text: Local teacher Rachel Isenberg and a friend, Erin Williams, embarked on a bicycle ride Aug. 18 of over 430 miles from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in a five-day trek to raise money for the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) in honor of Rachel's mother. Rachel is seen here with Douglas Briller, another friend, on a climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa."The 400+ mile ride from Pittsburgh back to Philly was incredible and fulfilling," Rachel said last Friday. "We met amazing people and, on Wednesday, crossed the finish line. With your help, over $5,500 was raised for the Parkinson's Disease Foundation." More information at800-457-6676, firstname.lastname@example.com or www.pdf.org.


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Turkish Airlines bans red lipstick, nail polish
Turkish Airlines has barred its flight attendants from wearing red lipstick and nail polish.
The airline, the fourth-biggest based in Europe, tells Reuters it made the move to try and keep its crew appearance "artless and well-groomed with makeup in pastel tones." Turkish suggested that the more understated look would help attendants communicate with customers, according to Reuters.
FULL STORY: Turkish Airlines bans red lipstick, nail polish (Reuters)
"As a consequence of our current cabin uniforms not including red, dark pink, et cetera, the use of lipstick and nail polish in these colors by our cabin crew impairs visual integrity," Turkish says in a statement.
"And the cabin crew is not happy about it," CNN says. "Outrage spilled into social media, sparking newspapers columns and a movement after Turkish Airlines announced the new dress code this week," CNN adds.
Reuters writes the airline's move has "struck a nerve among secular Turks worried the country is becoming more Islamic."
"This new guideline is totally down to Turkish Airlines management's desire to shape the company to fit its own political and ideological stance," Atilay Aycin, president of Turkish Airlines' Hava-Is labour union, is quoted as saying by Reuters. "No one can deny that Turkey has become a more conservative, religious country."
Turkey's population is mostly Muslim, but the nation has a secular constitution and is a member of NATO and a candidate to join the European Union.
ALSO ONLINE: Unruly fliers prompt Turkish to mull Russia booze ban
Still, for Turkish Airlines, the lipstick and nail polish flap isn't the first for the airline regarding its attendants.
Reuters notes the airline "caused a stir this year when newspapers published mock-ups of an Ottoman-style uniform for women." AFP writes the "ankle-length dresses and Ottoman-style fez caps" shown in the images "were criticized as too conservative." Travel-focused website Jaunted.com posts the images, describing the proposed uniforms as "the opposite of scandalous."
Also this year, Turkish said in a Feb. 27 statement that it would has restrict alcohol service to business class on some domestic routes and eliminate it on routes to eight conservative Middle East nations.
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Le Moyne's Brittany Brigandi (Syracuse, NY) found the back of the net a game-high six times as the fifth-ranked Dolphins registered a 14-9 victory over Pfeiffer University in women's lacrosse action Saturday at N.E. Lefko Field. The win keeps the Dolphins unbeaten at 4-0 while the Lady Falcons even to 4-4.
Brigandi started the day with the game's first goal 3:31 into the first half before a quick response from Pfeiffer's Shannon Bonnel (Mechanicsville, MD) squared the contest 1:13 later. A pair of goals by Bonnel and Jessica Moulton (Huntingtown, MD) in a six-minute span quickly pushed the Lady Falcons up three at 5-2 before Brigandi took over.
Beginning at the 12:33 mark of the first, the Dolphins would tally the next six-straight goals, five of them by Brigandi, to take an 8-5 lead into the half. The first two for the junior came on free position shots before Michelle Phillips (Johnson City, NY) notched her first of three on the day. Brigandi would then reel off the next three in a 4:35 span to put the visitors up three at the intermission.
Le Moyne's Rebekah Elmer (Syracuse, NY) would score the first two goals to open up the second half before Bonnel struck again with 18:46 left. After one more from Elmer at 15:13, Pfeiffer's Sarah Hebberd (Golden, CO) would score the first of her two playing man-down with 13:55 left. The Dolphins' Mia Valletta (Niskayuna, NY) would hit with 10:48 left on the clock before Hebberd and Bonnel each hit again to try and spark a Lady Falcon rally. Phillips would quickly end those thoughts with two more goals over the next 1:15 to end it.
Behind Brigandi's half-dozen, Elmer and Phillips each finished the day with a hat trick. For the Lady Falcons, Hebberd and Moulton each scored a pair trailing team-leader Bonnel who scored five on the afternoon.
The Lady Falcons will now move forward to their 2011 Conference Carolinas opener hosting Belmont Abbey at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.


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Find parts for your game here...
- Product Details
New Vishay 520-5075-00 DMD Dot Matrix Display 192 x 64
Found in SEGA games that have the large 192 x 64 DMD: Baywatch, Batman Forever, Maverick, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
SKU: 2227-SEGA-192x64-DMD
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All parts purchased through this site are under warranty. For specific warranty information please see the product categories below. K's Arcade recommends that all boards and electronic parts be installed by a professional. The installation of these parts can cause damage to your game or part if installed incorrectly or there is an underlying problem that has not been addressed.
Please note: The installation of any part in your game may not fix the problem. It does not mean the part is defective. Often there is either a known or undetermined problem that is not alleviated by the installation of a new or refurbished part.
If you believe that your part has malfunctioned and is in the warranty coverage period, please contact us before sending it in for authorization via email. We will help to determine the next best steps for your particular part. We always try to work with a customer first before recommending that they send in their board for testing/warranty. It is best to contact us via email. Please be sure to provide the following information: Your name, the type of board, the game name (i.e. Black Knight), and what the game is or isn't doing. A technician will reply promptly to your email.
IMPORTANT WARRANTY INFORMATION: There will be a $35 testing charge for boards that are sent back to us under warranty and are tested with "no problems found". Because all boards that leave our facility have been game tested, those that come back and that have legitimate warranty issues is less than 1%. In most cases, there are other undiagnosed problems with customers' games which may cause the appearance of a malfunctioned board. Most boards that come back to us have no problems whatsoever. The testing fee has been implemented to recover the time it takes to test the board. There is NO testing fee if we find problems. We fix the board and send it back at no cost to the customer.
