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Haha, yeauh
Lames catch feelings we catch flights, Jet Life, fool
Turn it up some
Lames catch feelings we catch flights, Jet Life
Yeauh, eauh
I'm getting hella mail from jail, niggas telling me to kill it
When they get out I'll bring them 'round some bitches
Shinobi how I kick it, American Ninja, major motion picture
Flipping my remote, same way I do them hoes
But she already know before she touch my Chevy door
Real nigga, let me make it as clear as my windows
No square shall enter in the circle of winners
Know I'm prepared for whatever, if you know what I been through
Rearview, Clear vision, memories of paid dues
Confined to a runway, thunderstorms came thru
But look what it came to, something that amazes you
Soon as you quit hating and hear what I gotta say to you
Baby blue sole. These white 11, '96
No retro card came with this
Same year, my Impala with the floor shift
4-door suicide, Muscle car chauffeured
Shawty body choco-latte; Russell Stovers
Brung weed with her whenever I invite her over
Polo sweater, Teddy bear hanging off her shoulder
No care, over here, so we put it in the air
Walking 'round my house, say she wanna fuck everywhere
That's cool baby, but I just got that pool table
We ain't gotta stay away from it, It's all good
If you wanna get under it, then I guess I can fuck with it
Before I got on this beat, it made out a bucket-list
In these bars, I granted its deathwish
Legendary lay-up. Jordan with the right-left switch
Hang time, Hand glide, Stir fried, Chanky-eyed, Shanghai
Candy rain, drizzle frame, I ride
'87 Corvette ZR1, took the T-tops off it
Put 'em in the trunk bitch, all gassed up, she been drinkin' from the pump
That's all bad, tryna pass, fucked around and crashed
Bitches all flip, Fools tryna make it last
Emotional luggage, nothing of it, I don't check bags
I just carry-on, leave that bullshit in the past
Half Rose, Chandon, OJ in my glass
Mimosa, Testarossa program, Countach curriculum
Doors open like a pendulum swinging
Rock in my Jetset Emblem
Fool, it's the serve, like Wimbledon, interior cinnamon
The car that I'm sittin' in, Calm my bad nerves, I call her my Ritalin
Just kiddin, not pillin', just element twistin'
From the Earth come the fire and the wind I'm livin
Not pillin', just element twistin'
From the Earth come the fire and the wind I'm livin
From the Earth come the fire and the wind I'm livin
"Airborne Aquarium" is the first track off of Curren$y's second 2010 album, Pilot Talk 2. It was produced by Ski Beatz (as was the bulk of the album) along with his house band: The Sensei's. The production came together one day when Dame Dash's nephew Steven Baker was going through samples with Ski Beatz, landed on this one, and played it for Curren$y. When he heard it, he said it sounded like "some SeaWorld shit", "dolphin music". Ski Beatz has been tight-lipped about the sources of sounds and samples since he didn't strictly sample anything but rather had the Senseis to re-work and interpolate songs that they wanted to use.


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There is an urgent need to develop vector control tools for sustained control of Aedes populations in endemic communities.
Some promising new dengue vector control tools are the subject of research and are currently being field-tested for their use as public health interventions.
Some research areas are:
Insecticide-treated materials
Insecticide-treated materials (ITMs) consist of long-lasting insecticidal nets, curtains and wall hangings. Bednets have proved highly effective in preventing diseases transmitted by nocturnally active mosquitoes.
Insecticide-treated window curtains and sheet covers can also reduce dengue vector densities and transmission.
In studies in Mexico and Venezuela, ITMs (particularly curtains) were well accepted by the communities as their efficacy was reinforced by the reduction of other biting insects as well as cockroaches, houseflies and other pests. Window curtains, screens, and doorway or wardrobe curtains, etc. all appear to have promising results in different settings.
If the application of these interventions is shown to be efficacious, cost-effective and sustainable; it may offer additional prospects for dengue vector control in the home, workplace, schools, hospitals and other locations, and allow for the selection of the most appropriate ITMs by the communities that will use them.
Lethal ovitraps
Ovitraps or oviposition traps collect the eggs laid by the mosquitoes which develop into larva, pupa and adult mosquitoes. Ovitraps are often used for surveillance of Aedes vectors can be modified to render it lethal to immature or adult populations of Ae. aegypti.
Lethal ovitraps (which incorporate an insecticide on the oviposition substrate), autocidal ovitraps (which allow oviposition but prevent adult emergence), and sticky ovitraps (which trap the mosquito when it lands) have been used on a limited basis. Studies have shown that population densities can be reduced with sufficiently large numbers of frequently-serviced traps.
Life expectancy of the vector may also potentially be shortened, thus reducing the number of vectors that become infective.
Genetically-modified mosquitoes
There are two methods of reducing disease transmission using genetics:
- Population suppression: reduce mosquito population such that it would not be able to sustain pathogen transmission. This includes sterility, reduced adult longevity, or decrease larva/pupa survival.
- Population replacement: Reduce inherent ability to transmit the pathogen. Mating will alter the genetic pool of the wild population.
The effects of the genetic modification can be self-limiting or self-sustaining (fitness cost and drive). Self-limiting technologies are not capable of persisting in the environment and in the wild genome pool. Self-sustaining genetic transfer will be able transfer genes across generations and is dealt with caution to avoid any other issues.


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Discovery Health's BABY WEEK Delivers the World Premiere Docu-Series NICU and Six All-New Specials this July
--BABY WEEK Kicks Off on Monday, July 12, at 9 PM (ET/PT) With New Premieres Airing Nightly Through Friday, July 16--
Jun 14, 2010, 10:00 ET
SILVER SPRING, Md., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- This July, Discovery Health delivers viewers from the summer repeat doldrums with an infusion of world-premiere programming from its signature event, BABY WEEK. This latest edition showcases the riveting, real-life drama of babies born under extraordinary circumstances through six captivating specials and the network's next breakthrough series, NICU. From Monday, July 12, through Friday, July 16, baby-themed programming will air each night in primetime, with premiere programs beginning at 9 PM (ET/PT).
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BABY WEEK welcomes the arrival of NICU, an original 10-episode docu-drama series that goes behind the scenes of top national neonatal intensive care units, showing the day-to-day care required to sustain the smallest of lives. Premiering Thursday, July 15, at 10 PM (ET/PT), NICU follows real families as they experience the rollercoaster of emotions that come with having a premature baby. The series also features doctors and nurses from leading hospitals in Baltimore, San Diego and Cleveland, as they work around the clock to ensure the survival of their tiny patients. Subsequent premiere episodes of NICU will air weekly throughout the summer on Thursdays at 10 PM (ET/PT).
BABY WEEK also features six of the buzzworthy, gripping and occasionally bizarre one-hour specials that originally made the event so popular with viewers. STRANGE PREGNANCIES details the most extraordinary and unheard-of delivery stories ever highlighted on television—including a woman with two separate uteri experiencing concurrent pregnancies. Later in the week, BORN ON A BAD DAY profiles women giving birth under the worst possible circumstances—from hostage situations to natural disasters. All six BABY WEEK specials need to be seen to be believed.
The following is a full rundown of all-new premiere programs (in chronological order by premiere date):
NEW SPECIAL: Premieres Monday, July 12, at 9 PM (ET/PT)
Every woman experiences pregnancy differently—but for these women, their pregnancies are unusual and downright bizarre. This hour-long special focuses on three extraordinary pregnancies, from a woman with two functioning uteri, to a woman facing a rare and risky form of ectopic pregnancy, to a 56-year-old woman bearing triplets—for her daughter!
NEW SPECIAL: Premieres Monday, July 12, at 10 PM (ET/PT)
Is it ethical to use one child to save the life of another? Three-year-old Charlie has a rare genetic blood disorder—and without a bone marrow transplant, he could die before his seventh birthday. This hour-long special follows Charlie's journey and the difficult decisions his parents face in order to save their son's life.
