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Blood lead level is a test that measures the amount of lead in the blood.
Alternative Names
Blood lead levels
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. Most of the time blood is typically
In infants or young children, a sharp tool called a lancet may be used to puncture the skin.
- The blood collects in a small glass tube called a pipette, or onto a slide or test strip.
- A bandage is put over the spot to stop any bleeding.
How to prepare for the test
No special preparation is needed.
For children, it may be helpful to explain how the test will feel and why it is done. This may make the child feel less nervous.
How the test will feel
You may feel slight pain or a sting when the needle is inserted. You may also feel some throbbing at the site after the blood is drawn.
Why the test is performed
This test is used to screen people at risk for lead poisoning. This may include industrial workers and children who live in urban areas. The test is also used to measure how well treatment for lead poisoning is working.
Lead is common in the environment so it is often found in the body in low levels. Small amounts in adults are not thought to be harmful. However, even low levels of lead can be dangerous to infants and children. It can cause
Normal Values
- Less than 20 micrograms/dL of lead in the blood
- Less than 10 micrograms/dL of lead in the blood
Note: dL = deciliter
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What abnormal results mean
Adults who have been exposed to lead should have blood lead levels below 40 micrograms/dL. Treatment is recommended if:
- You have symptoms of lead poisoning
- Your blood lead level is greater than 60 micrograms/dL.
In children:
- Blood lead level of 10 micrograms/dL or greater requires further testing and monitoring.
- The source of lead must be found and removed.
- A lead level greater than 45 micrograms/dL in a childs blood usually indicates the need for treatment.
- Treatment may be considered with a level as low as 20 micrograms/dL.
Markowitz M. Lead poisoning. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW, Schor NF, Behrman RE, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 702.
McGuigan MA. Chronic poisoning: trace metals and others. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 21.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 12:00pm, repeating until Saturday, September 30, 2017
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About the Event
Dyffryn Fernant are running an exhibition from 27th May – 30th September with three artists from FLOW gallery London displaying work throughout the garden.
Download the brochure – Please note it is a large download and make take a couple of minutes.
The Mythos Short Story Competition – New Extended Closing date
Create your own modern myth with the magical qualities of plants at its core set in the Preseli Pembrokeshire landscape.
The prize is a full week in the Bwthyn Bach, the cottage in the garden between 1st November 2017 – 30th March 2018 (exc. 23rd December -7th January) value £270 inclusive of all extras. Prize for the under 15 category is a bare root tree for you to grow yourself value up to £50.
The winning entry will be published on our website www.dyffrynfernant.co.uk
The story should be between 500-1000 words and may be illustrated. Children under 15 please state your age on your entry. We welcome entries from very young people assisted by their parents – children have the best imaginations. The competition is open to everyone wherever they live. Entries to be submitted online or in hardcopy by 17th September 2017 and to include your name and full contact details. The author maintains copyright in the work. Hard copies not be returned so please keep a copy for yourself.

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By Mike Deme Warmer weather is here and it's time ride. Here are some items that may make the transition from winter to spring a little easier, brought to you by the Adventure Cyclist staff.
In this video, Adventure Cyclist contributor Patrick O'Grady shows off the new Salsa Marrakesh touring bicycle.
By Patrick O'Grady Ready to take on Morocco, or anywhere else, the Marrakesh is the latest loaded touring bike from Salsa.
by Nathan Ward. A person can't escape the sky in central Kansas. The bubble of space around you dominates every angle of view. The horizon line, the thin crust of Earth traveled by humans, feels stretched and fragile in contrast. But one can see a long way out here, and under this vast sky, a slow moving black dot drew my eye.
photos and story by Tore Groenne. It was the third time I'd tried to make it to Bolivia's far southwest on my bike. The first time was nine years before when I set out from La Paz after being robbed to the point where I had a dollar and a half left but neither a credit card, nor a passport, nor a plane ticket home. I was 20 years old and on a four-month ride, my first ride ever, down along the Andes, and when I finally sorted things out, I soon pedaled for the seemingly safer and definitely more comfortable roads of Chile. Three years later, I passed through La Paz again, this time on a bike ride from Mexico to Argentina. I fell in love with La Paz, gorged on the delicious street food, drank with locals in shady bars, biked the breakneck "Road of Death" down to the jungle and climbed Huayna Potosi; witnessing the sunrise from the stupendous 19,974-foot summit after a frosty night climb through the clear Andean air. When I got back to high camp, my tent had been emptied. Sleeping bag, mattress, stove — all gone. Disillusioned I left Bolivia behind and once again headed for Chile and the comfort of friends and pisco sour in the desert town of Antofagasta. Ever since, I have regretted not bicycling the wilderness of Bolivia's southwest. This time I wasn't going to let anything get in the way.
by Eddie Game Photos by Caine Delacy. Most people have heard of Kazakhstan: ninth-largest country in the world, site of the first successful space missions, and the home of Borat. Fewer people have heard of its smaller, mountainous neighbor Kyrgyzstan, and fewer still of the Tian Shan. Stretching for over 2,000 kilometers along the borders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China, the Tian Shan is a mountain range of epic proportions with dozens of peaks over 5,000 meters, interspersed by hundreds of glaciers, remote alpine valleys, flanked by dense forests, and dotted with turquoise lakes. Best of all, there are hardly any tourists. In fact, there are hardly any people at all.
story and photos by Chuck Haney. When you first think of Indiana, what comes to mind? For me, having grown up in neighboring northern Ohio, my recollections are of a flat-as-a-pancake landscape with orderly rows of cornfields bordering weathered barns complete with basketball hoops hanging off the side. You could just as easily hear the wind rustling through the corn stalks as the thud of a bouncing leather basketball. And, for heaven's sake, what exactly is a Hoosier anyway
by Dan Schwartzman. Arriving in San Luis Obispo after a leisurely 40-mile ride flanked by cow-filled golden pastures and the mighty Pacific, I do what I always do upon entering a new city. I go straight to the Bikram yoga studio. This distinctive type of hot yoga, the kind that I am certified to teach, is practiced in more than 500 studios in North America, and many are located along the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). For the better part of the past two months, I have been riding the cyclist-friendly route and, as I make my way from Vancouver heading south, Bikram studios have served as my homes away from home along the way. Some have provided work. Others offer a warm place to stay or some friendly people to meet. I always find a space to stretch out after a day in the saddle. I take comfort in the familiar series of 26 postures named for its eccentric guru, Bikram Choudhury, who patented the sequence and trained his more than 8,000 certified teachers to use the same language, a script known as the teacher's dialogue, when leading a class at any of his approved studios, regardless of location.
by Amie Thao. Before setting out on a tour, the focus is usually on preparing the bike, gear, route, and finances. After leaving home, the rhythm of the road sets in and the focus shifts to the journey. I want to share with you some of the things I learned, especially about the importance of making human connections when traveling by bicycle. I first encountered cycle touring while on vacation in Iceland. I saw four people on fully loaded bikes making their way around the Ring Road in the wind and rain. At the time, it seemed insane — I was having enough trouble keeping my rental car from being blown off the road — but I never forgot the look of intense joy on one cyclist's face as she made it to the top of a steep climb.
By Jeff Clark Photography Old Man Mountain racks are built in a tiny workshop just a few blocks from the Pacific Coast Route.
In this video, Adventure Cyclist contributor Patrick O'Grady shows off the Elephant Bikes National Forest Explorer touring bicycle.
By Nick Legan Fat bikes have exploded in popularity and are ridden on snow, sand, and just about everything else. Should you get in on the big-wheeled boom?
