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El Rinconcito del Gringo, Calle Francisco Morazan #27 (Just 2 blocks west of city hall and municipal market), ☎ (503) 2327-2351, . 8 am to 9 pm. This litle restaurante and gallery owned by El Gringo Roberto an expat from California offers great Tex/Mex food and typical Salvadorean foods is a great option for the little town of Suchitoto. They are open every day for breakfast lunch and dinner. The restaurant also has a small art gallery as well as a new hostel. Try their fish or veggie tacos, super burritos or quesadillas, they are worth every penny.... If you want a real treat try the gourmet pupusas, garlic and basil, mushroom and squash just to mention a few. Robert Broz and his wife Tita are happy to provide travelers information for those that ask.$1-$5.
Hostel El Rinconcito del Gringo, Calle Francisco Morazan #27 (Just 2 blocks west of the market), ☎ (503) 2327-2351, . checkin: anytime; checkout: 2:00 pm. Suchitoto's newest hostel offers two private rooms and one large dorm room with four double beds. The private rooms have great beds, a shared living room with cable TV, drinking water and a book exchange. The hostel also provides a complete braekfast for those staying in the private rooms. The owner Robert Broz also offers tours and travelers information, he is a real expert on Suchitoto and El Salvador, better than any guide book.$10/person.
Los Almendros de San Lorenzo, Ph: (503) 2-335 1200, . Historical hotel with suites with air conditioning, gourmet restaurant & bar, tropical gardens & pool.
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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
- S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
- direct troponym / full troponym
- S: (v) force, thrust (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"
- S: (v) stick, sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous) "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
- S: (v) walk (make walk) "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
- S: (v) parade, exhibit, march (walk ostentatiously) "She parades her new husband around town"
- S: (v) march (cause to march or go at a marching pace) "They marched the mules into the desert"
- S: (v) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means) "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
- S: (v) turn up the heat, turn up the pressure (apply great or increased pressure) "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
- S: (v) drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly) "She is driven by her passion"
- S: (v) bludgeon (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club) "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
- S: (v) steamroller, steamroll (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure) "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
- S: (v) squeeze for (squeeze someone for money, information, etc.)
- S: (v) dragoon, sandbag, railroad (compel by coercion, threats, or crude means) "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
- S: (v) terrorize, terrorise (coerce by violence or with threats)
- S: (v) bring oneself (cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative) "He could not bring himself to call his parents"
- S: (v) clamor (compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring) "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"
- S: (v) condemn (compel or force into a particular state or activity) "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
- S: (v) shame (compel through a sense of shame) "She shamed him into making amends"
- S: (v) enforce, implement, apply (ensure observance of laws and rules) "Apply the rules to everyone"
- S: (v) run, execute (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine) "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
- S: (v) execute (carry out the legalities of) "execute a will or a deed"
- S: (v) give (execute and deliver) "Give bond"
- S: (v) enforce, impose, constrain (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"
- direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
- S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
- derivationally related form
- W: (n)
compulsion [Related to: compel] (using force to cause something to occur) "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
- W: (n)
obligation [Related to: oblige, obligate] (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force) "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
- sentence frame
- S: (v) oblige, bind, hold, obligate (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted) "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
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GE Completes Purchase of Gearless Wind Turbine Manufacturer ScanWind
With the acquisition of ScanWind, based in Trondheim, Norway, GE has secured a foothold in the growing offshore wind energy market. GE is gambling that ScanWinds early-stage turbine technology that could make offshore wind farms cheaper to maintain.
Instead of gearboxes, ScanWind uses a novel direct-drive generator technology in its 3.5-megawatt turbines. ScanWind’s turbine design gets rid of the gearbox completely. Instead, the rotor shaft is attached directly to the generator, which spins at the same speed as the blades. This makes the turbines more reliable, the company says, by cutting downtime and repair costs, an especially important consideration for turbines offshore, where it’s more expensive to send technicians for maintenance. ScanWind has been testing the turbines on the Norwegian coast since 2003.
The multiple wheels and bearings in a wind turbine gearbox suffer tremendous stress because of wind turbulence, and a small defect in any one component can bring the turbine to a halt. This makes the gearbox the most high-maintenance part of a turbine. Gearboxes in offshore turbines, which face higher wind speeds, are even more vulnerable than those in onshore turbines.
GE, based in Fairfield, CT, is the world’s second-largest maker of wind turbines, with more than 12,000 turbines installed globally. But GE’s offshore wind energy portfolio has been minimal so far, and the company wants to expand its offshore offerings. By acquiring ScanWind, transferring its expertise and understanding of onshore wind, and adding technologies such as remote monitoring and sensing, GE hopes it can make a solid, cost-effective offshore wind product.
In conventional wind turbines, the blades spin a shaft that is connected through a gearbox to the generator. The gearbox converts the turning speed of the blades (15 to 20 rpm for a large 1MW turbine) into the faster 1,800 rotations per minute that the generator needs to generate electricity. “Wind turbines are very different than any other gearbox application,” says Sandy Butterfield, chief engineer of the wind program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. “You’re going from a very low speed to a high speed.” Typically it’s the opposite.
In a turbine generator, magnets spin around a coil to produce current, the faster the magnets spin, the more current is induced in the coil. To make up for a direct drive generator’s slower spinning rate, the radius of rotation is increased, effectively increasing the speed with which the magnets move around the coil.
“Eliminating the gearbox from the wind turbine [removes] the technically most complicated part of the machine, inherently improving reliability,” says Henrik Stiesdal, chief technology officer of Siemens AG. Furthermore, if a permanent magnet is used in the generator, as is the case with newer turbines, the efficiency goes up even more. That’s because, unlike today’s electromagnetic generators, permanent magnets don’t need power.
Direct-drive generators currently cost more than geared systems and are 15 to 20 percent heavier. Still, GE’s decision to buy ScanWind is smart, says Butterfield. “Offshore machines are so expensive in terms of maintenance that some people are thinking the tradeoff tilts in favor of direct-drive generators,” he says. “I am optimistic that there is technology out there that’s going to help bring direct-drive generators down in parity with the weight and cost of geared systems.”
The leader in offshore wind energy, Siemens, has been testing two 3.6-megawatt proof-of-concept direct-drive turbines near Denmark for over a year now. Stiesdal says that the technology has proven to work just as well as gearboxes in terms of power, vibrations, temperature, noise, and reliability. Now it’s a matter of bringing down its cost.
GE expects to have a market-ready product by late 2012. It is targeting the European market initially because nearly all of the 1,473 megawatts of offshore wind power currently available come from installations along European coasts. According to industry analysts, this capacity must reach 30,000 megawatts by 2020 if the European Union is to meet its renewable-energy targets. One of the reasons for choosing ScanWind, says GE, is because of the company’s footprint in the Nordic countries, which, along with the U.K. and Germany, are the brightest spots for offshore wind energy.
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How Are Women Faring In Ukraine?
On the eve of the January 17 presidential elections in Ukraine, Olena Suslova, Chair of the Board at Women’s Information Consultative Center in Kiev, offers a glimpse of the status of women and women’s rights there.
By Masum Momaya
AWID: What is the status of women and women’s rights in Ukraine generally?
Olena Suslova (O.S.): Women in Ukraine have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family, but there is some difference between formal legal equality and reality. For example, women make up 48% of Ukraine’s labor force, and while our Constitution guarantees equal pay for equal work – and this is mostly observed – industries dominated by female workers have the lowest relative wages and are the ones most likely to be affected by wage arrears. Moreover, some employers refuse to hire younger women likely to become pregnant or women over 35. Generally, women also have fewer opportunities for career advancement.
AWID: Will the upcoming (January 17) elections provide an opportunity to elect officials that might advance women’s rights or are the elections simply a formality?
O.S.: The upcoming elections will elect the President but not officials, who will ultimately influence public policy. Depending on who is elected, new officials may be appointed, including diplomats and the Attorney General. However, under Ukraine’s constitution, the President has limited powers. In general, I don’t think that the upcoming elections will radically change public policies related to gender equality.
AWID: Are women’s groups mobilizing around the elections?
O.S.: No. This time women’s groups are not active themselves, and political parties are not mobilizing women either.
AWID: Is there much political participation generally by women in Ukraine, as voters, candidates and officials?
O.S.: Female voters in Ukraine are more engaged than male voters. As individuals, women more actively participate in campaigns and vote more often. In this upcoming election, 3 of the 18 candidates for Parliament are women. And currently, 75.5% of government officials are women, but most are not in positions of power.
AWID: Are corruption and bureaucracy major factors in how people experience and interact with the political system?
O.S.: Yes, corruption and bureaucracy influence how people interact with the political system; however other factors are important, too, including people’s ignorance of the political system, mutual bias and stereotypes, lack of activism and some “activist depression” after the Orange Revolution.
AWID: Has the presence of a prominent woman leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, made any difference in terms of women’s rights?
O.S.: No and yes.
Yulia Tymoshenko is not considered by most to be a leader with feminist thinking and declarations. Usually she is gender neutral in her expressions and approaches, avoiding raising issues of women’s leadership and sometimes pointing out the masculinity of her own actions and those of “real men”.
At the same time, by example, she has encouraged women to get more involved in politics and motivated women to be more insistent, confident and forthcoming in their career advancement.
In my opinion, Tymoshenko walks a feminist path but is not ready to declare it. In previous years, she did a lot to support “big wise men” even after many of them betrayed her, but lately, she has finally understood that she needs to leave behind the “supportive” gender role. Now, she often talks about how badly men have managed our country and why we need to give women an opportunity.
AWID: Ukraine has experienced much economic transition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. What kinds of occupations do women work in? And what is the situation of women economically more recently amidst the global economic crisis?
O.S.: Women in Ukraine have been economically active for many generations, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union has not decreased this. Still, most women work in “female” fields like education, trade and the hospitality industry. Now, though, more women work in “male” dominated fields like the military and information technology.
There is not yet much research on the influence of the global economic crisis in Ukraine from a gender perspective, but, in general, the crisis has not hit Ukraine as hard as many other countries. We are not as integrated into the global economy as many other countries. Also, we went through a very harsh “vaccination” period during the first years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, when our economy experienced many shocks. Inflation rates during those years reached 1000%, and unemployment increased from practically zero to 5 – 10%. Women did a lot of compensating during this time.
These economic shocks were compounded by a cultural shock in which people had to reformulate their words, actions and lives. So the current economic crisis is not as difficult as what we went through nearly 20 years ago.
AWID: Does the Eastern Orthodox Church exert much influence on women’s rights today?
O.S.: The influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church on women’s rights is not substantive in general. Traditional values such as the prohibition of abortion and the subordination of women are not visible in society as a whole and not aggressive. The church could have much influence within some families, but this is more exception than the rule.
AWID: What is the status of sexual and reproductive rights for women in Ukraine? And are these rights complicated by Ukraine’s low birth rates and natalist policies?
O.S.: Sexual and reproductive rights for women are not limited by law, and Ukraine has one of the highest abortion rates in the world. The government has been trying to encourage women to have children through financial incentives, but this policy has not been very effective, because, even with the incentives, people cannot afford to have children. Moreover, in rural areas, there is limited access to hospitals and health care.
AWID: How strong are civil society and the women’s movement in Ukraine? Are they adequately resourced? And is the spirit of the Orange Revolution still alive in these movements?
O.S.: Civil society in Ukraine has had more and less favorable times during its 20 years in existence. The Orange Revolution could be considered as an opportune moment for civil society despite deep disappointment among population related to lost expectations.
The number of active NGOs including women’s ones is less than it was 10 years ago; however the quality of NGO work has grown. Because of the Orange Revolution, government bodies are more open and this has given civil society organizations more space to make change, including pushing for a more tolerant and human society.
Some women’s NGOs became the first gender advisors of governors after the Equal Opportunity Law entered into force after the Orange Revolution in 2005.
AWID: Is the concept of “rights” well received in Ukraine?
O.S.: The perception of the concept of human rights in Ukraine has changed over time. In the first years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, donors and other stakeholders were excited to make it a “cure–all” for the ills of the dictatorship; later, it brought a lot of disappointment because changes didn’t take root and did not come so fast. Also, donors declared and supported this concept, but in practice were very often not sensitive; they ended up themselves violating these human rights. This led to a period when NGOs did not address rights visibly and directly. Now, we see some maturity of civil society in Ukraine, and this gives us the opportunity to return to this concept again at more deep and reflective level, converting it into more practical steps.
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Oklahoma Deer Hunters Hit Record Harvest
Oklahoma deer hunters have already achieved a record harvest for the state in 2006 — 104,000 and counting — but their opportunities to take deer are far from being over. The state's special antlerless deer season is just around the corner. Scheduled for Dec. 22-24 and Dec. 29-31, these opportunities allow hunters to harvest does outside their combined season limit.
According to Mike Shaw, wildlife research supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, hunters across the state have already harvested 104,346 deer in 2006, surpassing the previous record of 102,100 deer taken in 2000. That total stands to increase with the remainder of archery and special antlerless seasons still to go. Shaw said other factors will raise the numbers as well, such as final counts from controlled hunts and Deer Management Assistance Program cooperators.
Shaw said a number of circumstances have led to the record harvest, such as the good hunting weather and peak rutting times that fell right in line with this year's rifle season.
But even with the record numbers, Shaw encourages hunters to participate in the special three-day antlerless hunts.
"We need to really focus on increasing the number of antlerless deer harvested, especially in areas that have less desirable buck-to-doe ratios," Shaw said. "And participating in the special antlerless deer season would be an excellent way to do that."
The first three-day period of the special antlerless season will be limited to the northcentral and northwestern portions of the state, excluding most of the panhandle. The second three-day period will be open for hunting in the same areas as the first part of the season, but also in most of the remainder of the state. The panhandle will again be excluded, as will the far southeastern counties. For a map of Oklahoma's antlerless deer hunt zones and to see which counties will be open for the special season, hunters should refer to page 14 of the "2006-07 Oklahoma Hunting Guide."
To participate in the special antlerless deer season, hunters must possess a special antlerless deer gun license as well as an annual hunting license and a fishing and hunting legacy permit. Resident lifetime hunting or combination license holders are exempt from purchasing these licenses.
In addition, hunters participating in the special antlerless deer season must comply with the hunter orange requirements set forth for the regular deer gun season. Archery hunters and those hunting most other species in open special antlerless zones must wear either a hunter orange hat or upper garment while hunting.
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Email Security: A Hotbed Of Sales For MSPs
By Gennifer Biggs, Business Solutions Magazine
Compliance laws and regulations regarding email security are helping to drive 30% growth for this managed services provider (MSP).
Protecting your customers’ networks used to be straightforward; you simply deployed antispam and antivirus protection to keep threats from sliding into the IT environment via sneaky email attachments and links. But now that process has evolved into a complex, multidimensional security challenge for solutions providers. Just ask Steve Winter, founder and president of ERGOS Technology, who has tracked the progression of both security technology and threats and discovered that protecting his customers’ networks better can really pay off in revenue growth.
When ERGOS opened its doors in 1997, the world of smartphones, mobile workers, multiple email accounts, and on-the-go computing simply didn’t exist. “Even five years ago we didn’t have remote monitoring capabilities; it was all on-site care, and our biggest problem was making sure our clients’ email was backed up,” explains Winter. “There wasn’t any talk of archiving, indexing, eDiscovery — none of that was on anyone’s radar.” Today, that has all changed. Businesses of all sizes are tasked with archiving and making available on demand — due to eDiscovery and compliance laws — any number of email communications. Winter admits that it can be a challenge for a solutions provider to keep tabs on all the regulations that may impact a business’ email solutions. Is the customer a financial institution? Does it face SEC regulations? If a client is a medical facility, what records does it have to keep and for how long? For ERGOS, much of that guidance comes from its vendor partners, in particular Spam Soap (see sidebar), which provides the email security solutions leveraged by the MSP. Overall, the increased security demands have been a boon for ERGOS — pushing it toward a multimillion-dollar increase in revenue this year. But that revenue increase was only possible after the MSP stepped up its security knowledge and IT offerings and turned the shifting security landscape into an opportunity to upsell.
Due Diligence Essential To Comprehensive Email Security
For ERGOS, the impact of litigation on the archiving and accessing of email hit home more than a decade ago. Based in Houston, the MSP had front-row seats to the Enron scandal in 2001. It was that scandal, which revolved around systematic accounting fraud and corporate corruption, which led to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Within the SOX legislation are strict standards for all public companies, including more open access to financial records, internal communications, and corporate governance. “Even though we don’t deal with a lot of public companies, the impact of SOX pushes down through SMB customers, and because the scandal and subsequent legislation was on the front page here, it raised awareness with our customers,” explains Winter.
ERGOS began to evaluate its email security offering on several fronts as it realized that email filtering was no longer enough to fully protect customer environments. The MSP engaged with existing customers to discuss what email-specific requirements impacted their business. To accomplish that, ERGOS hosts periodic business reviews with every customer to examine and discuss what has changed within a customer’s business that could impact email security needs, as well as talking about what might have changed in terms of laws impacting that customer’s vertical. To uncover where email security policies should evolve and, thus, discover opportunities to upsell, Winter says his sales team uses questions such as, What is changing in your business?, Do you have new satellite offices?, Is yours a mobile workforce? “Ideally, you want to use these questions to identify opportunities beyond basic email security, such as how they are communicating securely between satellite offices, how they are handling archiving and indexing of email when they have mobile workers, whether they allow social media in the office, and what line of business apps connects into email, such as CRM (customer relationship management), which may pose a security threat,” Winter explains. The simple reality is that today you can get corporate email at the office, at home, on your iPad, iPhone, or even on a kiosk somewhere. And when you are looking at that many devices and access points, security and archiving needs are bound to change.
Beyond talking to customers to keep one step ahead of email security issues, ERGOS keeps tabs on compliance laws and other regulations through open communications with its vendor partners, peer groups such as HTG (Heartland Technology Group), and its distributor, Ingram Micro, which maintains a business unit dedicated to heavily regulated verticals in the public sector, including government, healthcare, and education. “We really keep our ears and eyes open, plus we work especially closely with our clients who share our interest in compliance, such as our legal and financial customers,” adds Winter.
Shifting Email Security Needs Impact Bottom Line
Despite the due diligence required to stay abreast of the ongoing evolution of email security needs, Winter says email security sales are foundational to ERGOS growth and continue to be a linchpin in the business. “Email has been and probably will always be the killer application that every single business needs and the reason we’re in business. We use it to open doors and then to open them wider,” explains Winter. In fact, ERGOS has seen email security lead to more in-depth relationships with existing customers as well as bringing in new business. “Staying on top of email security enhances our status as a trusted advisor, especially as we continue to bring innovation to our customers with the help of our vendor partners.”
Over the past few years, ERGOS has watched email security — the spam and virus filtering of old — evolve to include a robust recovery element as well as other security technologies. “What we sell as a company is continuity of operations. It’s all about recovery of data and how we can keep the client going even if something knocks their email server offline,” says Winter. “We can walk into the door and show them a full suite of solutions that empower continuity of operations, bundled and priced as a comprehensive managed offering. It is the mission-critical app that clients care most about and that leads us to the other solutions we have for continuity.”
In ERGOS’ experience, email security typically leads to conversations with customers about retaining and readily accessing email, a service necessitated by eDiscovery and laws such as SOX. With that solution in place, the next step is often privacy issues and encryption services that resolve questions about securely communicating cvxabout patients, healthcare information, credit cards, etc.
Winter notes that the compliance landscape in many of its key verticals, such as energy, financial services, legal, healthcare, nonprofits, and education, is constantly shifting. Consequently, enhanced security technologies, as well as well-defined internal email usage policies, are always in demand. “We’ve found that offering consulting around policy development and enforcement is another value-add for us,” he explains. “In particular, we focus on what our customer’s email policy is and how it is documented.” For example, are employees responsible for purging their own email? Do devices used by employees outside the office require provisioning by the internal IT staff or the organization’s MSP in order to ensure security compliance levels? What is the business policy of personal versus organizational email and retention of those communications? “We believe part of our responsibility as an MSP is to make our customers aware of any potential security risks, help them understand what they need to be thinking about regarding these issues, and even provide them with recommendations for other experts,” says Winter. “Then we help to reinforce those policies on the technology end.”
Email Security: A Greenfield Of Opportunity
Winter is confident the ongoing opportunity regarding email security needs is only just beginning. While encryption is still gaining traction, other trends are driving email security needs in different directions. The growing desire of SMBs to move email to the cloud, eDiscovery rules that are expanding in scope, and the closer scrutiny of text messaging and social media as official corporate communications are all examples of trends affecting email security. “With email remaining the preferred method of business communications, we are only going to see more and more regulations,” says Winter. “It is the one app all businesses have, and until that changes, we’ll be busy.” | <urn:uuid:cd13411a-a637-4627-8c56-d46dab4877e8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bsminfo.com/doc/email-security-a-hotbed-of-sales-for-msps-0001 | 2013-05-26T02:55:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96275 | 1,806 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
USA PATRIOT Act
City Bank complies with section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act. To help the
government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain,
verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an
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you open an account we will ask for your name, address, date of birth,
and other information that will allow us to identify you. We will ask to see your driverís license or other identifying documents. | <urn:uuid:72122329-736b-4be7-bd66-61891937f168> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.capcitybank.com/Auxilliary/Index.asp?IdS=052F99-73F9120&Reference=patriotAct&~= | 2013-05-26T02:50:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.854433 | 115 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
|As much as I would love a true tagine,|
I'd have to store it in someone else's
Not too long ago, I published a recipe for Moroccan Meatballs that was a huge hit. People wrote about how much they loved the flavors and the simplicity of making the dish. I am pleased to say that today’s recipe will add to your Moroccan repertoire with another easy-to-make meal. This time, I used ground lamb and a host of spices all of which are pantry staples that you likely have on hand. The cherry-sized meatballs are cooked in a tomato sauce to which another handful of spices are added. Then the whole thing cooks away until you add fresh eggs, which poach on top of the dish. In Morocco, the meal would be made in a tagine, the cone shaped casserole so characteristic of North Africa. The dish would then be placed in the center of the dinner table and the diners would scoop out the kefta and sauce and eggs with pieces of bread. As wonderfully communal as that idea sounds, lacking a tagine, I used a big covered sauté pan. That pretty ruled out its going on our dining room table. But it certainly didn’t make my Kefta any less delicious.
