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Three Firefighters Injured In Paint Store FlashoverJOLIET, IL - Republic Avenue was shut down Thursday afternoon as a Dumpster fire spread into a nearby building. The blaze was reported around 12:45 p.m. on the south end of 251 Republic. Formerly a large paint store, the building now houses Joliet Economy Furniture in the front, with a performance auto shop, medical technology company and electrical contractor under the ...Published over 8 years ago |
Paramedic Hit By Own Stolen Car While Treating PatientMERSEYSIDE, UK - Police on Merseyside are trying to find a thief who took a paramedic's car while he was treating a patient, and then drove at him. The paramedic had been called to an accident at the junction of Woodchurch Road and Balls Road East in Birkenhead at 1040 BST on 28 July. The man got into the unmarked response ...Published over 8 years ago |
Firefighter Gets Lowered Into Well to Rescue Fallen 6 Year-Old BoySHREWSBURY, MA - A 6-year-old Shrewsbury boy escaped with only cuts and scrapes over the weekend after he fell 20 feet into an abandoned well behind his house, firefighters said. The boy, who had just moved with his family to a house on Barrows Road a few days earlier, found the well Saturday afternoon while exploring his new home with friends, ...Published about 8 years ago |
India Plane Crash Kills Nearly 160MANGALORE, India — An Air India Express plane trying to land at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed over a cliff and burst into flames at dawn Saturday, killing nearly 160 people, officials said. There were eight survivors. Dense black smoke billowed from the wreckage of the flaming Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a hilly area with ...Published over 8 years ago |
No Rescue is Too Small for First RespondersOKALOOSA ISLAND – Lt. Sean Mast with the Okaloosa Island Fire Department has seen a lot as a firefighter, but Thursday morning's rescue was far from the typical calls he receives. Mast, along with Firefighter Michael Russ, climbed 30 feet up the fire truck's ladder around 8:30 a.m. to release an osprey tangled in fishing line from its nest near the ...Published over 8 years ago |
FFs Attend Premiere of Film Portraying Their LivesPEORIA, MI - Most of a firefighter's life is spent doing something besides fighting fires. That is the point behind "Station House," a potential reality television series which premiered Tuesday and Wednesday nights at Peoria Theater. Peoria firefighters formed the first audience, because Peoria firefighters formed the bulk of the first show. "This movie actually portrays a 24-hour period of what ...Published over 8 years ago |
Paramedic Makes DIY Incubator to Save Preemie's LifeUNITED KINGDOM - Newborn Sophie Thomlinson weighed 1lb 15oz and desperately needed to go into an incubator to survive but the equipment is too bulky to be kept in his ambulance. With time running out, Rob helped stabilize the premature child by wrapping her in a yellow clinical waste bag normally used for binning hazardous medical supplies. The paramedic then cocooned ...Published over 8 years ago |
Rescue Teams Save Children Trapped In Dilapidated Building BlazeCHICAGO - Several people, including two children, were rescued Monday morning from a blaze in a sparsely occupied Bronzeville condo building where conditions were described as "pretty bad" by a Chicago Fire Department spokesman. A firefighter was treated at the University of Chicago Medical Center for burns to his ears, said Chief Kevin MacGregor, a Fire Department spokesman. When the firefighters ...Published about 8 years ago |
Firefighter Jailed in Haiti Has "Tender Heart"TOPEKA - Those who attend church with Topeka firefighter Drew Culberth said they believed that his group of Baptist missionaries had the best of intentions when it tried to take children out of quake-ravaged Haiti. In fact, said the Rev. James Keller, pastor of Topeka's Bethel Baptist Church, the group had tried to get the correct paperwork. In an e-mail from ...Published almost 9 years ago |
Fire Damages West Virginia Coal MineSTOLLINGS, W.Va. — The second fire in a year will delay the reopening of a southern West Virginia coal processing plant, owner Massey Energy Co. said Wednesday. The fire that damaged the new Zigmond Processing plant Tuesday and one that destroyed its predecessor Aug. 27 started with cutting and welding on steel pipe, Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere ...Published over 8 years ago |
Firefighter Overcome by Fumes in Tragic Manhole AccidentTARRYTOWN, NY - Investigators today are trying to figure out why a Tarrytown Volunteer Firefighter and a Department of Public Works employee died after apparently becoming overcome by fumes in a manhole. The victims were identified as public works employee Anthony Ruggiero and firefighter John Kelly by Tarrytown Village Administrator Michael Blau. Public works was investigating a call about backed up ...Published about 8 years ago |
Firefighter Rescues Boy, 8, From Upstate NY PondFORT EDWARD, N.Y. — A volunteer firefighter is being credited with saving the life of an 8-year-old boy who had fallen through the ice on an upstate New York pond. Police say Joshua Baker broke through the ice Wednesday evening at a pond in Fort Edward, on the Hudson River 45 miles north of Albany. Authorities say assistant fire chief Benjamin ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Former Ambulance Service President Charged with TheftNORTHCUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - The former president of an ambulance service in Northumberland County was charged earlier this month with stealing from the organization. Now some in his community say this is becoming far too common. Investigators said Regan Yoder used his position and the borough credit card to buy personal items and now he faces theft charges. Yoder, 32, is ...Published over 8 years ago |
FF Loses Home in Blaze; No Hydrants In the AreaA Lancaster County firefighter lost his home in a fire early Monday. Eric Reisinger said he, his girlfriend, and his father were sleeping when the fire started, possibly in the garage of the house along Elizabeth Road in Washington Boro. He said he awakened to the sounds of tires popping. Everyone escaped the flames, but the house was gone by time ...Published about 8 years ago |
City Wants to Pay FF $500K To Stay Away for GoodDAYTONA BEACH -- A city firefighter has been offered a deal that would give her more than $500,000 over the next three years, and she would never once have to show up for work. At their meeting Wednesday night, city commissioners agreed to the deal that would put the firefighter on paid leave until she retires. The firefighter, Kristine Gray, signed ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Emergency Service Plans to Build, Rebuild, Replace FacilitiesWINNIPEG 0 If you're old, inconvenient or simply out of shape, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service wants to get rid of you. The city's emergency service has unveiled a four-year plan to replace five outmoded or inconveniently located fire-paramedic stations, rebuild two deteriorating buildings in the same location and build two new facilities to serve new suburbs. According to a report ...Published almost 9 years ago |
City Approves $2.5M Payout to Two CA Fire CaptainsLOS ANGELES - The costs of a 2004 firehouse incident in which a black firefighter was fed dog food continues to ripple through a Los Angeles city budget already battered by recession. The City Council approved the payment Friday of $2.5 million to two white fire captains, who won a court case alleging that the department racially discriminated against them in ...Published over 8 years ago |
Benefit Remembers First FF Killed on 9/11NEW YORK CITY - He was the first firefighter killed on 9/11. And Danny Suhr of FDNY Engine Co. 216 will be remembered in his old Brooklyn neighborhood of Marine Park this Sept. 11. The men of 216 were some of the first responders to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and were setting up near the south tower when ...Published about 8 years ago |
Maine Firefighter Killed in Crash On Way to CallSHAPLEIGH, Maine (AP) -- Officials say a Maine volunteer firefighter was killed when he lost control of his vehicle while responding to a call in Shapleigh. The York County Sheriff's Department says 58-year-old David Remington of Acton lost control of his pickup truck on Monday night on Owls Nest Road about a mile from Route 109. Remington, a former Portland firefighter, ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Military Firefighters to Be Honored at National Fallen Firefighters MemorialThe National Fallen Firefighters Foundation announced today that military firefighters who die while performing firefighting duties will be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial located here on the campus of the National Emergency Training Center. Board Chairman Denny Compton stated, "It was an oversight that the military firefighters were not included from the very beginning, and the Foundation's Board of ...Published over 8 years ago |


