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SACRAMENTO — Lawyers for businesses that sued the state of California over its cap-and-trade auction system say they will appeal a judge's ruling that upheld it.
The Pacific Legal Foundation challenged the system on behalf of farms and other businesses, arguing it amounts to a tax that wasn't passed by a required two-thirds majority of the Legislature and that it exceeds the scope of climate-change legislation approved in 2006.
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley disagreed, ruling that the trading of credits to emit greenhouse gases amounts to a fee meant to regulate activities and not to raise revenue.
"To begin, those who purchase allowances receive a 'tradable' right to emit GHGs (greenhouse gases), which has economic value and can be traded," Frawley wrote in his decision. "If the atmosphere's capacity to assimilate GHGs is viewed as a limited public resource, selling emissions allowances can be analogized to selling a right to use a public resource, similar to a hunting/fishing license, a mineral extraction permit, or a wireless electromagnetic spectrum license."
However, PLF senior attorney Ted Hadzi-Antich maintains the California Air Resources Board devised the auction regulation without proper authorization by the Legislature. He accuses the agency of carrying out "its own will."
"We were hoping for a different result, certainly," Hadzi-Antich told the Capital Press. "I think it was incorrectly decided. Fortunately it's all legal questions and no factual questions that are at issue, so the Court of Appeals is going to decide it de novo, or right from scratch.
"We'll go into the Court of Appeals with a clean slate, and we look forward to having our day in court there," he said.
The cap-and-trade program is a key element of California's climate plan, setting a statewide limit on sources responsible for 85 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions and establishing marketable credits aimed at encouraging long-term investment in cleaner fuels and more efficient use of energy, according to the air board's website.
As part of the program, the ARB holds allowance auctions and reserve sales to enable participants to purchase credits from businesses that didn't exceed their cap. The first reserve sale was held in March.
California's Assembly Bill 32, the climate change measure passed in 2006, requires emissions statewide to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.
A nationwide cap-and-trade proposal sputtered in Congress in 2010 after critics found it would have cost agriculture hundreds of millions of dollars a year in increased fuel costs and billions of dollars in farm gate revenue. However, President Barack Obama has said he plans to make it a priority for his second term.
The PLF has asserted that California's system is already placing a financial burden on family-owned businesses that own fleets of trucks as well as large dairies. One business it's representing in the lawsuit is the Morning Star Co., a Woodland, Calif., tomato processor that had to spend more than $200,000 in auctions this year for emissions credits.
Air board spokesman Dave Clegern said in July that most of the emissions allowances the state issues are free of charge, and those who participate in auctions receive something that can be resold or traded for value. He said businesses can avoid paying high prices for credits by reducing emissions.
Judge Timothy Frawley's decision: http://blog.pacificlegal.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DECISION111413.pdf
Pacific Legal Foundation: http://www.pacificlegal.org
California Air Resources Board: http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm


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The Waynesboro Indians wrestling team traveled south of the Mason-Dixon Line to compete once again in the annual Hub Cup Wrestling Tournament at North Hagerstown High School.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Waynesboro Indians wrestling team traveled south of the Mason-Dixon Line to compete once again in the annual Hub Cup Wrestling Tournament at North Hagerstown High School.
Gone is the luster of several years ago when the Tribe won the tournament in back-to-back seasons, placing seven in the finals in the 2010 classic with five others earning placement medals.
But if Waynesboro — which had eight placewinners a year ago — hopes to achieve its goal of finishing in the top five in the team standings, it needs to get to work today as the consolation bracket kicks into high gear and the championship semifinals and finals also take place.
Last year, the Indians placed third in the tournament with 165 points. Waynesboro ended up in eighth place following the first day with 48 points. Catoctin is first with 71.5. The good news for the Tribe is that the team also started the second day of the 2012 tournament in eighth place and jumped five spots to end up in third place.
Three wrestlers each from Waynesboro and Greencastle-Antrim carry the torch for their respective teams heading into today's second day.
— For the Indians, Aaron Layman (120), Kenyon Cuka (138) and Jesse Smith (145) are moving on to the semifinals.
— The Blue Devils also advanced three wreslters to the semifinals — Wyatt Binkley (106), Cody Carbaugh (113) and Jared Starliper (195).
Smith, seeded sixth despite winning the 145-pound weight class a year ago, grinded out a 4-3 decision against Mountain Ridge's Nick Shifflett in the quarterfinals. Smith will face Patrick Gulliday of Catoctin in the semifinals.
Smith would have been in line to take on G-A's Ryan Wolf, but Wolf lost in the quarterfinals and will wrestle back today.
"I knew it was going to be a scrap," Smith said of his quarterfinal match, in which he scored a clutch takedown in the third period to extend the lead from 2-1 to 4-1. "He was 14-1 and seeded above me."
Smith pinned Quince Orchard's Luke McNight in 2:19 in a first-round match earlier in the evening.
"I'm just taking it one match at a time," Smith said. "I just try to wrestle my style. I like to stay on my feet a lot and work ties. (Shifflett) was trying to throw legs in. I don't even remember how I got the last takedown, because I'm so into the match."
Layman, who placed fifth at last year's Hub Cup at 106 pounds, needed overtime to defeat South Carroll's Shane Conners, 4-2. Conners scored a late point on a stalling infraction to force the extra period, but Layman was the aggressor in the one-minute overtime stanza and moved in for a low takedown to win the match.
"Aaron gutted it out again," said Waynesboro head coach Eric Mowen. "He's a grinder. He did what he had to do in overtime to win.
Layman earned a 12-0 major decision in the first round. He will face Kyle Bollinger of Quince Orchard in today's semifinals.
Cuka, who was fifth at last year's tournament, won by injury default in his quarterfinal match and pinned Carlo Bustos of Quince Orchard in the first round. Cuka will wrestle Sinjin Shoop of Williamsport in the semis.
Carbaugh, a runnerup last year at 106 pounds, was methodical in advancing to the semifinals. The senior pinned both opponents and will face Cody Matthews of Mountain Ridge in the semifinals.
Binkley, who along with Carbaugh make a formidable one-two punch in the lower weights, only had to wrestle one match Friday. He received a first-round bye, then pinned Tom Boldosser of South Carroll in 1:24 in the quarterfinals. He will square off against Nick Miller of Williamsport in the semifinals.
Finally, Starliper mimicked Carbaugh's path to the semifinals, recording back-to-back pins, including a 30-second fall in the first round. Starliper will face Amont Hawkins of North Hagerstown in the semifinals.
Waynesboro wrestlers competing in the consolation bracket are Ryan Neff (106), John Atkinson (113), Colby Mowen (126), Cody Frey (132), Wes Cline (152), Aiden Smith (160), Patrick Wade (170), Andrew Paterno (220) and Shawn Robinson (285).
G-A wrestlers competing in today's wrestlebacks are Wade Rider (120), Juan Grazette (138), Ryan Wolf (145), Geoff Helfrick (152), Jensen Stoner (170) and Dwight Henning (285).
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Lincoln - With the season opener less than a month away, the Nebraska softball team held its first practice of the 2013 season on Thursday inside the Haymarket Park Indoor Practice Facility.
The practice was the first spring practice for the seven Huskers who make up the largest freshman class in Head Coach Rhonda Revelle's 21 seasons at Nebraska. Following practice Revelle said the influx of young talent brings added enthusiasm to an already exciting first day of practice.
"I think there's something about youth that amps up a coach," Revelle said. "This team, they have a lot of energy, they have a lot of focus and they have a lot of drive. They are really an athletic and focused group.
"Anytime you have athletes that are focused, the sky is the limit."
Nebraska is coming off a 33-22 season in 2012, the program's 14th 30-win season in the past 15 year. The Huskers return five all-conference performers in seniors Gabby Banda, Courtney Breault and Brooke Thomson and junior twins Tatum and Taylor Edwards. Thomason and Tatum Edwards are two-time all-conference selections while Taylor Edwards was a 2011 All-American and a finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year.
