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What a Celestial Spirit mage brings is versatility... and an army. We haven't really seen Mashima take advantage of the possibilty, but such a mage is the equivelance of a 3 or 4 vs. 1 person. If Celestial Spirit mages had the same power level as any other big hitter, they'd dominate. So I gather Mashima is trying to be careful.
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Ok how about we all stick to the actual topic of talking about the Fairy Tail anime not start a hissy fit over possible spoilers. monir was nice enough to create a new thread, I edited the title a bit but new thread stays.
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Probably should have asked for clarification the first time before reviving and renaming the spoiler/speculation thread for anime-only fans.
Question: Is the Preview part of the episode or are they airing in the web as it seems to becoming the common practice for more and more anime these days? If the preview is airing separately, then all discussion based on the preview must go to the Upcoming thread even if it requires an extra mouse click or two. If the preview is part of the anime episode, then you guys are free to discuss in this thread however you see fit.
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edit: I now have confirmation that the previews are indeed part of the episodes which appear after the end credit. As such, fans are free to discuss the preview however they see fit in this thread. I'll restore the title of the Upocming episode discussion thread to Spoiler/Speculation for Anime-Only Viewers. Let's move on.
|2013-01-19, 02:05
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165 was great. Yukino has to be the cuteness gal in Fairy Tail at the moment. Her figure and size are over exaggerated like Lucy or Erza.
Lucy refuse to take the 2 remaining keys, this is one of the reasons why I like her character. Gray blushing at the comment Erza give him about Juvia loving him kind of hints what he feels. Erza segment with her old friend was creepy, having a rape face in a cat suit is not cute or sexy at all. Super scary! I notice during Yukino humiliation segment, the rest of the guild look down and sad, I'm sure they think it was extreme, but not having the balls to say anything is a person I cannot trust or like to know.
Not sure about the part about Yukino symbol being taken off by her own magic. I thought there was some sort of tattoo removal magic, but I think she has a mark or a scar there...
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They toned down Natsu's anger quite a bit.
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|2013-01-19, 04:29
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It wasn't bad but then again there's something funny that people need to think about if Yukino chose to give up ALL her keys why is it she only gave her the zodiac ones but kept that 13th gate key. And although Yukino technically isn't a part of FT she should become one after this arc she would be quite an interesting edition
|2013-01-19, 06:26
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This episode was complete AWESOME. Well, the like 5 minutes got me really hyped up. Natsu is a beast, literally.. If Fairy Tail didn't disappear for 7 years they would have wreck every clan out there no doubt.
And I was thinking that maybe Yukino might join FT, well I hope she does, but it's a thought :P
|2013-01-19, 07:51
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Fairy Tail still holding last places... kinda sad.
Hope they'll turn things to their advantage soon.
I felt sorry for Yukino, but was surprised to see her so helpful.
Natsu raiding Sabertooth's place was a nice bonus!
Can't wait to see how it plays out next time.
|2013-01-19, 12:59
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Still wondering what role the 13th key plays. And why all 12 keys are supposed to end up in the hands of one person. And I loved Milliana's expression here; sent chills down my spine. Also Erza and Gray's talk on the balcony, which kinda shows Gray has been aware of Juvia's feelings for sometime, but isn't dealing with it for some reason. As Erza said, he needs to give her a clear-cut response.
And Natsu fights a ninja next episode?
|2013-01-19, 13:05
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for the first time i liked Natsu here,more than anything i wanted to see Sabertooth getting smashed after what they did to Yukino, and he just did that, i really want Natsu kicking Sabertooth's ass
i looks like the hatred for Jellal is spread among the people very wide, puts Erza in a tough situation if she had to fight her friends defensing him.Finally we have that Gray is not unaware of Juvia's feelings, he just doesn't respond to them
|2013-01-19, 17:25
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Bottom line it's a really awkward situation for Gray.
|2013-01-19, 17:41
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So some people actually use spoiler tags.
Anyway please join FT Yukino ;_; It would be sad to never see you again after this arc.
I thought this was an english scanlation.
As for the episode, I wonder what Kagura's connection to Jellal is. If she is so strong before unsheathing the sword she'll be seriously OP after. Why Erza is not going to meet him as soon as possible but instead strolling around is beyond me.
Maybe the pumpkin is the king himself? My only clue is that they have the same size, his face is never really shown and they never are around at the same time but after thinking about it it seems fairly obvious.
Regardless of that I doubt that Natsu and Genna will come to a conclusion before the tournament is over.
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1/07/2007 1:40pm,
Are there any definitive sources on Bata, irish stick fighting... not philipino? Is it worth investigating?
Sir Ocelot
1/07/2007 3:05pm,
The "Irish stick fighting" I know and practice is a reconstructed style, and frankly, the base of historical written material is pretty slim. (My teacher in the subject would agree with me on this.) There are a couple of excerpts from larger manuals, some descriptions, and some illustrations; that's about it. A passable-seeming system can be made from that, but as with all reconstructed MA, you'll never know for certain whether you're doing it right. The main draw to practicing it would be 1) it's something different and 2) it's an interesting piece of history.
There are a couple of people who claim living traditions -- without supporting documentation, as far as I know, so they have to be judged on their own merits.
1/08/2007 10:29am,
Seems to be the fate of many western arts. Lost to oblivion. It is rather a shame that the west does not honor its historical martial forms as the east seems to. I am very wary however as to the legitimacy of living missing link sort of things some claim. Seems to easy a marketing ploy/lie.
My interest in stick fighting is based in a reality setting and tempered towards western forms through my own pride in western martial heritage and interest in western martial arts from a historical perspective.
To the practicality/reality based standpoint mentioned above: It is not so impractical to carry a baton. And I do not believe it is against VA statute to carry such. (Why should it be? I can open carry a handgun after all, how is the club any more dangerous than that?) pending further investigation i will return. basically if you cant find statute against it then it is not illegal, so hopefully i am unsuccessful :)
1/08/2007 2:44pm,
You won't get anyone with a direct lineage to a practicing bata fighter, so in essence, it's dead. Most of my culture is buried or has one foot in the grave *sighs*.
1/08/2007 3:12pm,
Seems to be the fate of many western arts. Lost to oblivion. It is rather a shame that the west does not honor its historical martial forms as the east seems to.
Most eastern martial arts practived today were created in the last 100 years. There are very few Ko Ryu Japanese schools left, and most of countries/styles claimed to be 1000 years old are lying (especially Korea).
1/08/2007 5:53pm,
Is "Bata" practiced with a "Shilleleigh" (sp?).... I remember an Irish college roommate of mine showing me one... mean heavy short stick. I can't remember what wood it was made of, but it was black.
3/01/2007 3:26am,
Like the man said, there are one or two people out there who claim a living lineage of bata fighting, most notably Glenn Doyle of Canada - http://www.geocities.com/glendoyle/bata/ . There are a few more who say that their old Uncle Pat from Kerry showed them a few tricks with his cane. The great majority of Irish-style stick fighters have reconstructed their systems based on the information presented in two late-1800s books - R.G. Allanson-Winn's "Broadsword and Singlestick" and Donald Walker's "Defensive Exercises".
Allanson-Winn and Walker were writing at a time when Irish faction fighters were still brawling (and, apparently, fencing) with their sticks, and their books provide just enough info. that modern bata enthusiasts can put together a decent, practical reconstruction. That's assuming that they do a lot of pressure-testing, etc.
Best sources for bata online are http://www.geocities.com/cinaet/cumannbhata.html and http://johnwhurley.com/ .
Hope this helps.
One Round
3/02/2007 1:46pm,
Is "Bata" practiced with a "Shilleleigh" (sp?).... I remember an Irish college roommate of mine showing me one... mean heavy short stick. I can't remember what wood it was made of, but it was black.
The shillelagh gets its name from the Shillelagh Forest, which was stripped of most of its oak by the British in the 16th and 17th centuries. A true shillelagh is a walking stick made from oak from this forest.
The word "shillelagh" would become synonymous with "walking stick", at least in Ireland.
The shillelagh that your roommate had was probably from Blackthorn. It's a thorny, fruit-bearing small tree/big shrub common in Europe.
5/03/2007 11:35pm,
I know this is thread necromancy, but several stickfighters in western Ireland can claim direct lineage of actual stickfighters (I do, my dad's a stickfighter, and so was his, and his, and so on, and we've got a collection of some of the surviving older sticks). The thing is though, most of those styles emerged in the 1800s, and even then, most of those are mid-to-late 1800s, and some from the early 1900s. It's not a huge stretch to maintain a tradition over so short a period, but there's also, then, just lack of interest, which killed a lot of styles before they really got going. That, and bata became a kind of stigma to a lot of people; the stick got associated with negative stereotypes about mindless violence amongst the Irish, which is a pity, given the stick was intended as more of a gentlemanly type of weapon.
It's not dead, really, in a strict sense, but if you mean the earlier stick styles (as stick fighting is mentioned in the middle ages and earlier, though its usually in reference to games or training methods then), those are either dead or attempts are being made to reconstruct them if there's enough sources for it.
Some have been more or less reconstructed as best they can, like Bata Pionsa, which was actually reconstructed mainly by Scots who wanted to learn traditional backsword techniques, since bata pionsa existed to teach one to safely use a backsword or broadsword. Reconstructing it relied on the available manuals (none of which are that in-depth), mixed with traditional highland broadsword fighting in Scotland, to get something probably reasonably close to the original.
There's also, in that vein, Trodaireacht Dó Bata, which is from sword-and-dagger styles from the 1500s, but it's not nearly so complete in reconstruction, and current forms of it taught are more based on non-Irish sword-and-dagger styles (which it probably resembled anyway).
More complete than that is Cleathadh, two-hand wattle fighting, where the wattle is used like a sword, but that's still in the process of being reconstructed. However, it actually survived better than most similar styles in that it remained in practical use for a long time, and there's still a family near Cashel in Munster that practices it in some small amount. Probably survived because of its similarities to the also practical 'Bata Tríú', also a form of two-hand wattle fighting, but the stick is instead divided into thirds for it, with many hand positions.
No form of stick fighting though is exceedingly popular in Ireland these days. However, it's still not dead, and it's actually growing a bit in popularity. The internet has been a big boon for it, and has allowed people to learn more about it, which has attracted more people to begin practicing it. By far most modern bata practioners are newcomers to it, and have no direct heritage for it, but, that's irrelevant. So long as they find a style they can learn and reconstruct, and then potentially teach it, that's just dandy, and there are, as mentioned, some guides, being Allanson-Winn and Walker's books. A serious enthusiast should own copies.
5/19/2007 7:23pm,
I Irish stick fight (or Bhata.) Some practioners claim lineage, at least to the Doyle family, who are claimed to be given credit for Cleathadh. Irish stick fighting has been passed down mainly in oral tradition, I guess we were just to drunk to write it down. There has been some emerging popularity in Ireland, coupled with national pride comes a sense to get down to the roots of your country. I would definetly get a Shill, they are fun to have.
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The chairman of a major mining company linked to a tainted exploration licence in the NSW Bylong Valley has denied contacting his "mate" - former resources minister Ian Macdonald - over concerns about how the tenement had been awarded.
White Energy Company chair Travers Duncan denied he was good friends with Mr Macdonald, despite counsel assisting the inquiry, Geoffrey Watson SC, producing a slew of emails showing the pair met regularly over lunch and dinner while he was a minister.
Mr Duncan appeared briefly at the end of Thursday's hearings before the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), which is investigating whether Mr Macdonald rigged the tender process for the coal-rich Mount Penny tenement.
His decision is alleged to have benefited former Labor colleague Eddie Obeid, his family and associates to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.
White Energy made a failed $500 million bid for the eventual winner of the tender, Cascade Coal, of which Mr Duncan was a shareholder and stood to make $60 million if the sale had not fallen through, the ICAC has heard.
Mr Watson asked the businessman whether he had contacted "a mate" in the Department of Primary Industries at the time the bid ran into trouble, particularly when media began reporting links between Cascade and Mr Obeid.
Mr Duncan denied knowing anybody he would consider a "mate" in the department - but a recording of a March 17, 2011, conversation with White Energy managing director and fellow Cascade shareholder John Kinghorn appeared to contradict that claim.
"I have asked a mate of mine in the department and he said the file is totally clean. It's not like NuCoal where the officers recommended the minister not do it," Mr Duncan is heard telling his colleague in the recording, played to the hearing by Mr Watson.
"It's got probity and everything on all of it."
Despite being asked repeatedly to name his contact, Mr Duncan said he did not have a "mate" in the department and had lied to Mr Kinghorn to big-note himself.
"I have no explanation for it, except folly," he said.
Accusing him of lying to the commission, Mr Watson said: "Can I just suggest to you that you did have somebody, somebody who you knew well enough to approach, somebody who could look at the file for you, and that somebody's name was Ian Macdonald.
"No," Mr Duncan said.
"I didn't speak to ... Ian Macdonald on that matter that I can recall at all."
Referring to email evidence of meetings between the pair, including a Kevin 07 election dinner, Mr Watson said: "There is a fair bit of contact between you and Ian Macdonald at this time, isn't there?"
"It's purely business," Mr Duncan replied.
The ICAC also heard that the Obeid family's 25 per cent stake in Cascade Coal had been hidden through a campaign of "sanitisation" by the company.
James McGuigan, the son of Cascade shareholder and White Energy director John McGuigan, admitted he had helped conceal the Obeids' involvement because it would have raised questions about the Mount Penny tender.
"I might have a dirty mind, but I'm thinking - NSW parliamentarian, who's a friend of Ian Macdonald, owns a farm, also buys into the joint venture. It doesn't sound right, does it?" Mr Watson asked.
"... you would have had a view, wouldn't you, that the Obeid involvement meant that the tenement could have been obtained corruptly?"
"It could appear to be that way, yes," Mr McGuigan said.