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AGFC releases area fishing report
Little Red River
Lindsey's Resort (501-302-3139) said the river is clear and low. Trout fishing is excellent with marshmallows, Trout Magnets and PowerBait. Use night crawlers or spinners in high water. Sowbugs are working for fly anglers.
Just Fishing Guides filed no report this week.
Greers Ferry
As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake's elevation at 453.8 feet msl (normal conservation pool – 461 msl).
Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the water temperature is in the mid-70s to 80 degrees. Hybrid and white bass fishing is good with fish schooling all over the lake. Big Peter, Little Peter Creek, Kidney Cove, Heber Recreation Area, the peach orchard, the north bank from Shiloh to Cherokee Recreation Area and Cove Creek are good places. Try top-water baits, in-line spinners, the Arkansas Claw and spoons for the best bite. Find the bait and just be patient. Try to stay away from other boats as the fish will spook easily right now. Look anywhere in the water column between 15-40 feet. Bream have moved a little deeper but are still biting good with some moving back shallow. As the day warms the water, try crickets, night crawlers and small minnows on a drop-shot rig to show them something different. No report this week on crappie. Catfish are being caught on trotlines, jugs and such, with cut bait and line bream. Walleye are hit-and-miss. With the weather warming up, they are kind of undecided I guess. Try trolled crankbaits and night crawlers in 20-32 feet of water on the edges of flats. Bass fishermen need to be junk fishing since they are scattered everywhere and will eat a lot of different baits right now. Try spinner baits and crankbaits shallow; jigs and jighead worms in middle depths, and Texas rigs, Carolina rigs and the Arkansas Claw for deeper, suspended fish.
Cody S. Smith of www.fishgreersferry.com said the water surface temperature had fallen to the mid-70s, which spurred a really good bite with temperate bass and some schooling largemouths, smallies and Kentucky bass. The Cindy K spinner by Fish Dinner lure company will catch them when presented in the right areas at the right time. Schooling on the north and south ends of the lake. Morning has been best and days of catching more than 50 fish are here. Walleyes are starting to be seen with better consistency now and should continue to improve throughout the fall. Lake Levels are still falling; be careful with shallow structure and timber close to the main channels in all of the creeks and river arms.
Greers Ferry Tailwater
Just Fishing Guides said plenty of low-water opportunities have wade anglers rejoicing, except at Bull Shoals. Mornings are better than afternoons, with late evening coming in second. Heavier flows are the norm in the afternoon. Bead-head nymphs such as pheasant tails and hare's ears are producing well. Be sure to have foam or deer hair hoppers in your arsenal. Be ready to use various sizes and colors of grasshoppers to find what the trout are keying on. Early terrestrials like beetles and ants are getting some top-water action. Be sure to have some sulphur and light cahill dries in your fly box. Try a hopper/dropper combo to maximize your chances of hook-ups or, if possible, a double nymph rig. Doubles are very possible.


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If the first-person shooter was the game that defined the PC, then surely tower defence games must be the thing that sets mobile phones apart as gaming devices. It's not a lot of fun trying to play games that require elaborate moves on a touchscreen device, so they lend themselves far better to games that are a little simpler.
And it doesn't get much simpler than Fieldrunners HD. It's a tower defence game from the same mould as all the others, but if you ask us, it has sufficient personality of its own to make it worth coughing up actual money for it
Fieldrunners HD
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The best thing about tower defence games has to be that they destroy as much or as little time as you want. Settle down with five minutes over a coffee, or an hour over lunch, and you can whittle your life away lining up guns to shoot at invading hoards.
Of course, that's only fun for so long and any game that doesn't keep things fresh is going to find itself being cast aside - or uninstalled - after the fun has gone.
To keep things fresh, there is a decent, but not dizzying number of levels to play in Fieldrunners HD. There are four battlefields, of which only the first is available until you prove yourself in combat. To "win" a stage, you must see off 100 waves of attack. This sounds simple, but no matter what you build, and how clever you are, there are always units that slip through. Obviously, you get a certain number of lives to cope with this, but they are easily whittled down to nothing.
In the second map, you go from preventing attackers from running straight across the map, to a crossroads-type arrangement where the enemy can pitch-up from two different entrances and head towards two entry points to your "fort".
The fun, of course is strategy. Do I go for a lot of cheap guns, or a smaller number of more powerful ones?And which beat which units most effectively? There are three levels of difficulty too, and if you speed the game up, things can move a lot more rapidly, which can make for a fun way to waste a couple of minutes.
The graphics are likeable too. Designed to scale well to larger screens, Fieldrunners HD is one of the nicer-looking games we've seen on Android. You can even zoom in, if you want to have more control or see what's going on in more detail.
This won't replace all your gaming needs, but it's certainly a must own for those minutes when you're on a train with nothing to do. Go on, get your £2 out and get buying.


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The Last Dash Before the Race...
Since our warriors are now entering the final phase of their training, so ends the chronicling of their sweat and tears. After weeks and weeks of dedication and intensity, our warriors are preparing their minds and their bodies for the Super Spartan Race, now only about a month away.
"I'm very proud of our team, and they have been doing a great job," says Sean Wells, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, and the fitness expert at BistroMD. "Over the course of 15 weeks, I have laid out a plan for our warriors that has increased their endurance, as well as improved their agility and their stamina. The plan was developed over a gradual schedule, allowing for peak physical performance in the healthiest way possible."
Here are some of our warriors best tips that they took from their training, and how they are using their skills to conquer the race course.
The Best Type of Speed is Progression
"Before training for this race, I was doing very little intense cardio, and I could barely run a mile without having to take a breather," says Wes, a member of the BistroMD marketing team and a Real Food Warrior. "Thanks to the way Sean planned out our training, my cardio has progressively gotten better, and now I am able to run 5 miles at a steady pace, without a problem."
The best type of cardio is progressive. Many people often make the error of jumping head first into cardio without considering this first.
If you haven't done cardio in a while, start out by jogging at a moderate pace, for no more than 30 minutes. Week by week, slowly increase your speed as well as your distance. Don't jump from one mile to three. Instead, try to go another solid mile every two weeks. Before you know it, you will be able to run 8 miles, like our warriors, without a problem.
Resistance Training isn't Just for Boys
"When I started training for this race, I hadn't picked up a set of weights since high school," says Amanda, one of the members of the BistroMD marketing team and a member of the Real Food Warriors. "Thanks to the resistance training from Sean, I have a lot more upper body strength, and I can actually do a pull up. All of the training I have been doing with weights is really paying off."
When it comes to weight training, progression is also important. If you weigh 150 pounds, it isn't a smart move to start squatting right away at more than your body weight. This could cause injury. Instead, start squatting with a weight that is a bit of a struggle, but that you can lift easily enough without hurting yourself.
Squats are one of the most important exercises you can do for resistance training. Technique, however, is more important than more weight.
To do a proper squat, make sure that you position yourself properly under the dumbbell. First, grab the bar of the dumbbell with both hands, and then step under, resting the bar on the back of your neck while keeping your grip on the bar.
Very slowly, lift the bar, and take two steps back. Keeping your back straight, bend at the knees and squat slowly, keeping a firm grip on the bar. Slowly come back up, and repeat this motion, until you reach about 10-15 reps. Replace the bar and rest.
In addition to squats, you can also do activities like bicep curls, lateral raises and hang downs to strengthen your upper extremities.
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On his Grand Tour of Europe in 1764-1765, Boswell visited and befriended the famous philosophers Jean-Jacques Rosseau and François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and back in Edinburgh he was a personal friend of David Hume.
Biographies of the people in Boswell's life
One of the amazing things about Boswell's journals is the sheer amount of persons that he met and described. Some are still famous, some forgotten and some have never been known to the public outside of their own narrow circles. This is an evolving catalogue of those people. Until now, more than 90% of the persons encountered in Journal of my Jaunt, Boswell's London Journal and Boswell in Holland are included, and work is under way for the journal of his German and Swiss travels.