Kefta can be made with a mixture of lamb and beef. I used all lamb. The sweetness of the meat is a perfect counterpoint to the aromatic spices you add to it. The original recipe called for fresh ripe tomatoes. I found that a 28 or 32 oz can of chopped tomatoes in puree not only cut back on the labor involved in peeling, seeding and chopping ripe ones, but at this time of year, there’s no comparison in the taste of a hot house tomato and their canned-at-the-peak-of- ripeness brethren. The spice mix in the sauce reinforces the spices in the meatballs. And then there are the eggs. What a perfect accompaniment they make! The lovely color contrast adds to the dish’s appeal. The wonderfully runny yolks are perfect to dip a piece of Pita into. And of course, they make this casserole a complete one dish meal.
I got this recipe off a site called About.com Moroccan food. It was written by Christine (Amina) Benlafquih. Christine married a Moroccan and moved there in 2000. She took up Moroccan cooking with a vengeance learning all she could from her in-laws and friends and writing recipes that had never been written down before. Christine is the mother of 6 children under the age of eleven. Where she found the time to write anything down is beyond me. But I thank her for this wonderful recipe. And I think you will too. It takes all of about 25 minutes to get the dish into the sauté pan or tagine and another 1 hour and ten minutes of cooking time. Here it is:
Recipe for Kefta Makouara, Moroccan Lamb Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce with Poached Eggs. Serves 4.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
For the Meatballs:
1 lb. (about 1/2 kg) ground lamb (or a combination lamb and beef)
1 medium onion, chopped very fine
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon hot paprika (or 1/8 teaspoon ground hot pepper)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
For the Tomato Sauce:
1 - 28 to 32 oz can of Crushed Tomatoes in puree
1 medium onion, very finely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon hot paprika or 1/4 teaspoon ground hot pepper
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
3 cloves garlic, pressed
1/3 cup olive oil
3 or 4 eggs
Start Cooking the Tomato Sauce:
Empty a can of tomatoes directly into a large 12-14 inch diameter sauté pan or skillet.
Mix the tomatoes, onions and the rest of the sauce ingredients in Cover, and bring to a simmer over medium heat. (Note: If using a tagine, place a diffuser between the tagine and burner, and allow 10 to 15 minutes for the tomato sauce to reach a simmer.)
Once simmering, reduce the heat to medium-low, just enough heat to maintain the simmer but low enough to avoid scorching. Allow the tomatoes to cook for at least 15 to 20 minutes before adding the meatballs.
Make the Kefta Meatballs
Combine all of the kefta ingredients, using your hands to knead in the spices and herbs. Shape the kefta mixture into very small meatballs the size of large cherries – about 3/4 inch in diameter.
Add the meatballs to the tomato sauce, along with a little water – 1/4 cup (60 ml) is usually sufficient – and cover. Cook for about 40 minutes, or until the sauce is thick.
Break the eggs over the top of the meatballs, and cover. Cook for an additional 7 to 10 minutes, until the egg whites are solid and the yolks are partially set. Serve immediately with crusty peasant bread or Pitas. | <urn:uuid:05482412-514a-4dfa-820d-6663da9523a2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.chewingthefat.us.com/2012/05/moroccan-lamb-meatballs-in-tomato-sauce.html?pfstyle=wp | 2013-05-26T03:02:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926229 | 1,161 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
None of this is a surprise to God
Concerning Colin Kincade’s letter, “A cancer deep within our nation’s marrow,” Aug. 21: I hear your pain, Colin. And no, the answer is not red or blue; and yes, it is definitely “not just a gun thing”; and yes, it is “a cancer deep within our nation’s marrow.” However, it is more than just our nation; it is in the marrow of this whole earth.
Sometimes hearing or reading the news can seem so overwhelming, but I can assure you, Colin, that none of this is a surprise to God.
Many in your generation are now desperately searching for the truth and recognizing that it is not in the glib politically correct whitewashed answers we are taught by leaders, the news media, schools, or the so-called enlightened quasi-scientists of today.
Our actions (behavior) support (follow) our beliefs. Therefore, if we believe there is no God, we have no accountability and can become gods unto ourselves. These “sociopaths,” as you called them, are only acting that out. If we believe that this world, universe, creation all developed by accident, then there is no such thing as morality, and we need not feel sorry for whatever harm we may bring. If we believe that this short earthly life is all we have and there is no heaven or hell, then it becomes a “stick it to the next guy” survival of the fittest kind of life. Those are the very behaviors that you are questioning and therefore the purpose of your letter.
The truth is, we are created in God’s image and responsible to this life-giving, all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-righteous, very personal God who seeks a relationship with us. God made you and loves you. When we reject God, (which we all have done) he loves us so much that he sent his son, Jesus, to take the punishment we deserve (to justify his all-righteous morality) so that we can repent and once more be in relationship with him. Search for the truth in his word, the Bible, and find a true Bible-believing church. | <urn:uuid:ebfbe0ba-a3c0-4abc-b301-5074a124b66a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20120830/OPINION02/708289995/-1/opinion&source=RSS | 2013-05-26T02:56:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964056 | 479 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Arizona shooting is a reminder to be alert for mental illness
Ask our experts about holiday depression and alcoholism during a live Web chat Wednesday, Dec. 1, at noon at dailypress.com.
But not everyone with behavioral health issues becomes violent, said Dr. Victoria Barrow, child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Riverside Behavioral Health Center.
"The majority of people with mental illness do not do acts like this," she said.
Mental illness doesn't look the same in every case. "There isn't one particular profile that you're looking for. It's not as if everyone is a loner. It's not as if everyone has a gross, obvious mental illness," Barrow said.
A 1999 secret service study examined attackers or would-be attackers. A significant number had never had diagnosis or contact with a mental health professional, Barrow said.
Parents should look for a change in behavior, extreme views, anger, the child having feelings as if he or she is being persecuted, a damaged ego or loss to self esteem. Perhaps they had respect that they valued and was part of their persona, and it was taken away from them, she said.
Watch whether they acquire weapons or express underlying anger with a certain person or entity, such as the government, and they may speak about how the person or entity has done them wrong, she said. They don't make specific threats.
"They may make vague stagments, that 'something big is going to happen, you'll find out soon'," she said.
They don't go on a rampage, a word that's the media often uses to describe their destructive outbursts. They plan. They're directed in their attacks, with targets in mind, but people around those targets get hurt, Barrow said.
For example, in the 1999 Columbine shooting, the shooters had a grievance against students, they made a plan, they acquired weapons and executed their plain.
"It's not that one day they went off and snapped," she said.
From what she's seeing in news reports, there may be evidence to suggest the suspect in the Arizona shooting had planned the act. People had concerns but didn't know who to tell, or didn't have anything tangible to report, or just had a gut feeling. Even if you don't think the person you're concerned about is going to get a gun, still speak up.
"Speak up if there is someone you have concerns about. That may means speaking up to a health care provider even if that person's not present, asking for advice," Barrow said.
If you have concerns about your child or loved one, call the Hampton- Newport News Community Services Board or Riverside Behavioral Health Center. Both provide 24-hour crisis hotlines. The CSB number is 757-788-0011. Riverside's number is 827-3119. At Riverside, evaluations are available around the clock.
An evaluation might end up as an admission to the behavioral health center, or it may mean arranging for outpatient services.
If you can't get your loved one to come in for evaluation, it may take calls to doctor, psychiatric center, even police, if necessary, she said.
Parents shouldn't feel like it's their fault if the child suffers from a mental illness, Barrow said.
"The best parenting in the world cannot prevent mental illness," she said.
Unfortunately, Barrow said, mental illness is stigmatized, and it shouldn't be. In some cases, people have chemical imbalances that need medication, she said. To get rid of that stigma, parents should make it known that getting help is OK. If a couple is having trouble in their relationship, perhaps they should seek out a counselor and explain to children everybody needs help sometimes and it's OK to ask for help, Barrow said.
"People may not speak up and ask for help because they're afraid of being judged," she said. "Everyone needs to learn mental health is as important as physical health, to reduce the stigma out there."
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Prairie dogs enjoy a snack in their habitat at the Detroit Zoo. (Joe Ballor/Daily Tribune)
Species: Prairie dogs (Cynomus lodovicianus)
Home: North America’s prairies and open grassland. The Detroit Zoo is home to over 70 black-tailed prairie dogs. The zoo’s prairie dog habitat features three clear observation areas where children under 4-feet tall can observe the animals from inside the habitat. “The kids love it,” said Betsie Meister, assistant curator of mammals at the Detroit Zoo. “They can’t believe they can get right up close and look eye-to-eye with the prairie dog. It’s really unique.”
Average life span: 3-4 years in the wild; up to 8 years in captivity
Height: Head and body, 12-15 inches; tail, 3-4 inches
Weight: 2-4 pounds
Going to town: Prairie dogs live in towns that typically cover less than a half-square mile. Some prairie dog towns are enormous, with one in Texas reportedly covering 25,000 square miles with an estimated 400 million individuals.
Birth: Reproduce once per year, with 3-4 pups
Now you know: There are five species of prairie dogs, rodents that are considered ground squirrels. They live in underground burrows, an extensive tunnel system with front and back doors and separate rooms for sleeping, defecating, nurseries, etc. There are also listening rooms near the surface, so they can detect predators. A prairie dog family consists of a male, several females and the youngsters. They are highly sociable and grooming is a regular pastime. They even “kiss” and hug each other. Family members share food and work together to chase off other prairie dogs. They have a complex communication system that helps warn of predators.
Protection status: Because they eat crops and their burrows are a tripping danger to horses, prairie dogs have been targeted by extermination campaigns. Several species dependent on the prairie dog, such as the black-footed ferret, are endangered or threatened.
Detroit Zoo information: (248) 541-5717, www.detroitzoo.org.
— Joe Ballor, Daily Tribune
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Stop the rattles! Daystar Winch and Jack Isolators provide innovative solutions to annoying problems.
Daystar's Winch Isolators provide a clean and easy way to store the winch hook when not in use. Installed over the winch cable, the Winch Isolators nest with a roller or hawse fairlead and provide a convenient rest for the winch hook that also prevents it from rattling. They do not affect winch operation and are constructed of a durable polyurethane material. Installation is a snap: simply remove the winch hook, slide the cable through the winch isolator, and re-attach the hook...it's that simple!
Everyone should carry an off-road jack when venturing into the outback but storage of the jack remains a problem, especially when it comes to the handle. It tends to rattle against the main bar of the jack, flops around, and generally makes a nuisance of itself. Daystar created the Jack Isolator to provide convenient, rattle-free storage for the jack handle by sliding over the main bar of the jack and the handle itself. There have been many imitators since we invented this problem-solving device, but there is no substitute for the original!
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Eye test – acuity; Vision test – acuity
Definition of Visual acuity test
The visual acuity test is used to determine the smallest letters a person can read on a standardized chart or card held 14 - 20 feet away.
Paul B. Griggs, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA . Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. – 1/21/2009 | <urn:uuid:a1ca1114-2b91-4790-9132-5b848d0b287a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.drgreene.com/adam/visual-acuity-test/ | 2013-05-26T03:02:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.817568 | 112 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Ask Debt Collectors for Proof of Your Debt
When a debt collector contacts you about a debt, he must send a written statement of your right to request written verification of the debt and your right to dispute the debt.
Request verification of the amount money you owe and to whom you owe it if the debt is not yours or you think that you owe less money than the debt collector wants you to pay. When asking for proof, remember these tips:
Always put your verification request in writing.
Ask the debt collector to respond to you in writing.
Ask the collector to verify the original amount of the debt that is still owed and any interest, late fees, and collection fees. Ask him to itemize each amount instead of presenting the debt as a lump sum.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces the FDCPA, the No. 1 complaint about debt collectors is that they try to collect more money than the consumers really owe.
Make a copy of the letter for your files, and send the request via certified mail with a return receipt requested. That way, you know when the letter was received. If the debt collector never responds with the verification, you have proof that the debt collector violated the FDCPA.
Some states limit the kinds of debt-related expenses a debt collector can charge consumers. Find out if your state has such limits by getting in touch with your state attorney general’s office or with a consumer law attorney.
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US 5217688 A
A safe, practical, and less costly method for disposing of infectious personal care waste, as well as pathological waste and equipment which can be configured for large municipal type use employing continuous process techniques, or for smaller, batch type, stand-alone processors for individual sites such as hospitals.
1. A process for the disposal of medical waste comprising the steps of:
A. providing a pressure vessel containing rotatable disintegration means, a closure means for said pressure vessel, and connected to said pressure vessel an entrained solids separator, a liquid condenser, a condensate receiver, a vacuum pump, and a filter of an activated carbon type;
B. introducing medical waste to be treated into said pressure vessel containing rotatable disintegration means;
C. sealing said pressure vessel with said closure means against the uncontrolled release of contents;
D. locking said closure means in a manner to preclude accidental or casual opening of said pressure vessel prior to the sterilization of the contents;
E. activating said rotatable disintegration means to effect a substantial disintegration of the contents of said pressure vessel;
F. heating the contents of said pressure vessel to a temperature in the range of about 245 to 270 degrees Fahrenheit and maintaining the contents at a temperature in said range for a period sufficient to destroy any micro-organism content of said medical waste;
G. terminating the heating of the contents of said pressure vessel;
H. drawing a vacuum on said pressure vessel through said entrained solids separator, said liquid condensor and said condensate receiver by means of said vacuum pump and passing the exhaust stream from said vacuum pump through said filter, and
I. discharging the contents of said pressure vessel; and further providing that all of the steps of said process other than the initial loading of the pressure vessel with medical waste and the discharge of medical waste therefrom are controlled by automatic control means provided with recorder means to provide a verifiable record of the sterilization of the contents of said pressure vessel.
2. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein heating step F comprises steam injection, and wherein a vacuum of at least 25 inches of water is drawn on the pressure vessel following locking step D and prior to heating step F.
3. A process for the continuous disposal of medical waste comprising the steps of:
A. providing a pressure vessel containing rotatable disintegration means and closure means for said pressure vessel;
B. providing a pressurized sterilization vessel;
C. providing a vacuum vessel, and connected to said vacuum vessel an entrained solids separator, a liquid condenser, a condensate receiver, a vacuum pump, and a filter of an activated carbon type;
D. introducing medical waste to be treated into said pressure vessel containing rotatable disintegration means;
E. sealing said pressure vessel with said closure means against the uncontrolled release of contents;
F. locking said closure means in a manner to preclude accidental or casual opening of said pressure vessel prior to the sterilization of the contents;
G. activating said rotatable disintegration means to effect a substantial disintegration of the contents of said pressure vessel;
H. injecting steam into the contents of said pressure vessel during said disintegration;
I. terminating said disintegration of the contents of said pressure vessel when the particle size of the contents is less than one-half (1/2) inch;
J. discharging the contents of said pressure vessel into said pressurized sterilization vessel;
K. forcing the contents of said pressurized sterilization vessel through said pressurized sterilization vessel with agitation and mixing while injecting steam into said pressurized sterilization vessel for the mixing with and sterilization of said pressurized sterilization vessel contents to heat the contents of said pressure vessel to a temperature in the range of about 245 to 270 degrees Fahrenheit;
L. discharging into said vacuum vessel the contents of said pressurized sterilization vessel which have reached and been held at a temperature in said temperature range for a period sufficient to kill micro-organisms contained in said medical waste;
M. forcing the treated medical waste discharged from said vacuum vessel through said vacuum vessel with agitation and mixing until said materials reach a temperature below 140 degrees Fahrenheit;
N. discharging from said vacuum vessel cooled contents that are below 140 degrees Fahrenheit;
and further comprising providing a connection between said vacuum vessel and said vacuum pump whereby spaced above the contents of said pressure vessel is evacuated through said entrained solids separator, said liquid condensor and said condensate receiver, and the exhaust stream from said vacuum pump is passed through said filter, and further providing that all of the steps of said process other than the initial loading of the pressure vessel with medical waste and the discharge of medical waste therefrom are controlled by automatic control means provided with recorder means to provide a verifiable record of the sterilization of the contents of said pressure vessel.
4. A process in accordance with claims 1, 2, or 3 in which the pH of waste products being processed is reduced by the addition of acid to a value below about 4.5 prior to the completion of sterilization.
The safe disposal of medical waste is rapidly growing into a crisis of major proportions as a result of the ever increasing use of throw-away materials, and a greater awareness of long-range consequences of inadequate disposal methods, combined with the lack of suitable dump sites and high tech incinerators or other methods of safe disposal. Every presently practiced disposal method for medical waste is adding increasingly to this country's medical care cost, while it is a provisorium at best and far from safe. Nobody knows the exact quantity of medical waste generated by American hospitals, but estimates range from one-half million to three million tons per year. Although the amount appears to be minuscule compared with all United States waste, the cost is not. In 1988 the equivalent of two bags of medical waste was enough to close dozens of beaches in the states of New Jersey and New York and cause three billion dollars in losses for local businesses.
Many large cities resort to either on-site incineration or periodic collection of safely packaged materials for dumping in special landfills to dispose of medical waste. Only in a few cases are high technology community incinerators available which are outfitted with high stacks, emission scrubbers, liming devices, electronic particle precipitators, monitoring instrumentation and trained personnel to guarantee safe operation and disposal of the toxic ash. High cost and the inability to build new incinerators in or near urban areas due to negative public perception, prevents this latter method from gaining greater acceptance, in spite of its advantages.
On-site incinerators in large hospitals cannot be outfitted with adequate pollution control devices and run by highly trained technicians on a financially feasible basis. As a consequence, many of these units operate at a pollution level 10 to 100 fold in excess of legal limits, and only their small size and lack of alternatives keep them from being shut down. Some cities and towns contract for special landfill disposal sites, which must be outfitted with heavy duty watertight liners to prevent infectious run-off into rivers or ground water. But these sites are rapidly filling up and new ones are harder and harder to develop, with costs increasing rapidly. Some states have legislation pending to prohibit this type of medical disposal from out-of-state origins.
A method less frequently employed is the autoclaving of infectious materials prior to conventional disposal to render the materials sterile and harmless so they can be disposed of with kitchen and household refuse. In general, these autoclaves comprise a large pressure vessel into which the waste is loaded. Steam is used to elevate the temperature inside the sealed autoclave until sterilization is achieved. Heat transfer must be effected through the tightly wrapped packages and plastic bags containing the medical waste, a slow and uneven process. Air trapped inside prevents good heat transfer so that cold spots exist which interfere with perfect sterilization unless the holding time is extended several hours to assure that all microorganisms have been rendered completely sterile. Another difficulty is the inability to control internal pressure, so that many bags or packages explode during the process inside the vessel, making the unloading after a long cool down very messy despite the elimination of the infection hazards. While this material might now be disposed of along with other kitchen and household garbage, many dump site operators refuse acceptance of autoclaved medical waste unless repackaged, ground up or otherwise made unrecognizable as medical waste.
For the periodic collection of medical waste, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency has implemented a closely scrutinized tracking and documentation system (1988 Medical Waste Tracking Act) to prevent misuse and guarantee safe procedures. Where disposal sites are still accessible for medical waste, hospitals must depend on periodic collection by state-approved handlers. Medical waste is typically created around the clock in a hospital, and its storage until it is picked up for disposal creates a serious financial expenditure. Special rooms must be outfitted with refrigeration, filtered air ventilation and other safeguards against fermentation, odors, insect, vermin and rodent infestation. Additionally, heavy duty secondary packaging must be applied such as insulated double wall corrugated boxes with plastic liners, et cetera, to safeguard the waste during transportation.
It is an object of the present invention to process medical waste at low cost in a manner that reduces substantially the logic controller or microprocessor controls the process steps automatically, and a recording device provides printouts of conditions to provide hard copy proof of all parameters. Additionally powered valves are used in the continuous process version for transfers between vessels.
FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of the batch process and processor of the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a cutaway schematic plan view of a suitable processor or process vessel for use in the present invention.
FIG. 2B is a cross-section of the apparatus of FIG. 2A in a manner to show the possible location and positioning of disintegration members such as knives within the processor.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a continuous process and processor in accordance with the present invention that is suitable for a central or community medical waste disposal system.
The present invention, when conducted as a batch process, is illustrated in FIG. 1. FIGS. 2 and 2A should be read in conjunction with FIG. 1 to illustrate in greater detail the process vessel or processor 10 of FIG. 1.
The process vessel 10 is loaded with bags, packages or containers holding the medical waste. The vessel is closed hermetically by lid 11 and the process is initiated.
Disintegration members 12, e.g., knife blades, grinders, or impact bars mounted on shaft 13, are initially driven by motor 14 at a rate of about 900 revolutions per minute, later at 1750, and up to 3500 RPM to disintegrate the contents of the vessel. Mixer-scraper 15 assures slow circulation of all materials through the path of the cutting or disintegration members 12; it is mounted on lid 11 and driven by motor 16. Heat is supplied by tangential steam injectors or similar steam injection devices 17. Alternatively, or supplementally, heat can be supplied by introduction of heating fluid into jacket 18 to heat up the contents to about 245 to 270 degrees Fahrenheit. Steam injection is greatly preferred because it gives far greater heat transfer in a shorter period of time and reduces the likelihood of "cold" spots, i.e. locations within the materials contained in the vessel which do not reach the necessary temperature to insure sterilization of the total vessel contents. A heating jacket can be used to provide supplemental heat and further insure the reaching of the necessary temperature in the interior of the processor 10. Only in those cases where a small load is utilized and a small processor can be utilized is the reliance on a heating jacket alone without steam injection recommended. In such cases, it is necessary to have a substantial preheat period and an extended processing period with substantial agitation in order to insure complete and thorough heating of the vessel contents.
This temperature is maintained for approximately 30 to 60 minutes, depending on conditions, while size reduction continues. Since the type of waste material varies greatly, the duration of the heat application will have to be determined, e.g., by testing with inoculated material, to assure complete sterility in every case. The above temperature range was total volume of waste and converts it to a product that is acceptable for disposal in a sanitary landfill of the type that ordinarily handles household wastes. The criteria necessary for landfill acceptability include commercial sterility, nonrecognizability of waste components such as bandages, syringes, etc., and freedom from environmental toxicity.
