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“What are we going to do with that filly?” Old Heck asked, looking at the beautiful creature with her head above the bars of the corral gate.
“I am going to ride her!” Carolyn June said softly. “Until the Ramblin’ Kid comes back and claims her she is mine! She loves me and I can handle her!”
“I’m afraid—” Old Heck started to protest.
“You need not be,” Carolyn June interrupted, “the Gold Dust maverick and I know each other—she understands me and I understand her—she will be perfectly gentle with me!”
The next day Carolyn June rode the wonderful outlaw mare. It was as she said. The filly was perfectly gentle with her. After that, every day, the girl saddled the Gold Dust maverick and, unafraid, took long rides alone.
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The night the cattle were shipped Skinny had supper in Eagle Butte. He sat alone at a small table at one side of the dining-room in the Occidental Hotel. The cowboy was the picture of utter misery. Parker, Charley, Chuck, Bert were gone to Chicago with steers; the Ramblin’ Kid was gone—nobody knew where; Skinny’s dream about Carolyn June was gone—she didn’t love him, she just liked him; even his whisky was gone, he had given it to the hostler at the barn; he didn’t have any friends or anything.
“What’s the matter, Skinny?” Manilla Endora, the yellow-haired waitress, asked softly, as she stepped up to the table and looked down a moment at the dejected cowboy. There was something in her voice that made Skinny pity himself more than ever. It made him want to cry. “What’s wrong?’ Manilla repeated almost tenderly.
“Everything!” Skinny blurted out, dropping his head on his arms. “The whole blamed works is shot to pieces!”
A little smile stole over Manilla’s rosy lips.
“I know what it is,” she said gently, unreproachfully; “it’s that girl, Carolyn June. Yes, it is,” as Skinny started to interrupt. “Oh, I don’t blame you for falling for her!” she went on. “She is nice—but, well, Skinny-boy,” her voice was a caress, “Old Heck’s niece is not the sort for you. You and her wouldn’t fit at all—the way you wanted—and anyhow, there—there—are others,” coloring warmly.
Skinny looked up into the honest blue eyes.
“You ain’t sore at me or anything are you, Manilla?” he asked.
“Sore?” she answered. “Of course not!”
Hope sprung again into his heart. “I—I—thought maybe you would be,” he stammered.
“Forget it!” she laughed. “The old world still wobbles!”
“Manilla, you—you’re a peach!” he cried.
She chuckled. “Did you hear about that dance next Saturday night after the picture show?” she asked archly.
“No. Is there one?” with new interest in life.
“Yes,” she replied, her lashes drooping demurely; “they say the music is going to be swell.”
“If I come in will you—will we—go, Manilla?” he asked eagerly.


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A Mooresville man has been charged with failing to secure a gun properly after a boy shot his friend in the face Sunday during a game of cops and robbers.
Daniel Layne Stewart, the owner of the Iredell County home where the shooting happened, was charged with failure to secure a firearm to protect a minor, according to a news release from the Iredell Sheriff’s Office. Stewart was released from Iredell jail on unsecured bail.
The injured 11-year-old boy did not have life-threatening injuries, according to the release.
The 11-year-old and his 8-year-old friend were playing cops and robbers in the backyard of Stewart’s home on Peterborough Drive, just off Faith Road.
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The 8-year-old hid in an outbuilding and discovered a rifle that had been stored there, according to the Sheriff’s Office. When the 11-year-old opened the door, the 8-year-old fired the rifle, striking the older boy in the cheek.
The injured boy was taken to the emergency room at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center and transferred to the Levine Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center to remove bullet fragments.

