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(Reuters) - U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing food borne illnesses that kill or sicken thousands of Americans annually.
The rules, required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that was signed into law two years ago, were announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday.
The agency has come under heavy criticism for failing to introduce new food safety rules faster, but many of those critics applauded FDA's announcement.
"These proposed regulations are a sign of progress," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who has been a critic of the FDA. "The new law should transform the FDA from an agency that tracks down outbreaks after the fact to an agency focused on preventing food contamination in the first place."
Roughly one in six Americans suffers from a food borne illness each year, and about 3,000 die, the FDA said. The United States has had numerous outbreaks from food borne illnesses tied to salmonella, E. coli and listeria.
Food sickness has been linked to lettuce, cantaloupe, spinach, peppers and peanuts.
Under the new rules, facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold human food to be sold in the United States, whether produced at a foreign or domestic facility, would have to develop a formal plan for preventing their products from causing food borne illness.
The rule would also require them to have plans for correcting any problems that arise.
Companies will be required to document their plans and keep records to verify that they are preventing problems. Inspectors will be able to audit the program to enforce safety standards, which should "dramatically" improve the effectiveness of inspections, said Michael Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine.
"We're taking a big step for food safety by proposing the standards that will help us prevent food safety problems rather than just reacting to them," said Taylor. "Though many food processors already have documented food safety plans, the new rule sets requirements for "all firms across all commodities," he said.
A second rule proposes safety standard requirements for farms that produce and harvest fruits and vegetables. Among the requirements, farms would have to meet national standards for the quality of water applied to their crops, as water is often a pathway for pathogens.
Certain small farms would be exempt from most of the requirements.
The FDA will allow 120 days for public comment on the proposals.
Full implementation of the rules across food processors and farms will take several years, Taylor said.
Implementing the new rules will add costs for some food companies and farms, and the FDA will need additional financial resources for retraining inspectors and implementation, Taylor said.
The Food Safety Modernization Act was the first food safety overhaul in over 70 years in the United States and was signed into law in January 2011.
The proposals followed a series of meetings between FDA officials and consumer groups, corporate interests, researchers, and others.
Critics have charged FDA with dragging its feet in implementing the requirements of the new law. Last August, the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit advocacy group, sued the FDA for missing several deadlines set under the law.
The standards for analyzing and documenting hazards were due last July, and the standards for safe production and harvesting of fruits and vegetables were due last January.
Within the next few months, FDA hopes to issue a proposed rule on preventative safety controls for animal feed as well as proposed regulations related to importer accountability for food safety.
The FDA is also setting requirements for the safe transport of food and hopes to have a proposal out later this year. It is also working to set standards to prevent intentional contamination of food.
"That is a very challenging area to figure out ... but we'll be working on that," Taylor said.
Congress also mandated FDA to improve the traceability of food and FDA is working with industry on a pilot study. FDA will issue a report on that work soon, Taylor said.
"There is plenty more in the pipeline," he said. "There will be more coming forward in 2013."
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents more than 300 food, beverage and consumer product companies, said it was pleased to see FDA moving forward on implementing the two-year-old food safety law.
And the Consumers Union praised the new rules for going to the "heart of the problems" the United States has had with food safety.
But Center for Food Safety senior attorney George Kimbrell said it was disheartening that the agency did not issue these proposed rules until after the center filed suit to spur action.
"They are taking some action. But there are still several rules outstanding that they are behind schedule on," said Kimbrell. "This is a small part of a larger problem that is ongoing. There is a still a lot of work the agency has to do to comply with Congress' mandate."
Reporting by Carey Gillam in Kansas City; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Jim Marshall


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DOOM 3 BFG Source Code Update/
Good news for our DOOM modding community. Beginning today on GitHub, the GPL source code for DOOM 3 BFG Edition is available on the site's id Software page.
Additionally, the next time you boot up the game on Steam, you'll receive the new PC title update for the game. For more, read the release notes below.
- All projectiles cast shadows
- Texture LOD bias added to menu options
- Added option to force v-sync (instead of "smart v-sync")
- Adjusted default brightness value
- Shadow casting projectiles added to menu options
- Allow setting anti-aliasing up to 16x on Nvidia hardware. AMD/Intel cap is at 8x
- Adjusted range of vertical sensitivity (allows you to lower sensitivity further than original implementation)
- Added option to disable checkpoints
- Allow left/right to enter resolution menu
- Variable FOV settings options were added into the main menu
- Added controller bind options
- Added additional anti-cheat measures
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AdaCore has released CodePeer, a source code analysis tool that detects run-time and logic errors in Ada programs. Serving as a code reviewer, CodePeer identifies constructs that are likely to lead to run-time errors such as buffer overflows, and it flags legal but suspect code typical of logic errors. CodePeer also produces a detailed analysis of each subprogram, including pre- and postconditions. Such an analysis makes it easier to find potential bugs and vulnerabilities early: If the implicit specification deduced by CodePeer does not match the component's requirements, a reviewer is alerted immediately to a likely logic error. CodePeer can be used both during system development -- to prevent errors from being introduced or as part of a systematic code review process to dramatically increase the efficiency of human review -- and retrospectively on existing code, to detect and remove latent bugs.
