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Natural hair is all the rage and now celebrities are getting in on the "embrace your kinky curly" action. This week, Brandy took to Instagram to show off her new cropped 'fro hairstyle which is just the latest new 'do for the singer. After rocking Marley twists for a few weeks, she unleashed "heat free hair" with a short and fun 'fro. Then she just couldn't stop posing for pictures even as she was making an appearance on the Queen Latifah Show.
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Kim Kardashian changes name on Instagram and Twitter!
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If marrying Kanye West at an Italian fortress wasn't official enough, Kim Kardashian has embraced the role of "Mrs. West" by taking on her husband's last names on social media.
On Wednesday, the reality TV star changed her name to Kim Kardashian West on both her Instagram and Twitter accounts.
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If you suck at cooking, are lazy, or plan on spending Christmas in a tent out in the middle of nowhere, say hello to your holiday feast: The HotCan. Thanks to an exothermic reaction caused by opening the can, the contents heat up in about 12 minutes, leaving you with a hot, nutritionally balanced, and reportedly delicious turkey casserole with winter veg, chipolatas, stuffing balls and cranberry jelly.
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TRIO Programs to offer college financial aid workshop Feb. 28
The University of South Carolina TRIO Programs and partners will offer a financial aid workshop Saturday, Feb. 28, for anyone interested in attending college.
The "College Goal Sunday" workshop will be held from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Richland County Public Library on Assembly Street. The workshop is designed to provide financial-aid information and assistance in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and is free and open to the public.
Financial aid experts and other volunteers will help parents and students with financial aid paperwork for any college or university and provide information about financial-aid options and eligibility for grants and scholarships. Participants must bring 2008 income-tax returns.
"College Goal Sunday" is a volunteer effort by the University of South Carolina TRIO Programs, the South Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the South Carolina Commission of Higher Education and the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation in cooperation with the Richland County Public Library.
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This is the motion-detecting Yoda figurine that reacts to "disturbances in the force" with verbal and visual responses. Molded of high-impact plastic to match Yoda's likeness in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, this 9" tall Jedi master stands guard over a vacant desk. When a Sith Lord, wayward stormtrooper, or other interloper approaches, Yoda's lightsaber illuminates and he speaks one of six phrases in his peculiar speech pattern, such as "Still much to learn you have" or "A disturbance in the Force there is." A selectable switch lets you silence the little fellow or disarm the motion sensor. Powered by USB with the included cable. 9" H x 4" W x 4" D. (1 lbs.)
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Great working Yoda.. Very fun.
By Ginnermae
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It is setting on my computer desk. Yoda works great and the light saber lights when he talks and there is motion
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Great Yoda!
By kp
from Meriden, CT
I would have liked to have seen a figurine with more actual motion, i.e. the head moves and/or the body actually pivots or changes positions. More animation would be awesome. Maybe add a Darth Vader figure!
Fun but loud
By TJ
from Dallas, TX
Love the item, but it is extremely loud to be used at the workplace. Had to place two pieces of tape over the speaker. Not great for a reception type desk area where a lot of people will set off the motion sensor ALL day long. Will start to drive you crazy. It is also bigger than it looks in the picture. Would like it better if it was about half the size.
You know that you want this yoda!
By Margaret
from Clearwater, FL
Yoda is always a hoot! The force messages will brighten your day and make you smile!
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Buckcherry to Play at Clicks Live in Tyler
Clicks Live in Tyler is on a roll booking rock concerts in 2013, and it doesn't look like they're slowing down anytime soon. Clicks is bringing high-profile rock act Buckcherry to Tyler on Saturday, Sept. 7.
Tickets aren't on sale yet, but you can keep checking Clicks' website for the latest on tickets.
Buckcherry is still on tour promoting new album, 'Confessions,' which was released earlier this year. 'Gluttony' was the first single off the album, the band's sixth.
Buckcherry is among a group of big shows Clicks has booked for 2013 thus far. Guitar legend Steve Vai is playing at Clicks on Oct. 26. Clicks also has seen names such as Black Stone Cherry, Bone Thugs N' Harmony and many others earlier this year.
Rock and Roll Over, a KISS tribute band, is also set to play at Clicks on Friday, Aug. 16.
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Earlier today, I posted a link to an exceptional, accessible podcast introduction to the philosophies of the ancient cynics. The whole series that that podcast comes from is a marvelous idea and the few I've listened to are just great. It's called "The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps" and it's a must listen, basically a [Read More…]
Podcast Series Covering The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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"Hero pilot" Chesley Sullenberger has given his long-awaited interview to Katie Couric, the woman who helped torpedo Sarah Palin's vice-presidential shot by, er, asking her some questions. Sullenberger is not Palin, however. The man who successfully brought US Airways Flight 1549 to land in the Hudson River didn't have to say much to impress - actions, in this case, had already spoken louder than words ever could. But he was everything Americans had hoped he would be, and more - authoritative, modest, thoughtful, articulate. But he's also extremely matter-of-fact while recalling the events. "I was sure I could do it", he says, not immodestly. "I had a job to do". A consummate professional, in other words.
Among other revelations, we learn that Sullenberger did not pray during the crisis - "I would imagine somebody in back was taking care of that for me while I was flying the airplane", he told Couric. He added, "My focus at that point was so intensely on the landing. I thought of nothing else."
If he had taken a few seconds out to have a word with the Almighty, it would probably have been fatal.
Sullenberger's success in bringing the plane down without casualties was immediately hailed as a "miracle". Of course, it wasn't a miracle in a supernatural sense, as the parting of the Red Sea or the Virgin Birth of Jesus would have been miracles. No laws of nature were temporarily suspended. But there's a temptation to regard it as a miracle in a looser, but none the less valid, sense, as something wildly improbable, an almost preternatural stroke of luck. Of course, the whole event was highly improbable: most planes do not fly into a flock of geese shortly after take-off, and are not then forced to pitch into a frozen river. As Sullenberger says himself during the interview, he had never expected to be involved in a crash situation. For a pilot to even attempt a landing in such circumstances is an extremely rare occurence. But "extremely rare" is not the same thing as "miraculous".
If you were to win the jackpot on the National Lottery (you don't play, do you? I hope not) it would doubtless feel like a miracle - but somebody wins almost every week. The most improbable events happen from time to time. In a world of seven billion people, there will be an occasional birth of octuplets. Thought that wasn't a miracle either, of course - just bad medical practice.
The philospher Julian Baggini, in a Comment is Free article today, defended David Hume's strict definition of "miracle" as an event which is contrary to natural law. He writes:
Many resist the definition because they do not see why a miracle should not operate within the constraints of physical laws. Take the plane crash in the Hudson, for example. For it to be miraculous, there is no need for the plane to have defied gravity, or Newton's three laws of motion. What made it a miracle was that, for everyone to have survived, an unfeasibly unlikely series of events had to have occurred, but all individually within the bounds of physical possibility.
This explanation will not do. If the series of causes and effects which comprised the crash proceeded without any interference from a divine agency, then there was only a miracle in the figurative sense of an extremely unlikely and fortuitous sequence of events.
Even that goes too far. Was there really anything "unlikely and fortuitous" in the safe outcome of that drama - rather than in the accident that necessitated it? Baggini, it's true, later goes on to admit that "the miracle of the Hudson is far less of a miracle when you think about the time, expense and expertise put into pilot and cabin crew safety training, and aircraft design." But I'd put it rather more strongly. Far from being a miracle, it was almost the opposite of a miracle.
Rick Newman of US News has produced a succinct analysis of what happened that day. Talk of "heroism", he writes, "oversimplifies what it took to land the crippled Airbus A320 and get all 150 passengers off safely, before the plane sank." Instead, various things worked out as they should have done. In other words, Murphy's law took a vacation: if it could go right, it did.
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Pilots have to fly for years before they can command an airliner, and even experienced pilots must routinely train in simulators an pass "check rides" at least once a year under the supervision of Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. Pilots sometimes gripe about overzealous FAA inspectors, but the oversight contributes to a culture of accountability and fastidious attention to detail in the cockpit.
- there was a clear division of labour in the cockpit - and everyone did their job properly
- Sullenberger was prepared for such an eventuality, and executed a "textbook" landing. It was a "magnificent piece of aviation professionalism."
- the plane was equipped with a "ditching button" that sealed the valves, enabling the plane to float for long enough to evacuate
- the cabin crew enabled the passengers to exit the plane without panicking
- and, finally, there was "luck" in the form of relatively benign conditions on the Hudson. Newman writes that "the plane was quickly surrounded by ferries and other vessels able to pluck freezing passengers off the wings and out of the water." But even that, it turns out, was no coincidence: as Sullenberger explained in his interview, "we're trained to land near boats to facilitate rescue".
Talk of "miracles", or even extraordinary luck, devalues the skill of the pilot and crew, the soundness of the aeroplane, the quality of the training or the efficiency of the human systems that backed all of them up. Luck and skill often work together, but skill is by far the more important. No doubt David Beckham feels himself very lucky when an opportunity presents itself to score - especially these days; but if it were me on the pitch, I'd invariably miss. Sullenberger took the aeronautical equivalent of a free kick, and scored. Well done him. God, on the other hand, deserves no credit whatever.
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Harrogate, Tenn.- Tornados freshman Shelby Wolfe hit the game-winning jump shot with :43 left in overtime to lift the Brevard College women's basketball team to a 59-57 victory over the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters Wednesday night in Tex Turner Arena.
Wolfe hit the game-winner on an assist from Micheala Watkins just seconds after LMU's Mariah Richardson tied the game at 57-57 on a pair of free throws. Wolfe finished with a career-high 14 points.
After a see-saw battle in the second half, Watkins hit a three-pointer as time expired to tie the game at 53-53 and propel the Tornados into overtime. The senior led all scorers with 18 points and tallied a game-high six steals.
Brevard used a 7-2 run to close the first half and gain a two point lead heading into the break in game that saw six lead changes. Wolfe and fellow freshman Tuccoa Brackett each had eight points in the first half for BC. Brackett recorded her first career double-double, dropping 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.
The Tornados will next take the court on Saturday as they visit the Wingate Bulldogs. Tip-off from Cuddy Arena is set for 2 p.m. The Railsplitters, meanwhile, are on the road on Saturday as they visit the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears.