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Linda Wray Watkins, 56, of Pine Bluff died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
Linda Wray Watkins, 56, of Pine Bluff died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
Linda was born September 14, 1956, in Stuttgart to Ralph Wray and Ethel Mae Morris Watkins. She was a graduate of Stuttgart High School and was previously employed as a sales representative with the Stuttgart Daily Leader and the Pine Bluff Commercial. Seeking a career change, Linda enrolled at JRMC School of Nursing where she graduated with Bachelor of Nursing degree and began employment as a registered nurse with Jefferson Regional Medical Center retiring after 19 years due to health reasons. She was an Episcopalian.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her older sister, Kathy Mae Couch.
Survivors include her sister, Debbie Watkins of Stuttgart; an aunt, Dorothy Watkins of Stuttgart, an uncle, Harold Watkins of Sheridan; three nieces, Angie Warner, Claire Couch and Laura Couch; and many other relatives and dear friends.
Graveside services, officiated by Bro. Thomas Bormann, are 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lone Tree Cemetery chapel with burial following in Lone Tree Cemetery by Turpin Funeral Home of Stuttgart.
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Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez may have severed diplomatic ties with Israel in favor of a strategic union with Iran, but that didn't stop him from recently signing an agreement with an Israeli company to build an Israeli-style moshav, or cooperate village.
The moshav will be built near Venezuela's Caribbean coast about 95 miles from the capital of Caracas. Construction will be carried out by AlefBet Planners LTD, one of the largest and most experienced architectural firms in Israel.
Despite the diplomatic tension with Israel, Venezuela loved the Israeli model, and decided to fund a government project that could see several such villages built at a cost of $400 million each. Nor is AlefBet Planners the only Israeli company that will benefit from the contract.
The "Israeli village" will consist of 500 living units, educational facilities, a dairy farm complete with milk production plant, grazing fields, and water and sewage treatment.
Kobi Bogin, general manager of AlefBet Planners, explained: "In Venezuela we will implement Israeli knowhow as regards the building of cooperate villages and kibbutzim. Difficulties encountered during the project have and will allow us to bridge the cultural differences that divide Venezuela and Israel."
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International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi expressed little hope for a political solution for Syria anytime soon after meeting Friday with senior Russian and U.S. diplomats trying to bring an end to the civil war, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Brahimi, who is the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, spent the day at the United Nations' European headquarters meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.
"We are very, very deeply aware of the immense suffering of the Syrian people, which has gone on for far too long," Brahimi said. "And we all stressed the need for a speedy end to the bloodshed, to the destruction and all forms of violence in Syria."
But he acknowledged that "if you are asking me whether a solution is around the corner, I'm not sure that is the case."
Brahimi had led them off to lunch after more than an hour of closed discussions, with Bogdanov and Burns talking among themselves as they and their entourages navigated the U.N. corridors. But after meeting for about four hours, the talks ended Friday mid-afternoon without any apparent deal. Bogdanov and Burns left without making any public comment.
Russia has blocked several U.N. resolutions aimed at pressuring Syrian President Bashar Assad, but Moscow says it is not propping up his regime. Recently, top Russian officials have signaled they are resigned to Assad eventually losing power.


