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Greetings all, I have an thought (not original) that has been running around my head for a while. It involves the proper actions we (as humans) should take if in fact some deity does exist. If there is a god I propose that we, as thinking creatures with the desire to live our own lives, should reject that god.
That is to say, if a god exists, we should say "thanks but no thanks". Despite how wonderful and benevolent or evil and capricious, we should tell this god we do not want nor require its assistance. I firmly believe that if we, as humans, want to truly grow we can not have any one looking over our shoulder. When discussing this I use the example of a father (evil or altruistic doesn't matter) and two sons. Son A, never leaves home and lives off of daddy's money and doesn't make anything of himself. While son B says, "thanks for all the help dad but I have to do this on my own" and sets out to make his fortune. I contend that while Son A is always going to taken care of, he never really grows up. He remains a child being told what to do and never thinking for himself. However, son B develops over time because he has to do it alone. He is forced to think and learn from his mistakes, that ultimately improves his character.
I say we should strive to be like son B. we should reject our "Father" and strike out on our own. Yes like son B we will make mistakes and take the wrong path and we might not even survive. This may be our destruction, but demanding to live our lives on our terms is the minimum we should expect. So if a god exists we should stand up and say "NO".
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Elsewhere on the internet, I wrote that, if it was all at once discovered that a god did exist, my response would be something like: "Oh? Interesting," and go right back to what I was doing. As of this writing, I have managed 61 years and some change without having to fuss with a deity, and I am not certain that incorporating one into my day-to-day would constitute any substantial improvement.
Besides, who wants a johnny-come-lately god, anyway?
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Cotulla announced this rather bizarre achievement via Twitter, with a stream of photos to prove he got the job done. Both the Metro environment and the plain old desktop run on the HD2, which presumably includes Office RT and the like.
In order to get all this to work, I've been told Cotulla had to write his own EFI bootloader - no small feat, and it demonstrates his dedication and skill (as if that was needed considering he already ported both Android and Windows Phone to the HD2). The fact that Windows RT runs on the HD2 at all is a small miracle - this is a phone from 2009, running on a single-core 1Ghz Snapdragon processor with 576 MB RAM.
We don't have any video material (yet), and the port hasn't been released to the public, so we don't yet know how well it performs. The legality of it all is of course shaky as well, but then, back in the Windows Mobile days Microsoft simply looked the other way and silently approved the ROM community. It would be a nice gesture if they continued to do so today.
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Powerful New Film Expertly Exposes Phony Drug War & Police State
A Scanner Darkly set to shake collective unconsciousness through viral popular culture shot in the arm
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com | April 28 2006
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'A Scanner Darkly' Reveals Near Future Police State
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A new film set for release later this year chronicles how power interests exploit the drug war in order to create unthinking armies of drone servants and erect police state measures to prevent the people from ever glimpsing the dark truth behind a highly mechanized surveillance panopticon.
A Scanner Darkly is a powerful dystopic film set in the terrifying near future-- a world controlled by high-tech surveillance and ruled by a liberty-destroying police state. Director Richard Linklater picks up where he left off with his ground-breaking Waking Life-- its rotoscoped look has now advanced exponentially into a startling visual element which only supports the themes of this new film. A Scanner Darkly is a heavily researched, amazingly conceived blend of Phillip K. Dick's acclaimed novel and the frightening real technology emerging in our threatened world.
The film stars Keanu Reeves, Robert Downy, Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and features Alex Jones himself-- still bullhorning the truth in the future nightmare world. The Warner Brothers film is currently slated for release on July 7, 2006.
This movie brilliantly exposes the fraud of the drug war and how governments and power interests engender chaos in order to maintain their stranglehold on the human population.
Set in suburban Orange County California in the near future, undercover cop Keanu Reeves is ordered to start spying on his friends. A leviathan corporation, New Path, controls a drug named substance D, which causes its users to experience paranoid delusions and fantasies and eventually turns them into zombies.
An iron fist police state, a multi-tentacle surveillance grid and the abolition of freedom of speech protects the truth behind Substance D, a reality the characters seek to quantify in the midst of their hallucinogenic haze.
Society is managed similar to the tyranny of Communist China, where protesters are simply grabbed off the street and disappeared, as encapsulated by Alex Jones' role.
The final unveiling of the scope of how New Path exploits the addiction of Substance D users for its own purposes will leave the viewer reeling from a volcanic blast of contemporary social commentary.
If you enjoyed the rotoscoping effects seen on Waking Life then prepare yourself to be blown away by the visual appeal of this masterpiece. Every single frame is a work of art. The creators have managed to produce a graphic novel come to life, without losing one iota of the facial characteristics and body language encountered through standard cinematography.
The film is a multi-layered waterfall of refreshing ideas and concepts. Running parallel is a strong and consistent element of humor throughout.
A Scanner Darkly represents the latest example of a refreshing and burgeoning trend in Hollywood that seeks to enlighten the viewer into recognizing the real world prison barriers being erected around society today.
The contribution A Scanner Darkly will make to the alternative truth movement cannot be understated. For those who believe in the possibility of the 100th monkey syndrome and how the collective unconsciousness can be changed through popular culture, Scanner stands out as a watershed moment in the desire to lift the human spirit and create a better world not just through deeds but the very act of thought and understanding alone.
A Scanner Darkly is a ripple in the fabric of human awakening and its impact will send shockwaves through the New World Order architects and make them fully understand that a growing majority are becoming aware of their machinations and plans.
This isn't airy fairy nebulous wishful thinking, it is historically visible that revolutions in the way we perceive the world around us and thus change it occur simultaneously and as a result of positive viral injections, whether they come from science, religion, technology, maverick individuals or popular culture. Film is still the zeitgeist of the human psyche.
A Scanner Darkly is a prescient warning of the near-term world that awaits us all unless we stand in the way of those who would seek to crush the human soul and shackle an infinite ball and chain around our feet.
The sheer genius behind the creation of the Scanner website is a joy to behold. This is the most 'leap off the monitor' website you are ever likely to see. It puts you in the position of the Scanner, able to cycle through different surveillance subjects and overview their connections to each other.
Also featured is New Path's psychological evaluation tool. What will a Scanner see in you? It depends on what you see in the images provided. You will soon learn that Substance D causes enough confusion for you to be labeled with a level of brain dysfunction that requires at least observation if not immediate treatment.
The website tracks the number of mouse clicks you make, eerie instant messages pop up, and you can put your own live image on the website with a webcam.
There is even an option to upload your own artwork, using either templates provided by the website or entirely your own creation from scratch. Screensavers, wallpaper, buddy icons, trailers, audio files and e-cards are just some of the other great features offered.
The appeal and 'stickability' of this website will keep you clicking round for at least an hour to make sure you sample the full smorgasbord of what it has to offer. Click here to visit the website now.
If the quality of both the trailer and the website are any indication, this film is likely to blow open previous movie conventions and deliver a powerful warning of a not-so-distant world that we can only hope will not solidify into a permanent prison planet.
Philip K. Dick was a visionary decades ahead of his time. A Scanner Darkly represents both a warning and a shining tribute to the abilities of a prominent new crop of producers and directors.
A Scanner Darkly must be commended for its artistic flair and bold intellectual stance. We are sure that it will join the tide of change in making Americans think for themselves and devise creative new ways to reach new people and spread the truth about what is taking place in our world.
It is important to support this film in every way possible and open the door for other similar creations to follow in its footsteps.
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Next to the photo-illustrated guides, in-depth information on vegetation, bird life and geology is presented in the "birds/plants information pages" and the "landscape features of Iceland". Also two internal search programs are included through which you can search directly for information on specific plants or birds.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 5th Nov 2005 17:51 UTC, submitted by AdriAn Avila
Rumors circulating that Novell is going to kill off its popular Linux desktop lines are completely false. [However,] Novell is making one large strategic change. The GNOME interface is going to become the default interface on both the SLES and Novell Linux Desktop line. KDE libraries will be supplied on both, but the bulk of Novell's interface moving forward will be on GNOME. "The entire KDE graphical interface and product family will continue to be supported and delivered on OpenSuSE."
