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Pioneer Elite VSX-94TXH A/V Receiver
The number of features found in the VSX-94TXH is almost overwhelming. Many features are immediately useful, and others you might try as time goes on. However, one thing is certain—no matter where you get your music and movies, the 94TXH is ready and waiting to be your own personal media Grand Central Station.
Starting with the basics, the 94TXH delivers 140 watts per channel for a 7.1-channel surround system in a moderate to large listening room. Listen soft or listen loud, there is plenty of power and sonic finesse to satisfy whatever your musical and movie preferences might be.
The 94TXH has four HDMI inputs, which is probably the minimum you should consider these days. I used three: one for a DirecTV HD receiver and one each for my Toshiba HD-A20 HD DVD player and Sony PS3, which is my primary Blu-ray player. At one point, I was glad to have the fourth input when I was checking out an HD camcorder with an HDMI out. If you still have a lot of older gear in your system, there are more than enough analog audio and video inputs for VCRs, game consoles, CD players, even a turntable.
Aside from the more traditional sources, the 94TXH offers a plethora of other possibilities, such as XM and Sirius satellite radio and an optional iPod dock. But perhaps the most important feature in this regard is Home Media Gallery, which uses an Ethernet connection to access audio files on PCs connected to a LAN as well as Internet radio stations.
To use Home Media Gallery, you connect the AVR's Ethernet port to your home router. Fortunately, I ran CAT5 cable throughout my current house, so I already had an Ethernet connection in my media room. I went wireless a few years ago, but I still use the wired connection to upgrade the firmware in my Toshiba HD DVD player; it's also handy with some of the new AVRs, like the Pioneer, which include networking capabilities.
Home Media Gallery can access music files on your PC or from a USB storage device connected to the USB port on the 94TXH's front panel. In addition, there is a virtually endless array of Internet radio stations that are cross-referenced in a variety of ways. Neural Surround, a new THX feature, offers Internet radio in surround. There were only four stations at this time, but the quality is excellent, offering an immersive and musically robust experience.
This Pioneer AVR is compatible with all current surround formats and includes decoders for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. My HD DVD and Blu-ray players both decode Dolby TrueHD internally and send linear PCM over HDMI, which provides uncompressed audio for superior soundtrack performances. At present, I don't know of a player that decodes DTS-HD Master Audio, though there are a few that can send it as a bitstream via HDMI.
Being a purist at heart, I left the 94TXH in the Stream Direct mode, which plays your sources in their original format. Stereo is stereo, Dolby Digital is Dolby Digital, etc. Standard mode is similar in that it will properly decode the incoming surround format, but you can select eight different virtual-surround modes for two-channel sources.
The 94TXH's Faroudja DCDi video scaler automatically upconverts analog video signals (component, S-Video, and composite) to the native resolution of your display. If for some reason you want to preserve the resolution of your original sources, the Pure mode simply converts the signal to digital for output via HDMI. This is advantageous if you are using an external scaler or want to defer to a built-in scaler on your TV or projector.


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The city's response, which the City Council will consider Monday night, challenged the finding that 51 percent of the Palo Alto police officers and firefighters who retired over the past five years filed for "industrial disability retirement" — by far the highest in the county and far above Gilroy's rate of 43 percent, the county's next highest.
In its response, the city provided statistics showing its rate for industrial disability retirements to be 34 percent, a little above the average for county jurisdictions that have both police and fire operations. The response also notes that both the firefighters and police officers have seen their rates drop since 2005, when 40.7 percent of the firefighter retirements and 45.5 percent of police retirements fell into this category.
In a media briefing Wednesday afternoon, City Manager James Keene outlined the various initiatives the city is undertaking to promote health and wellness and reduce the disability rate, though he didn't have an explanation for the wide disparity between the Grand Jury's and the city's calculation. After receiving the Grand Jury report, he said, city staff tried to inform the county about the discrepancy. By then, the Grand Jury had disbanded and the city was unable to determine how it came up with its numbers, Keene said.
According to the city, there were 62 public-safety retirements over the past year, 35 in the Fire Department and 27 in the Police Department. Of these, 21 filed for industrial disability retirement, a rate of 33.9 percent. Those who retire with disabilities receive half of their benefits tax-free according to California law, the city report stated.
Whether the real proportion of public-safety workers retiring with disabilities is a little more than half or a third, officials agree that it's way too high. Even at 34 percent, Palo Alto would rank second in the county, behind only Gilroy, according to the Grand Jury's numbers.
"We don't think 33 percent is a good number," Keene said. "We still need to get to work on it and lower it."
One reason for Palo Alto's relatively high rate may be the absence of light-duty positions in its police and fire departments. Some cities, including San Jose, offer desk jobs to workers with disabilities, the report notes. Palo Alto does not, police Lt. Zach Perron said.
"If someone can't meet the requirements of the job, they're not able to be a police officer," Perron said.
Fire Chief Eric Nickel said the range of injuries that led to recent retirement disabilities didn't follow any particular trend. These included sprains, strains and cardiac conditions.
Police officers also had a wide range of reasons for filing for disability at the time of retirement, according to the city's response. Some suffered "serious permanent disabilities," while others suffered "injuries or illnesses that were not as severe yet incapacitated the officer from performing work duties," according to the city's response.
"Although all officers completed long-term medical treatment, their injuries still precluded them from performing their public-safety-officer duties and thus were unable to continue working in their jobs on a permanent basis and therefore sought retirement," the report states.
Both departments have policies in place aimed at lowering the rate. Nickel said the Fire Department has a safety committee composed of both labor and management employees that meets regularly to review every worker-compensation claim and consider ways to make the workplace safer. It is also utilizing new technologies, including motorized gurneys, that they hope will make it easier to lift patients and eliminate a significant portion of back sprains and strains among personnel.
Nickel said he is also trying to get the department to embrace the Wellness/Fitness Initiative, a broad program jointly sponsored by labor and management unions and that includes such provisions as mandatory daily workouts. Nickel said he would like to see provisions from this initiative integrated into the next contract with the firefighters union.
The police department has had a voluntary wellness program since 2004. Participants undergo an annual "wellness check," a detailed health assessment administered by a nurse. As an incentive to participate, officers are allowed to work out while on duty on a limited basis, Perron said. The department is also allowing officers to switch to lighter gun belts and to load-bearing vests that replace gun belts and that distribute the weight of equipment throughout the body.
The police department also considers health and wellness when it makes it hiring decisions, Perron said.
"When we hire people, one of the things we look at is that we want to have someone who values health and fitness and who is already leading a healthy lifestyle," Perron said. "We want these people to be lifelong employees with us."
Recent statistics suggest that some progress has already been made. In fiscal year 2012-13, the fire department experienced an all-time low of 14 total claims for workers compensation, while the police saw its number drop from 28 to 22, according to a staff report. While this is hardly a cause of celebration, it is a welcome sign for Keene and other city leaders that Palo Alto appears to be heading in the right direction.
"The decrease in claims for police and fire substantiates that the City of Palo Alto is actively preventing injuries and providing safe work conditions; however, the goal must be to continue this trend of reduced claim numbers," the city's report states.
Another reason for the declining number of injuries, Nickel observed, could be that the fire department now consists of younger workers, thanks to a surge of retirements in the last five years.
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Do you like feeling like a super hero? Or perhaps you prefer to be an evil mastermind, terrorizing everyone in sight. If either of those descriptions apply, then prepare yourself, as inFamous 2 is an amazing follow-up to an amazing PlayStation exclusive.
To give you a quick refresher on the backstory, in the first game Cole opens a mysterious package that contains the Ray Sphere, leaving Empire City a destruction-filled mess and giving Cole some new electrifying abilities. He's then thrust into an ongoing battle to gain strength, which will enable him to defeat a monster called the Beast. The second game picks up one month after the first game ends and shows the Beast attacking Empire City. Unable to fend him off, Cole and friends flee to New Marais, the new setting of the game. If you're unfamiliar with past events, do yourself a favor and play the first game before getting into inFamous 2. Not only does the second game allude to the first, but the original inFamous is an absolute must-play.
The gameplay mostly remains unchanged. Cole is still a one-man army and has all of his previous moves intact. That's great–players won't have to waste half of the game gaining them back. A new addition to Cole's arsenal is the Amp, a melee lightning conductor that channels Cole's lightning powers. Lightning isn't the only element at Cole's disposal, though. You'll also manipulate fire and ice, such as kinetically shooting off fire-imbued rockets or blasting cold energy into the ground to freeze surrounding enemies. How you unlock these abilities is tied to the decisions you make throughout the game.
