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More than a dozen students from Young Women's Leadership Charter
School lead museum activities, from answering visitors'
questions about the river's fascinating history to water quality
testing demonstrations and other educational activities.
Celebrate Earth Day with Kidworks Touring Theatre's production
"Global Warming! What's a Kid to Do?" as the actors portray TV
newscasters uncovering the scoop on climate change. Children in the
audience volunteer to portray endangered monkeys, penguins and fish
in the Great Barrier Reef, as all are inspired to recycle and make
a difference on this planet. Get tickets through Kidworks (773)
972-7112 or Prairie Trails Library, (708) 430-3688.
Take a hike to search for all buds, big and small, and the
answers to questions. Dress for the weather.
Local environmental organizations explain their roles in
greening the community and share ideas on how we can
New exhibit showcases 50 rare and unique objects from the
Sterling Morton Library's collections. The artifacts include a
collection of butterflies that is more than 100 years old, an
Eskimo bone carving, original woodblocks, and metal sculptures.
Explore a modern cabinet of curiosities, with drawers that pull out
and doors that open to reveal objects and interactive games, share
your vision of a library in 50 years, and take part in a
library-wide scavenger hunt.
Features supersized animatronic dinosaurs, including
favorites like Stegosaurus and Triceratops, as well as obscure
dinosaur species with unusual characteristics, like feathers.
Shantungosaurus-the largest dinosaur to walk on two legs-stands at
more than 20 feet tall and 50 feet long in Roosevelt Fountain, and
a tented showcase highlights the most recent paleontological
findings that birds evolved from dinosaurs. In addition, guests
will learn how dinosaurs are relevant to today's world and how
changes in climate may have led to their extinction, plus about
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imagination rules, and ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Children and families can innovate and
interact directly with the real, three-dimensional world
around them. Visitors design, build, test
and retest with real tools and materials.
The exhibition, created by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum, explores the history of our 16th President,
from his boyhood to his last years in office. Includes various
family-friendly events.
Visitors become space adventurers and set off on a journey to
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Imagine, a specialty melon that alerts customers and consumers when it's ripe by changing color.
Nunhems, the vegetable seed division of Bayer CropScience, has just such a melon with its new Kirene, according to a news release.
Immature melons have a green exterior with off-white netting.
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Would the war in Gaza still be happening if we'd listened to george bush?
George Wallace stood in the Schoolhouse Door and Ross Perot contrived the ruin of george bush the elder.
george bush made the rhetorical championing of Middle Eastern democracy a centerpiece of his presidency.
Between Jeb Bush and george bush, I worked for Mike McCurry, and every day I would think, "What would Mike McCurry do?"
The first george bush had the misfortune to have a shallow recession and slow recovery come in the second half of his term.
"I was a george bush Republican," he says frankly (a daring statement to make in this very Left Coast city).
His most recent book is The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Promote Democracy (Just Not The Way george bush Did).
The two people I most respect in politics are my dad and the first george bush.
george bush himself never quite lied—they at least knew better than to put outright lies in the mouth of the president.
George Romney and george bush were two leaders of the centrist wing of the party during the Goldwater insurgency.
"many-stemmed woody plant," Old English bysc, from West Germanic *busk "bush, thicket" (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German busc, Dutch bosch, bos, German Busch). Influenced by or combined with cognate words from Scandinavian (cf. Old Norse buskr, Danish busk, but this might be from West Germanic) and Old French (busche "firewood," apparently of Frankish origin), and also perhaps Anglo-Latin bosca "firewood," from Medieval Latin busca (whence Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, French bois), which apparently also was borrowed from West Germanic; cf. Boise.
In British American colonies, applied from 1650s to the uncleared districts, hence "country," as opposed to town (1780); probably originally from Dutch bosch in the same sense, because it seems to appear first in English in former Dutch colonies. Meaning "pubic hair" (especially of a woman) is from 1745. To beat the bushes (mid-15c.) is a way to rouse birds so that they fly into the net which others are holding, which originally was the same thing as beating around the bush (see beat (v.)).
: Bush shot. You could see the pubic hair, but not the sex parts
To fatigue; exhaust; sap; poop: The climb bushed him/ Our dialogues always bush me (1870+)
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Feminism | Posted by Ashley P on 07/9/2010
Female Bodies and Female Genital Mutilation: There is No Room for Compromise
Apparently, parental request for altering their young daughters' genitalia had reached the magnitude to which the American Academy of Pediatrics issued their policy statement in April condoning and introducing the implementation of a "mild" procedure where a girl's clitoris could be "nicked" in order to satisfy a certain element of "cultural sensitivity." Recently, however, the AAP has withdrawn the policy statement made in April and have since reverted back to the their initial stance as deeming any altering of the female genitals "unnecessary". However, the fact remains our AAP felt compelled to compromise in the realm of Female Genital Mutilation.
Female Genital Mutilation is not an issue of cultural differences, nor should it be observed as one. In reality, FGM is an inhumane, cruel, and botched exertion of …


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Each year at this time, I personally dread the duty of accompanying my husband on his hectic schedule of events, through the week of Veterans Day. Not because it is hectic - because I must witness the pain that these veterans feel over the disrespect that they encounter along the way, from a citizenry that purports to love their county and the veterans that keep them safe and free.
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Hi mates!
Here's a quick one: why is it that "pkg search dmd2" gives a result on PC-BSD and not on GhostBSD-RC2?
I should have my repos up to day and stuff, but no luck.
sudo update -f
pkg search dmd2
ericbsd@ericbsd /u/h/ericbsd> sudo pkg install dmd2
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'dmd2' have been found in the repositories
ericbsd@ericbsd /u/h/ericbsd>
sudo portsnap fetch extract
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It's official: Vis-duh blows
While Bill Gates tours China shilling Windows XP for the Chinese equivalent of $3 — thus putting a variety of software pirates out of business there — Charlie Demerjian of The Inquirer tags along, reporting a unique perspective for his publication.
Demerjian says the fall of Redmond's evil empire is imminent and his story makes some very salient points.
