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Trip planned to Oregon this august 1st to 2nd week looking for good summer steelhead water. Staying in Bend for 3 nights then on Umpqua for 2 days, followed by south to north coast trip over 5 nights. Fishing time somewhat limited as this is family trip but we will have a few flyrods and gear. Which rivers are most productive and any particular stretches. Summer fly info would be helpful as well, hook size ? No I don't want your best personal hole but some help so I can help my kids catch a few nice fish. Anyone traveling east to Lake Erie or Ontario tribs I am more than happy to help out, as I put in many hours on these streams.
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Summer steelhead will be in the Deschutes during your stay. The lower Deschutes, that is, the lower four miles of river is easily accessible by hiking, and the the lower two miles of this stretch are reserved for bank angling. You want to fish early and late. I'd hike up the west side from the parking lot at Heritage Landing until I was well above the first rapid (Moody). If you do this, you should see a cable trolley crossing the river in the flat water above the rapid. There is good fly water for almost a mile upstream from this point. You'll see other anglers aplenty along here, but you should be able to find a place to fish easily enough. This area is a long way from Bend, however; although you can reach the area driving north on Hwy 97. Fly tackle would be six-to-eight weight rods with floating or sink-tip lines. Good flies at this time of year are the Green Butt Skunk, Street Walker, Freight Train and anything bright. No. 4 hooks would be fine. If you are a Spey caster, you'll find your skill fits well with the Deschutes, as the banks are crowded with alders along most of the drifts. Most anglers use a modification of greased line technique, casting a bit downstream from straight across, and mending as needed to keep the fly swimming across the current at a steady speed. You didn't mention how old your kids are and what tackle they would be fishing with. Steelheading is challenging at the best of times. It's not uncommon (at all) to get royally skunked; so, if the kids are little, tire easily, or get bored when they're not catching anything, steelheading may be something you might want to postpone for them for a while. Near Bend, there's an abundance of trout fishing, both stream and lake, which might provide them a more exciting and satisfying time. The North Fork of the Umpqua, of course, is a notorious summer steelhead stream. There's roughly forty miles of the river reserved for fly-fishing only, and people come from all over the West (and world, for that matter) to fish its storied pools. Good information on where and how to fish could be obtained from the local fly shops. Even if you don't catch a fish, casting through the famous pools and runs near Steamboat is an experience I think you will really enjoy. The beauty and ambiance of this area will stay will with and your kids long after your short trip is over. Also -- practically all of the fishing is accessible by road. Hope this helps, -- Eric |
Thanks Eric
Thank you for the great info. We are staying in Idleyld Park for 2 days and this may be my best chance to fish early and late as you remarked as we are staying right on the river. The kids are 8,11 and 13 so they have a little staying power and all fly fish. I have been reading about the North Umpqua and I like my spot just downstream from Rock Creek as well as the Steamboat area . I agree just to fish these waters will be great I sure would like to add a searun steelie to my photo album. Well thaks for the great info. Ed |
Given where your staying on the NU, a trip to Joe Howell's "Blue Herron" fly shop is a MUST ... just leave your wallet back at camp. Joe's been at the same location for well OVER 20 years and is on a first name basis with each and every rock.
Don't know if your intent is to get as far down (south on I-5) as the Rogue, but that's my 'home waters.' If that's in your game plan, by August there are lots of summer runs, especially in the Grants Pass area. Lots of public access, etc. If you'd like further info send me a e-mail/phone number and I'd be happy to give you a who, what, where, and when. One other phone number you'll want is the fish count figures from Gold Ray damn located just north of Medford. 800 472 2434 This will give you the numbers into just the top 30 miles of the Rogue. Forgot to ask: are you 'camping,' or in a motor home? Ask, as there are a few great places to stay (Valley of the Rogue Park, etc.) that are right on the river and have good access to water worth fishing at their door-step. Fred |
While on the NU, take the family, drive 12 miles up Steamboat Creek, and stop at the Fishwatch trailer. Head down the path to look at the pool. By early August there will be hundreds of steelhead in the pool, protected by my friend and Fishwatcher Lee Spencer. Lee is a fascinating guy, and will educate all regarding the life histories and trials of NU steelhead, plus other interesting topics if you wander there. He's an archeologist by training, and if you are real nice and your kids are careful, he may show you one of his atlatls.
If, after the visit, you found the side trip worthwhile, consider a donation to the NU Foundation. http://www.northumpqua.org/ One other thing...don't have high hopes for numbers of fish. Be very pleased if you hook one in your time on the river. The river is tough and popular, and August can occasionally see some serious heat and warm water. It is an even more difficult river for kids, because the wading can be a serious challenge, and short stature can be a significant disadvantage. But is a great and beautiful river, and it is entirely possible that you and/or your kids will find success with the fish. Just don't go in with the illusion that because it is a great river you will find steelhead at the end of your line. Everybody that fishes it gets skunked on the NU at one time or another. Though I know the river pretty well, I still get skunked most of the time. Of course, I am very particular about where and how I fish (the people concentrate where the fish concentrate, and I head where the people aren't), but the point is that it is tough. |
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The Advertising Standards Authority, an ad watchdog organization in the U.K., has banned a Dior mascara ad featuring Portman from further use due to the post-production editing potentially misleading consumers.
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- Mark T. Edwards at: February 19, 2013 at 7:56 AM said...
Thanks Elesha for these insightful reflections.
I'm currently reading through Christopher Chapp's Religious Rhetoric and American Politics (Cornell, 2012) and it's amazing how your observations dovetailed with his central arguments. I'm finding it a good, empirical updating of the subject of civil religion, especially as it challenges the idea of a normative culture war. At the same time, Chapp realizes that what he calls "civil religious identity" is largely a Puritan/Protestant construct and, thus, potentially as exclusive as inclusive. Did you find the Hall of Presidents likewise reliant on Protestant preconceptions of personal autonomy or other? - Elesha at: February 19, 2013 at 9:07 AM said...
Good question, Mark. To introduce a scholarly framework, the Hall of Presidents show might track most closely with Hatch's (now challenged) argument in _The Democratization of American Christianity_ and its vision of straight-talking, highly energetic men rousing enthusiastic crowds to action. I didn't see as much of a Puritan bent, at least not if you associate Puritans with Calvinism, jeremiads, the "City on a Hill" idea, and being really suspicious of grieving. You could plausibly argue that the Hall of Presidents/Hatch model is uniquely Protestant, though in terms of leadership style, there have been American Catholic priests (and football coaches!) who were also adept at rallying their troops. But whether uniquely Protestant or not, the Hall of Presidents vision, while rhetorically stressing equality and dignity for all, was certainly exclusive. It had no room for dissent of any kind. I actually wondered if tapping Morgan Freeman for the voiceover was in some way an effort to counteract this hegemonic narrative. Like, if a white man were telling the triumphal story, it might come across as disingenuous and self-serving, but if an African American is telling it, it must be true.


