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And for all the bad raps they get, I salute the pharmaceutical industry, and those who work anonymously in labs around the world, to bring us these miracles.
But drug companies also do absolutely weird crap. One thing that's recently driven me nuts is the trend away from drugs of real value toward what I call "drugs of convenience" (DoC).
What is a DoC? Let's take Fukitol. Fukitol is dosed twice-a-day. Taking a pill twice-a-day is something most of us can remember to do. Fukitol costs, say, $2 a pill. So a month of Fukitol is $120 (these numbers are just for example, obviously).
But, like all drugs, Fukitol's patent is going to expire. Then it will become a cheap generic (fukazolamide), and the price will drop to $0.20 per pill. So a month will now cost $12.
About 3 months before the generic comes out, the Fukitol rep shows up at my door. He now carries once-daily Fukitol-ER! Yes, now you only need to take Fukitol-ER once-a-day! And they trumpet this like it's a major freakin' medical breakthrough.
And they no longer carry plain old Fukitol samples. So if I want to start someone on Fukitol, I need to use Fukitol-ER, and when it goes generic in a few months, the patient ain't gonna want twice-daily fukazolamide.
Fukitol-ER is priced at $4 a pill, so a month is, again, $120.
When the generic comes out, the patient's insurance has a choice: pay $12/month for twice-daily fukazolamide, or $120/month for Fukitol-ER. That $108 difference becomes pretty significant if there are, say, 1 million people on the drug.
Now we get into numbers. The patient's insurance co-pay is $5/month for fukazolamide OR $40/month for Fukitol-ER. The insurance company is hoping that by putting more financial burden on Mr. Fukdeprived, he'll decide to go with the cheap generic.
But the drug companies have a counter to this- They've introduced coupons, also called "co-pay cards" or "patient loyalty cards" that give the patient $40 a month off the copay. So by using these things Mr. Fukdeprived gets Fukitol-ER free, while the insurance company is still getting dinged for the rest of the cost.
Now, given my never-ending battles with insurance companies, I don't often sympathize with them. But here I do: the patient is getting the gold mine, and the insurance is getting the shaft. And, of course, this situation increases health care costs for ALL of us, because the insurance has to raise my premiums to pay for the fact that somebody just can't bear the thought of having to take their pill twice-a-day instead of once.
My friends who are pharmacists also hate having to deal with the reimbursement issues on the co-pay cards, but that's another story. If they want to comment on it, they're welcome to.
But the fun doesn't end there. Let's take a real drug: Flexeril (generic name cyclobenzaprine). This muscle relaxant came to market quite a while back, and consequently has been available as a generic for many years. It's taken as a 10mg pill 3 times a day, and the generic is dirt cheap. Like a few pennies per pill.
So roughly 10 years ago, LONG after generic 10mg cyclobenzaprine was commonly available, some enterprising drug company actually was able to patent it AGAIN as a 5mg pill. They claimed it was less sedating at the lower dose, and therefore constituted a whole new drug.
And so it went to market as expensive Flexeril 5mg, because heaven forbid you should actually suggest a patient buy cheap generic 10mg cyclobenzaprine and break them in half!
Eventually the patent wore off on Flexeril 5mg, too, and it went generic, along with the 10mg. So what happened next? Another drug company actually re-patented it at a 7.5mg dose and renamed it Fexmid. I am not making this up.
Still another company has developed a once daily form of it called Amrix. So from 1 drug we now have 4 freakin' patents.
Here's another one: Doxepin is an ancient (by drug standards) antidepressant. It's been around since the 1960's. So it's dirt cheap, and comes in pills of 10mg and up. BUT some pharmaceutical company, after 40 years on the market, has re-patented it as a 3mg or 6mg sleep aid called Silenor. So you can buy 30 days worth of 10mg pills at Target for $4 OR you can pay the same amount per pill for Silenor in a smaller size. Step right up and buy this bridge!
But the fun goes on! One that REALLY chaps me is the bizarre trend of combining 2 old, cheap generics (some of which are even available over-the counter) to create a new, overpriced drug.
Other companies combine an existing generic with a soon-to-be generic as a desperate way of getting a few last bucks out of it. Because heaven knows it's SUCH a serious burden to have to take 2 pills at the same time instead of 1. This list includes Treximet (Imitrex + Naprosyn), Vimovo (Naprosyn + Nexium), Caduet (Norvasc + Lipitor), Vytorin (Zocor + Zetia), Symbyax (Prozax + Zyprexa), and many more.
No matter how much pharmaceutical companies try to portray these drugs as major medical breakthroughs, THEY AREN'T!
I just can't help but think that the money spent on creating them would be better spent on more novel drugs with greater long-term potential (and profit, since I admit that's the key) to help people.


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Senator Amy Klobuchar stepped into the Granite Falls Energy conference room and briefly surveyed the group of ethanol industry representatives before asking: how are things going?
With a grin and without pause, homegrown captain of industry, Ron Fagen exclaimed "terrible" with the sort of jovial exuberance that would have seemed more appropriate for "best year ever."
Senator Amy Klobuchar stepped into the Granite Falls Energy conference room and briefly surveyed the group of ethanol industry representatives before asking: how are things going?
With a grin and without pause, homegrown captain of industry, Ron Fagen exclaimed "terrible" with the sort of jovial exuberance that would have seemed more appropriate for "best year ever."
But that's Fagen, and the ever positive outlook that may just go hand-in-hand with success. Aside from a good laugh, the declaration alos set the tone for the informal talk organized in conjuction with the Senator's "Homegrown Energy Tour," a two day outing in which the senator held discussions with ethanol, biodiesel, wind, and solar energy leaders that stressed the importance of homegrown energy production to Minnesota's economy and America's national security.
The back and forth served as an avenue for each of those present to relay and receive the newest ethanol related developments and to discuss how they might come into play in terms of public policy.
Following the meeting Klobuchar and others part of the conversation received a tour of the facility. Aside from Fagen and GFE representaties, Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association Executive Director, Timothy Rudnicki; Nick Bowdish, General Manager of Platinum Ethanol, of Arthur, Iowa and Granite Falls Mayor Dave Smiglewski were also present.
The difficulties facing ethanol producers over the last few years has occured as the industry subjected to a series of hardships most significantly the result of recent droughts or inhibitting legislation.
Both Fagen and GFE continue to serve as textbook examples of corporations that have led the way, and never become content to just settle, which has positioned them better than most in terms of handling the peaks and valleys.
Since opening in 2005, GFE has upped its production capacity, decreased its water and energy usage and also improved its leverage over transportation costs, as just a few of the examples of that which has earned GFE a reputation for being one of the most innovative and efficiently run ethanol plants anywhere. Plans to invest in Isobutanol production capacity should only bolster this association, as it is expected to open GFE to markets that were previously unavailable.
Fagen Inc. has been both been groundbreaking and adaptable, setting the standard for ethanol plant design and construction before setting it all aside as ethanol production reached maximum capacity under present rules and regulations governing the ethanol market .
During the discussion Fagen told those in attendance the namesake company is again in position to the play the role of groundbreaker, thanks to a promising collaboration with DuPont in which the industrial contractor has been commissioned with the task of building the worlds first working cellulosic ethanol plant.
"We're thrilled to be a part of Duponts team," he said. "Hopefully they have the deep pockets that can make this happen."
And yet, you can be the most innovative company in the world and still be sunk should a product get on the wrong-side of rules and regulations.
This was made evident as the the group discussed the potential impact of a new EPA director. Former director Lisa Jackson stepped down at the close of the year. Jackson was considered a strong supporter of biofuels, and ethanol supporters are hopeful that the whoever steps in will promote policies that are favorable––as emissions, and the potential costs associated with them, can vary widely depending on the industry.
The group went on to talk other potentially impactful government policies, the "blend wall" serving as perhaps the largest. E15, which would have allowed a 15 percent ethanol blend in gasoline as opposed to 10 percent looked close to getting through congress last year but has been slowed as a result of regulatory and legal hurdles cast by industry critics.
Of course, if ethanol pumps are kept from fueling stations, being able to increase the supply of product is a moot point. Welcome news from the recent piece of fiscal cliff legislation, is a tax credit that will cover 30 percent of the cost of alternative fuel vehicle refueling stations.
