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The fight card is set for next month's Legacy Fighting Championship 13 event, which includes two title fights.
The event takes place Aug. 17 at the Dallas Convention Center, and the main card airs on AXS TV.
As previously announced, the co-headliners include Jared Rosholt (4-0) vs. Derrick Lewis (7-2) for the vacant heavyweight championship, as well as Will Campuzano (10-4) vs. Jimmy Flick (5-0) for the vacant flyweight title.
New additions include featherweights Junior Assuncao (13-5), who fights for the first time since a close UFC 141 loss to Ross Pearson, and Doug Frey (10-8), who looks to snap out of a 1-4 skid following a TKO loss to Rad Martinez at Bellator 62.
In lightweight action, Donnie Bell (5-1), who's posted three straight wins via stoppage, takes on Derek Campos (9-3), who recently suffered a submission loss to Rich Clementi at Bellator 70.
In another lightweight scrap, Matt Hobar (5-0), a Shark Fights vet, looks to keep his perfect record intact when he takes on Steven Peterson (6-2), who was riding a four-fight win streak before a split-decision defeat to Chris Jones at Bellator 62.
In a welterweight bout, Evans Cutts (5-0), who's defeated the likes of Reagan Penn and Lee King during his young pro campaign, meets fellow unbeaten Lucas Pimenta (8-0), who counts Shamar Bailey and Mitch Whitesel among his six stoppage victories.
Kicking off the main card is a welterweight fight between Hayward Charles (4-4) and Sean Spencer (8-1), who recently submitted Joseph Daily at Bellator 62.
The untelevised prelims include bantamweights Ryan Benoit (4-1) vs. Randy Villareal (8-9), welterweights Russell Brewer (3-0) vs. Brad Cox (3-0), welterweights Sean Holden (1-0) vs. Lior Shporen (0-0), lightweights Burt McDonald (2-2) vs. Casey Williams (0-0), and featherweights David Armas (1-4) vs. Quaint Kempf (4-2).
The full Legacy FC 13 card now includes:
- Will Campuzano vs. Jimmy Flick (for vacant flyweight title)
- Derrick Lewis vs. Jared Rosholt (for vacant heavyweight title)
- Junior Assuncao vs. Doug Frey
- Donnie Bell vs. Derek Campos
- Matt Hobar vs. Steven Peterson
- Evan Cutts vs. Lucas Pimenta
- Hayward Charles vs. Sean Spencer
PRELIMINARY CARD (Untelevised)
- Ryan Benoit vs. Randy Villareal
- Russell Brewer vs. Brad Cox
- Sean Holden vs. Lior Shporen
- Burt McDonald vs. Casey Williams
- David Armas vs. Quaint Kempf
For more on Legacy Fighting Championships 13, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Fuel Cell, Solar Panels Save Energy at Santa Rita
DUBLIN, CALIF. — A new fuel cell power plant, coupled with an extensive solar panel system, is capable of providing up to 80 percent of electricity needed at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County.
The power plant, which was dedicated in August and started producing energy last May, is the first megawatt-class fuel cell cogeneration plant in California and the second plant of its kind in the United States. It is located on-site behind the jail's kitchen and also provides for the facility's hot-water needs.
The plant generates 50 percent of electricity needed at the jail and produces 98.5 percent fewer emissions than traditional combustion-engine power plants. Because the emissions are so low, the county did not have to get an air quality permit for the project because it is certified as ultra-clean.
The plant cost $6.4 million to install, $2.4 million of which was paid for with grant money. It is expected to create a gross savings of $21.6 million over 25 years, or a yearly savings of $864,391.
The power plant, which was built by Fuel Cell Energy, is composed of four stacks of hydrogen fuel cells. A chemical process involving natural gas and water allows the plant to generate electricity. Because it is a complex system and it involves new technology, Alameda County negotiated a 13-year contract with Fuel Cell Energy to provide maintenance on the plant. Chevron served as developer for the project.
"Because it is such a new technology, we didn't feel that our maintenance people would be able to keep it running," says Matt Muniz, county energy program manager.
The jail also has a rooftop solar-panel system that is capable of generating 1.2 megawatts of electricity. The system, which was installed in 2001 and 2002, includes three acres of rooftop solar panels and can reduce the facility's daytime reliance on the state's electricity supplier by 30 percent.
The fuel cell and solar panel systems are part of a countywide push to implement sustainable practices.