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On the evening of October 4, in a ceremony at Casa Vetro, in Porto Alegre-RS, the winners of the Massey Ferguson Journalism Award 2012 were announced. The event gathered journalists from all over Brazil who stood out for their commitment and quality in publishing news on South American and Brazilian agribusiness, as well as media professionals of Rio Grande do Sul and executives of Massey Ferguson and AGCO.
During the ceremony the senior vice president and general manager of AGCO for South America, André Carioba, and the marketing director of AGCO, Fábio Piltcher, highlighted the record of submissions in 2012: 287 work pieces. They also spoke about the challenge of breaking barriers in the journalism specialized in agribusiness. "Social networks work today with the immediacy of information, so journalists have strong competition and need to make use not only of originality, but also of the creative ability to keep journalism alive and interesting to the reader," said Fabio Piltcher.
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Guidelines for Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia for Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), the most common presenting manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a major and recurring cause of morbidity and mortality for persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In recent years, important advances have been made in understanding which patient subpopulations are at highest risk for developing PCP and in the design of chemotherapeutic regimens that can reduce the frequency of this illness. Recently, a number of experts* convened by the National Institutes of Health independently reviewed data on prophylaxis against PCP among persons infected with HIV, and then provided recommendations to the U.S. Public Health Service concerning which persons should receive prophylaxis and what specific prophylactic regimens should be used. The resulting guidelines are detailed below.
Since the early 1980's, management of PCP has become increasingly successful, and several effective chemotherapeutic regimens are available (1). However, such conventional therapy as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or parenteral pentamidine is often complicated by adverse reactions that may require termination of the therapy (2), and the mortality for first episodes of PCP is still 5%-20%. Thus, prevention of PCP is a preferred alternative to treating patients for successive episodes of this disease.
Prophylaxis against PCP is categorized as primary if the goal is to prevent an initial episode for a person who has never had PCP. Prophylaxis is categorized as secondary if the goal is to prevent subsequent episodes for a person who has already had at least one episode of PCP.
Risk of an Initial Episode of PCP
Immunologic and clinical parameters can be helpful in determining which HIV-infected persons are at particular risk for having PCP and, therefore, which are most likely to benefit from prophylaxis against PCP. In the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), an ongoing prospective epidemiologic investigation of the transmission and natural history of HIV infection among homosexual men (3), there was a strong association (p less than 0.001) between the baseline numbers of T-helper lymphocytes (CD4+ cells) and the incidence of PCP (Table 1). Additionally, a Kaplan-Meier estimate for 323 participants whose counts of CD4+ cells were less than 200/mm3 during the study showed that the proportions who had PCP by 6, 12, and 36 months were 13%, 24%, and 39%, respectively. Similar results were seen when MACS data were analyzed by fraction of CD4+ cells expressed as a percentage of total lymphocytes rather than by absolute number of such cells. In a multivariate analysis of the prospective MACS data, thrush and persistent fever (temperature of greater than 100 degrees F) were additional independent predictors of the development of PCP among patients with CD4+ counts of less than 200/mm3at their most recent evaluation (Panel of experts,* Phair and Munoz).
A retrospective study to investigate the levels of CD4+ at which adult patients develop PCP confirms the MACS data (4). For the 49 episodes of PCP studied, the CD4+ counts were 1-365/mm3 (median 26/mm3), and the percentage of circulating lymphocytes that were CD4+ positive was 0-25% (median 4%) within 60 days before the episode (Figure 1).
Risk of Recurrent PCP
For HIV-infected persons who have had one episode of PCP, there is a high probability that a second episode will occur if no prophylactic measures are taken. Although zidovudine will reduce the frequency of second episodes (5), some persons who receive zidovudine have been reported to have subsequent episodes. In an ongoing study of HIV-infected patients who have had a recently documented episode of PCP (AIDS Clinical Trial Group Study 002), zidovudine therapy was started using two different dosing regimens (6). The study has not yet been unblinded so that investigators can determine which patients received which zidovudine regimen. A preliminary analysis was done on the risk of recurrent PCP for 318 patients followed for up to 6 months and for 122 patients followed up to 12 months on zidovudine (Figure 2) (Panel of experts,* Fischl). These results indicate a need for PCP prophylaxis in addition to antiretroviral therapy.
The two compounds studied most extensively for prophylaxis against PCP have been trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, given orally, and pentamidine, given as an aerosol.
The efficacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prophylaxis against PCP has been clearly demonstrated among pediatric cancer patients (7-8). The only reported randomized controlled trial of this drug combination for HIV-infected persons was a primary-prophylaxis study of 60 adult AIDS patients with Kaposi's sarcoma, and compared the effect of no treatment with that of a regimen of 160 mg trimethoprim plus 800 mg sulfamethoxazole twice daily plus 5 mg leucovorin calcium once daily (9). Compared with untreated patients, those who received prophylaxis had fewer episodes of PCP and lived longer. Adverse reactions were common (50%) and included nausea, vomiting, pruritus, and rash, although these reactions also occurred commonly among patients who were not receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Only five patients (17%) had to discontinue prophylaxis. There are no results from controlled trials currently available for analysis to indicate whether trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole would be effective or tolerated in other populations of HIV-infected patients.
Aerosol Pentamidine
Clinical studies of aerosol pentamidine for prophylaxis against PCP have been completed by two pharmaceutical sponsors. These studies have used different nebulizing devices and different dosing regimens.
In July 1987, a randomized, nonblinded dose-comparison study of aerosol pentamidine was begun in 14 community treatment centers (10). The trial was open to adult patients who had already had PCP (secondary prophylaxis) as well as patients with Kaposi's sarcoma and other symptomatic HIV-associated conditions who had never had PCP (primary prophylaxis). Patients were randomly assigned to three dose schedules: 30 mg every 2 weeks, 150 mg every 2 weeks, or 300 mg every 4 weeks of pentamidine delivered by the Respirgard II jet nebulizer (Marquest, Englewood, CO).
An interim analysis 1 year after the start of randomization (mean follow-up of 10 months) showed that 76 PCP episodes (13 first episodes and 63 recurrent episodes) had occurred: 33/135 (24%) in the 30-mg group, 25/134 (19%) in the 150-mg group, and 18/139 (13%) in the 300-mg group. For patients receiving secondary prophylaxis, the regimen of 300 mg every 4 weeks was associated with substantially fewer episodes of PCP than the regimen of 30 mg every 2 weeks. There are insufficient data currently available from patients receiving primary prophylaxis to demonstrate statistically significant treatment effects among the regimens.
