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Brazil's Generation Z (those born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s) have grown up in one of the most auspicious times in their nation's history, and this experience has shaped their outlooks, aspirations and spending habits. They are the first generation that has come of age surrounded by the pervasive influence of international brands from fashion to technology to personal care, and prosperity. Yet, after a period that saw a rising middle class and expanding wealth, stalling development has left Brazil's Generation Z consumers facing significant political turmoil, environmental challenges and economic uncertainty for the first time in their lives.
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this is a discussion within the Pelicans Community Forum; Posted by dtatum August 10, 2007 2:51PM The Hornets announced Friday that they will play eight preseason games prior to their Oct. 31 season opener vs. Sacramento. The preseason schedule includes two games at the New Orleans Arena. The team ...
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The Hornets announced Friday that they will play eight preseason games prior to their Oct. 31 season opener vs. Sacramento.
The preseason schedule includes two games at the New Orleans Arena. The team will host the Indiana Pacers on Monday, Oct. 15 and the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, Oct. 24 (both games will tip off at 7 p.m.).
"We are excited to have our fans get re-acquainted with the Hornets game night experience, and the preseason is a great way to do that before we tip things off on October 31," said Chad Shinn, Hornets executive officer of the board. "Our two preseason games at the Arena will give our fans a taste of what to expect for our full 41-game schedule this season."
In addition to their home preseason games at the New Orleans Arena, the Hornets will also host the Houston Rockets at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on Oct. 9 and the Charlotte Bobcats at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem , N.C., on Oct. 26.
"Our two out-of-market home games give us the unique opportunity to play in cities with built-in fan interest for the Hornets," Shinn said. " Oklahoma City was the temporary home for the team for the last two years and we'll be able to host a homecoming for Chris Paul at his alma mater of Wake Forest University ."
The Hornets will visit Indiana (Oct. 10), Phoenix (Oct. 13) and Dallas (Oct. 21) in their respective home arenas during the preseason. They will also take on Shaquille O'Neal, Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat at Biloxi 's Mississippi Coast Coliseum in what will be the Heat's home game.
Information on individual game tickets for Hornets preseason and regular season games will be released later this month. Season tickets are available by calling (504) 525-HOOP or by logging on to Hornets.com.
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned those decisions in a forceful declaration of the limits of copyright law. The justices ruled, 6 to 3, that the first-sale doctrine applies no matter where a copy is made, as long as it's done in accordance with U.S. law. The decision in Kirtsaeng vs. John Wiley & Sons provides a welcome clarification that Americans are free to redistribute the copies they own that were legally made and sold overseas, just as they are with the copies they buy in the United States.
Writing for the majority, Justice Stephen Breyer noted that the lower courts' interpretation would cause nightmares for libraries and museums, whose ability to collect, lend and display works would be threatened if there were no first-sale rights to books and artwork made overseas. EBay, Goodwill Industries and other markets for used goods would be exposed to huge liabilities, as would sellers of new software-powered products that were assembled overseas — a category that's expanding rapidly, thanks to globalization and the ubiquitous use of computer chips. Limiting first-sale rights to products made domestically also would give publishers such as Wiley an incentive to print overseas, because doing so would allow them to prohibit used copies of those books from being traded by students in the United States.


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Those worried about a government-sponsored health care system have sounded warnings for years saying a program like that would eventually regulate people's eating habits and any other areas of risk behavior. Those fears were put to rest by the president, even though he cannot really assuage those fears since the new policy will continue after his presidency.
He assured people that the concerns they had, such as death panels, were political hyperbole. The latest mandate, however, the one that forces Catholic institutions to comply with free birth control and perhaps sterilization, feeds into the fears that skeptics had about this plan.
The worst of this is the fact that there is no reason for it.
It's easy to throw the typical "slippery slope" argument at any kind of change, and it is not always fair to do that with government. In this case, however, it might not be out of line. People were assured that the bill that went through in the last Congress was going to be the policy.
Would so many Catholic Obama supporters have gotten behind the bill if the administration had been upfront about this? It has been written here (and elsewhere) that Catholic voters tend to focus on more contemporary issues than solely the concerns of the Church. That is still true, but Catholics might react to their government forcing their church-affiliated institutions to comply against their will.
If Mitt Romney's out of context, unwise comment about the poor last week is his biggest pothole right now, the president's pothole is this mandate. It suggests that perhaps some politicians are so confident that Catholics have drifted from Church doctrine that anything goes. That could be costly in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, where there are large Catholic populations.
The Obama Administration has not backed away from this stance.They have added that this could lead to fewer abortions. But Catholics may not want a lesson on abortion from Washington, even if they are supporters of the president on a host of other issues.
It just seems like bad politics for the president. There was no reason for this mandate. There are many more hospitals and insurance programs that will allow for free birth control, and from a realistic perspective it makes sense for them to offer it. As long as other institutions are offering the services that Catholic institutions are skittish about, this should not be an issue.
If people have a choice as to which health care policy they choose, they may well choose one that fits their values. The idea behind the president's plan was to have all people insured; it was not to homogenize the care of each program. It is an unnecessary fight.
Christie and Drugs
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey announced last week that the usual incarceration policies due to drug laws were not working. It is perhaps a step in a new direction in getting young people out of the drug culture. He said there are other ways to address the issue, which drew criticism from former Drug Czar Robert DuPont (who served under presidents Carter and Ford).
For years people have tried to make the case that the current approach to getting drugs off the streets was targeted mainly toward low-income males, who are less likely to get a good defense in court. Whether that is true or not, it may take a nationally known figure like Christie to make the argument that the old way has not worked.
Fighting drugs is an ongoing battle, and this means results matter. If Christie wants to get drugs out of Newark and elsewhere, it is going to take a menu of alternative penalties and incentives to make a difference.
Christie was not talking about mega-drug kingpins when he cast doubt on the current system. He was focusing on low-level drug traffickers who have no history of violence. Freeing up prison cells that should be used for the most violent people in our society needs to be priority number one, and if a new approach to drugs does that, the idea should be on the table.