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Sir, I am a 20 yr old female and have a problem in hands not moving for Iast last 10 days, so please what should I do?
There is no trustworthy evidence regarding what causes brain tumors, but there are a few risk factors that have been substantiated through research. Children and young people who receive radiation around the head are susceptible to developing tumors in the brain once they grow up. Also, people with a certain kind of rare genetic condition like neurofibromatosis may develop a brain tumor though such cases are very few in number. Age is also an important factor as people aged over 65 years are diagnosed with brain tumors at quadruple times higher than children and younger people.
Types of Brain Tumours:
A primary brain tumor originates in the brain, and they may or may not be cancerous. Some tumors can be benign, which do not spread in the surrounding tissues and are not very malicious. However, that does not signify that they will not cause any harm over time. Sometimes these tumors can be severe and cause a threat to the life of the sufferer. The National Cancer Institute reports that approximately there were 23, 380 fresh cases of brain tumors in 2014.
Identifying the Symptoms of Brain Tumors:
The symptoms of the brain tumor are dependent on various factors such as the size, type as well as the exact location of the tumor. These symptoms are triggered when any tumor is pressed or clashed against a nerve or disturbs a part of the brain. Symptoms are also felt when any tumor particle blocks the fluid flowing around the brain or when there is a swelling in the brain owing to the build-up of fluid.
Common symptoms include: headaches that get worse in the morning, nausea along with vomiting, an alteration in the speech, hearing and imbalances in walking and movement, mood swings, change in personality and ability to concentrate or remember things and seizures or convulsions.
Treatment for Brain Tumor:
Surgery is normally the most usual treatment for brain tumors, and the patient is given anesthesia, and the scalp is shaved before the surgery. Then, craniotomy is performed to open the skull, and the surgeon removes a bone piece out of the skull. Then the tumor is removed as much as possible. The bone is then restored back, and the incision on the scalp is closed. Sometimes surgery is not viable in case the tumor has developed in the brain stem or some other complex parts.
Neurosurgeons can surgically remove some tumors completely (called resection or complete removal). If the tumor is near sensitive areas of the brain, neurosurgeons will only be able to remove part of it (called partial removal). Even partial removals can relieve symptoms and facilitate or increase the effectiveness of other treatments.
The role of surgery in treating brain tumors:
Surgery can provide:
- The complete removal of some brain tumors
- A sample to enable doctors to diagnosis the tumor and recommend the most appropriate treatment
- Better quality of life:
- Reduced symptoms and improved ability to function (e.g., to think, speak or see better)
- Less pressure within the skull from the tumor
- A longer life
In case you or any of your near ones is affected with brain tumor, you should visit the doctor to know the possible treatments other than surgery and other important questions related to brain tumor. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a neurosurgeon.
My wife aged 50 years has been encountering eyes problem that is her eye lids close and it takes time to switch on, She had been visiting an Eye Institution in Delhi and on her last visit the attending Doctor advised her to consult a Neurologist as it may be to do something with the nerves. Request you to kindly render advise and plan of action as my wife is not been able to take on extreme stress. Thank You in anticipation.
Regardless of whether the cause is a tumor, trauma, stroke or any other illness, any injury which inflicts damage on your brain cells is considered to be a brain damage.
There are two types of brain damage, both of which interfere with the standard functioning of the brain.
- Acquired brain injury (ABI): Either resulting from a tumor or a neurological illness, for instance a stroke, this type of brain injury originates from the cellular level and is commonly linked with brain pressure.
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI): It results from any damage imparted to the skull usually from an external and physical force like a blow to the head or a head accident, which in turn damages the brain.
How severe the brain damage is depends largely on the type of brain injury. Mild brain injuries are temporary, causing headaches, memory lapses, nausea and confusion. On the other hand, severe brain injuries cause cognitive, physical and behavioral impairments which are often life-changing and permanent.
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Richter syndrome (RS) is a rare event in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that is influenced by biological factors and prior CLL treatments. Ibrutinib is a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has shown remarkable efficacy in CLL; however, little is known about its relationship to RS. We report a case of ibrutinib efficacy against CLL in a patient with prolonged remission of RS.
The patient was diagnosed with CLL in 2003. Biological findings at onset included absent ZAP70 expression, mutated IGVH, and NOTCH1 mutation. He was treated with FCR with partial response. In 2013, he progressed to RS, not clonally related to the underlying CLL. The patient was treated with anthracycline- and platinum-based regimens, obtaining a complete remission. After 3 years, he presented a CLL progression with worsening lymphocytosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia, increased splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathies. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan excluded pathologic uptake. Thus, he was started on ibrutinib.
At 12 months’ follow-up, we observed white blood cell normalization, increased hemoglobin and platelet levels, disappearance of lymphadenopathy, and spleen size reduction. Therapy was well-tolerated with no evidence of RS.
This case demonstrates sustained RS remission in a patient with CLL under ibrutinib therapy, thus improving our knowledge on the use of this new drug in CLL and beyond.
Tumori 2017; 103(Suppl. 1): e37 - e40
Article Type: CASE REPORT
AuthorsElisa Albi, Stefano Baldoni, Patrizia Aureli, Erica Dorillo, Beatrice Del Papa, Stefano Ascani, Mauro Di Ianni, Franca Falzetti, Paolo Sportoletti
- • Accepted on 10/06/2017
- • Available online on 05/07/2017
- • Published online on 15/11/2017
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an indolent lymphoproliferative disorder that occasionally transforms to Richter syndrome (RS), a high-grade lymphoma with a poor outcome (1). Richter syndrome occurs in 2% to 8% of patients with CLL and the use of conventional CLL therapies increases the transformation rate. Ibrutinib is a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has shown remarkable efficacy in CLL (2); however, little is known about its relationship to RS. We describe the use of ibrutinib in a patient with relapsed CLL who achieved complete remission of an aggressive lymphoma transformation.
A 73-year-old man was diagnosed with+
CLL in 2003, after a complete blood count (CBC) showed lymphocytosis and mild thrombocytopenia. Imaging revealed enlarged spleen together with cervical, axillary, and inguinal lymphadenopathy. A bone marrow biopsy showed pathologic findings consistent with CLL. ZAP70 and CD38 expression was absent. Gene mutation analysis revealed mutated IGVH and a subclonal NOTCH1 mutation. In 2008, the patient received treatment with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab, resulting in splenomegaly reduction and stable thrombocytopenia. Five years later, he presented with abdominal pain due to intestinal obstruction. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showed marked splenomegaly (18 cm) and 2 large stenotizing masses (
Richter syndrome is a rare event in patients with CLL that is influenced by different biological factors including non-del13q cytogenetics, TP53 disruption, and unmutated IGHV gene (3). Recent studies demonstrated that approximately 80% of RS cases were clonally related to the underlying CLL and displayed a poor outcome. In the remaining 20% of patients, RS represented a de novo diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with an improved median survival of 5 years. In our case, immunoglobulin gene rearrangement analysis showed clonally unrelated RS, which explained treatment efficacy. More recently, NOTCH1 mutation has been described to be a negative CLL prognosticator (4, 5), and a key genetic aberration contributing to transformation to RS (6, 7). In this report, CLL showed a small NOTCH1-mutated subclone whose allelic ratio was reduced at RS, further supporting the diagnosis of a de novo DLBCL.
Data on the contribution of CLL therapy to RS development are controversial. Some studies suggested that a large number of prior therapies increased the risk of RS (8). The incidence of transformation was higher in patients treated with conventional CLL therapy using purine analogues and alkylating agents. In recent years, new drugs targeting the B-cell receptor (BCR) have revolutionized CLL treatment. Despite the growing evidence of high antileukemic efficacy associated with these drugs, their role in RS remains a high research priority. Ibrutinib was one of the first BCR signaling inhibitors with very effective therapeutic activity against CLL that determined a high response rate in previously untreated and relapsed/refractory (R/R) patients (2). The link between ibrutinib treatment and RS transformation of patients with CLL is unclear as data are limited.
To our knowledge, this report indicates for the first time that ibrutinib efficacy against CLL was not associated with RS recurrence in a patient with sustained remission of the aggressive lymphoma. In the phase 1b/2 PCYC-1102 study, the percentage of RS was at the upper limit of the incidence rate described in specific clinical trials (2). However, these patients were heavily pretreated with an average of 3 different chemotherapy regimens and the majority had high-risk disease features. Additionally, many of the transformation events developed shortly after the patient started therapy, suggesting that unrecognized RS likely preexisted treatment initiation. Indeed, in a 3-year follow-up report in 132 patients including R/R and treatment-naive CLL from PCYC-1102 and the extension study PCYC-1103, the number of patients with RS remained at 8 (9). Additional single-center studies confirmed that RS accounts for early progression-related discontinuation of ibrutinib in 4.7% to 5.8% of patients with CLL (10). Conversely, RS was a rare event in patients treated with ibrutinib in the phase 3 study of Ibrutinib (PCI-32765) versus Ofatumumab in patients with R/R CLL (RESONATE) and no transformation was observed in a phase III study of ibrutinib in combination with bendamustine and rituximab in R/R CLL (HELIOS) (11).
Because of a lack of efficacious standard treatment options, the efficacy of ibrutinib was tested on RS, demonstrating the possibility of transient disease control (12). Though limited to case reports, this observation proved that ibrutinib is a novel approach that may have promise in the management of RS. Future trials investigating its use, either as monotherapy or in combination, appear warranted.
Although anecdotal, the case that we report indicates that ibrutinib treatment did not influence the risk of RS relapse, despite the presence of biological and clinical factors associated with CLL transformation. Extended follow-up of large cohorts of patients with CLL will be necessary to fully understand the risk of RS associated with new therapeutic BCR inhibitors, particularly in treatment-naive patients with CLL.
Chanan-Khan A Cramer P Demirkan F et al. HELIOS investigators. Ibrutinib combined with bendamustine and rituximab compared with placebo, bendamustine, and rituximab for previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (HELIOS): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 study. 2016 17 2 200 211
- Albi, Elisa [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
- Baldoni, Stefano [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2
- Aureli, Patrizia [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
- Dorillo, Erica [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
- Del Papa, Beatrice [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
- Ascani, Stefano [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 3
- Di Ianni, Mauro [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2
- Falzetti, Franca [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
- Sportoletti, Paolo [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1, * Corresponding Author (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Institute of Hematology, Centro di Ricerche Emato-Oncologiche (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy
Hematology Section, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila - Italy
Institute of Pathology, Ospedale S. Maria di Terni and University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy
Franca Falzetti and Paolo Sportoletti contributed equally to this article as senior authors.

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Month: March 2017
More than 10 million Americans age 50 and older are at risk of hunger every day. During Senior Hunger Awareness Month, we’re highlighting the issue of food insecurity among seniors and providing educational resources like “30 Hunger Action Items” to encourage individuals to take simple steps to help combat hunger in their communities. Denny’s is […]
Secondary analysis of nearly 8,000 U.S. adults showed that compared with food-secure adults, those who were food insecure had lower odds of meeting at least three health metrics.
Lower rates of psychological distress were associated with moderate daily intake of fruits and vegetables in middle-aged and older adults, according to research published in BMJ Open.
The Campus Kitchens Project, the leading national nonprofit empowering students to fight hunger and food waste, and AARP Foundation announced a renewal of their senior hunger outreach program. With more than 10 million older adults currently grappling with food insecurity, sustainable evidence-based interventions to address hunger are more important than ever before.

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If you thought Adele's Carpool Karaoke session couldn't be beat, well, you're right. But Madonna's ride with James Corden, which aired last night in the US, is a close second.
In the 13-minute long clip, Madonna educates Corden on traffic laws before the two burst out singing "Vogue." They move onto other Madonna hits, and Madonna dances along in her seat the entire time, and at one point, she even twerks!
Watch the entire video below-- and get ready to laugh, cry, and dance along with Madonna and Corden.

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Thinking of signing at the a delving school? A person don’t are wondering what exactly will the instructors teach your own family what search for learn in diving, this is a brief write-up for .
1. Technical scuba diving Theories And Methods
The first steps most schools will tell you with are usually the notions. You will have to get used to the physics or rather scientific principles taught. This educational aspect of training required to highlight the underwater conditions too as the safety limits to divers. Avoid using learn concerning hazards, the precautionary measures as well as the hand information.
2. Scuba Equipment Familiarization
Divers rely largely on his or her scuba equipment when under the water. These are a major contributor to sustaining your breathing and movement when you are each morning water. Could need locate how the them properly. If you are not careful, it can mean serious problems to you. This is where you find out how to breathe with delving gear as well as dictate your buoyancy underwater.
3. Basic Skills Training
This is another segment of your training. Is offering where your open water training instructor will show you how get a the mobility scuba equipment such as propulsion vehicles and bout. You will also learn tips on how to use the diving mask underwater odor Schnuppertauchen Hurghada to make use of the snorkel. Basic water skills such as free diving, entry and exit throughout the water will be coached in.
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Preparing and planning crucial. You need to prepare for unforeseen circumstances in order to prevent mishaps. Can actually learn how to analyze a diving table, how to create decompression stops, non-decompression and safety prevents.
5. Emergencies And Rescue
The diving school will teach you firstly aid strategies, and the steps needed to help a person in suffering.
These products are normally shipped with the beginner scuba diving course available at the school choices. If you are prepared for specialized courses tend to be meant for vocational divers, check if they do offer wreck and cave scuba.