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Free Singing Workshop by Invincible-Voice
Invincible-Voice.com • Part of the Alpert Studio of Voice and Violin
Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Invincible-Voice Singing Workshop - Free Event*
"What we've learned over the last 20 years is that anyone can improve, not just the "talented" few. That learning to sing like a pro is truly so simple a nine year old can do it. And that succeeding as a singer isn't some magical process. Instead it's about following a system. It's about doing simple things and following through consistently over time." - Melanie Alpert
What you'll learn at our singing workshop event:
- A simple, foolproof way to improve your singing, in just minutes a day.
- Live demonstrations that will guide you through your daily practice.
- Free after-event access to our online singing course that has been refined and proven in our full time studio over 15 years of teaching.
Join the growing family of Invincible-Voice students in our first-ever live event for new students. It's a rare chance to work in a small group with one of California's most recognized voice teachers. Learn more about our studio here.
Registered students will have the opportunity to submit a live video link, and up to three will be chosen to work one on one with Melanie Alpert during the live event.
We invite you and your family to spend an afternoon that will reward you with a lifetime of enjoyable singing. Looking forward to seeing (and hearing) you soon!
-Melanie Alpert, Event Director
P.S. This event will be useful for young singers of ALL experience levels.
P.P.S. We will send you complete directions to the class, and video submission instructions if you'd a chance to perform live in front of the group.
*$12 materials fee for participants, parent/guardian free
When & Where
Alpert Studio of Voice and Violin
10722 Arrow Route
Unit 616
Rancho Cucamonga,
Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
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I realise that this may be an unpopular decision for some people, but we can't please everyone, all the time, etc........
It would be a near impossible task for us to moderate all members signature URL linking, and I don't think it is really an important part of the forums role anyway.
Please remove any URL linking you may have within your signatures, as the rule will come into effect from 25th January.
This post is simply to advise of the rule change, giving you time to comply, because after the rule comes into effect you are likely to experience an error message if you have a URL link within your signature.
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The first day of the new year always represents the potential for profound renewal—a new cycle in relationship to the passing of time, a precious moment in which many of us feel we are getting a chance to start over. And for most of us, that chance is usually connected to our highest aspirations, to important projects we had wanted to accomplish, and to the many ways we intend to improve ourselves. The new year represents that moment when we renew our desire to evolve. The … [Read more...]
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We often have clients come in and see a piece they like…. but they're not sure how or where to use it in their home. The staff at Chartreuse is very helpful when it comes to these questions and I do a lot of consults in and out of the shoppe. However, there are times when a client doesn't speak up and ask the questions out loud. So……… I've spent many hours going thru my mags, Pinterest, books, etc. and found tons of photos using the items we have "in house" here at Chartreuse.
Most everything we have in the shoppe is one-of-a-kind, so the photos are examples of similar pieces. We also want our clients to use this board as inspiration for a custom piece they may want us to build. And, don't forget… you may have a piece at home that is similar……… and you're tired of it….. so the board may give you an idea of how to make your old piece NEW!


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July 2011 - Vol. 34 No. 9
by Louie Simmons | 614.801.2060
It was late 1969, and the Culver City, CA, Westside boys were writing an article called Conditioned Legs Break Record Squats. Well, it's as true today as it was back then. Here at the Columbus Westside Barbell, we have held world records at 181, 220, 242, 275, 308, and SHW in the squat or total. Westside has a variety of leg exercises that we choose from. Everyone knows we box squat all the time, but what do we do to supplement leg strength or to complement our hip strength?
First, belt squats. Westside lifters started doing belt squats in 1975. I personally realized in the early 1970s that my quads were somewhat smaller than before I started doing box squats. Of course, I Olympic lifted first and used a close stance with a raised heel, but box squatting with a wide stance while pushing the knees out to the sides placed most of the work on the hips and glutes. It was at this point that I started to belt squat, including standing on a ramp and not locking out the legs to keep tension on the quads. Westside lifters would belt squat after box squatting or on max effort day after a good morning or a deadlift of some type. Today, we use several variations of the belt squat. Variations include belt squatting on a box, belt squatting without a box, walking on the belt squat platform until failure, walking forward where the cable is behind you, bent over like deadlifting (this is an unreal glute developer), and walking backward with tension on the front of the legs. We also do a lot of calf work in the belt squat machine.
Next up is the calf ham/glute bench. You must have incredibly strong hamstrings for squatting, deadlifting and, of course, running. The reps can be very high, up to 60, for conditioning or 2–6 for strength with weight. Our glute/ham bench is 34 inches wide, so we can hit the entire hamstring. Raising the foot plate will make it much harder, for added development. For the advanced, use one leg at a time.
Band leg curls are frequently done to thicken the ligaments and tendons. Ten- or 20-pound ankle weights for up to 200 reps will also thicken the soft tissue to prevent injuries. Kinetic energy can be increased by thickening the ligaments and tendons, which will help reversal strength. Switching specialty bars on max effort day will cause added growth and strength development by causing extra stimulation by not allowing you to master the bar. Front squats, the Safety Squat bar, a 14-inch cambered bar, and even the Zercher harness will make it possible for new physical development due to learning a new task. Using bands and chains to create accommodation to cause max tension throughout the entire range of motion can do amazing things to one's muscle. Westside was the first to introduce chains, then bands to barbells, and now every commercial has a football player doing something with chains or bands attached to the bar.
Next up is the Plyo Swing. Ours is much like the one shown in the Science and Practice of Strength Training by Vlad Zatsiorsky. We attach bands to the machine first to accommodate resistance and second to increase kinetic energy, causing an overspeed eccentric phase. We also do lots of leg pressing with light weight for high reps, up to 75, or low reps with very heavy weight. It's important to do one leg at a time to eliminate a bilateral deficit, which almost everyone possesses.
This brings us to power walking with a weight sled. About 1994, I was wondering why the Finns were so good at deadlifting. Of course they were very athletic, but was that the only reason? I doubt it. My good friend Eskil Thomasson from Sweden was staying here with us. He was going back to Sweden for a visit before moving to Westside for 10 years. When he went to Finland, he asked why they were all great deadlifters. To his surprise they had no idea. Some were lumberjacks and would pull the logs out to the road for the tractor to pick them up. They used several ways to pull the logs. One way was to pull them backwards; some would walk forward; some would pull over the shoulder. All and all, the key was heavy manual labor, but it added up to a lot of log pulling. On hearing this, I started pulling a tire at first and then sleds, very heavy at times, around 450 pounds for 100 feet for three or four trips. Using 225 pounds for six trips of 60 yards works great for powerlifters, sprinters, and football players. It is done three times a week, weather permitting. The heaviest pulling is on Monday. For strength development, reduce the load about one-third on Wednesday for strength endurance, and on Friday use a 45-pound plate or two for a warm-up or restoration. Sled power-walking will build all the muscles in the lower body while increasing your conditioning at the same time. Don't forget, you can work your upper body as well by using a second strap. You can do any movement you want, such as curls, upright rows, triceps extensions, pec work—you name it. Kids of 10 years old and up can use a sled. For a more intense workout, add ankle weights, weight vests, or both for added resistance. For extra hamstring work, walk with the straps between your legs and lower them to knee level. Walk with as large a step as possible, or they can be done like pull-throughs. Just switch styles as often as you like to keep new stimulation of the lower or upper body. One of my favorite exercises is good mornings with the sled. Use a neck harness attached to the sled strap, walk backwards slowly, bend over, and methodically stand erect, then walk backwards with tension at all times. This will blow up the back like nothing else. Note: you don't need very heavy weight for this to be effective.
Phil Harrington has broken several world records in the squat. His best is 905 pounds in the 181-pound class, before Mike Cartinian raised it to 930 pounds lifting for Big Iron. Phil set a goal to break Tony Fratto's raw 749-pound record at 198, set in 1972, and in March 2011, Phil did 755 pounds. He was concentrating on jumping exercises of all types and not doing a lot of squatting. Here is a list of jumping exercises Phil used to break the raw squat record. First, to prepare himself for jumping, he started by doing presses with a barbell and dumbbells while sitting on the floor. They are used to condition all muscles involved in jumping. First while on his knees, he did several repetitions of jumping to his feet. Next, Phil added a barbell on his back while jumping to his feet. Then he did the following over several weeks. First, he held a bar on his thighs while kneeling and jumped to a power clean. Next, from a kneeling position with the bar on his thighs, he jumped into a power snatch. After mastering the mentioned movements, he held a bar on his thighs and jumped into a split clean and then split snatch. After this, he set records in the kneeling squat up onto a box or from a kneeling position into a long jump. These jumps build explosive power. For strength, jump onto boxes with ankle weights or a weight vest. Hold dumbbells and jump onto boxes for record heights with a certain amount of weight or combinations of weight. Switch the resistance often and do 10–30 jumps per workout. Two or three jump workouts a week works well. About once every month try a body weight jump record. This may look like a sports workout, but it will serve to condition a lifter as well as making his legs very explosive.
This is just a small sample of workouts you can do. Don't overdo it. You must raise your GPP to recover from your high-volume or high-intensity workout. Phil proved it works, and Laura Phelps is experimenting with jumps as well. Do easy jumping as a warm-up or come back to the gym later for a more intense workout and watch your squats and pulls go up.


