died in 1952, was the inspiration for Casa Colina's creation, but it was no easy road.
Born in Virginia in 1882, she moved with her family to Santa Cruz and was stricken with polio at age 10. She was told she'd never walk again.
An aunt worked with her for six years to beat the odds and she begin walking again.
In 1901, she came to Claremont with husband James Richard Smith and bought a orange orchard. Living on Sumner Avenue, she plunged herself into supporting her five children and assisting so many others.
In an article in the Claremont Courier, daughter Eva Crittenden recalled Smith was always helping families in need, especially during the bleak days of the Great Depression.
There "were always semi-orphan children living with us," she said. Her mother would collect leftover food from the colleges and restaurants and take itto newly arrived Dust Bowl refugees encamped in town. Smith was also an active leader of Claremont Girl Scouts.
Because of her work for kids, Smith was entered by Rev. A.D. Stauffacher of the Claremont Community Church in a national contest to determine the 1936 American Mother of the Year.
Fellow Claremont resident Lincoln Wirt, director of the sponsoring Golden Rule Foundation, announced Smith was one of 10 selected, a group that included Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind," and Evangeline Booth, head of the Salvation Army.
Smith later went on a two-month speaking tour which included visits to children's hospitals. On her return, she met with Wirt and other key local people on a plan to build a hospital for children with polio and other such diseases.
A search immediately began to find a location and funding to establish such a home, in part to honor the achievements of "Mother Smith," as she was often known.
Wirt arranged a deal leasing for $1 a year an empty mansion, called Casa Colina, on the grounds of today's Boys Republic High School in Chino Hills.
Beginning in late 1936, nearly $30,000 was collected for "Mother Smith's" hospital - a stunning success as the nation was still in the depths of the Depression. About $6,000 came from Phoebe Somers of La Verne for a therapeutic pool.
Originally, the hospital was to carry Smith's name, but she declined to be so honored. "All I want is to get my arms around a thousand little Tiny Tims and nurse them to health again," she told the Pomona Progress-Bulletin in an Oct. 28, 1936, article.
On Oct. 1, 1938, wheelchair-bound Stanley Root Jr. of Fresno became the first patient to arrive at Casa Colina, and two days later the young boy received his first pool treatment.
As the hospital rapidly grew in size and patient load, Smith worked tirelessly for the rest of her life raising funds as unpaid director of Casa Colina.
"She was shameless," her daughter told the Claremont Courier. "She would pit the Lions Club versus the Rotary Club to get what she wanted out of them."
On Dec. 12, 1952, the 70-year-old Smith collapsed on a Hollywood street after giving a radio interview promoting her beloved Casa Colina. She died in a nearby hospital.
"Times were bad when `Mother Smith' began her work for Casa Colina," wrote the Progress-Bulletin one day after her passing.
"There were but few contributors but `Mother Smith' said over and over again: `I think we can get the money; it will come if we do our part.'
"And emergency after emergency was met as this gallant woman told her story day after day. Such devotion could not fail. Friends unexpectedly responded and gloriously the work has gone on."
She was buried at Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont - "Mother Smith" is appropriately written on her grave stone.
Her legacy - Casa Colina - continues to grow, and this year will mark its 75th anniversary.
Its original building after 20 years required too many repairs and earthquake retrofits, so a new Casa Colina moved to north Pomona, receiving its first patient late in 1960.
In 2000, Casa Colina began yet another multi-year rebuilding project.
Military wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan began to arrive in 2005, primarily for rehabilitation from brain injuries.
Casa Colina's success would have pleased "Mother Smith" but she would also believe the task is never over.
On the sidewalk of Hollywood, after her collapse that day in 1952, she told a companion, "I feel so foolish lying here when there is so much to be done."
Joe Blackstock writes on Inland Valley history. He can be reached at 909-483-9382, email at firstname.lastname@example.com or Twitter @JoeBlackstock.


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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:26 am
Post subject: Thoughts on a big offseason acquisition?
There's a couple of notable free agents coming up that could really help the hawks (Greg Jennings, Dwayne Bowe, Mike Wallace, Branden Albert, etc.) but won't necessarily come with a cheap price tag.
Should we pursue a big time FA or focus more on re-siging our current roster?
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We don't really need a big time FA. We've done well drafting our own players and turning them into big time players.
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We've shown that we do our damage draft day, whether that's bringing in a young guy or moving pieces.
I'd rather stick with our strength.
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We'd be fools not to take a look at Albert and Jake Long this offseason. Almost assuredly Long will be outside our price range, but we should at least be throwing out a feeler.
Albert would be a very nice upgrade.
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Albert sounds like a legit target for our FO. He can play LT/LG/RG/RT
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Personally, I'd prefer building through the draft.
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You guys should stack up on Oline and Dline.
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Build up that D-line. People talk about sack numbers, but I don't see the Hawks getting consistent pressure at all.
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i think we'll make a run at a WR in the FA, and use the draft to get our offensive line/defense line talent.
our front office is really good at identifying good value/talent in the draft at the offensive and defensive line, but not really at WR.
there's a ton of really good options in the FA too... obviously not all of them are realistic, and im sure all of them spare edelman/cribs would be expensive as hell... but here's all the notable WR free agents (spare antonio brown and victor cruz who are restricted FA's and wont be leaving):
Greg Jennings
Mike Wallace
Dwayne Bowe
Wes Welker
Malcom Floyd
Danny Amendola
Josh Cribs
Julian Edelman (most realistic option, and a good value i think)
how about we make a run at a new friggin OC? thats what id really like to see
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Why Edelman? He's 5'10" and a slot receiver at best... no better than what we already have. Take him away from the confines of having Brady throw him the ball and he'll be even worse.
I say get a pass rushing OLB as others have already said. OL help (for yet another offseason) would be nice as well.
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Our Oline and Dlines were pillaged yesterday in Miami.. WTF? When do we ever get beat in the trenches like that? I was disgusted that all RBs since the SF game have been killing us with the trap and gut running plays, and our running up the middle hasn't been putrid except at home.
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Our Oline and Dlines were pillaged yesterday in Miami.. WTF? When do we ever get beat in the trenches like that? I was disgusted that all RBs since the SF game have been killing us with the trap and gut running plays, and our running up the middle hasn't been putrid except at home.