Developed by AdaCore in partnership with SofCheck, CodePeer can be used either as a standalone tool or fully integrated into the GNAT Pro Ada development environment. It is highly flexible, with performance that can be tuned based on the memory and speed available on the developer's machine, and can efficiently exploit multicore CPUs. CodePeer can be run on partially complete programs; it does not require stubs or drivers.
CodePeer analyzes programs for a wide range of flaws including use of uninitialized data, pointer misuse, buffer overflow, numeric overflow, division by zero, dead code, and concurrency faults (race conditions). These sorts of errors can be difficult and expensive to detect and correct with conventional debugging, but CodePeer identifies them statically, without running the program, and determines not only where the failure could occur, but identifies where the bad values originate, be it within the current subprogram or from some distant subprogram that reached the point of failure through a series of calls. CodePeer also looks for code that, although syntactically and semantically correct, is performing a suspect computation, such as an assignment to a variable that is never subsequently referenced, or a conditional test that always evaluates to the same true or false value.
"Even the best programmers using the best programming languages will sometimes make mistakes," says AdaCore's Robert Dewar. "The key is to detect and correct errors early, and, thanks to our partnership with SofCheck, CodePeer is now available for precisely that purpose. We expect this tool to be especially valuable to our customers with safety-critical or high-security requirements, since CodePeer can identify potential hazards and vulnerabilities."
Internally CodePeer uses static control-flow, data-flow, and value propagation techniques to identify possible errors. It mathematically analyzes every line of code without executing the program, considering all combinations of program input across all paths within the program. It automatically generates both human-readable and machine-readable component specifications in the form of preconditions, postconditions, inputs, outputs, and heap allocations, which along with the error messages can be displayed graphically or as in-line comments in the source code listing to help immediately pinpoint the root cause of any defect. In a multi-threaded system CodePeer identifies where race conditions might occur. To increase performance and usability it internally maintains a historical error database, which allows it to highlight just the new coding problems and to track trends across multiple analyses.
"The technology underlying CodePeer was developed over many years of work on highly optimizing compilers," added SofCheck's Tucker Taft, "but now we are taking all the information the compiler was using internally for its own optimization purposes, augmenting it with advanced whole-program analyses, and presenting it in a way that allows the programmer to fix their software before it breaks."


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Cancer is a completely natural and harmless phenomenon; it is your body's way of temporarily dealing with a much greater problem. Remove the real problem and the cancer will no longer be required and will naturally disappear.
21st February 2011
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That is what this book is about - identifying and removing the real problem; the cause(s) of cancer
From an extremely rare phenomenon before the First World War, cancer has become the undertaker's second best friend. Its steady increase is now beginning to encroach upon the number 1 position, held by heart attacks for more than 70 years!
and yet,
Cancer is a very easy thing to heal
Cancer is a very difficult thing to cure.
There is a difference.
Cancer, you see, is a totally natural phenomenon. There is nothing here to fear but there is a need to take constructive action. This, for the most part, does not include medical treatment. Medicine is not an appropriate technique for dealing with cancer. This should be obvious from its very poor performance. There are, however, many well established techniques which have success rates of up to 90% and more.
This book from Karma Singh (who is?)
Cancer? So What?
is not only a detailed explanation of exactly what cancer is, where it comes from and how it happens it also contains full details of the programme developed over 24 years practise and which has a success rate which I am forbidden in many countries to publish (its very high, though).
The book also contains current links to organisations offering the necessary facilities to get the help which you need, i.e. the help which works!
In short, everything that the medico-pharma industry doesnt want you to know is here!
The online version of the book will be updated automatically as new techniques presently being studied become available. All purchasers of the book will receive lifetime free updates as they happen as well as the free Harmony Energy and Karma Singh newsletters unless you choose to unsubscribe, which you may do at any time with a single click.
It is not alone for this reason that I have finally put all this knowledge together in one place. The tremendous suffering and death toll created by inappropriate techniques is a thing which it behoves everyone to end. This is my contribution to this goal.
When ordering, please note that there are eight versions:
The United Kingdom version containing the links to expert help in the British Isles. (update to published 1st March. 2011)
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Teardown
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is Samsung's follow-up to the Galaxy Tab 7.0 (released in early 2011). We cracked open the earlier 7-inch Android tablet and couldn't resist giving its bigger brother the same treatment. Follow along as we crack open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.