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I do use headsets and i love the effects it does~ <3
Too bad my headsets' spoiled right now and is under repair... i miss the clear sounds it makes >_<
So i am wondering if you guys using any? If you do, can you tell me what is the model, brand and the price of it that you are using? XD
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I do use headsets and i love the effects it does~ <3
Too bad my headsets' spoiled right now and is under repair... i miss the clear sounds it makes >_<
So i am wondering if you guys using any? If you do, can you tell me what is the model, brand and the price of it that you are using? XD
When no ones home I use my "Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 32 watts RMS 2.0" speakers. When Someone is home, I use My "Seinheisser PC 350" series headset. though they are a bit expensive.... There totally worth it.
"Seinheiser PC 350" headset: (Depending where you go) $179.95 - $219.99
"Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 32 watts RMS 2.0" (Depending where you get them) $149.95 - $199.95.
LOL this makes me feel like a sales person
Yeah, If you could not read this... That'd be great
Both. I first used a crappy headset, but then I got my hands on a headset that came with a Rosetta Stone. I liked it; however, it broke a few months ago and I ended up buying earphones on the fly. The Rosetta Stone headset was pretty cheap to begin with, so my current earphones beat out the performances of the other two. I want a headset again, though, so I can use my Rosetta. I'll get a nice one.
Currently, I own a Phillips Over-the-Ear Earhook Headphones, model #: SHS3200/37
Only about $9 worth, but I like it and it does the job. I primarily just listen to music and shows with them, so it's not like I need something expensive. Besides, I'm currently learning about the schematics of both, so I'm working my way up.
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I use headphones. I would love to use a headset but they're too expensive.
I'm using samsung headphones. Got them on amazon, and I'm betting they're not real. I think they were $8
I have a few sets of headphones.
My main pair is a set of Audio Technica ATH-ESW9A headphones. They cost around 200 bucks at the time, though maybe the price has dropped since. Great mid-range (vocals especially), and the bass isn't that prominent.
Travelling, it really depends on what I want. I have a pair of HiFiMan RE-0 earbuds that I use when I want to block out sound, and a pair of Koss KSC-75 clip-ons when I want to be partially aware of things happening around me. I think I paid around 50 bucks for the RE-0's (they were on sale at the time, market price was around 70 to 80), and the KSC-75's were like... what, 20 dollars if that? I think they're a little beat up, though.
The KSC's are wonderful for the price, though.
I use headphones simply because I skype when I watch whatever i'm watching and the people I skype with don't like hearing my amazing taste in shows....
I use pretty cheap headphones, but they work perfectly fine. They are JVC. Got them for like less than 15$ I think.
I have four different headphones:
Audio Technica ATH-M50 (~140 USD recently),
Sennheiser HD598 (150-250 USD),
Logitech Ultimate Ears TripleFi-10 (~220-300 USD)
TDK BA-200's (~120-200 USD)
I don't really have a use for a headset so I don't own one.
I use a pair of headphones. They're Skullcandy's which I got for about £60 I think, but I don't remember the model. They're obviously not the best but when you don't have a load of money to blow on them they're good enough. I have a proper microphone set-up which I use for voicework but I also use it for chatting on Skype and the like as well.
Now give me your peaches you little toad.
Headphones : ) they don't hurt much
well not that great :D
I use a Steelseries Siberia V2 headset. I'm pretty satisfied with it. They're very comfortable and the sound is great, although I don't really have anything to compare them to(since this is my first headset :P)
I think they cost around 85 USD.
I'm pretty sure I've got something important to do right now...
BOSE noise-cancelling headphones, cost: $399 Australian dollars.
Ain't got time for cheap $50 headphones that don't have clarity or bass.
The way I hold you and the night just seems to fly
Just the Htc earbuds that came with my phone.
Bose QC15 - Attack on Titan Soundtrack + these headphones = Insanity. Although I generally only use them in the house cause I've a bad feeling I'd lose them since thats what happened my old headphones -.- Think they were about £275 when I bought them
"If you can't believe in yourself, then believe in me, who believes in you"
My headphones:
Creative Aurvana Live! (~$60)
Audio-Technica M50S (~$150)
Monoprice 108320 (~$12)
I just bought the M50S, and haven't had a chance to try it yet. I love my CAL!s, which I can't stand to be without (well, until I can get my M50S from my parents, who I accidentally shipped them to). The Monoprice headphones are amazing for the price, but not really anything too special.


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Unbuckling the mailbag:
Question: If UCLA beats USC, will The Times let them be in the Sunday sports page headline?
Phillip Para
Answer: That's a tough call but we can probably make a one-time exception to get UCLA out on the cover, especially if the Bruins beat the Trojans, 50-0.
I'm constantly amused that some UCLA fans can't make the logical connection between program success and how that relates to newspaper coverage.
The reason USC has received more "attention" in the last decade might have to do with the Trojans' winning 12 of the last 13 games in the rivalry.


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Officials: theft caused fatal Mexico derailment
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials have determined that the theft of some parts from a southern Mexico train track caused a derailment that killed 11 Central American migrants.
The Communications and Transportation Department said Friday that the theft of a metal bar used to join rails and its screws were the "decisive cause" behind the accident Sunday in a remote region of Tabasco state. The rail company's technicians carried out the investigation.
The rails were not aligned, causing eight of 12 train cars to leave the tracks and flip over. Authorities initially said six Honduran migrants died, but rescue crews found five more victims this week while removing the wrecked railcars.
Thousands of migrants brave brutal conditions each year as they travel atop train cars on their way to the United States.


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The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of The FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer.
There were two numbers that mattered yesterday for the Ottawa Senators. The first is 14,705, the rough estimate in dollars of goalie Ray Emery's fine for being late to practice on Monday — basically one day's salary. The second is the number 23, which isn't just a shitty Jim Carrey movie: It's also the number of victories goalie Martin Gerber has for the Senators this season, and the number of saves he made in a 5-2 win over the Islanders that further pushed Emery near the exit door. The team's fed up with Ray's act, and the rumor mill has spewed forth scuttlebutt that he might be flipped to Chicago for Nikolai Khabibulin. But one Ottawa blogger is strongly hinting that Emery has such a poisonous off-ice problem, he might be impossible to cut or deal.
Erin Nicks of The Universal Cynic — a freelance sportswriter, with a weekly Sunday column in the Ottawa Sun — has danced around the specifics of Emery's alleged personal problems, but shimmies a hell of a lot closer to what she views as the real story behind his erratic behavior than anyone else in the Ottawa hockey media has. They're what she calls "The Pink Elephant sitting in the room." In a recent post, she offers a slew of anonymous quotes, some pointing to the same conclusion, and writes:
The thing is, the Senators now realize that they're buggered six ways from Sunday. Everyone knows about Ray Emery — both in the city, and within the NHL. It was fine for the team to look the other way when he was winning. Now they're aware of his "off-ice issues" and the fact that he's not the real deal. However, they have signed him to a three-year deal that was largely predicated on one season (where both he and the team itself were able to synergize at the right time), when all signs and internal team issues pointed towards exploring alternative options. And if even if you didn't know "the whole story", you must've seen this coming. A five minute conversation with anyone in AHL circles will provide you with all the required turbulent history between Paddock and Emery, going back to their days in Binghamton. Yes, he was a troubled case. But it's impossible not to assume that the uh...issue...exacerbated the problem ten-fold.
I like Emery. A lot, actually; He's a personality in a League that needs one, and I thought it was a crime he wasn't pimped more by the NHL when Ottawa made its Finals run last season. Shit, he could retire tomorrow and still be a personal hero for giving the world one of the most vicious goalie fights we've seen in the last 15 years. I don't have any insight into his personal life beyond Nicks's reporting. But based on her vague accusations — check out her archives, do a little Googling and it ain't hard to read between the lines — this is a really, really bad situation for all involved. I agree with Bob McKenzie that keeping a proven postseason performer like Emery around is important for Ottawa, but maybe a change in scenery is what this guy needs;
Lord knows Senators fans wouldn't mind having an old pro like Khabibulin on the pine when Gerber turns into baby food in the playoffs (and he will). But finding a taker for Ray Emery could be difficult. Have you flown anywhere recently? There's really only so much baggage you can carry with you these days.
Atlantic Motion. You can probably set your watch to the number of lead changes we're likely to see in the Patrick Division over the next 10 weeks. Last night was the Flyers' turn to wear the Burger King crown, as Scottie Hartnell scored with 28.5 seconds left in overtime to beat L.A., 3-2. Meanwhile, had Steve Downie just stayed in the locker room and played "Gears of War" instead of returning to the ice for a fight last week, Georges Laraque would have gotten at least five games instead of goose egg.
Philly's one point ahead of Pittsburgh, who rallied behind
ConkSuck ConkBlock to beat the Devils, 4-2, last night. Brent Sutter's starting to lose his shit in Jersey, calling out Travis Zajac and Zach Parise after the game to step up their effort. Of course, there's only so much they can do when defensemen like Johnny Oduya and Mike Mottau are leaving Brodeur more exposed that a Wake Forest quarterback on a sorority house e-mail list.
Puck Headlines
* The Anaheim Ducks are a lot of things, but pussies isn't one of them. So division rival San Jose decided to knuckle up and traded for Blue Jackets goon Jody Shelley during last night's 3-0 win over Edmonton. Nabokov had the shut out in his 49th start of the season; any more time between the pipes and I think he earns an honorary plumber's license. [Mercury News]
* Would you date a woman with a Flyers logo tattooed on her calf? The muscle, not the baby cow. [Flyer Flies]
* It's time to head over to the KB for another quarterfinal in the Best NHL Hit of All-Time competition. Which means it's time to vote for Scott Stevens's decapitation of Slava Kozlov. [Orland Kurtenblog]
* The Wheeling Nailers are offering discounted tickets to any fan that brings in a newspaper article or picture of former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez to the game - and places it in an industrial-sized paper shredder. What, instead of putting them in a dumpster with a bunch of disco records and blowing them to hell at center ice? [Going Five Hole]
* The way they're playing, dropping a few dimes on the Coyotes to win the Cup at 80-1 might not be a bad idea. Although I hear Tocchet knows a guy who can tease it up to at least 92-1. [Calgary Sun]
* Thanks to Sean Avery and Scott Walker last night, this guy believes that "Hockey Is An Animalistic Sport...But That Can Be Entertaining." [Absolute Sports Report]
* And finally, the Lewiston MAINEiacs mascot will Superman dat ho:


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INDIANAPOLIS – The New England Revolution has acquired the number one overall pick in tomorrow's 2013 MLS SuperDraft following a trade with Toronto FC, which held the top spot. The Revs sent the fourth overall selection and allocation money to Toronto in exchange for the top pick in tomorrow's draft at the Indiana Convention Center.
ESPN's flagship news program, SportsCenter, will televise the first pick in the draft live at 12 p.m. ET tomorrow, Jan. 17. The full draft will be available globally through a unique digital distribution network that includes ESPN3, ESPNFC.com, YouTube, MLSSoccer.com and all 19 MLS clubs' web sites, including revolutionsoccer.net.
The pick will allow the Revs to make the very first selection in the 2013 SuperDraft, marking the team's highest-ever draft pick in the 18-year history of the event. The team's previous high pick – No. 2 in 2002 – was used to take the club's all-time leading scorer, Taylor Twellman.


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Taking Pentair's Program Further and Farther
In the U.S., China, and Beyond
In early 2011, a group of high-potential leaders from Pentair gathered in Shanghai and Suzhou, China to engage in global business talent development. It was a collaborative effort between Pentair and Carlson Executive Education and an impressive display of what a true talent development partnership can accomplish.
Delivering a talent development module in China was certainly a highlight in a partnership that dates back to 1999. "Our relationship with Carlson Executive Education is a real success story," says Scott Gregory, vice president of talent and organization development at Pentair, Inc. "In 1999, it was really Pentair's first foray into executive development, and Carlson Executive Education helped us deliver an effective program from the start. However, our continued partnership has enabled great improvements over time, which reflect both stronger senior leadership engagement and expertise provided by Exec Ed."
Aligning program to meet global expansion
With the selection of Randy Hogan as chairman and CEO of Pentair in 2001, and Fred Koury as senior vice president of Human Resources in 2003, Pentair's Executive Development Program took on greater strategic importance, which drove greater alignment between program content and the company's strategic focus on growth and globalization.
"One of the key enhancements in the program has been to integrate Pentair's senior leadership, including the CEO to COO, to instruct in some of the modules," says Koury. "The instructor ratio is about 60 percent Carlson Executive Education business faculty or consultants and 40 percent Pentair senior executives."
"The great thing is it was actually Carlson Executive Education who recommended we do that," says Koury. "Not only do participants get business experts from Executive Education but they get the top people in Pentair teaching them. It's a great blend."
The module in China was part of the current incarnation of Pentair's Executive Development Program, a two-year Carlson Executive Education-designed program that engages high-potential employees from around the world. On average, 25 Pentair employees from diverse backgrounds and work functions are active in the program.
"You'll find people in the program from China, Brazil, the U.S., Australia...everywhere," Gregory says. "It's a cohort model and within the cohort the people are divided into groups and that has come to be very powerful because after the program they have this global bond with their Pentair peers."
During the program participants are exposed to four modules: leadership, finance, marketing/growth/strategy, and global business. Changes in the program over time mirror the strategic transformation of Pentair over the past 10 years, and Carlson Executive Education worked with the company to ensure each module is highly Pentair-specific and strategy-driven. For example, participants just don't learn finance, they learn about Pentair's financial structure and how to make strategic decisions within that structure.
"Carlson Professor Ed Joyce taught in the first finance session and still teaches it today. He has invested a lot into Pentair," explains Gregory. "He comes in and talks with our CFO and asks what has happened since he last taught the session. He makes sure that he's not delivering Ed's content; he's delivering current, relevant Pentair content. And he's not the only one from Carlson who has made that effort."
Within the global business module there's a heavy emphasis on cross-cultural leadership to complement Pentair's demand for global leaders and Pentair's fast-growth market strategy. (The latter actually inspired the idea of having a module held in China.)
The program runs on a continual basis; as one cohort is graduating, another is starting the program. By spreading the education over two years, participants are able to absorb and apply what they've learned.
Participant feedback =program improvements
An aspect that Gregory has greatly appreciated over the years is Carlson Executive Education's efforts of gathering feedback from participants.
"They do that very well. After every module we have a lot of data about what the participants found useful, what needs more emphasis next time, and what techniques work best. So before we go into a module, we sit down with Exec Ed with the feedback and see where we need to make tweaks to the program," says Gregory.
"The combination of expertise provided by Carlson Executive Education and feedback from participants enables continuous improvement to the program."
The introduction of Pentair's Executive Development Program in China was just the start in its internationalization of the program. Pentair plans to work with Carlson Executive Education to do a China module again in 2012, but also foresees expanding the program to the emerging markets of India, Latin America, and Eastern Europe in the future.
"It certainly has been fun being a part of the evolution of Pentair's Executive Development Program," indicates Gregory, "and I look forward to seeing where Pentair and Carlson Executive Education can take it down the road."
To learn more about Carlson Executive Education custom programs visit our website.


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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is waiving fishing license requirements for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is waiving fishing license requirements for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
The governor and state wildlife officials have declared Friday, Nov. 29 a license-free freshwater fishing day and Saturday, Nov. 30 a license-free saltwater fishing day.
"License-free fishing days serve as a great opportunity for families to enjoy the incredible fishing opportunities that Florida has to offer," Scott said in a statement. "After the Thanksgiving holiday, families will be able to head to the water with their visiting guests and experience some of the best fishing in the world."
Each year, the state authorizes eight license-free fishing days to help grow the fishing industry and promote conservation stewardship. All other fishing and boating rules and regulations still apply. In addition, the state's fish and wildlife agency runs promotion programs that allow anglers to win prizes for catching and documenting certain species of fish.
Beginning in 2014, all of the sanctioned fishing days will fall on the same weekend days from year to year. Officials hope the regular schedule will encourage anglers and businesses to plan fishing trips around the events.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the state's recreational fishing industry supports nearly 80,000 jobs and has an $8.9 billion economic impact.