It's a huge asset that Cole's powers feel so diverse, as it not only gives you the chance to change up your attack tactics but also transforms you into a walking war machine. To Sucker Punch's credit, playing as Cole is an absolute joy and feels extremely responsive, putting you in full control.
Precise movements wouldn't account for half as much if the environment was dull and uninspired. Thankfully, New Marais, modeled after New Orleans, is an even more interesting place to explore, mostly thanks to its diverse districts. From the now devastated Ascension Parish (New Marais' oldest district) to the red light district known as Ville Cochon, each area has its own distinct look and feel and tantalizes you to search every nook and cranny.
Players have a ton of stuff to do and see in New Marais. Whether you're hunting down blast shards scattered across the city that raise your electricity gauge, helping citizens or pummeling cops and citizens just to be an asshole to gain good and bad karma respectively, hunting audio logs to gain insight on more backstory, completing stunts to unlock more potent and devastating powers, or participating in any of the myriad side quests, you'll have more than enough to keep you entertained.
To top it off, inFamous 2 now features user-generated content, letting anyone design and create their own missions, upload them, and open them to other players. This feature alone gives inFamous 2 nearly unlimited replay value. The best part is that you can make them as simple or as complicated as you want, and trust me, the amount of options available is immense. Time will show how popular this feature will be and whether players will embrace it just as they embraced LittleBigPlanet's deep level customization.
InFamous 2 is hands-down a must-play, especially if you're a fan of the original. It's one of the best story-driven open world games currently on shelves. The different decisions and and endings give players incentive to play through this fantastic game again. If you haven't played inFamous before, don't wait any longer. Grab the first game as your free welcome back gift from PSN and then move on to its fantastic sequel.


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The Mammy
Agnes attempts to mend the rift between her son and his long-term girlfriend.
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The Mammy
Agnes attempts to mend the rift between her son and his long-term girlfriend.
Mammy's Secret
Agnes becomes concerned that her family are keeping too many secrets.
Mammy's Merchandise
The Brown household is in crisis, as Dermot and Agnes disagree over his best man
Mammy Rides Again
Mrs Brown tries to impress her future daughter-in-law's snooty mother.
Mammy of the Groom
With his wedding only days away, a nervous Dermot takes refuge in a cupboard..
Mammy's Miracle
Father Quinn loses his faith. Grandad decides he wants to witness his funeral.
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by Brad Moon | November 29, 2012 11:26 am
Following the Oct. 30 release of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT[1]) Windows 8 — billed as its most important operating system release in years — things didn't exactly go smoothly, and there were rumblings the company was disappointed in the launch.
However, Microsoft just released information to the contrary.
According to Computerworld, Windows marketing head Tami Reller has put the number of Windows 8 licenses sold since launch at 40 million[2] — a faster rate than its predecessor, Windows 7. Sounds good, but considering the lead-up and initial reactions to the OS, it's worth asking whether some marketing shenanigans.
Two months before the launch, Microsoft abandoned "Metro"[3] — the name it had used to describe the new tablet-inspired Windows 8 interface — due to a trademark dispute. The gaffe — coming so close to the critical date — was embarrassing, undid months of press coverage on the Metro interface and caused scrambling among partners who had used the heavily promoted Metro name in marketing material and on products.
In July, Gabe Newell — the influential cofounder of $3 billion PC video game developer Valve and online video game distributor Steam — was quoted in Forbes[4] as saying:
"I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market."
On Sept. 25, five weeks before launch, the CEO of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC[5]) — Microsoft's biggest ally in the Windows PC hegemony — went on the record as saying Windows 8 was buggy and not ready for release[6].
Within four days of launch, 4 million PCs had been upgraded to Windows 8; however, compare that to Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL[7]) OSX Mountain Lion (released two months earlier). Paid downloads of Apple's new operating system surpassed 3 million within four days[8] of launch. Considering that Apple's percentage of PC market share is in the single digits, having the latest and greatest Windows OS outsell Apple's OSX by a mere 33% at launch was a little humiliating. To proportionately match Apple's rate of adoption, Microsoft would have had to move closer to 40 million copies of Windows 8.
Then, on Nov. 12 (less than two weeks after launch) Windows chief Steven Sinofsky abruptly left the company[9], reportedly fired by Steve Ballmer. Although Sinofsky's departure might not have been directly related to Windows 8's reception, the timing of the event further tarnished the company's image and added to the perception that all was not right with Windows 8.
Instead of providing the expected big boost to its stock price, the three weeks following the Windows 8 launch saw MSFT retreat 6%.
Clearly, Microsoft has reason to want to turn things around … thus, the announcement about moving 40 million licenses. It was time for some good news.
But what does the figure really mean?
Selling 40 million licenses doesn't necessarily translate into 40 million PC users running Windows 8. Many of those licenses might be associated with unsold computers sitting on retailers' shelves; they might be in sealed packages yet to be picked up by consumers.
Tech companies frequently play variations on this game. Both Samsung (PINK:SSNLF[10]) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM[11]) have been burned in recent years when the vast quantities of tablets they claimed to have sold turned out to have been shipped to retailers. In Samsung's case, 2.3 million Galaxy Tabs it reportedly sold turned into a measly 37,000 in the U.S. (the world's largest tablet market), leaving 2 million claimed sales unaccounted for[12] and presumably sitting in warehouses somewhere.
According to Microsoft, Windows 8 sales are outpacing Windows 7. Compared to another previous release — 2002's disastrous Windows Vista, which shipped 20 million copies its first month[13] — Windows 8 is also doing well. Mind you, Microsoft was charging $159 for the Home Premium edition of Vista ($299 for the Ultimate version) while it's only charging $40 for a Windows 8 Pro upgrade download ($70 in stores) … so the cheap price might be aiding sales, but it also might not be doing much for Microsoft's bottom line.
Worst of all: In the two days since the announcement, MSFT stock has barely budged.
There's still hope that the public might pick up on the news and decide that if "40 million others" have taken the plunge, Windows 8 might just be worth buying after all. But investors apparently are unconvinced the "news" is worth noting.
As of this writing, Brad Moon did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Matador MP54 Sibir Snow
TyresWinter tyresM+S markingwith snow flake symbol
Tyre dimensions185/70 R14 88T
Weight index88
Speed indexT (max 190 km/h)
Item No.R-264370
- Description
- EU Tyre Label:
Enjoy winter with us!
For compact and middle-class vehicles.
- Matador brand with long tradition, wide portfolio and reliable performance
- High snow traction
- Fits perfectly for example to Skoda Fabia, VW Polo and Peugeot 206
Excellent grip (traction) and driving safety in winter.
New generation of winter car tyres, wide range of rim sizes from 13" to 15".
We introduce a new generation of winter car tyres designed especially for compact and midrange cars. Latest technologies and aggressive directional tread provide high traction (grip) and safe braking on snow and ice, improved safety on wet surface and driving comfort.
A winter pictogram on the sidewall guarantees high reliability and excellent traction (grip) in winter conditions – tyres conform to winter grip test according to ASTM F-1805.
MP54 Sibir Snow is available in a wide range of 24 sizes, in speed category "T" – up to 190 kmph, widths from 145 mm up to 185 mm, designed for wheel rims from 13" to 15".
MP54 Sibir Snow tyre is equippped with "Winter TWI" – a winter tread wear indicator built-in circumferentially in several spots of the tread pattern, with height of 4 mm, indicating the need to replace the winter tyre after reaching this limit, thus maintaining driving safety in winter cionditions.
MP54 Sibir Snow offers an innovation element on the side wall – indication of tyre position on the vehicle - appreciated by drivers and servicemen when changing the tyres in line with the changing season.
Technical Highlights - Snow
Aggressive V-design shape.
High void volume with high number of block edges.
"Zig-zag" shaped main central groove.
High snow volume capacity and interlocking with the snow.
Optimal snow traction.
Technical Highlights - Wet
Large number of lateral grooves in V-direction combined with good water displacement from the tyre centre outwards.
Wide central main groove.
Water is displaced effectively.
High safety on wet roads.
Technical Highlights - Wear
Narrow and shallow longitudinal lateral grooves in the tread center.