Last year's starting shortstop Mattie Fowler is also back, and Fowler practiced on Thursday as she continues her rehab from offseason knee surgery. Senior Megan Southworth and sophomore Jordan Bettiol also return, and both players have starting experience in the outfield. Rounding out the group of returners is junior Kylee Muir, a powerful left-handed hitter who is expected to see her most playing time this season after backing up all-conference players at both of her positions (first base and designated player) in each of the past two seasons.
Adding to the returning veterans are the seven talented freshmen, which include Alicia Armstrong, the Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year, Emily Lockman, the California Gatorade Player of the Year and Hailey Decker, a two-time Oregon Offensive Player of the Year. Rounding out the class are Danica Bishop, an all-county all-star last spring, Sammi Noland, a two-time All-Southern Arizona selection, Kiki Stokes, a three-time high school All-American and Dawna Tyson, a two-time All-CIF Southern Section honoree.
The 2013 Huskers open their season Feb. 8-10 at the Hotel Encanto Invitational on the campus of New Mexico State University. Nebraska's season-opening schedule changed on Thursday with the addition of New Mexico to the tournament field. Nebraska's first three games remain the same, but the schedule for Sunday, Feb. 10 has changed. NU will open play on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (Central) against Illinois-Chicago before facing New Mexico at 1 p.m.


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I would love for a live action He-Man to come as close to this as possible.
Wasn't Fabio already in a movie?
..by the power of hairspray!!
Dolph for Skeletor!!
Oh, and what is with the tittle of this thread anyways?
.."What would He-Man HAVE TO look like..?" ..?
What would anyone HAVE TO look like? .. What would your mom HAVE TO look like?
and traditional.
"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."
I want to see movie He-Man with...
Blond shaggy hair,
Tanned MUSCULAR physique,
Dull silver chest armor with red cross & gray or brown leather straps with 3 red squares on each strap,
Bronze belt & vambraces,
Long brown furry LOINCLOTH, a little longer/bigger than MOTUC King Grayskull style loincloth.
Brown boots with ivory furry boot tops,
MOTUC styled Power Sword, Axe & Shield.
I want He-Man to look like the action figure. I started a thread similar to this a few years back & like I said back then, I want the movie characters to look like the action figures. If the movie Watchmen can look VERY close to their comic counterparts & the movie Avengers can look like the Avengers, movie He-Man and the Masters of the Universe can look like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
(Heck, I'm still hoping for a short, hairy, muscular movie Wolverine someday. Where would they find such a guy? )
Last edited by Power Sword; October 21, 2012 at 04:59am.
I want my other half.
Thinking about it some more, I really think they will go for a more "NA" look for He-Man, minus the helmet. I just don't think a full on "barbarian" look will be used. Mainly because of how spectacular the flopping of Conan was. I really think they will go for a more "sci-fi" look for not just He-Man, but he looks of all the characters. I think a more "NA" design is a good compromise.
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"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."
I don't think he needs to change. The artwork by Norem and co. is what sold the toys. I've always wanted to see one of those epic battle scenes on the toy packaging and story book covers in film. If the story is written well, if it is acted with integrity and directed as a film and not just for a quick buck, the original look will be just fine. I imagine that Eternia is pretty hot, a lot of the battle scenes have volcanoes and desert settings. And if you're out doing your thing and suddenly get ambushed, you won't necessarily be wearing armor. It's as believable as anything else in the world of He-Man.
please no (trashy) wrestler for the main hero, we just have un unknown director and we dont know if he'll make a good movie at all.
At this point I dont expect epic films like LOTR or THE HOBBIT but a mid-budget movie (sorta like the smurfs last year )
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"The Most Powerful Man in the Universe..."
"Where Hope seems Lost..."
"I was summoned on the future..."
"A Hero shall emerge to protect Eternia..."
"A Hero will Rise..."
If He-man looked like this...it wouldnt be dated...give him his metal chestplate with a distressed metal or stainless look to it for the sci-fi aspect.
Keep the fur, maybe a little leather but have the metals look a little more advanced..like his wristbands and belt...a perfect blend of old and new.
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In Schwarzenegger's book he has a picture of his family with a safari lion, all drugged down, and he says in those foot notes that he always was fascinated with big cats.
..Also I like Adam's purple school boots over fur boots.
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I saw how Taylor Kitsch looked in a metal/leather X harness in "John Carter" - I thought it came really close to something He-Man would wear.
Since Kitsch's physique is above that of most decent actors ... maybe the Battle Armor He-Man look?
That's less CG enhancements needed if you only have to worry about the arms and uncovered leg portions of whoever they put in the role. That said, I know the Battle Armor look from the 2nd He-Man figure is not as iconic.
Oh, and sorry to bring up John Carter, I know everyone here hopes a MOTU movie won't be a bomb on that level
If they can pull off a more or less correct Captain America costume in his film, they can pull off a more or less correct He-Man in a film.
To be honest I agree, I'm not sure the barbarian look will be used due to Conan comparisons but it depends what story line is used - ie whether there is a prince Adam who has a dramatic change like in the 200x version, a superman esque alias requiring a quick costume change or a full time HeMan character such as in the Dolph movie.
Personally I would like more of a techno inspired HeMan outfit reflecting the combination of magic, tradition and technology and think there should only be 1 transformation from an Adam character to a full time HeMan rather than switching back and forth or just having a HeMan with no background as to why he is there.
I've said it before in other threads, and I'll say it again: He has to be instantly recognizable as He-Man, but artistic license must be used, just as in the Dolph Lundgren movie, to make a costume that works IN A LIVE-ACTION MOVIE. The Filmation look simply WILL NOT work on screen as-is!
As I've also said many times before, and as the Lundgren movie proved, the FIRST thing that MUST be done away with is the clashing color scheme! The gray/silver harness MUST be ditched in favor of one that looks like it BELONGS with the rest of the outfit. That's why my favorite version of He-Man's outfit is the 2002-2004 version, with the live-action movie one being my # 2.
These are the best character designs I've seen, from another thread, for a He-Man look that could work in a modern movie:
Do it up with the 2002-2004 color scheme and we have a winner!
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In this day and age, I feel it may be awkward to most kids if the main hero of the story ran around in barely anything more than fury underwear/loin cloth. That said, it occurred to me that giving He-Man pants doesn't necessarily mean stripping him of his barbarian look like certain other attempts to pants him (coughnewadventurescough) Do you think He-Man could work in pants like this?
I don't mean exactly like this, but something similar could possibly work. What do you think?


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DURHAM, N.C. - Junior Tricia Liston scored 18 points and classmate Chelsea Gray added 17 to lead all players in the Duke women's basketball team's annual Blue/White Scrimmage Sunday in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Assistant coach Joy Cheek directed the Blue Devils through four 10-minute quarters of play against the program's scout squad, which was overseen by assistant coach Candice M. Jackson.
Liston and Gray connected on three treys each and combined for 12 of Duke's 36 rebounds in the game, while Gray also registered a team-high eight assists and four steals. Fellow junior Haley Peters contributed 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and hauled in three boards.
"This was a great scrimmage for us that really brought together a lot of things, much like an ACC game," said head coach Joanne P. McCallie. "It was a great opportunity to get experience playing together as a group, ... [but] we have got to get better to play at the highest level."
Several other Blue Devil returners turned in strong performances in the scrimmage, with senior Allison Vernerey totaling eight points on 4-for-5 shooting from the field. Sophomore Elizabeth Williams collected five points and four rebounds, in addition to recording two blocks in limited minutes, and classmate Ka'lia Johnson added two points, six rebounds and four assists.
Freshmen Alexis Jones and Sierra Moore made their debuts in Cameron Sunday, displaying what they will bring to the 2012-13 edition of the team. Jones scored six points on 3-for-6 shooting from the floor and pulled down three boards, including two on the defensive end, while Moore added two rebounds and was also impressive defensively, grabbing two steals.