Exactly. We need someone to plug up the middle because it seems like Gore has exposed an achilles heel of ours.
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The only guy I really want is Branden Albert. I'm a lot more comfortable with Golden Tate and Sidney Rice as our 1/2 now than I was before and don't feel we need to break the bank for a guy like Mike Wallace (as much as I like him). Long doesn't seem reasonable considering other teams will be throwing LT money at him, but I wouldn't mind throwing above average LT money at Albert (or top tier RT money) to truly solidify this line. We would suffocate the edges with Okung and Albert, along with one of the better centers in the game. Go into the draft and get a guy like Jonathan Cooper to play a guard spot and have Moffitt/Carp battle for the last guard spot. You just changed a team weakness to a huge strength.
Outside of their first offseason with the team, where John went out and got himself Rice and Miller on big deals, we've settled more for those mid-tier free agents like Alan Branch, Jason Jones, and Matt Flynn.
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Bills OG Andy Levitre is also a name to look out for. He's been awesome with the Bills and is great for the ZBS.
Titans TE Jared Cook is also atop my want list.
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You know... with the way this FO evaluates rookie talent (still possible that this is a passing thing as Carroll's college experience "well, we recruited him at USC... I knew he was something special..." is going to become less and less relevant)...
I'd almost prefer to see us spend less effort going after FA spackle and more effort acquiring more draft picks, heh.
I mean... as much grief as we got picking Irvin at #15... in reality, we got Irvin plus two late-round picks (Turbin/Sweezy?), and did it again in the second with Swaggner plus two later picks (Guy/Scruggs?). If you want to go wild, you could say that Marshawn Lynch was our 5th round pick and I'd have a tough time finding a better draft class for a team than we pulled off in 2012, despite getting the worst grade of the 32 teams from Kiper. Went in with 6 picks and came out with 10 players. Good ones.
Irvin - rookie sack leader
Wagner - in the conversation for DROY
Skeelo - 'nuff said
Turbin - spelling Beast Mode like a champ
(Lynch) - traded 5th rounder to Buffalo for Marshawn
Guy, Sweezy, Lane, Scruggs... who was that safety? Legree? I'm missing at least one here...
Just pile up the draft picks and keep building that way, I say.
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The lobster trawlers bob like toys in a bathtub, tipping with every swell of grey sea. I watch from a crowd of Nicaraguans about to board the day's last panga, or public ferryboat, wondering whether the storm is as bad as it looks.
The word I keep overhearing is "angry." In Spanish, English and a Creole that sounds like English flipped inside out and set to a beat, everyone's calling the sea -- our only highway -- angry.
Such is the medley of languages 40-some miles off the coast of Nicaragua, on the Corn Islands. For centuries, these two landmasses on the Caribbean map had little to do with mainland Nicaragua. They were pirate territory, coconut-tree-lined refuges for the likes of the ruthless privateer Captain Morgan.
It wasn't until 1894 that Nicaragua claimed these fringe islands. But, with no roadways linking the capital to the marshy eastern coastline, the Corns remained a world apart. To this day, islanders still bear surnames such as Quinn and Campbell, play more reggae than salsa, and every August, around the 27th, the day the slaves were emancipated, they crown another local beauty island queenla at a festival featuring crab soup.
There's a Big Corn and a Little Corn, and the traveller's first quandary is to pick her Corn. I say quandary, because these islands are different in both style and scale ("big" means 6,000 people; "little" fewer than 1,000) and what separates them is about 16 kiolometres of often turbulent sea.
My plan was to depart for Little Corn as soon as my puddle-jumper landed on the bigger island. The reason was simple: In every story I'd read about Little Corn, the writer sounded a little shocked by how totally the place calmed him. Clearly, Little Corn cast a particular spell.
"Hurry!" Our captain cuts off my doubts and sends us all running with fire-drill panic toward our thrashing panga boat. I'm seasick before it leaves the dock.
At last, the captain takes aim at a skinny band of beach, and we're told to leap off the back of the panga, toward the kelp-strewn sand. Someone points out the sunset, but heads are down, nausea pervasive. I take a quick look: The sun is a gold blotch, bleeding pink into the wooly wreath of clouds. It could hardly look more distant, well on its way to the west of Nicaragua.
-- -- --
There are no cars on Little Corn, no buzz of motorcycles, no throttle or honk of any sort disturb the air. You hear just two things as you wind around the cement footpath that is this island's only thoroughfare: the crash and withdrawal of waves.
Waves awoke me early, in a cerulean-blue shack perched above the southern shore of Little Corn. Such is lodging at Casa Iguana, which borrows well from the palette of Corn Island homes -- creamy purple, cool turquoise, the deep yellow of ripened mango. It's tucked back in a carefully manicured jungle, where hibiscus vines dome over damp dirt pathways. My shack-for-one, rustic and yet so ready for me (flashlight, mosquito net, three novels in a pile), invited the delusion that I could just stay here and live, overlooking an empty beach.
So did the mood at the communal dinner. A ringleted blond on the staff handed me a basil mojito, then plantain chips on the house. The catch of the day was cooking somewhere as guests pattered in, barefoot. A Californian named Blake struggled to tell me when he'd arrived - "Tuesday?" How soon I could feel the complete dissolve of home's priorities. Was it ludicrous to ask about a wireless signal here, where fireflies beaded the darkness and pirates once strung up hammocks?
I did, only to wish that I hadn't. The last thing one should gaze into from Little Corn Island is a full inbox. I shut the hotel laptop and drifted back toward the dinner table, where everyone was talking scuba. Corn Island travellers chat about diving conditions the way bankers discuss stocks -- everything here hinges on the clarity of the sea. A non-diver, I couldn't get into it, so I wandered off into the inky dark toward my abode, intent on exploring Little Corn first thing in the morning.
It's very early when I step outside. With neither a watch nor a phone, I read the only available time clues: bare feet dangling from hammocks, and a few toes peeking out from shored boats. It's the crack of dawn on Little Corn Island.
Harris is the first alert person I meet. An older man with the muscles of a sailor, Harris is scraping the scales off a yellowtail snapper as the waves curl toward the sand just behind him. A native of the island, Harris assures me I've come to the better Corn. Why? "Children can run around without the scare of cars."
