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Syncros Applied Technologies today announced its partnership with the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) to provide IMBA members and volunteers discount coupons for Syncros products as reward for their support of mountain biking communities and infrastructure. This program will apply to both Canada and the U.S.
Syncros, a Canadian-founded bicycle component manufacturer known for its grassroots mountain bike heritage and pragmatic, indestructible components, will provide a 25 percent discount off Syncros products' MSRP for IMBA members, a 40 percent discount for IMBA trail builders, and a 65 percent discount for IMBA member retailers that organize shop employees to work on an IMBA-sanctioned project.
"Syncros appreciates all of the time and resources that mountain bike enthusiasts give to help IMBA maintain the trails that we all benefit from riding," said Steve Parke, general manager of Syncros. "We hope our partnership with IMBA will reinforce the Syncros brand as one that supports riders on their bikes and within their mountain biking communities."
The Syncros discount coupons offered through this partnership will be distributed to members, volunteers and member retail shops through IMBA. Individual IMBA members will redeem their coupon discounts through an online code provided by IMBA on the password-protected portion of its Web site. Qualified IMBA trail-builders will receive their coupons through their local IMBA Team Captains. IMBA will distribute one-time-use discount coupons to its member retail shops participating in trail restoration projects. The Syncros coupons are redeemable through Syncros.com where orders placed will be fulfilled through Syncros in San Carlos, Calif.
"IMBA is supported by a grassroots network of members, so we really value the support of a grassroots brand like Syncros," said Mike Van Abel, IMBA executive director. "It's great to have a partner that keeps our member benefits program strong and robust."
IMBA member retailers can submit their IMBA project proposals starting next month to the password-protected portion of IMBA.com. Project proposals should include:
* Evidence of six hours of project work per team member
* Team name, contact phone number, e-mail address and mailing address
* The project's "who, what, where, when, why, how"
* Supporting photos, maps or other visuals
Creative proposals may be used on the Syncros Web site or for other promotional purposes.
Canadian-based Syncros, known for its grassroots heritage and pragmatic, indestructible components, shares its roots with the very origins of mountain biking itself. Founded on ideas formulated in the back room of Vancouver's Westpoint Cycles in the mid-1980's, the company continues to serve the needs of hardcore, off-road riders. By the early 1990's Syncros was the leading provider of high-end off-road bicycle parts and in 2003 was purchased by Ritchey Design. Ritchey Designs' global infrastructure has allowed Syncros to return to its roots and provide components for the most serious XC, All Mountain, and Freeride enthusiasts. Please visit www.Syncros.com for more information about Syncros.
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We still can't quite get over Daulerio's interview with Frank Deford. This is still our favorite part:
Women sports writers have very little sense of humor. And they look upon women in sports with out any kind of freedom. It's like mathematics: you're supposed to look at is a science and not as entertainment. And that would've been the case 20 years ago. They get very, very defensive if anybody writes anything that's at all critical of women's sports. Ironically, I'm someone who's stood up for women's sports through the years, been a total defender of Title 9 against all the men who screamed about it, but that didn't cut me any slack. And here I was writing about "booties" as opposed to athleticism and that's a sin. You can't do that.
Totally! It's nice to still have Frank Deford around, isn't it? By the way, we absolutely loved The National and wish it would have hung around. Pre-Web, of course.
Anyway: Do you like the Frank Deford? Do you not like the Frank Deford?

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Eugene began his career in cybersecurity accidentally when his computer became infected with the 'Cascade' virus in 1989. Eugene's specialized education in cryptography helped him analyze the encrypted virus, understand its behavior, and develop a removal tool for it. After successfully removing the virus, Eugene's curiosity and passion for computer technology drove him to start analyzing more malicious programs and developing disinfection modules for them. This exotic collection of antivirus modules would eventually become the foundation for Kaspersky Lab's antivirus database. Today the database is one of the most comprehensive and complete collections in cybersecurity, protecting systems from more than 100 million malicious programs.
In 1990 Eugene started gathering a team of like-minded enthusiast researchers to create the AVP Toolkit Pro antivirus program, which was recognized by the University of Hamburg in 1994 as the most effective antivirus software in the world.
Eugene and his colleagues then decided to establish their own independent company. In 1997 Kaspersky Lab was founded, with Eugene heading the company's antivirus research. In 2007 he was named Kaspersky Lab's CEO.
Today Kaspersky Lab is the world's largest privately-held vendor of endpoint protection, operating in almost 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company employs almost 3,300 professionals and IT security specialists in dedicated regional offices across 32 countries and its cybersecurity technologies protect over 400 million users worldwide.
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The Jefferson County Domestic Violence Task Force is still in a fledgling stage, but authorities feel it will make a difference in the lives of those who have been abused, as well as their abusers.
Along with the thousands of reports filed last year in Jefferson County, there were also instances that resulted in the deaths of two women. The first Jefferson County family violence death that took place last year was in April, when 17-year-old Danielle Rodriguez was allegedly shot and killed by her boyfriend Charles Harris, 24. The second tragedy took place six months later in October. Jennifer Alston, 32, who was eight months pregnant at the time, was shot by her husband Martin Alston, 34, who then turned the gun on himself. Alston's 8-year-old daughter found their bodies.
The goal of the task force is to provide victims with all the options and resources available to them, from the legal aspect of the situation to helping them get out of a dangerous situation or resolve the issues with their batterer.
"For several years we had a no-drop policy," said Tom Rugg, Jefferson County District Attorney's first assistant. "Victims would come in and seek to drop the charges. We would just tell them no, and that was the end of it. A lot of times the person wouldn't show up to court during prosecution and we wouldn't have a case good enough to prosecute – we'd have to dismiss it."
Rugg said in instances like those, there was no real resolution to the domestic violence, which in turn could trigger another episode later on.
"There's a brief disruption – the perpetrator is arrested, and booked, and bailed out, but when the victim wouldn't show up to testify, there's nothing resolved," he said. "With no resolution, it can lead to repeat violence, and very soon it almost becomes a learned behavior – police can haul a person away for the evening, but then something else happens a few months later."
For that reason, a number of organizations dedicated to saving victims of domestic violence and their families have decided to work together.
Bonnie Loiodice, family violence director for Family Services of Southeast Texas, said the venture started several months ago, but is still gaining momentum.
"All of (the organizations) came together and talked about domestic violence from the victim's point of view," she said. "We talked about how to make things better, what we should strive for."