As a team, Duke shot 43.5 percent from the floor and hit 7-of-18 shots from behind the arc. The squad was also solid from the charity stripe, recording an 88.9 free throw percentage over four quarters of action.
The Blue Devils will now prepare for their first exhibition game of the season against Shaw at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Duke will then host Queens in an exhibition contest on Sunday, Nov. 4 before opening up the 2012-13 season at home against Presbyterian on Saturday, Nov. 17.


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HIV and Online Dating: Am I More Than My Status?
Online dating has changed the way we meet people, how we interact, even how we have sex. The electronic personals allow people with HIV/AIDS to find one another and bypass the often-painful process of meeting someone, disclosing and being rejected. Now they can be rejected for a whole host of other things since HIV is the common denominator. But I had a difficult time with the concept that a disease is what brings us together. It is not that I have any issues dating a positive person, but I have spent the last 22 years trying to see myself as more than a disease. So it goes against every grain in my body to seek out people as a potential mate on the grounds that we share a virus.
On the other hand, the stigma of being HIV-positive is still in full force when it comes to electronic hookups. I have tried online dating that was not HIV/AIDS specific and found it daunting. I always felt at a disadvantage. Every time I saw an ad that said, "I am disease free and looking for the same." It felt demeaning, insensitive and ignorant. I am not the only one. I asked my friend Gregg, who has been positive forever and has spent some time online looking for a partner.
"It shows such a lack of knowledge. On occasion I have written back to some of these ads saying something like, picture yourself and what that feels like to read that," said Gregg. "They usually reply, 'no insult intended, just not my thing.' I know it is really hard to include everyone when you put an ad online but there is no need to be insulting. It was shocking to me that people would put out these messages with their faces attached to it, wow."
I do understand that people truly have no idea what it feels like to be discounted for a physical condition they do not have but it goes along with saying things like, no fatties, no Asians, no Jews. It is unnecessary, and it makes your world a smaller place. You have no idea what it is you are missing when you make your own limits. But that is the world we live in. It is not only disease status, but also looks, age, what we do. You do not get the same chance to charm someone as you would in person. There are these criteria people have in mind, and if those boxes are not checked off: next!
My friend told me about his girlfriend who was shy, but really wanted to meet someone, so she decided she would follow the online rulebook. She had a realistic photo of herself, would just meet for coffee in a neutral place and be direct. She knew after these mini dates if they worth pursuing. She tried to be open and in total met with over two dozen guys.
There was this one guy who she was really attracted to online, he had no photo up but he seemed to fit all her criteria but when they met he had a skin condition where every square inch of his body was covered in bumps. It was too much for her to overcome. We all have our levels of comfort in the physical world unfortunately HIV/AIDS in so many peoples minds is a definite no from the start.
I remember meeting this one guy online in the beginning before I had my AIDS esteem. We spoke on the phone regularly, laughed and had a lot in common. He finally disclosed to me he had colostomy bag. I breathed a sigh of relief. I thought, okay, that levels the playing field, poop in a bag-AIDS, no problem. Funny thing was when I disclosed, I never heard from him again.
I know if we met in person that would not have happened. Most of my relationships have been with HIV-negative people, the good the bad and the ugly. Disclosing was always a shock but they had already met me, laughed with me, felt my spirit and so after the shock they could balance the weight of HIV with the real person it inhabited.
When we are our bodies we are the most disconnected. When we see ourselves through the heart and spirit is when we feel most connected. The physical usually becomes a far second to the person. The personals are initially about the superficial; they have to be, because there is no body language, no eyes to look into, no pheromones or chemical connection.
I spoke to several people and heard wonderful stories, like two positive people meeting on an HIV-specific site, talking for over a year, getting married and having a kid. I have heard this same story several times with both, positive, negative, straight and gay. So the possibility is always there. The one thing I have heard from all of them is you have to really put the effort in and weed through a lot of mismatches before you hit pay dirt. And there can be horror shows along the way.
A friend told me he thought he had met the man of his dreams. They had a long-term relationship for over a year. The potential partner lived in Germany and was HIV-negative. My friend lived in San Francisco and was positive. They met a couple of time for a week here or there and were smitten with one another. The German man decided to move to the U.S. to be closer.
After a few week of being in close proximity, (they were not living together, just dating), he realized the guy was a lunatic. It became apparent one day when they were walking in the Castro and he turned to my friend and hissed, "Why were you making eyes with that Puerto Rican body builder." My friend was so confused, he replied, "What body builder?"
Trying to laugh it off, he jokingly wanted to know where this hot guy was. The German man went on crazy rant. That was the beginning of the realization he had made a terrible mistake and slowly tried to extricate himself from the relationship with a person who eventually became a stalker nightmare.
All of us are on our best behavior when it is a weekend or a couple weeks, but when it comes to actually seeing each other on a regular basis that's when we learn who our partners are. It is just too hard to really know someone online, or when your are in a hotel room or visiting for a couple weeks with a vacation vibe going on.
Online dating is just another option to possibly meeting a partner. It can be the place you dip your toe into after a long-term relationships ends or if you just found out you are HIV-positive. It works better for some than others and especially well if you are not ready to be rejected on the basis of simply being HIV-positive.
Here a sample selection of HIV/AIDS specific social sites:
• http://www.facebook.com/positivelyfrisky
• Social group for heterosexuals with HIV in NYC
• HIV/AIDS chat room and personals http://www.hivpoz.net/
• HIV/AIDS chat room and personal ads http://positivesdating.com/
• HIV/AIDS personal ads for gays or straights http://www.positivepersonals.com/


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Blue Devil swimmers tallied five individual first-place finishes, captured one relay title and set six meet records Saturday, Oct. 5 at the season-opening All-North Carolina Invitational, held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Duke participated in just the second day of the two-day meet, totaling 737 points on the women's side and 677.5 points in the men's competition to earn a pair of fifth-place finishes in the final team standings.
"This is a unique meet that gets most of the colleges from North Carolina together to compete against one another," said head coach Dan Colella. "They all had some really fine performances from individuals today. I think as a state, the depth of swimming is just continually improving."
The Blue Devil women opened Saturday's morning session on a strong note, as sophomore Chelsea Ye, senior Christine Wixted, freshman Maddie Rusch and senior Lauren Weaver combined for a 1:43.74 clocking to take first and register a meet record in the 200-yard medley relay. On the men's side, Duke's 'A' squad of freshman Joey Maginnis, senior Hunter Knight, freshman Dylan Payne and freshman James Peek came in third with a time of 1:32.33.
Rusch returned to the pool a short while later to edge the field in the women's 100 butterfly. The rookie from New Canaan, Conn., posted a mark of 56.08 to win the event and break the previous meet record, while fellow newcomers Kaz Takabayashi (51.36) and Payne (51.39) finished second and third, respectively, in the men's 100 butterfly.
The 200 freestyle saw another freshman turn in an impressive performance, as Brittany Friese placed second at 1:52.06. Two veteran swimmers and All-ACC performers followed with a pair of first-place finishes in the 100 breaststroke, picking up right where they left off at the end of the 2012-13 season. Christine Wixted, the invitational record-holder in the event, collected her first individual win of the year in a 1:04.03 swim, surpassing her previous record of 1:05.21. Graduate student Emily Barber touched at 1:06.14 to take fourth, and senior Hunter Knight registered the top time on the men's side with a 56.05 showing to break his own All-North Carolina Invitational record.
Ye finished third in the women's 100 backstroke (57.30) and Schlichte fifth in the 1,650 freestyle (17:30.50) before the mid-day intermission.
Rusch continued to make a strong statement in her collegiate debut Saturday evening, winning the women's 100 freestyle with an invitational record of 51.40. Peek was the top finisher on the men's side, clocking 46.93 to come in sixth.
Christine Wixted completed her sweep of the breaststroke events, coming back to win the event at the 200-yard distance while also besting her own invitational record with a 2:19.75 performance. Hunter Knight was second in the men's field at 2:02.64.