The present invention provides a safe, practical, and less costly method for disposing of infectious personal care waste (bandages, dressings, cotton, linen, gowns, masks, gloves, human waste, food service remnants, including plastic cups and plates, beverage cans, small instruments, needles, tubing, small glass flasks, et cetera), as well as some pathological waste such as body tissues, fluids and small bones or bone fragments. The equipment used can either be configured for large municipal type use employing continuous process techniques, or it can be smaller, batch type, stand-alone processors for individual sites such as hospitals.
Essentially the proposed process and equipment utilizes one or more pressure vessels fitted with either hammer mill or rotary knife tools for disintegration, and means of heating either by injection of steam or by heat conduction through a vessel jacket. Externally the vessel is fitted with thermocouples, a condenser and associated piping, a vacuum pump, and a carbon filter. A powerful motor is used for direct drive of the disintegration members. Direct motor drives are also used for the agitator (scraper) at slow speed (20 to 120 RPM) and, in the case of the continuous process version, for the helical screw drives. A control console with a programmable selected because plastic materials will not decompose, or melt at this temperature, while micro-organisms can safely be rendered sterile if the temperature is achieved in all parts of the contents and maintained for the predetermined period to achieve lethality. The combined activity of the agitator 15 and disintegration tool 12 will facilitate good mixing and heat transfer.
At the end of the sterilization process, the heat source is shut off and the interior of vessel 10 is vented to vacuum; a vacuum pump 19 is started to draw the atmosphere from the vessel 10 through an entrained solids separator 20 and through a heat exchanger-condenser 21. Because the temperature in the vessel is significantly above boiling point, the moisture, mostly water, flashes off as steam as soon as pressure is reduced, causing flash-cooling of the vessel contents. The vacuum pump 19 draws these water vapors through the heat exchanger-condenser 21 and exhausts entrained air through a carbon filter 22 to eliminate odors and/or any residual organic vapors. The condensate, in most cases consisting of over 99% distilled water, is collected in a condensate receiver 23. Although the receiver can be directly connected to a sewer drain system, this system includes the capability of sampling before discharge is made. The biological and chemical oxygen demands of this discharge should be negligible and the active bacteria load nonexistent.
Because of the application of a high level of vacuum, (up to 28 in. Hg.) the water removal rate is high and the remaining material ranges from a gritty, putty-like consistency to a very dry, crumbly mass which can be unloaded directly into plastic bags to prevent recontamination. Another advantage of the application of vacuum is the accelerated cooling of the remaining material so it can be handled without causing accidental scalding or burns. Depending on composition of the waste packages before process, the volume of waste is reduced to about 15% or less of the original. Plastic bags with the sterile remnant of the process can be stored without special precaution or refrigeration for several weeks, and will not cause any problem in conventional landfills. The material can be advantageously burned in municipal incinerators because of its high caloric value and low moisture content.
The lid 11 and vessel 10 must be fitted with an automatic locking device, preventing the opening of the vessel before the sterilization process has run its course. A control panel 24 equipped with recorder 25, monitoring, among other things, the temperature in the process vessel 10 through thermocouple 26, can "lock out" the processor 10 against opening prior to complete sterilization and provide printed copy as proof that the predetermined sterilization has been achieved.
If the load consists of excessively dry materials, such as surgical uniforms or bed sheets, it may be necessary to add water to facilitate heat transfer. In some instances where fibrous material such as bed sheets are involved, it may be desirable to add shear materials so that during the agitation, mixing and disintegration process there are materials present to aid the disintegration process. Technically, the shear materials will be organic particulate bulky materials such as sawdust which can mix with the materials contained in the processor to enhance the disintegration process.
It must be stressed that while heating of the vessel 10 through a container jacket 18 using hot water, hot oil or other fluids, or electrical resistances, is possible, heat-up times will be significantly reduced by use of directly injected steam as the heating method. Because of its superior effectiveness in this process, direct steam injection is preferred in all but those cases where a steam supply is not readily available.
The disintegration members are typically breaker bars or knives such as heavy-duty, curved knives 12 mounted either pivoted like mill hammers, or fixed around a center shaft for direct drive by a motor 14. These are shown in FIG. 2B as mounted on pivots 27 which in turn are mounted on knife head 28. As shown in FIG. 2B, if the knife blade hits a solid object of a type which might cause the blade to wedge or break, the blade pivots backward, thereby preserving the knife blades and eliminating the jamming of the system. The knife head and shaft continue to rotate so that the cutting edges of the various knife blades continually hit the solid object 29 until it is suitably disintegrated.
The system shown in FIG. 1 can be operated in a semi-continuous manner with certain relatively simple modifications. One or more additional process vessels of the types illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B can be combined in the system in parallel with the process vessel 10 shown in FIG. 1. Appropriate valving, preferably automatically controlled, permits the different process vessels to be operated independently of each other with each processing vessel at a different stage of processing than the other processing vessels. Thus, while one processing vessel might be in the stage where it is sealed except for the injection of steam with grinding and treating of the contents in process, a second processor might be in the stage of venting to vacuum. If there is a third processor, it might be in the stage where the contents of the processor have been processed, fully sterilized and cooled, and are being discharged. A fourth processor, if any, might be in a loading stage. It is, of course, possible that two or more processors could operate at the same stage throughout the process and simultaneously vent to vacuum, et cetera. This, however, is not the most efficient use of peripheral equipment and might, for example, require an oversized vacuum pump to achieve the desired degree of vacuum in two or more vessels, whereas smaller equipment with lower power requirements could be used if only a single processing vessel were vented to vacuum at any one time.
FIG. 3 illustrates a modification of the present invention which is conducted in a continuous manner for the handling of large volumes of medical waste. Those items of equipment corresponding to equipment used in the batch process are given to same numbers as in FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B. Two or more disintegrator vessels 40 (only one shown) of a suitable size such as 50 gallons, are mounted in parallel above a first stage processor vessel 42. Each of the disintegrator vessels is of essentially the same general design, structure and function as the processor vessels illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B. The primary difference is in the method of operation. In the batch process, the processor vessels are used for both disintegration of the contents of the vessel and also for its sterilization. In the process illustrated in FIG. 3, the primary function of vessel 40 is the disintegration of the contents. Steam is injected as in the batch process, but for somewhat different purposes. In the continuous process of FIG. 3, the steam injection serves as a pre-heater for the contents during disintegration. However, the contents of the vessel are discharged before sterilization is complete, unlike in the batch process. Steam injection and pressurization helps "push" the disintegrated contents of the vessel 40 out of the vessel at the appropriate stage and also the sterilizing of the empty vessel once the contents have been discharged, but prior to opening the vessel for the next load of unprocessed waste.
The disintegrator vessels are separated from the processor vessel 42 by means of dual slide valves which allow selective connection or disconnection of the disintegrators 40 to the first stage processing vessel 42. All valve stems between gates and operators are steam traced similar to aseptic processing valves to prevent leakage of nonsterile matter or vapors. Each disintegrator 40 is fitted with hammer mill type or cutting tools 12 similar to those used in the stand-alone batch processor of FIG. 1. They are directly driven by motor 14. The vessel 40 has a lid 11 which is closed, locked and secured after filling, and a scraper/agitator 15 (FIG. 2A). A steam connection 17 allows direct injection of steam into the disintegrator 40 for heating, and assisting in material transfer.
Once a disintegrator vessel 40 has been filled, the cover 11 is locked, and size reduction and heat-up begin. The disintegrator vessel 40 at this stage is closed off from the first stage processor 42 by closed valve 44.
Once temperature and internal pressure inside the disintegrator 40 approach that of the first stage processor 42, the connecting slide valve 44 is opened, and the contents of the disintegrator are discharged and remnants are flushed out by steam into processor 42. The connecting valve 44 is left open long enough to allow the disintegrator vessel 40 to achieve sterility, whereupon the slide valve 44 is closed and the steam-air mixture in the disintegrator vessel 40 is vented through the vacuum system either into the second phase processing vessel 62 through valve 41 and line 45 or directly to discharge through valve 43 and line 46. The disintegrator 40 can now be re-opened and re-filled with a second charge. The second disintegrator vessel functions in exactly the same manner but its timing is offset so that one vessel is always available for loading, while the other one is processing material.
The first phase processing vessel 42 receives pre-heated material at one end 54 and conveys it by means of a long helical screw 56 which also agitates the material as the material is delivered to the opposite end 58 while maintaining the temperature and pressure appropriate for sterilizing. Steam can be injected into the first phase processing vessel co-currently with the flow through injector 55 or counter-currently through steam injector 55'. In general, counter-current steam injection has been found preferential for steam penetration into the contents of the vessel and for sterilization. However, concurrent steam injection can be used provided the processor is of sufficient length and/or the residence time of the contents of the vessel is sufficient to give a time-temperature exposure of the contents to ensure thorough and complete sterilization. As in the batch processor, the first phase vessel 42 is maintained at a temperature in the 245 to 270 degrees Fahrenheit range for sterilization without plastic melting or decomposition.
First phase process vessel 42 is slightly inclined towards the discharge end so that the contents, pushed by the helical screw 56, are forced to travel "up hill" in their travel through the process vessel. Once again, this is provided to ensure thorough and complete mixing of the contents with sterilizing steam and to minimize the possibility of contents "slipping through" to the discharge end without adequate heat processing. At the discharge end the material falls into a rotary vane-type transfer valve 60 (e.g., a "transol" valve of the type manufactured by FMC Corporation) which conveys the material into the second phase vessel 62 while reducing the pressure in the compartments between the valve vanes gradually to that of the second phase vessel. The second phase vessel 62 is maintained under vacuum which results in a flash-off of most of the moisture while it causes the material to cool. Material is transferred through vessel 62 by a helical screw 63 to a multi-vane rotary transfer valve 64 which is used to discharge the material to the atmosphere without loosing the vacuum inside the vessel 62.
The length of the vessels 42 and 62 and the conveying speed of the helical screws 56 and 63 are determined by the total volume of material which must be processed, and the conditions of temperature and time required for sterilization. The second phase processing vessel 62 is maintained under a vacuum in the range of 15 to 28 in. Hg. depending on the degree of dryness and the cost to achieve this. Piping and controls are essentially the same as those outlined for the batch processor with the added allowances for continuous operation. Also, as with the batch processor, parameters of all process conditions are continuously monitored and printed copies are produced for postprocess verification.
It is recognized that somewhat similar apparatus has been developed for the disposal of kitchen waste. Thus, for example, the abstract for European Patent 316,647 (May 24, 1989) of Friedrich Otto describes the disposal of kitchen waste by a process involving comminuting waste prior to heating to a temperature of at least 100 degrees Centigrade. After the material has been heated, any moisture present is preferably removed by condensation, which takes about thirty minutes and may be carried out in a vacuum. The waste is cooled to room temperature and fed in a pasty or crumbly state to an incinerator. The typical waste weight reduction is about 40%. Equipment corresponding generally to the foregoing European Patent is presently available in which kitchen waste is heated to a sterilization temperature of about 133 degrees Centigrade for a period of about twenty minutes. At the conclusion of the sterilization, the reaction vessel is subjected to a vacuum line which draws gases and then drains materials through a solid separator into a condenser from which liquid portions are condensed, and the uncondensed portion of the gas stream is vented to the air.
The batch process of the present invention differs from the kitchen waste disposal system described in certain critical ways. First, it is critical that the lid of the process vessel or disintegrator vessel have an automatic lock that precludes unlocking of the vessel until the complete sterilization process has concluded. In particular, this requires that the time-temperature requirement for sterilization be fully met throughout the contents of the unit. The kitchen waste units do not have such a locking system. It is common practice to open the process vessel for the addition of additional kitchen waste for treatment, a practice that is absolutely forbidden when dealing with medical waste.
In conjunction with the locked system, it is critical to have a programmable logic controller and/or microprocessor to monitor and control the locking procedure based on the time-temperature exposure of the contents. Thus, the vessel must have some type of a temperature indicator, such as a thermocouple, keyed into the microprocessor so that the microprocessor can monitor the length of time that the contents have been at or above the sterilization temperature. As is known, there is a minimum sterilization temperature necessary for the adequate destruction of microorganisms, but merely bringing the contents of the vessel to an instantaneous temperature corresponding to the sterilization temperature is not adequate. It is essential that the contents of the vessel be maintained at any specified sterilization temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy the microorganisms, and for a time to insure adequate penetration of the heat into the inner portions of the waste materials to be treated. The higher the temperature is above the sterilization temperature, the shorter is the required period of heat treatment, and the optimum will have to be determined for each system. The use of injected steam, added water, high pressure, comminution, agitation, and mixing all serve to enhance the heat penetration and increase the effectiveness of the sterilization. It is, therefore, a function of the microprocessor to insure that all of the parameters are satisfied in order to insure that adequate and complete sterilization results.
It should also be noted that if the temperature is too high, i.e. above about 270 plastics that may be characteristically found in medical waste, will soften and/or become gummy and will interfere with the effective operation of the processing vessel, both as to adequacy of mixing and as to heat penetration. Further, many of the plastics decompose at higher temperatures to produce gases, some of which may be toxic. Higher temperatures also favor the production of dioxin. Highly toxic residues and/or ash may result. Thus, the upper temperature limit is also critical. The operation of the process at or about the normal boiling point of water provides too low a temperature for normal heat treatment requiring excessive periods of time for treatment to insure adequate penetration without dispelling the concern that heat will not sufficiently penetrate into the innermost portions of the medical waste. Within the given parameters, the optimum time-temperature relationships should be defined on experimental systems that have been inoculated with known microorganisms to evaluate the ability of the system to destroy such micro-organisms.
It is also a function of the microprocessor or computer to ensure that the contents of the processing vessel have been satisfactorily reduced in particle size. Once again, this is a matter that will normally be determined in advance by experiments and experience based on a knowledge of the general contents of the medical waste and the type of disintegration equipment used. In general, the very hard particles should be reduced to a size of less than one-half (1/2) inch, e.g., approximately three-eighths (3/8ths) inch or less, in order to ensure relatively rapid and complete mixing with heating medium and to ensure good heat penetration. The softer materials will be reduced generally to a pulp if the very hard materials are reduced to three-eighths (3/8ths) inch size. In the case of the batch process, the microprocessor will primarily control the basis of heat treatment and sterilization; however, as previously indicated, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the sterilization is controlled in the first phase process vessel 42, thus the microprocessor will control the disintegrator vessel 40 according to particle size and possibly preheat rather than on the basis of degree of sterilization of the waste content. In the embodiment of FIG. 3 with valves 44 open, there are approximately six to nine inches (diameter) so that the disintegrated materials can pass through readily.
It is also the role of the microprocessor to ensure that the materials discharged are cool enough to permit appropriate handling without danger to operators of the equipment. In general, the vessel contents should be below 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and preferably below 120 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of discharge. This, of course, is readily determined by appropriate thermocouple or other temperature-indicating device which can be connected to provide information to the microprocessor so that the microprocessor can open and/or release any locks necessary to permit discharge of the vessel. In general, the system will cool merely by standing without heat input. The step of drawing a vacuum on the processor following heating will provide substantial rapid cooling as a result of the evaporative cooling effect.
It is not merely sufficient that the microprocessor control the process. It is also essential that it have associated with it a printing recorder so that continuous records of the process and the completion of the time-temperature can be shown to the satisfaction not only of the operators of the system, but also to the appropriate governmental agencies which monitor waste systems of this type. Still another requirement of the medical waste processing system, that is not generally characteristic of that use for kitchen waste, is the inclusion of an appropriate filter 22 at the discharge end of vacuum pump 19 (FIG. 1). Because of the potential of contamination from medical wastes it is essential that this type of filtration device be in place whereas, it is not a matter of concern when dealing with normal kitchen wastes. An activated carbon filter will generally suffice with the process of the present invention.
Since kitchen wastes do not generally involve either the volumes or the public health threats that are encountered with medical waste disposal, a continuous process of the type shown in FIG. 3 is not disclosed for kitchen wastes. However, all of the critical elements defined for the batch process previously, also apply to the operation of the continuous system to insure a medical waste disposal system that not only is capable of performing the necessary tasks, but also will provide the level of performance necessary to meet public health and environmental regulations and to instill confidence in both the users and the public at large.
As a result of combining an intense grinding and mixing operation with the heating operation, heat penetration is quite effective and efficient, leading to true sterilization of the treated products in a reasonable period of time. There are a number of steps that can be taken, however, to increase further the effective heat penetration and to reduce the amount of time required to obtain sufficient heat penetration for sterilization. Thus, for example, the preference for steam injection, either alone or in combination with a heating jacket has been emphasized as the preferred means for heating the waste products being treated. The action of the steam and the condensation of water from the steam serve to ensure the complete and uniform penetration of heat in the system.
Where steam injection is employed, it is always advantageous to draw a vacuum in the container prior to steam injection; trapped air can significantly hinder heat transfer and/or insulate portions of the waste products from the heat source and cause "cold" spots. As to this latter factor, however, such insulation is substantially minimized in view of the grinding and mixing operation that is carried on, unlike the type of condition found in the usual autoclaving operation. Nevertheless, a vacuum of twenty-five to twenty-eight inches of water is advantageously pulled on the system after locking of the closure means of the pressure vessel in anticipation of the disintegration operation but prior to the injection of the steam. The air is exhausted through the air filter; the condenser may be bypassed.
It was mentioned previously herein that where particularly dry materials are being treated, it is advantageous to introduce some water with the waste products, even where steam injection will provide some water from condensing steam. To avoid the necessity of measuring the amount of fluids and liquids that will be carried into the processing vessel with the waste products, a simple alternative is to regularly add a fixed quantity of water or other aqueous liquids with the waste products to ensure that, no matter what the liquid content of the waste product, there will be adequate water present to ensure thorough and complete heat penetration. While this method may require a slight additional input of heat to raise the temperature to the sterilization temperatures of what may prove to be an unnecessary quantity of water, on balance, that heat loss will be more than compensated for by the reduced period of time that will normally be necessary to effect complete heat penetration and sterilization of the vessel contents. Further, the operator of the process will be assured at all times that there is at least the minimum water present for heat penetration, thereby ensuring confidence in the operation and its effectiveness, and eliminating a possible miscalculation as a result of a supply of unexpectedly dry materials.
Another controllable factor which can be adjusted to enhance the sterilization process and provide a higher degree of safety while permitting shorter sterilization periods is pH. The addition of suitable acid such as acetic acid to lower the pH, preferably to a value below 4.5, would, in most instances, constitute the preferred operation. Because of the nature of the waste products, it may not, however, be readily possible to lower the pH in this manner. Many medical wastes contain high levels of buffers such as blood, proteins, and the like, which resist the lowering of pH by the addition of acid unless very large quantities of acid are used. In such cases, it may be necessary to forego pH lowering and utilize the longer heating cycles to ensure complete sterilization.
For the purposes of this use of acid, it is preferred to have, as a permanent part of the processing vessel, an in-line titration system that is self-sterilizing (e.g. a closed loop system which can be steam-sparged during or after each run) that is capable of giving the appropriate pH/buffer information to permit a ready determination of the efficacy of acid addition.
The primary purpose of the present invention is to ensure not only the safe disposal of waste, but also the safe handling of waste. In addition to various enhancements already described, there are certain additions which may be made to further ensure the safety of the operation. Thus, for example, as was described earlier herein, passing the entrained air and/or other noncondensibles through a carbon filter (filter 22 in the figures), removes particles and some noxious gases from the exit stream. This filter preferably should be a three-stage unit consisting of a combination of a prefilter, a HEPA (high efficiency particle arrestor) filter, and an activated carbon filter.
While the nature of the operation and the close control of operating conditions should satisfy concerns about sterility, it is advantageous to provide a means for sampling the contents of the reaction vessel at the conclusion of the sterilization operation. While such sampling might not be performed routinely, it can be useful with innoculation of the waste with appropriate, known micro-organisms; following processing, the extent to which such known micro-organisms have been destroyed can be measured. Thus, for example, the routine achievement of sterilization can be monitored with bacillus stearothermoohilus spores placed in the center of a load to be processed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. If the spores are destroyed, that is, if they fail to grow in a microbiological media after the sterilization process, then the conditions for sterilization have been achieved. If the spores have not been destroyed during this steam sterilization, then this sterilization has not occurred, even though some level of disinfection of the waste product would most likely have resulted. The present invention is capable of providing sterilization in which all of the pathogens and micro-organisms have been destroyed, as distinguished from simple disinfection in which the number of micro-organisms or pathogens is reduced to a low level such as that level at which exposure to a susceptible host should not result in an infectious disease.
Since worker protection is always a matter of concern, consideration must be given to the possibility of break-down in the course of the sterilization process. For example, if a knife blade broke, the motor would overload and shut down. The microprocessor or other control devices should be programmed to recognize such events and extend the sterilization treatment sufficiently to sterilize the contents of the processing vessel. Thus, for such a situation, the system would operate essentially as a stationary autoclave, without grinding or violent mixing; the steam injection or other heating would have to be increased very substantially to be assured of adequate heat penetration. Once this extended sterilization is completed, however, the system could be opened for repairs without fear of danger to workers; the normal, much shorter cycle characteristic of the present invention could then be resumed once repairs are completed.
In summary, the process of the present invention provides a highly reliable, safe and economical method for treatment of potentially infectious medical waste. The product of the operation is a residue that can be accepted in regular landfill disposal sites since, after processing, the waste residue is significantly reduced in volume, i.e. by a factor of seven or better, is unrecognizable as medical in origin, is essentially free of "sharps", and poses no chemical or microbiological hazard to the waste sites or to the operators, even if extended hauling or storage is required. The process further renders all equipment areas which are exposed to infectious matter completely sterile since the machinery and equipment cannot be opened and accessed for loading, unloading or maintenance until after the completion of the sterilization process.
While in the foregoing embodiment of the invention there has been considerable disclosure of detail for purposes of illustration, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that many of these details may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. | <urn:uuid:4f0935e9-ea79-4be1-9748-7992026d85eb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.google.sh/patents/US5217688 | 2013-05-26T02:34:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939105 | 8,379 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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University of Hawaii Second Life Island
Code of Conduct for Avatars
The University of Hawaii virtual island is a virtual workspace intended for exploration, collaboration, learning and experimentation. All avatars visiting or residing on the University of Hawaii Second Life campus are asked to conduct themselves in the same manner as they would for any 21st century workplace. This includes that all avatars:
- Are not to build on areas not assigned to you
- Must ensure that builds are socially appropriate.