Need to know how to keep your personal devices powered up while you're on the road or trail? Adventure Cyclist has the answers.
By Mike Deme and Alex Strickland Mid-winter blues got you dreaming of time in the saddle? Start your shopping for the best gear to get out now or be ready as soon as spring breaks through.
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Giancarlo Stanton's Marlins fell 9-5 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night, but the hulking Miami right fielder was still the star of the game. The two home runs Stanton clubbed off Brewers starter Marco Estrada traveled a combined 907 feet. The first and longest was this majestic blast hit just to the right of the equally majestic Marlins Park dinger machine:
According to ESPN's Home Run Tracker, the above home run traveled 463 feet, the third-longest of Stanton's 2014 season. It should come as little surprise, then, that Stanton owns the league's longest average home run at 429.9 feet. And it should be no surprise that the longest home run of the season has come off Stanton's bat, a 484-foot shot against the Padres on April 4:
Stanton has been launching baseballs into the deepest corners of major league ballparks since arriving with the Marlins in 2010. Even though Stanton didn't get the call until June of his rookie year, he ranks sixth in the majors with 131 home runs since 2010, behind Jose Bautista, Miguel Cabrera, Albert Pujols, Adam Dunn and Adrian Beltre. Limit it just to the 450-plus-foot moonshots like Friday's, however, and Stanton jumps to the top of the list.
Stanton has hit four of those 22 450-foot blasts this year. Only 16 other hitters have even hit one 450-foot home run this year, and only two others -- Mike Morse and Justin Upton, both hulking figures themselves -- have two.
But perhaps the most impressive aspect of Stanton's power display in 2014 has been his ability to use center and right field like a left-handed slugger might. Many of Stanton's most memorable blasts from his first four seasons were pulled near the left field foul pole, like his 462-foot scoreboard-busting homer off Jamie Moyer in May 2012.
But Stanton's power up the middle and to right field is comparable to some of the game's strongest left-handed sluggers. Stanton is just one of eight hitters with five left-handed home runs to right-center or right field since 2010:
The other seven hitters on the chart above are all left-handed. Few hitters have the strength necessary to wait back and drive pitches on the outer half of the plate like Stanton does, as he showed on this 452-foot shot off Mike Minor in 2013:
This season has seen Stanton use the opposite field far more often. Seven of Stanton's 14 home runs have been right of center, and five of those seven have been hit at least 400 feet. Stanton has already done as much damage to the opposite field in the first two months of 2014 as he typically does in a full season:
At Marlins Park, where a 335-foot right-field fence quickly juts out to a 392-foot right-center power alley, Stanton doesn't get too many chances for cheap opposite field home runs. His home runs to the Marlins Park right field usually leave on a line, like this one off Dodgers pitcher Scott Elbert on May 4:
For the first time in the last three years, Stanton has gotten through the season's first two months without any injury issues. In 2013, Stanton missed 36 games with a right hamstring strain, and the year before he dealt with knee issues throughout training camp and eventually underwent surgery to remove loose bodies from the joint. This year, Stanton has yet to even be listed as day-to-day according to Baseball Prospectus's injury listings.
Fully healthy, Giancarlo Stanton is proving what anybody paying attention already suspected after his first four years in the league. He is the game's premier power hitter, and at only 24 years old, we can only imagine what he will do with the time left ahead of him.
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Pope Francis – There's More Here than Politics26 May
I was struck during the events leading up to the election of Pope Francis. I got zero work done
the day the white smoke went up. I was glued to the streaming video feed from the Vatican. The
time between the white smoke and the actual announcement of exactly who was chosen to be the
new pope was almost unbearable. I was filled with so much anticipation and I just wanted to see
who it was. What was interesting for me and my friends was how much our experience contrasted
that of the recent presidential elections in our own country. We didn't have the same sort of worry
or anxiety about who the next elected official would be, and where his ideologies would lead his us.
Our lives can change drastically depending on which civil politician is elected to office, and there is
a lot of uncertainty. It could go either way, if the wrong person is elected, it could damage this
country; and all my hope for a new beginning of the new age of prosperity, whatever, rides on the
On the other hand, during these recent events in Rome, no one campaigned or tried to impress
us or dissuade us from liking his opponents. We weren't swept up into the speculations between
the popular categories of 'liberal' and 'conservative.' To us, it didn't matter who was elected. In my
friends who have met Christ and are changed by Him, I have found something exceptional,
something that provokes me and promises fulfillment and this is irrevocable. Images of Saint
Peter's Square from that night come to mind. It was filled with Romans and pilgrims from across
the globe with signs that read "viva il papa", long live the pope. It didn't matter who would come out
those balcony doors. All those people were there and so excited and so happy to meet the new
pope, which means 'papa.' The words, "We have a pope" were such beautiful words to finally hear.
When Pope Benedict XVI announced he was stepping down, I was confronted with a unique
situation, and I was first confused and saddened. But it wasn't the end of me, nor of my
religio-politcal leanings or ideologies. I was sad to see Benedict go, but I was certain the people of
the world would be guided well by the new pope. And indeed, I think we will be guided very well by
Pope Francis, I already feel an affection for him. His concrete gestures of humility and poverty, as
one of if not the most influential figure on the planet, really stick in my imagination. Its enjoyable to
watch the popular media scramble to squeeze him into one of their preconceived political
categories, "is he conservative or liberal?" Neither. He is pre-political. He proposes Christ to us;
reminds us of who loves our destiny truly. It's not Obama and its not Romney.
– PJ Butler
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I'm a fan of social media sites. Sites like twitter and facebook are loads of fun, and great for staying in touch with old friends, new friends, and potential friends. In a recent post I commented on what I felt were the differences between facebook and myspace. In the end, I believe that myspace is primarily a vanity site, whereas facebook focuses on relationships.
A more subtle comparison happens between facebook and twitter. Both of these sites really focus on relationships, and both are amazing. But they excel at completely different things. This article will look into how they are similar, yet dramatically different, especially in terms of what your audience is.
First, let's look at how they are similar Both have popular mobile device integration. Both are open to anyone with internet. Both allow direct communication, photosharing, and miniblogging. Both have profiles of some sort. They both get mentioned on mainstream media pretty frequently.
Next, let's look at some key differences. Facebook requires mutual acceptance prior to establishing a relationship. In twitter this is an option, but most people do not employ it. Twitter has a great open API, whereas facebook recently offered one. Basically, this has allowed a lot of third-party applications like TweetDeck to thrive with Twitter, while the Facebook interface has been the primary manner of updating FB. Twitter also limits communication to a small number of characters, whereas it is possible to send or share almost anything through facebook. Facebook also has a great set of tools for finding possible relationships, whereas the built-in twitter interface for this is quite Spartan. Facebook's site threads conversations by default, whereas on twitter does not. While both sites have profiles, there is a tendency to have more sensitive information on facebook (phone number, email).
Twitter enables very agile communication. It enables one entity to communicate to a large number of people, who are self-selecting, very easily. The communications are brief, and preferably clear and succinct. Lots of people spin on Twitter etiquette…things like multiple consecutive tweets, retweets, referrals, and more are blogged about ad nauseum.
Facebook is a bit less agile. While you can post to facebook in a similar manner as twitter, using many of the same tools and updating concurrently, the primary mode of interaction with facebook is the conversation. The existence of the trust relationship between friends on Facebook encourages different types of communication as well.