One of the results that came from the discussions was the creation of an options class. The purpose of the class is to provide all the information necessary to help make the best decision with regards to prosecution and victims' assistance, according to Loiodice.
When victims attempt to meet with the prosecutor to drop the charges, one of the requirements before the meeting is to take part in the options class. Some of the information doled out during the hour-long class includes treatment available to teach batterers how to coexist in a relationship, probationary restrictions that would be imposed should the batterer receive probation, information from the local women and children's shelter, victims' assistance info, as well as information relating to prosecution.As far as treatment goes for the perpetrator, Family Services currently has a Batterers Intervention Program that helps teach offenders how healthy relationships should function, and alternatives to abuse.
During the options class, victims get information from the district attorney in terms of what's going to happen with their case.
"Say you're a victim and you're thinking about dropping the case," said Dr. Alvin Williams, Family Services community education coordinator. "The district attorney is telling you at that point, even though you may want to drop the charges, it's really the state's case at that point – they determine whether they're going to move forward with that case."
Williams said oftentimes, victims who have filed charges are persuaded to drop them by the batterer.
"Once you come out of class, all you have to say is, 'I wanted to drop them but that district attorney is going to move forward with the case.' It gives them a way to say it's out of their hands," said Williams.
Beaumont Detective Gregory Pratt said he feels intimidation is a factor in victims seeking to drop charges.
"One of the things we want to let victims know is that we find a lot of them get intimidated to drop these charges," Pratt said. "We want them to know you don't have to take it; there are people and organizations out here to help you."
Janet Walker, executive director of Family Services, said she feels it's the community's job to stand up to domestic violence and to hold batterers accountable.
"Local law enforcement, courts, prosecutors and social service agencies, such as Family Services of Southeast Texas are working together to do just that," she said.
As far as the hopes of the new endeavor, everyone The Examiner spoke with said they have high hopes for the task force and feel it will make a major difference in the lives of victims and offenders.


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By Peggy Aulisio
ACUSHNET — Michael Koster is small in size but the five-year-old played a big role Nov. 27 after seeing a fire break out in the kitchen.
Michael was at home with his mother when he noticed a fire caused by a candle burning on the kitchen table, his kindergarten teacher, JoAnn Westgate, said Monday.
"He quickly got Mom out of the shower and told her to go outside and dial 911," his teacher said. "The Acushnet Fire Department was able to respond quickly and contain the fire, resulting in minimal damage."
Because of his quick response and bravery, Michael received a certificate for being a "local hero" from Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher on Dec. 4. He also received a firefighter helmet and a T-shirt and got a ride in a fire truck.
Chief Gallagher said Michael's quick action and ability to remember his fire safety rules and stay calm in an emergency saved his family.
The kindergarten class did the fire safety lesson in October.
"Michael said he remembered his fire safety from school," his teacher said.
While no one was injured, Ms. Westgate said Michael was taken to an ambulance, "but to keep warm."
One disappointment was that his lunch box and new winter hat burned. Ms. Westgate said she told him he can get a new lunch box and a new hat.
Michael told his teacher that he did not have to stop, drop and roll because he wasn't on fire.
"I was glad for all the kindergarten students to see that it's not something we just talk about," his teacher said of fire safety. "It can really happen."
The other lesson, she said, is that one person can make a difference.
The fire has apparently firmed up Michael's feelings about what he wants to be when he grows up.
"Michael said back in September that when he grew up he wanted to be a firefighter or police officer," Ms. Westgate said the day after he was honored for his bravery. "After yesterday, he is clearly wanting to be a firefighter."


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| Team Shocker!
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Team Shocker! (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト!ズイ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Zui Convention!!) is the 61st episode of Diamond & Pearl series, and the 527th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 20, 2007 along with DP060, and in the United States on June 14, 2008.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
The Solaceon Contest is about to start, and Dawn is eager to show off her Ambipom's spectacular Swift move. The competition includes both Jessie and Dawn's friend Kenny, who's also been helping Ash's Turtwig learn the Energy Ball move. Kenny and his Breloom make an impressive Contest entrance, and Jessie brings out her Dustox for an explosive first act. Then Dawn takes the stage, and Ambipom's swirling Swift lights up the entire stadium—but the judges don't seem impressed by Ambipom's pyrotechnics...
Backstage, everyone gathers for the first round results: Kenny and Jessie advance, yet Dawn is out of the competition. As her friends comfort her, she shrugs it off and puts on a brave face, staying to watch the Contest finals and cheer for Kenny. The last round of the Contest sees Kenny and his Prinplup battling Jessie and Dustox, and Jessie wins the match as time runs out. Kenny leaves to train for his next Contest, but he's quietly concerned that Dawn no longer seems to be interested in competing.
Just as Kenny suspected, this latest setback has left Dawn deeply confused and upset. The next day, Dawn won't even get out of bed until Zoey, who saw what happened at the Contest, shows up and demands a battle. During the battle, Zoey shows Dawn that Ambipom's Swift move was pretty-too pretty! Ambipom was hidden by all the flash, when Dawn should have been concentrating on showing off Ambipom itself. Somewhat cheered, Dawn takes Zoey's advice to heart as our heroes head for Veilstone City, where Ash hopes to win his next Gym Badge!
On the day before the Solaceon Town Pokémon Contest, Ash attempts to train Turtwig to use Energy Ball, while Kenny and his Breloom look on. However, the training is not going well, and the Energy Ball backfires before taking form, sending Turtwig flying. Kenny comments that while Turtwig is having problems with the forming, it is concentrating hard enough. Ash compliments his Turtwig, knowing they will have to take their time.
Meanwhile, Dawn is preparing for the Solaceon Contest with her newly evolved Ambipom, and she is determined to win after failing to pass the Performance Stage in her last attempt at winning a Ribbon. Ambipom practices her Swift attack, and creates a dazzling rainbow as a result. After finishing, Dawn gives Ambipom and her other Pokémon some Poffins as her gratitude for their hard work. Brock compliments Ambipom's performance. Dawn tells Brock that, after losing the Hearthome Contest, she has decided to try a different strategy than the one she used during the Double Performance, which involves focusing on Ambipom performing her Swift attack over and over. Dawn and Ambipom then practice the routine again.
Elsewhere, Jessie, as "Jessilina", is also getting ready alongside Dustox. She envisions winning using James and Meowth's strategy, which worries James and Meowth since they haven't actually thought of one. Jessie pulls them up on their obvious nervousness, and they lie and tell her they've thought of one. Jessie and Dustox leave to get ready for the Contest, while James and Meowth know their lives won't be worth living if Jessie doesn't win.
