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Nakai concert to benefit Mancos library
Tami Graham Presents An evening with R. Carlos Nakai, a benefit for the Mancos Public Library, Saturday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) at the Mancos Opera House.
Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the worlds premier performer of the Native American flute. Since 1983, he has released over 35 albums. Nakai has earned two gold records and has received nine Grammy nominations.
The cost for the concert is $35 for general admission, $75 for VIP private reception with R. Carlos Nakai. Tickets are on sale at Southwest Sound in Durango, Mancos Public Library and Rocky Mountain One Stop in Cortez. For more information call 759-9716, email www.tamigraham.com or find the event on Facebook.
Moetones play Stonefish for 2 year anniversary
Stonefish Sushi & More is celebrating two years of business in downtown Cortez at 16 West Main St. The public is invited to a big rock and roll birthday party with return engagement with the Moetones at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 16. There is no cover charge, and there will be door prizes.
Hymn For Her will play eclectic stomp-grass punk folk
Hymn For Her will bring their blazing live show to the Dolores River Brewery on Sunday, June 17 at 7 p.m. The Brewery is at 100 North 4th St. in Dolores.
Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing are Hymn For Her, a rockin duo that hails from anywhere they can park their 16 foot, 1961 vintage Bambi Airstream (comes with dog and baby) as they tour the U.S. coast to coast. They describe their music as stomp-grass punk folk with a hint of Americana. Lucy plays a three-stringed broom handle/cigar box guitar, banjo and sometimes even a glockenspiel as she shares vocal duties with Wayne, who also plays acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, and/or harmonica all while handling percussion on bass drum and hi-hat! Bullet microphones and an arsenal of effect pedals give this band a sound like no other. The show is enhanced by a slide show of original photos projected on an old-fashioned slide projector. Wherever they play, this band wins over the audience with their amazing live show that sometimes might include a Led Zeppelin or other classic tune given the Hymn For Her twist! For more information, call the Brewery at 882-4677.
Summer Enrichment Programs begin at Medicine Horse
Medicine Horse Equine Therapy Center will begin their Summer Enrichment Programs next week. Kids ages 7 through 12 will learn about horses and how to take care of them, learn how to ride bareback, do art projects, make horse treats and just have fun with horses. The beginning skills camp runs from Monday through Friday, June 18-22 and again July 16-20. The advanced skills camp runs from Aug. 6-10. Both camps are from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $120 and space is limited to six kids.
Also, an art, essay and poem contest for kids who love horses is open. Draw a picture, write a poem or an essay about why you want to come to a Medicine Horse Summer Camp this summer. If your art, poem or essay is chosen, you will earn a 1/2 scholarship for camp. Entries for the contest should be sent by Wednesday, June 27. Send entries to Summer Camp Contest, Medicine Horse Center, P.O. Box 1074, Mancos, CO 81328. The winners will be announced before the July summer camp.
For more information, contact Lynne at 533-7403 or email@example.com.
Awesome Aliens for kids will explore life on other planets
The Mancos Public Library, located at 211 W. First St., invites kids to its 2012 Summer Reading Program Dream Big at Your Library. All students age 5-18 are invited to participate. These programs are run as a drop in but all children attending must enroll.
On Wednesday, June 20, join us for Awesome Aliens. Come explore what we know about life on other planets. Local artist Jaime Becktal will be on hand to help with a craft and will do some truly amazing face painting think Avatar! Imaginations required! Wholesome snacks will be provided during each program. Younger children may attend if accompanied by an adult throughout the program. We also conduct a reading contest bingo (for kids, teens and adults) with books of their choice as prizes for all who complete the bingo. All programs are free. For more information, call MPL at 533-7600.
Library hosts award-winning storyteller
The next performer in the Cortez Public Librarys Summer Reading Program Family Entertainment Series is Sara Ransom. Please come see her on Wednesday, June 20, at 2 p.m. Sara is a storyteller and has been featured in festivals from New England to New Zealand. She is the daughter and granddaughter of performing storytellers. Sara has traveled worldwide in learning her craft. Sara is a winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Solo Performance Fellowship in 1991. Her international experience exhibits itself in her eclectic performances. The library is located at 202 N. Park St. and may be reached by calling 565-8117.
Mobile blood drive will take place in Cortez
United Blood Services will hold a mobile blood drive from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the west campus of Southwest Colorado Community College, 33057 U.S. Hwy 160.
To set up an appointment or for more information, call 385-4601 or sign up online at www.bloodhero.com.
Rockslide plays original music
Rockslide would like to invite you to a live music event at Blondies Pub at 332 E. Main St. in Cortez on Friday, June 22 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Rockslide recently opened for the Josh Abbott Band at Echo Basin, and has been receiving critical acclaim for their original music. Rockslide will be releasing their second CD of original music late summer of 2012. The members of Rockslide include Leo Herrera, Dennis Knuckles, Jimmy McClain and Thomas Martin Scott. For more information, call 739-5920, or go to www.rockslidecolorado.com.
Wild Country will perform first show at the Hollywood
On Friday, June 22, 8 p.m., Wild Country plays the Hollywood Bar and Grill, 417 Central Ave. in Dolores. These Durango favorites have shared the stage with country music legends. Cover is $5. For more information, call 882-9998.
Lions Club will hold 70-year celebration barbecue event
The Cortez Lions Club is celebrating 70 years as a community service club! We invite the public to share in our celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24 at the Parque de Vida Park amphitheater, 400 N. Mildred. Come enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs and watermelon.
The Cortez Club became a chartered club on June 2,1942. Lions Club members were local business owners who came together with a vision that promoted and supported the community needs well into the future. The Cortez Lions Club continues to sustain community involvement. For more information, call 564-9619.
Baptist Church to hold Vacation Bible School
Lifeway Baptist Church is having its Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon beginning Monday, June 25 to Friday, June 29. On the last Friday evening at 6 p.m. we will host a family night and hot dog dinner, so parents can come and see what their child has done. Lifeway is located at 601 N. Dolores Rd.
This years theme is Amazing Wonders. Children will have a great time of learning about other parts of the world. VBS is for all children from pre-K to those who have completed the 6th grade. You can register your child early by coming by the church from 9 a.m. untill noon Monday through Thursday or by calling the church office at 564-1239.
Marketing for Smarties for business owners
The first of the 3-session Marketing for Smarties Series will be offered in Cortez from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26 at the Cortez Welcome Center, 928 East Main St. The next two sessions will take place on July 18 and August 15 at the same times.
These 3-part series break marketing down into a step-by-step process, and help to resolve a lot of the problems many small businesses encounter when trying to effectively promote their products and services. Recommended for new and existing businesses. The cost of $149 will cover all three sessions. Register now space is limited. To register for the Marketing for Smarties Series, contact the Small Business Development Center by phone at 247-7009, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or register online at www.coloradosbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=170320037.
Presentation on Colo. State asbestos requirements
Four Corners Builders Association invites you to a presentation at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26 in the First National Bank. Join us for an overview of the Colorado State asbestos requirements for demo and remolding, presented by Doug Yearout of C.A.R.E. of Cortez. This is open to the public, so if you have any questions or concerns come and talk to the experts.For more information call the FCBA office at 565-1771.
