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Laughing is the best medicine, this very old saying was proved right again by a new research which revealed that laughter can do as much good for your body as going for a run.
Forget rigorous workout schedules, finding humor in real life situations could be just enough to keep you hale and hearty.
The findings showed that volunteers who watched 20 minutes of comedies and stand-up routines experienced a dramatic drop in stress hormones, blood pressure and cholesterol. Their appetite was also stimulated just as it is with exercise.
"There's no doubt about it - the 'high' people get from mirthful laughter is very similar to the endorphin rush you get from light to moderate exercise," express. co. uk quoted lead researcher Lee Berk from Loma Linda University, California, as saying.
Even for diabetics, laughter can be the greatest medicine. In one study, people who watched a funny video during dinner had lower blood sugar levels after the meal compared to the people who watched a video of a lecture.
The anticipation of watching a video is sufficient to raise levels of feel-good endorphins and boost up amounts of a hormone that helps your immune systems fight infection.
- Inquest into Death of Dylan Crean, 3, Finds Communication Failings between Agencies
- Denise Welch Shares Her Experience during Fight against Depression
- Toy Car Helps 16-Year-Old Girl Recover of Paralysis
- Lack of Support Makes Carers in Scotland Fail in Relationships
- Vodafone pays no corporation tax in UK for second consecutive year, despite earning over £5bn | <urn:uuid:b67f7b4a-b08a-48c9-98fe-1e4b74d9006b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://topnews.co.uk/25128-new-medicine-diabetes-laughing-therapy | 2013-06-18T23:10:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961727 | 330 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Some guys from a univeristy film class did a short doco on me and my underwater model work.
It was a long process. They followed me around for a whole weekend and on the sunday we did about 5 hrs worth of interviews.
Also - for anyone whos interested in the model stuff - ignore the way the models are moving underwater. I never normally shoot models like that (normally slow and deliberate) but they were dancers who I only had an hour to work with so I just let them do their thing underwater rather than try to 'control' them to much.
Hope you enjoy it (and its not too cringe worthy )
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Book and game
The book and game idea is simply to require that the player must have read a book because otherwise the related game remains unplayable.
A book could be a novel with educational content. The educational content would be equally required to play the game so the player would be motivated to train reading skills by reading the novel and to learn the educational content.
Unlike similar educational games, such as, for instance, Mathica, parts of a novel would be required as a precondition to be able to play the game. The OLPC would, of course, have the advantage of being the book at the same time, so the player could switch conveniently from playing the game to reading the novel and the novel would then contain educational content and riddles that required understanding for earlier information. The game could then rely on both.
One could give the novel and the game a timeline and the player would be in the future (lacking relevant information) if he had not read the novel. This way the motivation to want to know what is in the novel becomes the pupil's own motivation, not a homework assignment, and the educational riddles become a part of reading the novel.
Detail ideas
Secret language
A book could also introduce its own secret language, [secret languages] which would become more and more intelligible throughout the book. The game would then assume the language to be known. Secret languages can fascinate children and young teenagers and can promote involvement. A secret language can also promote abstract thought. Other concepts that promote abstract thought can also be introduced into the story of a book.
Book, game and exercise
Hard science fiction stories can invite the reader to consider the scientific background of the story. To take the idea further a reader could be required to think about the scientific background presented. An e-book on the OLPC could have the unique feature to require the reader to solve an exercise with a strong relation to the story. Such a feature could also be combined with a game/simulation stage during which the reader could have to solve problems or discover information required to continue reading the story. Chapters, game stages and exercises could require the reader to progress sequentially. Exercises could require unique solutions by altering parameters or questions according to the academic level of the user and at random.
A game embedded into a story (as in some of the later Infocom adventures) would also have the advantage of being limited in scope. The player would not be invited to play the game continually until it got boring but only to solve a puzzle within the story.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) could be seen as an anti-pattern here, because book and game are redundant or contradict each other (instead of complementing each other) and the characters could be seen as having psychological conditions (even consult psychologists during the story) but do not show any realistic psychology. (See also: In-game psychology) The game also contains a motivation to re-play almost the entire game even after it should have become boring (Simple mistakes made during the beginning can make completion impossible).
Hard educational science fiction
This section proposes a set of criteria for hard educational science fiction.
|Age group specification and specification of required knowledge|
|Glossary of technical terms|
|Interactive experiments and simulations||(only possible in electronic publications or as add-ons on the web page or CD of the book)|
|Scientific errors in the story are explained|
|Recommended exercises are present in the text and are interesting for the reader|
|Motivation to think further||e.g. a cliffhanger requires the solution of an exercise (only possible in electronic publications or as add-ons on the web page or CD of the book)|
|Soft sciences are not ignored (social sciences, philosophy, ethics)|
|Mentoring and scientific discussions between characters are present in the story|
|Intercultural competence criteria apply|
|Realistic psychology is presented in the story with occasional discussion of psychological issues.|
It is recommend that evaluation based on this criteria catalogue should use a range of 0 to 3 points per criterion, resulting in a range from 0 to 30 points. 0 points would mean "not present at all"; 3 points would mean "very well done". A value of -1 can be assigned to state that the criterion is not met but that the opposite (if that is possible) appears to apply.
See also
- Database of personal vocabulary#Wikifier - A Wikifier could allow children to read a book in a foreign language more conveniently and to learn the vocabulary more reliably (instead of guessing some words). | <urn:uuid:f0622a15-b419-4d53-943e-48d35ab58d6c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Book_and_game/ | 2013-06-18T23:10:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959881 | 951 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
“Why the CO2 increase is man made (part 1)“. A rare bit of reality pops up unexpectedly on Anthony Watts’ blog. Yes, the increase in atmospheric CO2 is effectively all man-made, says Ferdinand Engelbeen.
Oh, here’s the catch; Engelbeen has left himself an escape hatch for the ensuing denialist assault. The increase in atmospheric CO2 apparently has limited impact on temperature. This is to be discussed later.
So that’s why Anthony offered a bit of “mainstream” perspective. He’s trying to gently steer his readers away from embarrassing attacks on scientific evidence and on to new and more flexible topics.
“Extraterrestrial Global Warming“. Anthony Watts hints at the idiotic denialist idea that other planets are warming too, so Earth’s Global Warming (which isn’t happening!) is natural too. This is deliberately ignorant and wrong.
“Sensenbrenner Report Challenges EPA Greenhouse Finding“. Anthony Watts gives us part of a post by the right-wing media outlet Pajamas Media about a “staff report” produced for Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner “on the scientific issues that tend to discredit the EPA’s endangerment finding for carbon dioxide as a pollutant.” (emphasis mine.)
This is pretty funny, as I’ve been reading selections of the EPA’s response to submissions opposing the recent finding that CO2 emissions have environmental consequences. They’re straight-faced but hilarious slap downs of denialist stupidity. You can find a bunch of them at Rabett Run.
They’re also excited to report that the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will be hearing testimony from “noted skeptic (as well as a Pajamas Media contributor)” Christopher Monckton, Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. This is called an “own goal” in soccer.
“Pielke Sr. on Revkin’s question“. In spite of abundant evidence to the contrary, Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. is more convinced than ever that NO! is his answer to a question posed in 2005 by journalist Andy Revkin: “Is most of the observed warming over the last 50 years likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations?”
He now says that Dr. Spencer’s assertion that it’s all because of a reduction in cloud cover, in a somehow on-going 50 year pattern, explains it. Especially since he still thinks the “missing heat” statement by Kevin Trenberth last month was an admission that the heat “wasn’t there” rather than that it can’t be identified by current instrumentation.
Dr. Pielke backs his assertion with a collection of references to debunked denialist fellow-travelers and right-wing “conferences”. Confirmation bias in three, two, one, now.
[Note: In the comments Dr. Pielke thanks the WUWT readers for editorial corrections. My god, sloppy typing as well as sloppy thinking!]
“Mann 2008 a Victim of Sudden Oak Death?” Anthony Watts is eager to join the new round of uninformed nit-picking over tree ring chronologies. He posts some comments from Canadian sourpuss Steve McIntyre on the subject, quote-mining various news reports. Otherwise, his contribution is a Star Trek and Peanuts graphic and a link to a whack-a-mole copy of the Dr. Mann “spoof” video.
Dr. Mike Baillie of Queen’s University in Belfast has stated that the oak tree ring data he is being forced to release is not useful for temperature proxies, but the infamous Dr. Mann uses some oak ring data in his hated “hockey stick” temperature reconstruction. This clearly proves that the “hockey stick” is a lie! Or something. If you ignore all the other data.
Wait, do Anthony or McIntyre have any idea why Dr. Mann included this data in his reconstruction? Um, no. Doesn’t seem to stop them from complaining though, does it?
“Second Mann spoof video removed“. Anthony Watts says that “Somebody just can’t handle satire.” I think the real problem is that somebody is determined to slander a scientist.
But fear not, another ambitiously named astroturf outfit called “Minnesota Majority” has popped up, Whack-A-Mole style, to re-post it.
This reminds me of watching drunken streakers at a college football game.
[Funny, the "Minnesota Majority", springing to the defense of "Minnesotans For Global Warming" has the same principals. Astroturf puffery.] | <urn:uuid:f709ed9e-0947-4afb-9e8a-3d7c37f42840> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wottsupwiththat.com/tag/whack-a-mole/ | 2013-06-18T23:10:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930584 | 1,041 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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As we know VoIP comes in many shapes and flavours – our focus is in the SME or Enterprise arena but we always like to keep a view on what is happening in the VoIP carrier world. We have seen a lot of press recently about the new Ofcom (Office of Communications) regulations that will apply to VoIP Providers and all will be required to comply with the them from June 2007.
Following public consultation in 2006, Ofcom has decided to put in place measures to ensure that consumers have access to information which helps them make informed purchasing decisions. The new code of practice requires VoIP providers to make clear:
1, Whether or not the service includes access to emergency services.
2, The extent to which the service depends on the user’s home power supply.
3, Whether directory assistance, directory listings, access to the operator or the itemisation of calls are available.
4, Whether consumers will be able to keep their telephone number if they choose to switch providers at a later date.
If consumers choose to take up a service that does not offer access to emergency services or which depends on an external power supply, the code also requires VoIP providers to:
1, Secure the customer’s positive acknowledgement of this at point of sale (by ticking a box, for example).
2, Label the capability of the service, either in the form of a physical label for equipment or via information on the computer screen.
3, Play an announcement each time a call to emergency services is attempted, reminding the caller that access is unavailable.
As usage in the UK continues to grow, and the market develops further, Ofcom will continue to review and develop its approach to regulation to ensure that consumers gain the full benefits of VoIP services.
A number of respondents to Ofcom’s consultation expressed concern that a lack of access to emergency services via VoIP services might result in consumer detriment. For that reason, Ofcom intends to consult later this year on whether, and if so how, certain VoIP services might be required to offer access to emergency services. You can find the actual Ofcom document here
The ITSPA has responded to the OFCOM regulations by broadly accepting it but they have concerns as this will not apply to Overseas carriers and of course because of the nature of VoIP they can offer their services in the UK but without the need to comply so disadvantaging the UK carriers by comparison. See the response to the Ofcom regulations on the ITSPA website.
Sometimes Regulation can stifle free enterprise and innovation but we feel that something had to be done to ensure users are aware of the lack of emergency service support after all it only takes one life to be saved because of this to make it worthwhile. | <urn:uuid:304600fc-cc6f-4ac8-86cb-0eacc42f7b8f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.blog.iridia.com/?m=200704 | 2013-06-18T23:17:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943407 | 561 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
It's that time again! That's right, it's that time of year when I conjure the motivation to start working on one of my unfinished projects amongst the legions of others.