- BIG BABIES (wt)
NEW SPECIAL: Premieres Tuesday, July 13, at 9 PM (ET/PT)
This hour-long special follows the journeys of four obese, pregnant women as they struggle through the final weeks of pregnancy with supersized babies. Showing the world through their eyes—along with the prejudices and challenges they face—BIG BABIES (wt) also records the crucial first months of their overweight infants' lives and considers what the future holds for our supersized infants.
- TOO MANY BABIES? THE FIRST 16 MONTHS (wt)
NEW SPECIAL: Premieres Wednesday, July 14, at 9 PM (ET/PT)
Last spring, America fell in love with the Jones family and their five unexpected "blessings." Now, as they prepare for the next stage in their whirlwind lives, TOO MANY BABIES? THE FIRST 16 MONTHS (wt) will show the Joneses in a whole new light. This hour-long special brings viewers behind the scenes in the quintuplets' first year with never-before-seen footage and catches up with all that's current in their ever-changing world.
NEW SPECIAL: Premieres Thursday, July 15, at 9 PM (ET/PT)
BORN ON A BAD DAY presents the true and remarkable tales of moms giving birth during natural disasters and other precarious situations. From a woman who delivers a baby during a hostage situation in the maternity ward, to a mom who delivers by flashlight during a tornado, viewers will be amazed by these incredible tales—and by the babies who survived them.
NEW SPECIAL: Premieres Friday, July 16, at 9 PM (ET/PT)
This hour-long special celebrates the most dramatic pregnancy and delivery stories ever told on Discovery Health. The dynamic real-life obstetricians from the network's hit series DELIVER ME, Drs. Alane Park, Yvonne Bohn and Allison Hill, lead us through an hour filled with harrowing and heartwarming tales of human reproduction. The 10 shocking stories include a young woman who didn't realize she was pregnant until she delivered, a transgendered couple who accidentally conceived against all odds and the extraordinarily rare birth of double identical twins.
Online at DiscoveryHealth.com, visitors will have access to an array of expert-driven articles and exclusive video content showcasing the amazing stories of extraordinary births and the frenetic pace of daily life in NICU. The site will also feature the return of DiscoveryHealth.com's popular Cutest Baby Face-Off contest, in addition to a variety of fun quizzes, including the Ultimate Celebrity Baby Name Game, Baby Naming Trends and a Baby Shower Quiz.
Production Credits:
NICU is produced for Discovery Health by LMNO Productions. For Discovery Health, Lynn Sadofsky is executive producer, and for LMNO Productions, Eric Schotz and Kathy Williamson are executive producers. STRANGE PREGNANCIES is produced for Discovery Health by LMNO Productions. For Discovery Health, Alon Orstein is executive producer, and for LMNO Productions, Eric Schotz and Ruth Rivin are executive producers. A BABY TO SAVE OUR SON is produced by BBC Productions. BIG BABIES is produced by Scarlet Television. TOO MANY BABIES? THE FIRST 16 MONTHS is produced for Discovery Health by Megalomedia. For Discovery Health, Alon Orstein is executive producer, and for Megalomedia, Jonathan Nowzaradan is executive producer. BORN ON A BAD DAY is produced for Discovery Health by Mike Mathis Productions. For Discovery Health, James Kowats is executive producer, and for Mike Mathis Productions, Mike Mathis and Brian Puterman are executive producers and Tammy Wood is co-executive producer. THE 10 MOST UNBELIEVABLE BIRTHS is produced for Discovery Health by Discovery Studios. For Discovery Health, Alon Orstein is executive producer, and for Discovery Studios, Rob Burke is executive producer.
About Discovery Health:
Discovery Health Media includes the Discovery Health and FitTV television networks and online assets including www.discoveryhealth.com, as well as its Continuing Medical Education (CME) business and Discovery's first stand-alone VOD service, Discovery Health On-Call. Discovery Health Media is part of Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), the world's number one nonfiction media company, reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 100-plus worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Planet Green, Investigation Discovery and HD Theater, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including HowStuffWorks.com. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.
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Bush Hog®
Pull Dirt Scrapers
Bush Hog's new DSP Line of Pull-Type Drag Scrapers, with standard fixed axle or optional tilt axle, is ideal for moving large quantities of material, leveling, and finish grading. The DSP12 units come available in 12' widths. DSP scrapers equipped with the optional tilt axle can do everything the standard axle does, as well as remove material on an angle for sloping, terracing and ditching. Material can be transferred by dragging it to nearby locations and raising the scraper to deposit the load. Surfaces can be graded and leveled by scraping material from high areas and allowing accumulated material to flow under the grader blade into lower areas. The DSP scrapers are designed for 70 to 125 horsepower tractors and have replaceable wear plates on the sides.
Place your mouse over the image to enlarge any portion of the product below.
NOTE: Unit(s) shown equipped with certain selections and options; please consult with your local Bush Hog dealer for all available configurations.
Performance Features
- Available in 12-foot widths.
- Optional tilt axle removes material on an angle for sloping, terracing and ditching.
- DSP scrapers are designed for 70 to 125 horsepower tractors
- Replaceable wear plates on the sides.
|Horsepower Rating
|70 to 125
|Transport Width
|Working Width
|144 3/16-inches
|2 3/4 cu. yds.
|Weight without material in Weight Box
|Tilt Axle
|No Tilt Axle
|Weight of Material in Weight Box
|Depth of Box
|Maximum Cutting Depth
|5-inches below grade
|Dump Clearance
|Maximum Tilt Depth To the Right
|8 1/4-inches
|Maximum Tilt angle
|3 1/2°
|Tongue Construction
|4-inches x 4-inches x 1/4-inch tubing
|Side Plate Construction
|3/8-inch x 24 5/16-inches high x 39 3/4inches deep
|Moldboard Construction
|1/4-inch x 24 1/4-inches high when formed
|Cutting Edge
|1/2-inch x 6-inches reversible & replaceable
|Cutting Edge Reinforcement
|3-inches x 3-inches x 5/16-inch angle plus a 1/4-inch mold board = 9/16-inch at the cutting edge.
|New 9.5l x 15 8 PLY RIB TL on Rim 5 with 5.5 BHC
|Maximum Transport Speed
|Lift Cylinder
|3 1/2-inches x 8-inches ASAE
|Tilt Cylinder
|3 1/2-inches x 8-inches ASAE


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By Myra MacDonald
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Mokhtar Belmokhtar lost an eye fighting in Afghanistan, swears allegiance to al Qaeda and named his son after Osama bin Laden.
As the assumed mastermind behind the seizure of foreign hostages at a gas plant in the Sahara, he has put Algeria back on the map of global jihad 20 years after its civil war made the country the theatre of a bloody Islamist struggle for power.
He has also burnished his jihadi credentials by showing that al Qaeda remains a potent threat to Western interests despite the death of its leader in Pakistan in 2011. And he has proved that a French military operation against his fellow Islamists in neighbouring Mali will not be contained within one country.
"He is a true believer in the cause," said Aaron Zelin, an al Qaeda expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
A statement from Belmokhtar's Mulathameen group claiming responsibility for Wednesday's hostage-taking - which Algeria said its forces had ended on Thursday in an assault on the plant - demanded that France stop its military operations in Mali.
It also cited the battle being waged by al Qaeda-linked insurgents against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and condemned Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika - highlighting the many fronts on which al Qaeda is now fighting, despite the erosion of its central leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Born in central Algeria, Belmokhtar fought with the mujahideen in Afghanistan before returning home to join a civil war that broke out after the cancellation in 1992 of elections that Islamists looked set expected to win.
He has been heavily involved with kidnapping and smuggling - which earned him the nickname "Marlboro Man" - leading some to suggest he was drifting away from a commitment to jihad in favour of making money from crime.
But with many militant groups around the world, including, for example, the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network, raising funding for their operations through crime, analysts suggest the depiction of him as a criminal may be exaggerated.
"These characterisations of him as exclusively or largely being just a criminal, there has never been real support for it," said Andrew Lebovich, a Dakar-based analyst who has closely tracked developments in Mali.
"He has a very long jihadist pedigree."
In a rare interview with a Mauritanian news service in late 2011, Belmokhtar paid homage to bin Laden and his successor, Ayman al Zawahri.