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I love collecting dividends. I don't receive physical checks, but the satisfaction from email alerts is just as satisfying.
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Maloney: Price is undercooked for Thompson fight
David Price's four knockout wins in 2012 are scant preparation for his upcoming fight with Tony Thompson, according to his promoter Frank Maloney.
Thompson, 41, is 12 years older than Price but his sturdy career record of 36-3, with two of his losses coming against Wladimir Klitschko, worries Maloney.
Price stands at 15-0 and after last year's convincing performances, which included a destruction of Audley Harrison in 82 seconds, he is widely tipped as a potential world champion.
But Maloney says his man could really do with three more fights to harden him up before getting in the ring with The Tiger on February 23.
"Ideally, Price would have fought someone of this calibre after three more fights, given that Thompson has faced world champion Wladimir Klitschko twice," Maloney told the Daily Telegraph. "But the bottom line is that there are not the domestic or European challengers there for David at the moment, and we needed to move him on."
Price has admitted his own frustration at the lack of suitable opponents for him in the heavyweight division. But a long talked about encounter with fellow Briton Tyson Fury carries its own risks, with Price having said it could leave one of their careers in tatters.
Yet the Liverpudlian, 29, bit the the bullet by agreeing terms with Thompson and insists he is treating his opponent with the respect.
"I'm taking a chance with this fight because Thompson is a very experienced, tall, southpaw fighter with a good defence," Price added. "But these are the kind of fights that can also advance my career quickly."


