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DOVER — Barrington resident John Shaw was indicted last week on four negligent homicide charges, alleging he caused the death of an elderly couple while driving under the influence of alcohol in August.
DOVER — Barrington resident John Shaw was indicted last week on four negligent homicide charges, alleging he caused the death of an elderly couple while driving under the influence of alcohol in August.
Shaw, 49, of 72 Flower Dr., Barrington, was involved in a two-vehicle collision on Aug. 31. The accident occurred as Shaw was driving a Ford Ranger west on Route 202 in Barrington, and then crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound Ford Edge. Joel McLain, 77, who was the driver of the Ford Edge, died instantly. McLain's wife Maxine McLain, also 77, who was the passenger in the vehicle, died several hours later, after being transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital.
Joel and Maxine McLain were Biddeford, Maine, residents.
Shaw was ejected from his vehicle in the accident, and was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital after the crash.
According to an affidavit by State Police Trooper Christopher Storm, first responders on scene reported an smell of alcohol coming from Shaw.
"He was asked how much alcoholic beverages he had consumed. He stated a few," states the affidavit.
In addition, there were signs at the hospital that he was impaired, states the affidavit.
In an interview shortly after the accident, Exeter resident Keith Carman, who has known Shaw for more than 30 years, said Shaw is not known to drink.
On Thursday, a Strafford County Superior Court grand jury indicted Shaw on four negligent homicide charges in connection to the accident. Each charge is a Class B felony, carrying a maximum sentence of 3� to 7 years in prison.
Two of the indictments allege that Shaw caused the deaths of Joel and Maxine McLain by driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The other two indictments allege Shaw, while driving at a high rate of speed, drove off into the pavement on the right shoulder of the road, and then turned left, into the opposite lane of travel, causing the couple's death.
Shaw is currently free on $25,000 personal recognizance bail. His arraignment is scheduled for May 1, at Strafford County Superior Court.


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Nursing supports statewide palliative and hospice training (S-PHC)University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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A grant from the HMSA Foundation provided funding for a collaborative partnership with Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, UH Mānoa Nursing and Kokua Mau, Hawaiʻi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to benefit long-term care and hospice patients statewide.
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Nursing is a proud partner with Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) supporting the development of a palliative and hospice training program for physicians, nurses, and social workers who work with patients and families. The goal of the training program is to provide a broad foundation of knowledge in palliative and hospice care focused on delivering quality patient and family-centered care to long-term and hospice patients.
The S-PHC program's training and evaluation initial phase will be piloted at Leahi Hospital, HHSC's long-term care facility in Kaimuki. Kokua Mau will be responsible for developing the communication training and the mentoring program. HHSC, through its electronic medical record system will track patients' progress and service referral. UH Mānoa Nursing will conduct an exploratory study (supported by UH RMATRIX), describing the self-reported perception of patient and family satisfaction after receiving palliative care services.
"Training and mentoring of Hawaiʻi's health professionals about palliative and hospice care will improve the quality of care services they provide to seriously ill patients and families," said UH Mānoa Nursing Associate Professor Dr. Merle Kataoka-Yahiro.
For more information, visit: http://www.nursing.hawaii.edu

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Updated: Pelham police warn daytime home burglaries on riseBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
February 12. 2013 9:45AM
PELHAM— A string of home burglaries this past month has perplexed area police, who are urging residents to be on the lookout for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.
Five Pelham homes have been burglarized in recent weeks, according to Pelham Police Sgt. Mike Pickles. He said the most recent of those incidents was on Monday, when an Atwood Road homeowner returned from work to discover a broken door and missing laptop, digital camera, camcorder and other such items.
Similar instances have been reported on Applewood and Old Lawrence roads and on Monticello Drive. Two of those burglaries took place just last week.
"Whoever is doing this is breaking the home's sliding glass doors and forcing their way inside," Pickles said. "They're coming in during the day when no one is at home, and they're taking things like small electronics, jewelry and cash. And these instances are definitely getting more frequent, which is a huge concern."
As of Tuesday afternoon, no one has come forward to report any suspicious activity or individuals.
"We don't have a whole lot to go by right now, which is why we're really calling on the public to keep their eyes open," Pickles said.
Pickles added that he feels fortunate that as of now, no one has come home while their home was being burglarized. Police are strongly urging residents to be aware of their surroundings and, should they suspect anything suspicious, to contact them immediately.
"If you come home and you see a door or a window has been broken, don't go inside," Pickles said. "Leave the premises and call the police right away."
Pelham police are working closely with the Hudson Police Department to investigate all leads, as similar instances have been reported in the neighboring town.
Hudson Police Capt. Bill Avery couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon. Residents with any information pertaining to the recent burglaries are urged to contact the Pelham Police Department at 635-2411 or the Hudson Police Department at 886-6011.