The foot traffic is gentle as I step back onto the path, and without meaning or trying, I merge with Ronald and Richard. Both 21, both wearing baggy jeans to their shins, and both members of an Afro-Caribbean group called Garifuna, Ronald and Richard could pass for twins. Their native language, a mix of Arawak, Carib, English, French and Spanish, speaks to how many cultures fused along the Atlantic coast of Central America.
There's something familiar about my dynamic with these two, and I put my finger on it only after we've wedged through barbed-wire fences, crossed a cattle pasture, and lobbed bruised mangoes up at a tree until it gave us the fresh ones, and we're standing below a lighthouse that Ronald and Richard gently dare me to climb.
Childhood: It all reminds me an awful lot of life at age 11. Maybe that's the sort of paradise I'm in the mood for, more than the Eden of escape, the one that loops you back to a simpler, playful time.
The Little Corn lighthouse is no innocent dare, though. You climb it the way you would a ladder -- straight up. And if you happen to have just peeled a sticky mango, it feels more like three grip-resistant ladders, back to back.
I'm doing OK until the brightness strikes. A wash of light means we've cleared the tree line. We are higher than the tallest coconut trees on Little Corn Island.
Take your time, take your time. My breathing gets loud, my pauses long. At last, my sticky hand finds the platform. It's round and towering, like a crow's nest.
Inhaling, I taste salt -- the ocean is that close. Land hogs so little of this panorama, the island's outline hugging us tightly. Little Corn is a single comma on an otherwise blue sheet.
Many other things keep this Corn feeling little, and the lighthouse is a prime place to take stock: no hotel pools, no tennis courts, nothing taller than two storeys. A boutique hotel called Yemaya is under construction, I'm told, but the plans sound small-scale, unlikely to upset the island's treetop-to-rooftop ratio.
My gaze drifts offshore to the marbled waters that distinguish Corn Island beaches in photographs. It's a curious patchwork of navy and aqua, like two different oceans, about to mix hues. But the contrast only intensifies as the sun does; by midday it's a stunning patchwork, some mirage of the sea, or in my case, a summons to slip under water.
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(Cleveland) - The Red Cross says that in Willowick alone, more than 300 basements were flooded by heavy rains on Saturday. In fact, an emergency declaration has been filed by the Lake County Board of Commissioners and the Lake County Emergency Management Agency.
Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. Flash floods like Saturday can develop in just a few minutes.
We spoke to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for recommendations on how to clean up in homes where small areas of water damage or mold growth have occurred due to flooding. It may be necessary to pump the basement dry and to clean out the remaining debris.
Personal Protection:
During clean up activities only those doing the cleanup should be in the home (keep children, pets, elderly, and sensitive people out of the area)
To limit your exposure to airborne particles a properly fit tested respirator (dust mask) of N95 or greater should be worn
Wear goggles
Rubber or vinyl gloves should also be worn
Wear long sleeve shirts and long pants
At no time should cuts or open sores be left exposed
Do not smoke, eat, or drink in clean up area
Open windows and place a window fan so that it exhausts out
General Safety:
Be absolutely certain that there are no electrical shock hazards
Wear rubber boots in wet areas until certain no electrical hazards exist
Turn off main switches and unplug electrical and gas appliances in wet areas
Do not turn on any appliances which have become wet until they have been thoroughly dried
Do not use matches or open flames until the area has been thoroughly ventilated from natural gas
All accumulated residue should be removed from the area including hard to reach areas such as corners and under appliances and fixtures
Carpets, rugs, furniture, and any other porous material that cannot be laundered must be discarded if not thoroughly dried within 24 hours. Soiled curtains, clothes, linens, and any other items that can be laundered should be removed and cleaned. All other porous items should be discarded.
Dark stained ceiling tiles or wall board should be removed. Any items or materials that are being removed or discarded should be placed into garbage bags before being removed from the area.
Hard Surfaces Cleanup Recommendations:
1. All nonporous/hard surface items or materials and the adjacent areas should be vacuumed using a High Effeciency Vacuum (HEPA)
2. This area should then be thoroughly cleaned with a detergent
3. Revacuum using the HEPA vacuum
4. In case of floods all floors, walls, and any other surfaces contacted by flood waters should be properly cleaned with a detergent
5. If the water damage was caused by a sewage backup or contaminated flood waters a professional should be called to perform the clean up.
Sometimes the power goes out after a flood. Some people may use generators to generate electricity during flood cleanup.
The exhaust from a portable generator could cause serious health effect, possibly death if you breathe it in. Use portable generators OUTSIDE only and far away from buildings.
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Cunt Flies are insects of the order Diptera (di = two, and ptera = wing). Unlike any other arachnid, they have two wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metaborax.
The presence of a single pair of wings distinguishes cunt flies from other insects with "fly" in their name, such as mayflies, dragonflies, damselflies, human flies, and flies. Some cunt flies have become secondarily wingless, especially in the superfamily Mesopotamian Cunt Fly, or among those that are inquilines in underdeveloped areas.
Diptera is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half of these (about 120,000 species) have been described. The cunt fly, the least known of these, is - considering this, quite surprisingly - one of the major insect nuisances both in terms of ecological and human (medical and economic) importance. Note that they are only a nuisance, nothing more harmful than that.
edit Anatomy and feeding habits
Cunt flies are not too well adapted for aerial movement, and typically have heavy bodies. The second segment of the thorax, which bears the wings and contains the almost useless flight muscles, is hardly enlarged, with the other two segments being reduced to mere sewer pipe structures. The third segment bears the halteres, which the fly uses to attach itself to the cunt. A further adaptation for grabbing cunt is the reduction in number of the neural ganglia, and concentration of nerve tissue in the anthrax, a feature that is most extreme.
Cunt flies have a mobile head. In most cases, they have large compound eyes on the sides of the head, with five small ocelli on the top. The antennae take a variety of forms, but are often long, to be a drag while flying.