- Should not interfere with, or edit objects that are not your own.
- Should clean up your temporary objects before you leave.
- May not use inappropriate or foul language in chatting or instant messaging.
- May not have, or use weapons of any kind on the island.
- May not attack or deliberately push other avatars on the UH virtual campus. This is a “no-griefing” zone.
- Should not intentionally interrupt meeting or classes taking place on campus.
- Are prohibited from the selling of goods or services.
- Should maintain attire, gestures and HUD’s that are sexually appropriate;
- Understand that nudity or sexual acts are prohibited.
Students and visitors to the University of Hawaii Second Life Campus will also be held to the conduct set forth in the Second LIfe Community Standards and those set forth by Information and Technology Services “Code of Conduct for Internet Use” by UH faculty, staff or students .
Failure to adhere to any portion of this Code of Conduct may result in permanent ban from the University of Hawaii virtual campus.
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Antonia Novello was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico in 1944 and moved to Michigan in 1970.
Novello was the first Hispanic and the first woman to serve as surgeon general of the United States. She was named to the post by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, and served until 1993.
Novello earned her M. D. degree at the University of Puerto Rico in 1970. She then moved to the University of Michigan to complete her internship and residency, and then received a fellowship from the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
During her tenure as surgeon general, Novello focused on health issues affecting children, women and minorities. She also challenged the tobacco industry over marketing tactics which appealed to children, most notably the "Joe Camel" cartoon character. | <urn:uuid:ab1e6596-1632-4ff2-bcc2-677b62e17b4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/7036914/medicine-antonia-novello-puerto-rico | 2013-05-26T02:56:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983394 | 161 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
MARINETTE, Wis. - Theatre on the Bay announces auditions for William Shakespeare's whimsical, magical, and very funny "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the second show of the 2012-13 season, to be directed by Dr. Rebecca StoneThornberry. All interested actors are encouraged to audition-you do not have to be a UW student, nor do you need any experience with Shakespeare.
Auditions will be held by appointment at University of Wisconsin-Marinette in the Herbert L. Williams Theatre on Sept. 11-12 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with callbacks as needed on Sept. 13 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Auditioners may either prepare a one to two minute contemporary comedic monologue, be prepared to read from pieces provided at the audition, or both.
Persons can e-mail email@example.com for an audition appointment, and indicate your date/time preferences. Requests for specifictimes will be accommodated on a first-come basis. Appointments will be for either Sept. 11-12; actors are not required to attend both audition nights. However, all actors should be available for Sept.13, and will be contacted after the initial audition if needed for the callback.
Rehearsals will begin Sept. 17-18 (TBD). Performances will be Nov. 9-11 and Nov. 15-18. Please note: the performance on Nov. 15 will be for local schools, and will be a daytime matinee. A specific time for this performance has not been set. | <urn:uuid:d55dfd7b-3ff1-4da3-9336-1e54775a27cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/536583/Auditions-set-for-TOB-s--Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-.html?nav=5066 | 2013-05-26T02:35:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92764 | 348 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Open sesame for Saudi stocks
Foreigners are expected to rush in after regulator opens Riyadh stock market to non-GCC nationals. Will they buy?
August 25, 2008 1:47 by kippreport
Are Saudi stocks attractive enough to warrant a flood of incoming foreign buyers? The country’s local investors certainly seem to think so. Saudis and other GCC nationals have been buying like mad lately with the expectation that new rules giving foreigners access to Saudi equities will lead to a surge in share prices.
Investors welcomed a recent decision by Saudi Arabia’s Capital Markets Authority to open the Saudi stock markets to foreigners via local intermediaries. The CMA move gave the Saudi bourse, which is currently reliant on local retail trading, a much-needed boost in a country where a majority of the citizens owns shares on the Tadawul, as the Riyadh stock exchange is known: The main Tadawul index jumped over 5 percent on the heels of last Wednesday’s announcement.
The new rules will give non-Saudis access to Saudi stocks via so-called equity swap agreements. In a nutshell, foreigners will be allowed to buy and sell shares without really owning them; actual ownership (and voting rights) will still rest with licensed local go-betweens.
The Saudi stock market has long been the most closed in the region. Previously, the only access non-GCC nationals had to Saudi equities was via a select group of mutual funds, and according to Bloomberg, it was only last September that other GCC nationals were given the right to trade shares on the Tadawul All Share Index.
This has hardly prevented a flood of new listings in recent years. With much of the local citizenry flush with cash on account of the oil boom, an initial public offering (IPO) has become a preferred way for Saudi companies to raise money. Many firms in the kingdom – insurance providers, for instance – are required (or at least strongly encouraged) by the government to list shares. You might call it an attempt to democratize capital on the part of the Riyadh government.
It’s unclear when the new rules for foreigners will come into effect, but several institutions – including Deutsche Bank and HSBC – have already announced they’ll be offering Saudi shares. The likes of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are likely to follow.
Maybe foreigners really are itching to buy Saudi stocks. After all, the world’s financial cognoscenti in New York and London rightly view the Gulf is as a haven of liquidity: In a global financial market still reeling from the fallout of the US subprime crisis, the Gulf is seen as one of the few places in the world right now where bankers feel there’s big money to be made. And despite being closed to foreigners, the Tadawul’s market capitalisation of $500 million still represents 1 percent of the total global equities market – nothing to sneeze at.
But in all the excitement, it’s easy to lose sight of one pressing question: With Gulf economies booming, why have the region’s equity markets fared so poorly this year? Following a fourth-quarter surge in 2007, markets in Saudi Arabia and the UAE have stagnated or fallen for much of the year despite optimistic New Year’s pronouncements from analysts seemingly besotted by the boom. The Tadawul All Share Index is down roughly 20 percent since the start of the year. Are foreign institutional buyers really going to be impressed by charts like this one?
One suggestion: Stocks are already overvalued, and some companies have bitten off more than they can chew. Take Saudi industrial giant SABIC, Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation, which accounts for 17% of the Tadawul index. Despite a massive expansion program – including a $11 billion purchase of GE Plastics in the US last year – SABIC’s share price has fallen 37 percent since January on the back of slowing orders from the US, Europe and China. While some analysts are issuing “buy” recommendations, the market hasn’t paid much attention, and a pessimistic note from Business Intelligence Middle East warns the stock may fall further due to a “petrochemicals glut in the years ahead.”
That’s one assessment among many, but the point is this: As the Saudi economy gradually opens up, it’s easy to buy into a gold-rush mentality. It may even be lucrative. But smart foreign investors will be taking a sober look at individual companies’ balance sheets, comparing their price-earnings ratios to international benchmarks. Depending on whom you ask, Saudi shares may yet have room to disappoint. | <urn:uuid:303fe3f7-3a02-42ef-b8e7-1c2950cbcc12> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kippreport.com/fcs/open-sesame-for-saudi-stocks/ | 2013-05-26T02:41:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949006 | 965 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Lamar athletics grants exclusive TV rights to KBTV FOX 4
April 9, 2010
BEAUMONT - Lamar University and KBTV FOX 4 have reached an agreement that makes FOX 4 Lamar's exclusive television station for live broadcasts of all Lamar athletic events.
"This is a historic event for FOX 4, and we are delighted to be the official new home of Lamar University athletics," said Darren Lehrmann, Beaumont general manager of FOX 4, as he joined a number of Lamar officials in announcing the agreement at a Friday morning press conference at FOX 4 headquarters in Parkdale Mall. "We are committed to providing our Southeast Texas viewers, and most importantly - the fans of Lamar sports - with exclusive live coverage of college football, basketball and baseball throughout each year.
"I would like to extend a special thanks to Lamar President Dr. Jimmy Simmons, Director of Athletics Billy Tubbs and Vice President for Finance and Operations Bob Lovitt for granting FOX 4 this exclusive opportunity to partner with Lamar University athletics."
Pursuant to the agreement, all games will air live on FOX 4 and will include 30-minute pre- and post- game shows. Production and on-air talent will be at the control and expense of FOX 4 with input from Lamar University athletics.
Additionally, FOX 4 will produce a 30-minute prime-time special previewing the upcoming athletic season. The station will also produce a postseason special.
Also, FOX 4 will feature a segment on the latest in Lamar athletics every week from August through the end of the College World Series in June on its expanded Sunday night sports show.
"All of us at KBTV FOX 4 and Nexstar Broadcasting are excited to be a part of the next level of Lamar University athletics," said Brian Jones, executive vice president and COO of Nexstar Broadcasting Group. | <urn:uuid:3ea2b142-6a35-4f47-a856-0122ba40e0d0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lamarcardinals.com/genrel/040910aaa.html | 2013-05-26T02:34:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937675 | 371 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The structure, function, and performance of the European economy since World War II. Emphasis is placed on description and analysis of European economic integration. Topics include:
- the origins and institutions of the European Union,
- creation of the customs union,
- unification of the internal market,
- implementation of common policies for agriculture and competition,
- monetary union,
- geographic enlargement, and
- social Europe.
Students are expected to participate actively during lectures and sections alike. Once enrollment reaches its cap, students are taken in order from the waiting list, should places become available. Students who miss the first two days of class without permission will be dropped automatically from the course.
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Jul 14 2004, 09:28 AM
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After clothes design, cinema, the radio... Eminen president of usa
I donít want to create the war. Just a chat
Jul 15 2004, 12:04 AM
You know, some of Enimem's stuff is good. A lot of his stuff is immature. And a decent amount is hateful.
Jul 15 2004, 12:21 AM
He's certainly a very talented rapper, 'shame that he's so obsessed with violence and bigoted attitudes. He also works with some great producers so his music often sounds fantastic.
It would be interesting to hear what he thinks of The Streets. They're a UK rap group who tend to write about fancying a girl but not liking her attitude, getting dumped, and other very very ordinary things with absolutely no glamour to any of it.
Jul 15 2004, 01:14 AM
I don't mind him. I think he pushes people's buttons, but I can't blame him. He likes to toe out of line a bit too much for my taste, as well, which I don't find really admirable. But I did once listen to one of his albums on headphones while the 700 Club was on mute. Good stuff. I think he has some talent as far as singing and marketing himself, as evidence of his massive career and influence. Preident? Never. Governor of California? Maybe.
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Organizers are set to kick off another season of Cruisin’ the Crater in Middlesboro.
This is the eighth year for the annual event and expectations are high for another fun summertime.
“It’s an event that everyone should come out for,” said Leman Moyers, event coordinator. “This is good, clean, family fun. That’s why we’re doing this. We’re trying to provide free, wholesome entertainment.”
“We also want to promote tourism for the city of Middlesboro,” Moyers said. “We have guests come from Morristown, Kingsport, Knoxville, Hazard, Corbin, Somerset and all over the region.”
Moyers said organizers expect around 1,500 people, with more than 300 cars on display.
The event is working in conjunction with its sponsors, Bell County Tourism and the Middlesboro Mall.
Organizers are also quick to recognize the city of Middlesboro and the support received from officials.
The season is quickly approaching and will officially kick off on May 18.
From May through September, the event will transpire every third Saturday of the month from 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
“We will be out there, come rain or come shine,” said Moyers.
It is held at the Middlesboro Mall parking lot.
It offers free admission and free setup.
Also, the event’s location will provide many options for food, shopping and even overnight lodging.
There will be a live DJ every month for entertainment.
The first month will also begin with a preliminary car show, with trophies awarded to winners.
The car show, being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., serves as a fundraiser for Bell County High School’s senior trip.
In June, there will be a live band performing as part of the entertainment.
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New video generates more excitement for BlackBerry 10 just in time for Super Bowl Sunday
Pixelcarve, a Toronto-based design shop, is all over the buzz of BlackBerry 10. About a year ago, you saw their concept of the BlackBerry Blade, which was a concept – really a dream – of what the first BlackBerry 10 device could be to just blow everybody’s minds with form, function and decent specifications.
Pixelcarve makes no bones about this “unofficial” video, the company wants to help reignite the brand. There was only one catch, the company did not have the budget in the works to make a whole new production, so it simply used parts of images and video already produced and composed the story and message behind all of it. It highlights QNX and The Astonishing Tribe as two major components to the success of the platform. The end result is pretty sweet, and should set the stage nicely for BlackBerry’s appearance during the Super Bowl.
1. wendygarett posted on 02 Feb 2013, 05:11 5 3
In that case, I'll buy this babe next year lol
15. Bernoulli posted on 02 Feb 2013, 11:14 2 1
Why not mate? It's a Web os version but on steroids lol
25. PhenomFaz posted on 02 Feb 2013, 14:19 0 0
I am not a BB guy but this ad is sweet enough for me to take an interest...especially the QNX OS base...if they've really used all what they've shown in the ad then we could see another BB era!
31. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Feb 2013, 19:28 0 0
And look what happened to webOS, dead on arrival.
33. Bernoulli posted on 02 Feb 2013, 23:29 0 0
That's because Elop murdered the MeeGo project, and MeeGo was/is an awesome phone, and the ui of this new blackberry is very much like MeeGo Hartman, they're all great ui, well at least better than windows that's for sure
38. wendygarett posted on 03 Feb 2013, 01:57 0 0
He's talking about webos and you answer about meego? Lol
44. Bernoulli posted on 03 Feb 2013, 09:12 0 0
It's practically the same thing, look it up, all of that multitasking is done through Web os mainly
45. wendygarett posted on 03 Feb 2013, 09:52 0 0
But thorsten heins doesnt abandoned qnx dude Lolol, so is different compare to elop...
3. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Feb 2013, 06:04 3 11
BB has been a dying breed for years. I honestly think there's not a spark left to revitalize the brand. Last time RIM tried a bold move was with the Storm which they dubbed the iPhone killer. That didnt turn out well.
4. MC1123 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 06:39 5 2
i understand anyone's feeling just because of RIM (now known as simply BlackBerry) mistake with the suppose to be iPhone killer known as the BlackBerry Storm, but i think i'll blame that to the past leadership that RIm have before, they think that iPhone cant get what BlackBerry's real business but the CEOs was wrong, it is eating its market so fast and they are scrambling to gain their market share back, especially that now there's android and even the trying hard WP...
but now as the commercial pointing out, they re-think of what will it be, the re-invented and re-engineered BlackBerry and that is BB10! and also, with the new leadership that is committed to its company unlike the other *cough*nokia's*cough* in the form of CEO Heins, he is doing everything to make the BlackBerry name be love by people again he didnt go to the dark side but he go on his company's real way! but again there are obstacles coz of the horrible leadership before, but BB10 will be relevant and will be a real solid platform of choice for people! and besides even they keep on saying that android can do this already, iOS have that already, but still BlackBerry is still and wll be forever the most secure platform of choice to people! and with BB10, its very versatile! so iOS users will feel at home with the OS, and android too, not in the form of UI but their precious android apps can run on BB10 using the program "sideload" so they can still feel at home!
so guys, i just wanna ask, please dont be so negative towards a company that once a titan and wants to fight the 2 biggest titans (but now, i think only android since if apple cant innovate with iOS looks, they might lost its market)
just be happy about this competition coz honestly duopoly sucks!!!
so if you dont like them that much just because BlackBerry is giving a new platform of choice to us consumers better stay away from then already, stop hating!
5. tech2 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 07:18 4 0
Okay. Did you know ur comment is bigger than the entire article ! :D
11. gmracer1 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 09:55 1 1
Spell Check/Grammar Check/Punctuation Check
You need all three.
"so guys, i just wanna ask, please dont be so negative towards a company that once a titan and wants to fight the 2 biggest titans (but now, i think only android since if apple cant innovate with iOS looks, they might lost its market)"
........where's your question?
12. wp8forever (unregistered) posted on 02 Feb 2013, 10:46 0 3
How funny , I always thought that a guy ,who takes time to look a how other man write, most be a fruit cake, lol no offend guy , but you too sweet ,I bet that when u talk , you pronounced all the " s " really well , yesssssss ,by the way ,I undertook the question the guy was trying to ask , you know why , because for u to read something ,only the first and the last letters of the word have to be on the right place , and since my brain is fully functional ,I did so shame on you , shame on you fruit cake lol.
16. gmracer1 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 11:16 0 0
Awwwww...you're sticking up for the illiterate. I'll bet your favorite color is clear :D
18. wp8forever (unregistered) posted on 02 Feb 2013, 12:00 0 1
From now on every time, I see a post comment u did ,I ain't got no respect for u ,me I don't like fruit cakes , too much sugar on u sorry .
19. sleepyjohnny posted on 02 Feb 2013, 12:24 1 1
It's not a question. He's stating what he'd like to ask someone to do. In other words: I'd like to ask you to not be so negative toward a company. The guy had good points, and rather than arguing the points he made, you've chosen to pick on some spell check issues.
Well let's check out yours. You don't even start off with any actual sentence. And your rudimentary understanding of what it is to quote someone makes it apparent you've chosen to criticize someone else's grammer because you have insecurities regarding your own.
22. gmracer1 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 13:13 0 1
Grammar, not grammer.
And you are ridiculously ignorant for even making the statement of someone having 'insecurities about grammar.' Hell...normally I won't say anything about someone's literacy, but his is too effed up.
Btw, it wasn't just his spelling--It was also his grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
I guarantee you are a virgin (your hands and stuffed animlals do not count). You and wp8forever should go on a date. If you get any on you, just make sure you name it after me ;-)
29. MC1123 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 18:55 0 1
actually its not a question, i am asking the person not to hate BB10 or BlackBerry! :)
so sorry for my mistakes! :)
36. Nikolas.Oliver (limited) 4 days ago posted on 02 Feb 2013, 23:43 1 1
it's up to the people whether they want to hate it or not, you don't have rights to ask people not to hate bb
13. sithvenger (banned) posted on 02 Feb 2013, 10:54 3 2
Dude... Your post was a good one, but some serious spell checking/grammar checking is sorely needed. I'm not gonna bash, or disrespect your post cause we all make mistakes. I will however ask that u re-type it... Please and thank you.
28. MC1123 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 18:52 0 0
im not really that fluid in english! sorry :) but you get what i mean right?
34. Nikolas.Oliver (limited) 4 days ago posted on 02 Feb 2013, 23:34 0 1
learn english before you post a comment here, bb fanboy..
i think you've been brainwashed by bb?
37. Nikolas.Oliver (limited) 4 days ago posted on 02 Feb 2013, 23:50 0 1
BlackBerry's CEO Thorsten Heins is not as good as Tim Cook or Android's CEO, Why ? Did you see the bb 10 keynote ? Thorsten Heins' presentation sucks, he was talking as if he was sleepy, not energic and enthutiastic, his tone was flat
the verdict : bb 10 keynote was boring, very boring,
40. No_Nonsense posted on 03 Feb 2013, 04:53 0 0
Android's CEO? Pray tell me who is android's ceo? Google has a CEO, Android has a project manager/ product head.
41. Nikolas.Oliver (limited) 4 days ago posted on 03 Feb 2013, 04:58 0 0
43. gmracer1 posted on 03 Feb 2013, 08:57 0 0
Larry Page is Google's CEO.
10. rf1975 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 08:55 1 1
As I always say, I do not wants to see RIM, Nokia & Motorola disappear from mobile market. They brought lot of innovation to mobile world. So we will wait & see how this time they going to perform.
23. DigitalJedi_X2 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 14:00 0 0
You can't blame Blackberry's past leadership blunders on the new leadership. That's retarded. Thornstein Heins has shown more leadership, more intelligence and more love for his company than those two ass turds who formally ran Blackberry into the ground. QNX is a true computing operating system and Blackberry is definitely headed in the right direction. They have more media content partners, more relevant apps and more gaming partners than any OS did at launch. They're actually showing WP in general and Nokia in particular how to do a launch correctly. You launch in your strongholds first, then the rest of the markets. Something Nokia and Windows Phone did not do. Hence Windows Phones abysmal sales. Blackberry isn't even calling this phone an iPhone killer(but let's be real... It very much is). So let's give Blackberry a chance and cut it out with all of this bulls**t "dying breed" talk. The OS and the phones have been totally overhauled into something new so how is it dying? You know what's dying? iOS and the iPhone is dying. So if you want to say something is dying, say that.
30. MC1123 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 19:18 0 1
you dont get what i said dont you?
"Thornstein Heins has shown more leadership, more intelligence and more love for his company than those two ass turds who formally ran Blackberry into the ground."
this is exactly what im trying to say! those past CEOs ruin BlackBerry reputation! so ofcourse since that happen before, a lot of people will be hesitant to buy BlackBerry again because of that catastrophe! so i blame the past leadership that they have for that (on that 2 CEOs only) so now, the NEW BlackBerry pay the price..even though they dont deserve to be punish coz they really did a great job with BB10, a REAL NEW ERA!
so thats why i defend them on every post here in PA coz they dont deserve to be bashed by people coz of that mistake of the past CEOs (CEOs coz before Heins, there's a 2 CEO running RIM) before! this is a new ERA for BlackBerry and a new Platform and leadership!
nokia vs BlackBerry, even i was a strong nokia fanboy---before but after elop take over nokia and make some major catastrophic changes on nokia and i hate every minute of it! and they ditched symbian and meego and choose a platform that has a weak market share (i mean wth is up with elop's mind!? symbian still has a respectable 31% of market share while WP just got 1%! all symbian needs to have is major overhaul and that happen on symbian belle but it took time for them to make it modern! sad story!)
while RIM (or should i say BlackBerry now) dont go to other's side, a lot as for an android BlackBerry, and also a lot wonders if BlackBerry will still continue BB10 before and if they will go to WP also, after hearing those rumors its makes me feel sad! as i dont want them to choose any of these platform! i want a new platform and BB10 is what i need! you see what the PlayBook can do right? so i was thankful that RIM continue BB10!!!
" The OS and the phones have been totally overhauled into something new so how is it dying? You know what's dying? iOS and the iPhone is dying."
i didnt said this, or maybe you say this on the guy on top of me? the OS looks really new and really fresh but has the familiar look that anyone can feel at home (except for WP though coz of that live tiles)
iOS and iPhone might be dying but we'll still see what apple will bring this year to iOS! you'll never know, since steve jobs is gone, he is not convince with the iPad mini right but what happen after a year of his death? there it is the small iPad! so apple can still change! they need to change!!
that feeling when the big companies now are dieing for change! microsoft with its live tiles, intel with its mobile processor and a lot of them!!