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The Alfalfa Club held its annual dinner Saturday night. It was attended by luminaries including President Obama and Governor Sarah Palin. Press coverage is not permitted, but a number of the jokes told by participants have leaked out. These are pretty funny:
Obama: I'm freezing the salaries of everyone at the White House making over $100,000. No one has frozen that much money since ex-Rep. William Jefferson.
Obama: My family had decided to get a Labradoodle dog, but we're having trouble finding one without back tax problems.
Joe Lieberman: I understand President Obama is going to visit the New York Times. He's going to make it his new house of worship.
And, finally, from Joe Lieberman: I came close to being John McCain's Vice-Presidential nominee, but finally he called me and said he needed more than just a pretty face.
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Event set for Game Developer's Conference.
I'm looking forward to seeing what DICE are capable of achieving with Next-Gen technology.
DICE already prove what they can do with "Next-Gen" technology, BF3 in PC look better than most of the PS4 games beside Watch Dogs and Drive Club, still i want to see what they will do with BF4.
That and also they said that it's only 40% of engine power, at the time of Next Gen it'll use 80%.
Yeah but the specs of the next gen consoles will theoretically not hamper the PC version as much. So we should hopefully see an even more improved PC version and similarly impressive console counterparts.
EA is smart, trying to hide up the SimCity thing as quick as possible
BF3 pc! But also BF3 and crysis 3 were still limited since they make all the games with 7 year consoles in mind. A 2000 player game like planetside 2 is next gen. Sadly devs never let one platform look way way different than the another. To prevent butt hurting.
like Pc don't hold back themselves? wake up fanboy, devs have to make their games playable to a minimum specs Pc's, not everyones has a 2k not even 1k PCs.. there is only a small amount of them. don't blame consoles.
1k and 2k PCs he says..
I would assume it would be something close to, though not quite, what we saw with Battlefield 3 on Ultra.
64 players on metro is a sight to behold derp. Seriously tho, I spent a good year playing BF3 on 360, I recently got a PC that can run it on ultra, add 64 players it's like playing a completely different game.
Meh.....rush job with some better graphics. Thanks EA for yet again messing up another series! anyway the important thing to me is can DICE come up with better music in the trailers than that "Cool Deep Reverb Noise" sound it had for the first few BF3 trailers which was EPIC!
rush job eh? Battlefield 3 got released in oct 2011. BF4 is being released sometime in 2014. Big time rush job for sure. How about you give me a rim job.
If you talk about consoles, it's the other way around. What next-gen consoles are capable of. (PC has that technology long time ago.)
I hope we'll see gameplay soon
E3? I hope so. When was this forecast to release again?
Spring 2014
Day one...dlc!
Next gen, dlc releases 7 days before the game!
Get those tanks ready DICE.
Another mindless shooter...
Believe it or not. Battlefield is not Call of Duty. I don't understand how you say "another mindless shooter" Battlefield involves at least SOME strategy to your game and not just mindlessly running around knifing people (CoD anyone??) There's not many shooters out there that are as good as Battlefield is, So no, it's not a mindless shooter, but rather Battlefield 4 will raise the bar for shooters once again.
the only shooter game that had strategy was SOCOM.
64 players on PS4 please.
Could not care, BF series has taken a serious step backwards since 1942 and now hey are introducing features that were in previous games as new much in the same way they did with BF3 and are doing with sim city. EA disgusting company, I will not support them.
step backwards? bit harsh init. dice always step up their game on every release unlike some other fps I don't wanna mention. get yo head out your arse son its beginning to talk shit too..
so the fact there was actual objectives in 1942 is not a step back? the fact 1942 featured a far greater array of controllable vehicles is not a step back? The fact that the maps have taken a step down in design and size is not a step back? the fact they lowered the player number then raised it again was not a step back? BF 2142 was a far superior game in every aspect and BF3 is a big step back but of course you probably think graphics are the most important thing...
64 players. That's the main thing that I'm looking for in BF4. Way more intense action :)
yes, that is a must. I would also like for them to allow the user to customize their servers. Allow vehicles to be removed or added.
Hell yes! That was one thing that I always wished that I could change on my server in BF3.
After all the crap EA has pulled this generation, I am very leery about supporting them. FPS, to me, have grown stale. If they add in DRM, disc locked dlc and micro transactions I might just give up on the genre.
Can't wait hopefully 64 players on next gen cause 24 players doesn't cut it especially on the endgame dlc.
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I, too, was saddened and angered by the massacre at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month, but I wasn't frightened for the safety of the children in my life until last week, when I heard that Maine lawmakers will soon consider a proposal to arm teachers with guns.
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported that state Sen. David Burns, R-Whiting, plans to introduce a bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and "support staff" (like who, lunch ladies?). These teachers and staffers would be given about a week of gun training and some sort of "psychological testing," as MPBN put it, "to determine their fitness to carry a weapon."
(Which brings up an interesting question: If you express a desire to carry a firearm in your classroom and are then deemed mentally unfit to be given that responsibility, in what universe are you still allowed to be a teacher?)
My stomach sank further when I heard the remarks of Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen. "How do you make our schools more secure?" Bowen asked in the news report. "Whether having people, adults, inside the building with guns makes them more secure or not — I really don't know."
Is he truly undecided on the issue, or is he letting politics cloud common sense? He used to teach social studies. If one of his students had more than a month to consider this question and came up with "I really don't know," would he be satisfied with that answer?
Bottom line: Introducing more guns and bullets into the panicked scene of a school shooting in progress will not make anyone safer. Until the police arrive, the first priority of teachers and staff should be getting students into a secure place (such as locked classrooms, behind desks), not engaging the assailant or assailants in a firefight.
The armed teachers would most likely become the primary targets in this scenario. How would we protect them? Would they be armed with a pistol or a weapon with firepower more equal to that of the gun or guns an assailant is likely to be carrying, such as a semi-automatic "hunting" rifle? If teachers are equipped with AR-15s, where would these weapons be stored during the school day, inside the classroom?
Do armed teachers wear bulletproof vests to work? And if we're really serious about providing students with armed bodyguards at school, we need to protect them inside and outside the building. That means arming coaches, crossing guards and bus drivers, too.
The more you think about the idea of arming teachers, the faster it spirals down the rabbit hole of absurdity.
I'm actually more concerned about the larger, long-term effects of arming teachers than the more immediate risk of fatal accidents or the (thankfully) extremely rare instances of gun violence inside Maine schools. The atmosphere and behaviors students experience in school teach them as much about life as textbooks and laptops do. And the lesson they'd learn from gun-toting teachers has no place in the curriculum of a civilized society.
The lesson would be simple and brutal: If you want to survive in this country, you need to pack a loaded gun and be ready to kill at all times.
The sight of an armed teacher every school day would be a constant reminder of past massacres and of the possibility that today could end in a bloodbath. Over the years, the paranoia this instills in children would harden into cynicism or dissolve into hopelessness. How meaningful learning takes place in an armed environment is a mystery to me.
I understand the impulse to protect lives with guns. It stems from a genuine desire to keep people safe, and no one should be faulted for that. But it's also an impulse rooted in violence and fear that only begets more violence and fear.
I'm encouraged that, while Bowen apparently wavers on this issue, superintendents are making their opposition clear. Portland's new superintendent, Emmanuel Caulk, is among them.
As lawmakers consider Burns' bill and others like it, I hope they will listen to people like Caulk who have experience managing schools and school districts, not political appointees.
Will the LePage administration put common sense and safety above the interests of the gun lobby?
At this point, I really don't know.


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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Gov. Bobby Jindal will meet with Assumption Parish officials on Monday about the massive sinkhole there.
The decision was made after he dodged questions from reporter Greg Meriwether earlier this week.
Some of those living in the area and affected by the sinkhole say the governor's actions are too little, too late.
"Me and my family don't want to see Governor Jindal," said one caller to a Baton Rouge radio station. "We don't want to shake hands with him. We don't want to vote for him anymore. We really don't care what he does at this point."
Listeners flooded the Clarence Buggs Show with anti-Jindal calls.
The sinkhole has kept hundreds out of their own homes for nearly seven months now.
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"The way you handle this next stage of your HIV is going to determine how well you live the rest of your life," says Joe Ohmer in this step-by-step video guide. He should know: Joe is living with HIV himself and as an HIV treatment adherence peer educator in a busy clinic, it's his job to help others learn to stick to their meds. In this helpful video, he not only talks about but shows you key tools to keep in mind when you plan for taking HIV meds.
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It's been almost two years since I revealed my hatred for text messaging.
However, this only seems to have spurred my weird friends to text me even more. So, in lieu of the fact that I have nothing substantial to write about today and also because I just spent twenty minutes trying to figure out how to erase all the text messages from my phone, here are the latest batch of text messages deleted from my cellphone:
"Don't fuck with me. I know you are not at Olsteen. I'm at Olsteen. You are at Soho House with Jim. You are both going to hell. Heathens!"
"That bar in Harlem on Nicholas Ave is now a Chuck E. Cheese. I am upstairs very much enjoying myself."
"Girl arrived at 2:51 pm. 7 lbs. Toes. Fingers. Hair. All good. 5 pushes for mommy. No cursing or bruises for daddy this time."
"I'm in therapy. Why aren't you?"
"The only thing making me feel better today is the fact that you're older than me."
"Donna making me see SATC. Just being on tic holders line a joke. Woman in line said she needed to look up words while reading a review."
"Pork butts are the new short ribs."
"Bummed about Omar. A young'n did him."
"I gave up pot for Lent. Yes, I do know I'm Jewish."
"Download new Duran Duran album. Serious. And no, this is not 1986 texting your cellphone."
"I know you're a Korean Jew and it's Sunday but I don't want Chinese. I want stone crabs."
"I am sixteen going on seventeen. On repeat. Over and over again."
"My daughter just licked the pole on the subway. Another proud parenting moment."
"Just ran into RZA at a deli. Never saw a rapper order a blueberry muffin before."
"Don't come home. The A/C went out! I'm melting. Save yourself."
"Why does every toddler in NYC have a better haircut than me?"
"Living my life with new philosophy. WWPDD? What would P.Diddy do?"
For the record, all of the above text messages were sent to me by friends over the age of thirty-five. Notice how none of them used that retarded shorthand internet slang? That's because my friends know if they did (or used an emoticon,) I'd cut them.
What's the most random text message that YOU ever received? An inquiring mind wants to know.