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Thread: Bub-mum club
7th January 2014 07:29 PM #1
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Bub-mum club
Hello everybody.
I am the founder of the local bub-mum club, which means that children under 3 and their mother come every week to our location (a not too big room) where we, the mothers, talk about children's things, and the children are playing. It's a non profit organization, but from a while I'm thinking about a membership fee. It would be a symbolic amount, but we would buy toys for the club.( I forgot to mention that the toys are from the local church's donations and my daughter's not in use toys) This week I would like to ask you some questions to improve the club.
The first question is about the membership fee. I want to give to the mums a card or booklet, and there to put a star or anything else when the monthly fee is payed.What kind of membership card or booklet should I give them? I have never seen such a card or booklet before.
8th January 2014 07:34 AM #2
Dear Jasmin,
This sounds like a great club that you run for parents and children. This sort of club is a fantastic way for children to have fun learning and socialising through play and also for parents to get support and make friends themselves. What a super resource you are running for your local community.
A number of playgroups I go to with my children charge a small weekly fee (which pays for toys, snacks and the facility etc). Most of these have a sign up sheet when you go in so you write: your name, your children's names and tick to say you have put the donation in the box. A few playgroups I know of just ask for a voluntary donation (rather than a set amount). Alternatively, you could ask members to pay for a yearly membership to the club and give them a new card each year (a different colour each year) that they show when they come to indicate they have paid and are a member. The other option is to create your own small booklets where you put a star after each, say, monthly amount is paid although perhaps this is the most time-consuming.
You could always consider hiring out the toys for a small fee to make extra money for your bub-mum club.
It does sound like a lovely group. I wish you all the best with it.
Warm wishes,
8th January 2014 08:01 AM #3
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Thank you for the ideas. The toy hiring sounds really good.
9th January 2014 06:52 AM #4
Another thought I had was to run it alongside a 'sling library' if you or other members are interested in babywearing. Even if you just start out with a few ergonomic slings you could hire them out for a small cost per month and soon make back the cost of the sling and then profit for your group.
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Very good ideas
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I was thinking about a small kind of trip. Mothers with children. For example, we would go together to a picnic to the woods, or anywhere else outside. Is this a good idea? Or it's too soon for these children? What other trip would you recommend?
11th January 2014 07:08 AM #7
I think it would be great to organise trips and other activities. It really depends on the age of the children. A 'teddy bears picnic' would be fun as would: exploring the woods, visiting a farm, wildlife spotting, making food together, doing tree rubbings...it really depends on the ages of the children who are likely to come.
I hope you all have great fun!


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WATCH: State Police Release Video Of Shamarr Allen Traffic Stop
Louisiana State Police have released a 15 minute dash cam video of a July 23 stop of musician Shamarr Allen and it does not support Allen's account of abuse at the hands of troopers.
Allen had claimed in media interviews that he was profiled and treated differently because of his race, an assertion LSP Superintendent Mike Edmonson termed "spurious and inflammatory."
"It should be noted that at no time was Allen struck, hit or kicked as he claims," Edmonson said.
"The tape belies his version of what happened. He was not thrown to the ground, he was not thrown onto the hood of the car, he did not have a boot on his neck. Did Troopers have to physically control Allen? Yes. But they did so throughout the encounter in a reasonable manner, and always in response to Allen's resistance," Edmonson said.
Allen was stopped in the Lower 9th Ward as part of a search for an escaped drug dealer. Troopers claim he ignored commands to show his hands when his vehicle was stopped and that he was evasive in answering questions.
Edmonson contends every "control maneuver" used by troopers was in response to Allen's behavior.
"My staff and I have reviewed the tape many times and I support the actions of the troopers on the scene," Edmonson said.
"They used control tactics designed to manage an individual who was non-compliant and resisting. In my view, those tactics were appropriate and measured."


