text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - I love pets, but I can't have one.................. Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in I love pets, but I can't have one.................. Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Pets View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message SelenaJoined: 12 Oct 2003Posts: 6Location: Taiwan Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:14 pm Post subject: I love pets, but I can't have one.................. I love dogs, cats and birds. But I can never have any pets, just because my dear mom hates pets! She always thinks that pets will make our place dirty, and in a mess. One day I was playing with a cat wondering on the street. As I was going to give a soft touch for the lovely cat, my mom roared from upstairs, " Never TOUCHING AN ANIMAL, DON'T YOU REMEMBER?" Gosh! How can I do? Back to top KanaKawamotoJoined: 15 May 2003Posts: 2 Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:57 pm Post subject: Hllo! I'm Kana, Japanese:D I like animals, especially cats! So I want to hav it. As same as you, Mother says, "The cat makes our house dirty. So you can not have." But I will say,"I'll look after everything and clean!" So I'm looking forward to getting it Back to top marikaJoined: 19 Nov 2003Posts: 4 Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:19 pm Post subject: I like animals! Does your mother dislike animals only at the reason for being dirty? Surely pets may soil our place. However, I will think that pets are not dirty, if we take care of exactly. Pets are not only dear, but becomes good friends. Your mother understands it and I think that you just keep a pet. Back to top selinaJoined: 11 Dec 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:28 pm Post subject: hi, I love animals and eager to have a pet, however, my mother thought pets may make our room dirty. and because I live in the domitory from Monday to Friday, I cannot always take care of my pets or stay with them, I cannot have a pet. but I once found that there were many cats appeared in my community in the evening. they are abandoned. I start to feed them and I feel happy when doing that. I am so glad, although I have no pet but I can get fun with these lovely cats. Back to top Chang Mei ChiJoined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 1 Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:28 am Post subject: Hi!My name is Maggie.chinese name is Chang Mei Chi. I study in chung shan medical university in Taiwan.I have two fight fishes.The fishes can not live together.When they fight,they eat tail fin of each other. Back to top chinesebabyJoined: 23 Nov 2004Posts: 5 Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: They won't be dirty if we take good care of them.I love all the animals.They are our friends!!! Back to top shioJoined: 12 May 2005Posts: 2Location: japan Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: Hi! Im Japanese. I love cats and dogs so much They make me feel happy and relax Now Im living by myself, so I have no animal. It is very sad for me. When I lived with family, I have a cat which looks like an American short hair and also a dog which is not a pedigree dog. If I can have a pet now, I want to have a Chihuahua! It is so cute! Recently in Japan, people who want to have a small-sized dog. So there is a problem that some people leave their big-sized pet in the wood. I think such people are not pet lovers in true cense. Do you have any animal problem in your country Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Pets All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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On Beds that Look Awkward & Physically Challenging
I adore these low bed frames. I love the look of the sunken mattress and the large solid structure that surrounds them. I'm all for storage and ultra-low platform pieces but in the end, the idea of getting out of bed in the morning isn't one I think should be questionable. Scoot, slide, shift — how far are you willing to go for beauty?
Most beds are a fairly straight forward item. They consist of a frame and often feet and often have a headboard attached. Some modern beds however try to break the typical bed mold and although they're beautiful and stunning to look at — sometimes I can't help but wonder what it would actually be like to get out of bed each morning.
Although my 30-something self is still design-forward in my decor and furniture pieces, I really don't want to give myself a wedgie sliding to the edge of the bed in the morning just so I can stand up. I don't want to dread standing up because my bed is 3 inches off the ground and I don't want to use a step stool to hop up into one.
Pictured above are a few beds that feel like they'd be a small challenge, which one would you say no to? Tell us why in the comments below!
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Windows 7, you might have noticed, is now officially "out" and there's already been a good deal of tire-kicking of the new OS. Fortunately, for Microsoft, the reviews are pretty good; in any case, it's not the groaning and gnashing of teeth that accompanied the underwhelming release of Vista.
Amidst all the coming out hoopla, Canonical and IBM have partnered up to announce their own Windows 7 alternative — IBM's Client for Smart Work running on Ubuntu Linux. The idea is that they are offering a technically sound and cheaper alternative to Microsoft's OS and Office Suites for the enterprise.
The Smart Work solution includes:
- Lotus Symphony (IBM's version of OpenOffice productivity software, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations — Microsoft compatible)
- LotusLive software for mail, calendars, collaboration, etc.
- Cloud-based, social networking and collaboration tools from LotusLive.com, ranging from $10 per user, per month
The big selling point of IBM has been its claim that costs could be cut as much as 50 percent for organizations that migrate to the Smart Work solution compared to Windows 7, which requires all those licensing fees and fancy-schmancy hardware upgrades to run the stuff. However, as ArsTechnica.com points out, that might be laying it on a bit thick, depending on how one views the accuracy of IBM's "independent marketing estimate" which says that Windows 7 upgrade costs could be as much as $2000 per computer. Further, ArsTechnica also doubts the claims about what hardware can adequately run IBM's own software:
Suggesting that programs built on top of these extremely resource-intensive applications...are going to be great on netbooks and legacy hardware falls somewhere between laughable and criminally insane on the dubious marketing meter.
All hyperbole aside, this still constitutes a viable alternative for some organizations to seriously consider, and it could be especially attractive to educational institutions as ZDNet's Christopher Dawson discusses.
Frankly, all of those organizations that have been holding on to Windows XP will most likely start planning their Windows 7 upgrades, but Linux advocates need not be too discouraged. It seems to me that Linux has made some great strides over the last few years, and it wouldn't be fair to view it as having once again been foiled by a resurgent Microsoft. The improvements in user-friendliness and the growing popularity of Ubuntu are proof of that. (See "5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human" at ArsTechnica.)
The other salient point that Chris Dawson's post brought up is that during this rambunctious time of changing products and emerging technologies, we also have Google apps and cloud services on the menu for consideration. In short, it's not a bad time to be an enterprise consumer with all the choices that are newly available, and healthy competition is good for everyone.
What have you just been burning to say about the Windows 7 launch this week?
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These tables give weights per bushel, weights of grain by volume, moisture conversion and planting rates.
Table 2Calculating approximate weight of grain by volume
Width in feet multiplied by length in feet multiplied by depth of grain in feet equals cubic feet in square or rectangular enclosures.
10 feet width x 14 feet length x 9 feet grain depth = 1,260 cu. feet
In circular bins, the formula is: pi (3.14) multiplied by the radius squared, multiplied by the depth of grain = cubic feet.
Multiply cubic feet of volume by the appropriate figure from Table 2 under pounds per cubic feet.
If actual bushel weight (test weight) is available, multiply actual bushel weight by 0.803. This calculation will give a more accurate figure for pounds per cubic feet than you can get from the table.
Table 3Moisture conversion for ear and shelled corn
Divide total grain weight by appropriate standard bushel weight.
Obtaining number of hundredweights (cwts) of grain
Divide total grain weight by 100.
Table 4Moisture conversion for soybeans
Table 5Moisture conversion for wheat
Table 6Moisture conversion for grain sorghum
These conversion tables cover the most widely grown crops and the most common moisture contents. When you need other conversions, the calculations are relatively simple.
Use percent dry matter in making conversions because the problem is to obtain the same weight of dry matter as is found in a standard bushel. For example, a standard bushel of wheat contains 60 pounds at 13.5 percent moisture. Thus, 86.5 percent dry matter (100-13.5) x 60 pounds = 51.9 pounds of dry matter.
ExampleHow many pounds of 20.5 percent moisture wheat is equivalent to a standard bushel?