Even pressure distribution in the footprint.
Even wear and comfortable ride and longer tyre service life.
Technical Highlights - Comfort
Optimised tread pattern stiffness and material distribution.
Rolling noise is reduced by the optimised frequency distribution.
Low noise levels and thus improved driving comfort.
Since 1st November, 2012 all tyres made after 1st July, 2012 must show the European Tyre Label.
The European Union has developed this new provision to promote economic and ecological efficiency and ensure road safety.
Disadvantages The Tyre Label can provide an overview and give the customer more transparency, but it only covers three criteria. For an extensive evaluation of a tyre, however, far more performance characteristics are relevant. Especially in the search for suitable winter tyres the test results from different test institutions such as the ADAC are much more stringent.
We'd like to point out that it is the manufacturer that labels the tyre and provides us with this information. If you do not find the label values, either the manufacturer did not inform us of the label, or the product was manufactured before July, 2012. Before that date, tyres had not yet been required to carry a label, so in some cases it is possible to purchase a tyre without a Tyre Label.
The tyres are classified in terms of three performance characteristics:
• Fuel Efficiency (letters A to G)
• Wet Grip (letters A to G)
• External Noise
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Finally, it is the driver that determines the fuel consumption. In order to reduce this over the long-term, by being careful during acceleration drivers can become more fuel-efficient and environmentally conscious.
Regularly checking tyre pressure helps to improve rolling resistance, reduces energy loss, and supports optimum adhesion in wet conditions. To reduce the risk of accidents and ensure your and the safety of other road users, always keep a reasonable distance.
More information: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/tyres/labelling_en.htm
Choose from our large online selection or ask us for advice. Our experts are happy to help you choose the appropriate tyres from our extensive range of products.
The classification in terms of fuel efficiency is divided into seven classes, from the A-class (the highest) to G-class (the
lowest). A tyre in the A-class consumes 0.1 litres less at 100km than a tyre in the B-class. An essential component for fuel
efficiency is the rolling resistance or rolling friction.
Rolling Resistance
Rolling resistance is the force that opposes motion. It is formed, for example, when a wheel is rolling. Rolling resistance depends not only on the geometry but also on the properties of the material.
Average Average value is between C-E. Class D is not used.
It shows how efficient the vehicle can brake on wet roads. Wet grip is an important feature especially with summer tyres.
Class A has the highest safety and the shortest braking distances. Class F has low security and the longest braking distance.
The wet grip classes are based on test driving on wet roads with a speed of approximately 80 km/h. The difference between the braking distance of the tyres is 3-5 feet per grade. E.g., the difference in braking distance between Class A and Class F are up to 18 metres.
Average The average value of the tyres is between class B-E. Class D and G is not used.
The symbol indicates the external rolling noise in decibels and as a 3 class sound wave symbol to clarify whether the tire can
keep the recommended level. External rolling noise does not correspond to tyre noise inside the compartment.
A continuous sound level above 80 decibel can cause health problems.
Three sound waves symbolize the worst results. These are the tyres that exceed the maximum limit of approval. A symbol of 2 sound waves have noise level that corresponds with the approved sound level. Tyres that are marked with 1 sound wave are over three decibel quieter than the approval.


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I caught up with Ty during his soundcheck and took a few portraits.
The shot above is featured in Rolling Stone's Hottest Live Photos of 2014
According to his kid, Todd Cooper is the "Art Destructor" for Eugene Weekly. He's also a photographer and graphic artist for EW and for hire. Hollatchaboi!
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EL SEGUNDO, CA (September 28, 2012) - Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes will debut Monday night at 7* p.m. as the exclusive local homes of the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy and LA Sparks games, as well as CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) high school regular season and playoff contests.
"We couldn't be more excited to debut our networks on Monday," said David Rone, President, Time Warner Cable Sports. "After more than a year of careful planning and working closely with our team partners, we're going to deliver on our promise to give fans live games, home and away, of the teams they love plus the depth, access and immersive team coverage they have told us they want."
Melinda Witmer, Executive Vice President and Chief Video and Content Officer for Time Warner Cable, said "We're so proud of the team at Time Warner Cable Sports, as they have worked incredibly hard to launch these networks. From the first Spanish-language regional sports network in the country to a comprehensive viewing experience for all fans, we know that these groundbreaking networks will set a new standard for Southern California sports fans when they launch on Monday."
Time Warner Cable SportsNet will debut at 7 p.m. with a two-hour live special edition of the network's signature show "Access SportsNet" that will feature Lakers Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash and Galaxy superstar David Beckham as in-studio guests. This will be followed by the world premiere of "Backstage: Lakers," the network's weekly behind-the-scenes documentary show, at 9 p.m. "Backstage: Lakers" will take fans from the end of the 2011-12 season in Oklahoma City to the start of 2012-13 training camp, giving an inside look at the arrival of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, examining fan reactions to the Lakers' headline-making offseason and a look behind-the-scenes of Lakers media day.
Time Warner Cable Deportes will launch at 7 p.m. with a two-hour "Bienvenidos a Time Warner Cable Deportes" live special that features Beckham, Bryant and Nash as in-studio guests, plus Laker Pau Gasol and Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan. Next on the network will be "Somos Lakers, La Biografía" at 9 p.m. and "Los 16 del Galaxy" at 9:30 p.m., which profile the storied histories of the two teams. "Encuentro Deportivo" will premiere at 10 p.m. and the half-hour live, nightly show will update viewers on the day's most complete sports activity, in Southern California as well as internationally.
Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes can be found in HD on channel 481 and 403, respectively, on Time Warner Cable systems. Negotiations with other providers to carry the networks are ongoing but have not yet concluded. For more information about Time Warner Cable SportsNet, visit www.twcsportsnet.com, and for information about Time Warner Cable Deportes, visit www.twcdeportes.com. To find out if your provider will have Lakers games this season on Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes, visit www.iwantmylakers.com and www.quieromislakers.com and enter your information at the top of the page or call 855-4-MY-LAKERS or 1-800-700-2827 (in Spanish).
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About Time Warner Cable Sports
Time Warner Cable Sports, a division of Time Warner Cable Inc., encompasses Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes, two regional sports networks that will launch in Southern California on October 1, 2012. Time Warner Cable Deportes is the first-ever Spanish-language regional sports network and will be produced specifically for Southern California's Spanish-speaking viewers. Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes are two 24/7 high-definition networks that, through their exclusive partnerships with the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Sparks and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), will bring fans more than 150 live events, extensive team coverage and behind-the-scenes access unlike anything they have seen before. For more information, visit www.twcsportsnet.com and www.twcdeportes.com. Follow the networks on Twitter @TWCSportsNet and @TWCDeportes and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TWCSportsNet and www.facebook.com/TWCDeportes.


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Garden Talk: March 16, 2006
From NGA Editors
New Japanese Sweet Corn
Supersweet corn varieties created a revolution in the corn world when they were introduced because they allowed gardeners to harvest and keep sweet corn for weeks in the summer. However, some gardeners have objected to the sometimes tough texture and extra-sweet taste of these new hybrids.
A new supersweet corn variety is changing that perception. ?Mirai? (meaning ?taste? in Japanese) gained its notoriety in Japan, although it?s a hybrid that was originally created in Illinois. The attraction is a sweet taste that?s not as sugary as other supersweet types; succulent kernels that are more tender than other supersweet types; and low starch content. However, because ?Mirai? can?t be harvested by machine, large commercial growers weren't interested. The seed made its way to Japan, where many of the sweet corn farmers are small scale, often working by hand. Its popularity spread like wildfire, and in a few years it had captured 35 percent of the sweet corn market. Inspired by this success in Japan, American market farmers have started growing 'Mirai', and now seed is available to home gardeners as well.
?Mirai? produces disease-tolerant plants that grow 6 to 7 feet tall, producing 7-inch-long yellow or bicolored ears. The ears hold their sweetness for up to six weeks if refrigerated. ?Mirai? should be isolated from other non-supersweet varieties for best flavor. The seed is finicky about germinating in cool soils, so it should be planted later and shallower than other sweet corn varieties.
For more information on ?Mirai?, go to: Park Seed.
New Portable Label Maker
Keeping track of plants in the garden is always a challenge. Of course, the best way to know which perennial flower is growing where is to label them. But labeling each and every plant is time-consuming and costly.