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Saco Valley Credit Union (SVCU) of Saco, Maine has been serving members for more than 67 years, currently from 3 locations. Its type of membership is a state-chartered natural person credit union.
Checking services include no cost share drafts, share certificates with low minimum balance requirements, bill pay services and overdraft lines of credit. Debit cards, ATMs with no surcharges and prepaid debit cards are available.
For members needing to establish credit, the credit union offers a credit builder program, share-secured credit cards and small dollar loans. Financial counseling and financial education is among the capabilities they offer.
In addition to vehicle and personal loans and other types of credit, SVCU can do real estate loans and has a first time homebuyer program. Convenience services include check cashing, low-cost wire transfers and money orders. Saco Valley CU members may also take advantage of student scholarships and tax refund loans.
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (Oct. 23, 2009) - For the second straight day the ETSU women's tennis team made school history as the Lady Bucs picked up five wins during day two action of the Wilson ITA Regional Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Friday morning ETSU had a program first as both Lady Buc doubles teams advanced to the Main Draw quarterfinals with wins inside the Western Tennis and Fitness Club.
The ETSU duo of sophomores Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain), and Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela), in addition to the team of senior Yevgeniya Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) and junior Kelly Holtzhausen (Johannesburg, South Africa), now sit three wins away from taking the Lady Bucs first title at the Regional Championships.
"Doubles is something Travis and the girls have worked hard out this fall," said head coach Steve Brooks. "We know in our dual matches in the spring, our play in doubles is going to be a key for us to win matches. Today both our teams played well. That's a credit to the work ethic and time all our girls have put in on the courts this fall in practice. We've had a lot of good players come through our program lately and for Paula, Karina, Yevgeniya and Kelly to do something great like they did today is truly special."
In singles action the Lady Bucs continued to roll as Stupak advanced to the Round of 32 with a strong 6-1, 6-4 victory, while Jaime and Holtzhausen advanced after pair of three-set comeback wins Friday afternoon.
The Lady Bucs return to action as the Main Draw singles and doubles competition move forward Saturday. Attached above is a link to the Main Draw bracket courtesy of the Cincinnati athletic website.
For more information on the ETSU championship women's tennis program please, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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NP Town Council will hold special vote on Mansolillo's future
NP Town Council will hold special vote on Mansolillo's future
UPDATE - Wednesday afternoon
Members of the North Providence Town Council are planning a special meeting to determine the fate of Raymond Mansolillo, the board's $175-an-hour attorney consultant on matters relating to the town's $60 million Google fund.
Councilors again expressed outrage Tuesday night at what they called Mansolillo's "unprofessional" behavior in writing emails to the U.S. Department of Justice that were disparaging of Police Chief Paul Martellini.
Martellini and members of Mayor Charles Lombardi's administration on Tuesday urged the council to fire Mansolillo right away, with Martellini saying he would refuse to engage in any discussions about the Google money if the attorney was present, but Town Council President Kristen Catanzaro said she would not consider such an immediate action because a termination vote wasn't advertised to take place at Tuesday's meeting.
The special meeting on Mansolillo's employment with the town is set for next Monday, May 12.
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NORTH PROVIDENCE - Members the North Providence Town Council have no immediate plans to shed the services of attorney Raymond Mansolillo, despite what some are calling a lack of professionalism in a memo about the town's Google money, or the fact that he is not personally licensed to practice law in Rhode Island.
Meanwhile, the remainder of the $60 million Google fund remains frozen, approximately $35 million unable to be spent until town officials can resolve the ongoing controversy over who has final authority over how the money is spent, Mayor Charles Lombardi or the Town Council.
Council President Kristen Catanzaro joined the chorus of council members who said they did not authorize Mansolillo's April 23 memo to the Department of Justice that accused Police Chief Paul Martellini of "backroom deals" and misleading council members about a $150,000 payment from the 2012 Google winnings to Hopkinton.
"I did not authorize an email; none of us authorized an email," said Catanzaro. "I never talk like that. I don't do that; I'm much more professional."
But Catanzaro, along with four other members of the council, are sticking with Mansolillo as their adviser on the Google money and related issues. Members Manny Giusti and Stephen Feola have been against his hiring from the beginning.
Despite Mansolillo's unauthorized memo, or as Martellini and Mayor Charles Lombardi first pointed out, the fact that the attorney doesn't have a license to practice law in Rhode Island, Catanzaro said the council is sticking with Mansolillo.
She cited a loophole in the law that allowed the council to hire Mansolillo's firm, Boston-based Mansolillo-Calabro, and not Mansolillo himself.
Town Solicitor Anthony Gallone confirmed that Mansolillo is not personally licensed to practice law in Rhode Island, which is why Gallone has declined to respond to his requests for information.
Catanzaro said Mansolillo has proven to know what he's talking about on federal forfeiture funds, and has offered sound advice to the council on how it should proceed in its battle with Lombardi over who should control spending of the Google money. Mansolillo shares the council majority's view that the elected body has final authority over the spending of the Google money, which is now down to about $35 million.
The council was set to discuss the standoff over Mansolillo and the Google money at its meeting Tuesday night.
Neither the council or Lombardi are budging on their stances that they should have final authority on the spending of the Google money, but Catanzaro remained hopeful this week that a resolution is right around the corner. Attorneys for both sides were indicating that a meeting could finally happen shortly to resolve the situation, said Catanzaro.
Mansolillo is refusing to answer phone calls either on the memo or his lack of a license to practice law in the state. In an email to Martellini dated April 25, he said he "extended the olive branch a week ago and received no response, while you and the mayor's staff thought it would be best to talk to the press instead."
He added, 'if you have something useful to say that will be beneficial to the citizens you serve, call me and discuss it. If matters aren't open and transparent, then yes, I will consider them backroom deals."
Mansolillo said Martellini did not contradict what he called "conflicting" statements that the chief made, but the attorney refused to return calls to say what the conflicting statements were. He texted The Breeze to say that he wouldn't return a phone call until an update was made to a story on The Breeze website.
The original memo from Mansolillo cites a story in The North Providence Breeze about Martellini's plan to give $150,000 to Hopkinton (R.I.) for upgrades to its dispatch services. According to Mansolillo's memo, he interpreted Martellini's comments as "some type of payback for services" to Hopkinton Chief David Palmer for his time serving as interim chief in North Providence. He said the council was "misled" and said the deal to help Palmer "smells of backroom deals and improperly taking care of friends."
Martellini is angry at Mansolillo's accusations that he misled the attorney or the council, saying the purpose of the fund transfer to upgrade Hopkinton's dispatch services has not changed.
Great Qualifications Council
Let's see if I understand this:
Not licensed to practice in the State of RI.
Called unprofessional by Council President, on the record.
Pens a clearly unprofessional letter to the DOJ.
North Providence council? YOU, SIR, ARE HIRED!!!
This has to be the strangest Council action in any town/city.
You have problems when your own solicitor states:
"Town Solicitor Anthony Gallone confirmed that Mansolillo is not personally licensed to practice law in Rhode Island, which is why Gallone has declined to respond to his requests for information."
BUT WAIT; being good politicians, ha we found a loop hole! YES!
"She (Catanzaro) cited a loophole in the law that allowed the council to hire Mansolillo's firm, Boston-based Mansolillo-Calabro, and not Mansolillo himself."
Certainly deserves a big "OH MY"
Knowledge is Hard to Come By In NP
Mansolillo knows about the DOJ and forfeiture money management, a lot more than the Mayor obviously does.
He may not be skilled in what he says to the press but I'd go for the experience. We are a state of RI lawyers and look where that has gotten us.
It's all about the Google money and what the right way is to manage it, keep on this path of thinking, it may even help us get some control on spending of our tax dollars
If the Chief has to get
If the Chief has to get approval from the DOJ for all the spending, then how is that a backroom deal? It's not like he's walking around with a pocket full of cash. How much am I paying this lawyer?
Glad I moved to Florida left
Glad I moved to Florida left np last year still have family up there , they are coming next month. A friend told me about this issue I watched Tuesdays council meeting what a show
Funny Stuff
So we are spending $175 per hour so Council can argue how to spend free money. Classic. As another poster indicated, DOJ has to approve all spending requests. So now Council wants to approve a request before that request can be sent to be approved by the federal authority that has final say?
The spending of forfeiture funds is limited in scope (police/law-enforcement related) so this latest council bid again makes little sense
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Catanzaro uses a loophole to hire a guy to close what she thinks is a loophole giving Lombardi authority to send spending requests. If that isn't hypocrisy, not sure what is.


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If you're a woman who is over fifty, you've probably heard all the old standard fashion advice for 'mature' women. Wear turtlenecks, they cover up wrinkled necks. Wear your skirts below your knee, it's more age appropriate. You're too old to wear long hair, it ages you.
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Slant Six Games initiates temporary layoffs to trim operating costs, hopes to rehire all affected developers.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Galactic Reign developer Slant Six Games has initiated a round of temporary layoffs, the company has confirmed to GamesIndustry International. The studio hopes to rehire all affected staffers once new projects or funding has been secured
It's sad when these things happen, but Raccoon City was a pile of crap. And I mean in every facet of the game, from the gameplay, animation, to the story, to the sound, etc. None of these guys are getting away with blaming that terrible game on another team member. So these guys are not gonna have an easy time finding work if their potential new employers play RE: ORC. They should leave that out of the resume.
I don't like when studios lay off their developers, and I feel bad for these people who are now out of a job. But at the same time, Slant Six is fucking horrible. They butchered Socom and they butchered Resident Evil. They have zero talent, so I'm really not surprised to see this.
Slant Six is just a terrible studio that produces nothing but worthless garbage
I agree that they did a number on Socom but not as bad as Zipper Interactive. Zipper turned S4 into an abomination. XP, Snap to Cover, Small maps etc.