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Marathi kids story Malkat Bhande - God resides only in pure hearts. And a true knowledge is a form a God. Gaining knowledge with unfair means is not acceptable. Firstly, become capable of receiving knowledge, i.e. become a clean vessel in which knowledge can be poured. Pari will narrate a story where a saint will teach a lesson to a filthy minded rich man, who believes he can obtain anything with his riches, but a noble saint shows him a true way to live a clean life. FREE STORY BOOKS WITH FUN PICTURES, TEXT & AUDIO FOR YOUR KIDS BEST SUITED FOR KIDS BETWEEN 3 TO 7 YEARS. Free Interactive Childrens Books for the new generation! Free books that read itself to your little ones! The books include text and audio. Kids can enjoy these books on their own or you can read to them. Type of books include childrens books, story books, bedtime stories, classic stories, folk stories, toddler books, Toddlers, Children Stories, Kids Story book, Free For Kids,preschool books, nursery school books, kindergarten books, fairy tales and
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From the days of the dinosaurs, birds have been an integral part of our world.
People have always watched and listened to them and members of a wise culture would also be learning from them. But are we?
It’s been 55 years since US biologist Rachel Carson released Silent Spring, describing a season in the near future when birds stopped singing.
It alerted millions of people to bio-accumulation: how levels of toxins build in the bodies of birds and other wildlife.
Citizens supported government regulation of chemicals and pollutants, launching the modern environment movement.
Thirty-odd years later another seminal work, Our Stolen Future, explained that the latest kinds of pesticides and industrial chemicals might not kill off birds directly but might actually be worse.
Author Theo Colborn identified endocrine disruptors: chemicals changing the hormones of birds and other wildlife. The chemicals cause sex changes and infertility in not only the current generation, but in the unborn, and the not yet conceived.
They make it hard for youngsters to mature properly. They shorten lifespans and make day-to-day life difficult.
Colborn explained that the same chemicals are also affecting people. She pointed to increasing rates of thyroid diseases, metabolism problems and various cancers.
Time to learn lessons
For all our bird watching and admiration, how serious are we at learning our lessons?
Right now at supermarkets we can buy our favourite endocrine disruptor: glyphosate, a herbicide that is now banned in EU.
We can even bring it home in a single-use plastic bag.
We also use another class of these disruptors called perfluorinated chemicals in fire-fighting foam, water resistant fabrics and solar panels.
The global perfluorinated chemical industry is set to be worth US$25 billion by 2020.
What if, for every bird you see each day, you did something about our shared future?
What Carson and Colborn advocated for was the precautionary principle and you and I can do that too.
Let’s insist that industry and government first prove that those chemicals are safe and, if in doubt, question, limit, curtail. If in doubt, wait. If in doubt, stop.
Find out more. Read the books (available by interlibrary loan). Check out the North American website Toxic Free Future and the Australian National Toxic Network.
Write to the prime minister and every politician you can. Tell them you object to their proposed bill to deregulate new chemicals that come into this country.
Tell them we do not support easing the regulation of chemicals. Remind them to put the burden of proof back onto the industry.
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If you’ve ever wondered how much that Mrs. Beasley doll in the original box that’s been sitting in the closet is worth, you’ll soon have the opportunity to nail down a price.
Macomb residents with unique items, whether they are household items, articles of clothing or objects d’art are invited to bring those wares to “Traveling Treasure Hunters” events scheduled in Sterling Heights and Roseville later this week.
The treasure hunters, which include brothers Scott, Brian, Brad Hetzer and their sister, Lori Stevenson, are the owners of Monster Gold, a Flint-based subsidiary of Monster Recycling that buys gold, precious metals, antiques and valuables.
“We’ve been traveling around the state for several years — before the bigeconomic crash and before our competition started doing the same — to buy antiques, precious metals, jewelry, and all sorts of things,” said Scott Hetzer.
“We’ve met all kinds of people and heard all sorts of stories, some of which are pretty sad,” he said. “But the best thing about our business is not the objects we buy, it’s the people.”
It’s those people — and the objects — that the Hetzers hope will serve as thefoundation of a reality show along the lines of the History Channel hit “American Pickers,” which follows two antique buyers as they travel the nation looking for unusual and notable objects.
The potential show, which has been tossed around for three years, received a shot in the arm when the Hetzers appeared on American Pickers in 2011.
Now, the producers of that show, and at least two other production companies, are considering producing a television pilot involving the Hetzers.
“It would be unique because we would follow an item,” Scott Hetzer said. “And there would be personalities — including our staff — and the people we connect with every day.
“We’ve been trying for the reality show for a long time; but there’s a lot of interest and I feel confident that this will happen for us,” he said.
Economy boosts business
Monster Gold opened in Flint seven years ago; its parent company, Monster Recycling, opened in 1983. The firm is one of only a handful licensed to sell directly on the world market, which allows them to offer higher prices, and cut out middlemen. To date, they have completed more than 300 events throughout Michigan, Scott Hetzer said.
In 2006, gold prices began to skyrocket, which was the catalyst for the expansion, Scott Hetzer said. This was two years before the recession hit, and people began to sell off valuables as a way to help make financial ends meet.
When they travel, the Hetzers lease conference centers, hotels, halls or community centers to meet with individuals, and occasionally, they go will to a person’s home to look at — and possibly — buy treasures.
But determining the value of an item is not as easy as it appears. Often times, significant research into an item is required before an offer is made, and some items are so rare that value can be a difficult factor to determine, which makes formulating an offer, or brokering a sale, challenging, Scott Hetzer said.
One of the firm’s rarest finds was a bronzed statue that used to be displayed in Rolls Royce dealerships in the United States.
“This was a statue that was very refined, and there were only about 12 of them on the face of the Earth,” Scott Hetzer said. “We found it in Saugatuck.
“There’s all kinds of stuff out there,” he said. “You just have to go out thereand find it.”
Lights, camera, action
The appearance on American Pickers last season provided a footinthedoor, and the producers of the show have contracted with a Michigan film producer to spend a day at each of Monster Gold’s upcoming show locations to assess the viability of a pilot episode to pitch to several networks.
“We’ve been pitching it for three years, and we’re the closet we’ve ever been,” Scott Hetzer said. “We’re really excited about the opportunity.”
The hunters will be on hand with members of their staff to answer questions, provide information and potentially pay cash for unwanted gems at the Best Western Georgian Inn at 31327 Gratiot Ave. in Roseville from 10a.m. to 6p.m. on Jan. 24-27, and then at the Best Western Plus at 34911 Van Dyke Ave. in Sterling Heights from 9a.m. to 6p.m. Jan. 28-29.


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A mother in Sebring, Florida, is facing child abuse charges after posting a video on Facebook that appears to show her 1-year-old child being bitten by a snake.
On Tuesday, the Highlands County Sheriff Office filed a charging affidavit for one count of cruelty toward a child against Chartelle Geanette St. Laurent, 34.
St. Laurent allegedly posted the video on Friday and deleted it after it went viral. Before she was identified publicly, she told local station WFTS that she put the snake close to her 1-year-old daughter in order to teach her a lesson about wildlife safety. She noted that both she and her son had already been bitten and hadn’t been harmed.
“It had bitten me and my son and didn’t leave a mark, several times. So, I thought it was a good opportunity to introduce her without actually getting hurt,” she told the station.
The daughter reached out and the snake then struck the baby’s right thumb, according to the affidavit. As a result, the daughter no longer wanted to touch the snake.
St. Laurent said she believes that people are being too sensitive about the incident.
“They just think that I hurt my child intentionally. The people that know me know that I would never hurt my children,” she told the station.
St. Laurent said she found the snake in her driveway and wanted to use it for a teachable moment with her kids on handling wildlife safely.
The mother also said her child was not hurt, but became scared of the snake’s movement.
“[The snake’s] teeth are too small to actually puncture the skin, so he’s very harmless,” she said, according to NBC4i.com
The video features the sound of her laughing after her child is bitten. St. Laurent told police that was because she was surprised by her daughter’s reaction to the snake attack, according to the probable cause affidavit.
She also said she has no regrets for the incident, according to CBS Miami.
In a release, the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said the probable cause affidavit has been sent to the state’s attorney for review.