He also cited traditional global preoccupations of al Qaeda, including Iraq, Afghanistan and the fate of Palestinians, and stressed the need to "attack Western and Jewish economic and military interests".
Belmokhtar was inspired, according to the Jamestown Foundation think tank, by the late Jordanian-Palestinian scholar Abdullah Azzam, bin Laden's mentor and a man whose ideology still has a powerful hold on the jihadi movement.
He probably went to Afghanistan after Azzam's death in Pakistan in 1989, narrowly missing an opportunity to join the jihad against the Russians who withdrew that year, and instead fighting with the mujahideen against the government in Kabul.
Once back in Algeria, he joined a group that fought in the civil war against the military-backed authorities in Algiers and launched spectacular attacks on French interests in the 1990s.
The group would mutate several times to eventually become al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - nowadays probably the wealthiest of the al Qaeda branches after reaping millions of dollars in ransom money paid quietly for the release of previous hostages. It and allied groups are now the targets of the French military operation in Mali.
Belmokhtar has been the object of persistent speculation that he may have split from AQIM due to rivalries with other commanders, notably Abdel Hamid Abu Zeid.
Such is the secrecy and lack of knowledge about AQIM, and the amount of disinformation believed to have been spread by various intelligence agencies seeking to break the group, that there is no way of knowing for sure.
But Lebovich said talk of deadly rivalries between the two appeared to be overblown.
"We know they are rivals," he said. "My reading, however, is that they, or their personnel, cooperate, or at least share resources and space, more frequently than people think."
Zelin, who tracks online forums closely, said AQIM appeared to have carried out a "controlled fragmentation" to strengthen itself against ethnic divisions by making way for different commanders to rise to the top of different groups.
Whatever the operational links between Belmokhtar and those fighting the French in Mali, it was clear the assault on the desert gas plant, which is likely to have had strong security, was carefully planned - almost certainly before French troops arrived last week.
"We know attacks like these take reconnaissance, target selection, training and manpower. It would be very high-risk," said Henry Wilkinson of the Risk Advisory Group consultancy.
He said the attack would prompt counter-terrorism specialists to take Belmokhtar's group more seriously as an al Qaeda-type organisation rather than a criminal syndicate:
"It suggests a much deeper long-term issue is at play."
Anis Rahamani, editor of the Algerian daily Ennahar, said Belmokhtar saw Algeria's south, with its high youth unemployment, as a recruiting ground.
"So Belmokhtar's action is also aimed at attracting and hiring more young Algerians."
Details of the Algerian operation on Thursday remained unclear, although an Algerian security source said 30 hostages had been killed, of whom at least eight were Algerian and seven foreign, including two Britons, two Japanese and a French national.
The gunmen who stormed the gas facility on Wednesday had said they were holding 41 foreigners. The British oil firm BP and Norway's Statoil run the plant jointly with the Algerian state oil company.
In moving so quickly against the hostage-takers, Algeria, scarred by the civil war, which claimed 200,000 lives, appeared determined to deny Belmokhtar the drawn-out siege that would have raised his standing even further.
"We say that, in the face of terrorism, yesterday as today as tomorrow, there will be no negotiation, no blackmail, no respite in the struggle against terrorism," said Communication Minister Mohamed Said, according to the state news agency APS.


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With today's Internet dyno jockeys, bench racers and chat room engine experts, separating the facts from fiction on late-model cam swaps can be both intimidating and confusing. That's why Virginia Speed in Virginia Beach has been busy in recent months sorting out camshafts for LS3 street applications. With the difference in architecture between the first-gen Chevy small-block and the LS series of engines, the thought process behind what made one engine work best may not be the same with the other.
"A lot of people call in looking for the most peak horsepower they can find," said Shawn Miller, the shop manager and engine builder at Virginia Speed. "To be realistic, peak horsepower is really just a tool for bragging rights and sales. Before everyone had chassis dynos, the only way people could really compare was by taking your car out to the local drag strip to compare time slips. Nowadays, people can run their cars on a chassis dyno to compare peak horsepower figures, but that doesn't tell you if the car has the mid-range power you need for it to drive well or feel good.
"An engine is very rarely at peak horsepower," Shawn continued. "If you're going down the street or strip, 90-percent of the time you're not at peak horsepower because when you are, it's time to shift. The 'seat-of-your-pants' feeling that everybody likes is all found in the mid-range combination of power and torque, not in the peak horsepower."
Thorough testing of new cam profiles is an important process in validating what looks good on paper—and on the computer screen. It also eliminates a lot of guesswork, time and money for the end user. For many looking into making a cam swap, the most common mistake in choosing the right grind lies in being too aggressive. Cam profiles that produce the biggest numbers are most often intended for high rpm ranges, and don't do as well in street driven engine applications because of the rumpity-rump idle quality—at the sacrifice of driveability and torque. Part of that is due to an increase in duration or decrease in lobe separation angle because the valve overlap makes fueling inconsistent at idle. Drastic changes in the camshaft profile can also require wholesale changes throughout the rest of the valvetrain as well, such as new valvesprings, rocker arms, and pushrods.Link text....
"When it comes to camshaft changes, these engines are very particular," Shawn said of the LS family. "The cylinder head on the LS3 has a very big intake, so you have to be aware of potential valve-to-piston clearance issues. With a flat top piston, you have to be very careful about how big of a camshaft you put in it, duration-wise. You also have to be careful because they have a very big intake runner in the cylinder head, so if you try to over-cam the thing, it's going to drive like a piece of junk on the street. It took a lot of trial and error over time to get these things to drive nice and still make good power."
Crane Cams partnered with Virginia Speed to develop three different street grinds, ranging from mild to slightly wild to give the LS3 owner a roller cam that will provide great mid-range power and torque for fun driving on the street while still providing good manners.
Compatibility with the existing architecture of the LS3 engine, as well as the stock Camshaft and Crankshaft Position sensors, was of utmost importance. With the triggering devices and sensors changing with the year and engine version, Crane's addressed the compatibility issues that came with those changes by using a three-bolt design camshaft with a different timing chain set.
"The smallest cam was designed for someone who wants more power with virtually no cam lope," Shawn said when asked about the differences between the three cams tested here. "It offers more power everywhere, but you don't lose much driveability and you can still run a stock converter if you have an automatic car. The second cam is something that offers more horsepower, but you would need a mild stall converter in an automatic. It has more of a lope, but is still very driveable. The third cam is what I would consider for guys who are willing to deal with lope and low rpm, parking lot buck and jerk.
"All of them work well in making mid-range power with no valve-to-piston problems." Shawn concluded. "It's a great street cam that offers a good balance of power and driveability. People love them." j
|Part Number
|Grind Number
|Adv. Duration Intake / Exhaust
|Duration at .050" Lift Intake / Exhaust
|Degree Lobe Separation
|Valve Lift with 1.70 Intake / Exhaust
|272 / 289
|216 / 232
|0.590 / 0.624
|Designed for LS3–6.2L applications, this cam will work well for a daily driver with increased horsepower from 2,000 to 6,000 rpm, and providing a broad flat torque band with increased torque between 4,500 to 5,000 rpm. Good fuel economy. Works with stock 10.5:1 compression ratio. Computer upgrades are advised when using this camshaft. Will work with stock converter.
|276 / 293
|220 / 236
|0.590 / 0.624
|Intended for LS3-6.2L applications, this cam will work well for a daily driver with increased horsepower and higher rpm from 2,200 to 6,400 rpm while maintaining the increase street-able broad torque band. Fair fuel economy. Works with stock 10.5:1 compression ratio. Computer upgrades are advised when using this camshaft along with headers and aftermarket exhaust system. For cars with automatic transmissions, a 2,800 to 3,200 stall converter is suggested.
|283 / 297
|226 / 240
|0.624 / 0624
|Ground specifically for LS3-6.0L applications, this cam works well for an above average weekend driver with street/strip in mind. Increases in both horsepower & torque at 2,600 to 6,500-plus rpm with a choppy idle. Increased compression ratio up to 11.5:1 and computer upgrades are advised when using this camshaft, along with a lower gear ratio, headers and aftermarket exhaust system. For cars with automatic transmissions, a 3,200 to 3,600 stall converter is suggested.