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Brian and Diana Goodwin were horrified when their 10-year-old pet moggy Oswald crawled into the house on Saturday with a wound in his thigh.
A friend of the couple – who find getting about difficult – took Oswald to a vet, who confirmed the cat had been shot with a pellet gun.
"The wound is near his spine" said 82-year-old Brian, a retired teacher.
"I knew he had been shot because you could see the hole where the pellet went in. He could hardly even crawl.
"I can't believe someone would do this to an animal. I know where I would put my pellet gun if I found out who did it."
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Diana, 75, said: "He still can't move. He is in the same position he was when we brought him back.
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"Her bowel was leaking in her body and slowly poisoning her" said cat-lover Lisa. "If we hadn't taken her to the vet when we did, she would have died."
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Lisa added: "It makes me feel sick that someone is doing this to animals, and to think it could be the same person. For somebody to do what they have done, they must be a very cold and callous person and they need to be stopped."
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Paul Higgins played Theseus and Oberon in the 2002 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, his first production at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Punjab almost lost the match from a winning position but Piyush Chawla held his nerves to smash a six off the penultimate ball to steer his side home while chasing 159 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
"We tried to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory ... but a win is a win. We have confidence now. We need to go back and perform in front of our home crowd," Hussey said.
"Momentum is a big part. We did well against Chennai and now we want to do even better when we go to Mohali for the next game," he said.
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|View Poll Results: Shakugan no Shana II - Episode 16 Rating
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|2008-02-04, 16:53
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|2008-02-04, 16:56
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Knowledge is the solution
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This series thjeme has always been about the interaction of both humans and the extra-terrestial beings of Guze interacting and growing relationships with each other, each one bringing their own emotional baggage into this interaction while trying to understand each other. Humans acting like humans (with everything that that statement implies) is what one would expect from this series instead of characters acting like something that one woulld expect from a shounen manga.
|2008-02-04, 20:35
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You know how in some anime they make the nice and caring characters into evil characters?
|2008-02-04, 22:05
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Nick of Time~
You know, it's precisely that Tanaka has seen this before and he knows the consequences that he was able to understand how fearful it is to lose someone you love, especially if you keep your connections with someone from the other world as strong as he wanted it to be in the past.
And again, I wonder what flow you're talking about? The main plot? The issues amongst Kazumi, Shana and Yuuji?
|2008-02-04, 23:16
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I doubt there's someone with the purity of form in all the Guze but don't give your hopes up yet.
Heh, quite a Starcraft addict.
I think someone mentioned on how the number three seems to play a role in the storyplot. Three primary colors, three people in a love triangle, three different emotions, three entities tied to the Reiji Maigo, and three different forces that seek the Reiji Maigo for different means.
|2008-02-05, 00:47
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i find that crucifix a bit cold hearted. both pheles and yoshida wants to help yuji for various reasons. so calling upon pheles to help out yuji in an energency and hav yoshida dissappear in the process makes yoshida feel more like a lowly chess pawn to phele's queen. its still too harsh a lesson knowing that she'll never stop trying to stay around yuji and shana.
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I was going to give this episode an 8, but I couldn't give it any higher than a 7. Yoshida's whining has taken me over the edge. Just use that hougo Kazumi. Use it and it'll all be over quickly and painlessly. That's a good girl. **strokes Yoshida's head gently** That's a good girl.
In other seemingly related news, Yuuji is doing what appears to be something (zomgplotexplosion!). Blutsauger, blah blah blah, getting stronger, etc. etc. Imagine the previous training sessions, only Yuji has lethality now... YAY for lethality!
Over in the interesting characters camp, Wilhelmina... did pretty much nothing this episode. Your irrefutable cuteness alone can't keep you on the screen Carmel-san (Who am I kidding? Hell yes it can). Margery Daw lost one of her cohorts. I don't know how she can possibly carry on without Tanaka(?). I mean, he was practically the backbone of her power in battle. Looks like she's doomed.
Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom's Bel Peol's HQ, things are certainly stirring up. Silver specifically. Hecanoe is just as cute as ever. I just want to pick up and squeeze her and her little hat and hope that she won't own me with her rod of doom. Scientist man is back, along with DOMIIIINOOOO! This alone got episode 16 an extra 3 points out of me. That guy is awesome.
16 wasn't action packed, but at the same time you can't call it slice-of-life either. Nor can you say that it fits between the two. This episode belongs in some kind of strange episode limbo that righteous but non-believing episodes go to when they pass on. It was a sub-par episode by season 1's standards, but a godly episode by season 2's. Keep em coming J.C. Staff.
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Well that was quite boring but emotional at the same time, so I'm not sure how to rate this. It's actually an episode without someone trying to kill each other, so I'll take that. I thought what Pheles gave Kazumi was supposed to be cooler, but oh well. The BGM was good too, so 7/10.
|2008-02-05, 03:19
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Those of you who upon hearing Yoshida might die and gloated about her needing to die quickly need to cut her some slack. How would you feel being told to your face that you have no chance in a love triangle and so you're better off dead?
For the record, I can be counted as a Yuji x Shana shipper, but I do not dislike Yoshida.
|2008-02-05, 04:44
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It's Kazumi, and I'm not sure why people hate her. Of course she had such a better role in season one and in season two they made her look like repetitive stalker, but she needs to be there to further fuel the romance portion of the plot...or something. Plus, she's cute, and I don't want her to die.
And yes for the record I support Yuji's relationship with Shana.
|2008-02-05, 05:32
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Nick of Time~
To be honest, I've just finished the episode, and I don't get the deal with the discussion on Eita. He hardly appeared in the episode, save to stop before Satou's house, hesitating then turning back the way he came. The talk should come in the next episode, though, because it will be nice to see how he has been affected by all this in greater depth and how this affects his relationship with Satou and Margery, now that Ogata and him are more or less secure.
No action, despite the exciting OP animation. It's nice to see that Yuuji finally has the strength to back up what he wants to do. There's not one ounce of 'wimp' in him as far as I can tell in this episode. He didn't cower or hesitate, but instead requested for Blutsauger to make himself stronger. Admirable, and this episode coupled with the previous one seemed to magnify his ability to deal with and recover from unexpected and shocking revelations, a trait shown in lesser magnitude in Season 1.
As for Kazumi...I will agree that she is slightly irritating, but that's understandable as she is feeling left out and perhaps even slightly desperate for the slightest chance she can get to be able to be with Yuuji. Her reluctant acceptance of the method to do that from Pheles is an indication, and I have her feeling she may yet have a big part to play in the events that will unfold with what is to become of Yuuji.
Good episode, but not the best I've seen of the 'aftermath' after an episode big on action. They did justify how Johan managed to come out with a sound explanation, if a little lacking in detail. Still, it's not too good to nitpick all the time.
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And yeah i am Yuji X shana suporter too but still dont want Yushida-san to die eaither ( like you). She should be there for the romance element of the shana series to work ( well at least the end of the whole series). She is an essential component to shana series, well because shana is halfy a romance anime.
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The real issue here is that people are only thinking of Kazumi here as a stalker of Yuji and nothing else. i think she is thinking about deeper things than that. This is a harsh world she is living in, so beyond some surface thoughts she might be thinking about some other important things.
Wanting more strength in order to survive - She has seen time and again exactly what these Tomogara can do and its not at all surprising that she would want more power, not to just be by Sakai-kun's side, but because she would rather not be like every other human who can be wiped out at any moment. Seriously, after seeing the battle in 15, I would want more than just an artifact where I can sacrifice myself just for a summon.
I think someone said that maybe the hougu Pheles gave her was a test for her to gain new powers, and that would be great. If not, this was pretty much the biggest slap in the face ever.
|2008-02-05, 12:04
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Spoiler for Awakenings, and Yoshida/ Eita musings.:
THIS is what I'm starting to like about this series. Some really good drama going on all over. I was starting to think it'd be like Bleach but shorter (No, I'm not one of those "Shana is Bleach" people. Bleach just taught me I wasn't a fan of actiony series anymore.), but now it's becoming one of my favorites.
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I think one of the problem with Kazumi is that people don't get why she's so attached to Yuji. I know I don't.
She's one of those many anime girls, madly in love with the male lead, doing crazy stuff to be with him, and nobody knows why. Sure, Yuji is a nice guy, full of qualities. But is he worth all getting involved in that dangerous world? She's only known him a few months!
But all in all, I like her. She's nice. And her yandere side in Shana-tan is damn entertaining.
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Newton National Bank: Setting an Ambush for Public Enemy Number One
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Iowa Banking Magazine
The First Newton bank today—the same building where the robbery was supposed to take place in 1934.
John Dillinger, son of an Indianapolis grocer, first robbed a grocery store. Paroled from prison in May of 1933, he found bank robbery more lucrative. Over the next year, Dillinger and his gang plundered more than a dozen Midwestern banks for today's equivalent of around $5 million. An elaborate plan to rob the national bank in Newton, Iowa in April of 1934 fell through. Although "Public Enemy Number One" underwent plastic surgery on his face and tried to burn off his fingerprints with acid, he was tracked down and killed by lawmen in Chicago in July 1934.
Iowa Banking Magazine
This Thompson submachine gun, or "Tommy gun", was given to the Newton bank by federal agents after the robbers failed to show up. The terrifying weapon, designed for trench combat during World War I, was used by both sides of the law in the 1930s. Tommy guns could fire six hundred rounds per minute.
During the Great Depression, a national bank in central Iowa survived twin threats: A bad economy and the man declared "Public Enemy Number One" by the U.S. Attorney General. Today the bank is known as First Newton National Bank.
1931 was a time of sinking public confidence in the banking system. The Newton bank entered the year with $1,778,356 in deposits. But by October alarming quantities of money had been withdrawn. In the face of this run, the board of directors voted to close the bank's doors while it tried to acquire additional capital. The bank succeeded in raising $100,000 in only a week and was reopened for business by early 1932.
Two years later, the infamous John Dillinger gang struck a northern Iowa bank on the wild afternoon of March 13, 1934. The robbers took $50,000 in a bloody shoot-out replete with hostage-taking and clouds of tear gas.
At a gang hideout in nearby Minnesota, police found a getaway map of the next target—the tiny town of Newton. Bank robbers often clipped elaborate maps to dashboards of their high-powered cars. As the Newton Daily News later reported, the gangsters likely planned to park "just outside the bank on First street North."
The getaway map instructed the driver to maintain certain speeds every tenth of a mile and to slow down on certain bad roads. After passing a manufacturing company, airport and cemetery, the fleeing bandits were to switch to another car waiting at a "corner nine miles north of Newton."
On Wednesday, April 4—the expected day of attack—federal officers, police detectives and the local sheriff's force laid in wait. But the robbers didn't show up. We now know that Dillinger remained in Minnesota recovering from a bullet wound in his leg. Four months later, he was killed by Justice Department (now FBI) agents while leaving a movie theater in Chicago.
Before departing Newton, federal agents left behind gas masks and a "Tommy gun" with the bank president. A Dillinger biographer wrote that many law officers adopted the powerful weapon after discovering that a "dozen cops armed with six-shot handguns were no match for a single John Dillinger brandishing a .45 caliber Thompson machine gun."
Ironically, the left calf wound that kept Dillinger in Minnesota came from a ricochet from his own Tommy gun during a firefight with police. By thwarting his plans, the battle may have saved lives in the town of Newton.
Iowa Banking Magazine reported that at "some point after [the president died]… the gun was discovered in a closet at the bank. There was concern about having a fully functional, fully automatic weapon in the bank, so it was made to be inoperable." A little lead poured down the barrel did the trick.
Other than that, says the bank, the Tommy gun is "in fantastic condition."