The most common adverse effects during treatment were cough and, less frequently, wheezing -- particularly among smokers and patients with a history of asthma. These effects could be reduced or prevented by pretreatment with inhaled bronchodilators. No systemic toxicity of the type associated with parenteral pentamidine (e.g., renal insufficiency, hypoglycemia, or neutropenia) was detected, although other reports suggest that systemic adverse effects can occur. Patients tolerated the therapy well with supervision, and only two had withdrawn because of side effects at the time the interim analysis was done.
On the basis of these interim results and existing epidemiologic data from natural-history studies, the Food and Drug Administration approved a treatment IND for aerosol pentamidine as both primary and secondary prophylaxis, recommending the 300-mg dose every 4 weeks and recommending delivery via the Respirgard II jet nebulizer. The indication for primary prophylaxis in the treatment IND is a CD4+ count of less than 200/mm3. Secondary prophylaxis is indicated for anyone who completes therapy for an episode of PCP.
Other nebulizers have been used in trials of aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis. A double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized multicenter trial has recently been conducted in Canada which assessed the safety and efficacy of aerosol pentamidine administered by a Fisons ultrasonic nebulizer (five 60-mg loading doses followed by biweekly doses of 60 mg). These findings have been submitted to the FDA. A study using the Fisons nebulizer and three different doses of aerosol pentamidine has also been completed in the United States and is currently being evaluated.
On the basis of the data summarized above and the opinions of individual members of the panel of experts, the Public Health Service recommends that -- unless contraindications exist -- physicians should initiate prophylaxis against PCP for any HIV-infected adult patient who has already had an episode of PCP, even if the patient has been receiving zidovudine. Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis should also be initiated for HIV-infected patients who have never had an episode of PCP if their CD4+ cell count is less than 200/mm3 or if their CD4+ cells are less than 20% of total lymphocytes. Patients with CD4+ cell counts of less than 100/mm3 or CD4+ cells less than 10% and patients with oral thrush or persistent fever (temperature of greater than 100 degrees F) are at particularly high risk for PCP.
Patient Evaluation
For HIV-infected persons, CD4+ lymphocyte percentages or counts should be monitored at least every 6 months. Some experts prefer to obtain a second count within a few months of the first count to assess the rate of decline. Subsequent CD4+ enumerations may be desirable at intervals of less than 6 months in certain situations such as: a) the presence of fever or thrush, b) a recent rapid decline in CD4+ cell count, c) a CD4+ percentage in the 20-30 range, or d) a CD4+ absolute number in the 200-300/mm3 range. If a decision to start prophylaxis is to be made on the basis of a low CD4+ cell count or percentage, the CD4+ enumeration should probably be repeated, unless previous determinations indicate the low count or percentage is consistent with an established trend.
Some patients may have discordant CD4+ percentages and absolute counts, i.e., the percentage may be greater than 20% while the CD4+ count may be less than 200/mm3, or vice versa. In such cases, it is probably prudent -- after reconfirming the CD4+ enumerations -- to assume that the patient is at high risk for PCP if either of these two parameters is in the high-risk range.
Clinicians should be aware that in certain unusual circumstances, either the absolute CD4+ count or the CD4+ percentage may not be an accurate reflection of susceptibility to PCP. For example, after splenectomy, HIV-infected patients may be susceptible despite normal CD4+ counts. Conversely, some laboratory reagents may not detect CD4+ markers on the T-helper cells of all persons (11), so that such persons may speciously appear to be in the susceptible range. In situations in which this phenomenon is suspected (e.g., when the sum of the number of CD4+ cells and CD8+ cells does not approximately equal the number of CD3+ cells), the lymphocyte sample should be retested with other CD4+ reagents.
Before prophylaxis against PCP is administered, patients must be evaluated to exclude certain active pulmonary diseases. If symptoms, signs, or radiologic abnormalities suggest that active disease is present, a thorough evaluation for community-acquired pathogens (e.g., Pneumococcus), opportunistic pathogens (e.g., Pneumocystis, cytomegalovirus), communicable pathogens (e.g., Mycobacterium tuberculosis), tumors, or other processes is indicated. As with other HIV-infected persons, these patients should be given a Mantoux skin test with 5-TU tuberculin, PPD (12).
Choice of Prophylactic Agent
Scientific studies available to date suggest the following two approaches are effective and safe, although neither has been approved as labelling indications by the Food and Drug Administration.
1) Although it has been studied less extensively among HIV-infected persons than aerosol pentamidine, oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (160 mg trimethoprim and 800 mg of sulfamethoxazole) can be given twice daily with 5 mg leucovorin once daily. This form of prophylaxis should not be given to patients with a history of type-I hypersensitivity (angioedema or anaphylaxis) or prior episodes of Stevens-Johnson syndrome associated with sulfonamides or trimethoprim. The efficacy of leucovorin in prevention of toxicity is unknown.
2) Aerosol pentamidine can be given as 300 mg every 4 weeks via the Respirgard II jet nebulizer. The dose should be diluted in 6 ml of sterile water and delivered at 6 liters/minute from a 50-PSI compressed air source until the reservoir is dry. (Further information can be obtained by telephoning the Treatment IND number: 1-800-727-7003.) Because other doses and aerosol delivery systems have not yet been adequately studied and analyzed, no recommendations regarding such systems can be made. For patients who develop cough or wheezing while receiving aerosol pentamidine, pretreatment with a bronchodilator can be tried before the aerosol therapy is given again. Patients with asthma or an extensive history of smoking may not tolerate this form of therapy, and it may not be prudent treatment for a patient with a prior life-threatening reaction to parenteral pentamidine.Since neither aerosol pentamidine nor oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis is known to be safe in association with pregnancy, it is inadvisable to give either agent to HIV-infected pregnant women. Rather, such women should be monitored carefully for symptoms, signs, or laboratory abnormalities suggestive of PCP. Prophylaxis can then be considered for use in the postpartum period. Careful monitoring is also indicated for patients intolerant of aerosol pentamidine and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or for those unwilling to receive prophylaxis.Alternative regimens that are of unproven efficacy and safety for humans, but that might be considered for prophylaxis, include dapsone (daily or weekly), dapsone plus trimethoprim (daily or weekly), or dapsone plus pyrimethamine (daily or weekly) and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (weekly).
Follow-Up of Patients Receiving Prophylaxis
Since none of the regimens has been shown to be completely protective against PCP for HIV-infected persons, patients who receive prophylaxis should be monitored closely for evidence of PCP, as well as other pulmonary infections. If prophylaxis is discontinued, the patient will again be at increased risk for developing PCP.
Prophylaxis failures have been reported in which persons given aerosol pentamidine, especially at low doses, later had PCP in the upper lobes of the lung (13). In addition, prophylaxis using aerosol pentamidine does not offer protection against extrapulmonary pneumocystosis (14).