NOTE: Parts that are returned to us damaged due to power surges or other external sources are not covered under warranty. If we are able, we can repair the damage at a reasonable cost at the customer's expense.
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All refurbished and new old stock boards are game tested and come with a 30-day warranty.
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Due to the unique nature how we package transformers, they may take up to two or more business days to ship. In many cases transformers and transformer assemblies can be shipped within the United States using a Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate box. If that is the case then K's Arcade will refund the difference in shipping to the customer. The website calculates the shipping for a transformer as though it ships in a standard Priority Mail box to accommodate all shipping scenarios.
If other items are purchased along with the transformer the other items will likely ship in another package to prevent damage. If multiple packages are require to fill an order, the customer may be charged for additional shipping if necessary. This is our policy for both domestic and international customers.
Boards with ROMs (CPUs/MPUs and sound or display boards):
In many cases these items require ROMs to be programmed and installed prior to shipping, therefore it may take up to two or more business days to ship.
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High Focus
- Increase cognition & concentration
- Improve hand-eye coordination for sports activities
- Clear mental "fog" and boost energy
Perhaps your energy is dragging, but you need laser-sharp high focus for a meeting or exam or presentation. Maybe concentrating on a single task has never been one of your strong points. Now you can easily reach high-performance brain states with this meditation music for focus, ideal for increasing cognition and focusing on any task. Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Francis Crick believes that the 40hz brainwave frequency used on this program is "key to the act of cognition." See for yourself.
Simply slip on your headphones, press play, and within minutes your brain waves will entrain to Gamma and Beta waves, becoming organized into a state of "high-coherence." Gamma and Beta binaural beats create the state of crystal-clear clarity when both hemispheres of your brain become balanced and mental energy is maximized. Suddenly you'll feel your mind focusing like a laser beam as your brain releases catecholamines, which boost your learning and memory skills.
Use High Focus for:
- Working on any tasks that require focus and concentration
- When you need a quick pick-me-up or need to work long hours
- Studying, writing, number-crunching and problem solving
- Preparing for competitive sports that require hand-eye coordination, such as tennis or golf.
- The treatment of ADHD
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High Focus-Chess Review by Ridgerunner
I've been using the High Focus cd as I play chess. I feel very focused on the game. I can focus on my opponent and my strategy. High Focus is an Excellent program.
Useful Review by Maz
I actually started using it regularly for a few weeks around 1.5 years ago during exam period. I recently started using it again and noticed that it did make a difference. I think the effects are more noticeable whilst I'm actually listening and working but I'm not sure otherwise. I'll probably keep using it and see! Thanks.
Gets you in the zone! Review by Art
I was a skeptic, but took the chance. If you want to be able to focus fast on work (especially school work), put on your headphones and listen to this on loop. You'll be in the zone working hard in a few minutes.
Super awesome. Review by Bala
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Amazingly Effective Review by T
I was amazed at how well this audio helped me to focus. I've had trouble focusing for years. It is no longer a problem. Its definitely something to use while studying/learning.
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Wonderful work Kelly! Review by struggling to finish school
After listening to High Focus with headphones, I enjoyed listening to poetry by Auden because I was noticing interesting details that usually passed over my head. Half an hour later I could recall a funny line (I've always been terrible at remembering spoken lines of poetry). Another benefit was that I stayed engaged to editing my essay. I'm not sure if I produced a better essay, however my oppressive aversion to writing would dissipate, and for that, Kelly Howell, I am grateful.
I did feel a little spacey however, so perhaps I should listen for only 30 minutes at a time.
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Several months ago, I started using your Brain Sync CDs personally and with a number of my clients. They have been exceptionally helpful. As an adult with ADD, I find it hard to focus on getting my paperwork done in a timely manner. Not any more. All I have to do is put the High Focus CD on and I am twice as efficient. Thank you for your thoughtful and helpful products. They have added a whole new dimension to my practice.
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I have been a using your Brain Sync programs for at least five years now. I use High Focus whenever I am reading or studying information that requires optimal concentration. All through my life I have had very poor reading comprehension, but after many uses of High Focus my reading comprehension took a complete positive reversal. It helped me greatly through college.
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Recently I needed to drive over 600 miles. I listened to High Focus when I got tired and needed to be focused and alert. Even without headphones there was an amazing result. High Focus like digital caffeine.
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Beta waves range between 13-40 HZ You are wide-awake, alert. Your mind is sharp, focused. It makes connections quickly, easily, and you're primed to do work that requires your full attention. In the Beta state, neurons fire abundantly, in rapid succession, helping you achieve peak performance. New ideas and solutions to problems flash like lightning into your mind.
Attention Deficit Disorder
Beta training is beneficial for the treatment of ADD.
Increase Cognition
Beta brainwaves help you prepare for an exam, give a presentation, analyze and organize information and other activities where mental alertness and high levels of concentration are key to your success.
is the high beta frequency used on many Brain Sync audio programs which falls into the Gamma Wave range. See Gamma Waves for more details on this powerful brainwave frequency.
You are wide awake, intensely focused and alert. Gamma waves, (40 Hz and up) are the fastest of the brainwave frequencies and signify the highest state of focus possible. They are associated with peak concentration and the brain's optimal frequency for cognitive functioning. Like a pro baseball player counting the stitches on an incoming fastball; in the Gamma state, your brain is running at full capacity.
Increase Clarity and Cognition
The gamma wave is a pattern of brain waves associated with perception and consciousness. Gamma waves work like the glue of the mind, holding and connecting all your senses and thought processes together in a unified whole. Nobel prize winning scientist, Sir Francis Crick believes that the 40Hz frequency may be the key to the act of cognition.
Natural Antidepressant
Gamma activity also works as a natural anti-depressant, boosting your mood, empathy, and compassion.
Relieve ADD and ADHD
Children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have too much theta activity and not enough high beta, or gamma activity. A common biofeedback treatment for ADD is to suppress theta activity by increasing beta and gamma waves. Use High focus and Pure Focus.