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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 9:55 AM
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Residential compostables program planned
Original post made on Oct 30, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 9:55 AM
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 30, 2012 at 10:37 am
Option 2 sounds a lot less complicated - less cans to find space for, don't have to manage which cans go out which week depending. Sounds like the current quality, easy service just with one less can to manage.
Plus in the house I don't have to worry about a third bin that I don't have room for. Just keep my current two bag set-up but instead of recycling and non-recycling make one organic and one non-organic.
Option 1 means I need to find space for a third bag in the house (organic, recyclable, non-compostable), train and police the kids which is which. And then try to remember which week is which when I have to figure which can(s) go to the curb or not. It's not the end of the world, but I've got enough on my mind to have to start managing my whole garbage process.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 30, 2012 at 10:46 am
Option 2 looks like it was designed by Steve Jobs, economizes on the hardware, simple to manage, easy user interface, puts any potential complexity in the cloud as it were.
Option 1 looks like it was designed by Microsoft, added complexity, maximum hardware/variables, the users burden to manage new dependencies and get right: if this week, then that can, if this piece of refuse, then that bag.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 30, 2012 at 10:57 am
Seriously? Get our of my garbage. I feel for the person that has to sort the blue can. Cat liter, diapers,etc... Yuck
a resident of South of Midtown
on Oct 30, 2012 at 11:00 am
@A Job for Jobs
Only inP A would someone come up with that analogy! Good one!
PS. Option 2 sounds much better.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Oct 30, 2012 at 11:10 am
BTW, I hope our program is better than Portland's
- they still have to sort the metal, glass, plastic and now food and garbage, and people still take the returnables to the store for the refund - it's way too much trouble. Oh AND the little brown (compostable) can, is only the size of a small bathroom garbage can.
a resident of University South
on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:09 pm
What I have not seen any mention of is what happens to pet waste under either of the 2 schemes. Having 2 dogs, we put quite a lot of plastic bagged dog waste in to our black mini-bin each week. Putting the bagged waste into the blue bin as not compostible garbage (option 2?) seems very unfriendly to the sorters. Putting the bare poop into the compostibles bin seems to have major public health issues (options 1&2). Waiting more than one week for black bin pickup (option 1) seems to guarantee a lot of stink.
a resident of Community Center
on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Presently, we have blue recycling, green trimmings, and black garbage. This would mean that banana peels, apple cores, moldy bread, and rotten potatoes would be classified compostable and green. Not too hard to manage, yet keeps the yukkies and broken glass out of the recycling.
Simple rule for the frazzled: If you don't know, toss it in the garbage.
Although this new regimen requires an additional in-house container for compostables, it would also halve the number of plastic bags needed for the yukkies, as a paper bag could line the new kitchen compostables container.
a resident of Community Center
on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:16 pm
So, I choose option 1.
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:54 pm
I wish the reporter had asked specifically about dirty diapers, (adults use them too), tampons, cat litter, dog poop, and other smelly items that can't go in the compost/organic waste bin. I would like specific answers from whoever came up with these two options that they took these items into account. These sorts of garbage items need to be picked up once a week.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:02 pm
I have rarely put elastic bands in my garbage.
However, my garbage gets full of chicken bones, meat wrappers, fish wrappers, various bodily fluid wrappers, etc. all of which I want collected regularly. I expect I will put them in whichever can is being collected this week.
Is this serious???????
a resident of Barron Park
on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Next they're going to hire a director to manage the program.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:48 pm
>Approximately 44 percent of residential "garbage" is organic material, according to Zero Waste officials. Most of this material can be diverted from landfills and composted to create a useful, marketable soil amendment.
The zero waste fanatics are just following through on their victory to divert 10 acres of parkland to an anaerobic digestion industrial plant in the Baylands. They promise to include human sewage sludge in the mix. There is no proof that such a 'compost' will be marketable.
I have a better idea,I think: Put all of our garbage in one can, collected once per week. Take it to a plasma arc plant, turn it into syngas, then burn the syngas in a gas turbine to create electrcity. Much more bang for the buck, solves most of the problems, and is much less stressful to the average citizen.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 30, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Option 2, Option 2. Option 2!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 30, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Read about this family in the print version of Sunset magazine while I was in a waiting room some time ago. I felt then that this family was too good to be true, so I googled it and still feel that they can't possibly be anything other than a family with no other ideal other than creating no waste. It must take a ridiculous amount of time to live like this and for most families is completely unsustainable.
Web Link
The article is about a family who have zero waste and how they manage it.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:49 am
While I think it is a great idea to add kitchen organic garbage to the compostables bin, there are lots of things that would still need to go into a trash bin. In addition to the pet poop and tampons and diapers already mentioned, there are also the boxes of tomato puree or broth which are lined with metallic film. Each of these items would need to be deconstructed to separate out the plastic and metallic films. The city should not be dictating what people buy, or be setting trash policies which work only for people who restrict their purchases to compostable or recyclable items.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:55 am
The system is fine as is. Just another group of nutty people looking for ways to spend money and waste homeowners time. No more GREEN programs, let the greenies go out 10-20 hours per week and use that enery picking up trash on the street.
The Palo Alto City Council is getting as crazy as the Berkeley people.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 1, 2012 at 2:06 pm
How much will be allocated for additional pest control from the increased number of rats munching on composting?
The best green initiative would be to stop printing wasteful inserts that fill our monthly bills. And then fire all of the folks responsible for the crap that goes straight into the blue can.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 2, 2012 at 12:11 am
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
One reason to divert organics from the landfills is because they needlessly take up diminishing landfill capacity (the state is running out of places to dump its trash), and there are mandates set by the state on municipalities to reduce their trash.
But Global Climate Change gives a more important reason to divert organics. Organic material that goes to landfills gets buried by trash, etc. Cut off from oxygen, it decomposes anaerobically, releasing methane gas, which is a Green House Gas (GHG) 72 times more potent than CO2 on a 20-year time frame (Web Link). While landfill operators usually put in place systems to capture that methane and at a minimum flare it (to convert to less damaging CO2), these systems can not be installed on the active face of the landfill. As a result about 80% of the methane is released before the rest can be captured. This is one of the reasons that it is so important to get organics out of our garbage waste stream and do something that is more intelligent, responsible, and valuable.
When the landfill was about to close, causing the city to lose its (green waste) compost operation, many people complained that the city's default plan to ship our compost 53 miles away would be wasteful and unnecessarily emit GHG's. Council commissioned the Compost Blue Ribbon Task Force (on which I served) to consider the problem and recommend solutions. One thing we found was that a huge step (I can't recall for sure but it may have been the biggest single thing the city could do) to reduce our GHG emissions is stop sending organics to the landfill. Even if it is trucked 53 miles to be composted in Gilroy, that is still much less GHG impact than the methane which would otherwise be released by the food in landfills.
Slightly off topic to this article, but still related as the "next step": Once we decide to do something smarter and more responsible with our resources than send them to a landfill, the question then becomes: what is the best thing to do with them instead, and by which criteria do we measure "best"? Criteria could include: cost, GHG emissions, carbon sequestration, energy generation, compost or other products, land use, truck traffic, environmental justice, etc.
The city is currently gathering community and Council input on the criteria and specifications for a Request For Proposals (RFP) to solicit costs and performances from a variety of companies for their solutions of what to do with our organics which include sewage (which is currently incinerated), food scraps, and yard trimmings. Those solutions may include just shipping it all away, or producing local compost, or biochar, and/or generating energy through anaerobic digestion or gasification. (Gasification is a broad category which includes Plasma Arc as advocated by Craig Laughton, and BioChar, which I like because it sequesters carbon and improves soil.)
You can find out more about this RFP and how to give your input at cityofpaloalto.org/energycompost.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 2, 2012 at 7:29 am
I have a better idea.
I think we should waste less food. Only buy what you are going to use. Only cook what is going to be eaten. Don't allow food to spoil or rot by forgetting to eat fresh fruit or use leftovers.
If we don't throw food away, we won't have a problem.
But come for our meat and fish wrappers, our chicken bones every week and at the same time take our corn husks and banana peels.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Nov 2, 2012 at 10:31 am
Am I reading this correctly -- PA doesn't already collect residential compostables????
I thought every area does.
I have locations in Menlo and San Carlos, we've been doing the green bin for years. Always show up for the compost giveaways too.
for those freaking out -- a good municipal composter 'fries' everything at a really hot temp: grind the bones, fat, animal waste, etc..
Not a fan of sewage sludge, but not because of human waste - that's easily composted safely, rather, all the toxics dumped down drains. Can't kill that ****.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 2, 2012 at 12:27 pm
1) Get rid of this city manager
2) Throw out this council with the trash
3) City-get-off our backs
4) Stop the resident-harrassment.
This is getting ridiculous - and our utility rates will go up even more.
a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 2, 2012 at 12:38 pm
>Can't kill that ****.
King, actually you can, if the temperature is high enough, as provided by some gassification methods, like plasma arc. Remaining toxics, like heavy metals get vitrified into slag, with an extremely low leach rate.
Plasma arc actually solves most of the problems, but anaerobic digestion (AD) does not. In fact AD creates addional problems, like spreading the toxics onto our lawns and gardens and farmlands...that is why such compost products, resulting from AD, are being increasingly reject by the organic farming crowd.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Nov 2, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Craig: most accept if they don't include sewage sludge, don't they?
My point was that, absent sewage sludge, municipal compost is fine, the high heat kills most everything. Adding in sewage sludge is the great variable, given what folks flush down, and wash down their sinks (toxics like pharmaceuticals, paint, cleaning products, etc...)
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 2, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
Kate wrote "This is getting ridiculous - and our utility rates will go up even more."
Actually, there is a potential to save the city money by being smarter about how we handle our resources. For instance, we burn $800K worth of natural gas each year to incinerate our sewage, when that same sewage could be generating energy and money to help pay for its processing expenses. The feasibility study found that local energy and compost could cost less than trucking it away. The RFP will give us up-to-date costs for these options (local or remote, this technology or that, etc).
If not for the efforts of the community, Council and Staff, then the ratepayers would be stuck with the current sewage incinerator and the possibility that it be renewed at an astronomical price, and the default plan of shipping food and yard waste 53 miles away, and the ratepayers would never know that there was a more affordable, more environmentally friendly option. Council and staff deserve our thanks, especially, among the incumbents running for re-election, Pat Burt, who was willing from the start to engage in a process to really find out what our options are and what the best solution may be.
Palo Alto Green Energy, the citizens group which brought you 2011's measure E which won by a 2 to 1 margin, endorses Pat Burt (Web Link), Marc Berman (Web Link), and Liz Kniss (Web Link) for Council.
a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 2, 2012 at 1:38 pm
>Craig: most accept if they don't include sewage sludge, don't they?
King, I believe you are right about that. However, this entire thing was sold as a solution to the human sewage sludge issue, including replacing the sludge incinerator, currently in use. The question remains: What to do about the human sewage sludge?
The anaerobic digestion crowd has been all over the place on this question. Dry. Wet. Mix. Test the market, etc. We are left with 10 acres of parkland, possibly turned into an industrial plant...as a possible huge failure of funds and resources. And yet that sewage sludge remains...unresolved.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 2, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
Craig, that's like saying your kitchen remodel remains "unresolved" because you're still working with the architect to draw up the plans.
Things take time to plan and get community input, to get quotes from vendors and assess their legitimacy. If we lived in a dictatorship, the Central Committee could just steamroll their pet project through without regard for the wishes of the community, and we'd be done by now. But in Palo Alto people get their say and for the most part I think they are happier to have things take longer in exchange for more dialog and a better project. You happen to like Plasma Arc, a form of gasification, and I doubt gasification would even be under consideration if it hadn't been for this process. An additional benefit of this process is that Council directed Staff to work to retire the sewage incinerator as soon as feasible (as opposed to waiting for its end of life).
a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 2, 2012 at 3:02 pm
>Craig, that's like saying your kitchen remodel remains "unresolved" because you're still working with the architect to draw up the plans.
Cedric, Huh? I don't get that analogy. Your group pushed for anaerobic digestion (AD), as solution for the human sewage sludge issue. You and yours already had the solution in hand, until various issues of reality started to hit you in the face. Now, you are starting to wake up to the facts and problems embedded in AD. I admire that you (in particular) are starting to confront the facts and problems. It's a start.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 3, 2012 at 3:30 pm
We need to have a small trash bin. I will always have some trash, though not the items listed: foil pouches, rubber bands...yes, some of us have pets and have sanitary items and sometimes things break and must be thrown out and cannot be donated. This is life, no matter how careful we are.
I don't mind also having a way to dispose of the wet compostable stuff, but it certainly can smell/rot if not mixed in with other composting materials promptly.I think they need to consider the smell problem, storage problem....
a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 3, 2012 at 4:33 pm
"However, the initiative only provides for the land for this project, and does not direct any future handling of compost."
This is from the Palo Alto Geeen Energy website (FAQ). This is one of the central problems. How does the 'compost', including human sewage sludge, get disposed of? What is the liability for the city of Palo Alto, if we are stuck with this stuff?
Pat Burt, who I generally think is a smart guy, with technical epertise, is strangely silent on this issue. Where do you stand, Pat?
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 3, 2012 at 8:12 pm
The only way I would even try to make this work is if we each get a small container with a lockable (varmint-proof) lid, and they bring us a clean one when they take it away. I am not bringing a plastic bin into my kitchen to wash out a week's worth of rotting stinking food remains. I will go on putting it into plastic bags and discarding it somewhere.
And where do the kleenex, paper towels and other contaminated paper goods go? They clearly aren't recyclable. Hey, maybe we could put in backyard incinerators -- sorry, just flashing back to my childhood.