Heavy Equipment Petting Zoo
The Mancos Public Library, located at 211 W. First St., has begun its 2012 Summer Reading Program Dream Big at Your Library. All students age 5-18 are invited to participate in the programs, which run on Wednesdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in June. These programs are drop in but all children attending must enroll. Dreaming big includes thinking about what you want to be when you grow up. Visit the library on Wednesday, June 27 for Heavy Equipment Petting Zoo and meet folks (and their big engines) that fight fires, track wildlife, do police work, dig enormous holes in the ground, etc. Wholesome snacks will be provided during each program. Younger children may attend if accompanied by an adult throughout the program. We will also conduct a reading contest bingo (for kids, teens and adults) with books of their choice as prizes for all who complete the bingo. All programs are free. For more information, call 533-7600.
Fade Left tour lands at Blondies
The Fade Left tour with Toki Wright, Burnell Washburn, Whiteowls, and more will be at Blondies, 45 E. Main St., Cortez, at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27. This show is for ages 18 and older. For more information, call 739-4944.
Storyteller Penwell uses music, puppets at library
Laurel Penwell will perform at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St., on Wednesday, June 27, at 2 p.m. as part of the Summer Reading Program Family Entertainment Series. Laurels a librarian and storyteller based in Hesperus and uses humor, music, and puppets. Laurel has twelve years of library and school storytelling experience. Shes a perfect fit for the Dream Big, Read theme.
For more information, call the library at 564-4073.
Cortez Library offers educational Water Day
The Cortez Public Library will present Water Day 2012, an educational opportunity to learn more about our local water. The Dolores Water Conservancy District, Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company and the Cortez Water Plant will be joining us for the first ever Water Day in various area locations on Thursday, June 28. At 10 a.m., there will be a presentation by Mike Preston of the Dolores Water Conservancy District and Don Magnuson of Montezuma Valley Irrigation at the overlook at the end of the McPhee Campground. At 1 p.m., there will be a tour of the Cortez Water Plant hosted by Bruce Smart. For more information or directions, stop by the Cortez Public Library at 202 N. Park in Cortez, or call 565-8117.
Driver Safety Course offered by AARP
AARP will sponsor a driver safety course on Thursday, June 28 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Calvin Denton Room in the Empire Electric Building, 801 N. Broadway, Cortez.
This four-hour course is authorized by the state of Colorado. It is designed to meet the needs of older drivers, and will review safe driving techniques as well as Colorado traffic laws. Completion of this course can qualify you for a discount on your automobile insurance. The course is available to all motorists whether or not they are members of AARP. A $12 fee for AARP members and a $14 fee for nonmembers is to be paid by check (no cash or credit cards), which covers materials. Please bring your drivers license and your AARP membership number (if you have one).
If interested, you are asked to register with Scott and Judy Aeschlimann at 565-3872. Please leave your name and phone number on the answering machine if were not available. Well return your call. The class number is limited.


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Recognizing a Club Foot: Foals to Adults (AAEP 2012)
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Horse owners and veterinarians can identify a club foot based on classic signs and grades of severity.
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Not all horses have symmetrical feet, and one of the more common problems horses develop is a "club foot" appearance. This problem might appear at birth or develop later in life. Horse owners and veterinarians can identify it based on classic signs and grades of severity.
Robert Hunt, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, in Lexington, Ky., recently tackled the topic of club feet in horses during the in-depth seminar "The Foot from Every Angle" at the 2012 American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) Convention, held Dec.1-5 in Anaheim, Calif.
He defined a club foot as having an angle greater than 60 degrees (the angle the dorsal hoof wall makes with the ground). Usually there is at least a five-degree discrepancy between the affected foot and the opposite foot.
"Initially, an owner may recognize a space between the heel and the ground that develops slowly over two to three hoof trims," Hunt explained. "The second sign is that the coronary band appears square and full. Then, the foot appears boxy with a dish in the front of the hoof wall. And eventually, the frog becomes quite recessed, the hoof contracts, and the horse appears 'back at the knee.'"
With this change in its biomechanics, Hunt said, "The foot is prone to injury since loading on the foot moves forward, altered from its normal, heel-first landing."
A more accurate description of a club foot is to call it a flexural limb deformity of the coffin joint. Hunt reported that, in most cases, shortening of the musculotendinous unit (which runs down the back of the leg) that shifts the load dorsally (forward) in the foot causes the horse to develop a club foot. The musculotendinous unit (deep digital flexor muscle and tendon) can shorten, for example, due to chronic pain that reduces weight-bearing on the limb or due to nutritional imbalances.
Veterinarians have used multiple club foot classification systems: Type 1 refers to a club foot with a hoof axis less than 90 degrees; Type 2 is greater than 90 degrees. Or, they can use a grading system of the hoof axis relative to the opposite limb as a way to define severity: Grade 1 is 3-5 degrees; Grade 2 is 5-8 degrees; Grade 3 has a broken-forward hoof-pastern axis (HPA)--in which the angle of the hoof wall is steeper than that of the pastern, hoof wall dishing, and irregular growth rings; Grade 4 has a hoof angle greater than 80 degrees, a severely broken-forward HPA, marked concavity to the dorsal hoof wall, and the coronary band height at the heel is the same as at the toe.
Veterinarians consider this condition congenital if a horse has a club foot at birth. "Usually these cases are self-correcting with minimal treatment other than toe protection," Hunt said. Veterinarians can also treat congenital cases by administering systemic oxytetracycline, but he says too much oxytetracycline treatment can cause excessive laxity of normal joints.
"An acquired flexural deformity usually shows up between 4 to 6 months of age," he said. "It may result as a primary problem possibly due to a genetic predisposition. However, it is often secondary to other lameness issues, such as pain elsewhere in the limb that alters weight-bearing on that leg."
"Treatment varies depending on age of horse, severity, and client expectations," stressed Hunt. "The guiding principle is to improve comfort and minimize toe trauma while trying to reestablish load bearing on the heels."
He cautioned against using external shoe devices that improve the 'look' but don't achieve a long-term solution. In assessing an adult horse with a club foot, Hunt urged veterinarians to carefully consider the horse's intended use and to pay careful attention to current management including farrier care and nutrition.
About the Author
Nancy S. Loving, DVM
Nancy S. Loving, DVM, owns Loving Equine Clinic in Boulder, Colorado, and has a special interest in managing the care of sport horses. Her book, All Horse Systems Go, is a comprehensive veterinary care and conditioning resource in full color that covers all facets of horse care. She has also authored the books Go the Distance as a resource for endurance horse owners, Conformation and Performance, and First Aid for Horse and Rider in addition to many veterinary articles for both horse owner and professional audiences.
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This is a tool that we hadn't thought much about before until we saw it in action. Removing the balancer from a V-8 engine, especially in the tight confines of a truck's engine compartment, can be difficult. Most of the manual pullers don't work all that well, and if your engine has been detonating while running then it's likely that the balancer has chattered on the crankshaft, making removal even more difficult. Re-installing that balancer with a block of wood and a sledgehammer isn't much fun either when the odds of smacking it straight onto the snout of the crank are 50 to 1.
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The Occupy movement in many cities have been forced to fully or partially vacate their sites and people are wondering what's next. Chris Hedges has been doing some excellent reporting on the movement and in a recent piece titled This Is What Revolution Looks Like he argues that the movement has exposed the bankruptcy of the oligarchy. The oligarchy thinks that by forcibly disrupting the demonstrations and evicting the encampments, they will destroy the movement and force the occupants to go back to meekly accepting the status quo.
The rogues' gallery of Wall Street crooks, such as Lloyd Blankfein at Goldman Sachs, Howard Milstein at New York Private Bank & Trust, the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, the Koch brothers and Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase & Co., no doubt think it's over. They think it is back to the business of harvesting what is left of America to swell their personal and corporate fortunes.
He says they are wrong.