Demerjian's dispatch in The Inquirer outlines that actions speak louder than public relations. "With two overlapping events, Microsoft admitted what we have been saying all along, Vista, aka Windows Me Two (Me II), is a joke that no one wants," Demerjian writes.
In other words: It's official — Vista blows.
Dell knows this. They've pulled Vis-duh off their machines, putting Windoze XP back on their boxes, all the while still considering a GNU/Linux distro to offer customers. Normally, computer makers knuckle under to every whim from Redmond, but not this time. Dell backpedaled, Redmond be damned.
Combine this with Gates' attempt to stave off Linux in China, and Demerjian may have a good point.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
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Extended Virtual Synchrony for Java is a pure Java implementation of the totem single-ring protocol, which provides process group membership and reliable multicast with totally ordered messages. Because of its token-based design, this protocol is unique in achieving effective flow control, and is ideal for implementing replication in small clusters.
The Tacos library project provides components and ajax behaviour for the Tapestry Java Web application framework. Most of the functionality is based on the dojo Javascript library. The intent is to provide a library of high quality components that may be used in your tapestry application, as well as provide a core infrastructure for using ajax related logic in these and your own components and pages.
mod-vhost-ldap is an Apache 2.x module for storing and configuring virtual hosts from LDAP. It supports DocumentRoot, ScriptAlias, ServerName, ServerAlias, ServerAdmin, and SuexecUserGroup directives. It's built on top of mod_ldap, so it uses its caching capabilities and can be used with a threaded Apache httpd.
LdapTemplate is a framework to simplify LDAP programming in Java, built on the same principles as Spring Jdbc. The LdapTemplate class encapsulates all the plumbing work involved in traditional LDAP programming, such as creating Contexts, looping through NamingEnumerations, handling Exceptions, and cleaning up resources. This leaves the programmer free to handle the important stuff: where to find data (DNs and Filters) and what do do with it (map to and from domain objects, bind, modify, unbind, etc.).
mod_athena is an Apache-based application load balancer for large systems. It allows the HTTP server to act as a load balancer either internally to Apache's own mod_proxy (for reverse proxying), or externally to machines querying it. Arbitrary statistics are sent to the engine via a simple GET plus query-string interface, from which it will then make decisions based on chosen algorithms.
RIFE/Laszlo is based on RIFE/Jumpstart and geared towards easily getting started with the creation of Rich Internet Applications using OpenLaszlo. It is a ready-to-run source distribution and file structure that allows you to get started with a new OpenLaszlo application with RIFE in less then 2 minutes. Typically, all that you have to do is unzip the archive, open the project file in your favourite IDE, and run the application. Thanks to a dynamic development model, you rarely have to restart, and are able to gradually implement your application in an iterative manner.


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By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — A violent felon who once served time in federal prison for threatening to blow up a government building has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the brutal stabbing death of a young woman in Lake Stevens.
Phillipa S. Evans-Lopez, 20, was tied to a bed with electrical cords before she was stabbed two dozen times. Prosecutors allege Anthony Garver, 25, also slashed the woman's throat.
Evans-Lopez, who grew up in Woodinville, was the mother of a 3-year-old boy.
Deputy prosecutor Matt Hunter on Friday filed the murder charge against Garver for the June killing. Investigators say Garver was connected to the homicide through genetic evidence he allegedly left on the electrical cords that were used to bind Evans-Lopez. They also reportedly found the slain woman's blood on a knife that was seized from Garver when he was arrested July 2, court papers said. Garver also allegedly was in possession of a laptop missing from the woman's Lake Stevens home.
The motive for the killing remains unclear.
In tracking down the slain woman's whereabouts in the days before she was killed, Snohomish County sheriff's detectives received tips that Evans-Lopez had been at the Everett Walmart on June 14. Police obtained video footage from the store and discovered that Evans-Lopez and the defendant were together at the store in the early morning hours. A witness told investigators that Evans-Lopez said she had just met the man at an Everett McDonald's. Detectives collected video footage from that restaurant, where Garver was known to hang out and where he was later arrested. The video shows that both were there, but they don't appear to be together. Later that morning, they were captured on video at a Lake Stevens McDonald's. In that footage, they seem to be accompanying each other.
"It appears the two met at — or after leaving — the Everett McDonald's. They went to Walmart together and then the Lake Stevens McDonald's. Sometime thereafter, the defendant slaughtered Ms. Evans-Lopez as she was tied to her bed," Hunter wrote in charging papers.
Garver has denied killing Lopez-Evans. He reportedly told police that his DNA was in her house because he helped her move some furniture. When he was confronted about the bloody knife, Garver reportedly said, "I've told you everything I want to say."
A witness told detectives that Garver was squatting in a vacant house in Everett. He was living there for a couple of weeks. A witness said Garver was gone for a couple of days in mid-June. He returned June 18 and reportedly argued with another squatter. The witness said Garver pulled a knife and threatened to stab everyone in the house, Hunter wrote.
At the time of the homicide, Garver was wanted by state and federal authorities. He had been on the run since March after he failed to report to his community corrections officer in Spokane. He'd been released from federal prison a month earlier after serving time for threats he made to blow up a government building in Spokane.
Garver has a history of mental health problems, and was involuntarily committed to Eastern State Hospital. Court papers say Garver has ties to anarchist and domestic-terrorism causes.
He is expected to answer to the murder charge Monday in Snohomish County Superior Court. He faces decades behind bars if he is convicted. Garver is being held without the possibility of bail.
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Surat al-Falaq
"Say: 'I seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak."
Allah creates the daybreak of Islam; What is meant by the Arab spring is the daybreak of Islam. The daybreak of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Say: 'I seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak."
It is also Allah Who creates the daybreak.
"from the evil of what He has created,"
For instance, Allah creates the dajjal and satan. One seeks refuge in Allah from their evil.
"and from the evil of the darkness when it gathers,"
One also seeks refuge in Allah from the evil of the time when the attacks and pain become more intense.