In the final heats of the evening, the women's 400 freestyle relay team of sophomore Linsay Cooper, Rusch, senior Kelly Hagerty and Friese notched a mark of 3:29.43 to finish third. Freshmen Peek, Mike Seaberg, Bradley Cline and Jack Carey paced the Duke men with a sixth-place showing at 3:09.13.
"We saw some good things happen today, some things that showed us that we're probably ahead of where we were at this point last year," Colella said. "I think everybody's been real supportive of one another in the early weeks … There were some fine performances out of a number of people for this early in the season but there's definitely a lot of things that need to refined and worked on in the coming months."
Following this weekend's early season action, the Blue Devils will continue their training regimen before traveling to Wilmington, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 26 to face UNC Wilmington in a dual meet.


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Jack Del Rio isn't going anywhere.
The Broncos and their defensive coordinator agreed to terms Thursday on a new two-year contract. The deal is expected to be finalized Friday.
"Jack did a nice job with our defense," said John Elway, the Broncos' executive vice president of football operations. "We had a lot of injuries on that defensive side, and Jack did a good job holding that side together. Even in the Super Bowl, our defense kept us in the game in the first half."
It wasn't long ago that defensive coordinator was the Broncos' least stable coaching position as they went through seven in seven years from 2006 until Del Rio's arrival in 2012.
Del Rio previously had been a nine-year head coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars. When Broncos head coach John Fox went down with open-heart surgery in November, Del Rio went 3-1 as interim coach.


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TRAINING: Just training hard and strong in all aspects of the game... Training my mind and body to perform.
When and why did you start training for fighting? August of 2000. I had been a fan of the sport since 1994 when I first saw it... I always wanted to train and when I got the opportunity, I took it on full-time.
What ranks and titles have you held? MMA national amateur MMA champion, Gladiator Challenge lightweight champion, IFC lightweight champion, 5 time King of the Cage world lightweight champion, The Ultimate Fighter season six winner.
Do you have any heroes? Bernard Hopkins, Arturo Gatti
What is your favorite technique? Left hook to the body
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything. My career in the UFC is my life and I won't let anything stop me from making a living in the in this sport.
What was your job before you started fighting? I have had many jobs growing up, most notably, I was a caretaker at an Animal Sanctuary in Pennsylvania right before I started fighting.
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Actor Michael Jace apparently called his father-in-law after shooting his wife, April Jace on May 19, a 911 call revealed Thursday.
The three-minute call between April Jace's father and a fire department dispatcher appear to be further proof that Jace, 51, killed his wife, according to the Associated Press. The actor, who starred on "The Shield," has been charged in the killing but has not yet entered a plea.
"My son-in-law called me, and (texted) me, and said come get the kids because he shot April, our daughter," said the caller, whose name was redacted from the audio.
Jace also reportedly called 911 himself on May 19 to report that he had shot his wife. Audio from that call has not been released.
His father-in-law supposedly made the 911 call while driving to the couple's Los Angeles home. Jace's two sons, who are under the age of 10, reportedly were at home when their mother was shot.
Michael Jace's attorneys Jason Sias and Jamon Hicks declined to comment, telling the Associated Press that they are still investigating the case. "We have the utmost concern for the Jace children," Sias and Hicks wrote in a statement. "Mr. Jace has a constitutional right to a defense. It remains extremely early and we are still in the fact-finding process."


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Red Sox - 010 110 161 - 11 17 0... and a tight, see-saw game became a laugher in a ten-batter eighth inning, thanks to two-RBI hits from both Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury.
Nationals - 100 101 000 - 3 8 1
Those two guys were also the offensive stars of the game. Bay went 4-for-6, with three singles and his 19th home run (capping off a nine-pitch AB in the second), three runs scored and three RBI. Ellsbury was 4-for-4, with two singles, two triples, one walk, three RBI and a stolen base. He scored only one run, but was stranded at third two other times.
Dustin Pedroia had two doubles and a single and Kevin Youkilis had two hits, two runs and two RBI. ... The Red Sox scored at least one run of each of the six Washington pitchers.
Penny (5.2-6-3-3-6, 112) had trouble with two-out hits in the first and sixth innings and all three of his walks came in the fourth inning, but he was able to get out of jams when he needed to. Daniel Bard loaded the bases with one out in the ninth (a walk and two singles), but got a 3-6-1 DP from Nick Johnson to end the game.
Atlanta shutout the Yankees 4-0, so Boston is 5 GA in the East -- their biggest lead since September 15, 2007.
I forgot to mention: The Nats Can't Spell.
Brad Penny (4.94, 95 ERA+) / John Lannan (3.38, 129 ERA+)
In nine starts since May 3, Penny has a 3.71 ERA over 53.1 innings -- and has not allowed an earned run in his last 11 innings of work.
With Daisuke Matsuzaka out of action for the foreseeable future and John Smoltz's health still a question mark, it seems unlikely (even with Clay Buchholz in Pawtucket and Justin Masterson's ability to rejoin the rotation) that the Red Sox will be trading Penny.
Lannan is a 24-year-old lefty in his second full season with Washington. He had a 3.91 ERA (112 ERA+) in 31 starts last year. In his last four outings this season, he has gone 28.1-17-10-15, with a 1.91 ERA.
Lannan grew up on Long Island and rooted for the Yankees. In his last start, he tossed 8.1 innings in a 3-2 win over the New Yorkers in the Bronx. What does he think about facing the rival Red Sox?
Not a big deal. I wasn't really into the whole Yankees-Red Sox thing. I liked the Yankees, but I didn't hate the Red Sox. ... Before that rivalry really heated up.Lannan says he stopped going to games in 2000 and never saw the Red Sox play at Yankee Stadium.
Over in Yankeeland, Bob Klapisch says Joe Girardi is "entering a critical phase of his managerial career". Given Girardi's history of overworking his players, Klapisch wonders about CC Sabathia, who was pulled from his start on Sunday in the second inning with tenderness in his left biceps.
That injury comes after Sabathia pitched at least seven innings for eight straight starts (May 8 to June 16) -- and after he led the major leagues in innings pitched and batters faced in both 2007 and 2008.
The Yankees -- 4 GB -- are in Atlanta tonight. The Blue Jays are 5 GB and the Rays are 6 GB.


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Four Huskers Earn All-America Honors
Lincoln, Neb. – Four Nebraska volleyball players were honored Wednesday, as the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced its 2013 All-America teams. Senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson led the charge as a first-team selection, while freshman outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen was named a third-team All-American. Junior setter Mary Pollmiller and sophomore middle blocker Meghan Haggerty were chosen as honorable-mention selections.
Nebraska continues to lead the nation with 76 AVCA All-America certificates (first, second and third team) by 39 athletes with at least one Husker earning All-America honors in 32 consecutive seasons. In his 14 season at Nebraska, head coach John Cook has coached his players to 41 All-America honors.
Robinson proved that she was one of the best players in the nation in 2013, helping the Huskers to a second-place finish in the Big Ten Conference and a berth in the NCAA Regional Final. The 2013 Big Ten Player of the Year, Robinson totaled 530 kills on the season and averaged 4.45 kills per set, while also chipping in 396 digs and an average of 3.33 digs per set. She produced the fifth-most kills by a Husker in a single season and her 1,206 attacks on the year were good for seventh on Nebraska's all-time chart. She posted 19 double-doubles on the season and tallied 10 or more kills 28 times and hit .300 or better 19 times as a senior. Robinson notched a career-high-tying 29 kills against Wisconsin on Oct. 5 and a season-high digs 23 against Texas on Sept. 22. She led Nebraska in kills and aces in 2013.