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I think the point is that it would allow people to write applications that look nice alongside the Desktop Environment without paying through the noze for the right toolkit. However I don't think GTK is the right toolkit for something like KDE, if anything a new toolkit should be made by the KDE developers if they have the manpower and resources for that. Then the new toolkit should be released under the GNU LGPL so people can actually afford to make a living writing software with that toolkit.


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The Welshman netted the opener against the Hammers before an Andy Carroll penalty and a goal from Joe Cole put the hosts ahead. However, Andre Villas-Boas' side rallied, and it was Bale who had the final say in the 90th minute with a spectacular left-footed effort to clinch the points after Gylfi Sigurdsson had levelled.
Spurs now face the Gunners at White Hart Lane on Sunday, and Parker believes the manner of their win at Upton Park will be a blow to the confidence of their bitter rivals going into the game.
Parker told Sporting Life: "I've been in that position where you're watching the scores come up (on television) and it goes 'last minute goal at wherever' and you're praying it's the other team - and it isn't, it's the team that you don't want to score.
|Tottenham are 18/1 with Paddy Power to beat Arsenal 3-2 on Sunday
"So it is deflating as a player on the opposite end, and I'm sure the Arsenal players are like that.
"I'm sure they'll be thinking they need to concentrate on themselves and try to win the game against us, and if they win the game against us it goes down to a point so it's going to be tight."
The Lilywhites know victory over Arsenal will take them seven points clear of Arsene Wenger's side, who pipped them to Champions League qualification last term, an outcome which Parker is keen to avoid in this campaign.
"What happened last year drives us," added the veteran midfielder. "It's a focus and it's something we're aware of. We've worked really hard this season to get where we've got, and we can't afford to fall off it.
"The race for fourth place isn't over but we fully deserved the win against West Ham. Their goalkeeper had a world-class game, but we still managed to get the three points."


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The Lutheran Lions got some divine intervention, if you ask James Willis.
Willis caught holy fire in the fourth quarter to score 15 of Lutherans 29 final-frame points, just enough to overcome a 20-2 third-quarter pummelling by the Ignacio High School boys basketball team.
IHS spent the final eight minutes of Saturdays game in the role of hapless Job at Durango High School.
The Lions beat the Bobcats 52-46 in the Class 2A Region 3 championship game to secure a spot in the CHSAA Class 2A Boys Basketball State Championships next week at Massari Arena in Pueblo.
Im being completely honest; it was all God, said Willis, who led all scorers with 19 points. It was all Jesus Christ.
The Bobcats, meanwhile, were left crying My God, my God, why have you forsaken us?
Visibly, at least, God was the Bobcats offensive rhythm.
After trailing 21-16 at half, the Bobcats hitched themselves to their own chariot of fire, and the flaming horses were Kelton Richmond and Wyatt Hayes.
Richmond galloped into the third quarter with three consecutive layups, one an alley-oop. He led the Bobcats with 15 total points.
He pounded the boards a little bit, IHS head coach Chris Valdez said.
Justin Carver hit a 3-pointer, then Hayes charged ahead with two of his own, one from about 25-feet deep.
It was good just to get momentum going, Hayes said.
Hayes scored 11 and Carver nine, a good portion of them scored in that 20-2 third quarter, which was capped by senior Austin Haires three-point play.
Ignacio cracked Lutherans 1-3-1 zone, after struggling some against the Lions much-superior size in the first two quarters. All of the Lions players top 6-feet, with five listed at 6-4 or higher.
Theyre huge; theyre monsters, Valdez said. And were not afraid of their height. Their height didnt beat us, their abilities did.
One of which was defensive shape-shifting, from the zone to man-to-man defense.
They changed their defense, Hayes said. And we didnt know what to do.
The good Lord giveth, and the good Lord taketh away.
Willis a 6-1 guard whom Valdez said has the build of a Division I college guard went to work. He hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3s, mixed up with slicing drives through the lane. He led a 16-0 Lutheran run to start the fourth quarter, which wiped out Ignacios lead at 37-36 and ended at 39-36.
Josh Clausen added seven more points to finish with 13, and the Lions didnt waver.
They understand how to win, Vadlez said. They do it all year, too.
Youve got to win the fourth quarter, if youre going to win games, he said. Were a 3½-quarter team right now.
Still, 3½ quarters got the Bobcats to a 19-6 overall record, their fifth consecutive chance to host the Region 3 tournament and six points from their fourth state tournament berth in five years.
The fact that theyre not in that tournament alongside Lutheran is a shame, Lutheran coach Ryan Bredow told Valdez.
In his own words: Man, this is not just a cliché statement Ignacio is a very, very tough team, Bredow said.
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WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Science, Operational Meteorology
Internships: Three internships: two at New England Cable News Network, working with meteorologists and learning behind-the-scenes aspects of meteorology broadcasting, and one at WHDH-Channel 7 learning more about the weather and practicing as an "on-air" personality
Activities: Women's Varsity Soccer, Meteorology Club president, student coordinator for Meteorology Bridge Program, mentor, part-time work at Country Kids' Playfarm and at Bunker Hill Community College
Kerri Copello needs to be good at reading maps in order to excel in her desired field of meteorology. So the fact that she grew up in Georgia, now lives in Massachusetts, and went from Massachusetts to Wisconsin to Connecticut to pursue her degree probably isn't a bad thing. After a year-and-a-half at Northland College in Ashland, Wis., the school dropped its meteorology program. Copello visited several options in New England and "once I visited Western I knew that it was a perfect fit for what I was looking for in a school."
Copello is one of those lucky few who figure out early on what they want to be when they grow up. "I knew I wanted to be a meteorologist since I was 7 years old and saw severe weather forming right over my house in Georgia," she says. "From the moment I learned how to spell 'meteorologist,' I never looked back."
When talking about her studies at Western, Copello says there were several members of the university community who became mentors to her. "Weather Center Assistant Director Gary Lessor, Meteorological Studies & Weather Center Director Dr. Albert Owino, Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Dr. Abbey Zink and Adjunct Instructor Marjorie Salem are only a few who have left lasting impressions in my life," Copello says.
Asked what she will remember most about her WCSU experience, Copello says, "Each day at Western created a new and exciting memory. I had an awesome experience playing soccer for the university and the friendships made through that program will continue for a lifetime. Meteorology gave me the knowledge to be successful in my career and also gave me the opportunity to find my passion in teaching and mentoring. Being able to make a difference academically in a child's life is one of the best feelings in the world."
After graduation, Copello says, "I would love to settle into a news station and forecast weather on television. After a few years of that, my plan is to go to grad school and work on a master's degree in secondary education focused on earth science."
Copello's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Get involved! With that, have the time of your life; it goes by quickly so cherish each moment."


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Due to a continuing decline in revenues and a predicted year-end budget shortfall, some Beaufort County employees will be forced to take five unpaid days off, beginning with Memorial Day, the Beaufort County Administrator announced Friday.
"Department directors will ensure that scheduled days off will be assigned to minimize disruption of services," Gary Kubic's furlough notice reads. "All services and units will maintain a five-day work week."
The furloughs will affect General Fund employees, Kubic said.
Memorial Day for all county employees is now a non-paid holiday. As a result, Memorial Day, May 30, will count as the first of five furlough days, Kubic said.
With the exception of public safety personnel, Beaufort County administration employees will be required to take four additional days off without pay. Employees will take off one day per week for four weeks following Memorial Day week, he said.
Part-time employees will be scheduled for 10 percent fewer hours than they normally work each week.
"Elected and state officials of the General Fund who manage all other General Fund employees will independently decide whether they will join County Administration and participate in this effort to reduce general fund salary expenditures," the notice says.


