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We won't see another PG prospect like this until Semaj Christon.
Mark my words.
Denis Schroeder will join the elite level PG's. Top 10 at least.
We won't see another PG prospect like this until Semaj Christon.
Mark my words.
Denis Schroeder will join the elite level PG's. Top 10 at least.
Yeah, i like the kid a lot too. Guess they figured that Hardaway will also be a NBA top player one day. Neither has played a NBA reg season game yet, so we're guessing right now....Schroeder is definitely ready to contribute though
I have to agree, kid's quick, athetic, has great court vision and passing ability. He's a solid shooter who can also take it to the hoop. I've always liked Schroeder and I really hoped we'd somehow get him. IMO an early RoY candidate, kid's just too good. IMO the advantage of Schroeder against Hardaway is that he played 2 years in a pro league, which means he's used to play against men, not college kids and that'll pay off as soon as he steps on an NBA court.
Here's what fans are saying about Shcroeder
Call it an over reaction if you want to but I feel I have a good eye for talent, anyway, just saw a few Summer League games and I gotta say hopefully the Hawks matched Teague's offer sheet to trade him cause damn they coulda save a buck or two by letting him go cause this kid Dennis Schröder looks like he's gonna be the goods. Image 6'2" broad shoulders, wiry strong build, long arms, excellent excellent defender, kid has great foot speed and able to stay with other PG's, and strong enough to not get pushed around cause these grown men were definitely trying to. Hawks should let this kid take the keys to the team and let him run the show cause he ready. I'm seeing young Gary Payton. Teague is a good player etc, not a $42M player (God bless him, he got paid) but I don't see special or that "it" factor like I see in Dennis.
Schröder not only looked better but showed he is better, Trey looked scared and tentative, Dennis didn't, not at all. Trey got physically man handled and pushed around, Schröder didn't. Not sure if some of you guys commenting saw the Summer League games he's played in and are just going by his stats or highlights or even worse his Nike Team clips and if so, you got him twisted. And Summer League is where Damian Lillard and other guys went out and dominated and Schröder is showing he is far more composed than many of those vet and younger players out there competing for roster spots cause he didn't rush anything, ran the offense, knew when to push tempo and when to slow it down, and more importantly knew how to defend his position very easily. He's gonna give Teague fits in practice, hope they show y'all on NBATV Training Camp, and I think Teague is a pretty nice young PG but Schröder could do what Teague does at 1/8th the cost and he's shown to have a higher bball IQ in my eyes as well. Shoulda let Teague go for more assets (from MIL) and signed a vet backup PG to teach Dennis, you don't keep a young $8M PG to mentor his replacement, it's counter-productive mentally and fiscally for both players fans and franchise.Congratulations on taking Schroeder... what's scary is that while everyone can see the physical talent, that his vision and control is looking great... what's underwritten is that this guy isn't Rondo as a shooter. 40% from 3pt on over 3 attempts a game and 84% FT are great numbers for a prospect. Sure may take a year or two to adjust to the line, but he could be a legitimate outside shooter. Add in a shooting game and what can't he do?Schröder is a true PG . . . and NBA-quality at that. He has the vision to be special. His quickness, his hands, his extra gear are top-level. He has the understanding of a veteran as to what is going on on the court. He is composed beyond his years and is already emotionally ready to lead an NBA team. However, he does not have the body right now and may never have. I remember Kenny Anderson, who was perhaps the best pure PG I've ever seen. He couldn't star in the NBA because he didn't have the strength - and in the NBA, you have to have enough strength. No matter how good you are, you can be pushed right out of this level by stronger men. We have to wait until Schröder gets his man's body while considering he might never get one.I agree this kid is the future of the franchise and a future allstar imo, his game is so similar to rondos its scary. I expect Teague to get traded by next year. I know once they give Schroder the keys, hes gonna struggle at first but it will pay off. I was shocked how comfortable he looked in his first summer league game coming from another country and now playing against men I thought he would look out of place but his handles are elite, vision is elite, speed is elite, hes the real deal. looked 10x better than trey burke.
Wait...What are we basing the lack of aggression on? How can we tell how active or inactive The Knicks were in trying to land this kid?
There were reports that The Knicks had interest but he and his agent had a cutoff for positions in The Draft so you have to move on.
So should The Knicks have offered Shump, our pick and cash for a player they had not seen up close?
Now had the Knicks passed on this kid like we did w Rondo to draft Balkman than that is a completely different story but who can blame a team for not trading up, or for all we know being able to trade up
and you are also assuming teams in front of us wanted our assets over Schroder...Donnie Walsh said it best in regards to trades "Anyone can draw up a trade when talking at a Sports Bar, now get another GM to agree to your terms"
So for all we know Glen could have called teams ahead of us before or even during the draft and teams simply were not interested....its no one's fault that we did not end up with this kid, this won't "hurt" us because we had no affiliation with him!
Bringing in Isiah as GM hurt us
Not being able to sign Lebron 2010 hurt us
trading away Ewing Hurt us
Again Drafting Renaldo Balkman over Rondo hurt us
Weiss over Artest hurt us
Frye over Bynum hurt us
Bringing in Chris Childs over Tim Hardaway Sr. hurt us
and so on...
but these are all moves that were either missed opportunities or poor choices but not being able to move up to get a player is not such a blown opportunity.
I suppose you may be saying you wished we had been able to draft him, in which case I'd have to agree, he would have been a great pickup but so would have Kyrie Irving 3 years ago!
Sometimes things are just out of your control, that's life!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
The Knicks Front Office failed us with their inactivity within the NBA Draft and their inability to address our interior defense and ball movement weakness as a team.
well the reports on the Knicks looking into Schroeder? Most draft reports are just speculation.
Schroeder was projected anywhere from 8 to 24. T
his was one of the most unpredictable drafts in the past decade.
Knicks need an interior defender/shot blocker or a young PG to replace Felton.
Atlanta got that within two picks.
If Knicks were really serious about their biggest weaknesses, then it would be a priority.
A championship franchise doesn't move on and accept their weaknesses and go into the season with the weakness unanswered. Knicks need to run themselves like the Spurs, then we'll be a respectable franchise and not get stomped by teams like the Pacers or Miami or punked by Pierce/KG in the playoffs.
Knicks make it seem like resigning JR Smith was such a priority when it really contradicts Shumpert's development and playing time.
Iman is a SG
JR Smith is a SG.
so we draft another SG in Tim Hardaway.
Makes sense, so you ask if Knicks should of traded Iman Shumpert? Well, it seems so if they drafted another SG. Unconfirmed "reports" are saying Iman Shumpert is unhappy with what the Knicks are doing this off season.
It seems like Knicks scouting goes as far beyond in scouting C level pros in Euro and sign them to a short contract.
I have nothing against as it has helped us out a lot with Prigioni and Copeland. Maybe Bobby Brown can do something for us being another off the bench plug (as if Smith, Bargnani, Stoudemire and Hardaway isn't enough.) Lottery teams are willing to make moves and it's not like Knicks have terrible pieces.
I personally wouldn't trade Shumpert straight up, but for draft picks and get Schroeder and Nogueira, I would pull the move off in an instant. I much rather have high potential prospects at PG and C than just one at SG.
That's my way of thinking. Balance. This team isn't balance and the Knicks FO has done a terrible job in making an effect in doing so. You make the Draft and Off Season your opportunity to shake up your roster and build it for the best chance to compete.
I would of traded
DeShawn Stevenson
Shumpert/Hardaway Jr./Jenkins
Anthony/World Peace
I believe these prospects will be top 10 players in this draft, and will work their way into 20+ minutes into an NBA lineup soon.
I've been keeping an eye on him and he's been looking great out there. Nogueira was also looking very good. He blocked everything inside. He's not as raw as some people have been saying. The hawks had a great draft day.
What was the reason this kid fell to 17 in draft? He's been playing better than Trey Burke. He really looks good even if it's only summer league.
His game is very mature for a 19 year old, his long arms and broad shoulders will make him an excellent defender.
His weakness is finishing at the rim and being foul prone. I remember they said the same thing about Stephon Curry so it can be correctable.
He reminds me of Leandro Barbosa with PG skills and Avery Bradley defense.


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I'm trying to locate an old commercial that used to run on RaptorsTV.
Bosh and Bargnani are sitting on a bench, with Bosh asking Bargnani what he should call Marco Belinelli. Bargnani suggests "Marco, Belly, Belinelli" before Bosh says okay. Bargnani then suggests he should call him John.
Anyone able to find this?

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I agre, she has a perfect and delicious body. I´d like to be with a girl like that
very fit and fuckable but I wouldn't say perfect body
tres bonne meuf, une femme de reve,rien a dire
why doesnt he eating her perfect pussy and ass!
Veronica Vanoza
That is one of the hottest bitches I've seen.... would love to fuck that pussy full and then some...
But she have the «rock et belle oreilles» girl's face :P
mmmmmmmmmmm that is one hot video. I want to see more, She is very very hot!