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Since Mike Gillis selected Yann Sauve with the club's second round pick in the 2008 NHL draft – a draft that featured one of the deepest talent pools of defenseman in recent memory – Sauve has dealt with an awful lot of instability and some excruciating bad luck. Following a concussion which, Sauve suffered when he was struck by a car during training camp in the fall of 2010, the former Saint John Sea Dog spent time in three professional leagues during the 2010-11 season (the ECHL, AHL and a three game NHL stint). That has to be difficult, and certainly it's exceedingly rare.
In 2011-12, Sauve played full-time in Chicago, was a fixture in the Wolves' top-four, and while he struggled at times he was mostly solid on a team that needed to play solid defensive hockey in order to win games. Sauve's defensive play still projects at the NHL-level, but he has continued to struggle with both his decision making and his puck-handling. Partly as a result, he's no longer seen as a guy who is likely to contribute offense from the back-end in a two-way role and that limited upside is partly why he appears at #16 on our list.
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Dave Gagner – the Canucks director of player development – recently assisted on a top-10 list that ranked Sauve as the tenth best prospect in the Canucks system over at NHL.com. In that article, Gagner was quoted as saying that Sauve, "has upside as a No. 6 or No. 7 NHL depth defenseman," and we tend to agree. We wouldn't be surprised to see Sauve get a cup of coffee with the Canucks this upcoming season, but even so, his lack of top-four upside is why we've ranked Sauve well outside our top-10.
When speaking with NHL.com, Gagner touched on the instability that Sauve has dealt with in his young professional career, noting that "Yann was involved in a bad accident his first year pro and missed the first three months of the season." Beyond that unfortunate injury, and the fact that Sauve was passed between the ECHL, AHL and NHL like a hot potato in 2010-11, Gagner notes that Sauve "will now have his third new coach in three years, unfortunately something he doesn't always adjust well to."
That's an interesting quote for our purposes, and may indicate that Sauve's raw decision making processes have drawn the ire of at least one of his coaches over the past couple of seasons (Craig MacTavish, Alain Vigneault and Claude Noel). That sentiment is alluded to somewhat by the Voice of the Chicago Wolves, Jason Shaver, who dropped a Keith Ballard comparison while talking to Canucks Army about Yann Sauve's performance last season (additional reporting from Patrick Johnston):
"[Sauve's] young, still when you think about it. He went from being hit by a car, to Victoria, to Manitoba, to the NHL and I think it messed with his head a little. He's a nice kid, I don't want to knock him, but I think that he needed a little more positive reinforcement.
Sauve would be playing a good game, and he's a bit like Keith Ballard, he'd just make a stupid mistake all of a sudden. Everyone knows he's made that error and it becomes a bit of a confidence issue."
To measure quality of competition, I simply looked through the boxscores and identified all of the opposition forwards on the ice for every goal scored both for and against while a player was on the ice at even strength (excluding empty net situations). For quality of teammates, it's the same process, but I'm identifying the forwards on the player's team rather than his opponents. The final "quality of competition" number is the average points per game of the opposing forwards when a given player is on the ice, and the final "quality of teammates" number is the average points per game of that player's forward teammates. For example, a player with a "quality of competition" score of 0.500 would be facing forwards who, on average, have scored 0.500 points per game in the AHL during the 2010-11 season.
Because Rob's QoC/QoT estimates are weighted by goal events, a much smaller sample than if we were able to weigh the numbers by ice-time (the way BehindtheNet.ca does) – the resulting numbers should be regarded as a rough estimate, but I still think they're instructive. (Further qualifiers: the numbers only take into account goals scored in a five-on-five game state, they include the postseason and they disregard empty net goals.)
Below we've ranked all Chicago Wolves defenseman who qualify (more than 30 on-ice goal events) based on the QoC they faced last season:
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As you can see, Yann Sauve was a top-four fixture for the Wolves, and played moderately tough defensive minutes throughout last season. With go-to tough minutes guy Nolan Baumgartner moving behind the bench in Chicago, there is ample opportunity for Sauve to step up and assume that burden going forward.
Beyond his role with the Wolves, this upcoming season is chalk full of opportunity for Sauve at the NHL level too. With Aaron Rome, Marc-Andre Gragnani and Sami Salo subtracted from Vancouver's D-corps over the summer, one suspects that Sauve is likely to be called upon to provide the Canucks with some injury-relief this season. In terms of his size, skating ability and defense, Sauve looks nearly ready to be a limited contributor in spot-duty for the Canucks. However, unless (or until) Sauve's decision-making and puck-handling improve, it's hard to imagine low-event addict Alain Vigneault feeling altogether comfortable with Sauve logging regular minutes.