Taking an active approach to influence policy, industry advocates continue to fund and look for studies detailing environmental impacts, knowing well that facts and figures for a hot topic issue like water usage can completely reverse view points, and thus laws.
According to information cited by the Minnesota Bio-Fuel Associations Rudnicki, the production of a barrel of ethanol requires the use of 80 to 90 gallons of water whereas a barrel of oil he said required a relatively whopping 1,800 gallons to produce. Such a statement might make some of those increasingly concerned about future water issues fall out of there chairs.
The back and forth never went long without laughter amongst the banter. And as the meeting wound down, Fagen spoke up in his appreciation the senator's work for both the ag and ethanol industries, in addition to her aptitude for reaching political compromise. "You have been fantastic to this industry," he said, adding: "Amy, you're the best!"

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DYE stickies!!
DYE stickies!!
Dye stickies for sure.
I've never used a blade trigger, but I'll give it a try (and stay in fashion at the same time!).
Would the double trigger be an option?
$89 with stickies sounds ok.
My big worry is getting one off the first run. I've been checking the board constantly for info on this and the ULE. Is there any way to somehow give first dibs to board users? I know AGD does not sell direct, but I'm going to hate to see someone else with one while I'm waiting for my local store to get in back orders.
Nice job cutting the regular 2X trigger down to blade style...looks NICE!!
$90 MSRP is NOT that bad at all...if you add up all the costs of a dye 45 frame after grips, trigger, etc. its around that price. But this one is better, is made by AGD, and will be ready out of the box i presume.
Good Work AGD, but the only suggestion I have is to ditch the indents in the back...
My thoughts:
Keep the blade trigger
Keep the indents
Use the stickies
Keep the price under $100.
Will this frame be an option or standard on new mags any time soon?
I personally prefer the non-blade trigger, but I am sure it wouldn't be too hard to interchange. I wouldn't mind paying extra for the stickies, but if the Hogues are the wraparound variety (not the kind that are in the pic at the top of thid thread), I wouldn't mind those either.
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i have been pricing dyre frames with triggers and stickies and the best price for a dye 2x frame (black), dye double trigger frame, and black stickies was 89.50 from g3.
Will i be able to pick up a pair at the IAO?
good job AGD, looks kewl, i suggest that you do not invlude grips of any kind with the frame, most people have different taste in grips, me id get blue stickies, others would get black/clear, others will go for the smart parts wood ones...i think that not including grips will save the consumer money in the long run, because if they dont wanna use the "stock" grips they they wouldnt have wasted money on them being forced to buy them with the grip. also, i think you should make the guard less boxy looking throw in some curves like on the dye one, and then it will RULE. thanks MAGS RULE
My thoughts:
Keep the regular 2x trigger
Use Dye stickies
Make these available for order factory direct, I dont have anywhere around me at all where I could buy these in stores.
Will any of the first few runs be direct fits for the RT's??
It'd be nice if you could answer everyones questions instead of just leaving us here in suspense, your killin us here!
That looks real sweet!
A while back you asked us what we all wanted in the new frame.
(Not sure where the post is, anyone know the link to it? May have been lost in the crash.)
How much of the people's ideas have been put forward and implemented into this frame?
Hey, don't take this the wrong way b/c I love benchmark products...but did benchmark make this too (they made the z-grip if I'm correct)
JesusFreak- Last time i checked, my z-grip is an AGD product, not a benchmark product.
I don't know for sure which one it was they made but they did indeed make a grip for AGD.
Phil (Very Old Newbie)
Another Great Product by the best Company in the world Nice job AGD i hope to get one when they come out I liike the blade but you should make it an option. just my Opinion
me like! me want one!
When in doubt, duck. When certain, don't bother, you're already screwed.
It would be cool if...
-It fits my RT Pro
-It Comes in black, and crome
-It has adjustable trigger stops
-It has blade trigger
Why trigger stops? AGD will manufacture it so you don't even have to adjust your trigger rod. They will also make it so it has the smallest pull possible to make mags function correctly.
I'd say go with the dye stickies unless it's going to be the same price as going out and getting stickies then ship it with no grips as some ppl won't want them.
one question are you going to ano anything that will match an olive drab mag? otherwise it's black for me. and whatever you do don't go with clear grips. stay with black or make it a choice but I don't think that is feasible, so just go with black.
MicroMag Phase 1
Custom ring trigger
MaxFlow 68/3000
There must have been a time
when we could have said no.
Benchmark indeed made the Z-grip to AGD specs, which is also why a Benchmark frame is better than all others if you want to upgrade.
"If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?" LTG Patton, outside Medina, Italy 1944
Looks nice, i'll definitly be buying one. Keep the Dye stickies, will chrome color be available? Would look nice on my black automag.
This trigger frame is not made by Benchmark we have it made locally by the same people that make the Emag frame. Yes Benchmark did make the Z-Grip frames to our specs.
if something retails for 90, it usually sells for less.
looks great, i think the dyes should come with them definitely.
I would like to see it available in a standard double trigger. Another idea, although it would cost more would be to include multiple triggers. Standard double, blade, ring, double ring. Or maybe you could make different triggers that you could sell separately. Personally, I would like to see a ring trigger for a mag. The double ring, I have never seen or heard of, but might be pretty cool.
BTW... I would go with no grips or stickies. And are you keeping the indents?
[This message has been edited by Bigzamboni (edited 07-09-2001).]
Yeah, looks great AGD Also, will this A) be transferable from my 68mag to my RTPro (when I upgrade), B)be prepaired for me, so I can rock out of the box, and C)Come stock with DYE Stickies for $89.99? Great work guys, keep 'em coming!
Tom - The frame is looking great, thats the same style blade trigger I custom made for one of my mags, I love it. I'd deffinetely pay extra for the blade trigger, and for chrome, but not for dye stickies. I already have 3 pair, I dont need another. I think other people would rather pick to upgrade on their own, let alone it would be too much to try to have retail stores carry 4 different frames for you also (black and/or chrome with black/clear stickies). In my experience at working at a retail store, they dont carry everything available due to prices, sales, and inventory. I'd stay stick with black and chrome, and blade or normal trigger, maybe make the blade trigger an an add-on that people can buy seperately for like $20 or something.
Anyways, I know I'll be buying a chrome blade frame when they hit the market

MAG CENTRAL

How about you sell the black frames with black stickies, and the chrome/polished ones with the clear stickies. Those are what people usually want. Also the blade trigger is just plain awesome...but please make one in the shape of the mudflap girl
could i get it with a normal 2x trigger
Ahhh! all this while I was away! Tom! Why did you not come to Isle Royale and inform me! Looks great, I espceially like the chrome (I have already included it in my purchase plans) Chrome, and the blade trigger looks sweet. I plan on getting stickies, so having them included would be nice, but not necessary. Bravo again! My dreams of the AGD DT while sleeping in a tent have come to fruition!
"Don't spend so much on parts that you can't afford to play."
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When and why did you start training for fighting? I've really been fighting my whole life. I'm from a small town, I grew up watching my dad and other people fight and I thought it was normal. I came up through school fighting, I started boxing, and then I converted to MMA.
What ranks and titles have you held? I had an amateur belt for the AFL and two pro belts – one for the MMA Big Show and one for the RFL
Do you have any heroes? God and all the pioneers that have built MMA to this point, like Don Frye, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, and those guys.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No
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A Kirksville man is facing additional charges stemming from an alleged vehicle theft and high-speed chase in December.
Vincente A. Soto, 25, was charged with multiple felonies after leading Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers on a chase through three counties before being apprehended near Chillicothe.
Soto has now been charged with a class C felony of stealing and a class D felony of property damage.
According to documents filed this week, police were contacted by Soto's mother on Dec. 26. She told them her son arrived at her home in a white limo and said he was going to Kansas City. She said Soto would not tell her where he had gotten the limo.
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Colorado football fans will have to wait another week for an official announcement from coach Jon Embree about changes to his coaching staff for the 2013 season.
The Buffs wrapped up the worst season in the modern era of the program on Friday with a home loss to Utah, dropping the team's overall record to 1-11. CU also went winless at Folsom Field all season for the first time in history.
While Embree and his bosses contemplate what is best for the future of the program, Embree plans to turn his attention to recruiting in the coming days. He's hoping to add as many as six more recruits to the 13 commitments he already has received for the 2013 class.