The historian Crane Brinton in his book "Anatomy of a Revolution" laid out the common route to revolution. The preconditions for successful revolution, Brinton argued, are discontent that affects nearly all social classes, widespread feelings of entrapment and despair, unfulfilled expectations, a unified solidarity in opposition to a tiny power elite, a refusal by scholars and thinkers to continue to defend the actions of the ruling class, an inability of government to respond to the basic needs of citizens, a steady loss of will within the power elite itself and defections from the inner circle, a crippling isolation that leaves the power elite without any allies or outside support and, finally, a financial crisis. Our corporate elite, as far as Brinton was concerned, has amply fulfilled these preconditions. But it is Brinton's next observation that is most worth remembering. Revolutions always begin, he wrote, by making impossible demands that if the government met would mean the end of the old configurations of power. The second stage, the one we have entered now, is the unsuccessful attempt by the power elite to quell the unrest and discontent through physical acts of repression.
Hedges draws upon his long experience as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times to draw parallels between what is happening in the US and what he saw in crumbling despotic regimes elsewhere.
George Orwell wrote that all tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but that once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. We have now entered the era of naked force. The vast million-person bureaucracy of the internal security and surveillance state will not be used to stop terrorism but to try and stop us.
Despotic regimes in the end collapse internally. Once the foot soldiers who are ordered to carry out acts of repression, such as the clearing of parks or arresting or even shooting demonstrators, no longer obey orders, the old regime swiftly crumbles.
The signs of collapse are everywhere. It begins when bystanders, impressed by the stoicism and doggedness of the protestors, defect from their usual stance of neutrality or subservience to the state and ruling class and into the ranks of the protestors.
The process of defection among the ruling class and security forces is slow and often imperceptible. These defections are advanced through a rigid adherence to nonviolence, a refusal to respond to police provocation and a verbal respect for the blue-uniformed police, no matter how awful they can be while wading into a crowd and using batons as battering rams against human bodies.
Hedges wrote this on November 15 before the police actions that occurred at UC Berkeley and Davis. In Berkeley, 70-year old Robert Hass, a professor of poetry, former poet laureate and Pulitzer prize winner, couldn't believe what he was hearing of police viciously beating students and hurriedly went with his wife to see if the reports were true. He described what happened to them when they found themselves face to face with police in the now familiar paramilitary riot gear assembled in riot formation.
Once the cordon formed, the deputy sheriffs pointed their truncheons toward the crowd. It looked like the oldest of military maneuvers, a phalanx out of the Trojan War, but with billy clubs instead of spears. The students were wearing scarves for the first time that year, their cheeks rosy with the first bite of real cold after the long Californian Indian summer. The billy clubs were about the size of a boy's Little League baseball bat. My wife was speaking to the young deputies about the importance of nonviolence and explaining why they should be at home reading to their children, when one of the deputies reached out, shoved my wife in the chest and knocked her down.
My wife bounced nimbly to her feet. I tripped and almost fell over her trying to help her up, and at that moment the deputies in the cordon surged forward and, using their clubs as battering rams, began to hammer at the bodies of the line of students. It was stunning to see. They swung hard into their chests and bellies. Particularly shocking to me — it must be a generational reaction — was that they assaulted both the young men and the young women with the same indiscriminate force. If the students turned away, they pounded their ribs. If they turned further away to escape, they hit them on their spines.
None of the police officers invited us to disperse or gave any warning. We couldn't have dispersed if we'd wanted to because the crowd behind us was pushing forward to see what was going on. The descriptor for what I tried to do is "remonstrate." I screamed at the deputy who had knocked down my wife, "You just knocked down my wife, for Christ's sake!" A couple of students had pushed forward in the excitement and the deputies grabbed them, pulled them to the ground and cudgeled them, raising the clubs above their heads and swinging. The line surged. I got whacked hard in the ribs twice and once across the forearm.
One of my colleagues, also a poet, Geoffrey O'Brien, had a broken rib. Another colleague, Celeste Langan, a Wordsworth scholar, got dragged across the grass by her hair when she presented herself for arrest.
What popular movements have is a process of ebb and flow. Because they are loose and unorganized and lack money, they tend to occur in waves, with periods of dormancy in between. The key question is whether subsequent waves build on the previous ones and get larger.
When you see elderly and 'respectable' people, members of the class that would normally favor law and order and ally themselves with the oligarchy and against the rabble in the streets, willing to switch sides and put their own bodies on the line, you are witnessing a sea change.


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Could alkaline batteries be the future of electric vehicle power?
While lithium ion batteries are all the rage in the electric vehicle industry the US government has confirmed that researchers at Princeton University have been awarded a near $1 million grant to look at developing commercially viable alkaline batteries for the electric vehicle industry. This is part of the $36 million Department of Energy's "Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems" program, which was announced recently.
Those of a certain age will be well aware of alkaline batteries, which first emerged back in 1958, and while some may see this as a step back in time, they may well offer a more cost-efficient means of powering electric vehicles in the medium to longer term.
Battery pack costs
When you bear in mind that the cost per kilowatt-hour stood at $700 in 2012 and is expected to fall to around $250 per kilowatt hour by 2015, progress is being made within the battery technology industry. Battery packs are a massive element of the overall cost of an electric vehicle and while there is an understanding that technology in this area needs to improve, perhaps we need to go back to basics to move forward?
Quote from ElectricForum.com : "Israeli company Phinergy is today taking center stage within the electric vehicle market amid rumors of a breakthrough in the battery sector. Traditional lithium ion batteries seem to have been pushed to the limit by battery manufacturers to date although developments in the aluminum–air battery arena could give electric vehicles a journey span of 1000 miles. So what next?"
It will be interesting to see results from the US government's investment program as there is still some suspicion that the authorities are perhaps not as supportive of the EV industry as they could be. Even though a $36 million investment across more than 20 companies connected with battery technology is certainly a step forward it is not exactly mind blowing money when you bear in mind the billions of dollars the US government spends protecting its supply of oil.
Finding a balance
It is becoming more evident that battery technology companies need to find a balance between efficiency, cost and the potential environmental impact. There has been talk of a near 500 mile journey capacity battery system being tested by IBM but skeptics will say this has been "rumored" for many years and has yet to emerge into the commercial world.
Read more at ElectricForum.
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"Eros Ascending goes straight to the heart of the matter. It is a serious book about mature deep sexuality that takes itself lightly. It is a valuable guide to help people who have been sexually traumatized to regain their innate capacity for pleasure and goodness."
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"Eros Ascending is going to take you on an amazing journey toward the future of love in the Western world."
—From the Foreword by Linda E. Savage, PhD, author of Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way
"Taylor is an erotic visionary after my own heart. Eros Ascending is a fun, highly readable next-gen Bible for lovers of sacred sex. While Taoist sexual techniques supply the practical energetic methods, he rolls into one believable, continuous orgasm Kriya Yoga, Gurdjieff, tantric ecstasy, Jungian androgyny, Plato, and sexual communion with deep Earth Goddess. It's loaded with practical 'how-to' tips and decades of amazing stories. He adroitly reverses Christianity's demonization of sex by revealing the inherently erotic nature of Christ-cum-Solar Logos. An enlightening and entertaining must read."
—Michael Winn, coauthor with Mantak Chia, Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy
"Taylor understands the role of Eros as creating interconnection. He unites man and woman, Eros and Psyche, spirit and nature, and heaven and earth, while seeding our hearts and minds with a sense that our true destiny lies in reclaiming for ourselves the beauty of love. A unique and original masterwork."