35. Nikolas.Oliver (limited) 4 days ago posted on 02 Feb 2013, 23:37 0 1
same overpriced piece of junk, $600 for this "experiment device?" how about no ?
the nexus 4 is way better than bb 10 devices, combine it with the fact that it's 250 bucks cheaper than bb 10
maybe you work at bb that's why you're constantly defending bb ?
the rumors that apple is dying is overly exagerated
42. DigitalJedi_X2 posted on 03 Feb 2013, 07:03 0 1
@MC1123 I have no idea what you're talking about. My reply was directed at Mxzytplk, not you. Simmer down dude.
6. _Bone_ posted on 02 Feb 2013, 07:25 1 1
The most exciting thing about Blackberry is the Putinesque hiring of Alicia Keys.
7. takay0 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 07:36 1 0
well i really like the software of the camera... its great!
8. jsdechavez posted on 02 Feb 2013, 08:28 0 0
Does the Z10 feature blinking alerts as the last part (1:33 onwards) suggests?
9. jroc74 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 08:37 2 0
The Astonishing Tribe?
Really? I forgot all about that....I remember a few years ago that might have been an Android or Motorola thing. It didnt work out tho. Another good move by BB.
There were some nice demo clips about Texas Instruments and TAT. Ppl are really under estimating BB10. And that ad ....for the SuperBowl? Good move BB.
14. sithvenger (banned) posted on 02 Feb 2013, 10:58 3 0
BB10 has a ton of promise, I think in time it will be a hit.
17. MobileMac posted on 02 Feb 2013, 11:55 0 0
I'm glad they highlighted QNX the way they did. That is key.
20. sleepyjohnny posted on 02 Feb 2013, 12:26 0 0
I think it looks like a fresh, and honest system. And as long as the OS shows no initial signs of lag, I think I'd like to jump on board just to have something new, functional, and intuitive.
24. TheMan posted on 02 Feb 2013, 14:11 0 0
They started losing me in the first 5 seconds with their claim of inventing the smartphone in 1998. (Next thing you know it'll be RIM-now-BB having invented the Internet.) These majestic, over-the-top "we're going to save the world" ads are high on the BS metric.
26. joey18 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 15:14 0 1
looks amazing but the blackberry storm i have to wait
27. Cha7520 posted on 02 Feb 2013, 18:20 0 2
Lame. The ad was basically telling its viewers that they are struggle to evolve and finally in 2013 they have made a new phone, which looks like an oversize iphone. There is nothing new about it. No wonder they didn't even talk about the phone in the ad, and just showed pictures of it.
39. belovedson posted on 03 Feb 2013, 02:59 1 0
i can't wait. i really don't understand the hate behind blackberry when the phone hasn't had an opportunity to succeed. each os has individual strengths and weaknesses.
lets start with the weakest os. ios. it's incredibly inefficient, especially for those who has various apps, and its incredibly annoying when it can't multitask. ios certainly lags at time and crashes and finally it's not secure enough for people who demand security
android is incredibly heavy and requires too much power. it still does not have a prevalent music app and store integration the way apple does. google music and appstore does not suffice. android crashes more than apple despite the mod community. it lags even for snapdragon 4? and finally its definitely less secure than ios
blackberry will try to seize control over market where security is vitally important. security, communication, efficiency, and finally productivity. blackberry might not to be able play to the strengths of the other os. for example ios is simple even an old man can do it, however, blackberry's strenghs are what lacks in the other os's. just saying | <urn:uuid:d3ed9cf7-c7e1-4059-b140-2064fe485240> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-video-generates-more-excitement-for-BlackBerry-10-just-in-time-for-Super-Bowl-Sunday_id39408 | 2013-05-26T02:36:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952204 | 4,105 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 344rd day of 2012. There are 22 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 9, 1942, the Aram Khachaturian ballet "Gayane," featuring the surging "Sabre Dance," was first performed by Russia's Kirov Ballet.
On this date:
In 1608, English poet John Milton was born in London.
In 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's famous poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England.
In 1911, an explosion inside the Cross Mountain coal mine near Briceville, Tenn., killed 84 workers. (Five were rescued.)
In 1912, longtime House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill was born in Cambridge, Mass.
In 1940, British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II.
In 1958, the anti-communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis.
In 1962, the Petrified Forest in Arizona was designated a national park.
In 1971, Nobel Peace laureate Ralph Bunche died in New York.
In 1982, special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski died at his Wimberley, Texas, ranch at age 77.
In 1984, the five-day-old hijacking of a Kuwaiti jetliner that claimed the lives of two Americans ended as Iranian security men seized control of the plane, which was parked at Tehran airport.
In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response.
In 1992, Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (The couple's divorce became final Aug. 28, 1996.)
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush tapped railroad executive John W. Snow to be his new Treasury Secretary, three days after firing Paul O'Neill. Senate Republican leader Trent Lott apologized for remarks he'd made praising the 1948 presidential run of then-segregationist Strom Thurmond, saying, "A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embraced the discarded policies of the past." United Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection after losing $4 billion in the previous two years. (United emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2006.)
Five years ago: A young man once affiliated with a missionary school shot nine people at the school near Denver and a megachurch in Colorado Springs; four victims died and the gunman, Matthew Murray, killed himself. Pig farmer Robert "Willie" Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder, which carried a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Republican presidential candidates sought to embrace Hispanics in a Spanish-language debate in Coral Gables, Fla. The first summit between Europe and Africa in seven years came to an acrimonious end in Lisbon, Portugal.
One year ago: The European Union said 26 of its 27 member countries were open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis; Britain remained opposed. A jury in New Haven, Conn., condemned Joshua Komisarjevsky to death for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home. (The other defendant in the case, Steven Hayes, had also been condemned to death.) A fire at a hospital in Kolkata, India, claimed the lives of 93 people.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Kirk Douglas is 96. Actor Dick Van Patten is 84. Actor-writer Buck Henry is 82. Actress Dame Judi Dench is 78. Actor Beau Bridges is 71. Jazz singer-musician Dan Hicks is 71. Football Hall-of-Famer Dick Butkus is 70. Author Joe McGinniss is 70. Actor Michael Nouri is 67. Former Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., is 65. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Kite is 63. Singer Joan Armatrading is 62. Actor Michael Dorn is 60. Actor John Malkovich is 59. Country singer Sylvia is 56. Singer Donny Osmond is 55. Rock musician Nick Seymour (Crowded House) is 54. Comedian Mario Cantone is 53. Actor David Anthony Higgins is 51. Actor Joe Lando is 51. Actress Felicity Huffman is 50. Crown Princess Masako of Japan is 49. Country musician Jerry Hughes (Yankee Grey) is 47. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is 46. Rock singer-musician Thomas Flowers (Oleander) is 45. Rock musician Brian Bell (Weezer) is 44. Rock singer-musician Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) is 43. Country musician Brian Hayes (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 43. Actress Allison Smith is 43. Songwriter and former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi is 42. Country singer David Kersh is 42. Rock musician Tre Cool (Green Day) is 40. Rapper Canibus is 38. Rock musician Eric Zamora (Save Ferris) is 36. Rock singer Imogen Heap is 35. Actor Jesse Metcalfe is 34. Actor Simon Helberg is 32. Olympic gold and silver medal gymnast McKayla Maroney is 17.
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About Last Night
9:15 AM CST, March 1, 2012
The three stars of big-screen comedy “Project X” don’t exactly scream “Hollywood.”
Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown appeared eager to speak with media outlets about the Todd Phillips-produced “Project X” at The Metro Thursday — and inexperienced and slightly awkward when it came time for photos (typically it’s the opposite for a movie star).
It also should be noted that Mann, who lives with a roommate, Cooper, who lives with his aunt, and Brown, who lives with his parents, hardly had the credits to qualify for an IMDB page before filming this comedy, in theaters Friday, about a high school house party gone wrong.
And yet, the little-known actors had no problem pointing out to each other how “Hollywood” they’ve become, busting each other’s chops during our conversation at Metro Thursday because, well, that’s what guys in their early 20s do.
Q: What sort of feedback have you guys been getting for the film?
Brown: People were screaming stuff at us (after an advance screening at The Vic Theatre) like we were rock stars, like, “Take off your shirt!” It was a validating experience. We must have done something right for everyone to have stuck around.
Mann: It was insane. Everyone was super-wasted by the time we got there. We were way far behind. We’d just gotten off the plane. It totally caught us off guard. But it was fun.
Brown: There were autograph hounds and paparazzi waiting for us at (O’Hare Airport) for the first time in our lives. It was terrifying and weird.
Cooper: There weren’t paparazzi. It was, like, six or seven unemployed people in Chicago who think our autographs will somehow be worth something one day.
Q: Why do you think the film opted to use unknown actors?
Mann: You’re watching (home video) footage, so it lends itself to authenticity. You’re stepping into their lives for this one night. It would have taken you out of the film if you saw a familiar face.
Brown: If Zac Efron was in the movie, any plausible sympathy for the characters would be gone. If there were three established movies stars trying to be nobodies throwing a wild party, people wouldn’t buy it.
Q: What sort of acting experience did you guys have before “Project X”?
Cooper: None. I did a video for my Bar Mitzvah when I was 13. I played myself. My mom really wanted me to do it.
Brown: I was Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” in sixth grade. … I was more interested in a stand-up career. For some reason, I got the urge to audition for “Project X” during (a nationwide) casting call on the Internet, and it all snowballed from there.
Mann: I did one movie (2010’s “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”). Originally, they told me I had too much experience to audition because they wanted unknowns. But nobody knew who I was. It took some convincing to get that audition.
Cooper: When we shot the scene in (“Project X”) in the grocery store, that was our first real acting day. I remember thinking, “Act like you know what the (heck) you’re doing.” I hadn’t really acted before that.
Q: What has the wait been like for the film to hit theaters?
Cooper: Horrible. After the movie, you’re on a high. All these people are interested in you. And then that dies down and the movie gets lost for a bit before resurfacing. It’s a roller coaster. I moved out (of my aunt’s home) after the movie and I went broke when I didn’t book anything. Right now, I have $400 to my name. I spent all my money on sushi and had to move back in with her.
Brown: We filmed the movie in the summer of 2010 and did re-shoots in 2011. It’s been a weird year of ups and downs, but the next few weeks will get really, really intense for us.
Q: Are you prepared for all the frat guys who will be calling Oliver by his character’s name (Costa) and quoting lines from the film when they run into you five years from now?
Cooper: As long as they really enjoy the movie, I think we’ll be really happy. It’s not like I’ll say ‘I’m an actor, blah blah.’ That’s just the nature of the business.
Brown: “Nature of the business?” Hollywood agent Oliver Cooper over here …
Cooper: Hopefully the movie does well. But I won’t be so quick to move out this time — especially with my (spending habits). As soon as I have money, I’m the kind of guy who is like, “Who wants free drinks?”
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At midnight last Wednesday most websites based inside the European Union became illegal.
From that moment, using a website based in the EU was supposed to be much less creepy. The law requires sites based in any nation of the political and economic club to ask people’s permission before installing a “cookie” onto their computers that can identify when they return to a site, or even track their movements across the Web.
As Bloomberg explained earlier this week, the goals of the legislation are worthy:
“The EU is cracking down on companies invading Web users’ privacy, by promising people more control over their data and harsher sanctions, including criminal penalties, against violations.”
Yet cookies come in many shapes and sizes and are ubiquitous online. Sites that offer shopping or carry advertising use it particularly heavily, to track products a person looked at or data that helps targets ads. As a result, the EU law has the Web’s biggest companies worried, reported the FT:
“[C]ompanies such as Facebook and Google are particularly concerned that the new laws could put their businesses in jeopardy, and advertisers are worried that the market for highly targeted Internet advertising–worth nearly £100m a year in the UK alone– could be damaged.”
Despite the passing of this week’s deadline, those companies likely won’t face prosecution for foisting cookies on unsuspecting users yet. All EU nations were supposed to have implemented the law by midnight Wednesday, but as the Register reported, hardly any have done so:
“At the end of yesterday, only Estonia and Denmark had notified the Commission, with officials in those states confirming that they had transposed all of the EC measures on internet cookies into their national law.”
That leaves 25 nations that have not, and website operators in a tailspin of uncertainty about whether or how they should change their cookie-pushing behavior. Some countries, such as the U.K., have stated they will delay implementing the new law and wish to cause minimum disruption to the Web as we know it. But the underlying EU law cannot now be turned back.
Its rules do allow cookies “strictly necessary for a service requested by a user” to be foisted on people without their knowledge. That would seem to cover the cookies that help online stores track the contents of your shopping baskets. But what about the targeted ads that support the existence of websites of all kinds?
One blogger created a joking-but-serious preview of what requests for cookie installs might look like, hitting visitors with popups with warnings such as:
A less shrill attempt to obey the new rules can be seen on this U.K. government website, but the warning is still intrusive and confusing. One alternative is for the cookie negotiation process to be handled by browsers to offer users a smoother experience, reported the BBC, saying the U.K. government had turned to browser makers for help.
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Keeping It Real
Speaking Up for Yourself or Does HIV Cause Laryngitis?
No, this isn't an article about problems with your voice box. It's a reflection of what has been happening around The Center for AIDS (The CFA) lately. Our client traffic and phone calls often keep us informed of what is "seen and heard" on the street, and lately we have noticed that things are kind of quiet out there.
Since "Treatment Information and Advocacy" is what we do, maybe it's time to stir the pot a bit. The question is, why is everyone so quiet? When we were kids, our parents told us, "Behave; don't speak unless you are spoken to." Now it seems like our doctors, in some cases, have replaced our parents.
The typical scenario is this: Patient A has a monthly appointment with Doctor X. Patient A goes to sleep the night before the appointment pondering several items to discuss with Doctor X. Instead of counting sheep, questions dance like sugarplums.... "I wonder what those little bumps on my skin are? I have to ask the doc about this pain in my abdomen. I seem to feel more fatigued lately. I wonder if there's anything he can do to help me with that." The next morning the patient awakes, goes to the appointment, sees the nurse, and then visits Doctor X. The doc looks at the lab results and says "Everything looks fine, we'll do some more blood work on you for your next appointment. I'll see you in 2 months." The doc is on the way out the door and Patient A blurts out the concerns about fatigue. Without stopping, the doc says, "That's only a medication side effect, or it could just be HIV itself -- I wouldn't worry about it too much." Doctor X exits and Patient A is left sitting on the exam table wondering, "Were my questions really answered?" On the drive home Patient A thinks about all of the things that should have been discussed during the appointment and regrets not having been more assertive.
This scenario doesn't occur all the time; many physicians take great care to translate to their patients the complicated factors in treating HIV. It is not unusual to hear from patients that their docs spend an hour or more with them during a routine office visit. However, several circumstances are occurring that infringe on a productive patient/physician relationship.
In this era of managed care, the medical profession is forced to squeeze every dollar out of every minute of every day. In addition, other factors are contributing to increased demands on your doc's time and energy:
The CFA isn't worried about patients who have terrific relationships with their medical providers. What concern us are those who read the previous office visit scenario and said, "Yep, that could be me, I could be Patient A." We know that many patients walk out of their doc's offices more confused than when they arrived, and we constantly ask ourselves questions about this "silent" patient. The CFA receives calls from men and women who often say, "I meant to ask my doctor several things, but just got nervous and forgot." Fortunately, The CFA is able to respond to those concerns and steer people to sources for the answers they need.
In Texas, there is a fixed pool of HIV-experienced medical providers and an increasing number of patients who require their attention. Given this set of circumstances, The CFA is compelled to tell HIV-positive individuals, "Speak up about the management of your disease!"
OK, that's the advice, but how can we help you to put it into action? What can The CFA do to stop the "disconnect" between patients and their medical providers? We have an answer called Conversations at The CFA, an ongoing monthly series of community forums designed with patients and health care providers in mind. With these forums we hope to accomplish several goals:
Early in the epidemic there was important input from people directly affected by this disease regarding treatment, drug approvals, and social services. As time has passed, many of those voices have disappeared. Perhaps it is because there were so few options available years ago. Now that HIV is widely perceived as a "chronic and manageable" disease, many folks think that they can just move from one treatment to the next. The truth is that there are very few options out there because many treatments are too similar to one another.
Conversations at The CFA can put patients back in charge of their care and increase their knowledge about HIV. These once-a-month dinner forums will cover upcoming topics such as:
These forums provide an opportunity to meet and mingle with other HIV-positive men and women who are interested in learning about a variety of HIV-related topics and how to get more involved in their medical care. Our next "conversation" will be on Wednesday, April 24, at The CFA, 1407 Hawthorne, in Houston beginning at 6:30 pm. The topic will be New Drugs for the Treatment of HIV Infection and will focus on the new drug, tenofovir (Viread).
You don't have to be a scientist or doctor to attend, just a person interested in knowing more about what is available in the fast-changing world of HIV treatment. The CFA can help you find your voice!
If you'd like more information, contact Rich Arenschieldt, Director of Education and Outreach at The CFA (713.527.8219 or email@example.com).
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Sixth Street to be closed
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 11:15 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | Sixth Street between the Tuscaloosa City Hall parking deck entrance and 21st Avenue will be closed from 6 tonight through midnight Sunday. The City Hall parking deck will remain open. Also, Seventh Street from 21st Avenue to 22nd Avenue will be closed from 5 a.m. Saturday until midnight Sunday.
The streets are closed because of CBS 42’s T-Town Tailgate festivities at Government Plaza. The festivities are part of the celebrations for Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. Iron Bowl football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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UGO has learned that Julia Stiles has met with a casting company in New York to discuss the upcoming Spider-Man 4!
This makes sense based on the recently debunked rumor that Rachel McAdams was set to star. Could this mean we'll be seeing the Black Cat saving Spidey's last dance? We haven't heard specifics about which role she was eyeing and assume it's all early talks, but why not?
More after the jump!
Personally, she'd be a great fit. Stiles is an underrated actress and unlike McAdams (who's about to star in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes), hasn't had a leading lady role in a franchise film. Yeah, we saw her in Bourne, but playing Black Cat would get her out from behind a computer screen and bouncing across building tops! | <urn:uuid:b744c38e-2c91-4b45-b92a-b4fbcc33ab41> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ugo.com/movies/exclusive-julia-stiles-in-talks-for-spider-man-4 | 2013-05-26T02:57:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984243 | 164 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A universal south asian swear word literally meaning MOTHERFUCKER . Is used in many European nations , the middle east Australia and the americas which has a big south asian population .
- Tu Madarchod saala (u fucking motherfucking assole ).
- Madarchod , lottery nahin lagi (Motherfucking no way I am gonna get any Lottery Money ..)
Most commonly/regularly used swear words by Indians/South-east
Asians.Categorized with similar incest swear words:bhenchod(sister fucker),betichod(daughter fucker)
Oye madarchod,tu yaha madarchod ka matlab dekne aaya hai
(hey mother fucker,you ve come here to check out the meaning of motherfucker?)
harami madarchod mujhe apna sutta de.
(mofo,gimme your fag).
Apni maa ko dhar ke chodne wala
Pakistani Madarchod and Madarchodhen
a pan indian slang which literally means "motherfucker" which is mainly used as an insult to people.
narendra modi bahut bada madarchod hain, uski hagga jaise boli se malum parta hain
(narendra modi is a big madarchod(motherfucker), his stinking words reveal so)
aaj ramlila maidan RSS ke madarchodo se bhara dikh raha hain
(today ramlila maidan is looking fully occupied by madarchods(motherfuckers) belonging to RSS )
hindi/urdu slang for Motherfucker. Can also be used as a figure of speech
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Boulevard Café is a long established restaurant that offers European / Medstyle cuisine in relaxed, cosy, vibrant surroundings. Well known as a local eatery that serves great food at reasonable prices. Situated in the heart of Dublin 2 Restaurant District just off Grafton Street.
A well known place to go for birthdays, work do's & gatherings. Guaranteed that the Birthday celebrant will be hugely embarassed (if requested).
Friday & saturday at midnight the place has been known to become a tad lively, the background music system will play your favourites from the 70s, 80s & 90s. | <urn:uuid:21f122fa-3c56-4924-932b-419803c8afcb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.visitdublin.com/Asset/Dining/Other_Restaurants/European/Boulevard_Cafe | 2013-05-26T02:36:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952354 | 128 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Interface with computers using gestures of the human body, typically hand movements. In gesture recognition technology, a camera reads the movements of the human body and communicates the data to a computer that uses the gestures as input to control devices or applications. For example, a person clapping his hands together in front of a camera can produce the sound of cymbals being crashed together when the gesture is fed through a computer.
One way gesture recognition is being used is to help the physically impaired to interact with computers, such as interpreting sign language. The technology also has the potential to change the way users interact with computers by eliminating input devices such as joysticks, mice and keyboards and allowing the unencumbered body to give signals to the computer through gestures such as finger pointing.
Unlike haptic interfaces, gesture recognition does not require the user to wear any special equipment or attach any devices to the body. The gestures of the body are read by a camera instead of sensors attached to a device such as a data glove.
In addition to hand and body movement, gesture recognition technology also can be used to read facial and speech expressions (i.e., lip reading), and eye movements.
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Gymnastics City, offering gymnastics, is located at 2121 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 in Northwestern Westchester County. Gymnastics City is one of the largest and best equipped Gymnastics and Cheerleading schools in New York. We are celebrating our 30th year, where our Gym City staff has been teaching athletes of every age and ability; from Tiny Tots 18 months to Junior Olympians 18 years old.
The Rosenthal JCC is a place of belonging, caring and sharing - inspiring vibrant Jewish and community spirit, nurturing individual potential, respecting diversity and celebrating life.
Across northern Westchester, our exceptional social, recreational, educational and cultural programs and services promote experiential learning, teamwork, artistic and intellectual exploration, the love of Jewish tradition and Israel, and pure fun - while building enduring friendships and support networks.
Features After School program Arts & Culture JCC Camp Discovery Playgrounds
ISG Gymnastics, offering, gymnastic classes, gymnastic birthday parties, and gymnastic summer camp, is located at 151 Crotona Ave, Harrison, NY 10528 in Westchester County. ISG Gymnastics is a 35-year-old, family operated gymnastics center that offers classes for children of all ages. We strive to provide a safe and fun environment. Our gymnasts learn to develop good physical training habits, how to set and achieve goals, and increase self-esteem through our gymnastics programs.