Prophylaxis for Infants and Children
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a common manifestation of pediatric AIDS. Most experts agree that some form of prophylaxis is warranted for HIV-infected pediatric patients who are at high risk for PCP on the basis of criteria that are analogous to those described above for adults. However, there are insufficient data about the efficacy or toxicity of prophylactic regimens for pediatric patients, so that no scientifically validated guidelines can be provided as yet. There are no data concerning the appropriate dose or delivery system of aerosol pentamidine for infants or children. The appropriate dose of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis might be estimated from trials involving pediatric cancer patients (e.g., trimethoprim 75 mg/M2 plus sulfamethoxazole 375 mg/M2 given orally every 12 hours) (7,8).
Further Information
Several studies are under way to gain additional information about prophylaxis against PCP. Information about these studies can be obtained from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Information Office (1-800-TRIALS-A) or the American Foundation for AIDS Research (212-333-3118).
These guidelines for prophylaxis against PCP indicate a medical benefit from the careful clinical and immunologic monitoring of persons infected with HIV and have several important implications. First, the guidelines are likely to increase the demand for HIV antibody testing by persons who believe they may be at risk for infection. The Public Health Service has estimated that between 945,000 and 1.4 million persons in the United States are infected with HIV (15). Of these persons, CDC estimates that approximately 120,000 have been informed of their infection status as a result of voluntary antibody testing carried out in public (primarily Federally funded) HIV counseling and testing centers. The number of persons found through other sources of testing to be infected is unknown, but it is likely that many persons who are infected are not aware of their infection. Persons at risk who have not had HIV antibody testing should now consider such testing because they may be candidates for prophylaxis against PCP if they are found to be infected.
Second, the guidelines are likely to increase the demand for medical services by asymptomatic HIV-infected persons. Such persons will need medical evaluation to determine whether they are candidates for prophylaxis against PCP, and -- if prophylaxis is given -- these persons will need medical follow-up. All persons found to be infected at HIV counseling and testing centers should be referred for further medical evaluation, including a measurement of their CD4+ cells. Facilities offering HIV counseling and testing should develop referral networks of medical-care providers sufficient to evaluate and care for the infected persons they identify. These networks should include services related to family planning and treatment for intravenous drug addiction, sexually transmitted disease, and tuberculosis.
Third, the guidelines are likely to increase the demand for flow-cytometry services to quantify CD4+ cells from HIV-infected persons. Laboratories to which samples are referred for flow cytometry should have prior experience, since methodology can greatly influence the quality of test results. Although there are no true reference standards for evaluating blood cells, quality can be assured by adhering to criteria that address sample collection, preparation, instrument calibration and standardization, flow cytometric analysis, and adequate training of operators (16). Either absolute CD4+ counts or percentage CD4+ cells can be used in monitoring HIV-infected persons. There appears to be less day-to-day fluctuation in percentage of CD4+ cells compared with absolute number, suggesting that the former measure may be more reliable (4,17). This finding is not unexpected since the percentage of CD4+ cells is directly measured by flow cytometry, whereas the absolute number is calculated from the absolute and differential white-blood-cell count and the percentage of CD4+ cells.
Fourth, health-care providers who administer aerosol pentamidine as prophylaxis against PCP should be aware of several occupational safety issues. In particular, they should note the recommendation to exclude active pulmonary disease before starting prophylaxis. A recent investigation of M. tuberculosis infections among the staff members of a health clinic in Florida suggested that one source of infection may have related to the use of aerosol pentamidine treatment for two patients who had positive sputum cultures for M. tuberculosis during the time they received aerosol pentamidine. One of these two patients coughed profusely both during and after therapy (18). Providers administering aerosol pentamidine should also review the manufacturer's instructions for the use of the nebulizer system. The Respirgard II nebulizer contains a filter designed to remove most of the pentamidine from exhaled gases. If the nebulizer is improperly used, substantial amounts of pentamidine can be released into the environment, and health-care workers or others in the vicinity may be at risk for the same adverse events as the patients who received the therapy (19).


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If all the Never Summer Evo's are sold out by summer, should I just get an SL-R to use in the park or should I look for another board that's a little more "park oriented"? Im looking to do everything from boxes to rails to jumps, bonks, and halfpipes, and I'll be in the park about 70%-80% of the time. What do you guys think? Basically I'm just asking if the SL-R is gonna shred the park and will ride well switch? Any input?
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The governor also clarified the role the National Guard will take once they arrive in Ferguson. The troops will work under the Missouri State Highway Patrol and will carry out the "limited mission" of protecting the Unified Command Center, which was attacked last night, according to Nixon.
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Wilfred Klenke
Wilfred J. Klenke, 91, Coldwater, died May 28, 2014, at Briarwood Village.
He was born June 2, 1922, in St. Henry, to Norbert and Victoria Thobe Klenke. On Sept. 4, 1948, he married Frances Selhorst in Carthagena, and she survives in Coldwater.
Also surviving are 12 children, Tom (Rox) Klenke, Coldwater, Dan (Rose) Klenke, St. Marys, Peg (Ken) Dues, St. Henry, Mary (Fred) Kremer, Maria Stein, Ed (Connie) Klenke, St. Henry, Karen (Nick) Evans, St. Marys, Charlene (Jim) West, Wellington, Fla., Roger (Connie) Klenke, St. Henry, Bill (Tammy) Klenke, Coldwater, Mark Klenke, Coldwater, Kari (Gary) Prenger, Maria Stein, and Fred Klenke, St. Marys; 31 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; siblings, Elmer (Mary Lou) Klenke, Coldwater, Ann (Paul) Tobe, Coldwater, Esther Goettemoeller, Maria Stein, Mildred (Urban) Knapke, Maria Stein, Delores Muhlenkamp, Bryant, Ind., Ivo (Ginny) Klenke, Lima, and Patricia (Joe) Brockman, Portland, Ind.; in-laws, Lilly Mock, Fort Recovery, June Klenke, Springboro, Joan Ranly, Fort Recovery, Henry (Peg) Selhorst, Coldwater, and Homer Schieltz of Florida.
He was preceded in death by a son, Gary; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; siblings, Don Klenke, Bob Klenke and Mary Lou (Harold) Ranly; and in-laws, Dan Goettmoeller, Marvin Muhlenkamp, Ludwig (Bertha) Selhorst, Julie (Ray) Wilker, Bernard (Carol) Selhorst, Odelia (Robert) Bruggeman and Clara Schieltz.
He was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Carthagena, the Ministry of Praise, the St. Lawrence Men's Society of the Church and the Coldwater American Legion. He was a lifelong farmer and a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps serving during World War II.