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After sailing through her third pregnancy, Lis, a 37-year-old mother from upstate New York, gave birth to a boy in January. As she held her new son, Simon, he seemed happy and healthy, weighing in at 9 pounds, 1 ounce, and racking up a 9 out of a possible 10 points on the Apgar scale of newborn health. Five days later, his first infant checkup was equally reassuring -- until the pediatrician noticed small bumps on his face, near his eyes. He inspected them carefully, then turned to Lis and her husband and asked if either of them had herpes.
Lis's body went cold. Two years earlier, her husband had developed small sores and had unexpectedly been diagnosed with genital herpes. "The doctor told us that my husband could have gotten the virus years before and never had an outbreak," she recalls. "But no one ever suggested that I get tested. No one ever said to me 'You could have herpes and not know it.'" Unfortunately, like most people with herpes, Lis didn't know she was infected because she had never had any symptoms. Simon was rushed to a nearby medical center where a DNA spinal tap test confirmed that he had neonatal herpes, a condition which usually results in severe central nervous system damage and often in death. He spent the next three weeks in the hospital, where he underwent another spinal tap and received intravenous doses of acyclovir, an antiviral drug.
Fortunately, Simon beat extraordinary odds and was able to go home. "By some miracle we caught this early and he was treated soon enough that he never got sick," says Lis. Now, at 7 months old, Simon is thriving, doing everything babies his age are meant to do. But his parents wish they could spare others the terrifying experience they had. "We spent the first four weeks of our seemingly healthy baby's life in an intensive care unit because of the devastating effects this virus has on a newborn."
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are perhaps the most overlooked threat to babies today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 19 million Americans are infected with an STD each year. Countless women have herpes or the human papillomavirus, which can cause genital warts and cervical cancer, or live with curable STDs like chlamydia or gonorrhea but don't know it -- and don't understand the harm they can pose to a newborn.
Because these diseases often do not cause noticeable symptoms, many pregnant women don't find out they have an STD until it's too late. Untreated, these infections can cause preterm labor and the related complications of low birth weight, in addition to blindness, pneumonia, brain damage, developmental disabilities, and even death. STDs can be hazardous for the mother as well: Many can compromise a woman's fertility or increase the risk of the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Most people aren't aware of these dangers or of the severity of the STD epidemic. It is a silent -- and potentially deadly -- threat. "Pregnant women are more likely to know about the remote risk of contracting toxoplasmosis from changing the kitty litter during pregnancy than about the dangerous ways an STD can affect their pregnancy and their baby," says Linda Alexander, Ph.D., former president of the American Social Health Association (ASHA), the country's leading clearinghouse for STD information.
Because they are so widespread and often without symptoms, STDs don't discriminate -- even women like Lis, who is in a monogamous marriage, are vulnerable. "The single most important message about STDs is that everyone is at risk -- it doesn't matter what your current or past sexual behavior is," warns Lyn Finelli, Ph.D., a former epidemiologist in the division of STD prevention at the CDC in Atlanta.
Many pregnant women incorrectly assume that they'll be screened for STDs as part of their prenatal care, but the CDC only recommends testing for hepatitis B, syphilis, HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea. It's more likely that a woman will be tested for more diseases, like HPV and herpes, if she has told her doctor that she has more than one sexual partner, a partner who has multiple partners, a history of STD infection or IV drug use, or that she was the victim of a sexual assault.
These screening practices don't go far enough, argues Alexander, who believes that pregnant women should be tested for all STDs or at least educated about them during a prenatal visit. "Women should understand their risk from all infections," she says. "Unfortunately, the stigma of STDs keeps us from dealing with them."
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that most STDs can be easily detected and managed -- if not completely cured -- during pregnancy. If an STD is diagnosed before delivery, the health of both mother and child can almost always be protected: Bacterial diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis can be wiped out with antibiotics, while viral STDs like herpes and HPV can be effectively controlled, reducing the likelihood that an infant will contract the condition. And further advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of STDs are on the horizon. A vaccine to prevent herpes is currently in development. Foams or jellies known as microbicides, which would protect a woman against STDs but still allow her to become pregnant, are being tested as well.
Following are the facts you'll need to understand the effects of STDs and to recognize any noticeable symptoms. Your ob-gyn or midwife can provide STD tests for you and your partner (who should also be tested), but you may need to speak up. "Women will have to be proactive," says James McGregor, M.D., C.M., visiting professor of clinical obstetrics & gynecology at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles. "Talking about STDs is like preparing a birth plan: In order to have it implemented, you have to come in prepared."
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Risks and Treatment
Stats: An estimated 2.8 million new cases of chlamydia are diagnosed each year, making it the most common bacterial infection in the United States. Rates are higher in women younger than 25 years old.
Symptoms: Though the majority of women with chlamydia do not have any symptoms, there may be painful or frequent urination or vaginal discharge, usually occurring within two days to three weeks of exposure. This may be accompanied by pelvic or abdominal pain during sex, fever or chills, nausea, vomiting, burning or itching in the vaginal area, joint pain, or a sore throat.
Testing: Identification of chlamydia can be done through a DNA test (which looks for the DNA of the chlamydia organism), a culture test of cervical cells, or a urine sample.
Risk to Mothers: As many as 40 percent of women with untreated chlamydia will develop pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) -- an infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries -- which can lead to infertility. Chlamydia also increases the risk of an ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when the embryo implants in the fallopian tube instead of in the uterus.
Risk to Babies: If the bacteria is passed to a baby during delivery, it can cause pneumonia or eye infections such as conjunctivitis. Chlamydia can also cause premature rupture of the membranes, preterm birth, and miscarriage.
Treatment: Antibiotics.
Stats: The CDC estimates that there are 356,000 cases each year.
Symptoms: Signs of gonorrhea are the same as those for chlamydia, though half of infections in women do not cause any symptoms.
Testing: In women, a culture of the cervix is usually taken. Testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea at the same time is common since the two infections often appear together.
Risk to Mothers: If not treated, gonorrhea can lead to PID in 10 to 20 percent of affected women. It can also cause joint pain, arthritis, and affect the heart and brain.
Risk to Babies: Gonorrhea can cause miscarriage and, if it infects a newborn's eyes, can lead to blindness.
Treatment: Antibiotics. Many states recommend precautionary treatment of all newborns' eyes with silver nitrate drops at birth to prevent infection.
Stats: There are 880,000 new herpes infections each year, with an estimated 45 million Americans already infected.
Symptoms: While as many as 90 percent of people with herpes do not have symptoms, those infected can experience sores (internal or external) that last two to three weeks, itching or burning, vaginal discharge, a feeling of pressure in the abdomen, fever, headache, or pain in the legs, buttocks, or genitals.
Testing: If you have symptoms, a culture can be taken to confirm or rule out herpes, and blood tests can determine which strain you have -- Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), which usually causes oral herpes (in the form of cold sores), or Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2), which typically causes genital herpes. Without any symptoms, blood tests are available to determine if you have herpes, though false positives can sometimes occur.
Risk to Mothers: A pregnant woman with long-standing herpes may find that outbreaks are more frequent and severe while she's expecting. Medication to suppress outbreaks is usually administered late in pregnancy, but if a woman has herpes sores at the time of delivery, a cesarean section will likely need to be done.
Risk to Babies: If a woman acquires herpes before becoming pregnant or early in her pregnancy, the chances of the infection harming her unborn child are small. That's because she has time to build up immunity to the virus and can pass that immunity to her baby. If an expectant mother is first infected with herpes in her last trimester, her baby has the highest chance of contracting neonatal herpes, which can be life-threatening to an infant because the mother has had less time to build up immunity to the virus and pass protective antibodies to her baby. Fortunately, what often appears to be an initial infection during pregnancy is in fact a recurrence and less risky for a baby. Though neonatal herpes is rare, it can cause eye and throat infections in addition to inflammation of the brain, central nervous system damage, developmental delays, and death. Signs of infection (which usually occur two to three weeks later) include sores around the eyes, irritability, lethargy, poor feeding, and seizures.
Treatment: There's no getting rid of the herpes virus, but outbreaks can be controlled with antiviral medications such as acyclovir. A 15-year pregnancy registry for acyclovir found no elevated risk of birth defects in babies.
Stats: According to a 2006 CDC report, an estimated 9,000 babies are born to HIV-infected mothers each year. In 2004 (the most recent year for which figures are available), fewer than 150 of these babies became infected with the AIDS virus.
Symptoms: Those infected with HIV usually do not have symptoms because it takes time for the virus to wear down the immune system. In some cases a woman will have a brief, flu-like illness. Untreated over time, HIV depletes immunity, increasing vulnerability to infection and disease.
Testing: A health care provider can draw blood or take a sample of saliva to test for HIV, or, if you prefer private testing, the FDA-approved Home Access Test is available in pharmacies, online at www.homeaccess.com, or by calling 847/781-2500.
Risk to Mothers: Most women diagnosed with HIV who receive treatment feel fine during pregnancy. If an HIV-positive expectant mother does not receive medication or begins treatment late in pregnancy, she'll be more likely to have a c-section to reduce her child's exposure to the virus. Because HIV can be passed through breast milk, new mothers with HIV or AIDS shouldn't nurse.
Risk to Babies: Babies can acquire HIV from their mothers during labor and delivery, or in utero. With the advent of the drug zidovudine (AZT, ZDV, Retrovir), the mother-to-baby transmission rate has been greatly reduced, from approximately 25 percent of babies born to HIV-infected mothers before 1994 to less than 5 percent. Since 1996 when powerful anti-retroviral therapies became largely available fewer children are developing AIDS. Even less are dying. Still, HIV-positive infants and children are at risk for poor growth, serious bacterial infections, pneumonia, neurologic problems, and developmental delays.
Treatment: Zidovudine helps prevent transmission of the virus from mother to baby. Antiretroviral drugs can also strengthen a woman's immunity and further reduce the risk of transmission. A pregnancy registry is being maintained that will monitor the effects of these drugs on both women and newborns.
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Stats: HPV is the most common STD in the U.S., with an estimated 75 percent of the reproductive-age population infected. Twenty million Americans have the genital form of HPV, with 6.2 million new cases diagnosed each year.
Symptoms: In some people, HPV can cause genital warts.
Testing: A Pap smear, which can detect changes in cervical cells, can indicate an HPV infection or the early stages of cervical cancer, particularly if the changes are dramatic. For minor Pap changes, a follow-up DNA test can confirm or rule out the presence of HPV. But testing for HPV in pregnancy if genital warts are not present is usually unnecessary because the virus is so prevalent and the risk of transmission is so low, says Thomas Cox, M.D., director of the Gynecology and Colposcopy Clinic at theUniversity of California at Santa Barbara. If you have warts that have not been diagnosed, however, you should see a doctor and be tested.
Risk to Mothers: A woman previously infected with HPV may get genital warts for the first time during pregnancy or find that her current warts grow significantly. Of the approximately 100 types of HPV, the ones that cause warts (strains 6 and 11) are the least worrisome. Strains 16, 18, 31, and 45 account for 80 percent of all cervical cancers.
Risk to Babies: The risk of HPV transmission during delivery is very low; less than 1 percent of affected women pass it to their babies. In these infants, there is a slight chance that they will later develop the virus in their larynx (voice box). If a woman has very large genital warts close to her due date, a c-section may be considered.
Treatment: Several treatments for genital warts that are often given to women who are not pregnant haven't been proven safe for use in pregnancy, says Dr. Cox. It's possible that your OB might freeze or laser the warts or put acid on them since these procedures are safe during pregnancy. Many healthy women appear to get rid of HPV over time or at least to suppress it to the point where it is no longer a threat to them, their partner, or their children.
Stats: Approximately 11,500 Americans get syphilis each year, though infection rates are significantly higher in some southern states and in African-Americans. In 1999 there were 420 reported cases of congenital syphilis in infants who acquired the disease from their mothers during pregnancy or delivery.
Symptoms: The primary stage of syphilis is characterized by a small, firm, round, painless sore (called a chancre) that appears from 10 to 90 days after infection at the place where the bacterium entered the body; the sore lasts one to five weeks. If not treated, the appearance of a non-itching rash on one or more parts of the body indicates the start of the second stage of syphilis. There may be rough, "copper penny" spots on the palms of the hands and bottoms of the feet. Most pregnant women with syphilis are asymptomatic, says Dr. McGregor.
Testing: In many states, a syphilis screen'a blood test'is the only routine prenatal STD test.
Risk to Mothers: Third-stage syphilis (called latency) begins to attack the internal organs, eventually leading to blindness, dementia, and lack of muscle coordination, among other complications.
Risk to Babies: Untreated early syphilis in pregnant women can result in perinatal death in up to 40 percent of cases, and, if syphilis is acquired in the four years preceding pregnancy, it may lead to infect in 80 percent of cases. If a mother-to-be doesn't receive treatment, or receives it too late in pregnancy, there's a 40 to 70 percent chance she'll deliver a syphilitic baby. Signs of an infection include sores, runny nose (sometimes bloody), jaundice, a small head, anemia, a swollen liver, slimy patches in the mouth, and inflammation of the bones in the arms and legs. A newborn may not show signs of infection until 3 to 8 weeks after birth.
Treatment: Penicillin.
Stats: The parasite which causes trichomoniasis is responsible for an estimated 7.4 million new cases in men and women each year.
Symptoms: The condition, often called "trich," can cause a foul-smelling or green vaginal discharge, vaginal itching, or redness within six months of infection. Other symptoms can include painful sexual intercourse, lower abdominal discomfort, and the urge to urinate.
Testing: A health care provider can diagnose trichomoniasis by examining vaginal discharge.
Risk to Mothers: Trichomoniasis can cause preterm labor.
Risk to Babies: Preterm labor can cause a baby to have a low birth weight. According to the CDC, mother-to-baby transmission of the parasite is rare, but symptoms in an infected infant include fever, as well as a vaginal discharge in girls.
Treatment: Antibiotics after the first trimester. (The medicine is not safe for use during the early months of pregnancy.)
The STD epidemic is an undeniable health threat to infants today. Unlike other epidemics, however, it is one that can be easily controlled. If pregnant women insist on being tested for these diseases, in most cases STDs can become what they should be'a nuisance, not a danger. Armed with the right information and a doctor's guidance, a woman with an STD can help keep herself -- and her baby