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Frenchmen Street is getting more and more popular with tourists, which is leading to questions about its future.
How bureaucracy is being used to keep a good man down
There's a subtle addition to Broad Street that's mostly noticeable once the sun goes down.
The late New Orleans photographer John Kuhlman captured musical giants with his camera.
Newspaper veterans knew their way around the kitchen.
Demand and prices rise in tight local housing market
Ruth and Michael Burke begin a new chapter in a new home.
We're expecting big things from these 41 New Orleanians.
Take a break from your usual Chinese take-out place and experience New Orleans' new wave of Asian restaurants.
Remembering James Parsons and John Raphael
Pascal's Manale Restaurant, Andrea's Restaurant and Capri Blu Bar and Zea Rotisserie & Grill
Try this recipe for an update on the classic Old Fashioned.
David Thibodeaux's drive-in theater gives New Orleanians a taste of yesteryear.
The writer discusses his new book, a project inspired by HBO's "Treme."
The NOLA Project's ninth season opens Sept. 5 and includes a production inspired by a newspaper you might know.
The Writings and Rhythms of Southern Life


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The Greenbrier Classic
What: This PGA tour event is part of the FedExCup series. The golf tournament will take place on the Old White Course at The Greenbrier, a historic resort. Tour golfers expected to participate include defending champion Stuart Appleby, John Daly, Sergio Garcia, Justin Leonard and Phil Mickelson. (As of last week, Tiger Woods was not on the list.)
The event also includes the Greenbrier Classic Concert series, featuring performances by The Black Eyed Peas, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert at the West Virginia Fairgrounds.
Where: The Greenbrier Resort, 300 W. Main St., White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Parking...