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Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-
"If I had my way in DP, Ash would've hit the league with: Pikachu, Ambipom (his to keep), Torterra (Grass/Starter), Lucario (Ace), Chingling (Cute), Bidoof (Water-type) and Heatran (Fire-type)."
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The second line is meant to be sarcastic.. Though there was a random trainer with a Heatran at the Sinnoh League..
I am particularly interested in these:
1-Will this service get some sort of update, seeing how both My Pokémon Ranch and Dream World both were updated with the release of the new games, Platinum and Black 2/White 2 respectively, even though MPR was developed by a different company? The answer for future generations is obviously "duh" and obviously there will be updates for generational forme changes, but I'm strictly talking about storage and stats(such as the stats for side-quests).
2-Will this effectively ensure permanent storage for all future titles? Iwata and Ishihara pretty much outright stated as such, but will this affect the previous consoles or will they exclude consoles of the previous generations(as they have disabled Gen IV titles' and DS's connectivity)?
Either way, I find this to be quite revolutionary, but I imagine it would be more revolutionary if we could use this as a pseudo-GTS, from trading to displaying Pokémon(and if possible, exploiting a cloning glitch during the transfer between Pokémon Bank and the games), which would help to decrease or eliminate the amount of impossible requests clogging GTS.
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It's free to transfer your Pokemon yes, but the Poke transfer only works from Pokemon Bank. It's only $5 a year which saves you so much money instead of having to buy another 3DS.
Just some quick math a 2DS costs $130
130 / 5= 26
That means it'll take 26 years of annual fee in order for it to cost as much as a 2DS, and 32 for a 3DS, and 40 for an XL.
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is it still possible to transfer pokemon without using the bank? like in previous gens using a game to transport them?
My issue is not the price itself, but rather the "hacked" aspect of it.
Being a college student and all, I barely have enough time to optimize all of my Pokemon quickly and efficiently. I use these devices only after I beat the game (using legal hacks such as modifiers, IVs, etc., no illegal crap), never to beat, so that I can play to my heart's content, bonding with my Pokemon.
If what is being said is true, then I will really miss the Pokemon that have helped me win in friendlies with some of my friends on other sites (Smogon, etc.). Is there any other way?
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Someone brought up the idea of a paid service being used to allow transferring before, and I honestly couldn't see that happening. I'm very surprised that this actually happened, though I'm not sure if I mean that in a good or bad way.
It definitely shows that GF has been looking into more efficient methods of transfer, and I do like how they describe the actual transferring. No more annoying mini-game, but the $5 yearly fee is a different thing. I don't exactly mind that it's $5, because that's ridiculously cheap, but getting exactly that much money for my eShop funds is going to be annoying. I will probably end up using it for more than just the free trial, because of my shiny hunting exploits. But I'm going to abuse that free trial as much as possible so that I can finish the National Dex.
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Eh, at worst I'd call it a necessary evil. Before now there were people who lost those Pokemon because they either had nobody to trade with or didn't have/couldn't afford a second system to trade with. The only difference is that the people being inconvenienced now are the ones who were prepared before.
To Me the Pokemon Bank is a good idea. Did I wish it cost nothing sure but $5.00 isn't too bad especially since its only once a year. Like with me I have Pokemon I caught for Pokedex reasons and then onces I might starting using for battles. With this I can all Pokemon just for collection sake and then have ones that I have bred and trained for Wifi Battles. And Shinies too. I could use the 3000 Capacity really easy.
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That is good that there are others. I do agree that completely illegal Pokemon should be filtered out, but completely legal ones in terms of stats and such? I'd prefer not. At least make legal "hacks" unusable in competitions, but usable in-game (that's all I really care about anyways). It really creates uncertainty for those kinds of players that don't have enough time to show off the fearsome, yet loved companions. Not all hackers treat their Pokemon like trash. I really love my Pokemon (if this holds up, I will miss you dearly, Empoleon...my faithful partner).
The Pokemon Bank and Transporter sound like good idea. The free trial will sure be enough for transferring Pokemon...
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I'm so glad they found a way to let us transfer old Pokemon into our games, and the fee isn't so bad lets hope little kids parents dont complain :P.
And those hackers better not find a way to get through it.... hopefully
Hopefully there is like a month of a free trial. I'm not really planning on bringing much Pokemon over to my Y, just all Pokemon I have breeded from my teams of White 2 and the event legendaries we are having currently.
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I don't think Poke Transporter is something you pay for. It is linked to Poke Bank, yes, but due to the communication issues that GF presented during E3 between DS/DSi and 3DS, this was the alternative for transferring. I do believe the system will be able to tell the difference by some means to determine between a transfer and general cloud storage, hence even though the apps are related, they are still separate entities. The Poke Transporter has to access the Bank for the transfer, yes, but that is for lack of direct communication with the 3DS otherwise. Also, this will be helpful to those with only one system.
Does anyone know when the Pokebank and transfer app are going to be released. Somewhere it said Japan in December. Do other countries get it then too or are we going to have to wait this time around.
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December 25 for Japan & December 27 for Europe. No word on a North American release date. Japan is getting a free trial until January 31, though no word if other countries get this. (If we did, there'd be no point in complaining because it shouldn't take a month to transfer all the Pokémon you want from BW & B2W2 to XY).
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KANSAS CITY - It wasn't until the middle of last season Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel, the defensive coordinator at the time, finally saw the light come on for linebacker Justin Houston.
The technique, the scheme, the speed of the game - it all clicked one night in Chicago.
The third-round draft pick with the first-round talent finally secured his first sack in Week 13 at Soldier Field, and he hasn't stopped since. Houston had three that night, a couple more by the end of the year, and already has four sacks through the first three weeks this season.
Three of them came in last Sunday's overtime victory at New Orleans.
"He had a lot of stuff that he had to learn," Crennel said. "About halfway through the season, he began to get comfortable with his assignments and what we were asking him to do."
Houston was a big reason why Kansas City managed to dig out of an 18-point hole against the Saints, and then finish off the biggest comeback in franchise history. His sack of Drew Brees with 5:33 left in regulation resulted in a safety that got the Chiefs within 24-21, close enough for Ryan Succop to bang through the 43-yard field goal that forced overtime.
Succop wound up hitting from 31 yards in the extra session to win the game.
"Truth be told, I didn't know it was a sack until I got up," Houston said Thursday, "and everybody was throwing up the sign for a safety."
Nobody disputes the talent was always there.
Houston redshirted at Georgia, but made an immediate impact when he finally got on the field. He started 24 of his 36 games over three seasons, flourishing when he moved from defensive end to outside linebacker as the team shifted to a 3-4 defense, similar to what the Chiefs use.
The 6-foot-3, 270-pound pass rusher has underappreciated quickness off the line of scrimmage, and his raw power allows him to shed woebegone offensive tackles seemingly with ease.
In many ways, the only thing holding Houston back was himself.