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From "Doña Tomás" by Thomas Schnetz and Dona Savitsky
3/4 cup hulled pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
1 cup tomatillos (about 4 tomatillos, 3/4 pound)
1/2 bunch epazote, stemmed, washed and dried (about 3/4 cup)
1/4 bunch cilantro, stemmed, washed and dried (1 1/2 cups)
1/4 bunch parsley, stemmed, washed and dried (1 1/2 cups)
3 cloves garlic
1/2 fresh jalapeño
1 to 2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 to 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 pound goat cheese
Tortilla chips, preferably homemade
1. Heat the oven
to 350 degrees. Spread the pepitas on a baking sheet and toast, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes, until evenly browned.
2. Soak the tomatillos
in cold water for a few minutes, then peel off and discard the husks. Place the pepitas, tomatillos, epazote, cilantro, parsley, garlic, jalapeño and 1 teaspoon of the salt in a blender. Add 1 cup of the broth and blend on high speed until a slightly lumpy purée is achieved.
3. Place a large straight-sided skillet
or frying pan over high heat and add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the sauce, stirring to prevent splattering. Decrease the heat to low and slowly simmer for about 1 hour, stirring frequently and adjusting the consistency with more broth when it reaches gravy consistency and starts to splatter. Check and adjust the seasoning with salt as necessary. Keep hot if using right away, or transfer to a container to cool. The sauce can be covered and refrigerated for 3 to 4 days.
4. Heat the broiler.
Divide the goat cheese into 8 portions and form each into a 1-inch thick patty (this thickness allows the cheese to bake quickly and evenly). Place the patties individually into 4-inch ramekins and broil for 3 to 5 minutes, until the cheese softens but still retains its shape. Carefully remove from the oven and ladle the warm sauce over the cheese. Serve immediately with the tortilla chips.
Each serving:
285 calories; 15 grams protein; 5 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams fiber; 24 grams fat; 10 grams saturated fat; 26 mg. cholesterol; 527 mg. sodium.