Can anyone tell me the name of this woman?
oh my god -- a chick with natural tits and a fairly loud guy. finally. this is what my pussy fucking loves -- sex that looks real
OMG ik ben klaargekomen
her name is Veronica Vanoza
The name is Veronica Vanoza
those tits real????
she has to learn to deep throat then is prfect
When I see this gorgeus body,I have one idea:to fuck her! and full her with my sperm...in his pussy.
Hot body and I like ''his" pussy too
NICE Huge REAL tits. Love em. Hot video
i love veronica
Das ist schon en geiler Körper... Meld dich mal wenn de mal wieder richtig gefickt werden willst! :-D
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After the lukewarm reception for Telltale Games' previous licensed titles, Jurassic Park and Back to the Future, expectations weren't exceedingly high for The Walking Dead. So it was a pleasant shock when the video game turned out to be one of the best examples of interactive storytelling we've seen all year.
Season Two is going to have a heck of a lot to live up to huh?
congrats telltale for being thew first video game company to make a game that has made me cry!


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Charming Flat at the heart of Lisbon
Size75 m²
Floor No.1
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|R. dos Douradores, 1100 Lisbon, Portugal
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|A week ago
The apartment is well furnished and has all the amenities for you to spend a good time. It consists of three bedrooms with wardrobes, a living room and dining room, independent kitchen and a complete bathroom.
In the green room with double bed, find a romantic / chic style and all elements used can easily identify the city of Lisbon. In the yellow room with twin beds, there is a very relaxing revivalist style, never forgetting the main theme, Lisbon. In the red room, with a single bed, prominence was given to the wonderfully worked ceiling as well as the linings of the walls, where we can read some national poets.
In the living room and dining room with revivalist style evident in two vintage chairs, the highlight goes to the tiles panel in the wall where we can discover some pictures of places in Lisbon, not forgetting the beautifully worked ceiling. There is a double sofa-bed, dining table, flat screen TV with 75 channels available, DVD player and high speed internet by cable and Wi-Fi.
In the kitchen equipped with refrigerator, microwave, oven and hob, you can prepare your meals using all small appliances, including electric kettle, blender, toaster and coffee machine, as well as crockery and cutlery. There are also iron and ironing board.
In the bathroom with shower, there are available towels, hair dryer and small toiletries as courtesy of the owner.
Benefit from the two flowered balconies and enjoy a typical environment in the city of Lisbon.
At less than five minutes walk from any public transport (metro, train, boat, bus and taxi). The famous number 28 tram stops just around the corner!
Enjoy the traditional Portuguese cuisine in numerous nearby restaurants. Discover exquisite flavors in long-established pastries. Visit the numerous museums, churches, monuments, theaters and traditional shops in the surroundings.
Enjoy your stay! Hope to see you soon!
House rulesCheck-in: after 04 pm.
Check-out: before 11 am.
Earlier arrivals or later departures are possible, depending on the departure of the previous visitors and the arrival of the following ones.
A 30 € fee will be charged if we need to meet our visitors for the check in or the check out between 11 pm and 09 am.
Damage deposit:
An amount of 250 € will be asked in cash at the check-in and it will be returned at your departure if no damages were caused.
Cleaning and Maintenance:
The apartment will be cleaned before your arrival. Towels and sheets are provided and everything is included in the total price.
|Price for > 3 guests
|R 234 ZAR per guest/night extra
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|1 month
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Reviews of this property
Lovely apartment well located and Francisco is a really great guy. We just loved our trip in Lisbon and looking forward to being back !
very welcoming host and care of these little visitors. apartment ideally placed to visit Lisbon. from the airport, a bus stop 300 meters from the apartment. We strongly recommend the apartment francisco. Just one downside to the size of the shower. but the decoration of the apartment made up for it flat
hôte tres accueillant et au petit soin de ces visiteurs.
appartement idéalement placé pour visiter Lisbonne.
depuis l'aéroport, un bus s'arrête à 300 m de l'appartement.
nous conseillons vivement l'appartement de francisco.
Juste un bémol pour la taille de la douche.
mais la décoration de l'appartement fait oublier ce bémol
A well-kept and ideally situated apartment in the heart of Lisbon. However, it is somewhat dark due to the narrow street and that is the ONLY reason we would not go there again. Lovely host, lovely location and nice and quiet. And a gazillion television channels! Wifi worked perfectly.
The apartment is beautifully located and has all the amenities. We will return without hesitation!
L'appartement est admirablement bien situé et possède toutes les commodités. Nous y retournerons sans aucune hésitation !
This was just the perfect location to stay to see the heart of Lisbon. Francisco was so welcoming and helpful. The apartment was very well appointed and clean. Not suitable if you cannot manage stairs and the front bedroom was a little noisy from the early morning refuse collectors. Transfer from the airport was approx 25euro. Watch the control in the shower, if inadvertently knocked, it becomes very hot!! On the whole I would stay here again and not hesitate to recommend this apartment. 9 out of ten.
The apartment is lovely and the decoration inside is gorgeous! During our stay, we felt at home. Located centrally with cultural and shopping opportunities. We were treated very well by the host.
Fantastic apartment in the heart of Lisbon- clean, modern and comfortable. Very helpful hosts who offered a map and a list of recommended places to go out!
A long weekend Lisbon is really advisable. A cozy and friendly city. Lots to see, the best by just walking and nice trams to take. A cozy evening and night life. The apartment is fine. Good beds, fully equipped. nice helpful owner. The apartment is located downtown and everything is within walking distance. Directly to public transportation, sightseeing and nightlife. Tip: you can be an expensive tourist Lisboa Card (E18, -/24uur) buy for public transport. But better option is to caries or subway and a public transport day ticket (E5, -/24 hours). Also, with the Metro airport 30 min away.
Een lang weekend Lissabon is echt om aan te raden. Een gezellige en vriendelijke stad. Veel te zien,het best door gewoon te wandelen en de leuke trams te nemen. Een gezellig avond en nachtleven. Het appartement is prima. Goede bedden, van alle gemakken voorzien. aardige behulpzame eigenaar. Het appartement ligt downtown en alles is te voet bereikbaar. Direct bij het openbaar vervoer, bezienswaardigheden en uitgaansleven.
Tip; je kan een dure toeristen Lisboa kaart (E18,-/24uur ) kopen voor openbaar vervoer. Maar betere optie is bij caris of metrostation een openbaar vervoer dagkaart (E5,-/24 uur). Ook is met de Metro het vliegveld in 30 min. bereikbaar.
A beautiful apartment, with many old original features, situated in the center of Lissabon.Voorzien of all basic needs of modern man. Attentive, welcoming host who speaks excellent English.
Een fraai appartement, met veel oude originele elementen, pal in het centrum van Lissabon.Voorzien van alle eerste levensbehoeften van de moderne mens. Attente, gastvrije host die uitstekend engels spreekt.
It is a cozy apartment where we stayed with pleasure. Many attractions are within walking distance. The host is very friendly and comuniceert well.
Het is een sfeervol appartement waar we met plezier verbleven. Veel bezienswaardigheden bevinden zich op loopafstand. De host is bijzonder vriendelijk en comuniceert goed.
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Let's Work Together for Sharks
Sharks are in peril and the ability to buy and sell their fins and meat internationally is a big driver of shark over-exploitation. And regulation is sorely lacking for almost all trade in sharks which are sought for fins, meat, oil, teeth and cartilage.
This is the thinking behind much of Project AWARE's work to protect sharks by using the power of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to help protect threatened sharks. It's a big challenge and there is no guaranteed result, but the shark species we are aiming to protect are so seriously threatened that we cannot afford not to try.
Choosing to participate in the process and having a seat at the table is key. Project AWARE staff and invaluable partners are talking sharks with policy makers in the US, Europe and Australia, with more conversations with other key stakeholders in the works for the months leading up to CITES.
In April David Roe, Project AWARE's Marine Conservation Officer, met with the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore to discuss shark protections under CITES and to show divers support for shark conservation. The meeting was very constructive and paved the way for future discussions. Working with partners, Project AWARE will continue to pound the pavement over the coming months with CITES representatives in countries that matter most.
At these meetings we explain that divers are greatly concerned for sharks, as demonstrated by over 100,000 of you signing the Give Sharks a Fighting Chance petition. It is here where we put your voice into action.
You can help protect sharks by signing the Give Sharks a Fighting Chance petition or being a petition organiser. Instructors and other trainers can teach the AWARE Shark Conservation Course, or you can learn more about the issues by taking the course - contact your local PADI dive centre for details.
Let's work together for sharks!


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Top of the order sets tone for Pirates in victory
PITTSBURGH -- Top shelf? Top drawer? Top Gun?
By any name, the top third of the Pirates' lineup was top-notch Wednesday night, as Starling Marte, Jordy Mercer and Andrew McCutchen sparked a 12-8 victory over San Francisco at PNC Park.Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- Top shelf? Top drawer? Top Gun?
By any name, the top third of the Pirates' lineup was top-notch Wednesday night, as Starling Marte, Jordy Mercer and Andrew McCutchen sparked a 12-8 victory over San Francisco at PNC Park.Full Game Coverage
The 3M Co. really stuck it to the Giants, going 10-for-15 to carry a shaky Francisco Liriano to his fifth victory of the season.