These factors contribute to the types of relationships users of the two sites typically cultivate. Twitter's agility has made it a very convenient tool for keeping contact with my closer friends. We have brief conversations and typically have device updates enabled. It also allows me to have conversations with strangers who have similar interests. A lot of people see this aspect of twitter as a great marketing tool. Get the word out on something, and it spreads virally. This certainly happens. The consequence of this, and the relationship with like-minded strangers, is that there's a certain branding that occurs with your twitter voice. A lot of people want to convey a particular message overall from their tweets.
In twitter, there are profiles that will provide almost any kind of information. Realtime updates on Blazer games, one-line jokes, news, recommended books, whatever you're looking for you can probably find it.
Facebook, on the other hand, discourages relationships with people you don't actually know. It's up to you to decide how high or low you want to set the bar for friendships in facebook. These are typically family, friends (old and new), colleagues. I've read Defective Yeti for years and follow him on twitter and RSS, and know a lot of his life story, but am not friends with him on facebook. I doubt I'd turn him down, but can't imagine why Matthew would ask.
This means that on facebook you can be yourself. Relatively. I don't kid myself that people don't try to build a facade, but we do in our classic relationships as well. But there's not the same drive for personal branding as on twitter. Relationships tend to be deeper. While public, conversations are more directed, and there is more background available. Inside jokes are more accessible.
Time plays a bigger role, past and future are more real in facebook. Twitter focuses on what is happening now. What am I doing. What I did rolled off the bottom hours ago. In facebook, what you're doing is right next to photos of what you did.
So, what's the point of all this?
In the end, it all comes down to audience. It is important to think about who is on the other end of what you're broadcasting.
In twitter, you've got close friends to complete strangers following you. Why are they following you? Do you care? In facebook, you've mutually friended relationships from throughout your life. What do you want to share?
In the end, it's about having fun and enriching our lives. Both of these tools are amazing, and can be life changing.
I dedicate this article to all of the people who always update facebook and twitter with the same content and miss out on the conversation. cheers!


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Black eyelet Anna
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by rachp
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So, ever since the Anna dress pattern came out people have been making multiple versions of this little beauty, and I am no exception.
I keep finding myself at fabric stalls buying 3m of something as "it will make a great Anna". Seriously I must have bought fabric for about 6 Anna's in the last 2 months – and I have already made 2 others out of stash fabric.
anyhoo – this is my latest. You can see more about it over at my blog
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Sep 9, 2013, 09.09 AMby liliv-1
It's so girly with these shoes, although it's black. Very nice!
Sep 7, 2013, 08.04 AMby rachp
Thanks! I do love this pattern, but really must move onto making something different! AND I must stop buying more fabric until I've used some from my stash… I'm running out of space to put it all
Sep 6, 2013, 01.52 PMby freaky-philomeen
Oh, so great! This will sure get a lot of wear. The fabric is superb and the pattern suits you very well, so I see why you are planning more dresses. And it is good to hear that I'm not the only one who is buying fabric for 'this and that' project ;))
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BBQ 2.0: Remix Your Recipes
July 4th weekend is coming, and with it grill fatigue — aka what happens after your fifth consecutive backyard cookout. (Symptoms: burger overload, hot-dog boredom.) Luckily, we've found a delicious cure: Simply Organic's Summer Grilling Remix, a compendium of clever recipes, like Garlic Bourbon BBQ-Marinated Grilled Chicken and Teriyaki Tofu Sliders with Grilled Pineapple and Sriracha Aioli, that put a fresh spin on grilling classics. From entrees to desserts, think of it as a refresh button for your taste buds — and your ticket to the best BBQ of the summer.
Peak grilling season calls for creativity: Sometimes you want classic dishes with new flavors (think Purple Potato Salad with Dijon Dill Dressing) and sometimes you want to rewrite the rules altogether (hello Grilled Watermelon "Caprese" Salad with Cardamom Balsamic Reduction). Either way, Simply Organic's Summer Grilling Remix has you covered. Starring distinctive organic seasonings like adobo and lemon pepper and standout spices like paprika, cumin and ginger, these revamped recipes are a fun and flavorful way to remix your July 4th feast. Serve a side dish or dessert alongside your favorite go-to entree, or create a whole remixed menu. Just be sure to make plenty: We're guessing everyone will want seconds.
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Chobani expands distribution to Asia and Latin America, announces plans for additional markets
Chobani, LLC, maker of America's No. 1-selling Greek Yogurt brand, announced today that it has begun exporting to markets in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, beginning with Singapore, Malaysia and Panama, to build on the Company's domestic momentum and help realize its global potential.
"Asia and Latin America have untold possibility for Chobani and our expansion in these regions furthers our business opportunities and builds on our founding mission to provide better food for more people," said David Denholm, President and COO Chobani. "We've had tremendous success in the United States and Australia and we'll be using our manufacturing hubs to expand our global presence and reach new fans who have been asking for nutritious, delicious Chobani made with only natural ingredients."
To Asia, Chobani will export single-serve cups of plain, blood orange, blueberry, honey, mango, raspberry, passion fruit and strawberry, as well as multi-serve containers of plain yogurt. Fresh Chobani will be distributed via temperature-controlled shipments from the Company's manufacturing facility in Australia.
To Latin America, Chobani will export multiple flavors and formats via quality and temperature-controlled shipments from its upstate NY and Idaho facilities. Chobani has been available in Panama for the last few weeks and will soon be available throughout the Caribbean.
In just over one year, Chobani has grown its Australian production from 25,000 cases a week to 25,000 cases per day and has become one of the biggest yogurt manufacturers in Australia. In the United States, Chobani remains the category leader in Greek Yogurt sales and has accelerated its growth with continued innovations and expansion.
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This follows the POVs of Catarneigh Salucci and Louisa Finnigan. It shows them as they go through their first year at Hogwarts. The struggles they face and the people they meet.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Work out routine
Living in an area with easy access to one of the most beautiful coast lines, I should be ashamed not to take advantage of it often enough. A stroll along the rocky cliff or the sandy beach both within a couple miles distance present itself as the most attractive work out play ground. After new year, I am going to force myself to take an hour long walk at least twice a week. There are benches and tables in the light house St. Vincent park for picnics and whale watching. It would be a great place for tea as well. The small museum has restroom facilities which you don't have to worry about over propagating your body cells with tea. Years ago, my mother and I would take a book, a large blanket, two umbrellas, a set of tea were, alcohol burner, fruits and snacks, drove almost an hour to lay by the beach for an afternoon. It was lovely in between those 9 to 5 working days.
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- Alex Zorach said...
I miss the west-coast birds. Here, on the east coast, the white-crowned sparrows like the one you pictured are rather uncommon. I reported two of them in a cemetery in Philadelphia, on eBird, and it flagged them as an "excellent observation". I remember each of the times I've observed this bird on the east coast, they're so unusual.
The hummingbird pictured here, Anna's hummingbird I think? I've never seen on the east coast, although they do show up very rarely.
Here, we have ruby-throated hummingbirds, which are absent in winter, and abundant white-throated sparrows in winter. They're a mellower sort of bird, more meek and less pugnacious than the white-crowned one.
- Imen said...
You know birds! The one in the picture is also a ruby throat hummingbird. SPEEDY is all I can say about hummingbirds, watching, more like hearing them fly is amazing.


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USF President Judy Genshaft and Sen. JD Alexander came out of their hourlong face-to-face meeting Monday saying there was "a bit more homework to do" when it comes to getting USF a more equitable share of budget cuts.