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DOJ Lets Channelsurfing Operator Mostly Off The Hook
from the well,-look-at-that dept
What this really means is that they effectively came to a plea bargain-type of deal, whereby McCarthy is not found guilty and doesn't have to spend any time in jail. He does still get treated under what appears to be effectively a parole type system -- in which he needs to stay out of trouble for a while, and has to regularly check in with a "US Pretrial Services Officer" (and he can't leave his local region without permission from the same). He does still have to pay back the amount that the feds claim he earned illegally.
Who knows what's happening fully behind the scenes, but it seems likely that the Aaron Swartz suicide, and the new focus on over-aggressive US prosecutors' attempts to coerce guilty pleas out of individuals in vaguely similar situations, might have led US Attorney Preet Bharara and his assistant Christopher Frey to realize that it might be best to cut a deal and run. Actually taking a case like this to court would be a PR disaster for the DOJ following the whole Aaron Swartz thing, and people at the DOJ must recognize that. Given that the DOJ similarly had to drop other cases that came out of domain seizures, including the ones involving Dajaz1 and Rojadirecta, the gung ho attitude to the DOJ took towards seizing websites based on the RIAA and MPAA's questionable claims of infringement is increasingly looking like a complete disaster without any significant results.


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South Korea's LG Electronics is replacing its CEO: according to reports, Nam Yong will be stepping down as LG's CEO over declining mobile phone sales and difficulties transitioning the company to compete in the global smartphone market. He will be replaced by Koo Bon-joon, a member of LG's founding family and the younger brother of LG Group board chairman Koo Bon-moo.
LG said Nam offered the board his resignation as a way of taking responsibility for poor financial performance and management. Nam was appointed LG's CEO in 2007.
The move comes during the same week that the world's largest mobile handset maker, Nokia, opted to replace its CEO with an executive from Microsoft, largely over the company's failure to compete in the smartphone market.
LG just announced a high-end Optimus One smartphone based on Google's Android platform. LG hopes to sell as many as 10 million of Optimus One units globally; however, so far the company has not announced any plans to bring them to North America. To date, LG hasn't managed to make a smartphone that's sold more than 1 million units.
LG is the world's third-largest maker of mobile handsets, but – like Nokia – has largely failed to capitalize on the consumer popularity of high-margin smartphone devices, where companies like RIM and Apple have moved into market-dominating positions. According to Reuters, LG's mobile unit used to account for about a third of the LG Group's sales, but in the second quarter of 2010 that figure had slipped to about one quarter. During that same quarter, the mobile unit racked up a loss of over $100 million.