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Gussman '09 Wins Baldwin Oratoricalby Howard W. Hewitt • February 11, 2008 Share:
Grant Gussman '09 stepped up a spot in the 134th Baldwin Oratorical Contest Monday night to claim the storied competition's top prize.
Gussman finished second last year and used the experience to best a talented five-man competition. His presentation, "Gangster Existentialism," impressed the judges for his casual style and substance. Richard Roomes '08 was second with his speech, "The Semblance of Happiness." Jeremy Burton '08, a winner two years ago, took third with his "Good Samaritan" speech.
The theme for this year's competition was from pop culture: "Get Rich or Die Trying."
Gussman focused on life decisions driven by what other people tell us to think. "We as Americans are far too content to let others tell us what success is," he said. "Whenever there is a fast track to success, people often take it. But we accept that, we stop thinking critically.
"You don't need someone to give you the answer, sometimes it's okay to wait and figure things out yourself."
Gussman was also impressed with the other four competitor's speeches. He was very happy to move from second to first after last year. "It's really great to know my name is going on that plaque in the lobby too," he said, noting the historical significance of the Baldiwn competition.
Roomes used an entertaining theme focused on Americans as "consumption junkies." He played off the theme of addiction, admitting his own consumption excess and how the realities of life quickly bring you back to a more balanced life.
Burton's third place speech focused on the drive to acquire material things in life but suggested real wealth is in learning to give.
The other two finalists from the initial group entered were Daniel King '10, got the audience's attention by opening with a rap from Fifty Cents, and Victor Nava '10 who explained why he wanted to be a teacher.
The contest was truly special for one of the three judges who was able to re-live a moment of his youth. Jim Bond '64, Seattle University School of Law Dean Emeritus, won the Baldwin competition when he was a Wabash sophomore in 1962.
"It's so interesting to see yourself again as it were and remember you were once that young and that enthusiastic and that clever," he said. "I think the Wabash man has probably not changed a lot through the years based upon what I saw this evening."
And he was impressed by the talented five Wabash students. "I thought they were outstanding. "They all appeared to be so relaxed and in command of their material. They knew the points they wanted to make and made them."
Professor of Political Science Phil Mikesell '63 and Director of the Lilly Library John Lamborn were the other two judges.
The Baldwin Oratorical Contest began in 1873. The contest is made possible by an endowed gift from D.P. Baldwin. Daniel Pratt Baldwin was a long-time College Trustee known for his lectures on English, Literatures, and Economics.
In 1873 the prize was a copy of the complete works of William Shakespeare. The same prize, along with a cash award, is still presented today.
In photos: Top to bottom: Rhetoric Professor Todd McDorman congratulates Gussman. Roomes, Burton, Nava, and King during their presentations.


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Prior to the event, WFAN radio host John Jastremski - or "JJ After Dark" - spoke about various topics ranging from Phil Jackson to the New York Yankees.
The Golden Gloves program has led the way in promoting amateur boxing in the United States and has produced the majority of competitors for America's boxing teams in the Pan-Am and Olympic Games.
Executive director of the Boys and Girls Club, Terry Hughes, and Board President Walter Sanchez were excited to host the tournament, as well as showcase the club's role for kids in the community.
"We teach them how to be leaders," Sanchez said.
Richmond Hill resident Jacob Castro, 22,has been boxing since he was a little kid, but really began taking it seriously this year. His father Eddie is and ex-fighter and his coach, and he described himself as a boxer that tries to keep his distance and avoid brawls.
Castro lost in the first round last year, but this time he trained hard and advanced to the second round.
"I just love it," he said. "It's relaxing. Once I get in the ring, everything else doesn't matter."


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A Peaceful Ending
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There was such a peaceful feeling down by the lake last night during sunset in the quiet stillness with a mirrored lake reflecting the colorful meandering clouds. It was a beautiful ending for the day the kind that makes for gentle dreams.
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September's Ingredient Round-Up features fruits, nuts and vegetable ingredients, including cranberry, soybutter and green tea ingredients. Read on for the latest formulations from Kalsec Inc., Robertet Flavors and many more.
Pomegranate powder
Pomegranates have become the darlings of the food industry with research that shows potent levels of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. With a distinctive sweet/tart taste and deep red color, they are suitable in beverages, fillings, sauces and confections. Now the vendor offers a pomegranate powder that provides all the taste and benefits without the difficulty of handling this popular fruit.
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The cranberry ranks No. 1 in antioxidant and antiadhesion benefits, says the manufacturer, and new research suggests cranberry components offer benefits in the prevention of dental and gum diseases (see the vendor's web site for details). Plus, the demand for this sweetened, dried fruit increases on its own merits, with uses in baked goods, cereals, trail mixes and other products. Variations include a lower-sugar/high-fiber cranberry and diced and double-diced pieces.
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The taste of fresh-squeezed orange juice is reproduced with the latest additions to the Generessence line of flavors. They are water-soluble solutions that can be used in a wide range of beverage applications. Subtle nuances of the volatile components and the base of natural sugars are in perfect harmony. In other flavors, limitations in solubility and in orange-flavor raw materials can leave a thin or bitter taste, while the lack of sugars and acids in water-based beverages drives the flavor profile away from the original. Generessence Orange is created from components found only in the fruit itself.
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Green tea preserves meat
For the first time, the antioxidative properties of green tea are being used to effectively protect the shelf life of meat and poultry products. Guardian Green Tea Extracts are specifically selected for their outstanding antioxidative properties on heat-treated meat and poultry. While green tea is traditionally positioned as a flavor agent used mostly in beverages, these products demonstrate performance on meat products that is superior to synthetic antioxidants such as BHA.
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The shipment of gunshot survival kits had arrived the night before, and Lt. Terry Stayer claimed the first pack for herself the next morning. She tucked the little vacuum-sealed baggie in the pocket of her ballistic vest, and then spent the next few hours distributing the rest to the roughly 75 other police officers in Haltom City, Texas.
By the end of the day, that tiny first-aid kit, developed by a retired cop who lives in Carlsbad, would be credited with helping to save an officer's life.
The police trauma packs were created by Marc Barry, a 41-year-old retired Las Vegas police officer, who saw the need for first-aid kits that officers can carry on their person in case gunfire pins them to a location far from their patrol cars.
Barry founded Officer Survival Solutions in 2009, running the business with help from his wife from their North County home. Escondido police, San Diego Harbor Police, the Carlsbad SWAT team and the state Department of Justice are among the local agencies equipped with the kits.
The packs, at $44 each, are similar to ones carried by combat troops in the field, but compact enough to fit in a standard patrol uniform. Each contains a tourniquet, hemostatic gauze, pressure bandage, gloves and a chest seal.
According to military data, major blood loss accounts for nearly two-thirds of preventable combat deaths.
When seconds count, the kit could mean the difference between life and death.
It did last week in Haltom City.
Fort Worth police Officer John Bell was working a call in the neighboring suburb on the afternoon of Jan. 29 when he was notified that a drug suspect had fled from local officers.
Bell and his partner agreed to help in the search, soon finding the suspect hiding in a pickup parked in the lot of an auto business.
An exchange of gunfire followed. Bell was shot three times — in his face, hip and hand.
Lt. Stayer was one of the first to answer the call for backup.
"Knowing I had the pack, I knew I could help," she said.
The 20-year police veteran knelt down alongside the wounded officer, compressing his facial wound with a pressure bandage and stuffing hemostatic gauze in the bullet hole in his hip, hoping the special coating on the bandages would speed up blood clotting.
Then she waited for paramedics, who were held back until other officers made certain the gunman was no longer a threat.
"I held what I had until medical got there," Stayer said.
The officer lost a finger and suffered a severely damaged eye, but he didn't bleed out. He was well enough to give Stayer a hug in his hospital room two days later.
Officer Survival Solutions founder Barry said other lifesaving tales involving his equipment have surfaced.