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Boosting Gamma wave activity will increase energy, focus and concentration, making it ideal for any kind of sport. Gamma Waves improve hand-eye coordination. Listen to High Focus or Pure Focus to improve your game. Golf, tennis, basketball, volley ball or while you're working out at the gym, try Power Training in the Zone, Breakthrough Training, and Running Meditation.
Track 1: Ambient Soundscape + Gamma & Beta Waves - Use Headphones
Track 2: Non-Distracting Sound of Wind + Gamma & Beta Waves - Use Headphones
Running time: 60 Minutes
The binaural beats interwoven into these Focus meditations will sharpen your focus, increase concentration, and improve learning. The Gamma state is so powerful, it will even work as a natural treatment for ADD and ADHD. Attain new cognitive heights with these guided meditations!
In two decades, nearly 3 million Brain Sync users have experienced the powerful benefits of deep meditation to accelerate healing, learning, recovery and personal growth. Kelly Howell's brain synchronization technology uses binaural beat therapy and guided meditation to balance the left and right hemispheres, optimizing mental performance and increasing overall brain power through brainwave entrainment.
As you listen to Kelly Howell's soothing meditation music and guided imagery, your brain activity will effortlessly fall into rhythm with pure binaural beats, precision tuned to help you attain hemispheric synchronization and reach powerful new mental states. A balanced brain brings freedom from fear, worry, and even addictions. Just 30 minutes a day will bring outstanding results.


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Find departments of aging, offices, councils, agencies of aging and adult services. Departments of aging provide information on aging, adult, senior and elder services, elder abuse, care, affairs, assistance, and disabilities.
A Department of Aging is a government agency at the federal, state, county, or local level that delivers, funds, or otherwise provides a vast array of services and programs to promote the health, safety, and independence of the elderly.
The federal Administration on Aging, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was created to administer a range of programs authorized by the Older Americans Act. The Administration on Aging fulfills its duties primarily by awarding funds to states, Native American tribes, counties, and local agencies to support Older Americans Act services. Programs and services are generally available to individuals over the age of 60, though states may impose their own eligibility criteria. Funded services include in-home care and adult daycare programs, family caregiver support, meals delivered to the home as well as those offered in senior and community centers, transportation, and employment services to individuals age 55 and over. The Older Americans Act also funds legal aid services, long-term care ombudsmen, and case management services.
State Departments of Aging are responsible for administering programs funded by the Older Americans Act and may do so by delivering services themselves or by awarding grants and contracts to counties, Area Agencies on Aging, and other local organizations. States are required to match a quarter of the Older Americans Act funding they receive, and many appropriate additional funding above and beyond the required match.
State Departments of Aging integrate federally funded programs with additional services for the elderly. Expanded programs for the elderly may include senior companion programs, health and wellness programs, coordination of care services, and protective services that facilitate the reporting of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the elderly. State Departments of Aging may also play a regulatory role in services for the elderly such as the licensing of adult daycare providers.
Although relatively few counties and local governments have agencies called Departments of Aging, counties and local agencies are deeply involved in the direct delivery of services to the elderly. Often, a local senior center or senior community is the physical location and focal point for the provision of wide-ranging services to the elderly. Services at the county and local level are likely to be further augmented by recreational and cultural programming.


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Okay… this one has me excited: Shout! Factory has just set Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: The Complete Series for release on DVD on 6/15 (SRP $119.99). The 15-disc DVD box set will include all 110 episodes of the series along with a 16-page book. Extras will include audio commentary with Bill Cosby and the all-new Hey, Hey, Hey… It's The Story of Fat Albert documentary (featuring a new interview with Cosby). The booklet will also feature an essay by Dr. Gordon Berry, who was the show's educational advisor. I really dug that show when I was a kid, so this should be a treat.
"Hey Albert, that's N.C."
"No Class!"
You can see the cover artwork below.
Also today, Lionsgate has set Spring Breakers for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 7/9.
Anchor Bay will release The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse on Blu-ray and DVD on 6/18.
Arrow Video has delayed the worldwide Blu-ray and DVD release of Mario Bava's Black Sabbath until 5/13. Adjust your plans accordingly. The disc will include the "original Italian version of the film and the re-edited, re-dubbed and re-scored American version, together and fully restored for the first time anywhere in the world, along with a host of special features, bonus material and exclusive artwork." You can watch a clip of one of the special features from the disc here. Meanwhile, Bava's Baron Blood is still set for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 4/29.
Well Go USA Entertainment has also switched the date for the BD and DVD release of New World to 7/23.
Impulse Pictures has set the Nikkatsu erotic film titles She Cat and Female Teacher Hunting for release on DVD on 5/7.
Monarch has set Love Sick Love for DVD only release on 5/21.
And Lionsgate will release a Robotech: 2-Movie Collection on DVD on 7/23, set to include Love Live Alive and The Shadow Chronicles.
Finally, Image Entertainment has set The Wicked for release on DVD only on 4/30.
Here's a look at the cover art for Shout!'s Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on DVD, as well as Criterion's Babette's Feast (due 7/23) and Warner Archive's Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (6/25) on Blu-ray...
Stay tuned…
- Bill Hunt


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The Deal Seeker necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 29 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small norwegian company that have developed a uniqe "Request for proposal" service. It will be launched in Norway in a few weeks. The idea is that it will be launched in other countries like Sweden and Denmark pretty soon.
The service is uniqe in business model, look and the fact that it is a service well suited for both businesses and consumer.
The idea is to give both businesses and consumers a easy to use marketplace where they can describe their needs and receive proposals from a number of suppliers. This will save them time, from searching the market for suppliers and it will save them money from the competition between suppliers that wants their business really bad.
Dealseeker is always going to be a easy to use service, but with the tools you need to get the job done.
The target audience of the banner ads will be both businesses and consumers that need a carpenter, a laywer or a new office space to rent. (lots of categories) He/ she is probably between 25 and 65 years old. Both man and woman. The customer can be anyone with a need and the money to pay someone to do it.