On the day of the Solaceon Contest, Ash tells Pikachu, Piplup, Buneary, and Pachirisu to cheer for Ambipom. Marian shows off the Solaceon Ribbon that the entrants are competing for, with Dawn, Kenny, and Jessie all hoping to win it. She then introduces the panel of judges, formed by the Chief of the Pokémon Activities Committee, Mr. Contesta; the President of the Pokémon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo; and Solaceon's very own Nurse Joy.
The Performance Stage begins, with Johanna and her Glameow watching at home. Kenny is up first, and has Breloom begin with a Stun Spore. As the stage fills with the Stun Spore, Breloom's coat begins to shine. Kenny then has Breloom use Energy Ball, and after using its tail to send the Energy Ball to the ceiling, Breloom uses Mach Punch on the Energy Ball, making the whole stage and Breloom shine. The crowd is enraptured, and the Contest Judges pass their compliments on. Dawn is more determined than ever to do well. In the stands, Ash notices that Piplup is worried for Dawn after seeing how well Kenny has improved.
After a few more performances, it's now Jessie's turn. Jessie sends Dustox out from her Poké Ball and she flies around showing off her shining scales. Jessie tells Dustox to use Whirlwind, and the audience is astounded to see Jessie lifted off the ground. She floats around for the while, and while the rest of the audience is mesmerized, Ash, Brock, James and Meowth aren't that impressed. Dawn and Kenny are also watching backstage and can't believe what they're seeing. Jessie then finishes the performance by having Dustox use Psybeam, which causes a plume of green smoke. After a few seconds it clears to show Jessie and Dustox having finished their performance in style. The judges are very impressed by Jessie and Dustox being so in sync with each other.
It's finally Dawn's turn, and with her friends cheering in the stands, she starts with having Ambipom use Double Hit, sending shockwaves throughout the Contest Hall. She then has Ambipom begin her Swift routine. Ambipom, standing on one her arms, starts to spin and release the Swift from her tail. As the stars from Swift hit each other, the rainbow effect is produced even better than before. Zoey is watching from a Pokémon Center but it's clear she's not impressed. Dawn has Ambipom spin faster and faster, and the stars completely consume the stage creating more of the rainbow effect and blocking Ambipom from view. Kenny and Jessie watch from backstage, and neither of them are enjoying the performance. While Ash thinks Dawn is giving an exceptional performance, Brock is worried about Dawn's overuse of Swift. With the judges watching on, Dawn ends the performance to cheers from the crowd.
Backstage, Ash and Brock congratulate Dawn on her performance. It's time to announce the Pokémon Coordinators who have made it past the Performance Stage into the Contest Battles. Ambipom is very nervous, but Dawn tells her not to worry but to get ready for the second round. Eventually the faces start popping up, and both Kenny and Jessie (much to James and Meowth's relief) have made it through. The final faces appear on screen, and Dawn is nowhere to be seen. Finally, as the last face is about to appear, Dawn faces an agonizing wait. The final entry is revealed, and it isn't Dawn, meaning that she hasn't made it past the performance stage for the second Contest in a row! Ambipom is left terribly sad, and Johanna feels very disappointed for her daughter. No one is sure what to say to Dawn, but she surprised everyone by putting on a brave face and encourages Kenny to get ready for the battles. After noticing how upset Ambipom is, Dawn gently pats her on the head. Jessie, on the other hand, cannot help but rub Dawn's face in her loss and tries to force her out of the backstage but Dawn, all smiles, tells Jessie she's staying. Ash notices that despite her smile, Dawn is far more disappointed than she's letting on.
Both Kenny and Jessie make it through to the final, and it's Dustox versus Prinplup. Dustox avoids a Drill Peck and hits Prinplup with a Psybeam. Everyone backstage is rooting for Kenny apart from Dawn, who is now feeling very sorry for herself. The battle is hard fought, leading to the time running out and as Dustox is left with the most points, Jessie is declared the winner! Having finally won her first Ribbon, Jessie is delighted and the judges note how relaxed she was in this Contest compared to others. James and Meowth also note how confident Jessie was this time around and with that, the Solaceon Contest draws to a close.
Later that afternoon, Kenny is preparing to leave and tells Dawn he will see her in the next Pokémon Contest. However, Dawn's confidence has taken a serious blow and she does not think she will attend the next one. Kenny tells Dawn that he will not let her quit coordinating, and then after telling Ash to keep working on Turtwig's Energy Ball, bids the group farewell. Dawn then runs to her room, unsure of what to do now. Dawn returns to her bed in the Pokémon Center, feeling very sorry for herself. Having lost two Contests in a row without even making it past the Appeal Rounds despite trying her best, Dawn is no longer sure if she's cut out for Contests and after looking at the Ribbon her mother gave her at the beginning of her journey, cries herself to sleep.
The next day, Ash and Brock are ready to leave Solaceon Town, but Dawn hasn't turned up as she's still fast asleep in bed. Suddenly, the two get a huge surprise, as Zoey turns up to see Dawn. Zoey tells Dawn to get out of bed and asks her for a battle, and to partner with Ambipom based on the previous day's appeal.
On the battlefield, with Zoey using her Glameow, Dawn has Ambipom use Swift in the same way she did before. As Ambipom is covered with the stars, Zoey then points out where Dawn is going wrong... while the move is pretty and impressive, the flaw is that Ambipom can no longer be seen. The point of an appeal is to show off the Pokémon, like Kenny and Jessie did with theirs. Zoey then has Glameow use Iron Tail to smash through the stars, then hits Ambipom with a Shock Wave knocking her back to Dawn.
As Zoey tends to Ambipom, Zoey tells Dawn that the reason she passed on the Solaceon Contest after losing at Hearthome City was because after her loss, she took the chance to recharge, begin focusing on what was important and get ready for the next challenge. Zoey also tells Dawn that at the end of the day, Ribbons aren't really that important, and Zoey is also certain she'll see Dawn at the Grand Festival. Dawn is left feeling a lot better after the talk, and now knows she needs to take her time instead of rushing into every Contest. Having learned a valuable lesson the hard way, Dawn then decides to turn this defeat into a chance to learn and the group sets off for Veilstone City, where Ash hopes to compete for his next Gym Badge.
Major events
- Ash's Turtwig continues to learn Energy Ball with Kenny's help.
- Dawn, Kenny, and Jessilina enter the Solaceon Town Pokémon Contest.