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San Antonio Hub To Foster Pediatric Medical Device Development
By Iris Gonzalez, Startups San Antonio The San Antonio-Austin hub of a pediatric medical device consortium ...
InCube, VelocityTX Join Work to Develop Pediatric Medical Devices
By David Holley, Xconomy Texas San Antonio—A group of San Antonio institutions are getting involved ...
From left: Dr. Fred Poordad and Dr. Eric Lawitz
By Jennifer R. Lloyd
Two local physicians who studied therapies for liver-damaging hepatitis C have found that a new drug combination wipes out the virus quicker and without the harmful side effects of the current treatment.
Their study found that the new drug cocktail boosted the rate of curing certain types of patients from 70 percent to 95 percent in a quarter of the time, said Dr. Fred Poordad, the study's lead author.
Poordad and Dr. Eric Lawitz, liver specialists and professors at the University of Texas Health Science Center, authored the study with several other physicians. It was published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Abbott Laboratories created the two investigational drugs, preliminarily called ABT-450 and ABT-333, and funded the study of 50 South Texas patients, Poordad said.
Hepatitis C is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, with about 3.2 million people chronically infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It can cause liver disease, liver cancer and death.
People can get the virus from contact with infected blood, often through contaminated needles. Some got it from blood transfusions before the U.S. began screening for it in 1992, according to the CDC.
There are several types of hepatitis C, and Poordad's study tackled genotype 1, which he said is the most common and most difficult to cure. None of the study subjects had cirrhosis, a common consequence of hepatitis C.
The current 48-week treatment includes an injection of interferon, which stimulates part of the immune system to fight the virus but depresses other parts, producing side effects, Poordad said. Interferon is administered through a weekly injection, accompanied by other drugs taken daily in pill form.
"Interferon has a tremendous number of side effects, particularly flu-like symptoms," including headaches, nausea, depression and thyroid gland damage, Poordad said.
"Many people actually never got treated because they'd heard so many horror stories about the interferon side effects."
So researchers have been hunting for less-toxic drugs. ABT-450 and ABT-333 are antiviral agents that stop the virus from replicating, he said.
In the South Texas study, those who had not been previously treated for the virus fared better.
For 12 weeks, researchers gave patients pills containing the two investigational drugs, plus the currently used antiviral drug ribavirin and the drug ritonavir.
Between 93 and 95 percent of patients who had not already been treated were considered cured of hepatitis C when evaluated after treatment. Of those who had been unsuccessfully treated before, 47 percent were considered cured.
The side effects were largely mild but included fatigue, nausea, headache, dizziness, insomnia, itching, rash and vomiting, according to the study.
Judith Hyland, 54, of San Antonio said she was one of the study's lucky patients who had been treated before but who found success with the new drugs anyway.
She said she discovered she had hepatitis C decades ago when a blood bank screened blood she had donated. Hyland believes she contracted the disease from her ex-husband, an intravenous drug user who passed away last year from hepatitis C complications.
"I couldn't work. Many times, I couldn't eat," she said, calling her prior interferon treatment "debilitating."
During the study, she had a three-day period where she felt ill, fainted and lacked energy, but said she felt fine afterward.
Then, in May, she learned the good news - the drugs had scrubbed the virus from her bloodstream and liver.
"I got my letter of clearance in May and was like, 'Oh, my God,'" she said. "I wanted to bronze it and put it up on the wall."
Baby boomers such as Hyland have particularly high rates of the virus, which often has no symptoms. This year, the CDC recommended those born between 1945 and 1965 get tested.
"This cohort is the group we're really worried about because they're advancing to cirrhosis of the liver and getting liver cancer and needing transplants," Poordad said. "We want to be able to find viable cures for these individuals so they don't develop all of these complications."
The new drugs are still a couple years away from coming to the market, he said. The next step is to examine the drug's effects on a broader population of patients.


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|Galatasaray v FC Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
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Shakhtar v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v Barcelona
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Valencia v Paris Saint-Germain
FC Porto v Malaga
First legs will be played on either February 12/13 or 19/20, with the return legs on March 5/6 or 12/13.
"We're talking about two big teams. A Milan-Barca [match] always sounds good," the 51-year-old was quoted as saying on Barcelona's official website.
"We played against them last year. We were in the same group and then we met in the quarterfinals. They are always a difficult team, with a lot of history, an enormous stadium, good players and Bojan.
"We usually say that the draw in December is very misleading because a lot can change between now and mid-February.
"I always believe that big teams have a lot of spirit when the Champions League recovers that European Cup feel [in the knockout stages]; anything can happen."
Zubizarreta also spoke about the perceived advantage of playing the second of a two-legged fixture at home.
"Playing the return leg at home is vital in any playoff," said the former Barca and Spain goalkeeper. "It's always helpful.
"However, we need to plan well for the first match so we can enjoy the second one.
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What's your "recipe" for Friendship? This New Hero Arts Digie Kit Recipe for Friendship sums it up so beautifully! I fell in love as soon as it was released!
I pop-dotted the Recipe for Friendship and distressed the background with distress inks (Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Fire Brick, Weathered Wood, Broken China, Vintage Photo). The fun part was adding the cotton balls for the "whipped cream" and the twines! I added the shine with blue Stickles and glossy Accent on the cooking utensils. Don't you just love the "recipe"?
I was so lucky (again!) to be able to meet Sharon in Ottawa while I visited my in-laws during the Christmas holiday. I met Sharon through Hero Arts Flickr. Sharon came across to me as caring, kind and sweet! And yes, she was just as I thought as soon as I sat down with her.


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Michael Gill's Manchester message board gets unpluggedBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 21. 2017 8:31PM
MANCHESTER — A judge allowed the majority owner of the commercial condominium housing Mortgage Specialists in Manchester to cut the power Thursday to a sign board displaying controversial messages, saying owner Michael Gill is in contempt of court for continuing to display words and images not related to his business.
Superior Court Judge Amy Messer issued the ruling Thursday, deciding in favor of David Goldstein, principal owner of Martins Management Associates — the majority owner of the commercial condominium that is home to Mortgage Specialists — located near the South Willow Street/Interstate 293 interchange.
The sign, located at 1031 Gold St. in Manchester, was shut off late Thursday afternoon, no longer displaying Gill's controversial messages accusing business and political leaders of corruption, drug dealing and other crimes.
Goldstein said the messages — which are the subject of at least two defamation lawsuits — were affecting his business at Melody Mall, where he leases out the other two units. Goldstein's attorney, John Cronin, argued last spring that the messages were prohibited under Melody Mall bylaws.
"It's unfortunate it's come to this," said Cronin. "We didn't want to get involved in the crossfire, but my client's tenants had concerns we needed to address."
Messer wrote in a court order dated Aug. 8 that the purchase and sale agreement under which Gill purchased the unit at Melody Mall in 2001 expressly stated that the property was subject to the condo bylaws.
Gill had argued during a June 22 injunction hearing that his messages constituted free speech and were protected under the First Amendment.
Messer's Aug. 8 order gave Gill 72 hours to remove any words or images not related to Mortgage Specialists' business, and disagreed with Gill's assertion that stopping him from posting the messages would be harmful to the public interest. Gill has relayed his message through social media, his former radio show, online blogs and on his own website.
Cronin and Goldstein argued that Gill had violated the Aug. 8 order by continuing to operate the sign boards "in the customary manner posting offensive messages" about community leaders, business people, members of the bar and judiciary.
"An individual subject to a court order must obey that order until it is reversed on direct appeal, stayed or dissolved by the court," Messer wrote in her latest order. "Failure to comply with the court order can result in a finding of contempt."
According to Messer's decision, Gill never argued that a valid court order existed, or that he did not comply. Instead, he argued that he did not comply with the order because he filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court, and believed compliance wasn't legally required due to the appeal.
Messer wrote Gill's argument was "inadequate to relieve them of the responsibility of complying with the court's preliminary injunction order."
"Where no stay has been ordered regarding the preliminary injunction, defendants are required to comply with the order," writes Messer. "It is a longstanding rule that ignorance of the law, standing alone, is no defense against its enforcement."
Messer's order allows Goldstein to cut the power to the sign board, but also details a process for turning the sign back on if both sides agree on the content displayed.
"Defendants may seek restoration of power to the reader board signs by submitting to plaintiffs a copy of the images and words that defendants intend to place on the sign," writes Messer. Both sides will then meet to determine if the images and messages are in compliance with the Aug. 8 court order.
If both parties agree they are, the power will be restored. If both parties can't agree, Gill can file a motion to have the court determine if the messages and images comply with the order.
Messer is the latest judge to rule against Gill, who has been representing himself in court proceedings.
On Sept. 1 Superior Court Judge Brian Tucker granted a motion seeking summary judgment against Gill in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by three business leaders Gill has accused of drug dealing and corruption on his reader board signs.
"The plaintiffs contend correctly — the defendants do not say otherwise — that the statements plainly impute criminal conduct to them," Tucker wrote in the eight-page ruling issued on Sept. 1. By finding the statements to be defamatory, Tucker sent the case to trial with only damages to be decided.
Tucker noted Gill has presented no material evidence supporting any truth to the statements, which the judge agreed were defamatory toward developer Dick Anagnost, auto dealer Andy Crews and banker William Greiner, all of whom filed the suit in spring of 2016 and have faced a lengthy court battle with Gill ever since.
Tucker issued a similar ruling in April, allowing Crews, Anagnost and Greiner to obtain a $12 million lien against property owned by Gill, based on "a reasonable likelihood" that the statements he's made met the defamation standard.
In his Sept. 1 order, Tucker ruled that Gill is liable for damages "because the undisputed factual record establishes the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care in publishing without valid privilege a false and defamatory statement of fact' about each plaintiff."