—Radmila Moacanin, PhD, author of Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart
"Eros Ascending sharpens our focus on the power of loving consciously and intelligently. The book sweeps us into the twenty-first century with its breadth of vision and message of hope for true lovers everywhere. Destined to become a classic."
—Margot Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers
"Excellent! A sweeping intelligent study of sacred sex long overdue! Especially one helpful to individuals in their spiritual and sexual growth … and useful to popular culture. Those practicing Tantra already will find their excitement rekindled, their minds stimulated, and spirits re-enthused as they move to the next evolutionary stage."
—Deborah Sundahl, author of Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot: Not Your Mother's Orgasm Book!
"Eros Ascending profoundly explores the power of shakti and sacred sexuality as life-transforming sacraments. [The book is] a journey into higher states of consciousness and ecstasy."
—Charles Muir, author of Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving and founder of Source School of Tantra Yoga
"Eros Ascending is one of the few and finest offerings to honor the concept of the sacredness of sexuality. The powerful knowledge, examples, and practices in this book have the ability to transform each and every one of us. As I dare to even imagine a world thus transformed, the tingle of energy rises up my spine in recognition of the divine ecstasy all around us."
—Suzie Heumann, author of The Rules of Love: The 64 Arts of the Kama Sutra and founder of www.tantra.com
"For any sexual explorer, like myself, this book is a must. [It is] a work of profound scope, weaving insight, information, and inspiration into a rich tapestry of personal experience."
—Diana Richardson, author of Tantric Orgasm for Women
"Playing Carl Gustav Jung in his marvelous award-winning twenty character one-man play Forever Jung (which I saw twice) must have had a profound effect on John Maxwell Taylor. In Eros Ascending he speaks with a depth of humanity and psychological insight that Jung would doubtless recognize as a complete expression of the author's living ethos. This book transcends the mere scholarly to reach through the mind and touch the soul.
—Dr. Herb Agan, Jungian psychologist and frequent lecturer at the Jung Center of Houston
"Impressive and comprehensive…a treasure trove of information on sacred sexuality."
—EnlightenNext magazine
"[Eros Ascending is] full of information and insight. It reads like an adventure story. I couldn't put it down."
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Melanie Iglesias: Literally the Girl Next Door
Melanie Iglesias got her shot at fame by winning Maxim's 2010 Hometown Hottie contest. We don't know what town she came from, but the hottest girl in our neighborhood is the crazy cat lady down the block. The 5'7" model has since landed a deal as a World Poker Tour Royal Flush Girl, giving us a legitmate reason to watch people playing poker on television. Also, like most beautiful women who suddenly become famous, Melanie is giving a shot at a music career. You can check out her new song "Take It Off" on MySpace. Like most songs by models, it's about hanging out at the club. Although she may be no Bob Dylan, she sure looks better than him, as you can see in her gallery below.


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DCT Build Part VIII - Putting it back togetherAs of right now, the transmission is completed and the cooling system is in the process of being completed. Where we left off was the car being taken to SSP for the build of the cooling system. To make this all make sense we will not skip ahead, instead showing you each step. Here SSP is getting ready to put it together with the new clutch discs. They laid out all the parts and used 3d scanning equipment to record them to aid in the production of the parts. Everything was laid out to make sure the parts were clean and accounted for. Additionally, they were working on prototype viton seals for the transmission. The next update will have details on the cooling system.
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Members of the Twin Cities Hmong community say they fear for the safety of refugees living in camps along the border of Thailand and Laos. In the past few days, the Thai government sent in troops to move several thousand refugees into Laos -- a country many of them fled.
Minnesota has one of the largest Hmong populations in the U.S., and some local Hmong leaders want the U.S. to ensure the safety of the refugees.
A representative of the Thai government told the Associated Press that many of the nearly 4,400 people in the border camp were fleeing economic hardship -- not political persecution. And Thai representatives told the press the Laotian government would not harm the refugees.
But local Hmong leaders say they suspect many of the camp residents have a legitimate fear of the Laotian government.
Lee Pao Xiong is the director of the Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University. He's worried that the Thai government is lumping migrant workers with legitimate asylum-seekers, and can't determine who's who.
"Allegedly there are some people that came from the jungle of Laos and went into that camp -- about 200-300 people or so. So some of those people may have well-founded fear of persecution," said Xiong.
The Hmong are a rural people from the mountainous regions of several southeast Asian countries, including Laos. During the Vietnam war, thousands of Hmong fought on behalf of the U.S. in a secret battle against communist forces in Laos. In 1975, the communists won the country and began retaliating against the Hmong.
Like tens of thousands of other Hmong, Lee Pao Xiong and his family fled to Thailand and eventually came to the U.S. He says several thousand Hmong still live in refugee camps in Thailand, which is why so many Hmong are disturbed by the news of the involuntary exodus.
"A lot of the things that happen in Thailand also affect the Hmong community in the United States, because they have relatives in these places," he said.
Xiong estimates that about 10 percent of the more than 43,000 Hmong living in Minnesota have family members living in refugee camps.
Amee Xiong -- no blood relation to Lee Pao -- says her aunt has lived in various refugee camps for 10 years. Now she is among the thousands forced to go back to Laos.
"My aunt is really worried about going back to Laos and she's really scared," said Amee Xiong. "She has five children under the age of 18, they're young. She's really scared, if they return to Laos, of the consequences that will happen to her family."
Amee says her aunt has heard rumors that Hmong who get sent back to Laos have been killed.
Members of Twin Cities Hmong community groups and leaders have joined a chorus of human rights organizations in condemning the repatriation of refugees to Laos.
State Sen. Mee Moua, DFL-St. Paul, is Minnesota's first Hmong legislator. She says the news of the repatriation doesn't come as a surprise, but it is still cause for concern. Moua says she wants the U.S. to hold the Lao government to its promise that the refugees will be safe.
"I would also like to urge that the Lao government allow the United Nations and other humantarian organizations access to these families, at least at this initial stage, to ensure that they're safe and have access to food, shelter and medical attention," said Moua.
Moua says she doesn't know what will happen next, because there's conflicting information about where the refugees will be held once they return to Laos.
A Laotian government official told the Associated Press the refugees would be placed in temporary shelters, and later would be housed in what they called "development villages." The official said each family will receive a house and land, and that outside observers will be allowed to inspect the villages.


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There are many ways in which seniors keep themselves active and "plugged in," but Valencia resident Molly Hodson, 70, seems to be taking things about as far as they can go. A Habitat for Humanity team leader for 17 years, she recently returned from yet another Habitat for Humanity homebuilding trip, this time to Buenos Aires, Argentina - where she led a group of 13 volunteers, including her granddaughter, Kayla Hodson, 17, a Hart High School senior.
By Jim Walker
Canyon Theatre Guild
Though I was sorely tempted to continue with malapropisms this week (unintentional use of the wrong word), as there are so many of them popping up out there all the time, I will limit myself to the one I came across that tempted me.
You know you've done it. At least once in your life, and hopefully only in early grade school, you slipped someone of romantic interest one of those notes with a heart on it that read, "Will you be my girlfriend (or boyfriend)?" and had two check boxes, one for "Yes" and one for "No." And if your intended filled in her or his own box with "Maybe," well, it was just maddening.
Maybe you find yourself with some free time, as we move toward the end of summer.
This Saturday and Sunday the popular Wings Over Camarillo air show returns to Camarillo Airport, bringing with it a thrilling and educational outing for the whole family. The expanded flight demonstration features many popular aerobatic routines with more than 80 aircraft, including vintage planes, experimental planes and WW II fighters, bombers, trainers and transports. Ground displays will include a C-130 transport, P-3C Orion, NASA F-18 and the Sonic Boom F-16 Flight Simulator.