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Welcome to the latest edition of my blog on HoustonDynamo.com.
Complete Canetti's Corner Archive
I would like to start off by wishing everyone the best holiday season ever! I appreciate and am grateful for all of the support you have given our club this year and what a year it has been:
- Winning the Eastern Conference title and advancing to our 3rd MLS Cup in six years
- Breaking ground on the new stadium and watching it rise as a major part of the Houston landscape
- Naming our new home – BBVA Compass Stadium
- Opening our new training complex, the Houston Amateur Sports Park
- Adding new players such as Luiz Camargo, Calen Carr, Adam Moffat, Jermaine Taylor, and Je-Vaughn Watson
- Drafting Will Bruin and Kofi Sarkodie
- Seeing Bruin become the first Dynamo rookie to net a hat trick and introducing us to the Dancing Bear celebration
- Signing two home-grown players in Alex Dixon and Josue Soto
- Seeing Dixon win it in stoppage-time over RSL, earning three critical points and becoming the first Dynamo Academy player to score in a first team match
- Watching our four Dynamo All-Stars perform against Manchester United at Red Bull Arena
- Closing out our time at Robertson Stadium with a huge playoff win over Philadelphia
- Seeing Dominic Kinnear earn his 100th victory in the regular season finale vs. LA
- Reuniting the supporters' groups to their rightful place in the north end to lead our stadium in song and cheer
On and on I can go. It's been a wonderful year, and we are truly blessed to have so many great things happening with our club. 2012 will be another historic year for the Dynamo. There are just 30 days until pre-season camp begins, 78 until the first game of the season, and 140 days until we open BBVA Compass Stadium on May 12. I'll be in touch in January with updates on the team, the stadium, and the business.
Happy Holidays!
Chris Canetti
Dynamo President of Business Operations
Twitter: @ChrisCanetti


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Hi Guys. I thought i would do an experiment and do a test championship with the all time great series available in ICC 2013. Basing the line ups on All time XI | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
And throwing in a few different players myself who i feel are the greatest teams/players were.
These are the rules.
1. If you lose two series you are out.
2. 3 match series.
3. 5 match series for the grand final.
Here are the match ups. with the winner in the right column.
Eng vs Au - Eng.
Au vs IND - AU
PAK vs IND - PAK
WI vs SA - W.I.
Eng vs SA - SA
NZ vs SL - Draw
NZ vs Eng - NZ
SA vs SL - SL
W.I. vs PAK - PAK
AU vs PAK - Draw
W.I vs S.L - W.I.
NZ vs AU - AU
PAK vs S.L - S.L
NZ vs W.I - Draw
AU vs S.L - AU
AU vs W.I - AU
NZ vs PAK - NZ
So the first teams eliminated were in order: India, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Pakistan.
The Grand Final is a five match series between Australian and New Zealand. I will give match series updates.


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It is being recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC) and also been graded with 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The University's programs combine the enduring value of a liberal arts education with the skills and experience offered by professional departments. It has also has 457 affiliated colleges and institutes in the Districts of Ambala, Panipat, Kaithal, Yamuna Nagar, Hisar, Fatehabad, Jind, Karnal, Sirsa, Kurukshetra and Panchkula.
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"Overall, the teams had great success and the Angler of the Year race was closer than ever," team mentor Ray Scheide said.
Austin Rhinehart and Dakota Chenowith were models of consistency in the chase for the Angler of the Year Award as they finished with four Top 10 finishes and a DYFC record 25-plus pound limit in a tournament earlier this spring. But despite their consistent performances, they won the accolade by a mere four points over the team of Corey Scheide and Sawyer Grace.
Six teams qualified to fish in the DYFC Classic later this month. The six teams will compete head-to-head on a lake yet to be named. The 2012 DYFC Classic winners will be crowned prior to the club's three major tournaments that begin next month. Along with Rhinehart-Chenowith and Scheide-Grace, the remaining Top 6 teams in the chase for the Angler of the Year Award will participate.
On Saturday, 66 boats took to the waters of Lake Dardanelle for a tournament series event. The DYFC paid special tribute to veterans by hosting their tournament in coordination with the Wounded Veterans Tournament that was also on the lake Saturday for the Easter weekend.
"I feel a deep sense of gratitude toward all of our veterans, especially in these times where we are reminded frequently the high price that some of them pay so that we can enjoy these simple freedoms like tournament bass fishing," Scheide said. "Words cannot express our appreciation, and I would hope that my personal feelings about them can flow to our youths to help them appreciate their opportunities also."
The team of Chessher and Goates, along with boat captain Rex Rose, won the event with a five-fish limit that weighed in at more than 16 pounds. The family team of Corey, Mikayla and captain Ray Scheide finished in second place with a 15.5-pound catch, while third place went to Shawn Price and Jason Kendrick, with boat captain Shawn Bates, with a 15.1-pound haul.
"We would like to say that we couldn't do all of these things without our partners for 2012," Scheide said. "We have tremendous support from our community business leaders and some National sponsors also."
Sponsors for 2012 include BassMafiaTackle.com, MossBack FishRack, PDQ, ConAgra Foods, Shred It, Sugar Creek Foods, Ranger Boats, Taylor Oil, N.W.T.F., Beacon Tire, Stealth Security, Delta Pest Control, Game Day Screen Printing, Helton Inc., Ray Dotson Logging, Ramco, Denali Rods, Willis Parks Construction, Hartzell Photography and ArSportsmansGuide.net.
DYFC Angler of the Year Top 6
1. Austin Rhinehart and Dakota Chenowith
2. Corey Scheide and Sawyer Grace.
3. Tara Miller and Chandler Stanek.
4. Shawn price and Jason Kendrick.
5. Cody Chessher and Kendal Goates.
6. Mikayla Scheide and Baylee Linker.


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The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope recently discovered gas
planet HD 149026b, the hottest planet ever discovered. University of Central
Florida astronomers, led by Joseph Harrington, found that the planet is 3,700F,
a temperature higher than many low-mass stars.
The planet is a "hot Jupiter," meaning that it is a large gas giant that
rotates closely around its star. HD 149026b is located in constellation
Hercules, up to 279 light-years away from Earth. While similar in size to
Saturn, it has a core that is 70 to 90 times the mass of Earth, and the planet
is able to complete a full revolution around its star in 2.9 days.
The telescope was able to estimate the temperature on the planet by monitoring
the decrease of infrared after the planet dips around its star. It is
likely that HD 149026b does not spread its heat around the planet. "The day
side is very hot, and the night side is probably much colder," said Harrington.
"This planet is off the temperature scale that we expect for
planets," said Drake Deming, co-author for the paper, and a researcher at
the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Along with being the hottest planet ever discovered, the planet does not
reflect a high amount of starlight, instead absorbing it – meaning HD 149026b
is also the blackest planet known.
Scientists are trying to create a climate map of a "typical"
gas giant. The recent discovery will help scientists learn about dense, gas
giants that are not located in Earth's solar system.
The findings are available in the May 9 edition of Nature.