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Karl Rove is changing his tune on Donald Trump — or at least picking his poison. The American Crossroads super PAC, backed and conceived by Rove, is apparently exploring avenues through with Trump might beat Hillary Clinton in a general election, and the odds they are finding are reportedly not all that bleak.
In an "investor conference call" on Tuesday, Rove and Crossroads officials reportedly laid out a swing state polling map, presenting analysis done by the group to show how Trump could eke out a win, Politico reports. "It's not that they support him, only that if he's the guy, we can do something to stop Hillary," one insider source said.
In the not-so-distant past, Rove blasted Trump for being a "petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness." So whatever way you might spin it, this is a new look for him and his group.
"They have no choice but to be OK with him if he is the nominee," billionaire Stanley S. Hubbard explained. "What are they going to do? Back Hillary Clinton?"
For Crossroads, the odds of beating Clinton don't look as desperate as some other groups believe they are. While Trump has been called too extreme, unlikeable, and divisive to win a general election, Crossroads spokesman Ian Prior has a different take.
"There has been a hardening narrative from the media and others that Hillary Clinton can start planning her inaugural ball — that is simply false and we believed it was important to communicate that to our supporters," he told Politico. "What we have in fact seen is that there is such intense dislike and distrust of Hillary among the general electorate that the presidential race will be close, regardless of the GOP nominee." Jeva Lange
A witness who observed and filmed at least part of the death of an unarmed Australian woman, Justine Damond, at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer has come forward, Minnesota state investigators told the Star Tribune. Any footage would be particularly valuable in this case because the officers involved, who were at Damond's house because she called 911 to report a suspected crime, were wearing body cameras that were not turned on during the incident.
The witness was reportedly bicycling near the alley where Damond was fatally shot and watched her receiving CPR before she died. How much of the interaction the witness saw or caught on camera is not yet known, but the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said in a statement the witness "has been cooperative and provided an interview today."
Minneapolis officer Matthew Harrity, who was driving the squad car from which the shooting took place, already gave investigators a four-hour interview, but officer Mohamed Noor, who fatally shot Damond in the abdomen while still seated in the car, has yet to be interviewed by the BCA, which cannot legally compel his testimony. Noor's attorney "has not provided any update about when, if ever, an interview would be possible," the BCA statement said.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau resigned Friday in response to uproar over Damond's death and other recent police violence cases in the Twin Cities. Bonnie Kristian
Actor John Heard, best known for his roles in Home Alone and The Sopranos, died Friday in Palo Alto, California. He was 72.
Heard was staying in a hotel room and recovering from minor back surgery at the time of his death, which has been confirmed by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner's office.
RIP, Mr. McCallister #JohnHeard pic.twitter.com/k6kLanRYkD
— I am an 80's kid! (@I_am_1980) July 22, 2017
Heard came to fame in the 1970s and 1980s with roles in movies including Tom Hanks' Big, Martin Scorsese's After Hours, and Bette Midler's Beaches. Today, however, he is best remembered for playing Kevin McAllister's dad in the first two Home Alone films. "At the time, we didn't know the movie was funny," he later said of the role. "We were playing the parents who lost their kid, so we didn't how funny-stupid we could be."
Heard is survived by three children and continued acting through this year. Bonnie Kristian
President Trump spoke at a ceremony Saturday commissioning the USS Gerald R. Ford, the newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy fleet. His speech warned that the "sea holds many challenges and threats" and called the ship an "incredible work of art [that] becomes the pride of the U.S. Navy and symbol of American pride and prestige no matter where in the world you go."
Trump also used the occasion to address his plans to increase military spending. "It's been a very, very bad period of time for our military, that is why we reached a deal to secure additional $20 billion for defense this year and it's going up and why I ask Congress for another $54 billion for next year," he said. "Now we need Congress to do its job and pass the budget that provides for higher stable and predictable funding levels for our military needs that our fighting men and women deserve, and you will get, believe me."
As in past discussions of the spending bump, Trump connected more money to more winning. "We will win, win win; we will never lose," he said at the commissioning in Norfolk, Virginia. "When it comes to battle we don't want a fair fight," he added. "We demand victory and we will have total victory, believe me." Bonnie Kristian
A Friday Washington Post story reported President Trump has been exploring the option of exercising his broad constitutional pardon power on behalf of himself or members of his campaign team or family. Trump set tongues wagging Saturday morning with a tweet apparently reserving the right to do exactly that:
While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.FAKE NEWS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
Legal experts and commentators are divided over whether the presidential pardon power can be used this way, but the troubling implications of such a move are much less controversial.
"The Constitution doesn't specify whether the president can pardon himself, and no court has ever ruled on the issue, because no president has ever been brazen enough to try it," explains University of Michigan Law School professor Richard Primus at Politico. "Among constitutional lawyers, the dominant (though not unanimous) answer is 'no,' in part because letting any person exempt himself from criminal liability would be a fundamental affront to America's basic rule-of-law values."
Conservative columnist Rod Dreher similarly highlighted rule-of-law issues in a post on the subject for The American Conservative, arguing that what such a pardon "would reveal about how respect for the rule of law and basic republican order in the United States had decayed would be staggering."
Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet also focused on impropriety over illegality. "A self-pardon might well be outrageously improper (unless there was the prospect of charges brought by a rogue prosecutor, whom, for some reason, the president could not control by firing him or her)," he told Vox, "but the response the Constitution creates for such misconduct is impeachment, a political rather than criminal remedy." Bonnie Kristian
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and White House adviser, disclosed 77 previously unreported assets in paperwork released Friday.
Kushner's attorneys said these assets were "inadvertently omitted" in previous disclosures to the Office of Government Ethics, which certified the new disclosures as part of the "ordinary review process." The assets are valued between $10 million and $50 million, depending on where each item falls in the valuation ranges on the federal forms.
Kushner's wife, Ivanka Trump, also a presidential adviser, reported assets valued around $66 million and $13.5 million in 2016 income in additional disclosures filed Friday. Bonnie Kristian
A U.S. soldier was indicted on terrorism charges by a federal grand jury in Hawaii Friday. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang is accused of attempting to provide material aid to the Islamic State, including leaked U.S. military documents, as well as planning a mass shooting after pledging his allegiance to ISIS. He was arrested by the FBI earlier this month and is held without bail.
Kang's court-appointed attorney, Birney Bervar, is pursuing a mental health defense, arguing Kang may suffer from known mental illness which the military did not appropriately address. Bervar said he expected the indictment. Bonnie Kristian
President Trump presented Senate Republicans with a to-do list on Twitter Saturday and also offered some thoughts on congressional Democrats:
The Republican Senators must step up to the plate and, after 7 years, vote to Repeal and Replace. Next, Tax Reform and Infrastructure. WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
ObamaCare is dead and the Democrats are obstructionists, no ideas or votes, only obstruction. It is solely up to the 52 Republican Senators!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
In a rambling interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, the president seemed to share a different view, conceding that at most 50 GOP senators would support the most recent iteration of the plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Given that "very tough standard," Trump said, "let's not vote on repeal. Let's just vote on this. So first, they vote on the vote. ... And then they'll vote on this, and we'll see." Bonnie Kristian


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Louisiana Land Records -- Interactive Search
This is an interface to the Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Automated Records Project. This data was prepared for the Web by Karen Isaacson and Joy Fisher. In the form below, at least the first two letters of the surname (that is, at least Sm from Smith or Is from Isaacson) are required.


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THIS is Blackburn's new £5million glass-fronted bus station which will welcome passengers from autumn 2015.
The covered complex, which will take 18 months to construct, will be sited on part of the town centre's old market site following a decade of searching for the necessary cash and best location, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.
Council bosses said the enclosed, airy, warm and secure Ainsworth Street building will include a cafe and be equipped with the technology for London Transport Oyster-style cards to speed passenger boarding and real time information screens.
The bus station has been designed by Capita Symonds, the firm behind major projects nationwide including the £188 million Library of Birmingham, the BBC's Salford Quays Media City, and the extension to the British Library.
Design and project manager Richard Saint has incorporated the best features of similar complexes around the UK and Europe while trying to keep the character of nearby retail developments.
The hi-tech terminal using the latest natural ventilation techniques will be just up the road from the existing windswept interchange by the railway station and will offer state-of-the-art passenger comfort facilities.
The first stage of the long-awaited redevelopment of the former Blackburn market site, the bus station will have a single central concourse with direct access to 14 bus boarding and alighting bays.
There will be a staffed travel information office, cafe, cash machines and public toilets with a disabled access WC and baby change facilities.
It will be closely linked to the new £8 million indoor market and Mall shopping centre while a new smaller bus interchange will be built next to the railway station as part of the town's £30 million Cathedral Quarter development, with most main services stopping at both places.
The new plan, scheduled to start in April next year and due to take 18 months to complete, is one of the key parts of unlocking the further redevelopment of the town centre.
The bus station plans will go on show for two weeks from today on a special stall next to the visitor centre.
Money for the work on both the new station and bus/rail interchange has come from the £40 million Pennine Reach programme aimed at improving public transport bwteen Blackburn and Accrington.
Labour leader of Blackburn-with-Darwen Council Kate Hollern said: "The redevelopment of the market site and the new proposed additional bus station is a key part of the regeneration of the town.
"It will bring major improvements for bus passengers as well as linking better transport links for the Mall and the market."
John Threlfall, business director at Lancashire United, said: "We are delighted. It is long overdue. The town centre generally is being enhanced and a new bus station will just add to that.
"It will be an improvement for passengers to have a warm covered bus station rather than the existing wet and windswept one on the Boulevard. The bus station is large enough for bigger buses than we currently operate.
"This new bus station is going to be right in the heart of the shopping centre and we hope to see the number of people coming to the town centre by bus where there will be a warm, friendly and dry reception will now rise."
Tony Duckworth, president of Blackburn Chamber of Trade, said: "I am delighted to have a new bus station but it seems a pity that it has moved away from the existing railway station.
"It doesn't place people in immediate vicinity of King William Street which we perceive as being the centre of town."


