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Flapity Flippers: Lost Lemon Shark
The Octonauts look after a headstrong young lemon shark.
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Flapity Flippers: Lost Lemon Shark
The Octonauts look after a headstrong young lemon shark.
Flapity Flippers: Sardine School
The Octonauts work together to help a lost sardine find her school.
Flapity Flippers: Crafty Cuttlefish
The Octonauts are on a mission to recover Captain Barnacles' lost octo-compass.
Flapity Flippers: Electro Torpedo Rays
The Octonauts give their ship a jumpstart with some electric torpedo rays.
Flapity Flippers: Humuhumukunukuapua'a
The Octopod's waterworks become flooded with frightened humuhumu fish.
Flapity Flippers: Marine Iguanas
The Octonauts prepare for their annual seaweed feast near the Galapagos Islands.
Flapity Flippers: The Giant Jelly
The Octonauts must rescue Peso.
Flapity Flippers: Vampire Squid
Peso travels deep down to the very bottom of the sea.
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I was underwhelmed by the lazy article on the Jan. 3 cover announcing the "unfortunate reality" of homelessness in Cortez. I can assure you that homelessness is a much more unfortunate reality for the homeless than it is for the city of Cortez and its aghast citizenry. Michael Maresh's article was so shallow as to deny the homeless even the basic courtesy of an interview. What does Stormy John have to say? All we get is condescending speculation from the Chamber of Commerce as to why the homeless may be unable to socialize themselves.
I was homeless myself for a month last year and I can say with confidence that the cause of my homelessness was a non-existent job market coupled to our local hyper-inflated real estate market. There is almost no affordable housing in Montezuma County, for the reason that wages are so low compared to the price of real estate (and by extension, rent). And here I am, a white, college-educated male.
Imagine then the outlook for a homeless Native female, genetically predisposed to alcohol addiction, facing the condescension of the racially-queasy local elites such as the Chamber of Commerce. Why bother?
Yes, homelessness is an unfortunate reality for millions of people, and the unfortunate solution is social programs that help people cope with the lousy hands they were dealt.
What we do not need is a community that vomits at the sight of homeless people.
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No one wants to talk about bugs. They're gross, invasive and nightmare inducing. In Starship Troopers they are even imagined as planning the destruction of the human race. With all that bad press, it is easy to understand why scientists are having a hard time convincing people bugs might just be the answer to global warming and food shortages.
If you have the uneasy feeling that I'm going to suggest something like we should be embracing entomophagy — the practice of eating bugs — you're right. It just so happens bugs are packed with protein, and eating them in place of red meat would help reduce the impact of livestock production on the planet.
Don't be grossed out! Reality shows have given eating bugs a bad rep — many cultures have been eating bugs for millennia. What exactly are they eating? We'll get to that, but first a little bit on exactly why eating bugs could save the planet.
The Poorly Balanced Equation Of Livestock Production
Not many people realize it when they grab a Big Mac, but livestock production is doing serious damage to the environment.
Maybe it's not much fun or glamorous to read about, but here are some seriously "wow" inducing facts that make you think:
- A Cornell University study in the late '90s estimated the U.S. alone could feed 800 million people with the grain produced for livestock to eat. Imagine what that those numbers would be now?
- In 2006 the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) examined the impact of livestock in a report called "Livestock's Long Shadow ." The report noted that grazing land occupies 26% of Earth's terrestrial surface and feed production about a third of all arable land. It hits the Amazon hard — 70% of previously forested land has been leveled to produce livestock.
- The same report also notes that livestock are responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, a bigger share than that of general transport. That doesn't even include the carbon footprint it takes to get the cows from the farm to the market.
Gadzooks, right? It makes you wonder how with a population of
seven billion people and counting
our planet could handle growth of an industry that requires an input that is generally greater than the protein output/value we get in the end.
We're not saying that everyone has to stop eating meat, or that meat is evil and you're evil for eating it. We're also not saying that vegetarians and vegans need to start eating bugs. It's merely useful to juxtapose a commonly known protein source such as beef with the lesser considered option (at least in first world countries) of bugs.
Bugs? Why'd It Have To Be Bugs?
Meat eaters may love a familiar slice of beef, chicken or pork compared to a squirming, scuttling insect, but just because the dishes aren't a part of our culture doesn't mean we should ignore they have less impact on the environment when stacked up against their nutritional value.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania State University are just some of the scientists that point out by adding edible bugs to the diets of meat eaters we could reduce the dependency on livestock farming. Edible bugs are more efficient to farm with less feed and definitely less space needed for a sizable yield.
The FAO's Livestock's Long Shadow report points out in some areas of the world eating indigenous bugs is also a solution to pest problems without introducing pesticides to the food supply. For example, the Thai government has encouraged people to harvest the locusts that were eating crops, and even gave out recipes to help people embrace the plan. The program was a hit on every level — saved crops and full stomachs.
The other big factor is that bugs are pretty darn good for you. Forget the shady cockroaches we see in urban settings and think more along the lines of grasshoppers and locusts. According to U.S. News and World Report,100 grams of top sirloin beef contains about 29 grams of protein and 21 grams of fat, while 100 grams of grasshopper contains 20 grams of protein and six grams of fat. That's a much healthier ratio.
Instinctively many cultures have known that bugs are good for them having added them to their diets over the centuries when times were tough and other food was scarce.
Bottom line, many scientists who are studying world population, climate change and hunger think that adding bugs into the mix could be a fast and efficient way of achieving a diet that is nutritionally sound and can ease the strain on the planet.
The Fun Stuff: Which Creepy Crawlies Can I Eat?
So in the spirit of being an eco-warrior have we convinced you to at least try eating a bug? If so, here is a gallery of some popular bugs from around the world. Grab a fork and dig into the gallery below.


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Cinco de Mayo rolls around every year, of course, but Sunday's baseball was notable for its rare happenings. Here they are, from longest drought between occurrences to shortest (relatively):
- The Cardinals swept the Brewers in a four-game series, the first such sweep in franchise history, and they did it on the road in Milwaukee, no less. The two have been in the same league and the same division since 1998, and it's surprising that the first four-game sweep would happen now, as they entered the series separated by just 1 1/2 games. St. Louis, however, won two blowouts and two one-run games. If not for a blown lead late in Saturday's game by the Cardinals' bullpen -- the lineup spotted them an extra run in the top of the ninth for the 7-6 win -- then St. Louis' starting pitchers would have earned the win in all four games, a fitting tribute to their excellence so far this season. The rotation is the biggest reason the Redbirds are the NL's first 20-win team, thanks to their 2.21 ERA over their first 200 innings of work this season, and Saturday's win by rookie reliever Seth Maness is the only team victory not credited to a Cardinals starting pitcher.
- The Marlins scored five runs off Phillies starter Roy Halladay in the first inning, the first time Halladay gave up five or more runs in the first frame since April 29, 1999, according to ESPN Stats & Info. The veteran righthander allowed nine runs in total before leaving the game after 2 1/3 innings. After the game came reports that Halladay was bothered by a sore shoulder and would see a doctor tomorrow.
- The Angels lost to the Orioles 8-4, their third loss in a four-game home series, lowering their record to 11-20. The last time they were nine games under .500 was June 30, 2006, which was the second season they played under the elongated name of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. And, as the O.C. Register's Jeff Fletcher noted on Twitter, Mike Trout was 14 years old back then.
- Oakland's Luke Montz homered off Andy Pettitte on Sunday afternoon in the 5-4 win, and it was Montz's first big-league homer since Sept. 29, 2008, a drought of 1,679 days. "It felt like my first one again today," Montz said. He hadn't been in the big leagues at all since 2008, when he was with the Nationals, until this week. After the A's lost two outfielders to the disabled list this week, they promoted Michael Taylor and Montz, which was a little surprising because Montz is a catcher by trade, but he's made three starts as a designated hitter.