He was suspended by Bulldogs coach Mark Richt for the first two games of the 2009 season for an undetermined "violation of team rules," and he slid into the third round of the draft when there were reportedly some character questions raised at the NFL scouting combine.
The Chiefs finally selected Houston to complement to Pro Bowl linebacker Tamba Hali, who has been terrorizing quarterbacks from the other side for years. And any questions about his character have been answered by this simple fact: Houston has been a model teammate since his arrival.
"Right now the red dot is on him," Houston said of Hali, who parlayed a similar start to his career into a five-year, $60 million contract before last season.
"Hopefully it stays on him," Houston said, "so I keep getting sacks."
Houston's breakout finish last season earned him the Mack Lee Hill Award, given to the club's top rookie or first-year player, and his first three games this season put him in select company.
His 91â"2 sacks since that night in Chicago, a span of eight games, are tied for most in the NFL with Jared Allen of the Vikings and DeMarcus Ware of the Cowboys.
"Physically, he's an absolute freak," Hali said. "I think Justin is learning how to go about the technique. ... The kid is good."
His production has been invaluable, since Hali was suspended for the season opener for testing positive for a banned substance and has been held without a sack in his first two games back.
"The speed of the game has slowed down," Houston said. "I feel like I'm doing my job. They brought me in here to put pressure on the quarterback."
Like most young players, Crennel is keenly aware that Houston would rather pin his ears back and go after the quarterback on every down, rather than drop back into coverage or play the run.
But he still finished with 70 tackles last season, sixth on the team, and is fourth on the team in stops this season. He also is tied for the team league with a couple of pass deflections, a big reason that the Chiefs' overall defense has improved dramatically from Week 1.
"He understands that in our system we ask him to do more," Crennel said. "When he does more, he helps the team. I think that's what he is concerned about, helping this team win."


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former Broward County teacher accused of soliciting massages from students has lost her license to teach in Florida.
The state's Education Practices Commission issued an order this month to Cheryl Grampa, 46, who taught at Cooper City Elementary School before resigning in December 2011.
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School district investigators said between August 2009 and February 2010, Grampa offered students rewards in exchange for massages. One boy touched her breasts and vaginal area, and she failed to notify the school administration about the inappropriate conduct, according to the state's complaint.
School district officials, after investigating the incident, filed no criminal charges. The School Board voted to suspend her for five days and ordered her to undergo classroom management training.
But two psychological evaluations in March 2011 and November 2011 found her "unfit for duty as a classroom teacher." She resigned in mid-December, according to state records.
Grampa, who is now listed as living in Bellaire, Texas, did not attend the state discussion of her case on Sept. 27 in Orlando.
Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, who was not in the district when the case was investigated, said he doesn't know why she was not fired but thinks revoking her license was appropriate.
Grampa is one of three Broward County teachers to lose their licenses this year due to issues related to inappropriate conduct with students. Christine Lammer, 36, a former English teacher at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines, lost her license in May for allegedly sending four nude photos of herself to a 17-year-old male student, according to a state complaint.
In March, the state revoked the license of David Layman, 40, a former music teacher at Imagine Charter School in Weston, who was found guilty of molesting several of his students.
In Palm Beach County, Susan Rae Keppers, 31, a former reading teacher at Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, lost her license this month for allegedly having sex with an 18-year-old student.


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Review: HTC One S for T-Mobile
The S's camera is incredibly fast, easy to use, and offers plenty of advanced features.
Since there is no dedicated camera button, you have to open the camera from a home screen shortcut or the main app menu. It opens very quickly. The controls are laid out simply. On the top-left corner you'll see the flash controls. Rather than obstruct the screen with a drop-down menu, it simple cycles between on, auto, and off every time you press it.
The full settings menu lets users adjust video quality, the review screen, the ISO, white balance, etc. There are some really cool advanced features, such as continuous shooting and video stabilization. Press the giant "A" in the lower left corner to access the different types of capture and scene modes, such as HDR, panorama, portrait, macro, etc.
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The S has a dual-shutter button. The top half shoots still images, and the lower half captures video. The result is you never have to switch between camera or video modes, you just choose the shutter button that takes pictures, or the one that shoots video. The really neat feature is that you can take still images while recording video (without interrupting the video.)
GalleryThe main view of the gallery shows stacks of photos, images, and videos floating on the screen. They are broken down into groupings such as Camera Shots, All Photos, All Videos, and Screenshots. At the top of the screen, you'll see a drop-down menu that says "Albums." Press it, and you'll automatically see a list of all the photo albums associated with the phone and your online accounts, such as Facebook, Flickr, DropBox, or Picasa.
Once you drill down into the album of your choice, there are four buttons along the bottom for performing select actions (share, delete, edit, more). You need to tap on an individual photo to load it. You can of course share photos through any social network/messaging service you want. You can set the images as your wallpaper, print it, see the photo's location on a map, etc.
Editing features are very limited. You can crop, rotate, or apply effects. That's it. The effects run the typical selection, such as black & white, antique, etc. There is no third-party photo-editing software, but there is a video editor. It lets you piece together videos you've captured with the phone into simple projects.
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How do you programmatically bind a gridview with a generic list?
I have the following code, I'm trying to get the bound the fields in the for each but it gets to the databind at the end I get an error.
"A field or property with the name 'Smith' was not found on the selected data source."
<asp:GridView ID="gv" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" EmptyDataText="No Data"> <Columns> </Columns> </asp:GridView>
if (!IsPostBack) { List<names> ln = new List<names>(); dbconnect n = new dbconnect(); ln = n.ReadDataNames(); BoundField fname = new BoundField(); fname.HeaderText="First Name"; BoundField lname = new BoundField(); lname.HeaderText = "Last Name"; foreach(names nm in ln) { fname.DataField = nm.firstName; lname.DataField = nm.lastName; } gv.Columns.Add(fname); gv.Columns.Add(lname); gv.DataSource = ln; gv.DataBind(); }
The DataField property of the columns should match one of the properties in your 'name' collection. However, it looks like you're loading multiple values in each of the DataField. You should probably have something like:
BoundField fname = new BoundField(); fname.HeaderText="First Name"; fname.DataField = "FirstName"; BoundField lname = new BoundField(); lname.HeaderText = "Last Name"; lname.DataField = "LastName";
assuming of course 'FirstName' and 'LastName' are properteis of the 'names' class.


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The Absent Author
The Absent Author
By Ron Roy; Geoff Dann (Photographer)
Random House Books for Young Readers, Library Binding, 9780679981688, 96pp.
Publication Date: November 4, 1997
Don't miss A to Z Mysteries—alphabetic adventures that are full of thrills, chills, and cases to crack!