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We love anything that combines girly and edgy elements, so when we saw these adorable ceramic flowers in our store, we knew they would look awesome paired with some rock-n-roll studs. So we created the ultimate summer headband,which could be worn by girly girls and downtown rockers alike. Follow along below to make your own!
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text: For many, the flying car is something of the "Holy Grail" of future technology. We could colonize the moon, Mars and move on to other stars but it won't feel like "the future" unless we've got a flying car out in the driveway. The flying car has been a staple of movies and other works of fiction set in the future and the idea of it has always been placed just out of reach but within a lifetime. Most people presently in their mid 30s probably best think of "Back to the Future" when it comes to the future and the flying car. Mostly when we see flying cars in fiction it's simply a car-looking vehicle that's able to defy gravity without the need for flight and control surfaces (wings, flaps, ailerons, rudder.) It's simply a car that functions in 3 dimensions as well as it does in two. This past summer's "Total Recall" presented us with "flying cars" that were simply "Mag-Lev" vehicles that operated along specialized roadways and were otherwise useless when not on the magnetic roadway. Back to the Future presented it in an interesting way as opposed to how the flying car was used in the past as a symbol of the future. In moves from the 50s, 60s and in promotional videos the flying car was presented as a solution to traffic congestion and problems, after-all it's the sky and there's a lot of it! So no more traffic, right? In Back to the Future 2 we're presented with a vastly more realistic idea that with flying cars there'll still traffic problems. We see a "traffic report" before Doc and Marty leave for the suburbs talking about a jammed skyway making Doc groan that it'll take "forever to get out there." Which that's what it'd be. They wouldn't let you just fly wherever you want it'll still be controlled and restricted to avoid crashes and other potential problems. As we've seen technology grow most have probably groan more indifferent to the idea of the flying car, considering most people can barely handle two-dimensions without crashing into things while dicking with their iPod what's going to happen when you put them hundreds of feet in the air? Real-world "flying cars" have been less that and more like roadable airplanes. No "fuck this traffic!", flip a switch and take to the skies and more "I've got to be in a different city in the region so I better drive to the airport and get clearance for take-off." But, setting everything aside the flying car is a symbol that says "this is the future." So let's say we have them for the purposes of this discussion. We'll argue that the flying car is now available, it's no more expensive that cars presently are (no matter the make or model) or a conversion process for a car isn't prohibitively expensive, no more expensive than, say, buying a new set of average tires. For that you get a "flying car", there's a catch, however. The car isn't capable of flying more than a few dozen feet off the ground, say no more than 50 or 60 feet. So the only "advantage" they may have is being able to pass someone by flying overhead of them. Essentially traffic laws in the third dimension are about the same as they are on a three-lane highway. Traffic closest to the ground is for "slow" and entering/exiting traffic, mid-flight level for "cruising" and the highest level for "passing." Though this exists "everywhere" so it's theoretically possible to make a VTOL landing into a parking spot from the "vertical fast lane." (Though the practice is frowned upon. Landing from 60 feet in the air is a dick move and likely to get your car keyed. ) The car has a minor AI preventing you from being able to drive off the roadway and to prevent possibly "overhead passing" into someone. Signals on the car can be used to signal 3rd-dimensional lane changes, mirrors and possibly even an on board CCTV preventing an "overhead blind spot." The car is maneuverable in the classic "flying car" style. No need to get to a "take off speed" or anything like that. The car simply ignores gravity. Stabilization systems prevent the car from being blown off course in high wind, etc. At least not any more greatly than an ordinary car. The flight system is no more energy intensive than an ordinary car's engine drive-train. My question is one of: What's the advantage of a flying car? Would being able to pass cars or flying "over" traffic really be an advantage and make driving between places easier? Would the loss of the rolling friction between a car's wheels and the road make cars any more fuel efficient? Would traffic jams be a "thing of the past" or would we still have more of the problems? (Again, for the "sake of argument" we'll assume all of the "problems" with flying cars aren't the case due to how they work and are operated. There's no higher risk of accident or calamity than there is with a normal car. Accidents still happen, yes; people still get distracted and the occasional vertical-merge crash does happen but overall accidents, mortality and injury rates and risks are the same as with roaded cars.)


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Where is the Next George Steinbrenner?
I was glancing today through the new Sports Illustrated that appeared somehow in my Baseball bag and noticed an article in the back of the magazine with the title: "Baseball Needs a New Boss". Of course after reading that title you would think it might be a rousing call for a change at the top of baseball, with Bud Selig in the cross hairs. But it is not, it is a call for the next generation of "The Boss" Now when you hear or see that name in a paper, blog, or even in a video you only have one true name come to mind, and no, I am not talking about Bruce Springsteen either here.
George Steinbrenner in his prime was one of those pesky flies that buzz your brain, or neighbors that always had an opinion, and was sure to go to the mountain top and tell the entire neighborhood house by house. He might have had a menacing type of management style, but it was effective to a "T". For some reason, the sport has seemed a bit dull since the Boss officially gave the reins of the New York Yankee conglomerate to his sons only 6 months ago. Hank has tried to be the Boss reincarnated at times, but he lacks the consistent drive and passion his father did in making a scene, then getting his point across with hard nosed facts and a few very loud comments to follow the noise throughout the league.
We truly need another guy like him. There are millions of ideas popping throughout the blogging community on how to improve and even save the game we all love daily. But there is not that loud resonating voice to carry it out into the darkness and awaken the sleepy heads of the baseball hierarchy. George is now 78 years old, and might still have the heart and the passion of a much younger man, but his body is finally giving him a sign to slow down and be more of a silent partner. And you know that is killing him inside. He is not the visual persona of the Yankee faithful anymore. His rare outings are confined to his new Yankee Stadium opening, and a select number of charity and speaking engagements. He is mostly situated in his Westshore Blvd. home in Tampa, Florida now watching from a distance, but you know he yearns to be in the fray of it all.
I got the privilege of meeting George on Super Bowl Sunday about 10 years ago when he was out chatting with a NFL vendor selling merchandise at the roadside for the big game. He and his bodyguard/chauffeur were at a small gas station at Kennedy Blvd and West Shore and he was getting ready to go to the game as a guest of Malcom Glazer, the Tampa Bay Bucs owner. We stood there talking for about 10 minutes about his team and his recent hiring of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry and the wild new rivalry starting between the then Devilrays and his beloved Bronx Boys. He was very courteous and polite, and was a bit of a joy to speak with on that roadside. I could not see the horror that most sports people saw in the man that day. But then it wasn't baseball season, and his team had just finished another great season months earlier.
So who do we have in the ownership community in baseball right now who could become the next "Boss"?. Could it be the ever loving Stuart Sternberg, the Rays owner? I am inclined to say that Sternberg has too much of a good guy charisma going for him in the ownership circles. He has been one of those guys already who just seem happy to be here and is loving the ride. But then again, the team has not floundered and we could see another side of him if the day turns dark and the skies are filled with boos in the stadium. But, no, he is not in the running or even on the ballot for this post. We need to find another Marge Schott in the majors right now. You know, someone who treats her dogs with more respect than her team or its players. For a short time there, in the past I thought Ted Turner when he was up on that Atlanta Braves totem pole might be another great "boss", but he fell from grace and sold his soul to Liberty Media Corp.
Who among the current owners is at least has the spunk potential of "The Boss"? I guess the best answer to that might be in the genes of the previous boss. Hank Steinbrenner has the boldness and the "foot in mouth" karma he father possessed, but he is more tactical and more driven by the sheer dollar signs than his father right now. His passion for the game is without question a fraction of his father's, but time and the American League East standings could change that. Maybe it might be the crew of owners not firmly seated into the ownership bubble yet that could make some noise. Troy Aikman is a part of the new San Diego Padres ownership conglomerate. Maybe he can pull out one of the old Barry Switzer's speeches and get some fires built under the wealth group, but then again, he has always been a team player and might be happy in a behind-the-scenes role that pumping his fist and bellowing throughout the San Diego community.
Or maybe it might be the proposed new owner of the Chicago Cubs. You know the same guy who is now pimping $ 25 million pacts to the Windy City celebrities to come on board on the ground level of his bid to take over the team from the Tribune Corp. Such a bold move to even try and bring in the celebrity Cubbies like Bill Murray, John Cusack, and Jim Belushi could be just the kettle beginning to boil a bit for the soon-to-be confirmed owner. But then again who is this guy………….Oh, he is Tom Ricketts, who is a part of the TD Ameritrade brood that brought you that adorable baby winning at golf from a high chair. Could he be the guy to take over the boss's karma and lead the baseball top tier back into the light?
I would love to think he would based on his unconventional measures and outlandish schemes to get the extra capital to purchase the Cubbies. But, you never know, he could just be hiding his true personality until they get to know him, then spring on them like a cheetah on a helpless zebra. But really, the current mosh pit of MLB owners doesn't have another brash, abrasive owner in their mix. They all seem to either be business men who love baseball, or just plain business men. So far I will have to give the nod to Hank for coming the closest to his father. His throwing away contracts and players like an ol
d Reggie candy bar wrapper this season is a perfect example of Steinbrenner-ism.
I mean even his taunting of the powerful Red Sox Nation earlier in the year is an action that is becoming a Steinbrenner. But still, he is in the infancy stage of his transformation into a true baseball owner. He is silent and respectful now, but who knows what will come of his personality or his behavior once he feels like he belongs in the ivory tower for good. Even during the recent Yankee pitfall to a cellar spot he seemed to stand by and watch while in the past his father would have bellowed that everyone from the ticket taker to the General Manager was accountable for the team's success.
Some one has to come forward soon, because I can truly say I miss the old George Steinbrenner rants and raves. I truly think if Joe Girardi survives this year with the Yankees, he had better play the Lotto, because you know the previous owner would have been down in that clubhouse looking for a few skins for his wall by now. Baseball needs these figures to bring the top tier closer to believability for the fans.
I am lucky to be a Rays fan, because Sternberg is always on the field or strolling the stadium walkways talking to fans and is very hands-on when he is here. But you never know, maybe before the end of the 2009 season some owner will come forward and question the status quo, or might even embark on a crusade to lighten up the owner's box and let the fan enjoy some more "George" somewhere in baseball. So let the search begin for the new coming of "The Boss" I miss that growl more and more every day.
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To me Steinbrenner IS the Yankees. Maybe because he is the only owner of the club the I remember. Actually, I think he's been the only owner of the Bombers since I was born… I really think he is an amazing guy. He takes such pride in his work and has never been afraid to speak his mind! He has this presence too, that you can't get away from – and I mean that in a good way. You cannot deny what the man has done for the team, that's for sure. His will be hard shoes to fill.
I agree totally he is my generations designated bad-***, but the next genration needs a hero right now.
Connie Mack was a former "George".
Charles Comiskey was a former "George".
This new set of baseball fans need a guy to hate and love at the same time.
Who is it going to be?
Rays Renegade
What a fantastic pic of you and Steinbrenner! He left a stamp on the MLB that would be extremely hard to duplicate. Here in Anaheim, Angels fans are pleased with what Arte Moreno has done with the team (other than the whole Los Angeles thing) but he certainly didn't have a tough act to follow (Mickey Mouse). We regularly see him out and about at the games and have had the chance to chat with him. He's a very approachable and regular guy. He seems to be a fan first and an owner, second.
I'm new around here and have been reading at breakneck speed in an attempt to familiarize myself with the top bloggers here, such as yourself. I have to tell you I pulled for the Rays in the East all of last season. Part of it was Angels past, Joe Maddon and Troy Percival, but most of it was a long-standing dislike of the Yankees and Red Sox. My Angels had the West in the bag so I enjoyed watching the underdog of the East pull off the unthinkable. What a ride!
Rays – will anyone ever fire and hire managers like George? lol! He certainly was the face of the Yankees when I was growing up. Living in the Boston area, there was almost a cult following of "what are those Yankees up to now"? Who will be the next one? I don't know. Do we need someone who micromanages everything and is all controlling? I don't think so. Do we need someone who loved the game like George did? Yes.
Mickey Mouse can be a bit of a Steinbrenner all his own at times, just ask any ex-Disney employee.
It was a great ride, and in some ways we are seeing a mild hangover the beginning of this year.
But even if we falter this season, the memories and the sights and sounds of the postseason will keep us hungry.
Rays Renegade
To be honest, I miss Steinbrenner's crazy tirades. The game needs someone like him. Look what Mark Cuban has done for the NBA. Maybe we should save our money and buy a team and be that guy. I can contribute $117.40. Can you cover the rest? LOL.
If I get the Powerball Lotto numbers this weekend, maybe I can buy the Cubs?, or maybe not.
I am not sure if I can be that guy 24/7, but with a partner like you, it can be done without a hitch.
Rays Renegade
Thanks Julia,
But I did not even know we were still doing that list.
I know Mark has gotten busier and busier, and I have forgotten even about it all.
Numbers are bot important to me anymore.
IU got a bit obssessed last year with staying in the top 10, so I am happy just to be mentioned anymore.
Rays Renegade