Embree said he hopes to land two more linebackers, two more defensive backs, an athlete and possibly another quarterback. Recruiting sites have reported in recent weeks that the Buffs are recruiting Kelly Hilinski, a 6-foot-6 pro-style quarterback from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Embree has admitted he is planning to change his offense from a pro-style system to a spread system and he said he has his eyes on a player who might fit perfectly as the quarterback of that system in the future.
Since taking over the Colorado program two years ago, Embree and many of his assistant coaches have been in an unfamiliar position on the recruiting trail -- recruiting to a losing program.
During his early career as an assistant coach at CU and UCLA, Embree had winning to sell. He said the fundamentals of recruiting never change no matter what state your program is in. He said other coaches always find ways to put negative thoughts in the heads of recruits whether the Buffs are winning or losing.
"When you talk to kids, you've just got to talk to them about the things that are important to them and show them how you can help them reach their goals that they want to achieve," he said.
Embree acknowledged there are differences in recruiting to a 1-11 record and a winning record.
"If we were 9-3 right now, it would be a lot different from that standpoint that we would probably be done," Embree said. "We're out looking for maybe four or five more kids and we'd probably be done right now and maybe have commitments from a couple kids in the next class.
"From that standpoint, you are behind a little bit, but you've just got to make the best of it."
Embree's current list of commitments has been criticized by CU fans who complain the 2013 class is being filled with players who received little if any attention from other BCS level programs. Embree said he is aware of that criticism but he doesn't pay attention to it because he believes in the evaluations and projections he has done on recruits with his assistant coaches.
CU coaches have tried to sell opportunity to recruits over the past two years and they are continuing that pitch this year. With the program struggling badly and still lacking speed and depth, there is obviously plenty of opportunity for recruits to make an impact next season.
Embree said the only exception is at offensive line where he expects to be able to redshirt each of the five offensive linemen who have committed in the 2013 class.
There are some players Colorado has no chance at recruiting because those athletes want no part of joining a program in rebuilding mode. Embree said that doesn't always prevent him from trying to recruit them anyway, but he generally knows relatively quickly if he has any chance at changing a player's mind.
"There are some guys who are looking to go where the success is happening now," he said. "I tell guys college football is cyclical. Two years ago Auburn won the national championship. Now I know they're struggling. Notre Dame two years ago, where were they? You can go down the list. So that's one of the things you talk to kids about, 'You can come here and be a part of the solution.'"
Embree is proud of reporting that despite the results on the field this season, each recruit who has made an official visit to CU this fall has committed to be a part of the 2013 class.
"I think that's a testament to our players and obviously they see an opportunity where they can come in and help."
Colorado coaches also continue to fight to put together competitive classes despite the university maintaining strict admissions policies and academic requirements that aren't in place at most other programs around the country or the Pac-12 Conference.
"There are kids that can do to other schools that we maybe can't recruit here," Embree said. "So, it's not that we didn't want to recruit the kid or didn't know about them. We found out early on in the process that it wasn't going to work being able to get them in, whether it's an admissions thing or whether it's something else that just wasn't going to work.
"They may sign with schools we're going to play against and all that, but it's not because we didn't know about the kid or wasn't going to try. It's just we couldn't get them in."
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The Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld, author of the popular Uglies series, is composed of three works. They are The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness, and Blue Noon.
The trilogy begins with high school student Jessica Day moving to Bixby, a small town in Oklahoma, because her mother has landed a job with a local aerospace company. Jessica soon is befriended by four other teens with which she shares two special attributes. They were all born at the stroke of midnight and are able to move around the world during the mysterious blue time, a secret hour which exists between the stroke of midnight and the first second of every new day. Each Midnighter also has a special talent that is individual to them.
Throughout the series, the five struggle against ancient shape-shifting monsters (called darklings) that live in the blue time. The darklings quickly target Jessica as her talent threatens their ultimate goal - to escape the secret hour in order to hunt humanity for food. Jessica and her friends also have to face down a fifty year old conspiracy by humans in the area who have been working with the darklings over the years.
Like the Uglies series, these books straddle the line between the science fiction and young adult genres. Two big differences are that Midnighters is set in the present rather than in an imagined future and the central conflict is against an ancient evil rather than the policies of a dystopian government. The feel of the tale falls much more strongly on young adult side in the first book and tilts to the science fiction side by the third.
My one major quibble with the series is more a quibble with how many books of genre fiction are being marketed these days - in multiple volumes. Many will stretch a story out to achieve a certain number of titles, most often a trilogy. In order to pump up the page count, unnecessary fluff at the start of subsequent books is inserted to catch the reader up on the story.
In some authors hands, this technique can feel awkward and even kill a readers interest. To his credit, Westerfeld does keep the recap to a minimum. As the characters are consistent, the time frame covered is reasonably short, and the story as a whole is well-paced, these three works could have easily have been published as one book.
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Illness isolates; the isolated become invisible; the invisible become forgotten. But the snail the snail kept my spirit from evaporating. Between the two of us, we were a society all our own, and that kept isolation at bay. - Elisabeth Tova Bailey
When Elisabeth Tova Bailey was struck with an illness of uncertain origin, her life dramatically changed, as she was left almost completely incapacitated, and all those daily motions that we take for granted, from rising in the morning to brushing ones teeth, became, in all practicality, impossible. As a result, Ms. Bailey was forced to leave the familiar surroundings of her home for a studio apartment that was easily serviced by a professional care provider.
As one can imagine, this situation left Ms. Bailey significantly challenged and overwhelmingly distraught, but then one day, a friend of Ms. Baileys dropped by for a visit with a peculiar gift a pot of violets taken from the local woods that included a wild snail, and it is from this deceptively simple present that Ms. Bailey experiences a sublime sense of renewal in her life as a convalescent.
Through close observation afforded by her confinement, Ms. Bailey comes to admire her new roommate and to realize that once one takes the time, whether by choice or force, to examine life from a different perspective, that of a snails in this case, modern life for the human being begins to seem entirely too fast in its pace, and that, just perhaps, it might be warranted to ponder why it is we all run about in such a frenzy.
And peppered throughout Ms. Baileys frank prose concerning a single year of her illness and the ruminations sparked by a single snail, were scientific sections about the snail as an animal, based on the extensive research that Ms. Bailey conducted, and I must admit that I had no real idea how truly amazing the snail is, regardless which of the roughly forty thousand types is being referenced. In the words of Ms. Bailey in a letter she wrote to her doctor:
I could never have guessed what would get me through this past year a woodland snail and its offspring; I honestly dont think that I would have made it otherwise.
With so many demands on our time and attention, it would be wise to remember the myriad details of life that are so easily missed, lest we forget the wonder that surrounds us always.
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I had read a bit of buzz about this book so I picked it up, not really knowing what to expect. I absolutely couldn't put it down and read through it in one day. It begins as what appears to be a parody of a self-help book, in an unnamed country (but probably the author's native Pakistan), about an unnamed village boy addressed in the second-person as "you".
The story opens with the boy living in the family compound in a rural area. Each chapter heading is a piece of advice for how to get filthy rich. The first is: Move to the City. The boys father has been working in a big city and has finally saved enough money to bring his wife and three children to live with him.
The boy describes the strange feeling of being just five people now. He says,
you embody one of the great changes of your time. Where once your clan was innumerable, not infinite but of a large number not readily known, now there are five of you. Five. The fingers on one hand, the toes on one foot, a miniscule aggregation when compared with shoals of fish or flocks of birds or indeed tribes of humans. (p. 14)
Each chapter takes us further along this boys odyssey. The early bits of advice are fairly basic: Get an education, Dont fall in love, Avoid idealists, Learn from a master, and Work for yourself.
The boy notes that some aspects of his life have made him fortunate just by chance. He is not a girl, so he wont be sent back to the village at a young age to marry; he has an older brother who will be expected to get a job before he himself will, meaning there will be time for him to go to school. As he matures and enters the business world, the advice becomes more troubling: Be prepared to use violence, Befriend a bureaucrat, Patronize the artists of war, and Dance with debt.
Approaching the end of his story and of his life, the protagonist seems to change the focus of his advice: Focus on the fundamentals. The fundamentals no longer seem to be about getting filthy rich. They are a beautiful musing about the meaning of the life he has led. Really, even though this story takes place in a Third World country, it speaks to our modern striving wherever we are, and it is, at its heart, a love story.