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This changes the carrying capacity to 65,535 x Strength. I think that should be enough... Just put the .esp in your data folder. This is most likely a cheat unless you\'re playing your 2nd time thru and don\'t want to spend 1/4 the game lugging around loot to sell.
Is there a no weight cheat or something similar? I realize I can cheat to raise str but thats not what i'm after. I just want to be able to carry whatever I want. Anyone know how this could be accomplished?
In "Oblivion," every item your character can pick up in the world has a weight. These weights are added together to calculate your character's encumbrance. Represented by a feather icon on the character statistic screen, your encumbrance will affect your character's speed and ability to jump within the game world. Characters in "Oblivion" can carry a total weight equal to five times their "Strength" stat. Unlike in later games in the "Elder Scrolls" series, in "Oblivion" an increase in carry weight that leads to you going over your encumbrance limit will root your character to the spot, rendering them unable to move until items are dropped and the character's encumbrance falls back below the limit.
This incurs the wrath of the guards and pretty much sets your fellow mages up for NPC-related slaughter (not the Harry Potter version).Once you have gained access to the Arcane University you can harvest an unlimited supply of enchanted daggers. The NPC mages all carry a randomly enchanted dagger. Since the mages at the University level-up with you, the higher your level, the higher the quality of the dagger and the stronger the enchantment.
At level 2 the NPC mages will have an iron dagger and around level 6 they will start carrying dwarven daggers. Since you may not steal or kill your fellow mages you have to trick the gaurds outside of the gates to assist you. Simply walk up to any of the guards and attack them. When the guards ask you to surrender select "resist arrest".There will be two guards outside, so you need to make sure to get both of them to follow you. Once you have them in tow, run into the academy and wait for your fellow mages to assist you in killing the guards. As the battles go, the gaurds will usually win and kill all of the mages. If this is the case, you need to finish the guards off yourself. Afterwards, simply loot the bodies.The main thing is you did not kill your fellow mages, so you won't be blamed for their deaths.After the first time you do this you will trigger the gaurds and mages to hate each other forever. After hunting in a dungeon or doing a quest, check-in on the guild to see if any new guards or mages are lying around dead.While the mages increase their level as you do, the guards do not, after a while the gaurds won't stand a chance against the mages. To solve this, wait until morning when the captain of the guard is inspecting the courtyard of the guild. Get him as well as the two guards to follow you into the guild; the three of them tend to be a match for the higher level mages.Lastly, if the guard only attacks you and won't attack the mages, use an invisibility spell and he will switch targets.
After clearing out one of the many dungeons in Oblivion, you may wish to carry out more valuable loot, items, armor and weapons than your current level of Encumbrance will allow. If you're able to, you can cast spells that will temporarily raise the amount you can carry, but if that's not an option for you, a simple potion of feather can be very helpful in a pinch.
Clear out all the enemies, taking note of where all the highly valuable (and sometimes heavy) items you're going to want to carry out with you are. Next, load up as much as you can carry, and drink your feather potion. This will temporarily raise your Encumbrance. Now, quickly run around and grab the other items you want to take. Get outside the dungeon before your potion runs out, and fast-travel wherever you wish.
I usually fast-travel just inside the gate to the Market District of the Imperial City, where I temporarily drop whatever I can't carry, then run right around the corner to the various shops. I sell everything I don't want to keep, then I return to the gate and pick up the things I dropped. It's a great way to make large sums of cash fairly quickly.
Go to the Arcane University's Praxographical Center (northeast corner) and create a spell that does Bound Dagger for one second on self. You can repeatedly use this spell to raise your Conjuration skill above level 25, a level you'll need to achieve in order to get the free weightless Daedric weapons.Once your Conjuration is at level 25 or higher, make a new spell that will cast Bound Dagger and Bound "whatever weapon you want." (If you don't see the option to create a spell that does anything other than Bound Dagger, you'll need to make sure that you can actually cast the other bound weapon spell. If you can't, raise your Conjuration skill even higher.) Make sure that you add the Bound Dagger effect first, then add the second bound weapon effect. Set both effects for a duration of one second.Cast the spell you've just created and wait for the sound of weapons equipping. Immediately go to your menu and you'll see that the second bound weapon appears in your inventory. Simply drop the weapon and you can then pick it up to keep forever. The weapon has no sell value but it's weightless and pretty powerful. This bug can be repeated as many times as you like, giving you access to an infinite number of Daedric weapons.
The gates generate a random plane of oblivion along with a random sigil stone. Go through the tower all the way to the top, till you reach the sigil stone. Simply save the game before the stone spawns and you can re-randomize the stone by re-loading the game, if it's not to your liking.
Bethesda's "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" game allows you to assume the role of a heroic adventurer in a massive fantasy world. In the game, a character's maximum carry weight refers to the total weight they may store in their inventory while travelling, without becoming over encumbered. Since the maximum carry weight is derived from a character's basic statistics, changing them using the game's console will give your character a higher maximum carry weight.
Open the "Oblivion" installation directory on your hard drive. By default, it installs to the "Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion" folder. Open the "oblivion.ini" file in a text editor such as Notepad.
Calculate the character's current maximum carry weight. Open the character's overview menu (default key "Tab") and note the character's "Strength" statistic. The maximum weight the character can carry equals five times the Strength number. Likewise, to determine how much to increase Strength, divide the desired maximum carry weight by five.
Press the "~" key to open the console. Type "player.setav Strength" followed by a new number for the character's total Strength score. Press "Enter" to make the changes and "~" to close the console. The character's carry weight will increase--or decrease--based on the input for the new Strength total. Note that changing the character's Strength will also alter his melee damage and maximum fatigue.
While Strength is the primary attribute used in calculating carry weight, the character's armour proficiency also affects encumbrance. A higher proficiency makes equipped armour weigh less, and increases maximum carry weight. You can change armour proficiency just as you did Strength, using the "player.setav" command followed by either "HeavyArmor" or "LightArmor."
Oblivion fans, I need help with something, guys. Do you remember that in Oblivion, if you carry just 0.1 above your max carry weight, you literally stop moving? Is there anyway(editing ini file or a mod) that forces me to walk rather than stop completely(basically like Skyrim)? I tried More Realistic Encumbrance and Realistic Fatigue but I don't like them.
To enable the console, make sure the bAllowConsole is set to 1 in your oblivion.ini file. If it's not there, you can add it in the [Interface] section. The console can then be accessed in-game by toggling the 'tilde key' (the actual key can be ~, º, ¬, |,^, \, §, etc.. depending on your keyboard layout), found near the "1" key on most keyboards. The console prompt will appear in the lower left-hand corner of your screen. You can scroll the console output using the "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys. The console is not case sensitive: entering any of "tdt" or "TDT" or "TdT" will toggle the debugging text.
Note: If you are running Oblivion on Windows XP Media Center Edition or Windows Vista, and an infrared remote receiver is plugged in (note that many laptops have this built in), your console may not function properly. In order to restore its functionality, unplug the receiver for your Media Center Remote (or if it's built in use the device manager to disable or uninstall "ITECIR Infrared Receiver" from "Human Interface Devices"). This will allow you to use the console, as the receiver interferes with Oblivion's programming. Additionally, a built-in infrared receiver on laptops can cause the same issue and disabling it in the Device Manager has proven to fix the console function. Alternatively, a Ring of Console mod has been created to circumvent this problem. You can also use Change Console Key mod (requires OBSE and latest oblivion patch) to change the key or use Oblivion Console Spell (requires OBSE) to open the console. Using either of these will avoid any difficulties that the Ring of Console may have saving the game while toggling menus.
In many ways, SkyUI makes Skyrim's menu and inventory screens much more like Oblivion's, with sortable columns, tabs for each type of item, and even lightweight filtering systems. SkyUI makes Skyrim much easier to play for PC players, but console players should avoid it as it's nigh-impossible to navigate with a gamepad. 2b1af7f3a8