- The other big happening of Sunday's matinee action was Detroit's Justin Verlander taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning in a 9-0 victory over the Astros. That, however, doesn't qualify for this list because Verlander, who has two career no-nos, is always a candidate to throw another; also, the punchless Astros are likely to be on the wrong end of another possible no-hitter later this year.


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Big moves by Nats, Marlins put heat on Phillies
Free-agent deals could reshape balance of power in NL East
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
One year later, Philadelphia still proudly possesses its Big Three. But with the Marlins and Nationals making significant improvements over the past couple months, the Phillies will enter 2012 knowing the Braves are not the only legitimate threat between them and their sixth consecutive NL East crown.
"Day in and day out, you have to say it's the best division in baseball," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel told MLB.com. "The consistent play within the division is amazing. Atlanta should be better. The Marlins definitely have gotten better with [Jose] Reyes and Josh Johnson will be back. Washington will be very competitive."
The Phillies made one significant decision in retaining veteran shortstop Jimmy Rollins, but that move alone may not be enough to keep Philadelphia atop the division given the new look the Marlins have committed to this offseason.
As they prepare to move into their new stadium with their new, always-entertaining manager, Ozzie Guillen, the Marlins further enhanced the excitement surrounding their club with the signings of shortstop Jose Reyes, closer Heath Bell and veteran starting pitcher Mark Buehrle.
To further bolster their pitching staff, the Marlins opened 2012 by acquiring Carlos Zambrano from the Cubs. Along with making the clubhouse even more interesting, Zambrano has the potential to significantly improve a starting rotation that will once again be anchored by Johnson.
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While proving aggressive on both the trade and free-agent markets, the once "low-revenue" Marlins were also in pursuit of Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson. The club's efforts appear to demonstrate that it is committed to the kind of successful product necessary to avoid the attendance issues that existed in their previous stadium.
"Ozzie and [president of baseball operations] Larry [Beinfest] think this team is a playoff team today," said Marlins president David Samson. "All sorts of stuff has to happen to win it. We just have to make it."
With the assets gained from this year's free-agent market, the Marlins provided themselves reason to believe they can immediately compete against the Phillies, and against the improvements the Braves and Nationals both expect to make over the next few years with their prized young players and prospects.
The core of the Nationals' future is centered around Bryce Harper, one of the most highly touted prospects in the game's history, and Stephen Strasburg. Now more than a year removed from Tommy John surgery, the right-handed Strasburg is prepared to legitimize himself as one of the game's elite starters.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson finished 2011 excited about the contributions Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann could provide the club's rotation for many years to come. Two days before Christmas, the Nats' skipper received yet another gift in the form of talented 26-year-old left-hander Gio Gonzalez, who was acquired from the A's to further solidify Washington's starting rotation.
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"Gonzalez brings a presence in our rotation," Nationals general manger Mike Rizzo said. "He has had success. He has been a workhorse. He is very young; he just turned 26. He has accomplished a lot of things before his 26th birthday. It gives us a young core of starting pitchers at the Major League level that is in the realm of something that we never had here before."
With the acquisition of Gonzalez and the healthy return of Adam LaRoche, the Nationals are seemingly on the path they envisioned when they signed outfielder Jayson Werth to a seven-year, $126 million contract last winter.
The Braves have thus far chosen to essentially stay on the same path that led them to game's fourth-best record through this past August. An epic September collapse prevented the club from reaching the playoffs for a second straight year but also gave general manager Frank Wren some motivation entering this offseason.
But instead of trading Julio Teheran or any of his other highly regarded pitching prospects, Wren has remained patient in his attempt to upgrade his lineup with a power-hitting outfielder. There is a chance he could still cross this item off his wish list by trading Jair Jurrjens or Martin Prado.
Yet as of Jan. 1, the Braves still had not received the kind of offer they had hoped for in exchange for Jurrjens or Prado. Wren's only significant move this offseason was to create $5 million of payroll flexibility by trading Derek Lowe and a portion of his burdensome contract.
"We have a good club," Wren said. "I keep going back, and I'll stand by this, on Aug. 26, we had the fourth-best record in all of baseball. Our team didn't get bad in 30 days. Our team went through a bad streak in 30 days. We have a good team."
The Phillies also believe they can build on their 2011 success by staying active in the marketplace. The defending NL East champs signed closer Jonathan Papelbon away from the Red Sox to account for Ryan Madson's departure via free agency. In addition, Philadelphia acquired Ty Wigginton via trade from the Rockies and signed Jim Thome to strengthen its bench and compensate for the absence of Ryan Howard, who will likely miss at least all of April recovering from a ruptured left Achilles' tendon.
When Howard returns, he'll be reunited with Rollins, his longtime teammate who tested the free-agent market before re-signing with the Phillies in December. They'll once again be part of a strong lineup assigned to support Halladay, Lee and Hamels.
"I like our club a lot," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "I think we're one of the best clubs in the National League. And that's our job, to make sure we're contenders every year. And I think with the club we have now, barring injury, we'll be there."
Though Roy Oswalt is poised to depart the heralded Philadelphia rotation via free agency this winter, the Phillies still seem to be the favorites to win the NL East. However, they certainly do not appear to be the overwhelming favorites they were at this point last year.
"Everybody is getting better in that division," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "The Phillies are the Phillies. The Marlins are getting better. Washington is getting ... dangerous. They're getting close. They've got some good players. Your expectations are we should be in the playoffs. It's a tough division."
Mark Bowman 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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since law proposed with luffy to take down a yonko and it is possibly charlotte linlin and the event or arc could be in the very near future , i decided i would bring up several points about her abilites:
please dont flame if something sounds stupid i found it hard enough putting this into words...
1.sweet/candy devil fruit
this is a big mistake many people make when guessing her powers , if she had that kind of ability , why would she need payment from other countries to maintain their protection? if she had the ability to utilise sweets in some way , then why not make some herself?
2.acid fruit:
knowing she is a yonko and she could have a devil fruit power it would have to be a logia like acid(as seen in her introduction she drools acid).or an OP paramecia or mythical zoan , lots of people say , if not a sweet/candy fruit, then an acid logia fruit, if that was the case , then why did magellans poison act like acid? what was the point? no two fruits have the same abilities, magellans devil fruit was pretty much acid with poisonous properties.
3. lots of people expect that she must have a logia fruit ability, or she would be too slow and almost anyone in the new world could take her down , thats not necessarily true , because there are a few HUGE people whom are pretty fast... like garp for example , although he may not be on the same size scale as big mama,size is almost irrelivant in the OP world.
4. lots of people forget the fact that there have only been 1 ancient zoan and its about time we saw another! seeing that she could have that much acid in her stomach and that it does NOT affect her , she surely needs an OP fruit not mimicking magellan with poisonous or digestive abilities. quite a few large beasts could use acid or venom... and considering her size it would have to be quite big right? well what if... that monster only needed a strong stomach and she found a way to utilise the acid inside that monstrous stomach? she could become some giant komodo dragon thing... but that would be slightly out of proportion . i think that it can be a large sauropod dinosaur like thingy. i have seen a few ideas like a huge frog with acid weilding abilites which is quite interesting
so what do you guys think her devil fruit abilites are if she has one?


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Hyperactivity is not easily defined. It often depends on the observer. Behavior that seems excessive to one person may not seem excessive to another. However, certain children -- when compared to others -- are clearly far more active, which can become a problem if it interferes with school work or making friends.
Hyperactivity is often considered more of a problem for schools and parents than it is for the child. However, many hyperactive children are unhappy or even depressed. Hyperactive behavior may make a child a target for bullying, or make it harder to connect with other children. Schoolwork may be more difficult. Kids who are hyperactive are frequently punished for their behavior.