The unnamed "you" is in love, all his life, with the also unnamed "pretty girl", even though one of the early injunctions as a requisite for becoming "filthy rich" was not to fall in love. Both the protagonist and the pretty girl do become rich but find it is ephemeral and that what really remains is their attraction for each other, formed in their youth.
Reading the last chapter, I found myself catching my breath at the exquisite way the author captured what it means to be human:
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is to be a refugee from the state of refugees. Writers and readers seek a solution to the problem that time passes, that those who have gone are gone and those who will go, which is to say every one of us, will go. For there was a moment when anything was possible. And there will be a moment when nothing is possible. But in between we can create. (p.219-220).
Not so many books can capture the essence of humanity the way this book does. It is deeply felt, yet unsentimental which is a rare achievement.
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Did you love comics as a kid and do you still? Or are you new to the magic of graphic literature?
No matter when you started, LFPL's Graphic Novel Discussion Group is the place for you!
The Group meets at the Main Branch on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 PM.
Join us on June 10, 2013 where we explore the topic of Metafiction in Comics.
Below are some suggested titles to read for Junes meeting. All of these items can be found at LFPL. Just click the links to reserve your copies!
- Alias by Brian Michael Bendis
- Animal Man by Grant Morrison
- Astro City by Kurt Busiek
- The Authority by Warren Ellis
- Battlepug by Mike Norton
- Cerebus by Dave Sim
- Deadpool by Daniel Way
- Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison
- Invincible by Robert Kirkman
- The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
- It's A Bird by Steven T. Seagle
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
- Nemesis by Mark Millar
- Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. by Warren Ellis
- Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins
- Planetary by Warren Ellis
- Powers by Brian Michael Bendis
- Promethea by Alan Moore
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
- Supreme by Alan Moore
- The Unwritten by Mike Carey
- Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
- Wanted by Mark Millar
- Watchmen by Alan Moore
- X-Static by Peter Milligan
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Whether or not youre plan on traveling overseas with children this summer, you can still enjoy reading these picture books set in far off destinations.
Dodsworth in Tokyo by Tim Egan
Dodsworth was a little nervous. Japan is a land of customs and manners and order. The duck wasnt very good at those things.
A mild mannered mole travels with his duck companion to Japan for sightseeing. To the surprise of Dodsworth, the duck manages to control himself (most of the time) but occasionally slips up in full public view. This beginning reader book is peppered with Japanese language and culture with characters that both parents and children can identify.
Flight 1-2-3 by Maria van Lieshout
Many first time air travelers are naturally a bit nervous about flying. Prepare for takeoff with this boldly graphic counting book that asks, When taking a flight, what do you see?
Kiki and Coco in Paris by Nina Gruener
A lucky girl and her doll go on a journey documented in large photographic illustrations to the City of Light. They visit palaces, museums, a Parisian salon, and chic cafés. It will make you dream of visiting there yourself.
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Thompson, Kelber to Join Iowa Hall of Fame
Lincoln, Neb. – Former Husker wrestlers Tolly Thompson and Jason Kelber will be among four Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame inductees at the 44th Annual Awards Banquet on April 8.
Thompson, who wrestled for Nebraska from 1993-97, holds the school record for career wins with 157. He earned All-America honors three times, which included the heavyweight national title in 1995. Thompson also claimed the conference title on three occasions during his Husker career.
Kelber wrestled for the Huskers from 1987-91, winning 123 matches during his career. Kelber captured All-America accolades on three occasions, including a national title at 126 pounds in 1991. He finished in the top-three at the conference championships three times, winning the title in 1991. Following his wrestling career, Kelber served as an assistant coach for Nebraska under Tim Neumann for three seasons from 1997-2000.
Thompson wrestled at Janesville High School before joining the Huskers, compiling a 118-16 mark and placing second at the Iowa state meet twice. After college, he finished third at the 2005 World Championships at 120 kg.
Kelber wrestled at West Marshall High School, where he won the state title in each of his last three seasons. He finished his high school career with a 123-3 record.
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NEW YORK – Recent Columbia baseball graduate Tim Giel has been signed as a free agent pitcher by the New York Yankees.
Giel's signing comes on the heels of classmate Alex Black being drafted in the 2013 MLB amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Giel's Columbia career culminated this year with his most impressive season. The right-hander threw 64.2 innings, posting a 3.20 ERA and 3-3 record. The Gibsonia, Pa. native also record 51 strikeouts, his highest total in a single season. Three times in 2013 Giel went the distance, while also registering a pair of shutouts against Ivy League foes Brown and Penn.
Over the course of his four years with the Lions, Giel posted a 10-9 record and a 4.03 ERA in 190 innings of work. During the 2011 season, Giel came on and saved five games, setting the program record in the category that was matched this year by Black.
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Holbrook to spend 13 to 24 months in prison on drug charges
A Lyons Township man was sentenced to 12 months in the Ionia County Jail on each of two counts of attempted criminal sexual conduct in the third degree by Judge David Hoort in Ionia County 8th Circuit Court Tuesday.
Josh Lyon, 36, received credit for 160 days served. His two sentences will run concurrently. He also was sentenced to fines, costs and fees; and to five months of probation.
The charges stemmed from assaults that occurred between April 1 and Sept. 10, 2012, in Lyons Township. The victim was at least 13 but less than 16 at the time of the alleged crimes, and is related to Lyon.
Each charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison. However, under terms of a plea agreement, Lyon would not receive more than 12 months.
Hoort said he had a concern as to whether prison was more appropriate. However, the victim requested that Lyon not be sent to prison, so he would honor the sentence agreement, he said.
"I don't want to mislead you. I expected to impose a prison sentence," Hoort said. "The facts and circumstances are simply inexcusable. If you don't follow enough with probation, the next step is a prison sentence."
Hoort referenced letters written to the court on Lyon's behalf.
"I almost wonder if people who wrote letters know what happened," Hoort said. "There is a difference between the person (written about in the letters) who is respected in the community, and the one who has done these despicable acts."
Volley Holbrook
Also in court Tuesday, Volley Holbrook was sentenced to 13 to 24 months in prison on each of two counts, to be served concurrently, with credit for 174 days served. He also was sentenced to pay costs, fees and fines.
Holbrook, 30, of Orleans, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance: one for hydrocodone and the other for oxycontin. He was arrested Aug. 24 in Orleans.
Holbrook asked Hoort to drop one month off the sentence agreement because "I'd like not to be sent to prison," he said.
Holbrook's attorney, Jeff Winters, said his client has started to address his substance abuse on his own and could benefit from a program like Teen Challenge in Muskegon.
"I think (a program like this) is the next step for you, and sometimes there is even funding available," Hoort told Holbrook. "The programs will still be there when you get out. A prison sentence is appropriate."
Mitchell Thelen
Also in Circuit Court Tuesday, Mitchell Thelen, 25, entered a plea of not guilty to charges stemming from a single vehicle accident involving a motorcycle he allegedly was driving Dec. 17, 2012, on Wager Road in Lyons Township, in which a passenger on the motorcycle was injured.
Thelen faces two counts of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury; and operating while license is suspended, revoked, or denied causing serious injury. Thelen is being charged as a habitual offender.
A trial date will be set in two months.
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High wind and low humidity are feeding fires in remote areas of Colorado this week, including a blaze of more than 300 acres in Rocky Mountain National Park Tuesday about 8 miles west of Estes Park.
The fire in Larimer County is burning less than a half mile from the area known locally as "The Pool," about 2 miles west of the Fern Lake Trailhead in Moraine Park, according to Larimer County emergency officials.
"Movement is toward the east and north due to gusty winds," the county said. "This is well away from any structures, but there is some concern for the area in the vicinity of the Moraine Park Campground should we continue to see this fire move east."
Bear Lake Road, Upper Beaver Meadows Road and Moraine Park Campground were closed, as well as trails west of Bear Lake Road and south of Trail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road remains open.
Smoke was thick in Estes Park, which raised concerns, but there have been no evacuations in or near the town, the National Parks Service stated.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The blaze was first reported at about 2 p.m.
The blaze is located about 2 miles from the nearest road, and air support has been requested to join the fight, according to the Sheriff's Department.