Now there's a simple machine that makes labeling a snap. From Brother International, an office supply company, comes a portable, hand-held label maker that produces laminated labels right in the garden. You simply type in the plant name on the keypad and print out the label. Peel off the label backing and stick the label on your wood or metal stake. The labels won?t fade, run, or peel, and they can last for years. They also can be easily removed with a sharp knife if you need to replace or change them. The garden labeler comes with 13 feet of 1/2-inch-diameter black and white tape. Replacement label tape is also available.
For more information on this new garden labeler, go to: Gardener?s Supply.
Razzle Dazzle Dwarf Crape Myrtle
Crape myrtles are considered the "lilacs of the South." They grow easily in hot climates, flowering in summer when few other trees are in bloom. However, gardeners with small yards have limited space to grow standard crape myrtle varieties. In addition, many varieties are plagued by diseases such as powdery mildew on the leaves and flowers.
Now plant breeder Michael Dirr from the University of Georgia has introduced a line of disease-resistant, dwarf crape myrtles that can grow in small spaces. The Razzle Dazzle series includes varieties with powdery mildew resistance and flower colors that range from red to white. Some varieties, such as ?Snow Dazzle?, grow only 2 to 3 feet tall, making them great additions to perennial flower borders or containers. Larger varieties, such as ?Raspberry Dazzle?, grow to 5 feet tall and work well when grown as specimen or foundation plants.
For more information on the Razzle Dazzle series, go to: Gardener?s Confidence.
Disease-Tolerant Pumpkins
Pumpkins are a fun crop to grow, but for gardeners in areas with humid summers, such as in the Midwest and the eastern US, powdery mildew disease can reduce production. In 2005, researchers at the University of Missouri decided to trial more than a dozen different pumpkin varieties to determine which were most disease resistant. They recorded the total tonnage produced and the percent that were marketable.
The most disease-resistant variety in the 12- to 20-pound pumpkin group was ?Magic Lantern?. Almost every ?Magic Lantern? pumpkin produced was marketable. ?Aladdin? and ?Reliant? also performed well.
Of the small ornamental pumpkins, exotic varieties such as ?El Dorado? and 'Estrella? had the most disease resistance.
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Channel Islands National Park > El Montañon > Climber's Log
El Montañon Climber's Log
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|Greener than green
Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2017
|Two prior trips were rained out, but it paid off with a super green island on St. Patrick's Day. Met a humpback whale on the ride out and 5 island foxes. This hike exceeded expectations.
|Posted Mar 21, 2017 1:00 pm
|Was to windy for kayaking
Date Climbed: May 29, 2011
|The day was too windy for kayaking sea caves so I climbed the mountain instead. Found an airplane crash remnants while descending through some canyon.
|Posted Jun 2, 2016 3:22 pm
|Dayhike from Scorpion Valley
Date Climbed: Nov 7, 2015
|BEAUTIFUL day!! And great ay to celebrate my husband's birthday. Magnificent views from the top and all along the ridge.
|Posted Nov 9, 2015 1:08 am
|Big loop
Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2014
|Basically followed Bob Burd's route. No whales but we ran into a mega pod of dolphins (hundreds of them) on the return. With my wife, Caren.
|Posted Jan 20, 2014 7:09 pm
|LPC List Finish
Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2014
|Fun hike with great views all the way. The weather was incredible for January, although a little windy along the ridge. Thanks to everyone for joining me for my list finish and especially Yvonne for carrying champagne and OJ for mimosas on the summit!
This is a great time of year for this peak since the boat will most likely stop for whale watching both to and from the island.
|Posted Jan 7, 2014 12:00 pm
Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010
|With the family. GORGEOUS DAY!
|Posted Dec 28, 2012 12:37 pm
|From Scorpion Anchorage
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009
|Windy top, but fabulous views of the Santa Barbara Channel, the rest of the Channel Islands and the Ventura coastline.
|Posted Apr 5, 2012 6:12 pm
|Bob Burd
|From Scorpion Harbor
Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2011
|Nice day, great weather, fun time. Trip Report
|Posted Dec 2, 2011 12:36 am
|Scorpion Canyon
Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2011
|Camped at Scorpion Canyon. Wind was very strong during the night, but the tent held. Campsites 1-15 were a little more sheltered. Nice hike up to El Montanon. I enjoyed seeing the waters around the islands where I participated in a large naval exercise in the 70's.
|Posted Nov 11, 2011 2:48 pm
|great trip
Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2010
|from prisoners to scorpian
|Posted Oct 28, 2011 1:26 am
|Ridge but not the tippy top
Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2011
|We backpacked from Prisoner's to Scorpion which crosses Montanon Ridge just a few hundred feet shy of the peak. Great views! The trail is very narrow and rocky and steep in spots (from the Prisoner's side especially).
|Posted May 3, 2011 5:27 pm
|from Scorpion Anchorage
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2010
|Day-hiked this one with Steven Stembridge during a day excursion boat trip from Ventura harbor. Beautiful weather and scenic views came down the Scorpion Canyon Trail
|Posted Aug 16, 2010 9:41 pm
|Dayhike From Campground
Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2009
|Hiked on a very clear day with the wind ripping up on the ridge. We took the trail from the upper campground above Scorpion. The views from the top are great.
|Posted Nov 16, 2009 12:55 pm
|Dayhike from Scorpion Valley
Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2003
|Camped on the Island and did several dayhikes, including this one. I would love to return some day or explore the other islands.
If anyone is also a birder out there, don't miss out on the endemic Island Scrub Jay- keep an eye on the oaks, mainly.
|Posted Sep 23, 2007 3:20 am
|Did this peak during a archaeological survey trip. One of the most amazing hikes of my life. The views of the islands spreading out from the summit are insane. I lead the Lower Peaks section to this one. An amazing peak!
|Posted Sep 17, 2006 5:20 pm


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Hurricane Earl
Hurricane Earl is still a powerful category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale as it approaches the North Carolina coast September 2. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite observed the high rates rain was falling within Earl in some areas more than 2 inches per hour. Hurricane Earl became the most powerful hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season early on September 2 when its sustained winds reached 120 kts (~138 mph). It was still intensifying when the TRMM satellite passed near its location on 2 September 2010. The TRMM Microwave Imager data were used in the rainfall analysis that showed heavy rainfall, particularly in the northwest quadrant of Earl's very distinct circular eye.
Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by many names such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone. In the Atlantic and Caribbean they are called hurricanes. Generally speaking, a tropical cyclone is referred to as a hurricane (from the name of the ancient Central American deity of wind, Huracan) in the Atlantic basin.The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season is the period in 2010 during which tropical cyclones will form in the Atlantic Ocean.
The season officially started on June 1 and will end on November 30, dates which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical systems form in the basin. The season began with Hurricane Alex, a Category 2 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, which struck the Yucatán Peninsula as a tropical storm and northeastern Mexico south of the Texas border at peak intensity. Following Alex, a series of relatively weak systems occurred into the month of July and early August. In the latter part of August and early part of September, the season became much more active with the formation of four named storms in eleven days.
On May 27, 2010, NOAA released their forecast for the season, predicting an "extremely active" season (14 to 23 named storms, eight to fourteen hurricanes, and three to seven major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher). NOAA based its forecast on weaker wind shear, warmer temperatures in the region and the continuance of the "high activity era" which began in 1995.
Unmanned Global Hawk aircraft are making making fly overs of Hurricane Earl to gather data from 60,000 feet high and into the lower levels of the stratosphere. This data will help scientists learn about the rapid intensification of Earl, who went from a Category 2 to a Category 4 hurricane earlier this week.In addition astronauts aboard the International Space Station are also capturing Hurricane Earl on video and in photographs. These images complement the unmanned air craft view closer to Earth. In addition, NASA satellites, such as the Aqua satellite are capturing views of Earl. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument has been providing high-resolution views of Earl's clouds since it was born.
To see an image from Sept. 1 at 18:01 UTC (2:01 p.m. EDT) of Hurricane Earl as it was moving through the Bahamas, go to: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2010244-0901/Earl.A2010244.1801/.
As of September 2, Hurricane warnings extend from North Carolina north to Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the islands, with tropical storm warnings that include Virginia, eastern Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Hurricane Earl's eye is expected to stay off-shore and eastern North Carolina and eastern Massachusetts have the strongest warnings.NASA satellite imagery indicates this is a large storm, with hurricane force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the center.