Alexander did not say he was backing down on his push to immediately separate USF Poly from the university, nor did he promise to return any money. Yet both said their conversation was fruitful.
Meanwhile, Sen. Jim Norman is still looking into a filing an amendment that would reduce USF's total cut from about $78 million to about $45 million -- what he said would put them on a more even reduction level with other top research universities. Norman said he was waiting to talk to Genshaft about whether she was satisfied with her meeting with Alexander, and if she was anything less than satisfied, he would pursue it.
"I'm going for certainty," Norman said. "I want absolute certainty."
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He said he also wants the Senate to give USF the $18 million it needs for USF Polytechnic faculty and $6 million for the pharmacy school that it'll have to absorb if the Lakeland branch campus splits off into the state's 12th university, as Alexander wants.
Genshaft, who arrived just before 2 p.m., did not offer the number she was looking for, at least not publicly. She said she was asking for "fairness."
Just before walking into her meeting with Alexander, Genshaft confirmed that it's the first time she and the senate budget chairman have spoken face-to-face since the Board of Governors meeting in November, where she said for the first time that USF wanted USF Poly to remain a part of USF. At that meeting, the governors voted to delay USF Poly's independence by setting several benchmarks.
"This is our opportunity to talk," Genshaft said. "We hope it's just one of the many dialogues that we have."


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In light of BAFTA's recent Awards ceremonies review, there will be no ceremony in Scotland this autumn. A new and improved ceremony will take place in autumn 2011.
BAFTA has recently undertaken a review of all of its Awards ceremonies, exploring each aspect in detail to ensure greater consistency and pinpoint improvements for the future.
One of the key decisions arising from the review was that all of our ceremonies should adopt consistent categories and criteria, whilst preserving and maintaining their distinct identity and purpose.
In order to fully develop our new criteria and ensure that we deliver the best Awards we possibly can, we will not host an Awards ceremony in Scotland this autumn.
Work has already begun on a fantastic new ceremony to take place in autumn 2011; this ceremony will cover work made over a two-year period, and will celebrate excellence in film, television and video games produced in Scotland. The Call for Entries will be around June 2011.
The New Talent Awards, which celebrate new talent in Scotland, will be held in spring 2011 as usual; look out for the call for entries later this year.
In the meantime we are organising an exciting range of industry events for members this autumn/winter so please check back here regularly for updates and booking information.
We also have opportunities for new members in Scotland. If you work in the industry and would like to become a member, please view the members pages of this website or contact Sam Ferguson on 0141 302 1770.


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Actually I was typing out my post on the fact that there is a serious lack of diversity on channels such as the Discovery channel, TLC etc. when I ran across a Blog on my tag surfer called Sprinting to hell. The title of the post that caught my attention was called Reverse Racism and Me. Now you know that this title attracted me like candy to a kid, and I had to read it. My mistake! Anyhow, I made an even bigger mistake of answering to some of the comments made in the post that just made my head spin.
This fellow Josh who is the author of the post says in a comment that he doesn't promote racism he just doesn't want to take responsibility for black peoples problems. Yet in the post there are all kinds of statements like this: "My next topic: racism and why I hate your race. Ok, maybe I don't hate your race, but I'm about sick and tired of hearing about how white people are keeping black people down. We aren't. Black people in America: you have a culture based on ignorance and violence, so suck it and go to fucking school. And maybe if you have some extra time, learn to speak English." Nope, he doesn't promote racism he is just pretends to in his Blog.
Now I could care less if Josh or any other person hates or doesn't hate blacks. I am just tired of the whole "blacks need to take responsibility and do this or that" comments, or the "whites aren't keeping blacks down" crap. Since we hear these same comments over and over from various white people, we can make a small leap and say yes, whites are keeping blacks down. See racists who may be in positions of power keep blacks down by subscribing to the same descriptions of blacks by Josh, that they are ignorant, violent, lack structured education and don't speak English. We can safely garner that these Josh minded people probably wouldn't be hiring a bunch of ignorant, violent, structured education lacking, unable to speak English people, which according to the Josh minded is synonymous with black culture thus black people.
He goes on to talk about blacks telling other blacks to vote for Obama simply because he is black. All I could do was laugh at this one since he says things such as "Can you even imagine if a white republican had said the same exact thing about Fred Thompson? Or fucking Bush for that matter. Forget you political affiliation for one minute and just imagine if Rush Limbaugh has told his listeners to vote for Fred Thompson because they should feel obligated to support their white community over any political views he might have?" See what is so funny? Anyway, we all know Rush Limbaugh has said this type of thing, so has Bill O'Reilly and others. Also, since every person running for president has been a white male there really hasn't been a need for whites to tell each other that. But, I don't get a sense that Josh cares that the Mormons are telling Mormons to vote Romney who just so happens to be a Mormon. Where is the outrage, oh, and they're mostly white!
Then he had to go into a stint on Jena 6 and the Duke Lacrosse case, YAWN! Yet with the Duke case he says: "Yeah, you jumped on her side cause she was a poor black victim, but it turns out she was just a trashy whore trying to extort money from the rich white boys from the next college over by playing the race card. I never heard a single word from either one of them after it came forth that she was lying. Tools." I could care less if he thinks they are tools, as they probably are. But, he acts as if this is the epitome of someone lying on people of another race. Did he forget Susan Smith who killed her kids and blamed it on a black man, Charles Stuart shot his pregnant wife in the head and blamed a black man, Jesse Anderson killed his wife stabbed himself and blamed two black men, Robert Harris hired a hit man to kill his fiancé for insurance and blamed it on a black man. There are so many more going all the way back to slavery yet wow we should be all concerned over the lying stripper, how many black men were lynched behind some lying skank, too many to count.
This is the money shot: "Here's the deal. I'm not sorry your ancestors were enslaved. I'm not sorry your ancestors had to endure the civil rights era. I'm not sorry that shit in America is still tense. I couldn't give a fuck less about any of the hardships your race has ever endured. Why should I be sorry that my ancestors were far superior to yours? In fact why shouldn't I be proud of that? The Africans were chucking spears at each other when my people had guns and ships that could sail the Atlantic. My ancestors conquered the globe while yours degenerated into a continent devoured by civil war, and an American culture dominated by ignorance, violence, and the same tribalistic mindset that got you shackled and shipped over here in the first place." What if anything can you even say to this comedy driven rant?
He then goes on to say how he has been the victim of black on white hate crime. WHAAAA! Can you imagine with the crap this guy talks I am not at all surprised that someone put the beat down on him. I know that people shouldn't commit assault and battery but like Chris Rock said, I can understand. He then ends his post with a bunch of ranting about popping a mouthy bitch in her mouth etc. But, what I find so poetic and funny is that he has a new post in which he talks about: "Tomorrow and Thursday I have court in the morning, and again next week. I have a slew of charges still pending. I may very well be getting locked up tomorrow. If I disappear for a while, that is why. I am not dead yet, I might just be spending a little time in the Wake county Hilton." Yep, blacks are the criminals, and yet none of my family or friends is being treated to the proverbial hot seat in a court room. I guess I can say that I know someone involved in the court system since my sister is an attorney who prosecutes criminals like Josh. Since he has been in the joint (slang for prison, right Josh) he undoubtedly knows he will be surrounded by a bunch of those ignorant, violent, structured education lacking, unable to speak English people and they probably won't take to kindly to his assessment of them.