This is when I began to question why I continuously lose motivation for the projects that I work on. Why? Lack of interest, right? It seems to me that a lot of people tend to bail out as soon as the core engine of their game is made. (This is evident in roguelikes moreso than other games ;))
Obviously, the more time that you put into your game, the more more 'depth' that the game will have. Therefore, it's not possible to make a really indepth game in a short amount of time. There's no way around putting a lot of work into the game. That's what so many of the well-known roguelikes took the better part of several years to create.
I think that game features are where most people get stuck. As I said above, a lot of people leave their projects once the core engine is done. No bells or whistles, just a nice foundation that is screaming out to be built upon. Perhaps this is the (read: my) problem. A nicely-trimmed engine with a huge daunting amount of space for expansion that will fill up the game. (Note: when I say 'game features' I'm referring to all of the additions to the game that are seperate from the core engine)
I've been blabbing on a lot about nothing, so I'll try to get to the meat of this topic, which I wasn't particularly sure of from the start. Perhaps I'm just in a rambling mood, hoping that somebody gets something out of this. ;)
When you -- assuming you are a developer -- work on your game(s), what order do you go about doing things? Do you write the game engine out in its entirity then plug in the game features, or do you add stuff in as you go along? If you have better luck with getting motivation than me, I'd like to ask how you stay on your project, and not waver onto an idea that's appealing 'at the moment'.
I look forward to hearing your secrets. :) | <urn:uuid:f331f862-1b4d-4b09-917a-30b12fba071e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.byond.com/members/Malver?command=view_post&post=153440 | 2013-06-18T23:31:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979011 | 465 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
In a post-conflict analysis of the air strike campaign in Libya, NATO finds numerous flaws in its system impairing its efficiency, including over-reliance on the United States, faulty coordination, and numerous civilian casualties, reports the New York Times.
Despite widespread praise in Western capitals for's leadership of the air campaign in , a confidential NATO assessment paints a sobering portrait of the alliance's ability to carry out such campaigns without significant support from the United States.
The report concluded that the allies struggled to share crucial target information, lacked specialized planners and analysts, and overly relied on the United States for reconnaissance and refueling aircraft.
The findings undercut the idea that the intervention was a model operation and that NATO could effectively carry out a more complicated campaign inwithout relying disproportionately on the United States military. Even with the American help in Libya, NATO had only about 40 percent of the aircraft needed to intercept electronic communications, a shortage that hindered the operation's effectiveness, the report said. | <urn:uuid:d152a1a6-a1b9-44d2-9817-71721a7fc857> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cfr.org/nato/nyt-nato-sees-flaws-air-campaign-against-qaddafi/p27957?cid=rss-africa-nyt__nato_sees_flaws_in_air_ca-041612&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+region%2Fafrica+%28CFR.org+-+Regions+-+Africa%29 | 2013-06-18T23:18:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94359 | 198 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Crawford: We're not getting ahead of ourselves, just taking it game-by-game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Chicago Blackhawks hurriedly packed up their gear, their plane home, where they haven’t been in two weeks, waiting. But before they bid this lengthy road trip goodbye, they put a big exclamation point on it.
Patrick Kane scored his ninth goal of the season and Corey Crawford notched his first shutout since the 2010-11 season as the Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday night. The Blackhawks wrapped up their six-game road trip with a 4-0-2 mark. They return to Chicago 10-0-2 overall, best in the Western Conference by five points over second-place Anaheim.
First shutout since April 21, 2011, when Crawford stopped all 36 shots he faced in a 5-0 postseason victory against the Vancouver Canucks. His last regular-season shutout was March 23, 2011, a 4-0 victory over Florida.
For the Blackhawks, it was another complete team game and one that had Crawford facing just 17 shots against the Predators. The Blackhawks had 14 blocked shots on the night, with Brent Seabrook and Nick Leddy recording three each.
“Crow was great in net and made some big saves. But everybody played well tonight,” defenseman Duncan Keith said. “The forwards were back-checking hard. For us defensemen, that makes a huge difference when we have that back pressure. We can stand up, have a good gap, and it makes our job easier, too.”
Still, a shutout is a shutout. And it was a weight off Crawford’s shoulders.
“Yeah, finally, that was good,” Crawford said, crediting the Blackhawks for the blocked shots and overall defense. “The guys played amazing in front of me. If you want to win, to be in the top of the league and win consistently, you need things like that throughout the season. The guys have done that thus far.”
Coach Joel Quenneville said, “we’ve had it sometimes where we were thinking, ‘let’s get that (shutout) over with.’ He made some big saves at the end to put that shutout away. It was nice for him to get that.”
The other task was scoring against Pekka Rinne, which has never been easy. But the Blackhawks broke through on him in the second period, with Marcus Kruger and Jonathan Toews tallying goals 66 seconds apart. Kruger’s was the first even-strength goal Rinne had given up in 316 minutes, 40 seconds, dating back to Jan. 28. Toews’ goal was a Keith backhand that deflected off the captain. Then Kane continued his torrid pace, scoring a goal that looked eerily similar to his Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2010.
Everything’s clicking for the Blackhawks right now, and they couldn’t have asked for much better results on this road trip. Far-flung travel, tough buildings – and a game in Calgary that goaltender Ray Emery flat-out stole -- the Blackhawks kept finding a way to churn out points.
They’ll be a happy bunch to finally return home. They’ll be even happier to play at the United Center the way they have on the road.
“I think our team’s done a good job of staying in the moment and taking it game by game,” Keith said. “I don’t think we knew who we were playing next the whole road trip. We weren’t looking ahead. Guys are playing hard and playing a good team game right now.” | <urn:uuid:2ecb7c3d-84c8-4284-bf67-5c6184fcda13> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/blackhawks-talk/crawford-hawks-blank-predators-end-road-trip | 2013-06-18T23:21:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978705 | 796 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Wisconsin offers Michael Ferns
Clifton Garrett names Ohio State as leader
WR Dominique Booth will visit Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan & Ohio State this summer
247 (Free) - Five new five-stars in '13 Top247
Kendall Fuller, Kenny Bigelow, Priest Willis, Carl Lawson & Vonn Bell.
Eli Woodard moves up to No. 57 overall and now has a numerical grade of 95. He was impressive at the Baltimore Nike Football Training Camp. Had it not been for Fuller, he would have been the best one there.
Rossville, Ga. -- Less than three miles from the Tennessee border, coaches from Auburn and Tennessee watch as defensive back Vonn Bell (Rossville, Ga./Ridgeland) makes it look easy against his teammates during the school’s spring scrimmage. Three carries result in three spectacular touchdown plays for the 6-foot, 185-pound ESPN 150 athlete, who would also make his presence known on defense with a couple bone-jarring hits before letting the backups take over.
For Bell, who is coming off an All-State season in which he made 180 tackles, five interceptions, three forced fumbles and three recoveries for touchdowns on defense, as well as 37 rushes for 280 yards and five touchdowns, 31 catches for 487 yards and six touchdowns on offense, it was just another day at the office.
More than 15 programs made the trip in the last month to Rossville to evaluate Bell, who has done his best to return the favor, making trips to Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt this year. It is all part of a process that Bell and his parents take seriously.
Five-star safety Su'a Cravens had been scheduled to unofficially visit Michigan and Nebraska next week in preparation for his June 6 decision date. NU, UM and USC were the three presumed favorites.
But the Vista Murrieta (Calif.) two-way star reportedly canceled both trips. Su'a Cravens father, Kevin confirmed the cancellation Sunday night.
“It's accurate,” he said.
According to Kevin Cravens, Su'a has final exams to take, and while the family initially thought he'd be able to make up these exams at a different date, the school, Kevin said, won't allow it. So no visit.
But the June 6 decision date has not and will not change, Kevin Cravens said. Su'a Cravens will not make the visits to NU or Michigan next week, either.
Asked if the change in circumstances — without a change in the decision date — meant that hometown USC was the obvious choice for his son, Kevin Cravens said: “June 6, that's when everyone will find out.”
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Su'a Cravens is the nation's No. 8 overall prospect, according to 247Sports.
Deerfield-based Core 6 Athletes traveled to Auburn Hills, Mich., where it finished second in the IMG Regional 7 on 7 during the weekend, earning an invitation to the IMG national 7 on 7 championship in late June in Bradenton, Fla.
Several top Illinois players are part of Core 6's team, including Crete-Monee receiver Laquon Treadwell, Simeon linebacker Reggie Spearman and Plainfield South linebacker Clifton Garrett.
Speaking of Treadwell, he seemed to be in no hurry to make his final college choice, but recently that has seemed to change.
While in Auburn Hills, Treadwell said he has started to narrow down his list of favorites and he might make a college choice sometime during his upcoming senior season. He has been focusing on Illinois, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, with unofficial visits set in early June for the latter two.
Palatine pair on the rise: Two Class of 2013 players from Palatine have added offers and could see their stock soar this summer.
Offensive/defensive lineman Josh Baldus (6-foot-5, 255 pounds), a three-sport athlete with tremendous physical upside, has an early offer from Western Michigan. He also is drawing looks from Boston College, Central Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State and Western Michigan.
Safety/outside linebacker Jesse Bobbit (6-2, 205) has offers from North Dakota and Eastern Illinois. Several bigger schools will be looking closely at him this summer at various one-day camps. Illinois, Minnesota and Northern Illinois, along with several other BCS schools, are involved this spring with Bobbit.
New school: Plainfield East is a relatively new school, yet the Bengals have two players generating some recruiting looks.
Center Tyler Lancaster (6-4, 280) has offers from Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan.
Safety/outside linebacker Brennen Rompa (6-0, 210), who has exceptional speed, has drawn attention from Army, Grand Valley State, Illinois State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois and several other FCS schools. | <urn:uuid:41438462-40d5-4f0b-9a0a-496775eb211d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.elevenwarriors.com/forum/football/2012/05/quick-bits-528-clifton-garrett-names-osu-his-leader | 2013-06-18T23:11:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967514 | 1,072 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
|You Are Excused
Author: its.Nothing.Special PM
He wanted to take her to prom. Oh, but she'd be, uhh, peeing that whole night. Marry him? Erm, her dog ate her homework . . . maybe next time. One amused, determined hottie, one girl with her lame excuses, and one clumsy road to romance. On hiatus.Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 8 - Words: 33,995 - Reviews: 111 - Favs: 66 - Follows: 75 - Updated: 08-07-07 - Published: 01-07-07 - id: 2300611
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Chapter 8: Ryan is Mine
Lindsay wouldn't quit bugging me. Today she wasn't running around the house screaming, 'Silly Ryan! Trix are for kids!' but that was almost as annoying as being attacked by the Spidey Water Squirter she got from our new box of Lucky Charms. You should've seen her face when she was harassing me, too. I mean, sheesh—was that my precious princess little sister laughing over me with cruelly gleaming eyes?!
No, I thought dramatically. That was a monster!
Fine, fine. You caught me. She didn't look that evil. It was just that…well—
I wanted the toy. Jerk.
We were a cereal family, if you hadn't guessed. Those glorious granules (of love and affection) made up one of my family's major food groups, much to my mother's ill-founded chagrin. I didn't know why she got so upset when we told her we wanted cereal for dinner, and not pasta or grilled chicken. Sure, the sugar content was high sometimes, but come on! Whole grain!
And I thought we were healthy enough kids. I mean, it wasn't like I took my sister under my wing and taught her how to devour the whole Albertsons dessert aisle in less than twenty-four hours, or how to eat two-bite powdered doughnuts in only one bite, or how to take in more than half a plate of Twizzler and chocolate sauce spaghetti without throwing up or anything like that.
…Wait. Umm. Crap. Poor mom.
But we had a bigger problem at hand. Lindsay was only squirting me with that stupid toy relentlessly because she really wanted to go to Ben's birthday party —and I promised her we would…just not an hour early. Apparently, that wasn't good enough for her. And my shirt was getting really wet. So a few minutes later, the two of us were seated in my truck, seatbelts strapped, and ready to partaay.