The market for this kind of service is rather new. There are other services out there, but the awerness of this kind of service seems to quite low.
We want banners that drives traffic. But still we want people to know why they click it. It is important to us that we maintain a high convertion rate.
The design does not have to look like our site, but some kind of resemblense is desired. Eg. colors.
The banners are being used in ad networks, new sites and more. It is important that they look tidy. That they look good in a lot of different sites. And that they give the right first impression. "Quick and easy service".
At least three banners needed.
Wanted formats:
Max file size: 25kb for small, 45kb for big banners.
Text in banners: Translation in ()
På jakt etter en bedre deal? (Hunting for a better deal?)
Gratis registrering. (Free registration)
Preferably made i Adobe Flash. Need to be able to translate text.
Site can be seen here: dealseeker.no


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A storm of legal and political conflicts await Washington's next attorney general. Democrat Bob Ferguson sounds like he couldn't be happier at the prospect.
His new gig, which provided a springboard to higher office for Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire and former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, is one to which he's long aspired.
"The attorney general has the best job in the state if you're interested in the law, important policy issues and politics," he said.
This couldn't be a better time then because there's a convergence zone of such matters hovering above the agency.
A courtroom challenge may be in the offing for a ballot measure on charter schools and a fight with the White House looms on carrying out the wishes of voters on the legalization of marijuana.
State lawmakers could be hauled back into court if they don't fund public schools improved. And this week a Thurston County Superior Court judge tossed out money-saving changes made to a state worker pension plan and an appeal seems necessary to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in unplanned costs.
Ferguson is getting a crash course on these and more from outgoing Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna as the two begin their transition of power. Ferguson is scheduled to be sworn into office in January.
"(McKenna's) been extremely gracious to make sure I'm briefed thoroughly on the critical issues facing the state," Ferguson said.
As decisions need making, he doesn't get a vote, yet. "Rob McKenna is the attorney general, and until I'm sworn in he's the person to make the decisions," he stressed.
That's not to say Ferguson isn't thinking about what he'll do when the time comes.
For example, he voted against Initiative 502 to permit the licensing, regulation and legal sale of marijuana to adults.
"I look forward to defending the will of the people," he said, adding he recently spoke "at some length" with Gov.-elect Jay Inslee about issues that surround implementation of the new law. He declined to say what specifically they talked about.
Similarly, Ferguson opposed Initiative 1240 to allow publicly funded, privately run schools. Now, he intends to "vigorously" defend it if necessary.
It might come to that.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn contends the measure is unconstitutional because it puts a piece of the public school system under the wing of the governor rather than his office.
"I understand that argument and look forward to defending the will of the people," Ferguson said.
An old connection
Washington's next attorney general has some meaty ties to Everett, literally.
Ferguson's great-grandparents, Clem and Katherine Hausmann, opened the Broadway Meat Market at the turn of the 20th century near where Comcast Arena stands today. Hausmann family members, including his grandmother and uncle, ran it before it was sold in the 1970s, he said.
Ferguson's parents offer another tie to the city. Murray Ferguson and Betty Hausmann were sweethearts at Everett High School who later married and settled in Seattle. Bob Ferguson is the sixth of their seven children.
He grew up in Seattle, attended the University of Washington where he was student president and went on to earn a law degree at New York University.
In 2003, he won a seat on the King County Council when he unseated a 20-year incumbent Democrat, Cynthia Sullivan.
Two years later he ran again when he lost his seat because of the downsizing of the council. He won and was re-elected in 2009.
Ferguson, 47, will be Washington's 18th attorney general as a result of beating Republican Reagan Dunn in this month's election.
He will succeed McKenna, who narrowly lost his race for governor, as leader of a 1,100-person department of which almost half are attorneys. His term is four years and comes with an annual salary of $151,718.
The victory didn't come easily.
He leads by a margin of 53.3 percent to 46.7 percent with a few votes left to count around the state. He and Dunn each spent roughly $1.6 million each, a lot of it on television ads blasting each other's qualifications.
Each also endured attacks from outside groups based in Washington, D.C. A Republican organization spent $2.58 million targeting Ferguson while a coalition of the Democrat's allies spent $903,000 bruising Dunn.
Consumers top issue
Until he's sworn in, Ferguson is not revealing much about on policies he'll push in the 2013 session of the Legislature.
"Stay tuned," he said, noting it will become clear after he's sworn into office next year. "Attorney General McKenna had a robust agenda. I intend to follow in that manner."
He did cite three areas in which he will be looking to leave his mark.
Consumer protection will be a focus, and he praised the work done by McKenna.
"We will be holding powerful interests accountable that don't play by the rules," he said, repeating a line used throughout the campaign.
In the first 100 days he hopes to lay the groundwork for two new divisions: one to handle environmental crimes along the lines of what exists in Oregon and the other to help veterans.
And on his first day?
"I won't be planning anything dramatic," he said.
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Bob Ferguson
Age: 47
Residence: Seattle
Party: Democrat
Political: Elected to King County Council in 2003, re-elected in 2007 and 2011
Personal: Married, two children
About the office: The Office of Attorney General is the chief legal office for the state. Its attorneys provide legal services to more than 230 state agencies, boards and commissions as well as the governor and the Legislature. They also assist residents through antitrust enforcement and consumer protection. The attorney general serves a four-year term and earns an annual salary of $151,718 as of September 2012.


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Today is Scotland's national day, also known as St. Andrew's day after the patron saint, so of course I had to do a saltire manicure to celebrate my adopted second home!
The white polish is Kleancolor ~ Metallic White, and the blue is China Glaze ~ Blue Sparrow. The saltire X is done with sellotape, and the french tips freehanded.