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Alabama is still No.1, but not quite as many voters think so as last week.
Coming off their showdown win at Texas A&M, the Crimson Tide struggled a bit in their return home to put away Colorado State 31-6. Alabama easily retained the top ranking in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll with 59 of 62 first-place votes. But that's two fewer firsts than last week. No.2 Oregon, which had the weekend off, inherited those No.1 nods.
USA TODAY COACHES POLL: The top 25
It was a largely upset-free weekend throughout college football, with no top-25 teams losing to unranked opponents. As a result, there was minimal shifting in the poll, with the top five remaining unchanged. No.3 Ohio State easily dispatched FCS member Florida A&M. No.4 Clemson had a more challenging assignment but pulled away from Atlantic Coast Conference rival N.C. State on the road Thursday night. No.5 Stanford built a 29-0 first-half lead and held on to win it's Pac-12 opener 42-28 against Arizona State, knocking the Sun Devils out of the poll.
Stock up: LSU.
The top 13 teams stayed put except for one minor switch. The Bayou Bengals edged into the No.6 slot after passing its first SEC test against Auburn. Another awaits next week at No. 10 Georgia.
LSU: Rolls Auburn for 35-21 win
Stock down: Michigan.
For the second week in a row, the Wolverines dropped in the rankings after eking out a win against a heavy underdog. This time they needed a fourth-quarter rally to get past winless Connecticut 24-21, but their three-position slip to No.17 is the biggest drop within the poll. Michigan is now back where it was prior to its win vs. Notre Dame.
WOLVERINES: Survive scare once again
Stock up: Miami.
The Wolverines' loss was the Hurricanes' gain. In a week with little opportunity for upward mobility, Miami managed a two-spot gain to No.15, also jumping over No.16 Northwestern.
Stock down: Louisville.
There wasn't much more the Cardinals could have done in their 72-0 dismantling of Florida International. But LSU's additional support cost Louisville, now No.7, a spot anyway.
Stock up: Fresno State.
In one of the better games of the weekend, the Bulldogs pulled out a Friday night thriller 41-40 against Mountain West rival Boise State. They climbed two places to No.23.
Stock down: Notre Dame.
Maybe the Fighting Irish took collateral Damage from Michigan's slide, or maybe they're another victim of the SEC's perceived superiority with Ole Miss slipping ahead of them to No.21. But either way Notre Dame gave up a position to check in at No.22 despite beating another ranked team, a 17-13 triumph over then-No.24 Michigan State.
FIGHTING IRISH: Edge Michigan State on controversial call
New kids on the block: No.24 Wisconsin, No.25 Texas Tech
College dropouts: Arizona State, Michigan State
LSU makes a move up after beating Auburn, while Michigan tumbles after lackluster win at Connecticut.


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Family Fun magazine and worked on these hand-shaped coasters to give to their teachers.
To make them I traced my daughter's handprint onto a sheet of cardstock and cut it out for a template. We traced four handprints from each girl onto a piece of scrap fabric using chalk. I trimmed the fabric so that it would fit nicely onto my sheet of Stiff Fusible Interfacing. Then I placed another piece of coordinating fabric on the underside of the interfacing. I ran a hot iron (of course this is an adult's job) over the fabric and interfacing "sandwich" for roughly 30 seconds or so. You can tell if you're done ironing because the fusing will be adhered to the fabric. After the fabric was cool enough to pick up, I cut along the traced handprint and had 4 handprints shaped coasters to give to each teacher.
I felt like these needed something extra so I attached this little poem to the package:
"I know my hands are little
And sometimes make a mess,
So I've made for you some coasters
to give your drinks a rest.
Thanks for being my teacher,
It's kind of funny, can't you see?
Now I'll be helping you
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Figures Don't Capture Complexity of Some Medical Practices
The trove of Medicare data released Wednesday shows a wide cast of characters in the top ranks of the highest-reimbursed doctors, and reveals as much about the limits of the newly public billing records as it does about medical practice.
Among the highest-reimbursed doctors in their fields were a Michigan oncologist with $10 million in 2012 payments and a Rhode Island anesthesiologist at $3.5 million, both of whom have been indicted for fraud in federal courts. Also among the highest reimbursed was Jean Malouin, a family-medicine...


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Last August I purchased an Airborne Titanium bike on eBay. The bike has been perfect until today, with only a few minor issues which were easily corrected. Today about 2 miles into a ride I suddenly felt the pedals stop and a great deal of resistance in the rear wheel bought me to a stop. Fortunately I was slowed by traffic just starting out as the light changed, so I was only going about 10 mph when this happened. Right after this occurred, I noticed one of the derailleur pulleys on the road. The rear derailleur somehow got caught up on the rear cluster. I really have no idea how this occurred. I've been riding for over 3 decades and never had something like this happen.
The bad news is the rear derailleur looks pretty damaged. The worse news is the derailleur hanger is bent out of alignment. If I had to guess how much, I'd say between 5 and 10 degrees. I tried bending it back with a small adjustable wrench but this didn't work much, if at all. I've read conflicting accounts on bending titanium hangers. Some people say you can do it, others say you risk cracking the frame. I'm reluctant to use more leverage. Would hammering it back into alignment be a better course of action? Note that this hanger is 1/4" thick. It's beyond me how it could have bent in the first place. The forces involved just didn't seem that great. The rear wheel was only out of true maybe 4 or 5 mm after the incident.
Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated. And does anyone know an inexpensive source for Dura Ace 7800 rear derailleur parts? Specifically, it looks like I'll need to replace B-tension adjustment screw, one of the pulley bolts, and the inner plate. One of the pulleys looks a little chewed up but I could probably grind the burrs off so it's useable.


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Dem operative: No 2016 'interview'
An adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign pushed back on a claim that he had an "interview" with Clinton gatekeeper Cheryl Mills last year about managing a 2016 effort if the former secretary of state decides to run again.
The remarks from Guy Cecil, who was a top official on Clinton's 2008 campaign, came after the authors of a new book on her tenure as secretary of state said Mills conducted the interview with him last June.
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"I had breakfast with Cheryl," said Cecil, who's currently the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
"She's a close friend, her kids used to go to a charter school where I sit on the board. We talked about my wedding preparations and all of her travels at state. These are things friends talk about. This bit about offering a job in a campaign that doesn't exist simply didn't happen. Cheryl and I were the only two at the breakfast, and neither of us would or did describe it as an "informational interview" or engage in any campaign planning. My focus is squarely on the 2014 election."
Cecil's name was prominently mentioned by "HRC" co-author and former POLITICO reporter Jonathan Allen, who appeared on "Meet the Press" to tout the book, which comes out Tuesday.
Allen, who was joined by co-author Amie Parnes, said that Clinton's "top aide, Cheryl Mills, has been doing a lot of informational interviews" in preparation for a campaign.
"Guy Cecil, who's most often mentioned as a campaign manager, sat down with her in June," Allen said, "They talked about who should be campaign manager. Guy Cecil has already made up in his own mind that if he's asked he's gonna do it."
Cecilis among the people, along with former Terry McAuliffe campaign manager Robby Mook and EMILY's List president Stephanie Schriock, mentioned in conversations about who could run Clinton 2.0, which her advisers know needs fresh blood.
A Clinton spokesman didn't respond to emails for comment. Her aides cooperated with the book, but they haven't commented on its contents since it went to press.


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For over 370 years, the citizen-soldiers of the Army National Guard have come to the aid of our communities and our country during times of need. Serving a unique dual mission, the Guard answers the Governor's call during natural disasters and civil emergencies, as well as the President's call during times of war. Whatever the need, members of the Army National Guard are "always ready, always there."