This year's annual Celebrating YOUth Sports Festival will be held tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex at 20870 Centre Pointe Parkway, Saugus, CA 91350. The free festival is designed to bring the community together to raise awareness about the important role physical activity plays in the lives of young people. There will be tennis, golf, football, hockey, volleyball, baseball, rock climbing, interactive fitness equipment, trampoline jumping, dance, gymnastics, martial arts, fencing, stand-up paddle boarding and kayaking, as well demonstrations at the skate park. Some of the region ...
J.R.'s Comedy Club
Now, I don't credit fortune cookies with any more power to predict the future than I do horoscopes. However, I always enjoy reading both, if only to see just how far off the mark they are, or just how vague they can be … you know, vague enough so that those fools of us who read them might imagine there is some truth there and actually think they were written by wise wizards in tune with the universal vibration.
Richard and Joyce Ziegenfuss, of Saugus, recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with family and friends at Wolf Creek Restaurant & Brewing Co. in Valencia.
When it comes time to select trees for their landscaping, many SCV homeowners overlook one of the best choices: the palm. According to Richard Green of Green Landscape Nursery in Saugus, in general, palms are slow growing, drought tolerant and low maintenance, and they have a root "ball" that usually doesn't cause problems with sidewalks and retaining walls and such.
"Man sets fire to home by microwaving undies" was the headline that caught my eye the other day. I mean, you couldn't make this stuff up, right?
Be a Rancho Camulos
This year's annual Celebrating YOUth Sports Festival will be held on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex at 20870 Centre Pointe Parkway, Saugus, CA 91350.
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Fast Forward Your Business - Los Angeles 8th June 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
|"I'm passionate about making a difference on our planet and I'd like to understand how to grow the spirit of giving into my business and our staff."
|"I'd like to understand the steps I personally need to take to grow my business from where it is today to something of value that I can sell shares in?"
|Should I be focusing on building a Global or Local and HOW.
|"Do I need to worry about building an Apple or Android app or ebook for my business?"
|"What should I be charging for, and what should I be giving for free?"
|"Are there countries overseas I should be outsourcing to, and how do I select the right one?"
|"Should I be trying to build my personal brand or my business brand?"
|"What are the new trends in social media and what should I be looking to implement in my particular business. And what's the consequences for not implementing a social media strategy?"
|"I know about landing pages, affiliate programs, Facebook fan pages, Youtube channels, Twitter, Google Plus and a hundred other platforms. But I'm not tech-savvy. What should I focus at?"
|"How much of my time should I invest looking after my existing customers vs attracting new ones?"
|"What's the best way to attract and retain a world class team?"
|"If I have content I want to package, should I be publishing a book, creating an online training program, producing CDs or DVDs, or something different?"
How do I get people buying my stuff online if I currently only have print media and DVD's.
|"What are the products and services I could offer today that would also transform my results?"
|"What are the best systems to manage my customers, business accounts, admin, marketing and social media that could have me operating from a beach anywhere in the world?"
|"How do Iidentify the right partnerships for my business and how do I set up an effective and sustainable relationship with them?"
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A trade secrets claim can dramatically escalate the defendant's litigation exposure. The Uniform Trade Secrets Act provides a generous measure of damages, and if the defendant is found liable for willful misappropriation, then the exposure increases to include both fee shifting and multiple damages. Thus, it is not surprising that many plaintiffs consider a trade secrets claim an essential part of a strong offensive litigation strategy.
However, in-house and retained counsel should also consider carefully the risks of a trade secrets claim for a plaintiff. Asserting a claim under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act can backfire on the plaintiff and tip the balance of litigation leverage against the plaintiff and in the defendant's favor. The risk that a trade secrets defendant will use the claim to turn the tables on the plaintiff is often greatest when the plaintiff has pleaded the claim without adequate pre-suit investigation and analysis or has added the claim to the complaint as an afterthought simply to enhance the remedies that the plaintiff can include in its prayer for relief.
First, the plaintiff should consider the impact of a trade secrets claim on its own pleading and discovery burden. Conclusory allegations that provide only vague descriptions of the trade secrets may prompt defendant to file a motion to dismiss, drawing the plaintiff into motion practice that delays the case and adds expense. Once discovery commences, the defendant almost certainly will seek very broad and invasive discovery to test the plaintiff's right to trade secret protection. The defendant will explore through document discovery and depositions how the trade secrets were developed, how the plaintiff uses the trade secrets in its business, and how plaintiff protects the trade secrets from disclosure. Because trade secrets by their nature may be deeply embedded in the company's operations and strategic planning, it is often difficult for the plaintiff to define any clear limits to the scope of the discovery to which the defendant is entitled. This discovery may require voluminous document production and numerous depositions, and this burden will fall disproportionately on the plaintiff because the defendant has no comparable burden of pleading and proof.
Even apart from the burden, disruption and expense of this broad discovery, plaintiff's executives quickly may become alarmed by the risk to data security posed by invasive discovery. By definition, discovery in a trade secrets case requires placing copies of highly sensitive business records in the possession of opposing counsel on IT systems whose security measures may be unknown and over which the plaintiff has almost no control. Although a protective order may restrict certain categories of documents or information from disclosure to the defendant's executives or employees, most protective orders do not address at all the risk of inadvertent disclosure by opposing counsel or even hacking of opposing counsel's computers by a third party. The risk of disclosure only increases if the parties proceed to a hearing or trial, where counsel may confront a trial judge who is resistant to requests to seal extensive filings or to exclude the public from the courtroom.
As the parties progress to a decision on the merits of the trade secrets claim, the plaintiff will come face to face with the risk inherent in submitting for judicial determination the company's right to trade secret protection. A judicial determination that information is not entitled to trade secret protection can have significant impact on the company's ability to enforce confidentiality covenants in both its commercial and employment contracts and any related employee noncompetition covenants. Where the defendant has assembled credible evidence attacking the plaintiff's trade secrets, this risk can create significant settlement pressure.
Finally, the plaintiff should consider the risk that it too may be subject to fee shifting if its trade secret claim unravels in litigation, and the defendant develops evidence that the claim was brought in bad faith.
When a plaintiff asserts a trade secrets claim, it is escalating the risk for both sides of the suit. The plaintiff should consider carefully its own tolerance for these risks before making the decision to proceed with the claim.


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The Connected House: Room Service
Both Sony and Philips are similarly large and have similar histories of innovation, but their respective approaches to whole-house entertainment couldn't be more different. While Philips has focused on easy-to-use gear that lets you move digital music files around the house, Sony is offering A/V products that deliver a lot of the power and functions of high-end custom systems but without their complexity and hefty price tags. To get a sense of how well each company is rising to the challenge of the connected house, I checked out Philips's forthcoming WACS700 Wireless Music System and Sony's CAV-M1000ES A/V distribution system.
Philips Goes Wireless The elegantly styled, Wi-Fi-enabled WACS700 Wireless Music System ($999) comprises the Music Center base station with a top-loading CD player and a 40-gigabyte (GB) hard disk plus a smaller satellite Music Station. The base station, where you rip and store CDs (no computer needed), has a two-way infrared (IR) remote, while the satellite has a conventional remote. You can use up to five satellites ($299 each) to access and play music stored on each base station. Instead of conventional speakers, both components use what Philips calls Super Sound Panel technology, where an exciter is attached to a flat surface to turn it into a sound radiator. The base station's back panel has an Ethernet port for connecting it to a PC or Mac, plus auxiliary inputs and outputs.