For further information: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/nsfc-nch090210.php


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(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should continue buying bonds through this year due to a "scarring" of the labor market, and even more aggressive policies may be warranted if unemployment remains persistently high, a top Fed official said on Friday.
As Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren took to the podium to give a speech on the pain caused by high rates of unemployment, fresh data showed employers added a very disappointing 88,000 jobs last month, the slowest hiring pace since last summer.
The U.S. unemployment rate ticked down to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent in the previous month, as more people gave up the search for work.
Rosengren, a dovish voter on the Fed's monetary policy committee this year, highlighted the difficulties that less-educated Americans face in the search for work in the wake of recession.
"Spells of unemployment can have a lasting impact long after the economy recovers," Rosengren said in prepared remarks to an early-childhood forum in Boston.
"If spells of unemployment have a persistent impact on income, wealth and home ownership, then a more aggressive response to persistently high unemployment rates is warranted."
Frustrated with the slow and erratic economic recovery, the Fed has tied its $85 billion in monthly asset purchases to a substantial improvement in the labor market outlook, and has said it will keep interest rates near zero until unemployment drops to 6.5 percent or so.
In recent weeks, some Fed policymakers have said they were looking for more than 200,000 new jobs per month consistently for them to feel comfortable the labor market is healing and the economy will be able to avoid a mid-year pullback.
"More rapid economic growth is likely to not only reduce the unemployment rate, but also reduce some of the collateral damage the economy may otherwise face from the spells of long-duration unemployment," Rosengren added.
"Continued accommodative policy, such as continuing our asset purchase program through this year, is an appropriate response to labor market scarring," he said.
The purchases of Treasury and mortgage bonds are meant to spur investment, hiring and broader economic growth.
U.S. joblessness has edged lower since it soared as high as 10 percent at the tail end of the 2007-2009 recession, which was the worst in decades. In March, the data showed the labor market participation rate hit its lowest level since 1979.
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Another year, another great batch of time-lapse videos with cities as their subject. Kuala Lumpur, Chicago, Toronto, and San Francisco are new to the ranks in 2012. The only repeat from 2011 is New York — though this year's video focuses only on that part of Lower Manhattan where Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Here are this year's five best, once again presented in no particular order.
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Cheyney Students Participate in MLK Jr. Day of Service
January 21, 2014
Some of the 30 Cheyney University students and staff who helped beautify Martha Washington School in West Philadelphia as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
School was closed on Monday, January 20 but that didn't stop 30 Cheyney University students and staff from spending a 'day on' instead of a 'day off' on the National Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. They traveled by bus to Martha Washington School in West Philadelphia to volunteer their services in honor of the late Dr. King, the slain civil rights leader who spent his time serving others and, ultimately, gave his life for his community.
In addition to the Cheyney students, another 70 volunteers showed up at the school as part of Philadelphia's 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. The school, established in 1929, houses grades K-8. Those who converged on the school found the rustic building in need of some tender loving care. Everyone was given assignments and got down to business, working side-by-side to beautify the school.
The Cheyney women's basketball team spent time painting a room while Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers from CU emptied a classroom of old furniture, and Education Majors decorated bulletin boards. Led by Mr. Cheyney, Rashaad Washington, they worked as teams to paint two cafeterias, bookcases, and closets. They also cleaned hallways.
"This service is our way of playing a role in making Dr. King's dream a reality," said Sharon Thorn, Cheyney's Director of Student Activities. "It is very hard to make those very old school buildings compare to the new ones. However, we were looking to beautify them and provide some measure of equity."
"I chose to complete and do this community service project to take a few hours out my day and give back to my community," said senior student leader Desmond King. "It was so awesome working together as a team. I felt excited once we finished painting the classroom and bookshelf."
Martha Washington School was one of 1700 service project sites in Philadelphia on what would have been Dr. King's 85th birthday.


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If I had to guess what 11bit Studios' next game would have been (the team behind the amazing Anomaly: Warzone Earth) it most definitely wouldn't involve anything to do with airport security, funk music and wacky characters. Turns out, that's exactly what were getting. Funky Smugglers has enough quirk and charm, coupled with some addicting endless play that will undoubtedly have you scanning passengers for hours.
The premise of Funky Smugglers is fairly simple. Passengers are boarding plane after plane, and it's up to you to make sure nothing dangerous or deadly gets brough on with them. As they walk through the giant X-ray machine, you'll see items highlighted in red that are a threat to everyone's safety, such a spiders, saws, uzis, hammers etc. However, you'll have to make sure to avoid any green items, which are airplane safe such as teddy bears, rubber ducks and coffee mugs.
The aim of the game isn't just to weed out these potential threats, but to go for the high score. Each time you place a finger on one of the hazardous items, you can leave it on the screen and continue swiping any other dangerous items along with it. This will build your combo multiplier. However this multiplier doesn't last forever, so you have limited amount of time each swipe to get the most amount of red items, all while avoiding the green.
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Team Bard is officially ready to rumble at the Old Globe.
The Balboa Park theater today revealed the final lineup of cast and creatives for its annual summer Shakespeare Festival, and it includes a new director (new to the Globe, anyway) and the return of a festival-favorite actor.
The Globe announced that the British director Ian Talbot will helm the summer production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Talbot is the former longtime managing director of London's Open Air Theatre, as well as a wide-ranging theater and TV actor.
And Jay Whittaker, a major presence in the past four straight Shakespeare fests, will return to play Oberon in "Midsummer," as well as Guildenstern in festival artistic director Adrian Noble's production of Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."
He's joined by another esteemed festival regular, Miles Anderson. It was previously announced that Anderson would play Shylock in Noble's staging of "The Merchant of Venice" (the third festival entry); now the Globe also announces that he'll portray Bottom in "Midsummer." (Both Whittaker and Anderson have earned Craig Noel Awards, presented by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle, for performances in Globe festival productions.)
Also as previously announced, this is Noble's fourth and final year as the festival's artistic chief. (Much more on that to come, as well as word on what's next for the former Royal Shakespeare Co. leader.)
More casting updates: Festival newcomer John Lavelle will play Rosencrantz in (surprise) "Rosencrantz," and also will appear as Snug in "Midsummer" and Lancelot Gobbo in "Merchant." Krystel Lucas will make her festival debut as Titania in "Midsummer" and Portia in "Merchant."
In a neat twist, Lucas Hall - last seen on the festival stage six years ago in the title role of "Hamlet" - will play the same role in "Rosencrantz" (which reconceives the "Hamlet" saga as seen through the eyes of two minor characters). He'll also play Puck in "Midsummer" and Bassanio in "Merchant."
Also taking on prime roles in "Midsummer": festival veterans Winslow Corbett as Hermia and Ryman Sneed as Helena, and newcomers Nic Few as Demetrius and Adam Gerber as Lysander.
"Merchant" will feature Corbett as Jessica, Sneed as Nerissa, Few as Prince of Morocco, and Gerber as Lorenzo. "Rosencrantz" features Corbett as Ophelia, Sneed as Gertrude and Few as Horatio.
The repertory company also includes Donald Carrier, Sherman Howard, Globe associate artist Charles Janasz and Triney Sandoval, plus Old Globe/University of San Diego MFA candidates Erin Elizabeth Adams, Matthew Bellows, Meaghan Boeing, Jeremy Fisher, Adam Gerber, Kushtrim Hoxha, Stephen Hu, Allison Layman, Danielle O'Farrell, Stephanie Roetzel, Christopher Salazar, Robbie Simpson, Whitney Wakimoto and Sean-Michael Wilkinson.
And your festival creative team: associate artist Ralph Funicello (scenic design), Deirdre Clancy (costumes), Alan Burrett (lighting), Dan Moses Schreier (sound and original music), Peter Golub (original usic), Elan McMahan (music direction), George Yé (fight direction), James Vásquez (movement), Jan Gist (voice and dialect coach), Samantha Barrie (casting) and Bret Torbeck (stage management).
Barry Edelstein, the Globe's new artistic director and a nationally renowned Shakespearean, will take over the reins of the festival himself next year. He said in a Globe-provided statement:
"Seeing Shakespeare outdoors on a balmy summer night is one of the most magical experiences it's possible to have in the theater, and the Globe's annual Shakespeare Festival is as good as that experience gets. One of the reasons it's so special is the talent of our own Adrian Noble, and while he will be leaving the Globe once this summer's Festival is open, all San Diegans will be able to cheer and salute him for giving us another fantastic season with two superb productions of his own, and a third from the gifted Ian Talbot.