Excessive movement (hyperkinetic behavior) often decreases as the child grows older. It may disappear entirely by adolescence.
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Interesting, if depressing, read.Thanks Mike.
NO shock there...the money is in fast food.Most Americans today want it NOW and don't cook much at home anymore as well.Another example,McDonalds is always BUSY in my town I live in.There is always a long line of cars at the drive through,same with the other Burger chains.People,especially Americans,love fast food and eat it up 2-3 times a day.Its no shock the same folks are so fat and are obese.Chain fast food is what is feeding people today and they love it.
Mike,That is a very interesting article. I can personally attest to the part of the article about Leprino's. When I was trying to reverse engineer the Papa John's pizza, I was unable to find much about the cheese, mainly because of the tight-lipped culture at Leprino's. The only useful item I found on their mozzarella cheese on their website is no longer there. And, unlike Grande, they do not post Nutrition Facts on their cheeses. You might be able to get it if you are in the trade and have a business need for it. But when I tried to speak with a sales person at Leprino's, I got nowhere. I ended up reading several of their many patents. I was trying to get as close as I could to a real Papa John's pizza but, to be honest, if Leprino's gave me some of the Papa John's cheese, I would not use it. It is a manufactured product that contains a fair number of things in it other than cheese. As far as the number of cows whose milk is used to make mozzarella cheese is concerned, a while back when I was trying to reverse engineer Jet's pizza, based on the amount of mozzarella cheese that Gene Jetts said they used annually, I joked that Jet's had around 4000 cows on its payroll, lounging on mattresses and listening to opera. As it turns out, those cows produce milk that Grande uses to make mozzarella cheese for Jet's. At least it is pure mozzarella cheese. Grande does not use fillers or anything like that in their mozzarella cheeses.Peter
How can Leprino get away with it? On the other hand, if they're that shady and guarded I wouldn't touch, much less eat, their cheese products with a 10ft flag pole.
Mike, I do not think that Leprino's was cited for anything from a legal standpoint.Peter
Mike,That is a matter that has been bouncing around the Internet for at least five years. I first became aware of it a few years ago when I was trying to reverse the cheese part of the Papa John's pizza. I became aware of the polydimethylsiloxane allegations at the tipthepizzaguy website at http://tipthepizzaguy.com/discussion/thread.php?num=8690&ip=1&f=all. As best I can recall, Leprino's denied that it was using polydimethylsiloxane in its pizza cheeses even though it was mentioned in an old patent. I do not think that Leprino's was cited for anything from a legal standpoint.Peter


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SNOW HILL – Ilia Fehrer, one of the first to champion the environment in Worcester County, will be honored with a park or conservation area named after her.
Fehrer was instrumental in the creation of Assateague Island state and national parks, the preservation of tens of thousands of wild acres, the effort to designate the Pocomoke River a "Wild and Scenic River," and the prevention of a dam on Nassawango Creek. She founded the Committee to Preserve Assateague Island, which later became Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), to save the barrier island from development.
She shared the Maryland Coastal Bays Program's (MCBP) first Golden Osprey Award, with her husband Joe, and received the 2003 Ellen Fraites Wagner Award from the Chesapeake Bay Trust for protecting the bay and its tributary waterways.
Comprehensive Planning Director Sandy Coyman presented the idea of naming park after the environmental steward to the County Commissioners on Tuesday. Worcester is looking at 14 different properties with an eye toward purchasing land to be named for the recently deceased Fehrer for preservation and passive recreation.
The commissioners gave the green light to the project.
"I think this is a very good project," said Commissioner Judy Boggs.
"It's well deserving," Commission President Virgil Shockley said after the meeting. "If we can find, with the permission of the family, a piece of property I think she would appreciate, she should be recognized for her contribution toward preserving Worcester County."
ACT President Jim Rapp said it's a great idea.
"Fantastic. No one is more worthy," said Rapp. "I'm thrilled. Parks are for celebrating local heroes."
Staff is in the early stages of looking at properties, all in private hands. None of the owners have been contacted and other sites are possible, according to Coyman.
The land identified as potential parks or conservation areas all have significant water access or are home to threatened or endangered plants or both, while other sites are adjacent to currently protected land. Coyman did not identify any of the sites.
There are several possible funding sources for the acquisition of the park, but Program Open Space (POS) funds will probably not be a part of that equation.
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Day two update: County councillor "horrified" following public order incident in North Walsham
PUBLISHED: 18:05 23 September 2012 | UPDATED: 19:34 23 September 2012
A man remains in hospital with a "serious head injury" after being hurt yesterday (Saturday) during a public order incident in North Walsham.
Police officers from Norfolk Constabulary were called to Vicarage Street, near to the junction of Mitre Tavern Yard, shortly before 2am following reports of a disturbance in the road.
The 43-year-old man was taken to the Norfolk and Norfolk University Hospital (N&N) and was later transferred to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge to receive specialist neurological treatment.
A 44-year-old man also sustained an injury to his arm and was treated at the N&N.
The area was sealed off and diversion routes put in place by police for the duration of Saturday morning while CID carried out their enquiries.
Paul Morse, county councillor for North Walsham East, said he had been "horrified" to hear about the incident.
"North Walsham, like any other market town, has its share of anti-social behaviour," he said.
"But like most of Norfolk we are a low crime town."
A 46-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the incident and has been questioned at Aylsham Police Investigation Centre.
● Police would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident. Contact Great Yarmouth CID on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Diebold Inc. has been fined by the Securities & Exchange Commission for allegedly bribing officials at government-owned banks in China and Indonesia to buy the firm's ATMs.
The North Canton, Ohio, company has agreed to pay $48 million to settle the charges, the SEC said in an Oct. 22 announcement.
SEC charged the firm under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which bars U.S. firms from bribing officials in foreign nations, among other things
According to court documents filed by the regulator, Diebold's bribes were often in the form of free trips to popular tourist destinations in the U.S., including the Grand Canyon, Napa Valley, Disneyland, and Universal Studios as well as Las Vegas, New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Hawaii.
The regulator also charged officials were treated to European vacations, such as eight officials from a Chinese bank who took a two-week trip at Diebold's expense that included stays in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Klagenfurt, Venice, Florence and Rome. Destinations of leisure trips for other officials included Australia, New Zealand and Bali.
All told, the SEC charged Diebold spent $1.8 million on the bribes and then entered them on its books in a way that was meant to hide the expenditures, the SEC said.
"A bribe is a bribe, whether it's a stack of cash or an all-expense-paid trip to Europe," said Scott W. Friestad, an associate director in the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "Public companies must be held accountable when they break the law to influence government officials with improper payments or gifts."


text: I'm 6 months in to my comeback..I'm a 4.0 with a goal of improving to 4.5. Well, I put it all together yesterday, playing a very solid 4.5 who has beaten me handidly the last 5 times we've played. We split sets (I had a set point in the first, and won the 2nd) and were halfway through the 3rd when our court time ran out, but more importantly, I played fantastic, hitting winners, playing defensive when needed, but staying aggressive. My opponent was amazed at my improvement. The breakthrough? Fitness and footwork. I worked hard on building stamina by playing pickup basketball of all things. I was gasping for air and cramping playing basketball because its such an intense workout, but I started getting my wind after playing a few times. Playing yesterday, it all paid off...my only strategy was to get to every ball and run, run run. And my stamina was there like it never had been before. My fitness also helped me improve my footwork to get to shots earlier and hit them better. I was hitting shots on the run i never hit before. He would hit his severe angles, and I would get to them. He'd try drop shots, I would reach them. Lobs and I would run back and get them. I no longer admired my shots but assumed they would be coming back hard and at an angle. If I could have nailed more first serves and cut down on the double faults (through in about 10) I would have won going away. Have I reached 4.5 level? No, but I feel a lot more confident, and fitness was the key to hit the shots I'm capable of. A great feeling.