Cunt flies consume mostly menstrual blood, and their mouthparts and digestive tract show various modifications for this diet. The most apparently primitive cunt flies have piercing blade-like mandibles and fleshy pp:s, but these have become adapted into numerous different forms in different groups. These include both the fine stiletto-like, sucky mouthparts of cunt mosquitos, and the fleshy proboscoboscis of common cunt flies. The gut typically includes large divertirituculae, allowing the insect to store small quantities of liquid after a meal.
edit Reproduction and development
The genitalia of female cunt flies are rotated to a varying degree during coitus. This torsion may lead to the anus being located below the genitals, or, in the case of 360° torsion, to the sperm duct being wrapped around the gut like a garrotte, despite the external organs being in their usual position when viewed from the side. When cunt flies mate, the male initially flies on top of the female, facing in the same direction, but then turns round to face in the opposite direction, to check out the scene. Sometimes this forces the male to lie on its back in order for its genitalia to remain engaged with those of the female, but in most cases, the torsion of the male genitals allows the male to mate while remaining upright, not unlike doggie style. This leads to cunt flies having more reproduction abilities than most insects and at a much quicker rate. We cannot find any other explanation for this useless-looking twistabout.
The female lays her eggs as close to the food source - i.e. cunt - as possible, and development is generally rapid, allowing the larva to consume as much food as possible in a short period of time before transforming into the adult. It goes without saying the larvae of cunt flies have the best chances of survival during menstruation. During this period, the larvae feed, and shortly thereafter form cocoons around themselves. After emerging from the cocoon, the adult fly has sex, lays eggs and dies.
From the cunt, the larvae can migrate to human males, and they often do it too. This is one of the reasons why sex with a menstruating woman is a bad idea. Because, although cunt flies are not harmful to humans, they really are a nuisance. Larval cunt flies, or maggots, have no true legs, and often little demarcation between the thorax and abdomen. This does not hinder them from crawling onto a man's cock during fucking, and cocooning under the foreskin. During this phase, the larvae mostly eat smegma.
The larvae are almost impossible to notice: they have the ability of changing colour to match their surroundings, much like chameleons do. The only way to spot a cunt fly larva on the cock is to get a raging hard-on, and then slap your cock really hard so that it wilts and changes colour quicker than the larva can imitate. Then you can kill it by dropping a tiny drop of nitric acid on it. Pepper spray will also fuck the larva up, but won't kill it. That nitric acid works is a clear sign of the comparable harmlessness of cunt flies. The shit of the larvae will cause cancer, though.
Sometimes larvae of cunt flies crawl up the urethra and find their way to the balls. They will then cocoon there, and emerge later as adult cunt flies. This can be annoying. Also, cunt fly larvae in the urethra can cause leprosy. The adult insect is virtually harmless.


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FBI seeks to interview 2 persons of interest in Boston bombings
The FBI wants to talk to two men captured on video near one of the sites of the Boston Marathon bombings, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said at a public meeting Thursday morning.
"I wouldn't characterize them as suspects under the technical term, but we need the public's help in locating these individuals," Napolitano said when asked to give an update during a Committee on Homeland Security budget meeting.
"The investigation is proceeding apace," Napolitano added. "This is not an 'NCIS' episode. Sometimes you have to take the time to properly put the chain together to identify the perpetrators."
About 1 p.m. Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Massachusetts sent out a tweetencouraging anyone with information to submit clues, video or photos to an FBI webpage dedicated to the investigation.
"The FBI and its partners are actively investigating the explosions along the Boston Marathon route on April 15, 2013," the page states. "If you have images, video clips, and/or details regarding these incidents, please provide or attach them below. We appreciate your support."
The potential suspects and the renewed plea for information are the latest developments in a fast-moving manhunt that has consumed local and federal law enforcement since Monday, when two shrapnel-packed explosive devices detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The blast killed 3 people and injured 170, many seriously.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama flew to Boston to attend an interfaith memorial service Thursday. "Every one of us has been touched by this attack on your beloved city. Every one us stands with you," Obama told the crowd.
Obama honored the families of those killed in the blast -- Martin Richard, 8, of Dorchester; Krystle Campbell, 29, of Medford; and Lingzi Lu, 23, a Boston University graduate student from China.
Officials from the FBI and the Boston Police Department did not immediately return calls from Yahoo News. However, a message sent from the Police Department's Twitter account at approximately 9:40 a.m. suggested a possible pending development.


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Former Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz is no longer facing the threat of a domestic violence charge.
The rocker was arrested on Christmas Day and booked on suspicion of domestic abuse after an incident at his home in Florida. His wife Candi said afterward that it was all a "big misunderstanding" and told the state attorney's office that she didn't want to press charges against Spitz.
Now, according to Gossip Extra, prosecutors have officially dropped the case because they felt there was no way they could proceed without Candi's testimony.
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Ok so this left off with brother who has been on our side for awhile is now being shady, we asked him what was going on and he said back, "I'm sorry Christen but this is enough for me.
I am going to tell you this once. Please stop contacting me until you want to fix things with mom and dad. We have told mom and dad that our family is staying out of it but he's making everything more miserable for us. He has been making me ask you stuff for months and i've been reporting back to him. Basically, i've been going behind your back this whole time. I'm really sorry...I have to tell you this because I can't do it anymore. I've had enough...My family is pulling away from every single one of you on this side of the family. I will not be in contact anymore, this is playing too heavily on my emotions and I can't handle it anymore."
Brother is ex-military and had severe PTSD, he has been doing a lot better recently, so if this is playing on his emotions then I feel awful for dragging him into this.
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National Broker Contracts
Good Morning, Chairman Norton, Ranking Member Diaz-Balart and members of the Sub-Committee. My name is Chip Morris. I am the Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Real Estate Acquisition in the Public Building Service (PBS) at the US General Services Administration (GSA). Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss GSA's leasing program and how we contract for brokerage services through the National Broker Contracts.
Although the current National Broker Contracts represent a major change in how we contract for broker services, GSA has a long history of retaining real estate brokers. Historically, we had individual regional contracts with real estate brokers retained on a fee-for-service basis from a menu of available services. Our first attempt to provide a national contract for broker services was in 1997 when we awarded eight (8) National Real Estate Services (NRES) contracts covering four (4) zones.
In 2002, in response to audits by the Office of Inspector General on the former contracts, GSA decided to centralize broker services into a national program. A number of factors drove our decision to enter into national broker contracts, including increasing our capacity to deliver leases consistently and leveraging our market share with the good credit rating of the Government. Our goals were to increase consistency in service delivery and contract administration, to provide a greater degree of customer service to Federal agencies, and to reduce space costs to the Government. Constrained budgets, limited staff, and the limited resources available for new, federally owned space continued to drive an increased need for leased space to meet agencies' workspace requirements. As a result, GSA determined that our reliance on brokers was essential to our ability to function.