"The Globe and I thank Adrian for four summers of beautiful work, and we look forward to welcoming him back soon."
The festival, whose productions are performed in nightly rotation on the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre stage, runs June 2 to Sept. 29. Subscription tickets run $66 to $270; single tickets start at $29. More details and/or ticket purchase: (619) 234-5623 or oldglobe.org.


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She was born May 15, 1920, in Pope County to Asa and Bertha Bowden Morphis. Geneva was baptized in 1938 and was one of Jehovah's Witnesses for 74 years. She enjoyed teaching others about the Bible.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Orvil Roberts; her daughter, James Ann Roberts; her brother Garland Morphis; and sister, Gladys Kelley.
She is survived by her nephews and nieces, Ken Morphis and wife Sue of Russellville, Polly Hovis of Dardanelle, David Motley of New York, Janet Motley of Russellville, Danny Motley of Russellville, Dana Duvall and husband Leon of Pottsville, Gana Mize and husband Kevin of Pottsville, and Aaron Morphis and wife Christy of Pottsville.
The family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville.
The family will conduct a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, 2013, at the Russellville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses officiated by Mr. Richard Nelson.
Memorials may be made to Russellville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1207 East 16th Street, Russellville, AR 72801.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Geneva's nurses, Jan Glasspoole, and Rita Emmons, and her Home Health Aide, Linda Bridges.
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Giffords and Kelly: Fighting gun violence — Our new campaign will launch a national dialogue and raise funds to counter influence of the gun lobby. — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — The children of Sandy Hook deserve our efforts to stop gun violence. — In response to a horrific series …
Discussion: msnbc.com, CNN, Truthdig, The Plum Line, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS, Politico, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Daily Kos, The National Memo, The Democratic Daily, The Political Carnival, U.S. News, TBogg, CNSNews, Little Green Footballs, Joe. My. God., Twitchy, The Week, The Immoral Minority, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus, Telegraph, The Daily Caller, protein wisdom, Business Insider, Prairie Weather, BBC, Capitol Watch, Washington Examiner, No More Mister Nice Blog, Post Politics and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »
Tina Burnside / CNN: Gabrielle Giffords and husband launch anti-gun violence site
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times: Gabrielle Giffords launches group to take on gun lobby
Jonathan Easley / The Hill: House Democrat: 'Majority' of NRA members would back stricter gun laws
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS: PM Note: NRA to Meet Joe Biden, Diane Sawyer and Gabbrielle Giffords, Remembering Richard Ben Cramer
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: White House task force reviewing gun violence options pushes to meet end of month deadline
Jason Sattler / The National Memo: Gabrielle Giffords And Mark Kelly Take On The Gun Lobby
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: VIDEO: Mother of 9 year-old killed in Tucson shooting demands a plan to end gun violence …
Susan Jones / CNSNews: Giffords and Kelly Launch Their Own Anti-Gun Lobby
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Gabrielle Giffords Launches Effort to Fight Gun Violence and the Pro-Gun Lobby
Jenn Taylor / Twitchy: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly launch gun-grabbing campaign to counter 'ideological fringe'
Jennifer Preston / The Caucus: Giffords and Husband Announce Campaign Against Gun Violence
Mike Piccione / The Daily Caller: Americans for Responsible Solutions Offer No Solutions - They Just Hate the NRA
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: The NRA May Have Come Across Its Toughest Foe Yet
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner: Gabrielle Giffords: The NRA is an 'ideological fringe'
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: IN THE FUTURE, WHAT DEBRALEE HOVEY SAID WILL BE PRETTY MUCH MAINSTREAM
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
The White House Just Set Gun Rights Activists Ablaze
The White House Just Set Gun Rights Activists Ablaze
Discussion: msnbc.com, Balloon Juice, The Week, The Democratic Daily, Washington Monthly and CANNONFIRE
Betty Cracker / Balloon Juice: Gun Proponents Vent about Control Efforts, Target New Supporters with "Gun Appreciation Day"
Pamela Leavey / The Democratic Daily: Former Gen. McChrystal: Assault Rifles For Battlefields, Not Schools
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Chances Of Gun Control Dim In Washington
Chances Of Gun Control Dim In Washington
Discussion: Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Biden and Holder to Meet with Gun 'Victims' Groups'
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo: Anti-Gun Group Declares Victory After Brushback Pitch At Heitkamp
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Stan McChrystal: We need some serious gun-control laws
Zachary Roth / msnbc.com: Gun control battle heats up
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Congress somewhere below cockroaches, traffic jams, and Nickelback in Americans' esteem — Our newest national poll finds that Congress only has a 9% favorability rating with 85% of voters viewing it in a negative light. We've seen poll after poll after poll over the last year talking …
Tim Hanrahan / Washington Wire: Poll Finds Congress Ranks Lower Than Colonoscopy
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: PPP Poll: "Congress somewhere below cockroaches, traffic jams, and Nickelback in Americans'
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run: Congress Less Popular Than Lice, Colonscopies, and Genghis Khan, Poll Finds
Marcus Gilmer / Sun-Times Politics: Poll: Congress less popular than lice, Nickelback
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Congress and Cockroaches
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Survey Finds Americans View Congress Less Favorably than Cockroaches
Walter Hickey / Business Insider: POLL: Congress Is Less Popular Than Cockroaches, Nickelback And Donald Trump
12 Awful Things More Popular Than Congress — The latest poll from P.P.P confirms Congress is more unpopular than colonoscopies and a bunch of other terrible stuff. — Andrew Kaczynski — an hour ago — 28 responses
Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes'
Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue Its Savior — Fresh from paying back a $182 billion bailout, the American International Group has been running a nationwide advertising campaign with the tagline "Thank you America." — Behind the scenes, the restored insurance company is weighing whether …
Discussion: Quartz, Hullabaloo, Wonkblog, The Week, Gawker, The Plum Line, msnbc.com, Balloon Juice, Truthdig, Gothamist and Guardian
Matt Phillips / Quartz: AIG: The top 5 moments of mind-melting chutzpah
Neil Irwin / Wonkblog: AIG considers suing government for bailing it out, world implodes in on itself
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker: It's All Just a PR Calculation for A.I.G.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Senator Elizabeth Warren gears up
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist: AIG: Thank You, And F*ck You, America
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Senator Elizabeth Warren Is Outraged That AIG Is Considering Suing The US Government — Elizabeth Warren, one of the newest members of the Senate Banking Committee, is sending around a statement about the news that AIG's board will consider whether or not to sue the U.S. government tomorrow.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Political Carnival, The Reaction and TheBlaze.com
Joseph / CANNONFIRE: Noted...
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: If you thought Elizabeth Warren would take it easy on Capitol Hill, you'd be wrong
Richard K. Barry / The Reaction: P.M. Headlines — (Bloomberg): Biden task force plans session …
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Elizabeth Warren is not amused by AIG's lawsuit threat
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Hagel Was Picked — Americans don't particularly like government, but they do want government to subsidize their health care. They believe that health care spending improves their lives more than any other public good. In a Quinnipiac poll, typical of many others …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard: Obama Advisor: Hagel Will Bring 'Huge Cuts' to the Military
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: 10 ways Hagel upends conventional wisdom
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The Long Game, Revisited
Raffaela Wakeman / Lawfare: Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Stop Stepping On My Anti-Hagel Message!
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia: Brooks: Welfare, Warfare, and the Policy Deficit
David E / David E's FablogDavid E's Fablog: "Dr. Brooks Will See You Now" — whose objections to the beleaguered Chuck Hagel
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Hagel the perfect foil to manage military's decline over Republican objections
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: David Brooks is Too Pessimistic
Rick Bosh / msnbc.com: What we're reading: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Why the Hagel Hassle Won't Work
Danielle Pletka / AEIdeas: Chuck Hagel: Democrat, gun lover, abortion hater
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The tarring of Chuck Hagel
The tarring of Chuck Hagel
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, New York Times, msnbc.com, NO QUARTER USA NET, Post Politics and Right Turn
Dorian De Wind / The Moderate Voice: Chuck Hagel, 'A Touch Anti-Semitic'? A 'Bugaboo Issue'.