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One year after a Georgia law targeting metal thefts went into effect, such crimes have dropped drastically, according to officials at a utility company and a major recycler.
"It was not only a problem, but a severe problem bordering on epidemic," Lee Swann, a security investigator for Georgia Transmission, said of the state's previous metal theft problem. Georgia Transmission provides transmission service for 39 electric member corporations.
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office does not keep statistics on metal crimes, but Investigator Kendall Brown said he has seen a decrease in caseload since the law changed. Other agencies across the state are reporting similar effects.
The law went into effect July 1, 2012. One of the new mandates requires that recycling companies take photos or videos of every purchase, the sellers, vehicle tag numbers and driver's licenses, and keep them on file for two years. This means that even after the stolen metal has left a recycling yard, a trail of documents is available to lead investigators back to the original sellers.
The photos and videos have been one of the main contributors to change, but a host of other new requirements were also included in the law.
"All of the stakeholders, including the recyclers, worked very hard to put this bill together," said Frank Goulding, the vice president of marketing for Newell Recycling. "What we felt when the bill was complete was that we had a very solid piece of legislation."
Newell, which has 10 Georgia locations, including one in Augusta, has seen a reduction in cases since the bill went into effect.
Locally, metal thefts had showed continual increases since 2011. The Richmond County Sheriff's Office reinstated a full-time metal thefts investigator, making Brown the only law enforcement investigator in the state with a full-time metal theft beat.
Since the legislation passed in 2012, Georgia has seen a 98 percent reduction in air-conditioning thefts, according to Brown, who also coordinates the CSRA Metal Theft Task Force, which includes 65 agencies.
Now the only people allowed to sell air-conditioning coils to recyclers are state-licensed contractors, businesses and those with receipts to prove a new unit is replacing the old one.
"The overall deterrence is if you can't sell it, you won't steal it," Brown said.
For Georgia Transmission, the theft of metal posed an electrocution risk for workers. Swann said employees had several close calls when someone stole wire from substations and transmission structures.
In 2011, the utility reported 127 theft incidents. The number began dropping in 2012 because of the new law, and the year ended with 83 incidents.
"We aren't seeing the intensity we were seeing," said Swann, a retired law enforcement officer who investigates all copper thefts for Georgia Transmission.
The company, which builds and maintains high-voltage transmission lines and substations, saw a 43 percent decrease in thefts in the first four months of this year over the same period last year.
Metal thefts are still occurring in Richmond County, and Brown has about 10 cases every month. However, the focus has mostly shifted to thefts of automotive batteries, cars and catalytic converters, he said.
By now Brown knows the faces of the recyclers and of suspicious sellers.
Sellers who come in with dirty knees and hands and tools in their vehicles are always suspicious. He said most of the people try to sell immediately after the theft.
"If they need money, they want it right away," Brown said.
Investigators agree that substance abuse is a large driver. Swann said all his arrests involve substance abuse of some kind, but most involve methamphetamine.
"I have yet to make an arrest on anyone who isn't into drugs," he said.
Recyclers and law enforcement are pleased with the overall effect of the law, but they're still waiting on the GBI database that was promised. The database will share the recyclers' documentation from sales with all law enforcement agencies, but the program needs funding.
In the meantime, investigators have to request the information from recyclers.


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Spot the difference: Fluffy Pup vs Scary Wolf!
Wowza, from fluffy wolf to mean monster - you do not mess with Jake!
Thanks NewMoonMovie
- Lorabell
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WoW, yeah I was just about to check that out from watching the last video...Thanks Lorabell :)ReplyDelete
The first one looks kinda cute then the next one does look scary, more realistic ;)
SWEET!!! The wolves look soooooo much better now!!!ReplyDelete
I wolf looks so much better, more how I pictured it. I want to cuddle the first and..maybe run away from the second...which is good because after all they are werewolvesReplyDelete
i prefer Jacob as the cute wolf though...ReplyDelete
A definite improvement.ReplyDelete
It still isn't how I pictured the wolves though. I just read NM for the third time. I expected them to be more like the size of a huge grizzly bear, but with canine features. I mean, I guess the second one is an improvement upon the first wolf, but still not how I pictured it in my head. And Jacob was supposed to be a pretty russet brown. The second one there is mangy looking.ReplyDelete
I love the updated version - plus his head is huge which makes him look more frightening. I prefer the coloring of the cuddly wolf because it is more reddish on the top but I'm just happy, happy, happy that the movie is coming out.ReplyDelete
It's an improvement, but I still pictured them much bigger.ReplyDelete
The wolves are soooo much better now. I'm glad they took the shaggy hair off, looks too much like my old dog. Much more as I envisioned them, I can't wait!ReplyDelete
Wow, what an improvement! The first one looks like an old, ratty wolf. The second: GRRR!!!!ReplyDelete
The new teaser seems to be like a cross between the two stylesReplyDelete


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A New Zealander with a background in retail banking has accepted one of the toughest jobs in Britain: running U.K. state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC.
On Friday, the 81%-government-owned bank said that Ross McEwan, the head of its retail operations, will replace outgoing CEO Stephen Hester on Oct. 1.
Mr. McEwan will now run a political gantlet as he seeks to return the lender back to private hands. The...


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Felicia "Snoop" Pearson will give a public talk, visit with classes, appear at book signing
An author and actress from HBO's critically acclaimed show "The Wire" is scheduled to make a visit to Beloit College on Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 10. Part of the reason Felicia "Snoop" Pearson is coming to Beloit is because a group of faculty is teaching a course this semester titled "Untangling The Wire: The TV Serial as a Transformational Work."
The main event is a talk with Pearson on Monday, April 9 from 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. in the Morse Study Lounge. "Beyond the Wire: A Conversation with Actor Felicia Pearson" is an "Inside the Actor's Studio"-type interview and open to the public. A Q & A will take place at the end if possible.
The following day from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Pearson will be at the Turtle Creek Bookstore, 444 E. Grand Ave., for a book signing of her memoir, Grace After Midnight (2007). In the book, the East Baltimore, Md., native writes about her birth as a three-pound crack baby, her placement into foster care, and the time she spent in a state penitentiary after killing a woman in self-defense. She also reveals how she turned her life around and scored the role on "The Wire," a show about the Baltimore drug scene seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Pearson will also discuss her character, Snoop, and answer questions about her experiences on the series with the students from the "Untangling The Wire" course. During her two-day visit, she will also visit acting classes and a nonfiction creative writing class, as well as hold an episode viewing with students. Finally, as part of an Education and Youth Studies course, she will also go to the Beloit School District's Eclipse Center Charter School, which works with at-risk youth.
"Certainly, we're all − students and faculty involved in the course − eager to hear about her experiences working on the show; but just as important is the opportunity to learn more about the series' larger themes: the 'other America,' as the series' creator David Simon put it," said Donna Oliver, one of the instructors of 'Untangling the Wire.' "At a college like Beloit, where we place so much emphasis on social justice, life stories like Felicia Pearson's serve to remind us of how far we still need to go to battle the effects of poverty, drugs and inner-city violence in this country."