A U.S. Virgin Islands police chief in St. Croix emailed him a photo of his mangled arm, which had been shot with an AK-47 during an ambush in August. The chief was able to use the trauma pack on himself to stem the bleeding.
"My arm was blown apart but I'm alive. OSS saved my life, thank you brother," Chief Chris Howell wrote Barry.
Barry came up with the idea for kits after the 2006 death of his friend and former partner, who bled out in a suspect's driveway during a shootout in Las Vegas.
"Nothing patrol officers were carrying could help against gunshot wounds at the time," he said.
Barry, who spent 15 years on the Las Vegas force, used his past gang unit training, as well as the training he got overseas during contract work with the government, to develop the compact kit.
He also met with doctors and surgeons to learn the latest advances in tactical combat trauma care being used by the military.
The kits are sold on his website and come in two sizes — fitting a standard uniform pocket or a tactical vest pocket. He's even designed a size to fit specifically into the flashlight pants pocket of a San Diego Police Department uniform, hoping to present the idea to officials later this year.
Escondido police secured grant funding to outfit roughly 100 officers with the packs about a year ago. Officers have the option of keeping it in their cars or carrying it on them.
Escondido traffic Officer Mike Nelson sees the critical importance of keeping it on him at all times. Nelson, who was trained in tactical medicine on the SWAT team, spearheaded the effort to buy the kits after seeing an increase in the number of officer deaths around the country.
"I saw the ability to use that equipment to save other officers or citizens," Nelson said.
Last year, a SWAT officer on a patrol call even used the kit on a citizen's knife wound to the neck, he said.
In 2011, 72 officers were slain in the line of duty in the U.S., compared to 48 officers in 2008, according to the FBI. Most were killed by gunfire.
Barry said sales of the kits to individual officers have increased in the past week as news of the Haltom City incident reaches around the country.


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Pat Fowler, executive director of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG), has been honored for lifetime achievement and advocacy in the field of problem gambling.
She received her honor in front of more than 300 attendees at the National Council on Problem Gambling's (NCPG) Annual Conference Awards ceremony in Seattle. Fowler on Saturday accepted the Monsignor Joseph Dunne Award for Advocacy, which those in the indusry say is the nation's most prestigious award.
The Dunne Award is given to an individual who has a minimum of 20 years of documented advocacy on behalf of problem gamblers and their families and has demonstrated exemplary work in support of the goals and objectives of the NCPG and/or its affiliates.
Fowler's participation in assisting compulsive gamblers started in the early 1980s when she was actively involved in Gam-Anon, and served two years as the first International Chair of Gam-Anon in the early 1990s. During that period, on behalf of FCCG, she started the FCCG's 24-hour Problem Gambling HelpLine, 888-ADMIT-IT, which has served as the state of Florida's lifeline for problem gamblers and their families for almost 15 years. In 1992 she assumed the role of executive director of the FCCG and continues to serve in that full-time position.
"Under Pat's leadership, the FCCG was instrumental in implementing many programs and research to assist all diverse populations adversely affected by pathological gambling," explained Paul Ashe, FCCG's Board President. "Over the past 25 years, Pat has always been a strong advocate to assist those in need to resolve the adverse consequences of compulsive gambling. Whether dealing with the State of Florida officials or the gambling industry, she has always been committed to assisting those in need, and does not accept 'No' for an answer."
Fowler's experience includes training casino personnel about compulsive gambling, and educating officials with the Florida Lottery and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation about all aspects of compulsive gambling, prevention, education, awareness, and implementation of self-exclusion programsm the release said.
In 2002, Fowler received the NCPG's "Distinguished Program Award" for the FCCG's program "Dealing with Addiction," which provided insight and direction to mental health and addiction professionals in addressing compulsive gambling. She further secured Florida State certification for compulsive gambling addiction and prevention practitioners, and obtained approval from the Florida Medical Association for authorization of continuing education credits for medical and health care professionals for curriculum developed by the FCCG. She also gained funding from Florida state government and the gambling industry to support these programs.
She also served as a long-term member of the NCPG Board of Directors, was the past chair of the National Helpline Committee, and has promoted many initiatives at both the state and national levels including helpline operations, adolescent and college student programs, and programs assisting older adults.
One of her proudest accomplishments came a few years ago when she secured funding from the Seminole Tribe of Florida for gambling treatment. Today, anyone in Florida who cannot afford treatment, or who has inadequate insurance, can obtain treatment free of charge, or on a sliding scale based upon their ability to pay, the release noted.
The Dunne Award is named after Monsignor Joseph Dunne, a chaplain for the New York City Police who co-founded the National Council on Problem Gambling in 1972. Dunne and psychiatrist Dr. Robert Custer raised national awareness about problem gambling and the need for treatment. The Award was named after Monsignor Dunne after he died in June 2013.
In a letter of recommendation, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa President John Fontana wrote: "Over our 20-year relationship, Pat has helped me to develop a true understanding of the issues relating to problem and compulsive gambling and a passion to do whatever is in my power to help those affected by the affliction as well as to try and prevent it through education and awareness. I can tell you with absolute certainty that there is no greater advocate for the recovery and well-being of those lives affected by problem and compulsive gambling in our state than Pat Fowler."
Said David Griffin, a former Florida Lottery secretary, in his letter of recommendation: "Under Pat's leadership, the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) has developed programs for law enforcement and criminal justice professionals; for veterans and in-service military and their families; and for incarcerated youth and elementary through college students. In short, Pat has been a tireless advocate for the issue of compulsive gambling for 25 years."
The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling is a not-for-profit independent corporation, under contract with state government. The council states its mission is to increase public awareness about problem and compulsive gambling and to furnish supports to persons in need of assistance.
She is photographed here with Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling.


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House prices surged by 5.5% year-on-year in October to reach a new record high, with the East of England among the regions to see prices rise, official figures have shown.
A 1.4% month-on-month uplift took average UK house values to £247,000, surpassing a previous series peak set just two months earlier by 0.2%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
London recorded a 12% annual increase in property prices, pushing the typical house value there to £437,000. Prices in London are nearly 17% higher than their pre-financial crisis levels, while those in the South East and the East of England are now sitting around 1% higher than their previous 2008 highs.
The ONS figures showed that prices rose in every UK region year-on-year as the housing market continued to pick up pace. As London continued to race ahead of the rest of the UK, Yorkshire and the Humber recorded the smallest annual increase, with a 0.8% annual uplift taking average prices there to £167,000.
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On a year-on-year basis, prices in England lifted by 5.7% to reach £257,000 on average, by 2% in Wales to £164,000 and by 3.3% in Scotland to £184,000.
But despite prices in Northern Ireland having returned to an upward path in recent months, at £129,000 on average, prices there are still 50% below their 2007 peak.
England remains the only UK country where property prices are above their pre-crisis high and prices in both Scotland and Wales are still around 6% below their 2008 peak levels.
Fears of a looming house price bubble have been growing in recent months as a flurry of would-be home-buyers has entered the market following Government schemes such as Funding for Lending and Help to Buy which have widened mortgage availability.
Funding for Lending gives lenders access to cheap finance on condition they pass on the benefits of this to borrowers, while Help to Buy gives aspiring home- buyers with deposits as low as 5% a helping hand on to or up the property ladder.
But analysts have warned that the supply of homes on the market is not enough to keep up with demand, which is putting upward pressure on prices as the market heats up.
The Bank of England recently took the first step in applying the brakes to the property market by announcing that it is refocusing Funding for Lending away from mortgages and towards helping small businesses borrow. Some experts have warned that this could spell the beginning of the end for ultra-low mortgage rates.
Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said: "It is important that buyers plan ahead for potential interest rate rises and ensure they can afford their mortgage once this happens."
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist for IHS Global Insight, said the "sharp acceleration" in prices in the ONS figures would fuel concerns of a bubble.