"from the evil of women who blow on knots,"
For instance, in the End Times many women have a nature prone to corruption. They cause corruption. They can even found associations, get organized within themselves, but these ones blow on knots. That is, there are women in the End Times who cause conflicts, make knots and blow on those knots and make them even worse. The women of the End Times. Surely this is how the verse refers to the End Times. Otherwise the primary meaning of the verse is clear.
"from the evil of an envier when he envies."
One seeks refuge in Allah from the jealousy of envious men and all other envious people. For instance, they will feel envy of Hazrat Mahdi (as), his power, his means, health, glory and arts and dominion. This envy was foretold by our Prophet (saas) in details. The unbelievers of the time also envied our Prophet's (saas) might, power, health, joy and the blessings Allah granted him. That is why one seeks refuge in Allah from the envy of those enviers. We say the same thing, " We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of the envious."


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Chicago • The Chicago Blackhawks used a strong start against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday to keep their strong start to the season on a roll.
Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews each had a goal and an assist to help the Blackhawks beat the Kings 3-2, extending their season-opening points streak to 15 games.
Patrick Sharp also scored for the Blackhawks (12-0-3), who matched the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers for the second-longest season-opening points streak in NHL history. Chicago is one away from the tying the league record set by Anaheim in 2006-07 and will try to match the mark on Tuesday when it hosts Vancouver.
Mike Richards scored two power-play goals in the third period to pull the Kings within one after Chicago outplayed the Stanley Cup champions in the opening 40 minutes and built a 3-0 lead.
But the Blackhawks and goalie Ray Emery hung on.
"The guys wanted to get a good start, a good jump on L.A.," Seabrook said. "Ray made the big saves when he needed to."
The Blackhawks' start to the season is beginning to reach historical proportions in more way than one.
Anaheim won the Stanley Cup in 2007 after its record-setting points start. The 1984-85 Oilers and Montreal, which opened with 14 straight in 1943-44, also won the Cup in those seasons.
Toews, Chicago's captain, says the Blackhawks aren't getting ahead of themselves, however.
"We're 15 games into the season," Toews said. "What's important to us is getting home ice advantage, making the playoffs. Those are our goals. Once you get there, the real season starts.
"When you get to that point, no one really cares or remembers those streaks at the start of the season."
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Neil Patrick Harris and Freddie Prinze Jr.
When Neil Patrick Harris was attending La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he had a very high-profile side job—starring as TV's precocious doctor Doogie Howser. And three years behind NPH at La Ceuva? Freddie Prinze Jr., who wasn't much of a student but discovered he loved acting. And just a few miles away, at Saint Pius X High School in Albuquerque, was future Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
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Hallmark's business is built on helping people form emotional connections to make a genuine difference in the lives of others. That's true not only of our products, but also the way we create them.
It's also a long-standing tradition. Founder J.C. Hall strongly believed that the economic, civic, cultural and social strength of a community is reflected in its citizens and, by extension, Hallmark employees.
His son and current chairman, Donald J. Hall, felt the same way, leading an effort to articulate a code of beliefs and values to guide our work, and influencing philanthropy and a multitude of civic initiatives in Kansas City. His sons, in turn, are carrying forward the same sense of commitment to community and responsible business practices.
Commitment at the top means that being a good corporate citizen isn't just something we talk about at Hallmark. It's the essence of who we are.
In 1932, Hall Brothers licensed the rights to use Disney characters on greeting cards. It was one of the first licensing ventures for both companies.


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Interview: Chris Miranda of Santa Monica Studio talks PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale
Peter Nelis
8 August, 2012
As the long rumoured PlayStation Smash Bros. style brawler became a reality back at the end of April, we were lucky enough not only to get out hands on a very early build, but also to be given the opportunity to speak to Chris Hinojosa-Miranda of Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica Studio, the development team behind the game, for a quick chat about what gamers can expect from the latest addition to the fighting genre. While it's definitely clear that the PlayStation brand has more than enough characters to make a title like this work, there were obviously early concerns as to just how well everything would integrate in order to build a game that was really worth playing, never mind just talking about, but Chris was there to alleviate our worries…
Click: Hi Chris, thanks very much for speaking to us. We'll start by asking you to tell our readers a little bit about PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale…
CHM: Basically we're trying to take everything that PlayStation and everything people love about PlayStation – 15 years worth of awesome franchises – and condensing all those characters into a single game. We've got characters like Fat Princess and like Kratos, who are complete opposites, all coming together and essentially beating the crap out of each other!
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
Click: How did you guys go about deciding on what characters to use? You've announced six so far, and obviously there are going to be lots more coming, but how did you narrow it down and decide who you wanted in the game?
CHM: It's kinda like being a kid in a candy store [laughs]. You know, you walk in and you're like "I want everything! And then I want some more of that!" It's really about trying to find a good balance between the characters that we wanted to have in the game.
Click: You mentioned the control system when we played it earlier. You've gone for a really streamlined and intuitive interface; what was the thinking behind that? Was it a case of making it as accessible as possible?
CHM: Yeah, it comes down to accessibility really. I mean, at the end of the day it's a party game, you know? We need to make it accessible for people who just want to sit on the couch and have a quick play. You don't want to have a scenario where a newcomer sits down and tries to play but gets completely frustrated when trying to beat someone else. It was essential that we made this game fun. It's a fun game, featuring loads of really great franchises and we want to make sure that everyone has a chance to experience that without getting frustrated.
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Click: In terms of depth, for more experienced players, have you been careful to ensure that there's enough scope there within the control system to offer depth and to keep people coming back even when they've mastered the basics?
CHM: Yeah definitely. You know, we do have a simplified system with square, triangle and circle being your main attacks, but at the same time the modifier (that's the analog sticks, which also move the character around) not only creates a much wider range of attacks, as it means 24 moves per character. But we've also got the Supers, throws and blocks. So yeah, we wanted to make sure that everyone can have fun, but wanted to implement a system so that people who are really into this game will be able to sit down with their friends and play competitively have the chance to do that. With these kinds of games you have guys who are friends sitting down and playing for things, you know, like "if I win you have to wash my car" and stuff like that, so it's important that everyone is well catered for.