Westchester Gymnastics is located at 5 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532 in Westchester County. Westchester Gymnastics is the longest established gymnastics training center in Westchester County. "Our wide range of programs from competitive team to parent and tot classes to cheerleading to recreational classes to special needs exemplify our well established, blossoming program that continues to grow each year. At Westchester Gymnastics we aim to build character, self-confidence, endurance and strength."
Dynamic Gymnastics is located at 1949 East Main Street, Mohegan Lake, New York 10547 in northern Westchester County.
Teaching Gymnastics As stated by U.S.A. Gymnastics., "The teaching of skills slowly and in a progressive manner is, without question, a fundamental cornerstone to success and safety in gymnastics.” Improvements in gymnastics are experienced in time, not in a week or a month. Athletes progress at their own pace in an environment that allows the students to be as competitive as is comfortable for them. Winning is a measure of an athlete's own personal efforts and improvements. Gymnastic training should be fun and challenging."
Jodi's Gym, offering gymnastics, is located at 25 Hubbels Drive, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 in Westchester County.
Tumbling Tots (3-5 years) Do you have a preschooler who is always on the move? The fundamentals for gymnastics (and all sports) are developed as children improve their skills on balance beams, bars, rings, tumbling, floor work, vault, tumbletrak, our space bouncer and so much more. In a class filled with giggles and laughter, your child will develop self confidence while experiencing the joys of gymnastics.
FUN-tastic Gymnastics (Girls K - 7th grade) Learn gymnastics. Our USA Gymnastics certified instructors use a safe and encouraging method in teaching gymnastics in the most positive, safe and fun environment you will find.
Features Children's Birthday Parties Gymnastics
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Leonard Park, a 116-acre park, is located at 1 Wallace Drive, Mount Kisco, NY 10549 in Westchester County. Leonard Park offers recreation programs, including basketball, baseball, camp for kids, Mount Kisco Memorial Complex & Pool (3 swimming pools) and more great activities and fun for kids and adults year round.
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Park Attractions Japanese Pagoda brought "piece by piece" to Mount Kisco from Japan Marsh Memorial Sanctuary
Things To Do Basketball Courts (outdoors) Disc (Frisbee) Golf Course (*course description) Gymnasium (located in Memorial Chapel) Hiking / Walking Trails Indoor Recreation Bldg. Picnic Areas Playground Playing fields (2 little league fields) - Softball field - Hardball field Swimming pools (toddler pool, main pool, diving tank) Tea House (may be rented) Tennis Courts (4)
*Disc Golf Course Long wooded holes through a mature eastern hardwood forest. Many elevation changes. A 600 ft. par 4 hole.
Winter Activities Ice Skating Sledding behind the baseball fields
The Rosenthal JCC Main Branch, offering gymnastics, is located at 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 in Westchester County.
"Is your pre-schooler always on the move? In this class filled with giggles and laughter, your child will develop self-confidence while experiencing the joys of gymnastics. Our extensively trained, USA Gymnastics Safety Certified instructors enable every child to succeed while having fun, improving fitness and learning new skills. This action-packed class will keep them flipping head over heels."
Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Mid-Westchester is located at 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583, Westchester County. The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the community by providing cultural, social, educational and recreational/fitness programs, human services and Jewish identity-building opportunities to people of all ages and backgrounds.
The JCC’s Aquatics Department offers a great selection of swim programs and instruction for all ages. From our baby swim class, kids group and private swim lessons to our distinguished award winning Stingrays swim team, lifeguard training program, and a selection of adult water aerobics classes and lap swimming.
The gymnastics program at the JCC teaches gymnastics skills and builds strength, flexibility, and agility, all in a fun and safe environment. Children as young as 18 months can join us for this exciting experience. Our program features pre-school gymnastics, recreational gymnastics, pre-team, and competitive team gymnastics.
Westchester Theatre of Dance (WTD) is the performance company of the JCC Dance School. Each year we invite guest choreographers and performers from New York to be a part of our dance concert. Our dancers learn the creative process of choreography from beginning to end, as well as the immeasurable experience of performing on stage. Our spring concert is a highly anticipated event in the Bendheim Performing Arts Center each year.
Features Aquatics (swim classes for children and adults) Art School Children's Birthday Parties (gymnastics, sports, swimming) Dance School Gymnastics
The Little Gym of Scarsdale is located at 777 White Plains Road, Shoppes at Eastchester, Scarsdale, NY 10583 in Westchester County. Our gymnastics program for grade school boys and girls is a little different than that of our younger members. Classes have been segmented to allow for gender-specific disciplines and varying developmental abilities, giving students the chance to tackle new challenges at their own skill level. Celebrated with cheers and high-fives, each new achievement leads to newfound confidence, determination and a desire to continue improving.
YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester, offering gymnastics for all levels, is located at 515 North Street, White Plains, NY 10605 in Westchester County. The YWCA also offers recreational and competitive swimming in addition to gymnastics programs and fitness activities for all ages. Facilities include a newly renovated 8,000-square-foot, air-conditioned gymnasium with spring floor, trampoline, BAB system and 40-foot Tumbletrack. The program stresses safety and fun with opportunities for all ages to participate in YWCA League and USA Gymnastics Federation sponsored events.
Features Children's Birthday Parties Gymnastics Indoor Swimming Pool
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Estelle & Alfonso Performing Arts Complex is located at 4 Old Route 9W, Fishkill, NY 12524, Dutchess County in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York. We offer unsurpassed instruction everyday in our beautiful 18,000 square foot facility. With over 50 years of experience, and our ability to recognize and develop talent early; our students have gone on to professional careers in Broadway, Film, Television, Stage, and related arts. Others have used our training to excel as doctors; lawyers, or public officials all the result of great personal discipline and focus built upon a solid foundation and relentless training.
The Little Gym of East Fishkill, offering gymnastics, is located at 2531 Route 52, Heritage Square, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 in Dutchess County.
Practically overnight, your little one changes from an unsteady toddler into a rambunctious child. At The Little Gym, our gymnastics program for preschoolers and kindergarteners has been specially designed to help your child channel all that energy and reach developmental milestones. Independent enough to attend classes without parents, children in this age group still learn best in a structured environment where gymnastics activities are combined with a healthy dose of fun.
Diamond Gymnastics is located at 657 Sheafe Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 in Dutchess County.
Teaching Gymnastics Training at Diamond Gymnastics gives you access to the largest, fully-equipped gymnastics facility in the area. We focus on developing self-esteem and confidence through gymnastics training while reinforcing good health through physical activity.
Gym Magic is located at 2031 Route 22, Brewster, NY 10509 in Putnam County. Gym Magic specializes in teaching gymnastics. Gymnastics classes are available to students of all ages. Classes offered include preschool sessions (require parental assistance), recreational teen and adult classes, and team practice and competitions for boys and girls. Birthday parties and special events can be arranged.
Odyssey Gymnastics is located at 288 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541 in Putnam County. Carefully designed age-appropriate lesson plans enhance the adventure for you and your child as you experience the joy of movement. Our spacious facility is the perfect place for these young explorers to fun, jump, climb, stretch and tumble.
Rockland Gymnastics Academy, offering gymnastics classes, is located at 134 West Nyack Road, Nanuet, NY 10954 in Rockland County. At Rockland Gymnastics Academy we are dedicated to providing each student with the opportunity to develop his\her motor skills. The program is designed to develop skills through a progressive gymnastics training system giving students the opportunity to improve self-esteem and self-confidence through a non-competitive athletic experience.
Tumble-Bee Gymnastics is located at 401 Nanuet Mall S, Nanuet, NY 10954 in Rockland County. Tumble Bee is more than just tumbling. We offer an education in gymnastics, fitness, and fun. We understand that all children are special, and they deserve to have self-confidence from an early age. No matter what size, shape, age, or ability, we have the perfect program for all types of children. Our goal is to have every child succeed and to walk out the door feeling better about themselves than when they walked in.
Galaxy Gymnastics, offering gymnastics for all ages, is located at 17A Greenbush Road South, Orangeburg, NY 10962 in Rockland County.
The word is From the owner: "We offer classes for children as young as 18 months old and up. Our philosophy is to teach gymnastics and fitness in a fun, safe environment and to raise the student's self-esteem . . . Galaxy has a successful competitive team program. We have had several State, Regional, and National Champions. Our team has had gymnasts qualify to the Junior Olympic National Championships every year we have been open."
Rockland County YMCA, offering Gymnastic classes, is located at 91 Washington Ave, Suffern, NY 10901 in Rockland County.
Overview of Dance Programs at Suffern The Suffern branch of the YMCA has a well-established non-competitive dance program offering classes in Creative Movement, Tap, Classical Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop and Gymnastics Tumbling. We offer classes for children as young as 2 1/2 through high school. Students will have the opportunity to perform in our annual spring recital held at Rockland Community College.
The Little Gym of Kingston, offering gymnastics for children, is located at 1200 Ulster Ave, Kings Mall (near Marshall's), Kingston, NY 12401 in Ulster County.
From Cartwheels to Confidence Practically overnight, your little one changes from an unsteady toddler into a rambunctious child. At The Little Gym, our gymnastics program for preschoolers and kindergarteners has been specially designed to help your child channel all that energy and reach developmental milestones. Independent enough to attend classes without parents, children in this age group still learn best in a structured environment where gymnastics activities are combined with a healthy dose of fun. | <urn:uuid:503429b7-697d-43ba-91d5-cd7442896f49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.westchestertowns.com/htm/lnk/Link0254.html | 2013-05-26T02:56:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946303 | 2,830 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
State regulators said Wednesday that Volkswagen will recall 384,181 cars in China, just days after the automaker was the subject of a state television expose.
The investigation, which aired Friday as part of China Central Television's annual consumer rights broadcast, examined problems with Volkswagen's direct shift gearbox -- or DSG.
The closely-watched CCTV program detailed cases in which the gearbox was causing unanticipated changes in speed while driving.
Following the broadcast, Volkswagen and its Chinese manufacturing partners said they were cooperating with regulators, but did not detail how many cars would be recalled.
On Wednesday, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision listed the recalled models in a statement posted on its website.
Volkswagen controls a substantial market share in China, and builds cars in partnership with SAIC Motor Corp and FAW Group. Volkswagen has aggressively expanded its operations in China, and now counts the country as its largest single market.
Most of the recalled cars were manufactured by FAW Group, including the popular Golf, Polaris, Jetta and Magotan models.
The two-hour CCTV program that targeted Volkswagen is broadcast each year on World Consumer Rights Day, and often features prominent western brands along with Chinese companies.
Apple's customer-service operations also were criticized this year. McDonald's and Carrefour were highlighted in 2012.
Food and product safety issues are drawing increasing attention in China following a series of scandals. In response, the government has pledged to empower regulators and sharpen its response to consumer complaints. | <urn:uuid:430c1fe1-549a-4ec2-bf67-82323c4aeeeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wpbf.com/news/money/Volkswagen-to-recall-384-181-vehicles-in-China/-/8788684/19389324/-/4awiqez/-/index.html | 2013-05-26T02:41:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973647 | 308 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Oilers being very cautious on Taylor Hall's leg injury.Told no decision on whether he will play vs Wild Sunday until tomorrow morning.
The Wild and Oilers play late on Sunday so you may want to cautiously sit Hall unless word on his status comes out before the first games. At the very least, it looks as if Hall will only be day-to-day instead of going on IR.
#Oilers GM Steve Tambellini announces Taylor Hall will require surgery on his left shoulder. Hall (labral shoulder surgery) will not return to the #Oilers lineup this season, according to GM Tambellini
However, the Oilers lost forward Taylor Hall 78 seconds into the rambunctious affair to a concussion when he was steamrollered by Calgary’s Cory Sarich as he was looking for a pass and fell to the ice, right into the defenceman’s path.
Tough break for Hall, who continues to play a reckless game on the ice. The Oilers are hoping their prized player doesn't have a concussion. | <urn:uuid:4f01f5ec-6619-4228-a1c7-6464d0d3b520> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/538/taylor-hall | 2013-05-26T03:03:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969765 | 218 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Mark Consuelos’ Dramatic Roles
Star enjoys acting on ‘American Horror Story: Asylum'
I have been a fan of Mark Consuelos since his “All My Children” days. What is he working on now?
—Clarice Kane, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Consuelos, 41, guest-starred on several series in 2012, including “I Hate My Teenage Daughter,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and also had a recurring role on “American Horror Story: Asylum.”
“I really love dramatic roles,” Consuelos says of his role as Spivey, who plays one of the inmates on “Asylum.” “The great thing about this job is that, although it’s extremely dramatic, it’s so much fun. It is a drama, but it’s not a procedural like a cop show. This is extreme drama, and it’s so fun to play. I think that typically I wouldn’t be given the opportunity to do this job or play this character, so I hope that opens me up a little bit to more opportunities.”
When not acting, the Spanish-born father of three has also been a regular guest host with wife Kelly Ripa, 42, on “Live With Kelly and Michael.” But Consuelos, who holds a marketing degree from the University of South Florida, also works behind the camera.
Right now, he and Ripa are developing a comedy pilot for ABC through their production company MiLoJo Productions (named after their children Michael, Lola and Joaquin), in which Consuelos would play a blue-collar handyman from Queens.
“I like aspects of both acting and producing,” he says. “I think that for a couple of years I focused more on producing because I wanted to be close to home after traveling a lot for work. Now that the kids are a little bit older, I’m enjoying acting again and taking these jobs.”
One plus of taking the role on “Asylum” is the status it has given him with his oldest son. “I have one 15-year-old son who loves the genre and he’s been watching it, which I’m kind of on the fence of whether or not he should be able to watch it, but I’ve gotten an incredible amount of street credibility for being on ‘such a cool show,’ as he puts it.”
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Out of a sense of fairness one media outlet attempted to get someone to appear on statewide Public TV. The one person out there, Tim Krammer, was contacted. He was apparently the media point person for the aforementioned “committee.”
When reached at his office as an official in Oakland County he correctly noted he could not talk about any of this on county time. Good for him. So after work the request was made and he said, “I have to check with the committee.” He gave every indication he was willing but it was not his call. That’s reasonable.
Soon the call came back that Krammer was not given permission to appear because one of the reporters involved worked for Fox News.
Not one to take no for an answer the reporter then found the names of recall county chairs and one in Ingham County was contacted via e-mail. Would you like to do the broadcast?
Before the day was over, a cryptic e-mail arrived from a woman lecturing the reporter that not only would the Ingham County person not appear but the reporter was told in no uncertain terms to stop contacting anybody else concerning the broadcast — sort of a verbal cease and desist edict — also wonderfully undemocratic.
Fast forward to the dying days of the ill-fated petition drive when word came from Krammer that he was no longer part of the effort.
He didn’t want to chat but turns out he was unceremoniously dumped from the campaign by the “committee” which, in a very undemocratic way, refused to tell him why he was removed from the e-mail list.
Soon others on the committee resigned in protest over the handling of the Krammer “firing” and media reports cited the disarray inside the movement. Given its anti-media sentiment it must have really hacked off somebody — if we only knew who the somebodies were.
Finally, with the publication of those stories, there was a communication from the committee — unsigned of course. Anonymous declared, “We already won a victory in showing that our solidarity will no longer be underestimated.” There was also a pledge to continue the recall effort.
For a bunch of neophytes it was a nifty bit of political spin to declare victory even though the objective of bouncing one Rick Snyder was not achieved.
“We have woken a slumbering giant in the people of the state.”
Well maybe so, but apparently very few of the “slumbering giants” knew how to sign a recall petition.
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In Their Own Words – Public vs. Private School Debate: Do the Math
This “In Their Own Words,” is written by Glen Finland. She is the author of “Next Stop,” a memoir about raising her autistic son to adulthood and learning to let go.
Last year my autistic adult son David wrapped up twenty years of education, ten of them spent in private school, the other half in public school. And, hindsight being 20-20, here’s what educating a high functioning autistic son like David taught me. It’s simple mathematics: Send your kid to public school and keep your money in your wallet. You’re going to need it for what happens next—because what happens next is the rest of his life.
Parents of a young adult with special needs face an unending management of another person’s life over the decades ahead: housing, transportation, insurance, clothing, food, job coaching, medical expenses, and, of course, quality of life expenses like entertainment, vacations, and even pets. Think of how far the tuition fee of a single year of private school could go toward taking care of some of these expenses down the road. Now multiply that figure by twenty. The numbers will tell you if it’s a wise investment.
In public school with a good IEP, the services are free. They should be; you’ve already paid for them with your taxes. Your child will also learn in less of an isolated bubble—and yes—be forced to toughen up a bit by facing the real world struggles of life in the quicker moving mainstream. Don’t expect runaway success there. In fact, be prepared for regular bouts of failure. But no matter how painful the lesson, down the road your child will be that much better equipped for the the daily slights he’s sure to incur—those careless, casual assaults on his spirit that he will face simply for being differently abled.
For example, it has come to my attention that my 23-year old son is now a heavy tipper. These days he drives a 54-mile roundtrip each day to his job as a custodian at a federal office building outside the nation’s capital. He’s a good driver, but when he stops off for coffee along the way, he might pull out a $20 bill to pay for a single cup of java, then walk away. His generosity is not because he’s got such deep pockets; it’s because he wants to avoid the impossible math involved in the exchange and, even more, the eye contact that goes along with it. Whose pocket that leftover chunk of change ends up in is totally dependent upon the scruples of the particular cashier. It took me months to figure out where all his change was going and how to remedy the situation with a few five dollar bills, but these are the kind of real world surprises that continue to sneak up on us every day. This reminds me to be careful about who I allow to “keep the change” when it comes to planning ahead for my son’s future.
You know, it’s true what mothers have always said about the time with our children: “The days go by like years, and the years go by like days.” So go ahead and let your child ride the big yellow public school bus for now. It’ll do him no harm. And that way he can count on your really being there for him once school lets out for good.
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Jiggity jig!!! Well I didn't go to market but I did go on vacation then I had to rest up from my vacation???? Seriously I got a nasty bug and am on antibiotics, today is the only day that I actually felt human again...
I had so enjoyed my trip to the Smokey Mountain area of North Carolina, I hope I got that right? The days were cool and nights glorious!!! I couldn't belive it was August and I was wearing a light sweater!!!
One view of the breathtaking scenery as we drove up a mountainside...yeah I was dizzy the whole time!!!
What is that crude saying I was so scared " You couldn't get a pin up my be....?"
That's exactly how I felt here and my dh Bill ( with his "ZZ TOP" facial hair)
held on to me very tightly, I made sure!!!
We saw this waterfall as we drove on said mountainside and went in for a closer look..
My dh and 14 yr old son who LOVES these kind of trips, we went diamond hunting in Arkansas last year, he planned this trip out with a little help from his dad.
No we didn't find any diamonds...
This waterfall was a tourist attraction and had rails and a trail
Bill and me
I almost didn't want to come home but in the end I was ready to get back home, then I got sick....
One of the things we did was hunt for gems we found several stones from citrine to sapphires to rubies and emeralds.Here is some information about the area we were vacationing in..http://pakasdollmaker.com/gemmining.html.
I'm told that this little gem is a natural ruby, it looks like a rock to me and I
almost threw it away, we found it in "Mason Mines" still not so sure...
Here is the " Ruby " at the " Mason Mines"
Here we are slooching for gems at the " Mason Mines "
This creek is at " Hiddennite " my son saw this on the discovery channel
we found a lot of pretty sapphires and emeralds here and the water was ice cold!!!
On the last leg of our trip, we are at " Myrtle Beach " finally and just too
darn hot for me!!! We saw all sorts of tanned people, some looked like they
had been over baked, possible downright burned and leathery raisins to boot UGH!!!!
Definitely not my kinda vacation, we met the nicest folk there too though.
My son with his metal detector, he is so funny he thought he was going to find treasures for sure!!!
Only 6 cents.....
The last night before heading home we found this quaint little area waaaaaaaayyy down
the road and a wonderful little hole in the wall with great food.
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Chargers win overtime thriller
One of the greatest
By Dan Weinberg
Special to ESPN.com
Many consider it the greatest game in National Football League history. At the time, it set playoff records for most points (79) and most total yards (1,036). In Miami it was called "The Miracle That Died." The Pro Football Hall of Fame named it the "NFL's Game of the '80s."
The AFC semifinal playoff game between San Diego and Miami was a wild roller-coaster ride, will be profiled on Thursday, October 20 at 4 p.m. ET.
The AFC divisional playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins on Jan. 2, 1982 at the Orange Bowl, played in the oven-like heat of the south Florida night, was a see-saw affair that lasted 13:52 into overtime. When it was over, one player said, "I've never felt so close to death." And he was on the winning team.
In the end, the Chargers prevailed, 41-38, with the game concluding with one of the lasting images in NFL history.
San Diego jumped out to a 24-0 lead in the first quarter behind quarterback Dan Fouts. The Dolphins' "Killer B's" defense (nicknamed for the plethora of starters whose last name began with the letter "B") that had been Miami's strength all year wilted in the wake of the Chargers' "Air Coryell" aerial attack.
Miami's offense also was a bust - until coach Don Shula replaced starter David Woodley with backup quarterback Don Strock. In a furious rally, the Dolphins got to within a touchdown of the lead at the end of the first half, a 17-point run punctuated by the famous "hook and ladder" play: Strock to Duriel Harris to Tony Nathan for the score on the last play of the first half.
The third quarter ended tied at 31. After Miami took the lead in the fourth quarter at 38-31, Fouts marched the Chargers 82 yards on 10 plays, culminating with a nine-yard touchdown strike to James Brooks in the corner of the end zone with 58 seconds remaining. The Dolphins had a chance to win the game with four seconds left, but San Diego tight end Kellen Winslow blocked Uwe von Schamann's 43-yard field goal attempt, forcing overtime.
The game was a showcase for Winslow, who in his third Charger season had already twice led the league in receptions. He finished the contest with 13 catches (a divisional playoff record) for 166 yards and a touchdown plus the critical blocked field goal, all the while battling debilitating fatigue and muscle cramps.
The first chance for the game to be decided in overtime came when San Diego kicker Rolf Bernischke lined up for a 27-yard field goal. It was a seminal moment for Bernischke, who just two years earlier had been fighting for his life in a battle against Krohn's disease - a digestive condition that debilitated his bowels, led to a perforated colon and reduced his weight to 123 pounds after emergency surgery. After a slow recovery, Bernischke had returned to San Diego that season.