Rolfzen produced a stellar freshman campaign for NU, earning third-team honors. She is the first Nebraska true freshman to earn All-America honors since Sarah Pavan in 2004. The AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year and All-Big Ten pick, she notched 377 kills on the season for an average of 3.46 kills per set, while also posting 385 digs on the season. She finished her freshman year second on the NU freshman kills list. Rolfzen notched 13 double-doubles on the season and recorded a career-high 20 kills twice in 2013. She posted 10 or more kills 23 times as a freshman and 10 or more digs 18 times.
Haggerty earned the second AVCA All-America distinction of her career with an honorable-mention selection. She posted 178 kills on the season and a hitting percentage of .279. Haggerty notched 108 total blocks on the year and averaged 1.05 blocks per set. Haggerty hit .300 or better 19 times during the 2013 season. She was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 and notched at least five blocks nine times as a sophomore. Haggerty posted a career-high 11 blocks against Michigan on Nov. 16.
Pollmiller earned her second honorable-mention All-America honors as she guided the Husker offense in 2013, tallying 1,279 assists on the season and an average of 10.75 assists per set. She helped Nebraska to a .270 hitting percentage on the season and was named honorable-mention All-Big Ten. She helped Nebraska hit .300 or better in 14 matches as a junior, including a season-high .418 hitting clip against Indiana on Nov. 23. Pollmiller totaled 50 or more assists seven times in 2013 and a season-high 62 assists against Texas on Sept. 22. She was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week four times as a junior.


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Which Heroic Warrior Is The Most Powerful?
*** It's up to you to decide if "powerful" is based on strength, magic, or both.***
The Sorceress!!!
King Grayskull!!!
Other(please explain)!!!
Which Heroic Warrior Is The Most Powerful?
*** It's up to you to decide if "powerful" is based on strength, magic, or both.***
Have to go with the man himself, He Man. After all, he does have the tag line.
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Absolutely He-Man.
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I had to vote other. KG is more powerful than He-Man. He-Man is a copy of KG and gets his power from him. King Hiss even said he fought KG and He-Man is no KG. I also think Moss-Man should be on the list as he is basically an elemental god. Both Zodac and Zodak should be added as well and don't tell me about the neutral thing we all know better that they will jump on the good side if need be.
One last thing and it makes me sick to say it but you have to consider Orko. Anywhere else other than Eternia he is said to be an extremely powerful wizard.
I've gone for He-Ro. He's got strength and magic which Grayskull and He-Man don't.
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She-Ra...in B.O. She puts Stinkor to shame...
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I love She-Ra but she's just as powerful as He-Man at best(I'm not even sure of that). Since Adam's already had more time wielding the Powers Of Grayskull, he one ups her.
King Grayskull is, imo, a lame ripoff that has ruined He-Man & He-Ro's legacy. If we ever get a new canon after MOTUC, I hope he is ignored.
I love He-Ro but, with his magic sword, I feel He-Man beats him with a mixture of immense strength as well as magic.
While The Sorceress is extremely powerful, she not only relies on He-Man to get the job done, she is often stuck within the walls of Castle Grayskull.
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I'm not voting, only because I think the twins are equals, he-man may be physically stronger but she-ra has more magic based powers so I guess it's a tie. They would go 100 rounds and each would win 50!
Sorceress doesn't fit here because she is on her own level, she could basically shut off their power supply at the source if she wanted. But take her out of grayskull and she drops in power considerably, so depends on the scenario.
He-ro is too inexperienced in my mind and grayskull shouldn't exist..lol.
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Too hard to vote, really.
-He-Ro is a likely choice, as imagine that he has much of the powers of He-Man and She-Ra as well as his sorcerous skills.
-He-Man is The Most Powerful Man in the Universe, destined to be so.
-She-Ra is just aspowerful as He-Man, but she also has the extras of healing and telepathy (at least with animals)...
-King Grayskull is, as I see it and how MOTUC seems to be presenting him, just a dude who was taught by He-Ro to use the Power Sword. He is a precurser to He-Man, but the most important thing is that he passes on the genes that lead us to the Twins. Without the Sword of He, he is just a tough guy who's had enough of those g-darn snakes. "I want these mutherfunkin' snakes off this mutherfunkin' plane(t)!"
-The Sorceress is a bit of an enigma yet in Classics. Where do her powers come from? The Sword? The Goddess? Something else entirely? I imagine she would be quite powerful indeed; I'm hoping we don't get teh neutered version we've seen in the past.
-Any of the other He-Men (Wun-Dar, Oo-Lar, Vikor, etc.) would be quite tough and powerful, but only so much as any other great warrior.
-The Cosmic Enforcers would be quite powerful indeed, but I wouldn't think of them as quite as powerful as the Cosmic Warriors (such as He-Ro). Close, though, and able to give even the likes of the Twins a good fight.
-Moss Man, The Goddess, and other gods and such would also be very powerful, so they could be nearly as powerful...
-I have to stick with the Twins, I guess, but I want to say that Adora has a bit more going on.
...Unless Adam has more tricks up his furry underwear...
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He-Ro all the way. One-on-one, I think he could defeat anybody.
Very interesting topic. I try to make a coralation between Captain Marvel and Shazam. Who is more powerful, the wizard who provides the power or Captain Marvel. I'm not sure, there are some real heavy hitters in MOTU.
I'm under the opinion that He-Man is the strongest of his time with others like Moss Man and Zodak in the running. I think Sorceress is very powerful but it seems she is only truly powerful when she is in Castle Grayskull.
In his time King Grayskull was the most powerful and if he is more powerful than He-Man than he has the potential to be more powerful than Grayskull once Adam is an adult.
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A journey that began long ago in a place neither near nor far
A story of heroes, passed down through the ages
Until now.
This is our story. These are our heroes
He-Man (and to be fair, She-Ra should be basically the same).
Adam is the perfect storm of all history comming to a point to form the perfect champion, the greatest hero of all.
What or why isnt important. It's that this is what the universe has been waiting for and at his best, He-Man cannot fail if it means fulfilling his true destiny of protecting the entire universe.
Everyone else has added to this perhaps, their legends gave power, depth, and vigor to what would ultimately become He-Man. But their power is now his.
He-Man is the end result of timeless history comming together in one nexus.
That's the way I see it.
And even though I suggested up above that She-Ra should be about the same, I see her as not the "true" nexus. Not because she is a girl, but because he was First.
What?? No Zodak ( cosmic powers), or Moss Man ( elemental force)??
My first instinct was naturally he-man, but since he's going to get so many votes anyway, and since his sister has more powers, I went with.... SHE-RA!!!
I voted for He-Man, not only does he have his great strength, but the determination to keep fighting under any scenario. He won't stop. until he finds some way to win. Now these characteristics can also be applied to She-Ra and perhaps King Grayskull (depending on how you view his power level), But for me it comes down to the fact the Masters of The Universe started with He-Man. Despite the fact that stories introduced charters that came before him.
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He-Ro was the most powerful but was exstinguished by evil so his never fully climed to the true hights of his power. he was still in trianing i think.
There are other Heroic Warriors besides these, but I voted He-Man.
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He-Man for sure...
He-Ro may have brought the sword and what was to become the Power of Grayskull, but I don't ever see him as being a He-Man, his power was in his Wizardry not his strength, Grayskull was mighty as well, but no He-Man. He-Man & She-Ra were the true chosen ones to wield the true might of the magic swords....honestly, it should have been multiple choice, as She-Ra & He-Man are equals, and no one else was able to travel outside boundaries, or as mighty and powerful as those two....
Did I mention He-Ro died as did Grayskull?
So, since it's a single vote poll, and it's what I watched, since I didn't watch POP....He-Man.
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Sorceress would be a definite second though...
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It's inevitable that you're going to give a bottle of wine at some point during the season, especially with the spate of holiday parties you'll be sure to attend.
Wine can be a great gift, but it's best to be prepared as the giver. If you don't know wine, the bottle you bring can just end up unopened on the shelf for years. Also, remember that wine is a gift and don't expect the recipient to open the bottle and share it with you, said Maureen Christian Petrosky, a sommelier and author of "The Wine Club."