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In the first book of the A to Z Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring strong boy and girl characters—Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. Wonder of wonders, Wallace says yes! In fact, the famous writer says that the only way he won't come is if he's kidnapped. But when the big day comes, Wallis Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dunk knows better. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find Wallace - before it's too late!
Each book includes a map and a letter from the author. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!


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Three important questions come from "Do Schools Challenge our Children?" a new report by the Center for American Progress (CAP):
n Is school too easy for many youngsters?
n Should we believe student surveys?
n If the answer to the first two questions is "yes," now what?
CAP describes itself as a " non-partisan research and education institute," seeking to "find progressive and pragmatic solutions to significant domestic and international problems…." Its new report has attracted lots of attention.
I agree that some students need more challenge. Researchers found that, for example, that:
n Thirty-three percent of Minnesota 4th graders, and 37 percent of 4th graders nationally described their math work as "often, always or almost always too easy." Nationally, 67 percent said "sometimes" too easy, and 17 percent, "never too easy."
n Twenty-eight percent of Minnesota eighth students and 29 percent of eighth graders nationally said math is "often, always or almost always…too easy."
n Nationally, 51 percent of eighth-grade civics students and 57 percent of eighth grade history students feel that their work is "often or always too easy."
You can read more here: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/07/student_survey_map.html
Should we trust these students' comments? My experience, and research the report cites, say "yes." As an elementary, middle, high school and university teacher over 40 years, I found that most students gave me helpful feedback.
The questions I asked varied, based on students' age. But they often were frank about whether I was being clear and fair, whether they were learning a little or a lot, what they liked best about the class, and what most needed improvement.
One of the most intriguing parts of CAP's report summarizes research showing the value of surveying students. This research does not say student surveys are the only way to evaluate teachers, or that all students are truthful.
But CAP cites intriguing research by Harvard Professor Ronald Ferguson. After surveying more than 300,000 students, he's found that there are valuable questions to ask. For example, 79 percent of students in classrooms that score in the top quarter say, "my teacher explains difficult things clearly." Only 50 percent of students in classrooms scoring in the bottom 25 percent say their teachers "explain difficult things clearly."
So, one possible response is to help some teachers explain difficult concepts and ideas to some of their students.
Another possible response is to examine how technology can help schools do a better job of individualizing learning.
But increasing standards, one of center's major solutions, won't do much to solve the problem.
Why? Because as Ed Fuller, a Penn State education professor, recently wrote on a "blog" created by Diane Ravitch, students who are not doing well under current standards were much less likely to say school is too easy. Raising standards won't necessarily help currently less successful students.
You can read his (and other) reactions here: http://dianeravitch.net/2012/07/11/are-u-s-schools-too-easy/
It's not just about how educators are teaching, it's about how schools are organized to promote and encourage learning. Moreover, we need to do more to promote respect for academic, along with athletic accomplishment. The report wisely urges doing "far more to improve the learning experience for all students."
Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]


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Nancy Rankin
Vice President for Policy, Research and Advocacy
Joined CSS: 2001, and rejoined in 2011
Departments & Programs
The Unheard Third
Nancy Rankin leads CSS's research on labor, youth and housing issues, using rigorous analysis to advance policies that increase economic security and upward mobility for low-income New Yorkers. More than a decade ago, she inaugurated The Unheard Third, an annual survey that tracks the hardships and views of low-income New Yorkers. The findings have helped shape CSS's agenda and been cited by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Crains and the ethnic press, and in New York Daily News editorials supporting minimum wage increases. Nancy's research first identified the widespread lack of paid sick days among low-wage workers and its impact on family economic security and health. As one of the leaders of the successful paid sick days campaign in New York City, she helped pass the 2013 law that will provide this basic labor standard for over a million workers who lacked even a single day of paid sick leave.
Nancy has written and spoken extensively on issues affecting low-income working families. She coined the term "on-ramps" to explain the need to create ways for women who have taken time out for child-rearing to re-enter the career highway. The term has since gained widespread currency and many firms have implemented on-ramp programs. She was also an early proponent of using social security to finance paid family leave and is now helping lead the campaign to modernize New York State's Temporary Disability Insurance system to include paid family leave.
Earlier in her career, Nancy was a management consultant and held positions in New York State and City government. She created New York State's pioneering Enriched Housing program which provides an alternative to institutionalization for the elderly. A graduate of Cornell, she received her Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. She also currently serves as President of the Board of DOROT, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers to reduce social isolation and provide practical help for the frail elderly.


text: Hilary Duff and Husband Mike Comrie Split Up, Remain 'Best Friends'Lindy West1/10/14 8:00pmFiled to: dirt baghilary duffmike comrieellen degenereskim kardashianblac chyna2534EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkHilary Duff and her husband of three years, NHL star Mike Comrie, announced today that they are amicably splitting up. Duff thanks you for your support and says that she and her ex didn't split for any particular reason except that they just didn't really want to hug and kiss each other that much anymore. They remain BFFs.Advertisement"Mike and I are sitting here,we are so appreciative for all of your kindness& well wishes. Not an easy day but we're getting thru it together," Duff tweeted.Duff's rep sent the following statement to E! News in regards to the couple's split: "Hilary Duff and husband Mike Comrie have mutually decided to an amicable separation. They remain best friends and will continue to be in each other's lives. They are dedicated to loving and parenting their amazing son, and ask for privacy at this time."A source close to the couple added that their separation is extremely friendly and didn't stem from any particular incident. They simply drifted apart over time, despite trying couple's therapy to fix their romance. They remain the best of friends.Duff and Comrie have a son, Luca, who turns two in March. [E!]Oh snerp! A pirated copy of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has been linked to Ellen DeGeneres.DeGeneres is hosting the 86th annual Academy Awards, which will take place March 2 and will be telecast by ABC. The Fox rep said the copy was definitely not an Oscar screener, as the studio forensically watermarks those copies differently.Asked for comment, the executive producers of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" said they were not certain whether the copy in question was "leaked from the show or not," but said that "we are doing everything we can to find out and to make sure it never happens again.""Our show is sent advanced screeners of movies, sitcoms, reality shows, CDs, etc. before guests appear on our show," the show's producers said. "We do everything we can to protect the content and in 11 