13.5 percent Standard Moisture Content = 100 - 13.5 = 86.5 percent Dry Matter
20.5 percent Moisture Content = 100 - 20.5 = 79.5 percent Dry Matter
86.5 ÷ 79.5 = 108.8 percent
(108.8 x Standard Bu. Wt. (60 for Wheat)) ÷ 100 = 65.28 pounds equivalent to a standard bushel
To check your answer:
65.28 x 79.5 percent dry matter = 51.9 pounds of dry matter
Yield or rate
Table 9Mixing small quantities of liquid spray. The first column represents concentration of active ingredient per gallon; the second column provides corresponding amount to mix for 1,000 square feet to get 1 pound per acre of active ingredient
This table may be useful in checking actual planting rate when planting a crop. It can also be used in obtaining stand counts.
Determine average spacing in inches between seeds (or plants) in the row. Then divide the appropriate figure in the right hand column by this figure to determine planting rate (or stand).
ExampleGrain sorghum planted in 30-inch rows is found to average 2.5 inches between seeds.
209,088 ÷ 2.5 = 83,635 seeds being planted per acre.
Or the grain sorghum stand averages 1 plant per 3.5 inches of row. Then 209,088 ÷ 3.5 = 59,379 plants per acre.
You can use this method without the table as long as you remember that there are 43,560 square feet per acre and that 144 square inches = 1 square foot.
43,560 x 144 = 6,272,630 square inches per acre.
Divide 6,272,640 by inches of row width to obtain inches of row per acre (6,272,640 ÷ 30 = 209,088).
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Despite the many problems posed to the world's species by habitat loss, human activities and climate change, there are many 'success stories' which highlight the positive impacts of conservation action. ARKive focused on the positive in its celebration of Earth Day in April 2010. ARKive is a project of Wildscreen, headed by Harriet Nimmo, CEC Steering Committee member.
April 22nd mared the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Founded in 1970, this annual, global event calls on people of all ages and backgrounds to commit to building a safer, healthier and cleaner world. Earth Day aims to encourage governments and people worldwide to make changes to tackle both national and global issues, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and sustainable energy.
Wildscreen USA joined in the festivities at the National Mall in Washington DC with an ARKive booth in the EcoVillage. The team offered cool giveaways and hosted a fun species identification game, spreading the word about ARKive's mission to create the ultimate multimedia guide to the world's endangered species.
Despite the many problems posed to the world's species by habitat loss, human activities and climate change, there are many 'success stories' which highlight the positive impacts of conservation action. Below are a few examples of threatened species whose long-term survival prospects have been improved by focused conservation efforts:
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Listed by the IUCN as Critically Endangered, the California condor was reduced to just eight wild individuals in the 1980s. Since then, an intensive captive breeding programme and successful releases have given new hope to this impressive bird, which can once again be seen soaring over the rocky Californian landscape.
View the Earth Day video of captive-bred California condors being released into the wild >>
Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)
Following the Second World War, the availability of firearms and motorised transport, along with the demand for sport hunting drove the wild population of the Arabian oryx to extinction. Thankfully, through a program of captive breeding and reintroductions, this species can once again be seen wandering the dry Arabian Peninsula. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, a release program for the Arabian oryx was begun in 2007, and has since released around 100 animals into the wild.
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Once slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands, protection from the commercial hunter has allowed the humpback whale to recover from this devastating exploitation. Although still threatened by ship strikes, fishing gear entanglement and habitat degradation, continued conservation efforts will hopefully preserve this awe-inspiring whale for future generations.
Kakapo (Strigops habroptila)
A classic example of evolution on an isolated island, the kakapo is the only flightless parrot in the world. Having once roamed across the whole of New Zealand, the kakapo population has been decimated by hunting and predation by introduced mammals, falling to a low of just 51 individuals in 1995. Following intensive conservation efforts, the population has since risen to around 100.
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Wildlife films and photos are vital weapons in the battle to save the world's endangered plants and animals from the brink of extinction. So, with the help of the world's best filmmakers, photographers, conservationists and scientists, ARKive is creating the ultimate multimedia guide to the world's endangered species. Visit the website


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A Southern Plains cotton farmer in mid-August e-mailed photos of vigorously growing, healthy cotton plants to the Southwest Farm Press office. About a week later, he sent another set, showing plants stripped of bolls, leaves and, in some instances, bark.
Across the region, farmers lost up to 100,000 acres of cotton, either totally destroyed or badly damaged.
Fortunately, and that word rings grossly inappropriate for anyone whose acreage is included in the 100,000 damaged by storms, destruction was not widespread, leaving most of the 3.5 million acres of Plains cotton with prospects of another excellent crop.
Randy Boman, Texas Extension cotton agronomist at the Research and Extension Center in Lubbock, says some growers indicate crop conditions equal to what they saw this time last year. That crop broke yield records in place for more than 50 years.
Boman says the 2005 crop benefited from timely rains late in the season and needs enough heat units in the next few weeks to turn out another good crop.
He's vexed at the storm damage.
"I just hate these late season hail events. They make me sick," he said.
Roger Haldenby, Plains Cotton Growers, said observers near Slaton estimated 50,000 acres damaged by the late August storms. "Extension personnel in Hockley County estimated between 15,000 and 25,000 damaged acres. Losses north and west of Muleshoe and in Hale County are still being assessed."
Some reports peg losses at up to $20 million for the region, but Haldenby said it's too early to judge how bad the damage will be. "It's hard to estimate just how much cotton we've lost," he said.
"How many acres have we lost so far? I don't know. How many bales have we lost? I don't know. How much money have we lost? I don't know."
Photos disheartening
He said photos from some fields show cotton totally stripped of leaves and bark peeled from the stalk. "Those fields are total losses," he said. "Other fields show stripped leaves with a boll load still intact. Farmers likely will wait and see if those bolls open. Many will not."
He said if the storms had hit two weeks later, some fields might have stood a better chance of salvage. Overall, he said, damage is not widespread.
"Our best guesstimate is 100,000 acres damaged in some way. But it will be weeks before we know how much of that acreage is a total loss."
He said reports from the south Hale County area indicate damage in a narrow, two-mile strip about 15 miles long. A two to five-mile strip from 15 to 25 miles long north and west of Muleshoe also showed significant hail damage. A similar strip near Slaton may include 50,000 affected acres with as many as 25,000 acres totally destroyed.
"When we look at the 4.5-million-bale production estimate, the 3.7 million planted acres and the 3.5 million acres remaining before the storms hit, the losses we anticipate are relatively small," Haldenby said. "In fact, compared to past years and the total crop potential, these losses are insignificant."
But he said for anyone who lost his crop, the damage is anything but minor.
"To lose a crop at this time of year, after investing almost all his inputs (seed, pre-plant fertilizer, crop protection materials, irrigation expenses and energy costs for cultivation and other practices) the loss is about as bad as it could be. The only thing worse would be devastating hail after the crop is defoliated, when more expense has been made and the crop is open and more vulnerable."
Southwest Texas
In Southwest Texas, cotton plantings were up almost 30 percent from last year, said Extension specialist Jose Pena, of Uvalde. "About 48,000 acres were planted in the four-county Winter Garden region alone.
"Excellent late winter and early spring rain, followed by a hot, dry later spring and summer favored irrigated cotton."
Pena said harvest is in full swing and, "farmers are getting excellent yields in the 2.5 to over 3 bales per acre range. I had two farmers visit my office. One claimed slightly over 3 bales and the other 3.2 bales per acre."
Extension economist John Robinson says the Rolling Plains, the Blacklands and the Lower Rio Grande Valley all suffered from drought during key growing periods.
"Cotton and grain farmers in the Valley were dry at the wrong time," Robinson said. "Yields will be off, especially so in dryland acres."
He said some late cotton in Cameron and Willacy counties also took a hit from an early hurricane that hit northern Mexico.