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Well, the Giants aren't worried about Tim Lincecum …
The Giants rallied to beat the Rockies on Wednesday, after five relievers held Colorado to one run over the final seven innings.
That's the good news.
And then there's Tim Lincecum.
The Giants ace got battered by the Rockies for five runs on seven hits in two innings of work. He walked one and did not strike out a batter.
He struggled with his control, throwing only 26 of his 46 pitches for strikes.
His velocity topped out at 91 mph, a bit below the 93 mph he normally throws at. But Lincecum and the Giants were unconcerned.
"I feel like the ball is coming out fine," Lincecum said. "If anything was a real problem, I'm sure (catcher Chris Stewart) would come out and tell me. I feel fine. Outside of the results, everything was good."
OK, then. What exactly did Chris Stewart say?
"Nothing to worry about," said Stewart, adding that Lincecum was just fighting to keep his fastballs down. "When the season starts, he'll be the Timmy that we're all used to."
Henry Schulman of the SF Chronicle pointed out that the Freak's spring ERAs the past four years were 4.50, 4.03, 6.94 and 4.37. Last season, Lincecum opened the spring with an outing in which he gave up three runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings.
It is just March 7. There are four weeks before the season opens. Lincecum will get five more spring starts.
No time to worry.
OK, let's focus on happy thoughts.
- The Giants rallied with three runs in the seventh and three in the eight to beat the Rockies. The runs in the seventh were aided by four walks by Esmil Rogers, a young pitcher who has a career ERA of 6.57. The Giants pound Stephen Dodson, a career minor league who has pitched about Double-A, for three runs on four hits in the eight.
- Tommy Joseph, a 20-year-old catcher, came in late and had two RBI singles to fuel the rally. "Here's a 20-year-old that's really done a great job of making strides behind the plate," manager Bruce Bochy said. "And he can hit."
- Melky Cabrera continues to swing a hot bat, going 3 for 3 with a double, run and RBI. He's hitting .571.
- Nate Schierholtz went 1 for 2 and stole yet another base.
- Erik Surkamp, who figures to be first in line if the Giants need another starter, struck out four in three innings of work, giving up one run on three hits.
- OF Gregor Blanco also came off the bench and went 2-for-2. A speedster, Blanco is trying to the Giants that he can hit. He's coming being named the MVP of the Venezuela Winter League. To read more about Gregor, see this story on the Giants website.
Madison Bumgarner gets the start as the Giants face the Padres in Peoria at 12:05 p.m. PST.


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|2013-01-04, 05:09
|Link #10262
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
just read the chapter and I havta say Im pissed Okay we get Gajeel vs Rogue Laxus vs Orga (the reveal was obvious to everybody its only a matter of confirmation) Minerva is a cop out but I suppose it works. Lucy fainting is really stupid because now we're left with more and more questions.
|2013-01-04, 05:48
|Link #10264
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
remember how they said an unexpected result what if that result is in the middle of all of this acnologia (sp?) comes and attacks the wizards and with their weakened states nobody is able to defend themselves. That would explain why things are so bad and would force lucy to come back in time to this point and warn them of it.
|2013-01-04, 05:52
|Link #10265
a random Indonesian otaku
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Xanadu
Age: 26
suddenly, I lost interest with Daimatou Enbu....
I'm more interested in finding out what future-Lucy want to say...
anyway, I hope Gajeel will kick Rogue's ass....
Minerva is starting to annoy me as well
|2013-01-04, 06:04
|Link #10266
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
|2013-01-04, 07:28
|Link #10267
ANEGO Worshiper
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
This pisses me off...why?
Well let's review the facts and use knowledge of shounen battle logic a bit:
- Natsu beat both Sting and Rogue alone;
- Sting has no found Nakama power and powered up;
- Rogue may have powered up as well;
- Gajeel will now have a one-on-one with Rogue;
By shounen battle logic, since Gajeel isn't even a main character, he'll have an even match with Rogue, if not get his ass kicked for a bit...Mashima seems to hate Gajeel, or at least hates to make Gajeel look cool by himself, so unless Natsu is involved Gajeel usually has a very tough fight against TRASH...just look at the Tenrou Island...Gajeel was nearly killed by two guys that weren't even part of the strongest group.
I seriously hope I'm wrong and Gajeel beats the living shit outta that kid with great ease though...
|2013-01-04, 07:53
|Link #10268
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
I would say Erza will win 100000% if Kagura first will use some kind of powerfull move.
Battle logic: FT vs Opponent
FT vs Level upped Opponent
Level upped FT vs Level upped Opponent
Level upped FT vs double Level upped Opponent
FT uses incredible super nakama move and wins fight. The Opponent lost the will to fight, became friend, died, whatsoever...
|2013-01-04, 08:05
|Link #10269
Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 30
Wow I TOTALLY didn't see that lucy part happening, hur she just happens to pass out so nothing gets explained yet. Kagara or what ever is pissin me off. I'm also getting sick of ALL the angry faces. It seems Fairy Tail is composed of 80% face shots.
Think i'm just getting close to being done with this manga. I never really looked on my sources to see if the new chapter is up.
|2013-01-04, 08:31
|Link #10270
Predicted Minerva would force Kagura and Erza to fight. Erza will win, or will get Kagura to play dead in order to surprise Minvera. Probably the former, though. At the least, Erza will convince Kagura that Jellal isn't evil.
Second Lucy fainting was expected; can't give away everything just yet. We just found out the gate was unlocked with the keys (which means you don't need a celestial wizard after all?) and just needs to be pushed open with "human hands." Maybe Future Lucy opened it before, and it cost her a hand?
|2013-01-04, 08:35
|Link #10271
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: A Yellow Submarine
Age: 24
Darn it, why did Lucy have to faint? Can't she explain things first before fainting?
Oh darn it Hiro. This chapter didn't really deliver. And I waited two weeks for this. The next chapter better have the answers we want! Just finish the fights already and get to Eclipse!
And wait, what exactly does Minerva mean by "I'll show you how a king fights?". Does that mean she's the king of Fiore? Or is she just referring to the chess piece?
|2013-01-04, 08:35
|Link #10272
Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
While I think everyone knew they were coming, you really gotta hope they didn't and have Mashima give us some different for once.
lightning vs lightning, dragon slayer vs dragon slayer etc etc, the match ups have no flair to them what so ever.
Altho outcomes might be different from what we expect, the match ups aren't great in themselves.
At very least like Randrak says gotta expect Gajeel to beat the crap outta Rogue.
|2013-01-04, 11:42
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The One Eyed King
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lurking Up Ahead
So, the princess admits the "impossible victory" was just her take on what future Lucy told her based on what is happening in the tournament ATM. In my mind that translates to Fairy Tail winning without losing anyone, I mean "after all it would be impossible for Erza to beat Kagura and then Minerva" or Lax us beating a god slayer and then Jura... and Sting has planz too. To her Fairy Tail winning must seem impossible alright, especially without losing anyone.
I mean really why else would Future Levy remember the fight the day before everyone died, unless they so dominated there that they seemed invincible... until destiny happened 7/7.
And we still have a likely Gray vs Lyon since neither have an opponent now... Jura will likely fight Laxus, and Sting is likely being teleported by Minerva or will be in some plan to teleport in and defeat any wounded Captains after a hard pressed fight (theoretical easy 5 points each... in theory). Since after all since he wounded Gemma he 'should be able to wound captain too due to nakama power up' I'll Lolz if he attempts this on Jura or Laxus... there's one way to die
Well, just my speculation on the matter...
|2013-01-04, 12:58
|Link #10276
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Sigh, really?
Future Lucy faints? How convincing! and the reason?
Erza VS Kagura? Instead of teaming up to take Minerva down, they will waste their energy on each other first? Knowing Minerva, where is any proof that she'll let Milliana be?