Click: You've mentioned the local side of things, with people gathered around a console, but there's obviously going to be a hefty online element to the game as well we assume?
CHM: Of course. The PlayStation 3 is online ready and has some great functionality. We're working on plenty of online modes for the game at the moment, which we'll be announcing in the near future.
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
Click: You mentioned about how it was a case of wanting everything when you were choosing which characters to include, was it a similar story when it came to the game's stages?
CHM: Oh yeah absolutely. What we're trying to go for is a lighthearted fighter, so we wanted to go for really diverse stages. We've got things like Jak and Daxter themed level, where all of a sudden you see the Hot Shots Golf characters teeing off in the background. We wanted to go for those "what the hell…" moments, and we're definitely accomplishing that as we move forward with the game's development.
Click: Obviously there are going to be comparisons drawn to certain other titles…
CHM: I don't know what you're talking about! [laughs]
Click: What would you say really differentiates this game from the other similar games available out there in the space right now?
CHM: It's really our franchises that make the difference. PlayStation has such a long history in gaming that we were able to pick and choose from some really excellent franchises that feature characters people have grown up with. Obviously there's that comparison that everyone talks about, but our development team are all huge fans of the fighting genre in general. We're not looking at one title in specific, we want to create a really fun game. We want to take the very best from all the major fighting games, not just the party style titles, and use it as a base to build a really great experience for our players.
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
Click: Have you guys got any idea when we might be seeing the game released?
CHM: We haven't announced a release date yet I'm afraid, so I've got no news on that side of things right now.
If we're being completely honest, PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale isn't really a game that you can fully comprehend just by reading about it. Until you have the chance to sit down and play it, it's all too easy to think "oh that's just another Smash Bros. clone", but it's a genuinely different beast, and it's one that we're going to be keeping a close eye on as we move towards the end of the year. Although there's no word on an official release date from Sony or Santa Monica Studio, we're going to hazard a guess that we're likely to see it around October or November, so keep your ear to the ground for updates on ClickOnline.com!
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A colonoscopy is an exam that views the insideof the colon (large intestine) and rectum, using a toolcalled a colonoscope.
The colonoscope has a small camera attached to a flexible tube that can reach the length of the colon.
How the Test is Performed
You will usually be given medicine into a vein to help you relax. You should not feel any discomfort. You will be awake during the test and may even be able to speak, but youprobably willnot remember anything.
You will lie on your left side with your knees drawn up toward your chest. The colonoscope is inserted through the anus. It is gently moved into the beginning of the large bowel andslowly advancedas far as the lowest part of the small intestine.
Air will be inserted through the scope to provide a better view. Suction may be used to remove fluid or stool.
The health care provider gets a better view as the colonoscope ismoved back out. Therefore, a more careful exam is done while the scope is beingpulled back. The doctor may take tissue samples with tiny biopsy forceps inserted through the scope. Polyps may be removed with snares, andimages may be taken.
Specialized procedures, such as laser therapy, may also be done.
How to Prepare for the Test
You will need to completely cleanse your intestines.A problem in your large intestine that needs to be treated may be missed if your intestines are not cleaned out.
Your health care providergive you the steps forcleansing your intestines. This may include using enemas, not eating solid foods for 2 or 3 days before the test, and taking laxatives.
You will be asked to drink plenty of clear liquids for 1 - 3 days before the test. Examples of clear liquids are:
- Clean coffee or tea
- Fat-free bouillon or broth
- Gelatin
- Sports drinks
- Strained fruit juices
- Water
You will usually be told to stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, or other blood-thinning medicines for several days before the test.Keep taking your other medicines unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
You will need to stop taking ironpills or liquidsa fewdays before the test, unless your health care provider tells you it is okay to continue.Iron can make your stooldark black, which makes it harder for the doctor toview insideyour bowel.
How the Test Will Feel
The medicines will make you sleepy so thatmay not feel any discomfort or have anymemory of the test.
You may feel pressure as the scope moves inside. You may feel brief cramping and gas pains as air is inserted or the scope advances. Passing gas is necessary and should be expected.
You may have mild abdominal cramping and pass a lot of gas after the exam.
Why the Test is Performed
Colonoscopy may be donefor the following reasons:
- Abdominal pain, changes in bowel movements, or weight loss
- Abnormal changes (such as polyps) found on sigmoidoscopy or x-ray tests (CT scan or barium enema)
- Anemia due to low iron (usually when no other cause has been found)
- Blood in the stool, or black, tarry stools
- Follow-up of a past finding, such as polyps or colon cancer
- Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease)
- Screening for colorectal cancer
Normal Results
Normal findings are healthy intestinal tissues.
What Abnormal Results Mean
- Abnormal pouches on the lining of the intestines, called diverticulosis
- Areas of bleeding
- Cancer in the colon or rectum
- Colitis (a swollen and inflamed intestine) due to Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, infection, or lack of blood flow
- Small growths called polypson thelining of your colon (which can be removed through the colonoscope during the exam)
- Heavy or ongoing bleeding from biopsy or removal of polyps
- Hole or tear in the wall of the colon that requires surgery to repair
- Infection needing antibiotic therapy (very rare)
- Reaction tothe medicine youtake to relax, causing breathing problems or low blood pressure
After the test, you will feel sleepy for a period of time. You may have a headache or feel sick to your stomach or bloated, but this is not common. You may pass a lot of gas.
You should be able to go homeabout 1 hour after the test. You must plan to have someone take you home after the test, because you will be woozy and unable to drive. The nurses and doctors will not let you leave until someone arrives to help you.
When you are home:
- Drink plenty of liquids. Eat a healthy meal to restore your energy.
- You should be able to return to yourregular activities the next day.
- Avoid driving, operating machinery, drinking alcohol, and making legal decisions for at least 24 hours after the test.
Kimmey MB. Complications of gastrointestinal endoscopy. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2010:chap 40.
Pasricha PJ. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 136.
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ATLANTA — Legislation tightening lobbying rules in Georgia will be changed next week to answer concerns it could limit the free speech rights of volunteers or nonprofit groups, Rep. Rich Golick said Thursday.