The veteran lefty thus left a significant footprint in the trail of Pittsburgh baseball history: The victory was the city's 10,000th pro ball victory, including 236 prior to the franchise's 1887 entry into the National League, to which its official birth is traced.
Marte posted his first career four-hit game, Mercer went 3-for-5 and McCutchen also went 3-for-5 while driving in Pittsburgh's first three runs off left-hander Barry Zito.
Good thing, too, because batters owned this night on both sides. The Giants themselves replied with a 15-hit assault.
"It was a very good night for our offense to show up, on a night that was challenging for everybody off the mound," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "Every run counted, and we were able to continue adding on."
The Bucs' 18-hit slice of that offensive pie was their biggest of the season (16 hits on May 11 in Citi Field against the Mets).
The obvious ringleader was Marte, each of whose singles keyed innings in which the Pirates totaled 10 of their 12 runs.
"No one is perfect, but I felt good at the plate," Marte, whose average had slipped to .279 before the big night raised it back to .289, said through interpreter Heberto Andrade, the Bucs' bullpen catcher. "I've been working to focus on every at-bat, trying to be more consistent.
"When I'm on base and can steal a base," added Marte, who did pilfer two bags to give him 20 for the season, "I know it gives McCutchen behind me a better chance for a ribbie. And that's been one of the keys for me."
"That's a professional top of the order. They fuel the lineup," Hurdle said. "That's why you have them hitting first, second and third. They set up McCutchen. And [Gaby] Sanchez added on very admirably in the cleanup spot."
Indeed, Sanchez, in the lineup at first against the lefty Zito, joined the fun relatively late, but also wound up with a 3-for-4 card.
Mercer felt like he was in hitter's heaven, batting between the speedy Marte and daunting McCutchen.
"It's pretty special," said Mercer, smiling at the mere thought of it. "You know the guy in front of you, if he gets on, will more than likely steal a bag, so my one job is to get him over. And the guy behind you, you know is going to pick you up. So, yeah, it's pretty cool to hit between those two guys, for sure."
This was the Bucs' second offensive outburst in as many nights -- they scored eight runs on 12 hits Tuesday, a two-game total of 30 hits that is their season peak and their most since 30 hits last July 1 (at St. Louis) and July 2 (against Houston). The support was welcomed by Liriano, who allowed 11 baserunners (eight hits and three walks) in six innings. Four runs off him swelled his ERA from 1.75 to 2.36.
You could keep time by this game. Bottom of an even-numbered inning? Time to snooze. Odd-numbered inning? Up and at 'em.
McCutchen followed Marte's and Mercer's singles in the first with his own single, for a 1-1 tie (the Giants had drawn first blood in the top of the inning on Hunter Pence's RBI double).
McCutchen doubled the damage in the third. After singles by Marte and Mercer, he doubled them both home and eventually scored himself as Russell Martin was bouncing into a double play, making it 4-1.
Before the bottom of the next odd inning, the Giants tied it at 4 thanks to Juan Perez's sacrifice fly in the fourth and a two-run Joaquin Arias single in the fifth.
But they eventually again had to face the bottom. Following the automatic singles by Marte and Mercer, Zito tinkered with the fates by sneaking a called third strike past McCutchen -- and paid for it on Martin's run-scoring single and Pedro Alvarez's RBI double, plus two more runs charged to him on Neil Walker's single off reliever Jose Mijares.
Mijares being another left-hander, that two-run knock tripled Walker's season total of RBIs off southpaws. He had one in 37 at-bats prior to that sharp drive into right.
"Any time you gets hits with guys in scoring position is good for your confidence," Walker said, "and it's no secret I've been trying to find my rhythm right-handed. We've been working on some things to free me up, and I hit a couple balls hard tonight."
That 8-4 lead grew to 10-4 in the sixth, as Alex Presley delivered a pinch-hit home run and Marte, after following his fourth single with his second steal, scored on Sanchez's double. Walker got his fifth homer in the seventh on a call reversed following a replay review after his drive to right had originally been ruled a double.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer.


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I just wanted to pass along something that happened to me recently. I order all the adult films (that phrase always makes me smile) and put in an order for Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN with Midwest Video. I like to screen films before I put them on the shelf so I know what I'm talking about but I didn't get to the first chapter of this DVD because I saw a disclaimer saying that it had been modified from original theatrical content. I jumped up from the couch and grabbed the dvd case and sure enough on the bottom of it there was a disclaimer saying the same thing.
I like to see films as close to what the director wanted me to see and feel the integrity of a film should be protected as much as possible. When I ordered this film there was nothing that let me know I was getting a censored version. I called Midwest and they were unaware they had two versions of this film. Has anyone else run across this?
And what's the big deal about this movie that it has to have 2 versions? Guess I'll have to wait until the *real* film comes in and keep the censored version on hand in case I get complaints.....
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Tears Delay TonePrint by Michael 'Padge' Paget
When Michael 'Padge' Paget made his Flashback Delay TonePrint, he created a nice analog delay sound with a bit of chorus. He named it Tears Delay.
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TC: Who has inspired you to create your guitar tone?
Padge: Mostly the heavy players like James Hetfield and Dimebag Darrell. But I wouldn't say that anyone specific has inspired me when it comes to my tone. It's more up to what you feel in the studio and what you feel live. As long as it sounds nice and fits into the tempo of the song – It works!
TC: So you don't use many effects?
Padge: I don't tend to go through too many sorts of effects or stomp boxes in my rack. Just go through the amp and maybe one or two kinds of effects. I used Tube Screamers before and now I'm on the MXR's Zakk Wylde. So nothing major, just straight out of the amp, through the pedal, straight out through the guitar and the EMG pickup.
TC: When you use effects, do you prefer to have a bunch of parameters, so you can tweak a lot of knobs, or do you prefer just an 'on and off'?
Padge: It depends. If it works immediately when you press on – great. But usually in the studio you try everything first until you end up with the best sound. With the optional parameters the possibilities are endless.
TC: Right now you are using the G-system, what do you like about it?
Padge: It just organizes everything into one unit. It's got some awesome effects and it totally helped on my footwork! It's really hard to tap dance. Usually when you go to from one sound to another, you have to turn effects on and off, but the G-System organizes it very well.
TC: In your opinion, what is the single coolest thing about TonePrints?
Padge: Definitely the parameters you can download, because you are sort of limited with just the four knobs here. If you find something on here you like, you can go to the computer and tweak it some more, which is very clever. Also you can download somebody else's file, which is very cool as you can get a tone from your favorite guitarist or band. Then you can put your own signature on it yourself. All in all, it's very cool.
TC: How is a song for Bullet for My Valentine born?
Padge: 95% of the time it's born from a guitar riff. Maybe Matt's got a melody in his head that will inspire a riff, but it's usually a guitar riff that comes first - or a clean riff. And then everything comes after as we build up the song.
TC: Do you jam or do you work on it in the studio?
Padge: Both. It's always good to go into the rehearsing room and jam on some stuff. Just be inspired by different places, maybe go to a studio somewhere else in the country or just get inspired by different surroundings. So when we finally go into pre-production we've got a big bunch of stuff ready to go. Then things will come in the studio - Hopefully!
TC: Do you play around with a lot with effects in the studio when you're writing songs?
Padge: I've got a small board in the studio, if things need to be 'nice'ned up or go through a bunch of choruses and different sorts of reverb.
TC: Do you continuously develop your guitar tone and use of effects?
Padge: In the studio we use a lot. Live is like a stripped down version of what we do in the studio. But we want to stay as close as possible to the song.
TC: So you tend to take the effects you used in the studio and try to take them onstage?
Padge: Yeah, we try to take them onstage or try to emulate them with the gear, we use on stage.続きを読む Michael 'Padge' Paget


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AN UNWELCOME visitor was spotted at Karingal Nursing home at the weekend.
A brown snake was sighted at the entrance of the facility, forcing staff to ramp up their awareness to ensure the snake didn't find its way inside.
The snake didn't enter the building, but with the electronic sliding doors opening slightly longer than regular ones to accommodate the elderly, there was an opportunity for the slippery serpent to slide inside and make itself at home.
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service western operations manager Karen Abbott said in a statement standard procedure was followed when the snake was sighted.
"Standard process was followed which included an onsite inspection and the erection of signs warning visitors and staff of the sighting," she said.
"Snake sightings at our rural facilities are not unusual this time of year.
"Our staff are experienced working in rural facilities and understand the standard process that needs to occur with snake sightings."
With high temperatures recorded over recent weeks, including two 38C days over the weekend, snakes may be more active and looking for cooler areas to take refuge.
A number of residents have expressed concern to the Dalby Herald in recent months that there is no licensed snake catcher permanently stationed in Dalby.
Anyone is able to apply for a licence to legally relocate snakes but at present, the only snake catcher who services Dalby is in Chinchilla.
Snake stats
* Brown snakes are mostly active during the day, except on very hot days
* They prefer dry country to swampy areas
* They feed on rats, mice, birds, lizards and other snakes and is therefore attracted to barns and farms
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Discussion in 'Racing' started by Josephvman, Jan 5, 2013.
This from a guy who calls himself 'Red Rocket' and has an avatar of Cartman masturbating a dog.
what are you drinking to night. just ,kidding
What's new Mike?