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LA Galaxy captain Robbie Keane has enjoyed yet another stellar season but is he an MLS MVP candidate?
The 31-year-old has been fantastic in his season with 10 goals and nine assists in just 14 appearances -- that means that Keane has scored in just over 72 percent of the matches that he has played in. That percentage is similar to another MLS MVP frontrunner Mike Magee, who has scored in eight of his 10 matches with the Chicago Fire while it is better than Vancouver Whitecaps FC's Camilo, who has 14 goals in 23 appearances or goals in 61 percent of his matches.
Not only has he scored goals, but he's also been a fine distributor with a team-leading nine assists. Currently Keane is third in the league in assists and when/if he gets his 10th, he'll become just the fifth Galaxy player to score 10 goals and 10 assists in a single season.
The Irishman's performance this season has already made Galaxy history as Keane is just the fourth Galaxy player in club history to score 10 goals in consecutive seasons joining Landon Donovan, Carlos Ruiz, and Welton.
The most significant numbers for this argument? The Galaxy's record when he is on and off the field: when he is in the lineup, the Galaxy are an impressive 8-3-3, but when he is unavailable, they are 3-6-1.
So you make the call, is Keane an MVP candidate or not? Vote below and leave note in the comment section.


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Microsoft Corp.'s (
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According to the latest rumors, the 2013 release will be inexpensive or perhaps free, to incentivize upgrades. And it will be a full operating system upgrade. In this regard, the new development cycle Microsoft is moving towards closely
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The news of the big shift in release cycles and upcoming new 2013 Windows release comes on the heels of Microsoft's
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Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County DVD
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- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 1
- Run Time: 60 minutes
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- Language: English
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This movie portrays the lives of children trapped by homelessness not by any wrongdoing of their own. The stories and insights that they express are intelligent and touching. It's not right that in the face of such affluence, America's working families are not able to feed their children and protect them from being at such great risk for violence. This film introduces the viewer to those people in a respectful way, with great cinematography.
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I grew up in OC with the homeless motel kids as a part of my reality. I knew they existed because they went to my school.
I am thankful the documentary was made to finally capture a hidden segemnt of our population and call attention to their struggles. We are used people panhandling. The people who live in the motels are different. They do not pandhandle. They are not on the streets and therefore, are hidden from view. They do not ask for government handouts or charity. They wanto be self suffient with a job like everyone else. They want to work, pay taxes and be consumers like everyone else. They want the American dream, but it is out of reach for them.
This documentary documents how they attempt to keep their families together under such trying, difficult, stressful times as homelessness and unemployment. The chidren go to school despite no fixed addressed.
The documentary is sad at times, but hopeful at other times. It is informative. It is interesting that in the shadow of Disneyland, The Happiest Place on Earth, people stuggle to survive. It is ironic that such profound poverty would be found in the midst of wealthy, glittery, glamorous, beautful Orange County, California.
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This is sad.
I hope some of these families get some of the money from the DVD sales. Pure evil to exploit kids in hard times to make a buck. I myself just moved out of a motel-6. I lived there with my mother and my sisters baby for over a year. When i turned 17 years old my Dad gave me $2,000 dollars to get a car a year after buying my sister a brand new car off the lot. Instead of buying a car, i got my mother, my nephew and I a place to call home. I hate it here, it's ghetto dirty broken duplex but better than living in a motel. Hopefully things will get better but i know i wont.
Hopefully none of them are being exploited for HBO to make money, i'd like to think the ones on the show get a % of the DVD.
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Operators Rosalie and Sam Parisi opened Massachusetts's first Lucky 7 Arcade in Gloucester in 2006, after discovering adult arcades during a vacation to Florida. They opened their second location later in Danvers, MA. The arcade's website says: "We house 50 penny games within four rooms, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Caesar Palace and Four Queens. A player can play for as low as 16¢ a game."
Not unlike Florida's adult amusement spots, the Lucky 7 Arcades feature 8-liner videogames that mimic slot machines in a Las Vegas atmosphere (minus alcohol and tobacco consumption), along with crane machines stocked with gift certificates from local merchants and other prizes. These types of arcades, which require guests to be 21 or older, are popular with senior citizens. In Florida, the state's new anti-sweepstakes videogame law is forcing those adult arcades to fold up. Additionally, that new law has put amusement-only redemption operations run by FECs and route operators in legal limbo.
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For the first time in its history, Hulu took the stage at the Television Critics' Association on Sunday to unveil a slate of programming designed to make it a bona fide content maker.
It may be best known as a one-stop shop for last night's episodes of hit shows like "Modern Family" or "The Daily Show," but that could soon change. Like Netflix and YouTube, Hulu is betting on original content by partnering with such prominent filmmakers as Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") and Richard Linklater ("Dazed and Confused").
The three shows include a scripted series about the inner-workings of a senatorial campaign; a documentary series about high-profile musicians, actors and UFC fighters; and a travel show.
"This is just the start of what we want to do with original series," Andy Forssell, Hulu's senior vice president of content, told TheWrap. "We've done a great job of offering broadcast content that people love, not just like. At the same time we've built relationships with guys like Morgan and Richard, and we hear about their ideas, and occasionally those ideas create a spark."
Also read: Michael Hirschorn on YouTube's Content Gamble: 'The Walls Between TV and the Internet Are Collapsing'
It is the latest sign that new media players are beginning to view themselves as more than just streaming platforms. Netflix is partnering with Kevin Spacey on its upcoming "House of Cards" series and will offer new episodes of "Arrested Development." Last fall, YouTube announced a series of high-profile creative partners including Jay-Z and Amy Poehler that will help the streaming site create 100 channels of original, professional content.
Hulu already dipped its toe into the content waters with Spurlock's "A Day in the Life," and it plans to kick off a second season of the show in March. For season two, Spurlock set out to capture the daily routines of highly motivated individuals as they follow their passions, including actor Joel McHale, comedian Marc Maron and UFC fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
Taking a page from "The Office," Hulu's first original scripted series, "Battleground," will bring the faux-documentary style into the world of political campaigns. "Battleground" centers on a group of campaign workers and volunteers for a distant third-place candidate.
"Battleground" premieres Tuesday, February 14. Barring a Mitt Romney coronation, that will place it in the heart of the GOP primary season.
The third series that Hulu unveiled, "Up to Speed," is a collaboration with Linklater. Each week, the director follows host, philosopher and tour guide Timothy "Speed" Levitch ("The Cruise"), as he criss-crosses the country in search of historic spots and beautiful destinations.
The shows will be co-owned with the creators and revenue will be shared, although it's still not entirely clear how a series' relative popularity will be determined and how Hulu will monetize the content beyond ad sales.
"There's no obvious analogy to Nielsen [ratings], so we will determine success on a title by title basis," Forssell told TheWrap. "We have great data on who uses our service, so we can project an audience from there and scale the budget of a production to meet that demand. "
Forssell told TheWrap that he believes that by partnering with a cadre of high-end filmmakers, Hulu will help make people abandon their prejudices about web shows.
"I think it will go away, but not because more and more people are watching shows online," Forssell said. "I think it will go away because what people are producing for alternative means of distribution are quality programs. I loathe the term and have never once used the term 'digital content,' because that has been an excuse for quality, and an excuse to apply a different standard than for what's on TV tonight."
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SDCC 09: Graphic Novels and Novelists
The Comic-Con International: San Diego Graphic Novels panel, moderated by Tom Spurgeon, was a celebration of the successes of the art form, and a peek into the minds of many of the industry's most acclaimed graphic novelists. It was attended by Gene Yang, creator of the Eisner- awarding winning American Born Chinese graphic novel from :01, and creator, with fellow panelist Derek Kirk Kim of Eternal Smile. Yang has been a cartoonist for 10 years, as has Kim. Kim was also behind the Top Shelf book Same Difference. Also attending the panel was Seth, a Canadian cartoonist of 25 years, whose latest work is George Sprott from drawn and quarterly.