Golick, R-Smyrna, repeatedly made that promise after receiving criticism over a plan by House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, that would broaden the category of people who need to pay $300 to register as lobbyists and publicly report their spending. That bill received its first committee hearing Thursday. Lawmakers did not immediately present a new draft.
Ralston's plan would generally force anyone who advocates a position and tries to influence public officials to adhere to rules governing lobbyists, including paying registration fees and disclosing how much they spend. As it stands, that could include people who appear at the Statehouse on behalf of a larger organization, even if they are not paid.
"We are not going to make individual volunteers in such organizations coming down to express themselves get caught up in that type of registration," Golick said.
Lobbyists must currently register if they spend more than 10 percent of their working time or more than $1,000 annually on lobbying efforts.
Several said that too many people could be required to register under the current plan.
A lobbyist for the Georgia Baptist Conference, H. Ray Newman, said he was concerned that Baptist clergy who meet with lawmakers on policy issues as little as once a year could be forced to register as lobbyists.
"They come representing their church, which is of course an organization," Newman said. "They might come just one time. But to able to say to them they're going to have to register, that's a great concern for me."
Debbie Dooley, co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party, accused lawmakers of using the bill to retaliate against her group and others that pushed state lawmakers to adopt limits on lobbyist spending.
"The Capitol is the people's house," she said. "And we are your landlord. If you're here representing the people, you're the landlord and how dare you tell us you're not welcome and put a closed sign on the people's house."
Ralston's spokesman Marshall Guest said the speaker described Dooley's accusations as "absurd and ridiculous."
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA--A "Rancho Cucamonga Art Walk" will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, at The HourGlass Art &Wine Gallery, 8200 Haven Avenue, Suite 103, in Rancho Cucamonga.
Local artists will display their work at the free event. The public is invited to stay for a $10 Spanish, Brazilian and Contemporary Music performance by Michael Ryan, Ken Soderlund and Hai Muradian at 7 p.m.
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05/12/11: Jello Biafra & the New Orleans Raunch & Sould All-Stars get ready to rock!
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05/06/11: Jello in New Orleans this weekend!
Jello Biafra rocks old R&B classics w/ the New Orleans Raunch & Soul Allstars May 8th! Despite his reputation as punk & political icon, he is a huge fan of many genres of music, so this is a chance for him to do something unusual and different. With members of Dash Rip Rock and Cowboy Mouth backing him up, this is a one-off event, one night only, at the 12-Bar in New Orleans.
04/26/11: JB+GSM Las Vegas shows CANCELLLED!
"Two band members have been called back to New Jersey due to an urgent family emergency." - Jello Biafra Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine have had to cancel their Las Vegas appearances this Friday & Saturday. As soon as we know more information about current show/rescheduling we'll post an update. Our deepest, best thoughts go out to our GSM friends who are grappling with this family crisis.
04/18/11: The latest installment of What Would Jello Do?
In this episode, a heavily made-up Jello (on the set of a film he's doing) holds forth on the Alberta's Tar Sands and the dirty secret of Canada's oil supply. (Canada now supplies more oil to the U.S. than any other country.) WWJD?
04/06/11: New Jello & GSM studio release
The 2nd record by Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Enhanced Methods of Questioning, will be released May 31! 5-song EP plus an 18-minute bonus track (a Deviants cover) on the CD!
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Fox hosts attacked President Obama for his opposition to Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's Small Business Tax Cut Act, claiming the bill would give "the middle class a tax break" and "creates thousands of jobs." In fact, Obama has threatened to veto Cantor's bill specifically because it does not target the middle class; as experts have said, Cantor's bill would disproportionately benefit the wealthy and create few to no new jobs.
Fox: Eric Cantor Wants To "Giv[e] The Middle Class A Tax Break," But Obama Will Veto His Plan
Doocy: "The President Will Veto" Cantor's Effort To Give "The Middle Class A Tax Break." On the April 18 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy teased an interview with Cantor by claiming: "President Obama obsessed with taxing millionaires. But how about giving the middle class a tax break instead? Eric Cantor wants to do just that. But Democrats are vowing to stop him, and the president will veto his suggestion." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/12]
Fox's Carlson: Obama Opposed To Cantor's "Bill That Creates Thousands Of Jobs." Later on the April 18 broadcast, co-host Gretchen Carlson interviewed Cantor, claiming his bill "creates thousands of jobs" and later claiming the tax cuts included in the bill would affect "99.9 percent of U.S. companies," asking, "Why would the Democrats and President Obama be against this?" From Fox & Friends:
CARLSON: Republicans ready now to pass a bill that creates thousands of jobs, but the White House already has the veto pen out. Joining me now, the person who sponsored the Small Business Tax Cut bill, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Good morning to you, Congressman.
CANTOR: Gretchen, good morning.
CARLSON: All right, so explain this. It has to do with the number 20 -- and you're talking about a tax cut for small business. What is it?
CANTOR: Well, right now, first of all, we're in tax week. Everybody in America has now filled their taxes out and paid the government and reminded again of the fact that Washington continues to want to take more and more of your hard-earned money. We also know that we've got a situation in the economy, we need to see more jobs created and more economic growth.
How do you do that? You look to the job generators, the small businesses of America that create over 65 percent of the jobs. So what this bill does, the Small Business Tax Cut Act that will come to the House floor tomorrow, it provides every small business with 499 employees or less the ability to have a 20 percent tax cut straight up, money to the bottom line. So that small-business men and women can have more money to put back into their business, to grow the business, and create jobs.
CARLSON: Now I understand that it's for businesses that have fewer than 500 employees, but that covers 99.9 percent of U.S. companies. Why would the Democrats and President Obama be against this?