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College Team Trading Group COLLECTOR PROFILE - Welker83 (Penn State Nittany Lions)
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Real first name / SCF name: Justin. / Welker83
Current Location: Attleboro, Ma
Profession: Fedex Office LPC
College Team: Penn State Nittany Lions
Please list your favorite players from that team (up to 10):
-Cameron Wake
-Jared Odrick
-Darryl Clark
-Derek Moye
-Michael Robinson
-Lavar Arringtn
-Larry Johnson
-OJ McDuffie
-Evan Royster
-Derrick Williams
Do you prefer cards of players in their college uniform, pro uniform, or both? I prefer them in college uni unless they are autographs or nice patches.
Are there any players or sets that you simply would not want? No issues. I like them more press pass is one of my favorite products to bust every year.
How do you acquire your cards you trade to others? I mainly get them from trades and shows. I buy little for my PSU PC b/c i get alot in trading and at local shows.
My package to you will most likely contain :For my psu PC i like quality. Dont get me wrong i have no problem with base and numbered cards but a nice college patch or auto is the best.
Best item in your college collection: The best item in my PSU PC. Well is actually still on the way it is also a part of my Dolphins pc will update when i get it.
Right now would be Jared Odrick 2010 Topps Chrome Super fractor 1/1
A link to your collection, so we can all drool:
Just to be helpful for those who are looking for players from Penn State, I found this Wiki page. Its a list of all the PSU players who have played in the NFL/ CFL and other football leagues.


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College Basketball: UNH gets true test tonightBy MICHAEL ABELSON
Special to the Union Leader
January 17. 2018 11:48PM
University of New Hampshire men's basketball coach Bill Herrion has said throughout the season that his team is better than the record indicates.
As the losses piled up, it seemed like that corner that the Wildcats were just about to turn might not come. Six straight losses in November were compounded by three single-digit losses in December. With the new year came league play in America East and a nine-point lead was lost against UMBC in the conference opener.
But the corner was turned a fortnight ago and the Wildcats look like a new team. Using a deep bench and strong play from its veteran leaders, the Wildcats have won their last three games, most recently a 74-62 wire-to-wire victory against UMass-Lowell on Monday. It was the second straight game in which the Wildcats never trailed.
New Hampshire now sits 3-1 in America East play and is finding itself on both ends of the floor.
"We've played a very difficult non-conference schedule," Herrion said Monday night. "These guys are battle tested. Maybe that tough schedule is maybe paying off now in January in conference play."
That non-conference slate included games at Texas, Florida and George Washington as well as home games against quality mid-major programs such as Boston University and Niagara.
Now though comes the biggest power played in America East: Vermont. The Catamounts come to Durham today having won 23 straight America East games and 30 of 31. Last year they went 19-0 in conference en route to the NCAA Tournament.
Beyond that, the Catamounts have had New Hampshire's number for years. Vermont has won all but three contests between the two schools this decade and have won the last seven in a row. The teams last met in March, in the America East tournament semifinals, where the Catamounts took apart UNH 74-41.
UNH last beat Vermont on Jan. 22, 2015.
"We just got to learn from previous games," sophomore guard John Ogwuche said after the Lowell game. "We lost in the semis last year and it's been in our mind all year long. Defense comes first and offense comes from that."
Senior forward Tanner Leissner, graduate student Jacoby Armstrong and senior center Iba Camara all played for the Wildcats the last time they beat Vermont with Leissner and Armstrong scoring 14 and 10 points, respectively.
"These guys are the measuring stick in this league," Herrion said. "They 've had our number. We haven't had a lot of success through the years. We're going to go home and start game prepping. It's a great opportunity for us."
The continuing maturation of young backcourt players like Ogwuche, who had a career-high 15 points against Lowell, and freshmen Josh Hopkins and Evan Horn has made the Wildcats a much more versatile team. Junior guard Jordan Reed, who has been in the starting rotation since last season, has been out the last three games with an injured ankle but is expected to be ready for tonight's game.
The Vermont game is the start of a key weekend for the Wildcats which includes a visit from Stony Brook Sunday afternoon.
"I just think we have to take these games and build on it," Leissner said. "We're going in the right direction right now. We know the next few days in practice two of the best teams in our conference are coming to our house. We have to protect our home court."


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Two men killed early Tuesday in Hopkinton explosionBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 08. 2013 11:45PM
HOPKINTON - Two men were killed early Tuesday in an explosion at New Yard Landscaping.
Police Chief Stephen Pecora said the men were found in a detached workshop of the 67 Farrington Corner Road business after the Fire Department responded to the explosion, which was reported about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday."The individuals did not have permission to be on the property," Pecora said in a release.Pecora did not identify the men, saying family members hadn't yet been notified as of Tuesday evening.He said the state Fire Marshal's Office and state police also responded to the explosion and that its cause hasn't yet been determined.According to the company's website, it has been in business for 24 years, providing a host of residential and commercial landscaping services that include architectural design, excavation, septic system installation and snow email@example.com


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In Matthew 4, Satan tempts Jesus to turn stones to bread, to alleviate Jesus' hunger. Satan knows that Jesus is both human (He can feel hunger), and God (He can work miracles).A Nestorian would see Satan tempting the human and divine Jesus separately, since they are two separate persons.Chalcedonians would see this incident as proof that Jesus has both human and divine nature in one person. How would moderate and extreme Miaphysites see this incident?
Moderate: Those who believe that human and divine are united (difference in wording)Extreme: Eutychians
Christ did not resist temptation in His Divine power, indeed God cannot be tempted at all. He resisted temptation as the incarnate Word of God, that is as man.
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Anders Osborne will be unable to perform at the HeadCount Participation Party at New York City's Highline Ballroom tomorrow, November 5, because of Hurricane Sandy-related issues. The North Mississippi Allstars Duo with Luther and Cody Dickinson will play a full set instead.
As previously reported, the show will also feature co-headliner Ivan Neville's Dumsptaphunk, as well as special guests Questlove, Bela Fleck, Eric Krasno, Amy Helm and Scott Metzger. All of the proceeds from the event and other HeadCount Participation Tour shows will go to City Harvest to help provide meals for victims of Hurricane Sandy. You can purchase tickets to tomorrow's HeadCount Participation Party here.