Next was Lewis Trondheim, an acclaimed French cartoonist of 25 years, who described being a cartoonist as "a good life." Jason Lutes, a cartoonist of 20 years, behind Jar of Fools, and the Berlin trilogy, rounded out the panel, as Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley ran late.
The panel began with Spurgeon asking about the impact of the still relatively new format of long form comics on the artists.
In the time before graphic novels, Seth would have tried to fit his work in comics, or an art book. There's now an impetus from the market, he said, that makes full length books sustainable. The magazine style issue has fallen out of favor. This is the market Seth dreamt of forever, but now that we're here, he acknowledged a melancholy about the death of the comic book. There was something exciting, he said, about the release of 8-Ball issues every few months. It's bittersweet, but he is for the change.
Yang shared that Eternal Smile was originally a 2 issue short, but that since the book market has opened up, it was repurposed. Kim shared that he misses the letters page in the graphic novel format, but that it's a small price for the format they all prefer. Seth claimed it was the internet killed the letters page, which is a shame. Yang supposed that the internet is a letters page, where everyone is mean. The crowd agreed in laughter and applause.
Jason Lutes had conceptualized Berlin early on as 24 chapters of 12 pages each, so the book trilogy was always the blueprint. But the bigger narrative allowed for things to be read, as almost a standalone.
Spurgeon asked if anyone felt constrained by format.
Lutes surmised that it's the constraints that force great comics. But the structural, physical limits force creators to be more creative.
Spurgeon asked Lewis Trondheim if he felt the European influence of albums opened up the world of graphic novels.
Trondheim supposed that graphic novels are multinational. Comics are endemic everywhere, there are Belgiun books, superhero books from France and Japan, and they can read Manga in France and USA, but it's very difficult to export French and Belgiun comics. But with graphic novels, the translation is easier. It's a more transcendent way to make art, and express oneself. It's "the best way to do comics."
Spurgeon asked the panel if it's opened up comics to different worlds.
Lutes said that Berlin sells better in Germany, a smaller market, than anywhere else. The changes of format and style have made a lot of connections, and fostered cross-pollination. There's a camaraderie shared by international graphic novelists.
A fan asked about the difference between page counts, when there are 22 pages, or the open tapestry of the graphic novel.
Lutes said it all depends on the story one is telling. If you're trying to tell Crime and Punishment in 24 pages, you'll make choices that way, but if you're telling a scene it's different. Like the old Classics Illustrated, it was a real cliff notes version of a story. Many mainstream comics work this way, page 8 first plot point, page 15 the next one, but it really depends on what you're trying to tackle. But if you've got a story you're trying to tell, you'll tell it how you have to, but with limits, you're going to distill that nugget of story as you have to.
Seth says that the graphic novel revolution is the liberation from a page count. In the 1980s, you suddenly had an unlimited number of pages to tell your story. Suddenly, artists were free to tell whatever they wanted. They could do a 200-page story, and just serialize it. It's changed how cartoonists think. They didn't have to think about anything other than how long the story is supposed to be. The storytelling has changed, a lot, and how people are breaking down pages.
Trondheim raised the issue of economics, as the way it's released, with the steady flow of the serials, can be a fiscal boon to artists. Seth said there was never money in comics here, while Trondheim stated there was a lot in France.
Here Bryan Lee O'Malley joined the panel, and Spurgeon asked how he conceived his Scott Pilgrim series originally.
It started as one book, the length of one, and then it became series of six. It was a "stupid idea," he said, and not how he'd do it now, but he saw the Japanese works, and wanted to channel that.
Gene Yang admitted that he saw most of the attending panelists as his influences. It was Jason's Jar of Fools that sparked his interests, and taught him that comics didn't have to be about tights, or greedy ducks.
Kim grew up in Korea until he was 8, and saw all translated works, so he never really saw 22 page structure as a constraint.
A fan asked if anyone could pinpoint the very first graphic novel, or if there was an agreement on the issue.
Spurgeon described the nebulousness of "graphic novels," as a term. Will Eisner's First GN Contract with God he said, is akin to Columbus's discovery of America. Arthur Drake, the Woodcut novels, and Tin Tin and the albums of Europe were all there already. There are limitless ways to interpret, and a lot of likely candidates, but in the end it was agreed that it is really just a convergence of an artistic acceptance, and a marketing term.
Jason called them all cartoonists, who make comics.
Seth cited the Hernandez Bros as his seminal influences. It wasn't that they were "Graphic novelists," but it was the fact that they were content driven, not by page count limits. Crumb was big too, not for page count, but for challenging conventions and doing new things. Then Maus broke the barrier as the real influence. It was THE book that summed up "here is a real book, a graphic novel."
A fan asked how cultural background influenced the sequential elements of the form.
Seth, being Canadian, decided that that must be why his books are boring. But then Bryan Lee O'Malley cited himself as Canadian, blowing that argument out of the water. O'Malley then said it's hard to look at your own work and see those things, and left it up to others.
Jason, the less timid one, saw a lot of European books like Herge's Tin Tin, when he was young. There were a lot of stage-set books, and Jack Kirby Western comics, but it was really Herge. He described Berlin as his reaction against his own aversions to American culture.
Kim said his Korean origins really influenced him. Not in terms of story, but approach. European comics are generally more plot oriented, and he was more prone to long series of time dedicated to a singular scene.
A fan cited Yang, and the saying that all creators ultimately have one story to tell, and asked how one can tell if their story has merit.
Yang said he has never been called "melancholy." He grew up in the Bay Area, met other creators, and always got feedback on his stories, at whatever stage they were at. It helped to refine the work. Compared to a lot of cartoonists, Yang doesn't see himself as too venturous. Doesn't do straight autobiography, as he's waiting for certain people to die.
Seth mentioned that it's always important to always be honest as artists. Everyone needs to try and convey how they really feel about things. He tries to think of his audience as little as possible. It's most important to write that which you want to read, because otherwise compromise sets in.
Kim agreed, and although he's always thought about the audience, whenever he gave into that, it failed. It was only by blocking that out that he's found success.
Trondheim has done autobiographical comics, but is very prude about who he mocks or anything. He thinks about himself, not who else might be reading.
A fan asked about editorial influence, or the lack thereof, and what role that plays in the longer formats.
Jason pointed out that in autobiographical, alternative comics, there's never been much editorial influence. Sometimes they'd proofread, but only sometimes. There was always freedom. As the industry has developed, with greater publishers, they're always more. In Lutes' experience, doing historical Americans for Hyperion, but they won't allow things like smoking. They're better at getting at nuts and bolts, structural issues, so there have been benefits. It's common in mainstream books, but less in alternative books. Jason sees editorial influence as a good thing, and focuses the work better.
Seth, though, is utterly opposed to all editing in comics. It's a mostly economic issue, he claimed. The system has developed in a better way. He's not even for editors in novels, but sees why they enjoy it. "Comics don't need editors," they're about how a creator does it by themselves. Outside views manipulating art makes no sense. It's like telling a painter "oh you need more paint." It's mostly a middle management.
Lutes called that an extreme, because some editors can help a person develop. The two duked it out, citing the extremes, agreeing to disagree. The biggest thing to avoid is formula. Like film, it's so standardized. The best part of this field is those constraints don't exist, so there are much more lively risks to take.
Yang said he craved editing from a young stage. He didn't have confidence in his stuff, would finish a page, feel great about it, and then put it down. Then come back, and it would all be tilted; he wasn't satisfied. There were things he couldn't see immediately. Editing allows for catching things that you don't see from early on. "A good editor shares my view of something," and helps him get there.