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Skip to comments.Marylands Endemic Corruption: An Object Lesson for the Nation
Posted on 11/18/2012 7:01:22 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maryland is one of the most corrupt states in our nation. Nowhere is this fact more evident than with the states treatment of illegal aliens. Maryland politicians have literally become lawless in their efforts to cultivate illegals, and this lawlessness flows downhill from the very top. I will focus on a few of the more egregious examples.
In 2011, we published a report on CASA de Maryland, a Silver Spring-based illegal immigrant advocacy group that parrots ACORN in both its methods and associateswhich include the Communist Party USA, FMLN, (a former Salvadoran communist guerilla group, now a political party), ACORN and others. Yet it is one of the most influential organizations in the state.
CASA receives significant state government funding, while Director Gustavo Torres and his wife, Sonia Mora both hold influential positions within that same government. Torres is a member of the Governors Council for New Americans and served on Governor Martin OMalleys transition team. Mora sits on the Governors Hispanic Affairs Commission and manages Montgomery Countys Latino Health Initiative. This is unseemly if not illegal. Torres primary source of income is CASA de Maryland, and CASA owes its inordinate influence to its many supporters in state government.
There is no disputing CASAs influence. At a party to celebrate CASAs 25 years of operation, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot said, Id like to say Im here for Mary Kay and Eliseo [the guests of honor], but when Gustavo Torres calls, I generally get in my car and go over and ask him what he wants.
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Maryland "Freak State" PING!
Are Americans capable of learning object lessons?
And people have actually asked me why I hopscotched from Delaware to Virginia without even considering a move to Maryland............
If one was pressed to find an attribute of communist china that is admirable, it would be their hardline on corruption. Sure it exists, but when you get caught, they drag you out by your hair to a place of execution 48 hours after your conviction. If implimented here, they'd have to put government jobs on craigslist.
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and these dick dweebs have succumbed! This nation is in peril!
I'll probably be arrested tomorrow but who cares?
Anyone know how a county can secede from a state? Never thought i'd say it, but West Virginia's lookin good.
The more that KNOW about it, the more that can bring it out in the open and make the Repubes OWN IT!
"The Republican Party made an agreement 30 years ago with the Democrat Party NOT to ensure voting integrity and NOT to pursue suspected vote fraud."
Thank you! Don't know how to post it! God Bless!
Ya think WV might want to annex Washington County (Hagerstown)???
Only corruption that embarrasses them, of course....
Apologies if this sent you all to a Shaklee site.. not my intention and if I knew how to post it would take you to the original thread.
It is when they don't even get charged that the law is dead.
Polls indicated that Romney was going to win the election. The economy is close to Great Depression era conditions, and unemployment is almost as high as when Obama entered office. Economic conditions became so dire after Obama took office it prompted the rise of an entire new movement, the Tea Party.
Presidents rarely win reelection when the economy is in the tank.
So how did Romney lose a race that numerous reputable polls and pundits predicted would be an easy win, based on historical patterns?
Massive voter fraud.
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Nobody could have won against the fraud planned and perpetrated by the Obama Machine.
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|2009-11-22, 08:15
|Link #61
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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July is fast becoming my favourite character! And monir's comments on the rewatching the first season and its relation to this current season compels me to go back for a rewatch myself.
|2009-11-22, 11:47
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Location: Australia
I enjoyed this episode too. Agreed that it's a filler. But we always need a break between the first half and the second half of the series =)
Then people would start to complaint how no one was sent after them as they travelled from Hokkaido to Tokyo otherwise. Also their covers would not be blew off if the second half incident didn't happen
The plot is predictable? Wow surely you guys watched a lots of anime. First i thought the episode end with the doll smuggling turn to something big. It didn't. Then i thought the episode ended as a cliff-hanger: Suou and July are caught, and Hei followed them just like that. Glad they didn't try to drag it into another episode . Before the ED, i was kind of excited with the fact "who need electricity-control ability while you are a badass" , right? Take him short enough to get a guy who was driving a car on the freeway, with a piece of wire
So yeah, Hei showed who is the boss again. July is more likable now (he should keep his current hairstyle); and Suou is really adorable and cool for a gun-slinger girl standard
PS: the only thing which i have to complaint is: i thought Hei's puple coat is random picked, but it seems he bring it with him everywhere now. Also, he should be shaved before he wear his fake beard, right? Also i want my Suou in uniform D:
Damn Hei and his fetist, who else here can force Suou change clothes during a run. Or do he feel less guilty if Suou do not wear something high school-ish?
|2009-11-22, 13:53
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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It can be just a coincidence. But dolls and contractors appears with the Gates, and with the Gates the real sky is gone. Now it seens that, if not the entire real sky, at least the moon will burst in the sky.
|2009-11-22, 20:26
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Location: Orange County
So I just watched the episode again. I still don't understand why Suou and Genma seem perfectly personable and functioning to a point where Ilya didn't know Suou was a contract at first, while Tanya seems completely out of it. I remember the contractors from Ambers group from season 1 seemed like functioning individuals as well. Tanya is more doll like then a contractor.
EDIT : speaking of Genma, who think he is trying to fool Misaki into thinking he is on her side? He could be acting under order to get more info
|2009-11-22, 21:38
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|2009-11-22, 21:55
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I really wish Misaki had new glasses. They are old and out of style now.
Anyway, this was an okay episode I guess. I'm glad I got a shock with how Suou's father is "alive" in Tokyo. I hope Hei get's his powers back though. He's been lucky not really needing them so far, but I'm sure he'll get cornered eventually.
|2009-11-23, 06:15
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Right now the impression I get from the preview for the upcoming OAD episodes is that the 4 episodes will bridge whatever transpired after season 1 concluded. Those episodes should also fill in the gap to what made Hei the "Hobo Hei" who is living the dream.
While I agree with you that this season is about the dolls, S1 had already set it up. S2 will provide the conclusion to the story.
To Yura`: I definitely recommend a rewatch of S1 if you can afford the time. A lot of things about S2 starts making sense. The only thing that is lacking in S2 is the great scores by Yoko Kanno.
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|2009-11-23, 09:46
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First thing: no transformation scene yay gets a 10 rating now.
Okay now on to more important stuff.
Suou goes into killing mode involuntarily. No she was not in a trance if she was we would have been showed her bleak eyes. What most likely happen is that she was very focused on saving July and that she had to neutralize the women but she wasn't gauging the amount of damage she was causing. She was intencely focused on her throwing that she had not sense of what was happening around her and the effect she was having on her target and at the same time it made her forget about her convictions for life that she showed very strongly up till now. When Mao called her it just made her brake her concentration and she was then able to gage she might have over done it. Also Suou was also acting very emotional in this episode as well. Her decision to jump into that truck to try and go rescue July was not rational it was emotional based on her feelings towards July. Im pretty sure in the coming episodes Suou will reflect on that.
Also I am starting to think of the following. on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the logical thinking of a normal human and 100 would represent the perfect logical contractors you could say the following:
1: Contractors would all be placed in the 90-100 section of the scale.
2: Humans would occupy the 0-10 portion of this scale.
Now where would Hei be? He wasnt a very rational contractor in season 1 but he always gave me the felling he was more rational the regular humans. So I would place Hei at say 25. Now Suou is acting a lot more rational the Hei ever did by a long shot, but she is also very strongly driven by her emotions, at times she is extremely logical and other extremely emotional. She isnt in the same patch as normal contractors. I would place her at 50 since she is quite equally thorn between the 2.
Hei and his hero rave music for the save. Was cool fight I must admit and was awesome to see Hei kicking ass. But 2 things bothered me in that scene.