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STOCKTON - Two hospitals in San Joaquin County are among eight recognized by their peers as top performers that significantly reduced hospital acquired infections, sepsis mortality and the number of early elective deliveries at their facilities.
STOCKTON - Two hospitals in San Joaquin County are among eight recognized by their peers as top performers that significantly reduced hospital acquired infections, sepsis mortality and the number of early elective deliveries at their facilities.
Such accomplishments mean that hundreds of people had better health outcomes and millions of dollars in health care costs were avoided, according to the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California that presented the awards to St. Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton and Sutter Tracy Community Hospital.
The awards were given to recognize the success of the Hospital Council's Patient Safety First initiative, an innovative program that uses regional peer-to-peer learning to accelerate the adoption of patient-safety practices and strategies for improvement.
Other hospitals recognized for reducing two or more types of hospital-acquired infections to zero and maintaining that standard from April 2011 through June 2012 were Colusa Regional Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center of Modesto, St. Mary's Medical Center San Francisco.
Launched in 2010, Patient Safety First is a three-year, $6 million collaboration designed to improve quality of care, reduce health care costs and ultimately save lives by improving patient safety and perinatal care in California. The program is funded by Anthem Blue Cross, evaluated by the National Health Foundation and operated by California's regional hospital associations. A total of 180 hospitals participate in Patient Safety First, representing almost half of all hospitals in California.
A study by the National Health Foundation on the first two years of the program finds more than 973 lives have been saved as a result of reducing sepsis mortality. In addition, an estimated $19 million in costs were avoided as a result of this statewide patient safety initiative, $3.75 million of which was a result of reducing early elective deliveries.
"Our hospitals work hard every day to ensure all our patients get the quality care they expect and deserve. I'm thrilled at the results we're seeing from participating in Patient Safety First because they prove we can do even better when we work collaboratively," said Art Sponseller, president of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California."


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By Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In a span of four days last week, Florida State lost three times.
On Saturday, the Seminoles lost a heartbreaker to rival Florida in the final game of the season on their home turf. On Sunday, they lost their leading tackler and star defensive end, Tank Carradine, to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. And on Tuesday, they lost their beloved defensive coordinator, Mark Stoops, to Kentucky. Never mind the constant swirl of rumors about head coach Jimbo Fisher following Stoops into the SEC for another head-coaching gig.
"There were a lot of distractions this week," FSU athletic director Randy Spetman said.
Despite it all, one thing Florida State didn't lose was sight of its goals.
With a 21-15 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday in the Dr Pepper ACC championship game, the Seminoles knocked any perceived distractions over like bowling pins. There was no sign of a hangover from the Florida game as FSU jumped out to a convincing 21-6 lead at the half. The news about Carradine and Stoops inspired the defense to a game-changing finish in the fourth quarter, as an interception by Karlos Williams sealed the ACC title with about a minute remaining. For a fleeting moment late Saturday night, as confetti scattered in the air and the Seminoles celebrated their first ACC title since 2005, the rest of the college football world was forced to pause and finally let the Noles enjoy themselves.
They earned it.
"We are still ACC champions, and that is one goal," FSU safety Lamarcus Joyner said. "We had a lot of goals and we met one of them. We have another one in front of us. That makes greatness, grasping opportunities in front of you."
In order to do that, they had to forget the missed opportunities behind them -- the loss to NC State, the loss to Florida.
There's no question there was a sense of relief from within the program Saturday night. This is a team that began the season ranked No. 3 in the country. The loss to NC State knocked the Noles out of the national title conversation and will continue to haunt them long after this season ends. Five turnovers in a loss to Florida was another statement opportunity squandered. And with Georgia Tech in position to put together a game-winning drive late in Saturday's game, NC State 2.0 looked like a very real possibility.
It was almost as if you could hear the entire city of Tallahassee exhale all the way in Charlotte when Williams snagged that pick.
"Oh man," defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan said. "Oh, man. We've been trying to get here for a long time. That's why I thank God for letting us win this game and I thank the seniors for helping this program get back to the top and get back into the national title conversations and winning these ACC championships and Orange Bowls and those types of games. We're Florida State. That's what's supposed to happen. It wasn't nothing miraculous. That's what we're supposed to do."
It wasn't easy, and it wasn't pretty, but it didn't matter.
Give 'em a break. In the end, Florida State is right where almost everyone predicted this summer it would be: heading to the Discover Orange Bowl. While many will continue to lament what could have been, Florida State is staring down what is: the possibility at a 12-2 season with an ACC title and a BCS win.
Not exactly a five-loss Rose Bowl team, now is it?
"I'm extremely happy for our players because I know how hard it is and how much flak they've taken: 'When are you going to be back, when are you going to win a championship, when are you going to do this,'" Fisher said. "... There's a point in time you point back and you look at it and you say, 'That was it.' That's the time that you got over the hump and you got there and you didn't let the circumstances blur your vision, and they did that."
It doesn't always have to be about playing in the shadow of the SEC or comparing what's happening in Charlotte to what's happening in Atlanta. It wasn't time to ask whether Fisher was the right man to replace Bobby Bowden. For once -- just once -- it can be simply about putting a trophy in the case and letting a group of players -- kids -- who have been through a lot enjoy it.
"I'll be extremely proud of it 10, 15 years from now," quarterback EJ Manuel said. "I'll be able to say I helped our team get back to where we needed to be as far as the BCS conversation, the national championship conversation and things like that. I want to see greatness from here on out. We have a lot of great players, a lot of great young players, and guys understand what it takes to get to this point, so I don't see us going back to where we used to be. I think Florida State is back in the conversation."
Thanks in large part to the defense, which held Georgia Tech and the nation's No. 3 rushing offense to just 183 rushing yards.
"You didn't want to work this hard for three years and not be able to finish this," Stoops said, "because our program, Coach Fisher and the players deserved this win."
And they deserve to celebrate it -- without any distractions.
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One of this year's most-watched races pits far-left Ohio Senate incumbent Sherrod Brown against Power Line Pick Six candidate Josh Mandel. Last week I caught up with Josh on the phone, and we recorded this interview:
Brown held an early lead which Josh has steadily eroded. Today the race is a dead heat. Its outcome will have a huge influence on whether the GOP is able to wrest control of the Senate from Harry Reid and put the country back on the path to solvency. This Mandel ad came out a week ago:
Just 34 years old, Josh Mandel promises to be one of America's leading conservatives for a long time. Please go here to support his campaign!
UPDATE: The Mandel campaign emailed us today to say that the National Education Association and the Democratic Senatorial Committee have committed $2 million to run negative ads against Mandel on Ohio television this week. This is one of the Democrats' top races this year; anything you can contribute to help take the Senate back will be deeply appreciated!