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33 U.S. Code § 391 - Summary trials authorized
Whenever a complaint shall be made against any master, officer, or seaman of any vessel belonging, in whole or in part, to any citizen of the United States, of the commission of any offense, not capital or otherwise infamous, against any law of the United States made for the protection of persons or property engaged in commerce or navigation, it shall be the duty of the United States attorney to investigate the same, and the general nature thereof, and if, in his opinion, the case is such as should be summarily tried, he shall report the same to the district judge, and the judge shall forthwith, or as soon as the ordinary business of the court will permit, proceed to try the cause, and for that purpose may, if necessary, hold a special session of the court, either in term time or vacation.
R.S. § 4300 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 121, § 2, 13 Stat. 124.
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The man who racially targeted Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds in a preseason game in London, Ontario, last week has been arrested.
At a press conference on Wednesday, London police chief Brad Duncan announced that Christopher Moorhouse, 26, of London, has been arrested and charged under the trespass to property act, a provincial statute.
Moorhouse was allegedly the one who threw the banana at Simmonds, one of the few black players in the NHL, during a shootout attempt at the John Labatt Centre on Sept. 22.
"Mr.Moorhouse has been served with a part three summons, and if convicted of this offence - could be liable to a fine of not more than $2,000," Duncan said. "This is a provincial offense and not a criminal charge, and will be dealt with in the provincial offenses court.
"This incident affected, not only our local community, it was across the national and international plane - and obviously individuals have very strong feelings about what occurred and I just wanted to indicate this individual has expressed remorse, notwithstanding the actions that he undertook, but we don't want individuals to go beyond what the court will do in terms of the penalty."
Duncan expressed concerns about possible retribution for Moorhouse by "vigilantism." Fans of the game had offered more than $2,000 in a reward for Moorhouse's arrest using social media.
Comcast-Spectacor Peter Luukko, president of the Flyers and the Global Spectrum company that manages the John Labatt Centre, was grateful for the support of the local community in London that came forward with information about Moorhouse.
"We would like to express our gratitude to the City of London, the police department and the many fans who came forward with information leading to this arrest," Luukko said in a statement. "We fully support the efforts to prosecute this individual. We have zero tolerance when it comes to this type of foolish behaviour. We will not tolerate it at the John Labatt Centre nor any of the other facilities we manage. The Philadelphia Flyers look forward to our annual preseason game next fall and playing again in our home away from home, the John Labatt Centre."
Chief Duncan also indicated that Moorhouse will not be charged with a hate crime.
"We took a very, very careful look at the circumstances and in this particular case it did not meet the threshold of a hate crime," Duncan said. "You have to demonstrate the incident was motivated by hatred - but the circumstances, and the statements that we've received, would not meet that threshold of a hate crime." he continued, also explaining the evidence did not meet the threshold of a mischief charge."
London authorities begun searching for a suspect immediately after the banana was thrown. Simmonds, 23, in his first season with the Flyers, has yet to comment.
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Mark was a smoker when we met 19 years ago, and he's smoked ever since. I wish he didn't, but I can't convince him to stop.
The first boy I ever fell for, at 17, was also a smoker. It went along with his scruffy, adorable "bad boy" vibe. I loved those smoky kisses. When Steve lit up, I snuggled closer.
Now I'm 59, and what was irresistibly edgy in a 17-year-old boy seems idiotic and self-destructive in a man pushing 60. When Mark smokes, I glower at him. If he wants to kiss me, he has to brush his teeth. When he lights up, I move away.
I can forgive myself for falling for a smoker at 17. Who has any sense at that age? And at 17, lung cancer, if it's going to happen, is in the distant future.
At 59, it could be right around the corner.
I was 40 when I met Mark. I wasn't crazy about the fact that he smoked, but he was so dear and funny and good to me that I overlooked it.
Soon, I stopped overlooking it and began to nag. Over the years, loving a smoker has turned me into quite the kvetch. But I have yet to find the magic words to make him quit.
A few years ago, Mark's mother, also a smoker, died of lung cancer. You'd think that going through that might finally make him stop. It didn't even slow him down.
My father, a psychoanalyst, never smoked cigarettes, but he did enjoy the occasional cigar. (Insert your own joke here.) Although Mom loathed smoking, she tolerated Dad's infrequent cigars, as long as he smoked them in his office, with the door shut. The rest of the house was off limits.
I'm less tolerant than my mother. If Mark wants to smoke, he smokes outside. It's partly the smell. But beyond the fact that the man I love smells like an ashtray, I hate to see him slowly killing himself.
And when I protest, he just jokes about it.
"Are you about to light up another cancer stick?" I'll ask as he heads outside, cigarette in hand.
"I prefer the term "coffin nail," he'll say mildly.
Mark's 21-year-old daughter is a smoker. "Would you be more likely to quit if your dad didn't smoke?" I asked her once.
"Of course," she said.
When I repeated this conversation to Mark, it made him very unhappy. But he kept right on smoking.
Recently, I decided to just give up. I couldn't get Mark to quit smoking. But I could quit nagging. I resolved to accept Mark for who he was and finally let him be.
Not a single friend or family member supported me in this decision. "You've got to keep trying," everyone insisted. Even Mark didn't want me to stop. "You do it because you love me," he said.
When I was growing up, Alvia, our nanny, smoked. (I adored Alvia. Could this be why I've always been drawn to smokers?) My sister and I guilt-tripped her relentlessly. We told her she'd get cancer. We hid her cigarettes. We tore them up and threw them in the toilet.
Despite our best efforts, Alvia smoked -- a lot -- for the 11 years she took care of us.
When I gave birth to my son 25 years ago, Alvia offered to visit for a week to help me care for him. I wanted this so much that I resolved not to say a word about her smoking. She could rock the baby's cradle with one hand and hold a lit cigarette in the other. Having her there would be worth it.
But when Alvia arrived, she told me she'd decided to quit. She regretted smoking for the many years she'd taken care of me, and didn't want my son to spend the first weeks of his life with a smoker. So when the baby was born, she stopped. Cold turkey. She hasn't touched a cigarette since.
Smokers quit when they are ready to quit. And not before. But there's always hope.
All I can do is continue to nag. And kvetch. And push Mark out the door whenever he lights up, even if it's ten below outside.
And hope for the best.
(This piece first appeared on Womens Voices For Change.)
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Is William Blake in this picture?
There has been some measure of discussion on the post about fake Marine William Blake (aka Zippy the Pinhead) who claims he was in the Marine engineer unit that deployed from the war in Grenada to the rubble of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. Realdealengineer sends this picture of him and his unit in Grenada who actually did do that mission;
There may be something wrong with my eyes, but I don't see Blake in the picture.
ADDED: MCPO NYC USN (Ret.) sends us the real, undoctored photo maybe he's easier to spot in this photo;
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA -- I was truly blasted when I saw the order on my credit card when I haven't seen any product. I will be doing my research, because this is ridiculous for them not to even respond to the consumer. I was a former employee of the District Attorney' Office and I have some knowledge of this area and I will be back on this website to give all of you an update.
I got my "FREE" trail of the colon700 supplements about two weeks ago. I started using them immediately. I was not pleased because they did not produce like they guaranteed. Actually, I began to have stomach cramps within a few days. I could have accepted that since they were "FREE", but today I received a charge of $78.98 on my MC. I called the company and I was informed I signed up for a membership, which I DID NOT and only would be refunded $55.99. I will be taking this to the BBB as well as ensuring I never fall for this again.
GEORGIA -- I ordered the free trial and about 14 days later, I received a charged of $79.98 saying that I am in a membership and it was in the terms and agreement... I can't find it. And when I go to the website they are now no longer offering the free trial and the terms and agreement can't be found... The customer service is rude and won't give my money back... Don't deal with this company, they are a scam.....
The company is a rip-off. They fool you with free trial. Charge you shipping, handling, and insurance off 1.00 on trial. Before you can cancel the trial, they ship you 90.00 more of the crap. You refuse post office returns products, you get charged a second shipping charge off 8.99 plus a restocking fee of 7.00 so you're out 15.00 for nothing. A BIG RIP-OFF.
CADIZ, OHIO -- Everyone is right, the numbers and emails they give you are fake or they just don't answer the phone or emails. I read all the reviews from other customers so I had to cancel my credit card before the 15 day free trial was up because you cannot call in or email to cancel like they say you can. And the product did not work. I hope more people write in so they will get shut down. And I learned my lesson don't give out your credit card number online!! I hope I canceled mine in time.
WEST VIRGINIA -- I had two of my friends and myself try the product. We did the 14 day trial. First of all it didn't work. We all followed the directions correctly. Second of all when we tried to cancel - forget about it. They scam people. I hope they get turned into the officials. They are one of these internet scam companies that will rook you out of your money. Do not use their product. You are better off drinking castor oil!!!!