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The Army National Guard offers real, tangible rewards for serving in defense of your country. Just a few examples are good pay while learning valuable skills, critical life experiences, and the opportunity to develop effective leadership skills. When you join the Guard, you choose an MOS, or Military Occupational Specialty, from more than 200 exciting career fields. Along with being fascinating and fun, this job acts as training ground for dozens of exciting, lucrative careers in the private sector. You may also qualify for 100% tuition assistance.
The vision of the Army National Guard is simple: To protect the homeland, responding when called with ready units.
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The Army National Guard is based in communities and is located in every State, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. When you become a member of the Guard, you'll do your monthly training close to home so you'll be ready to serve wherever you are needed. Many cities and towns have their own Armory where the Guard conducts training. This means you can join a unit right in your hometown or wherever you want to live.
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Charting Your Homeschool Course
(Or: How to Get From Here to There)
By Vicki Bentley
When I mention the word curriculum, what comes to mind? Most of us think of books. While your studies will surely include books, the word curriculum simply means "course of study" (its root translates from the French courir, "to run," and Latin counterparts). Think of your curriculum as the road map for your homeschool journey.
Now, a little secret about maps and me: I am hopelessly geographically challenged. I have been known to call my husband on my cell phone from the parking garage of the state convention, unable to find an exit—even after 11 years at the same facility. Not long ago, I got lost for 20 minutes, a mile from my own house—after four years at the same address.
So if I called you for directions, you'd probably ask me where I am now and where I want to go, so you could help me figure out the best way to get from here to there. Similarly, in mapping out your homeschool course, you must determine where you are now, where you plan to go, then ascertain the best way to get from here to there (lest you be "lost in the parking garage" of homeschooling). This can seem overwhelming, but don't panic! Let's take a "rest stop" to determine your philosophy of education, which will guide you on the rest of your journey.
Why are you homeschooling?
Is this something you feel "called" to do, or are you "trying it out" for a year? This will steer your curriculum choices somewhat. If you are planning to put your child into public school in the near future, you may want to use a fairly conservative approach, possibly a pre-packaged curriculum (maybe a correspondence course), or you may want to compare your customized curriculum to the grade-level standards of learning for your state. For placement (knowing where to begin), determine what your child already knows versus what is covered in the material. Just because he is a first-grader doesn't mean he has to be constrained to covering first grade reading skills again if he is already reading well above grade level.
(Note: If you are removing a child from a conventional school setting and you have a concern that he is not up to the cognitive levels indicated by his grade level, you may wish to have him take a standardized test or have him evaluated in some way to provide a baseline for you. That way, at the end of the year, you have a starting point against which to evaluate his progress.)
If you are committed to homeschooling for at least several years, you will have more latitude in your choices, since you will be responsible for setting the long-term standards for your child's education. What is your concept of an education? What skills, knowledge, and/or experience will your child need in order for you to consider him ready to be on his own? If you can't think that far ahead right this moment, at least consider what you want him to have accomplished by the end of this year. These goals should be measurable—how will you know when they have been accomplished? Discuss with your spouse and your child (if appropriate) how these objectives fit into the "big picture" of his future.
This is also a good time to set some goals for yourself and your family in general. As you choose activities and curriculum for your children, evaluate these against the goals you have set for this year. Will this activity move you closer to your stated objective? Is a good activity or book or class keeping you from having time to do what is best? Maybe it is something that can wait until another time.
Will you use a packaged curriculum to get started? Or will you choose various books and games that fit into your plan? Are there some subjects that you can teach to all the children at one time in a multi-level approach? Do you prefer the security and continuity of a traditional textbook approach, or do you like the idea of an integrated unit study approach? Maybe the patriotism of the principle approach excites you, or possibly your maternal instincts go into overdrive when you read about Charlotte Mason's gentler approach to learning. As you read, you may find that the classical approach sounds like what you equate with homeschooling, or maybe you are attracted to the relaxed approach of studying what is of interest in your family at the moment. Feel free to borrow and re-arrange from all these different approaches; they are not mutually exclusive. That's one of the wonderful benefits of homeschooling—you can create a custom curriculum!
There is no one "right" way to home school, no "perfect" curriculum. What works for one family may not be the best for another, or what works for you one year with one child may not work for the next. Don't compare your children to the support group leader's children or your friend's children; compare your family only to God's ideal for your family.
Have a great time along the way, and be prepared for an incredible journey!


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Student or Learner
Im a Danish student, and in my assignment about Gunlaws I have to include the word "Pivot", i've done some research on it, but im not sure if it is used correctly. I hope someone can tell me, if it is, or not, and what else I can do. (Keep in mind this is a "Letter to the editor"-kind of assignment):
"Having a gun is not only a proof of the American freedom, it is a hobby, lifer saver, and for some people it is the pivot of their life."
Thanks in advance.
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EDIT: Question: Even though it is not a sensible word, is it still used in a correct way? Or is it completely wrong.
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It sounds odd to me. "Pivot" is usually used as a verb, when one turns from one thing to another.
I would use "center of their lives" in your sentence.
"Pivot" is in the dictionary as you have used it, but I don't think it would be understood. It's not a common use. Try:
"As after every tragedy, the national conversation pivots to ineffective proposals to further hamper the law-abiding gun owner."
Dave's suggestion is a good one. You could also talk about whether someone's life "pivots around" their use of guns -- that is, whether guns are pivotal to their life.
On another note, please don't use "gonna" (or wanna, or other "words" that are based on how we say a word when speaking), and please remember to capitalize the pronoun "I." Twice you wrote "im" instead of "I'm."
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
Thanks for the help and advice, I'm sorry for my "language", I'm very used to the lazy internet chat language.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.


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Since When Did Kp Start Acting as a Tool for Chinese Gov Acquisition of US Tech?
Fund: Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Posted by Anonymous on 2011-09-14
Very surprised that no one on this forum has commented on the apparently very deep connection with mainland China and this old school, prestigious US venture capital group. No doubt the feds eventually will if they havent already. Its screaming for attention.
Expect a bunch of these deals to blow up like all of the Ch public companies listed in the US and exposed for IP theft/infringement, accounting fraud, etc....., except that instead of public equity investors paying the price, it will be the "professional" limited partners who actually gave them money to invest. They should at least charge the Ch gov a fee as they will greatly benefit be receiving drastically reduced costs to acquire US technology. The people in those mainland offices wouldnt be permitted to survive unless they were serving the interests of Ch. KP could at least list how many communist party officials are on the China office(s) roster and/or payroll. Those "China opportunties" cost money and there is rarely a quid pro quo.
Companies pitching them...take note of the above. KP's historic reputation has little to do with what may happen and what is actually going on now. Its quite disturbing that such a historically important and prestigious US venture capital group has resorted to this.PRIVATE: Members Only (1283 Characters)


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WILKE-BARRE - Citing the potential for litigation over proposed changes to the county ethics code, council members will hold an executive session next week, members agreed at a meeting Tuesday.
The proposed changes call for the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission to appoint a panel of three lawyers to enforce the code, with them working on a rotating basis to investigate reported code violations and determine whether an offense was committed.
The proposed changes were aimed at addressing criticism of the code, but some council members Tuesday night said they had their own concerns about the amendments.
"I have questions about the authority given to the solicitor who represents the ethics code to employ an outside legal adviser," council Vice Chairman Edd Brominski said. "I thought that was the responsibility of the council."
Citing the very high potential for litigation regarding the proposed changes, county solicitor David Pedri urged council to address the subject in an executive session, which was scheduled for next Tuesday.
Kingston resident Brian Shiner criticized the move, saying executive sessions should be reserved for pending litigation, not the possibility of litigation.
During another exchange, Mr. Brominski struck a nerve when he suggested council retain its own solicitor to avoid a conflict of interest by having one lawyer representing three branches of government.
"I take my ethics extremely seriously. I worked hard for my law degree. I'm proud of my law degree," Mr. Pedri said in an impassioned response, adding that the charter says the solicitor is the legal adviser for the entire county. "For you to say that there's an ethical violation ⦠what you're doing is you're challenging my license. You're challenging how I put food on my table. You're challenging how I do business."
Mr. Brominski responded that his intention was not to suggest Mr. Pedri had an ethical lapse.