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Antiques Roadshow "Mobile, AL - Part 3" Appraisers spy a Confederate army belt buckle, an archive of letters and documents from Franklin Delano Roosevelt bought at an estate sale for $5, and a circa 1850 Virginia painted chest, estimated to be worth $60,000. Part 3 of 3G
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Great Performances at the Met "Wagner's Ring Cycle - Wagner's Dream" A documentary by Susan Froemke. The stakes could not be higher as visionary director Robert Lepage, some of the world's greatest operatic artists, and the Metropolitan Opera tackle Wagner's Ring Cycle. An intimate look at the enormous theatrical and musical challenges of staging opera's most monumental work, the film chronicles the quest to fulfill Wagner's dream of the perfect Ring. D
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Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance With narration by Garrison Keillor, this film brings to life a nearly forgotten iconic American radio show - The National Barn Dance, which celebrated the folk traditions that were fading in an increasingly urbanized America. From its first broadcast in 1924 to its last in 1960, the show served as a touchstone for its audience and was the country's most popular country music radio show during the 1930s and 1940s, essentially defining country and western entertainment in those years.G
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
My Wife Meghan Is Teaching Women's Bike Commuting Clinic @ SM REI Today At 7pm
My wife Meghan is currently working at REI in Santa Monica, and she is hosting her first clinic there tonight. She recently became an LCI (League Certified Instructor) by the League of American Bicyclists, and she'll talking about safe and confident road cycling, and tips for bike commuting for women. Currently there is a significant gender gap in bike commuting in America and one of Meghan's goals when she signed up to become an LCI was to try and get more women into cycling.
I can certainly vouch that she knows her stuff, and we have ridden literally thousands of miles together, all over Los Angeles, and all over the State of California. So if you or someone you know is a lady looking for more confidence and safety on the road, be sure to check it out, this clinic is free. It's a bit of a short notice, but I'll try to give more of a heads up the next time she puts together a class.
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This sounds like an awesome idea. Wish I could go tonight but I have to take my cat to the vet in the evening. Would love to go next time so keep us posted.
- September 21, 2010 at 9:22 AM
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Farmers Market Report: Santa Barbara, California
- Location: multiple locations
- Website: sbfarmersmarket.org
The Santa Barbara Saturday Farmer's Market is the market I grew up attending. It's where I first fell in love with tender Medjool dates, crunchy pistachios, luscious avocados, gerber daises of every color and tiny, incredibly sweet, Gaviota strawberries. Join me as we stroll through aisles, overflowing with the abundance of Southern California produce.
This year-round Saturday Market, held in downtown Santa Barbara, is about as friendly, pleasant and delicious as a market can get. It's hard to believe that in early March, when so much of the country is bundled in their down jackets and double socks, I'm strolling these colorful stalls in flip flops, sampling slivers of cherimoyas and knocking back blueberries from my basket.
It's a always summer in Southern California, and the juicy fruits are a testament to the warm weather. When I lived there, I fantasized about seasons, now that I'm gone, I'm searching for a reason to bring me back to this produce Eden. It's a spectacular way to spend a Saturday morning, a must-do, if you are visiting this darling little town by the sea.
Shopping List of Market Specialties:
• Earthtrine Organic Farm is based in Ojai, and sells flavorful, not often-seen herbs such as chervil, ruby streaks, mizuna, horseradish, chamomile flowers, lovage and intense mustard-family plants. Mike, one of the purveyors, will make you smile with a joke as he hands back your changed.
• The Solvang Pie Company creates fresh fruit pies with local ingredients. All the pies are served with the most tender of crumb toppings, perfect for finishing off your market-produce meal.
• Santa Barbara Pistachios will make it impossible for you to buy the jewel-like nuts anywhere else. I'm a particular fan of the onion garlic flavor.
• Good Land Organics grows cherimoyas, the custard-like fruit with large black seeds, locally. These fruits are becoming more and more popular in Southern California, and I'm grateful to have found a perfectly ripe cherimoya to serve as an afternoon snack to my guests.
• Fair Hills Apple Farm manages to sell crisp, flavorful apples almost all year round at the Santa Barbara Farmer's Market. It's a real treat to visit their organic farm out in Paso Robles, Ca.
Have you visited this delightful market? What did you think of it?
• Visit the Market: Santa Barbara Farmer's Market
Related: Farmer's Market Report: Portland, Oregon
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This section of the World War II History info guide is devoted to "Operation Overlord," the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe that began on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- on the beaches of Normandy, France.
Introduction | Features | Links
D-Day Introduction
June 1944 was a major turning point of World War II, particularly in Europe. Although the initiative had been seized from the Germans some months before, so far the western Allies had been unable to mass sufficient men and material to risk an attack in northern Europe.
By mid-1944 early mobilization of manpower and resources in America was beginning to pay off. Millions of American men had been trained, equipped, and welded into fighting and service units. American industrial production had reached its wartime peak late in 1943. While there were still critical shortages -- in landing craft, for instance -- production problems were largely solved, and the Battle of the Atlantic had been won. Ever increasing streams of supplies from the United States were reaching anti-Axis fighting forces throughout the world.
By the beginning of June 1944, the United States and Great Britain had accumulated in the British Isles the largest number of men and the greatest amount of materiel ever assembled to launch and sustain an amphibious attack. Strategic bombing of Germany was reaching its peak. In May 1943, the Combined Chiefs of Staff had given high priority to a Combined Bomber Offensive to be waged by the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces. By late summer 1943, Allied bombers were conducting round-the-clock bombardment of German industry and communications. In general, British planes bombed by night and American planes bombed by day. Whereas an air raid by 200 planes had been considered large in June 1943, the average strike a year later was undertaken by 1,000 heavy bombers.
After considerable study strategists determined to make the cross-channel attack on the beaches of Normandy east of the Cherbourg Peninsula. Early objectives of the operation were the deep-water ports at Cherbourg and at Brest in Brittany.
Three months before D-Day, a strategic air campaign was inaugurated to pave the way for invasion by restricting the enemy's ability to shift reserves. French and Belgian railways were crippled, bridges demolished in northwestern France, and enemy airfields within a 130-mile radius of the landing beaches put under heavy attack. Special attention was given to isolating the part of northwestern France bounded roughly by the Seine and Loire Rivers. The Allies also put into effect a deception plan to lead the Germans to believe that landings would take place farther north along the Pas de Calais.
Opposed to the Allies was the so-called Army Group B of the German Army, consisting of the Seventh Army in Normandy and Brittany, the Fifteenth Army in the Pas de Calais and Flanders, and the LXXXVIII Corps in Holland -- all under command of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Commander of all German forces in western Europe was Field Marshal von Rundstedt who, in addition to Group B, also had at his disposal Group G composed of the First and Nineteenth Armies. In all, Von Rundstedt commanded approximately fifty infantry and ten Panzer divisions in France and the Low Countries.
Despite unfavorable weather forecasts, General Eisenhower made the decision to attack on June 6, 1944. At 0200 that morning one British and two American airborne divisions were dropped behind the beaches in order to secure routes of egress from the beaches for the seaborne forces. After an intensive air and naval bombardment, assault waves of troops began landing at 0630. More than 5,000 ships and 4,000 ship-to-shore craft were employed in the landings. British forces on the left flank and U.S. forces on the right had comparatively easy going, but U.S. forces in the center (Omaha Beach) met determined opposition. Nevertheless, by nightfall of the first day, large contingents of three British, one Canadian, and three American infantry divisions, plus three airborne divisions, had a firm foothold on Hitler's "fortress Europe."
[Note: The primary source for this text is the U.S. Army Center for Military History.]
D-Day Features
D-Day Links
See also: Pacific Theater | European Theater
North Africa | Sicily | Italy | D-Day | Northern France | Southern France
Operation Market-Garden | Battle of the Bulge | Germany