"You excited?" I asked, glancing briefly at my little sister as the traffic light turned red.
She nodded her head eagerly, blonde hair swishing all over the place. "Yes!" she lisped. "Ben's gonna have a jumping castle and his brothers are doing madger tricks!"
"Magic tricks," I corrected easily, inwardly snickering. Shell's brothers were magicians? Yeah right. And I was the Queen of England.
…I wasn't the Queen of England. She was a girl, stupid.
It was only a ten-minute drive, so when we got out of the Tacoma, we were still three quarters of an hour early for the main event. Yippee ki-yay.
I took Lindsay's hand in mine and the two of us walked up the path to the large, but quaint, peach-colored house. Setting Ben's present down (a Krabby Patty Station Grill —it made some freaking awesome sizzling noises), I bent my knees and lifted my little sister off the ground. She grinned at me brightly and reached her small hand out to ring the doorbell.
She really liked buttons. Kicking them, punching them, smacking them —or even, get this, pressing them.
Believe me, it sucked.
The door swung open a few seconds later, and I was met by the justifiably surprised and confused face of none other than…doggy?
Wait, never mind.
Joey lowered the small white and brown puppy from its place in front of his equally surprised and confused face, and looked down at his wrist.
"Stupid Vic," he muttered. "Always messing with my watch."
I smirked. "Yeah, Stupid Vic. What's wrong with that kid?" I asked, while at the same time, my little sister responded:
"No, your watch is still alive. We really are early."
I shook my head sadly as she blinked innocently. Amateur. Looks like I had to teach her a few more things.
"Oh," Joey said, scratching his head with a bewildered smile. "Cool." He told Lindsay that Ben was up in his room, and she immediately raced up the stairs. Before I could worry about them being in the same bedroom alone (cue horrified gasp) Joey let down the puppy (since when did they have a dog?) and clapped me on the back.
"Ryan—just the man I wanted to see!" he smirked, spreading his arms out wide.
I frowned, tilting my head up at the smooth white ceiling in despair, before meeting his gaze warily. "What do you want?"
He cocked a brow. "The better question, my friend, is do you want to play an honorable part in making this little soiree an even merrier affair for these rosy-cheeked, doe-eyed, charmingly innocent children of all ages, of countries far and wide, of all walks of life, of every shape, size, and color —all united by one common aspiration, that being having fun and —wait, two common aspirations —the other being taking pleasure in their fellow man's fellowship, each one having been summoned to this humble abode by Blues Clues invitations written in the outrageously sloppy handwriting of my very own brother, Benjamin Jude Watson, whom I hold dear to my beating heart? Do you, Ryan Eldridge, want to be an emissary of this noble and utterly sublime goal?"
Eh?"Victor helped you write that," I said simply after a dramatic moment, and he shrugged.
"Well do you?" Joey asked, still catching the breath he lost during his long-winded (pre-written!) speech.
"Depends," I said unsurely.
"Awesome!" he grinned brightly, and gestured for me to walk after him.
"I didn't exactly agree, man—"
"Details, details," he rolled his eyes, waving a hand around as I followed him…somewhere.
"Where are we going?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow suspiciously. You could never be too sure with those Watson kids.
"Don't you think you're old enough to go by yourself?" I asked, scratching my neck.
He smacked the back of my head. "That's where Michelle is. Here, take this," he said, handing me a Sharpie. "and tell her it's for The Magic Trick. The Magic Trick. She'll understand," he declared with exaggerated mysteriousness. "Depart!" he cried. "Oh," he paused, "by the way, you have to take off your shirt when you get in there."
I stared. He shrugged. "That's what happens when a mother puts her kids in charge of entertainment, buys them a five-dollar magic set that only comes with a deck of cards and a toothpick—I know, what the freak? A toothpick!—and tells them to be creative. And this trick is the result of overly creative kids who don't really want to use the toothpick." He paused for breath. "Now away with you, oh you of little faith!"
I decided not to comment, and got ready to barge through the white door in front of me. Yeah, guys didn't knock.
But then it opened by itself. Dude! A mind-reading door; freaking sweet!
Michelle bumped into me. Or maybe I bumped into her. Really, who would know? I looked down at her, and—
Oh…crap. My eyes widened on their own accord as I took in her outfit. Dude, she had some…
"Nice legs," I said, waggling my eyebrows to hide my surprise.
Her eyes grew big and disgusted; she blushed immediately, turning away in flustered embarrassment or indignation—I wasn't quite sure which.
Not a good move, by the way. Oh, naïve, unassuming little Michelle. If a guy compliments your legs, you don't turn around to give him a view of your backside, also. I mean, honestly, that's just stupid—
…Umm, Ew! Especially if you just peed in your pants!
"What the —did you pee in your pants?!" I asked, shocked, and a little amused. She was two years old!
Surprisingly, she grinned. The smile faltered in a second. What was she stari—oh. Yeah. I took off my shirt while she was turned around —I mean, if she was gonna show off her body, I could too, right? Exactly. Two can play at that game.
And guess what?! I was one of those two. BWAHAHAhahaapahahaahaHAHAHAAHHAHA!
She brought a hand to her face, no doubt intending to cover her eyes (my abs and pecs were rightfully insulted), but then thought better of it.
She kept her eyes trained on my face, staring at me like I was a weirdo. Whatever. At least I was potty-trained.
I shrugged and smiled, gave her the Sharpie and an annoyingly vague explanation as to why I was shirtless, and…she just stared.
And then she shrieked. "Put your shirt back on, you sicko!" Jeez, she didn't even check me out...how rude!
I smirked. "No can do, babe…"
"Is a gallant pig," she interrupted, narrowing her eyes. I bet she'd been waiting for the opportunity to say that her whole life —so esentially, I'd done her a favor by using that somewhat degrading nickname. She just wouldn't show me how grateful she really was. "Now do as I say, or….umm," she paused, biting her lip, "Say as I do!"
I scratched my head. That…
Was pathetically unthreatening.
"Feisty," I grinned. "I like it." She smacked her forehead, and I continued, "But Joey did tell me to. Something about The Magic Trick or something—"
Her eyes widened, and her body shot up from where it was leaning against a pale lavender wall. "What? I thought one of them would be doing it, not—ugh!"
She grabbed my hand thoughtlessly, opened the door, and rushed down the carpeted hallway into the den where all her brothers were engaged in separate wrestling matches.
That's thumb-wrestling, by the way.
"Joey!" she whined. "Why does Ryan get to be the car—"
Her brother's eyes widened, and he rushed up to cover her mouth with his hand. "Not another word, little girl," he warned. "And he doesn't know he's the You-know-what; it would be better if he didn't until everyone else did. And we—" he gestured to his still battling brothers, "thought it would be funnier if someone from the audience was the You-know-what, so…sorry, kiddo!" he ruffled her hair. "Get back in the bathroom, and do your magic!"
She bared her teeth at him, before her eyes brightened, and she said, "But Ryan will know he's the You-know-what if I'm drawing on him. I mean, honestly, you guys already know, so one of you should—"
"Blindfold him," Anthony piped up from his seat on the white leather couch, just finishing —and winning— the thumb war with Michael. Michael was making faces at him behind his back.
"With what?" Shell asked, staring at him warily. She knew she lost already.
"His shirt!" Victor said, grinning.
"Duh," Michael agreed with raised eyebrows, pulling his tongue back in and smoothing his face out as Anthony turned to look at him.
"See? Now off you go, my magical minions!" Joey, ever the friendly soldier (ha), dismissed us, smiling broadly.
And I had no idea what the freak was going on.
Shell huffed, glaring at her brothers. "I hope you don't get any piñata candy and that little kids force you out of the jumping castle," she sniffed, crossed her arms (she'd released my hand blushingly when we entered the room), and made a quick, petulant exit. Was she full of hate or what?
Yeah, not really.
Her brothers stared after her, grinning. Except for Victor.
"She doesn't mean that—tell me she doesn't mean that!" he sobbed into Michael's chest. The latter pushed him off without a second's hesitation, but it was easy to see he was just as amused as he was irritated.
I shrugged at them, saluted quickly, and exited the room to catch up with Michelle, "Aww, you know you like this," I smirked, puffing out my chest.
"Just get in there, you geekburger—with cheese," she muttered, shoving me into the bathroom and locking the door behind us.
For shame! Who would've thought I'd befriend a girl who got her insults from Full House?Shell walked to the black granite sink counter, grabbed my dark green shirt off its perch, rolled it up, and approached me slowly.
"What're you gonna do with that? Spank me?" I asked, backing up fearfully. I mean, I knew I was being annoying and all, but—
She rubbed at her eyes, but I saw the tiny grin tugging her pink lips up. "It's the blindfold, you dolt. Weren't you listening?"
Um, kind of. But her legs were a little distracting.
…Did I say that? I meant…her carpet! It was so white and soft.
"Of course," I said smoothly, "Well?" I asked when I saw she was just standing in front of me, blinking stupidly.
"You're tall," she pointed out with a shrug. "I don't think I could successfully tie this thing without breaking my neck in the process."
I sighed long-sufferingly, and reached up to tie it myself.
"Okay!" she chirped brightly. "This will be fun!"
I rolled my eyes behind my makeshift blindfold. "Why were you complaining so much if you're so happy to do whatever it is you're going to do to me?"
I could practically feel the sheepish movement of her shrug. "Felt like it?"
A moment's pause.
And then many moments' pauses.
"Well?" I prompted again. "Work your magic."
She sighed reluctantly, taking a hesitant step forward. I felt her lay a hand gingerly on my bare chest, and I immediately tensed at the contact.
I smirked, hiding my uncharacteristic discomfort. "I'm blindfolded and half-naked. I hope you're not planning anything dirty, kiddo."
"Only Joey can call me that," she muttered; if I took the shirt off from over my eyes, I knew I'd see her blushing or narrowing her eyes in that un-scary glare of hers. I grinned at the thought.
She pulled her hand back. I frowned. "You know I was kidding."
"I know," she said indifferently, and then started muttering to herself —I picked up "circle" and "shot."
"What was that?" I asked, swallowing again as her hand resumed its comfortable spot on my (exposed!)right shoulder.
"Cootie shot," she mumbled, and I nodded, choking down a snort. And then I jumped in surprise when I felt short, cold strokes on my chest.
"What was that?" I asked again.
"Do you, perhaps, have a shot that cures love pains, doctor of my heart? The girl I love tells me she doesn't return my affections, and always refuses to go out with me. I cry myself to sleep every night," I confessed, feigning anguish.
I brought a hand to my aching shins, still grinning.
"Um. IcyHot works well, too."
I was watching my little sister run around in the backyard since Michelle, that bumtart, ditched me for Rachelthe minute she jumped on her back. I know, what a sexist traitor. If I jumped on her back, she'd probably kill me. That is, if I didn't kill her first. She probably weighed nothing compared to me.
Anyways, I turned around after hearing the odd shout; the voice was a little too familiar for me to be comfortable with.
What the…no way.
"Gabe?" I asked, and my eyes widened in surprise.
"No, Toucan Sam," he rolled his own eyes and clapped me on the back. Mmm…Fruit Loops.
"What're you doing here?" I questioned, frowning. "These people aren't exactly within our age group," I said, gesturing to the little kids playing 'Duck, Duck, Goose.' Had he stooped so low?!
"I could say the same for you," he returned easily.
"Then…say it," I challenged stupidly.
"And if I don't want to?"
"Then you're a wiener."
"No, anything but that," he droned sarcastically.
"Wiener, wiener, pants on greener!" I taunted. And such was the conversation between best fr—people who hung out with each other a lot.
"Jeremiah," he told me, raising an eyebrow. Uhh…what? "My younger brother, remember? That's why I'm here. My dad said I had to stay and watch him."