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Jan. 19 — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 20 in a lawsuit involving land-use issues unique to Alaska, but the case also raises general questions of statutory interpretation and federal land policy that could have broader implications, attorneys told Bloomberg BNA.
The case, Sturgeon v. Frost, asks the court to decide whether Section 103(c) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) prohibits the National Park Service from exercising regulatory control over Alaska land that is located within the physical boundaries of the National Park System but belongs to the state, private parties or native corporations (191 DEN A-14, 10/2/15).
Specifically, Alaska resident John Sturgeon argues that a Park Service regulation banning the use of hovercraft in all national parks doesn't apply to nonfederal land.
“In a lot of ways, this is a case unique to Alaska,” Ethan W. Blevins, attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which filed an amicus brief in support of Sturgeon, told Bloomberg BNA. “But I do think there are bigger questions as to what extent courts should defer to agency interpretations.”
While this case “is pretty unique to Alaska,” Todd Henderson, professor at the University of Chicago Law School, told Bloomberg BNA, “there are some undercurrents here of federal land policies in the West generally. This raises the question of what the federal government's powers are on private land.”
The dispute arose when park officials informed Sturgeon that he couldn't operate his hovercraft on the Nation River in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Sturgeon's hovercraft had broken down during his annual moose-hunting trip when park officials approached him. He argued that the river is not under federal control and not subject to National Park Service (NPS) regulation, but the officials insisted he could face criminal sanctions if he continued his trip through the national preserve.
Sturgeon challenged the regulation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, which deferred to the Park Service's interpretation of its regulatory authority under ANILCA and held that the hovercraft ban applies to nonfederal land (Sturgeon v. Masica, 2013 BL 300991, D. Alaska, No. 3:11-cv-0183-HRH, 10/30/13).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed, ruling that ANILCA only exempts nonfederal land from Alaska-specific NPS regulations and not from nationwide rules (Sturgeon v. Masica, 768 F.3d 1066, 2014 BL 278223 (9th Cir. 2014)).
Sturgeon argued in his petition for certiorari that the plain language of ANILCA exempts nonfederal land from regulations solely applicable to public lands. The hovercraft ban, he wrote, applies to national parks generally but not to private, native and state-owned Alaska land.
He also argued that ANILCA doesn’t give NPS jurisdiction over navigable waters on nonfederal land, because such waters are not public lands within the meaning of ANILCA. However, the government argued in its response brief that navigable waters are public lands subject to federal regulatory control.
ANILCA is not an ambiguous statute, Henderson said. The Park Service interpretation of its regulatory authority likely won't survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
The administrative law question is probably “one of the reasons the Supreme Court took up the case,” Blevins said.
“It's going to be a really interesting case in a lot of ways, very complicated because of things specific to Alaska,” he said. “But I do think we'll see language in the court's decision that will apply more broadly to how we approach administrative law.”
This case raises a lot of issues important to Alaskans, Blevins said.
Alaska contains more than 150 million acres of federally managed national parks, preserves and monuments.
“Because so much of the state is covered by those kinds of federal regions, whether or not the areas are subject to federal regulation is essential to the state's ability to develop economically,” Blevins said. It also affects native tribes dependent upon subsistence living.
The federal government has a complicated relationship with Alaska, Henderson said.
In 1980 Congress passed ANILCA, which was designed to resolve land title disputes between the state and native corporations. The statute also created conservation system units, establishing new national parks and bringing lands reserved for Alaska, private parties and native corporations under federal management.
“Congress has taken a lot of time and effort to try to please everyone,” Henderson said. “If you give NPS broad authority it could really upset this bargain.”
Henderson said that he would be surprised if the court didn't reverse the Ninth Circuit.
“The Ninth Circuit's reasoning is completely unjustifiable under the statute,” he said. It “doesn't make any sense” to hold that ANILCA only exempts Alaska from state-specific NPS regulations.
The Ninth Circuit's decision “is utterly illogical” because it denies “the benefit of Alaska-specific NPS regulations that relax nationwide restrictions on hunting, camping, and motorized access,” Sturgeon argued in his cert. petition. The court “impose[d] a more restrictive regulatory regime” on nonfederal land than Congress intended.
“The conservatives on the court generally think the Ninth Circuit is somewhere between crazy and not very good at their jobs, and this opinion as I read it definitely falls into that category,” Henderson said. “The Ninth Circuit's reasoning cannot be right.”
Blevins agreed. “The Ninth Circuit got it wrong. It fails to look at the broader context of what ANILCA was trying to accomplish. It takes a magnifying glass and hones in on that specific language and fails to look at the bigger picture.”
Moreover, the conservative members of the Supreme Court are generally “hostile” to federal land policies in the Western U.S., Henderson said.
While “I don't think it's going to have a broad effect on land management policies,” he said, a decision against NPS would be a “psychological victory for ranchers and people in the West.”
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Ocean Optics has released an update to its OmniDriver spectroscopy development platform.
The platform-neutral Java based OmniDriver Version 2.20 provides an interface for the programming of USB spectrometers, accessories and devices in optical sensing systems. It is available with an optional set of spectral processing math algorithms. New features have improved the platform’s high-speed data acquisition, spectral processing, data analysis, data visualisation and data transfer options.
Also, OmniDriver Version 2.20 has more robust algorithms for photometry and colourimetry. This is an especially useful feature when measuring samples with sharp peaks, such as in narrowband sources like those used in laser projection systems.


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The latest data from BullGuard suggests the recent Mirai-based DDoS attack could be just the tip of the iceberg.
Roughly four billion connected devices in the world would equate to almost 185 million vulnerable devices today. What’s more, experts predict around 50 billion connected devices by 2020.
“Even though the Internet of Things is in its relative infancy, this attack shows how just a small proportion of vulnerable devices can cause real concern,” said Paul Lipman, CEO at consumer security company, BullGuard. “We’re fortunate that this incident was relatively benign, but it is a timely reminder that security cannot be an afterthought in this emerging market. We would urge people to be vigilant and take the necessary steps to ensure that basic security measures are in place,” Lipman concluded.


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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Oreo crust, creamy cheesecake layer, spiced pumpkin cheesecake, whipped cream and chocolate ganache on top, sounds like a great alternative to pumpkin pie, especially for those cheesecake fans out there.
When it comes to autumn desserts, there is no better solution than pumpkin. I started my autumn season for this sort of treats a few weeks ago, but not not on this blog. I did it as a contributor for the LilLuna.com blog. Chatting with Kristyn (the author of LilLuna) and discussing many recipes, we came to a delightful conclusion to choose Pumpkin Cheesecake. Kristyn always liked photos of my cakes and as if by rule, my cheesecakes always came out perfect.
And so, it was time for the decadent Pumpkin cheesecake with Oreo crust. After I put the photos on LilLuna, Kristyn was delighted and even called me “queen of cheesecakes” in an email . But, in my delight with that email, I made a critical error. I read it to my husband Seeing how much this acknowledgement meant to me, my husband, who sees this blog as a sort of a game, just couldn’t stop teasing me! He started every day by saying “Ooooh, where is my cheesecake queen?” and in time, I became a chocolate and pumpkin queen. Of course, everything stopped the moment I threatened to uncrown him “the king of cheesecakes” which would mean that he can’t try my desserts.
Joking aside, this Pumpkin cheesecake really came out “kingly” in every way. Starting with the Oreo crust which by itself guarantees beautiful taste, and after that cheesecake filling which looked fantastic with it’s orange color, to the tasty layer of whipped cream with chocolate ganache poured over it. What else can I tell you, the images speak for themselves – and the taste, well, it followed the images way, it was simply magnificent.
And so, for the grand finale, if you want to put a sweet taste on these autumn days, I’m sure that this Pumpkin Cheesecake with Oreo Crust would really be worthy of a king Enjoy!!!


After Lenovo and Toshiba, it's Acer that has taken the center-stage at this year's IFA event. Announcements, as expected, are happening thick and fast with the event already kicking off, and Acer becomes the newest name to join in with its own special offering.
Taking advantage of this year's IFA event, Acer has finally unveiled two new tablet devices: Acer Iconia Tab One 8 and Iconia Tab 10. Actually there are three tablets in total wtih the Iconia Tab 8 W also released with Windows. But for the moment we are concentrating on Iconia Tab One 8 and Iconia Tab 10.
The Iconia One Tab 8 runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor (the Z3735G), with an 8-inch, 1,280 x 800 IPS display up front. The tablet is 8.5mm thick and just 340 grams. Acer says that the display includes a new anti-fingerprint coating, while its back cover includes texturing to make it more sturdy while holding in hand.
The Iconia One 8 comes in as many as 10 different colors. This includes Jade Green, Sunshine Yellow, Vivid Orange, Sky Blue, Essential White, Midnight Black, Fragrant Pink, Violet Purple, Mia Blue, and Garnet Red.
The Iconia Tab 10, on the other hand, is the company's first 10.1-inch tablet that has arrived minus a keyboard, compared to last year's Iconia A3. The tablet runs on a quad-core Mediatek processor running Android 4.4 KitKat
The tablet also offers full HD (1,920 x 1080) IPS display that's carefully protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. The larger slate also has space for a micro-HDMI port to go with the WiDi standard on the tablet.