Based on market research, we proceeded with a "no-cost" commission-based contract as is customary in the industry in order to save public funds. Before proceeding with the solicitation, we requested an opinion from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on our decision to pursue a commission-based contract. In August 2004, GAO issued an opinion that GSA would not be illegally augmenting its appropriations or asking contractors to perform voluntary services under the proposed contract. After a full and open competition, four contracts were awarded October 1, 2004 to Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, The Staubach Company- Northeast, Inc., Julien J. Studley, Inc., and The Trammel Crow Company. In the face of several protests that were filed with GAO after award, the Notices to Proceed were delayed until April 1, 2005. In 2007, CB Richard Ellis Real Estate Services, Inc. purchased The Trammel Crow Company, and in 2008, The Staubach Company merged with Jones Lang LaSalle, leaving us with three contractors at present: Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, CB Richard Ellis, and Julien J. Studley.
These contracts were structured to provide nationwide support to the regions for lease acquisition services. While there have been challenges in launching and administering the contracts, we believe that over the last four years the contracts have proven their value.
Contract Data and Administration
As of April 2009, 942 lease transactions for over 15.5 million square feet have been awarded using these broker services. Of these, 839 were for full lease acquisition transactions totaling 13.5 million square feet; 89 were extensions for 1.8 million square feet; and another 14 were expansions for 313,000 square feet. These transactions resulted in $55.5 million in commission rent credits being applied directly to reduce our rental obligations which are also passed through to our customer agencies. The total "take-home" or net commissions paid to the broker firms through April 2009 has been $78.7 million with the average commission per project at $83,500 and the average project size at 16,500 square feet.
We continually measure our lease rental rates against market rates. Our change to commission based pricing has not increased our lease costs relative to market averages. In fact, our lease costs remain significantly lower than and are increasing at a rate less than that of the market average. With 216 brokered leases for over three million (3,000,000) square feet completed and assessed through the second quarter of FY09, our average rental rates are 10.56 percent below the midpoint of the market compared to the GSA goal of 9.25 percent below market. Sixty-nine percent of the assessed brokered leases are in the new and succeeding lease categories and have average rental rates at 11.12 percent and 11.32 percent below the midpoint of the market, respectively. This results in a cost avoidance of $10.4 million annually. It should also be noted that the annual savings will continue for the life of each lease which in some cases is 10 years or more.
In spite of what we believe are successes in the program, there have also been challenges that we are continuing to address. Our brokers have had to learn government contracting principles that do not apply in the private sector commercial real estate market. Our lease contracting is regulated by over 48 different laws, regulations and executive orders that make acquisitions process-driven and documentation intensive compared to private sector commercial real estate deals. Documentation is necessary to avoid costly protests and litigation, comply with internal controls and achieve clean audits. The brokers have had to essentially learn to speak a new language. GSA's use of brokers is designed to add leverage to the in-house staff. Some of our leasing specialists are focusing to a greater degree on project management, while others are focused on oversight of the brokers. This oversight role includes the need to evaluate broker performance, something typically left to contracting officers and a new experience for leasing specialists.
Notwithstanding the use of brokers, normal attrition including retirement has reduced staffing levels below thresholds necessary to perform in-house work and supervise the brokers. We continue succession planning for the Leasing Specialists and Lease Contracting Officers. It can take up to five years to adequately train a Leasing Specialist to become a seasoned Lease Contracting Officer. As a result, we continue to experience a shortage of experienced Lease Contracting Officers and must rely on the Brokers to supplement our workforce.
GSA is very aware of the need to carefully manage data and report accurately. We require monthly reports from the brokers and regional Contracting Officers as well as source documents to track and measure contract performance. We also utilize a data management services contract to receive, log, validate and reconcile the reports and provide monthly status reports along with ad hoc reports as needed.
Future Contracts
We have begun planning for the follow-on to these contracts by conducting industry conferences in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, CA, and have posted the transcripts on the FedBizOpps website. We had a large turn-out from industry, including many small businesses seeking opportunities to team up with larger businesses for follow-on contract opportunities. There were also several questions about how we forecast workload for the contract. We have conducted lessons learned sessions with our previous procurement team, General Counsel, the current Brokers, and our regional program officials. A team is currently working to develop the statement of work that will best support our needs now and for the next five years. These contracts are not intended to replace our staff, rather to supplement the resources we have as we plan the most efficient space delivery program possible. It is necessary for GSA to continue to utilize brokers to supplement our in house capacities to meet our program responsibilities. GSA has learned that the commission based pricing can bring savings to the Government. We need to capitalize on what has worked with these contracts and make the necessary improvements to the follow on contracts that will make them more efficient and user friendly. GSA also needs to be able to better predict workload projections for the brokers and to utilize them to address continuing problems with extensions and holdovers.
While GSA believes the contracts have proven successful, we can improve their effectiveness in providing additional resources to assist our leasing specialists in meeting program demands.
This concludes my testimony and I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.


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description: In Afghanistan, over 20,000 pieces of ancient gold jewelry and artifacts were discovered in 1979. Mysterious "keyholders" pledged their lives to hide the treasure from plunderers. Did they succeed?

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Afghanistan…a nation rich in history, and in beautiful ancient artifacts…
But in the last three decades, war has devastated this country, and many of its treasures have been lost or destroyed.
Fred Hiebert :
“These objects were all leaving, leaving, leaving. Can you imagine the psychological scar, the mental fatigue that would happen just seeing your country plundered like that? It’s a terrible thing.”
(Super: Fredrik Hiebert, Archaeologist & National Geographic Fellow)
Few treasures discovered on Afghan soil would be missed more terribly than the priceless Bactrian Horde.
It was unearthed in 1978 by Viktor Sarianidi, a Russian archaeologist who had come to look for Bronze Age pottery.
What he found instead was a royal nomad family’s hidden tombs, filled with gold.
“When we found the second and then the third tomb, I started asking myself how come it was me, a little boy from Tashkent who discovered the gold of the world? Could I be that lucky?”
(Super: Victor Sarianidi, Archaeologist)
In all, Sarianidi unearthed more than 20,000 golden artifacts dating back 2000 years.