He had a brother?
"Oh, right," I said coolly, even though I knew he knew I didn't know he had a younger sibling.
"So what are you doing here? Stalking me?" he asked with a grin, pushing my shoulder in jest.
"Yeah. My little sister came with me, too. So now you've got two stalkers," I shrugged.
"Six. Four girls at school are following me around, too. So Lindsay's here?"
"Okay, this is getting boring," a voice piped up from our side.
Gabe and I turned around to be met with the displeased faces of Rachel and Michelle. They raised their eyebrows at us, and we raised ours back. Take that!
"Rachel's right. Eavesdropping is only fun if the conversation is fun."
I stared at her, incredulous and amused. "You were eavesdropping?"
Her lips quirked slightly. "Boredom does weird things to people."
"I don't think we've met," Gabe said to Michelle, looking her up and down. I was suddenly glad she'd changed into jeans and a bright orange t-shirt. And a hat. Except her signature pinstriped cap was replaced by a cone-shaped Spongebob party hat. I know; sexy, huh?
NOT! But it was kind of…um, cute.
Which was kind of, um, not Gabe's type.
Which was why he should kind of, um, back off!
She blushed, ears reddening in embarrassment. "Nope."
Gabe smirked, amused. "Right."
Shell looked down. "Yup."
Rachel rolled her eyes at her friend. "I think he wants you to introduce yourself."
Gabe glanced over at the other girl, before staring at Michelle with raised eyebrows. "And I think that she thinks right."
Michelle didn't look up from her perusal of her scruffy shoes. "Me, too," she said simply, still nervous.
Gabe coughed, hiding a laugh. "I guess I'll go first," he shrugged, holding out his hand. "I'm Gabriel."
"Oh, cool," Shell said, not looking up to take the offered hand.
Rachel nudged her. Shell glared at her. Rachel pointed at Gabe's hand. Shell reluctantly slipped her hand in his.
"Michelle," she smiled nervously, practically hyperventilating as he leaned down to kiss her hand. Ew. What the heck was he pulling?
She pulled her hand back as soon as he loosened his grip, and, quite unsubtly, wiped the back of her hand on her jeans. That's my girl! Gabe snickered, not as offended as he was amused. "Cute," he muttered to me, smirking.
"And this is Rachel," Michelle chirped brightly, pointing to her best friend. She was happy to take herself out of the spotlight.
"I know," Gabe shrugged, sticking his hands in his pockets. "She's in my French class."
And then he and Rachel went on to talk, pretty darn close to fluently, in the aforementioned language.
Apparently, Michelle thought so, too. "O-kay. I'm just gonna go and get myself some Juicy Juice."
Rachel looked up. "And a Hi-C for me!" she grinned.
Gabe's head snapped up also. "Would you like me to come with you?" he asked, smirking.
She stuttered. "Uh—no, that…no—that wouldn't be necessary. Just tell me what you want."
He shrugged. "Umm…Caprisun?"
Shell nodded to herself, and I spoke up for the first time since…a long time ago. "Me, too!" I exclaimed, grinning. Caprisun was my favorite.
Her clear blue eyes stared at me mockingly, and she looked to Rachel, smirking. "I dunno, Rachel. Could my fetching a drink for Ryan be considered —oh, I dunno— a favor?"
Her friend tapped her chin in faux deliberation. "Now that's a thought," she muttered to herself.
I rolled my eyes. "Fine, I'll go with you," I growled darkly. I wasn't really that put out, though. Rachel and Gabe were freaking boring me in the first place. But still! I didn't feel like moving!
I ignored my friend's bewildered grin as I marched to the refreshments table with Michelle.
So Michelle was skipping to the bench with all the snackies; I was stomping, emitting infantile noises of displeasure every other second.
"Stop being such a baby," Shell snorted, raising her eyebrows. Finally! A reaction! "It's not like you understood what the heck they were saying, anyways."
I grinned. "I know. They were practically Frenching each other right then and there!"
Pun intended. It was a stupid pun, and pretty irrelevant, though. I thought it was funny.
But she rolled her eyes. "No they weren't. Rachel has a boyfriend—at another school, but whatever, and Gabe didn't look interested."
Because he's interested in you, I thought, grinding my teeth in annoyance.
"Yay! We're here!" Michelle smiled brightly, digging her hands into the cooler. She got everybody's drinks —well, except for mine— and we started back to our friends, arguing over what type of drinks had better slurpage —juice boxes or juice pouches. It was pretty obvious.
"No, no, no," I told her, shaking my head. "See, if you're drinking, say, a Caprisun juice pouch, when you're almost done, you can let go of it and the straw and drink will still stay in your mouth. It won't drop to the ground, and you won't have wasted anything; it's convenient and awesome. This same 'no hands' privilege is not granted with juice boxes. Believe me, I've tried. They always fall down and spill on your new shirt—"
"I agree with Ryan," Superman told us seriously. Wait, not Superman. But Anthony was wearing a cape. "Though I have to admit everything tastes better if it's in a box. What's up guys?" he asked us, nodding his head. He didn't give us time to respond. "Cool. Um. It's show time," he grinned, tapping his sister with his plastic (pink…ew) magic wand. "So you've got to come with us," he pointed to his brothers waving like idiots behind us, "And cheer me on if the kids hate the trick. And you—" he looked at me, "Can sit wherever you like in the audience, but when Ben picks you as our Magical Volunteer, just come on up," he nodded his approval as I agreed to do this. "Cool. Time to amuse hard-to-amuse kids. Honestly, they're a tough crowd. Just look at them," he said, pursing his lips as he stared at the dirty, restless children happily eating ice cream in their colorful seats.
He shook his head again and dragged Michelle away; she handed me the drinks she was holding. "I guess you'll give that to them," she shrugged, then smiled. "Jeez! This is so exciting!"
I returned her cheery grin with a smirk, and flicked her forehead. "Good luck," I lifted a shoulder nonchalantly.
"Not that I need it," she grinned again, and allowed herself to be dragged away by her older brother.
When I reached Gabe and Rachel, they were already walking to the chairs in the back labeled "Big Kids!" in Michelle's loopy, slanted, way-too-neat handwriting; there were some Rebel Kindergarteners sitting there, claiming they were big kids. Which was true, if the Huggies commercials were anything to believe.
Well, with the RKs sitting there, all the BK seats were occupied; the three of us settled for crouching on the grass, leaning against the big tree.
Anthony stepped up to the microphone on the pseudo-stage they'd set up. "What's up, guys?" he asked, and was met by the high-pitched squeals of little kiddies. "Well, as you know, it's Ben's birthday—"
There was a low rumbling, and then someone rode down the smooth path that separated the kiddy chairs from the Big Kid chairs; a little motorcyclist sped down the cement walkway in the middle of the green backyard.
"And there he is!" Anthony grinned. "Come on up, little bro."
Ben took off his black Power Ranger helmet, shook his messy, dark hair out, and walked up to his brother on stage. I snickered as I heard some little girls squealing.
"Little heartbreaker, isn't he?" Rachel smirked.
Gabe and I shrugged.
The birthday boy pointed to Anthony's hand, and his brother gave him the microphone in compliance.
"Guess what?" he cried. "We're gonna do a madger trick!"
The ground shook with stomping, cheers, and excited applause. Jeez, were those kids a riot or what? There had to be at least thirty of the midgets, not to mention Ben's very own siblings —they were the loudest.
Anthony cleared his throat. "Magic trick," he amended. "Now, Ben, pick a volunteer."
Victor, the only other person on stage with them, waggled his eyebrows and added, "You could even choose someone from the Big Kids group over there." He looked at me pointedly and then glanced over at the other faces in the crowd. Didn't want to seem suspicious.
Ben already knew he was supposed to pick me, but he looked troubled as literally every hand shot up at the word "volunteer." Even Gabe and Rachel joined in on the cries of "Me! Pick me!" And was that a grandma jumping up and down? Yep. And her dentures fell out. Poor old person. I was inventing a Never-Become-An-Old-(and poor)-Person potion before I turned thirty so I wouldn't grow up to be a poor old person.
Just to let you know.
Eventually, the little boy's features smoothed out into a grin. Yeah, he was still trying to choose a Magical Volunteer...I resisted the urge to look at my watch and groan loudly. "I'll pick the quietest person," he said smartly. And hey! That was me, as I was probably the only person who didn't ask to be called on. Ten bucks said he got that trick from his teacher.
"You," he said, pointing straight at me.
Anthony took the microphone from him. "Alright, come on down, Ryan!"
I smirked as I walked up to the stage, hearing Gabe jokingly mutter, "This trick is fixed." Yeah it was, but none of us were magicians, okay?!
I ruffled Ben's hair when I stepped onto the stage, and he grinned up at me. Anthony grinned, too. "Well, ladies and gentlemen…today, we're performing a card trick."
Victor grabbed the mic from him. "Yeah, a card trick," he repeated stupidly, waggling his eyebrows again. I heard Michelle laugh from the back corner of the stage.
Anthony rolled his eyes. "Soo…pick a card, any card," he said, subtly poking one out to be chosen.
"HMM," I deliberated. "I dunno," I grinned. "There are just so many!"
Anthony jutted the card I was supposed to pick even farther out, rolling his eyes. I took it with a smirk, and showed it to the crowd. Well, the first two rows, since they were probably the only ones who could see it. Three of Hearts.
"Alright," Victor said excitedly. "Put it back in!"
I did. Anthony shuffled the deck around for a few moments, before picking a card out with a smile. "Is it…this one?" he asked, raising a brow.
Umm…maybe I was supposed to lie. Nah. "Nope," I said, shrugging.
"This one?" he tried again with a confused frown.
"How 'bout this one?" he showed me the Four of Diamonds hopefully.
He tried a few more cards before the crowd started getting restless. Some of the Rebel Kindergarteners were actually booing, so Joey, Anthony, and Michelle waved their pompoms—yes, pompoms— cheering loudly. It was funny to watch the RKs challenge the grinning, undeterred Watson support group.
"Okay, okay," Anthony said in frustration. "It's pretty obvious the card disappeared." Or maybe he was a sucky magician! He scratched his neck. "Maybe…it's in my hat!" he took off his hat and turned it upside down. Nothing. "I mean, Victor's hat!" Victor did the same thing. Empty. Pathetic.
"Umm…maybe Ryan's hiding it under his shirt!"
Yeah, that made sense.
"I don't think so, man," Victor looked up at Anthony pityingly. "Just give it up."
"No!" some teeny-bopper chick yelled from the back. "Don't give it up! Lift it up!"
Well, that was corny.
Anthony shrugged at me apologetically. "You heard the girl."
Crap. I'd get him for that.
I pulled my shirt up past my belly button before pulling it down hastily. It was awkward and uncomfortable —stupid Watsons!
"Higher!" Gabe called from the back, smirking. Michael catcalled, waving his pompoms again. And some little girls covered their eyes, crying, "Gross!" Whatever. They knew they loved it.
"Yeah, higher!" Victor echoed, grinning. I rolled my eyes, grabbed the dark green hem, and pulled the shirt up as high as it would go.
There was a stunned silence.
Wow. I knew I was sexy, but…
I looked down curiously, took one glance, and tried my best not to laugh. Magical Volunteers didn't laugh at their Magician's tricks, so I just looked at the crowd indifferently, glancing down at myself every now and then.
There was one neat red heart drawn on each of my (sexy) pecs, and two were painted (okay, Sharpie'd) across my abdomen. Down the middle of my chest were three larger red hearts (complete with smiley-faces in the middle…what a Michelle), and four threes in their respective spots. I was the Three of Hearts.
And that's why she was drawing on me.
The crowd started laughing, and the kids with their hands covering their eyes took them down to see what was going on. They stared and laughed, too.