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Microsoft Corp. tumbled the most in five months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said personal- computer market-share losses are accelerating and its push into consumer electronics hasn't gained traction.
Shareholders should sell the stock, Heather Bellini, a New York-based analyst, said in a note to investors today, downgrading the shares to sell from neutral.
Sales of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system are being held back by a global drop in PC sales. Shipments fell 14% worldwide in the first quarter, the worst decline on record, affecting every PC maker except for China's Lenovo Group Ltd., according to a report from market researcher IDC.
"The company faces critical secular challenges given the deteriorating PC demand backdrop," Bellini said. Microsoft's market share will "gradually deteriorate unless Microsoft successfully repositions itself as a more meaningful participant in the new era of consumer compute," she said.
Microsoft fell 4.5% to $28.91 at 9:46 a.m. in New York, and earlier touched $28.85 for the biggest intraday decline since Nov. 13. The stock had advanced 13% this year through yesterday, compared with an 11% gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Surface, the tablet device that went on sale Oct. 26, has also fallen short of analysts' expectations. Microsoft sold about 1.5 million of the devices, its first-ever computer hardware product, through the first quarter, people with knowledge of the company's sales said. That missed the 2 million in sales that UBS AG analyst Brent Thill had forecast for the December quarter alone.
Bellini is the only analyst who recommends selling among the analysts who report their advice on Microsoft to Bloomberg.
PC unit shipments fell to 76.3 million in the first quarter, a bigger drop than the 7.7% decline IDC had forecast, the researcher said yesterday. The drop was the steepest since IDC began tracking shipments in 1994.
The last time global shipments experienced a double-digit percentage decline was in the third quarter of 2001, when the market was wrecked by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and the technology bubble's burst.
Gartner Inc., another market-research firm, said PC shipments declined 11% in the first quarter to 79.2 million units. Quarterly global shipments fell below 80 million machines for the first since 2009, Gartner said. IDC and Gartner both reported that PC shipments fell in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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The North Queensland Cowboys have defended valiantly to take the win against the St George-Illawarra Dragons 22 - 16 in front of 9,035 faithful fans in Wollongong tonight.
The scoring started off quickly through Brett Morris after Nathan Fein put the ball high up in the air. The ball bounced out of reach for Clint Greenshields and into the hands of a waiting Morris who put the ball over the line. Josh Dugan was unable to convert the try.
The Cowboys bounced back early through a Jonathon Thurston line break. He was tackled but got the quick play the ball out to Kane Linnett. Linnett passed the ball out to Antonio Winterstein to cross in the corner. Thurston curled the ball like only he can and converted to take the early lead.
The next try came in the 17th minute through Clint Greenshields as he ducked under defenders from a Ray Thompson pass to score wide of the posts. Thurston curled the ball as he does but was a fraction wide and missed the conversion.
A lot of ball with the Dragons saw Michael Weyman crash over close to the line with some great passing from Cameron King. 3 quick tackles taken up by the forward pack saw Weyman next in line for the ball and he planted it down to keep the Dragons in the contest. Josh Dugan kicked the conversion and the scores were all locked up at 10 – 10.
Only 3 minutes later saw Kane Linnett push through the Dragons defensive line to plant the ball on the line for the Cowboys third try of the night. The try came off a tap back from Antonio Winterstein after a great bomb from Jonathon Thurston. Thurston converted the try and they took the lead for the second time of the night.
The next try came in the 60th minute, after a brilliant break down the sideline from Josh Dugan. He was able to get the ball back on the inside to Brett Morris who ducked under Jonathon Thurston and passed inside to Ben Creagh to score under the posts. Josh Dugan converted and the scores were again all locked up.
The winning try came from an Origin like play which saw Jonathon Thurston chip kick the ball over the defensive line for Brent Tate to collect the ball close to the line and go over to seal up the game. Thurston kicked the goal and the winning points were on the board.
A massive defensive display form the Cowboys over the last 15 minutes of the game saw them clinch the win over the Dragons finally breaking the run of losses for the away time.
Next week will see both sides have a bye in the lead up to Origin.
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St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 North Queensland Cowboys 22
Venue: WIN Stadium
Crowd: 9035
Halftime Score: North Queensland Cowboys 16-10
LeagueUnlimited.com Players of the Match:
3 points - Matthew Scott
2 points - Johnathan Thurston
1 point - Scott Bolton
Tries: Brett Morris, Michael Weyman, Ben Creagh
Field Goals:
Conversions: Josh Dugan (2/3)
Penalty Goals:
Tries: Antonio Winterstein, Clint Greenshields, Kane Linnett, Brent Tate
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (3/4)
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Interchange: 14. Cameron King 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Jack de Belin 17. Jack Stockwell
Cowboys: 1. Clint Greenshields 2. Ashley Graham 3. Brent Tate 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6, Johnathan Thurston (c) 7. Robert Lui 8. Matthew Scott (c) 9. Ray Thompson 10. James Tamou 11. Tariq Sims 12. Glenn Hall 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: 14. Rory Kostjasyn 15. Jason Taumalolo 16. Ashton Sims 17. Scott Bolton 18. Ricky Thorby
For the Dragons, Stockwell will start and Weyman will come off the bench.
For the Cowboys, Ashton Sims will come in for Tamou.
Fien puts up a high swirling bomb and Greenshields can't get to it. It bounces high into the air for Morris to win the jump and brush off a defender to put the ball down over the line. Dugans kick is wide to the left of the posts.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Ray Thompson makes an unforced error.
Thompson throws a forward pass to Scott on their own 30m line. Not a good result for the Cowboys there. Dragons on the attack again.
Scored by Antonio Winterstein. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
The ball goes wide from the Thurston tackle and it's gone through Linnetts hands out to Winterstein who is in the corner for the Cowboys first try! Thurston is kicking tonight and he expertly guides this through from the sideline for a great conversion!
North Queensland Cowboys 6-4
Jack Stockwell makes an unforced error.
Stockwell has knocked it on after a poor pass as he ran onto the ball. Cowboys with the scrum.
Scored by Clint Greenshields. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.
Ray Thompson takes the ball wide from the play the ball and gets it to Green shields who ducks under several defenders to put the ball down over the line. Thurston swings the ball well but just misses to the left of the posts.
North Queensland Cowboys 10-4
Scored by Michael Weyman. Conversion attempt by Josh Dugan successful.
The Dragons push it forward close to the line through the forwards and it gets to Weyman on the third tackle who crashes over for a try! Dugan kicks the conversion easily from in front.
10 all
Scored by Kane Linnett. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
The ball goes back to Thurston who puts up a shallow bomb. Winterstein taps it back in field to Linnett who takes the ball and pushes through Fein to plant the ball on the line. Thurston ices the cake with a brilliant kick for goal.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-10
Jason Taumalolo makes an unforced error.
Taumalolo has knocked it on in the tackle and the Dragons will restart from the 50m line.
Josh Dugan makes an unforced error.
Fein throws it out the back to Dugan on the run who is too fast for the pass and knocks it on. Cowboys will restart through a scrum.
Glenn Hall makes an unforced error.
Lui to Hall who has lost the ball before the tackle.
Scored by Ben Creagh. Conversion attempt by Josh Dugan successful.
Dugan with the dummy and the break down the right hand side. He gets it inside to Morris who ducks under Thurston and dishes it off to Creagh who is in for a try! Dugan converts to bring the scores back to level.
16 all
Scored by Brent Tate. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston puts up a chip kick over the top after an excellent break and Tate runs onto it for the TRY! Thurston copped a shot around the shoulders from Dugan on the way through. Thurston kicks the conversion and they're 6 in front again with 15 to go.
North Queensland Cowboys 22-16
Dan Hunt makes an unforced error.
Hunt knocks on the ball in the tackle.
Ray Thompson makes an unforced error.
Thompson loses the ball forward in the tackle and its back to the Dragons from the scrum.
Ashley Graham makes an unforced error.
Graham knocks it on from the play the ball. Dragons with a scrum on the 10m line.
Josh Dugan makes an unforced error.
Dugan knocks it on from the kick from Thurston. The Cowboys have won this one.