In all honesty they should take Minerva down first and then decide their own grudge! Shounen logic is so annoying! -_-
Worst thing is that as I predicted Erza will win this battle while opening Kagura's eyes in the process. Then she alone will take on Minerva and beat her. Though in order to strenghen the bond between Erze and Kagura, Kagura might jump in later on but probably as a sacrifice to trigger a beast in unbeatable Erza -_-
Erza is cool and all but there should be a limit to her nonsense!
|2013-01-04, 13:41
|Link #10277
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Philadelphia usa
I agree with RYUS, sting is going to be teleported to take out any one in a moment of fatigue after a fight, I thought of that last chapter too, I like the. Kagura Ezra fight, hope it ends in a draw, to be honest, I hope a lot of these fights (except the gagel fight). End either in a draw or that ft can not continue on after there fights, they need some type of challenge and rivalry with another guild and I like saber tooth for that, they are not all bad just the leader and daught are Badys,
And to answer kitten, Ezra did not choose to fight kagura, Minerva switched places with Ezra in a instant, Ezra then said to let kitten girl go, kagura freaked out letting us know she considers jellal and Ezra the same , it's not how you wrote it, still shonen but a little better IMO
|2013-01-04, 13:46
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ST. CHARLES – A St. Charles man who pleaded guilty in February to sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled woman was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison.
Gary R. Kluber, 67, of St. Charles, faced four to 15 years in prison for one count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.
The victim had been visiting her boyfriend at Kluber's home on June 2, 2012, where Kluber also was present. When the victim's boyfriend went upstairs, Kluber forced sexual contact on the victim despite repeated requests from the victim to stop. The victim told her family about the assault, and Kluber admitted to the assault when he was interviewed by the St. Charles police.
Citing Kluber's past convictions, including his being a registered child sex offender, Kane County State's Attorney Pam Monaco asked Judge John A. Barsanti to consider the "high range" of the maximum 15-year penalty.
Public defender Kim Bilbrey, who represented Kluber, asked the judge to consider Kluber's age, his good relationship with his son, Troy Kluber, who has cerebral palsy, and his mental state after the death of his wife in 2005. She also asked the judge to consider that Kluber's cognitive functioning may be low.
When given a chance to address the court before sentencing, Kluber broke down in tears as he recounted several hardships he has endured in the last few years, including the death of his wife of more than 30 years, and stated that he felt depressed.
Lisa Thompson, a case worker with DayOneNetwork in Geneva who testified on behalf of the state, said the victim's overall independence was equivalent to that of an 8-year-old.
Bilbrey called three witnesses to the stand, including Kluber's son, who told the court about Kluber's involvement with the religious organization Knights of Columbus, and his volunteer work with other social clubs.
All three witnesses said they were either "shocked" or "surprised" to learn about Kluber's actions.
Monaco said the victim had trusted Kluber, and while on the stand Kluber said the victim "may have" called him Uncle Kluber. She said Kluber's actions were not a result of his depression and loneliness because he had been convicted of sexually abusing girls between the ages of 13 and 16 back in the mid-1980s.
"He took advantage of [the victim]. There are no medications to compensate for those actions," Monaco said.
Kluber is required to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence, and he will be given credit for 300 days served in Kane County Jail.


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This week in Storybrooke, there was no sign of Rumpelstiltskin and only five seconds of Regina. No worries though, as we got our dose of evil this week from Cora.
The episode also showed us the brief relationship of Snow and Charming's mother, as well as her and Emma's plan to find a way back to Storybrooke. Also, Henry continued to be the absolute worst.
Ogres hunt by sound? Let me go ahead and fire my gun.
We pick up where we left off from last week's episode: Emma and Snow are stuck in the pit with Cora. The evil mother tries to start a conversation with Emma, but Snow isn't having it and warns Emma to not trust her.
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JONESBORO, Ark. (ASU) – Four players scored in double-figures, led by a career high 23 points from senior guard Ashley Olvera as the Arkansas State women's basketball team won its sixth consecutive game with a 74-56 victory over Florida Atlantic Saturday night at the Convocation Center.
Junior forward Jane Morrill recorded her third career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds while sophomore Hanan Qedan and freshman Jalen O'Bannon scored 14 points each.
ASU moved to 11-9 on the season and 8-3 in the Sun Belt Conference while Florida Atlantic fell to 10-9 and 7-4 in conference play.
"It was good a win and a win we needed," ASU head coach Brian Boyer said. "One of the things we talked about yesterday and even today was that college basketball gets more intense as you get further into the season and we expected this to be that type of game. It was intense on both ends and I was proud of the way our team handled it."
ASU opened up double-digit lead with just under nine minutes remaining in the first half, building a 23-12 advantage on a layup from Morrill. However, FAU battled back and pulled within 28-25 with 4:16 to go in the first period. By halftime, ASU led 34-30 and did not make a field goal in the final two minutes of the half.
"When we built the lead we were the aggressor and got them on their heels, but then they turned that on us in the last eight minutes of the half," Boyer said. "I think we only scored on four of our last 17 possessions of the first half and that was our message at halftime was that we needed to turn that pressure into an advantage and I thought our players did a great job of doing that."
ASU outscored the Owls 14-7 to start the second half and led 48-37 with 13:54 to go in the game. Olvera scored 14 points in the second half and pushed the ASU lead to 67-53 with a 3-pointer late in the game. ASU led by as many as 21 in the second half and never trailed.
The Red Wolves collected 42 rebounds on the night, including 33 on the defensive end. The Owl managed just 36 boards and only nine on the offensive glass.
FAU, who entered the game as one of the Sun Belt's top defensive units, forced ASU into just 15 turnovers on the night and could not find answer Morrill and O'Bannon in the paint. The Red Wolves scored 38 points in the paint and limited the Owls to just seven points off turnovers.
"Coming into this game the key stat to watch was turnovers," Boyer said. "We turned it over 27 times down at their place and they are averaging close to 24 turnovers so to be able to turn it over only 15 was very key stat for us tonight."
The Red Wolves have now won nine out of their last 11 games and are in first place in the SBC West Division by two full games over North Texas.
The six-game winning streak is the longest since the 2010-11 season when A-State won six straight and advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.
ASU will play its next two games at home starting Wednesday Jan. 30 in a matchup with South Alabama that is set to begin at 7:05 p.m. at the Convocation Center. A-State will host North Texas Saturday, Feb. 3 for a 2:05 p.m. tip-off.


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Top Chef Winner Stephanie Izard Keeps It Real
I know you all were as excited as I was to see Stephanie Izard become the first female to win Top Chef. Congratulations, Stephanie!
Over the course of the show, the Chicago-based chef, 31, kept her cool while churning out creative and comforting dishes. After the finale, I was delighted to get to speak to Stephanie about her favorite parts of being on the show, how her life has changed, and what she's cooking up next. To read what Stephanie had to say,
YumSugar: What has been the response to your victory so far?
Stephanie Izard: The feedback has been great. Most everybody is excited that I won and says they were rooting for me from the beginning. I was at [Chicago's] Green City Market this morning, and everyone was cheering. I was with Valerie from the show, and we were like, maybe we should have gone a little incognito.
YS: What was going through your head during the final judges' table, when Padma said your name then took that very long pause?
SI: I was like, oh my God, she's gonna tell me to pack my knives and go. You know, on Project Runway, they always call out one more person. The pause was even longer in real life, so I was just staring at her, and when she said I was the winner, I was like, "What?!" I think I had sort of talked myself out it.
YS: Why did you decide to make the ricotta pound cake?
SI: Before I left, I spent a week trying to come up with different dessert ideas. I really liked the cake, but I was just second guessing it trying to come up with different components. I don't even like cheesecake, so I don't know what I was thinking making a ricotta filling. I still lose sleep over that ricotta pound cake. I'm sort of a perfectionist, and I would have rather won with a perfect meal.
YS: On what challenge do you think you performed best?
SI: I think I'd say restaurant wars. Having owned my own restaurant, I was able to show that I'm well-rounded, in that I can run the front of the house and I made some great dishes, too.