I pulled my shirt down, feeling my neck burn a little.
Looking to the Big Kids section, I saw Gabe smirking, Rachel doubling over in laughter, and Mrs. Watson shaking her head with a grin.
Victor stepped up to the mic. "Wow," he breathed. "I don't know about you guys, but I thought that was amazing."
More laughter and applause; we started to head off the stage. And then...
It started off slowly and quietly, before rising to a raucous, desperate chant: "ONE MORE TRICK! ONE MORE TRICK! ONE MORE TRICK!"
Anthony looked panicked. Victor froze, and then grinned. "Who wants caaaake?!" he sing-songed happily.
Nobody seemed to care about us anymore, and Mrs. Watson rushed inside to bring out the birthday cake. I didn't really want any, so I just stood around, hands in pockets, watching everyone eat. I got bored after a while, but I didn't feel like bugging anyone for entertainment. Weird, huh?
I looked up from my shoes, and...yay! My savior!
Michelle approached me cautiously, raising her eyebrows, as if to say "What in the heck are you doing here standing by yourself—and not bugging anyone?" I just grinned at her.
"Nice show," she snorted. "I think my fourteen-year-old neighbor fainted when she saw you lift up your shirt."
I smiled inwardly. I liked that she was going against her un-conversation-starting nature because she thought I wasn't having a good time by myself. I liked how selfless she was, and I liked how she went out of her way to ensure everyone's happiness. I liked to hang out with her because I knew I'd be able to learn something.
And she got to learn how sexy everyone thought I was!
I smirked. "What can I say?"
"Nothing," she retorted easily. And stupidly. "Why aren't you eating?" she asked, sticking her fork in her mouth.
"Not really in the mood for cake," I shrugged carelessly. Was that a crime? I think not.
Her eyes widened. "Not even ice-cream cake?"
I grinned. "Not even ice-cream cake."
She looked at me for a second, before shaking her head. "I don't even think I can talk to you anymore."
"Then don't," I said simply, hiding a smirk. As if she would just leave. I smiled to myself again.
"Well, fine the—"
"ONE MORE TRICK! ONE MORE TRICK! ONE MORE TRICK!"
"Aww, crap," I groaned. "Do something!"
Michelle wasn't paying me any attention, though. She was grinning and pointing at something over my shoulder. "Jumping castle!" she exclaimed, bouncing up and down.
The kids had seen it, too. Good. We'd manage to avoid the psycho crowd once again.
About ten kids rushed to the castle; the others were either eating or chasing each other around.
Michelle grabbed my hand again. I knew she liked touching me. "Come on!" she whined impatiently. "Help me find Rachel so we could go in!"
I cocked a brow insultingly. "I'm not going in there."
Her mouth dropped, and she pulled her hand back from mine fearfully. "Oh my g—you're an alien!"
"What?!" Well, that's what I was going to say, but someone beat me to it.
Michelle spun around; Rachel and Gabe were behind us. Based on the high pitch of the exclamation, I knew it was Rachel who said it.
"I had a feeling," Gabe said, smirking. I think he did that more than me. Weird, I know.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "Now don't go on making claims like that if you don't have any evidence to support them. You can really ruin people's reputations in that way, you know," Rachel admonished her friend seriously.
Shell spluttered indignantly. "I know that! I do have evidence!" Huh.
"And what would that be?" Gabe asked, amused.
Yeah, what would that be?
She shook her head. "I don't think you'd believe me."
"Oh, just spit it out, you drama queen," Rachel snorted.
"Okay," Shell twisted her lips unsurely. "Here we go…"
"Out with it!"
"HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO INSIDE THE JUMPING CASTLE!" she cried, before smacking her hand over her mouth. She turned to me. "Sorry, Ryan—was that loud? Do you think other people heard me and are on their way to finding out the truth?"
"Yes," I said, pursing my lips sadly. "And I feel so betrayed."
"Oh," she whispered, looking down. "I'm so sorry."
Dude. Was she serious?! "Do you honestly think I'm an alien?" I asked her, frowning.
"Not so loud!" she cried worriedly; I heard Gabe snicker. "You're gonna scare all the kids away!" Her eyes widened as I glared down at her. "No offense," she amended hastily, "but not many people understand the extra-terrestrial like I do, you know? Maybe my little brother should know about this—"
Ben chose that moment to approach his sister. "Hello, Spaghetti-o!" he grinned. Spaghetti-o? "Why aren't you playing in the jumping castle?"
Shell smiled down at her brother, picking him up affectionately. She whispered something in his ear, and he looked up at me, smiling toothily. "My sister said that you can be cured from your alien dis—disteamse? Dilease? Disease! My sister said that you can be cured from your alien disease if you go inside the jump house!"
Ben blinked up at me innocently. I smirked. "Tell your sister I'm fine just the way I am and that it's insensitive of her to think I'd change just to fit in with her narrow-minded human way of life." I had a feeling I was gonna go in, though. I knew she just wanted me to have fun; it was amusing to me that someone like her was persuading me into a good time. Darn that peer pressure!
Ben looked confused and wary of having to communicate such a long message. He looked up at his sister, and she grinned, ruffling his hair. "That's okay, Ben. I heard him. You can go play now," she said. He high-fived her, and she let him down, watching him run off to join his friends.
"Fine," Shell glared, huffing slightly. "I don't like aliens anyway," she said, before perking up. "Wanna come with me, Rachel and Gabe? We'll find my brothers and go in when all the kids get out. Don't wanna squish 'em." How considerate.
Rachel latched onto her arm immediately. Gabe grinned, shaking his head. "I'll catch up with you guys later, alright?"
Shell shrugged, smiling back. "All right, my awesome human friend," she knocked fists with him, and went skipping away with Rachel.
"She's really nice, that kid. And she's warming up to me," Gabe waggled his eyebrows, smirking.
"Wonderful," I responded, shrugging indifferently. And I cared …why?
"Yeah," he grinned. "So coming to this party really wasn't all bad, huh?"
Yeah, I was having a good time, despite what Michelle thought. "I know," I answered, and then smirked. "And you got to ogle my hot body without looking gay."
He feigned swooning. "Oh, baby. You're—too sexy for your shirt. Too sexy for your p—"
"Woah, woah, woah," Victor walked up to us and interrupted, holding up his hands. "Ryan is mine."
Gabe looked shocked. "No way, loser. He told me he loved me. Go get your own man!"
"No, you go get your own man!"
I smirked. "Ladies, ladies," I interrupted smoothly. They looked up, glaring.
"He's cheating on us!" the two of them exclaimed at the same time.
NO, I WASN'T! I SWEAR!
Ahem. I needed a Caprisun to clear my head.
"Well, you could have him," Gabe sniffed, backing up.
"No, you take that good-for-nothing fraud."
. . . I was right there.
Victor opened his mouth, and then paused. "Okay, I think I'm done. I was getting a little too into that."
Gabe agreed, shuddering. "Yeah, it was kind of disturbing."
"My middle name," Vic grinned. "Anyways, I came here to extend a cordial invitation to you guys."
I cocked a brow at him. "Blues Clues, remember? I think us coming to the party pretty much suggests we accepted the invitation already."
"No, stupid," the fifteen-year-old rolled his eyes. "I mean, to the jumping castle."
"Oh," Gabe said. "I'm coming; this loser's not."
"What the—" he started, before his eyes widened. "You're an alien!" he screeched, hiding behind Gabe.
I groaned. "What is it with you guys and aliens?"
Vic shrugged. "Smallville marathon a couple nights ago. You didn't catch it?"
Umm…no? I shook my head.
"Whatever. So if you're not an alien, then why aren't you going in?" he asked, frowning.
"Just don't feel li—"
"OOOhhh," Victor started, eyes widening in understanding. He grinned. "I know what this is about." Uhh, what? "You're afraid that somebody's gonna steal your girl shoes when you get in there! Don't worry about it; I'll have our new, awesome dog Rox guard 'em. And if they get wet, umm…that's not his pee. It's —sweat. Yeah. Sometimes sweat leaks out of the jumping castle and spills on people's sh—"
"Hold up, hold up," Gabe cut him off, grinning broadly. "Girl shoes?"
Victor laughed, nodding his head. "Dude. I know. Michelle noticed it first when we were out gift-shopping, and we couldn't believe it either. Sometimes I wonder about this guy," he finished solemnly, nodding at me.
"As do I," Gabe muttered, smirking. "It's okay, Ryan. If you lose that pair, I'm sure you'll find an exact replica at Lady Foot Locker. But if you've already become attached, then—"
Jeez! "Fine! I'll go in!" I finally shouted, annoyed. One tiny little mistake of buying shoes of the wrong gender, and I get a lifetime of mockery!
Victor smirked. "Too easy."
I glared at him, and he grinned. "Let's go!"
It took us all of two minutes to head over to the jumping castle. Laughing little kids were just getting out (to head inside where all their kiddy friends were), and Rachel, Michelle, and her brothers were taking off their shoes, preparing to get in. They looked really excited, and I thought none of them would notice that we were slipping off our shoes right next to them.
Then Michelle spotted us. Her eyes widened, and she smiled broadly at me. "Look who's decided he's not too cool to jump with us."
They all turned to me, and I grinned, shrugging. "I am too cool for this thing." I mean, DUH!
…Alright, so I didn't really think that, but darn it if it wasn't the truth.
She snorted. "Yeah right! You're not cool! You're, like—the opposite of cool. You're, like, umm—"
"Hot?" I asked, waggling my eyebrows. Yeah, she set herself up for that one.
"Yeah! You're like, h—WHAT?!" she blushed, spluttering. "Shut up, stupid dorkface!"
I turned to face our snickering company. "Aww, guys!" I smirked. "Michelle's finally admitted her attraction to me! What a beautiful day this has turned out to be."
Victor gasped, picked up his sister, and carried her shrieking form into the jumping castle.
We followed them in, and shook our heads at the scene.
Victor was boxing the air in front of his sister's face, screaming, "Ryan is mine!"
Author's Note. WOOHOOO BAYBEH! The chapter's finally done! I think this is it for the party chapter because I really have to move this thing along. Maybe there will be a couple flashbacks of the party in Michelle's POV; I haven't really decided yet. :P
Anyways. I don't really know about this chapter. It seemed kind of boring to me, and the parts that were supposed to be fun, I didn't know how to write. Arghies. Don't eat me! Oh, the magic trick so wasn't my idea. My friend and her brothers actually did that at our church on open mic night, and I thought it was hilarious. I don't know if I described that scene too well, even though I've been looking forward to writing that since last chapter. Sorry about that. (-cries in her pillow-)
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A recent Saturday trip landed me in Fredericksburg, Texas to meet up with my girlfriend, Afton, to hike Enchanted Rock.
Post-hike, we were both sweaty and hungry and slid ourselves into a cute booth at a little restaurant where I found both the owner and server to be (super friendly! and) knowledgeable about gluten allergies which just about tickled me to death. Typically, great places like these are few and far between in small towns. I chose an enormous salad stacked with a multitude of veggies and found myself particularly taken by the artichokes. (Odd, being that I had only enjoyed an artichoke in a cheesy dip with large quantities of bread!) I surprised myself that I loved them so much and wasted no time by stopping by the grocery store on my way back home to pick up my own bottle of marinated artichokes.
My interest was piqued more so after Camille recently posted about how she grills artichokes and, quite frankly, it looked amazing. Of course, I gave it a go! And the results were just as I expected. Irresistible.
I'm going to try popping them under the broiler to brown next time around! I'm sure they can't be anything less than delicious any way you cut it.
1 large artichoke
kosher salt, to taste
freshly ground pepper, to taste
juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon olive oil
- To prepare the artichoke, chop off the tops and remove small leaves. Trim the thick bottom stem and snip off thorny tips of the leaves.