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NEW! Here's our full Apple iPhone 4S review
For starters, here's our iPhone 5 rumour round-up
Picture the scene: journalists and analysts jockeying for position in the hallowed halls of 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, home of Apple Computer Inc. In the wings, the company's newly-minted CEO, Tim Cook, tucks a slither of metal and glass into his pocket, takes a sip of water and prepares to let the year's biggest tech cat out of this century's most capacious gadget bag. The lights dim and a hush falls over the crowd. This is the moment we've all been waiting for... drumroll, please for the iPhone 5.
Note: oldest posts first. Scroll down for newer revelations...
17:55 So, here we are at the Covent Garden Apple Store in London. The event begins in five minutes. Prepare for launch, captain.
17:56 Bon Iver on the stereo. Four minutes of foot-tapping left...
17:59 And we're comfortably perched in the front row. Only the best for Stuff.tv.
18:01 There's a much smaller turnout than previous Apple launches. Probably less than 100 journos so not as buzzing as normal.
18:03 The lights are down, the music's off, our trousers are tightened. Tim Cook takes to the stage in Cupertino: "I love Apple."
18:04 They're in the same room that launched the original iPod 10 years ago. Awww.
18:06 Tim's isn't quite as charismatic as Steve. A bit like your friend's dad who works in a posh bank. He's taking us through the world's new Apple Stores. One in Hong Kong, one in China. Both look pretty plush. Can we go there for the next product launch please, Apple?
18:08 We're seeing a video shot in the new stores soundtracked by The Shins. Let's hope the music stays at that calibre.
18:08 There are now six stores in China. 6006 if you count the fake ones. Time for some Lion chat. Grrr. Six million copies downloaded. 80% more than Snow Leopard. It took Windows 7 20 weeks to hit 10% install base. Lion did it in 2 weeks. Pow!
18:09 Mac outgrowing PCs by almost six times. Apple's on a roll.
18:24 First new app: Cards.
18:30 iOS 5 recap: enhanced camera with editing features, gridlines, pinch to zoom, use of volume button as shutter release and AE/AF lock.
18:31 iOS 5 recap: Reader on Safari formats web page for reading later. Strips out ads and other stuff. Some people won't like that...
18:33 iOS 5 recap: tabbed browsing for iPad, formatting enhancements to Mail and PC-free setup. No need for a computer to own an iOS device.
18:37 All iTunes music downloads via Apple devices now automatically download to all your iThings. Same thing happens with photos taken on your iPhone/iPad. It's called Photostream. Come on, Apple, let's have something new!
18:38 Guess what? The same happens with apps too. Oh, and books.
18:40 iCloud does a daily back-up of all your content in case your drop your iThing in a canal. New Find My Friends app shows you shared locations of all your family and friends. No more hiding from people you owe money to.
18:44 5GB free on iCloud for your mail, docs and back-up.
18:46 iCloud 'ships' on Oct 12th, iTunes Match "before the end of the month." Those are US dates. We'll find out UK info after the presentation.
18:49 New iPod Nano! Nano navigation tweaked allowing you to swipe from icon to icon. Similar to Cover Flow.
18:52 Don't forget all those iOS 5 features will come to your iPod Touch as well. $200 for 8GB, $300 for 32GB, $400 for 64GB. Available 12 Oct in US.
18:55 Still no talk of the iPod Classic. Has it gone to live on a farm?
18:57 It's the iPhone 4S. "Inside it's all new." iPhone 4S gets an A5 chip. Dual-core processor and graphics. Up to 7x faster graphics.
18:59 It looks pretty incredible. Amazing lighting effects, reflections in water, amazingly detailed world. Out on 1 December
19:00 iPhone 4S battery gives 8 hours talktime, 6 hours browsing, 9 hours Wi-Fi, 10 hours video, 40 hours music.
19:01 That troublesome antenna has been tweaked to switch between the two, offering faster downloads and better phone signal (finally).
19:02 New download and upload figures match claimed speeds of 4G. Impressive.
19:05 iPhone 4S camera is 8MP, 60% more pixels than iPhone 4 camera. Backside illuminated (oo-er) CMOS sensor. A third quicker than the iPhone 4 camera.
19:08 Showing some sample iPhone 4S pics. One of a squirrel eating a nut. "Do you know how hard it is to get a squirrel to stand still?" asks Phil. It's easy if you stuff them, Phil.
19:09 Video camera now shoots 1080p HD.
19:10 Comes with real-time image stabilisation, temporal noise reduction. Helps in low-light situations. Frustrated gig-going movie makers everywhere breath a sigh of relief. The people standing behind them do not.
19:11 Again, that's not to mention all the iOS 5 features.
19:15 You can ask your phone questions and it'll find the answer. It's called Siri. Disclaimer before the demo: "It's beta software."
19:16 "What's the weather like today?" he asks. And Siri produces the forecast with a female voice saying: "here's the weather for today". It's all a bit HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
19:17 It's sentient, isn't it?
19:18 Asking "What time is it in Paris?" produces the world clock. "Wake me up tomorrow at 6am" sets the alarm.
19:20 Partnered with Yelp so you can ask for nearby restaurants. Also integrated with maps allowing you to ask for directions.
19:21 Siri can read out messages to you. Simply ask it to check your calendar and then tell it how to reply. Allows you to create reminders by voice. It even knows who your family members are. This is terrifying.
19:24 Partnered with Wolfram Alpha to define terms by voice. Also performs currency conversions.
19:25 It's turbo-charged voice control. There are no specific terms to learn, it works out what you want by listening to the words you use. We can't wait to try it out ourselves.
19:26 You can even ask Siri who he/she/it is.
19:27 His/her/its answer? "I am your humble personal assistant." Terrifying.
19:28 Can also dictate to any field that brings up a keyboard. How will it cope with Geordies?
19:31 Happily Siri still has a weird robotic voice. We don't want our androids getting too human. Yet.
19:34 iPhone 4 pricing: 16GB = US$200, 32GB = US$300, 64GB = US$400 on two-year contracts. iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 remain. We'll track down UK pricing Pre-orders for the 4S start on Fri 7th, launched on 14th in the UK.


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Laminectomy is surgery to remove the lamina. This is part of the bone that makes up a vertebra in the spine. Laminectomy may also be done to remove bone spurs in your spine. The procedure can take pressure off your spinal nerves or spinal cord.
Lumbar decompression; Decompressive laminectomy; Spine surgery - laminectomy
Laminectomy opens up your spinal canal so your spinal nerves have more room. It may be done along with a diskectomy, foraminotomy, and spinal fusion. You will be asleep and feel no pain (general anesthesia).
Laminectomy is often done to treat spinal stenosis. The procedure removes bones and damaged disks, and makes more room for your spinal nerve and column.
Your symptoms may be:
You and your doctor can decide when you need to have surgery for these symptoms. Spinal stenosis symptoms often become worse over time, but this may happen very slowly.
When your symptoms become more severe and interfere with your daily life or your job, surgery may help.
Risks of any surgery are:
Risks of spine surgery are:
If you have spinal fusion, your spinal column above and below the fusion is more likely to give you problems in the future.
You may have an MRI or CT myelogram before the procedure to confirm that you have spinal stenosis.
Tell your doctor or nurse what medicines you are taking. This includes medicines, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the days before the surgery:
On the day of the surgery:
Your doctor or nurse will encourage you to get up and walk around as soon as the anesthesia wears off, if you did not also have spinal fusion. Most patients go home 1 - 3 days after their surgery.
Laminectomy for spinal stenosis often provides full or some relief of symptoms.
Future spine problems are possible for all patients after spine surgery. If you had laminectomy and spinal fusion, the spinal column above and below the fusion are more likely to have problems in the future. If you needed more than one kind of procedure in addition to laminectomy (such as laminotomy, foraminotomy, and spinal fusion), you could have future problems as well.
Curlee PM. Other disorders of the spine. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2007:chap 41.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, et al. Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis four-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine. 2010;35(14):1329-38.