Since it is a gift, don't bring it naked or with a price tag. "A simple ribbon says it all," she says.
Also, we're often confounded about the price and how much to spend. Petrosky says there are plenty of nice bottles ranging from $10 to $25 dollars, a completely appropriate price for a hostess gift.
"Be creative and match their personality to the bottle," she says. "For example, I find Viognier to be a perfect gift for a best friend or mom on Mother's Day. It's feminine and therapeutic to sip. On the other hand, I would choose a robust red, like Syrah, to give to a male co- worker."
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A season for being with friends and family can be hard on those who are lonely; a season of giving can be hard on those who go without. All the tinsel and lights can also make people blink, shudder and wonder about which of life's gifts they'll never find under the tree — or which they'll unwrap and find fleeting and fragile.
The mixed blessings of the holiday season aren't lost on Tracey Thorn. The new album by the English singer and songwriter, formerly of the dance-pop duo Everything but the Girl, is called Tinsel and Lights, and it confronts that ambivalence head on. She discusses it here with NPR's Scott Simon.
Interview Highlights
On deciding to make a holiday album
"The reason we need to celebrate is because of the other stuff that happens throughout the year. ... It's quite a heightened, intense time, and precisely because of the expectations that are put upon it, that creates a lot of stress for people. When you're coming to make music and put together a record, that's a gift, really, to a songwriter. Anything that's got the potential for stress and tension and conflict — I think that's quite inspiring."
On her version of 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas'
"To me, it is a real tearjerker of a Christmas song. I find it hard to hear, especially Judy Garland's version, without crying; it's just gorgeous. It's the one that I knew I had to do when I decided to make this record, so then it was just a question of trying to do it justice. I don't think its one of those songs that you can shy away from and do an ironic version; I think you have to just, literally, sort of walk right into all that sentiment and enjoy it."
On being a parent at Christmas
"As a parent, you have this responsibility to make Christmas happen in the house. You're the one who puts the tree up, and who sort of makes the house feel Christmas-y and cooks the right food at the right time. And I quite liked the sense that, to children, it's very magical and intangible, and yet as an adult you're quite aware that there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes, people actually making it all happen. It's slightly Wizard of Oz: Behind the curtain there's a lot of frantic effort going on. But I quite like that. I think, with children, you enjoy putting in the effort because the reward you get from their enjoyment of it is enormous."
These end-of-the-year holidays can be a mixed blessing - like a lot of eggnogs. The season for being with friends and family can be hard on those who are lonely. A season of giving can be hard on those who are without. All the tinsel and lights can also make people blink, shudder, and wonder about which of life's gifts they'll never find under their tree, or which they'll unwrap and find fleeting and fragile.
SIMON: Tracey Thorn, the widely admired English singer and songwriter, has a new CD for whom the holidays can make us wipe tears of wistful joy.
TRACEY THORN: (Singing) You loved it as a kid, and now you need it more than you ever did. It's because of the dark, we see the beauty in the spark. That's why, that's why the carols make you cry joy, joy, joy, joy...
SIMON: Her new album is called "Tinsel and Lights." Tracey Thorn joins us from London. Thanks so much for being with us.
THORN: Hi. Thank you.
SIMON: "Because of the dark, we see beauty in the spark" - is that the message of this album?
THORN: Yeah, I think it is, without wishing to get too pompous about it. I mean, I think when I wrote that song, I was almost writing a kind of secular carol, which for me, sums up what Christmas means for me. Even at a time of year like Christmas, when everything's very focused on celebrating, I'm always looking for the other side of that and the fact that, you know, the reason we need to celebrate is because of, you know, the other stuff that happens throughout the year.
SIMON: And why did you decide to put your energy and artistic attention into a holiday album?
THORN: I really like them. I mean, I'm quite a fan of the themed record; the fact that you put together a group of songs - Christmas or winter, that sort of time of year - and, you know, there you go. You've immediately got your story to tell. And given that I was making an album of mostly cover versions, it gave me, you know, a structure that I could then pick the songs and sort of hang them on this central idea. And, you know, there's an instant - sort of unifying theme to it.
SIMON: Another song we want to ask about. This sort of throws a soft, white mantle over the past.
THORN: (Singing) Gone, it's all over and you're gone, but the memory lives on although our dreams lie buried in the snow. Sometimes, the wind blows through the trees, and I think I hear you calling me. But all I see is snow...
SIMON: That's a beautiful song.
THORN: I think it's an amazing song. And it's written by Randy Newman, and the version I heard of it was sung by Harry Nilsson. And I just immediately thought, well, that's definitely going on. You know, it's a melancholy song to put on a Christmas record, for sure. The snow in this song is not lovely, comforting, Christmas card snow. It's bleak snow. But - I don't know. There's a kind of luxuriant wallowing, almost, in the melancholy of this song that I just thought was irresistible.
SIMON: Well, and I don't know how many stories we do - at least one or two or year - that tell us that the holidays are a very stressful time, for many people.
THORN: Absolutely. And to me, it's bizarre to ignore that. You know, it's quite a heightened, intense time. And precisely because of the expectations that are put upon it, that creates a lot of stress for people. And - you know, when you're coming through to make music and put together a record, that's a gift, really, to a songwriter. Anything that's got the potential for stress and tension and conflict - I think that's, you know, that's quite inspiring.
SIMON: Let me ask you about a song that, in the context, almost surprised me a little bit. It is oh, so traditional.
THORN: (Singing) Through the years, we all will be together, if the fates allow. Hang a shining star upon the highest bough. And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
SIMON: All right. I'm blubbering. You know, in their famously heart-tugging versions - by Judy Garland and Rosemary Clooney - and yours is right there. It's just...
THORN: Oh, well, that's a compliment. I mean, it's the one that I knew I had to do, when I decided to make this record. So then it was just a question of trying to do it justice. I don't think it's one of those kind of songs that you can shy away from, and do an ironic version. I think you have to just literally, sort of walk right into all that sentiment - and enjoy it.
THORN: (Singing) From now on, our troubles will be miles away...
And with the string arrangement, I said to Nick - who was writing the arrangement - I really want it to sound like that moment in the movie when, you know, she's just looking out the window, and the snow starts to fall, and you just feel - every ounce of you feels Christmassy. So that was what we were aiming for.
SIMON: So how much do you think those days when you were one-half of Everything But the Girl?
THORN: Well, it's - you know, when I look back, I'm very proud of all the work we did, and the records we made. But I think, you know, I'm, I suppose, on a daily basis, more focused on the things that are actually in my life right now. That feels a little bit like, you know, it was just my past.
SIMON: Well, but an important part of your past has been with you for - what? - 28 years now, too.
THORN: That's right. I mean, Ben's still around, and...(LAUGHTER)
SIMON: Ben Watt.
THORN: You know, to be honest, it's one of the reasons why perhaps we're not so eager to get back to being a group together. It's not the easiest thing in the world being a married couple, and being a group together. And I think we were quite lucky that we did manage to make it work for a lot of years. But that's not to say you can make it work forever. (LAUGHTER)
SIMON: Do you think three children helped connect you to this kind of thinking and feeling?
THORN: I think they do. I think as a young adult, before having children, I probably became a little bit more detached about Christmas, and perhaps found some of it tiresome. And some of the traditions of it perhaps felt a bit too conventional. And then when I had my own children and realized what they wanted from Christmas, I saw that it still had a sort of meaning that didn't go away; and that as a parent, you have this responsibility, really, to make Christmas happen in the house. You know, you're the one who puts the tree up and who sort of makes the house feel Christmassy, and cooks the right food at the right time. But, you know, I quite like that. I think with children, you enjoy putting in the effort because - you know, the reward you get from their enjoyment from it, is enormous.
THORN: (Singing) So give me one rose for Christmas. Give me one holy day...
SIMON: Tracey Thorn, speaking from London. Her new CD, "Tinsel and Lights." Thanks so much for being with us.