Seth saw this as feedback, which he likes and needs. It's just the boss-structure of editors he opposes. A cartoonist can help. It's only doing the work that helps.
Kim sided with Seth on editing, but wasn't for painting all editors in the same corner. "Not all are dictators," you don't always have to do what they say to be effective. If an editor is on the same creative path with you, it's helpful.
Seth's final argument on the issue noted that his real beef was the convergence of editing and marketing.
A fan asked about the difficulties of the long format, and when half-done projects fail to satisfy halfway.
Kim said the challenge of long form books is that you grow and change.
O'Malley has been working on the same book since 2004, so that year will haunt him for the rest of his life. Some days he hates everything from that era.
Jason said it's an interesting struggle. One either stops in progress, or believes in the resounding merit of the work.
Someone asked if creators always plan their works out meticulously prior to starting. The panel agreed that one either knows the end when you start, or make it up as you go along. Seth does both.
O'Malley said he is now filling in story from scant paragraphs of years past. He's allowed to change as he wants.
Trondheim makes it up as he draws, always improvising.
A fan asked how one chooses to commit to a story, or pick one of the millions of potential to commit 600 pages to.
Jason trusts his gut, and makes choices. His choices are not market-driven; they're impulsive, which makes him trust it. He can't do things like say "oh I'm going to do a fantasy book."
Finally, a fan asked about atmospherics in books, and their allure.
This was big for Seth. The release from page count allows for focus on things creators couldn't before. With the space to commit to whatever they wanted, he can give the texture of life, without restraint. One can focus on the essence of being alive, which some call "mood." It's the most exciting thing in GNs, how cartoonists expand the language of comics. In the old days, he proclaimed ruefully, the only atmosphere allowed was the "establishing shot."


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Screening services at UT Southwestern Medical Center can identify potential health problems before they become advanced, leading to more effective treatment and a greater likelihood of full recovery.
Some of the conditions our radiologists screen for include:
Technologies such as computed tomography (CT) scans, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to visualize the inside of the body and assess functionality and condition. These advanced imaging tools allow physicians and specialists to make accurate diagnoses and prescribe targeted treatments and therapies.


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Mussel Strength: Byssus Threads May Hold the Key to Better Glues and Biomedical Interfaces
With a name like 'mussel' one would expect that these bivalves must have one strong muscle to help them attach to rocks in order to prevent the risk of being torn by crashing waves and currents. But what helps these mussels stay attached to their home base is actually a collection of fine filaments known as byssus threads.
And the secret to the strength of these byssus threads has now been unraveled by MIT research scientist Zhao Qin and professor of civil and environmental engineering Markus Buehler.
Researchers found that the byssus threads are composed of a well-designed combination of soft, stretchy material on one end and much stiffer material on the other. Both materials, despite their different mechanical properties, are made of a protein closely related to collagen, a main constituent of skin, bone, cartilage and tendons.
"Many researchers have studied mussel glue before," Qin says, referring to the sticky substance that anchors byssus threads to a surface. But the static strength of the glue, and of the thread itself, "is not sufficient to withstand the impact by waves," he says. It's only by measuring the system's performance in simulated wave conditions that he and Buehler could determine how it accomplishes its amazing tenacity.
The distribution of stiffness along the threads is key, Qin and Buehler found, suggesting that the distribution of intrinsic material properties and the overall architecture of the mussel attachment are important.
The distribution of stiffness in the mussels' threads enables them to be subjected to very large impact forces from waves. About 80 percent of the length of the byssus threads is made of stiff material, while 20 percent is softer and stretchier. This precise ratio may be critical, the researchers found: The soft and stretchy portions of the threads attach to the mussel itself, while the stiffer portion attaches to the rock. "It turns out that the ... 20 percent of softer, more extensible material is critical for mussel adhesion," Qin says.
These findings could help in the design of synthetic materials like surgical sutures used in blood vessels or intestines that are subjected to pulsating or irregular flows of liquid. Scientists may also use this discovery in helping attach tendon to bone. In addition, the researchers say there may also be applications for materials to attach instruments to buildings, or sensors to underwater vehicles or sensing equipment in extreme conditions.
Their findings appear this week in the journal Nature Communications.
Read more at MIT News.
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Rushing a Mare During Breeding
- Mar 20, 2014
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Q. I'm a veterinarian asking this question on behalf of clients who are standing a stallion at stud. The stallion isn't new to breeding or to this farm; he's in his third or fourth breeding season. He normally breeds eagerly, without hesitation. Recently, he's been doing something unusual just with one particular mare. He seems interested in this mare but rushes right up and mounts her before he's ready (gets an erection). They pull him off, and he does the same thing again. If they take him to another mare, he proceeds as usual--teases, gets an erection, and waits for the handler to signal him to mount. They asked me what might be causing his rushing of this one mare and what they should do about it.
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A. What great questions! Mounting without erection happens more frequently with novice breeding stallions and is more often a general response rather than specific to one mare. But I have seen exactly what you describe in experienced breeders --mostly in stallions with the wisdom of pasture breeding experience. Yours just happens to be the third similar question on this topic in a couple of weeks, so we'll answer this one here in the column.
My first recommendation would be to convey the information that mounting without erection is a very normal part of the natural breeding behavior of equids--zebra, wild asses and donkeys, wild horses, and pasture breeding horses. In fact, observations of all these species indicate that under natural field breeding conditions, stallions mount twice on average without an erection to every mount with an erection. Under natural breeding conditions, mounting without an erection is the rule rather than the exception, most likely because as estrus progresses, most mares go through stages where we would interpret their behavior as "Yes, yes, yes, yes, please, oh please, NO WAY!"A plausible explanation is that a mount without an erection is a test of true receptivity of the mare --will she stand, or at the critical moment of vulnerability, will she let fly? This is just like the chin-resting response and "false mounts"in bulls; mounting without an erection is likely highly adaptive. We wonder whether it is instinctive or learned. As with almost everything else, it probably is a combination of the two.
In the case of your client's stallion, who is doing this with only one particular mare, my guess would be that he is especially uncertain about her readiness to stand for breeding. Since he only mounts other mares when he is ready and signaled by the handler to proceed, he has likely become conditioned as a domestic stallion to take direction from the handler to "get ready,"and to wait until the handler allows mounting. But with this mare, he must be getting some worrisome "No,""Maybe,"or "Not Sure"signals from the mare. Understanding this possible interpretation usually helps handlers and managers appreciate that this stallion is probably especially smart rather than confused or stupid. This knowledge alone usually helps everyone relax a bit and proceed positively to get the job done.
So what can be done? Even though it's normal stallion behavior to mount without an erection under natural field breeding conditions, for good reason we typically don't want to have stallions mounting again and again in the confines of the breeding shed. With a novice stallion that is doing this with every mare, the recommendation would be to get a good, reliable, and generous mount mare to let the stallion mount a few times undisciplined by the mare or handler. Once no disaster happens when he mounts without an erection, he usually proceeds with an erection. This positive experience usually increases his confidence, enthusiasm, and willingness to take direction from handlers that it will be okay.
Next, what should they do about this stallion mounting just this mare without an erection? First of all, you need to make sure the mare is really ready to stand. If possible, have her mounted by a teaser (a stallion trained to "test mount"mares). Then once you're as sure as possible she won't explode when the stallion mounts, one approach would be to let the stallion and this mare get acquainted in side-by-side stalls or paddocks with a safe barrier. Watch how things go and wait until you see the stallion getting an erection and hopping up as if ready to mount when teasing her. You can assume he has made the decision that she is indeed ready to tolerate breeding. Then bring the two together for hand breeding, or if conditions permit, just open the gate between the paddocks and let them breed unhandled. Large, obstacle-free paddocks will reduce the likelihood of injury.