Rocky Mountain National Park spokesman Larry Frederick said winds had been gusty all day, but had tapered off as of about 5 p.m. A cool night with high humidity was expected, which would help control the blaze, but sunny skies and breezy conditions are expected to return to the area Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The Goblin fire in the Animas Canyon north of Durango has grown to 110 acres, according to fire response managers.
The fire was was reported on Saturday and is burning on steep, rocky and inaccessible slopes that lead into the West Needles Mountains and the Weminuche Wilderness, about two miles south of Needleton.
Investigators think the fire was started by the Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Train as it navigated the bottom of the canyon, according to the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch, a collaboration of the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Colorado State Forest Service.
In the White River National Forest, an acre and a half burned after two campfires were left abandoned about a mile from the town of Red Cliff Monday.
The blaze was reported about 3 p.m., and fire crews from the Eagle River Fire Protection District, Red Cliff, Eagle and Vail worked until ate in the night to contain the fire before it could spread.
"I can't emphasize enough how careful we need to be with campfires. I'm asking all hunters to put warming fires dead out before leaving camp in the morning," White River National Forest supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams said in a statement. "Unattended campfires are unacceptable."


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The raptors built a nest inside the siren used by Spring Lake's fire department and first aid squad. By law, the nest can't be disturbed, because ospreys are listed as a threatened species in New Jersey during their breeding season.
The siren has been turned off for the spring and summer, leaving firefighters and paramedics to rely on pagers and cellphones to alert them of emergencies.
First responders in the resort about 60 miles north of Atlantic City say so far things have been working smoothly. But Fire Chief Tom Mullaney said Spring Lake could have a serious problem if it loses power or has a communications glitch.
"The siren is our primary alert," he said. "If dispatch makes an error on the initial page, then the phones won't work, and I wish they would take this more seriously. If we get a lightning strike or some other kind of technology malfunction and these things don't work, it could be a big problem."
There is a backup siren on the other side of town near its public works building that is unencumbered by birds, "but they've been real reluctant to do anything with sirens since those birds got there," Mullaney said.
"We're not trying to hurt the birds," he said. "We just need to keep our communications system working."
Borough Administrator Bryan Dempsey said a police officer notified him in March that an osprey appeared to be building a nest on the siren, which is mounted on a pole about 100 feet off the ground behind the police, fire and first aid squad headquarters.
The nest cannot be disturbed at least until Sept. 1.
Spring Lake officials say they may need to create an alternate place nearby for the birds to nest next year.
"Once they pick a spot, they keep coming back to that spot" year after year, he said. "So we'll do whatever we have to do to make sure they have a habitat to live in."
Officials say they believe several chicks have hatched, but none was visible from the ground on Tuesday.
There are nearly 550 pairs of ospreys in New Jersey, based on a 2013 state survey.
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What: Holiday food drive ends Wednesday
Where: Boulder and Broomfield counties
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After collecting more than 200,000 pounds of food this fall for Boulder-area flood relief, Community Food Share says it's now lagging behind its donation goal for this week's annual "Let's Bag Hunger" holiday food drive, which ends Wednesday.
Through Tuesday night, the organization had collected 67,696 pounds of food and at least $8,693 in monetary donations. Community Food Share hopes to bring in 85,000 pounds of food and $20,000 with its annual drive.
Terry Tedeschi, Community Food Share development director, said that despite the generous flood-related donations, it's still important to meet the "Let's Bag Hunger" goal because the organization is doing "double duty" for both regular operations and flood-relief efforts.
Food donated for flood relief does not get counted under the "Let's Bag Hunger" campaign, Tedeschi said, but all of the food becomes part of the organization's general inventory once it's received.
"You don't want to fall behind anywhere," she said. "It's been a good thing that we've got all this extra support for the floods because we are needing it and we're going to need it. In a lot of ways, it doesn't matter where it goes. But when you set goals, you don't want to see it go backward."
The organization has volunteers outside of area grocery stores such as King Soopers, Lucky's Market and Alfalfa's Market to collect donations for the "Let's Bag Hunger" campaign. Community Food Share usually sees a last-minute surge in donations on the drive's final day each year, according to food procurement manager Tom Reed. There's still hope to meet the goal, he said, but it's unlikely.
Reed said the campaign's totals might be low because, in addition to flooding in Colorado, people are being asked to give to relief efforts for Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and other recent natural disasters.
"I personally believe it has everything to do with donor fatigue and everybody's been asked for support for the flood and all kinds of disasters in all parts of the country," Reed said. "I have no doubt people are getting tired of being asked for things."
But the need in Boulder and Broomfield counties, where Community Food Share distributes the food it receives, is greater than ever, Reed said.
The pre-Thanksgiving food drive brings in enough donations to sustain the organization until the spring, Reed said. But if Community Food Share doesn't meet its goal, the organization will run out of food earlier than planned.
"The needs are the highest that we've ever seen for sure," Reed said.
Dan Prater, director for the Center for Nonprofit Communications at Drury University, said there are usually a number of factors, including donor fatigue, that can contribute to nonprofit groups seeing dips in donations.
Prater said many organizations and charities are asking for money at this time of year, including for flood-relief efforts, and it can be difficult for donors to decide where to given. People also are just starting to stabilize after the most recent recession, he added.
"If they have given a sizeable amount to the floods and then the holidays come, it creates a dilemma for them," Prater said.
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TOWNSEND -- The North Middlesex Regional School District is no longer classified as a Level 3 school in the state's accountability and assistance system for MCAS testing after the superintendent's office appealed the classification to the state.
The state's five-level accountability and assistance system was established under the Achievement Gap Act of 2010. It classifies schools into five different levels.
A Level 1 school is one in which students are meeting the gap-narrowing goals, while a Level 5 school is classified as a chronically underperforming school.
Schools may also be classified as Level 2 for low MCAS participation (less than 95 percent) or Level 3 for very low MCAS participation (less than 90 percent) or for persistently low graduation rates.
NMRSD's original Level 3 classification, which was changed to a Level 2 classification rating, came as a result of an adjustment of MCAS participation data at the high school.
Assistant Superintendent of Schools Deb Brady said it was a small subgroup that is between the 90 percent and 95 percent participation ratio.
School Committee member Jonna Clermont said she's glad to see the appeal be granted because not only does it only take one school to set the category districtwide, but it also had nothing to do with the actual scores on the test.
She said the high school is considered a Level 1 school in terms of performance, but because it fell below certain participation requirements, it had originally been classified as a Level 3.
"I think this is one of the reasons they're trying to address the attendance policy at the high school," Clermont said Monday. "There is even a makeup day, and they still couldn't meet the necessary standards."
The School Committee's policy subcommittee is in the process of rewriting much of the district's policy manual, and the attendance policy as proposed has taken some heat because some members of the School Committee feel it is too restrictive on kids who are succeeding but have other reasons for missing school.
"This isn't because of our performance, it's just about the amount of students who took it," Clermont said of the Level 2 assessment. "In essence, we'll have to wait and see how it goes. I'm glad the superintendent appealed. I think it was good grounds to appeal it. I'm sure we will be a Level 1 soon. We were a 1 as far as performance goes."
Brady said that while she is glad the district is no longer classified in the lower ranking, it is frustrating that the ranking doesn't reflect the whole picture.
"What still bothers me is that this percentage is only one bit of data that has kept the high school from being a Level 1, which they earned for their academic performance," she said.
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Malt beverage Mojo has Liquor Commission concernedBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
New Hampshire Union Leader April 22. 2013 9:12PM
The State Liquor Commission has scheduled a public hearing next month on whether to authorize sale of a malt beverage that is sold in bottles that the commission's enforcement staff says look too much like spring water bottles.
Irokos Group LLC of Boston wants approval for food store sale of three flavors of its Mojo malt beverage.
Mojo is packaged in slim plastic containers that some say make it look more like high-end "designer" water bottles than an alcoholic beverage container.
"I think it's a very bad perception of the product," said Sidiki Fadika, a principal in Irokos Group. "It's a new concept plastic bottle; we're trying to make it convenient to walk around with at parties and on dance floors for night clubs."
Fadika says his company is thinking "outside the box" by importing the product, which is made and packaged in Canada.
Mojo is sold in Massachusetts, Vermont and seven other states, with an alcohol content of 7 percent.
But in New Hampshire, 7 percent alcohol content makes the product a malt liquor, which takes it off the convenience store and supermarket shelves and sweeps it into the state liquor stores.