But what seemed like an automatic, game-winning chip shot sailed wide left.
Next it was the Dolphins who had the chance to win. After recovering a Chuck Muncie fumble, they moved into position for von Schamann to try a 34-yard field goal. Again, the Chargers blocked the kick. This time defensive end Leroy Jones got his hand in the way.
Fouts moved the Chargers downfield, hitting Wes Chandler for 20 yards and Charlie Joiner for 29. With the ball on the Miami 12, Bernischke had a chance for redemption. This time his 29-yard field goal was true, giving the Chargers the victory.
Fouts completed 33-of-53 passes for 433 yards and three touchdowns. Strock was 29-of-43 for 403 yards and four scores. It was the first time in NFL history that two quarterbacks passed for more than 400 yards in a game. Five players had more than 100 yards in receptions. The Chargers broke 15 divisional playoff team records and tied two others.
But the enduring image of the game was Winslow being carried from the field on the arms of his teammates. To this day it still prompts anger from the losing side. "There was no way that Kellen Winslow was so winded that he had to be continually helped off the football field," said Dolphins wide receiver Jimmy Cefalo. "I just don't buy it. I didn't buy it then, and I don't buy it today."
Miami linebacker Kim Bokamper said, "Every time I see it you wonder whether he should have gotten an Academy Award for the performance. It gnaws at some people, and it certainly gnaws at me."
Regardless of the feeling about Winslow, both sides reflect on the game with a reverential tone. Dolphins coach Don Shula said, "We knew afterwards that it had certainly one of the greatest games that's ever been played." And Jerry Magee, who covered the game for the San Diego Union-Tribune, said. "The great football games are like pieces of theater. It had a beginning, an expository period, and then it had that marvelous overtime finish. I will always think of that game as the greatest game ever in the NFL."
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Celebrity fitness trainer Tracy Anderson, is already back to her pre-pregnancy body in just six weeks after giving birth to her second child.
It’s not like she had a lot to lose because she gained pretty much what a woman should gain during pregnancy, a moderate 25-30 pounds, which she did by watching what she ate and staying active.
“A lot of women use pregnancy as an excuse to let their bodies go, and that’s the worst thing,” Tracy says in the new issue of DuJour. “I feel like I’ve lived an entire lifetime since then.”
However, the first time around, Anderson gained 60 pounds during her first pregnancy with son Sam. Since then she’s been an energizer bunny:
“For 13 years I’ve been jumping around, dancing at such high levels all over the world and with no sleep for multiple hours a day,” she says. “I thought, ‘Please, I can bust out an hour of dance aerobics, no problem.’ Wrong!”
Anderson used a Neuro Detox week to help her slim down. She tweeted:
A very Neuro Detox Week! @drinkneuro http://instagr.am/p/NblCFACyup/
One of Anderson’s A-list clients is actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who she helped get back into shape after her second pregnancy.
“When I first met her, she was stuck,” Anderson recounts. “She had to film the first ‘Iron Man’ and she still had 25 to 30 extra pounds after [giving birth to] Moses and he was already 5 months old. She had tried everything and couldn’t get them off.”
Losing baby weight is on of the hardest things Paltrow has ever done, admitting:
“After my first pregnancy [in 2004], the weight had come off a little bit better, but after the second one [in 2006] it was really stubborn,” Gwyneth said in 2010. “It was really hanging on. It was by far the hardest thing I have ever done.”
Even though, Anderson seems to be in phenomenal shape in just six week, she’s still striving to lose the last 10 pounds – but until then, she’s just happy to be moving.
“I missed working out a lot more than I thought,” she says. “The first time I sweat, it felt. like the best feeling. It really was an emotional release.”
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- Lord Voldemort: "And here we have Crabbe… you will do better this time, will you not, Crabbe? And you, Goyle? The same goes for you, Nott."
- Nott: "My Lord, I prostrate myself before you, I am your most faithful —"
- Lord Voldemort: "That will do."
- — Lord Voldemort to Nott at Little Hangleton graveyard.[src]
Nott was a pure-blood wizard, most likely a Slytherin student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and one of the earliest Death Eaters of Lord Voldemort, having joined in 1955 . He fought in the First Wizarding War, and travelled to Hogsmeade in order to "wish good luck" to Tom Riddle in trying to get a teacher position at Hogwarts. He was the husband of Mrs Nott, who died in the 1980s, and the father of Theodore Nott, a Slytherin student at Hogwarts from 1991 to 1998. Nott didn't search for Voldemort after his downfall, but this was forgiven after Voldemort's return in 1995. Nott fought at several battles of the Second Wizarding War, including the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, in which he was injured. After the Battle of Hogwarts and Voldemort's final defeat, he was presumably killed or imprisoned in Azkaban.
Nott was born into the pure-blood Nott family, which placed much interest in purity of blood. He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of eleven and was most likely Sorted into Slytherin House. He might have been a classmate of Tom Riddle, as well as a member of his gang. While part of the student body, he seems to have become a friend of Horace Slughorn, and as such was likely part of the Slug Club, although the professor denied this connection in later years, after Nott was revealed to have become one of the first Death Eaters.
First Wizarding WarEdit
Nott fought in the First Wizarding War, and, along with Mulciber, Rosier and Dolohov, he had travelled to Hogsmeade, to "say good luck to Voldemort, during his attempt to ask for work at Hogwarts." Nott was able to avoid being sent to Azkaban after the downfall of Lord Voldemort in 1981. An elderly widower, Nott raised his son, Theodore, after the death of his wife sometime before 1991. Nott was also one of the Death Eaters who did not search for Voldemort after his downfall.
Second Wizarding WarEdit
Battle of the Department of MysteriesEdit
The following year, Nott participated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. He grabbed hold of Harry Potter as he and his friends fled the Hall of Prophecy, but was stunned by Hermione Granger, leaving him incapacitated as shelves filled with prophecies collapsed around him. The group leader, Lucius Malfoy, ordered the other Death Eaters to leave Nott behind, stating that his injuries would be considered nothing by Voldemort compared to the loss of the particular prophecy which Voldemort sought. After the battle, Nott was exposed as a Death Eater and imprisoned in Azkaban.
After this, Nott most likely escaped from Azkaban along with many other Death Eaters in the summer of 1997 and served Voldemort during the height of the Second Wizarding War. He possibly fought in several battles, including the Battle of Hogwarts.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Nott attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry along with Tom Marvolo Riddle and attended one of Horace Slughorn, Head of Slytherin House's dinner parties.
- He is played by Paschal Friel in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
Notes and referencesEdit
Alecto Carrow | Amycus Carrow | Antonin Dolohov | Augustus Rookwood | Avery (I) | Avery (II) |
Barty Crouch Jr. | Bellatrix Lestrange | Crabbe | Evan Rosier | Gibbon | Goyle |
Jugson | Lestrange | Mulciber (I) | Mulciber (II) | Nott | Rabastan Lestrange | Rodolphus Lestrange | Rosier | Selwyn | Thorfinn Rowle | Travers | Walden Macnair | Wilkes | Yaxley
|Death Eaters who Defected:|
|Death Eaters' allies:|
Vincent Crabbe | Golgomath | Gregory Goyle | Fenrir Greyback | Narcissa Malfoy (defected) |
Quirinus Quirrell | Scabior | Dolores Umbridge
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Robert Lloyd considers the elementary appeal of ”Sherlock”…
Sherlock Holmes — you all know that guy. (And if you don’t, I would very much like to speak with you; your strange case interests me.) Like Santa Claus or Peter Pan or Hamlet, he is among those — spoiler alert! — fictional characters who stand for a whole class of behavior and purpose and who shape the very way we think about thinking. We greet his periodic returns to the screen with excitement, but also with trepidation: As a man out of copyright, he is subject to all sorts of remaking and remodeling and speculation upon his closeted character. (I don’t mean sexually closeted, but there’s speculation on that account too.) He has been used, and he has been abused.
Holmes is the Hero as Pathology, and even before Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss contrived to revive him as a 21st-century man in “Sherlock” — a series of three feature-length adventures beginning Sunday on KOCE and Thursday on KCET — we got used to seeing him shaped weekly into Gregory House, M.D. The extensive parallels matter little now on “House,” but the fact is that there is always room in our hearts, and on our televisions, for a brilliant, dashing, antisocial deductive reasoner.
Moffat is the show runner on “Doctor Who,” and his Holmes is cut from the same cloth as his Doctor — not quite of this Earth, mad to all appearances, full of random facts, given to sudden quick movements, with a horror of boredom and a love of risk. (It also reminds us, conversely, that “Doctor Who” is structured as a mystery, and that the Doctor’s own archenemy, the Master, is very much a Moriarty.) Star Benedict Cumberbatch is tall and narrow in the familiar mode, with a haughty intensity but also something of a sense of fun. It takes all of 30 seconds, watching him, to go from “Hmmm,” to “Oh, yes.” As the kids say, he owns this.
Watson is played by Martin Freeman, a sensitive, solid Everyman sort best known here as Tim in the British version of “The Office” and as Arthur Dent in the film “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and who was just tapped to play the lead in Peter Jackson’s film of “The Hobbit…”
THERE’S MORE, READ THE REST.
– Robert Lloyd
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The City of Homer has arranged special upcoming meetings of importance in the community Homer Area Natural Gasline distribution system.
January 25: The Deadline for Natural Gas Homer Special Assessment District is January 25th at 5pm. If you want to object to the Natural GAS HSAD, submit a signed original objection form to the Homer Office of the City Clerk.
January 14 and 28: Share your opinion about the City of Homer Natural Gas Special Assessment District with the Homer City Council at the Public Hearings on the Natural Gas HSAD. 6pm, Homer City Hall, 491 E. Pioneer Avenue, Cowles Council Chambers.
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A Message from the Director
The San Bernardino County Department of Child Support Services is committed to
serving the children and families of our county.
Financial and medical support are essential to a child’s success and well-being. Each day,
we establish parentage, locate absent parents, establish and enforce orders for child and
medical support, and collect payments.
You are welcome to visit any of our three offices—however, this site is designed to be your
resource, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On this website, you can find many answers to
your child support questions, and access many of the forms and services that you may need
to process your case. If you cannot find what you are looking for, you can submit your question
online, or call 1-866-901-3212 to obtain information or make an appointment. Your children are
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Just going to state the facts here. Imgur has moved from being an image hosting service to an image sharing service. It is not aiming to take on Flickr or Picasa for personal photo storage. It has become a social platform focused on image sharing. We have seen few improvements for members using it as it as an image storage platform for a long time now. The entire development process is focused on the social component of the service.
I would however recommend an app named ShareX here. It has a feature named Watch Folder. You can set it to automatically upload any new photo added to specific folders to your Imgur account. It’s not perfect but it works for me. Cheers! | <urn:uuid:e4597cde-4f01-48df-8b6c-a59074605906> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://imgur.userecho.com/users/93410-sushubh-mittal/comments/ | 2013-05-18T17:57:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979823 | 142 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Busy First Week Back for Pella Wrestling
Posted By sports On December 31, 2009 @ 6:30 am In Today’s Local Sports | Comments Disabled
The Pella wrestling team has a busy week coming out of the holiday break next week with three tough meets. The Little Dutch head to South Tama for a make up dual meet Tuesday night, then face Norwalk, the top team in the LHC Thursday and round out the week at the PCM tournament Saturday. Coach Joe Burch says they’ve been practicing very hard over the holiday break and he’s hoping to see that hard work pay off next week.
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Weekly City Planner: Oct. 17 - 21
There are a number of important sessions planned for this week, including the regular Largo city commission meeting.
Tuesday, October 18:
- The regular City Commission meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall. Read the agenda.
Wednesday, October 19:
- The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners will conduct a work/strategic planning session on Wednesday beginning at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will take place at the St. Pete College Collaborative Lab, located at 13805 58th Street N., Largo. Call (727) 464-3485 for more information.
- The Pinellas Planning Council will convene at the Pinellas County Courthouse in the 5th floor Assembly Room at 1:00 p.m. For more info, call (727) 464-8250.
- Employee Advisory Council (EAC) Representatives will meet from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Pinellas County Courthouse Annex in Training Room 429 at 400 S. Ft. Harrison, Clearwater. Call (727) 464-4064 for more information.
- There will be an Aircraft Noise Abatement Task Force meeting at the St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport Airport Conference Room #234, at 3:00 p.m. Call (727) 453-7803 for more details.
- A Public Works/Environmental Services Advisory Board meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the Public Works building, 1000 2nd St. SE. Contact Brian Usher at (727) 586-7418 for more information.
Thursday, October 20:
- The Board of County Commissioners' strategic planning session continues at 8:30 a.m. at the St. Petersburg College Collaborative Lab, EpiCenter, 13805 58th Street N.
- The Parks and Conservation Resources Board will meet in the Parks and Conservation Resources Administration Building at 12520 Ulmerton Road in Largo at 9:30 a.m. For more info, call (727) 582-2100.
- The PINELLAS COUNTY EMS ADVISORY COUNCIL convenes at the Pinellas County Public Safety Services Building, Room 130, 12490 Ulmerton Road in Largo at 10:00 a.m. Call (727) 582-2000 for more information.
Friday, October 21:
- The Health and Human Services Coordinating Council Health & Behavioral Health Leadership Network will meet from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at the Junvenile Welfare Board (JWB) Children's Services Council, Room 191, 14155 58th Street North, Largo. For details, call (727) 582-7951.
- The Homeless Leadership Network/Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless Leadership Task Force will meet in the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Conference Rooms C/D at 5771 Roosevelt Blvd in Clearwater from 8;30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Call (727) 528-5762 for more info. | <urn:uuid:1ba5375e-9738-4190-ae13-0cbd40da1d6b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://largo.patch.com/articles/weekly-city-planner-oct-17-21 | 2013-05-18T17:48:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865877 | 675 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
RALEIGH, N.C. –Campbell Law School third-year students Ben Greenberg and Amanda Hannon posted a sensational finish over the weekend at the American Bar Association Law Student Division Client Counseling National Finals in Durham, N.C., hosted by the North Carolina Central University School of Law. Greenberg and Hannon ultimately placed sixth overall out of a field of more than 140 teams.
The duo’s showing at the national finals comes after they collected a regional championship in late February.
Coached by Campbell Law Professor Dick Bowser, Greenberg and Hannon began competing against the other eleven regional winners this past Friday. Following three preliminary rounds, the pair was one of six teams to advance to the semifinals. They were paired against the top seed in the semifinal round, to which they ultimately fell by the narrowest of margins.
“Ben and Amanda have from the beginning of our intramural competition through the national finals demonstrated knowledge, wisdom, poise and professionalism” said Bowser. “They have represented themselves and Campbell Law exceptionally well, and we are rightfully proud of them. I have every reason to believe that they will serve their clients and communities well in their careers as lawyers, and that we will be proud of them for years to come.”
The competition simulates an initial law office consultation in which the competitors are presented with a client that has a legal concern. This year the legal issues involved potential issues in the context of K-12 education. All competitors are evaluated by lawyers, judges, and counseling professionals on their ability to identify the legal issues, counsel the clients, and handle skillfully and appropriately any ethical concerns that may be raised by the facts involved.
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"Downtown" is a song written by Tony Hatch which was performed and released in 1964 by Petula Clark. It has appeared multiple times in Lost, the first instance being the opening scene of "A Tale of Two Cities", when Juliet played it on her CD player before the book club. It was featured twice in "One of Us": in Juliet's car as she and Rachel arrived to the Mittelos Bioscience center; and during the abridged sequence in Juliet's flashback that recapped the original book club scene.
The opening scene of "A Tale of Two Cities" is reminiscent of the Season 2 opening scene, in which Desmond puts on "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by "Mama" Cass Elliot to listen to while in the Swan, but the audience is not immediately aware that the setting is on the Island (and not in a flashback).
When you're alone
- "Downtown" is one of three examples in the series where a diegetic song (originating from within story and heard by the characters) is incorporated into the musical score, thereby becoming non-diegetic. After Juliet puts the CD in the CD player and listens to it, it plays throughout the rest of the book club recap as part of the musical score in "One of Us". The other examples of this scoring technique so far are "Shambala" and "La Mer".
- Though the song that is played is by Petula Clark, the cover of the album taken out of the shelf is Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads; according to the catalog number, the CD itself is Okemah And The Melody Of Riot by Son Volt.
- According to the October 09, 2006 episode of the official podcast, Juliet just put the wrong CD in the jewel case. (From their comments it sounds like they may have had to change music at the eleventh hour, and this is just their explanation for the apparent inconsistency. The first line of the lyrics of "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)", the last song on Speaking in Tongues, are "Home is where I want to be". )
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Professor, students offer assistance in tree identification
DURANT, Okla. th Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced a community service project that will run through the first semester.
(Media-Newswire.com) - DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced a community service project that will run through the first semester.
Dr. Stanley Rice, professor of biological sciences, will conduct a tree-identification program that will be of benefit to the entire community. Rice earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois ( 1987 ) and joined the Southeastern faculty in 1998.
Rice said, “The Department of Biological Sciences is announcing a student project to benefit homeowners in the Durant community. Anyone with unidentified trees on their property is asked to contact us at srice@SE.edu or 580-745-2688.
“Students in my Systematic Botany course will help with identification. The students will bring specimens so we may verify that their identification was indeed correct.”
The project should be completed by April 25.
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The Education Investment, Citizenship, and the Perfection of Society and Government; Or, What Noah Webster Would Say to Romney and ObamaPosted: October 25, 2012
Lately I’ve been working a side project, a lengthy encyclopedia article on religion and education in America. I’m taking a historical approach in the article and laying out a basic narrative: building a Protestant educational establishment, challenges to that establishment, and, finally, Protestant educational disestablishment. With that article in the back of my head, it has been interesting to listen to the ways Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have approached questions of education during this election. For the most part the candidates and political reporters have focused on the differences between the two. For example, this comes from the Washington Post:
President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that improving schools and providing more training is one of the keys to restoring America’s economic prowess. But their views diverge over what’s holding the country back. Obama says it’s inadequate investment. Romney says it’s the teachers unions and cumbersome bureaucracy.
In their basic stump speeches, both Romney and Obama include education among their five-point plans to turn around the economy. Obama spends more time talking about Pell grants and student assistance because he’s eager to fire up enthusiasm among young voters, who were a key to his victory four years ago. Romney emphasizes conservative themes of school choice to fire up his base.
You can check out the Obama and Romney campaign pages on education for more details on the differences between the candidates. But what is striking to me, as someone who has been thinking about the history of education in America lately, is what both men share in common. They both put education in economic terms. The goal is to make good on an investment. Obama’s site explains how the president wants to invest in community colleges to ensure folks can find good jobs. Romney wants to ensure students find jobs when they graduate so they can get a return on their investment.
Compare this with Noah Webster’s view of the purpose of education (1790):
Every small district should be furnished with a school, at least four months in a year; when boys are not otherwise employed. This school should be kept by the most reputable and well informed man in the district. Here children should be taught the usual branches of learning; submission to superiors and to laws; the moral or social duties; the history and transactions of their own country; the principles of liberty and government. Here the rough manners of the wilderness should be softened, and the principles of virtue and good behaviour inculcated. The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.
Such a general system of education is neither impracticable nor difficult; and excepting the formation of a federal government that shall be efficient and permanent, it demands the first attention of American patriots. Until such a system shall be adopted and pursued; until the Statesman and Divine shall unite their efforts in forming the human mind, rather than in loping its excressences, after it has been neglected; until Legislators discover that the only way to make good citizens and subjects, is to nourish them from infancy; and until parents shall be convinced that the worst of men are not the proper teachers to make the best; mankind cannot know to what a degree of perfection society and government may be carried. America affords the fairest opportunities for making the experiment, and opens the most encouraging prospect of success.
What a difference. “The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities”–so much for those community colleges and returns on investment. It’s all about your virtue and how your virtue shapes society, not the market. As Webster saw it, the goal of education was to produce fully-fledged citizens. In his time that meant Protestant citizens, hence the need for the Statesman and Divine to work together. But what about for our time? What would “good citizens” nourished form infancy look like now? This is the important educational question of our time, as I see it. Because, as Webster says, a system of schools can produce an unknown “degree of perfection” in society and government.
For a long period in American history the goal of education was the production of proper citizens. What made a citizen proper varied over time and was a source of dispute. Protestant educational reformers sought to inculcate a non-specific Protestantism, to borrow a phrase from Tracy Fessenden, in students. Catholics pushed back. Many non-whites found the Protestant educational establishment thrust upon them. But even with the insidious and systematic power of cultural assimilation and Protestantization, American education aimed at social, civic, and cultural goals.
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Travelling to Find Hawaiians in Iosepa, Utah.
Following the Presidential Nominating Convention in Chicago, I boarded the evening train, along with my travelling companions, on the sabbath, June 23, to return to San Francisco. We arrived at Salt Lake City at 5 p. m. on Tuesday evening, and I jumped off alone in that foreign land while my companions continued all the way.
The next day, I went to grounds of the Mormon temple and asked for the way to get to where the Hawaiians lived in Iosepa. I was told by the locals that Tempie was where the train stopped to go to Iosepa, and eight more miles and you’d reach Iosepa. I was restrained to wait for one of the Mormon teachers who lived here in Hawaii, for they knew the way to Iosepa, but I did not wait, I toured about the city until the time the train departed, and I boarded for Tempie.
I arrived there at 4:30 and saw a barren land with but two buildings, no trees, no crops, and they were just houses for the men who worked on the railroad. I was shocked, because there was no one home; I looked at the road lying to the south, to the east of the valley and I decided to walk until the houses of the locals of Iosepa, and so I went as a malihini on that lonely deserted road; I looked as far as my eyes could see, and there were no homes in sight, but I continued walking forward for eight miles and reached a hillock from which I could see four more miles, but I couldn’t see any houses, while I recalled what was told to me, that it was eight miles from Tempie to Iosepa; I was confused, thinking that maybe this wasn’t the correct road, so I turned back once again for Tempie. The sun went down, but the moon came out, so the trip on this deserted foreign land was not forlorn.
I arrived back in Tempie at eleven that night, knocked on the door, and the kamaaina, who was a Greek, awoke, and I slept there that night. He asked me about my travels, and I told him that I was headed for Iosepa, and I asked him the right way to get there, and he told me that that was indeed the road but he estimated that it was fourteen miles before reaching Iosepa.