It is your kind of riding weather out here right now. Low 20's and plenty of snow coming down.
NH has always been a favorite & How can U hate someone who raced & won on the Great RC51
And I've never liked midget Spanish porn
I suspect Nicky will be one of the first to congratulate Dani after he wins the WC this year.
I was club racing back in the '90's at Nelson's Ledges in Ohio. The Hayden boys, Nicky and one of his brothers (don't remember which one) were running Honda RS125's and screamed past me on my Yamaha DS7 250 in practice. A bit later they were both on their BMX bicycles riding around the pits and they stopped to get a look at my old vintage racer. I snapped a photo of them and it's hanging in my shop to this day. Great family of racers and wish them all well this season.
Lets see it!
Back a few years, I had my son and daughter at Mid-Ohio. My kids wanted Nicky's autograph but I was too impatient to wait in line. On our way out, walking back to the car, I saw Nick coming toward us on a scooter and told the kids. They flagged him down. He stopped, signed my son's hat and daughter's program and he spent several minutes talking dirt bike riding with them, giving them both high fives when he scooted away. A TRUE class act!
Stoner would have run them over while giving you the finger!
I haven't seen a Nicky commercial before
His last year in AMA i caught him in between races on a moped, he was late to see his brother on the podium (since its such a rare occasion i suppose i shouldn't have slowed him down from that ) but he still signed a poster for me...in my room to this day.
This was a VERY young Nicky on my favorite bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a19jg9-pdmM
The Valkrye slide commercial was Jake Zemke Nicky did the yellow Gold Wing commercial.
I thought Jake Zemke did the VTX commercial. Did Zemke do the Valkyrie spot, too?
You are right DogBoy it was Rick Miller Speedway Racer and stuntman that did the Valkrie ad. Sorry for the bad info earlier.
Back on topic: Hayden would have done those commercials just as well.
Glad you guys don't hold a grudge. :huh
+1. Its been six freaking years! Hayden won the championship anyway.
I don't see Haga fans posting photos of Nicky taking out Nori in that WSBK race at Laguna. Shit happens.


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Royals won't face Mets' Wright for rest of series
NEW YORK -- David Wright, who banged the first of the two two-run homers that beat the Royals on Friday night, won't be in the Mets' lineup for the rest of the series -- and beyond.
The All-Star third baseman was placed on the 15-day disabled list before Saturday's game with a strained right hamstring. He was injured while running out a single in the 10th inning of Friday night's game.
Justin Turner took over Wright's third-base position on Saturday and first baseman Josh Satin was swinging in Wright's No. 3 spot in the batting order.
Hosmer makes first start in right field this season
NEW YORK -- Almost the first voice that Eric Hosmer heard when he entered the visitors' clubhouse on Saturday was that of Rusty Kuntz, the Royals' first-base coach. More to the point in this case, the Royals' outfield coach.
"There he is, looking for me," Hosmer said, grinning as he started to change into his playing gear.
Hosmer had just looked at the lineup card posted on the bulletin board and saw, to his surprise, that he was playing right field and not first base in Saturday's game against the Mets.
"It shouldn't be that bad. I'm going to work with Rusty right now. I didn't see who's in center field, but I'll be guarding the line and he's going to be covering the rest of the ground out there," Hosmer said.
The center fielder was Lorenzo Cain and Hosmer figured he'd need all the help he could get for his first start in the outfield since Interleague Play last season at Pittsburgh. That lasted two games, long enough for Hosmer to get one putout, one assist and one error as a right fielder. He also played part of an inning in right at Minnesota in an emergency last September.
But Hosmer hadn't practiced his outfield work since Spring Training, so Kuntz took him onto the Citi Field turf and hit him some fly balls.
Manager Ned Yost's reason for the unusual move was simple.
"I've got to have some offense," Yost said.
Even before Friday night's 11-inning, four-hour, seven-minute loss, the plan was to give catcher Salvador Perez a day off Saturday. So if Hosmer didn't move to the outfield and open up first base for Billy Butler in the no-DH Interleague game, Yost would have a lineup without both Butler and Perez.
"So I've got to have that bat [Butler]," Yost said.
"It definitely affects your defense, but you can't have it both ways in a National League game, so you've got to pick what you need. And then hopefully we can get the lead and we can readjust in the sixth inning and get our defensive alignment right. But we've got to have the lead first."
As it turned out, the moves had little effect on the Royals' 12-inning, 4-3 victory over the Mets.
Hosmer never touched the ball in right field and Butler had routine work at first base, which he handled just fine. Butler was taken out, Lorenzo Cain moved to right field and Hosmer took over at first in the seventh when the Royals were ahead, 3-1. The lead melted away, but Justin Maxwell's game-winning homer took care of that.
The game took three hours, 46 minutes, but it seemed a bit longer to an exhausted-looking Yost, who employed 19 of his 25 players during the afternoon.
"I just got through a 15-hour game out there," Yost said.
Collins back in 'pen after missing Friday's game
NEW YORK -- Left-handed reliever Tim Collins missed Friday night's game to be with his seriously ill grandfather who underwent surgery, but he was back with the Royals for Saturday's game.
Actually, Collins returned to New York before Friday night's extra-inning game ended.
"He called when we started the 11th and said, 'I'm coming, I'm coming,'" manager Ned Yost said.
However, the game quickly ended in a 4-2 Mets win on Eric Young Jr.'s two-run homer.
Getz heading to Triple-A next week for rehab stint
NEW YORK -- Second baseman Chris Getz, on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to last Sunday, will travel with the Royals to Kansas City on Sunday and join Triple-A Omaha next week.
"Being here, I can still work out with the team and stay as sharp as possible without playing games," Getz said.
His sprained left knee is making progress and the tentative plan is for him to get some at-bats with Omaha. He didn't join the Storm Chasers in Tacoma, Wash., but there's a chance he could catch up with them in Salt Lake City before they return to Omaha on Wednesday.
Crown points
• In New York's 11-inning, 4-2 victory on Friday night, the teams combined to go 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position -- the Royals 0-for-8, the Mets 1-for-9.
• If the Royals had won their 10th straight game, it would have matched the club's longest streak since 1994 when they won 14 in a row, just before the players' strike shut down the season in August. The all-time franchise record is 16 in 1977.
• Former Kansas City outfielder Tom Goodwin is the Mets' first-base coach. The speedster played for the Royals from 1994-97.
Dick Kaegel 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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Isla Fisher Takes Daughters to Ballet Class Pictures
Isla Fisher Leaps Into a Fun-Filled Afternoon With Her Girls
Isla Fisher escorted daughters Olive and Elula Cohen to their ballet class in LA today. Olive held hands with Elula, who seems to be following after her big sister's love of dance. It's an exciting time for the Fisher-Cohen family with Isla's latest comedy, Bachelorette, hitting the big screen next Friday. Isla's been doing her part to chat up the film on the talk-show circuit, including a visit to Conan, where she described her own awkward bachelorette party mishap that involved taking her mom to a strip club.
Later in the Fall, Isla will return to the screen once again by lending her voice to Rise of the Guardians with costars Jude Law, Alec Baldwin, and Chris Pine. From there it's Sacha Baron Cohen's turn to take the spotlight when he shows off his own vocal range opposite Anne Hathaway in December's Les Misérables.


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Something about the "Twilight" series causes a thirst that can't be quenched. Despite the fact that the next book in the saga is on hold and the next film, "New Moon," won't hit theaters until late November, fan conventions have been going strong all summer in cities across the nation.
And if you think it's just the tween crowd behind this, think again.
TwiTour, a weekend-long celebration, sounds like it would be reminiscent of a high school pep rally: raucous cheering with scads of teenage girls. But while there was plenty of screaming at the July 12 TwiTour in Atlanta, there were also plenty of women and a sprinkling of men who were unashamed that they were way beyond high school.
"It's the pure innocence of newfound love," explained 36-year-old fan Kimberly Hunt, who's not only read all four books, but also the 12 unfinished chapters of "Midnight Sun," a novel from the view of main vampire Edward's perspective, that are up on Stephanie Meyer's Web site. "Chivalry's dead, and you don't see it anymore. It takes you back to the days of your first love."
BTW - Anybody need a Thursday ticket to the special screening Twilight? Adriana's friend dropped out, and now she's got an extra ticket. She's love to hang out with another Twilighter, so email firstname.lastname@example.com if interested.


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I do believe the media is trying to run Melo out of Town. This really annoys me. This is why no one wants to come to play. We got from Melooooo Meloooooo in the garden to funneling rumors that he wants to be traded.Don't believe it. He loves this city and the team. Believe that! RT @TeamMelo7: Carmelo Anthony's agent, Leon Rose, refutes reports that Melo wants out of NY. "Total nonsense," Rose tells Daily News. "It's laughable."
I never believed it. It wouldn't make sense. In my opinion, Amare has been WORST. more times this year the PF position/or any position Amare is guarding gets us killed. Borris Diaw?