Irokos wants to sell a New Hampshire version of Mojo containing 5.9 percent alcohol so that it qualifies as a malt beverage, rather than a malt liquor. That would make the product available at any market or mom and pop variety store with a license to sell beer.
The product is a new entrant into the flavored malt beverage category that is sometimes referred to as alcopop for the sweet flavorings added to capture a younger market.
Fadika compares his product to some of the flavored malt beverage category leaders.
"We compete with Smirnoff Ice and Mike's Hard Lemonade, we want to be next to (them) on the shelves," Fadika said, explaining his decision to lower the alcohol content to qualify the product for sale in convenience stores.
The state Liquor Commission's Division of Enforcement said it opposes sale of the product because, in addition to being sold in containers that look like water bottles, " the products are clear liquid, resembling water."
Fadika says his brand is being targeted unfairly, and that its composition and bottle styles are not intended to encourage illegal use.
"Anybody can pour beer in a soda bottle and drink it in a public area; shampoo comes in a plastic bottle, do we want to ban shampoo?" he said.
The application Irokos filed with the commission is for Mojo-branded malt beverages with tropical fruit, strawberry kiwi and fruit punch flavoring.
Fadika calls the product "refreshing" and says he runs a responsible company that markets to responsible drinkers.
"I am frustrated that people are trying to give it a bad image for something so simple," he said. "This product is the same as Smirnoff Ice."
Flavored malt liquors suffered a binge of bad publicity a few years ago when another product, Four Loko, came under Food and Drug Administration scrutiny for its use of additives included caffeine in beverages that ranged from 5 percent to 12 percent alcohol, depending on the jurisdiction. The beverage was reformulated more than two years ago.
The liquor commission will decide after the public hearing whether to overturn the recommendation from the enforcement division and permit the sale of the beverage in New Hampshire.


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Cleveland Browns Linebacker Apologizes for Tweeting 'Faggot'
An NFL linebacker for Ohio's Cleveland Browns has issued an apology after he offended the LGBT community for tweeting the word "faggot," CBS Sports reports. Tank Carder's tweet also upset his coach, Pat Shurmur, who said he has addressed the situation.
"It's very inappropriate. Obviously, he does not speak for me or the Cleveland Browns. It was very wrong and not something we condone," Shurmur said. The coach has been critical of his players for using social media like Twitter and Facebook, but has not banned them outright from using them. Although Carder hasn't said whether he's been slapped with a fine for the offensive tweet, he did apologize on Wednesday for the anti-gay remark.
"It wasn't intended to hurt anyone, but it did," Carder said. He added that he would never use the word again and then tweeted an apology (on his Twitter account, of course), in which he wrote, "I was not bashing the gay community in any way...if you knew me you would know I wouldn't do that. Again I'm sorry if you were offended. I want to sincerely apologize for the word I used! I did not in any way mean to offend anyone! That tweet doesn't define me as a person!"
Outsports first broke the story and reported that Carder, who was selected in the 2012 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills and signed with the Browns in September, got into an online argument that sparked the use of the homophobic epithet. Although the original tweet has been deleted, a number of Twitter users replied to the athlete and expressed their disapproval.
Carder initially defended himself.
"@craigcraiglife I don't agree with being gay or lesbian at all, but saying faggot doesn't make me a homophobe, it's just a word," Carder tweeted to a follower. "@DJive19 faggot is actually a bundle of twigs...there's your research," he tweeted to another user.
Soon after the football player made the tweet, however, Cleveland Browns management chimed in. "These comments are certainly not reflective of the Cleveland Browns organization, nor do we condone them in any fashion," Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis said. "We have spoken with Tank and have made this very clear to him."
CBS Sports quoted out-gay former Texas Christian University football player Vince Pryor's reaction to Carder's choice of words.
"I was surprised and disappointed to read about the anti-gay remarks you made on Twitter," Pryor wrote. "As an alumnus of TCU and a former football player, I know from my experience that your words do not represent the culture of TCU. However, I am disappointed in the lack of understanding you've shown in the effect your words can have on young athletes who consider you a role model."
Although the sports world has seen progress in the recent months when it comes to LGBT equality and acceptance, thanks to players like the Minnesota Vikings' very articulate punter Chris Kluew, incidents continue to occur where players have anti-gay outbursts.
In September, for example, the Associated Press reported that Yunel Escobar, a shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays, was suspended for wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic Spanish slur.
"It was not something I intended to be offensive," Escobar said through a translator. "It was not anything intended to be directed at anyone in particular." Officials from the Blue Jays suspended the baseball player for three games, which resulted in an $82,000 salary loss.


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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. | On a long, hard day at the Honda Classic, Michael Thompson relied on a superb short game to win for the first time on the PGA Tour.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. | On a long, hard day at the Honda Classic, Michael Thompson relied on a superb short game to win for the first time on the PGA Tour.
Thompson seized control early with a 50-foot eagle putt on the third hole, then kept his distance with clutch par saves and closed with a birdie from the bunker. It gave him a 1-under 69 — one of only five rounds under par at PGA National — and a two-shot win over Geoff Ogilvy.
"This week was magical," said Thompson, a former University of Alabama golfer. "Just had a groove and kept feeling it."
Luke Guthrie, tied with Thompson for the 54-hole lead, fell behind with a bogey on the second hole and closed with a 73 to finish third.
The win earns the 27-year-old Thompson a spot in the Masters next month. He last played at Augusta National in 2008 as the U.S. Amateur runner-up.
Thompson, who finished at 9-under 271, had made only one cut this year and finished at the bottom of the pack. He was solid from the start Sunday on another windswept day in South Florida, one of only three players who shot par or better all four rounds.
"You don't have to do much wrong to be making a bogey out there, so it's pretty impressive," Ogilvy said of Thompson's final round. "It's a great effort, really. As you say by the rest of the scores, it's a very hard golf course and it seems to get progressively harder in some ways. There's a disaster waiting everywhere.
"There's a lot of golf courses on tour that it might be easy to close out a golf tournament — or easier — but this is not one of them."
Thompson dropped only one shot on the back nine, a three-putt on the 16th when he missed from just inside 3 feet. He rattled another short par putt in on the 17th, and then played away from the water on his second shot at the par-5 18th, into a bunker. Once his ball stopped rolling 4 feet from the cup, the tournament was over.
The win moves Thompson to No. 45 in the world and gets him into his first World Golf Championship next week.
"This is everything," Thompson said. "This is a childhood dream come true. I've dreamed of playing out here since I was 7 years old and to win, it's just unbelievable. I just can't put it into words. The whole day was awesome."
Thompson seized control early because of some big putts, and mostly because so many others faded.
It was a wild front nine for Thompson, with only three pars, which ordinarily would spell disaster on a day like this except for his putting.
He made a 50-foot eagle putt on the third hole, made a 12-foot birdie putt behind the hole at the par-3 fifth hole and hit an approach into 4 feet for birdie on the eighth. Just as big was the tough sixth hole, where Thompson hit a bunker shot 18 feet over the flag and made the par putt coming back.
Thompson's short game was superb during the pivotal part of the final round. He twice chipped to tap-in range for par on the 10th and 11th holes, and he built a four-shot lead with four holes to play. The only thing that kept him from an easy walk to this first win was Ogilvy's late birdies.


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Huskers Post Season-High to Rout PSU
Lincoln, Neb. - The No. 9 Nebraska women's gymnastics team used a pair of top-notch all-around performances and stellar efforts from several veterans to down Penn State on Sunday afternoon, 197.175-195.150. NU and PSU performed in front of 2,189 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Huskers (4-1, 4-1 Big Ten) posted their best team effort of the season in the win over the Nittany Lions (7-4, 2-2 Big Ten), including season-best marks on vault (49.375) and floor (49.275).
"I'm proud of the whole team," Head Coach Dan Kendig said. "We had great efforts on vault, floor and we saw some really good things on bars. I like where we're going on beam as well. We've still got some work to do and I know we can still get better."
Jessie DeZiel led the way for the Huskers, tying for the event titles on vault (9.925) and floor exercise (9.925) en route to her best all-around score of the season (39.525). Wong followed closely with a 39.500 in the all-around, including a tie for the floor title (9.925) and a third-place finish on vault (9.925). Janelle Giblin tied her career-best on bars for the second week in a row (9.95) to take the event title, while Jennifer Lauer took home the beam title (9.875). Brittany Skinner wrapped up the event title sweep for the Huskers by tying for top honors on vault (9.925).