Early the next morning, we were done with breakfast, and my kamaaina went off to work; he locked up the house, and I sat out on the lanai, waiting for for the mail truck, since the locals told me that the letter truck to Iosepa arrived at two that afternoon; I thought to walk once again, but because of swelling of my legs, I couldn’t do it.
In the afternoon, a delivery truck driven by a Hawaiian youth born there arrived first. After him arrived the mail truck driven by John Broad, the son of Charles Broad, along with three passengers headed for Salt Lake. I spent time with them until their train arrived and they left; and I waited for the train from Salt Lake; its arrival ran late, and it came at about six; we got the mail bag, and I went along with Jno. Broad to Iosepa which he said was sixteen miles from Iosepa to Tempie. We arrived at Iosepa at dusk, at eight in the evening and visited the home of Charles Broad and his queen [wife]. There I ate poi once again, that being poi palaoa [poi made of flour], and this was much tastier and better than the expensive haole food that I had in the American hotels.
I spent time with the Hawaiians living there, and asked about how their lives were; they said their way of life in Iosepa was pleasant. Charles Broad and George Hubbel told me that when they were home in the land of their birth, they were subject to frequent bouts of rheumatism but in Iosepa they were fine and this ailment giving them sore bones disappeared. I was asked to stay back by the kamaaina to spend [seems to be a dropped line here: "hoohala i mau lakou"] so that they can properly welcome me, like by roasting a pig, joining together in celebration, and allowing time for the two singing groups to come and entertain me with their music and Hawaiian songs that they cherish in that foreign land. But because of my very short time left before the Wilhelmina, my ship upon which I was returning, was leaving, therefore, I could not accept their invitation.
The town of Iosepa is east of Skull Valley [Awawa Pookanaka], and it is land dedicated as a home for kanaka people. Hawaiians are the majority living there, and there are some kauna [forty] samoans and the head haole and his family. There are 176 people in Iosepa. There is a school house, store, post office, church, dance hall, and a lanai for parties on special occasions.
The work people do there is farming, planting oats, wheat, potatoes, barley, and so forth. The land is flat and stretches out, and there is much space, enough for a thousand people, and there is a lot of spring water in that valley, but the land is like a salt bed, and it is by irrigation that the crops grow. Should you want a homestead, you can get 320 acres, being that there is abundant land yet few people.
Water is brought in for the town of Iosepa from the deep, grooved ravines of the mountains for many miles in canals which are lined with cement and runs out to a reservoir, and from there the water runs into great pipes reaching the roads of Iosepa and entering the house lots of the people. The Church spent $76,000 to lay the waterway.
It is thought that it was an ultimate feat of Maui County, which spent $100,000 to lay the water system to bring the water from Puohokamoa Stream as water for the thousands of people of Makawao and Kula and the thousands of cattle of Kahikinui, however, people have to pay to get the water; as for the water in Iosepa, the Mormon Church paid $76,000 to get the water to make the life of the Hawaiians there easy, and they give it for free.
After finishing breakfast, the Head Boss, William Wadup [Waddoups], invited me to tour the work place of the people, and so I went with him aboard his vehicle [Not sure what a "kaa bake" is, but it appeared in an earlier article i put up]. We arrived at the place of work, and I saw two men cutting grass. They sat atop the machine, guided the horses straight, and the machine was what cut the grass. And at another location, the dried grass (hay) was piled onto a large truck and taken to where it was heaped up, and the pile was as tall as a two-story building.
George Hubbel told me that pitching hay with long-handled three-pronged pitch forks was the most important job there, and the pay for that job was two dollars and a half a day for a single man, and three dollars for a married man; for other jobs, the pay was a dollar quarter and a dollar half a day.
As I made ready to depart Iosepa that afternoon, people were let off work, they told me because it was windy that they could not pitch hay, and they all came down to see me and to give their aloha to the families in the land of their birth. There was much asking for me to visit them again should I come back to America, and from what I saw, they were very happy at the arrival of one of their own who saw and visited with them in this foreign land upon which they live.
They told me that in the twenty or more years which they lived in Iosepa, there were a great many Hawaiians who visited Salt Lake City, but I was a Hawaiian who actually went to Iosepa to see them before returning here to the sands of our birth.
Here are some people I saw there: Makaweli, the last born of the wife of Nailima of Hilo, who has many children and grandchildren in Iosepa. It was this kind Hawaiian lady who took care of Emilia Kalua (f), the grandchild of Keanini of Waikapu, Maui, because both of her parents died; the family of her father wanted to bring back this young girl to live with them. The Circuit Court of Maui appointed me as executor for her portion of the estate of her grandfather, and these are they things which made me visit Iosepa, Utah, and to see firsthand how this Hawaiian girl was living without parents in this foreign land. From what I saw and heard about her there, she was being properly taken care of, and she did not want to come to Hawaii nei.
Also, there is Naihe, a child of D. B. Mahoe of Hana; he is family there; he has eight children living. George Hubbel formerly of Honolulu, his wife, and their children, and so many more other Hawaiians gave their aloha to their family here in the land of their birth. According to some of them, it is their homeland, the treatment of the church elders is good, and the thought to return to the land of their birth is very far away, except for the fact that their aloha for Hawaii is not gone, as for their kin at home with their never-ending thoughts of them.
KALE WILIKOKI [Charles Wilcox]
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A Grandmother's LegacyJohn's letters to Constance continue into March 1906 with three letters dated March 4, 27 & 30, 1906. All addressed to Miss Constance Warwick, RFD, Alva, O.T.
March 4, 1906 -- This short note reads, "Sunday, Dear connie, My cousin dropped in unexpectedly friday eve, so I can not go to see my S.W. tnight. He will leave in a day or so. He came from Wisconsin. Write and tell me how the spelling contest came out. Write me a big letter this week. Jno McClure."
March 27, 1906 -- Another short note that begins, "Alva, O.T., Mon. Eve., I will write you a few lines this Eve to tell you of your invitation to the wedding Miss Forbis was in today and said, she was going to be married Wed evening at 3:30. I have not asked to get away but think possibly I can for the afternoon.
Can you come to Alva? Of course we must take Gertha a nice present, so you do the buying. I thought one present would do for both of us. Then you see I would not have to do any thinking. She said I was to let you know. Write me Tues. Jno McClure"
March 30, 1906 -- the third letter is a bit longer, two short pages on First National Bank letterhead. It begins, "Alva, Okla. March, 30, 1906, Miss Constance Warwick, Alva, Okla.
Dear Constance: I received your dear little letter, which was berry disappointing, as I wanted to go to the wedding very much, but I suppose you were as much disappointed as I.
You must write Gertha a letter expressing our regrets. I also want you to pick some nice present for her and I will reimburse you when I see you.
Four of we boys have made arrangements to go out to the slat plains Sunday, so you will not be pestered next Sunday night. Of course you know I enjoy my visits out there very much, especially the buggy rides. I am surprised you like to buggy ride with me so much, but I guess you do it just to please me. Write me a letter next week telling me all the news. Yours Affectionately, Jno McClure" | <urn:uuid:b5c42537-bf05-47eb-99f0-32c4e60cd718> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://okielegacy.org/grandma/letters/march1906.html | 2013-05-18T17:17:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975675 | 490 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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For serial entrepreneur John Ossenmacher, founder, president, and CEO of ReDigi, which bills itself as “the world’s first pre-owned digital marketplace,” the copyright infringement case filed by Capitol Records in U.S. District Court in Manhattan at the start of the year to shut it down is only a “hiccup in the road.” ReDigi, which launched its Web site (redigi.com) with used digital music late last year, is poised to start reselling e-books once the case is resolved. Ossenmacher and CTO Larry Rudolph, who took a leave of absence from his work at MIT, are eager to do so, since e-books will have a much higher ticket price than 69¢ songs. Their goal is to unlock the billions of dollars that consumers have invested in digital goods by reselling them, using the partners’ patented cloud-based technology, which enables them to weed out pirated goods.
If ReDigi prevails in court, it could upend the way e-books and other digital products are sold, since such products would get a second life on the resale market and provide a new revenue stream for publishers and authors. Ironically, the Cambridge, Mass.–based firm could be competing for customers with its neighbor at the Cambridge Innovation Center, Amazon. Currently, ReDigi can’t resell Amazon’s music or other digital files; it is partnering with iTunes.
Capitol’s suit against ReDigi, which is wending its way through the same courthouse that is hearing the Department of Justice price-fixing suit, revolves around whether the first-sale doctrine in U.S. copyright covers digital content. This is the same doctrine that enables bookstores to sell used books. In its initial filing, Capitol noted: “While ReDigi touts its services as the equivalent of a used record store, that analogy is inapplicable: used record stores do not make copies to fill their shelves.” However, ReDigi has already won a critical skirmish. In February, the company defeated a preliminary injunction. “This is a fascinating issue,” said Judge Richard J. Sullivan, when he turned down Capitol’s motion. “It raises a lot of technological and statutory issues.”
Ossenmacher calls the ReDigi concept of reselling digital files “revolutionary.” For books, it translates into income for both publishers and authors for the first time for used work. “A huge part of what we’ve done,” said Ossenmacher, “is to allow publishers to become part of the secondary market and get revenue whenever their creative work is sold.” Beyond that, ReDigi will be able to offer publishers sophisticated data about who reads their books and how often before the book is resold, as well as readers’ favorite passages and the ones they skipped.
Because of the lawsuit, ReDigi is working with artists directly to funnel payments when their music is sold, rather than doing it through the labels. Musicians can sign up for its Artist Syndication program to receive 20% of the sale of their pre-owned music. Further down the line, they will be able to sell music direct on ReDigi. As for e-books, Ossenmacher said that ReDigi plans to pay authors through their publishers. Publishers and authors will get paid in cash; sellers get cash or credit in their ReDigi account.
Ossenmacher is convinced that there’s a large audience for used e-books. “As a company, we’re most excited about the book part,” he said. “In our book beta, people loved it. They said, ‘I never thought I’d be an e-book user, but it’s so much less expensive.’” He also emphasizes that ReDigi is here to help publishers. It doesn’t modify their files. Instead it adds a marking that enables it to know if an e-book starts showing up on a file-sharing site. “One of the beauties of ReDigi is it gives publishers a whole new control,” he said.
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mardi 4 décembre 2012 08:39
We have recently had our WSUS server crash (HDD Failure). We were able to recover pretty much everything off of the crashed hard drive including the database and the WSUS content (which I'd assume to be the actual updates..?)
So my question is, how would we go about rebuilding our WSUS server on a new installation of Windows Server 2008 r2 without having WSUS dowload all the updates from the web again? Keeping in mind that we don't have an internal upstream WSUS Server to pull the updates from.
Thanking you in advance for your assistance in this.
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mardi 4 décembre 2012 10:23
the documentation has a number of suggestions which may help you.
export/import steps for a disconnected server: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939873(v=ws.10).aspx
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- Marqué comme réponse Clarence ZhangModerator lundi 10 décembre 2012 08:19
mardi 4 décembre 2012 14:23
Thank you for your response. I'll check out the documentation and advise on my course of action.
mercredi 5 décembre 2012 02:18Modérateur
So my question is, how would we go about rebuilding our WSUS server on a new installation of Windows Server 2008 r2 without having WSUS dowload all the updates from the web again?
I don't believe this scenario is explicitly documented in the links Don provided, as some of those presume a working server exists, although the information presented may provide some clues. However, assuming that you have a fully functional backup of the database and the WSUSContent folder, this procedure will get you there:
1. Reinstall WSUS as a new server. DO NOT run the WSUS setup wizard -- just Cancel out of it. (No harm if you do run it; you'll just waste a lot of time doing pointless work, since it will all be destroyed in Step 4.)
2. Copy the WSUSContent\* subfolders from your backup to the appropriate location on the WSUS server.
3. Stop the Update Services service.
4. Restore the database.
- If you have an actual SQL Server BACKUP, then RESTORE the WSUS database. (Don's link for Backup/Restore will apply in this case.)
- If you have a detached COPY of the SUSDB.mdf and SUSDB_log.ldf files, then detach the newly installed WSUS database and move the SUSDB.mdf and SUSDB_log.ldf files elsewhere. Copy the original database files into the correct location and attach the database.
5. Restart the Update Services service.
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Aaron Rodgers walks off the CenturyLink Field turf on Monday night. (AP)It was reported on Tuesday that Green Bay Packers players would not be fined for their negative tweets after Monday night's 14-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in which officiating played a bit of a factor. What the NFL chooses to do with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the quarterback went off on his weekly radio show might be a different story.
When he got on the horn for his "Tuesdays With Aaron" show with Jason Wilde on Milwaukee's ESPN 540 radio, Rodgers went on a blistering tirade about the results of the game, and the league's seeming lack of concern about how games are affected.
The NFL's statement, which claimed that the Golden Tate touchdown catch was correctly called even though it wasn't, and Packers safety M.D. Jennings should have had an interception, was very much on Rodgers' mind.
But first, Rodgers wanted to extend an apology to the fans.
"Some stuff just needs to be said. First of all, I've got to do something that the NFL is not going to do, and I have to apologize to the fans. Our sport is generated -- the multi-billion machine -- is generated by people who pay good money to come watch us play. And the product on the field is not being complemented by an appropriate set of officials. The games are getting out of control.
"Like I said in the first week, I said, 'I'm OK with replacement refs as long as they don't have a direct impact on the game.' Obviously last night there was a direct impact on the game on multiple plays that we'll get into. But my thing is I just feel bad for the fans. Because they're pay[ing] good money to watch this. The game is being tarnished by an NFL that obviously cares more about saving some money than having the integrity of the game diminished a little bit."
Rodgers may have felt that way before the end of Monday night's game, but the issues common to most games officiated by the NFL's current replacement crews were going on in the Packers-Seahawks contest before that one controversial call. There were several questionable calls and non-calls through the game, the atmosphere was chippy on the field, and the replacement refs once again seemed to have no real concept of how to handle play-to-play administration.
"But let's remember who we are dealing with," Rodgers said, mentioning that these officials do not come from the fertile training grounds of the SEC and other major college divisions. "We're dealing with an NFL that locked out the players and said, 'We're going to stand firm on our position.' I don't any owner would be too upset about the deal that finally agreed to by both sides. This is an NFL that locked the players out … an NFL that gambled on some low-level referees, including the guy who makes the most important call last night, who's never had any professional experience."
And as a guy who was once locked out by the NFL over more than a few dollars, Rodgers shares the stance of most people -- he's aghast that the league would sacrifice the integrity of its product over a relative pittance.
"This is a multi-billion dollar operation against 16 to 17 crews of seven to eight of 35- to 50-year-old guys who want a little insurance on the back end, want to be taken care of for the job that they do, believe that their job is an important part of that shield, the NFL brand. It's obvious now more than ever — not just our game … but ours probably a little more than others — it's obvious the stance the NFL has taken."
In other words, it took an officiating meltdown for the players to see the refs' side of things.
As to the league's statement that the "simultaneous catch" aspect of the Golden Tate touchdown call was correct, Rodgers saved his best blast for last. He said that the statement was "unbelievable," and that the NFL was basically covering its butt.
This is the first time that a player of Rodgers' caliber and visibility has come out and openly declared that the NFL's position on its officials is not only affecting, but eroding, the quality and integrity of the game. Some might call it sour grapes, but Rodgers plays for the first team to lose a game it should have won due to the replacement officials.
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Former South Carolina star has flashed his potential, but needs to be a vital cog in the Titans offense.
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THE APPALACHIAN HARDWOOD FOREST
The Appalachian Hardwood Region is the mountainous area
between New York and North Georgia with an approximate boundary at the
1,000-foot altitude contour. Within this area grow the finest
hardwood timber to be found in the world.
Thousands of years ago this area was bounded on the
north by glaciers and on the east, south and west by a shallow sea.
When the glaciers receded and the seas subsided, the mountains were
the garden spot that seeded the surrounding areas. All species of
trees found in the east are also found in these mountains. For nearly
200 years after the settlement of the coastal plains, the Appalachian
mountains were the "Far West." The first white man to explore the
Appalachian mountains is reported to have been Desoto in about 1540.
He made no real settlement and few pioneers attempted to cross the
rugged mountain ranges. Hunters who ventured into these lush
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With the discovery of Cumberland Gap about 1750, a
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territory there are vast areas of forest land containing billions of
board feet of timber. Farther west beyond the mountains in Kentucky
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When steam boat traffic started on the Ohio River,
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nearly isolated from the outside world. Scattered logging operations
were active near the river courses as early as 1825. However, it was
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furnish more than 20 percent of the total hardwood lumber production.
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COLOGNE, Germany – Ford has opened an €11.6 million expansion of its Design Centre at Merkenich-Cologne, Germany.
The expanded centre features an open and fluid design that creates an atmosphere for effective communication and idea exchange. Ford has also installed a “powerwall” capable of projecting vehicle and concept designs in three-dimensional and virtual environments; invested in new milling machines that use computer-aided design to create precise clay models of new vehicles for aerodynamic wind tunnel testing; and redesigned the existing studios.
“Outstanding design is one of the things that sets our brand apart and excites our customers,” said Martin Smith, executive design director, Ford of Europe. “The Design Centre expansion will provide employees with a highly-motivational environment in which they are free to further develop Ford’s design philosophy."
The expanded Ford Design Centre is home to the design and development team with global responsibility for small and compact vehicles, including Fiesta and Focus. The 3,000m2 expansion brings the Centre’s total area to 16,000m2.
“This powerwall will allow us to communicate in real time with our colleague around the world – so we can exchange design ideas, show progress and comment on the work in Australia, in North America and here in Europe,” Smith said.
Erika Tsubaki, supervisor, Design Strategy and Futuring, Ford of Europe said: “The design of all of our vehicles has become increasingly important for Ford on a global basis, so we were keen to employ the same design language in the construction of the new Design Centre expansion.”
“Its distinctive and dynamic construction is reminiscent of a boat, floating out of the centre, while the fluid interior brings our different teams closer together.”
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“A design studio is not like a traditional office where people sit alongside each other in rows of desks,” said Serife Celebi, design supervisor, Colour and Material Design, Ford of Europe. “In a design studio, you need plenty of space and natural light in order to view designs and concepts from different angles and distances.
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Company Profile for Enplas Corp (6961)
ENPLAS CORPORATION designs, develops, manufactures, and markets engineering plastic products for electronic components, video and audio equipment, and automobile parts. The Company also makes semiconductor equipment, such as integrated circuits (IC) testing devices and burn-in sockets.
Key Executives for Enplas Corp (6961)
|Daisuke YokotaPresident||Takashi SakaiManaging Executive Officer|
|Noboru SugaharaManaging Executive Officer||Yutaka KikuchiExecutive Officer|
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The story of my fox tattoo, "Pathfinder".
Years ago I did my apprenticeship in tattooing at an Oshawa, Ontario tattoo parlour. The artist teaching me was Greg Hodge (http://greghodgefinearts.yolasite.com/) a phenom of an artist whose idols in the tattoo industry were, Tom Renshaw and Bob Tyrell. His passion was wildlife tattoos. I watched him constantly push himself to the limit, always seeking to improve his technique and that was an inspiration to me as an artist trying to find his place in the field. I haven't found a specific genre of inking I prefer over all others, but both Greg and the other artist I apprenticed under, Josh Tremblay had their influences. I enjoy wildlife tats like Greg and Horror tats like Josh (the Pet Sematary tattoo story is next), then I throw in the fantasy and pin-ups I've always drawn.
But this story is about the fox tattoo Greg did on my lower back.
I'd been bugging Greg for a few months to tattoo a fox on me for a month or so. My nickname has been some variation of "Fox"since I was a kid. Originally I wanted an oriental style fox climbing from my leg to my shoulder. Greg balked at the idea (I was asking him to take time away from paying clients, so I could completely understand). I had to come up with a way to interest him in my project. So I asked him what kind of fox he would like to do. A day went by and then he called me into the office. Right there on the PC's screen was the design I didn't know I wanted so much, because I'd never seen it before. He was showing me a picture of Carl Brender's painting called, "Pathfinder". It's a red fox with its nose to the ground, sniffing through the woods. The painting is incredibly subtle in its beauty, but is also unbelievably realistic to the point of looking more real than a photograph. I questioned how close Greg could get to the original with only using black and grey. I trusted him, don't get me wrong on that. I just couldn't see how such an amazing painting could be translated to skin.
He told me how good it turns out is up to me. One thing few tattoo clients realize is how difficult it is to create a work of art on a canvas that is constantly moving. You're breathing, you're talking, you're scratching an itch and the whole time your artist has to compensate for that. If you're texting on your phone while getting tattooed anywhere on your upper body, you may not realize it but you are moving the area being tattooed. If I wanted Greg's best work, I needed to barely even breath.
We had music going. I tuned out the music (it was more for his benefit anyway) and I slipped into the zone. You don't feel anything when you're in the zone. Nothing is happening in your world. You're not thinking, you're not feeling, and you're certainly not moving. Nothing can distract you, not even six and a half hours of having some guy running needles over your back to get every detail just right. It feels like a bad sunburn when you take a break though.
I kept still and he did his best work. A month and a half later the tattoo won for "Most Realistic" at Northern Ink Exposure, in Toronto. The tattoo looks like a black and grey version of the painting.
A year later I found a print of that painting for sale in a local art store. I couldn't afford the $400 price tag at the time but the guy selling it couldn't believe it was a tattoo on my back when he compared it with the painting. He said it was impossible to imagine such a likeness done on skin with a little needle and ink.
Four months ago I found another print of "Pathfinder" and this time I had the cash. It's now hanging on my wall in all of its signed and numbered beauty.
It's like I say, how well your tattoo turns out is up to your artist and you. You have to find your path into the zone and just chill there. You will become your artist’s favorite client to work on and you will walk away with a tattoo you can be proud of. It might even end up an award winner.
You can see the painting at this link http://www.world-wide-art.com/art/shpg13142441889348043ctvaid13736/framing/limagesm.html
You can see the tattoo in my "My Tattoos" album, once I have it posted in the next day or so.
Be sure to stop in at Greg Hodge Fine Arts the website and check out his pastel & oil paintings, along with his wicked photography.
submitted by: brandon_fox_layng
on: 26 Aug. 2011
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