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LONDON (AP) — A 17-year-old boy accused of planning a series of gun and bomb attacks on his former school was inspired by mass shooting sprees, including the one at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999, a prosecutor said Thursday.
The teenager, who could not be named for legal reasons, is charged with planning terror attacks on the school and other local targets in Leicestershire in central England.
Speaking at the boy's trial, prosecutor Max Hill said the teenager kept a book called "Spree Killers" and had noted down the number of people killed at Columbine and by Anders Behring Brevik in Norway in 2011.
Hill added that Facebook chat records showed the boy claimed he wanted to "take some Muslims down" and named a local mosque, a cinema, and government offices in the town of Loughborough as potential targets.
The defendant, who has Asperger's Syndrome, was arrested in February after being found with a machete. Police searching his home later found weapons, including ammunition, partially-assembled gasoline bombs and other explosives. He denies terrorism offenses but has admitted possessing bomb parts.
"He denied he had anything other than a genuine interest in the Columbine massacre," Hill said.
Testifying at a London court, a science teacher at the boy's school said the defendant looked at guns online while he was at school and asked for advice about firearms and making explosives.
"He was encouraging me to look at the guns and make some sort of judgment about whether it was a good gun," said the teacher, who also could not be named to protect the identity of the teenager. "He asked me which gun I would prefer to be shot with."
The teacher and another witness, a former friend of the accused, added that the boy was known to launch tirades abusing people of Muslim and Jewish faiths.


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YAKIMA, Wash. — The market remained strong with demand exceeding supply, but more growers than usual lacked a crop preventing the 2013 Pacific Northwest cherry season from being a winner, says the leader of the industry's trade organization.
In May, B.J. Thurlby, president of the Washington State Fruit Commission and Northwest Cherry Growers in Yakima, predicted an 18.3-million-box sweet cherry crop for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah.
But the crop shrunk from rain in early June and again in July. Harvest and the last shipments from Wenatchee's Stemilt Hill ended on Aug. 21.
The final count for the season was 14.25 million, 20-pound boxes of cherries, Thurlby said. That was after adjustments for cherries picked and packed on opposite sides of the Washington-Oregon border.
It's the sixth largest PNW cherry crop. A few years ago it would have been large, but it's considered short following the record 22.3 million boxes of 2012, Thurlby said.
"The future is the 20-million-box range. We believe that's marketable. At that rate more growers will see success," Thurlby said.
The challenge is volatility with every year being different, mainly due to weather, he said.
Higher prices did not translate into higher grower returns because weather-related problems and higher wages caused grower costs to be significantly higher than the previous two seasons, said Kirk Mayer, manager of Washington Grower Clearing House Association in Wenatchee.
The average wholesale prices per box for Washington fresh sweet cherries were up over last year, Mayer said. Dark sweets were going for $48.80, versus $31.69 last year. Sweethearts fetched $46.54 on average, compared to $32.42 in 2012, and dark sweets averaged $48.80, compared to $31.69 last year.
Adverse weather impacts on supply made it a "very difficult" season for growers, their employees, packing house, marketers and retailer, Mayer said.
"Higher prices helped the industry as a whole but it wasn't enough for many growers to call it a good season," said Roger Pepperl, marketing director of Stemilt Growers Inc., Wenatchee, the industry's largest packer-marketer.
Rain cause low packouts which were not profitable as a whole and light fruit set from poor pollenization caused some orchards to not get harvested, Pepperl said.
Retail shelf consistency was erratic with early June very difficult to promote and supply, he said.
"We worked incredibly hard for our growers to maximize return to the land with volumes produced," he said.
Washington accounted for 77 percent of the crop and Oregon, 21 percent.
Oregon was slightly above its 10-year average in production, making it a good season, said Dana Branson, administrator of the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission in Hood River.
"Some early growers picked before the first rains and made money and the late season did alright," she said.
Bing and Skeena, in mid-season, was rain damaged and some was left on trees, Branson said.
Shipments started June 1 and spanned 83 days versus 89 in 2012, Thurlby said. The first two weeks of May were very hot, the last two very cold and then the first two weeks of June were very wet followed by extreme heat, he said.
Shipments reached 5 million boxes before the Fourth of July but Thurlby had expected 7 to 8 million before that prime sales weekend. There were 4.8 million boxes shipped in June, 8.7 million in July and 800,000 in August, down each month from 2012 numbers of 5.1 million in June, 13.3 million in July and 4.5 million in August.
For the first time, Thurlby said, the daily peak shipment was greater in July (429,000 boxes on July 15) than June (400,000 on June 24).
Exports totaled 4.2 million boxes or 30 percent of the crop versus 7.9 million or 35 percent in 2012. Canada led at 1.6 million, China was next at 1.2 million, Korea followed at 491,000, ahead of Taiwan and Japan.
Australia dropped from 434,000 boxes to 162,000 because Australian inspectors were finding powdery mildew from the rain, Thurlby said. Shippers eased up on Australia and shipped cherries other places, he said.