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The Search for Hidden Life
Scientists are trying to identify every living thing in the Smokies National Park
By Daniel Pedersen
Newsweek, November 22, 1999
The Appalachian Mountains emerged 290 million years ago, before almost every landscape feature on earth. Once, the chain's snowcapped majesty rivaled the modern Himalayas. Thanks partly to the primacy of age, the southern Appalachians became one of the richest breeding grounds for diverse life forms of any temperate spot on the planet, first through a series of accidents that took place in primordial ooze and then over the eroding march of eons. As the new millennium nears, the wilderness marked for preservation in 1934 and named Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains wild enough. "Keep an eye out," advised park biologist Keith Langdon, glancing over his shoulder one recent afternoon at the inky woods behind him. The reason? A family of black bears had raided park offices a few days before, rummaging through cars parked outside.
Here in the South's forest primeval, humans are keeping an eye out as never before. Over the next 10 to 15 years, an army of taxonomists, scientists who identify and classify species, vows to find and catalog every critter and plant in the park, from microbes to mammals. Some say the project rivals Noah's. The flood of sun-belt development endangers an unknown number of species. Foreign plants and insects, spreading like kudzu as the world grows smaller, threaten others. Saving them could pay dividends for industries from farming to pharmacology.
Even if there were no immediate threat, the research underway in the Smokies, with the help of the National Park Service, would be exciting. Organizers, a group of scientists and educators now trawling for money from Congress and private foundations, hope to provide an unprecedented model for species preservation that can be exported to other protected areas around the world. No one has ever completed a total inventory of life forms in a patch of ground bigger than a suburban backyard. Human laziness worldwide has more to do with it than lagging technology. "We just never got around to it," says Langdon. Such sloth in the Smokies is somewhat understandable. The 808-square-mile park holds an estimated 100,000 species. Only 10,000 have been identified.
The need for the inventory is simple: it's difficult to preserve something if you don't know it exists. "Our goal is to protect the park," says Langdon. And the logic that applies to the Great Smoky, America's most popular national park by far, with 9.9 million visitors per year, applies equally well to the planet. Biologists use the term biodiversity to describe the earth's stunning variety. No one knows how many species exist; 10 million, 30 million, 100 million? Science has cataloged only a tiny fractionósome 1.75 million of them. Such ignorance may not be immediately lethal to humans, but its ultimate cost could prove high. Already in many parts of the globe, from southern California to Germany's industrial heartlands to Brazil's Atlantic coast, habitats have been altered beyond recognition.
Possible life-changing discoveries may well be at stake, in the Smokies and beyond. "The commercial interest here is in fungi and bacteriaónot in bears," says Langdon. Even though bioprospecting for anti-tumor drugs is always a long shot, no one knows what minuscule wonders the planet is losing forever. Daniel Janzen, a world-renowned ecologist at the University of Pennsylvania, believes wilderness can no longer be left on its own in the wild. It should instead be managed as meticulously as a garden. "The wild is at humanity's mercy," he says. Until the Pleistocene Era, which ended 10,000 years ago, less than one one-thousandth of 1 percent of the earth's surface belonged to man. Today, Janzen argues, it all does. "If we place those species anywhere other than in a human safe zone," he says, "they will continue in their downward spiral, just as they have for the past 10,000 years."
The countdown to the great count has been lengthy. Janzen conceived the original plan six years ago to carry out a first-ever all-species inventory in a rich swath of rain forest in Costa Rica. It failed in 1996 when the Costa Rican government opted for a less expensive project. But biologist Langdon of the Smokies heard of Janzen's work. Over lunch one day, he and two colleagues concocted the idea of transplanting the scheme to the Appalachians. Langdon admits the Smokies aren't as rich as the tropics. On the other hand, North American scientists can reach the park easily, and the region is remarkably diverse.
Unluckily, scientists trained to oversee the inventory are almost as endangered as the species themselves. North America now has only 10 experts who can reliably identify new ants, and even fewer who can do the same for cockroaches. Monty Wood, 65, retired recently as one of the last two fly taxonomists employed by the Canadian government. Now he's back at work in the Smokies, volunteering his time and hunting new members of the same family of flies he's pursued for a lifetime.
Wood has formally "named" a host of new-to-science tachinids, parasites who kill their prey by laying eggs on them, in a lifetime. Now he's trying to remove redundancies and fill in more blanks in the Smokies, scouting the highest spots in the park where tachinids mate. More than 80 other scientists have begun work in 20 study plots, each about 2.5 acres, in the project's pilot season. So far, without much effort, they've found 70 species new to science, several just outside the door of the park's natural-resources complex. Steven Stephenson, a slime-mold expert from Fairmont State College in West Virginia, has brought fellow scientists from as far away as Britain and Russia to study these strange fungi that creep along and feed like animals. "There's every possibility," he says without a hint of irony, "that this may be the hot spot on planet Earth for slime molds."
So far, there's more enthusiasm for the count than money to pay for it. Organizers estimate it will cost tens of millions to finance the decade-long project from public and private sources. The Senate recently budgeted $450,000 for the design of a long-sought $3 million research center in the park for visiting scientists. Over time, 20 research plots should grow into 200 or more, carefully chosen by elevation and soil type to represent the entire park. Each will contain devious traps, hanging from trees and buried in the earth. Newly minted parataxonomists, volunteers from schoolchildren to the retired, will help harvest the plots and send raw material for analysis to experts around the globe. They will serve as ultimate detectives in the hunt for hidden life.
The final product should amount to far more than a mere list. Smokies scientists also aim to map each species' distribution and abundance, and to explore how it relates to its environment. Slime mold may not get a PR-savvy name change as experts explore its global hot spot. But each species will get its own Internet Web page (discoverlife.org), complete with life histories, maps, photographs and sound bites. One lesson learned already: tentlike traps used in the tropics to collect insects and preserve them in alcohol don't work as well in the Smokies. "The bears break in and drink it all," says Langdon philosophically. Whatever else it achieves, from a cure for cancer to one for kudzu, the ambitious Smokies inventory already has given the planet a lively new species of party animal.
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ROCKWALL — The normally noisy Villalobos household is quiet. Two young kids are playing a video game, while their dad, Marvin, is lying down in the master bedroom, a blood pressure cuff attached to his left arm.
"It's a little high," remarks his stepdaughter, Bethany Zepeda, as she writes down his blood pressure reading and removes the device.
Villalobos, who is 33, suffers from dementia. Bethany is one of his caretakers. She is 11.
"I don't mind. Really, I don't," says the sixth-grader, who exhibits a calm maturity that would be rare in someone twice her age.
"I like to help my mom," she explains. "When I was 6, I knew how to wash my own clothes and I'd help her around the house."
In fact, Bethany is among a legion of young caregivers of dementia patients, including those who suffer from its most common form, Alzheimer's disease.
In households across the United States, an estimated 250,000 children ages 8 to 18 are helping to care for family members who are losing their ability to think, reason and remember, according to the Alzheimer's Association, a national advocacy group.
"Kids and teens often live with a grandparent or even a parent with Alzheimer's and, consequently, participate in the caregiving," says Ruth Kolb Drew, director of family and information services for the association.
Earlier onset
About 200,000 of the 5.4 million Americans with Alzheimer's have the earlier-onset form of the disease. That means the younger patients mostly developed symptoms while in their 40s, 50s or early 60s rather than in their 70s or 80s.
"This is why some kids may be living with a parent with the disease, although it is more typical for it to be a grandparent," Drew says.
Usually, these young caregivers are asked to spend time watching TV, playing a board game or simply talking to the dementia patient while another adult makes dinner or runs an errand.
"Kids are filling in the gaps as a member of the family," Drew says. "They can learn to connect with their loved ones in the moment, even as their progressive brain disease makes them act differently."
Marvin began showing signs of dementia about a year ago, after completing an aggressive regimen of chemotherapy and radiation for brain cancer. His family had been warned that he could develop dementia due to the severity of the treatment.
"We said, 'Give him the treatments and we will worry about the dementia later,'" says his wife, Jackelin Villalobos, 31. "We were buying time."
Last year, she noticed that Marvin was starting to forget things, such as what to buy when he got to the grocery store. He also couldn't remember how to do his janitorial job for the Rockwall school district, forcing him to quit.
"We took him in for [dementia] tests and they said he had the brain of a 65-year-old," his wife recalls. "The doctor told me, 'I'm sorry. It's going to be hard on you. It's going to be a roller coaster because he's going to start forgetting more and more.'"
The doctor also advised her last year not to leave her husband in charge of the children, she says, in case something happened that he could not handle.
That's when Bethany became a caregiver — and more.
These days, the girl runs the household whenever her mother is working at a nearby In-N-Out Burger. Usually, it's for a few hours after school and, occasionally, all day on school holidays and weekends. She juggles meals, homework, laundry, housekeeping and her father's care.
"I feel bad that I had to ask her to do it because she's so young," her mother says. "But we have no other close family nearby, and we couldn't afford to hire somebody."
Placing such responsibility on a pre-teen might sound like a bad idea. But a Dallas psychologist, who was informed of the family's situation, says he is amazed it seemed to work so well.
"This girl has a lot of responsibility dropped in her lap too early, but it could be worse, and I'm glad it's not," says Paul K. Chafetz, who specializes in dementia-related issues, including family conflicts that the illness can cause. He has never met the Villalobos family.