- Dawn fails to pass the Performance Stage for the second time in a row, resulting in her losing confidence in her abilities.
- Jessilina defeats Kenny in the finals and wins the Solaceon Contest, earning the Solaceon Ribbon, her first Contest Ribbon.
- Zoey returns to advise Dawn in matters of Pokémon Contest performances.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
- Ash
- Dawn
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Zoey
- Kenny
- Johanna
- Marian
- Raoul Contesta
- Mr. Sukizo
- Nurse Joy
- Coordinators
- Audience
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Turtwig (Ash's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Ambipom (Dawn's)
- Dustox (Jessie's)
- Glameow (Zoey's)
- Prinplup (Kenny's)
- Breloom (Kenny's)
- Glameow (Johanna's)
- Rattata (Coordinator's)
- Dunsparce (Coordinator's)
- Steelix (Coordinator's)
- Exploud (Coordinator's)
- Dusclops (Coordinator's)
- Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Bibarel
- Pokémon senryū: たいぼくを かじれビーダル はがいのち Taiboku o, kajire Bīdaru, hagai no chi.
- This is the first official Contest that Jessie has ever won. However, she uses another name in her entry, Jessilina.
- This is the last episode to use By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ (Winter Version) as an ending theme well as By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ in general.
- An instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is played during Dawn's performance. It is present in both the original and the dub.
- Ambipom's performance was similar to May's Skitty's performance in the Hoenn Grand Festival where they kept using the same move over and over again.
- Ambipom's performance was also similar to Drew's Roselia's performance in Win, Lose or Drew! where the Pokémon disappeared from sight during their flashy big finish. However, unlike Roselia who passed to the next round because of that, Ambipom didn't.
- In every Contest shown since those in the Kanto region, contestants have been shown to be able to use a different Pokémon for the Appeals and Battle rounds. Despite this, Jessie used Dustox in both rounds.
- Dustox participates in what turns out to be her final Contest.
- When James and Meowth were pretending to make a plan for a Contest, the Background Music is from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team.
- Dawn's Pachirisu and Piplup are wearing the same cheering outfit as Buneary, while Pikachu wears a male kimono. This suggests that both Piplup and Pachirisu are female. However, in a later episode, Piplup is confirmed to be male.
- Team Rocket doesn't blast off or recite their motto in this episode.
- The black portion of Ash's hat exceeds out of its normal boundaries in one scene.
- The credits started in the middle in the initial dub airing for no apparent reason.
- In the Polish dub, after the explosion during Jessie's Performance Stage, Marian refers to "Psychopromień" as "Psychopłomień".
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|Mandarin Chinese
|Týmový šok!
|Team Tegenslag!
|European French
|Un numéro trop parfait !
|Fehler machen klüger!
|Strategia vincente!
|포켓몬 콘테스트! 신수대회!
|Team "røver"
|Wielkie zaskoczenie
|Choque de Rivais!
|O Grande Choque!
|Echipa Șocantă
|Команда Шокер
|Latin America
|¡Un buen equipo!
|¡Un equipo de impacto!
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In the battle between the scalpers and concert promoters, chalk one up for the promoters.
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Boston health officials are investigating some reports of severe infections in patients who took a trip to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery.
Mycobacterium abscessus, a bacteria that is not easily battled with antibiotics, and can take months of treatment to vanquish was believed to infect at least two patients in Boston, and another in Worcester.
The patients were part of a group that went to the Dominican Republic during the summer for surgeries and started having health problems, including abscesses and drainage from their surgery sites, earlier this fall, said Dr. Anita Barry, director of the infectious disease bureau at the Boston Public Health Commission.
Other patients in the group who live in Maryland, Connecticut, and New York have also been infected, she said.
Health officials are anxious for the reason that so-called "medical tourism" has become a major industry in many Latin American countries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approximation that 750,000 people from the United States travel abroad every year seeking low cost medical care.
"We became aware because one of the out-of-state people knew someone in the Worcester area, who was having similar post-op problems," Barry said. "That person knew someone in Boston who was having the same problems, and that person told us about a second Boston case."
The germ can be spread by means of contaminated medical equipment, medical supplies, or poor surgical techniques. Severe pain and swelling are the effects of the infection, and frequently does not show up until some weeks after surgery.
The infection is not contagious to other people, but is serious and needs to be treated, Barry said.
"We're trying to get the word out that if you are going overseas for surgery, you have to find out how many infections this place has had, and also find out how many people have died having medical procedures in this place," Barry said.
The commission suggests that patients thinking about surgery in another country talk with their primary care provider regarding the procedure at least four to six weeks before going trough traveling, and secure copies of all medical records associated to the surgery and medical care provided abroad prior to going back home.


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EcoMetric Networks provides software to enable a company to measure their company's (or products') environmental sustainability performance. The software platform is open and flexible allowing a network of data inputs to be factored into key environmental performance indicators and then summarized into social responsibility reporting designed by each corporation. Mobile apps (iPhone, Andriod, Blackberry, Windows Mobile) are custom designed for data collection in the field, if needed.
Our software is flexible to capture only that data that the company deems relevant, customize how the data is manipulated and then reported. Our system interfaces with a wide variety of other systems to automate the data entry.
Our software helps companies to determine how and what to capture and then report. Because this data resides in many systems in many diverse organizations in one or many companies, our software provides a central repository necessary to provide accurate data. Templates are offered to allow a company to quickly adapt to reporting required by some larger retailers and regulating organizations.
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Early in the offseason, Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley came under criticism from members of the organization for not being in good enough shape during the last couple of seasons, with the added implication that his lack of diligence in the offseason led to injuries that kept Woodley from helping the defense.
The anonymous slams of Woodley led to an angry response from other Steelers players about keeping criticisms in house rather than airing them in the media. It looks like we'll avoid another round of the same during training camp.
Steelers linebacker coach Keith Butler said that Woodley is "where we need to have him" and that the linebacker "looks good." Butler also said that he tried to impress on Woodley the importance of being in the best shape possible.
"We talked about it," Butler said, via Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "You think about the logistics of the NFL: A team is paying you $7-8 million dollars and they aren't paying you to watch from the sidelines. I am a coach and they don't pay me $7-8 million to stand on the sidelines and that's what he's been doing. If you are not on the field, you can't earn your money. They might pay for one year, but they aren't going to pay for the next year. That is the matter-of-fact of the NFL."