1: When Hei jumped to the other side of the car and pulled on his string like a mad men he cuts the dudes fingers with his wire but he doesnt cut into the neck at all. Seeing that I like WHAT!!! Total realism breaker.
2: When Suou tanks him for the rescue Hei said she should thank July. Most people here seem to think its in relation to the apparition ghost. However the bigger question is how did Hei know where to find them? He couldnt call in information from sources on someone who is moving in a car. I wonder if Hei has not regained his ability to see observer ghosts again. Like Suou saw ghosts before her powers awakened. Because short of that there is no way I can see Hei finding them like he did as fast as he did.
Mao taped to the car window was funny. And hes also a lolicon, what is he thinking holding onto and looking a 13 year olds skirt.
Now for the body that was actually not the body of the doctor. I do not believe that Shion created a body. If he did he would have had to pay remuneration again. I still think his power is to bring back someone from death as would be suggested by episodes 1 scene of Shion and Suou getting hit by the star and then Shion calling Suou name when she is nowhere to be seen.
That body is probably created by plain science, they had it plan out long ago that something like this would happen and they would need to escape one day. He probably had a spare body on hand not to mention that ME stuff seems to take no time at all to do. Remember season 1 the first arc of that lady that was associated with the French agents. Well she too was just a body with the memory of someone else. They do live in a world of hover cars, wacky pumped up science and where you memory can be erased, modified, removed, copied, implanted and whatever else. So having a spare body is no surprise at all since he was working in an ME lab and thus probably had equipment to create bodies as well to implant memory into and test his experiments.
This makes me wonder is Suou also just a body with fake memories, like that girl from season1, only Suou is a more advance version.
|2009-11-23, 09:55
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Location: Australia
About how did he cut that guy finger but not his head, my guess is because he have quite a strong initial force when he drop down to one side. The force then decrease due to him try to stay on the car until it get slower
|2009-11-23, 11:08
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Join Date: Jan 2009
This was a pretty good episode.The short battle between Hei and the extremely scary contractor and Suou's brutal attack on that lady were the highlights.Also Hei has really changed his treatment of Suou, a few episodes ago she would have been slapped to shit for that little stunt she pulled on him.
|2009-11-23, 13:06
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In Suou's case, the reason is not revealed yet (but probably will be later on in the story), Hei and Mao did theorize that it's because she was still young and didn't have enough information in her brain to think logically yet. Which makes sense, if you don't know what's most beneficial to you, you won't know what's the most logical decision. While in Tanya's case it is probably her own individual psyche that makes her differnet than Suou.
Suou's reasoning is that she doens't need to kill when it is unnecessary, It would just cause more problems. It seems to be a very human reasoning, but it is VERY logical too. Hei was just forcing her to kill, it wasn't for food or for survival, killing for fun and for no reason would be the illogical thing to do.
Tanya's reasoning is that she needs to secure herself a safety position in the Russian military or else she would be the one to die. Who ever gets in her way would just need to pay the price. She did have mercy though, since she let Nika live the first time (she even mentioned it), but not the next time .
|2009-11-23, 15:01
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I was actually quite surprised by Suou's glass throwing technique she didnt miss a single one and actually had to be told to stop throwing them. This was one of the few times she actually displayed typical characteristics of a Contractor. This may also just be an effect of Hei's training which she remembered when she saw the glass.
|2009-11-23, 21:13
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Maryland
I'd say the "contractors are logical" idea is BS just like the "contractors have no emotions" idea.
Both were probably created by ignorant people who wanted to generalize and stereotype this new group of people.
|2009-11-23, 23:24
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My theory on this is that newly awakened Contractors are the most removed from being human... after you've been a Contractor for a period of time, Contractors start becoming human again
|2009-11-24, 01:13
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|2009-11-24, 10:05
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But it seems like Shion is calling the show with regards to his father and there's no way that the 3 could have survived the meteor impact. One had to revive the other 2 first to start the cycle. I still think that Suou revived Shion and the father. Shion gave Suou a body. Suou's memory was tampered with to leave out the traumatic parts. Experiments on Shion were done to copy his ability.
This could be the situation similar to Kara no Kyoukai. If the spare is a 100% copy, then it doesn't matter which one is the original and which one is the copy. A copy is created. A version of the father is dead with one alive to help Shion.
I suspect that the original may be dead and the copy is with Shion. The version with Shion doesn't seem to be worrying about Suou.
|2009-11-24, 14:55
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Shion seems a bit creepy, even if he is on "our side." Maybe Dr. Pavlichenko wanted Suou not to spend too much time in his room (in ep1) because he's dangerous.
I wonder what all the origami in his room meant.
I wonder what/whom Shion is getting up early to hunt.
|2009-11-24, 17:34
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That origami seemed to be a big deal in earlier episodes so I too wonder what's up with it.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diego Luna's heartfelt biographical drama, "Cesar Chavez," chronicles the five-year struggle of the United Farm Workers co-founder in the 1960s to get California grape growers to the negotiating table to hammer out fair wages and better conditions for exploited field laborers. It's a stirring story of a real-life fight for social justice, and clearly a passion project for the Mexican actor-turned-director. But while the film's old-fashioned virtues and the integrity of its subject matter give it some traction, pedestrian handling, a lumpy script and some significant miscasting mean it only occasionally summons the dramatic power to match the events it depicts.
Chavez's later life, in particular his widely publicized 1988 hunger strike to protest the use of cancer-causing pesticides on grape crops, is the subject of the feature documentary "Cesar's Last Fast." This poorly organized screenplay by Keir Pearson ("Hotel Rwanda") and Timothy J. Sexton (a co-writer of Alfonso Cuaron's remarkable "Children of Men") concentrates on his earlier years.
Having gained experience in labor issues with the Latino civil rights group Community Service Organization, Cesar (Michael Pena) returns in 1962 to Central California, where he had worked in the fields from age 11 after his family lost their Arizona ranch in the Depression. Together with Dolores Huerta (Rosario Dawson) he founds what is to become the UFW, first joining Filipino-American farm workers in their strike against the Delano grape growers, and then leading a historic march to Sacramento for the same cause. They also instigate a boycott of table grapes that attracts national attention, receiving political support from Robert F. Kennedy.
In much the same way Chavez sent activists out to tell real stories of injustice that would put a human face on their struggle, the screenwriters attempt to get a personal handle on their subject. Together with his feisty wife, Helen (America Ferrera), Cesar gets out in the fields to gather information and muster support. In the face of unyielding resistance from the growers, victimization from police and unrest from within the burgeoning workers movement, Cesar's focus is entirely on the fight, to the exclusion of his large family.
This is a considerably more ambitious undertaking than Luna's 2010 directing debut, the family drama "Abel," but he lacks the command to bring much sweep or momentum to the account. He gets no help from a choppy screenplay that lurches through intimate scenes, agitated meetings and violent clashes with the same by-the-numbers approach, never solidifying the narrative arc or pausing long enough for character development.
This is a problem especially with Cesar, and Pena fails to make much of an impression in the saintly role. While the actor has shown that he can work well in the right part (the ill-fated cop in "End of Watch," or the fake Arab investor in "American Hustle," for instance), he remains a stolid presence here. He spouts sound bites rather than creating a shaded portrait of someone we have to assume was a deeply impassioned and by most accounts spiritual man. He simply doesn't come across as a sufficiently charismatic or persuasive leader to galvanize vast numbers of frightened workers to demand their rights.
Dawson has nothing to play beyond standing around looking concerned and combative. Only Ferrera comes close to sketching a real character as self-possessed Helen, who is supportive of her husband's endeavors but also forthright about her own views on how the struggle should proceed.