The Blacklands and Rolling Plains took a whack from dry weather. "The Childress and Vernon areas seemed to be ground zero for drought. Dry conditions seem to dip south from there."
Robinson said the Brazos Valley cotton "seems to be green" as farmers prepare to defoliate.
Coastal Bend
Texas Costal Bend cotton is mostly harvested with yield expectations lower than last year and lower than earlier expectations. Harvey Buehring, Nueces County Extension agent, reported 95 percent of the cotton crop harvested by Aug. 20. He said anything not harvested by that date includes fields with maturity delayed due to hail damage earlier in the season.
He said cotton yields have fallen short of earlier expectations in most of the dryland production areas due to lack of rainfall during boll development He expects yields to range from 400 to 625 pounds per acre.
Oklahoma Extension specialist J. C. Banks, at the Research and Extension Center in Altus, said if adequate rainfall is available in September, Oklahoma cotton farmers may make the best dryland crop he's ever seen.
"Recent rains provided most cotton areas with enough moisture to finish the season. In some areas, though, I have been getting questions on timing final irrigation. Well-fruited cotton likely has already shed the last blooms and will just need to mature the bolls on the plant. Some cotton that has had fruiting problems during the season is attempting to hold blooms set the last week of August."
Banks said favorable fall weather will permit blooms to develop into bolls, which will weigh less and have lower micronaire than earlier set bolls but can add to the bottom line.
Banks said he's fielded numerous questions about plant growth regulator (PGR) use to help control rapid regrowth following high amounts of rain.
"If the cotton plant is well-fruited, cooler weather and heavy bolls load likely will throttle vegetative growth. If the plant is poorly fruited with a lot of small bolls and few bolls thumb size or larger, growers should evaluate fields to determine if yield potential justifies extra expense of an a PGR application. This late in the season, farmers probably need 24 ounces of Pix per acre to slow vegetative growth and make the crop easier for stripper harvesting."
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When we left off yesterday, Mark Ryan was discussing his experience creating the Greenwood Tarot. This wildly popular deck was published in 1996 after five long years of work by himself and artist Chesca Potter. Eventually, Mark moved on to other projects. He made guest appearances on a number of American T.V. shows and movies such as: Frasier, Alias, J.A.G., and Charlie's Angels (film). He was hired as a sword coach for Richard Gere during the filming of First Night. And, he toured with Eric Idle in a British comedy theatrical special entitled, "Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python." The list seems endless.
However, by 2002, the Greenwood deck was out-of-print. Over the next few years, unopened copies were being sold online for upwards of $2-3,000. Would Mark re-publish the deck? Or, was his Tarot journey over?
Part 2: A Conversation with Mark Ryan, October 4, 2012
Heather: How did you go from The Greenwood to The Wildwood?
Mark: I [was] approached to re-publish the [Greenwood Tarot] by several people including the original publishers. Chesca, I believe, changed her spiritual belief path and decided her artwork was not viable. So, I said [to the publishers], "Well, I don't even know where Chesca is and don't know how we would sit down and think about it." John Matthews, later, approached me and said, "Have you thought about redoing [Greenwood]?" And I said, "Yes, I've been approached. But Chesca's artwork is in copyright and nobody knows where she is. So we'd have to get a new artist."
If we could get an artist that was going to bring an extra dimension to this [project], it was definitely worth looking at. Because John had been involved in the development of Greenwood and has written over 100 books on mythological things and because we'd been friends for a long time, I said, "Let's do it together."
We got Will Worthington as an artist. As soon as I saw his stuff, I said, "This is going to be a different dimension." Chesca's artwork, while being very esoteric and primal, wasn't easily accessible. I make no apologies for saying, "I like stuff to be accessible." Once Will started turning out the artwork, I knew we had something quite special.
H: That's true. The Wildwood Tarot has been just as popular. It's changing people's lives.
M: That's the point. When you talk about "celebrity," [it's] just a vehicle to pull out those ideas that affect people's lives. If [I am] going to leave anything behind in this world, and we all will, then I want to leave something where people say, "That affected my life." [Like] Robin of Sherwood, I've had more people around the world who have said, "That show changed my life."
H: It's very impressive how you've managed to balance your career with such a diverse set of projects from authoring Tarot books, performing on stage and screen as well as being as a master swordsman.
M: Yes, and, I was also in the Military. That's the other side of all of this: finding the balance between the discipline and the spirituality of the sword, the relationship to that symbol and the concept of being a warrior. Then, bringing that into your psyche and applying it.
I've got my dog tags here. They've got Atheist on them because they didn't want to put Pagan. If I had been caught anywhere, in a strange place, it would have been quite disastrous. I did try to explain quantum physics, human psychology and the concept of talking to mountain streams or the ocean. But soldiers don't tend to have those conversations with their senior officers, so I just put Atheist on there.
H: Today, you don't hide the fact that you Pagan. You talk about it publicly on L.A.'s Combat Radio. Do you every worry about being harassed by fans or industry people?
M: No. [laugh] This is California. L.A. stands for lunatic asylum. I fit in. I'm a member of the loony bin. [laugh] People are much more open and forgiving about any belief systems [here.] They have a go at me more about my interest in Unidentified Flying Objects than they do about the esoteric.
Honestly, I've never seen anyone that I know to have an alternative religious view be persecuted. When we did First Knight, Richard Gere used to chant every morning. And, he was very calm, very focused, very nice, and a very generous person.
Only once in my life, I can honestly say, have I actually had my interest in the esoteric used negatively. It was a family matter. It was brought up that I had been writing books about Tarot and that I had written something for DC comics. It was an attempt to blacken my character. Even the judge, who was a staunch Christian, threw the whole thing out and said, "This is crazy. We are talking about DC Comics. We are talking about Tarot cards. This is not devil worshiping lunacy. The guy is quite erudite about it and can explain the symbolism, the functionality and the science of it." Desperate people do desperate things.
H: It seems that your spiritual path has helped your career, integrating into your life's journey.
M: It's about being able to articulate a belief system. I come at it from a scientific standpoint – sub-atomic particle physics. Every time they find something new, like the Higgs boson, it opens up a new area of spiritual discussion. I believe that we can, consciously and sub-consciously, communicate with that universe. We don't need a person or a belief structure. We can do it directly – whether you see it as the "old guy in the sky with the beard" or the Goddess. Somehow we have an intrinsic and instinctive connection on a subatomic particle level to our reality. We can affect our reality by the way we think.
The real magic is in taking that elusive idea, that concept that comes out of the back of your head, and changing it into a material thing. That's magic – manifesting that idea and turning it into reality.
And, [then there's] synchronicity. I believe that the way you view the particle, changes the particle [Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.] I try, on a daily basis, to practice changing the particles around me by putting them the way that I want them to go; instead of feeling that I'm a victim being dragged along some path. I don't believe in fate.
H: Is that what you attribute your success to? Not waiting around. You are changing the particles.
H: That's a great story. Very inspiring. Was it pure luck or synchronicity?
M: I [sometimes] think to myself, "Well, you've been lucky." Ray Winstone, a good friend of mine, said, "It's not luck. You make your luck. You are willing to go that far on the journey to find it. Consider all the barriers that are in people's way. We didn't see the barriers, because we didn't know they were there. So for us, the barriers didn't exist."
When I look back at my career and life, I think, "That's true." I don't know whether the universe helps the ignorant. But I've never been afraid of the unknown, of saying, "let's push it and see how far we can go with this." I'm not a particularly talented person. But every bit of talent I've got, I've pushed as far as I can make it go.
H: That's a very positive message – both a spiritual and philosophical one.
M: I believe if you walk forward positively and creatively, you attract positive, creative. If you're negative, destructive, selfish, and closed, that's what you get.