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Revisiting the results of our poll to determine Bruce Springsteen's best songs since the turn of the century.
As we recounted earlier this year, Blogness on the Edge of Town posts from prior to 2017 were lost to a massive server attack late in 2016. Fortunately, we have an archive of some of our more popular recent posts, and will be re-posting them occasionally -- for posterity's sake, and also in anticipation of Blogness' 10th anniversary this November.
Today, we re-present the results of our poll to determine Bruce's best songs of the 2000s, originally posted March 20, 2015.
The results are in! With a total of 3,369 votes collected, following are the Blogness readers' picks for the top 10 Bruce Springsteen songs of the 2000s so far (counting down from 10):
10) "We Take Care of Our Own" from Wrecking Ball: 89 votes (3%)
9) "Waitin' On A Sunny Day" from The Rising: 90 votes (3%)
8) "You're Missing" from The Rising: 100 votes (3%)
7) "Radio Nowhere" from Magic: 105 votes (3%)
6) "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" from Magic: 121 votes (4%)
5) "Wrecking Ball" from Wrecking Ball: 128 votes (4%)
4) "American Skin (41 Shots)" from High Hopes: 146 votes (4%)
3) "Long Walk Home" from Magic: 213 votes (6%)
2) "My City of Ruins" from The Rising: 224 votes (7%)
And the reader-chosen No. 1 best Springsteen song of the 2000s:
1) "The Rising" from The Rising: 335 votes (10%)
It was a pretty clear-cut win for "The Rising," which seems to have settled in as the signature Springsteen song of his later career. Part of its genius is that even though it's specifically about the events of 9/11, it has a built-in universality that allows people to apply it to any number of situations, be they personal, political or societal. And it makes a hell of a walk-on song for a political campaign.
Of course, if you add up those percentages we only get to 47 percent, meaning that more than half the votes went to other songs in Bruce's 2000s catalogue.
Some other interesting poll tidbits:
Highest finishing song from Working on a Dream: "The Wrestler," 61 votes (2%)
Highest finishing song from Devils & Dust: "Long Time Comin," 67 votes (2%)
Highest finishing newly released song from High Hopes: "Hunter of Invisible Game," 53 votes (2%), although if you count "The Wall" as newly released, that got 61 votes (2%)
Songs with zero votes: Just one: "Mary Mary" from American Beauty
Songs with 1-5 votes: "Silver Palomino" (2), "Tomorrow Never Knows" (2), "Hurry Up Sundown" (2), "Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)" (1), "American Beauty" (1). (IMHO, "Tomorrow Never Knows" got a raw deal — that's a good song. Just ask Josh Ritter.)
Because you're dying to know: "Queen of the Supermarket" got 24 votes (1%)
Full album total scores:
The Rising: 1,124
Magic: 714
Wrecking Ball: 576
If there's a takeaway from the results, it's that even if there's not a "Thunder Road" to be found in this batch of newer songs — and let's face it, there is and always will be only one "Thunder Road" — this is an impressive creative output for an artist in his fourth and fifth (!) decades of work. When it comes to counting on solid new material from a longtime favorite, Springsteen fans are among the luckiest.


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Unidentified nudi (or two species of nudi?) from Tabulen, Bali. These are tiny, tiny creatures, basically just floating around in the water column.
Unidentified Nudi from Tambulen, Bali
Started by Karen Honeycutt, Feb 09 2013 12:57 PM
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 12:57 PM
Posted 10 February 2013 - 10:10 AM
Difficult to say. My best guess is a Rostanga or a Sclerodoris but it's probably not a good guess.... It really looks like a sponge-mimic so it's puzzling to see it perched on hydroids, unless there's sponge surrounding the hydroid's stalks.


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NZXT Phantom Case Review
The NZXT Phantom series has a new variation up on the market. It isn't exactly a variation that most people would perceive – it's not another drive bay addition, nor addition of fans, rather it is the addition of another color option for the case. When OCC reviewed the NZXT Phantom in July 2010, it was available in red, white, and black inside and out. Recently NZXT has decided to get in touch with their feminine side, or rather their upset stomach, and offer up a Pepto-Bismol Pink Phantom…now that's alliteration.
Now if Pepto-Bismol was not your favorite medicine growing up, I know I was afraid of it – every time my grandma would make me take it I'd throw up; now whether that was an actual side effect of the medicine we'll never know, I won't take it anymore…this case should be pretty easy on the stomach. I'm guessing most of you males out there won't be jumping to buy this for yourself, but perhaps it's finally a way to get that cute girl of yours interested in your favorite games. And those of you with a thing for pink – well it's finally here for you; no more horrid spray paint jobs.
So let's see what the medicine has in store for us today, will the NZXT Phantom Pink be the Pepto to settle your stomach, or is this one just too much for you to handle?
Closer Look:
Looking at the box itself it seems innocent enough. There's no pink on the box and at first glance, I didn't even know it was pink. The front of the box has the white version shown on a black background with all caps PHANTOM in the lower left corner. It's a nice simple box front which I always enjoy; keep the secrets within the box in my opinion. The back of the box provides some quick features in a few different languages and suggests a red and black version of the case. Again…still no indication a pink version exists, why? Because this is the same box from last year – they really had me fooled.
The sides of the box give a rundown of the fan positions available and the fans included. It lists the motherboard sizes that will fit and the basic clearances for video cards and CPU coolers. On the side with the color options red, black, and white remain unchecked and a large white sticker reading "PINK" is stuck on – yup the pink case does exist. Now I actually understand that I've been shipped a pink case – don't let the intro mislead you, I didn't know this was coming until it showed up on my doorstep.
Naturally I crack open the box to find out what shade of pink this case is to be, baby pink, hot pink, magenta, carmine, Persian rose, peach, fuchsia, fandango…there are sooooo many pinks. However, at first glance, and further looks, the color is indeed Pepto-Bismol Pink simply put.


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James Barton Longacre
17.90 mm
1.94 grams
75% Copper, 25% Nickel
The 1866 Three-Cent Nickel is one of the most common dates in the series, but it is much less common than the 1865 and several of the dates in the 1880's. Nonetheless, collectors should have an easy time locating Mint State examples, where MS-63 and MS-64 seem to be the most common Mint State grades. The finest examples certified by PCGS include a pair of MS-67s.
Clashed dies are the norm for this date, ranging from light clashing to heavy clashing and worn dies. The present writer cannot recall ever seeing an unclashed 1866 Three-Cent Nickel.