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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is planning to launch a study into whether adding vitamins to snack foods and carbonated drinks leads consumers to believe that they can replace more nutritious foods.
The proposed Web-based study would survey 7,500 adults. Participants would view labels of mock products resembling actual food labels and answer questions about their perceptions and reactions to them. Examples would be a pseudo snack label with the claim: "[a]s much [nutrient] as a serving of [food product and mock carbonated beverage with the claim, "product name] plus [nutrient]."
In its paperwork submitted to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the proposed study, the FDA stated that it "has an interest in the American public achieving and maintaining diets with optimal levels of nutritional quality, wherein healthy diets are composed of foods from a variety of nutrient sources."
The proposal goes on to explain that the "FDA does not encourage the addition of nutrients to certain food products (including sugars or snack foods such as [cookies] candies and carbonated beverages)."
An aim of the study is to determine whether greater enforcement is needed by the FDA to ensure consumers are not misled by nutrient claims. The agency's plans for the study come amid several lawsuits against manufacturers of fortified products.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a class-action lawsuit in in 2009 against Coca-Cola over Vitamin Water's health claims, charging the beverage giant with deceptive advertising. In July, a federal judge gave the green light for the case move forward. | READ MORE
CSPI also recently settled a class-action suit filed against the Dr Pepper Snapple Group for fortifying its 7UP cherry soda with a small amount of antioxidants. | SEE MORE


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On Thurs, Feb 2nd, a special screening of As If I Am Not There will take place in the Main Hall of the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, starting at 7pm. The Feminist Society NUIG in conjunction with Hanna's House, a cross-border peace project, are very pleased to welcome the films director Juanita Wilson, who will be part of the Q & A and open discussion after the film. A review taken from the Irish Examiner upon it's release last year described Wilson's film as "One of the most powerful ? and harrowing ? films you will see this year, and one of the most thoughtfully realised by debut director Wilson." The story is set against the terrible Bosnian War of the 1990s and based on stories revealed during the subsequent International Criminal Tribunal at the Hague.Entry is free and all are welcome. Find us on Facebook at Feminist Society NUIG for more.---------------------------------------------------------------------A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time-the Bosnian War of the 1990s-Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival


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AMES, Iowa---A group of about 40 people gathered at Big City Burgers and Greens in downtown Des Moines on April 3 to learn about headwater streams, watersheds and individual, neighborhood or larger scale actions to protect and enhance stream conditions. Iowa State University Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) specialists and faculty used a panel discussion to talk about physical, chemical and biological conditions of urban streams and the implications of daily actions by individuals with respect to stream health and sustainability.
"There are several questions central to understanding sustainability of watersheds, especially in the urban environment," said Allen Pattillo, ISU Fisheries Extension specialist. "Questions that were covered during our discussion included: What is a watershed? How do activities in a watershed affect streams, and why should I care? How can I help create sustainable watersheds with good water quality?"
The "SOS: Sustaining Our Streams" panel consisted of Iowa State faculty members: Jan Thompson, urban forestry; Tim Stewart, aquatic ecology; Rebecca Christoffel, wildlife extension; and Allen Pattillo, fisheries extension. "We honed in on watersheds in Des Moines, while urging participants to keep the big picture in mind and how Iowa's waterways ultimately drain into the Gulf of Mexico through the Mississippi River, affecting others downstream," he said.
Those present took part in an interactive exercise assessing stream conditions of several pictured streams, and worked in groups to identify potentially harmful influences on stream conditions of specific watersheds in Des Moines. They were asked to suggest practices that might be used to reduce or mitigate harm to their waterways. Solutions such as the installation of pervious surfaces in parking lots, bio-swales downslope from a subdivision, and the installation of rain gardens were mentioned. Additional tips on sustainable stream quality practices were made available.
The program was a Science Center of Iowa Café Scientifique segment, recorded by Iowa Public Television and now available at http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/27391/.


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Jeffrey Inaba, Assoc. AIA, is the founder of his eponymous, New York-based firm, which has just completed an installation dubbed Skylight in Norway. Inaba also founded a think-tank called C-Lab at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and serves both on Columbia's faculty and that of UCLA's department of Architecture and Urban Design. Inaba spoke with ARCHITECT about his recently released e-book, Adaptation: Architecture, Technology, and the City, which was written in collaboration with FREE, the office of Fernando Romero, Hon. FAIA.
What made you decide to look into releasing Adaptation as a digital publication?
We did do a print version of it, but a really limited run. The idea is that it will predominantly live as a digital piece. We think that the exposure would be greater in terms of a project like this, which is self-published. In terms of the quality of the resolution of images, it actually is much better as a digital version than what could be produced at even a fairly high level of offset printing as hard copy. In the sense that the publication addresses technology, we thought it would be good to take advantage of available technology. The main point for us in looking at technology was in asking how technology could interface with architecture, and so it made sense as a digital publication.
Briefly, what can readers expect to learn from Adaptation?
What the book argues for is something counter-intuitive: Technology is great. It's something very important, that architects need to be aware of and adapt to, but at the same time, our argument and claim for the book is that it's actually digital technology that needs to adapt to architecture if it is to evolve. If we look at the '90s and ideas of virtual reality, and the idea that digital technology would produce a space independent of the physical world, it's interesting to see now that the developments in digital technology are such that it has totally abandoned that approach, and for it to expand, it needs to interface with the physical world.
How has writing the book affected your outlook on other projects in your office?
We were fortunate enough to start this project at the same time as we were starting offices for Red Bullweaetxdyvaydzcwq, which is a four-floor interior job in New York. The amount of space and material dedicated to HVAC systems was appalling to us, because in the North American system, everything is conducted air rather than radiant systems; the amount of volume consumed by supply and return ducts was phenomenal. The realization that, in practice, this was something we have to design for was part of the inspiration for thinking about the fact that the technology is so directly related to practice. In that sense, we see this as a thing that has important consequences that need to be fleshed out. This publication is an attempt to state the importance of technology. The plan is to follow up with a second publication on mechanical systems, for which we're already generating material.
Can you give us an idea of what we might expect in the second publication?
We did research on Crown Hall [at the Illinois Institute of Technology]. You'd think that in thinking about the post-war period, the celebration of new technologies, and the attempt to integrate technologies together, that there'd be no better person than Mies van der Rohe to realize those things. Mechanical systems were a weird stumbling block for Mies. He constantly redoes the plans and sections in order to hide the mechanical system rather than to make it an integral part of the design. And we interviewed the mechanical engineers that renovated the building as part of the restoration of Crown Hall, and then we explored this idea that even those people who we think of as being champions of technology—in an aesthetic sense as well as an attempt to be modern—are often times the very people who have suppressed the relationship between technology and buildings.
Adaptation: Architecture, Technology, and the City is available for perusal on Inaba's website.
An animation of one of Inaba's latest built works, Skylight, below:


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Dalton-Whitfield Library presents International Game Day @ Your Library: Saturday, November 15th at 10:00am
Come to the library and play some games, including board games like Monopoly, Life, and Clue! Libraries across the country and the world will be hosting their own Game Days all around the same time. All ages are welcome and encouraged to join in.
For teens in 6-12th grade, there will be a Wii tournament. Drop by the library starting November 1st to sign up!


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Clowney hit is ESPY Play of the Year
From our News Partners at WCBD-TV:
The Hit....was a hit on ESPN!
The helmet-popping hit by Gamecocks DE Jadeveon Clowney won the Play of The Year on the ESPN ESPY awards show Wednesday night. This play, which took place late in the game against Michigan in The Outback Bowl, was a fan favorite as this award was voted on by fans.
Clowney was in Los Angles to accept the award. He thanked God, USC fans and his teammates in a short acceptance speech.
This completes a whirlwind tour for Clowney who just 24 hours earlier was in Alabama at the Annual SEC Media Days.
Clowney and the Gamecocks open with North Carolina Thursday, August 29th.