YS: What aspects of your personality make you a good chef?
SI: I don't have a big ego, and I have a way of earning the respect of my peers and my employees without screaming. You can get people to respect you as a boss without turning to that route. I just try to stay calm and respond in a calm manner. Being a perfectionist, it's my detriment that I'm just never happy with anything. But I'm always pushing myself to get better and better.
YS: What's next for you? What are you working on now?
SI: I actually owned a restaurant for about three years, and I sold it just before going on the show. I'm ready to get back in the game. I want a place for people to come actually eat my food. I am just searching around Chicago for a new restaurant space and for business partners and investors. I'd love to have a place open by late next Spring, so we'll see if I can make it happen. It's going to be very reflective of me and the restaurants I like to go to. There's not going to be any pretension or $40 entrees. It's all about good food and beers and having a good time.
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|Source: Schirmer (1916), ed. L. Svećenski (1862-1926)
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I didn't have enough time to do my household chores after working all week. Then a friend recommended the name of Trusted Cleaners to me and so glad I did.
They provide excellent service and they have friendly and prompt staff. Now, my house is clean and smells wonderful. You must seek their cleaning services.


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Lancaster High School dropped a pair of Region III-AAAA basketball losses to host Richland Northeast High School on Tuesday night in Columbia.
The Lady Cavaliers edge the LHS girls, 54-45 and the Bruins fell to the RNE boys, 69-43.
The girls game was close, with the seventh-ranked Lady Cavs able to get the lead in the second quarter and hold the advantage for the nine-point win over the Lady Bruins.
The Indian Land High girls continued their strong Region IV-AAA play, taking a 56-24 road win over Chester on Tuesday night.
The Lady Warriors, 5-7, 2-1, started strong to cruise to the 32-point victory over the Lady Cyclones.
IL bolted to a 16-5 lead and held a 35-8 edge at the break after outscoring CHS, 19-3 in the second period.
"We got off to a good start and built on that lead," Indian Land High girls coach Natasha Rogers said.
Nia Pressley paced the Lady Warriors with 20, 12 in the first half.
KERSHAW – The Andrew Jackson Volunteers battled rival Buford High School in a Region IV-AA twin bill on Tuesday night when the Volunteers posted the sweep, but in different fashion.
The AJ girls won in overtime, taking a tough 39-30 win.
The No. 7 AJ boys dominated the Buford squad with an 83-60 victory.
The Lady Vols started off evenly matched with the Lady Jackets, leading by two during the first quarter, 8-6. The play between the two teams was balanced by the half when AJ held a narrow 15-14 edge.
The Indian Land High School varsity wrestling team placed in a tie for second at the King of Kings wrestling tournament at Waddell Language Academy in Charlotte on Saturday.
The Warriors and Hopewell of Charlotte tied for second with 133.5 points each.
Northwest Cabarrus, with 143 points, topped the 16-team field.
The Warriors were led by Austin Ross and Chad Milasauskas, who each placed first in their weight class.
Indian Land had three wrestlers who finished second, including Juan Alejandro, Kyle Daley and Wesley Johnson.
Indian Land, in a region road trip to Camden, had mixed results in its varsity twin bill.
Indian Land's girls evened their region mark at 1-1 with a solid 62-44 win over Camden, while the IL boys dropped a 67-37 loss.
The Lady Warriors, 4-7, took charge in the second period to build an 32-22 edge at halftime and stayed on top for the 18-point win.
"We played a complete game of basketball tonight," Natasha Rogers said. "The second quarter was the difference for us."
BISHOPVILLE – The Andrew Jackson Volunteers split wins with the Lee Central Stallions on Friday night.
The eighth-ranked Lady Vols won 28-22, but the second-rated AJ boys lost 69-54 in the Region IV-AA split at Lee Central High School in Bishopville.
The Lady Vols, 10-5, 5-0, got off to a slow start and posted six points in the first quarter to the Lee Central girls' three.
The score remained low at the half with Lady Vols holding a 15-10 halftime lead.
The Lancaster Bruins, in different ways, dropped a pair of Region III-AAAA games on Friday night at Westwood High School in Blythewood.
The LHS boys fell in a close loss, 64-62 and the Lady Bruins were defeated, 74-47 in the varsity opener.
Lancaster, in the close loss in the nightcap, had a shot to force overtime as Ronj Stevenson was fouled on a three-point shot with no time on the clock.
He hit his first shot to make it a two-point game, 64-62, but couldn't hit the rest and the Red Hawks held on for the close win.
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Candidates, campaigns turn out for parades, festivals
UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's campaign added a picture.
You've got to hand it to Chris Kennedy, chairman of the Jefferson County Democrats, who has got this whole publicity thing figured out.
"I thought you might like to see the Dem candidates running in Lakewood all together! With lots of volunteers, including campaign volunteers and family members," he said, in an e-mail.
"We were especially happy to be joined by a crew from the Obama campaign to help register voters. Turnout was lackluster because the fireworks show was cancelled, but we still had fun — after the insane wind died down," he said of Tuesday's event.
It was a busy time for Republican candidates, too. Joe Coors, who is challenging Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District, participated in 4th of July festivals in Golden, Northglenn and Thornton today.
Not be outdone, U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's campaign sent a picture of the Yuma Republican and Weld County GOP celebrating at the Greeley Stampede.


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Addictions: Gambling
Lia Nower and Kyle Caler
Gambling disorder is a significant public health concern. The recent and continued proliferation of land-based and interactive gambling opportunities has increased both accessibility and acceptability of gambling in the United States and abroad, resulting in greater and more varied participation. However, there is currently no designated federal funding for prevention, intervention, treatment, or research, and states are left to adopt varying standards on an ad hoc basis. Social workers receive little or no training in screening or treating problem gamblers, though research suggests that a significant proportion of those with mental health and other addictive disorders also gamble excessively. Raising awareness about the nature and scope of gambling disorder and its devastating implications for families and children is a first-step toward integrating gambling into prevention, assessment and treatment education in social work. This, in turn, will increase the chances of early identification and intervention across settings and insure that social workers can lend a knowledgeable and credible voice to addressing this hidden addiction.
Adolescent Populations: An Overview of Issues and Social Problems
Todd Michael Franke and Diane de Anda
This entry begins with a presentation of demographic data from the U.S. Census 2010 on the adolescent population 12 to 19 years by age, gender, and ethnicity. A summary of the information available on major issues and problems affecting adolescent populations is presented from numerous governmental and empirical research sources on the following topics: education, runaway and homeless youth, sexual behavior, substance abuse, suicide, victimization and criminal behavior, and texting while driving.
Adolescents: Practice Interventions
David L. Hussey
This chapter summarizes literature and research related to advances in direct practice work with adolescents. Social workers are on the forefront of developing and utilizing a variety of evidence-based practices to address complex client and community needs.
Adults: Group Care
Sheryl Zimmerman
This entry presents information about group settings that provide residential long-term care for older adults, focusing on nursing homes and residential care/assisted living communities. It provides an overview of both settings, and describes their scope of services, funding, and clientele. The section Issues in Residential Long-Term Care addresses issues of special relevance to social workers: dementia and other psychosocial care needs; quality of life and quality of care; access to and disparities in care; end-of-life care; family involvement; and abuse and neglect. It ends with a section on the role of the social worker in residential long-term care.
African Americans: Overview
Larry E. Davis, John M. Wallace Jr., and Trina R. Williams Shanks
African Americans have been a part of the nation's history for nearly four hundred years. Although their history includes the forced imposition of chattel slavery, the strict enforcement of legal segregation, and a tenuous acceptance as equal citizens, African Americans have been, and continue to be, major contributors, creators, investors, and builders of America. In this article we summarize briefly the history of African Americans, we examine racial disparities in key indicators of social, mental, and physical well-being, and we highlight persistent strengths that can be built upon and areas that provide hope for the future. The challenge for social work is to simultaneously celebrate the historical successes and ongoing contributions of African Americans to this country while also recognizing the vestiges of structural racism and fighting for greater civil rights and social and economic justice.