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The 48-year-old actor (in a Dolce&Gabbana coat) is up for the BAFTA for Best Actor for his work on Moneyball.
On Saturday, Brad hit the red carpet at the Berlin Film Festival premiere of In the Land of Blood and Honey, which was directed by his partner, Angelina Jolie.
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Social media integration is becoming a big buzzword this year. As social media marketing matures and starts playing a bigger role within marketing campaigns, businesses are beginning to see that social media can be integrated into many channels.
Here are two current studies that show how the integration of social media marketing is changing the way marketers connect and engage with their audiences—online and offline.
#1: Marketers Ditch Silo Campaigns and Report Social Media as "Critical for Success" (Alterian)
As digital and social media marketing mature, the demand for greater integration is evident. Marketers are quickly realizing that operating in a one-way marketing tunnel makes success impossible in this social media–saturated world.


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Today is the 10th birthday of Search Engine Watch. While I was not there for the delivery, I have been there for many of its years of existence.
Danny Sullivan, the father of the site gives a great overviewe of the history of SEW.
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During the last decade, technology has shaped our world dramatically. Marketers had to find new ways to connect with their audience while search engines have also reached a turning point.
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Pro-abortion means "favoring the legalization of abortion."[1] Pro-aborts typically support how roughly one million abortions are performed annually in the United States, many at taxpayer expense. Pro-aborts include those who are comfortable with this status quo and who oppose pro-life criticism of it or reform legislation to reduce it. Many pro-aborts even seek to increase the number of abortions performed in the United States, and worldwide. Many pro-aborts privately think that abortion is often a good thing, but they rarely admit that is their real position.
Pro-aborts often prefer the euphemism "pro-choice" as a way of denying their support, explicit or implicit, for abortion at public expense. Conservatives believe that the label "pro-choice" is a misnomer because the child does not have a choice and pro-aborts typically oppose any choice for the father. Pro-aborts often oppose any choice by pro-life physicians, nurses or pharmacists. While NARAL (an organization that advocates legal abortion) supports narrow conscience clauses, it opposes broader clauses that would allow physicans, pharmacists, and employers to refuse to support abortion.[2] Pro-aborts also typically oppose ensuring that women have information about the medical harms, such as increased suicide rates, that result from abortion.[3]
- Planned Parenthood is closely aligned with the pro-abortion side: it performed nearly 135 abortions for every referral for adoption in 2008.[4]
Pro-aborts have caused abortion rates to be higher in the United States than in comparable European nations.[Citation Needed] For example, the laws concerning abortion are far more protective of the unborn child in Germany and in Israel than in the United States.
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- ↑ Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th Ed. 1997).
- ↑ http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/media/fact-sheets/abortion-refusal-clauses-dangerous.pdf
- ↑ Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota unsuccessfully opposed a suicide advisory pro-life law in South Dakota
- ↑ 134 abortions:1 adoption


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(Norfolk Admirals release) NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk Admirals have added Tampa Bay Lightning prospect forwards Carter Ashton and Richard Panik to their roster. Ashton has been assigned to the Admirals by the Lightning from his junior team while Panik has been signed to an Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO).
Ashton, 18, a 6-foot-3, 207-pound right wing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, split this season between the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League. In 28 games with Lethbridge, he posted 13 goals and 26 points. He was then traded to Regina, where he scored 11 goals and 25 points.
Panik ("PAN-ihkâ€), 19, a 6-foot-2, 203-pound right wing from Martin, Slovakia, split this season between the Windsor Spitfires and the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. In 33 games with Windsor, he posted nine goals and 18 points. After being acquired by Belleville, Panik notched 12 goals and 23 points in 27 games.
The Lightning drafted Ashton in the first round (29th overall) in last summer's NHL Entry Draft. He was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Lightning on October 2. Ashton played in three games with the Lightning this preseason, recording one goal before being assigned to his junior team.
Last season, Ashton recorded 30 goals and 50 points with Lethbridge, leading the Hurricanes in goals and power play goals with ten while ranking fifth in points. Ashton has compiled 59 goals and 110 points in 177 career WHL games between Lethbridge and Regina.
The Lightning drafted Panik in the second round (52nd overall) in last summer's NHL Entry Draft. He appeared in two games with the Lightning this preseason and had two shots on goal before being returned to his junior team.
Panik played in 15 games for Trinec of the Czech Super League last season, recording a goal and two points. He also played in 16 games with Trinec's junior team, registering 10 goals and 19 points. Panik's season was cut short due to injury.
Panik has had a great deal of success in international play during his career. He played in seven games for Slovakia in the 2009 World Junior Championships, recording two goals and five points. He was tied for third on the team in both goals and points. Panik also participated in the 2008 World Under-18 Junior Championships, recording four goals and 10 points in six games.
During his Super League career Panik has amassed a goal and two points in 21 games. In the Czech junior league he accumulated 45 goals and 81 points in 55 games.
Ashton will become the second-youngest player and Panik the third- youngest to lace up the skates for a Norfolk Admirals game in the team's AHL history. If he plays on Wednesday night against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Ashton will make his professional debut at age 18 year, 11 months and 16 days and Panik will be 19 years, one month and ten days old. The youngest player in Norfolk Admirals (AHL) history was Dana Tyrell, who made his debut at 18 years, ten months and 28 days old on March 21, 2008 while on an Amateur Tryout Contract.
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Angel to Apple has been open for more than six years, and has been using the same "old-fashioned," previously owned register since 2006.
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ATK announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Caliber Company, the parent company of Savage Sports Corporation.
Savage is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hunting rifles and shotguns, delivering innovative products for more than 100 years. The acquisition would expand ATK's portfolio offering by adding long guns to its leading brands in commercial and security ammunition, shooting sports and security-related accessories.
ATK will integrate Savage within its Sporting Group business. ATK's Sporting Group is the established leader in sporting and law enforcement ammunition and shooting accessories. ATK's ammunition brands include Federal Premium, CCI, Fusion, Speer, Estate Cartridge and Blazer. ATK's accessories brands include BLACKHAWK!, Alliant Power, RCBS, Champion targets and shooting equipment, Gunslick Pro and Outers gun-care products, and Weaver optics and mounting systems.
The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. ATK anticipates closing the transaction in the first quarter of its Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14), which ends June 30, 2013.
Under the terms of the transaction, ATK will pay $315 million in cash, subject to a customary working capital adjustment. ATK will finance the acquisition with cash on hand and funds available under its existing credit facility.
"The acquisition will complement ATK's growing portfolio of leading consumer brands," said Mark DeYoung, ATK President and CEO. "This opportunity will allow us to build upon our offerings with Savage's prominent, respected brands known for accuracy, quality, innovation, value and craftsmanship. Savage's sales distribution channels, new product development, and sophistication in manufacturing will significantly increase our presence with a highly relevant product offering to distributors, retailers and consumers."
Operating under the brand names of Savage Arms, Stevens, and Savage Range Systems, the company designs, manufactures and markets centerfire and rimfire rifles, shotguns and shooting range systems used for hunting as well as competitive and recreational target shooting. The company was organized in 1894 by Arthur Savage and has expanded into market-leading positions. Savage is located in Westfield, Mass. and Lakefield, Ontario, and employs approximately 600 skilled employees.
"Savage offers customers a unique value proposition that is unmatched by any other firearms manufacturer and will be a tremendous complement to ATK's existing ammunition and shooting accessories portfolio," said Al Kasper, Savage President and Chief Operating Officer.
Caliber Company has been a portfolio company of Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a leading middle market equity investment firm, since January 2012. NEP is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.
ATK is an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company with approximately 15,000 employees and operations in 21 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally. ATK is headquartered in Arlington, Va.