H: That sounds like magick to me. Before we end, would you like to leave the readers with any other message from your own journey? Something you might share in your Tarot workshops.
M: Yes. My father's advice to me, when he wanted me to go into the construction business but knew I was destined for some theatrical career, was, "Son, I don't care what you do as long as whatever you try, you give 110% effort. That way you'll never lose." You can't fail even if something doesn't work out. You can't fail if you take something away that you can apply somewhere else. So when I've done things that haven't worked out, I take some experience from that and apply it to the next project. Yes, there are negative elements in life, of course. But you can't get bogged down by them so you don't evolve.
Life is a learning process.
H: Thank you very much, Mark.
While there may not be many mainstream entertainment celebrities that we can definitively pinpoint as being practicing Pagans, they do, in fact, exist. As for Mark Ryan, his journey still continues. In November, Mark will be hosting two Wildwood Tarot Workshops with long-time friend John Matthews. The first is in Atlanta and the second in Seattle. Beyond that, Mark continues his work on the Transformers Movie franchise as the voice of "Bumblebee." And, he is currently in the process of writing several books. You can listen to Mark weekly on Combat Radio and or follow him on Twitter @markryan243.
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Tusha Mittal '06 Honored for Her Reporting
March 9, 2012
Tusha Mittal, a reporter in the Kolkata (Calcutta) news bureau of Tehelka, a weekly news magazine in India, is the 2012 recipient of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for "Outstanding Woman Mediaperson." The Hindu reports that Mittal, a 2006 graduate of DePauw University, was recognized for her "sterling reportage of life in the raw at the margins in deep interior Bengal, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, in areas affected by bloody civil strife, Naxal and vigilante violence and dangerous living along the Bangladesh border, where cattle smuggling is rife."
The newspaper adds, "The award, instituted by the Media Foundation, will be presented on March 13 in New Delhi. This will be followed by a release of a book of essays by previous Chameli laureates, titled Making News, Breaking News, Her Way published by Tranquebar and a panel discussion on 'What Has Changed for or Because of Women in the Media'."
Mittal double majored in communication and English (writing) as an undergraduate. At Tehelka since March 2008, she has written extensively on land rights and displacement struggles.
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Richard Fiske Bailey tries hard not to let Parkinson's disease slow him down. He has a license to drive motorcycles. He bikes. He walks without a cane or walker.
But there are moments when the disorder affects him, said Bailey, 59. Sometimes he drags his right foot and has a pinkie finger that sticks up without his volition.
"I'm not homebound by any means," he said. "Sometimes I appear completely normal, and other times something is clearly wrong."
Bailey, an independent business consultant, has taken another step in fighting the disease: He makes himself a subject for research that he hopes will lead to better understanding and more effective treatment of Parkinson's disease. An estimated 7 million to 10 million people suffer from Parkinson's disease, the signs of which include tremors, an inability to move or a slowness of movement, or impaired balance or coordination.
"When you have something like this, you're literally losing control of your movements. Participating in studies gives you back some control," he said. "I participate in studies for two reasons: They might find something that would help me personally, and because I am part of a community."
Bailey participated in a recent study by Dr. Kathleen Shannon, his physician at Rush University Medical Center, that found a protein linked to the disorder can be found in the body well before the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms.
Although scientists know that the alpha-synuclein protein is found in the brains of those with Parkinson's disease, the study "is the first time that anyone has demonstrated that an alpha-synuclein protein is in any tissue in a living person before they develop the symptoms of Parkinson's disease," Shannon said. "We also wanted to see if we could detect the protein in the nerve cells in the wall of the intestines. It's exciting. If we can show that protein accumulation is reliable, then we can diagnose Parkinson's disease much earlier."
The study was published in the May 15 issue of the journal Movement Disorders.
Shannon and her fellow researchers used a less invasive method of checking the colon for the presence of the alpha-synuclein protein. While the flexible sigmoidoscopy procedure is similar to a colonoscopy, the patient does not have to go under anesthesia because the scope is inserted only about eight inches into the colon. And while a colonoscopy is generally done only once each decade, a flexible sigmoidoscopy can be done at any point and takes minutes to carry out.
The researchers also discovered that Parkinson's patients had "leaky guts" that led them to be exposed to a particular toxin linked to the disease.
"We found evidence that patients with Parkinson's disease are exposed to a particular toxin, and we found evidence that people without Parkinson's disease were not exposed to it. We also found evidence that patients with Parkinson's also have 'leaky guts.' No one in the control group (of healthy patients) had leaky guts," Shannon said. "The gut is a barrier to things. A leaky gut lets more things in."
Shannon's study examined 10 people in the early stages of Parkinson's disease, with a median age of 59 years and a median disease duration of 11/2 years since they first showed signs of the disorder.
Dr. Tao Xie, an assistant professor of neurology and a movement disorders specialist at the University of Chicago Medicine, called the paper "very interesting, particularly the presence of alpha-synuclein in the colonic tissue of the patients two to five years before the development of Parkinsonian symptoms, which suggests the possibility of using easily accessible colonic tissue for the early diagnosis of the Parkinson's disease."
"It would have a significant impact on research and possible early intervention in the future when new medications slowing down the progression of the disease become available, if their results could be replicated in large-scale Parkinson's disease patients with age-matched controls," Xie said.


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PEORIA — For the first 30 minutes Wednesday night, Bradley leading scorer Walt Lemon had not made a basket against Illinois State. Yet BU still led by a point.
"That's why it's called a team game," Lemon said. "My teammates stepped up."
Lemon needed just 21/2 minutes to step up and over the Redbirds, scoring nine points in a 12-point Bradley run to spark a 64-45, Missouri Valley Conference victory. Sixteen of his game-high 20 points came in the final 9:30.
"I was thirsty to play and I couldn't hit any shots," Lemon said. "I told Coach I just need to calm down. When my teammates make shots, it's easy for me because I can get to the lane more.
"This one's a little sweeter than (beating ISU) last year because it's my last go-around at home against our arch rival," he said. "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight."
Pardon some of the 8,403 if they nodded off at times during a first half in which the teams combined to shoot just 33 percent against each other's zone defense. BU led 36-35 and it seemed like the first one to 50 would be declared the winner.
But everybody woke up when Lemon's long 3-pointer was followed by three consecutive steals that Bradley turned into baskets.
Tyshon Pickett's steal begat Ka'Darryl Bell's 3-pointer and a pair of Lemon steals and breakaway layups suddenly thrust the Braves to their first double-digit lead in 25 days.
Lemon then finished the burst by rebounding and laying in his own miss on a 3.
"We certainly struggled offensively," said ISU coach Dan Muller. "We played hard for the most part, but dropped our heads a little when they went their run."
The Braves (9-13, 4-5) took full advantage, finishing the game shooting 13-for-19.
"We finally had them down and really ratcheted it up the last 10 minutes," said BU coach Geno Ford. "I thought we played outstanding. That was a big step for us to get some separation against somebody."
While Lemon was going 0-for-5, Bell was on his way to a career-high 11 points, hitting three of four 3-pointers to keep the Braves afloat. He also contributed a big steal and run-out layup early in the second half when ISU opened the period with a 10-2 spurt to forge a 32-27 lead.
"I was looking to be more aggressive," Bell said. "It's all about confidence. When it was kicked to me, I had to step up and hit the open shot. Tonight I had it going."
It was the Redbirds (11-10, 4-5) who had it going from the opening tip as they jumped to an 11-3 lead on the strength of six points by freshman center Reggie Lynch.
The Braves switched to a 2-3 zone and the visitors' scoring halted immediately. That launched a 10-0 BU salvo, capped by an Auston Barnes put back. Bradley would not deviate from the zone the rest of the game.