Carlson later suggested that Obama opposes the bill "because it goes against the narrative of this whole Buffett Rule that seems to be what's going to be the campaign lingo moving forward." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/12]
In Fact, The Administration Opposes The Bill Because It Focuses On "Tax Cuts [For] The Most Fortunate"
Obama Administration "Strongly Opposes" Cantor's Bill Because It Would "Provide Tax Cuts To The Most Fortunate." In an April 17 statement, the Obama administration expressed its opposition to Cantor's bill -- H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act -- because it "is not focused on cutting taxes for small businesses, but instead would provide tax cuts to the most fortunate." From the White House:
The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 9. The President believes that small business tax relief can promote hiring workers and increasing investment here at home. H.R. 9, however, is not focused on cutting taxes for small businesses, but instead would provide tax cuts to the most fortunate. Under the bill's definition of income, many of the "small businesses" that would receive the largest tax breaks are law partners, consultants, and other wealthy individuals and corporations with the biggest profits. The proposal is a giveaway that will cost $46 billion and could, in fact, lead to delays and reductions in investment and hiring.
While H.R. 9 has been described as a way to help small businesses, independent non-partisan analyses confirm that 49 percent of the bill's benefits would go to taxpayers making more than $1 million per year. Individuals in higher tax brackets would be able to take the bill's deduction against higher tax rates, making it more valuable for higher earners and more profitable firms. For the one percent of individuals with small business income in the top tax bracket and for profitable corporations, the deduction is worth more than double what it is worth to the two-thirds of small business owners in the 15 percent bracket or lower. Moreover, because "small business" is broadly defined and the tax relief is conditioned only on the size of payroll, many very large and highly profitable firms will be eligible for the tax break. The Administration believes that this bill is not an effective way to incentivize small business investment and job creation.
If the President is presented with H.R. 9, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill. [White House, 4/17/12, emphasis in original]
And Experts Agree With The President: The "Vast Bulk" Of Tax Cuts In Cantor's Bill Would "Accrue To Millionaires" And Wouldn't Create Jobs
Former Bush Official Bruce Bartlett: "The Vast Bulk Of The Tax Savings Under The Republican Plan Would Actually Accrue To Millionaires." In a March 30 Fiscal Times column about H.R. 9, former Reagan and George W. Bush official Bruce Bartlett noted that "the vast bulk of the tax savings under the Republican plan would actually accrue to millionaires." From The Fiscal Times:
The New York Giants (and probably every other professional sports franchise) would get a tax cut because it has just 210 employees, according to Roll Call. Billionaire Oprah Winfrey would also get a tax cut because her production company employs just 400 people.
According to a Treasury study, the bulk of small businesses don't have any employees at all. Of 19 million such businesses in 2007, fewer than 5 million had employees. Many are what are called pass-through entities that exist largely on paper as tax avoidance devices for the wealthy.
Consequently, the vast bulk of the tax savings under the Republican plan would actually accrue to millionaires. According to the Tax Policy Center, just 5.6 percent of the benefits would be realized by those with gross incomes below $100,000, with 49 percent going to those with incomes above $1 million. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the gross revenue loss at $46 billion over the next two years. [The Fiscal Times, 3/30/12]
CBPP: Cantor Bill "Would Provide Windfall For Wealthy, Not Create Jobs." In a March 28 report, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found that the bill "would benefit many high-income taxpayers ... while failing to generate the promised economic benefits." From the CBPP:
Though billed as a measure to create jobs by aiding small businesses, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-VA) proposal for a 20 percent tax deduction in 2012 for businesses with fewer than 500 employees would benefit many high-income taxpayers -- including many affluent doctors, lawyers, and stockbrokers -- while failing to generate the promised economic benefits. The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that nearly half -- 49 percent -- of the $46 billion tax cut that the measure would provide would go to people with incomes over $1 million a year.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) rated this general approach as one of the least cost-effective ways that policymakers were considering to encourage growth or create jobs in a weak economy. For one thing, the tax benefits would flow disproportionately to high-income people who would spend a relatively small share of their additional income; thus, CBO estimated that the deduction would generate just 0 to 20 cents in economic growth for every dollar in budgetary cost. For another, firms would receive this tax break whether they hired new workers or not; thus, CBO estimated that in 2012 it would create one job or fewer per $1 million of budgetary cost. [CBPP, 3/28/12]
LA Times' Hiltzik: Cantor's Bill "Is A $46-Billion Giveaway To The Wealthy In Small-Business Sheep's Clothing." In an April 17 column, the Los Angeles Times' Michael Hiltzik called Cantor's bill "a $46-billion giveaway to the wealthy in small-business sheep's clothing." Hiltzik further noted:
Another flaw is that the bill removes provisions in an earlier version that would have disqualified firms in finance, law, healthcare and other high-income, low-headcount fields. (This may be why it has the support of the American Dental Assn.) It would apply to partnerships, limited liability companies, medical offices, sole proprietorships and many other "pass-through" business arrangements, so called because their tax liabilities pass through to their owners.
That could mean a tax cut for law firms, hedge funds and sports teams. Unlike the plan being drafted by Senate Democrats that would tie a tax cut to actual hiring, the Cantor measure covers any entity claiming business income, regardless of its hiring plans. "If all it takes is a little business income to reduce one's overall tax bill by 20%," observes the Tax Foundation's William McBride, "we can expect to see a lot more yard sales and EBay entrepreneurs." [LA Times, 4/17/12]
Tax Policy Center Analysis Shows Change To Baseline Disproportionately Benefits Already-Wealthy Individuals. In a March 28 analysis, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center found that 49 percent of the changes in tax included in Cantor's bill would go to filers with a cash income level of more than $1 million. From the Tax Policy Center:
[Tax Policy Center, 3/28/12]
NY Times Editorial: Bill Is "Designed So That Nearly Half Of The Tax Cut Would Go To People With Annual Income Over $1 Million." An April 14 New York Times editorial called the bill a "particularly cynical" example of "the Republicans' latest effort to tilt the tax code in favor of the wealthy." From the New York Times editorial titled, "More Help for the Wealthy":
Taxes are never popular, especially in April of an election year. But the Republicans' latest effort to tilt the tax code in favor of the wealthy, and starve the government of needed revenue, is particularly cynical.