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Five people were shot in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side Wednesday afternoon in Chicago’s second mass shooting of the day, officials said.
Three were in critical condition after the latest shooting, police said.
Chicago police and paramedics were called to the intersection of West 79th and South Justine streets about 12:15 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department. The shooting happened in front of Justine Food Mart.
According to Officer Michelle Tannehill, a police spokeswoman, the victims were standing in a group when a silver sedan pulled up. Three people got out, and all fired shots at the group, she said.
The shooters fled in an unknown direction, Tannehill said. It was unknown if the victims returned fire. No weapons have been recovered, and no one was in custody
The victims were four men and one woman, police said.
According to Tannehill, the victims were:
- A 27-year old woman who suffered a graze wound to the hip. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and was in good condition
- A 47-year-old man who suffered a gunshot wound to the face. He was taken to U. of C. and was in critical condition.
- A 32-year-old man who suffered a gunshot wound to the lower right back. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and was in critical condition.
- A 50-year-old man who suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his body. He was taken to Christ in critical condition
- A 36-year-old man who was shot in the left ankle but refused medical assistance at the scene. He later self-reported to Christ in good condition.
It was the second mass shooting of the day in Chicago. About 12 hours earlier, at 12:05 a.m., five people were shot in West Garfield Park. There were no fatalities in that shooting.
According to the CTA, buses were rerouted in the area.
At least 22 yellow evidence markers were placed at the scene. An evidence technician went in and out of the Justine Food Mart multiple times, taking pictures from the inside.
People stopped along the busy street to look and see what happened.
April Lawson was standing at a nearby bus stop when she saw a flurry of police cars rush by.
”I didn’t think it was a shooting,” Lawson said. “I thought maybe it was a car crash.”
Lawson said violence has a ripple effect, noting that when a shooting happens the community as a whole is interrupted. Bus routes are slowed, and businesses are negatively impacted.
“The smallest quality of life stuff,” she said.
She said she is frustrated by the fact that, as she sees it, there are a number of people trying to do the right thing in the community and positive strides are being made, but the violence counteracts any gains.
”Some of us are articulate … intelligent … educated,” she said. " You got all these people, and yet it is still happening.”
Although Lawson has tried her hand at community activism in an effort to stem the violence, she said she is fed up and plans to move to Florida in six months. She said she understands the socioeconomic forces that compel people to commit crimes, and how trauma is deeply embedded into the minds of members of her community.
”It isn’t Chicago in general,” she said. “Just certain neighborhoods and it happens by design.”
But those same complex forces are also what make the problem so hard to solve, she said.
”I don’t know how you shift a consciousness,” she said. “… If you feel hopeless, you don’t feel like you have anything to live for.”


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Deerfield Beach, located in Broward County,Florida is the ideal destination to experience South Florida’s beaches without encountering large crowds. Its award-winning “Blue Wave” beach earned that designation from the Clean Beach Council, based on its excellent water quality, beach conditions, safety services, public information and habitat conservation policies. Also found here are attractive shopping and dining opportunities. In addition, Deerfield Beach, FL is home to Quiet Waters Park, which features campgrounds, fishing, a skate park and the longest “cable ski” courses in the nation. A hybrid of surfing, skiing and wakeboarding, cable skiing is rapidly growing in popularity, and you can try it at the park’s 2,700-foot oval course.
In recent years Deerfield Beach, FL has enjoyed a renaissance. Long past its agriculturally driven small-town roots, the city is now a hub for international culture and influence. Single-family detached homes make up a majority of the available residences, as condominiums are scarce. Locals have been vocal in recent years in their aversion to their beautiful beaches becoming overrun with resorts, hotels, and high-rise condominiums. For this reason, Deerfield Beach is awash with illustrious waterfront communities including Little Harbor, and The Cove, the latter of which include expansive ranch-style homes as well as modern, luxurious Intracoastal Waterway estates.
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DENVER/Oct. 17, 2023 – As researchers continue to delve into the effects – both negative and positive – of spaying and neutering dogs, data included in a recent scientific publication in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association indicate that obesity rates in sterilized dogs vary by breed size.
In the United States, about 70-80% of dogs are sterilized. This is beneficial as it helps reduce unwanted births, according to Valerie Benka, Program Director at the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs, and a member of the multidisciplinary research team that performed the study. However, questions remain about the health and behavioral impacts of the procedure.
“There are alarming rates of obesity among dogs in the United States and several other countries,” Benka said. “On its own, being overweight or obese is not good for a dog’s health, well-being or longevity, plus it can contribute to other health problems.”
The data presented in this publication suggest that the risk of obesity differs with body size. Sterilized small dogs face the highest risk, while giant-breed dogs have the lowest. Surprisingly, large breeds like Labrador retrievers, German shepherds and golden retrievers exhibit obesity rates akin to small dogs.
Additionally, the research highlights that the timing of sterilization plays a crucial role. Sterilizing dogs at one year of age tends to result in a lower risk of obesity. However, the optimal timing varies by breed size. Notably, large dogs sterilized at three or six months face a higher risk of obesity, a significant finding.
Furthermore, the data presented demonstrate that, when all other factors are equal – breed, size and age at sterilization – males have a higher risk of obesity compared to females, contrary to common assumptions, Benka added.
Benka said unlike other studies on this topic, this Morris Animal Foundation-funded research drew on a comprehensive dataset of more than 155,000 dog records from U.S. Banfield Pet Hospital clinics. This project also differed from previous studies by including both purebred and mixed-breed dogs, and differentiating between sizes among those mixed breeds, providing a more representative sample of the dog population.
“We are tremendously grateful to Morris Animal Foundation for recognizing the importance of this project and supporting it,” Benka said. “The Foundation is supporting comprehensive research, our work with a fantastic statistical data analyst and expert team, and our ability to publish our preliminary and future papers open access so that everyone can view them.”
Next, Benka said she and her team are working on a publication leveraging this data to analyze the outcomes of specific breeds. Additionally, they will explore the correlation between sterilization, obesity and cranial cruciate ligament injuries in dogs.
About Morris Animal Foundation
Morris Animal Foundation’s mission is to bridge science and resources to advance the health of animals. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Denver, it is one of the largest nonprofit animal health research organizations in the world, funding nearly $160 million in more than 3,000 critical animal health studies to date across a broad range of species. Learn more at morrisanimalfoundation.org.
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Mumbai, Aug 3(ANI): The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark index Sensex on Monday surged by 292.62 points to reach a one-year high of 15963.36.
The rise is being attributed to encouraging corporate results and positive opening of European markets, the rise was also led by gains in auto, realty and metals space
Meanwhile, the National Stock Exchange's Nifty also had a similar status as it gained 85.10 points to end at 4721.55, as it hit one-year high during the day of 4723.30.
In the BSE, Maruti Suzuki gained 3.98 per cent to Rs 1,469.55, to close at its highest since it went public six years ago.iggest Nifty gainers were Hindalco Industries (8.42%), Mahindra and Mahindra (8.01%), HCL Technologies (6.1%), Reliance Communications (5.86%) and BHEL (5.46%).
Suzlon Energy (-5.56%), Hindustan Unilever (-2.69%), Tata Communications (-2.27 percent), GAIL (-2.24%) and HDFC (-2.17%) were the losers. (ANI)


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A number of upsets have already been accounted for thus far in the tournament. Now that we're deeper into the game, will we see more and more higher-seeded teams come out victorious?
The lowest-seeded team coming into the Sweet 16 is the A-10 powerhouse Richmond, who got lucky when Morehead State surprised Louisville and advanced to the Round of 32.
Will they continue their streak?
Richmond isn't the only team in a position to wow the fans and screw up brackets across the nation. Marquette and VCU both come in at 11-seeds, and then there's Butler at the 8-seed.
At 7:15 this evening, we'll see the first Sweet 16 game and everything that happened up until that point will just be forgotten.