Another approach is to get an expert handler who has experience with cases like this. Certain handlers can carefully and patiently hold the stallion back without invoking undue discipline that is counterproductive. Their calm and judicious handling can convey confidence and trust to some stallions. They are able to maintain control and attention of the stallion for close-up teasing, including leaning into the mare or nipping at her flanks and hocks as an alternate "test,"without injudicious jerking or discouraging discipline. Expert handlers of this type can also safely allow a stallion to mount without an erection, if necessary, or safely and gracefully handle the situation should the stallion get ahead of the handler and mount without an erection.
In this situation it also helps to let the mare naturally show her receptivity. For example, when a mare turns her head back and flexes one foreleg on her own, this seems to be a powerful sign to the stallion that she "isn't going anywhere"and will stand for mounting. To the extent that this can be safely allowed, reducing mare restraint to enable a display of these responses might be just enough to convey trust of the stallion that the mare is ready. In recommending these procedures for any particular case, we would consider the facilities, skills, and experience of the staff as well as the temperament and behavioral history of the particular mare and stallion.
If these handling and management steps are not leading to satisfactory progress, anti-anxiety medication might be useful to the stallion. Benzodiazepines at low doses can be useful. This class of drugs probably works in such situations by reducing anxiety and by releasing innate sexual drive. Most research and clinical work with benzodiazepines in breeding stallions have been with diazepam, which is a controlled drug that must be administered and monitored by a veterinarian. And, in many cases, treatment with diazepam releases innate aggression as well as sexual drive. So the handling team should be informed and prepared for increased aggression that might be counterproductive. Fortunately, in many cases diazepam works well and can be used as a short-term training tool. Typically, it is only needed once or twice before the stallion learns the game plan and gains confidence, no longer needing medication.
About the Author
Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB
Sue M. McDonnell, PhD, is a certified applied animal behaviorist and the founding head of the equine behavior program at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. She is also the author of numerous books and articles about horse behavior and management.
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NHS chief 'playing politics' over child heart unit closure
The NHS's top doctor was accused of playing politics with children's heart surgery over the decision to halt operations at Leeds General Infirmary, a leaked e-mail has revealed.
The hospital closed its paediatric heart unit after data indicated it had a death rate twice the national average. But it emerged yesterday that the senior clinician responsible for the data accused health chiefs of manipulating it to force Leeds to shut down.
John Gibbs, chairman of the steering committee for the Central Cardiac Audit Database, complained that the decision "rings of politics rather than process" and threatened "to destroy years of hard work".
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Everyone knows there are drugs in and around Russellville, but many of the facts shared by an agent with the Fifth Judicial Task Force were alarming.
First, when did potpourri become something people smoked? Isn't it supposed to be used to make your house smell good?
The agent explained it is a synthetic cannabinoid or a spice drug. It and bath salts are two of the newer drugs of choice around the country. The agent said bath salts haven't really become a problem locally.
No surprise was the fact that marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine are still the top drugs of choice, but prescription pill abuse is on the rise. He referred to the new generation of young people as generation RX and said "pharming parties" have become increasingly popular.
One statistic that surprised the entire room was that 2009 marked the first year that more people died due to prescription drug use than traffic accidents in the nation.
In 2010, poison control received 303 calls due to bath salts and other related synthetic drug use and that number rose to more than 6,000 in 2011.
And the most shocking information we heard — mail-order drugs. Go online, find the right website (that has an untraceable IP address) and buy drugs from what looks like a legitimate company and receive a normal-looking package in the mail. Scary. Parents and spouses should monitor any packages received that are unexpected.
After being terrified about mail-order drugs, it was off to be even more "educated" by Detective Steve Barker, who dedicates his day to catching online predators — specifically dealing with child pornography and under-age sex crimes.
Even with what we see on the nightly news or read in newspapers, the information was frightening. And who knew there were so many specialty types of pornography?
Barker said they arrested one man who had an extensive porn collection that included the standard male/female kind, but also included genres most never knew existed — senior porn? midget porn? and then finally, child porn. Yuck, yuck and yuck!
Barker said inevitably, a person who is caught with mostly child pornography also has some bestiality porn ... again, what?
Barker said adults who prefer child pornography typically have specific preferences regarding age, etc.
He demonstrated how he locates a perpetrator and talked about Internet chat rooms, which he said were more popular several years ago, or at least, the typical chat rooms that most of us were familiar with.
On Tuesday night, he showed the class a website address dedicated to child pornography with a sexually-implicit name that implied a sex crime. Shouldn't that be illegal just to visit?
My stomach dropped, I was torn between crying or vomiting. He further explained men post preferences about verbal or nonverbal children. He went into further details that encompassed ideas I never even imagined existed.
I had to hug both of my children who were already asleep when I got home.
I'm thankful to know that the drug task force is constantly out there looking for offenders and works hard to bust the drug dealers, not just the users.
And Detective Barker, I can't imagine doing that day in and day out. When one cadet asked him how he does it, he just replied that he didn't know.


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Farewell to Okanogan
I've never had to write one of these columns. At my last newspaper, I was released unceremoniously, the victim of a bad newspaper economy and — in my humble opinion — even worse decision-making.
Mill hires manager
Mill hopes to hire about 30 more workers by summer
Omak Wood Products has hired a general manager to oversee operations of the plywood and veneer mill as it continues to progress toward adding more shifts.
Surprises headline session's first week
The first week of the legislative session flew by quickly — and offered a few surprises.
Legislators fight wage increase
Proponents say higher minimum would be beneficial to the economy
A proposal by the governor to significantly raise the state's minimum wage has been given a cold reception this week by 7th and 12th District lawmakers.
Record heat warms the area
All-time highs set throughout region
Record-setting temperatures swept through North-Central Washington over the weekend and Monday.
Transportation topics could get heated
Land purchases, wolves also remain central
Transportation issues and state land acquisitions are expected to be major topics during the upcoming legislative session.
Gas tax, McCleary take stage
Thursday ruling brings mandatory school funding to the forefront
Thursday's state Supreme Court order demanding further action on implementing the McCleary school funding ruling could throw a monkey wrench into legislators' anticipated slow session.
A look back at my personal favorites
Going through back issues of The Chronicle, it's been fun to reminisce a little about some of the stories that made headlines and the memorable photos that have captured moments.
Golf course could revitalize town
Opening set for August 2014
Gamble Sands Golf Club architect David McLay Kidd believes his latest project — located south of state Highway 17 on the Colville Indian Reservation and set to open in August 2014 — will have the ability to transform the town of Brewster and its surrounding areas into tourist destinations.
Golf dream nears reality for Gebbers
World-renowned course designer calls location a 'perfect 10'
Twelve years in the making, a concept to bring a world-class golf course to Brewster is nearing completion.
Chamber hands out awards
Several parades, festivals headlined group's events
The Omak Chamber of Commerce handed out a pair of awards and celebrated a successful 2013 at its end-of-the-year banquet Wednesday at Koala Street Grill.
Bestsellers bring back memories
I came across a list of the most popular Christmas gifts for the past three decades and found it very interesting. In some regards, it was a walk down memory lane.
Event builds connections
Okanogan County SThe sight of 13 police vehicles storming into the Walmart parking lot causes quite a commotion. heriff's Office plans fun-filled day
Students, staff take icy plunge
Event marked successful holiday donations drive
Twenty-seven local students and staff members braved the cold — and potential hypothermia — Friday for the Okanogan School District's annual Polar Plunge.
Collision ban makes sense
Major League Baseball is in the process of installing a rule that would ban collisions at home plate. Although the new rule could be implemented as soon as the upcoming baseball season, the more plausible time frame is for a 2015 launch. The move parallels what the National Football League has been pushing for several years with regards to reducing concussions.
Soroptomist Sharing Tree extends deadline
25 tags remain for people to donate to local children in need this Christmas
Area welcomes chargers
Four electric car charging stations have been installed in Okanogan County, with a possibility of two more being added in the near future.