THORN: Thank you.
SIMON: And, oh, happy holidays.
THORN: And to you, thanks.
THORN: (Singing) Like a snowman, like a snowman...
SIMON: And all this week, you can hear "Tinsel and Lights" in its entirety at nprmusic.org. This is WEEKEND EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a neurological syndrome. It results from using antipsychotic drugs. This class of drugs is used to treat psychiatric conditions, like schizophrenia . TD consists of a group of symptoms including:
- Abnormal twisting movements
- Abnormal postures due to sustained muscle contractions
It is unclear exactly why Tardive dyskinesia develops. Long-term use of antipsychotics can cause changes in the brain chemistry that lead to the symptoms. Nerve cells may also become overly sensitive to certain substances. Not everyone who takes these drugs develops TD.
Risk Factors
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is more common in women and in people over the age of 54. Other factors that may increase your risk of TD include:
Use of antipsychotics, especially if the drugs:
- Are taken in high doses for longer than 6 months
- Are first-generation drugs, which are the first drugs developed to treat a condition
- Use of metoclopramide and prochlorperazine—These medications are used to treat gastrointestinal problems, like nausea, vomiting, delayed bowel emptying, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), especially if taken for more than 3 months
- Possible genetic factor
Having a disease that may require using antipsychotics, such as:
- Mood or other psychiatric disorders
- Behavioral problems that occur with psychiatric or neurologic disorders, such as agitation in Alzheimer's disease
- Digestive disorders
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) causes repetitive movements. Movements usually occur in the face, mouth, limbs, or trunk. The movements are involuntary and serve no purpose. They may occur occasionally or all of the time. They may or may not be noticeable. Symptoms may begin while on the drug or within weeks of stopping it.
Symptoms may include:
- Grimacing
- Sticking out the tongue
- Twisting the tongue
- Chewing
- Sucking
- Smacking lips
- Puckering lips
- Blinking eyes
- Facial tics
- Foot tapping
- Moving fingers as if playing the piano
- Rapidly moving arms, legs, or body
- Writhing movements
- Pelvic thrusts
- Grunting
- Sighing
- Noisy breathing
They can worsen with:
- Stress
- Moving other parts of the body
- Taking certain drugs
Symptoms may decrease with:
- Relaxation
- Sleep
- Purposely moving the affected body part
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Other disorders can cause symptoms similar to those of Tardive dyskinesia (TD). The doctor will rule out other disorders before making a diagnosis. There is no specific test for TD.
Tests to rule out other disorders may include:
- Blood tests
- Imaging tests can evaluate the brain and surrounding structures. They may include:
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To treat Tardive dyskinesia, your doctor may:
- Stop the antipsychotic medication
- Lower the dose
- Switch you to a different medication
- Recommend vitamin B6 or vitamin E, which may reduce the risk of worsening symptoms
Symptoms may decrease over time even if you continue to take the antipsychotic drug. Younger people tend to do better.
Some medications may help decrease symptoms, such as:
- Trihexyphenidyl
- Reserpine
- Propranolol
- Clonidine
- Baclofen
- Sedatives
- Antiseizure drugs
- Antipsychotic drugs that may help with movement disorders
- Melatonin
- Diphenhydramine
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is being evaluated for the treatment of Tardive dyskinesia.
To help reduce your chances of TD from an antipsychotic drug:
Talk with your doctor about:
- Risks and benefits of the medication
- Whether the dose is right for you and how well the drug is working
- Other medications you can try that have less risk of TD
- Whether you can take a drug holiday to take a break from using the medication
- For even a small symptom of TD that you have—early treatment works best
- Do not stop taking your medication without first talking to your doctor. If you stop the drug right away, it may trigger TD.
- See your doctor on a regular basis as advised.
- Rimas Lukas, MD
- Reviewed: 05/2016
- Updated: 06/02/2014
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Cases involving kids left in hot cars prompt police warnings
A Groton father accused of leaving his 6-month-old daughter in a dangerously hot car outside the New London ShopRite supermarket Tuesday told police he was sending and receiving text messages at the time and forgot that the baby, who was sleeping, was in the car.
The child, left in the unlocked car for up to 30 minutes with just one window cracked open, was soaked in sweat and crying when police arrived but did not suffer any serious injuries.
When Brian Pavao, 33, of 142 Mather Ave. was presented in New London Superior Court Wednesday on a charge of risk of injury to a minor, prosecutor Rafael Bustamante noted the charge could have been much more serious had the child not been rescued.
More than 600 children in the U.S. have died after being left alone in hot cars since 1990, according to the nonprofit safety group Kids and Cars. New London police, hoping to educate the public and avert tragedy, posted information about the topic on its Facebook page Wednesday.
State law forbids adults from leaving children under 12 unsupervised in a car "for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety." It is especially dangerous in the summer when car interior temperatures can get extremely hot in a short period of time.
Officials note that it is also illegal to leave young children unsupervised in a running car, even if the air conditioning is on. On June 27, East Lyme police arrested a man and woman who they said left an 11-month-old and a 3-year-old locked in a running vehicle at the Stop & Shop. The children were upset but unharmed. Elizabeth C. Elliott, 22, of Auburndale, Fla., and Andrew J. Froberg, 30, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, were released on a written promise to appear in court and had to answer to the state Department of Children and Families, which was notified by police and took temporary custody of the children.
In the New London case, Officer Jeremy Zelinski responded to a 911 call and found the 6-month-old child buckled in her car seat in the back seat of a Honda Fit and noted in a police report that sweat had soaked her onesie and the car seat. The baby was breathing and alert but was taken to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital for treatment. A paramedic at the scene told police it was "very unusual" for a child that age to be sweating so profusely. A doctor who assessed the child told police she did not appear to have suffered any serious injuries, according to the report.
Pavao was held overnight and presented before Judge Kevin P. McMahon in the tank top and shorts he had been wearing when he was arrested.
At his arraignment, Bustamante, the prosecutor, argued for a $100,000 bond, noting Pavao is charged with a Class C felony, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He said that if things had "gone the other way," Pavao could have been facing a much more serious charge.
Public defender Jennifer Nowak argued for a bond reduction based on the fact that Pavao works two part-time jobs and has no ability to pay. She said the facts of the case, once fleshed out, may tell a different story and noted that people all over the country have been charged with the same crime after becoming distracted or having a break in routine.
The judge said it appears to be more than a case of bad judgment and that seeing people get locked up "for not thinking better" could be a deterrent for others. He set the bond at $25,000 cash or surety.
"This one is a little more than stupid," he said. "This is closer to the criminal side in my mind."
While the majority of such cases are accidental, police in Georgia allege that Justin Ross Harris murdered his 22-month-old son Cooper, who died of hyperthermia after being left in his father's SUV for seven hours on June 18. Harris had recently looked on the Internet to find out how hot it needed to be for a child to die inside a locked car, according to news reports.
In the New London case, Pavao came running out after the store paged the car's owner, according to the police report. When he was told the child was breathing and alert, his worried demeanor changed to "calm with occasional laughter," according to the report. He said that as he was parking, he was receiving and responding to text messages, which caused him to forget about the infant. He said he left the car at about 2:16 p.m. The police were called at 2:36 p.m., and a witness told them about 20 minutes had passed after someone pointed out the baby in the car.
After the baby was removed from the car and receiving medical attention, Sgt. Robert Picket, with Pavao's permission, closed all of the windows except one, which he left open about 3 inches, and used a thermometer to read the temperature inside the car. In three readings, he recorded temperatures of 130.5, 131 and 130 degrees. The outside air temperature at the time, according to the Groton-New London Airport, was 76 degrees.
Pavao, placed in the police cruiser to be taken to headquarters, asked, "Can I roll down my window?" before the officer had placed the car in drive, according to the report.
Pavao works at the Big Y and Mystic Aquarium and has three other dependent children, two of them in Texas and one in Rhode Island, according to the bail commissioner.