"We would have not had stuck with zone had they made any (outside) shots at all," Ford said. "We did hustle on the perimeter and were where we needed to be. But the reality is they didn't make 3s so we just sat in it."
Said Muller: "We certainly didn't expect (that much zone). They haven't played one game like that. But it worked and they stuck with it. We didn't attack it very well."
The game stayed within four points until Bradley opened a 25-20 edge in the half's final minute. ISU then snagged the same five-point spread four minutes into the second half.
"The game was kind of bogged down for us offensively because we couldn't get into the open floor," Ford said. "Ka'Darryl's steal and layup jump-started us. We hit some big 3s down the stretch."
The 45 points was a season low for the Redbirds, who committed 19 turnovers, yielding 23 Bradley points in the process.
"We deserved to win and we outplayed them," Ford said. "But the game there (in 16 days) will be totally different."
Dave Reynolds can be reached at 686-3210 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @davereynolds2.
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PEORIA — For the first 30 minutes Wednesday night, Bradley leading scorer Walt Lemon had not made a basket against Illinois State. Yet BU still led by a point.


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The U.S. is full of haunted houses and warehouses that people pay to walk through for a good spooking this time of year. In Great Britain the hundreds-years-old architecture yields some larger scale haunting — in castles.
Case in point is Muncaster Castle in the Western Lake District town of Ravenglass, whose name sounds a little Edgar Allen Poe-ish to begin with.
The annual Halloween Week festivities at the castle, where visitors can tour areas like the Ghostly Grotto and Creepy Owl Crypt, were given some added special effects this year thanks to high-tech updates that included the exterior lighting and video presentation being upgraded to the latest version of software used by custom electronics pro Mirage Associates for the job.
The castle added the outdoor effects as part of its scary stuff almost a decade ago, and Mirage Associates used Watchout software from Swedish company Dataton to drive the display back in 2005. But, of course, like any software Watchout has gone through revisions and updates, and now the multimedia presentation has been outfitted with Watchout version 5 for even more frightening flair.
"Back in 2003 we decided to put in an exterior lighting scheme to enhance the air of mystery surrounding the venue," says Muncaster managing director Peter Frost-Pennington. "The towers of the Castle are an interesting backdrop. We started projecting a few images of skulls and ghosts created in Powerpoint and run by Windows Media Player. But we always knew we could do more. We'd seen the projections that were done as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee using Watchout, and we wanted that too.
"So in 2005 … we met with Steve Selwyn from Mirage Associates and he demonstrated what could be done using images from multiple computer sources. The result was a transformation. Suddenly we could have skeletons walking across the front of the Castle! The service and support from Mirage Associates over the years has been truly appreciated."
That includes updating the presentation software this year to help make the exterior of the castle look like it's dripping blood or turning each tower into a cat's eye or shooting a bolt of electricity across the front. Four Mitsubishi XL5900U projectors produce the images to go with a large audio setup.
"The projectors are in custom-made, weather-proof housings, and there is one computer for each tower of the Castle," says Selwyn. "Each show is on a 20-minute loop, synchronised with audio and lighting, and is shown to an audience of between 200 and 600 people each evening. It is a huge enhancement to the Castle's visitor experience – especially in Halloween Week and also at Christmas, too."
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Hollywood Privacywatch: Jeffrey Tambor's Enema-Filled Evening
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by the loyal readers of Defamer. As a few emailers have noted, it took us a few weeks to collect this installment — if you want to see this feature run more frequently, be sure to send in your tips early and often! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line so we don't lose them) and tell everyone about the time you saw "Hey Now" Hank Kingsley (aka Jeffrey Tambor) buying travel-sized saline solution and a "single fleet enema" at Gelson's.
In today's installment: Lindsay Lohan (twice!), Katherine Heigl, Al Pacino, Adrian Grenier, Nicole Richie, Casey Affleck, Elijah Wood (with Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly), Eric Stoltz, Mario Lopez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samantha Ronson, Larry King, Audina Patridge, Tommy Lee and Ludacris, Bradley Cooper, Clea Duvall, Ian Ziering and Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons.
· Friday night I make a quick run into Toast for one of their yummy cupcakes. While I'm waiting, I look over and see uber hottie Bradley Cooper laying back on the couch. Sporting that sexy scruff and a shirt unbuttoned enough to get a shot of his nice chest. My gay porn fantasy come true! Oh...he was with some unrecognizable chick.
· Saw Casey Affleck, Summer Phoenix and two young kids dining with Clea Duvall, an unknown male and another small kid at Mexico City in Los Feliz. Nobody seemed to pay much attention but I was transfixed. Summer Phoenix sat facing the whole restaurant holding a small child. Her eyes are huge and she is a people watcher. Casey was very quiet and paid attention only to his small, hyper son.
· Lindsay Lohan walking into the Vista Theater in Silver Lake at 12 noon for a video shoot for the Make A Wish Foundation. The papanazis were right behind in minivans and SUV's, peeling into an alley one after the other like NASCAR drivers on meth (or Danica Patrick on a pit stop.) Hard to say who's more dangerous behind the wheel, Lindsay or these duds. I mean, dudes. No I don't.
· At the Southern California Renaissance Faire I saw Tommy Lee and Ludacris filming an episode for their show Battleground Earth. They were supposedly learning how to make paper. Both were wearing extravagantly feathered 3 Musketeers hats.
· I saw Lindsay Lohan with Sam Ronson at the Beachwood Market; they were shopping for a lot of groceries (including toilet paper, cause everyone shits), but NO BOOZE.
· Al Pacino shops at Target (at the mall in Hollywood). Saw him in the toy section with some little kid (son? grandson?). He was in that all in black, oversized blazer, baggy pants look, and my girlfriend thought he was Richard Lewis.
· Katherine Heigl exits the Say Cheese in Silverlake at Hyperion and Monon and the paparazzi swarm around her making a huge scene. Katherine looks great and handles it well but it looks annoying as F**k. These paparazzi look like total scum and K.H. is soooo boooooring anyway. The whole situation is bizarre but for some reason people like seeing people in movies walk in and out of stores.
· After suffering through the stank of dog urine at Runyon Canyon, my friends and I are blinded by the site of some chick with ginormous boobs. They were so distracting that we almost missed that she was with none other than Steve Sanders himself - Ian Ziering.
· I have never felt uglier sending a sighting in than i do right now. Saturday evening @ the gelson's in calabasas, I saw Jeffrey Tambor buying a travel-sized saline solution and a single fleet enema. Hey now!
· I saw Diedrich Bader and Jamie Kennedy at Mozza. Damn, that place is tasty.
· I spotted hobbits Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan (with girlfriend Evangeline Lilly in tow) checking out singer/songwriter Matt Miller's set at King's Road Cafe. Unfortunately, there was no cover of Leonard Nimoy's 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins', but that would've been amazing.
· Rode the elevator with Beyonce and her security guy at Jay-Z's Roc The Mic Studios on 27th street about 5 mins ago. Very pretty -not noticeably pregnant. Also, the asshole security guard blocked her off from just me like she was royalty.
· The opening of Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet at the Kirk Douglas was the place to be for random celeb (ok, generous) sightings on a Sunday afternoon. Felicity Huffman, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, Joe Mantegna, Kate Burton, Julianne Phillips, and Ricky Jay were all present and accounted for.
· Bryce Dallas Howard with baby and a companion (not sure if it was husband Seth Gabel or not, but I'm kicking myself for not paying attention to a potential Jeremy Darling sighting!) leaving Whole Foods at Fairfax & Santa Monica.