In other business, council agreed to send a letter to the Luzerne County Transportation Authority seeking information including financial statements, meeting minutes and other documents of public interest in the wake of the "ghost rider" scandal.
Council members also heard public comment from numerous members of the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition and concerned Back Mountain residents, who spoke out against a proposed fracking wastewater treatment plant in Lake Twp. and expressed concerns about contaminating nearby waterways.
Mr. Pedri told the members that the issue is up to the zoning hearing board, not county council. That board is set to take up the issue at 7 p.m. March 4 in the courthouse.
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At its Spring Semester In-Service activities held last week, Northeastern Junior College announced the winners of several annual awards. NJC also introduced 13 new or recently named employees. These are not new positions, but existing positions which have been re-filled.
Long time professor in the sciences department David Coles was named the Faculty Member of the Year for 2012-2013. The up and coming faculty member receiving the Star Performer Award is Jason Lichtenwalner, an instructor and coordinator of the college's fire science program. Martha Gareis, coordinator of the college's mail and document center was honored with the Administrative-Professional-Technical Employee of the Year Award. These three prestigious awards are made each year by all 13 of the colleges in the Colorado Community College System. Recipients will be honored by the system office and peers from all over the state at luncheon events held in Denver later this spring.
Among those introduced and the position they now hold were: Dan Clark, Accounting Technician I; James Foley, Criminal Justice Instructor; Kay Hansberry, Accounting Technician II; Marco Juarez, Assistant Residence Hall Director and Head Soccer Coach; Tyler Kelsch, Vice President Administrative Services and Finance; Tracey Knox, Physical Plant Director; Barbara Lafferty; Administrative Assistant II – Liberal Arts; Charles Maloney, Chef Manager/Executive Chef at Plainsman Grill; Dawn Saunders, Administrative Assistant II – Document Center; Connie Tasker, Nursing Instructor; Randell Von Krosigk, Animal Science Instructor and Head Livestock Judging Coach; Philip Wilson, Custodian I; and Jason Sauls, Ombudsperson, part-time.
The Spring Semester In-Service also included a state of the college message from President Jay Lee, sessions on social media and how it affects students and learning in the classroom, recruiting tips for the entire campus, a faculty association meeting, updates on campus security and safety, and several other training sessions related to the digital delivery of instruction on campus. This spring's theme was a play off the Mayan calendar prediction with the underlying message being a fun spin on the fact that the world did not end and everyone on campus must get back to work.


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The Democratic declaration of victory on ObamaCare this spring was that the law was here to stay. As summer blazes on, that boast may come to sound more like a lament than a boast. Consider, for example, the NYT piece on how Americans are paying through the nose for care but increasingly wait longer and longer to see doctors: "The Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation that focuses on health care, compared wait times in the United States to those in 10 other countries last year... The study found that 26 percent of 2,002 American adults surveyed said they waited six days or more for appointments, better only than Canada (33 percent) and Norway (28 percent), and much worse than in other countries with national health systems like the Netherlands (14 percent) or Britain (16 percent)." As physicians flee the field with new regulations coming on line, will the problem likely get worse or better?
Leviathan - But that's just one example of the way that the huge, little understood health law is making its presence felt across the electorate. Democrats may protest that the old system was broken too. Maybe so, but voters don't think this is an upgrade. And for the foreseeable future, people's complaints about the system will land squarely at the feet of Democrats. We already knew about patients losing access to doctors, now we hear about longer wait times. And around the corner, we can see higher prices and workplace disruptions.
A war room is kinda like a bunker, isn't it? - Just ahead of the fall elections, voters will be confronted with another broken promise about ObamaCare: The president said the law would bring insurance rates down, but new rates set to be announced in September will show rates continuing to rise. Unlike Obama's now-infamous "if you like it" promise, the White House claims it will eventually keep this pledge and is touting to pro-administration outlets its "war room" to push back against coverage of rising insurance costs. Spin can help mitigate some damage, but as is the case with gas prices, when people feel the pinch, they pass along the discomfort to the party in power. And it's likely too late to do anything about the cost spikes other than distributing talking points.
[Watch Fox: Chief National Correspondent Jim Angle will be tracking the latest on ObamaCare.]
Dems ditching cost controls - But what about the employer mandate, expected to push millions of workers out of full-time jobs and cause millions of Americans insured through employers to be dumped into ObamaCare? As employers get ready for the delayed regulations, Democrats sound increasingly ready to dump the mandate instead. That rule, like the individual mandate, was a nod to cost-control during the debate, and Democrats increasingly favor something more expensive. Given a choice between massive disruptions in voters' jobs and insurance policies and more money on the federal debt, the majority party is hardly divided. But that would take the liberal use of the president's pen and phone, highlighting the stakes in the soon-to-come suit from the House seeking a court order for Obama to exercise his Constitutional duties.
[Boehner: "What's disappointing is the President's flippant dismissal of the Constitution we are both sworn to defend. It is utterly beneath the dignity of the office."]
Johnson gets his day in court - A federal judge will hear Sen. Ron Johnson's, R-Wis., lawsuit against President Obama overstepping his bounds when it gave members of Congress and their staff subsidies to help pay for health insurance in the ObamaCare exchange today. Federal Judge William Griesbach will hear arguments from both sides regarding the administration's request to dismiss the suit. Johnson must prove that he was personally harmed by the administration's actions. Johnson says the subsidies harmed him because the administration asked him to determine which of his staff will get the subsidy and is forcing him to participate in something he believes is illegal and not available to other Americans.
[And don't forget - The lawsuit that could pose the largest threat to ObamaCare of any is still pending.]
President Obama will be less than 250 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, but has no announced plans to visit the region that has seen a flood of illegal immigrants over the past weeks. Instead he'll be in Austin raising money for Democrats as part of a two-day buck raking jaunt that reportedly starts in Denver. Last week Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas invited the president to see for himself the crisis in his state, which shares over 1,200 miles of its southern border with Mexico.
"I don't believe [President Obama] particularly cares whether or not the border of the United States is secure.." – Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, on ABC's "This Week"
Obama's claim doesn't hold up - LAT: "President Obama and his aides have repeatedly sought to dispel the rumors driving thousands of children and teens from Central America to cross the U.S. border each month with the expectation they will be given a permiso and allowed to stay. But under the Obama administration, those reports have proved increasingly true. The number of immigrants under 18 who were deported or turned away at ports of entry fell from 8,143 in 2008, the last year of the George W. Bush administration, to 1,669 last year, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data released under a Freedom of Information Act request."
"It would be nice for him to come down to the border. But…with all due respect, I think he still is one step behind. They knew this was happening a year ago," – Rep. Henry Cueller, D-Texas, on CNN's "State of the Union."
Members of Congress set to tour Texas detention center - Fox News: "The Department of Health and Human Services is allowing members of Congress to visit a Texas immigration detention center amid growing concerns about access to such facilities housing the recent surge of children who have illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. The tour is scheduled to take place Tuesday morning. The site will be a temporary shelter at the Joint Base San Antonio Lackland…"
Fox News: "Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson dodged pointed questions Sunday about whether the tens of thousands of Central American children who have recently entered the U.S. illegally will be deported or allowed to stay. His responses on NBC's 'Meet the Press' and those of other Obama administration officials about what exactly they will do about the estimated 50,000 children who have entered the U.S. illegally in recent months are being characterized as ambiguous, as officials try to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Johnson said everybody who crossed the border faces a 'pending' deportation proceeding but also repeated recent administration talking points about looking at ways to 'create additional options.'…Johnson also dismissed questions about not having enough resources at the border and expressed optimism the U.S. will stop the flow of illegals into the country, estimated in the hundreds of thousands since spring….He also suggested that America's first obligation is to the incoming children, over sovereignty."