To rip a CD, you simply drop it into the slot on the base station. When ripped at the default MP3 rate of 128 kilobits per second (kbps), there's enough room on the hard drive for about 750 CDs. For better sound, you can rip tracks at up to 320 kbps, but the hard drive will fill up faster. The system also supports WAV and WMA files, but not copy-protected WMA files, and comes with Gracenote's database for displaying artist, album, and song information. If you hook up the Music Center to a computer, you can download database updates. Philips will also send out quarterly updates on CD-ROM. The Music Center's LCD screens give you a number of ways to categorize and search for tracks, including by song, artist, album, and genre.
In many ways, the WACS700 is for people who either don't own a PC or who don't want to use one as a media server. But computer owners can link their PC-based music libraries to the base station via the wired Ethernet port or by streaming tunes wirelessly to the base station using the system's 54-megabits-per-second (Mbps) 802.11g Wi-Fi network (this assumes that the PC and the Music Center are on the same network).


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TV just does not do what seeing a live performance does in figure skating. There is no comparison.
I have seen many of the greats over the years. I don't think my opinion has been swayed, just my appreciation is deeper after seeing a skater in person.
Kurt Browning and Yuka Sato are both amazing to watch live as well as on tv.
I have seen too many to list them all, but some of the highlights have been:
Karen Magnussen
Toller Cranston
Kurt Browning
Yuka Sato
Brian Orser
Bourne and Kraatz
Elvis Stojko
Torvil and Dean
Roca and Sur
JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelly
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This LA trio is joined by a number of special guests (De La Soul, Macy Gray, Esthero, Mos Def, etc.) on their second album, which adds a bit more R&B flavor to their underground hip hop sound. 9/15/2000 - Don Yates


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, November 10, 2012, 3:09 PM
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Police uncover Mountain View DMT drug lab
Original post made on Nov 10, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, November 10, 2012, 3:09 PM
Comments (11)
a resident of Mountain View
on Nov 10, 2012 at 8:02 pm
DMT isn't meth... They may have had meth there but that's not the same thing as being a meth lab, there's a significant difference. The production of meth produces explosive and toxic by-products, the production of DMT does not.
DMT is a natural substance found in many plants and animals including humans. It can be distilled from different natural sources. It can also be produced synthetically in a lab, but this is less common. It's hard to tell from this article but it sounds like they might have been producing synthetic DMT rather than just distilling natural DMT
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 10, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Wait till they uncover the thousands of pot farms run by the Mexican Cartels in Mid Pen Open open space and industrial warehouses though out town.
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 11, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Mexican drug cartels don't make much money on pot. People need to open there eyes and realize that marijuana is not a cash crop for them, especially in California. The majority of the Pot here is usually grown by people who have been cultivating it since the 70's. Quit trying to blame the cartels for this it's just ignorant.
a resident of Los Altos
on Nov 12, 2012 at 10:59 am
If you have a teenager today, you are very grateful for busts like these. Thank you.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 12, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Ducatigirl is a registered user.
Mr Smith: Have you ever gone hiking in the Santa Cruz Mountains, come upon some "non-native species" of obviously well-cultivated plants, and heard Hispanic voices in the distance? Or hollering at you in a Spanish dialect?
Suffice it to say, I turned around and ran for the road. And I never hike too far from the road anymore, anywhere in the woods. May not have been a cartel crop, but who is to say it was not? Circumstantial evidence made it appear to be, and I was not going to stick around and find out..
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Nov 12, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Ducatigirl always has a story to share!
Such an interesting life. Always in the thick of it, whether an Italian villa with the elite aristocracy of Europe, a tete a tete with the heads of Cisco, Intel, etc.., or the intrigue stumbling upon a Cartel pot farm up in the hills.
Oh, DO puhleeeeze tell us morrrrrrre!
Oh, wait! You did!
Nine consecutive posts on everything from ambulance speeds in EPA to how to get a teen up in the morning to "Toxic mold forming in ... Chinese drywall" (I can't make this stuff up!)
We are SO blessed to have ducat!
Please share more, we can hardly wait!
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 12, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Ducatigirl, you have such a beautiful imagination, please, do go on, tell us your life story over the interwebs!!! I want to meet you, and you should write a book!!! Can't wait for more of your interweb stories!!!!!!!!!!
a resident of Green Acres
on Nov 13, 2012 at 9:01 am
Write A book?!?!?
Are you crazy????
She (he?) has enough material in her rich and FABULOUS life to have many books and strings of movies!
Along with a daily self-help column, daily advice column, daily society page column with all the rich and powerful that her "husband" associates with!
I do believe she will soon post on her cure for cancer.
After solving world peace, of course.
a resident of Green Acres
on Nov 14, 2012 at 6:10 am
Some of the posters here on this thread need a reality check on themselves...just because a person has lived a "different lifestyle" than they have personally had, it is hard for them to understand that STUFF REALLY DOES HAPPEN outside of their little bubbles.......Make fun of what you don't understand...but guess what???? "STUFF" does happen......................................
a resident of Green Acres
on Nov 14, 2012 at 6:26 am
Oh yes..and "the Drug Cartels" are NOT making money on pot? Stories I have heard about the Cartels involve beheadings, killings, etc, etc, over orders from head honchos over the DRUG WARS IN MEXICO. Don't you read the papers or listen to the news????? Granted we are only spoon fed "some" information. The REALITY would too gruesome for us to stomach the everyday goings on of the power struggles of the underground....who have reared their ugly heads and are still running amok...........
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Nov 14, 2012 at 9:25 am
"Stories I have heard about the Cartels involve beheadings"
Sounds like you-know-who!
Cartels do not run pot farms up in the hills around here.
Check with your husband and his European economist friends.
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Belt's big August eclipsed by McCutchen
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Giants first baseman Brandon Belt recorded impressive statistics in August, including a .350 batting average and a National League-leading 23 runs scored.
That might not be enough to garner Belt enough votes to win the league's Player of the Month distinction, however.
A leading candidate for that honor is Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen, who compiled a .384 batting average, an NL-best .483 on-base percentage and a .535 slugging percentage.
Belt did collect 15 extra-base hits during August, tied for third in the league, to McCutchen's nine. Belt also posted a .630 slugging percentage, exceeding McCutchen's figure.
Returning faces likely to highlight Giants' callups
PHOENIX -- At least a couple of players among the Giants' anticipated contingent of September callups will be making their Major League debuts, though most of the group already has seen action with San Francisco.
Right-hander Heath Hembree is expected to be one of the fresh faces the Giants will summon Tuesday, one day after Triple-A Fresno's season concludes. Formerly regarded as the Giants' closer of the future, Hembree entered Sunday with a 1-4 record, a 4.07 ERA, 31 saves and 63 strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings for the Grizzlies. Hembree probably will pitch mostly in a setup role with the Giants.
Others likely to provide bullpen depth include right-handers Jake Dunning and George Kontos. Dunning recorded a 2.84 ERA in 20 games earlier this season with the Giants, while Kontos was 2-2 with a 5.05 ERA in 42 outings with San Francisco.
Position-player possibilities include infielder Nick Noonan and outfielders Francisco Peguero and Juan Perez. It has been speculated that rangy shortstop Ehire Adrianza will receive his first taste of the Major Leagues. A veteran of eight seasons in the Giants' farm system despite being only 24, Adrianza has divided his season between Double-A Richmond and Fresno. He actually has hit for a better average at the higher classification, batting .309 at Fresno and .240 at Richmond.