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Dialogue: Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton Talk Sequels, Give Updates on 'Outer Limits,' 'Hellraiser,' 'Black Light'
There aren't very many brand-name filmmakers in mainstream horror anymore. More than ever the genre is seen as a stepping stone, and those that start in it tend to move on after a hit. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, however, hit it big and still stuck around. Yes, they're branching out into other fields with writing credits on big upcoming films like Pacific Rim and God of War, but they're still very much so a horror-loving duo. They wrote most of the Saw franchise, all of the Feast trilogy, and Piranha 3DD.
Their latest is The Collection, a sequel to their best collaboration together, The Collector. Both were not only written by the duo, but directed by Dunstan, and the result is a pair of films that is unmistakably them. And if you love movies with a soaring body count and gore to spare, you're going to really dig The Collection, a film about a team of mercenaries tasked with retrieving a young woman from the clutches of an elaborate serial killer.
The film recently enjoyed its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, which gave us the opportunity to sit down with the pair and talk about their love for sequels, as well as get quick updates on the myriad of other films and TV shows their names have been attached to over the years, including an adaptation of a very cool genre-blending book they cowrote with Stephen Romano called Black Light, about an exorcist (of sorts) pulling spirits off of a futuristic train.
Movies.com: What was on your check list of things you wanted in the sequel?
Marcus Dunstan: Basically it came down to the freedom that was allotted to the storytelling by the Liddel Group. A lot of the time when it comes to sequels, the mandate is to not complicate it, just give more. And more is tough to put a new coat of paint on it and surprise anyone. So with this it was absolutely liberating to have more resources, more creative outlets, and the ability to actually mess with the structure of the story. We promise you an entire teen-driven story, and then yank that out and let the adults from that Frankenheimer action movie step over their bodies and, oops, they walk into a horror movie.
Patrick Melton: We all grew up on horror movies. We know the pitfalls of sequels. We know that well, right?
Movies.com: Have you written more sequels than anyone in the industry? Has anyone crunched those numbers?
Melton: There should be a pie graph about it. But at least this one doesn't have a number after the title. That was nice.
I've seen too many great first movies, only to see the second one and go, "Oh, really, that was it?" I don't want to call any movies out, but there's certain pale cash grabs. And often they're rushed, because it's like, "Oh, sh*t, it was a success? Now we've got to get this out there!" And that's what was so amazing about how Saw 2 was so different, because that was not the movie I was expecting. They could easily have just done the same version again, some guy wakes up in a room and has to do bad sh*t. So we were aware of movies that were successful and ones that weren't. It's often a little bit of laziness of not trying to figure out what worked and what didn't. For us and the first movie, some people liked the ending and some didn't. It is a downer ending, which works for all the depraved people like us. But those looking for hope in the world didn't like it.
We knew how we wanted this one to end, so we had to work backward from that. Then you also get mandates from the producers and the financiers, which for us was to get a younger and prettier cast. And so we go, "Okay, I can see the bad version of that. I can see the parameters of that and I can see how it could turn into a lame version of the movie. But... how long do they have to survive?" And they're like, "Oh, it doesn't matter," and so we're like "Okay! We'll just kill the teens in 10 minutes!"
We're all aware of movies with young hot kids who are like, "Yay, we're awesome!" and they've got crushes on each other and little things here and there that will play out for the whole movie and the pretty girl is going to survive to the end. And we wanted to set all that up in the first 10 minutes, then kind of destroy it. "Oh, that young girl you thought was cute and you were hoping to see her boobs later? Nope, she's going to die like everybody else."
It was just trying to do things that were a little bit different, that would take the predictable and give it a few surprises. We looked at successful sequels. We looked a lot at Aliens. I didn't see Alien in theaters because I was too young, but I did see Aliens in the theater, and that movie upped the stakes big time.
Dunstan: And you didn't need the experience of Alien to love it. I saw Aliens first in a hotel room, and then I was able to do research and go,"Wait, there's another one? And it's a slasher movie in space with a xenomorph? Cool!"
Melton: An underserved subgenre of horror is the action field, I think. So that was big for us.
Movies.com: Another comparison was the jump from [REC] to [REC 2], which also combines an action, SWAT-team element with a teen element.
Melton: I like [REC 2] a lot. It takes the first one in a lot of interesting directions. For us... this one takes place in his lair, and has outsiders going into it, so for us that's always Aliens. They did it the best. So how are we going to do a different version of that?
Dunstan: There's a 30 Days of Night sequel that has the armed group going in, too. For us the biggest compliment so far is people saying that it's like Aliens because it's not us pitching it as Aliens, but if you can evoke that spirit, great. Because the thing about Aliens that I've never seen in any of the other sequels we're talking about is that Ripley was not born with a machine gun in her hands. She was just a shattered mom and it was the maternal instinct she followed. Whereas, others have a gal who is an army of one-liners in the third act, after she's been underdressed and terrorized. All of a sudden she knows how to sniper shoot and do all that? No.
Emma Fitzpatrick and Josh Stewart always kept them grounded and very real. And the archetype of the action heroes is that they just wandered into the wrong film. An action stereotype can't beat the killer, they can't do it. They're unprepared. They'd be ready for an army or for a shootout, but this is something else. This is evil taking over, and that's what I love. Give them both vulnerability and see what they do with the pieces.
Movies.com: Since you two have so many other projects you've been attached to, we just want to quickly run down the list and get the status of each them. First, God of War?
Melton: Writing the script.
Movies.com: The Outer Limits?
Melton: That's dead.
Movies.com: Were you on Halloween 3 at one point, or just Hellraiser?
Melton: Both. We helped out on Halloween 2 a little bit, though we really didn't do anything, and we were on Hellraiser but Dimension just couldn't get its act together.
Dunstan: He wrote this Hellraiser outline that was just awesome. It's not dead yet. We worked on it for some time, and we really hope it comes together at some point.
Movies.com: Hotel?
Melton: That was a TV show with Clive Barker. It's dead.
Movies.com: The last one is Black Light. Where's that at?
Melton: We've written a script, and we're in the middle of tweaking it with Michael De Luca, the producer.
Dunstan: I love that script. It's just badass. It began in the hotel room in between Feast pitches way back when. He had the idea to put a ghost hunter on a train, full scream ahead, and it became a book and now it's back to a screenplay. That journey has really resulted in a wonderful screenplay. That guy deserves to live on celluloid.
Melton: It's coming. I think the script is better than the book, because a lot of stuff in the book was streamlined to a certain extent. It's pretty visual because the black light needs to be realized in a certain way. I hope it comes together, but it's not very cheap, unfortunately.
Dunstan: If we want to challenge ourselves 30 degrees in a different way, to have the nice impact of violence that you get in the opening of Iron Man, or even a lot of the violence in The Avengers that looked like it hurt, if you can stay in that PG-13 yard maybe we'll get the freedom to take the character of Buck through that gauntlet and keep it emotional and intense. It's supernatural and spectral violence, so I think we can get away with it.
Movies.com: Anything else you're working on you'd like to talk about?
Dunstan: Rise! It's for Warner Bros. It's kind of like the Battle of Algiers with robots, and that thing is going to kick ass.
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Serenity Now: Soft & Soothing Kids' Rooms
There's no evidence that a room's decor can calm kids or help them sleep soundly, but maybe the mood of serenity these rooms create is more for the parents' sanity. With color choices, an abundance of soft fabrics and some delicate touches, these parents have created relaxing quarters for their babes.
• Beckham's Modern Woodland Nursery
• Piper's Adorable Pink Bedroom
• Xavier Dean's Striped and Serene Nursery
• Adeline's Big Girl Room
• Grayson's Soothing Gray Room
• Ella's Feminine Nursery
• Cooper's Soothing Neutral Nursery
• Alliyah's Pretty in Pink (and Purple) Room
• Clara's Thrifted & Gifted Nursery
• My Room: Lillian & Abigail
Welcome to Apartment Therapy's Best of 2012 roundup! From December 19 through January 1 we are rounding up our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.
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Hidden Hues: Color in Unexpected Places
If you're interested in adding a punch of vivid color to your home, but are hesitant to commit an entire wall, here are some interesting ways to inject some vibrant hues. These unexpected locations for a bit of color invite playful palettes without the risk of oversaturation.
• Home Design Find reminds us that the inside of a bookcase can be a great canvas for color, without being overbearing.
• Paint the inside of your cabinets! When closed, you can maintain a monochromatic look — or keep everything white. But as soon as you open your door to grab a plate, you're greeted with a fun burst of color, like these pink cabinets seen in Veranda online.
• This sugar and creamer set sits beautifully on the counter, but as soon as you look inside, you're greeted with a splash of turquoise. All of Paulova's jars and bowls sport delightful hues on the inside.
• Along the same lines as painting the inside of your cabinets, the inside of drawers can be just as ready for color! This image, via Pinterest, shows a lively yellow discreetly tucked into bathroom drawers.
• Organize Happy delights in a closet that feels more fun with colorful hangers. Go fucsia! It doesn't have to match anything else in your home, if you don't want!
• So, these Josef Albers Nesting Tables, available at Nest Modern, have a very subtle pale green top on the largest table. When the rest of the tables are "nested" the overall look is very quiet. But pull the rest of the tables out, and it's a pigment party!
• Ceilings boast just as much square footage as walls, so this one is stil a bit of a commitment....but painting just the ceiling is a less literal way of adding an unexpected color to a room. The high ceilings in this room, seen on Momoy, help to make the color a little less vivid than if it were covering the walls.
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RockTape 1/2 day course - Kinesiology & Sports Taping Seminar
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|27 May 2017
|Melbourne, VIC
Course Description
Presenter: Steven Stahl
Unlike rigid tape which many people find too stiff and restrictive, RockTape is stretchy and is quickly becoming the preferred tape used by practitioners to treat injuries by reducing pain and accelerating recovery. RockTape can also be used to enhance performance by improving form and technique, as well as reducing post-exercise soreness.
What does RockTape do? When applied correctly, RockTape's unique elasticity causes the skin to form convolutions and wrinkle. This decompresses the tissue immediately below the skin. It is believed that this has three main effects:
• Fluid effect- improving blood and lymphatic flow in the taped area
• Mechanical effect- improving the slide and glide between tissue layers
• Neurological effect- altering the perception of pain and improving body awareness
RockTape courses are Australia's most popular kinesiology tape courses. Since 2010 we have conducted over 500 full and half day courses, attended by more than 10,000 people. Why the interest?
Unlike other methods, RockTape's taping protocol is based on an 'open-source' philosophy - we don't believe there's only one right way to tape. This approach to taping integrates concepts from all other methods and provides a framework for the practitioner to determine the best approach for them and their clients using their own clinical reasoning. By teaching a framework of kinesiology taping - concepts not recipes, it's much easier for attendees to apply clinically to their customer group – i.e. lower limb, upper limb, paediatric, geriatric, neuro, musculoskeletal equine, canine, etc.
Our half day introduction (level 1) courses are attractive to busy practitioners, and those that are keen to just learn the basic principles of kinesiology taping. This course provides the basics of kinesiology taping: regional taping for pain, taping for swelling and recovery and taping for posture. In addition this course includes an introduction to the concepts of "Fascial Chain Taping": utilising the benefits of kinesiology taping to tape the muscles associated with a particular activity. For example, linking the muscles of the appropriate kinetic chain, ie lower back, hamstring and calf muscles that make up the posterior chain.
Course Outline:
- Overview of the theory of kinesiology taping
- Regional taping - basic muscle and joint applications
- Introduction to oedema / inflammation taping
- Introduction to posture taping
- Introduction to fascial chain taping
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It began as a fairly straightforward announcement of USDA's plans to sell wheat from the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to finance the purchase of rice for food aid to Iraq. But that simple action has led to introduction of new legislation aimed at preventing the "monetization" of one commodity such as wheat to buy another commodity.
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the need for food aid in southern Iraq appeared to catch USDA off guard. Back on March 1, Richard Bell, president of Riceland Foods and a former undersecretary of agriculture, had said that any U.S. rice to be shipped to Iraq should already be in place. But USDA did not announce it planned to release 200,000 metric tons of wheat — and sell part of it to obtain rice — for shipment to Iraq until March 20, the day bombs began falling in Baghdad.
The first inkling of trouble came in a comment in the U.S. Wheat Associates March 28 newsletter. "While most of the wheat that is drawn from the Emerson Trust will go to Iraq, the administration will exchange a portion of it for rice, despite USW's oft-voiced opposition to selling Emerson wheat in the U.S. domestic market.
"Surely the Bush administration can avoid disrupting domestic markets while donating rice by simply using the 416(b) program, or other CCC funds," USW Chairman Jim McDonald said in the newsletter.
A few days later, Rep. George Nethercutt, who represents wheat growers in Washington state, introduced an amendment to the war supplemental appropriations bill prohibiting selling Emerson Trust wheat stocks to purchase other commodities for shipment to Iraq. The House Appropriations Committee adopted the amendment by a voice vote.
Nethercutt said that USDA's March 20 announcement caused soft white wheat prices at Portland (Ore.) to drop 20 cents a bushel. "USDA should not have "license to destroy the economy of one commodity for the benefit of another," Nethercutt said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman.
USA Rice Federation officials tried to defuse the situation, saying it was sympathetic to the concerns of the wheat industry while noting that rice has long been a staple of the diet in Iraq, "and it only makes sense to provide what the people truly need and desire."
"As Rep. Nethercutt has stated, pitting one farmer against another is not an attractive solution," the federation's Ben Noble said in a statement. "We understand wheat's concerns about market disruption and certainly don't want to compound their problems. However, these purchases have been factored into our market and, if not honored, we will be in the same boat."
Noble, the federation's director of government affairs, said USA Rice is urging Congress to stipulate that Nethercutt's amendment will not affect any purchases of rice already announced.
Given that the Iraqis are expected to exhaust their supplies of flour within a month, there should be no shortage of need for wheat and rice shipments to Iraq over the next year. But getting the pipeline started is proving to be a bumpy ride for USDA and U.S. commodity groups.
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MEXICO CITY — An alleged local commander of the Zetas paramilitary cartel in the troubled border state of Coahuila has been captured, the Mexican navy announced Thursday, expressing hope that he might lead authorities to the notorious group's remaining top leader.
Said Omar Juarez was taken into custody on a prominent street in Saltillo, Coahuila's capital, the navy said in a statement released as the suspect was presented to reporters in Mexico City. In his possession were weapons and packages containing what may be cocaine and marijuana, the statement said.
Juarez was described by the navy as the Zeta operative in charge of Saltillo, who "presumably" has direct ties to Miguel Angel Treviño, the Zetas' top leader. Treviño emerged as the undisputed Zetas capo after Heriberto Lazcano was killed in a shootout with navy special forces last month.
Coahuila, which borders Texas and is Mexico's third-largest state, has recently been the subject of increased scrutiny after a series of high-profile events that revealed the extent to which the Zetas had grown to dominate the region.