Arts center offers great experience
In some — OK, many — areas, Omak and the surrounding area lacks the amenities of big cities.
Elks Lodge seeks bids
Omak organization looks to rebuild after Nov. 20 fire
The local Elks Lodge is in the process of getting bids for cleaning and repair work. It had smoke, water and electrical damage to its 110 S. Ash St. building during a Nov. 20 fire.
Web offers symbolism in movies
A conversation about the Hunger Games series triggered me to do some online searching for political satire or symbolism used in other popular movies.
Stores brace for holidays
Many retailers have specials on Black Friday
Major retailers throughout the area brace themselves for the busiest shopping day of the year this week. Some stores feature extended hours and many have special deals and giveaways for Black Friday.
Let's talk turkey
Methow Valley farm takes a sustainable approach to traditional Thanksgiving dinner
It was the combination of a husband-and-wife engineering team and an "obsessive young mother" factor that made Crown S Ranch evolve from a small family farm to a small farm with big ideas on sustainable, organic living.
I'm counting my blessings
This is the time of year where Americans count their blessings and acknowledge all the people, places and things they're thankful for. It would seem a daunting task to most, but every year there's some guy who tries to list all the things he's truly thankful for.
Fire damages Elks Lodge in Omak
Holiday parties will be rescheduled
A fire Wednesday morning at the Elks Lodge destroyed an electrical room and has forced the non-profit organization to shut down operations until repairs can be made. "This could not be happening at a worse time of the year," Exalted Ruler Sandy Smith said. The Elks Lodge, 110 S. Ash St., is typically one of the more popular holiday banquet and party locations in the area. Several events will be forced to relocate this year.
A queen gets her crown
Tiffany Mannikko takes over role with Omak Stampede
The Omak Stampede celebrated the end of one reign and the beginning of another Saturday at its annual coronation and banquet. A whirlwind year as Stampede queen ended for Tonasket High School graduate Breanna Howell, who passed on the crown to Tiffany Mannikko after a ceremony recognizing the accomplishments of the rodeo and its volunteers through 2013.
Wages vote creates buzz
I'm sure many people in Okanogan and Ferry counties are keeping an eye on statewide election results as the remaining close races are determined.
Local soldier recalls service
Omak man lived through Normandy invasion, Battle of the Bulge
Local veteran Doug Hull's memory has faded somewhat through the years, but there are some moments and details about World War II that have stuck in his mind for nearly seven decades.
Job seekers need better writing skills
I saw something recently about the economy and how employers are complaining about a lack of qualified candidates — namely in written and verbal communication skills.
Omak community dedicates memorial park
Speakers honor area's fallen officers last week
Even many years later, emotions still run high when friends, family and loved ones talk about three Omak-area officers who died in the line of duty.
Honoring those who served
Event organizer for Omak school also served in military
Nancy Bishop has been organizing Veterans Day assemblies in Omak for years. But this year was a little different for the North Omak Elementary School life skills teacher.
Sin taxes spoil the fun
Washington state is nearing the one-year mark for its vote to legalize marijuana and the two-year anniversary of privatizing liquor sales. I wonder, looking back on those two votes, if things have turned out the way people expected.
'Dogs run past Omak
Okanogan gains 350 yards running
The Okanogan football team racked up more than 350 yards rushing to earn a 43-7 win at home against rival Omak on Friday night in the Backyard Brawl. Senior Justin Rivas and freshman Morgan Poulin paved the way for the Bulldogs with 2 touchdowns apiece, as Okanogan won its fourth consecutive Brawl.
Chamber doles out awards
Doug Woodrow, coffee shop receive top honors
The Okanogan Chamber of Commerce raised more than $400 through a dessert auction and honored award recipients at its annual banquet last week at the Old Flour Mill, 96 Pine St.
Incumbents lead Oroville races
Mayor credits lead to "pleased" voters
Dansel leads Smith in preliminary results for state senate seat
Dansel thanks supporters, noting they wanted 'something new'
Family seeks air miles
Donations needed to bring relatives to Omak for funeral
A local family is seeking donations of airline miles to help bring relatives to town for the funeral of a former Omak resident and Army veteran. Monty Smith, 63, died of cancer in Germany last Tuesday.
Ground fault causes minor damage at Grand Coulee Dam
Electricity jumps from power line to water outflow
Get out, cast your votes
Just one week remains until election day. Obviously, without the thrill of a presidential race or major state initiatives, this upcoming election seems lackluster compared to 2012.
Ceremony makes a splash
Construction planned to start this spring
An arduous fundraising challenge is nearing its ultimate goal for a group of local volunteers. Linda Black, who spearheaded the fundraising effort, and other members of the community hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Tonasket Water Ranch on Friday afternoon at Chief Tonasket Park.
Bad boiler bearing prompts mill shutdown
Omak Wood Products expects operations restart 'first thing Monday'
Remodeling planned for part of former Blockbuster building
New business may be moving into vacant space
Making the change from PC to mobile
Lately, the staff at The Chronicle has been talking a lot about technology. The roll out of our revamped website is just the beginning of what will eventually be major changes, not just for the immediate future, but for the long-term success of our company — and, not just for our paper, but for the entire print news industry.
Ballots go out this week for general election
Okanogan County voters already receiving ballots
Court dismisses suit
The lawsuit filed by Colville tribal members seeking distribution of the remaining half of a $193 million federal court settlement was dismissed last week.
Tattoo ads are coming
The other night, I got sucked into a vortex of eBay shopping. Again. It happens from time to time. Although I rarely buy anything, I love to window shop. I'm always one bored moment away from starting a new and useless collection of something.
Candidates square off on wolves, budget
Smith, Dansel vying for Senate
The 7th Legislative District Senate candidates traded barbs over wolves, the economy and politics Thursday at an Oroville Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Although Chamber President Clyde Andrews said it wasn't a debate, both Sen. John Smith, R-Colville, and challenger Brian Dansel, R-Republic, were given 25 minutes to speak, along with opportunities for rebuttal.
Area celebrates reopened mill
Omak Wood Products currently employs 87 people
More than 100 community leaders and mill employees celebrated the much-anticipated reopening of the Omak Wood Products plywood mill Monday. Among the attendees was Gov. Jay Inslee, who touted the mill's reopening as not just an important event for Okanogan County, but for the entire state.
Changes will revamp site
The Chronicle launched its revamped website last week to a wide-ranging combination of rave reviews and downright complaints.
Needing a helping hand
Rescue shelter struggles for winter supply of hay
With winter fast approaching, a local non-profit horse rescue shelter is getting desperate to stockpile enough hay for the season. The Nourishing Hand will need approximately 50 tons of hay to feed nearly two dozen rescued horses and cattle for the winter, owner Janice Andrew said.
Feds probe wolf killing
Hunter reported dead animal in the Pasayten
A federal investigation has been launched after a hunter self-reported shooting and killing a gray wolf Sept. 20 in the Pasayten Wilderness. Because the killing occurred in the portion of Okanogan County where wolves are federally protected as endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is acting as the principal investigating agency.
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I'm currently going through a C++ primer and one of the exercises was to create storage of various types using "new," to print the addresses and then delete them. Here is my code:
It prints the address fine except for the pointer to char. This is what I get:Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { int* i = new int; long* l = new long; char* c = new char; float* f = new float[100]; cout << "Address of i: " << i << endl; cout << "Address of l: " << l << endl; cout << "Address of c: " << c << endl; cout << "Address of f: " << f << endl; delete i; delete l; delete c; delete f; getchar(); return 0; }
How come the char* is printing as garbage?Code:Address of i: 007D4B50 Address of l: 007D4B90 Address of c: ═²²²²½½½½½½½½■ε■ Address of f: 007D4C10