The New Yorker's Héctor Tobar delves into a 2010 mining accident trapping 33 men and recounts the survivor's memories while explaining the devastating story in "Sixty-Nine Days": "In the early-morning hours of August 5th, two thousand feet belowground, the night shift was finishing its work. Men covered in soot and drenched in sweat gathered in one of the caverns, waiting for a truck that would take them on the forty-minute drive to the surface. During their shift, they had noted a wailing rumble in the distance—the sound of many tons of rock falling in forgotten caverns deep inside the mountain. The noise and the vibrations caused by these avalanches were transmitted through the mountain much as lightning strikes travel through the air and the ground. 'The mine is weeping a lot,' the men said to one another. A few mentioned the rumblings to the men on the next shift, but there was no sense of alarm. The thunder always receded and the mountain eventually returned to its steady, quiet state."
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Real Clear Politics Averages
Obama Job Approval: Approve – 42.1 percent//Disapprove – 53.1 percent
Direction of Country: Right Direction – 26.5 percent//Wrong Track – 63.3 percent
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats – 42.8 percent// Republicans 41.4 percent
In a new interview, Hillary Clinton claims she did not have a choice as to whether she would defend an accused child rapist in 1975. The case came to renewed fame last month when the Washington Free Beacon revealed recordings that include her laughing about the man beating a lie-detector test. "I asked to be relieved of that responsibility, but I was not," Clinton said in an interview with Mumsnet, a British parenting site. "When you are a lawyer, you often don't have the choice as to who you will represent, and by the very nature of criminal law there will be those who you represent that you don't approve of," a But at least in our system you have an obligation, and once I was appointed I fulfilled that obligation."
CBS News: "Sen. John McCain would be 'proud' to work with a President Hillary Clinton, the Arizona Republican said Sunday on "Face the Nation" - that is, he added, if she 'regrettably' makes it into the White House. Last month, Clinton on "Good Morning America" called McCain … her favorite Republican. Asked whether he reciprocates the sentiment about the former first lady, senator and secretary of state, McCain before giving his congenial answer joked to Bob Schieffer that he hoped the program would be 'blacked out' in his traditionally red-leaning state."
Neocons getting ready? - Jacob Heilbrunn: "Mark Salter, a former chief of staff to Senator McCain and a neocon fellow traveler, said that in the event of a [Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.] nomination, "Republican voters seriously concerned with national security would have no responsible recourse" but to support Mrs. Clinton for the presidency."
Her favorite cause - Under pressure for huge speaking fees at colleges where tuition rates are skyrocketing, Hillary Clinton told ABC News that she will donate her pay for speaking at colleges over the past year. But there's a catch: the charity of her choice is her own family's foundation. "So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation," Clinton said. Aside from charity work, though, the quarter billion dollars collected by the Clintons for their foundation since leaving the White House helps fund their lavish lifestyle beyond even the estimated $155 million they have collected for their personal fortune. The foundation, which recently financed a multiday event for the Clintons in swing-state Colorado, has spent an estimated $50 million on travel alone.
Des Moines Register: "The main political branch of the conservative Koch brothers' empire is mounting a full-scale mobilization to become a transformative political power in Iowa, the state where the battle for the presidency begins. Americans for Prosperity, which touts the virtues of low taxes and an unobtrusive government, isn't focusing on just an election cycle or two. Its organizers openly say they're digging in to circumvent traditional political outlets and change the landscape of politics here for a generation….Americans for Prosperity-Iowa now has five field offices, a 27-member staff, a record of orchestrating public events featuring state and national GOP leaders, and a strategy for marketing free-market principles as the best means to improve Iowans' lives."
Fox News: "A gun-control group founded and backed by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is asking all House and Senate candidates in the 2014 midterm elections to complete a 10-part survey on issues related to firearms. The Washington Post reports that the survey will ask respondents questions about their stance on issues like background checks for gun buyers, limiting magazine capacity, and passing laws restricting gun trafficking. Bloomberg's group, Everytown for Gun Safety, will then use a particular candidate's answers, as well as an analysis of past votes and public statements to either support or campaign against a candidate. The system is meant to emulate and counter the legislative ratings system of the National Rifle Association, which assigns lawmakers a letter grade based on their support of pro-gun rights legislation."
In the latest installment of "Power Play with Chris Stirewalt," Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., talks about his support for President Obama's environmental policies in a bid to blunt election-year criticism. Udall was once considered a shoo-in for re-election, but now finds himself in a toss-up race with Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., who has made his opposition to Obama regulations a centerpiece of his campaign in the energy-rich state. "The Obama administration has been all in, investing in an energy approach," Udall said. "That has been my approach as well. I'm glad this administration has followed my lead" Watch here.
The (Colo.) Durango Herald: "Rep. Cory Gardner[, R-Colo.], seeking to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Udall[, D-Colo.], defended hydraulic fracturing as a job creator and said bans of the practice would kill thousands of jobs 'overnight' in a visit to Durango on Sunday. His 'all-of-the-above energy policy' relies on fracking. 'If an energy ban were to take place in this state, you would lose 120,000 jobs overnight,' he said. 'Twelve billion dollars in economic activity would walk away and $1 billion in tax revenues that builds roads and schools in this state. Colorado has some of, if not the most, stringent regulations in place. A hydraulic fracturing ban on the ballot would be devastating to our economy.'"
4,900 and counting - AP: "Chris McDaniel's campaign said it believes it has found about 4,900 examples of improper voting in the June 24 runoff. Most were by people who apparently voted in the June 3 Democratic primary and the Republican runoff, the campaign said. Mississippi does not register voters by party, but state law bans a person from voting in one party's primary and another party's runoff in the same cycle. The McDaniel campaign did not release documents supporting its claim. McDaniel spokesman Noel Fritsch said the campaign served papers to Cochran's son, Clayton, giving notice of the intent to challenge based on allegations of improper crossover voting. Fritsch said the papers had to be served directly to Cochran or to a member of his family."
Bounty hunter - State Sen. Chris McDaniel is offering "$1,000 for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in voter fraud on or leading up to the June 24, 2014, Republican primary runoff election in Mississippi…"
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune: "The Bill Cassidy Senate campaign announced Thursday that the candidate's unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant as she prepares for her senior year at a Baton Rouge high school. Cassidy, a Republican congressman from Baton Rouge, said in a statement provided NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune that his daughter faces 'a more challenging future' and that she has his and his wife Laura's unconditional support. The baby is expected later this summer." According to his website, Cassidy "works to promote the culture of life and protect the unborn." Cassidy hopes to unseat Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. Landrieu's seat is seen as a key state for the Republicans to gain control of the Senate in November.
Republicans have their sights set on six seats to win back control of the Senate from Democrats. So which seats are most likely to flip from blue to red? The current consensus among Fox News First readers: Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, West Virginia, South Dakota and North Carolina. Fox News First reader Dave Lubrano said, "I believe the largest margin of victory for these six will go in the order in-which I am presenting them: Montana, West Virginia, South Dakota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana. These individuals will have the largest margins of victory in that order."
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Zack Brown said he needed a little extra cash to support his need for a nice bowl of potato salad, so he turned to Kickstarter.com, a website where people can donate money to different causes. Brown set out his goal at $10 to make the starchy goodness, offering his backers simple gifts from a "thank you" to a more substantial donation reward, an "I love Potato Salad" trucker hat. Thanks to the wonderful world wide web, Brown now has raised a whopping $7,840 (and climbing.) After the potato salad connoisseur reached his 10 bucks, he raised the stakes and stretched his goal. "We have hit the $3000 level, I'm getting us a party hall and inviting the WHOLE INTERNET to party with us. We're going to need a lot of potato salad!," Brown said in a post. After Brown reached the $5G mark, he posted a video thanking is supporters for "letting [him] live [his] dreams." But Brown warns, "It might not be that good. It's my first potato salad."
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Google Outlines Plans for Android Apps Market
Google will house its Android marketplace on an open content distribution system similar in style to YouTube, and the first Android phone will include access to a beta version of Android Market, the search engine giant said Thursday.
"Developers can expect the first handsets to be enabled with a beta version of Android Market," Google's Eric Chu wrote in a blog post. "Some decisions are still being made, but at a minimum you can expect support for free (unpaid) applications."
Soon after the release, an update will provide support for the download of paid content and additional features like versioning, multiple device profile support, and analytics, Chu wrote.