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Heat head to Charlotte to take on Bobcats
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Miami Heat have won five of their last six and will try for a road victory over Southeast rivals, the Charlotte Bobcats Saturday night at The Time Warner Cable Arena.
The Heat knocked off the Dallas Mavericks at home Friday night, 110-104. Miami won the game thanks to a great second quarter, which the Heat won 29-19, and turnovers. The Heat forced 24 Dallas turnovers, which they parlayed into 24 points.
Miami has scored over 100 points in every game this season and the offense was on showcase Friday night. The heat shot 54.1 percent from the field and 83.3 percent from the free-throw line, a spot they visited 30 times against the Mavericks.
"When we share the ball, like we've been doing this part of the season, offensively, we can't be stopped," said LeBron James. "You don't know where it's coming from. It's great. It's fun to play in a system like this where everyone is unselfish."
James was outstanding on Friday with 39 points on 14-for-18 shooting. He added six rebounds and four assist, but did turn the ball over six times.
Dwyane Wade added 17 points, followed by 14 from Chris Bosh. Rashard Lewis and Norris Cole each had 11 off the bench for the Heat, who are 1-2 on the road this season.
Ray Allen (flu) and Udonis Haslem (back) both missed their second straight game. Their availability for Saturday is unknown.
The Bobcats have won two in a row, thanks to back-to-back road wins this week. On Friday, Charlotte knocked off the previously unbeaten at home Cleveland Cavaliers, 86-80.
Charlotte, which has lost two straight at home, only managed 33 points at the half against Cleveland, but tallied 53 in the second half. The Bobcats outscored the Cavs, 29-22 in the final frame, while shooting 56.3 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc in the fourth quarter.
"It was all effort. We wanted to win," said Bobcats guard Gerald Henderson, who finished with eight points. "This is the kind of team we can be all season, as long as we keep working together and playing hard."
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist led Charlotte with 16 points, while Josh McRoberts scored 13. Kemba Walker and Ramon Sessions had 12 apiece and Jeff Taylor contributed 11 off the bench. Bismack Biyombo didn't score a single point, but he did grab 12 rebounds.
The Heat have won 12 in a row over the Bobcats and five of those victories came in Charlotte.


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Pidgin (precedentemente noto come Gaim) è un client di istant messaging multipiattaforma e multiprotocollo.
# General:
- Fix search path for Tk when compiling on Debian Squeeze. (#12465)
- purple-remote now expects and produces UTF-8. (Guillaume Brunerie)(#12049)
- Add Deutsche Telekom, Thawte Primary, and Go Daddy Class 2 root CAs (#12667, #12668, and #12594)
- Fix CVE-2010-3711 by properly validating return values from the purple_base64_decode() function before using them.
- Fix two local crash bugs by properly validating return values from the purple_base16_decode() function before using them.
# libpurple:
- Fall back to an ordinary request if a UI does not support showing a request with an icon. Fixes receiving MSN file transfer requests including a thumbnail in Finch. (#12561)
- Fix an invalid memory access when removing UPnP mappings that could cause sporadic crashes, most notably when MSN Direct Connections are enabled. (#12387)
- Add a sentence to the certificate warning for expired certificates suggesting the user check their computer´s date and time. (#12654)
# Pidgin:
- Add support for the Gadu-Gadu protocol in the gevolution plugin to provide Evolution integration with contacts with GG IDs. (#10709)
- Remap the "Set User Mood" shortcut to Control-D, which does not conflict with the previous shortcut for Get Buddy Info on the selected buddy.
- Add a plugin action menu (under Tools) for the Voice and Video Settings plugin.
- Use GRegex for the debug window where available. This brings regex filtering to the debug window on Windows. (Eion Robb) (#12601)
- Add Google Chrome to the list of possible browsers on non-Windows systems.
- Add Chromium to the list of possible browsers on non-Windows systems.
- The "Manual" browser option is now stored as a string. It is no longer necessary to specify a full path to the browser command. (Rodrigo Tobar Carrizo) (#12024)
- The Send To menu can now be used if the active account in the conversation becomes disabled or inactive. (Keith Moyer) (#12471)
- xdg-open is now the default browser for new users on non-Windows platforms. (Stanislav Brabec) (#12505)
# Finch:
- Add support for drop-down account options (like the SILC cipher and HMAC options or the QQ protocol version).
- Unify the connection security-related settings into one dropdown.
- Fix a crash when multiple accounts are simultaneously performing SASL authentication when built with Cyrus SASL support. (thanks to Jan Kaluza) (#11560)
- Restore the ability to connect to XMPP servers that do not offer Stream ID. (#12331)
- Added support for using Google´s relay servers when making voice and video calls to Google clients.
- Fix detecting file transfer proxies advertised by the server.
- Advertise support for Google Talk´s JID Domain Discovery extension in all cases again (changed in 2.7.0), not just when the domain is "gmail.com" or "googlemail.com" (it´s also needed for Google Talk used for accounts on arbitrary domains not using Google Apps for Your Domain). (#a14153)
- Improved handling of adding oneself to your buddy list when using Non-SASL (legacy) authentication. (#12499)
- Generate a connection error instead of just stalling when the _xmppconnect TXT record returns results, but none of them result in a valid BOSH URI. (#a14367, #12744)
# Yahoo/Yahoo JAPAN:
- Stop doing unnecessary lookups of certain alias information. This solves deadlocks when a given Yahoo account has a ridiculously large (>500 buddies) list and may improve login speed for those on slow connections. (#12532)
- Fix sending SMS messages. The lookup host changed on us. (Thanks to todo) (#12688).
- Improvements for some file transfer scenarios, but not all.
# Windows:
- Bonjour support now requires Apple Bonjour Print Services version 2.0.0 or newer (http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999).
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Universities Glom Onto Food Trucks
Call them what you will: mobile canteens, lunch wagons, catering vans or even the pejorative "roach coaches." Food trucks, once the "restaurant" of choice for employees outside of manufacturing plants, steel mills, military bases and more, are back. And they have found safe haven in some non-commercial operations, most notably on college campuses. Fourteen percent of respondents to The Big Picture say they employ food trucks.