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"Here are the percentages of those guilds in the completion of various WoW raid targets:
Karazhan (99.45%)
Zul'Aman (32.00%)
Gruul's Lair (70.98%)
Magtheridon's Lair (30.63%)
Serpentshrine Cavern (33.81%)
The Eye (33.22%)
Hyjal Summit (5.37%)
The Black Temple (4.59%)
Karazhan and Gruul's aren't looking too bad, but four other raid zones have been completed by only about 30% of the guilds. The two hardest have been completed by only 5% of the guilds. Now, keep in mind that these numbers represent only the top 2 million players which are currently in raiding guilds-- WoW has 9.3 million customers, 7.3 million of which have never even defeated a boss in any of these zones. That means that the six hardest instances of the game have been defeated by only about 6% of the total WoW playerbase (about 600,000 players).
That's six whole zones, with scripted events, painstaking itemization, and hundreds of hours of development time and artwork paid for by money from subscribers that 94% of World of Warcraft players will never use, seeing as the Burning Crusade has been out for almost a year now and the next WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is right around the corner (bringing a new gear wipe with it that will make these current raid zones obsolete, much like BWL and MC are now).
...When almost 80% of your players aren't using content that you define as your "end-game," and 98% of your players don't even use two whole instances that you spent a lot of time designing, are you really catering to the needs of your players?"
This is a very fair question. WoW's playerbase is a mix of Blizzard fans who never really wanted to play and MMO before this one, and actual MMO fans. These two camps want different things from the game, and as time goes on, the question of whether Blizzard can adequately make both camps happy looms larger with every new expansion. But in my mind, this trend of MUDflation cannot continue:
"Because of the extreme gear disparity between raiders and non-raiders, the designers had a choice with Outland: balance it for raid gear, making everything in the expansion practically impossible for 80% of their player base, or balance it for "casual" gear (from solo play and 5-mans), making everything in the expansion absurdly easy for 20% of their player base with some raid gear. Either way, players were sure to cry foul. Instead, they did the smart move: Level the playing field by dropping raid-quality common items on new mobs and quests and balance everything for the new minimum. It made the most people happy while creating only a minimal fuss, and everyone happily went off exploring the new content.If the same amount of content development gets flushed (thirteen instances in Old World alone!) for every expansion of WoW, I cannot see it as a positive thing. It's a huge amount of effort and creativity being rendered useless in order to make each expansion's content scale with the gear of the small top raiding population. In other words, the minority is having the game's content being balanced to match their gear, rendering content that was used more by everyone else, instant trash. It's not an equal value trade off. It's not a healthy pattern.
Unfortunately, it also had the nasty side effect of making all the previous high-level instances totally worthless. Why would you bother with hard 5-mans or harder 40-man raid instances when easy greens with significantly more power are only a few levels away? Say goodbye to Stratholme, Scholomance, Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire (Upper and Lower), Dire Maul, Zul'Gurub, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Onyxia, and Naxxramas [as well as both the Ahn'Qiraj Ruins and Temple].
Not only did MUDflation remove all incentive to go through some of the coolest 5-man instances in the original game-- it also made sure that there was no point for non-raiding players who hit the new level cap of 70 to go back into instances like Molten Core or Zul'Gurub and see what they missed the first time around.
That's a lot of work to ruin (and a lot of your subscription dollars wasted) just because raids are available to a game community that largely doesn't use them."


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I'm finding it very hard to write about the Sabres lately. It's hard for a blogger to get pumped about things and all you want to do is just type, "they suck" and be done with it. But I need to break out of my slump as much as the Sabres do theirs, so I'm forging on.
It wasn't supposed to be like this. When Pegula rode in to town on his majestic Pegasus (Pegulasus?) and waved around his magic cash wand, the Sabres were supposed to take the league by storm. It was an amazing "what the hell is happening!?" time when the Sabres were actually spending big-name free agents like Regehr and Ehrhoff. "So no Richards" then happened and the Sabres missed out on a top-line center. That was ok, as the Sabres added Ville Leino, a guy somewhat mysterious but it sounded like he had a lot of potential. And of course millions of little things were done around the arena and millions of dollars were spent on the improvements.
But I should spare you the history lesson. You're a Sabres fan (most likely) if you're reading this site and you know all too well that things haven't gone according to plan.
We can blame injuries, the coaching staff, the new additions or the old core. But it doesn't matter. We just want the team to do well. Dammit, Pegula said we would win the Cup, so where is the team that will bring it to us?
I'm sick of being Mr. Positive. All year I've said to be patient, to hang in there and we'll get through these injuries. "Let's not do anything drastic here, let's stay the course and let the ship right itself", I said. I was probably one of the last holdouts on the positive train. After this long, I'm now convinced that it can't right itself.
I don't know what the answer is, but I do have faith in one thing: the ownership. Ted Black and Terry Pegula are at least willing to do whatever is in their power to have a winner here. At least we have that going for us, and that's more than some other teams can say.
Another thing; we have a lot of pieces in place, a lot of players that are worth something. Maybe we don't have the right mix but I don't think we're that far off. Maybe the answer is a new coach, maybe it's trading Miller, Roy, Stafford or someone(s) else.
Something has to change and something will change. I'm not too down because I know change is right around the corner. This may only be the prologue in the Pegula era, with the third act finally bringing home the Cup, but for right now it plain sucks.
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"I'd retire my whole family, help out a lot of friends and give a lot of it away," he said.
Lanae Muldrow, manager of the gas station, said the store sold 470 Powerball tickets Sunday, far above normal daily sales of around 50. That's due in part due to first-timers drawn in by the big bucks.
"Times are hard right now and it pulls at the lucky heartstrings of people," she said.
In January, the price of Powerball tickets rose from $1 to $2 apiece, fueling larger jackpots. As of October, sales of multi-state jackpot games like Powerball and Mega Millions were up 13 percent from last year. But as Monday morning, Powerball sales were up 30 percent from last year, according to the Arizona lottery.
"It's really exciting because the lottery benefits so many people in Arizona," said Arizona Lottery spokeswoman Karen Bach, noting that about 25 percent of sales support programs approved by the Legislature.