This week, the House Republican leadership is expected to bring up the "Small Business Tax Cut Act," a bill to let most business owners deduct up to 20 percent of their business income in 2012 -- a $46 billion tax cut. Despite the Mom-and-Pop label, it is designed so that nearly half of the tax cut would go to people with annual income over $1 million, and more than four-fifths would go to those making over $200,000, according to the Tax Policy Center.
The bill is predicated on an overly broad definition of "small business" -- one with fewer than 500 employees, which can include multimillion-dollar partnerships and corporations. It is also based on a willful denial of the reality that small businesses are not the big job creators politicians often say they are. [The New York Times, 4/14/12]
Tax Foundation: Cantor's Bill Can "Easily Be Gamed" And Does Not Create "The Kind Of Incentives We Want In The Tax Code." In a March 29 blog post, William McBride of the nonpartisan Tax Foundation wrote:
To deal with this, Representative Cantor and Senator Reid have each proposed reducing taxes on small business. However, rather than simply cutting the rate, or preventing rates from going up at the end of the year, they propose various special carve outs for small business, further complicating the tax code. One problem is defining small business.
The Cantor proposal would define it based on number of employees, i.e. fewer than 500. That's pretty straight forward, but how would a business with 500 employees respond? If a company can save 20% on their tax bill by not hiring any more employees, that's not the kind of incentives we want in the tax code. Also, it can easily be gamed: if all it takes is a little business income to reduce one's overall tax bill by 20%, we can expect to see a lot more yard sales and ebay entrepreneurs. [Tax Foundation, 3/29/12]
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As Houston's 61st mayor, Annise Parker has spent many years in service to the people of Houston—six years as a city council member, six years as city controller and two terms as mayor. Parker's many accomplishments as mayor include job growth far exceeding the number of jobs lost during the recession, resulting in Houston being named the job growth capital of the nation. In addition, she bucked the trend of most other major U.S. cities by balancing three city budgets during the tough economic times without raising taxes or having to eliminate police or firefighter jobs.
Mayor Parker is a second generation native Houstonian. She graduated with a B.A. from Rice University (a triple major in anthropology, psychology and sociology) and spent 20 years in the private sector working in the oil and gas industry, including 18 years with Mosbacher Energy Company. What was it that attracted you to public service after working in the private sector?
I was a very active community volunteer for the 20 years I worked in the private sector. I decided finally that I was going to work every day to support my volunteer habit, and I wanted to be able to do things I was passionate about full time. I didn't want to be in an office. I wanted to make things happen. What big changes do you foresee in Houston in the next two years and what are the biggest challenges in maintaining the current growth the city is enjoying?
We're one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. We're going to continue to grow, and there are a range of problems associated with growth. Traffic jams, air quality, education concerns and making sure there's a sufficiency of workforce housing for all the folks who are coming here. As long as we have a strong economy, people will come…but we also have to make some investments to make sure that we can handle the people who are moving here.How has Houston changed over the years since you were a student?
It's bigger. It's more international. It's more cosmopolitan. It's more open, more tolerant. It's a better place overall. We still have elements of being a big small town. It's friendly and welcoming. We may be sprawled out all over creation, but you can have a sense of community in any part of the city. What I hear over and over again both from visitors and people who live here is that it's a very livable place and they feel welcome. And that's priceless.What is the most challenging aspect of being the mayor of the fourth largest city in the US?
Cities are 24/7. They're never finished. And this is a strong mayor system so I am the CEO of the city. I have the ceremonial duties plus I run the city. I hire and fire the departmental directors. With the strong mayor system, if the wheels come off, it's my fault. In your years as mayor, what has been your most rewarding experience?
[Long pause.] I can't point to just one. To be able to know that I have made decisions, initiated efforts that have changed the future of Houston, from the hike and bike trail initiatives that's being rolled out along all our bayous, to the work that's going on Buffalo Bayou, to the work we're doing in homelessness right now and in the last year we've housed more than 500 chronically homeless veterans. Every day I get to do something that changes Houston and so there's not one thing. It's that I get to make positive progress and change people's lives for the better every day.
I also have the potential to really piss off 2 million people every day. It's the nature of the job balancing legitimate competing needs and interests so that there's almost nothing that we de that's going to make everyone happy. It's not possible. Many of the things we do as we grow we have to do things to enable large numbers of people to live together and so we end up limiting the things that they can do. That means that there are losers in that process.
I do more to try to engage with Houstonians—quarterly Teletown Halls, where we dial into a neighborhood and try to get people on the phone. It's amazing we'll have 300 people listening to a phone conversation. We also do quarterly Web Chats. We do what I call Merchant Walks where we pick a strip center and I go in and out of stores accosting shoppers and proprietors and talk to them about what's going on. Through the Merchant Walks I've learned that barber shops are the best places to go because the guys are always happy to see me. They always want their picture taken, and they know all the gossip about what's going on in the neighborhood or who got robbed.
The fourth thing we do is Three Minutes with the Mayor. We do it in different areas of the city. The hardest part is that I can't have a three-minute conversation. There's no substitute for being out in the neighborhood. I learn things on the drive over there. I see what's around whatever venue we are visiting. I hear from them directly and someone can say, "Now, Mayor, when you leave here I want you to go down to the corner and turn left. You can see the weedy lot that I was talking about." It also means that people have the opportunity to look me in the eye and raise any issue they want.
The hard part is, even with those four initiatives and meeting 48 weeks a year where anyone can sign up and come down and speak to us, I just barely scratch the surface of the population of Houston. I do my best to get myself to as many places and as many venues to get a sense of what's happening. The good news is, what I'm hearing from Houstonians right now is great. But there's just so much I don't know. Being a type A, super achiever, Rice alum, I want to master the job. I want to master the process. Can't happen. And you can't ever get it all done because cities are never finished.This article is from the Fall 2013 issue of Jones Journal


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The NFL loses legends every year as future Hall of Famers retire from the game. When Brett Favre retired (for good), it was almost like a funeral atmosphere surrounding it. Favre hadn't died, but a generation of football fans had grown up marveling at what he had been able to accomplish.