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"Our mission is to expose new and exciting works to audiences while also engaging them with pieces they might know," said Andre Dowell of Identity Cubed.
When many of us think of percussion, it's as a rhythm section providing backdrop for melodic aspects of a music ensemble.
Identity Cubed, a percussion trio based in Ann Arbor, turns the tables on that concept.
The group performs Saturday at Sturges-Young Auditorium, part of the 2012-13 season series presented by Sturgis Council of the Arts.
Andre Dowell, who makes up one-third of Identity Cubed along with Xavier Verna and Brian Young, understands the typical view of percussion, then explains how the group strives to expand the possibilities.
"For most people that's the role percussion usually has in the band, a time-keeper, maybe has a few rolls to fill it in, but it's never in forefront of melody," Dowell said Monday during a telephone interview with the Journal. "Our mission is to expose new and exciting works to audiences while also engaging them with pieces they might know."
There's seemingly no end to the number of instruments the group incorporates into a performance: marimba, vibraphone, bongos, tom-toms — even playing parts on a table they constructed themselves for a piece called, appropriately, "Table Music."
Identity Cubed puts those diverse tools to work toward new interpretations of songs from many styles, both familiar and unfamiliar.
Listeners who are new to the form often come away with a new perspective after seeing an Identity Cubed performance.
"(The audience) will hear Bach on marimba. Most people aren't used to that," Dowell said. "At the same time, you will hear John Cage —his music is so far from Bach."
Other offerings include pieces rooted in the basic role of percussion, "songs that groove hard, make people bob their heads," Dowell said, and other straightforward percussive numbers such as a classical marimba piece. The band also gets the audience involved through Q&A and clap-alongs.
"We hit a variety of things so people can get range of styles," Dowell said. "We really find music that speaks to the audience try to keep things different with every piece.The trio came together through an academic path. Young had been a student of Dowell's in high school, and Verna was a freshman at the University of Michigan when he and Dowell first crossed paths.
Identity Cubed was formed one night in early 2011, after Dowell attended a lecture called "Musical Toolbox."
"It was a panel of musicians speaking about their life in music, and their path, their journey," Dowell said. "I was just really inspired. That same night, I got together with Xavier and Brian, and said, 'I want to make music I love with my friends.' They were on board without hesitation."
Dowell, Verna and Young came from different backgrounds but all were exposed to music at a young age, each beginning with piano. Along the way each fell in love with percussion and never let go of it.
Each also have absorbed a wide range of musical influence over the years, both as musicians and listeners, performing diverse styles in various groups and settings. Dowell's experience encapsulates that.
"I played anything I could get into," he said. "I played in a hip-hop band; I was in a gospel choir both in church and in an outside group. I did musicals every other weekend and was playing in an Ann Arbor orchestra, and played in a ragtime band — I still play in a ragtime band."
The three cite music idols such as Michael Udow, Tchaikovsky, Julie Hill, John Mayer and John Tarcza, among others.
It's natural, then, that Identity Cubed would bring that kind of musical diversity to their repertoire.
And when it makes a connection with a live audience, it's a special feeling, Dowell said, especially hearing feedback from enlightened listeners after a performance.
"We get comments like, they didn't think music could be made by percussion as melodic instruments," Dowell said. "That's one of the cooler things about this, if someone comes up after a show to say, 'I love the sounds you're getting and that you're able to make out of instruments, or several different sounds from one instrument.' For me, as a percussionist, I appreciate that, it's like I won the World Series."


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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
My iPad Adventure
The Plan:
We purchased 30 iPads this fall and have disseminated them to one faculty member in each department. In addition, we will be piloting 2 iPad classes starting in the second semester (next week). We have chosen a geometry class and an art history class for our pilots, primarily because those teachers volunteered to give it a go (and their class sizes worked with our numbers).
Figuring out the set up process and actually setting up the iPads has taken an enormous amount of time. We are using the Apple Store Volume Purchasing Program to pay for our Apps. In order for the school to own the Apps, I had to create separate Apple IDs for each of our faculty members and students. I also had to set up email addresses for each Apple ID and separate email addresses/Apple IDs for the VPP program. Getting my head around all of the steps in this process was exhausting. I think I have finally figured it out.
We also had to work out an iPad agreement and an iPad insurance plan for parents and students. Thanks to all of you who sent me prototypes. I used a little bit of everyone's agreements. Thanks especially to Patrick Larkin, principal of Burlington High School and to Scott Reisinger, headmaster of Bancroft School who have helped clear the path to make this easier for the rest of us.
My Progress
At this point all of piloting faculty members have received their iPads (right before winter break). I have met with them as a group once to show them how to purchase Apps. I am planning to meet with each of them one-on-one in the next two weeks and we are meeting as a group at the end of the month. I have to finish setting up student iPads this week and will hand them out next week at the start of the new semester.
The Future
It is hard to budget for a future iPad program when you aren't sure you really want one. The difficulty is that this is all based on the success of the program. It may be that we don't think iPads are right for us or there may be some newer technology that we think is even better. At this point I'm taking this journey one step at a time. I can't quite see the end of the road, but I'm confident each step will bring me closer.
Have you tried piloting iPads? Do you have any wisdom to share? Are you thinking of trying out your own pilot? I welcome your comments, questions, and suggestion!
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How to Stay Safe When Traveling Abroad
Leave your Yankee hat at home and figure out if you can trust the local police. These are two tips travel risk manager Robert Viteretti has for tourists as they venture abroad amid recent attacks on foreigners in Brazil and India. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... now after a little sore assaults in Brazil and India ... travelers tightened their own security when abroad to Lynas's Bob Rennie his head in your in your process of Kroll Advisory Solutions which advises businesses ... and tours of mismanagement when traveling ... abroad so glad to have you here because you know what my friends my family we're all talking about this as we are trying to plan our vacations Agnew ... basically say that there's two main types of risk for travelers ... what are the spot ... um first links from the start of ... the written the risks were looking at ... oh are ... generally we would like to step back and look at or they are they're called troll risks or the political risks or is it just turned ... on ... aam NMI long courtroom general crime together so ... you mention Brazilian mentioned India ... Brazil and put in the category of leased the incidents were talking about this general on on ... that that robbery and even in Dassault in that case rates and assault sexual assault um ... and you could move to Egypt for ... the most will go to Egypt for second you've got political risk in there so ... as you assess what you're doing where you're going on the need to assess that is well it's a very different kind of risk and you gotta take different preparations ... of India ... may be more cultural ... aam in the sense that is gender based roots arguably gender based ... on his results as I think the statistics are showing thirty five forty percent fewer women traveling traveling to India ... so you always need to sort of stuff that can figure out what kind of risk you're looking at ... then you can develop a plan on how to address that ... can we do before we go specifically app before we get to the destination each ... phone numbers and names of places things we just need to have done ... before or on the ground boss ... Paul Global forty on the ground Sherwood for talking about ... people like you and make sure it's not business travelers in the first instance to your home console understand what the risk is that we just talked about ... um ... let people know where you're going ... um understand where the consulate or embassy is where you're going ... to determine whether or not the authorities in the area where you're going to ... be trusted that they can ... aam get the phone numbers in their ... home if not rely on the phone number in the U S embassy or US consulate that's nearby ... aam make sure you've given your itinerary that people here ... um ... connecting GPS Alison Wright at a minimum and then ... you know ... aam and that of the twenty year-old daughter her GPS is activated now so um yes activate the GPS Limited now public transportation because you know couple these incidents have occurred ... I you know I'm one of these horrific incidents occur on buses or public transportation ... get people might've thought were safe what what do you trust what's the safest way to go if you can afford if you can afford it ... lol the safest way to go force is if you can afford it and this is can be more for business travel but if you can afford it you want to hire a driver someone who speaks the language someone in this period ... too many people it been devoted you that aam especially tourists ... on the tourist is probably gonna have to rely on having done their homework ... in knowing what the risks are just by way of example ... if you look at the distilled ... the website the State Department aims for Brazil ... it does recognize losses as risk and trains as the rest of knowing that ... you might decide company traveling at night I might not take the blocks are high and anti hiring something it's not like a prop up private but may delay tiresome the private net new leads you always want to hire somebody that recognized authorized ... but again in the case or Brazil right there was a was not to bust and the order of the people off that bus before ... the people that often not one of them in a cell phone call to long Forstmann Amore to the authorities least it's forced me now ... is I've seen really basic but the unit e g still find it People are flashing fancy jewelry when they travel abroad or where is the Yankees baseball cap it just takes them right away is a ... Taurus at eight and two they ... are simply not be doing that ... I mean it it may seem basically really ... isn't so basic it seems basic rate now looking backwards but when you're traveling in your on vacation in your unhappy state of mind on on you might very well do exactly what you're describing ... um yes it's a respite increases the risk ... you can't eliminate the risk but what we try and do to advise clients to advise people ... Mr. least minimize the risk you can minimize the risk for not wearing a baseball cap ... aam but not flashy jewelry ... by not flashing your American Express card ... ALM so there are ways you can minimize the risk and I can lemonade aren't important by starting with the caucus to take before you


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