- Slice in half lengthwise and add to a boiling pot of water approximately 2 inches deep. Add 1 tablespoon kosher salt, the juice of 1 lemon and cover and steam until the artichoke bottoms become soft (about 40 minutes). Drain the artichokes.
- On a preheated grill set to high heat, add oiled and seasoned artichokes cut-side down about 3 minutes per side.
- Serve artichokes atop a fresh green salad (my favorite!) or, of course, on a platter as a side.
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USA Basketball: Earned gold medal with USA Basketball World University Games Team in 2011 ... ranked second on the team in scoring (13.2 ppg), rebounding (5.7 rpg) and shooting percentage (65.3)... invited to USA Select Team camp in April 2010 ... won her second gold medal with USA Basketball as co-captain of the FIBA U19 World Championship Team in July, 2008 ... part of the USA Women's U18 National Team, which captured gold with a perfect 5-0 performance at the FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July, 2008.
2011-12:Game-by-Game Stats ... Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner ... named to All-America Teams of Associated Press (First Team), WBCA, USBWA and John R. Wooden Award ... Wade Trophy, Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and USBWA National Player of the Year finalist ... MVP of Fresno Regional and Pac-12 Tournament ... Pac-12 Player of the Year and named to All-Pac-12 First Team and All-Defensive Team honorable mention ... named USBWA National Player of the Week (Dec. 27) ... thrice named Pac-12 Player of the Week (Nov. 28, Dec. 26, Jan. 9) ... Preseason All-America pick by Associated Press and espn.com ... named to Preseason All-Pac-10 Team ... missed season opener at Texas (upper body injury) ... became Stanford's fourth (and the Pac-12's eighth) member of the "2,000-Point/1,000-Rebound" Club against Oregon State on Jan. 7 ... ended her career in top five of Stanford's all-time categories of free throws attempted (718 - first), points scored (2,491 - second), field-goal percentage (58.3 - third), free throws made (555 - second), rebounds (1,226 - third), points per game (17.2 - fourth) and rebounds per game (8.5 - fourth) ... set Stanford single-season records for points scored (809), points per game (22.5), free throws made (191) and attempted (230) ... scored 33 points (14-of-19 shooting) with 18 rebounds against Gonzaga ... scored 14 points against Old Dominion ... scored 22 points with eight rebounds at Connecticut ... scored 34 points on 14-of-23 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds at Xavier ... scored 20 points with nine rebounds against UC Davis ... posted double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds at Fresno State ... scored 22 points with 12 rebounds against Princeton ... set career highs in points (42) and field goals made (19) while grabbing 17 rebounds in win over Tennessee ... scored 19 points with 15 rebounds in win at USC ... posted another double-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds at UCLA ... went 15-for-21 from the field, scoring 32 points with 15 rebounds and three blocks against Oregon ... posted fifth 30-point game of the season, scoring 33 points with 16 rebounds against Oregon State, in process reaching both the 2,000-point and 1,000-rebound marks for her career ... scored 18 points with 13 rebounds at Utah ... went for 22 points and 10 rebounds against Washington State ... posted 12th double-double with 22 points and 16 rebounds at Arizona State ... scored 15 points with six rebounds and four assists at Arizona ... scored 22 points with eight rebounds in win over USC ... scored 25 points with eight rebounds against UCLA ... netted 27 points with nine rebounds at Oregon State ... posted 14th double-double with 23 points, 11 rebounds against Colorado ... scored 22 points with nine rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks at California ... posted double-double of 24 points and 12 rebounds along with 10-for-10 showing at the line against Arizona State ... hit three 3-pointers, posted double-double of 29 points, 12 rebounds against California ... scored 28 points on 11-of-16 shooting with 10 rebounds against Hampton ... scored 39 points on 14-of-22 shooting, grabbed 10 rebounds against South Carolina ... scored 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting with nine rebounds against Duke ... scored 22 points vs. Baylor.
2010-11:Game-by-Game Stats ... Led team with 17.5 points per game and 58.6 shooting percentage while ranking second with 7.6 rebounds per game ... missed three games due to injury (Nov. 19, Feb. 20, Feb. 24) ... named to State Farm Coaches' All-America Team, and to All-America Teams of Associated Press, USBWA, and Wooden Award ... finalist for Wade Trophy, Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy ... named to All-Pac-10 Team and Pac-10 All-Defensive Team honorable mention ... named Most Outstanding Player at Pac-10 and Spokane Regional ... named to Preseason All-Pac-10 Team ... scored 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting with nine rebounds against Rutgers ... put up first double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds at Gonzaga ... went for 22 points (10-for-14 shooting) and seven rebounds against Texas ... scored 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting with two blocks against Fresno State ... posted second double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at DePaul ... recorded third double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds at Tennessee ... scored 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds at San Francisco ... put up a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds to go with three assists and three steals against Xavier ... scored 12 points with six rebounds against Connecticut ... scored 14 points with seven rebounds at California ... went 12-for-17 from the field for 24 points, grabbed eight rebounds, record two steals and two blocks in win over Arizona ... scored 16 points with eight rebounds and four assists against Arizona State ... posted double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds at Washington ... scored 20 points on 10-for-14 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds at Washington State ... scored 13 points in win over UCLA ... scored 14 points and had six rebounds against USC ... scored 17 points with a pair of blocks at Arizona State ... posted double-double of 11 points and season high-matching 14 rebounds at Arizona ... went 8-for-9 from the field for 19 points against Washington State ... scored 22 points on 6-of-11 shooting with nine rebounds against Washington ... scored 32 points on 15-for-22 shooting with 10 rebounds against Arizona ... scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds against UCLA ... scored 22 point on 9-of-12 shooting against UC Davis ... scored 22 points on 10-for-16 shooting against St. John's ... scored 19 points against North Carolina ... posted double-double of 23 points (on 9-of-11 shooting), 11 rebounds against Gonzaga ... scored 31 points on 10-of-15 shooting and 11-of-14 from FT line with seven rebounds vs. Texas A&M.
2009-10:Game-by-Game Stats ... Named to State Farm Coaches' All-America Team ... also tabbed to Associated Press All-America Second Team ... named Pac-10 Player of the Year, to All-Pac-10 Team, Pac-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player and Sacramento Regional MVP, and to All-Final Four Team ... Pac-10 Player of the Week three times (Nov. 16, Dec. 14, Jan. 11) ... added to State Farm Wade Watch List on Jan. 28 ... finalist for Wade Trophy and John R. Wooden Award ... opened season with double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds with career-high 10 field goals at Old Dominion ... added 21 points and seven rebounds at Rutgers ... scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Pepperdine ... scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Utah ... scored career-high 29 points and grabbed a career high-matching 13 rebounds while also blocking a pair of shots against Gonzaga ... scored 24 points on 9-for-13 shooting, pulled down six rebounds and made a pair of steals against DePaul ... shot 7-of-8 from the field and scored 18 points with eight rebounds in a career-best 39 minutes against Duke ... posted her third double-double against Tennessee with 14 points and 11 rebounds ... scored 20 points on 8-for-10 shooting and grabbed six rebounds at Connecticut ... grabbed 11 rebounds to go with eight points at Fresno State ... scored 24 points (on 10-for-17 shooting) and grabbed career-high 16 rebounds, while blocking two shots against California ... posted double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds while shooting 9-for-13 from the field at USC ... scored 21 points, which included an 11-for-12 showing from the line, and grabbed nine rebounds at UCLA ... racked up her sixth double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds against Washington State ... posted 10th 20-point effort of the year with 20 points and 13 rebounds along with four steals against Washington ... set career highs with 30 points and 23 rebounds at Oregon ... her 23 rebounds set a new Stanford single-game record, breaking Nicole Powell's eight-year-old mark of 21 ... scored 27 points on 11-for-16 shooting and grabbed six rebounds against Arizona ... scored 15 points with seven rebounds against UCLA ... posted ninth double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds against USC ... scored 21 points at Washington State ... scored 17 points against Oregon ... scored 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting against Oregon State ... scored 15 points with nine rebounds at Arizona ... posted her 10th double-double of the season with 22 points (on 10-for-15 shooting) and 14 rebounds at California ... averaged 19.7 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 60.5 percent in the Pac-10 Tournament ... scored 23 points, grabbed nine rebounds and passed out seven assists against Iowa ... posted double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds against Georgia ... went for 16 points and 14 rebounds against Xavier ... went for career-high 38 points with 16 boards against Oklahoma ... posted double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds against Connecticut.
2008-09:Game-by-Game Stats Named to Pac-10 All-Freshman Team ... also earned a spot on the Pac-10 All-Tournament Team ... led the Pac-10 with a 62.9 shooting percentage ... averaged 10.6 points and 6.1 rebounds while seeing action in all 38 games, starting 14 of those ... debuted with 11 points and two rebounds against Minnesota ... scored eight points and grabbed five boards at Baylor ... netted 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds while blocking a pair of shots in win over New Mexico ... again scored 11 points in win over Rutgers, also grabbing six boards and passing out four assists ... scored 17 points on 8-for-13 shooting and grabbed six rebounds against Purdue ... scored nine points with six rebounds and a pair of steals against Hawai'i ... netted 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting against Fresno State ... scored eight points on 4-of-5 shooting at South Carolina ... grabbed 12 rebounds at Tennessee ... scored 13 points on perfect 5-for-5 shooting and grabbed five rebounds against UC Davis ... posted first double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Arizona ... posted line of 10 points, nine rebounds and five assists against Washington ... scored eight points with 10 rebounds against Washington State ... scored 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting at Oregon ... scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds and had three assists at Oregon State ... posted second double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against UCLA ... scored 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting against Oregon State ... scored 13 points with six rebounds against Oregon ... had 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds at USC ... scored nine points against Arizona State ... scored 15 points on 7-for-14 shooting with seven rebounds against Arizona ... posted third double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against UCLA ... scored 14 points with seven rebounds against USC ... posted fourth double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds against UCSB ... posted career day with 27 points and 13 rebounds along with 11 free throws made at San Diego State ... scored 15 points with seven rebounds against Ohio State ... scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Connecticut at the Final Four for her sixth double-double.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas ... was a three-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball, and lettered one year in track ... captained the basketball and volleyball teams for three years each, and was a track captain in her only season with the team ... swept the Gatorade National and State Player of the Year awards as a senior ... also named Miss Basketball Texas ... shared Parade Co-Player of the Year honors ... collected Houston Player of the Year honors three times ... named a McDonald's All-American, as well as earning All-America honors from the WBCA, EA Sports, MaxPreps, SLAM! Magazine, Parade, and USA Today following her senior season ... in 2008 was named MVP of the state tournament after helping lead Cy-Fair to the state 5A crown ... a three-time district MVP in basketball ... as a junior was named to the all-state team ... also earned first-team All-America honors from EA Sports and second-team All-America recognition from Parade ... was named Miss Basketball Texas and Miss Gatorade Texas following her junior season in which Cy-Fair reached the state tournament title game ... in volleyball was a three-time district MVP and Houston First Team selection ... as a senior was named first-team all-state, and a USA Today All-American ... was named Academic All-State as a senior ... played club basketball for Cy-Fair Shock 90 from 2001-07 ... helped lead club team to Elite Eight appearance at AAU Nationals (2004), adidas Top Ten title (2006), a runner-up finish at Oregon Trail (2007), and semifinal appearance at the Nike Nationals (2007) ... earned a spot on the AAU Nationals All-Tournament Team ... named an Upperclassmen Participant and All-Star at the adidas Top Ten ... named Top Performer at the Nike Nationals and took home MVP honors at Oregon Trail.