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He looks darn happy, I think that if he was uncomfortable, he would at least show it in some positions, either by tensing up, facial expression, yelping, or avoidance. It can be hard to tell at first, but with time, you may be able to see more which patterns/reactions he has to some movements.
My personal toughts on this: some people are able to manage (to a certain point) old and very arthritic dogs, heavily dysplasic dogs, or animals that have had naturally healed (and not always in a good position) fractures... They use meds, and supplements... So I don't think that keeping him going, if he does seems comfortable without any meds, is any worse.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 29, 2010) - The red-hot ETSU women's basketball team puts its season-best seven-game winning streak on the line Saturday afternoon when the Lady Bucs host Lipscomb in Atlantic Sun Conference action. Tip is set for 1:30 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
The Lady Bucs are coming off a 23-point win over
ETSU (11-7, 9-1 in A-Sun) knows Lipscomb quite well, as these two teams just met 10 days ago with the Lady Bucs knocking off the Lady Bisons 76-65 in
Lipscomb enters Saturday's game with a 4-17, 2-9 mark after falling at
The Lady Bisons are currently averaging 60.6 points per game and are led by junior guard Jenna Bartsokas. Bartsokas ranks 10th in the conference in scoring (12.4) and she also leads the team with 53 total assists on the year.
ETSU leads the all-time series 10-1, with its lone loss being a 57-52 setback during the 2006-07 season in
Fans unable to make the trip to
In addition, ETSU students who attend Saturday's contest - along with a handful of selected Lady Buccaneer games - will have a chance to win a Nintendo Wii and enter a drawing for a $1,000 cash giveaway, which will be announced at the last regular season game on Feb. 22. Each time ETSU students attend a Lady Buccaneer game, they will have an opportunity to enter the drawing for more chances to win the cash prize at the end of the season against USC Upstate.
Also, Saturday marks the Lady Buccaneer dorm challenge during the Lipscomb game. The dorm who records the highest percentage of students in attendance will win $1,000 cash.
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Bragging rights in the city rivalry are on hold. Both sides left shaking their heads Sunday afternoon as Wofford and USC Upstate were forced to settle for a scoreless draw.
Bragging rights in the city rivalry are on hold.
Both sides left shaking their heads Sunday afternoon as Wofford and USC Upstate were forced to settle for a scoreless draw after two overtimes in a women's soccer match at the County University Soccer Stadium.
The Terriers had only two shots on goal, but one of those was a diving save by USC Upstate goalkeeper Sarah Plantz in the first overtime. The Spartans had plenty of golden opportunities, including three at the end of regulation and three more in the first overtime, but just couldn't break through.
"I know they're disappointed," USC Upstate second-year head coach Abby Minihan said of her players, "because we had our opportunities to put the game away and we just couldn't quite convert."
USC Upstate (1-0-1) can view the result as an improvement. The Spartans were solidly defeated, 2-0, last year against Wofford, outshot, 21-2, and were on their way to a last-place finish in the Atlantic Sun (1-8-0, 3-15-0 overall). They were at the bottom of every offensive category after scoring only six goals all year.
"Having chances is something that's probably new for us," Minihan said. "I think it's only a matter of time before we start converting after getting more experience. It's something we're going to continue to work on in training."
Wofford last season went on to struggle in the Southern Conference, just 1-8-2 for last place and 6-10-2 overall. Head coach Amy Kiah, beginning her 15th season, said the Terriers (0-1-1) have much more work to do.
"We need to be a little bit fitter," Kiah said. "We have a couple of injuries, but the big thing is fitness for us. We died out there. We just have to compete. (USC Upstate) competed the whole game. That was impressive. It's a much-improved USC Upstate team. That's for sure."
If USC Upstate can produce any offense, it will be a better season because Plantz is about as good as they come in the net. She was the Atlantic Sun Conference goalkeeper of the year and has started this season with a couple of shutouts. Her spectacular save on a close shot by Mary Beth Bleekrode preserved the tie.
"She will make those saves," Minihan said. "We're better this year because last year she had to make them all the time. … She's a senior leader. You know she's going to come up with big saves and do it when it's called for. That's what a good goalkeeper does. That's a save I know she can make and she did it."
Rachel Carr of USC Upstate had a couple of chances at the end of regulation, the best with less than six minutes remaining, and another in the first overtime. Rebecca Sanzsole had back-to-back opportunities, including a header off a corner kick in that first extra period.
USC Upstate will play Thursday at UNC Asheville and be back home at 1 p.m. Sunday against Coastal Carolina. Wofford will play its home opener at 7 p.m. Friday against Coastal Carolina, followed by a 2 p.m. game two days later against UNC Asheville.
"Across the board, we have some talent," Kiah said. "We just have to be consistent. That's been one of our issues. We're going to work on that."


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Big Crowds needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
You Can Be In A Movie With The Stars
Were inviting people to be on set and IN the filming of a new Brad Pitt Baseball movie where he plays the General Manager of the Oakland A's baseball team. Its all free for people and there is free food on set, raffle prizes being given away, and people get to be on set with the stars. Its all about having fun and the adventure of being in a movie. No catches.
Anyone who wants to be in a movie. Anyone who loves baseball. Anyone who loves having fun. Anyone who loves something free. Anyone who is in the Bay Area of California. Anyone. There really is no specific target audience but think of the average person. Sorry to be so vague, please feel free to contact us for more direction.
It must be eye-catching, fun, and be read quickly and easily.
Must include images of the stars that we provide, the names of the stars should appear under each picture. (If you have images you want to use please run them by us. Were absolutely open to you finding great images and running it by us). Each picture is labeled for you to have correct spelling of name. You may resize and or crop photos so long as face of each star is clearly visible. Banner should be 728x90 button should be 300x250.
Also must include following copy in descending order of importance, in other words the higher on the list the more important it is and the more it must stand out.
"You Can Be In This Movie" OR "Be In This Movie"
(possibly add to or with "Free": • food • prizes • be in film)
"Moneyball" (we have included a logo for this but you are encouraged to create your own-we want your creativity)
"With all the Stars"
possibly could also use "Live on Set" but not needed.
"Now Filming" or "Now Being Filmed"
"Click Here to sign up"
"Filming in Oakland, CA"
"July 26-August 6"


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Andrew Neff, 24, is a 2011 graduate of Tennessee Tech who has
spent the past five seasons as Video Coordinator for the Golden
Eagle football team and six years as filmer for coach Watson
Brown's squad. After receiving his bachelor's degree in December of
2011 in Sociology, Neff transfered his knowledge to a new
position as an Athletics Department Coordinator to work with sports
technology. His duties include working with the department's video
software, webstreaming, and a variety of other technology-based
A product of nearby Livingston, he ranked second in his graduating class and was named Salutatorian of the Livingston Academy Class of 2007. His experience in team video and film began with two seasons at Livingston, including the 2005 season in which the Wildcats captured the TSSAA state title. He also played three seasons on the LA baseball team and won numerous team awards.
Andrew was home-schooled throughout his earlier academic career up until his sophomore year, when he first enrolled at Livingston Academy. In his three years at the school, he was a member of both the Beta Club and the National Honor Society.
Neff's position as Sports Technology Coordinator is a constantly evolving role as the TTU Athletics Department works to keep pace with the fast-changing business of technology being used in college athletics.


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American League
Central Division
White Sox: Trying to stay out of last place and avoid offseason bloodletting.
Indians: Sports Illustrated's pick to win it all will be lucky to finish over .500.
Royals: Wade Davis, with an 0.99 ERA entering the weekend, replaces Greg Holland as closer.
Tigers: Miguel Cabrera might win batting title but seems bored, hitting only .236 in September.
Twins: Despite entering weekend 29-34 in second half, still in crazy AL wild-card race.
East Division