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Ridgecrest Shooting/Chase
The suspect called a
Nearly two hours later a sheriff's deputy spotted the suspect's car and a pursuit began. The suspect fired at least 10 times from inside his black Dodge Dart, and tried to run vehicles off the road. No motorists were hurt, Youngblood said.
At one point during the chase, which lasted more than 40 minutes, the suspect pulled over and the car's trunk popped open, revealing a man and woman inside. They appeared to shut the trunk, the sheriff said.
At the end, the man pulled over again on U.S. 395 and began shooting into the trunk. As many as seven officers opened fire, killing him.
The hostages were flown to a hospital. Their conditions were unknown.
At the original crime scene in the city of
The suspect apparently knew all of the victims, he said.
There was some information that the suspect was using Facebook during pursuit, but it wasn't immediately clear what the postings were, Youngblood said.
During his phone call, the man also said he had a package he wanted to deliver to police, the sheriff said. It was unclear if a package was found. Investigators recovered a shotgun and a handgun.
A crime scene was set up along U.S. 395 at Kramer Junction, where two police helicopters landed amid numerous law enforcement vehicles. The CHP said the highway was closed from Kramer Junction for 10 miles north because of the investigation.
Schools in Ridgecrest were placed on lockdown as a precaution but were later reopened.
The city of about 27,000 people is adjacent to the vast Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, which sprawls over more than 1,700 square miles of desert. U.S. 395 runs through the western Mojave below the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada.
Ridgecrest Mayor Dan Clark called the incident disturbing, especially because the small city is relatively crime free.


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Malda Overview
You can reach Malda from Bhubaneswar by road in about using a cab upon driving using a cab.
Malda City (called Mango City) is a city in North Bengal. It is the base for a visit to the ancient cpaitals of Bengal at Gour-Pandua. Malda also know as English Bazar is situated in between the ancient historical cities of Gaur and Pandua. This portion of the Earth is washed by the waves of the rivers Ganges, Mahananda, Fulahar, Kalindri and had been the witness of different empires raised, flourished and cast down near oblivion by a successor kingdom built up on the relics of its predecessor. Panini mentioned a city named Gourpura, which by strong reason may be identified as the city of Gouda, ruins of which are situated in this district. Examples are legion of the relic of a predecessor kingdom being used in the monuments of the successor kingdoms. If you are looking for car rental Malda let us know and we will be happy to provide you with best budgeted deals for . Book cabs in Malda


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Nvidia and ZTE have announced the ZTE Mimosa X, a smartphone powered both by the Nvidia Tegra application processor and its Icera modem, which came to Nvidia through its Icera acquisition in mid-2011.
The Mimosa X is powered by the Nvidia Tegra 2 mobile processor, featuring a dual-core CPU and GeForce GPU, and the Nvidia Icera 450 HSPA+ modem, comprising baseband and RF processors. It will run Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), feature a 4.3-inch qHD (960 x 540) screen, rear 5-megapixel and front cameras, and 4GB of storage expandable to 32GB.
The ZTE Mimosa X will deliver multimedia capabilities, including advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP), Dolby sound, digital living network alliance (DLNA) compatibility for easy sharing of content, HD video record and play, dual microphones, and built-in gyroscope.
The Mimosa X will be launched around the second quarter of 2012.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Cody ChesnuTT - Live AT The Pagoda Winter Music Series V.2
Universal Grammar
Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 9:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Universal Grammar & The Fairmont Hotel San Jose
Live At The Pagoda Winter Music Concert Series V.2
featuring special guest
Cody ChesnuTT
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performing along side his band members
- Alvin "Vthov" Giles -Keys/Music Dir.
- Steve Fryson, Jr. - Drums
- Tim Clark - Guitar
- Jeff Gaines - Bass
Universally hailed as a thrilling new figure in music for his edgy, lo-fi debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, back in 2002, Cody ChesnuTT is a soul troubadour whose frank, socially conscious ruminations on life continue to challenge popular notions of what modern soul music can look and sound like: a raw storyteller for the people wearing a guitar and a toothpick-chewing smirk; a wide-eyed, intense soul brother in a crazy-fly get-up singing about bedraggled love in the land of Lost Angeles. Wiser now, the Atlanta native has always stood his own creative ground ever since he first holed himself up in his bedroom to record The Headphone Masterpiece. Landing On A Hundred, Cody's second full-length LP, marks his return to the music game after a period of family-man retreat and reflection that did a world of good for him after his meteoric rise to near fame. The title is a reference to the slang saying, "Keeping It One Hundred," or telling the whole truth
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The Los Alamitos basketball team opened the season with a convincing road win during the first day of play at the Cerritos-Gahr Tournament.
The Griffins (1-0) defeated Cerritos (0-1) 67-33 in a game that was never close after the first 12 minutes.
Los Al opened the contest with a 10-0 run and did not allow Cerritos to score for the first 6:02. Three-point plays by seniors Wes Mitter and Darren Kusumoto opened up the early lead for the road team. Mitter tallied nine points on the night.
The Dons responded with a 6-0 spurt of their own to bring the deficit to six after the first quarter.
Cerritos pulled to within four, 18-14, early in the second quarter but would never get any closer as Los Al buckled down on defense and continued to expand its lead each quarter.
Los Al was able to stifle the Dons, as Cerritos failed to score in at least the first 3<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2 minutes of each of the first three quarters. Each attempt at a run for the home squad was quickly put to rest.
In the second half, James Noble took over for the Griffins. The senior compiled a game-high 14 points for Los Al, including two shots from 3-point range in the span of a minute that put his team up 56-28.
Los Al head coach Edward Courtemarche said he was happy with the team's effort.
"I really think that all-around, guys chipped in when they were supposed to," he said. "I thought Paul Kadletz really anchored our defense and allowed us to do a lot of things and get out and run. We were a little sluggish at the start, but it's our first game."
Kadletz owned the glass on both ends of the court and was able to limit the Dons' second-chance opportunities. The senior also added eight points for the Griffins.
Courtemarche added that he does not want to see his team make a habit out of letting the opposition back into games.
"We started off really strong then we let them back in the game," he said. "They started breaking the press, but I think we just kind of chipped away. We just gradually got stops on defense and that led to offensive opportunities for us."
Los Al goes on to play Bell on Wednesday at 6 p.m. as the tournament resumes. Cerritos will face Lakewood today (non-tournament) and Millikan on Wednesday.


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'I hope Lindy stays. With one more season before the huge labor battle between owners and players, I don't believe there will be a better coach available to take the youthful and rebuilding Sabres through next season. Ruff will provide the a smoothest transition for the new Sabres ownership, and the move into a new labor system in the NHL.'
Archives for March 2003
A Change Of Heart
Sabres recall Hecl
'The Buffalo Sabres on Monday recalled defenseman Radoslav Hecl from the Rochester Americans.'
Immediate future looking brighter for revived Sabres, unbeaten Joe Mesi
'Suddenly, a franchise that spent the last two seasons avoiding financial and artistic bankruptcy looks like one of the league's up-and-comers.'
Hecht's turnaround
'Three weeks ago, Jochen Hecht felt he was having one of the worst seasons in his hockey career. Then the Buffalo Sabres traded for Daniel Briere.'
Barnes makes name for himself
'Barnes wasn't bothered by the oversight nearly as much as he was troubled by the trade itself. He and his family loved Buffalo. He took the Sabres' on-ice troubles personally and was determined to help turn it around.'
Sabres vs. Stars
'The Sabres have converted 18 of 81 power-play chances over their past 19 games (22.2 percent).'
Mystery virus worries team
'With Buffalo Sabres defensemen Brian Campbell and Rhett Warrener being placed in virtual quarantine on Saturday for fear that they may have come in contact with the SARS illness, Paul Gaustad and Sean McMorrow did some thinking — and worrying — of their own. The Rochester Americans were both with the Sabres recently. Gaustad played last Monday against Colorado, and McMorrow played in Toronto on March 22.'
Stars-Sabres preview
Former Buffalo captain Stu Barnes, obtained by the Stars on March 10, will play his first game against his former teammates.
Two Sabres possibly exposed to SARS virus may return
'Health officials suggested Saturday that they remain isolated for 10 days, but the team lists the players as day-to-day. Gilbert didn't rule them out of the rest of the season.'
Two Sabres Being Observed for Possible Virus Exposure
The Sabres said Campbell and Warrener showed no signs of being infected with the virus yesterday. Sabres officials did not say how long the players would be kept away from the rest of the team.
Two Sabres Players in SARS Illness Scare
A female relative of Campbell, a hospital worker in Ontario, visited the players Monday. She was hospitalized Friday after showing symptoms of the disease.
Lack of players not enough to slow Sabres
'"It was one helluva effort," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "We got the job done with special teams, and that was the game. We took advantage of our (power-play) chances early, and they failed to take advantage of theirs."'
Two Sabres players observed for new illness
'Campbell and Warrener, who are roommates, are being isolated at home and are under observation. As of Saturday, neither player had shown signs of being infected with the virus. Billittier said most infected individuals show symptoms within seven days of exposure, although in some cases it has taken up to 10 days for symptoms to appear.'
Sabres' signs of life better late than never
'But I also know effort when I see it and for more than a month the Sabres, particularly the young ones, are extending the effort.'
Trade saved Briere from a winter of discontent
'"It just FEELS more like hockey here," said Briere, who was raised in Hull, Quebec, just outside Ottawa. "All my friends, my wife, everybody has been saying, "You have so much more energy, just in your voice, when we talk to you now. You look more happy.' When I was traded, it was like a new start."'