· Mario Lopez at T-Mobile Store at One Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. With a mustachioed handler. Tight green shirt (showed off the guns), woven leather belt and jeans. Didn't really believe it was him until one of the (male) cashiers asked him for a cell phone photo, which he gave graciously. As soon as he left the store, all three male cashiers huddled over the cell phone photo and discussed Saved By The Bell episodes.
· Mickey Gubitosi AKA Robert Blake at the Pinkberry looking happy, healthy and enjoying the goodness that is Crackberry. Looks like he has been hitting the gym. It's nice to him happy again. [Ed Note — Um, we guess?]
· Saw the ESPN Sports Guy (Bill Simmons) eating a fancy lunch at Campanile with the Sports Gal (wife), kid, and what looked like either his or his wife's mom (5/20). This sighting probably means nothing to 90% of Defamer readers but for us heterosexual males in our 30s it's a big deal.
· Saw Adrian Grenier at the El Rey at the sold-out Kills show. His appearance in the crowd triggered several conversations around me that went exactly like this: "Do you watch Entourage?" "Eeeeeehhhhhhhhyeeeeah, well, I used to...then I totally got sick of it."
· Saw Nicole Richie at Katsu-Ya in Studio City. She was teeny tiny, wearing a dirty white hoodie (that was too big) with leggings and had her hood up most of the time. Sorry Nicole, there's no mistaking that mug! She waited for a long time for a table and finally settled down at the sushi bar. She was with a nondescript female and was not approached by anyone. She was a bit boring, but my friends visiting from New York got the celeb sighting they were hoping for!
· Thurs. 5/22. Saw Paula Poundstone at the Coffee Bean in the lobby of the CAA building asking the barista if he wanted an extra ticket to an LA Sparks game.
· Wee little Christian Siriano spotted in West Hollywood last night- giving out hugs to fans on San Vicente and Santa Monica, wearing a black beanie, black trench coat, black skinny jeans and silver reflective high top sneakers (possibly Nikes?). Fierce!
· Was walking out of Indy 4 at the Arclight Hollywood and saw Jacinda Barrett having a chat with 2 guys. White long sleeve shirt under a black short sleeve one and super skinny jeans. So skinny in fact I almost bought her a pesto sausage from the snack bar.
· Saw Audina Patridge around 6:30PM at the Happy Nail salon at West Hollywood Gateway center. The salon madame was clearly impressed with her walk-in client, who arrived with a friend girl. Since I was with my only friend who gives a shit about The Hills, Defamer has the privilege of being my "OMG, guess who I just saw" email.
· Oh. My. God. F-List reality night at Barney's Beanery (WeHo branch on Santa Monica Blvd.) on Sunday night for karaoke. First of all, some dude is singing Kiss by Prince and surprisingly hitting all the notes, and it turns out to be that black trainer with the dreads from Work Out on Bravo. Not a bad singer! THEN. I am talking to a group of people who include these two tall identical blond dudes. Today whilst trolling the blogs I see one of them in the teaser for the new VH1 show I Love Money, and I realize that he was Mr. Boston from I Love New York. He has an identical twin. They are both kind of dorky and awkward.
· Wandering in and out between the parked cars in the 700 block of Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills Sunday morning: Larry King. Note to Larry — those speeding metal chariots will hurt you. Use your phone on the sidewalk.


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Apple, Suppliers Test Bigger iPhone, iPad Screens
Apple is looking to test a smartphone screen that measures more than four inches and a tablet screen slightly less than 13 inches. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim and Lorraine Luk discuss the implications.
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Range Trip
Hey guys, went to the range, Shoot Straight in Apopka, with some buddies today. Wanted to try out my Ruger P95 after getting the new extractor in it, the right side decocker was coming out, and it works great now. We were shooting; Ruger p95, walther .380, beretta 96 brigadier, ar-15 and the new S&W 940 revolver which is a 12oz .357 magnum 5 shot. Put a 100 rounds through the P95 and it ate them no problem except for the snap caps I snuck in when my buddies were shooting it. My groups are starting to get better with the p95, being patient since this is my second time shooting in general. I didn't fair too good with the ar-15 at 25yds with iron sights, we were using printed out targets, the ones with four targets on each sheet. The s&w revolver is pretty insane with a .357 magnum shot in it, very little to grip onto. The Walther shot nice as well, but the slide wouldn't stay open when the magazine was emptied, not sure if it was the magazine or what. Shoot Straight in Apopka is a nice range too, recommend it to anyone thinking of stopping by.
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Alexander Skarsgard Goes to the Gym in NYC
Alexander Skarsgard shows off his pecs though a blue Nike tee as he walks to the gym on Tuesday (August 23) in New York City.
The 34-year-old True Blood actor was also spotted hitting the gym on Monday.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Alexander Skarsgard
Earlier in the week, it was announced that Alex is in negotiations to star opposite Brit Marling in The East, a thriller about a female agent infiltrating an eco-terrorism group.
The film would shoot in October and November in Nashville, Tennessee.
FYI: Alex is wearing Persol Special Edition Steve McQueen 714 Sunglasses.


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Macon, Ga. - An NCAA rule change will allow the Lipscomb men's basketball team to compete for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time next season. The NCAA Board of Directors enacted the new rule at last Thursday's (April 29) legislative session. Under the old rule a team had to be an active Division I member for two years before it would become eligible to earn a conference's automatic qualifier in men's basketball. Lipscomb, completing its first year in the Atlantic Sun Conference, is also completing its first year as an active Division I member.
The men's basketball bid was the only automatic qualifier that Lipscomb was not immediately eligible for as a new member of Division I. The women's team was eligible in its first year and took advantage of the opportunity by winning the A-Sun Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament to face Vanderbilt. The men's team now has a similar opportunity.
All eleven members of the Atlantic Sun Conference will be eligible for the men's basketball bid next season. Gardner-Webb University, currently completing its second season of Division I competition, will also be eligible for the first time. Gardner-Webb was scheduled to be eligible in 2004-05 even if the NCAA rule had not been changed. Last year the University of Central Florida Golden Knights earned the automatic qualifier and led the No. 3-seeded Pittsburgh Panthers with less than four minutes remaining before falling to the favored Big East school in the first round. Two other A-Sun teams advanced to postseason play in men's basketball last season with both Belmont and Troy State earning bids to the NIT. Both teams hit the road for their first round NIT match-ups, Belmont at Austin Peay and Troy State at Niagara. Though both held leads late, neither managed to advance.
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An Invitation to Previous Central California Appleseeders
At long last we are opening a new Appleseed venue in the Bay Area, and our first event there will be a special one! On September 29-30th, we will have the inaugural shoot at the Field Sports Park 'Metcalf' Range just south of San Jose, on their 200 yard match range.
This will be our first chance for a longer distance Appleseed shoot in the Bay Area. As a 'thank you' to our previous shooters, we are going to make this first shoot a special event reserved for Appleseed veterans only, who are looking for a chance to try an AQT at distance, or doing some serious 'grinding' on their scores. (And you will also be helping us debug our range setup and instructional program for this new range.)
The information page for the shoot is here: http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=30710.0
and the signup page is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/3969747622
Here's what to expect:
At this shoot, Saturday will be more like the usual Appleseed Sunday, with review (only) of Steady Hold Factors, 6 steps, transitions, etc. Probably a couple of AQTs at 25 meters, then break for an instructional unit on ballistics and 'known distance' shooting. Then we continue with a 25m AQT grind, but rotate those who want to shoot out to 200 yards onto another section of the line to get their 75, 100 and 200 yard zeroes.
On Sunday, we will have 25 meter and 'known distance' AQT lines running side-by-side for the day. If you're going for your Rifleman score, you'll likely have more chances than you have ammo or energy! It's probable that the long distance shooters will need to shoot relays, alternating shooters in the available slots. (You might be able to get a 22LR out to 200 yards with high velocity ammo and if the winds are light, but generally you're going to want a centerfire if you want to try the distance shoot.)