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Bodcau Wildlife Management Area is located in Bossier and Webster Parishes and derives its name from the major bayou that bisects it from its northernmost point at the Arkansas-Louisiana state line to its southernmost tip nearly 30 miles to the south. The area is located approximately 17 miles northeast of Bossier City. Numerous access routes to Bodcau WMA are available. The primary access to the area is by traveling north on La. Hwy. 157 from Interstate 20 at Haughton to the community of Bellevue and then following the signs. ATV activity is permitted on numerous marked trails.
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and a private corporate landowner own Bodcau WMA. The area is long and narrow with an average width of one and one-half miles and consists of approximately 34,355 acres. The dam and flood reservoir were built and their primary function remains to control downstream flooding. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in cooperation with the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the corporate landowner by way of long term licensing agreements manage the wildlife resources and public access on the area.
The area contains a wide range of wildlife habitat ranging from cypress swamps to upland pine and hardwood forests interspersed with grasslands and open fields. Many species of grasses and forbs that are typically found in states west of Louisiana can be found growing in the grassland areas. There are numerous seasonally flooded sloughs, beaver ponds, and large areas of flatland, bottomland, hardwood forests. One unique feature of the area is that the bottomland forest rapidly merges with the upland forest on a series of ridges that extend into the bottomland area.
Dominate tree species in the bottomland forests include bald cypress, water, overcup, willow, and cow oaks. Shortleaf and loblolly pine, white, red, and cherrybark oaks, sweetgum and elm trees dominate upland forests. Understory species in the bottomland area include poison ivy, honeysuckle, rattan, buttonbush and swamp privet. Upland understory species include blackberry, honeysuckle, poison ivy and beautyberry and sawbriar.
Ivan Lake, a man-made reservoir located on Bodcau WMA provides thousands of hours of fishing and small boating recreation. Bodcau Bayou and its? overflow can provide excellent bass and bream fishing in addition to crawfishing opportunities during certain years.
White-tailed deer can be hunted by bow and arrow and modern firearms. The deer herd is considered healthy. Squirrel, rabbits, doves, quail and all other species of small game hunting opportunities exist on Bodcau WMA. Waterfowl hunting opportunities are provided in the 1,600 acre greentree reservoir and in the numerous sloughs and backwater flooded areas. Wild turkey hunting is also allowed during a short spring gobbler season.
The Department manages a rifle range with targets from 25 to 200 yards, a pistol range with 25 and 50 yard targets and a shotgun station. The range is supervised by an approved range officer and is open to the public on regularly scheduled days.
Ongoing habitat management and development on the WMA include prescribed burning, fallow disking, supplement food plantings, waterlevel manipulation and timber harvest. These practices help to provide quality habitat for game and non-game species. Wildlife watching is a very popular year around activity on Bodcau WMA. Non-game species such as great blue herons, several species of hawks, and barred, horned and screech owls are common. Yellow, black and white, yellow-throated, magnolia, prairie and yellow-rumped warblers are regularly seen on the area. Numerous species of reptiles, amphibians and insects can also be seen on the area.
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Thurston no certainty for Cowboys
North Queensland coach Graham Murray says a decision on skipper Johnathan Thurston's availability for the Cowboys' NRL season opener at the Gold Coast will be made on Friday.
While still keeping his cards close to his chest, Murray on Thursday gave his strongest hint yet that the two-time Dally M Medal winner would make a remarkable comeback against the Titans on Friday night.
Murray would not confirm or deny that Thurston would return more than a month ahead of schedule at a sold out Skilled Park.
But he said a final decision on Thurston's availability was yet to be made.
"The medical staff have enabled him to get back into full contact and he's done everything that's been asked of him," Murray told reporters at Townsville airport.
Asked point blank if Thurston would play, Murray said: "A decision will be made tomorrow".
It would mark a stunning comeback by Thurston.
He was expected to miss at least the first four rounds after undergoing two shoulder reconstructions in the off-season.
Speculation was rife that Thurston would make a miraculous comeback after a huge betting plunge on the Cowboys.
After starting at $2.30 on Wednesday, the Cowboys were at $1.95 by Thursday morning with Sportingbet Australia.
The Titans were still slight $1.87 favourites.
Betting agencies around the country took tens of thousands of dollars on the Cowboys on Wednesday.
Further fuel was added to the fire when the Cowboys confirmed Thurston would be travelling down with the team to the Gold Coast.
However, a Cowboys spokesman said Thurston had been booked "months ago" on the flight so he could take in the match as a spectator.
Thurston said as much in his Townsville Bulletin column.
"I will be watching from the grandstand at Skilled Park on Friday night, but I am not down in the dumps about it," he wrote.
"Sure, I would rather be out there playing, but that feeling has sort of been over-ridden by the fact that we are back playing footy again."
Cowboys boss Peter Parr said North Queensland fans should not expect miracles when Thurston returned.
"Whenever he comes back, whether it be this week, next week or in a month he'll lift our football team, there's no doubt about that," he told ABC Radio.
"He's one of the best players in the world and obviously when he does come back we won't be expecting any miracles from him either because he has been out."
The Cowboys on Wednesday tried to distance themselves from the rumours, saying Thurston would be assessed after a week of full contact training.
Thurston only received the green light to resume full contact training on Tuesday.
He only had a 10 minute, light session with a tackle bag - his first hit-out in six months.
But he was still well ahead of schedule in his recovery.
He was initially set to return to contact training by round three.
Thurston was not named in the Cowboys team on Tuesday.
Off-season recruit Travis Burns was unveiled as halfback and veteran utility Justin Smith at pivot.
If Thurston plays, Burns is expected to switch to his regular five-eighth role with Smith dropping back to the bench.


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EL RENO, Okla. (AP) - At least 13 people are dead after fierce storms that tore through the Midwest overnight. The storm claimed eight lives in Oklahoma, two in Kansas and three in Arkansas. Meanwhile, rescue workers continue to search through rubble for victims of Sunday's twister in Joplin, MO that killed at least 122 people.