Terry Rich, a spokesman for the Multi-State Lottery Association, which operates the Powerball, said jackpots in the hundreds of millions aren't a fluke. Raising the ticket price to $2 is creating bigger jackpots faster and more money for participating states.
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From 1998 onwards, I worked for six years as the vice-director at the newly founded Department of Psychiatry in Ulm, where I built up a functional neuroimaging group. In spring 2004, I was research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Delmenhorst. In December 2004 I became full Professor for Biological Psychiatry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany and head of the Laboratory for Neuroimaging and Clinical Neurophysiology with an affiliation at the Brain Imaging Center (BIC) Frankfurt.
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I really wanted to get the teaching experience at the university level and had heard nothing but great things about the cinema & digital arts program at Point Park. Plus, the idea of passing along some of my hard-earned, industry writing knowledge to aspiring screenwriters really excited me.
I haven't had a chance to really explore yet, but Downtown Pittsburgh is lively with a lot going on. Plus, everyone I meet is very friendly and eager to point me in the right direction.
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The developers bringing a $3.2 million loft-style apartment development called Printer's Alley Lofts to 347 S. Front St. Downtown have filed a permit for the project.
Printer's Alley LLC president Vince Smith filed a $1.7 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for the 33,449-square-foot building at South Front Street and Talbot Avenue. Smith and business partner Robert Mallory are planning a loft-style apartment and mixed-use development called Printer's Alley Lofts.
Printer's Alley LLC a year ago bought the 93-year-old property for $360,000 from Gary M. Dawson and Norma Dawson.
The project – for which the Center City Development Corp. approved an $85,000 development loan in March 2012 – involves two buildings. The 24,600-square-foot existing structure at Front Street and Talbot Avenue will be revamped to include 20 loft-style apartments.
A three-story building will also be constructed in the parking lot to include nine townhome-style units. The building also will have about 750 square feet of ground-floor retail and 17 secured parking spaces.
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Fred's Super Dollar this week continued its support of animal care, conservation and research at the Memphis Zoo, presenting the zoo with a check for $33,613 Wednesday, July 31.
The donation was part of the Memphis-based company's Panda Pals campaign and helped mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of Cat Country at the Memphis Zoo.
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The Independent Community Bankers of America has named Ed Gentry, executive vice president and chief lending officer with Memphis-based Triumph Bank, as an "Outstanding Community Lender."
Gentry is among only a handful of bankers in the U.S. to receive that distinction by the ICBA. An article published in the July issue of ICBA Independent Banker magazine notes Gentry's relationship with Triumph and how important his mentoring philosophy and leadership have been to the bank's growth.
Gentry joined Triumph in February 2008 and has nearly 25 years' experience.
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Donahoe says delivering alcohol has the potential to raise as much as $50 million a year. The Postal Service says mailing alcoholic beverages is currently restricted by law. Customers are even told to cover any logos or labels if they use alcoholic beverage boxes for shipments.
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A House committee has passed legislation that would cut letter deliveries to five days and phase out door-to-door deliveries.
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Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average on the 30-year loan rose to 4.39 percent from 4.31 percent last week.
Rates are a full percentage point higher than in early May.
The average on the 15-year fixed loan increased to 3.43 percent from 3.39 percent last week.
Rates spiked in June after the Federal Reserve indicated it could slow its bond purchases later this year, which have kept long-term interest rates low.
But on Wednesday the Fed hinted it might hold off because the economy remains sluggish. And it noted for the first time that mortgage rates, which have fueled home sales, "have risen somewhat" from record lows.
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Despite the increases, mortgages are still a bargain for those who can qualify. And low rates are helping boost home sales in most markets and driving home prices up.
Home prices jumped 12.2 percent in May compared with a year earlier, according to the latest Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city index released Tuesday. That's the biggest annual gain since March 2006.
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Spending on U.S. construction projects fell in June by the largest amount in five months as government building activity declined to the lowest level since 2006.
Even housing activity slowed but that setback was likely to be temporary.
Construction spending dropped 0.6 percent in June compared with May when spending had surged 1.3 percent, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, Aug. 1. It was the biggest decline since a 2.3 percent drop in January.
Housing construction was flat during the month with a gain in remodeling offsetting declines of 0.8 percent in single-family construction and a fall of 3.3 percent in multi-family projects. Residential construction has been a bright spot in a sluggish economy this year and that strength was expected to continue even though mortgage rates have risen from their lows.
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Nonresidential construction dropped 0.9 percent in June, reflecting weakness in the construction of offices, hotels and shopping centers. It marked the first decline in this category after four months of gains.
Government spending declined 1.5 percent to an annual rate of $261.1 billion, the lowest level since November 2006. State and local building was down 1.1 percent and federal construction projects fell 1.5 percent. All levels of government construction have been under pressure because of budget problems.
The government reported Wednesday that the overall economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, grew at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the April-June quarter, marking the third straight quarter of lackluster growth. The economy barely edged ahead at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2012 and then grew by just 1.1 percent in the January-March quarter.
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Post: Brock died eating string off this cage swing
Posted by valerie Smith on 7/29/11
My name is Val, My Brock was 2yrs only jenday sunconure,
his mate Nana, He was my life I am disabled and he filled
my life 24hrs a day we were together,he became listless
for 6 days, went to the doc, antibotics, xrays, showed
ruptured colon, He ate string that had silver plastic hair
like braded swing in his cage that I bought at the bird
store, Little did I know he was eating it for a while. It
was all caught up in the stomach and cut off the colon, 6
days he suffered at the end I held him most all the days
but, he died in my hand, I felt his last breath touch my
face, he looked so sick at the last minute he opened his
eyes really wide to look at me, and went into cardiac
arrest, his head went back and his wing stretched out, and
never came back, I was screaming , My baby died in my
hands because I didn't have enough knowledge about toys
that can fray, especially the ones with silver treads in
it. So my story is painful, and I am sobbing writing this,
but want to let someone like me to know what can happen.
because of my not knowing I lost my best friend., Nana is
very lost, she is not as personable like Brock was but now
we need eachother....be careful Brock God will take care
of you now�� Please don't let this happen to your loved
one, my notknowing has taken my heart away!