African Americans: Immigrants of African Origin
Fariyal Ross-Sheriff and Tamarah Moss-Knight
The number and percentage of immigrants and refugees from Africa to the United States have increased substantially since the mid-1990s. Though still a relatively small percentage of the immigrant population, immigrants from Africa encounter many challenges that are important for social work professionals to address. This entry examines two groups of immigrants from Africa: legal migrants (immigrants) and refugees. It provides information on distinctive characteristics of recent African immigrants, reasons for emigration from Africa, challenges they face in the United States, and their settlement (geographical distribution) patterns. While black Africans are the focus of this entry, the research literature does not provide clear distinctions within the group of African immigrants. The emphasis is on black African immigrants to the United States as their experience is unique in terms of their race in America and the types of stigma and discrimination they face as a result. Critical issues for social work practice are examined through a case example of Somali refugees, followed by implications for social work practice and research.
African Americans: Practice Interventions
Sharon E. Moore
African Americans number about 35 million or 12% of the U.S. population. Their life expectancy is lower than that of White Americans, and despite the educational gains made since mid-1980s, the unemployment gap between African Americans and Whites has increased. Similarly, although the number of African Americans working in white-collar occupations has increased, the disparity in wage earnings between African American and White workers continues. Regardless of social class African Americans are made to be cognizant of their race at all times. Today they are still at risk for social issues such as substance abuse, teen pregnancy, incarceration, poverty, high rates of female headed households, infant mortality that is twice as high as Whites, residential segregation, racism, and discrimination. As daunting as these problems are, the strengths of the African American community have allowed it to thrive even amid arduous circumstances.
African American Social Welfare History
Iris Carlton-LaNey
This article discusses the African American social welfare system that began to develop during the early 20th century. This social welfare system, designed by African Americans to serve African Americans, addressed needs that were not being met by any other formal social services while the nascent social work profession was emerging. The myriad programs included settlement houses, boys and girls programs, training schools, and day nurseries. The women's club movement played a critical role in the development of this social welfare system and provided much of the impetus for change and inclusion. Through formal organizations, including the National Urban League (NUL) and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an array of clubs and social groups, social services were extended to urban and rural communities throughout the United States.
Afrocentric Social Work
Colita Nichols Fairfax
Afrocentric social work is a concept and praxis approach applicable in environmental and global settings where people of African descent are located. Using concept analysis as a methodology, this article explores Afrocentric social work theory and its applicability in the social sciences. Concept analysis is an examination of a thought or theory with the intent to create a more concise operational definition. Afrocentric social work not only is applicable to racial and social justice issues, it also is applicable to intellectual and philosophical discourses of social work, which has largely ignored Afrocentric social work as a viable theory and philosophical canon. The Walker and Avant method of concept analysis is employed in this article to provide a systemic discourse to define the attributes of Afrocentric social work, as well as its structural elements that scholars and practitioners utilize as a theory and praxis application.
Ageism in the Workplace
Patricia Brownell
Older workers make important contributions to the workplace, its productivity, and its culture. Work remains important for older adults for financial security, to give meaning to later life, to maintain social networks, and to promote lifelong learning. However, ageist beliefs about the capacity of older adults to remain productive and contributing workers in the workforce can create barriers for older workers. Understanding how older workers experience ageist behavior in the workplace can help employers, policy makers, and social workers learn more about how to address this social problem. Organizations can become more age friendly through enabling workplace programs, supportive management, and proactive human resource managers. Social workers serving older adults in employee assistance programs and in private practice can help them to challenge ageism in the workplace. Finally, legislation such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects the rights of older workers; however, more legislation is needed to address bullying and harassment of older adults in the workplace.


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just released a new PyGObject, for GNOME 3.7.2 which is due on Wednesday.
In this version PyGObject went through some major refactoring: Some 5.000 lines of static bindings were removed and replaced with proper introspection and some overrides for backwards compatibility, and the static/GI/overrides code structure was simplified. For the developer this means that you can now use the full GLib API, a lot of which was previously hidden by old and incomplete static bindings; also you can and should now use the officially documented GLib API instead of PyGObject's static one, which has been marked as deprecated. For PyGObject itself this change means that the code structure is now a lot simpler to understand, all the bugs in the static GLib bindings are gone, and the GLib bindings will not go out of sync any more.
Lots of new tests were written to ensure that the API is backwards compatible, but experience teaches that ther is always the odd corner case which we did not cover. So if your code does not work any more with 3.7.2, please do report bugs.
Another important change is that if you build pygobject from source, it now defaults to using Python 3 if installed. As before, you can build for Python 2 with
PYTHON=python2.7 or the new
--with-python=python2.7 configure option.
This release also brings several marshalling fixes, docstring improvements, support for code coverage, and other bug fixes.
Thanks to all contributors!
Summary of changes (see changelog for complete details):
- [API change] Drop almost all static GLib bindings and replace them with proper introspection. This gets rid of several cases where the PyGObject API was not matching the real GLib API, makes the full GLib API available through introspection, and makes the code smaller, easier to maintain. For backwards compatibility, overrides are provided to emulate the old static binding API, but this will throw a PyGIDeprecationWarning for the cases that diverge from the official API (in particular, GLib.io_add_watch() and GLib.child_watch_add() being called without a priority argument). (Martin Pitt, Simon Feltman)
- [API change] Deprecate calling GLib API through the GObject namespace. This has always been a misnomer with introspection, and will be removed in a later version; for now this throws a PyGIDeprecationWarning.
- [API change] Do not bind gobject_get_data() and gobject_set_data(). These have been deprecated for a cycle, now dropped entirely. (Steve Frécinaux) (#641944)
- [API change] Deprecate void pointer fields as general PyObject storage. (Simon Feltman) (#683599)
- Add support for GVariant properties (Martin Pitt)
- Add type checking to GVariant argument assignment (Martin Pitt)
- Fix marshalling of arrays of struct pointers to Python (Carlos Garnacho) (#678620)
- Fix Gdk.Atom to have a proper str() and repr() (Martin Pitt) (#678620)
- Make sure g_value_set_boxed does not cause a buffer overrun with GStrvs (Simon Feltman) (#688232)
- Fix leaks with GValues holding boxed and object types (Simon Feltman) (#688137)
- Add doc strings showing method signatures for gi methods (Simon Feltman) (#681967)
- Set Property instance doc string and blurb to getter doc string (Simon Feltman) (#688025)
- Add GObject.G_MINSSIZE (Martin Pitt)
- Fix marshalling of GByteArrays (Martin Pitt)
- Fix marshalling of ssize_t to smaller ints (Martin Pitt)
- Add support for lcov code coverage, and add a lot of missing GIMarshallingTests and g-i Regress tests. (Martin Pitt)
- pygi-convert: remove deprecated GLib → GObject conversions (Jose Rostagno)
- Add support for overriding GObject.Object (Simon Feltman) (#672727)
- Add –with-python configure option (Martin Pitt)
- Do not prefer unversioned "python" when configuring, as some distros have "python" as Python 3. Use Python 3 by default if available. Add –with-python configure option as an alternative to setting $PYTHON, whic is more discoverable. (Martin Pitt)
- Fix property lookup in class hierarchy (Daniel Drake) (#686942)
- Move property and signal creation into _class_init() (Martin Pitt) (#686149)
- Fix duplicate symbols error on OSX (John Ralls)
- [API add] Add get_introspection_module for getting un-overridden modules (Simon Feltman) (#686828)
- Work around wrong 64 bit constants in GLib Gir (Martin Pitt) (#685022)
- Mark GLib.Source.get_current_time() as deprecated (Martin Pitt)
- Fix OverflowError in source_remove() (Martin Pitt) (#684526)