Another living legend of the NFL announced his retirement Wednesday, as Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens conducted a press conference to say that when the Ravens' 2012 season is over, his 17-year NFL career will be over.
The news resonated through Winter Park, as players who have known Lewis or just admired from a distance weighed in on the news. Erin Henderson, who hadn't heard the news yet, was visibly shocked because he has come to know Lewis over the years while both were football stars in Maryland – Henderson for the Terrapins and Lewis for the Ravens – and said the NFL is losing one of its top men, not just an elite player.
"Hats off to him," Henderson said. "(He's) one of the true warriors and gladiators of our time. I don't know if there's anyone who's done it quite to the level that he's done it at – I know not in my lifetime anyway. Nobody's even come close. I've admired him for a long time. I actually got to know him since I played with his brother (running back Keon Lattimore) at Maryland. I've got to know him a little bit and know the man that's behind the man you see on the field. He's just as amazing off the field as he is on it. My hat's off to him. It's kind of shocking to me right now, but it's cool that he's able to kind of kick back and start to enjoy the fruits of his labor."
Fellow linebacker Tyrone McKenzie also had a Lewis connection and shared in the sentiment that the NFL is losing one of its faceplates that has been the subject of folklore since high school.
"Ray grew up right down the road from where I grew up," McKenzie said. "He was from Lakeland, Florida, and I was from Hillsboro County, which was just one county over. It was huge watching a guy like that from your area go on to (the University of) Miami and then to the NFL and seeing his transformation from a guy who played running back in high school to being an All-Pro linebacker. He's had a great career."
McKenzie added that his career has been one that may never be matched in the history of the league and that from where he grew up, he is the football equivalent to Paul Bunyan.
"He's a legend down there," McKenzie said. "His legacy still holds up in Hillsboro County. They still talk about the things he did as a high school player there. He's Ray Lewis."
Running back Adrian Peterson, who is forging his own Hall of Fame resume, also heard the news shortly before being asked about Lewis' retirement and hoped that, like Favre, Lewis would get the itch, have a change of heart and continue his amazing career.
"I hope he gives it another shot," Peterson said. "It will definitely be a blow to the league to lose a guy like Ray Lewis. He definitely inspired me – just the passion and how he is dedicated to his craft to be the best. You don't see too many guys who play like that. That's definitely what makes him the best linebacker to ever play the game. You just look at the young linebackers that we have now – Von Miller, Patrick Willis – you see Ray Lewis. He inspired those guys and (they) are the best in the business now. To lose a guy like that who is so inspirational with his word and how he approached this game is going to be tough. He will never be forgotten, I can say that. He will be missed always."
Jared Allen has gotten to know Lewis, primarily when both played in numerous Pro Bowls as opponents, and chimed in a similar sentiment as A.P. – the NFL is losing one of the all-time greats. As a fellow defensive player, Allen said Lewis gave players on the other side of the ball some much-deserved recognition in a quarterback-driven league.
"I think he's been phenomenal for this sport – just what he's done with the linebacker position," Allen said. "From a defensive standpoint, you love it because this is an offensive league and offensive players get all the praise the majority of the time and they sell tickets. But Ray has been a staple for the NFL. He's always in the defensive MVP hunt. You have to admire his competitive nature and what he's brought to the game. He's played for a long time and his level of play has been high. As a fan of the game, you hate to see him leave. He'll be first ballot into the Hall (of Fame) and getting the recognition he deserves. You hate to see the league lose a competitor like that. He had a remarkable career. Nothing but respect for him."
For those who grew up aspiring to be NFL linebackers, Lewis became the template for an entire generation. He has been the player that thousands of college and high school players have dreamed of being someday and his legacy will cast a long shadow.
"There are a lot of players out there that have modeled themselves after Ray Lewis," Henderson said. "One of my main things that I always noticed about him was being around the ball. He was always running to the ball regardless of how far away he was from the play he may have been, he was always running. That's something I kind of took with me – arriving with bad intentions when you get there. He was always kind of angry when he came to make a tackle and got to the play. He was definitely a good role model for a linebacker to have."
As a middle linebacker, Jasper Brinkley was one of those players who modeled himself as trying to reach a standard that Lewis has set. A half a country away from Baltimore, Brinkley felt the loss that so many fellow players, coaches and fans will have. The likes of Lewis are a once-in-a-generation type player and he will be sorely missed when he hangs up his cleats for the last time.
"The way he played the game, with the passion that he played with, I don't think anybody can match what he's done," Brinkley said. "For him to go as long as he has, he will forever be remembered in my mind. He's a legend."
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Show of the week • The L.A. hip-hop duo "dropped everything" so that it could agree to perform the New Year's Eve party at the Urban Lounge, said Christopher Cesar Portugal, better known as Thes One, the vocalist, DJ and producer for the globe-trotting pair. "We had a short list of cities that have shown us a lot of love," Thes One said, adding that he loves visiting Beerhive Pub every time he's in town. While in the early days the duo was known for its inventive mash-up of jazz and rap, today the group's influences have grown wider, thanks to Thes One's collection of 100,000 vinyl records at home. (He had to reduce the number once he welcomed a baby into his family. The vinyl room became a nursery.) "We're more inclined to listen to Michael McDonald and Wings than hip-hop," he said. "We freak people out." Thes One plans a top-shelf evening at the Salt Lake City club. "Showmanship is everything," he said, adding that he doesn't like it when the duo gets lumped in with other rap groups that just stand around onstage. "We like keeping a high element of risk in our shows. If you don't take the net away, what's the point?" It was apparent Thes One was a character who loved the stage in 2004, when he was selected to be a contestant on "The Price Is Right," and on the show he correctly named the price of a washer and dryer, winning the pair. With Bob Barker by his side, Thes One then went on to win The Shell Game, in the process winning a furniture set and wouldn't you know it? a record player. He said the washer has broken down, but the record player is still working and in a prime spot in his house.
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When • Friday, Dec. 28, 9 p.m.
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Action Item
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Where • Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City
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When • Saturday, Dec. 29, at 10 p.m.
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Where • Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City
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