With James Harrison gone, the Steelers are trying to figure out if Jason Worilds or rookie Jarvis Jones will be starting across from Woodley. Whichever player is there, the pressure will be on Woodley to put up the kind of production he had in 2008-2010 when he averaged almost 12 sacks a season off the edge for the Steelers. Being in top condition is a big part of that puzzle, so it's so far so good for Woodley.


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Celebrating the 'workhorse' Bay Bridge
It's not the prettier bridge. And it's certainly no international tourist icon. No one's going to throw it a big party with fireworks and art shows.
But that solid gray chunk of steel, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, transformed the region in ways its beauty-queen sister across the bay can only dream of.
"The Bay Bridge has that scrappy, underdog, proud, blue-collar identity, a lot like Oakland itself. It's a workhorse. It gets stuff done," said Louise Pubols, senior curator at the Oakland Museum of California.
To honor the clunky old Bay Bridge in its final months, the museum is joining Caltrans and UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library in compiling an oral history of the span, in hopes of documenting the bridge's starring role in shaping the culture, economics, politics and growth of the Bay Area.
Historians are looking for old toll takers, welders, engineers, painters, architects and others who are intimately connected with the early days of the bridge, from its opening in 1936 to the 1960s or so. Quite simply, they want to know how the bridge changed people's lives.
"People always talk about the grace and beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, but it's the Bay Bridge that changed the way people actually live," said historian Sam Redman, who is working on the project at the library's Regional Oral History Office. "That's what we want to learn more about."
Life in the Bay Area changed dramatically and unalterably the day the bridge opened, Nov. 12, 1936. The first change, and it occurred overnight, was the nearly instant death of the ferries.
For decades, the bay was alive with ferry boats, which by the 1930s had become so plentiful they actually caused boat gridlock on the bay and led to public demand for a bridge, Redman and other historians said.
The second change was that commuting to downtown San Francisco suddenly became fast and easy, enabling thousands of San Franciscans to move to the East Bay. That in turn led to freeways and subdivisions crisscrossing the farthest reaches of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
San Francisco wasn't the only city affected by the bridge. Oakland saw a boom in its residential areas but a major blow to its downtown, waterfront and eventually West Oakland.
With San Francisco suddenly an easy 8-mile drive away, thousands of East Bay shoppers, businesses and workers abandoned Oakland - which had been a bustling commercial and financial hub - for San Francisco.
In short, the bridge unleashed the Bay Area economy, unifying a region that had been fractured by water.
The boom could not have come at a better time than the Great Depression, said Martin Meeker, associate director at the Bancroft's Regional Oral History Office.
Not only did the bridge bring new options to residents on both sides of the bay, but also it renewed people's faith in government, he said.
"The psychological impact of the bridge can't be underestimated," he said. "It was a massive government undertaking, and gave people a huge confidence boost that government could ... provide jobs and help us out of the Depression."
Finally, the bridge changed the way Bay Area residents relate to the bay itself, said Pubols, at the Oakland Museum.
When they crossed on ferries, they were regularly exposed to wind, waves, tides and sprays of saltwater.
"Literally, you'd get your feet wet," she said. "You knew you were on the bay, surrounded by water. But with the bridge, you're suddenly crossing high above the water at a rapid clip in your little pod. You can forget the bay's even there."
The museum is putting together a major exhibition next year on the bridge, the bay and residents' complicated relationships with both. The show is expected to coincide with the dismantling of the old bridge and the unveiling of the new bridge.
It's easy to see why motorists immediately fell in love with the bridge, she said. When the bridge is free of traffic, cruising toward the city on a clear day can be one of the region's great joys, she said.
"You have this sensation you're flying over the bay," she said. "The bridge really gives you this beautiful, ecstatic experience."
Major events in the life of the Bay Bridge:
Sept. 17, 1872: Emperor Norton, celebrated San Francisco eccentric, issues decree for a bridge between Oakland and San Francisco.
1929: California Legislature authorizes a bridge across the bay.
July 9, 1933: Groundbreaking.
Nov. 12, 1936, 12:30 p.m.: Bay Bridge opens to traffic, ahead of schedule and under budget. Toll was 65 cents.
1958: Key System train lines removed from lower deck and replaced with cars.
Dec. 22, 1967: "The Graduate" released, immortalizing the Bay Bridge with scene in which Dustin Hoffman drives to Berkeley in his Alfa Romeo in search of Katharine Ross. Locals note he's driving the wrong way on the bridge.
Feb. 11, 1968: T33 Navy jet flies into the bridge, bursts into flames and plunges into the bay, killing two onboard.
Oct. 17, 1989, 5:04 p.m.: Loma Prieta earthquake jostles a 76-by-50-foot section of the upper deck onto the lower deck.
Jan. 15, 1990: Discovery of the Bay Bridge Troll, an iron figurine welded to the bridge by a metalworker to protect the bridge from future calamity.
October 2000: Arrival of Fastrak, vastly improving life for commuters
2002: Construction begins on new Bay Bridge eastern span.
Nov. 7, 2007: Cosco Busan hits the foot of a Bay Bridge tower, spilling 54,000 gallons of bunker fuel into the bay.
Sept. 8, 2009: S-curve opens, the first major realignment of the bridge.
Nov. 9, 2009: Big rig flips and plunges off the bridge at the S-curve. Rumble strips arrive.
Former toll takers, engineers, welders, painters, architects or others who worked on the Bay Bridge can contact the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office at (510) 643-2106 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Carolyn Jones is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Michelle Broderick has been promoted to lead the global marketing efforts for Uber, the fast-growing private driver service backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs and others. Broderick had served as general manager of the Seattle region, and the company is currently looking to hire her replacement. Broderick said she'll remain in Seattle. "This is home, I love it here," said Broderick. A graduate of Western Washington University, Broderick previously worked in marketing at Redfin, Yelp and RealNetworks.
Erik Giesa has left F5 Networks to join Seattle startup ExtraHop Networks. Giesa previously served as vice president of product management and product marketing at F5, overseeing partnerships with Microsoft, VMware, SAP and Oracle. A member of ExtraHop's advisory board, Giesa will hold the title of senior vice president of marketing. The University of Washington grad previously worked at Holistix, WRQ, Express Systems and hDC. Founded by former F5 exec Jesse Rothstein, ExtraHop raised $14 million from Madrona, Meritech Capital and others last year.