"She's doing the best she can," he says of Bethany's caretaking efforts. "The risk is that she might have less time for age-typical experiences at school and with her friends."
In her free time, Bethany says, she still plays soccer and the violin. But some afternoons, she has to give up other activities and come directly home.
Chafetz also praises Bethany's mother for making the arrangement work.
"The mom is doing something right by keeping an 11-year-old feeling motivated and appreciated," he says. "The mom is a functional true adult and should get credit for setting up a system that works and hasn't melted down."
On good days, when Bethany's stepfather feels well, he helps with her chores and oversees the homework of her 6-year-old brother, Marvin Joel. The father also gets 5-year-old Daysi to mind her older sister.
"I love my family," Marvin says. "I wish I could do more. It isn't fair to them that I am so sick."
Desperate for help
The services of an adolescent relative can be priceless when a family is both isolated and desperate for help.
Marvin and Jackelin met in El Salvador, their home country, when they were younger. But her family immigrated to New York, where she gave birth to Bethany, before being reintroduced to her future husband, who had moved to Dallas. The couple married here seven years ago.
"We wanted to make a better life here," says Jackelin, who became a U.S. citizen three years ago. Marvin, who is in the U.S. on a work permit that he renews annually, says he is pursuing citizenship.
But the loss of his cleaning job forced the family to ask for help from friends, neighbors and their church, Cornerstone Community Church in Rockwall. Its members have contributed money and provided Christmas gifts for the kids.
In a moment of panic last year, Jackelin also sought help from the local Alzheimer's help line.
The most pressing need was to continue her husband's private health insurance, which costs them $443 a month under the federal COBRA program.
The Alzheimer's office staff was so touched by the family's struggle that workers took up a collection for a gift card, says Traci Beeson, spokeswoman for the Greater Dallas chapter. "Our board members also paid her COBRA for a month."
Still, "there was a month from hell when we were paying everything out of pocket before COBRA kicked in," Jackelin recalls. "We had to ask the doctors for samples [pills.]"
Marvin takes medication for depression, high blood pressure, headaches, anxiety and sleeping problems. He also takes a prescription drug that purports to slow the onset of dementia symptoms.
Jackelin is planning for a future when her husband will get progressively sicker and never work again. Beyond her day-to-day concerns about food, rent and other bills, she is staking her hopes on getting a new home through Habitat for Humanity.
"We can't sit on the couch and just cry about it," she says of their predicament. "We have prayed every morning and asked God to guide us through each day."
Keeping the peace
On bad days, Marvin gets rattled by the rambunctious younger children.
"When they're all home, they drive Marvin crazy," Jackelin says. "He gets headaches when he's stressed, and he screams a lot."
Bethany admits that this is the only situation that challenges her, because she can't always quiet her siblings quickly enough to please Marvin.
"Last year, when everything started, he didn't have medication to make him calm down," she says. "Now he does, and it's better."
On a recent school holiday, Bethany is following a list of chores that will keep her busy most of the day. The younger kids are supposed to clean their bedroom before they turn on the TV.
"Do your responsibilities," Bethany tells the pair when they reappear in the kitchen just moments after tackling their messy room.
The kids retreat, but immediately start squabbling, forcing Bethany to run to their room to mediate before they can upset their father. The house quickly goes quiet.
Ever the vigilant caregiver, Bethany then pokes her head into the master bedroom and asks the slumbering figure in the bed, "Are you OK? Can I get you anything?"


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Hi my name is Rose and I just got back into quilting very recently. As a matter of fact Hurricane Sandy is what me want to go back to quilting, I figured I could have been hand quilting quilt tops while we had no electric or heat. Since the storm, I have been able to finish one quilt top, a disappearing 9 patch that took me about 10 days to cut, piece on my new sewing machine and place the border around. It was done in all fall colors of oranges, golds, browns and greens with orange being the primary color. Tomorrow I am going to sandwich the quilt and get it into my 18" quilting hoop to hand quilt. This upcoming week I will be cutting a stack and whack out of the following fabric....
I also picked out my 20 fabrics for a Twisted Bargello class I will be taking in January, I can't wait.
So I guess a bit more about me...I'm a school bus driver for the town I live in, a wife, a mom to 3 grown children of which my son is in the military AND a grandmom. My youngest daughter and the baby live with us and one of her friends who she went to high school with also lives with us due to a bad family situation. We live in Monmouth County NJ, one of the hardest hit counties from Sandy. Thankfully the only damage we received from the storm were a few downed trees, some flashing off of our house and a very uncomfortable extended period of no electric, no heat, no stove, and worst of all no hot water (I'll tell you freezing cold showers are not fun). It's very sad though to drive just a couple miles away and see the amount of devastation this storm caused and the amount of peoples lives who were destroyed in less than a 24 hour period. BUT, we are Jersey Strong and we will get things back together better then they ever were.
Look forward to chatting with everyone and joining some swaps.
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Skip to comments.Do we live in a computer simulation? UW researchers say idea can be tested
Posted on 12/11/2012 8:54:00 AM PST by LibWhacker
A decade ago, a British philosopher put forth the notion that the universe we live in might in fact be a computer simulation run by our descendants. While that seems far-fetched, perhaps even incomprehensible, a team of physicists at the University of Washington has come up with a potential test to see if the idea holds water.
The concept that current humanity could possibly be living in a computer simulation comes from a 2003 paper published in Philosophical Quarterly by Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at the University of Oxford. In the paper, he argued that at least one of three possibilities is true:
He also held that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation.
A graphical representation of two theoretical views of our universe:
-Martin Savage
The conical (red) surface shows the relationship between energy and momentum in special relativity, a fundamental theory concerning space and time developed by Albert Einstein, and is the expected result if our universe is not a simulation. The flat (blue) surface illustrates the relationship between energy and momentum that would be expected if the universe is a simulation with an underlying cubic lattice
With current limitations and trends in computing, it will be decades before researchers will be able to run even primitive simulations of the universe. But the UW team has suggested tests that can be performed now, or in the near future, that are sensitive to constraints imposed on future simulations by limited resources.
Currently, supercomputers using a technique called lattice quantum chromodynamics and starting from the fundamental physical laws that govern the universe can simulate only a very small portion of the universe, on the scale of one 100-trillionth of a meter, a little larger than the nucleus of an atom, said Martin Savage, a UW physics professor.
Eventually, more powerful simulations will be able to model on the scale of a molecule, then a cell and even a human being. But it will take many generations of growth in computing power to be able to simulate a large enough chunk of the universe to understand the constraints on physical processes that would indicate we are living in a computer model.
However, Savage said, there are signatures of resource constraints in present-day simulations that are likely to exist as well in simulations in the distant future, including the imprint of an underlying lattice if one is used to model the space-time continuum.
The supercomputers performing lattice quantum chromodynamics calculations essentially divide space-time into a four-dimensional grid. That allows researchers to examine what is called the strong force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature and the one that binds subatomic particles called quarks and gluons together into neutrons and protons at the core of atoms.
If you make the simulations big enough, something like our universe should emerge, Savage said. Then it would be a matter of looking for a signature in our universe that has an analog in the current small-scale simulations.
Savage and colleagues Silas Beane of the University of New Hampshire, who collaborated while at the UWs Institute for Nuclear Theory, and Zohreh Davoudi, a UW physics graduate student, suggest that the signature could show up as a limitation in the energy of cosmic rays.
In a paper they have posted on arXiv, an online archive for preprints of scientific papers in a number of fields, including physics, they say that the highest-energy cosmic rays would not travel along the edges of the lattice in the model but would travel diagonally, and they would not interact equally in all directions as they otherwise would be expected to do.
This is the first testable signature of such an idea, Savage said.
If such a concept turned out to be reality, it would raise other possibilities as well. For example, Davoudi suggests that if our universe is a simulation, then those running it could be running other simulations as well, essentially creating other universes parallel to our own.
Then the question is, Can you communicate with those other universes if they are running on the same platform? she said.
Because a chain reaction of physical events results in the release of chemicals which tell your brain you are in pain. And you believe them.;-)
Help! I've fallen into a for/next loop and I can't get up!
Currently, supercomputers using a technique called lattice quantum chromodynamics and starting from the fundamental physical laws that govern the universe can simulate only a very small portion of the universe, on the scale of one 100-trillionth of a meter, a little larger than the nucleus of an atom, said Martin Savage, a UW physics professor.They should go get some climate "scientists" to help them out—apparently they have no problem writing computer models for huge, chaotic systems that still yield extremely accurate results for decades in the future!
This is what I like to call the God/Satan Conundrum.
The earth is a chessboard and God and Satan are playing chess. This has been going on since the beginning of time.
We are at a point in the game where Satan's last move was in 2008. Everything that has occured since 2008 is the result of Satan's move.
God may not make a move for 10 years, 50 years, next week. We just do not know.
I have been writing "Chessboard Earth" for 10 years. This is actually the second game God and Satan are playing. The first game was a draw and it resulted in the destruction of life on the planet.
A graphical representation of a human stimulation scenario...
Those are excellent examples.
Obama gives FREE STUFF!!!
the left already believes it is a computer matrix.