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The Texas Nationalist Movement has been inundated for over two weeks now with memberships, inquiries and media requests. The pace has been frantic and our organization is growing by staggering percentages.
Read that again. It says "TWO WEEKS".
This should give you a reason to pause and think about what that really means in the context of what is buzzing around the internet and the drone of the mass media.
Let me give you a short time line of events.
On October 31st the TNM did its final blitz promoting the Texas Independence Conference. This included a full-on assault of social media, email and advertising. And while many people that were impacted by this blitz were not able to register and attend the conference, our name and the issue of Texas independence entered the minds of many of those. We grew.
On November 3rd we held the Texas Independence Conference which featured scholars, authors, political activists, musicians, media representatives, and many others, who were all talking about Texas independence. People left that conference renewed in their belief that Texas independence was not only possible but necessary. Again, we grew.
Those people spent November 4th and 5th spreading the word to anyone and everyone who would listen about the Texas Nationalist Movement. Again, we grew.
Then November 6th happened. The election for President was held and the people of the United States voted for a direction that is the complete opposite of where Texas wants to go. For the past several years, we have heard repeatedly that the "straw that broke the camel's back" for many people would be this election. After the results, consider the camel's back broken.
All of those years that we had spent building members, followers, adherents and well-wishers meant that we had connected with hundreds of thousands of Texans. In addition, for well over a decade we had criss-crossed Texas, meeting with an connecting with Texans who were already in favor of Texas independence. More than that, we were, through every source available, preparing those who were undecided to make their decision when their personal "threshhold" had been reached.
I had written a book, "Line In The Sand" some time back and had released it digitally this Summer as a free download. And people downloaded it by the tens of thousands.
Contrary to the prevailing opinion of the uninformed Left, all of this action, and the support gathered by it, was prior to the election.
On election night, those people in which was invested all of the time and resources came to their natural home - the Texas Nationalist Movement.
When they came they did everything that they possibly could to show their support. They became members. They volunteered. They joined the email list. They signed our petition. They called our toll-free hotline. They drove to and slipped notes under the door of our office saying that they would do whatever they could to help keep Texas free and independent.
They also spread the word and shared what they knew.
Our growth and the actions of these new members made headlines.
It wasn't long after that when one of our members posted a link on our Facebook to a petition hosted on the White House website which was asking the Federal Government to let Louisiana secede from the Union.
We applauded the efforts of the people who launched the petition and encouraged them, beyond expressing their opinion publicly, to begin to organize and place their focus on their elected representatives in Baton Rouge. All the while we handled our own growth, promoted the "Let Texas Decide" petition and, as an organization, rejoiced that other states were catching independence fever.
Shortly thereafter, a link appeared for a White House petition similar to the Louisiana petition that asked the Federal Government to let Texas peacefully secede.
We immediately began to spread the word that, while this peition was a well-intentioned means of bringing public attention to the issue, petitioning the White House was pointless, as Texas needed only to assert its independence under Article 1 Section 1 and Article 1 Section 2 of the Texas Constitution and did not need to ask anyone for it except the citizens of Texas.
As this petition went viral, we were further inundated with more members, more inquiries, more volunteers and more media requests from people who were not content to only sign a petition.
With each media interview, meeting and information request, when the White House petition was mentioned, we were very clear about our official position.
1) We did not start the White House petition.
2) We have our own petition which is directed at our State Government.
3) The White House petition will receive no useful response from an administration that is antagonistic to the principles of liberty.
4) The man who started it and the people who are signing it are bringing attention to the issue that Texans want to be free and independent and that is good for our cause.
This was, is and forever shall be our position on the issue. There are dozens of Texas independence petitions circulating now and all of them serve a purpose. They are giving Texans an outlet to vent their immediate, visceral reaction to their sudden realization that the Union is over.
However, petitions are not enough. The TNM knows it and has known it since the last legislative session. And this is where it gets real for Texans.
It is one thing to sign a petition. It feels good. But where Texans will have their real say is in going to the polls to cast a vote for Texas independence. That will not be had by asking for it in Washington, DC. The road to referendum runs through Austin and it is paved with the hard work and sacrifice of Texans who make it happen.
Regardless of what is said by the ceaseless drone of our unitelligent, uninformed, hypocritical opposition, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Texas has the right to be free and independent.
Making that happen is the mission of the Texas Nationalist Movement.
Whether you are for or against the petition, whether you signed one, none or all of them, if freedom, liberty, a sound free-market economy and a Constitional Republic that can only be achieved through Texas independence is your goal, then we encourage you to join with your fellow Texans who have already chosen this path. We welcome you into the Texas Nationalist Movement.


The SNP group on Angus Council have given their full support for calls to consider alternatives to all single use plastic currently used on council premises.
A fresh petition against the cost of parking permits in Angus is gaining momentum after it attracted more than 300 signatures in less than 24 hours.
A shelter at Arbroath’s Victoria Park has been seriously damaged by vandals for a third time in a matter of days, with the latest incident costing the taxpayer over £1000.
Carnoustie and District Independent Councillor Brian Boyd is urging people to ‘take three for the sea’ in a bid to help reduce litter and plastic pollution in the sea and on beaches.
It is not just the world’s best golf that is on display at The Open in Carnoustie.
The MoD has admitted it will “closely monitor” the impact of Scottish Government tax changes which it has been claimed could penalise military personnel at bases north of the border, including Arbroath’s 45 Commando.
Soil samples from the site of a proposed major housing expansion in Forfar have been sent for testing amid fears the land may be contaminated with anthrax.
A ‘ludicrous situation’ which is leaving residents queuing at the county’s recycling centres after reduced opening hours were introduced, has been slammed by Carnoustie councillors who were met with locked gates after they had taken part in a beach clean-up.
The Big Yin will take centre stage as hostelries in Carnoustie begin welcoming visitors to the Open Championship next week.
Volunteers from Angus and Dundee bagged a successful beach clean at the weekend, removing at least a ton of rubbish from the Barry Buddon and Monifieth area.


EU as a maritime security provider
Luxembourg. 19.06.2017. Today the Council adopted conclusions on global maritime security. In the conclusions, the Council highlights the role of the EU as a global maritime security provider in promoting maritime multilateralism and the rule of law at sea. It also encourages the continuous implementation of the EU maritime security strategy and its accompanying action plan.
Improving global maritime security is one of the strands of work in implementing the EU Global Strategy.
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The New Yorker, March 26, 1979 P. 43
Editors' Note: This Profile includes quotes, phrases, and observations drawn without attribution from the article “The Staying Power and the Glory,” by Michael Mewshaw, published in the April 16, 1977, issue of The Nation.
PROFILE of writer Graham Greene, 74, interviewed from his flat in Antibes, in the South of France. His life is balanced on a hairbreadth brink between practical jokes and danger. As a boy he was put into psychoanalysis for trying to run away from school and for playing Russian roulette with himself. Several of his books are mentioned: "A Burnt-Out Case," "The Ministry of Fear," "The Power and the Glory," "Another Mexico," "The End of the Affair," "The Comedians," and his autobiography, "A Sort of Life," He speaks of working as a secret agent in the 1940's, his childhood, travel, the English national character and his friends. Earlier he had been a film critic for the "Spectator" among other publications, and his film reviews are collected in "Graham Greene on Film." Gives his views on censorship, capital punishment, on films, the writers he responds to, and his favorite films. He is a true internationalist, and speaks out for individualism. He recovers his sense of the England he is so firmly rooted in by reading writers like Trollope. He has never hesitated to speak his mind politically or to risk his life in places of war and revolution. He was in Allende's Chile when other writers fretted, at a distance, about it. He talks about Fidel Castro's speeches and about Mexico.


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God is My Shade
I have been unpacking my heart from the She Speaks 14 conference, and quite honestly, this was a part that I had not intended to unpack here. Until today. In reading Psalms this morning I tweeted verses about God being my hiding place and being close. (Psalm 32:7 & Psalm 34:18) I made this picture and sent it to a friend and said, “Wow, that’s a promise!” to which she replied back, “Yes, and true to the end…. not some but ALL.”
And then I see a tweet that reminds me to unwrap a scroll that was tenderly wrapped just for me. Just the thought of that paper delicately rolled in twine overwhelms my heart with love.
The week before She Speaks, I wanted to run. Those seven days were filled with anxiety, insomnia, and panic. This sentence ran marathons through my mind the entire week – “WHAT AM I THINKING?” I wanted to go, and was excited to go until it came right down to going and then I was afraid. Thankfully, I remembered Jonah.
I remembered reading about Jonah just a few weeks before. My last post before She Speaks was “God Comforts.” I read this verse in Jonah and it jumped off of the page and rocked my world.
Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. Jonah 4:6
This verse stirred this fresh hope in my soul: God doesn’t make us comfortable, but he does ease our discomfort.
We visited Duke Gardens and my son helped me capture this reminder:
It made me think about all the leafy plants God provided to me for shade in my life. It made reflect on all of the ways He was with me. God knew Jonah was uncomfortable. He was right there. He was aware, and He used this simple plant to provide joy for Jonah in his discomfort. Jonah was very happy about the plant and it helped him to endure.
On the night before She Speaks, I was trying to get everything ready. After staring at a blank screen for way too long, I finally decided to break away with my husband and go eat dinner together. As we got out of the car, my heart was filled with peace at the sight of this puffy love in the sky.
These clouds reminded me that He has perfect knowledge and can be trusted. After taking a break for dinner, I was able to go home, finish everything and pack. I was ready and I was excited. I was headed to She Speaks!
As I walked into that big room on the first morning, I took a deep breath. The beauty and the detail on each table alone was incredible. The bird-cage, reminding me that I am free. The candles, reminding me to let my light shine. The empty beautiful bottles, reminding me to be filled with Him. The gorgeous flowers, reminding me to bloom where he plants me. The new friends and faces around me, reminding me that I am not alone.
And then this scroll, for me. It was wrapped with love, and randomly placed into my hands. For such a time as this. This scroll, reminding me again that He is my comfort. He is my King Jesus. I am His princess. He is my shade.
Can you see the ways God has provided leafy plants for you? Have you experienced His shade in your discomfort and pain? Maybe God is telling you to go to Nineveh, too? Go, and trust Him. He will be there with you, always. He will be there to ease your discomfort. He will be your shade.
Thank you for sharing your fears, Michelle, and how God showed Himself to be faithful and true to His promises. So encouraging! Hugs!
Thank you Trudy – I am so thankful this encouraged you! <3 Michelle
Thank you for sharing the story behind the scroll. You will never know what it means for me to hear your story. The Proverbs 31 Board and I gathered Scriptures for weeks, and when we had them all, I prayed over each and every one and prayed over your names…each and every one…believing God that each woman would receive His Word for her. How I wish I could hear every story to see God’s hand at work. This is a true gift. Thank you!!!
Thank you for your vision, your prayers, and your dedication to serve Him. I am thankful for each hand that rolled and tied each scroll. The Bible verse that I read that morning ushered an amazing peace into my soul for that weekend. I immediately read mine, and when I did I thought my heart would burst with joy! I asked my neighbor what verse she had (just to make sure we didn’t all have the same verse) and then I just smiled…. big. Of all the verses in the Bible, mine had the word shade! Only God! Thank you for your faithfulness. <3 Michelle
Your blog posts are so incredible! I can’t wait to see how your gifts will impact the masses. This is a great post! I never have thought of the leaf as protection but now have a whole new perspective-thank you!! 🙂
Angela, thank you so much! I miss you!