The Huskers kicked off the afternoon on vault, scoring a season-best 49.375 to begin the meet. NU's efforts were fueled by three consecutive scores of 9.90 or better from Wong, Skinner and DeZiel. Wong began the scoring rush, tying her season-best on vault with a 9.90. Skinner followed up by tying her career-best with a 9.925, and DeZiel posted a new season-high with an identical 9.925.
The Nittany Lions began their afternoon on bars, scoring a 48.975. PSU was led by Sharaya Musser's mark of 9.875. With one rotation in the books, Nebraska led Penn State by a score of 49.375-48.975.
NU took to bars for their second rotation, posting a team mark of 49.350. DeZiel and Giblin paved the way for NU's best team score on bars since January, beginning with DeZiel's 9.90. Giblin followed by by hitting her second 9.95 of the season in as many meets, tying her career-high for the second time this season. Skinner tied her career-best 9.875, and Wong added a 9.85.
Penn State earned a 49.225 on vault, led by Madison Merriam's mark of 9.90. Following the second rotation, the Huskers extended their lead over the Nittany Lions to 98.725-98.200.
Several gritty performances anchored Nebraska's efforts on beam, allowing the Huskers to finish with a 49.175 on the afternoon. Lauer led the way with a 9.875, her highest score since Jan. 19 against Michigan State. Giblin's powerful effort continued, as the senior picked up a career-best-tying mark of 9.85. Skinner added a season-best 9.85 to aid in NU's efforts.
Led by a 9.90 from Musser, Penn State earned a 49.150 on floor exercise. With only one rotation remaining, Nebraska held a solid 147.900-146.350 lead over the Nittany Lions.
The Huskers broke through on floor in their final rotation, cruising to a season-high 49.275. Wong and DeZiel came through again for the Big Red, earning consecutive marks of 9.925 to lead the way for NU. Wong's score tied her career-high, while DeZiel's was a season-best for 2013. Schleppenbach added a 9.85 for the Huskers.
Penn State struggled on beam in their final rotation, battling to a team score of 47.800 and a final team mark of 195.050. It wouldn't be enough to upend the Huskers, who wrapped up the evening with a 197.175.
DeZiel and Wong battled to final rotation for the all-around title, but DeZiel emerged victorious with a season-high 39.525 to earn the award. Wong followed with a 39.500, while PSU's Musser finished with a 38.825.
The Huskers will hit the road for the third time this season next weekend, facing No. 13 Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., at 5 p.m. CST (4 p.m. MST). The two teams will square off in McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus. Arizona holds a No. 13 ranking nationally and a record of 6-5 overall this season.
Name Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around
Jordyn Beck --- --- --- --- ---
Hollie Blanske 9.775 9.30 9.725 (ex.) 9.825 ---
Jessie DeZiel 9.925 9.90 9.775 9.925 39.525
Janelle Giblin 9.85 9.95 9.85 --- ---
Kailyn Hawkins --- --- --- --- ---
Amanda Lauer --- --- --- --- ---
Jennifer Lauer --- 9.775 9.875 9.70 ---
Ariel Martin --- --- --- --- ---
Madison McConkey --- --- --- --- ---
Kassandra Nathe --- 9.675 (ex.) 9.075 --- ---
Jamie Schleppenbach 9.775 --- --- 9.85 ---
Brittany Skinner 9.925 9.875 9.85 9.70 (ex.) ---
Desire' Stephens 9.80 (ex.) --- --- 9.75 ---
Emily Wong 9.90 9.85 9.825 9.925 39.50
Team Score Vault Bars Beam Floor Total
Nebraska 49.375 49.350 49.175 49.275 197.175
Penn State 49.225 48.975 47.800 49.150 195.150


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NEW YORK - Columbia volleyball heads north for rematches with Ivy League foes Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend for its last pair of road matches this season. The Lions are set to face Harvard at 7 p.m. on Friday followed by a 5 p.m. showdown with Dartmouth on Saturday.
Last Time Out
Columbia (10-9, 5-5 Ivy League) split its matches at Yale and Brown last weekend. The Lions put up a fight against Yale, making a big comeback with a 25-21 second set victory after falling in a tough 15-25 first set loss. The Bulldogs edged the Lions in extra points in set three before ultimately winning the fourth and final set. Two Lions recorded double-doubles to lead the way, including Megan Gaughn, who posted a season-high 22 kills to go with 10 digs, and Colleen Brennan, who had 34 assists and 16 digs.
Columbia bounced back with a 3-0 sweep over Brown on Saturday by scores of 25-13, 25-20, 25-17. As a team, the Lions hit .333 on the night, including a season-high .370 hitting percentage from Gaughn, who also posted a match-high 13 kills.
Leading the Lions
Gaughn continues to lead the Lions with 2.67 kills/set, while Heather Braunagel leads with a .349 hitting percentage and 1.21 blocks/set. Colleen Brennan is Columbia's leading setter, averaging 6.98 assists, while Molly Winger leads with 3.45 digs/set.
As a team, the Lions currently lead the Ivy League and rank 34th in the nation averaging 2.64 blocks/set.
Columbia vs. Harvard (8-13, 5-5 Ivy League)
Harvard dropped a pair of matches last weekend at Penn and Princeton by scores of 3-0.
On the attack front, Taylor Docter leads Harvard with 3.22 kills/set, while Kristen Casey and Caroline Walters are tied for the team lead with a .364 hitting percentage. Casey also leads the Crimson with 3.78 digs/set, while Walters leads with 1.01 blocks/set.
Columbia fell just short to Harvard earlier this season as the Crimson squeezed by the Lions, 3-0, in Levien Gym by scores of 23-25, 22-25, 20-25. Braunagel was precise on the attacking end for the Lions, as she posted a season-high .727 hitting percentage after posting eight kills and committing zero errors.
Columbia vs. Dartmouth (2-18, 1-9 Ivy League)
The Dartmouth, now on a 10-match losing streak, also dropped a pair of matches at Penn and Princeton last weekend by 3-0 scores.
Alex Schoenberger leads the Big Green with 2.76 kills/set, while Elisa Scudder leads with a .309 hitting percentage and .97 blocks/set. Holly Harper checks in with 3.51 digs/set, while Kayden Cook leads the team with 7.20 assists/set.
Earlier this season, five Lions posted double figures to lift Columbia to a 3-1 win over Dartmouth, which was the Lions' fifth straight win over the Big Green dating back to the 2010 season. Putting up the big numbers was Gaughn with a 12-kill, 10-dig double-double, Brennan with 46 assists, Bailey Springer and Caitlin Brenton, who recorded 11 kills each, and Charlee Dyroff with 15 digs.
As a team, the Lions posted a season-high .348 hitting percentage, led by first-years Springer and Atlanta Moye-McLaren, who hit .579 and .545, respectively. Brenton also had a big day as she recorded a season-high .500 hitting percentage that included 11 kills and only two errors in 18 attempts.