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A review of preliminary research and a case report published in The Open Nutraceuticals Journal suggest there may be a role for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in slowing the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), a deadly disease in which the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement become damaged and lost.
People with ALS experience a gradual loss of muscle coordination and strength in the arms and legs, as well as those that control breathing and swallowing. At this time there is no known cure.
The authors of the report described a 70 year-old man who had experienced decreasing strength in his hands and legs, muscle tremors, and increasing difficulty walking, and was diagnosed with ALS. Five years later, he was given 200 mg of CoQ10 twice daily, taken with fatty meals to improve absorption. The form of CoQ10 used, solubilized ubiquinol, is believed to be better absorbed than other forms.
Based on this man's symptom record, his hand strength and mood improved in the first four weeks, and he increased his CoQ10 to 500 mg twice daily. At some point that is not reported, he resumed the lower amount of CoQ10. Most people with ALS do not survive more that five years after being diagnosed; however, the man whose case is reported had survived 12 years at the time of the publication.
The researchers outlined some previous research that points toward CoQ10 as a possible treatment for ALS:
"This body of research suggests that CoQ10, by its antioxidant and energy producing effects, might benefit people with neurodegenerative diseases like ALS," said study co-author R. B. Singh from the Halberg Hospital and Research Institute in Moradabad, India. "The intriguing case we present further supports the notion that research to determine whether solubilized ubiquinol can slow the progression of ALS is warranted."
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Don't expect Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey 6-0 MMA, 4-0 SF) to waver on her requirement that any future fight with suspended ex-titleholder Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (10-1 MMA, 4-0 SF) to be contested at any weight other than 135 pounds.
Rousey believes Santos' recent failed drug test proves she's done steroids throughout her career.
So, Rousey said, it's not unreasonable to think the former 145-pound champion can drop 10 pounds to meet her at bantamweight.
Following her first successful title defense, which came over Sarah Kaufman on Aug. 18 in San Diego, Rousey immediately called out Santos and challenged her to a fight at 135 pounds.
Santos, of course, recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) there "really is not a safe way for me to cut to 135 pounds – not without hurting myself physically."
However, during a Friday appearance on ESPN's "SportsCenter," Rousey wasn't buying the argument.
"She was caught doing steroids, and everyone knew she was doing it for a long time," Rousey said. "And I really don't think it's unreasonable for me to expect that when she's not doing steroids she would lose some weight. I don't really think that's unreasonable to say.
"She really disgraced herself and her sport and her country by cheating all those years, and I really don't think the way to deal with it is to reward her with a title shot with all the considerations she wants."
Santos is suspended until December after she failed a drug test (stanozolol metabolites) and was stripped of her Strikeforce women's featherweight title nine months ago. But upon her return, a bout with Rousey arguably would be the biggest in women's MMA history, and it could be a ratings bonanza.
Rousey, though, said the pressure is on Santos to get to 135 pounds.
"I think that it should happen, and I think it's her only option," Rousey said. "I have plenty of other options, so if she doesn't want to do it, then I'll do something else."