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Over 20 Years of Caring for Dogs
I have been involved in many aspects of dogs for over 20 years, since I was about 15 years old and started showing dogs. I own, raise, train and show Alaskan Malamutes and have worked as a veterinary technician during pre-medical school. I currently share my home with my husband, 2 sons, 3 Alaskan Malamutes, a Newfoundland, 2 cats, rabbits, pocket pets and a flock of loved and spoiled hens! I also have experience working ...

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Actress Elizabeth Norment, who regularly performed on the Southern California theater circuit and recently appeared in the political drama “House of Cards,” has died. She was 61.
Diane Bush, the owner of Leading Artists Talent Agency, which represented Norment, confirmed her death to the Los Angeles Times but could not provide additional details.
Norment died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York on Oct. 13, according to a death notice that appeared in the Washington Post.
Norment graduated from Yale University in 1979 with a master’s in fine arts, and performed several stage roles in Southern California in the 1980s and early 1990s. She portrayed three of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters in “As You Like It,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “The Merchant of Venice” at the Grove Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove in 1990 and 1991.
Click here to read the full story at LATimes.com.

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By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test Friday morning at 9.00 am local time in yet another defiance of UN resolutions. The South Korean government reported that this was possibly the biggest explosion so far and it appears that Pyongyang is beginning to make serious nuclear advances. South Korean President Park Guen-hye termed the test an act of “self destruction“; the US issued a warning of “serious consequences.” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted to the test saying it “absolutely cannot condone” the test and would “protest adamantly” to North Korea. He added that Pyongyang’s “nuclear development is becoming a graver threat to Japan’s safety and severely undermines the peace and safety of the region and the international community.” China too called upon the North Korean’s regime to exercise restraint and avoid further action, though it appeared to justify Pyongyang’s action by suggesting that it was possibly a response to the deployment of the US anti-missile defence system THAAD. Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency too stated that test was in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and that it is “a deeply troubling and regrettable act.”
Given the nature of the regime in North Korea, there is no clear information on the kind of yield, the type of weapon, among other things. South Korea reported that it may be a 10 kt (Kiloton, or the explosive equivalent one ton of TNT) weapon although others have suggested that it may be a 20 kt. Just to offer a sense of the magnitude of the yield, the bomb that the US dropped in Hiroshima was 15 kt. But the yield suggests that this was not a hydrogen or a fusion bomb.
The test might also indicate North Korea’s success in miniaturising their weapon to mount it on top of a long-range ballistic missile. North Korea claimed this after their last nuclear test in January. US military officials also suggest that Pyongyang may have managed to miniaturise the warhead though US civilian officials appear to be more skeptical. It must also be added that North Korea has carried out a series of ballistic missile tests as well in the recent months, the most recent one in the beginning of the week as world leaders gathered in Hanzhou for the G20 Summit.
What motivates the North Korean regime is of course the key question. Ever since Kim Jong-un took charge in Pyongyang, one has seen a much more belligerent North Korea. No amount of UN sanctions seemed to have had any impact on the regime. So how can the world respond to today’s test? North Korea is already isolated, especially after the tough sanctions imposed on Pyongyang after the January 2016 nuclear test. What more can be done to isolate an already isolated regime? One can debate additional means to put pressure on the regime, but it is more important to ensure that existing sanctions are fully implemented. This brings to particular focus the role of China. Has China been on board in implementing the last round of sanctions? China remains the only country that has offered political and economic support to the regime. It is understandable that Beijing does not want to see the North Korean collapsing, which would mean that the power vacuum could possibly be filled by South Korea or even the US.
This test also affects Asian security dynamics. There have been continuing debates within South Korea and Japan on whether they should develop their own nuclear weapons. Japan’s debate is particularly noteworthy. Given the strong domestic opposition to nuclear weapons, the fact that these debates are taking place at all says a lot about the new security dynamics in play. Tokyo has all the technological wherewithal to build nuclear weapons but the question has been about its willingness to go down this path given its strategic culture and how it might upon Japan-US security equations. Clearly, on the first question, the indication that the rest of the world will not do much to control North Korean nuclear weapons is increasing support for a Japanese nuclear arsenal, though this is, as yet, by nowhere near the majority opinion. But unless the rest of the world does something about North Korea, Japanese domestic opinion could continue to swing towards exercising its own nuclear option.
The second issue is about US support. There has always been also the question of the credibility of the US nuclear umbrella. The recent talk of a US No First Use (NFU) policy triggered fresh debates in this regard. The US debate on the NFU has been shelved for the time being but the need for independent security capabilities is not going to go away, at least in the minds of US allies. Japan has also worried about a possible Iran-like solutions worked out sometime in the future between the US and China, which leaves North Korean nuclear capability in place, leaving Tokyo to fend for itself. But should Japan go nuclear, South Korea will follow suit and the situation would become rather dire.
Lastly, the North Korean nuclear belligerence is also a reflection of the lack of effectiveness of the global non-proliferation regime. NPT has been in a crisis mode and the failure to tackle cases such as North Korea either through the non-proliferation regime or by the great powers will leave the neighbouring countries to fend for themselves.


Castro SM, Tseylin E, Medvedeva O, Mitchell K, Visweswaran S, Bekhuis T, Jacobson RS. Automated annotation and classification of BI-RADS assessment fro radiology reports. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2017; 69:177-187.
The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) was developed to reduce variation in the descriptions of findings. Manual analysis of breast radiology report data is challenging but is necessary for clinical and healthcare quality assurance activities.
The objective of this study is to develop a natural language processing (NLP) system for automated BI-RADS categories extraction from breast radiology reports. We evaluated an existing rule-based NLP algorithm, and then we developed and evaluated our own method using a supervised machine learning approach. We divided the BI-RADS category extraction task into two specific tasks: (1) annotation of all BI-RADS category values within a report, (2) classification of the laterality of each BI-RADS category value. We used one algorithm for task 1 and evaluated three algorithms for task 2. Across all evaluations and model training, we used a total of 2159 radiology reports from 18 hospitals, from 2003 to 2015.
Performance with the existing rule-based algorithm was not satisfactory. Conditional random fields showed a high performance for task 1 with an F-1 measure of 0.95. Rules from partial decision trees (PART) algorithm showed the best performance across classes for task 2 with a weighted F-1 measure of 0.91 for BIRADS 0-6, and 0.93 for BIRADS 3-5. Classification performance by class showed that performance improved for all classes from Naïve Bayes to Support Vector Machine (SVM), and also from SVM to PART.
Our system is able to annotate and classify all BI-RADS mentions present in a single radiology report and can serve as the foundation for future studies that will leverage automated BI-RADS annotation, to provide feedback to radiologists as part of a learning health system loop.
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