Personal: Born in Tomball, Texas ... daughter of Peter and Ify Ogwumike ... has three younger sisters, Chiney, Chisom, and Ernima ... relative Gabe Muoneke has played professionally in the NBA and NBDL as well as overseas and for the 2006 FIBA World Championship Nigerian National Team ... hobbies include playing the piano, collecting ticket stubs, and traveling ... is a first-generation Nigerian-American ... has some background in gymnastics and can perform back flips ... psychology major.
Pts: 38, vs. Oklahoma (4/4/10)
Rebs: 23, at Oregon (1/23/10)
Assists: 7, vs. Iowa (3/22/10)
FG: 15, vs. Arizona (3/11/11)
3-Pts.: 1, 2x, last at DePaul (12/16/10)
FT: 12, 2x, last vs. Oklahoma (4/4/10)
Steals: 4, 2x, last vs. UCLA (3/14/10)
Blocks: 2, 5x, at Arizona State (2/3/11)
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Studies show drug stops HIV among hetero couplesAn AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Experts called it a breakthrough for the continent that has suffered most from AIDS. "This is really a game changer," said Dr. Jared Baeten, the University of Washington researcher who was a leader of one of the studies.
By: Mike Strobbe, AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA — An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Experts called it a breakthrough for the continent that has suffered most from AIDS.
"These studies could help us to reach the tipping point in the HIV epidemic," said Michael Sidibe, executive director of the United Nation's AIDS program, in a statement Wednesday as the study results were announced.
"This is really a game changer," said Dr. Jared Baeten, the University of Washington researcher who was a leader of one of the studies.
The prevention drug is Truvada, a pill already on pharmacy shelves to treat people with HIV. It's made by Gilead Sciences Inc. of Foster City, Calif. Another Gilead drug, Viread, was also used in one of the two African studies.
Earlier research with Truvada found it prevented spread of HIV to uninfected gay men. But experts were thrilled Wednesday at the first compelling evidence that AIDS medications can prevent infection between men and women. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gave advice last fall for use of the preventive drugs among gays, is now developing guidance for heterosexuals in this country.
At the same time, national and international health officials said it's far from clear how preventive use of these drugs will play out. How many people would want to take a pill each day to reduce their risk of HIV infection? Would they stick with it? Would they become more sexually reckless?
Another issue: There already is a supply problem. In Africa, 6.6 million people are now on AIDS drugs, but 9 million people who are eligible for the treatment are on a waiting list, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, many state assistance programs that help people access AIDS medications also have waiting lists.
The first of the new studies, run by the CDC, involved more than 1,200 men and women in Botswana. About half took Truvada each day. The other half got a fake pill.
An analysis of those who were believed to be regularly taking the pills found four of those on Truvada became infected with HIV, compared to 19 on the dummy pill. That means the drug lowered the risk of infection by roughly 78 percent, researchers said.
The second study was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and run by the University of Washington. It involved more than 4,700 heterosexual couples in Kenya and Uganda. In each couple, one partner had HIV and the other did not. The uninfected were given either daily placebos or one of the Gilead pills — Truvada or Viread.
The study found 13 HIV infections among those on Truvada, 18 in those on Viread, and 47 of those on dummy pills. So the medications reduced the risk of HIV infection by 62 percent to 73 percent, the researchers said.
"Our results provide clear evidence that this works in heterosexuals," said Baeten, who co-chaired the study.
An independent review panel on Sunday said the benefit was clear-cut and stopped handing out placebos, instead offering the preventive drugs. Essentially, they deemed it unethical to withhold the medications from people who had been on placebo, Baeten said.
In both studies, participants also were offered counseling and free condoms, which may help explain the relatively low overall infection rate.
The studies were to be announced at an AIDS conference in Rome next week. But following the recommendation of the review panel to the University of Washington study, both study teams made hasty decisions to release the results.
These are the third and fourth widely reported studies of Gilead's treatments.
The first was announced last year, involving gay men in Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand and the United States (San Francisco and Boston). Truvada lowered the chances of infection by 44 percent, and by 73 percent or more among men who took their pills most faithfully.
Experts celebrated. The CDC advised doctors on prescribing the pill along with other prevention services for gay men, based on those encouraging results.
But momentum seemed to stall in April, when an interim analysis of a study of 3,900 women in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa did not show a benefit from Truvada. Scientists can't explain the failure in that study but one theory is that the women did not take the pill as often as they should have, said Dr. Lynn Paxton, who has coordinated the federal agency's HIV prevention research. who coordinates the CDC's research into HIV prevention.
Gilead Sciences is a major producer of AIDS drugs. On Tuesday, United Nations health officials announced the company had agreed to allow Truvada, Viread and two other drugs to be made by generic manufacturers, potentially increasing their availability in poor countries.
That was seen as good news, but something short of a major coup.
"I wouldn't expect an immediate dramatic effect on the generic availability" of those drugs in Africa, said Tido von Schoen-Angerer, executive director for Doctors Without Borders' campaign for access to essential medicines. The agreement limits the number of additional countries that can produce the drugs, he said.
Officials say they will have to determine how much of the medicine can be produced and how much it will cost, and priorities will have to be set when it comes to who would get the drugs for prevention.
A 30-day supply of Truvada costs about $900 in U.S. pharmacies, and the same amount of Viread costs about $600. Prices charged in developing countries are much lower, but still can be hard to shoulder.
"Countries need to identify which populations could benefit the fastest and at the lowest cost," said Cate Hankins, chief scientific adviser at the United Nations' AIDS agency.
"There has to be some soul-searching about the costs of current drugs," she added.
Without WHO or UNAIDS guidance on how to roll out the prevention regimens, experts say it's unlikely any countries will take serious steps to do that. UNAIDS said they hoped that guidance would be ready next year.
AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng in London contributed to this report.
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I have very old cherry cabinets in the kitchen, I would like to paint them and lighten my kitchen because it is a 60's kitchen
Beautiful kitchen... Really like the cabinet color and subway tiles.
Love the kitchen. What kind of wood and how was it treated to resist staining, spills, etc.
relaxed kitchen and brought colors from the outside window inside. The brick floors also seems like a inspiration from the outside window. Bravo!
a new kitchen addition to an old 1930's home but can't tell about the colors from the website. THanks!
Yes, the raised countertop is wood, it was made custom for this kitchen by a carpenter. The pendant light is from Rejuvenation.
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Summary of actions (2001 - 2004 study
During its January 2002 meeting, SG13 decided
to undertake the preparation of a new ITU-T Project entitled
"NGN 2004 Project". At the November 2002 SG13 meeting, a
preliminary description of the Project was achieved and endorsed
by SG13 with the goal to launch the Project. It has been regularly updated since then (refer to the NGN
2004 Project description above)
The role of the NGN 2004 Project was to organize and to coordinate
ITU-T activities on Next Generation Networks. Its target is to
produce a first set of Recommendations on NGN by the end of the
study period, i.e. mid-2004.
The first two Recommendations Y.2001 “General overview of NGN” and Y.2011 “General principles and general reference model for next generation networks” have since been approved.
Scope of the NGN 2004 Project
The NGN 2004 Project was seen as a realization of the concepts adopted in the Global Information
Infrastructure (GII). As a result, activities in the frame of the
new Project were in line with existing GII Recommendations (Y
series). The intention of the NGN 2004 Project was to establish implementation guidelines and
standards for the realization of Next Generation Networks based on
The major task of the NGN 2004 Project was to describe all elements required for
interoperability and network capabilities to support applications
globally across Next Generation Networks.
During the ITU-T Workshop on IP-networking and
Mediacom 2004 held in Geneva in April 2001, a session was
dedicated to the transition towards Next Generation Networks.
Different views on NGNs were presented, however the final panel
discussion revealed that it was difficult to reach a common
understanding of what the NGN should be.
During the SG13 meeting in Caracas in May 2001, discussions took
place on NGN matters however the subject was deemed not mature
enough to initiate the preparation of an ITU-T Project on NGN.
At the SG13 meeting in January 2002, NGN issues were again
addressed. In particular, discussions in Q.12/13 (now Q.1/13) (which
Project coordination and management) focused on the relationship
between the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) and Next
Generation Networks. The common understanding has been that the
NGN has to be seen as the concrete realization of concepts defined
for the GII. In addition, a clear demand from the market for
short-term standards in the field of NGN has been identified,
which has led to the proposition of 2004 as the target date to
prepare the first Recommendations on NGN. A series of Recommendation,
including Y.GRM-NGN, General reference model for NGN, were under development
in early 2004 with an objective of completion by June 2004. From the Recommendations identified below, the two first texts were completed and approved as Y.2001 and Y.2011, respectively.
||General overview of NGN
||General principles and general reference model for Next Generation Networks
||Functional architecture model (ex-Functional requirements and architecture of the NGN)
||NGN service requirements
||Mobility management requirements and architecture for NGN
||Framework for manageable IP network
||Migration of networks (including TDM networks) to NGN
||Regulatory consideration of the NGN
||End-to-end QoS architecture for IP networks evolving into NGN
||A QoS architecture for Ethernet-based IP access network
||Next Generation Networks terminology: Terms and definitions
All the draft NGN-related Recommendations initiated by SG 13 were transferred to the Focus Group on NGN (FGNGN) in June 2004. See
As a consequence the NGN 2004 Project was frozen. Study Group 13 is now working on an NGN Project coordination and release planning which have taken further steps following the December 2004 and April-May 2005 SG 13 meetings. A
first version of the NGN release 1 description and an informative NGN
roadmap pointing to releases beyond release 1 have been developed. The work will be supported by an NGN project management tool acting as umbrella for all referenced documents from ITU and other SDOs.
This tool has been specified and agreed for development and implementation. It is expected to be operational by September 2005.
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1. On a clear spring morning Joseph sought the Lord in prayer.
Within the quiet grove he knelt to ask for wisdom there.
Sudden darkness overcame him and he could not speak,
But his courageous heart still prayed this evil power to break.
Then in glorious vision Heav’nly Father and His Son
calmed Joseph’s fears and taught him, and his mission had begun.
brought forth the Book of Mormon
, organized Christ’s Church once more.
Satan tried to stop the work through acts of sinful men,
But Joseph trusted in the Lord, stood faithful to the end.
Although his life was taken young, the work he left grows great—
His testimony ever bright, his mission now complete.
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I want to start off by saying cover girl is my favorite makeup line because I've never had any breakouts or allergic reactions even though I have extremely sensitive skin. I jumped on the natural foundation. It has an interesting texture that blends very nicely. Although I have heard some complaints about the smell I find it rather nice after getting used to it. My one and only complaint is that most of the shades are too pink for my skin.
Ever since I started accutane, the makeup I had suddenly became awful because what's good for oily skin isn't good for dry skin. I needed something in the short term and I really wanted to avoid using a high end foundation if I'm only using it infrequently for a few months. When I tested it out, it seemed like a good fit since it's alcohol free and nondrying. I can tell it's a bad choice for oily skin, unless a moisturizer is skipped.
Finding a drugstore shade is always a challenge. 305 Alabaster is the lightest shade with pink undertones while next shade and 310 Flax and is significantly deeper with neutral to cool undertones. If you are pale with yellow undertones, you're completely out of luck. This is my biggest problem with drugstore brands: most pale shades are pink based even though most people have neutral to warm undertones. I bought 310 Flax and it's slightly too dark, but it's a much better match than 305 Alabaster.
As for how it works, it's seriously great for drier skin. I applied it with a Real Techniques angled foundation brush with no problem. It didn't emphasize flakes and gives sheer to medium coverage and a slightly dewy finish. It didn't cover acne spots, but it covered redness and uneven tone pretty well. It gave an airbrushed finish and never caked or sank into my pores as the hours passed. I'm positive if my skin were still oily, it would fade in a couple hours. Since my skin is drier, it lasts about 6 hours or so. I got it on sale for $10, but I believe it normally retails for $14 which is pretty pricey for drugstore brand. Finally, it has a light scent and not overpowering like a lot of high end foundations.