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Retailer's Board Sought CEO's Exit for a Range of Concerns Tied to His Actions
When Dov Charney arrived at a regularly scheduled American Apparel Inc. board meeting Wednesday, he was given two options: Resign immediately as chairman, president and chief executive of the company he founded, or the board would fire him with cause, according to people familiar with the situation.
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2012: A year in Summit County sports
Rugby may be a gentlemen's game, but Summit High's ladies were far from lady-like on the field at the Nov. 3 state championship bout with Castle Rock.But, that's what it takes to take a fifth straight state title home from Glendale's Infinity Park to Summit County – and fourth straight win over Castle Rock in the finals.The Tigers won, 30-5, but not before enduring being slammed onto the field in a hard-fought game.Summit was expecting a physical game, and the team dealt one right back to the Rockets, who wanted the upset – badly. After losing to Summit in two shutouts in the regular season, and points against totaling 91, they didn't want the Tigers to score, much less win – yet win the Tigers did. In the pregame awards session, Summit had 14 players named all-state, Peoples was awarded Student Athlete of the Year by the Colorado Rugby Board and Hunt-Snyder was voted Player of the Year by the league's coaches. The junior varsity team earned the sportsmanship award, and a handful of players received all-state status. The team has gone unbeaten by high school teams since 2008.
Ridge Strickler made it his agenda to repeatedly break school records in the spring – and that set the stage for the senior to head to state for the first time in recent memory. The track and field captain laid claim to a 23.57-second record in the 200-meter dash, which was set on top of Strickler's 400-meter record, a 52.29-second run. "I think he is certainly our best 400 and 200 runner in the history of Summit High School, for sure," said head coach Kristy McClain. "I think it's definitely (hard work and natural talent). Certainly, (Strickler) has the talent. He looks like a sprinter. But on the other hand, you can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't work at it, it's probably not going to amount to much."Strickler beat the 200-meter record by a mere hundredth of second, toppling Will Bartels' mark from 2006. His other record this season (in the 200) had stood since the 1990s.None of the coaches could remember the last time Summit sent a sprinter to state. In fact, they were skeptical it had happened before – although the team did send a high jumper and a relay team in recent memory. Then, on Oct. 17, junior Liam Meirow ran his fastest cross-country time, shattered a Summit High School record by more than 30 seconds and landed himself a spot in the cross-country state championships for the second time in his high school career. The regional champion finished the 5k race in 15 minutes, 52 seconds, finishing ahead of his closest competition, Durango's Joe Maloney, by 10 seconds."It was really exciting," head coach Heather Quarantillo said. "We knew they had a very fast runner. … Liam played his cards very well. He started slowly with a 5:14 in the first mile. He chased down Durango between miles one and two … He ran a sub 5-minute mile as his last mile, which is incredible for cross-country."Meirow held the former school record, 16:23 on the same course, set in the 2011 season.
In 2011, Olympian Shaun White's double-cork McTwist 1260 dominated Breckenridge, which was one stop on a three-stop Dew Tour. This year, when Breck became the only winter stop on the city-surf-snow tour, White pulled out the untouchable 'Tomahawk' trick again and came away with the Dew Cup with a score of 95.25. The oldest competitor in the contest wants to three-peat his Olympic gold at Sochi in 2014 as well as obtain gold in the new slopestyle. "For me, it's double or nothing," said White, who had been on his snowboard a mere six days following an off-season knee injury. Louie Vito of Ohio took second, not pulling out the tricks that earned him last year's Dew Cup title. He stumbled in his second run, which included a double-cork 1260, ending his campaign to unseat White from the top of the podium. "I have a few tricks I didn't end up doing that I've got in my bag," Vito told The Denver Post. "So this was a good start to the year, and I guess I'll start warming those up. I haven't done a lot those tricks since March. I'm not really stressing it. I've got tricks still to do."Taku Hiraoka took third with consistent double-cork spins. Scotty Lago, who was the top qualifier going into finals, washed out on his first trick in both runs in snowy, low-light conditions.
Under the shadow of both chilly clouds hanging low in the mountains and the news of Lance Armstrong losing his cycling legacy, cyclists took to the road for the USA Pro Challenge's Stage 5 start in Breckenridge on Aug. 24. It was the second year Colorado – and Breckenridge in particular – has enjoyed being the focal point in an international sport. A crowd had gathered on Hoosier Pass to watch the riders climb their way out of Breckenridge on their way to Colorado Springs after looping the town twice that Friday morning. The experience differed from the 2011 Breckenridge finish, which took place on a sunny Saturday afternoon, with athletes climbing Swan Mountain Road in the stage's final King of the Mountain stage before cruising into Breck by way of Highway 9. In 2013, the third year of the race, Breckenridge will host both the Stage 2 finish and Stage 3 start of the seven-day August event, as requested in its bid package. The 2013 route starts in Aspen before touring cyclists through Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs, Beaver Creek, Vail and Loveland-Fort Collins before heading to Denver for the Stage 7 finish. The race has earned a reputation for being one of the most challenging, sending teams up to two miles in elevation as it crosses the Colorado Rockies.