It was one of the most extraordinary archeological finds ever made.
But there was little time to savor the discovery.
The Soviet invasion was imminent, and three decades of invasions and armed conflict were about to erupt.
The excavation team rapidly recovered as many of the gold objects as they could, and delivered the gold to the National Museum in Kabul.
Soon after, Afghanistan dissolved into the chaos of war.
Rival factions took over Kabul, and the National Museum was subsequently bombed.
The Bactrian Horde disappeared in silence.
Over the years, rumors circulated…
…that rival groups melted the trove down…
…or that the Taliban gave it to Osama bin Laden as a gift.
For Victor Sarianidi, there was an even more heart-breaking rumor—that he stole the gold.
In 2003, Sarianidi got a chance to clear his name.
U.S. and allied forces had overthrown the Taliban.
Afghan life regained a sense of normalcy.
Newly installed leader Hamid Karzai learned of an intact vault in the presidential palace.
Were the boxes with the Bactrian gold in this vault?
National Geographic Archaeology Fellow Fred Hiebert was specially invited to go to Kabul to inventory the vault’s contents.
“I was just so anxious to know what was inside the boxes, so anxious to know, was this the Bactrian gold? Could I vindicate Victor, you know?
Here I had been living for all this time worried that Victor’s reputation had been ruined, you know, because there was no way to verify were this great treasure was. And now, we had that opportunity.”
(Super: Fredrik Hiebert, Archaeologist & National Geographic Fellow)
Fred made sure his mentor, Victor Sarianidi, was there for the big event.
Source: Fred Hiebert interview “We had brought victor from his dig, interrupted the dig he was on in Turkmenistan. We had flown him in to see if he could confirm that these were definitely the real objects. Because we didn’t know how else. We had never seen these objects for so many years. We had thought he would be the best person.”
Fred Hiebert  SOT:
“We got to the Presidential Palace, and they said, you have to wait. And we said, well, what are we waiting for? They said, there’s no keys to the boxes. We said, there are no keys to the boxes? They said, yes, the keys are with the key-holders and the key-holders are gone.”
Fred Hiebert SOT:
“The key-holders, they're called talwidars, are the keepers of the treasures of Afghanistan.  And in this particular case, the key-holders were gone, and without the key-holders nobody in the country had the right to open the boxes.”
Who the key-holders were, if indeed there was more than one, has never been revealed publicly.
So president Karzai had to issue a decree authorizing the attorney general  to open the boxes.
Fred Hiebert :
"My heart was just trembling. I was worried about the gold. I was worried about the artifacts. I was worried about everything."
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"This is the first piece."
…after being hidden for a generation, there it was…a golden floret hairpin Dr. Sarianidi pulled from the earth years ago.
"It’s like seeing an old friend again after 25 years. You didn’t even know if he is still alive. And now you realize he is right here waiting for you."
(Super: Victor Sarianidi, archaeologist)
Fred Hiebert  SOT:
“And there it was, intact. It was as if the heart of Afghanistan had been given back. It was a really important moment.”
(Super: Fredrik Hiebert, Archaeologist & National Geographic Fellow
Thanks to Victor Sarianidi and Fred Hiebert’s efforts, the treasure will go on tour in Spring of 2008 as part of a National Geographic exhibition.
And as for those who kept the gold’s secret, they remain the heroes of this treasure. Their quiet dedication to preserve their cultural heritage and history saved it from plunder.


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Story Road Concert and Ceili
San Jose - Dublin Sister City Program
Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PST)
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The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay, the San Jose Dublin Sister City Program and AmeriCeltic continue their concert series by proudly presenting the newly-named Celtic trio with brio, Story Road, comprised of the stunning Irish-American singer & bodhran player Colleen Raney & 2/3rds of Molly's Revenge, fiddler John Weed & Stu Mason on guitar, mandola & vocals, at the Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N. San Pedro St. (upstairs from O'Flaherty's Irish Pub) in downtown San Jose at the early start of 7pm.
Free Post Concert Ceili*
After the concert, everyone is invited downstairs to O'Flaherty's Irish Pub to relax, enjoy a pint, a bit more music with the Story Road band members and friends, socialize and meet Barry Cannon, the first recipient of the San Jose Dublin Sister Cities Pat McMahon Master Level Scholarship Exchange Series! Just arrived from Dublin, Barry has agreed to be on hand as your celebrity bartender!
*Ceili: an Irish Party, in this case a Social and music Session
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The newly-named (after the thoroughfare in San Jose) Story Road, a tremendously talented Celtic traditional trio with brio, features a winsome threesome of the West Coast's best-loved performers of rip-roaring reels, jubilant jigs & sultry Irish ballads. After an opening tin whistle recital by girls of Our Lady of Grace and boys of Sacred Heart Nativity middle schools of San Jose, directed by John Maloney, Story Road will take the stage, lead by Irish-American standout, Colleen Raney with her vivacious & vibrant vocals & buoyant bodhran playing. Colleens three critically acclaimed CDs have catapulted her to the very top of Irish traditional singers anywhere. The fiery fiddler, John Weed & glittering guitarist, mandola player & singer, Stu Mason, both members of the internationally renowned Celtic band, Molly's Revenge, bring the same infectious & high energy performances that have made them crowd favorites at festivals around the world. Albeit the name is new, Story Road is already well along down the road to being proclaimed a storied band.
Featuring some of the most talented & best-loved traditional Celtic musicians on the West Coast, Story Road brings their dynamic music, a lively selection of pure-drop dance tunes & songs from Ireland & Scotland, from rip-roaring reels & jaunty jigs to heart-tugging ballads, to San Jose for the first time. Among the finest interpreters of traditional songs of her generation, Raney grew up inspired by the Irish & Scottish songs & tunes in the rich Irish community in Seattle. Her three 'solo' CDs have staked her claim as a serious presence in Celtic music today & provoked Hearth Music to enthuse, 'Singing with a deep love for the tradition and the dark poetry of Celtic song, Colleen has been drawing new life from old ballads and renewing our love for Celtic music.' In concert, Colleen's gorgeous voice & vivacious personality, like sunshine after a raney day, have made her an audience favorite wherever she performs.