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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Take The Twins for a Spin
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt board a boat in Venice with twins Knox and Vivienne on Wednesday (March 3).
Joining the twins for some family fun was Shiloh – she held Brad's hand as they walked to the boat!
Yesterday, Angelina filmed scenes for The Tourist waving and blowing kisses on a balcony.
FYI: Ang is carrying an "Ame" bag in black by Loewe.
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Ever heard Humpy Wheeler speak? The former president of Charlotte Motor Speedway is brilliant, creative and funny. He'll start a story and you'll have no idea where it's going. And then he finishes and the story goes right to your heart.
Humpy just wrote a book, "Growing up NASCAR," and will talk about it from 5-8 p.m. tonight at Dandelion Market, 118 W. Fifth St., in Charlotte. (That's near the corner of Fifth and Church Streets.)
He'll discuss his work, and his sport, tell you about characters and tracks and drivers and crewmen. He'll take you inside. Even if you're a long-time NASCAR fan, even if you know the sport, Humpy will take you places you haven't been. And make you think and make you laugh along the way.


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Don't forget it's Chelford Chums Christmas Party tomorrow with great entertainment from St. John's Handbell Ringers from 2.15pm. So come along to the Primary School, enjoy the company and join in the festive fun.
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As the second season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta ended so has their relationship off camera. The ladies attended the Soul Train Awards in Atlanta where Kandi Burruss and Sheree Whitfield revealed that their friendships are only on screen and once the cameras stop rolling so does their "friendship".
"It's a working relationship," Sheree told BET.com. "We don't hang out. I don't wanna say it's just for the show. We were put on the show and we were not friends so it's something that you have to build. Am I saying that would never happen, no I'm not saying that? But right now, it's just a working relationship."
"We do not make up things for TV," Kandi told BET. "The arguments are real, the bonds…I don't know about the bonds. I mean, of course because we have to be around each other for the show, you know? I don't know if we would always hang out that much."
It's no surprise that their on camera "friendship" is almost as fake as the title "Housewives". At least we can give the Atlanta housewives credit for being honest.


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The New York Jets are 2-2, but it certainly doesn't feel that way. The ominous tone to their season has something to do with how they've played through four games, and a lot to do with moving forward minus Darrelle Revis and Santonio Holmes.
Both are out for the year, meaning Gang Green will host the undefeated Houston Texans on Monday night without arguably their two best players. The Jets might also be without rookie receiver Stephen Hill and tight end Dustin Keller, both listed as doubtful with nagging hamstring injuries. Meanwhile, fullback John Conner (hamstring) is doubtful and running back Joe McKnight (illness) is questionable. (Anybody have Al Toon's phone number handy? Maybe Freeman McNeil while we're at it?)
New York's defense is equally banged up. Newly acquired cornerback Aaron Berry (ribs), safety Eric Smith (hip, knee) and linebackers Bart Scott (toe) and Bryan Thomas (hamstring) are questionable. Interior defensive lineman Sione Pouha is doubtful with a back injury. His absence won't help against Houston's intense ground game, but the Texans are monitoring the status of running back Ben Tate, who's questionable with a toe injury.
Texans safety Quintin Demps (thumb, forearm) and receiver Lestar Jean (knee) have been ruled out, but the Texans ride into MetLife with a relatively healthy roster.
The Jets, here in Week 5, aren't so lucky.
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The upcoming seventh season of Lifetime's Project Runway, set to premier Jan. 14 (10 p.m. EST), will once again include a number of Celebrity guest judges.
Nicole Richie will serve as the first guest judge on the season premiere of the design competition. "Nicole is a fabulous guest judge," said Project Runway executive producer Sara Rea. "She has strong opinions and gives clear and specific constructive criticism to the designers. Also, she isn't afraid to disagree with the other judges."
Nicole, who currently has her own fashion line and a line of jewelry, taped the premiere episode last summer before giving birth to her son Sparrow in September.
Celebrity guest judges from last season included Christina Aguilera, Rebecca Romijn, Eva Longoria Parker, Lindsay Lohan and Cindy Crawford.


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CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian government leaders expressed hope on Saturday that the fragile ruling coalition could avoid a breakdown that would threaten strained finances and risk wrecking the trust won during months of painful austerity.
"I am confident, I believe there won't be a crisis," Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni told reporters on the sidelines of a business conference in the northern town of Cernobbio.
He warned that Italy risked a "totally unforgivable loss of credibility" if political turmoil disrupted efforts to keep its public deficit within European Union limits and renewed doubts about its budget stability.
There have been weeks of tension over the political future of center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi after Italy's top court found him guilty of being at the center of a vast tax fraud conspiracy at his Mediaset broadcasting empire.
Allies of the former premier have said they could pull out of Prime Minister Enrico Letta's unwieldy left-right coalition if center-left members of a Senate panel vote to strip Berlusconi of his seat in the upper house of parliament.
However, senior allies of the 76-year-old media billionaire have struck a more conciliatory tone in the past two days, following a statement from President Giorgio Napolitano warning parties against provoking another crisis.
"The country needs responsibility. We have guaranteed this sense of responsibility today," Renato Schifani, the floor leader in the Senate of Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party, told SkyTG24 television.
The cross-party panel, in which the center-left Democratic Party (PD) holds the largest number of seats, meets on Monday but it may take weeks for the complicated procedure that could lead to Berlusconi's expulsion from parliament to be completed.
Letta told the BBC in an interview that he was confident the government would now carry on.
But political risks have weighed on Italian government bonds in recent sessions and analysts say Rome may see weaker demand and be forced to pay higher yields at an auction next week if investors believe the government risks collapse.
A breakdown of the coalition, raising the prospect of early elections at a time when Italy should be planning next year's budget, would push yields on Italian government bonds further up, increasing debt payments, Saccomanni warned.
"Fresh tensions on government bonds would make it more difficult (for Italy) to manage the budget deficit and keep it within the 3 percent limit," he said.
As the manoeuvring continued, Berlusconi's lawyers filed documents for an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to have the law under which he could be expelled from parliament declared invalid in his case.
The appeal says that the so-called "Severino law", which makes politicians convicted of serious offences ineligible for parliament, should not apply to Berlusconi because it was only passed last year, after the events over which he was convicted.
The center-left Democratic Party has rebuffed PDL efforts to delay the Senate panel hearing while a separate appeal to Italy's constitutional court is heard, and party leaders appeared to rule out any accommodation.
"If anyone decides to pull the plug on the government if Silvio Berlusconi is declared ineligible as senator, they will have to take responsibility before the country and the international community," PD leader Guglielmo Epifani told a party conference in Genoa.
Berlusconi allies have accused the PD of colluding with what they call leftist magistrates to eliminate the media tycoon politically and say any crisis would be its fault.
The friction within the coalition, established after the inconclusive election in February that left no party able to form a government, has reawakened memories of 2011 when Italy came close to dragging the euro zone into a life-threatening crisis.
The euro zone's third largest economy is still stuck in its longest postwar recession and is facing rising headwinds as it fights to keep its deficit under the EU's limit of three percent of gross domestic product.
The main gauge of investor confidence, the risk premium demanded by investors for Italian 10 year government bonds over safer German Bunds, has crept up steadily although it is still well off the dramatic levels seen two years ago.
(Writing by Valentina Za; and James Mackenzie; editing by Mark Heinrich)