Manager Bruce Bochy said that he's "leaning" toward adding a catcher to give the Giants a three-man crew of backstops, which would enable them to use switch-batting Hector Sanchez as a pinch-hitter when he's not playing. The most intriguing possibility is Johnny Monell, who has amassed a career-high 20 home runs while hitting .277 in 119 games this season for Fresno. However, the Giants would have to clear a 40-man roster spot to accommodate Monell.
Pagan gets rest after impressive return
PHOENIX -- Angel Pagan was out of the starting lineup for the Giants' series finale Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, but nothing was physically wrong with the center fielder and leadoff hitter.
Manager Bruce Bochy stuck to his plan to rest Pagan, who's fresh off recovering from left hamstring surgery, every few days.
Overall, Bochy has been impressed with Pagan's performance, particularly given the arduous rehabilitation he endured. In two games since leaving the disabled list, Pagan's 2-for-7 with a double, a stolen base, two walks and two runs scored.
"It's pretty impressive, [given] the extent of the injury, how well he's doing," Bochy said.
Bochy attributed Pagan's condition to the punishing workouts he endures.
"He gets after it," Bochy said. "He's probably in as good of shape as anybody on this club."
Pagan praised Tony Reale, the Giants' organizational physical therapist, for helping him maintain a diligent regimen at the Giants' training complex in nearby Scottsdale.
"We weren't just rehabbing a little bit," Pagan said. "We were going at it."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Kenwood KDC-248U
2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
This is a nice unit and works well in my sons Silverado. It works very well with iPhone -> Pandora. The adjustments on the unit are a little complicated but work ok once you get used to them. Overall we are very pleased with the product especially cosidering the price.
Pros: Nice power, nice packaging, good display, nice price
Cons: Would like more dimming options for the unit.


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By Rebecca Wallace
Ad Libs: Downtown with Bryan IdaUploaded: May 29, 2013
SoCal meets Palo Alto in a new show of 15 paintings by PA native Bryan Ida. On round and rectangular panels, his thick epoxy layers recall his history with Southern California architecture: its boxes and lines, the experience of looking straight up at a tall building and losing all perspective. When a city becomes all abstract floaters, can you still feel connected to it?
Ida's local ties (besides playing the French horn in the El Camino Youth Symphony) include his stint as a studio assistant for the late abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis in Francis' Palo Alto studio. This was an influential time for the young artist.
"We often talked about the correlation between music and painting, how it is really the same thing just using different senses," Ida says on his website. "I have applied some of the same principles of music theory to my visual practice."
Ida's works are on display May 31 through Aug. 8 at Stanford Art Spaces, together with paintings by Warren J. Hedgpeth and fiber constructions by Aryana B. Londir.
Pictured: "Santa Monica Night" by Bryan Ida
To read the full Ad Libs blog, go to Ad Libs.


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Here's the press release from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources:
RALEIGH – In response to public comments, state officials recommended changes Friday to a proposed consent order with Duke Energy relating to the state's lawsuits against the utility for environmental compliance issues at Duke's Asheville Steam Electric Generating Plant in Buncombe County and the Riverbend Steam Station in Gaston County.
Earlier this year, the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources filed lawsuits to require the utility to address wastewater discharge permit compliance issues at the power plants in Asheville and Gaston County. The state in July proposed a consent order that recommended the utility address the environmental compliance issues and pay fines. The state also gave the public 30 days to comment on the proposed consent order. The comment period ended Aug. 14.
The department's Division of Water Resources plans to file a report today in Mecklenburg and Wake counties summarizing the comments received by the division, addressing the expressed concerns, and proposing the following changes to the consent order:
· tightening timelines associated with various documents to be submitted by Duke Energy
· expanding parameters to be monitored at unpermitted discharges, or seeps
· establishing timelines for the division to review various documents submitted by Duke Energy
· and strengthening language explaining that corrective action will be required where regulations impose a duty to take corrective action.
North Carolina Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway will use the report as part of his consideration of the proposed consent order. The consent order is not final until issued by the court.
The full report of public comments is available on the Division of Water Resources' website at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/hot-topics/asheville_riverbend_steamstadocs. The comments themselves can be accessed at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ps/npdes/coal-ash-docs.
The state received 4,939 comments during the 30-day comment period. Approximately 93 percent of the comments were letters that made similar points in a nearly identical manner. Comments originated from citizens, advocacy groups and others. Many comments requested that several issues be addressed in the consent orders, including: shortening the proposed timelines for required activities; eliminating the proposed studies; and requiring that Duke Energy remove the coal ash to a location away from waterways and lakes, place the ash in a lined landfill and fully remediate the sites.
The proposed consent order imposes an initial fine of $99,111.72. Also, if the companies fail to comply in a timely manner with any provision of the consent order, the companies would be subject to fines of $1,000 per day for the first 30 days, and $5,000 per day thereafter for each violation. The Asheville Steam Electric Generating Plant and the Riverbend Steam Station are coal-fired electric generating facilities. Both facilities have state-issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits that address discharges to surface waters. In addition, both facilities are required to monitor groundwater. The Asheville plant discharges wastewater to the French Broad River, Lake Julian and an unnamed tributary of Powell Creek in the French Broad River basin. The Riverbend facility discharges wastewater to Mountain Island Lake.


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The Russellville Junior High volleyball teams advanced out of pool play, but both fell short of making the championship game Saturday in the Lady Whirlwind Invitational.
The West team made it to the semifinals before suffering its first loss of the season to Conway Blue.
In pool play, the Lady Whirlwinds defeated Vilonia 25-13, 25-9 in their first match.
In the first game, Jessica Meyers had eight service points for Weset and Lauren Sweet had five.
Sweet also had five service points in the second game, while teammates Toshia Hankins and Katie Crow had four service points each.
In the second match of pool play, West slipped by Cabot South 25-18, 25-21.
Sweet, Meyers, Crow and Lorna Porter each had three service points each to lead the Lady Whirlwinds in game one.
Hankins and Porter had five service points each in the second game, followed by Sweet with four and Meyers with three.
In the last match of pool play, West downed Van Buren Coleman 25-13, 25-15.
Crow had seven service points and Meyers had six to lead West in game one, while Meyers had eight service points and Melissa Edwards had four in game two.
The West Lady Whirlwinds then went into the championship round as the second seed, where they outlasted Cabot South in the first round 25-15, 9-25, 15-7.
Edwards had five service points in game one to lead the West squad, while Hankins, Sweet and Crow had three each.
After Cabot South dominated game two, Hankins and Meyers had three service points each in the third game to help lead West to the win.
In the semifinals, West fell to Conway Blue 12-25, 20-25.
Hankins had five service points in game one and Edwards had four service points in game two.
West (9-1) will host Morrilton on Wednesday in a regular season match.
Russellville East defeated Clarksville in pool play in its first game and then tied the next two matches with Cabot North and Van Buren Butterfield, but still qualified for the championship round.
Against Clarksville, the Lady Whirlwinds were 25-15, 25-7 winners.
Ashley Mayhugh had seven service points to lead East in game one and had four in game two. Morgan Prince had seven service points in game two.
In their second match, the Lady Whirlwinds won the first game against Cabot North 25-22 and then lost the second 17-25.
Leah Broadhead had four service points for Cabot North in game one.
In the final round of pool play, East beat Van Buren Butterfield 25-21 in game one, but fell 19-25 in game two.
In the first game, Mayhugh had six service points, while Mickey Lock had four.