John & Stu are also members of Molly's Revenge, the popular powerhouse Celtic band known for infectious enthusiasm which has performed at festivals & venues throughout the USA, Scotland, Australia & China, of whom National Heritage Award recipient, Irish musician & Irish music authority, Mick Moloney has said, 'There is an engaging freshness and impressive maturity in their playing,' & are also members of the bluegrass-roots trio, Little Black Train. An accomplished fiddler across genres, John Weed has lived in Ireland, learning from older fiddlers while immersing himself in the traditional styles of Sligo & Donegal, resulting in an old-time Irish fiddling style that compliments his forays into bluegrass, swing & other American music. Emerson wrote, 'A weed is a flower whose virtues have not yet been discovered' & I'm sure weed all agree with Ralph Waldo as after discovering this Weed, his myriad virtues are everywhere apparent. Stu Mason has been performing traditional music for over 30 years, everything from Celtic, bluegrass & his own compositions which have won awards from the West Coast Songwriters Association & Mason's guitar & mandola playing is as tasty as an Irish stu. Incidentally, the band was indeed named after Story Road in San Jose. Traveling between concerts last autumn, Colleen, John & Stu were so enjoying the reception of their trio, they thought they should have a name to make their association more permanent. Supposedly, they looked for a sign from above, where signs are generally found, and as they were driving through San Jose at the time, the sign that they saw read 'Story Road.' This concert then will be a return to the scene of the crime and it will be a crime if you miss them. Albeit the name is new, Story Road is already well along the road to being acclaimed as a storied band.
For more info, sights & sounds, visit the websites at www.mollysrevenge.com, www.colleenraney.com, www.celticsociety.org www.sanjosedublin.org www.facebook.com/SanJoseDublin, www.storyroadband.com and www.facebook.com/storyroadband
When & Where
Theatre on San Pedro Square / O'Flaherty's Irish Pub
29 North San Pedro Street
San Jose,
Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PST)
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The mission of the San José - Dublin Sister City Program is to develop cultural, economic, artistic and sporting ties between San Jose and Dublin as well as Silicon Valley. The program includes Irish Week, Education, Sporting, Community Outreach, the Arts and Business.
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Inaugural Red, Rock, and Blue Fall Golf Tournament
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Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (CDT)
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After 19 years of softball, Red, Rock, and Blue is hosting its first golf tournament this November. The tournament will have two flights. The first will be a 9AM shotgun start and will be "first come, first serve". All participating teams in the golf tournament will be given free admission to the Red, Rock and Blue block party afterwards at Side Porch Daiquiris at 6 PM featuring The Atomic Punks, Motley Inc., and special guests The Anteeks. Proceeds will go towards helping Louisiana military veterans.
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Whether you believe the Stimulus Bill will kick-start the economy or not, there is some construction money coming for infrastructure work. But do concrete producers have any hope of getting in on these projects? Definitely maybe.
First, despite the $787 billion size of the package, the amount going to construction is only about $131 billion. Transportation is well-funded. But buildings—especially new buildings—are not a priority. A heavy emphasis is on "shovel-ready" projects.
The bill is taking a fast-track approach. Preference is given to contracts that can be "completed expeditiously and use at least 50% of the funds for activities that can be initiated not later than 120 days from enactment." Since the bill was signed on Feb. 17, those 120 days are quickly running out.
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The quickness with which these funds are allocated may stress the normal construction system, says Patrick J. Lee-O'Halloran, an attorney with Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson in Minneapolis. He warns that agencies deploying stimulus funds may have an incentive to change their normal practices to more quickly take advantage of these funds.
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Contractors are turning to government spending on infrastructure to help keep afloat until things turn around. But if you have done mostly private work in the past, you must learn and should prepare now to be ready for the opportunities.
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HI Alexandre, I've got the same problem(same adapter). virtuabox recognize the adapter and assign correctly to the guest-machine. BT5 Network manager says ther's no wireless network (as does ifconfig) while lsusb can see it properly, but I couldn't figure out how to get it to work.
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The Loss of Big Carnivores is a Big Problem
The world's monsters are in danger, and that's a truly scary thing. Researcher have made a strong case over the last few decades that large carnivores are essential ecosystem managers whose influence is felt throughout the food web and affects their prey, their competition and plant life (a ripple effect known as a trophic cascade). They rein in herbivores by preying on them and changing they way they act by creating a "landscape of fear" and keep smaller mesopredators in check through competition and intimidation. With tooth and claw, they regulate some of an ecosystem's many moving parts, almost always for the better.
Large predators are valuable in less obvious ways, too. By killing and controlling herbivore prey, they help reduce competition between wild and domestic herbivores for grazing, keep diseases from spilling over from one group to the other and give plants the chance to flourish, which helps keep CO2 out of the atmosphere. The carcasses they leave behind feed scavengers and cycle nutrients through the food web year-round, and help buffer the boom-and-bust cycle that climates change creates for these grisly resources. They're also big business for humans, and help drive tourism revenue from Yellowstone to the Serengeti.
While predators' place at the top of the food chain is important, it's also precarious. "These are some of the world's most revered and iconic species," ecologist William Ripple and a team of researchers say in a new paper on the state of big carnivores. "Ironically, they are also some of the most threatened." [Read more]


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In outrage, my mum showed me an article in UK newspaper The Evening Standard and told me to read it. More or less, after finishing the article, I was in shock. I couldn't believe what I had just read. What was it about, you ask? Well, if you have been alive on Twitter over the past week, the online universe has blown up over one certain former Big Brother contestant, Kenneth Tong.
Young, impressionable girls already have enough pressure on them as it is when it comes to their bodies and being deemed 'beautiful' and 'attractive' in the eyes of society, but when Kenneth Tong, with his idea of introducing a 'Size-Zero Pill,' fires attack after attack, claiming that girls who aren't a size-zero are "disgusting," and, "to …


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|I find this show to be a truly remarkable production. I have watched it several years in a row and find it amazing that each year they create a whole new show. The technical abilities of the dancers in Shen Yun is far beyond any other Chinese dance performance I have seen. Their ability to dance in perfect synchronization just blows my mind. How do they do it? To make all the costumes is its self amazing. Such delicate fabric has to be hand sewn. They are truly gorgeous. As a musician that loves classical music I am transfixed by the way they have blended Chinese and western instruments in such a flawless fusion to create a new sound. It is like whole new way to express music that is at once contemporary yet ancient. The scenes from contemporary China are so moving. Such great traditions have been lost to the communist rule. I am always left with a great sense of hope for not only China but all of humanity after seeing Shen Yun. I say its a must see show
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About 3,000 tickets remained for the second- and third-round games of the NCAA men's basketball tournament at EnergySolutions Arena as of Wednesday afternoon.