Speaking of former F5 Networks execs, here's a follow-up on the news last week that Mark Anderson had lef the Seattle tech giant for an undisclosed privately-held company. Turns out Anderson has joined F5 rival Palo Alto Networks as Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Field Operations. Anderson had worked at F5 since 2004, overseeing sales operations. A former sales exec at RadioFrame Networks, Comdisco and Cisco Systems, Anderson is a member of the University of Washington Tyee Board of Advisors. Based in Santa Clara, California, Palo Alto Networks is a maker of network security products. It filed for an IPO in April.
Redmond's VMC Game Labs, a QA and support company for the games industry, has named Ben Wibberley as Director of Games. Wibberley previously founded Babel and the William Rubin Agency. "Ben brings a rare combination of entrepreneurship and experience from the video games world, having helped shape where the industry is today, with an eye on where it is going. We're glad to have Ben help drive our growth here at VMC," said VMC Vice President Kevin Chelius.
Revenue Management Systems, whose software is used by airlines to manage inventory, fare filings and other activities, has named Eric Nordling as chief operating officer. Nordling previously worked United Airlines, MarkAir, Delta Air Lines and Atlantic Coast Airlines. The 16-year-old Seattle company has more than 30 airline customers for its airRM product.
John Gebhart has joined Qliance as chief operating officer with a goal of helping the Seattle health care company expand its model in the Puget Sound region and into new markets outside the area. Qliance, with about 100 local businesses as customers, is backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and others. Gebhart is the former chief financial officer of Ventripoint Inc. and Remote Medical International. He's also the former CEO of DoctorQuality, At Health and CareWise "Qliance offers a transformational business model with tremendous growth potential that is already changing the face of health care, and I'm excited to join the team," said Gebhart.
PlayNetwork has tapped Peter Lee — the former CEO and CTO of Channel M — as chief technology officer. PlayNetwork — founded in 1996 as a provider of branded music solutions for retailers — bought Channel M in 2009. Lee previously served as the vice president of business development new technology at The Walt Disney Company. "Lee's leadership and exceptional understanding of the industry not only make him a great asset to our executive team, but will strengthen PlayNetwork's originality and advancements in the retail space," said PlayNetwork CEO Lon Troxel.
Lisa Bloom, an attorney, television analyst and author, has joined Seattle's Avvo as a legal advisor and analyst. She'll be contributing regularly to Avvo's blog. "Lisa Bloom is internationally recognized as one of America's top lawyers and we are thrilled to be working with her as we celebrate Avvo's fifth anniversary," said Mark Britton, founder and CEO at Avvo. "She not only has an exceptional ability to make complex law accessible to the masses, but she also embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of the professionals in the Avvo community." A New York Times' best selling author, Bloom has appeared on The Early Show, The Insider, Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew, discussing a variety of legal topics. You can read her first blog post for Avvo here.
Nathan Kaiser has stepped down as chief operating officer of Seattle Web hosting company Blue Box Group after more than two years on the job. Kaiser, who previously founded Seattle startup resource center nPost, is in the process of opening a new distillery in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood. He tells GeekWire that he plans to stay in the tech industry after getting the distillery, 2bar Spirits, off the ground next month. "I joined Blue Box at a time of pivotal change, and I'm proud to say that I helped shape it into the great and prospering company that it is today," said Kaiser in an email. With the company now on much more solid footing than when I started I'm now looking for new opportunities." (Editor's note: Blue Box is a GeekWire partner).
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Here's The Vine Video Prince Abused The DMCA To Take Down
from the hello-fair-use deptWe just posted about Prince's NPG Records issuing DMCA takedowns on a set of Vine videos. While noting that Prince regularly seeks to shut down internet support of his work far beyond what the law allows, we also pointed out that, given the 6 second limit on Vine videos, it seemed almost certain that the videos in question would be protected as fair use and/or de minimis use. After posting that story, we heard from Zack Teibloom who, it turns out, is the person who shot and posted the Vine videos in the first place. They were taken at Prince's SXSW concert. He noted that he treated the takedowns as "cease and desist" letters and chose to take them all down. Before he did so, we were able to snag one of the videos, which we've now posted to YouTube solely for the discussion over whether or not the original takedown was an abuse of the DMCA.
These are unauthorized recordings and are unauthorized synchronizations As such, I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted work described above is not authorized by the copyright owner (or by a third party who is legally entitled to do so on behalf of the copyright owner) and is not otherwise permitted by law. I hereby confirm that I believe the tracks identified in this email infringe my copyright.However, it is incorrect that the use was not permitted by law. Under both fair use and de minimis use, such a use is clearly permitted by law. Furthermore, as a court found in the Lenz v. Universal Music Group case, the filer of a DMCA takedown needs to take fair use into account before issuing the takedown. Separately, as a bootleg video, this might not even be subject to the DMCA at all.
As per Vine's own limitation, the clip is a mere six seconds long, showing five disjointed clips of a song. If we were to do a four factors test for Teibloom's original use, it seems clear that it is fair use.
The purpose and character of the use:
The showing of brief six second, disjointed clips was clearly just to highlight that Teibloom had attended the SXSW show, and was linked from his review just to highlight the sense of what the show was like. It's clearly not a full use of the song or anything attempting to be a replacement for the song or the concert itself. It was a brief "view" of one attendee's perspective, which is clearly transformative from the original work. As such, it clearly "added value" to the original, since it was showing something different and unique from the original, while providing some perspective on the experience of attending such a show.
The nature of the copyrighted work
This was a recording of a brief bit of a live event, not of the sound recording or anything like that. Again, the point was to capture the live atmosphere and experience. This prong of the fair use test is supposed to be to protect the dissemination of information, and that seems clear from the use.
Also, even the brief bit of music that you hear is a pretty generic soul / funk music riff, rather than something highly unique and identifiable with Prince himself. I'm not even sure that the song being played is a Prince song. It sounds so generic and short it's difficult to identify. As a test, I tried to use Shazam on it, and despite claiming to be able to identify a song with as little as one second of music, it said it could not find a match. If you'd asked me I would have thought it was a just a generic James Brown-style riff rather than anything specific to Prince. Given that, while the performance is potentially covered by a copyright, it's not clear that the song is covered by Prince's copyright.
Hell, just the fact that it's unclear what the song is highlights why this is almost certainly fair use or de mininmis use. One of the characteristics of de mininimis use is if you can distinguish the work. When even the expert automated ears at Shazam can't do that...
The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Taken
Six disjointed seconds. 'Nuff said.
The Effect of the Use Upon the Potential Market
There is clearly no negative use whatsoever. It is not as if someone will not buy or license a Prince song because this clip was "good enough" as a substitute. There is no rational way to support such a claim.