Drew Katchen / msnbc.com: Must-Read Op-Eds for Jan. 8, 2013
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER USA NET: Yes to Senator Hagel
Natalie Jennings / Post Politics: Log Cabin Republicans run another anti-Hagel ad
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: Obama unites GOP, splits Dems
Chris Moody / Reuters:
Moderate Republican group to remove 'Republican' from name, welcome Democrats — The Republican Main Street Partnership, a Washington-based group that has promoted moderate GOP lawmakers and policies, will remove the word "Republican" from its title and welcome center-right Democrats in 2013, Yahoo News has learned.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Political Carnival and Post Politics
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: Note from moderate Republican group: Get the "R" word (Republican) out of our name
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Moderate Republican group letting in Democrats
Linda Stasi / New York Post:
Current situation: Staffers talk about first meeting with Al Jazeera — Just call him Al Gorezeera. — Yesterday morning, the still shell shocked staff at Current TV was called to an all hands staff meeting at its San Francisco headquarters, which was teleconferenced to their offices in LA and NYC, to meet their new bosses.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com: Oil Funded Al Jazeera Makes Al Gore Richer Than Mitt Romney
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin: Current TV employees introduced to new owners, 'bulls*-tter' Al Gore conspicuously absent from meeting
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Current TV Staffers Rip Assploding Hypocrite Al Gore: "We All Know Now That He's Nothing But A Bullshitter"...
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Current TV Staffers Reportedly Angry That 'Bullsh*tter' Al Gore Sold Out To 'Big Oil'
Jack Coleman / NewsBusters.org blogs: Geraldo Recounts Gore's Snotty Disdain After He Went to Fox News
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post: Current Staffers Lash Out At Al Gore Over Al Jazeera Deal
Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner: Current TV staffer: Al Gore sold out to Big Oil
Eliana Johnson / National Review: Al Gore: Crummy Boss
Mike Clary / Sun-Sentinel:
FAU prof stirs controversy by disputing Newtown massacre — Gabby Giffords launches site to stop gun violence — A communication professor known for conspiracy theories has stirred controversary at Florida Atlantic University with claims that last month's Newtown, Conn. …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Daily Kos
Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report: Out: Trutherism/Birtherism In: Massacrism?
Michelle Cottle / The Daily Beast:
Mosbacher: I'm Furious at My Own Party — RNC Finance Committee co-chair Georgette Mosbacher tells Michelle Cottle that she's "mad as hell" about what Republicans have done to themselves. — Best not to ask GOP fundraising legend Georgette Mosbacher about the state of her beloved party unless you want an earful.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Impolitic
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Disgruntled GOP donors close their checkbooks
Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
This Rape Infographic Is Going Viral. Too Bad It's Wrong. — Yesterday, under the headline, "The saddest graph you'll see today," Dylan Matthews at the Washington Post published this infographic created by the Enliven Project to put the legal issues around rape, its prosecutions, and concerns about false accusations into perspective.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Poynter, Wonkblog and Shakesville
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: You Can't Fight Rape Culture With Bad Data
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Challenges journalists are facing while covering the Steubenville, Ohio, rape
Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog: The saddest graph you'll see today
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Another Dude Concern Trolling Rape Activists
John Cook / Gawker:
Here Is a List of All the A**holes Handsome Law-Abiding Citizens Who Own Guns Some People in New York City — Last month, the Journal News sparked a firestorm of protest when it published a mappable database of every licensed gun owner in Westchester and Rockland counties, north of New York City.
Discussion: Politico, Capital New York, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers, Poynter and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Kevin Cirilli / Politico: NYC gun owners named on Gawker
Dana Rubinstein / Capital New York: The 'Times' got that gun-permit list too, and sued
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Gawker link-baits — publishes list of "All the A**holes Who Own Guns in New York City"
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Lefty Cesspool Blog Gawker Calls Gun Owners "A**holes," Publishes Names Of Everyone Who Owns A Gun In NYC...
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Gawker releases list of gun owners in New York City
Christine Haughney / New York Times: After Pinpointing Gun Owners, Paper Is a Target
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
Why The Fight Over The $1 Trillion Coin Is The Most Important Fiscal Policy Debate You'll Ever See In Your Life — The campaign to circumvent the debt ceiling by having the Treasury mint a trillion dollar platinum coin continues to infiltrate the minds of elite thinkers in Washington.
Discussion: Paul Krugman, The Atlantic Online, Corrente, Talking Points Memo, Quartz and Eschaton
Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online: Everything You Need to Know About the Crazy Plan to Save the Economy With a Trillion-Dollar Coin
Letsgetitdone / Corrente: The Small Ball Trillion Dollar Coin Seigniorage Exception
Ritchie King / Quartz: How big would a $1 trillion platinum coin be?
Atrios / Eschaton: Soylent Green Is Made Of Nothing
Scott Wong / Politico:
Sen. Richard Blumenthal floats ammunition bill — Sen. Richard Blumenthal plans to introduce a bill to toughen requirements for purchasing ammunition — a response to the mass shooting last month that claimed 26 lives at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.
Discussion: CNN
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Biden, NRA to meet on guns
Biden, NRA to meet on guns
Discussion: Politico, Reuters, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and CNN
Donovan Slack / Politico: Biden to meet with NRA
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air: Biden to meet with entertainment industry, NRA, and others for gun control ideas
David Dishneau / bigstory.ap.org:
JUDGE: ARMY GI IN WIKILEAKS ILLEGALLY PUNISHED — You are here — Home » Bradley Manning » Judge: Army GI in WikiLeaks illegally punished — FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — An Army private suspected of sending reams of classified documents to the secret-sharing WikiLeaks website …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Towleroad News #gay and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake: Bradley Manning's January Motion Hearing, Day 1 UPDATED
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay: Judge Awards Wikileaks Soldier Bradley Manning Sentencing Credit, Deems Pretrial Conditions 'Excessive'
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Does aiding WikiLeaks equal aiding Al Qaeda?
Does aiding WikiLeaks equal aiding Al Qaeda?
Discussion: Guardian, Wired and Techdirt, more at Mediagazer »
Ed Pilkington / Guardian: Bradley Manning ensured leaks would not harm US, lawyer insists
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Bradley Manning's Defense: Releasing Over-Classified Information To The Public Would Be Good For The US, Not Bad
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Judge Limits a Police Stop-and-Frisk Program in the Bronx — A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the New York Police Department's practice of stopping people suspected of trespassing outside private buildings in the Bronx was unconstitutional. — The decision appears …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Colorlines and Clayton Cramer's Blog
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Florida Governor Inflates Cost Of Medicaid Expansion By 2,600% To Avoid Implementing Obamacare — Internal email messages uncovered by Health News Florida reveal that Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) is knowingly citing inaccurate cost estimates to justify his refusal to expand Florida's Medicaid program.
Discussion: health.wusf.usf.edu and Washington Monthly
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Widow of Medgar Evers to deliver invocation at Obama inauguration — President Obama has picked Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers, to deliver the invocation at his public swearing-in later this month. It is believed to be the first time a woman …
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers, theGrio, The Gateway Pundit, PopWatch, Joe. My. God., The Hinterland Gazette and Balloon Juice
Donovan Slack / Politico: Obama chooses inauguration speakers
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Obama Picks Non-Clergy Member To Deliver Inauguration Prayer For First Time In History...