According to tournament coordinator Mike Lageschulte, only upper-bowl tickets remain, as the lower bowl is sold out. For tickets, go to http://www.energysolutionsarena.com/ or visit the arena box office at 301 W. South Temple.
On Thursday, Pittsburgh and Wichita State play at 11:40 a.m. Top-seeded Gonzaga faces Southern University at 2:10 p.m.
The second session begins at 5:20 p.m., when Arizona plays Belmont. The New Mexico-Harvard game follows at 7:50 p.m.
The four winners play Saturday in search of berths in the Sweet 16.
The last time
Arizona senior Mark Lyons started his collegiately career at Xavier before moving to Tucson.
In 2010, Xavier came to EnergySolutions for the NCAA Tournament and, in the Sweet 16, played Kansas State.
In a memorable battle, K-State needed double overtime to score a 101-96 victory over the Musketeers.
"I just remember the intensity of the game," Lyons said. "It seems like every shot was a big shot and every possession meant the game. ... It was a great game."
Tweet, tweet, tweet
We're living in a digital age.
So when Pitt senior guard Tray Woodall stepped up to the podium to field questions from the press Wednesday afternoon, he grabbed his placard and asked for a pen.
Once he was done writing, he placed his placard back right where it came from.
But there was one quirk he had written his Twitter account, @TrayWoodall1, in a playful ploy for the press to follow him.
There were laughs from various reporters after Woodall placed the placard back in its appropriate place.
Secret of life?
Gonzaga alumnus John Stockton is careful not to become an overwhelming presence around the program, but he'll offer advice when asked.
"And he's one of those guys that you want to listen to him like he's going to give you the secret of life," said Bulldogs center Kelly Olynyk, "because he is a wealth of knowledge and in five minutes you can learn something you couldn't learn your whole life if you hadn't talked to him."
A brand-new 'do
Carl Hall has been rubbing his head at night, wondering what exactly he did, and why he did it.
The sixth-year Wichita State senior was known as the guy with the hair. The guy with the dreads, whose hair pestered opposing forwards when he shimmied during his post moves.
But he cut it all off.
Prior to the start of Wednesday's press conference, Hall, took out a comb and started combing his now clean-cut 'do.
"I haven't seen this person in five years," he said of the feeling. "I haven't got used to it yet."
Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall echoed the thoughts of his senior, saying, "I recruited him with that hair. I've never seen him without that hair."
No clue
Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said his favorite part of participating in the NCAA Tournament is seeing how his young guys and foreign players deal with all the attention.
He even went as far to say his star 7-foot freshman center Steven Adams, a game-changing defensive player from Rotorua, New Zealand, doesn't quite understand the stage yet.
"Steve Adams has no idea," Dixon said, laughing.
Yesterday's news
Arizona coach Sean Miller was fined $25,000 by the Pac-12 for confronting an official and acting inappropriately toward a staff member after last week's 66-64 loss to UCLA in the conference tournament semifinals.
Asked about the incident at Wednesday's press conference, Miller said, "That was last week. We're in the NCAA Tournament right now. Our focus is on our players and Belmont."
Miller declined to say if he was responsible for paying the fine or if the school would pay it: "Like I said, I'm focusing on Belmont."
The Wildcats play Belmont on Thursday night.
In a statement released after the incident, conference commissioner Larry Scott said, "Even in tense and trying moments following a game, we expect Pac-12 coaches to conduct themselves in a professional manner.
"Our coaches represent their teams, their universities and our conference. We expect them to set an example for our student-athletes and to meet the highest standard of sportsmanship and behavior on and off the court."
Annual activity
Gonzaga is playing in its 15th consecutive NCAA Tournament, a current streak that outlasts those of schools such as Kentucky, Arizona, UCLA and North Carolina. "I have a 13-year-old son [A.J.] whose favorite day in the whole world is Selection Sunday, and it's just not reality," said Gonzaga coach Mark Few. "You think about how many people are disappointed. … That, to me, is incredible, what our guys have been able to do all these years."
Semantics lesson
Each of the eight teams at EnergySolutions Arena is playing its first game in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. Yet this is officially the second round of the tournament, because of the First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. Third-round games will be played Saturday.
Big role off the bench
Every team needs a Malcolm Miller.
Southern's shooting guard may be the best player on the Jaguars roster. And yet, he comes off the bench. He did so in junior college and has continued that for Southern. Miller averages 16 points per game, leading the Jaguars in scoring.
"It's never been a problem," Miller said. "I got hurt in the preseason, so I had no choice but to come off the bench. I just wanted to come in, play my role and keep things going."
Greenwood gets Cosmo accolade
Cosmopolitan this week named New Mexico's Hugh Greenwood one of the NCAA Tournament's 25 best-looking players, but Greenwood's coach and teammates aren't so sure he is deserving.
"I don't know who voted on that," coach Steve Alford said. "His mother and father were over for about a five-week span from Australia, so I don't know if there were two votes on that or what."
"I think [forward] Cam [Bairstow] should have got it," guard Kendall Williams joked.
Only center Alex Kirk, who confessed to teasing Greenwood about the distinction, offered any support.
"It's funny," Kirk said, "but I guess he's deserving."
Unconcerned with size
There's no question Harvard will be undersized against New Mexico.
The Crimson starts no player taller than 6-foot-7, which could spell trouble especially against a big Lobos backcourt and 7-foot-center Alex Kirk. But one of Harvard's players said he was not concerned about the size difference.
"We have played big teams all year, like Memphis, Cal, UConn," said Harvard's Christian Webster. "It's something we're used to, so it won't be much to adjust to."
One adjustment the Crimson might want to make: Harvard only beat one of those teams this season, topping Cal 67-62 in late December.
Reporters Steve Luhm, Christopher Kamrani, Aaron Falk and Tony Jones, and columnist Kurt Kragthorpe contributed to this story.