Prince had four service points for the Lady Whirlwinds in game two.
In the first round of championship play against Greenbrier, East took the first game 25-18, but fell in the next two 16-25, 12-15.
In game one, Lauren Reams had five service points, while Broadhead had four.
No player had more than three service points in the second game. Prince finished the final game of the match with four service points.
Russellville East (3-3) will travel to Clarksville on Monday for its next match.


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The Commission has drafted new Guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture. The purpose of adopting these Guidelines is to bring the rules governing State aid in this area into compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), which provides a new framework on structural assistance in the fisheries sector for 2007-2013. The new Guidelines will apply as from 1 April 2008.
Guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture [Official Journal C 84, 3.4.2008].
State aid is in principle prohibited by the Treaty establishing the European Community because it is likely to result in unfair competition in the internal market. Nevertheless, derogations may be granted. For the purpose of these Guidelines on fisheries and aquaculture, the derogations are administered by the Commission.
These Guidelines apply to the fisheries sector and to the activities linked to harvesting aquatic resources and aquaculture, as well as to the production, processing and marketing methods used for the resulting products.
These Guidelines cover all measures which constitute aid within the meaning of Article 87 (1) of the EC Treaty, whatever their form and whether they are directly or indirectly financed by public funds.
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The Member States are obliged to notify the Commission of any State aid they plan to grant so that the Commission can ensure that the proposed aid is compatible with Community rules. Government aid must be in accordance with the objectives of the Competition Policy and those of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The aid may not be protective in nature and it may not be granted for activities that the beneficiary has already begun.
Aid that meets the criteria set by the exemption Regulation which is due to be adopted in the near future (to replace Regulation No 1595/2004 which expired on 31.12.2006), as well as aid for training, research or employment, may be exempted from the notification obligation.
The Member State must supply information on the amount and intensity of the aid. Aid schemes must be limited in duration to a maximum of 10 years. Two months before this expiry date, an application may be made to extend the scheme. In this case, the Member State must give reasons and must re-notify the scheme. If it becomes apparent that the beneficiary of the aid scheme is not complying with the rules of the CFP, the grant must be reimbursed in proportion to the gravity of the infringement.
The Commission states that State aid for the export of or trade in fishery products within the Community, as well as operating aid, is in principle incompatible with the internal market.
The Guidelines on regional aid do not apply to fisheries and aquaculture.
The following are compatible with the common market:
- Aid for measures covered by an exemption Regulation;
- Aid falling within the scope of certain horizontal guidelines (rescue and restructuring of firms in difficulty);
- Aid for the equipment and modernisation of fishing vessels is incompatible with the common market unless it is granted to boats that are five years old or older and is intended to improve on-board safety, working conditions, hygiene, product quality, energy efficiency or selectivity, without increasing the fishing vessel's catch potential. It must not exceed the overall rate set by Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006;
- Aid to repair damage caused by natural disasters or other exceptional occurrences;
- Tax relief and labour-related costs for fishing vessels fishing for tuna or tuna-like species which operate outside Community waters;
- Aid financed through parafiscal charges;
- Special aid for the outermost regions;
- Aid that makes it possible to take other measures which clearly contribute to achieving the goals of the Common Fisheries Policy.
These Guidelines will apply as from 1 April 2008 to any State aid notified after this date.
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Would appreciate some help identifying and dating the attached bones which I found on a beach at Salthouse, Norfolk in front of a Roman site called Gramborough Hill. Also found some Roman and Medieval pottery at the same location. Local museum were unable to date the bones which show signs of being butchered.
You have a very interesting collection here; with such a variety I will start with basics. There is a large carnivore skull, the size would be consistent with a large wolf. A herbivore scapula, again large, but not very massive so I favour Elk rather than cow or horse. A small herbivore humerus (juvenile), part of a horm core, 2 proximal tibia, 2 distal tibia, 7 vertebra, a piece of pelvis and six other fragments. Almost all of these could be domestic animals BUT that carnivore skull and the scapula suggest to me that you may be looking at ice age remains.
Hello John, I very much appreciate you taking time to look at the photo and views on the collection. It was rather odd to find so many bones in exactly the same place and I'll upload some individual photo's later. Am even more intrigued to think that they may be much older than the Roman pottery that was alongside them, but as it was a beach I'm sure things get mixed up. I thought the carnivore skull was a sheep so am suprised to learn it may be a wolf. Thanks once again. Andy
Photo 19 shows a lower jaw bone of a cow (or auroch if prehistoric).


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She was born Oct. 7, 1982, in Baton Rouge, La., to Houston Henneth Jr. and Michele Marie Dayries Northrop of Russellville. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Delta Zeta Sorority, and a business owner. Kristen touched the hearts of many people with her beautiful smile and giving ways.
She was a wonderful wife and mother. The world was a better place with her in it. She will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, William Richard and Evelyn Marie Dayries and Houston H. Northrop Sr.
Survivors include her parents; her husband, Noah Bradley; a daughter, Elin Elizabeth Bradley of Russellville; her grandmother, Jean Northrop of Port Allen, La.; a brother, Ryan Christopher Northrop of Russellville; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lindsey Marie and Brandon Ward of Tulsa, Okla., and Lauren Elizabeth and Elijah Beene of Dover; five nieces; one nephew; and numerous aunts and uncles.
The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2013, at St. John's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Northrop, Brandon Ward, Rick Dayries, Elijah Beene, Mitchell Grice and James Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be Brian Von Gruben and Linda Ezell.
The family will receive friends from 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, with a Rosary to follow in the Shinn Chapel.
Memorials may be made to St. Judes Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.
The online obituary and guestbook will be available at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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I have the following items for sale, most are used.
Thomson Elite 90mm 5 deg stem. 25.4mm clamp *USED* VGC, slight scuff on faceplate and a little surface rust on bolts £27
Truvativ XR 100mm 5 deg (?) stem 31.8mm clamp *USED* Low stack height 35mm. A couple of scuffs. £12
Race Face 90mm 5 deg stem. 25.4mm clamp *USED* Good condition, no real marks on it. £15
LX shifter LH / Front only (M570?) triple / 9spd includes windows *USED* VGC £13
XT M760 Front mech 34.9mm clamp Top Swing. Still quite tight. *USED* £15
LX front mech M568? Top swing, bottom pull 34.9mm *USED* Good condition, no obvious play in it. £12
Titec Hellbent low rise 640mm 25.4mm bars *USED* Not crashed. Only marks are from grip removal and controls £12
Easton EA50 mid rise (cut down from larger size previously) 640mm 25.4mm bars *USED* Pretty scruffy but no dings or gouges £9
See above
XT M739 rear mech with SRP PURPLE breakaway bolt *USED* Pretty well used, still shifts properly. Not as tight as it was though. Jockey wheels are basic ones, not XT. £22
Race Face MTB 5 bolt 24t alloy granny ring *USED* Used, but looks to have plenty of life left in it. £6
Clarks V Brake pad inserts *BNIP* £4
Link to all photos of all items HERE
Im open to reasonable offers.
Prices include postage and will be sent recorded delivery for anything over £10. Items will be despatched the next day after payment received and cleared.
Payment by bank balance transfer preferred, but PayPal gift (use at your own risk, see notes at bottom of the FS section) and normal PayPal accepted. If you're paying by normal PayPal you must pay any fees.
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Items are for sale elsewhere, so subject to availability, check first!
Please don't send money until I've confirmed you're the preferred bidder.
Any questions please drop me a mail. bigyinn AT outlook DOT com
Thanks for looking!
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