There's not a lot of subtlety on the bad-guy side. Michael Cudlitz seems a poor fit for the racist Delano sheriff, while John Malkovich (who's also a producer) sleepwalks through the movie as the snakiest of the grape growers, who wants to dictate terms rather than negotiate.
Technically, the film is solid if unremarkable and somewhat underpopulated, though it integrates archive footage and photographic material to good effect.
"Cesar Chavez," a Lionsgate release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some violence and language." Running time: 101 minutes.
MPAA rating definition for PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech football fans have several options for following the Golden Eagles during the 2009 season, from live telecasts of the five home games to radio and Internet broadcasts on the Golden Eagle Sports Network.
All 11 regular season games will be broadcast on the Golden Eagle Sports Network, with Magic 98.5 serving as the flagship station and providing an all-new, uptempo program with expanded pregame shows and sideline coverage.
Roger Ealey returns for his 17th year as the "voice of the Golden Eagles" and will be joined in the broadcast booth by local sports reporter Buddy Pearson. For home games, Lee Wray will add sideline reports on a variety of topics. Pearson will also provide sideline updates with head coach Watson Brown at halftime and post-game.
The pregame show for all five home games begins an hour before kickoff with special reports from the Magic 98.5 Tailgate Park. On the road, the pregame show will go on the air 30 minutes prior to kickoff.
While the move to 50,000-watt Magic 98.5 will provide expanded area coverage of Tech football on the radio, the broadcasts can also be heard anywhere in the country on FREE Teamline on either the telephone or the Internet.
Fans can call 1-800-846-4675 and enter Tech's team code (0654) to listen on the phone. On the Internet, there is a link to the Teamline coverage on Tech's official athletics website, TTUsports.com.
For fans who want to see the action, WCTE TV will provide live coverage of all five home games throughout the region and into the Nashville Metro area. Donnie Cox and Bill Buntin will be at the mike to provide the coverage as WCTE marks its 29th consecutive season of televising Golden Eagle football.
In addition, nine of Tech's 11 games can be seen via streaming video on the Internet with a subscription to OVCsports.TV. All eight Ohio Valley conference games, plus the non-conference contest with Pikeville, will be available on the league's website.
New radio team for Tech on Magic 98.5; WCTE to televise all five home games live
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The Face of Connecticut Steering Committee has appointed a new member familiar to Southington: Town Councilor Dawn Miceli.
The Face of Connecticut Steering Committee has 12 members statewide who review and allocate funds to preserve farmland, historic preservation, open space and affordable housing.
House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, who represents Berlin and Southington in the Connecticut General Assembly, said he cannot imagine a better person to work on the committee.
"I'm confident that the passion, commitment and leadership she has repeatedly demonstrated in Southington will now be put to good use for our whole state, Rep. Aresimowicz said in a press release.
Miceli said she looks forward to serving on the committee, and pursuing one of her passions she discovered when she was a journalist.
"I feel very blessed to be appointed," Miceli said. "When I started studying open space and how it impacts the community, I felt intrigued by it."
Mecili serves as the Communications Director at Hamden Hall Country Day School when not serving on the Town Council.
She was also an adjunct professor of the Quinnipiac University School of Communications for more than a decade.
Miceli lives in Southington with her husband Joe Miceli, a high school mathematics teacher and coach, along with their son, Jake, a seventh-grader at DePaolo Middle School.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Illegal excavations are taking place at important archaeological sites all over Syria that are "extremely dangerous" and "lethal" to the country's cultural heritage, the U.N. cultural agency said Wednesday.
Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture, told a news conference that illegal digging has happened from the ancient Sumerian city of Mari to the ancient cities of Ebla, Palmyra and Apamea.
"All of them have been subject to this phenomena, some of them to an extent that is unimaginable," he said. "Apamea — it's completely destroyed."
Bandarin said archaeological material and cultural heritage objects are being trafficked through illegal systems into other countries and markets.
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organzation has been raising public awareness of illegal trafficking and started training police and customs forces in neighboring countries in the past month to spot looted items, Bandarin said.
Some objects have been retrieved in Beirut and other places, he said, but "we certainly have intercepted a very, very small amount of what has been pillaged."
Bandarin said UNESCO received 2.5 million euros on Tuesday from the European Union for a program to improve information about the situation of Syria's cultural heritage, to fight against illegal trafficking, and to raise awareness in the international community of the looting of artifacts.
UNESCO plans to set up an office in Beirut and launch the program in several months, he said.
Syria is one of the cradles of civilization, first Chrstianity and then Islam, Bandarin said.
He lamented the destruction of landmarks in the civil war including Aleppo's medieval marketplace and the 11th-century minaret of the Umayyad Mosque that was the ancient heart of Aleppo's walled Old City, as well as the looting of the Krak des Chevaliers, one of the world's best preserved Crusader castles.
The only piece of good news, Bandarin said, is that the government's director of antiquities has emptied 34 major museums of their contents which have been transferred "to safe havens."
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Dances are the heart of Ballroom Dance Club. Here are the details of each dance event and other related activities. Our dances are almost always preceded by a beginning and intermediate lesson on the thematic dance so everyone can take part in the fun.
Information on our dances is also available on our facebook page. Thank you.
In compliance with the facilities use charges document at CSUC, the ballroom dance club functions will be continued. However, instead of teaching, practicing and dancing during non-normal business hours (Friday nights), the club will specifically hold their events during normal business hours (Monday-Thursday nights). By doing this, the club can continue to educate, promote, and share the passion of dance with all CSUC students.
Currently, Jolene Barry has been advising the "labs" Monday-Thursday nights. She will continue to advise the labs. In addition, she will also be the advisor to the ballroom dance club because of the similar functions between the labs and the club. By doing this, a greater sense of cohesion amongst the groups can build with the ultimate goal being the university experience of networking and dancing.
Again, we thank all of you for your professional nature and understanding during these new times. We will continue to work with the AS President and the University to see what other options we might have for holding future events during non-normal business hours.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -Lipscomb softball coach Kristin Ryman has never been one to be afraid of challenging her team with a strong pre-conference schedule.
Fielding one of her youngest teams ever for the 2013 spring season Ryman is positive her players will be up to the competition even though as many as six starters could be freshmen or sophomores. Highlights are three Southeastern Conference teams, one from the Big 10, four from Conference USA, two from the Sun Belt and three from the Ohio Valley.
"We have a good, young team," Ryman said. "They are excited and anxious. But they are not nervous at all.
"They go out and take care of business in practice. They get it done. This is probably the hardest working team we have had in a long time."
The season begins Feb. 8-10 when the Lady Bisons travel to Houston for the Houston Invitational. They will face Iowa; play Texas State twice, Houston and Louisiana-Lafayette. Houston is home to Lipscomb infielders Bridgette Begle and Gracey Aguirre. Outfielder Shelby Cunningham is from Wills Point, Texas.
"One of the things we try to do is schedule some of our non-conference games in areas where some of our players are from, especially if they are locations far away from Nashville," Ryman said. "It gives them a chance to play in front of their families and friends back home.
"We recruit a lot around Houston. It is warmer there at the start of the season. Everything makes sense for us to go down there. Houston is a very, very good established program. We are going to be challenged in that tournament as much or more than we will be all year."
The next week, Feb. 15-17, the Lady Bisons will be in Starkville, Miss., for Mississippi State's Bulldog Battle. The Lady Bisons will play Mississippi State, Western Kentucky, Murray State and Northwestern State.