Note the different hours at this shoot: We start promptly at 8:00 AM and must be off the range by 4:00 PM both days. We will be asking shooters to help us set up and tear down to make this schedule and let us get in plenty of practice and shooting for score.
Hope to see you there!
This event is now over half sold.
We're having some trouble with the %$$##!! reservation system, so I haven't been able to get messages to those who attended CenCal 'seeds this June and July, or any time last year (We did get this Jan - May.) If you know anyone in those categories, please pass this along while we try to work around Eventbrite's bugs.
We will have additional dates at Metcalf range in 2013.
We've had a last minute cancellation on this shoot, so one ticket is available.
Remember, this is 200 yd shooting, but for previous Appleseeders only.
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at 525 West Monroe (entrance
on CLINTON between Adams and Monroe) is offering
discounted parking rates $20
per 12-hour day for members of the DTC community (between 6am - 6pm).
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at PRESIDENTIAL TOWERS
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by the DTC Registrar's office, Suite 220 for Chicago-Kent
and the Stuart School.
located at PRESIDENTIAL TOWERS
(Rooftop Parking ONLY)
Monroe, Jefferson and Madison Streets (Enter on Jefferson)
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*$12 per 12-hour day.
*MUST be purchased in packets of 5 @ $60
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The daily rate will be honored provided you follow these
Effective February 1, 2012 for the Spring 2012 semester.
INC. PARKING RATES 525 W. Monroe Street
(entrance on CLINTON between Monroe & Adams)
The garage is an enclosed, heated 2-level facility.
IIT DTC Discounted Daily Rate:
*$20 per 12 hour
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*Pre-Paid validations
sold in sets of 10 @ $200
Current Normal Rate: $30 per 12 hour day
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per below)
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and students have the option to park between 3pm-6am M-F
with in/out privileges for $40 per month. Automatic credit
card or direct debit payment option is required for this
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Imperial Parking Rates 550 West
(entrance on Quincy,
between Clinton and Jefferson)
Heated 2-level parking garage
Attended Garage
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Closed weekends and holidays
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(AED) to make early defibrillation immediately available
in cardiac emergencies.
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can happen anywhere, to anyone,
at anytime, without warning, without symptoms, and regardless
of age or health. SCA is most often caused by an electrical
malfunction that makes the heart quiver ineffectively. Defibrillation,
an electric shock across the heart, is the only effective
treatment for this malfunction. It stops the ineffective
quivering and allows a coordinated heart rhythm to resume.
Surviving SCA is largely dependent on how quickly the patient
is defibrillated.
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The new HeartStart AED unit is located at the front lobby
desk where it will be readily accessible to emergency responders.
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difference in a medical emergency by immediately calling
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to specifically identify the location of the victim so a
trained responder can be dispatched to the scene.
A group of staff at the DTC have received CPR/AED training
from the American Red Cross program; those trained include
all of the engineering and Public Safety Officers, three
library staff members and several other staff at both Chicago-Kent
and Stuart. If you believe a person is experiencing SCA,
please attempt to locate a trained responder by calling
security as noted above. However, it is important to note
that the HeartStart AED that we purchased is specifically
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and other commands during the entire process. The unit has
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'New Moon' Art and Official Title RevealedFeb 19th, 2009 | By Kallieross | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
MTV has a photo of the New Moon logo here!
"As for the logo itself, Weitz has chosen to stay with the lowercase lettering, personable font and light-streaks-poking-through look of last year's hit film. In switching from blue to orange, the movie's upcoming posters will be instantly distinguishable from those of the original "Twilight" – which should make them look a whole lot cooler when teenage girls all over the world add them to their walls. The presence of orange also begs a new question: Now that blue and orange are taken, which colors should be used for "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn"?"


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The U.S. debut of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is quickly approaching and new details of the launch are beginning to leak out. According to multiple sources it appears the 7-inch Tab will hit retail stores in November and sell for $399 with a 2-year contract or $599-649 at full price.
Verizon could be the first to sell the Tab with a rumored launch date of November 1st, followed by Sprint on the 14th, and leaks suggest AT&T and T-Mobile will also release their versions during Q4.
I got my hands-on the Galaxy Tab last month and it was the most impressive Android tablet I've seen yet, but I'm not completely sold on signing up for another 2-year contract when I already own an Android phone that can do nearly all the same tasks. With Google set to release their Honeycomb tablets sometime in 2011 (my guess is Q2), it is hard for me to commit to a device like the Tab that is going to be obsolete pretty soon.
A cheaper WiFi-only version might be a little easier to swallow (and Samsung confirmed one is coming), but we have heard no details on an actual release date and it might not be available till next year.
Based on the rumored pricing, how many of you are going to pick up a Galaxy Tab when it goes on sale next month?


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Former TSA Agent Explains Full Body Scanners Didn't Work, But Did Let Him See You Naked
from the but-of-course dept
"They're shit," he said, shrugging. He said we wouldn't be able to distinguish plastic explosives from body fat and that guns were practically invisible if they were turned sideways in a pocket.Of course, what he leaves out is the real reason why these were installed in airports across the country. It had nothing to do with terrorist threats, but the fact that former DHS boss Michael Chertoff was getting rich off of helping to sell them to the government agency he used to run.
We quickly found out the trainer was not kidding: Officers discovered that the machines were good at detecting just about everything besides cleverly hidden explosives and guns. The only thing more absurd than how poorly the full-body scanners performed was the incredible amount of time the machines wasted for everyone.
As for looking at you naked, yes, the TSA folks would look and laugh:
Most of my co-workers found humor in the I.O. room on a cruder level. Just as the long-suffering American public waiting on those security lines suspected, jokes about the passengers ran rampant among my TSA colleagues: Many of the images we gawked at were of overweight people, their every fold and dimple on full awful display. Piercings of every kind were visible. Women who'd had mastectomies were easy to discern—their chests showed up on our screens as dull, pixelated regions. Hernias appeared as bulging, blistery growths in the crotch area. Passengers were often caught off-guard by the X-Ray scan and so materialized on-screen in ridiculous, blurred poses—mouths agape, àla Edvard Munch. One of us in the I.O. room would occasionally identify a passenger as female, only to have the officers out on the checkpoint floor radio back that it was actually a man. All the old, crass stereotypes about race and genitalia size thrived on our secure government radio channels.And yes, he talks about the ridiculousness of confiscating nail clippers and liquids:
There were other types of bad behavior in the I.O. room—I personally witnessed quite a bit of fooling around, in every sense of the phrase. Officers who were dating often conspired to get assigned to the I.O. room at the same time, where they analyzed the nude images with one eye apiece, at best. Every now and then, a passenger would throw up two middle fingers during his or her scan, as though somehow aware of the transgressions going on.
I confiscated jars of homemade apple butter on the pretense that they could pose threats to national security. I was even required to confiscate nail clippers from airline pilots—the implied logic being that pilots could use the nail clippers to hijack the very planes they were flying.Basically, pretty much everything we already knew about the TSA and its security theater seems to be more or less accurate. There's a lot more in the article, but it really paints a picture of typical bureaucratic insanity. The whole setup of the TSA seems designed to do two things: to help make a few ex-gov't officials very wealthy while giving the public appearance that current government officials are "doing something" about terrorism.
Once, in 2008, I had to confiscate a bottle of alcohol from a group of Marines coming home from Afghanistan. It was celebration champagne intended for one of the men in the group—a young, decorated soldier. He was in a wheelchair, both legs lost to an I.E.D., and it fell to me to tell this kid who would never walk again that his homecoming champagne had to be taken away in the name of national security.