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It may not be the US that makes that goal, but politicians and corporate leaders understand the import of peak oil, notes Richard Young of the Intelligence Report.
Could the United States ditch its dependence on foreign oil by 2020?
No way, not with the leadership we have, and the never-ending, me-first haggling of both major parties. Hubris, self interest, reelection posturing, and financial self-interest all enter in. It is enough to make one sick.
If not America, where then? The answer is Sweden, which is one of a number of reasons I have been advising purchase of the Swedish krona through CurrencyShares Swedish Krona Trust (FXS). I have taken a substantial position myself, and will continue to add to my holdings.
Sweden's government, unlike ours, is committed to a sweeping energy overhaul, and it is following through. Sweden has an aggressive plan to replace all fossil fuels with renewable alternatives.
As Sweden's minister of sustainable development explains, "There shall always be better alternatives to oil, which means no house should need oil for heating, and no driver should need to turn solely to gasoline."
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The minister's statement is as true for Sweden as it is true for America, but our politicians are busy with unconstitutional wars, abortion issues, and school-lunch programs. Sorry if I am goring your ox, but what I am telling you is the way it is.
Sweden rightly believes that world oil supplies are peaking. The catchphrase here is Peak Oil—a theory I believe is on the money.
Peak Oil maintains that the supposedly friendly regime in Saudi Arabia does not have the oil reserves it says it has. I have been writing for a long time that America should not be doing business with the Saudis or any of the radical Muslim crowd. I mean zero business.
And I sure as hell would not be selling arms to any of these folk. Talk about abject stupidity.
My goal, like Sweden's, is to sharply reduce the use of oil. My strategic target is for a total collapse in world oil prices.
Just think who the losers would be. Heading the list would be his imperial highness Vladimir Putin and the Russians. Next, of course, would be the Saudis. A crash in oil prices means a crash for both the Russian and Saudi economies.
These countries, as well as our politicians here at home, want you to believe that oil/military hardware politics is something other than what it is. The self-interest of the backers of America's military/industrial complex rules the day.
You and I and our fellow Americans are paying the bill, and are being left strategically vulnerable. Do you not want to do something about this ever-mounting crisis? What are you prepared to do?
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May 01, 2007
LOS ANGELES - To help executives thrive in the ever-changing global entertainment and media sector, UCLA Anderson School of Management is rolling out its Global Entertainment Executive Program on June 18-22, 2007. The five-day program for entertainment and media professionals worldwide will focus on emerging challenges and opportunities, and the strategic visioning skills to take on the ideas, technologies, and opportunities that are just over the horizon.
UCLA Anderson created the program to address the unique nature of the entertainment and media industry which is characterized by an exceptionally rapid rate of evolution and convergence and the need for astute visioning strategies. Nearly every week a business model shifts or a new product is launched making it crucial for existing media companies and executives to understand how to plan their business' futures in such flux.
"Executives need to be able to look beyond their own division's horizons towards new opportunities and recognize which ones are valid and which are wastes of time," says Gigi Johnson, faculty program director. "Whether you are a content creator, an up-and-coming leader in an existing media business, or a new media entrepreneur, this program will help you expand your thinking, your contacts, and your vision of your future."
Reaching across industries and sectors including film, television, Internet, cable, music, gaming and other media, program sessions will focus on trends in leadership, digital technology, globalization, distribution, content, legal and contractual requirements, and marketing. The program will conclude with teams of participants collaborating on the design of a strategic action plan, using a living case.
Program sessions will be led by some of UCLA Anderson's top faculty, including Johnson; finance professor Mark Garmaise; and information systems professor George Geis, author of Media Deals. They will be joined by leading executives and innovators in the media and entertainment industries, including Steve Hendry, CFO, MGM; music industry legal expert Christopher Castle, formerly vice president and legal counsel with SNOCAP, Inc. and the lead negotiator of SNOCAP's groundbreaking p2p licensing agreements with the major labels; and Robert Dowling, former editor-in-chief and publisher, The Hollywood Reporter, and principal of the Bob Dowling Group.
The program will be held at UCLA Anderson School of Management. It begins at 8:00 a.m. on Monday and concludes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The program fee of $6,250 includes tuition, books, materials, and most meals. Lodging is not included, but information on local hotels is provided. For more information visit: http://www.execed.anderson.ucla.edu.
About UCLA Anderson Executive Education Programs
The Office of Executive Education Programs offers an array of intensive certificate programs for executives, managers and other professionals, hosting nearly 2,000 participants annually from some 50 countries. Incorporating the most recent innovations in management education, each program provides perspective on global management, leadership, and strategic thinking – invaluable tools in today's ever-changing information economy. Custom programs can also be designed to meet organizations' specific business objectives. The Office of Executive Education Programs relies heavily on UCLA Anderson's acclaimed faculty which includes some of the most outstanding educators and researchers from the academic and business worlds.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Congratulations to Rhonda (Commenter #196) on winning this $50 giveaway!
I have always been aware of the great benefits of drinking water. A little known fact about me is that I actually went to college for a food and nutrition degree. Even though I didn't pursue my career as a dietician, I have been able to put into practice how to cook for my family and provide healthy choices for them. Drinking more water is a positive choice for all of us… well, maybe not my daughter who is still in those early stages of potty training, but I digress!
There are oodles of benefits to water and I can say that I am seeing a couple of benefits already. For me, my eyes don't feel quite as dry as they used to. I also feel like I have a little more bounce in my step. More importantly, it is helping me get over the hump of midday snacking because I feel more full.
Here are few more positive benefits of drinking more water:
- While water is not a miracle cure for anything, dehydration can make you feel drained and can cause all sorts of ailments from muscle aches to headaches. You can combat issues like these by drinking the recommended amount of water for your day.
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To help encourage discussion about hydration, I will be offering a fun giveaway of $50 to one lucky reader each day that I post about this challenge (four opportunities in all). To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment by 06/23 (Tuesday) at 8PM EST and tell me one benefit you notice from staying hydrated?