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Showing a resurgence in one of America's favorite pastimes, the number of Americans who go fishing is up, with more than 47 million people participating in 2012. Adding to the 42.5 million who are current or occasional anglers, more than 4.5 million first-timers tried fishing in 2012, a significant increase from 2011 and the highest number of new participants ever recorded.
The 2013 Special Report on Fishing and Boating just released by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and The Outdoor Foundation also shows significant increases in fishing participation among women and children.
"We're extremely pleased to see the number of first-time anglers and participation overall continue to rise," said RBFF President and CEO Frank Peterson. "Working closely with our industry and state agency partners, our collective effort is yielding well deserved results. Increased participation, in both fishing and boating, leads to increased license sales, and boat registrations, key sources for funding state fish and wildlife conservation programs."
"Fishing and boating are among the most important 'gateway' activities that often lead people, especially youth, to pursue other recreation experiences," said Christine Fanning, Executive Director of the Outdoor Foundation. "We're thrilled to partner, once again, with the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation on this important research project."
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Fisheries Chief Mark Oliver said fishing is especially appealing because it allows anglers time to spend with friends and family. "It's something people can do to escape the daily stress of life. It is one of those rare activities where almost any beginner can pick up a cane pole or rod and reel and be fishing within just a few minutes. I can't think of anything more relaxing," Oliver said.
The fifth annual report provides detailed information on boating and fishing participation by gender, age, ethnicity, income, education and geography.
Fishing Participation
* In 2012, 47 million Americans participated in fishing (an increase from 46.2 million in 2011).
* While 9.4 million people stopped fishing, 10.2 million new or returning anglers participated in the sport, netting a gain of more than 870,000.
* Americans made one billion fishing outings in 2012, averaging 21.3 fishing days per person.
* Forty-one percent of first-time fishing participants were female, bringing the total of female anglers to 34.4 percent.
* Adults 18 and older with children in their households participate in fishing at higher levels than adults without children.
* Fly fishing has the highest rate of first-time participants with 20.5 percent.
Hispanic American Fishing Participation
* In 2012, 2.8 million Hispanic Americans participated in fishing in 2012 - a slight decrease from 3.1 million in 2011.
* Freshwater fishing is the most popular type of fishing among Hispanic Americans.
* Hispanic Americans fish the most often out of all ethnicities, averaging 21.6 fishing days per year.
Youth Fishing Participation
* Fishing participation for children peaks between the ages of six and 12, then decrease during the adolescent years from 13 to17.
* In 2012, 81.8 percent of youth anglers ages six to 12 are introduced to outdoor activities by their parents.
* Participation declines among females ages 13 to 17 more sharply than among males of the same age.
* More than 45 percent of youth fishing participants ages six to 17 also participate in boating.
The full study is available online at TakeMeFishing.org/Corporate.
Food plots can be key to deer hunting
LITTLE ROCK – Food plots can be a key ingredient to improving one's deer hunting recipe. Not only are they more nutritional, but they are also much more productive than feeders dispensing corn, according to wildlife biologists with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Carefully designed and crafted food plots provide much more than just deer food. They may actually increase your chances of successfully harvesting a deer.
Cover is an additional needed ingredient, said Ralph Meeker, AGFC's assistant deer program coordinator.
He explained that deer much prefer situations that have two elements – food and cover. "Deer spend a great deal of time eating and hiding from predators. When these two key elements are provided in close proximity that's when you get the most 'bang' for your buck," Meeker says. "Providing this cover may be as simple as developing the edges that surround your food plot in order to provide for edge habitat. That's the transitional area of brush and grass that differentiates the mature timber from open spaces such as fields or food plots," he added.
The usual pattern for deer is to cautiously move from the woods to find things to eat in the food plots. If the plot is ringed with an assortment of bushes and shrubs, this helps the deer to stay out of sight from assorted threatening elements, including two-legged types.
With a large food plot, Meeker said, a suggestion is to leave or create an island in the middle of the plot. This island can be a tree or two left when plowing for the food plot, or it can be some bushes left or planted in the middle of the food plot. This island can encourage deer to feed across the plot and to the cover of the island.
Persons wanting to create food plots can contact private land biologists of the AGFC for suggestions and technical information, including on-site visits. There is no cost for these services. Phone 800-364-4263 to connect with a private land biologist. Private lands biologists also have a network of partner agencies and professionals including foresters, soil conservationists, grazing specialists, and fisheries biologists, that can help with food plots and other conservation practices on private lands.
Leftover WMA deer hunting permits go on sale Sept. 9
LITTLE ROCK – Leftover deer hunt permits will only be available for online purchase beginning 8 a.m. on Sept. 9. Several AGFC WMAs throughout the state have a limited number of permits left over for modern gun, muzzleloader and youth permits. These permits are $10 each and must be paid for with Visa, MasterCard or Discover credit cards.
They are the leftovers from the Commission's permit process this year and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each buyer must furnish their name, date of birth and current driver's license number or Social Security number for each hunter. If a hunter is under 16, their hunter education number is required. Permits are not transferable or refundable.
Permits may be purchased online only at www.agfc.com beginning Monday, Sept. 10 at 8 a.m. Phone 501-223-6440 or 501-223-6359 for more information on AGFC permit hunts.
House finches hit by disease linked to bird feeders
RUSSELLVILLE – House finches, those numerous red-streaked and brown-streaked birds all over Arkansas, have been hit by an outbreak of a disease that may be spawned at bird feeders.
Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the disease is house finch mycoplasmal conjunctivitis. It has been reported recently in several parts of Arkansas – Russellville, Clarksville, Fayetteville and Little Rock.
Although infected birds have swollen eyes, the disease is primarily a respiratory infection, according to Cornell University's Ornithology Laboratory.
Recent warm weather coupled with rainfall could be a factor in the Arkansas outbreaks, Rowe said. "There is an abundance and good variety of fruiting plants and insects for the birds to feed on, and putting out feeders simply concentrates birds in an area so we can enjoy observing them. The problem with concentrating birds at feeders is that it allows the disease to spread from bird to bird. Persons with bird baths and feeders should take them down, wash them out with a 10 percent bleach solution (one part bleach and nine parts water) and keep them down for at least three weeks to allow the disease to run its course."
She added, "It would be a good idea to rake up any old feed that's on the ground and dispose of it where the birds will not come in contact with it."
The disease cannot be transmitted to humans or pets. The disease is spread to bird to bird contact with each other and by contact with surfaces touched by an infected bird, such as feeder perches or seeds themselves.
Male house finches have red-streaked heads, necks and breasts. Female and juvenile house finches are brown-streaked in these areas of their bodies.
These birds were introduced to the eastern portion of the United States when some caged house finches from California, known as "Hollywood Finches," were sold to people on Long Island, New York, in the 1940s. When laws changed and it became illegal to sell and own American songbirds, these captive finches were released. Their descendants now occupy most of the eastern U.S. and are spreading westward toward the original range of the species.
House finches and purple finches, which are native to Arkansas, are somewhat similar in appearance. House finches are year-round residents in the state, and purple finches are here from mid-October to mid-April.
Wood and McKinnis receive Hall of Fame Legacy Award
LITTLE ROCK – Jerry McKinnis remembers the moment his destiny was determined. It occurred on a White River boat dock below Bull Shoals Dam in 1958.
"The most important 30 seconds of my life came when I walked down to that dock and this man said to me, 'I'm Forrest Wood. I'll be your guide today,'" said McKinnis.
A native of suburban St. Louis, McKinnis had spent the previous four years as a minor league baseball pitcher. After reading a magazine article about trout fishing on the White River, McKinnis had been saving his change "in a fruit jar" to pay for a guided trip.
Wood and McKinnis eventually led the fishing world in directions unimaginable at the time. They would do it in different ways: Wood, as the founder of the modern bass boat, and McKinnis, as a pioneer in televised outdoors programming. Throughout have been their friendship and their passion for Arkansas' outdoors.
"By the end of the trip, he had me ready to pack my stuff and move to Arkansas," said McKinnis about that fateful day in the 1950s.
The two men will be honored Sept. 6 when the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation holds its 22nd annual Outdoor Hall of Fame Banquet at Little Rock's Statehouse Convention Center. Wood and McKinnis will receive this year's Legacy Awards. Their accomplishments will be celebrated along with those of Hall of Fame inductees David Snowden, Sr., David Snowden, Jr., Mike Freeze and Randy Wilbourn.
Governor Mike Beebe acknowledged the economic benefits Arkansas has received through the legacies of Wood and McKinnis.
"Forrest Wood didn't just invent the bass boat," Beebe said, "he helped create a culture and an industry around it worth more than $50 billion dollars a year worldwide. Jerry McKinnis is one of the innovators of outdoor television programming.
"These legends have attracted new industries to Arkansas and have helped our homegrown businesses expand. It is fitting that Forrest and Jerry are the recipients of this much deserved award for their significant contributions to conservation efforts in our state."
Wood, 81, and McKinnis, 76, are neighbors now. Forrest and his wife, Nina, have been the backbone of Flippin, Arkansas, since Ranger Boats was founded there in 1968. McKinnis' JM Associates TV production studio is in Little Rock, but he spends more time at his White River cabin near Flippin than he does anywhere else.
"I always tell people that Forrest and I own 26 miles of White River frontage," McKinnis said. "I own half-a-mile and Forrest owns twenty-five-and-a-half."
Wood and McKinnis are amazed by the changes they've seen in their lives. Those might be best exemplified by Ranger Boats, Inc. The first Ranger boat was basically a fiberglass model of the wooden johnboats Wood had been paddling on the White River all his life. He sold six of them in 1968 for $495 apiece. Today, with a 250-horsepower outboard motor and all the electronic additions possible, the price of a Ranger bass boat can total $80,000.
And they're more popular than ever. There are Ranger boat dealerships not only across the U.S., but around the world, from Japan to South Africa.
"When dealer costs got to be over a thousand dollars (per boat), I thought we'd never sell another one," Wood said. "The interest in fishing and outdoor recreation today is incredible. People buy a boat now because they want one. Nobody needs one. It's a very personal thing, and it's a precious object for so many people."
McKinnis' career in the outdoors television industry had a similarly humble start. It began when he was asked to bring a big stringer of Lake Maumelle bass to a Little Rock television station in 1963. Soon after, McKinnis was producing a 30-minute fishing show, entitled "The Arkansas Sportsman." Eventually, it was regionally syndicated to 120 stations.
McKinnis thought his show might be a fit for the new all-sports network – ESPN - shortly after it began 1979. He was correct. "The Fishin' Hole" enjoyed a 30-year-run on ESPN, second only to the network's signature show "SportsCenter." JM Associates continues to produce outdoors programming for ESPN and other networks.
"I was on TV about three-fourths of the time there was TV," laughs McKinnis.
He shared some of that air-time with his friend, Forrest Wood. One of McKinnis' favorite shows involved fishing with Wood from a helicopter for steelhead in Oregon.
"We'd fly up the stream and look," McKinnis said. "The pilot wouldn't land if we didn't see fish."
College basketball's legendary coach Bob Knight was a guest on several "Fishin' Hole" episodes. The two men have become great friends since Knight, in fitting with his style, called McKinnis and demanded to be on a show, after he'd seen then-Arkansas basketball coach Eddie Sutton featured in an episode.
Knight once said of McKinnis, "I don't think there is anybody who has done more to support fishing than Jerry McKinnis. He's the best ambassador of anyone who has ever been involved with the sport."
McKinnis is humbled by everything "The Natural State" has given him, including this latest award.
"It's almost embarrassing that the state is giving me an award," McKinnis said. "I should be giving the state of Arkansas an award. It has shaped everything in my life. And it's been a pretty incredible life."
It has been a life McKinnis has often shared with Forrest Wood. It's only natural that both will be honored with Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame Legacy Awards on the same evening in Little Rock.
The Outdoor Hall of Fame began in 1992 as a project of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation to recognize Arkansans' achievements in outdoor fields, promote conservation education and to protect wildlife habitat. For more information on the Outdoor Hall of Fame and tickets to the induction banquet, contact Steve Smith at 501-223-6396 or Wendy Henderson at 501-223-6468.
AGFC night at I-30 Speedway is Sept. 14
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Game and Fish Night at I-30 Speedway in Alexander will be Saturday, Sept. 14. The special event will raise funds for boating safety education work in the state.
From each adult paid admission, Speedway officials will donate $1 to the boating safety program of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in memory of the late sprint car driver Carl Dean Farish. Farish was killed in a boating accident in 1998.
Come early to see wildlife exhibits, demonstrations and other displays. Adults wearing any article of camouflage clothing will get $1 off the regular admission price.
A special race will match several local TV and radio personalities. Celebrity drivers scheduled to race includes: Alyse Eady and Ashley Blackstone and, Sarah Fortner and Meredith Mitchell also will be driving from KTHV, Deedra Wilson and Adriana Futrell from FOX 16, Katherina Yancy and Erin Hawley from KATV, Ashley King from KKPT radio and Jennifer Trafford from KSSN radio.
Gates will open at 5 p.m., and races will start at 7:30 p.m. I-30 Speedway is at Exit 126 off Interstate 30.
For more information, contact Steve "Wild Man" Wilson at 501-223-6408 or the Speedway at 501-455-4567.