Before Copper Mountain's speed center, there was no bridge time for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams to train before the World Cup circuit began in Lake Louise, Canada, around the Thanksgiving holiday.Now in its second year, the U.S. Ski Team training site has upped the ante. In cooperation with Copper, it has become more than a dedicated space for downhill athletes to train. Now, the mountain strives to be the first superpipe to open in the world for the season – and brings in the U.S. Ski Team's freeski and snowboard athletes to train. And new this year was the U.S. Ski Team's freestyle mogul selections, which utilized the speed center's pitch to create a mogul course that whittled a field of hundreds to the top six to determine World Cup and NorAm starts for the season. Thanks to enhanced snowmaking and a modified effort in 2012, athletes were greeted by a course that was ready to ski at Copper. The speed center is the future of early season training, officials say, offering the only facility of such length and quality in the world in November.
Summit High School senior Tristan White died the afternoon of Feb. 3 after collapsing during wrestling practice two days before and spending his last few days in a Denver hospital. He was 17.A statement from Summit High School said doctors had been working around the clock in an effort to stabilize his heart and effort to stabilize his heart and overall condition. White was placed on life support Feb. 2, and though his condition was relatively stable throughout the night, he died shortly after noon on Feb. 3. The exact nature of White's condition wasn't known, Summit School District spokesman Travis Avery said. Students were overcome with grief after SHS administrators gave them the news midday Friday. An announcement in the library prompted hugging, tears and the passing of Kleenex. In the main hallway, students cried in disbelief.At White's memorial service the following week, memories of White's life passions, his big, infectious smile and caring heart were shared by his uncle, wrestling coach, youth leader, pastor and friends, including those he had known since he was a toddler. "Tristan wasn't the kid just sucking up oxygen. He lived his life to the fullest," wrestling coach Pete Baker said. "Tristan may not be with us, but Tristan is not gone."
Breckenridge local and former Olympic rower Greg Ruckman got his second win in as many seasons at the 21st annual Imperial Challenge presented by Mountain Outfitters, which serves as a bridge from winter to summer and takes competitors to the top of Peak 8 via bike and skin.Ruckman was pretty much out in front the whole time. He was fast on the bike and climb; his one weakness compared to some of the other athletes, was the descent. The race wasn't without drama, however."The radio calls were coming in showing (Ruckman) in the lead pretty much the whole way," said race director Jeff Westcott. "He had a really good gap on Pete Swenson, who took second – and he's the record-holder of the course incidentally. Ruckman was directed off course and got sent over to Peak 7, so all of a sudden, Swenson comes across the line first."At first, there was no sign of Ruckman."As I looked down below the finish line by the Bergenhof, here comes Ruckman running up to the finish. Swenson, in an act of total class, said Ruckman gets the win. That's what you want in a good community event like this. "The pseudo triathlon (bike, climb, ski or ride) begins at the Breckenridge Recreation Center, where roughly 140 competitors took off on bikes. They made their way through the back roads of Peak 7 up to the base of Peak 8 at the Breckenridge Ski Resort, before clicking into skis, splitboards or snowshoes to climb up the mountain.Those in the expert category scaled all the way to the top of Peak 8; the sport-category racers got to the top of the T-Bar. Everyone winds up taking Claimjumper to the finish area just above the Bergenhof.
he grandstand was full, and an hour into the Breckenridge Rodeo, spectators were still buying their tickets.It was standing room only at the second half of the tourist town's inaugural rodeo, a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-sanctioned event, with four more weekends still to go. It mostly attracted out-of-state spectators, but some Coloradans were in the crowd, and other than a smattering of people, Saturday's and Sunday's crowds were completely different."It was a huge success. We were not planning on nearly that many people," promoter Brad Bays said.The fairgrounds of the new Breckenridge PRCA Pro Rodeo occupied the Airport Road parking lot on the north side of town, opening at 3:30 p.m. daily.Once inside, plenty kept rodeo goers occupied, from face painting, mechanical bull riding, a petting zoo and live country music to food vendors, merchandise and libations. A free "behind the chutes" tour, including livestock viewing, took place at 4 p.m., and the rodeo itself ran from 5-7.The setting and temperatures of the High Country help attract contestants, and the nearby rodeo lineup is also attractive."Beaver Creek is on Thursday, Steamboat is on Friday. Breckenridge is Saturday and Sunday. You couldn't ask for a better schedule than that," Bays said.