Marquise Francis / theGrio: Medgar Evers' widow to deliver invocation at Obama inauguration
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: For First Time Ever... Obama to Use Civil Rights Activist and Not Clergy to Deliver Benediction at Inauguration
Erin Strecker / PopWatch: President Obama announces inauguration speakers
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Myrlie Evers-Williams to Deliver Invocation at President Obama's Inauguration Jan. 21
Anne Laurie / Balloon Juice: Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Invocation
Jordan Zakarin / Hollywood Reporter:
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal Fire Back at 'Zero Dark Thirty' Investigation and Torture Debate — In accepting awards at the New York Film Critics Circle ceremony, the director and screenwriter addressed critics in Congress and the world of punditry. — As they received trophies in New York City …
Brian Brooks / Movieline: Kathryn Bigelow And Mark Boal Defend 'Zero Dark Thirty' At NY Film Critics Circle
Eddie Gehman Kohan / Obama Foodorama:
A Bottle Of President Obama's Homebrewed White House Beer Fetches $1,200 At Auction — Beer pro Brad Magerkurth turned his special Presidential gift into a boon for sick children, and gives the brew a big thumbs-up, too... The single bottle of White House Honey Ale that President Obama presented …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
Donovan Slack / Politico: Bottle of White House beer sells for $1,200
Nikki Schwab / Washington Examiner: One White House beer goes for over a grand
Carl Franzen / Talking Points Memo:
NOAA: 2012 Warmest Year On Record For U.S., Second Most Extreme Weather — It's official: 2012 was the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States and the second most extreme in terms of weather events, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, BillMoyers.com, msnbc.com and Wonkblog
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: Another sign of a broken system, by @DavidOAtkins
David Schoetz / msnbc.com: Memo to Romney (and other climate skeptics): 2012 was warmest year on record
Brad Plumer / Wonkblog: It's official: 2012 was the hottest U.S. year on record
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Under Obama, a Skew Toward Male Appointees — In an Oval Office meeting on Dec. 29, 10 of President Obama's top economic advisers stood before him discussing the heated fiscal negotiations. Every one was a man. — In the days since, Mr. Obama has put together a national security team dominated by men …
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Education of a Newspaperman — The WSJ is where I learned that the definition of prudence is knowing when to pick a fight. — On a summer's day in 1981, a college kid stepped off a Manhattan elevator into a place he had imagined himself only in his dreams: the offices of The Wall Street Journal.
Discussion: Ricochet Conversations Feed and Capital New York, more at Mediagazer »
Meghan Clyne / Ricochet Conversations Feed: At the End of Main Street
Washington Examiner:
Watchdog: Second VA official quits after wasteful conferences spotlighted — Another top Department of Veterans Affairs official has resigned in the wake of Inspector-General reports criticizing two "Patton parody" employee training conferences, The Washington Examiner
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Geoffrey Norman / Weekly Standard: The People's Money — Another resignation at the Department …
New York Times:
My Successor? Mayor Ponders Dream Choices — It has been a bedrock assumption of this year's race for New York City mayor: Michael R. Bloomberg and the muscular political operation that guided him to three electoral victories will coalesce around his favored candidate, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker.
Discussion: First Read, City Room, Politicker, Capital New York, The New Republic, Gothamist, Post Politics and NY Daily News
Michael M. Grynbaum / City Room: 'Anybody Here Want to Be Mayor?' — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg walked …
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York: But really: who does Bloomberg want in 2013?
Noreen Malone / The New Republic: The Next Five People Michael Bloomberg Will Try To Convince To Run for Mayor
Garth Johnston / Gothamist: Is Bloomberg Having Christine Quinn Buyer's Remorse?
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Bloomberg wanted Schumer to run for mayor, report says


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Quilting on the Beach by Quilt Passions, Kona, HawaiiA bus trip on Sat. Feb. 2 will take visitors to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Waimea, a visit to a Kona Coffee Plantation, a Macadamia nut farm and a special luncheon. Around the island bus on Sat. Feb. 9 will stop at all the island quilt shops. This will be the 5th annual shop-hop bus excursion. 4th annual Quilting on the Beach retreat will include national quilting instructors Melinda Bula and Barbara Bieraugel along with local favorites.
This event is hosted by Quilt Passions, local quilt & needlework store in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Visit www.quiltpassions.net for info. Email to [email protected] net or call 808-329-7475
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Anyone else out there riding today?
I was on the South Shore of Boston, Plymouth Carver area.. Another winter month, another ride on the Adventure. It was warm and beautiful, a little bit of summer. I saw a few bikes out today, even an HD if you can believe it.
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Yesterday, we looked at important playoff games in Dynamo history that took place on October 29. Today, we do the same for October 30. Although Houston has only played one game the night before Halloween, it was an important one, as it set the tone for the Dynamo's 2011 run to the MLS Cup final:
October 30, 2011 vs. Philadelphia Union
Winning on the road has never come easy for the Dynamo and last season was no exception. The Dynamo went winless in their first 15 road matches before finishing the season with consecutive wins against Dallas and Portland away from Robertson Stadium. Having won four of their final five matches, the Dynamo entered the postseason as the No. 2 seed in the East, which set up a conference semifinal showdown with the Philadelphia Union.
Entering the match, the Dynamo were 0-2-2 all-time against Philadelphia and 0-3-2 all-time on the road in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Neither stat left Dynamo fans feeling confident heading into the first leg of the series at PPL Park.
The stats did not trouble the Dynamo, however, as the team jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Andre Hainault headed home a Brad Davis free kick in the fifth minute. Philadelphia responded quickly and leveled the match only two minutes later when Sebastien Le Toux broke free and placed a shot past Tally Hall.
The Dynamo would not be denied, however, and found what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 30th minute. After Brian Ching received the ball 40 yards from goal, the Dynamo's all-time leading scorer split a pair of Union defenders to find the surging Calen Carr. The Dynamo striker would not be denied as he one-touched the ball to the left of a sliding Faryd Mondragon.
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Frank Ocean will be the musical guest on the season opener of Saturday Night Live. The genre-stretching R&B singer will be joined by Family Guy creator, comedian Seth MacFarlane.
The September 15 season opener will jumpstart SNL's 38th season. Ocean's debut will be followed by musical guests Mumford & Sons (Sept. 22) and Muse (Oct. 6), SNL announced.
Before he makes his debut on SNL, Ocean will be touching down, for the first time, on the MTV Music Video Awards stage. Earlier this week, MTV announced that Ocean would be joining the cast of performers, that includes Rihanna, Demi Lovato and Alicia Keys.
Earlier in August, Ocean canceled his European tour dates that were scheduled from 8/12 – 9/22. But the singer didn't give specific reason for shutting down the shows.
"Let me start by saying I feel like an a**hole right now," Ocean said of the show cancellations. "But a tough decision had to be made in regard to my schedule over the next months and the casualties of that decision include my appearances at upcoming festivals in Europe and my opening slot on the European leg of the Coldplay world tour. Sorry as f***, I'll be back if you'll have me." —Erik Parker, CBS Local


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From "Amour" to "Zero Dark Thirty," below you can find a full list of the 2013 Oscar nominees.
2013 Oscar Nominees: From 'Amour' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'
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By: Heebs01.10.2013 @ 3:42 PM
How Katherine Bigelow didn't get nomination for Best Director is beyond me.
By: ceggertsen01.10.2013 @ 3:44 PM
Agreed. Pretty unbelievable.
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I can't believe Pirates Band of Mischief was nominated and not Rise of the Guardians. I'll really be floored if they give it to the underwhelming Frankenweenie instead of Paranorman. People are really giving it a pass since it is the first movie Burton made in years that isn't a complete piece of shit but that doesn't mean it's an award winner.


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Thats the error i get. I jst started using VS.NET 2003, before i was using the 2002 version which had no problems including it. I really don't get why i cannot include it.... Do i have to change some settings or something? Does anyone have a clue about what im doing wrong?Code:
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text: Worcester Prep's Lower School Chess Club and several students from Middle School participated in the Wicomico County Chess Club Tournament. Student winners in Division I were, from left, first place, Zachary Wilson; second place, Adam Pizza; and third place, Brenner Maull. With the winners are their coaches Mary McCracken and Todd Wilson.


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This plant (presumably a weed?) is growing in hanging baskets and in the borders in my garden. Just very curious at to what it might be.
Many thanks.
I'm pretty sure it is a chickweed of one sort or another; difficult to tell from your piccies
Some are considered weeds, others ornamental; yours is one of the weedy ones.
Brilliant! Looking at the Wikipedia link you very kindly forwarded, Chickweed it is. Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to reply. Greatly appreciated.


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As a very enthusiastic auntie, I was forever taking pictures of my nephew trying to help him remember all the fun things we did. But guess what? In my desperation to capture a happy memory, I was losing my ability to read his body language and truly empathize.


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A dog stood by a three-month old baby abandoned overnight in a Russian park by his drunken mom, a Russian news service reported.
The 22-year-old woman, identified as Olga, had taken her baby and Lada, her Rottweiller, along when she met friends to drink in a park in the southern city of Saratov. When the party was over, she went home and passed out, only to wake up the next morning and realize her baby was gone, according to RT.com.
"She was in panic," the woman's mother told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. "She was screaming that her son had been stolen."
Her father went to the park and found the dog huddled with the baby boy.
"The baby was found wet, hungry and in tears, but what's more important, safe and sound," a neighbor said.