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Only 26 Days!!
….until school starts, that is. Yep, the countdown has begun in our house. I'm pretty sure the kids are not looking forward to it nearly as much as I am. I mean, geez, a whole week has passed again since my last post! Too much peace-keeping and too little blogging will never get me onto that Latest Leaders List again.
Strange Photo of The Week
At first glance, this seemed to be a rather mundane shot of Rangers pitcher Neftali Feliz, accompanied by a paragraph or two detailing his big-league debut. Feliz was pretty impressive, pitching two innings in relief, striking out four and hitting 101 mph on the radar gun.
So what's up, then, with the Dora the Explorer backpack? I always assumed teams provided equipment bags for their players. Some kind of rookie hazing? Who knows? I guess if you can throw a baseball over 100 mph you can carry any kind of bag you want.
Strange Advertisement of the Week
Several days this week, the front of the Inquirer's sports section featured this ad across the bottom of the page:
Since I scanned it in from my paper, this image is a lot smaller than the original. Let's focus on the on-deck circle pictured to the left:
Maybe it's just me, but why does it look like something really bad happened here? I'm assuming all those smudges are supposed to be dirt, but it brings to mind some sort of sports/horror/slasher movie. Maybe about a fan who got tired of batters striking out with the bases loaded to end the inning? (not going to name names, but I almost gave a Big Wienie award to a certain slugger who did just that the other night) And no, I don't know enough about Photoshop to be able to change the colors in the image.
Caption Contest Winners
Thanks all for some great captions for the two photos in my last post! I really got a kick out of all of them, but here are my two favorites:
(Sung to the Hokey Pokey) You put your left bat in, you put your left bat out……
(Russell to Varsho) – Come on, you've got to swing your hips more.
Thanks to Julia of Julia's Rants for this one!
As I expected, this next photo generated some rather interesting suggestions. The winner chose the subtle route:
"Wishing can make it so"
Thanks to Jenn at Phillies Phollowers for the cleanest suggestive entry!
Rays Renegade and devilabrit also submitted some great captions – thanks to you both as well! I'll try to dig up some more amusing photos for next time.
Dang! I just checked the score again, and the Phils are down 3-0 against the Marlins. The Phillies' offense is managing to make Ricky Nolasco (who sports a 4.83 ERA) look like a Cy Young candidate. Only two hits through the first four innings! Come on guys, you can do better than that! Remember, the Big Wienie Award is waiting!
(Neftali Feliz photo by Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press)


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think there will be any knick player on the east team?
think there will be any knick player on the east team?
yes, maybe kurt thomas will be on the list
yes, allan also can be on the list
he is probably our best player, though if i think a little there are so many others that also deserve to be on, and from better teams then the NYK
but thomas, yes i say there are 80% to be
Vince Carter is sure he'll be ready to play by the All-Star Game in early February. But he says he won't suit up for the Eastern Conference in the league's showcase event if he hasn't already played for the Raptors.
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if carter will play and houston won't, i will quit!
the starting lineup will be announced on TNT thursday night @ 7pm
and about carter... dunno what to say... it depends on coaches
myself, i wouldn't let him play
do what you gotta do!
here is the list:
F- Vince Carter (Toronto)
F- Jermaine O'Neal (Indiana)
C- Ben Wallace (Detroit)
G- Allen Iverson (Philadelphia)
G- Tracy McGrady (Orlando)
F- Tim Duncan (San Antonio)
F- Kevin Garnett (Minnesota)
C- Yao Ming (Houston)
G- Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
G- Steve Francis (Houston)
so, it seems that carter's gonna play...
good news, i think
Sprewell has made it
but thomas and houston didn't... how sad
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anyways, he won't play (Carter)
i guess walker will instead of him
and about spree... what can i say , weird...
but Todd MacCulloch???, that's just a sick joke
so do i, at least 10 pointsOriginally Posted by rady
and about carter... walker will play instead
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i also believe walker will play instead of carter
and about predictions... west win by 5
bad news my friends...
sprewell will not play
he wasn't selected to be on the bench
That's really scandalous... I see Z being selected for the ASG... But even Thomas is a very better player than he is...
And, even if NY is not concerned, Yao instead of Shaq elected by the poublic is even more scandalous...
ASG is BULL****
i like people gave their votes to ming instead of shaq
i'm kinda sick of all the lakers and their dinasty
and as swifftey said: Todd MacCulloch?
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Is This Comely Lady the Real Jane Austen?
There is only one accepted portrait of Jane Austen, sketched by her sister in 1810, in which the author of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice looks to be extremely pissed off. But Austen scholar Dr. Paula Byrne, who is working on a definitive biography due out some time in 2013, has discovered a portrait in auction, and thinks there is an excellent possibility that the woman in it daintily holding a quill and staring out a window pensively — which, coincidently, is precisely how I look at this exact moment — could be Austen herself.
Consider the evidence: The portrait drawing, graphite on vellum, was held privately for generations, and recently came up on the auction block billed as an "imaginary portrait" of Jane Austen. On the back, it's written, "Miss Jane Austin." The woman bore what Byrne immediately recognized to be "the Austen Family nose," and was dated to around 1815, years before the writer became famous. Why, then, would someone draw an imaginary portrait — a style which does not even exist! — of an anonymous woman?
Byrne thinks it is she, and what's more, it paints an entirely different image of Austen as a disgruntled crone who threw rocks at Turtledoves just to watch them bleed:
"It presents her as a professional woman writer; there are pens on the table, a sheaf of paper. She seems to be a woman very confident in her own skin, very happy to be presented as a professional woman writer and a novelist, which does fly in the face of the cutesy, heritage spinster view."
Why, it does fly in the face of the cutesy, spinster view! Begone, cutesy, spinster view! Think instead of Miss Austen as a rational creature, speaking only the truth from her heart. *Curtsey* [The Guardian, Image Courtesy Dr Paula Byrne]


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An estimated 19 million individuals in the US will be over 85 years of age by 2050 (5% of the total population), and 2 million will be have reached the status of centenarians. Nonetheless, geriatric medicine continues to be a vastly under-represented specialty. In work environments where clinical productivity is often of paramount concern, it is difficult for many of us to keep up with the latest in general practice, let alone geriatric medicine, and the even more specialized field of geriatric sleep medicine may be ignored completely. From my perspective as a fellowship-trained geriatric and sleep medicine physician, Principles and Practice of Geriatric Sleep Medicine is a delightful book "done right" in terms of filling in this much-needed gap. The text is filled with examples, pictures, graphs, stories, and so many intriguing pages that I found myself enticed into reading some chapters twice.
Part 1 covers the effects of normal aging on sleep. The content begins with an intriguing discussion of how aging may alter circadian rhythms, and subsequent chapters continue with practical information to help the reader understand other normal physiological changes of aging. These changes encompass such basic bodily functions as thermoregulation, gastrointestinal and genitourinary function, and the neuroendocrine axes. There follows, in chapter 7, a splendid description of upper airway anatomy and function in the elderly, and concludes with the provocative hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may actually represent a protective mechanism in those over the age of 70 years.
Part 2 focuses on neuroendocrine and homeostatic alterations in the elderly. The chapter on melatonin and dementia is home to a splendid graph on the declining levels of melatonin throughout life; for visual learners, this will surely provide a long-lasting "teachable moment." The text then adds profound insight into how elders, particularly those with neurodegenerative disorders, may be affected by these declining levels. There are also important clinical lessons to be drawn from this reduction in melatonin secretion that this book highlights. All too often, physicians in training overwhelm those elderly suffering from insomnia with non-benzodiazepine hypnotics starting at full strength and move on to benzodiazepines, thinking those with the longest half-life are better. This regrettably overlooks the crucial fact that the decline in melatonin represents an easy and obvious target for treating insomnia in this population, namely the administration of exogenous melatonin at an appropriate time in the evening.
Parts 3 and 4 of Principles and Practice of Geriatric Sleep Medicine incorporate chapters examining virtually every specific sleep disorder from the perspective of diagnosis and management in the aging individual. Of particular note are excellent discussions of the judicious and appropriate use of pharmacologic agents for the specific sleep/wake diagnoses being covered in each chapter, with extensive analysis of currently available options. The authors bring out key principles that are often missed in prescribing for the elderly, such as slower medication elimination, a higher likelihood of preexisting cognitive impairment, a predisposition to develop cognitive impairment as a side effect, and adverse interactions with concurrent medications. The importance of falls in the elder cannot be overemphasized, and several authors discuss the implications of this risk from various perspectives.
No book relating to geriatric medicine would be complete without thorough discussions of Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease. The authors do a splendid job discussing the sleep-related pathophysiology of these disorders, including effects on circadian rhythms, the evaluation of sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disease (in particular, REM sleep behavior disorder or RBD), and treatment considerations.
In the final analysis, Principles and Practice of Geriatric Sleep Medicine is an invaluable contribution to the educational armamentarium of sleep medicine, particularly at the bargain price for which it sells. It should be required reading for every geriatric fellow, gerontologist, and sleep medicine physician—indeed, for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge of sleep and sleep/wake disorders in the elderly. Although I find myself wanting to lend it to a well-deserving resident or fellow, I am holding onto it tightly as there still remain a few chapters that I wish to read one more time…well, maybe even twice more.
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Here's how I list them based on many previous comps and showing clean or close to clean programs. The Ladies I look to be this seasons' would-be champions.
Mao Asada
YuNa Kim
Joannie Rochette
Yukuri Nakano
Rachel Flatt
Alena Leonova
Sarah Meier
Skaters I see who are not as competitive
Laura Lepisto
Fumie Suguri
Elene Gedevanishvili
Alissa Czisney
Carolina Kostner
Caroline Zhang
Ashley Wagner
Kimmie Meissner
For that second grouping I will look to the GPs to see if there is any competitiveness in them this year.
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TMZ recently claimed that producer/rapper Swizz Beatz was the latest celebrity to fall victim of Uncle Sam, as they reported that New York State was going after Swizz for unpaid taxes dating back to 2010, totaling $98,246.18. The site also claimed he owed the federal government $2.6 million.
However, Swizz and his rep put the rumors to rest and provided TMZ documents showing that he paid the full amount due on his 2010 tax return. Swizz's rep also backed him, revealing that the entertainer is up to date on his taxes, which were all paid in full.
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