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From the e-announcement:
Guidelines for applying to Project 5's Portfolio Review
Date of Review: Sunday, September 20th
"Project 5 is proud to announce our first group Portfolio Review in New York City. Project 5 is a unique collaboration between Amador Gallery, ClampArt, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Foley Gallery and Sasha Wolf Gallery that has grown out of years of friendship and shared ambitions in the photography market.
Project 5 hopes to foster a supportive environment for artists to receive constructive criticism and build an ongoing dialogue about their work with art world professionals.
After the formal reviews conclude we will have a short one hour meet and greet so that all the artists and reviewers will have an opportunity to meet each other and share contacts, ideas, etc.
To apply for Project 5's Portfolio Review please send:
-A written description of your work
– A biography that outlines your education and professional experience.
– A link to your website, if you have one.
– 10 jpegs sent either in a zip file or attached to an email (or series of emails). The jpgs should be 100 dpi and 6 inches at the largest dimension.
Project 5's Portfolio Review will consist of three 20-minute reviews with three of Project 5's gallerists. Great consideration will be given to the matching of gallery owners and artists based on the strengths and experience of each.
Deadline for receipt of materials for this review will be September 6th and the artists will be notified of acceptance by September 9th. A $250 check made out to Project 5 will be due by September 12th.
Please direct any questions to email@example.com or to any of the galleries involved."
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As this is a new event, here a few extra questions we asked the organizers:
We are wondering how the schedule will be set up? Will the event be held at one place, or will the photographer be going between the various galleries to meet each gallerist? Will there be any other events around the same time, other than the meet and greet to build the community aspect between the photographers?
We will schedule the reviews as to benefit the artists the very best we can. We will be sensitive to their time investment so hopefully no one will be left waiting very long. We will match up the reviewee and the reviewer to best benefit both as to style, genre etc. There will be a short meet and greet at the end of the day so that everyone will get to meet even if they weren't matched up for a formal review. The event will be held at one gallery although we have not decided on the location yet.
How many people are being accepted, and who is jurying the acceptance is it the gallerists themselves (ie is there a chance for the photographers to get their work seen regardless if they are accepted)?When you submit The five people involved in Project 5 will see all the work submitted and we will be vetting the participants ourselves.
It seems like a great opportunity to have your work seen by these 5 gallerists, but what happens if you get a review with someone that you have met at another review event? If there is a situation where the artist has already met the reviewer we will certainly accommodate another schedule.
There will also be an Artists Salon planned for September 26th at Daniel Cooney Fine Art with Timothy Briner, Yola Manakhov, Jessica Dimmock and Cara Phillips speaking on their work and we are hoping to organize a series of panel discussions soon. More details to follow…


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If you saw "Catfish" and were as disappointed as I was then get ready because the duo behind the film have officially signed up to disappoint you with "Paranormal Activity 3". Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are on board to direct that magic that will be "PA3: Back in Da Hood" which is currently plotting an October 21st release. And no that's not actually the title of the movie. It would be pretty awesome if it was though.
Well this should be interesting. Along with Paul Scheer and Christopher Lloyd none other than Mr. Ving Rhames has signed on to return in "Piranha 3DD". This of course is very exciting because Rhames' character had one of the best deaths in the original flick and now we're all moist to see how he's going to return for the sequel. I apologize if you haven't seen the first film yet and I just ruined it. I also apologize for using the word "moist"
Andy Garcia, William Fichtner, Ed Harris and Natascha McElhone have all been added to the cast of the upcoming supernatural thriller "Phantom". The movie focuses on a Soviet submarine captain who discovers there's something about his vessel that could end the lives of him and his entire crew. I'm also happy to announce that this is the most amount of legitimate actors I've ever mentioned in one news post. I think I might cry.
What's better than a found footage flick? How about a low budget one! Ladies and gentlemen I present to you "051: Confidential", a new movie that was supposedly found outside of Area 51 and is now being used as a training video by the military. Who found it? Now one knows! Let's go with me. I found it! You're welcome, America. Now kiss my grits!
At this point in his career Nicolas Cage has fallen into the same category at Tom Cruise. There's no doubt he's got talent, movies like "Leaving Las Vegas" are proof enough of that. But at some point he took a hard left and now it's almost impossible to take him seriously. "Drive Angry" is a throw back to the late 80's and early 90's action movies a lot of us grew up watching and if it had been made back then it probably would have been taken a lot more seriously, or at the very least, we'd still be in a Pre-"The Wicker Man" Nic Cage world.
Nicholas Cage in 3D?! You don't need to tell me anything else, I'm already sold.


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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson needs a hero. Actually, he needs a roster of people who think they can be heroes for his upcoming TNT reality competition series "The Hero."
Casting producers for Electus and 5x5 Media are coming to Chicago Oct. 20 to interview possible competitors for the series, which will put 10 "ordinary people" in a house in an exotic location and assign them "missions that will test their brains, their brawn and even their morality." I'm not quite clear on what this means--will they be asked to save each others' lives?--but the producers are looking for competitors who display physical, mental and emotional strength.
The Rock will serve as mentor and motivator to the contestants. Here are the details on the castings calls in Chicago and six other cities. All sessions take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time in each city.
Before the casting calls, go to "The Hero" website and apply online. Must have a valid Passport and be willing to travel outside of the U.S. for a three-week adventure and compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When: Oct. 20
Where: XSport Fitness, 819 S. State St.
Los Angeles
When: Oct. 13
Where: Crunch Gym, 8000 Sunset Boulevard
When: Oct. 20
Where: Jillian's (Tequila Rain Entrance), 3 Lansdowne St.
When: Oct. 20
Where: Studio Movie Grill Spring Valley, 13933 N. Central Expressway
New York
When: Oct. 27
Where: TRYP Hotel, 345 W. 35th St.
When: Oct. 27
Where: Bar Louie, 314 11th Ave. South
When: Nov. 3
Where: Mall of America, 60 E. Broadway in Bloomington
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TNT's The Hero will bring 10 ordinary people together in a house and then assign them various missions that will test their brains, their brawn and even their morality. The show will challenge the competitors to prove they've got what it takes to be heroes, pushing them to the limits to see what they are willing (and able) to overcome, undergo or sacrifice for the sake of their fellow contestants. Johnson will serve as The Hero's mentor and motivator, encouraging the contestants to reach far beyond their personal limits. In the end, one player will rise above the others, overcoming obstacles he/she never thought possible in order to become a true hero.
In a unique twist on the reality-competition format, The Hero will incorporate social media into every facet of the show, from pre-production and casting to on-location shooting and live broadcasts. Through the show's interactive digital platform, viewers will be able to vote each week for the contestant they consider to be the most heroic. The series is set to premiere on TNT in summer 2013.
The Hero was created by Craig Armstrong and Rick Ringbakk of the Emmy®-winning 5x5 Media (Survivor, Fashion Star, TBS's upcoming King of the Nerds), along with Charles Wachter (Fashion Star, Food Revolution) and Electus' Ben Silverman (Fashion Star, The Biggest Loser, The Office). The series is executive-produced by Electus (Ben Silverman, Chris Grant and Jimmy Fox); 5x5 Media (part of the Electus studio system led by Craig Armstrong and Rick Ringbakk); Charles Wachter; Dwayne Johnson; and Dany Garcia. Electus International, Electus' global distribution arm, will retain all international distribution rights.
Website: http://www.theherotnt.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheHeroTNT
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheHeroTNT | #TheHeroTNT
Interested participants can also email their name, contact information and a photo to the Electus and 5x5 Media casting team at email@example.com.
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