That said, it is possible that Prince's takedown actions might cause people to no longer want to support his works, but that's his own actions, not this particular video.
That's for Teibloom. As for us reposting the video and discussing it here, our use is even more transformative, as it is now about the discussion on whether or not the video itself is fair use. Without showing the video it is difficult to have a reasonable or competent discussion on whether or not it was fair use.
Either way, we believe that Prince and NPG Records are abusing the DMCA, potentially in violation of 512(f), and using the DMCA to take down perfectly legitimate videos that are allowed under US copyright law.
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GRINNELL, Iowa – The MIT men's track and field team earned a tie for 14th place while the women were tied for 21st overall at the NCAA Division III indoor track & field championship held at Grinnell College over the weekend. The Engineers earned a total of seven All-America honors at the championship as the men finished with a team score of 14 points and the women totaled nine points.
In the final event of the championship on Saturday, both the men and the women 4x400 relay teams had high hopes. The women entered the meet with the second fastest time in the country while the men were seeded sixth. Running in the faster of the two sections, the women's group of seniors, Portia Jones (New York, N.Y.), Jamie Simmons (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Martha Gross (Short Hills, N.J.) and sophomore Jacqueline Brew (Amherst, N.H.) placed fifth in their heat and fifth overall to collect All-America accolades.
On the men's side, the quartet of juniors Patrick Marx (Grand Rapids, Minn.), Brian Gager (Rye, N.Y.), sophomore Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.) and freshman Sam Parker (Menlo Park, Calif.) finished sixth overall with a time of 3:19.74.
Jones also competed in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles on Saturday. The senior concluded her outstanding indoor career with an eighth-place finish in a time of 8.99 seconds.
Tech's final competitor on Day Two of the championship was freshman Elaine McVay (San Ramon, Calif.), who was running the women's 5000 meters. McVay posted a time of 17:35.46 to earn 10th place.
On the first day of the championship, Seniors Nathan Peterson (Kansas City, Mo.) and Chinedum Umachi (Detroit, Mich.) landed on the All-America podium thanks to fifth and sixth-place showings in the pole vault and weight throw, respectively.
Also on Day One, both of MIT's distance medley relay squads earned points, as the men's and women's groups each collected fifth-place finishes. The men's group of juniors Justin Bullock (Detroit, Mich.), Kyle Hannon (Park Ridge, Ill.), Marx and Singer-Clark ran a time of 10:02.41. The women's squad consisting of Simmons and Gross, sophomore Louise van den Heuvel (Nashua, N.H.) and freshman Cindy Huang (San Jose, Calif.) also took fifth in 11:53.85.
North Central College won the men's team title with 48 points. Wartburg College easily took the women's crown, with 99 points, 51 more than the runner-up.


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Q: I really would love to add the sound of water to my backyard but I really don't have the space for a full fledged water garden. I read a little bit about your pondless waterfall kits. Exactly how do those work? – Abby of California
A: Did you know you could have the sound of water without the pond? Well you can! A Cascading Pondless Waterfall is exactly what it sounds like…a waterfall without the pond.
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The way it works is this: A basin is first dug into the ground and the waterfall is sculpted out of the land. The basin and waterfall will be covered with liner and underlayment to hold the water. The basin will hold a vault that contains a pump. Tubing will run from the pump to a waterfall box at the top of the waterfall. A Basin Matrix, rocks and gravel will fill the void in the basin. Once filled with water, the water will travel up from the basin to the waterfall box. The water will then travel back down the waterfall and disappear into the basin.
Benefits of a Cascading Pondless Waterfall
Besides providing the sights and sounds of a natural looking waterfall and stream, a cascading pondless waterfall feature offers many things a pond doesn't:
Easier to Maintain: Because all of the water is contained in an underground basin, hidden from the sun, green water is never an issue. Also, no filtration (and the cleaning goes along with that) is necessary because there are no fish to care for.
Easier to Install: Since you're digging a basin (basically a hole in the ground that will be covered with rocks and gravel) instead of a water garden (a well designed hole in the ground) with shelves and detailed stone work), it takes only a fraction of the time to build.
Lower Initial Cost & Lower Energy Cost Potential: Cascading Pondless Waterfalls costs less than a full-fledged water garden. Also most Cascading Pondless Waterfall owners choose to run the waterfall only when they are there to enjoy it, minimizing electrical consumption where with a full fledged water garden, the pump must run constantly for the sake of the fish.
Safer: With no standing water, children can safely play in the stream and waterfall – with adult supervision of course.
If you don't have a water feature yet but have been thinking about getting one, a Cascading Pondless Waterfall is great way to get your feet wet. With all of these benefits and the low cost to build, you simply can't beat it.
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Hagel camp: He's not dropping out
Chuck Hagel's camp pushed back forcefully Friday against the notion that he might remove himself from consideration to be secretary of Defense.
"There is absolutely no truth to the notion that Sen. Hagel might consider withdrawing," a Hagel aide told POLITICO. "He's continuing his prep work and getting up to speed on the issues he will deal with as secretary of Defense."
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Online commentators began to speculate that Hagel might bow out, as more than a week had passed since his widely panned confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee with no word about when its members might take a vote.
Author Thomas Ricks floated the idea in a post on his blog Friday, arguing that the odds of a withdrawal were 50-50 and would increase two percent for every business day the Senate Armed Services Committee doesn't schedule a vote. The conservative Weekly Standard — run by Hagel arch-nemesis Bill Kristol — immediately picked up that post.
But among politicians and operatives supportive of Hagel, there is little evidence of a coming withdrawal — and more than a little pique at Republicans for delaying the confirmation process. They insist he should surrender still more information about his income, but Democrats have cried foul.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter Friday to ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), arguing that Hagel "has provided all the financial information the rules of the committee require."
Levin's letter echoed Democratic frustrations with Republican demands for more financial disclosure, and argued that Republican demands far exceed the standard practices of the committee.
"The committee cannot have two different sets of financial disclosure standards for nominees, one for Sen. Hagel and one for other nominees," Levin wrote.
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The Hagel aide added, "With Chairman Levin's statement today, we're looking forward to a vote soon."
Still, the nominee has also made no secret of the fact that he didn't seek out the chance to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who — even though Hagel hasn't been confirmed — was still set to mark his departure from the Pentagon on Friday in a ceremony outside Washington with President Barack Obama as his guest.


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Lewis's Medical–Surgical Nursing 3e provides nurses in Australia and New Zealand with clear and concise guidance on the assessment and management of conditions.