As we've noted in the past, even the TSA knows that there's not much of a threat directed at air travel these days, which is probably why they've started giving up the pretense and waving large groups of folks through at times.
Of course, beyond the government officials getting rich part of this, the simple fact is that the political incentives here always will lead to these kinds of ridiculous results. When there is, inevitably, some other attack, questions will be asked about why we weren't "doing enough." So everyone has incentives to do as much useless stuff as possible, even if it's all really useless. That way they can talk about everything they had already been doing -- and then layering on some other idiotic idea (like taking off your shoes, or not carrying water bottles through security) and go on with the myth that they're "protecting" people. It's just that sometimes this leads to bored TSA agents staring at tons of people naked based on no warrant, no threat and no damned reason at all.


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A Leamington firm is helping Warwick University to share its services with businesses.
The university's centre of excellence for delivering scientific services has launched an innovative e-commerce website built by Black Pepper Software Ltd.
The website allows businesses anywhere in the country to browse and then book analysis to be completed using the university's analytical equipment.
This allows the university to share its services with businesses around the country, and because the work is scheduled into time when the analytical equipment is not being used by the university, it creates a whole new revenue stream.
Warwick Scientific Services (WSS), the university's centre of excellence, approached Black Pepper who then worked closely with the university's in-house IT department to produce a web based ecommerce solution that would integrate with the university's existing email and invoicing system.
The system allows WSS to utilise dormant equipment, create a brand new revenue stream and to standardise their workflow and customer charging, as this is all managed by the new system.
Dr Mark Barnett, head of Scientific Services, said: "Black Pepper Software are a welcoming and friendly company who listened to our problems rather than leaping to a previously developed solution. They were good at communicating on progress, kept an open two-way dialogue with us and quickly adapted to our new and changing user requirements.''
Black Pepper MD John Cooke said: "This is a great initiative that has generated true business value for the university. We have thoroughly enjoyed working closely with the university on this and look forward to working on more new and exciting projects in the year ahead."
Pictured: Professor Chris McConville undertaking Transmission Electron Microscopy, a service that can be ordered online using the new system


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Running Time: 178 minutes
Studio Name: Wicked Pictures
Director: Brad Armstrong
Categories: Feature Interracial High Definition
Description: TAKERS is a gritty Erotic Thriller set in the near future. The government has turned its back on society and the Health Care and Medical Insurance Industries have gone haywire. Medical costs have skyrocketed and many procedures have become "Black Market" operations.
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What causes Asthma?
Asthma affects the airways in the lungs and can cause a cough, wheezing and breathlessness. It is one of the most common long-term medical conditions in the UK.
What is asthma?
Asthma affects the small airways that carry air in and out of your lungs. From time to time, the muscles surrounding these airways constricts after becoming irritated by inflammation.
Asthma in the UK
- 5.4 million people are treated for the condition
- On average, three people per day or one person every eight hours dies from asthma
- An estimated 75% of hospital admissions for asthma are avoidable and 90% of deaths are preventable
- One in 11 children and one in 12 adults has asthma
- It is more common in women than men
- The NHS spends around £1 billion a year treating and caring for people with asthma
The airways are narrowed further as the amount of mucus lining the airways increases and sufferers may wheeze and struggle to draw a full breath.
Episodes can last from between an hour to weeks if left without treatment.
Asthma is a chronic condition, which means attacks can occur throughout your life. However, whilst there are times when severe episodes strike, for most asthmatics there are long periods during which they have few, if any, symptoms.
It can affect anyone at any age, but it tends to be worse in children and young adults.
What causes asthma?
While asthma is caused by an inflammation of the airways, scientists don't know exactly what causes this inflammation. Asthmatic and allergic tendencies run in families and scientists believe there are a number of different genes that react with environmental factors to trigger the onset of asthma.
Whilst scientists are searching for the genes involved, they do already know that there are a number of things that could increase the risk of developing the condition.
These include:
- Exposure to allergens (proteins which can cause an allergic reaction) during pregnancy - from foods in the mother's diet, for example
- Being brought up in a house where there is a pet, especially a cat
- Having certain illnesses as a child
- Being exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb or early life - babies whose mothers smoke are twice as likely to develop asthma
- Having allergies to things such as pollen, house-dust mites and mould
- Contributing factors in the Western world include air pollution and processed foods
What can cause an attack?
Once you have asthma, there are a number of triggers known to cause a flare up, known as an asthma attack. These triggers vary from person to person, but include: weather conditions; certain medications; exposure to chemicals and traffic fumes; foods; exercise; strong emotions; and infections. Smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke is particularly dangerous for asthmatics.
For further information on possible triggers and treatments, please visit NHS Choices


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Commission Agendas | previous page
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Meeting
Tuesday, June 19, 2001; 1:30 P.M.
State Capitol Building, Room 464
Pierre, South Dakota
NOTE: If you wish to join this meeting by conference call, please contact the Commission at 605-773-3201 by 5:00 p.m. on June 18, 2001.
NOTE: Notice is further given to persons with disabilities that this Commission meeting is being held in a physically accessible place. If you have special needs, please notify the Commission and we will make all necessary arrangements.
1. GD01-001 IN THE MATTER OF THE GRAIN DEALER'S AND PUBLIC WAREHOUSE LICENSES OF FREEMAN FERTILIZER CO., INC. DBA MCCOOK FEED AND FERTILIZER. (Transportation/Warehouse Director: Bob Knadle. Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier.)
On March 8, 2001, the Commission filed with the McCook County Clerk of Courts a Petition To Appoint South Dakota Public Utilities Commission As Receiver. On March 27, 2001, a hearing was held by the Circuit Court, the Petition was granted by Judge Boyd L. McMurchie and an Order Appointing Receiver was filed with the Clerk of Courts for McCook County. Subsequently the Commission filed a Motion to Liquidate Grain Inventory. On April 24, 2001, a hearing was conducted and the Court granted the Commission's Motion. On May 3, 2001, the Commission conducted a hearing at Canistota, South Dakota, for the purposes of receiving evidence regarding the disposition of the grain inventory and the bond proceeds. Pursuant to the Order Authorizing Liquidation of Grain Inventory signed May 8, 2001, the Commission sent notice to licensed grain dealers in the state and published notice in the Freeman, Canistota, Salem and Sioux Falls newspapers of its intent to solicit bids for the inventory of McCook Feed and Fertilizer. The bidding process was conducted on May 22, 2001, and on that same day the Commission accepted bids for the liquidation of the inventory of McCook Feed and Fertilizer. On June 8, 2001, Staff filed a Motion to Reopen for Further Evidence for the purpose of receiving into evidence affidavits from claimants regarding their contracts with McCook Feed and Fertilizer.
TODAY, shall the Commission grant Staff's Motion to Reopen for Further Evidence? AND, how shall the Commission proceed in this matter?
Sue Cichos
Deputy Executive Director
June 14, 2001


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Prenda's Paul Hansmeier Has Been Busy Suing More Companies Over Questionable Website ADA Claims
from the count-'em dept
The answer is: yes, absolutely. And it didn't take long. Three more such cases have been removed to federal court, and they're all quite similar. In each case, Hansmeier claims that the websites violate the ADA by not being "accessible" to people with disabilities. In each case, the claims are highly questionable, as can be seen in the two responses that have been filed already (all embedded below). The earlier story involved a dentist office's website. The latest ones are a doctor's office, a bank, and a chiropractor. Basically small business websites. I expect that we'll be seeing many more of these as well. You'd think Hansmeier would be busy trying to defend all of the cases he's been losing where he owes attorneys' fees for his copyright trolling efforts, but apparently he just can't stop filing questionable lawsuits.