Pavao, who is due back in court on July 15, previously received six months of probation in a domestic case.
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New London police arrest Groton man after child found in car with temperature above 130 degrees inside
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The Luther College Symphony Orchestra will perform a program for its Twin Cities audience highlighting faculty member Du Huang on Edvard Grieg's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16.
Other selections include the Prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, "Pelléas et Mélisande" Suite, Op. 80 by Gabriel Fauré, and "Les Préludes" by Franz Listz.
The concert is open to the public with no charge for admission. The audience is invited to join the orchestra for conversation and light refreshments at a reception following the concert.
(Please note, there may be significant road construction en route to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church. Please plan ahead and allow plenty of time for detours.)
See program notes by Symphony Orchestra Director, Daniel Baldwin below:
Wagner; Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Richard Wagner was in exile (more or less) in Switzerland while composing Lohengrin. The composer had fled Germany in 1848 to escape the wrath of the Dresden police after he had gotten involved with a radical political fringe inspired by the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. To this day, if you visit the Hotel Schwanen in Lucerne, someone is bound to point out the corner of the drawing room where, on August 28, 1850, Wagner sat with watch in hand silently imagining his operaLohengrin, which at that very moment Franz Liszt was conducting at its world premiere at the Staatskapelle Weimar. When the score to Lohengrin was published in 1852, it included a long and glowing dedication to "My dear Liszt!" "It was you who awakened the mute lines of this score to bright sounding life," wrote Wagner. "Without your rare love for me, my work would still be lying in total silence—perhaps forgotten even by me—in some desk drawer at home."
Fauré; Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
Pelléas et Mélisande, a play by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, exerted an enormous influence on musicians throughout Europe in the years around the turn of the last century. Performed for the first time on May 17, 1893 (in Paris), Maeterlinck's drama inspired the composition of at least four musical masterworks, written by four distinguished composers. Of these four pieces, the best-known and largest in scale is the opera by Claude Debussy, who began his project even before the play was produced and who enjoyed the collaboration of Maeterlinck himself. In 1903, the year after the premiere of Debussy's opera, Arnold Schoenberg, who at that time still pursued a more or less Romantic course in his compositions, and had considered an operatic treatment of Pelléas himself, completed instead the large-scale tone poem that was the first of his works for orchestra (Op. 5). Two years later Jean Sibelius composed a set of incidental music for the play. Earlier than all of these was another set of incidental music, composed by Gabriel Fauré at the request of Mrs. Patrick Campbell for her 1898 London premiere of an English translation of the play (which had been presented there in the original French three years earlier).
Fauré was not Mrs. Campbell's first choice. When she learned that Debussy was writing his opera, she approached him for music for her production, but he quite understandably declined, and Fauré was approached during his visit to London in April 1898. "I shall have barely a month and a half to write all this music," he wrote to his wife, adding, "It is true that part of it already exists in my big head!" With help from his pupil Charles Koechlin in orchestrating the score, which included more than a dozen numbers, Fauré had it ready in time for the opening. A short time later he extracted four numbers which he revised and reorchestrated to form the concert suite, Op. 80, introduced in 1903.
The story told in Pelléas et Mélisande is a dark romance. During a hunting trip, Prince Golaud happens upon a mysterious maiden, Melisande, alone in the wood. Touched by her vulnerability, he offers her the refuge of his ancestral castle and his hand in marriage. Although she accepts the Prince's offer, Melisande finds a more sympathetic companion in Pelleas, Golaud's young half-brother. Pelleas returns her affection, and with mounting anguish Golaud watches as their friendship grows into passionate love. Inevitably, Golaud's jealousy leads to their deaths and his ruin.
Liszt; Les Préludes
In 1848, after years of frenetic touring and concertizing, Franz Liszt accepted the post of musical director to the court of the Grand Duke of Weimar, and cut down on his performing activities in order to give himself more fully to composition. Up to this time he had written almost exclusively for the piano. Now he began to experiment with other forms; in fact most of Liszt's large-scale works belong to this period. These large-scale works include the symphonic poems. French composer Hector Berlioz had introduced his Symphonie Fantastique in 1832. Liszt was so enthusiastic about the piece he immediately transcribed it for piano. Berlioz and (especially) Liszt are credited with the development of a new musical genre—the symphonic poem.
Of all Liszt's symphonic poems (he wrote at least twelve), only Les Préludes has remained in the active orchestral repertory. Written in 1848, extensively reworked in the six years that followed, Les Préludes was conceived as an introduction (or overture) to the choral composition Les Quatre Eléments. Les Quatre Eléments was a group of choruses for male voices, a setting of four poems by Joseph Autran. Unable to find a willing publisher for Les Quatre Eléments, Liszt decided to publish his overture as an independent piece.
The composer was now faced with the problem of supplying a "program" and a title for the piece. Eventually Liszt settled on a poem by Lamartine: Les Préludes, from a collection known as Méditations Poétiques. At the top of the score Liszt wrote these words, drawn directly from Lamartine's poem: "What is our life but a series of preludes to that unknown song, the first and solemn note of which is intoned by Death?" He then proceeds to describe Les Préludes as being "after Lamartine." As a matter of fact, Liszt conceived and composed this music without any thought for Lamartine's ode. The main similarity between music and poem is that both place pastoral and warlike elements side by side.
Grieg; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
Edvard Grieg composed his only concerto during a holiday at Sölleröd in the Danish countryside during the summer of 1868; the premiere was given in Copenhagen on April 3 of the following year, with Edmund Neupert as soloist. The composer was not present at his Concerto's premiere in Copenhagen, but such luminaries as Anton Rubinstein, Niels W. Gade and Emil Hartmann were, and Neupert, who played the solo part, sent Grieg a report three days after the premiere in which he quoted Rubinstein as having declared himself "astounded to have heard a composition of such genius." The reaction of Franz Liszt, far more dramatic, came later, in an extraordinary meeting in Rome.
An early violin sonata of Grieg's had moved Liszt to write to him, commenting on his "strong, creative, inventive and well disciplined talent" and inviting him to visit. Grieg called on him in April 1870, a year after the Concerto's premiere, and after performing the violin sonata with Liszt (who played the violin part on the piano and then astounded his visitor by playing both instruments' parts in an improvised setting) Grieg paid a second visit, this time bringing with him the score of the Concerto. When Liszt asked him to play it for him Grieg said he could not, as he had never practiced the work; Liszt thereupon undertook to play it himself—having never set eyes on it before—and played it brilliantly, giving voice to his enthusiasm as he played. At one point, near the end, he became so excited that he rose from the piano and strode about the room with his arms raised, singing the theme at the top of his voice, and then, as Grieg reported in a letter home, "he went back to the piano, repeated the whole strophe, and finished off. At the end he said to me . . . 'You carry on, my friend; you have the real stuff in you. And don't ever let them frighten you!' "
For further comment, we can do no better than to quote yet another of Grieg's early admirers, his Russian contemporary Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose words, while inspired by more than a single work, seem especially pertinent to the Piano Concerto. In Grieg's music, Tchaikovsky wrote,
"there prevails that fascinating melancholy which seems to reflect in itself all the beauty of Norwegian scenery, now grandiose and sublime in its vast expanse, now gray and dull, but always full of charm . . . and quickly finds its way into our hearts to evoke a warm and sympathetic response. . . . Hearing the music of Grieg we instinctively recognize that it was written by a man impelled by an irresistible impulse to give vent by means of sounds to a flood of poetical emotion, which obeys no theory or principle, is stamped with no impress but that of a vigorous and sincere artistic feeling. . . . What warmth and passion in his melodic phrases, what teeming vitality in his harmony, what originality and beauty in the turn of his piquant and ingenious modulations and rhythms, and in all the rest what interest, novelty and independence! If we add to this that rarest of qualities, a perfect simplicity, far removed from affectation and pretense . . . it is not surprising that everyone should delight in Grieg."
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What is a Marianna FL livestock auction?
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