In mid-February, Nick Wittrock and Jonathan Ramirez wrestled in honor of Tristan White at the Colorado state wrestling tournament at the Pepsi Center. At the regional tournament, Wittrock qualified with a fourth-place finish in the 106-pound class. Ramirez earned his 170-pound spot via a wrestle-back victory against a familiar foe from league-rival Conifer, The Denver Post reported. After track and field sent Ridge Strickler to state and summer passed, Dylan Mitchell teed off at the state golf tournament and placed fifth overall. Later in the fall, the girls' cross-country team accompanied record-setter Liam Meirow to the Oct. 27 state meet after placing third of 10 teams at the Oct. 17 regional meet in Delta, becoming the first harriers team since 2009 to attend state together. In recent history, junior Katherine Pappas has qualified individually in 2011 and 2010.
When 37-year-old Jay Henry, from Avon, crossed the finish line and threw his hands up as the top pro competitor in the July 4 Firecracker 50 mountain bike race, the victory didn't come without effort – a lot of it.All Henry, 2007 Firecracker 50 champion, wanted to do was put some distance between him and silver-medalist Ben Melt Swanepoel and bronze- medalist J.J. Clark, but every time he looked back, they were chasing his tracks."Those guys were pushing me the whole time," Henry said, adding that though he crushed the course, he felt like the 50-mile race crushed him.The top three finishers passed through the split gates neck-and-neck on their way into the second lap. Henry led with a 1:43:58 while Clark tailed with a 1:44:19 and Swanepoel clicked in a 1:44:42. The well-decorated Travis Brown, 2004 Firecracker 50 champion, kept up with the leaders to finish fourth overall."It's pretty spooky someone can go that fast," announcer Larry Grossman said. The course was fast, hard-packed dirt with some rain to reduce some of the dust. Still, racers crossed the finish line covered in grime. The weather was overcast, making it more bearable for racers, who are used to the sun baking down, making their skin feel like it's melting.
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Something I made for myself long ago and continue to incorporate into my outfit when I'm feeling silly is this little opossum pendant.
After watching a program about the depths of the ocean one night, I decided to sculpt a little angler fish charm. The lure hanging in front of him glows in the dark!
And most recently, I noticed that the cupcake thief and the cookie thief I made have become friends.
I'm always on the lookout for fun new challenges. What's your favorite animal? What strange little critter should I attempt next?


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Courtyard by Marriott, a premium business hotel from Marriott International Inc, the leading lodging company makes its entry in to Bhopal. This symbolic launch signifies the entry of the famous Courtyard by Marriott brand in the commercial district of Bhopal, in MP Nagar. This launch would make it the 9th property in India (the brand is already present in Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Kochi). The stylish and contemporary Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal is now prepared to welcome guests in its latest home viz. Bhopal city.
Strategically located in the heart of the city, the Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal offers its guests 101 spacious rooms with contemporary décor including 20 Twin Rooms, 75 King Rooms, 3 Studio Suites, 2 Courtyard Suites and 1 Specially Abled Room, matched with warm, personalized service, unique dining options and best-in-class amenities.
Mr. Rajeev Menon, Area Vice President, Marriott International Inc – Indian Subcontinent, Maldives and Australia, said, "Madhya Pradesh was carefully chosen for the launch of the new Courtyard by Marriott property as it is one of the most promising, upcoming destinations of India, and Bhopal is going to be a key player amongst the Tier II markets in India.
Having witnessed the success our previous 8 launches are experiencing, we foresee the brand doing equally well, if not better, in the Bhopal market. With this launch, Marriott International reinforces its commitment of bringing the best brands within its portfolio to the Indian markets".
Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal is a great place for a quick and refreshing stop-over for guests. With its warm and excellent services, varied dining options and top-notch amenities, the hotel is poised to become a one-stop destination for any and every guest. It is also an ideal venue for all kinds of business meetings and trainings, as the hotel offers state-of-the-art meeting facilities with a perfect backdrop, to host world class corporate events.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Mr. Elton Hurtis, General Manager, Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal, said "It gives us great pleasure to be present in this vibrant and constantly evolving city of Bhopal. We've taken great care in designing this hotel to provide services & facilities for business travelers who want all the conveniences of an upscale hotel, but with a casual, open design where they can be at ease. We look forward to offering the citizens of Bhopal an experience of the world renowned Marriott Hospitality".
Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal offers a range of fine dining options, from Asian, Western and Indian which would appeal to the palate of the discerning business and leisure traveler, alike. Guests will be pleasantly surprised with the MoMo concept. The name MoMo Café comes from the idea of Modern Eating Modern Living. The menu is created to maximize the F&B offerings, using minimal ingredients, ensuring your every meal, is a healthy one. The MoMo 2 You concept allows you to dine in the comfort of your room and choose from an exciting à la carte menu. Éclair – The Bake Shop, a trendy café offers couture cakes, delectable desserts, freshly baked breads and more! One can choose from colorful candies to sumptuous shakes or brewed Italian coffee, Éclair has it all. Corner Bar is an ideal place to re-energize after a long day's work. The lounge offers a wide selection of wines, spirits and more, complimented with a selection of delectable finger foods. We also have an Alfresco dining option in our beautifully, landscaped Courtyard offering grilled and barbequed delicacies. The Pool Bar provides you with the perfect get-away to unwind after a long day's work, with cocktails and appetizers by our poolside. It also offers a wide range of shakes, gourmet sandwiches, burgers and light snacks all day.
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Can there be a timebank option for each player in a game (which can be switched on and off)
So if you had a 5 day timebank, people could take longer for turns when they need too e.g. holidays, weekends etc. Once the timbank runs out though, it doesn't replenish, and you'd miss turns as normal


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Buckle up, or else
Update: Senate Transportation Committee postpones a vote on the bill, but not before cutting out provisions allowing police to pull over unbuckled adults. The move, if finalized, means the state could miss out on $12 million in federal transportation funding.
Drivers who don't buckle up could face traffic stops and higher fines under a bill that gets its first hearing this afternoon.
Traffic cops can ticket drivers for not wearing seat belts now, but only if they're stopped for other offenses.
Fines would also jump $10 to $75 for violations under Senate Bill 110, sponsored by Sen. Suzanne Williams, D-Aurora.
Williams showed video footage demonstrating how a body can bounce around the cab of a car in an accident if unrestrained.
"There are just a few states that do not have primary seat belt laws," Williams said. "(People) all assume this is already the law."
The legislation would generate an estimated $300,000 a year in state road funds and potentially attract another $12 million in federal money for safety programs.
Similar, unsuccessful proposals have come before the legislature nine times.
Lisa Van Bramer, an emergency room physician, cited statistics showing the absence of safety belts in car increases is the leading cause of death for Coloradans ages 1 through 34.
"The decision not to wear a seat belt becomes my problem," said Van Bramer, speaking on behalf of the Colorado Public Health Association and Children's Hospital.
Testimony is ongoing, and opponents of the bill have not yet spoken.
Immigrant rights groups worry rogue police officers could use their new latitude to racially profile drivers, witnesses said.
And Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, said the mantra from her rural constituents is "Don't call us, we'll call you."
"They're probably the ones who choose not to wear seat belts, and they don't want me as their state senator telling them to do that," Spence said. "I don't try to impose rules and regulations on them that they don't want. I respect their opinion."
The bill would also allow police officers to pull over drivers who do not have their children property restrained in safety seats or seat belts.


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Meet Alliance Defending Freedom, Fox's Favorite Anti-LGBT Legal Organization
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is a Scottsdale, AZ-based legal group committed to rolling back the rights of women and LGBT people on the grounds of "religious liberty." The organization has played a leading role in combatting marriage equality and non-discrimination policies in the U.S. while working internationally to criminalize homosexuality. Despite its rabid anti-LGBT extremism, ADF receives reliably friendly treatment from Fox News.
What Is Alliance Defending Freedom?
Established as the Alliance Defense Fund in 1994, ADF's founders include [1] such religious right leaders as Focus on the Family's James C. Dobson and Campus Crusade for Christ's Bill Bright. According to ADF's website, the organization changed its name [2] to Alliance Defending Freedom in 2012 to highlight its "enduring mission to gain justice for those whose faith has been unconstitutionally denied in the areas of religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family."
Headed by President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears, staffed by more than 40 attorneys, and boasting an annual budget in excess of $30 million [3], ADF bills itself [4] as "a servant ministry building an alliance to keep the door open for the spread of the Gospel by transforming the legal system." As part of its effort to remake the American legal system along quasi-theocratic lines, ADF has:
- Partnered with more than 300 like-minded institutions, including [5] the Federalist Society, the Home School Legal Defense Association, the rabidly anti-LGBT [6] Pacific Justice Institute, the Thomas More Law Center, anti-gay hate group [7] the Family Research Council, the Heritage Foundation, and the now-defunct "ex-gay" organization Exodus International.
- Filed a brief [8] supporting statutory bans on gay sex in Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 case in which the Supreme Court ultimately found state anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional.
- Opposed anti-bullying efforts in public schools, calling [9] for exceptions for speech or actions based on religious views and decrying "tolerance training" and "special protection" for LGBT students.
- Created its own "Day of Truth" [10] to combat the Day of Silence, which commemorates LGBT victims of bullying, harassment, and violence.