The Lady Bisons are a little closer to home Feb. 22-24 when they play in Chattanooga's Frost Classic. In addition to the host team the Lady Bisons are scheduled to play Missouri State, Ohio, Niagara and Miami-Ohio.
"We have tough schedules in all three of those tournaments," Ryman said. "It is definitely a tough non-conference start to the season.
"If we were throwing kids out there before they were ready it would be different. There are going to be mistakes along the way. But this team is talented. We are confident."
The first game at Draper Diamond will be Feb. 27 when Wright State visits for a 2 p.m. game.
The Lady Bisons remain at home March 1-3 for the Purple & Gold Challenge. The Lady Bisons will face IPFW, UTEP, Western Carolina and Tennessee Tech.
The Lady Bisons will be on the road Feb. 26 in Knoxville to play Tennessee. Other non-conference road games include a doubleheader with Austin Peay in Clarksville March 13, a doubleheader in Birmingham against UAB April 2 and a doubleheader with Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro April 24.
On the schedule of non-conference home games are visits from Kentucky on March 27, a doubleheader with Belmont April 10 and a doubleheader with Western Kentucky April 17.
The Atlantic Sun Conference will have a different format this season. Teams will play three-game series with a doubleheader on Saturdays and a single game on Sundays.
"I think it is going to be interesting," Ryman said. "Before, there were a lot of splits between teams that were pretty evenly matched. You would walk away at the end of the day after a doubleheader and still not have a gut feeling about who was the better team on that date.
"Now there will be a true winner in every series. There are going to be some big time battles."
Kennesaw State will be the conference home opener for the Lady Bisons March 16-17.
The remainder of the conference home schedule features North Florida, March 23-24; USC-Upstate, April 13-14; and Stetson, April 27-28.
The Lady Bisons open conference play on the road at Jacksonville March 9-10. They return to Florida March 29-30 to play Florida Gulf Coast.
Rounding out the road conference games are visits to ETSU, April 6-7; Mercer April 20-21 and a stop at Northern Kentucky, May 3-4 to close out the regular season.
"The conference is going to be very tough and competitive again," Ryman said. "We add Northern Kentucky which has had a ton of success at the Division II level. I think they are going to be competitive right away.
"The teams that were up at the top of the league last year should be up there again. Nobody lost a tremendous amount. Teams that lost pitching return a lot of hitters. And teams that lost hitters are returning their pitching. Every team in the conference across the board is recruiting well."
Lipscomb will be hosting the Atlantic Sun Softball Tournament at Draper Diamond May 8-11.
"We are very excited about hosting the tournament," Ryman said. "The facility is really coming together. We have had some huge donations. There is a lot of support and that means a tremendous amount to all of us.
"Hopefully, we will have the home field advantage. We have to do the work between now and then to get there and put ourselves in a position to be successful."
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New Member and New Shooter Just Showing Off Burgeoning Collection
Hi all! Just wanted to introduce myself and post some pictures of the beginnings of my collection. Still pretty new to all this, not much gun experience besides learning how to shoot a .22 when I was younger, but I inherited my old .22 and my grandfather's shotgun a few months ago and the addiction has hit me like a steam train
Pic of my long guns, with descriptions of each underneath from top down:
First is my Model 25 .22 Marlin, it's labeled a Glenfield. Not sure what year but it's in pretty solid shape. It originally belonged to a family friend before he died when I was a kid, this is the gun I learned to shoot on and it's been so much fun shooting it again! The scope is a recent addition.
Second is a Remington Model 1100 20g. It was one of my Grandfathers deer hunting guns and the only object he left me. Not sure how old it is, it was in my moms house for 10 years after he died till one day she called asking when I was ever going to pick up my shotgun, had no idea she had it lol. I pretty sure he owned it for at least 10 years before he died. He was super anal about his guns and it's in almost unfired condition. Don't plan on shooting it much, it's worth more to me as an heirloom but I did take to to the range and it performed flawlessly.
Third is my 1943 Mosin-Nagant Ex-Sniper. This is the first gun I picked out and purchased myself. Pretty sure it was issued based on the condition and the wear on the rifling but im not an expert by any means. By far my favorite gun to shoot, so much fun!
Last is my Mossberg Maverick 88 Security 12g I bought as my home defence gun. Took it to the range for the first time and the damn thing almost dislocated my shoulder! Ordered a limbsaver for it and will have to practice allot more with it before id even consider leaving it loaded for a defence situation.
Also just bought this guy, a Tokarev TT33. Really wanted to have the right sidearm to go with my Mosin lol. Have a little experience shooting revolvers but this will be my first semi-auto, super excited! No CWL yet so it's at the store still, pick it up Friday. It's so clean im pretty sure it was unissued.
The bug has hit me hard, not sure where to go from here but im really enjoying the WW2 stuff! Thanks for looking and let me know what you think!
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Cool guns. I too was bitten by the WW2 weapons bug a while back. If that is what you are really interested in, I'd suggest moving forward in that direction. Weapons from that era have pretty consistently grown in price for most of their history, so you don't have to worry about buying a brand new AR15 only to have its value drastically reduced after firing it. Milsurp ammo is still really easy to find, so that is a plus as well. Firearms like that have so much history; they are a great conversation piece. Plus, they are just freakin' cool.
Anyways, regardless of which guns you chose to spend your money on, I hope your armory continues to grow. Welcome to TFL.
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Hello, nice start you have there.
Won't hurt to shoot the 1100.
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You should take that 1100 out Dove hunting. Picture going hunting with a few friends. You get out to where there is a decent sized water hole or two, you are standing a good ways off from everyone else, but mostly you guys have that hole surrounded.
In come the first birds, three from your left. They are initially small black specks that are growing quickly in size as they come winging in. Just as they start taking on more definition, becoming a grey color, your friend a little close on the left pops off a couple of shots and one bird folds up it's wings and plummets to earth. No time for that now, the other two birds jink left and right then both turn right into you.
You lead the first, squeeze, the shotgun bucks against your shoulder and the bird drops, one left, you sight in quickly, bang bang, and down he goes. Three birds for the pot. You go pick them up, wring their necks to be sure, and drop them into your game bag.
You'll be cleaning about 25 of them later that evening as you drink a beer, tell jokes with the other hunters and tease any unfortunate enough to have done something that remotely warrants ridicule but only good natured teasing. The kids will come around and poke at the birds and ask kid questions with their endless curiosity. And then you'll sit down to one good meal with friends and family.
Or you could just let that shotgun sit on your wall.
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|April 19, 2013, 01:08 PM
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Haha that does paint quite a picture
Im not entirely sure if we have doves if Florida, or a least my part (Tampa Area). We sure do have allot of seagulls though lol. Seriously though if I ever do any shotgun hunting it will be my go to. I don't think my Grandfather would have wanted it just sitting its whole life.
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Nice rounded collection. You'll have to get you a Nagant revolver while they are still resonably priced. It'll go well with the Mosin and Tok.
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Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner's Sources
Reinvented and passed on by each generation, myths, legends, and fables have continued to fascinate artists into the modern era. Many of the operatic works of Richard Wagner are deeply rooted in the German and Nordic traditions of folk tales and legends, Goethe drew upon German folklore for his description of the Walpurgisnacht, and the Brothers Grimm drew upon folk traditions in their retelling of popular fairy tales. This exhibition, organized by Timothy O. Benson, curator of LACMA's Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, explores Germanic myths and legends in various embodiments in the modern era.
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