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Alibi 3.0 Megapixel 100' IR IP Outdoor Bullet Security Camera ALI-IPU3130R
Features Advanced Infrared Technology for enhanced low light performance
- Produces up to 3.0 megapixel resolution at 20 fps, 1080p resolution at 30 fps
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The ALI-IPU3130R Alibi 3.0 Megapixel 100′ IR IP Outdoor Bullet Security Camera provides a cost-effective IP security solution for monitoring your home or business.
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by Hugh Gilmore
In last week's Part 1 of this series, I described my reasons for wanting to write a novel centered around Escamillo, the "toreador" from Georges Bizet's "Carmen." To do so, I'd have to begin an intensive study of bullfighting as background research for my story.
It is one thing, however, to research the nature of bullfighting just to create a literary character who plays the role of a matador. And it is quite another to dig deeply into a cultural enterprise that involves the ritualistic slaying of a very large and bred-to-be-ferocious animal for the purpose of entertainment.
As an outsider, bullfighting always struck me as cruel, barbaric and uncivilized. The bloody, slow death of the animal was a given. There was no avoiding this aspect of bullfighting. How could I go ahead and just be a "researcher" in the face of all that "blood and sand"?
Well, being a North American, I simply said: It's none of my business. Bullfighting is an integral part of another culture. They have their reasons, their justifications. They have their rituals, their tools, their banners, their music, their costumes, their specialized language, their stadia, their fans, their press, their theories, their histories and – most of all – their traditions. If I want to learn about them, swell. If I don't, that's my choice too. Just don't stick my nose into other people's business.
When one first starts reading the bullfighting literature and starts acquiring a bit of its vocabulary, a certain self-pride enters the situation. In the same way that Europeans admire, even emulate, certain American customs, some Americans, usually of the sophisticated classes, enjoy adopting foreign tastes.
The occasional use of a spoken phrase in British English, or French, or Spanish adds a certain élan to one's persona. So too, does acquiring a deeper-than-ordinary knowledge of some aspect of foreign culture. Cooking Italian style. Playing flamenco guitar. Knowing Japanese tea ceremonies. Smoking from a hookah.
After a while, this acquired knowledge often becomes more than status-driven The deeper one's knowledge extends, the more sympathy one develops for the other culture. And admiration for the "other's" ability to see beauty or derive aesthetic pleasure from something overlooked by our American culture.
And so, because I was willing to be educated, to keep an open mind, to learn something that would expand my appreciation for the world, I read as much as I could about bullfighting. I chose to ignore the sight of bulls writhing or enraged by pain, I chose not to see the animals' furiously panting ribs, the blood falling from their gaping mouths.
I tried to derive satisfaction from seeing these large animals fall to their knees and collapse on their sides. I tried not to understand the reality of the men who would silently and efficiently slip up to stab the prone bulls' necks and bring their quietus. Bullfighting's defenders said that what I had just seen was a marvelous ritual that displayed man's courage in the face of death.
As soon as notions of mysticism are brought in like this, one is all too prone to accept the mystical and ignore the visible reality of what he sees. Especially when one is already stretching his own beliefs in order to be sympathetic. So, in an almost childlike manner, I set aside my own belief system in order to see this bullfighting phenomenon as its aficionados saw it.
Let's face it: There are individuals who walk on a hillside and see a beautiful deer or goat or elk or bear and immediately feel their hearts flutter with regret that they did not bring a rifle along. The beauty of the animal and the gorgeousness of the setting just seem to go hand in hand with the notion of getting off a perfect shot that brings the beast down. I am not speaking of sustenance hunters here, but of people who want to taste victory, persons who derive deep and lasting satisfaction from such a life-and-death encounter with a wild animal.
And there are men and women who in the same situation, regret that they do not have their cameras with them. And others still, who want to stand motionless, or sit on a rock, and watch silently for as long as they can. These different kinds of people will never understand one another through the powers of persuasion and attempted conversion. Each of them tries to pass laws that would suppress the "walk in the woods" pleasures of the others. This conflict will go on for a long time.
So, for a few years, I plunged on into the world of tauromachy, the study of bull culture. The subject was quite pleasurable to learn about. For one thing, there's a lot of colorful pageantry. Part of my fervor was based on the fact that I love learning about the "backstage" business of any occupation or enterprise. I've read memoirs by locksmiths and astronauts, burglars and warriors, sailors and magicians. Now I was reading about corridas and matadors. It's a very exciting business.
But, as the saying goes, there are two things one should not observe closely: sausage-making and politics. To that I would add bullfighting.
To be continued.
Note: Our columnist, Hugh Gilmore, is a member of Club Torino of London and of The American Association of Taurine Bibliophiles. Just this week he has published his new adventure/romance novel, "Last Night on the Gorilla Tour" in Kindle format. The print version is due out in a few weeks.


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Reminder: Western Digital® Sets January 22 For Q2 Fiscal 2014 Financial Results Conference Call/Webcast
Jan 22, 2014, 09:00 ET
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended Dec. 27, 2013 after the close of the market on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. The live and archived conference call webcast can be accessed online at investor.wdc.com. The telephone replay number is 800-688-2171 in the U.S. or +1-402-998-0565 for international callers.
About Western Digital
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of products and services that empower people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. Its subsidiaries design and manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home entertainment products under the WD®, HGST and G-Technology brands. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
Western Digital, WD and the WD logo are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. HGST trademarks are intended and authorized for use only in countries and jurisdictions in which HGST has obtained the rights to use, market and advertise the brand. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies.
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Andy and Jason Dorais are accomplished ski mountaineers, known for flying up mountains in the Wasatch Mountains. But now that the ski season is slowing down, the two have been running trails. Andy told us a story on how they came to love running and their recent trip to the Paria River.
For so many people running is a chore. And although it was like that for us once, now running equals freedom and fun. It can be painful, but it's always gratifying after the fact. How did we change running from monotonous drudgery to something fun we do nearly every day? Read on.