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High-Level Panel "Meeting the Financing Challenge to deliver Sustainable Energy for All" - Statement by Ambassador Wittig
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"Mr. Assistant Secretary General,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great privilege to open today's meeting. I am delighted that you have chosen the German House as your venue. We have organized various events dedicated to "Sustainable Energy for All" in the past in the German House. Today's high level meeting is a perfect continuation of this tradition and it is very timely as the challenges before us are huge:
1.3 billion people have no access to electricity and 2.7 billion people still use traditional biomass for everyday tasks such as cooking. The lack of access to modern energy services impedes progress in almost all areas of human development.
But how can the energy demand of nine billion people in 2050 be sustainably satisfied? How can the energy supply be affordable while the cost of fossil fuel rises? How can the future energy supply structure ensure sustainable growth while mitigating the pressure on our climate? How can we strengthen international co-operation to prevent conflicts over increasingly scarce energy sources?
These questions need to be answered as global sustainable development, including combating poverty and climate change, is impossible without improved access to sustainable and financially affordable energy for all.
Let me highlight two key messages from Germany's perspective on the financing aspect as it is the topic of today's meeting.
Firstly: adequate funding for sustainable energy is indispensable.
So far, Official Development Assistance has been the major instrument for funding in sustainable energy. Germany intends to provide an additional 100 million people with sustainable access to electricity and clean cooking energy until 2030 by doubling its renewable energy and energy efficiency related ODA.
At the same time ODA alone is not sufficient. Without a stronger engagement of the private business we will not be able to achieve our goals. The provision of energy services to the poor has been able to attract only marginal private investment. Innovative, flexible and attractive funding mechanisms are urgently required to better use the leverage effect of public resources and ODA and to get more investments from the private sector, development banks and financial institutions.
Secondly: sustainable energy must be affordable.
As you probably know Germany has embarked on the transformation of its energy system. It is built on two pillars: a significant increase in energy efficiency and a cost effective and rapid expansion of renewable energy. We are phasing out nuclear energy and intend to increase the share of renewable energy to 80 % by 2050. Renewable energies and energy efficiency not only contribute to reduced air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. They also offer huge business opportunities. Global investment in renewable energy already totals more than 200 billion US dollars a year. Over the past few years it has seen double-digit growth and we expect this growth to continue. We therefore believe that renewable energy must play a crucial role in the concept of providing sustainable energy to all. Harmful fuel subsidies, aimed at making energy more accessible, are ineffective in supporting the poorest and lead to high greenhouse gas emissions.
I am convinced that a strong partnership between governments, international finance institutions and the private sector is the key for achieving our common target to provide sustainable and financially affordable energy for all. The Secretary General's Sustainable Energy for All initiative which Germany fully supports provides a substantial and widely accepted approach in this regard. I am confident that your deliberations today will help to develop urgently required suggestions how to form this broad partnership.
I thank you and wish you a fruitful meeting."


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Preparing Your Teen to Babysit
Before your kid nabs a babysitting job, here's what you both need to know to make the most of the experience.
Even in today's strained economic environment, one evergreen starter career is flourishing more than ever: babysitting. Summer child care gigs for teens and tweens are even more plentiful than in the past because parents work outside the home and for longer hours. Unlike traditional teen summer jobs at the local mall or restaurant—which are now harder to snag because many adults are vying for the same spots—babysitting usually offers some flexibility so your teen can still make it to soccer practice, SAT prep or a family trip. And it's the perfect pick for tweens who are too young for office jobs and internships. "Sitting gives young people many more skills than a basic entry-level position," says Suzanne Byron, Ph.D., a Seattle-based instructor for the American Red Cross Babysitter's Training program. "It's an opportunity to learn about being an entrepreneur, develop people skills and build confidence." Since most parents begin lining up summer help in May, now is the ideal time to encourage your kid to get down to business.
Is She Ready to Babysit?
Any parent knows that dealing with little ones can be challenging at times. "When something goes awry, like a child won't go to bed, has a tantrum or breaks something, a sitter needs to think on her feet and figure out how to handle it," says Melissa Marchwick, executive vice president of Sittercity.com, the largest parent-sitter matchmaking website in the U.S. How do you know if your tween or teen is up for the task? Generally preteens are ready to be babysitters by age 11, but kids mature at different rates, so you have to assess your child honestly. Ask yourself:
- Does she actually like young kids and babies?
- Is she dependable in your home when it comes to following instructions, doing chores, cleaning up and finishing homework?
- What's her comfort level with being in charge, answering the phone or speaking to a stranger at the front door?
- Can you trust her to be responsible in someone else's house?
- How does she generally treat her siblings—especially the younger ones?
- Are you confident in her decision-making abilities in difficult situations?
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Brevard, N.C. - The 2010 Brevard College women's soccer team was honored when seven individual athletes were recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) as an honorable mention College Women Scholar All-South Region selection.
Both 2010 seniors, Katie Donohue and Nikki Peacock, as well as, juniors Bailey Varley, Chelsea Freeman, Caitlin Hubbard, Rachel Laughlin, and Alyssa Caracena were recognized for not only their athletic accomplishments but their academic success as well.
Donohue, a Fredericksburg, Virginia native, appeared in 14 matches, starting in five for Brevard this season. Donohue played in 70 matches in her career, starting in 49 of them. In four seasons with the Tornados, Katie scored one goal. In the classroom, she holds a 3.59 GPA as a Psychology major. Following graduation, Donohue plans to attend graduate school.
Peacock, an Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada native, appeared in 14 matches, starting 13 of them this season for the Tornados. Peacock has appeared in 64 games for Brevard, starting in 57 of them. She scored two goals in the 2010 campaign. Peacock finished her four-year career with the Tornados, scoring five goals and assisting three. Academically, she carries a 3.47 GPA and is majoring in Exercise Science at Brevard. Peacock was a captain for the 2010 Tornados, who plans to attend graduate school following her graduation from Brevard.
Varley is a native of Concord, North Carolina who appeared in 17 matches this season, starting in 14 of them. The forward scored four goals and assisted two in her junior season. In three years with the Tornados, Varley has scored 17 goals and assisted eight. Her 17 goals is the most scored by any Tornado in a career. She is a Psychology major who carries a 3.30 GPA in the classroom. She was one of two juniors to be honored as a captain for the 2010 season.
Freeman is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina who appeared in 16 matches this season for Brevard, starting in 10. Freeman has appeared in 53 games at Brevard, starting in 46 of them. She assisted one goal in 2010. In three years at Brevard, she has three assists as a midfielder. Freeman carries a 3.71 GPA as an English major at Brevard College. She was one of three captains of the Tornados for the 2010 season.
Hubbard is a native of Clayton, North Carolina who started in seven games this season, but appeared in 17. The junior midfielder assisted one goal and scored another this season for the Tornados. In three years with Brevard, she has scored two goal and assisted two as well. She is an Exercise Science major who has a 3.94 GPA.
Laughlin is a native of Chesapeake, Virginia that appeared 16 games for Brevard this season, starting 13 of them. The junior defender assisted one goal this season for the Tornados. In three years with Brevard, she has scored one goal and assisted another. The Psychology major carries a 3.50 GPA in the classroom.
Caracena is originally from Raleigh, North Carolina. She appeared 16 games for Brevard this season, starting six of them. During her three seasons with Brevard, she has scored four goals and assisted four as well. Academically, Caracena holds a 3.41 GPA as an Exercise Science major at Brevard College.
The Tornados finished this 2010 season 3-13-1. The Tornados were able to pick up their first ever South Atlantic Conference win this season when they defeated the Tusculum Pioneers on September 28, 2010.