- Crusaded against a gay-inclusive Boy Scouts of America, calling [11] the BSA's decision to allow gay scouts an assault on "freedom" and working with churches [12] that sponsor scout troops to work around the new membership policy.
- Defended California's same-sex marriage ban [13], Proposition 8, in Hollingsworth v. Perry.
- Offered free representation [14] to Iowa county recorders who refused to provide same-sex couples with marriage licenses.
- Dispatched chief counsel Benjamin Bull to Russia to meet with Yelena Mizulina [15], the legislative leader of that country's crackdown on LGBT people.
- Represented 18 plaintiffs challenging [16] the Affordable Care Act's requirement that for-profit employers cover contraception at no additional cost to employees.
ADF's relentless legal campaign against LGBT equality led the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to describe the organization as "virulently anti-gay." [17] SPLC proved instrumental in exposing an aspect of ADF's work that the organization chooses not to tout on its website - its international work to criminalize homosexuality.
ADF And Belize's Section 53
Drafted in accordance with other 19th-century British colonial laws, Section 53 of Belize's criminal code bans "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person or animal." Violation of the code is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. In May 2013, gay rights activist Caleb Orozco launched a legal challenge [18] to Section 53, enduring homophobic death threats [19] as a result.
Section 53 is no mere anachronism in Belize. The SPLC highlighted [3] a March report by the Heartland Alliance, which documented Belize's climate of anti-LGBT violence and discrimination, stoked by laws like Section 53. The Heartland Alliance cited the brutal murder of an openly gay doctor and the slaying of a lawmaker's gay brother, in addition to anti-LGBT harassment by law enforcement officers in the country. Media have further fanned homophobic sentiment in the country, particularly in light of the Section 53 challenge. Amandala - Belize's top newspaper - has compared homosexuality to pedophilia, while online comment sections on the case are rife with anti-gay vitriol.
SPLC reported [3] in July that ADF has rushed to the defense of Section 53, offering legal help to the right-wing group Belize Action. As SPLC notes, ADF has touted Belize Action's defense of Section 53 without mentioning that it has supplied lawyers in the case.
Fox News' Coziness With ADF
Wholly unbothered by ADF's anti-LGBT extremism, Fox News has repeatedly sought to elevate the organization to a position of respectability. Fox personalities have hosted ADF attorneys for softball interviews and openly celebrated the organization's work - even going so far as to solicit donations for the organization.
Fox reporter Shannon Bream - among the network's most consistent purveyors of the Christian persecution narrative so beloved by ADF - has made a name for herself as an cheerleader for anti-LGBT discrimination. [20] On August 23, Bream conducted a one-sided interview [21] with ADF senior counsel Jordan Lorence, who unsuccessfully defended a New Mexico photographer who refused to serve a same-sex couple. Pronouncing herself "confused" by a New Mexico Supreme Court ruling against the photographer, Bream - a trained attorney - suggested that businesses should be able to discriminate against gay customers.
After the photographer appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Fox host Megyn Kelly invited Lorence onto her show, The Kelly File. Kelly - also an attorney - stoked fears about the case [22], asking Lorence whether a loss for his client could lead to "a lawsuit by a gay couple that won't, you know, see a wedding service performed in a Catholic Church."
ADF's work on the New Mexico case so inspired Fox contributor Erick Erickson that he wrote a post on his RedState.com blog begging readers to send money to the organization [23], saying that he had already done so himself. Casting ADF as "lone and brave warriors" in a battle against the irredeemably evil left, Erickson wrote: "Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then seeks to silence good. We must fund the fight for Truth and Light."
While it's hard to top Erickson's enthusiasm for ADF, Fox host Bill O'Reilly came pretty close [24] on the December 2 edition of The O'Reilly Factor. Hyping his annually-manufactured "War on Christmas" meme, O'Reilly showered ADF with praise for its efforts to fight "Happy Holidays syndrome":
O'REILLY: Helping me is the Alliance Defending Freedom organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona. They have been very successful in defending traditional rights in the courts. Therefore I say to them, 'God bless you, each and every one,' with apologies to Dickens. [emphasis added]
O'Reilly went on to interview ADF senior vice president Doug Napier about his fight against "anti-Christmas madness." Napier used the interview to repeatedly tout ADF and its website as the two men congratulated each other for their fearless defense of "traditional rights."
Fox News has demonstrated time and again that it's the go-to network for hate [25]groups [25] and extremists [26] who can't thank Fox enough for its "very friendly" [27] coverage of their anti-LGBT venom. But when it comes to ADF, Fox's cozy relationship with the group is especially mutually beneficial: ADF relies on Fox to maintain its thin veil of credibility when discussing LGBT legal issues, and Fox relies on ADF to promote virulently anti-LGBT politics under the guise of protecting religious liberty.
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