How in the hell can these PhrauxDs ignore that any supra-entity capable of running a sim on such a scale wouldn't account for the sentient interpretation of any gamma flux or any other outliers in such a scenario?
Complete garbage.
Many posters here agree with me. Now I know I'm still sane.
Complete garbage.
Many posters here agree with me. Now I know I'm still sane.
Just to dabble a bit in some contemporary physics - quantum gravity does hint that time and space may be discrete - which would appear at least to point the same granular effect as does that of a computer simulation.
As if that wasn't enough, look up the Beckenstein bound and do a bit more reading - interesting stuff related to the above.
If it's a simulation then what happens when the computer reboots?
If you simulate a piece of the universe you need to have computer memory bigger than the number of elementary particles in that chunk of the universe.
In your computer memory you must also keep track of the position and velocity of every elementary particle [which you can not do as proven by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle]
You also must keep track of your computer and each and every one of its elementary particles and their position and velocity.
So you would have to have a computer that is bigger than itself and bigger than its corner of the universe (in which it is contained).
Logical contradiction. The scientist is an a$$.
this is nothing more than the old debate about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. navel gazing.
You don't have to track particles, you only have to track interactions. No video game tracks particles, they track the objects being interacted with at the lowest level they NEED to but never one bit more. And when you realize just how little people actually pay attention to details you see just how little one have to keep track of. Even though I'm striking individual keys to type this I'm not really paying attention to them, I'm slapping the keyboard and stuff is coming out, and even when I'm paying attention to the individual keys what goes on beneath it I don't care about. So if my keyboard was part of a simulation right now the guts of it could be completely ignored by the software, all that matters is the keys are there, and hitting them has the expected results (movement, sound, stuff showing up on my screen), everything else can be black box until I do something (turn it upside down, hit it really hard, decide I'm really bored and take it apart) to interact with it. And of course meanwhile I'm not doing anything at home or with my car, so unless somebody else is interacting with them they can be ignored.
Play one of the Sims games, it's especially instructive if you play on a machine that's just barely up to spec. You'll see that while they have a huge world what's actually in memory is just the part you're interacting with right now plus a little for anticipation. Make a big move and watch the memory cycle. You only have to have the front of the curtain in memory.
Anything thought provoking is "total garbage" to the peasants and their pedestrian minds. I recall an article in the Saturday WSJ about the power of negative (!) thinking that offended the religionists of Norman Vincent Peale here. Why be offended instead of being amused?!
I don't get how people work themselves into a frothing rage of hatred against people they've never met just for proposing a theory which is over their heads.
The ultimate programmer is God, and he is watching what we are doing in the world he created.
Yes, and I think He is PI$$ED OFF.
Time for Ctl-Alt-Delete
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Supplementing Wisely
- Nov 1, 2012
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Photo: The Horse Staff
Horse owners are passionate about their animal's diets--sometimes too passionate--and this feed-focused love can be wasteful at best and detrimental to their charges' health at worst. Over the past couple of years, researchers have published several studies proving that many owners overfeed and oversupplement their horses. For example, a group of researchers from Virginia Tech recently reported that 51% (153/300) of horses residing in a closed herd were overweight or obese. In another diet-related survey, scientists from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the University of Maryland found that top-level three-day event horses were oversupplemented, receiving an average of four nutritional supplements daily.
Because of the domestication of horses, along with modern management realities, the amount of food these animals consume is almost completely under the owner/caretaker's control. With this in mind, our goals in this article are to remind horse owners, trainers, and managers about key factors to consider when supplementing horses and to provide some tips for doing so horses wisely.
More: Greater, Additional, Further
Nowhere does the Webster's New World College Dictionary list "more" as a synonym of "better." However, many owners fall victim to the false assumption that the more vitamins and minerals they add to their horses' diets, the better.
"It is known that excessive intake of minerals can indirectly decrease the absorption of other minerals," explains Carey Williams, PhD, extension specialist and assistant director of the Equine Science Center at Rutgers. "For example, feeding a higher level of phosphorus than calcium can interfere with the absorption of calcium into bone (and an optimal calcium to phosphorus ratio is needed to promote and maintain optimal bone health and avoid skeletal problems). Therefore, horses need at least a 1:1 calcium to phosphorus ratio, and in young horses we like to increase that to a 2:1 ratio."
Oversupplemention can also result in wastage, which isn't just tough on the wallet. "Nutrient excesses, such as excessive electrolyte supplementation, are lost in urine and feces and are known to ¬negatively impact the environment," Williams notes. "Excess nitrates from protein and phosphorus in the environment that are leached into waterways can cause eutrophication (overenrichment of water with nutrients) leading to an excess growth of algae, which can kill off fish and other aquatic wildlife."
Williams has studied equine diets extensively and has proven repeatedly that many horses are indeed receiving too many supplements and nutrients. Most recently, she and colleague Amy Burk, MS, PhD, coordinator of the Equine Studies Program in the University of Maryland's Animal and Avian Sciences Department, reported that a group of upper level three-day event horses was consuming significantly higher-than-recommended daily levels of vitamin E, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium.
"Those horses had an estimated 2.1 to five times more vitamin E per day than is recommended by the National Research Council," relays Williams. "While vitamin E itself is not toxic, excessive vitamin E, which is the most commonly supplemented antioxidant in horses ... can lower systemic beta-carotene levels, which can potentially cause a vitamin A deficiency if horses are not allowed access to fresh, green pasture."
Clinical signs of vitamin A deficiency can include night blindness, decreased immune function, and reproductive issues.
"Antioxidants like vitamins E and C are known to have many beneficial effects in exercising and older horses, but excessive levels--above 10 times the recommended level--are clearly detrimental and should be avoided," advises Williams.
Self-Control: The Ability to Exercise Restraint
According to the 2009-2010 American Horse Publication Equine Industry Survey, 80% of respondents were responsible for feeding and watering their own horses.
"One reason that horses are being overfed and oversupplemented is that owners frequently overestimate how much 'work' their horse is doing and, therefore, overestimate their nutritional demands," suggests Williams (see Table 1).
In the survey results, for instance, approximately half of the almost 11,000 respondents did not compete in 2009, indicating they used their horses primarily for recreation.
|Table 1: Examples of Various Work Levels
|Exercise Category
|Very Heavy
|1-3 hours of exercise per week (40% walk, 50% trot, 10% canter)
|3-5 hours per week (30% walk, 55% trot, 10% canter, 5% low jumping, cutting, etc.)
|4-5 hours per week (20% walk, 50% trot, 15% canter, 15% gallop, jumping, etc.)
|Recreational riding, starting a training program, some show horses
|School hoses, recreational riding, show horses, polo, ranch work
|Ranch work, polo, frequentntly showing horses, low-level eventing, race training
|Racing, endurance, elite three-day event horses
Pasture or good-quality hay alone can meet the nutrient requirements of horses' that aren't in heavy work or don't have special dietary needs (depending on regional deficiencies). However, Williams says many owners believe their horses' diets are not nutritionally balanced unless they are fed grain or other supplements. "This, of course, is false," she attests.
As Williams discusses in her chapters in the American Youth Horse Council's Horse Industry Handbook (2012 version), most quality hay provides all the carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals a horse needs when fed with salt (sodium chloride, table salt). Yet, we as an industry currently spend more than $550 million (and counting!) on nutritional supplements for horses each year, according to data collected by the market research company Packaged Facts.
Yes, owners should avoid oversupplementing; however, keep in mind there are numerous instances when nutritional supplements might be warranted if used appropriately. Some of these include:
- Osteoarthritis, joint disease, and joint trauma;
- Various hoof conditions caused by a dietary imbalance (dry, brittle, cracked hooves);
- Stress due to shipping, chronic diseases, athletic training, and competition;
- Colic, diarrhea, or other situations where digestive support is necessary (e.g., after deworming);
- Skin and coat ailments;
- General illness (during which the horse might require immune support); and
- Poor diet (e.g., if the horse's sole forage source is poor-quality hay).
If ultimately you decide your horse would benefit from one or more nutritional supplements, supplement your horse the SMART way:
Shop around Before purchasing a supplement, research which type is most likely to be safe, effective, and contain the appropriate type and amount of active ingredient. You can accomplish this quickly and easily using the ACCLAIM system.
Monitor response Unlike pharmaceutical drugs (such as corticosteroids, anti-inflammatories, pergolide for equine Cushing's disease, or thyroxine for hypothyroidism), many nutritional supplements don't have an immediate effect. Scientists have demonstrated in studies that some nutritional supplements--for example, biotin for hooves and glucosamine/chondroitin sulfate for osteoarthritis--don't cause a notable response until after a few months of consistent, daily administration. Therefore, owners/caretakers might need to be patient before deciding if a supplement is "working." At the same time, prolonged administration of a supplement with no perceivable effect (e.g., improved coat quality) could indicate the product is less than ideal and that you should pursue an alternate solution.
Avoid double-dipping It's easy for owners to oversupplement when they feed more than one product without reading labels carefully. Oversupplementing is not only potentially dangerous but also expensive. In addition, many commercially available feeds, such as concentrates, are specifically designed to meet a horse's needs, depending on his age and workload. If an owner or caretaker begins adding too many supplements, the ration's nutrition profile and nutrient balance changes, and problems due to nutrient interactions can occur.