Android Market will feedback and rating systems similar to YouTube, he said.
"Similar to YouTube, content can debut in the marketplace after only three simple steps: register as a merchant, upload and describe your content and publish it," according to Chu. "We also intend to provide developers with a useful dashboard and analytics to help drive their business and ultimately improve their offerings."
Google opted to name the offering a market instead of a store "because we feel that developers should have an open and unobstructed environment to make their content available," Chu wrote. "The concept is simple: leverage Google's expertise in infrastructure, search and relevance to connect users with content created by developers like you."
Earlier this week, Google announced that it will cut Bluetooth implementation and Google Talk from the upcoming Android mobile-phone OS, several days after it released version 0.9 of the mobile OS to developers.
Android made its public debut at February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The first phones running on the system are expected later this year.


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The IR – Letang, Hall, Skinner, Koivu, JVR, Henrique, Eberle and more…
New Additions
Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers – Facial Laceration – Day-to-Day
Corey Potter accidentally stepped on Halls face in warm up Tuesday night after Hall slipped on a puck and slid into the corner. Hall received a significant cut from the top of his head, to the tip of his eyebrow that required 30 stitches. Hall wanted to return for the second period but was held out. Fear not, there is no chance he suffered a concussion and should be back in the next game. Chances are he wears a helmet in warm up!
Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars – Appendectomy – Late January
Benn had appendectomy surgery on Sunday and will miss a few days. He is not ruled out to play in the All-Star game in Ottawa.
Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild, Shoulder – Week-to-Week
Wild placed Koivu on the IR list Monday with a shoulder injury. The injury occurred after a hit from Blues forward Vladimir Sobotka reports ESPN "I was ready for the hit. I was steady, kind of hitting back a little bit, and I took the hit like I always do," Koivu said. "So there's nothing I could've done differently. He just got me in the right spot."
Mike Ribeiro, Dallas Stars, Knee – Week-to-Week
On Monday the Stars placed Ribeiro on the Injured Reserve retroactive to January 7th when he suffered a slight MCL tear. Ribeiro is not expected back until after the All-Star break.
Adam Henrique, New Jersey Devils, Groin –Day-to-Day
Henrique has missed the last two games with a groin strain. He is skating on his own and will participate in team practice on Wednesday.
Ed Jovanovski, Florida Panthers, Hand – Day-to-Day
Jovo cop injured his hand on Monday night in a fight with Bruins Dan Paille. The Miami Herald reports he will not join the team on their road trip as he will see a specialist on Wednesday. Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said. "He'll be getting an evaluation and a diagnosis and a length of treatment, so we'll wait until Wednesday to make any statement on that." If there is a broken bone, it may take several weeks to heal.
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Add three more names to the ongoing list of concussion injuries in the NHL
Ryan Clowe, San Jose Sharks – Concussion – Day-to-Day
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Clowe missed Tuesday's game as a result of a hit January 10th by Minnesota's Justin Falk. Since the hit, Clowe has played in the last two games. That either means the symptoms are slight and the concussion is very mild, or Clowe ignored the symptoms and now may have compounded the problem forcing him out long term.
James Van Riemsdyk, Philadelphia Flyers – Concussion – Indefinitely
The Globe and Mail reported Saturday that after taking two hits to the head in the last two games, JVR is out indefinitely with a concussion. The concussion all but killed rumors of a speculated trade involving JVR going to Toronto for Luke Schenn.
R.J. Umberger, Columbus Blue Jackets – Concussion – Indefinitely
Columbus placed Umberger on the IR after he sustained a concussion after taking a hit from Anaheim's Jean-Francois Jacques on Sunday and is listed as week-to-week. Umberger's franchise iron man streak of 288 consecutive games played is over.
Injury Updates
Jeff Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes – Concussion – Returned
Skinner returned to action January 15th but took a devastating hit Tuesday night from Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik. Skinner left the game as per protocol, but was cleared to return. Hopefully he does not develop concussion symptoms over the next few days.
Jordan Eberle, Edmonton Oilers –Knee – Day-to-Day
Eberle returned to practice on Tuesday and is with the team on their current road trip. He is expected to be ready to return on Saturday as the Oil host the Calgary Flames for another installment of the battle of Alberta.
Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals – Concussion – Day-to-Day
Backstrom is still not even skating but Cap's GM George McPhee is happy with the progress in his recovery. McPhee spoke to the Washington Post and said "Nick's doing really well. I'm I guess happy to report he's progressing," McPhee also would not rule out the possibility of a return by the All-Star break, but also cautioned "Whenever he's ready to get going we'll get him going. Obviously we're going to be real careful because we want this to be a one-time thing and something we never have to worry about again."
Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins – Concussion –Day-to-Day
Letang is now symptom free and was given medical clearance to return to practice on Tuesday. Letang is still day-to-day but hopes to return before the All-Star break. Activate Letang on your fantasy roster next chance you get!
Brandon Dubinsky, New York Rangers – Shoulder – Returned
Dubinsky returned on Tuesday after missing three games with a shoulder injury
Tyler Bozak, Toronto Maple Leafs – Shoulder – Returned
Bozak returned to his play between Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul on Toronto's top line on Tuesday night.
David Booth, Vancouver Canucks – Knee – Returned
Booth returned January 15th from a knee injury that cost him 18 games.
Quick Team Updates
Florida Panthers
Good news for the Panthers as a number of players will soon be coming of the IR. Marco Sturm (Concussion), Jack Skille (Shoulder), Scottie Upshall (Hip), and Sean Bergenheim (Groin) have all returned to practice and may be inserted into the roster any day
Buffalo Sabres
This has been an injury plagued season for the Sabres, here is the latest news. Robyn Regehr is day-to-day with an upper body injury. Brayden McNabb is day-to-day with a concussion. Christian Ehrhoff has returned to practice wearing a no contact jersey; he is listed as due back in about one week. Tyler Ennis had a set back in his ankle injury and has still not resumed skating.
New Jersey Devils
In addition to Adam Henrique out with a groin injury, centre Travis Zajac is back in the IR with an Achilles tendon injury. Jacob Josefson who was conditioning in Albany after returning from a serious clavicle injury was recalled and played on Tuesday.
Winnipeg Jets
Blake Wheeler suffered a scary injury on Saturday as he was struck in the throat by a point shot. He was released from hospital Monday and has resumed skating, he is day-to-day. Also out still day-to-day are defense Zach Bogosian and Dustin Byfuglien with lower body injuries.
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The 49th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will take place in "Old Town" Alexandria, Virginia, April 7-9, 2011, at the Westin Alexandria Hotel. The conference is being hosted by George Mason University's Center for Eurasian Studies. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome and encouraged, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR. Papers and panels on all topics are welcome, but the conference will have two special themes: "Twenty Years After the Collapse," to mark the anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union, and "Vasily Aksenov, His Work and Times," to mark the recent passing of a man who was one of the most important literary and cultural figures of post-Stalin Russia/Soviet Union and also a distinguished professor of Russian literature and culture at George Mason University from 1987-2004.
The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until January 14, 2011. Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals for individual papers are also welcome. Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a title for the panel itself and identifying information (including email addresses and institutional affiliations) for all participants. Proposals for individual papers should include email contact, institutional affiliation, and a brief (one paragraph) abstract to guide the program committee in the assembly of panels. If any AV equipment will be needed, the panel and paper proposals should indicate so. Email (preferably) your proposal to Sharon Kowalsky at email@example.com, or send it by conventional post to:
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Aspen Club holding mini health fair and fest Thursday
January 11, 2013
The Aspen Club will hold a mini health fair and fest from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Greeley Senior Activity Center, 1010 6th St.
According to a news release from the Aspen Club, blood pressure checks, stroke risk assessments, nutrition tips on longevity foods and healthy recipes, bone density screenings, balance screenings and fall prevention information and safe exercise tips will be featured.
All participants will receive "My Gift of Information" — a booklet that lists financial and legal information, fun gadgets, great information, door prizes, healthy snacks and more.
The event is free and there are no costs for services.