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Joel "Joe" D. Kurtz, 56, of Green Valley, Ariz., formerly of Devils Lake, N.D., passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. �
Joel "Joe" D. Kurtz, 56, of Green Valley, Ariz., formerly of Devils Lake, N.D., passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. � Funeral services for Joel will be held on Monday, February 4, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic�Church, Devils Lake with Fr. C.F. Wilhelm celebrating the Mass. �Friends may call at the Gilbertson Funeral Home on Sunday, February 3 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. with a Rosary and scripture service at 7 p.m. � Honorary bearers will be Tim Peters, Dave Erikson and all of his close friends. �Music will be provided by Lynne Webster and Audrey Myklebust. Reading the scriptures will be Amanda Schwan and gift Bearers will be Amanda Schwan, Kyla Maritato and Wallie Klier. Joel David was born September 11, 1956 to Balzer and Marion (Halvorson) Kurtz at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake, ND. �He was educated at St. Mary's Academy until the 8th grade and graduated from Devils Lake Central High School with the class of 1974. � Joe worked road construction for Hulstrand Construction and several other companies. In the winter months he hauled propane for Behm's Propane. He also worked for Lake Region Asphalt until he lost his legs in a tragic work related accident in 1985. After a long struggle, Joe made a full recovery. He became the owner of several different businesses including Classic Limousine, Southgate Health and Fitness Center, Kurtz Snowmobile Sales and Kurtz Snow Removal. He started with a lawn tractor and snow blower and grew the business over the next 15 years to include 13 snowplows. Joe moved to Arizona in March of 2003 where he made his home until his death. � Joe had a passion for the outdoors. He tagged many whitetail and mule deer in North Dakota, but his greatest pleasures were hunting trophy elk, sheep and bear in the Tetons in Jackson Hole, Wyo.. �Joe also had a "need for speed". He was a huge NASCAR fan and spent many "speed" weeks in Florida watching the Daytona 500. He also owned his own Super Stock Race Car. � Joe was a man who beat most odds and defined the word "courage". �He had a contagious smile that brightened any room and was full of life and energy. �He made sure he captured everyone's attention and made new friends where ever he went. He was a very determined individual. There were many things that became difficult for him to do, but he never gave up until the job was done. Joe is survived by his children, Jessica (Chad) Close of Grand Forks, N.D.; Jayme Kurtz, Grand Forks and Joel Kurtz Jr. of Devils Lake; three grandchildren, McKenna, Parker and Brayleigh Close all of Grand Forks; special friend, Sally Barr of Green Valley; sisters, Jeanne (Tony) Foss of Arizona Julie Horniblow of California; Aviyah Kurtz of Washington, Jill Sande of Arizona and Jennifer Kurtz of Montana; many aunts, uncles and cousins. Joe's father, Balzer died on October 21, 2008, his mother, Marion on January 24, 2013; maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents and uncle, Richard Kurtz preceded him in death. � Friends may sign the online register book and share memories of Joel at www.gilbertsonfuneralhome.com Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, is in charge of arrangements.


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During its March 7 meeting, the Lake Regional Health System Board of Directors passed a resolution supporting Medicaid expansion in Missouri necessary to receive the maximum federal funding allowable for the program.
During its March 7 meeting, the Lake Regional Health System Board of Directors passed a resolution supporting Medicaid expansion in Missouri necessary to receive the maximum federal funding allowable for the program.
"This is not a question of political ideology," said Kevin Byrne, D.O., board president. "It is a question of supporting local access to quality health care, a stronger state economy and a healthier workforce and population. Leveraging the federal funds available to expand Missouri's Medicaid program will help reduce the uninsured population, prevent further cost shifting to insured patients and create new jobs."
Hospitals statewide are facing significant cuts to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement outlined by the Affordable Care Act. Payments to Lake Regional Health System will be reduced an estimated $2.64 million annually when the ACA is fully implemented next year.
The federal law, enacted in 2010, included a trade-off for health care providers — decreased reimbursement in exchange for increased coverage of the uninsured through Medicaid expansion. The federal government will finance 100 percent of the expansion from 2014 to 2016. After that, states pick up an incremental share of the cost.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled expansion is optional, and Missouri's legislature seems likely to vote against the federal funding.
"Federal reimbursement to Missouri providers will be cut regardless of the legislature's decision on expanding coverage," said Michael E. Henze, chief executive officer of Lake Regional Health System. "We are asking lawmakers to be pragmatic about this issue, which is vitally important to Missouri hospitals, the communities we serve and our state's economy."
Increases in uncompensated care coupled with decreases in federal reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid patients could lead to increased premiums for the insured, referred to as cost shifting, Henze said.
"Hospitals cannot afford to absorb the ACA's cuts," said Henze, noting Lake Regional provided more than $19.3 million in uncompensated care, including the unpaid cost of treating Medicare patients, in fiscal year 2012. "This level of uncompensated care is unsustainable."
Analysis by the University of Missouri School of Medicine's Department of Health Management and Informatics found that without Medicaid expansion, Missouri's privately insured could experience a $1.1 billion increase in cost shifting between 2012 and 2021.
Also according to the analysis, Medicaid reform would generate more than 24,000 new jobs statewide in 2014.
In addition, $15.7 billion in federal funding is projected to flow to Missouri through 2021 if the program expansion is fully enacted.


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where you have 3-4 markers sitting around in pieces and no money to finish them without selling the others to fund it? It sucks having more vision than cash.... LOL.
To make it relevant. Post up pics of the projects you have in the works that may or may not ever see completion.
A few of mine that I keep staring at:
Essentially spare pieces that I acquired and decided would make a great pistol mag. After eyeballing it for a couple of months, I realized I want a lighter barbones rail. Also need to decide exactly how I want to feed it and most options (that I like) are looking to be in the $30-50 range. Considering the chances that I will ever actually play pistol are so freaking remote, I am having a tough time rationalizing the parts to complete it.... Also, as a pistol this thing is like holding a brick with one hand and waving it around.
Retro Valve project. Somewhere in here are bits and pieces of my first ever Automag. I think the sear might be original, and maybe the rail before I milled it down, but nothing else. Finally got the body that I have always wanted for it, but having a hard time bringing myself to milling down the pim and cutting the feedneck down. Also, getting the black coating off the "teflon" coated bodies is a female dog. This is what it looks like after sanding and polishing for about an hour. Still has a dark hue about it. About the only things besides modding the body that needs to be done is getting a small drop and a clamping feedneck. Kind of one of those projects though that isnt urgent as I have so many others in front of this that I actually use that I know it will most likely be forever a wall hanger.
Another one that started life as leftovers. Got the Chimera a few years back and used to use it on a fairly modded MiniMag that I ended up disassembling and using various parts for other projects and/or sold some off. The frame has some issues. Someone burned through the back of the frame when I am guessing they were modding for a pneu conversion. They also over milled the pocket they were making for the ram and took out the safety spring and ball hole making them unuseable. So essentlally the frame has become project fodder. Body has been shortened, valve capped and the rail is custom milled by Luke. I just got around to mounting the MSV mount and cutting the trigger pin. Big steps! Still have to figure out the sleeper mod and not 100% sure it will work, so I don't have a lot of motivation to complete it. Ideally, I would also like to get another rail made as I didnt think ahead and gave the wrong width dimensions, so the frame is actually wider than the rail which looks wonky to me. Jackups like this are frustrating, so here it sits.....
Last up boys and girls is the pump project that I just bought. After getting it, and acquiring a valve after I just sold a valve... , realized that I am not happy with the rail (seller forgot to mention that whoever pump milled it did it partially by hand and originally started at the wrong end of the rail), and I promised myself that if I built another pump I would use an X valve so that it could be anodized. I actually have a valve that I can "borrow" from another marker that I am considering getting rid of anyways, but still leaves me with buying a pump kit, new rail ($110 for the custom one I want) feedneck and other bits and peices, so it aint happening anytime soon. That and I really still don't play pump very often.
These are just my Mag projects. Doesnt include the M98 that I have waiting for me to complete the Ebolt intall on or the Spyder project that has taken a nastyish turn and I am having problems getting it to reach proper FPS. I also have some parts that I have been reluctantly selling because I know that I will most likely never get around to buying the parts I need to finish such as an Ego frame.
I think the kicker of the issue is that even if I were to sell all this stuff off, a lot of it doesnt have much value other than to me. I.E. the Chimera, frame on the pistol, most of the parts on the Retro etc. So I am looking at taking losses or selling bits and pieces of various projects and getting hung with what is left over. Sigh.


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From store openings to Paris Fashion Week, our stars looked amazing this week. Take a peek at the most stylin' of them all:
1. Selenis Leyva
Selenis Leyva
The OITNB star looked great in this geometric print dress and heels at the Kiehl's Nolita Grand Opening in NYC.
2. Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz
The actress dressed up her jeans with a blazer and high heels at the photocell for her new movie Sex Tape.
3. Eva LaRue
Eva LaRue
Eva kept it simple and chic in this super flattering striped dress at the Ray Donovan season two premiere.
4. Emily Rios
Emily Rios
The star of The Bridge rocked it out in a crop top paired with a high-waisted white skirt. Love!
5. Ana de la Reguera
Ana de la Reguera
The actress looked beautiful in this white and blue dress paired with metallic accessories at the season two premiere of FX's The Bridge.
6. Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Love it or hate it, you have to admit, J.Lo always looks fierce -- and this time was no different, wearing a half gown, half pants number at the Versace show during Paris Fashion Week.


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