Reevaluate your choices "Nutritional supplements can be beneficial to horses, but not all supplements are intended to be administered to all horses at all life stages," says Williams.
Electrolytes, for example, might be useful for horses that sweat daily. But if workload decreases or if the horse is exercising in cooler climates, electrolyte supplementation might no longer be necessary.
"After any change in life stage, health status, stress level, workload, or environment in general, take a look at your horse's diet and supplement schedule to assess whether any changes need to be made such as increasing or decreasing energy, forage, or supplements," says Williams.
Talk to an expert An equine nutritionist is an excellent source of information when you're assessing your horse's nutritional profile to determine if anything is missing or being fed in excess.
According to the Kentucky Equine Research report Beware of Oversupplementation, "The opinion of the veterinarian that oversees the health of your horse is a critical component of a nutritional evaluation, and that opinion can offer valuable insight into certain medical conditions that might affect nutritional status."
Talk with your veterinarian about your horse's dietary needs and work with him or her to arrange a consultation with a reputable equine nutritionist.
Danger: The State of Not Being Protected from Harm
In addition to avoiding oversupplementation, owners must consider a number of safety concerns when selecting and administering equine supplements. For example, many nutrient interactions and herb-nutrient-drug interactions have been reported in supplemented horses. The safety of the individual supplements must be measured.
Although nutritional supplements are, by definition, "generally regarded as safe," (GRAS), a designation nutritionists established in 1958, this really only means that the substance is of biologic origin and was widely consumed prior to that time. A GRAS designation does not mean the substance can't be toxic or harmful.
Heather A. Davis, DVM, of Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine, in Alabama, is a Clinical Pharmacology resident currently pursuing a PhD under the guidance of Dawn Boothe, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVCP. Boothe has extensive knowledge of the nutritional supplement industry and has written numerous articles describing supplements' production, regulation, and safety. She also was a key member of the National Research Council's Committee on Examining the Safety of Dietary Supplements for Horses, Dogs, and Cats.
"Supplements are not regulated the same way that drugs are by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)," says Davis. "Therefore, when owners purchase these products ... there is no assurance that the product present in the package is the same as, or to the level of, what is being advertized by the product's label."
One of the main problems the committee identified regarding veterinary nutritional supplements was the lack of a comprehensive adverse reporting system.
"Mild adverse events, such as hives, mild diarrhea, and mild weight loss are not likely to be reported to the manufacturer, for example, but lack of adverse events being reported is weak evidence for a lack of adverse events having occurred," Davis notes.
The committee suggested structuring an adverse event reporting system to detail information regarding the dose, active ingredient, concomitant supplement administration (other supplements administered concurrently), drug or chemical exposure, and any diseases the animal might have. In addition, committee members recommended the system be publicly available.
"Dr. Boothe is developing an easy-to-use ... website for veterinarians to report adverse events," relays Davis.
At this point the best way to report an adverse supplement reaction is through your veterinarian, who can then report it to the necessary agency or organization.
Take-Home Message
Nutritional supplements are very popular, and some can be extremely beneficial. That said, ensure you supplement safely and effectively by understanding a horse's overall diet, nutrient needs, health status, and workload. Your veterinarian and an equine nutritionist play a vital role in determing your horse's needs.
About the Author
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
Stacey Oke, MSc, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and freelance medical writer and editor. She is interested in both large and small animals, as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Since 2005, she's worked as a research consultant for nutritional supplement companies, assisted physicians and veterinarians in publishing research articles and textbooks, and written for a number of educational magazines and websites.
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What Mickey Hatcher Really Does – Part Two
Back on May 10, I wrote a column documenting how Mickey Hatcher had watched videos all the way back to 2001 to find a flaw in Shea Hillenbrand's mechanics.
Tuesday's Orange County Register had another example. Hatcher found a flaw in Casey Kotchman's footwork in the batter's box. Casey credited Hatcher for the grand-slam he hit in Monday's game at Texas.
"Lately (hitting coach) Mickey Hatcher pointed something out that was really beneficial the last couple days," Kotchman said. "It was something in my setup. My feet were getting in the way and I was trying to get my front foot out of the way.
"I would say it was all mechanical. Then getting that straightened out allowed me to be mentally free and easy."
For all the nonsensical blather spewed by people on fan boards who demand that Hatcher be fired, the fact of the matter is that Hatcher could undergo a lobotomy and still know more about hitting than the cranks. Not that this will stop them from claiming they know more than he does, of course.


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Preventing skin cancer
Now that summer is upon us, it's the perfect time to focus on sun safety and skin cancer prevention. Like most ways to reduce your risk for cancer, the preventative steps may be easy, but committing to them isn't. It may be difficult to make the right choices especially for the young because the risks and consequences seem remote and improbable. I learned firsthand of the long-term effects of too much sun as a teenager growing up in Florida in the 1960s. Although I now protect my skin and stay inside in the mid part of the day, I still had to have a Mohs' procedure this spring for a skin cancer on my nose. What a wake-up call!
Skin cancer is on the rise among young people between 18 and 39; the Skin Cancer Foundation claims that the rates of skin cancer have grown by 800 percent among young women and 400 percent among young men over the past 40 years, despite an increase awareness of the sun's deleterious effects. Why? Perhaps looking good now triumphs over protecting oneself to be healthy later in life. Too many people who spend time outdoors still fail to regularly and properly apply sunscreen. In addition, tanning salons are increasingly popular, especially among teens. It is estimated that 2.3 million teens visit a tanning salon at least once a year. Student discounts offered during prom season continue forward, as young and old alike think that tanned skin enhances their attractiveness. Tanning may seem like just an innocuous teenage behavior, but the tanning habit is dangerous. The use of indoor tanning beds not only ages the skin but can also lead to cancer.
New research indicates that using a tanning bed is particularly dangerous for younger users. People who begin indoor tanning have a 75 percent higher risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
"Tanning bed use during high school and college conferred a higher risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) than did tanning bed use between ages 25 and 35," said Dr. Mingfeng Zhang, a research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
In fact, just one indoor tanning session a year while the subjects were in high school or college boosted their risk of developing BCC by 10 percent, and those who tanned indoors more than six times a year had an 82 percent higher risk of developing BCC than non-tanners.
Regardless of age, we all must be more vigilant. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States; indeed, it is the fastest growing cancer affecting more than 2 million people each year. An estimated 8,790 people in the U.S. will die this year from the most deadly skin cancer, melanoma — this is the same as one person every hour. In Georgia alone, 2,360 new cases of skin cancer are expected to be diagnosed this year. To reduce your risk of skin cancer, follow these sun safety tips:
• Regularly apply sunscreen. Use sunscreen and lip balm with an SPF of at least 30 or higher, and remember to reapply. Sunscreen should be reapplied at least every two hours and after swimming or sweating. Make sure to use an ounce of sunscreen on your face and enough to generously cover your body. If one bottle lasts you all summer, then you're not applying enough.
• Although you can get sunburned at any time of day and even on cloudy days, the sun's rays are strongest between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Stay out of the sun during these hours.
• Don't forget to slip on your shades. Wear sunglasses with 100-percent UV absorption to protect your eyes and their surrounding skin.
Even when you're serious about protecting your skin, you may sometimes want the glow of a tan. Luckily, many bronzers and sunless tanning products are widely available on the market, from high end retailers to local pharmacies.
Parents, you must protect your children early on and teach them safety habits as they grow more independent. They may fight you now, but when they are in their 30s, 40s and beyond, they will love you for it. It's never too late to start making the right choices. Start each day with a moisturizer with sunscreen and get your children and grandchildren in the habit too. Be sure to follow these tips every day and have a wonderfully safe summer!
Betty Price, M.D. is a member of the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention program of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, spouse of U.S. Rep. Tom Price, M.D. and a Roswell City Councilmember.


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Finsbury Park - London
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SANTA ANA – The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park has welcomed two newborn monkeys in the past month.
A crested capuchin, a native of Brazil, was born Aug. 29, and a female black and white colobus, native to parts of Africa, was born Sept. 1. The colobus's mother was the first born at the zoo, making the baby the first second generation monkey born there.
The black and white colobus is born with white fur, which darkens to black as it ages. As an infant, it's white and curly-haired with a pale, rosy face. "It's so cute," said Kent Yamaguchi, Santa Ana Zoo director. In the past three weeks, the colobus has started to gray.
The zoo initially needed to feed the infant colobus because its mother rejected it. When the infant was reintroduced to the habitat, its father scooped it up. The mother followed suit and is now nursing the baby regularly, said Yamaguchi. The colobus exhibit was closed for three weeks to let the baby integrate into the habitat; it reopened this week.
The crested capuchin is a native of Brazil and has been identified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The baby capuchin's gender is still unknown because it integrated with its habitat immediately, as opposed to the colobus, which was examined when it was being fed by zoo personnel.
The Santa Ana Zoo now houses 59 monkeys from 16 species. The land at Prentice Park was donated by Joseph Edward Prentice on the condition that it house at least 50 monkeys at all times.