seasons nothing has ever leaked online from our show."If found guilty of pirating media, DeGeneres faces ONE MILLION YEARS IN PRISON. #spitballinghere #notalawyer [Variety]Kim Kardashian is seh mahd that you guys said she Photoshopped those workout pics that she obviously Photoshopped. SHE JUST WORKS REALLY HARD, OKAY!?!? AT SQUATS! AND BREHVERY! SHE IS SEH BREHV AND KIND TO SQUAT SEH MACH FOR YOU GUYS'S'S'S THINSPIRADO AND HER BUTT IS THE BAHST WITHOUT COMPUTAHRS SO YOU CAN JUST SHAT AHHHHPPPPPP!!!!!!!Dude, Kim, nobody is under the impression that you don't work on your body 24/7. We know you work hard on your body all the time, because working hard on your body is literally your job. And your body is very lovely and shapely and it's small in the small parts and big in the big parts and the only thing more glaringly obvious than that terrible Photoshop job is the fact that YOU SQUAT REAL HARD ALL THE TIME. It's fine. We know. You look great. We're proud of you. You don't have to trick us. Also, idea: If you worked as hard on your retouching skills as you do on your squats, you could really have the best of both worlds here. Okay, bye. [Us]The Red Hot Chili Peppers will play the 1996 THIS YEAR'S Superbowl halftime show, which seems like as good a reason as any to link you guys to my favorite piece of writing ever about Anthony Kiedis. [Vulture]Taylor Swift looked at a $12 million Greenwich Village townhouse. [E!]Ben Affleck was blown away by the ending of the Gone Girl movie script. [CBS]I didn't know that Henry Cavill and Gina Carano were a couple! I am the worst at paying attention. Anyway, apparently they adopted an Akita puppy together, which is so cute it hurts. I hope this isn't overstepping any boundaries, but a long time ago I interviewed Gina Carano over breakfast and she was the most lovely person, and it turned out we'd both gone through break-ups THE NIGHT BEFORE and then we cried together over toast. I hope that she and Henry and the puppy are happy. [LaineyGossip]Mark Wahlberg is trying to lose weight and he's grumpy about it. [Extra]Kate Moss's 16-year-old sister is a model and here's what she looks like. [E!]Gwyneth Paltrow might come back for Glee's 100th episode. [DigitalSpy]Amy Poehler says that SNL's new hires are "awesome." [Yahoo!]Friday. Bye.Image via Getty.Reply253 repliesLeave a reply


text: Terry Gilliam recently stated that he would happily 'sweep the floors of Pixar Studios'. Up is their latest effort, in which Carl Fredricksen, a grumpy old man, converts his house into a flying vehicle to visit the wilds of South America and fulfil his life long dream. The creative minds behind Up, Pete Docter and Jonas Riviera speak about the passion of making character-led animation and the way they use the 3D technology to service the story. While Pete Docter had literally lost his voice, he contributed to the discussion with some memorable sketching.


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Awesome game once you get used to the controls. You have to surmount all the obstacles as soon as possible. Use the arrow keys up and down to move forward and backward and teh arrow keys left and right to lean the biker\'s body
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Friday, January 22, 2010
When Handicapping, Every Little Thing Counts
As I was saying with my new best friend Pony, these races are uninspiring. Today's feature, the third race, given the purse value, gives uninspiring a bad name.
A five horse race, a preliminary allowances for three-year-old fillies, which you'd think might fill relatively well, boasts a 1-2 ML choice that, on performance figures, justifies that estimate, and with precious few alternatives.
Offlee Cool responded to the addition of blinkers, switch to winter track and stretch to two turns with a wet-track score that was considerably faster than her rivals.
With the exception of Doris D., coming out of sprints for a good stretch-out barn, it appears Dominguez will control the pace with the Dutrow-trained favorite.
While she's slower, we like the development pattern shown by the Pletcher trainee, Every Little Thing (4-1), won her debut on the winter track. The margin was substantial, but the race was pokey and competition inferior maiden claimers.
But her spacing is better, she has two-turn style, given her late-pace figures, and retains David Cohen.
We'll take Every Little Thing to win at 5-2 or greater and an exacta box with the favorite.
Running Totals: (578) 180-116-80 Total Dollar Return: $1,239.40 [win selections only]
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One of the greatest scenes in "The Godfather"— and one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history, for that matter — comes when Johnny Fontane, a struggling young singer based on Frank Sinatra's early days, petitions Vito Corleone for help. He wants to be a movie star and he wants to be famous, so he begs Vito for assistance like a spoiled child would do.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Vito Corleone tells him, "You can act like a man!" and slaps Johnny in the face. We can only hope Capitals coach Adam Oates and Alex Ovechkin re-enacted this scene late Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Ovechkin was terrible in Washington's 4-1 loss to the Flyers, flopping around the ice like he was trying to win an Academy Award, mistiming line shits and turning the puck over.
Well, by the second intermission, NHL analyst Mike Milbury had seen enough. He took to the airwaves with an epic rant, instructing Ovechkin to "act like a man" and calling his play "disgusting" and "unacceptable." At one point, Milbury compared Ovechkin to a baby.
Ovechkin responded to Milbury's comments only by saying that he "doesn't listen to those guys." Ovechkin signed a 13-year, $124 million contract extension in 2008. He has eight goals and seven assists (15 points) this season, numbers that barely put him in the Top 50 among NHL players. Not a very good return on your investment, Capitals fans.
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Want to hang out with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders this spring? Well, Living Social has you covered. The internet deal-finding website is offering an all-inclusive, once-in-a-lifetime trip to sit in on a swimsuit fashion show featuring the Cowboys cheerleaders.
The package, which includes round-trip airfare, three-night hotel stay and a meet-and-greet with the girls, was originally selling for $16,000, but Living Social has marked it down to $6,999 if you book now.
This is probably the perviest (read: most perverted) yet totally legal thing we've ever seen on Living Social. While we won't condemn any man for shelling out big bucks to hang with gorgeous ladies in a tropical setting, it takes a certain breed to sign up for this adventure, right? Perhaps a basement blogger who has never talked to a real girl, or maybe someone like Steve Buscemi's character in Billy Madison.
Either way, let the bidding (and background checks) begin. And if anyone out there reading this decides to jump on this deal, please email us immediately and we'll let you write a blog about it. No, seriously, we will.


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I might be closing my account for a while o: The reason is becos I wanted to take a break from what I have been drawing (make sense?) ..but don't worry! This isn't goodbye. I'll be back again! ^-^
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What is it about dates that seems to conjure daydreams of exotic desert locales with palm fronds, brass tea service and lots of silky throw pillows?
Dates are actually a pretty down-to-earth fruit. In spite of their harvest habitats in California and the Middle East, dates have managed to reach the mainstream, "meat 'n' potatoes" tables of Middle America, often used to add natural sweetness to trail mix and breakfast cereals.
Part of their growing popularity in the US can be attributed to the health-consciousness trend - the desert fruit are a storehouse of fiber and potassium - but they're already a long-standing staple in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine.
We've enjoyed dates served with cardamom coffee or mint tea, but they also make a sweet addition to poultry and meats. One fun appetizer tip we ran across is stuffing dates with goat cheese, cream cheese or even blue cheese: A sweet-salty reaction happens that's a foodie's dream come true, without requiring any treks across the desert or a magic lamp.
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