The content is arranged by body systems and addresses myriad conditions relevant to medical-surgical nursing, including respiratory problems, cardiovascular disease, cancer, gastrointestinal problems, renal and urological problems, reproductive problems, movement and coordination and emergency care.
Lewis's Medical–Surgical Nursing 3e by Brown and Edwards is accompanied by an impressive suite of resources for instructors and students including a test bank, image banks and PowerPoint slides available on Elsevier's Evolve website.
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Scientists plan mission to study, capture asteroids
The first steps are underway at Kennedy Space Center to find and track any asteroid that may someday hit Earth.
Three 40-foot radar dishes are being installed that will point at the sky and look for asteroids.
NASA scientists said radar is 100,000 times more precise than a telescope at predicting exactly where an asteroid will go.
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New photos surfaced this week of a very, very, very skinny LeAnn Rimes out somewhere with Eddie Cibrian. See for yourself. The legs speak for themselves. Like Victoria Beckham wants these legs. Which means they're probably not the sturdiest legs in the world.
LeAnn, who is a prolific tweeter and, if you ask me, uses it improperly ("ha ha, you're so right", or, "thanks for the love", or "omg that's so funny" is for text message, not Twitter), is trying to front like she's totally fine, insisting that she does indeed eat, posting photos of her breakfast, and claiming that she's healthy.
I've attached photos from LeAnn taken last year. You can see the difference. Last year she was strong, fit, toned. Now? Wasting away.
So what's the story here? Well, she hasn't explained that it's for a tv movie role, and she was just booked for one. And, more importantly, she seems to be in denial about it. And she's engaged to a man who stepped out on his wife to be with her. And as I said about her at the Grammys:
Getting skinny won't make him stay. But you will learn the hard way.
This bitch is hanging on tight. She's hanging on with her bones. Imagine the stress of insecurity? Of worrying that one day she'll be on the receiving end of his cheat? Eddie has just landed the lead in a new pilot called Playboy. Eddie plays the Playboy. He f-cks and deals his way through life. Think about that set, then. Think about how she'll try to be on that set as much as she can. Think about what will happen, in real life and in her mind, on the one day she can't be on that set. Think about how corrosive that will be for her. Now look at her body and you can see it happening.
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How many proven winners does your team have at quarterback? Probably not as many as the Jets do. Mark Sanchez went 14-2 at USC. Backup Tim Tebow went 35-6 at Florida. Third-stringer Greg McElroy went 24-3 at Alabama. (We're excluding Drew Stanton from this sample because he is a loser, and because Tebow's arrival might herald Stanton's eventual release.) That's an overall record of 73-11, a winning percentage of .869. In the NFL, that translates to a record between 13-3 and 14-2 every year. Are you not impressed by that? This is a quarterback's league, and there the Jets are made of proven winners, end of story.
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I asked Tina Zlody, who has been legally hitched to Louie Despres for seven years, if she was ever troubled by the fact that her otherwise-happy marriage is a pointless and empty sham.
Confirmed non-breeders, Zlody and Despres own a home in Worcester and are popular fixtures in the local arts scene. But because they are childless, their union has no purpose other than to serve their �emotional needs and desires,� according to a lawyer who made that argument this week before the United States Supreme Court.
Personally, I can think of no better reason than the attainment of personal joy to do just about anything, but I, too, am a barren heathen who lives solely for my pleasure. I make no apologies for that, nor should any adult whose decisions affect no one but themselves.
As for Zlody, she�s too busy being a happy and productive member of her community to realize that, according to those seeking to ban gay marriage because it can�t lead to biological procreation, she and her hubby have utterly failed to serve society�s interests.
�That is completely ridiculous,� said Zlody, 46, the artistic guru behind the city�s successful stART on the Street festivals. �People get married for lots of reasons, like love and commitment. Uh, oh � did I break the law because I don�t have kids?�
Of all the inane and offensive arguments supporting a ban on same-sex marriage � and there are plenty, so take your pick � the one that drives me nuts is the claim that the purpose of marriage is procreation. Two questions immediately come to mind: Are we Herefords? And, how many sons are needed in the 21st century to help run the family farm?
On the first day of Supreme Court hearings for two historic gay marriage cases, we once again heard the tired old claim that the production of offspring is the purpose of wedlock, which must come as big news to the countless couples who use contraception and are fans of personal freedom.
�The concern is that redefining marriage as a genderless institution will sever its abiding connection to its historic traditional procreative purposes and it will ... refocus the purpose of marriage and the definition of marriage away from the raising of children and to the emotional needs and desires ... of adult couples,� said pro-Proposition 8 lawyer Charles Cooper.
And that�s a bad thing? As Zlody noted, people get married for lots of reasons. Some couples want to have kids, and good for them. Some don�t. But I�ve never understood the claim that childless couples are selfish. People who have children typically want them for the joy and fulfillment they bring to their lives, and what�s more selfish than that?
I�m hardly the first to argue that lots of straight couples can�t have kids, and we let them get married anyway. Meanwhile, gays can have families in a number of ways � adoption, surrogacy, artificial insemination. Justice Anthony Kennedy noted this week that some 40,000 children in California live with same-sex parents.
Marital vows are about love, not to propagate the species, which is in no danger of dying out anytime soon. And if anyone still tries to argue that straight people make better parents and produce more well-adjusted kids, don�t make me mention Michael and Dina Lohan.
�Ever since I understood what being a parent was, I knew from a very early age that it wasn�t for me,� Zlody said. �I just didn�t want them, and I still don�t. And Louie didn�t want to be a dad. We love our lives. I have four gay friends who got married and have kids and I�m thrilled for them, but that doesn�t mean I have to have kids, too.�
Zlody is absolutely right. Just because gay people are having children willy nilly doesn�t mean that straight couples must mimic everything they do.


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Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. You may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications installed, or if you've modified the operating system through other means.
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Characteristics: Produces full bodied, rich, moderately dry whites with minimal acidity. Flavor includes notes of spice, pear, orange, peach, and lemon, with a hint of toast.
Ageing: Marsanne varietal that have been vinified with modern techniques should be drunk young to taste at best. Marsanne varietal that have been produced traditionally should be aged or they may be somewhat dull.
Serving temperature: Serve at a temperature of 50º-55º F.
Food pairing: Shellfish, white meat, risotto, cannelloni with ricotta, crab cakes, escargots, Greek spanakopita, hummus, poultry/vegetable Pâtés, potato salad, scallops, spinach soufflé, and Thai with beef.