I bought this foundation thinking it would be great for my skin. Not so much. It's incredibly greasy, has barely any coverage, and I broke out so bad from it. For the 3 days I've used it, I've had to apply 2 layers just for minimal coverage; had to use a TON of pressed powder to de-grease, and then use what little powder foundation (different brand) I had left to actually get decent coverage. Never again. Worst foundation ever.
I was looking for natural looking makeup(drugstore) which in not oily as I have a very oily skin. After reading rave reviews for this product at various blogs, I thought this would work. Overall its average. Firstly it has pink undertones, I am a yellow undertone.. so off. Next, even though it felt silky smooth and easy to apply,matte finish in the beginning, it was super oily within an hour. This was really upsetting for me. With a very oily skin, this is the last thing I want. So I had to return it. It may work for dry skin though.
this is an okay product it looks good and there is a GREAT color selection. almost one for every tone. but i wasnt super wow'd by this product i would buy this again because it works but i may try other ones before.
I like the coverage of this product it's not too heavy nor too light. What's great is that it has jojoba extract, cucumber water, and SPF 10. It has a slight smell but it doesn't bother me. I wouldn't recommend this for people with oily skin because I have oily skin myself and I look oily after using it.
I'm nw20 and got the shade sandstone, which is a little dark but you can't tell because it blends so well. I bought this around the winter time and I love it. Its a very silky feel and natural looking. I have alot of redness and it covers it up without ease(so I don't know why some say it has no coverage because it really does!) It feels great on the skin like your not wearing a foundation at all. The finish is not quite dewy but def not matte either. I use this on the outer of my face and my neutrogena healthy skin on the inner and lightly powder. I feel like this would be good for all skin types and is worth giving a try. I love the squeeze tube that it comes in as well, very sanitary and is easy to control how much product you get out unlike the neutrogena bottle.Overall a great foundation!
This gives a wonderfully dewy finish that covers my large pores and gives a natural but polished look. I prefer light to medium coverage and this does the job, it cleans up imperfections but it is not full coverage as some of my deeper acne scars are still visible. The color match was good (aspen), and it blends and wears nicely, no fading or oxidizing.
However for me, this product is just iffy as I have combination oily skin and a tendency to break out. Even when set with powder this makes my skin pretty oily midday, and I don't like to wear this daily because I think it makes my acne worse. Usually I have only a few zits a month, mostly hormonal, but when I wear this I get little tiny bumps and zits on my cheeks. After checking a comedogenic list, this product does contain sodium chloride (salt), which is not so acne friendly. I'm also very sensitive to smell, and I find the cucumber water scent to this to be yucky and fake smelling. If it didn't make me so oily or aggravate my acne, I would definitely give this product a five. So beware - the coverage is wonderful, but if you're oily or acne prone, be careful with this foundation.
I'm going from 4 to 2 lippies, it's just too greasy and it definitely makes my skin more breakout prone. Not worth it.
This is my favorite foundation! It is moisturizing, blends very easily and provides natural looking coverage. It hasn't caused any breakouts. The color matches well and the lasts throughout the day when set with a powder.
I loved it! I have combination skin, with tendencies to break out but this product really helps cover redness and uneven skin tone. I use a concealer over it and it works together perfectly. It blends super easily so it doesn't actually look like you're wearing any foundation. It also has an SPF in it, which is awesome since most people tend to forget to put that on.
The only con might be the price, I got it at Shoppers for around $15 I think, for a drugstore brand that's basically tinted moisturizer, it's a little pricey. But for me it's worth it, I'd buy it again! | <urn:uuid:7a5fd5e7-a5a3-4c3d-95d0-99fa6f632ca1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/page=8/pagesize=15/ItemID=138366/ | 2013-06-18T23:38:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97953 | 1,478 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Benoît Massou, Anselme Flamen, and Nicolas Rebillé|
Benoît Massou (sculptor)
French, 1633 - 1684
Anselme Flamen (sculptor)
French, 1647 - 1717
Nicolas Rebillé (sculptor)
French, active 1732 - 1751
A Garden Allegory: The Dew and Zephyr Cultivating Flowers, 1683/1732
overall: 180.5 x 77.2 x 67.3 cm (71 1/16 x 30 3/8 x 26 1/2 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Object 2 of 8
The small watering pitcher held by the female figure identifies her as a personification of the dew; the butterfly-winged boy is Zephyr, the gentle west wind. The sculpture may have been designed for the gardens of the royal pavilion of Louis XIV's chateau at Marly, but was apparently never installed there. In 1762 it was at Louis XV's Chateau de la Muette. An inventory described the work as having been begun by Massou, continued by Flamen, and completed by Rebillé. The problems of attribution are still being studied, complicated by the fact that Flamen's and Massou's sons were also sculptors and that there were two contemporary artists named Rebillé, neither very well known.
The sculptures made for Marly were noted for a new freedom in style. The figure of Dew shares their easy movement and intimacy, but her elongated proportions, light drapery, and supple grace suggest that she may have been the work of the next generation of sculptors.
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Originally Posted by streicher187
Will post here 8) ==
Not a big fan of 2006 and 2007 so think I will try to move those for something I want/need..
Fighting the urge to try and flip the National Treasures for an NCIS box so they better get here soon (will be monday, they are at UPS center about 20 mintues away but they don't deliver again till monday grrrrr )...
The Legends boxe's are nice 3 or 4 legend auto's a box, some pretty high end hits on those.
2006 contenders still has solid hits in Cutler, Jennings, Bush, Vernon Davis, MJD Brandon Marshall and Miles Austin | <urn:uuid:3f1fe855-f610-4e8d-ae89-054615cdeab3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nonsportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=16878 | 2013-06-18T23:10:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895681 | 140 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Hackers Post 1M Danish Government Business Records to Net
One million records from a business database maintained by the Danish government were posted to the Internet Sunday by an unknown hacker. In a message posted to The Pirate Bay website, the hacker declared the records were being exposed on the Internet as a protest against the government using public funds to process the records in question, then charging the public to access them.
The Danish records were available via a Bittorrent file and posted to the pirate website. The records were not remarkable when it comes to content; rather, they contain snapshots of Danish companies, according to the hacker. The database can be browsed at the government's Central Business Register website, but is "not available in bulk unless you purchase a license."
The hacker said that the records were "obtained during the summer of 2011 by systematically harvesting data from the public parts of the [government] website."
According to a translation of the website provided by the Danish government, the register contains primary data on all public and private businesses in Denmark, regardless of economic and organizational structure.
"In addition," the website notes, "[the register] contains detailed information on all limited companies, including fiscal reports, management and financial information and status, etc. All this information is available for purchase and download from this website. All major credit cards are accepted."
Although Danish authorities report that there are only 550,000 companies in Denmark, the hacker explained that the purloined database contains one million records because it also includes records of dissolved firms.
"This data is made freely available because it is wrong for the Danish government to require citizens to provide data for government databases, then use taxpayer money to gather, collate and store that data, only to ask citizens to pay if they want access to that same information from the government," the hacker wrote.
The Danish government hack comes a week after the hacktivist group known as Anonymous cracked into a website operated by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system and released the confidential personal information of thousands of users of the public transportation provider. The attack was in protest of BART shutting off cell phone service in its downtown stations on August 11 to disrupt a planned protest over the shooting of 45-year-old man by a transit police officer. | <urn:uuid:44d34752-6c54-4945-a093-6ee4ba5bf102> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pcworld.com/article/238574/hackers_post_1m_danish_government_business_records_to_net.html | 2013-06-18T23:17:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957203 | 464 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Our Harrisburg youth desperately need our help. And if that form of help comes from a mentoring program partnership with the Knights of Columbus, so be it. Other organizations were asked and to my knowledge have not responded. In a year where $1 million was cut from our school budget and our city is in decline, riddled with crime and harboring a poor nationwide reputation, the addition of a mentorship program seems almost too good to be true.
Not everyone feels this way. There are people among us, specifically Lola Lawson, that want to put political and religious affiliations ahead of the well-being and education of our kids. And for what seems to be based on ignorance, misinformation, and personal beliefs and agendas. I mean honestly why would a racist, misogynist and homophobic organization choose to work with a predominately black inner city school in the first place?
To go a step further, these naysayers haven't backed up their statements with facts or taken steps to recruit other groups or propose alternate solutions. We have a 40 percent combined graduation rate. Change is what this this community needs before it's too late.
I am counting on Mr. Murray and his colleagues to push forward as they know this is the right decision. It's our inherent responsibility to protect our greatest asset in our future, and the future of this community is our children. We can't afford to wait until tomorrow to help these youths. | <urn:uuid:088bfe0d-90db-42f8-86f7-867542ca7e75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pennlive.com/letters/index.ssf/2013/01/letters_city_schools_should_we.html | 2013-06-18T23:05:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97502 | 289 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Where were you? on that roller coaster night of youth
When I abseiled through my dreams. Hurtling down a
Vortex, as stars raced along, stopped and stared then sped on to
Where were you? When that black hole pulled my emotions inside
Out, twisted my mind until tears of blood floated in a black veil.
From the nadir of desperation to a zenith of hope. Eyes filled with
A nebula of love.
Where were you? As the trees started to die and life turned bittersweet
Enveloping me in a sheet of pearlescent skin reflecting a feeling of despair.
The highs and lows are just steps of a long staircase called life! Escher
Finally you are here! To share these journeys, these emotions. To fall with me,
Never to be caught. Spiralling through life, bouncing off my east, your west.
A damaged mind hurts, love hurts, pain hurts, life hurts…the long drop has
Become a short step. | <urn:uuid:710e18d2-4c6f-4dfe-ba29-1b1deadb50ae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=424964 | 2013-06-18T23:12:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933342 | 212 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
RapidKL Sends New Batch of Buses for Rental to Panorama Melaka
Delighted with results in their first collaboration, RapidKL, which is Klang Valley’s biggest bus operator, has embarked on a second rental exercise of its buses to Panorama Melaka; delivering another batch of 15 buses but without drivers today to support their operations in providing public transport in the state.
“We are proud that we can extend the buses to be utilized in Melaka for the benefit of the ‘rakyat’ in the state,” said Zohari Sulaiman, who is the Group Director Bus Division of Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana), the umbrella company for RapidKL.
“In facilitating this arrangement further, we will provide refresher course on how to best drive and handle the stage buses. We will also provide periodic assistance on bus maintenance as well as selected Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to manage the overall bus operation,” added Zohari, who represented RapidKL at the handover ceremony to Panorama Melaka.
Held at Melaka Sentral, the ceremony was officiated by Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam and was attended by key officials of Panorama Melaka which was led by its Deputy Chairman Datuk Ghazale Muhamad.
Zohari said: “We are happy with the previous arrangement. In the said arrangement we had also provided 15 buses but without drivers on rental basis; taking effect from 2 March 2012.
“The buses were utilized by Panorama Melaka for a fixed period of time agreed upon by both party. This is a temporary arrangement until new buses for Panorama Melaka is ready,” he said, adding the rental of the buses will have no effect on operations of RapidKL in Klang Valley and Selangor.
While Zohari acknowledged that the buses will be provided on a rental basis, he pointed out that the support was more of social obligation by Prasarana and worked out in the interest of the public rather than a business venture.
RapidKL services more than 166 routes; covering more than 1,000 housing estates in Klang Valley and Selangor; operating with some 850 buses daily.
Incorporated in July 2004 and operational since November the same year, RapidKL, whose operations also include the rail network of LRT and KL Monorail, transports approximately 700,000 passengers daily including 300,000 on the bus system.
For more details, contact Prasarana Media Affairs Manager Azhar Ghazali at 019-3837865 or Haliza Abd Hamid at 019-2210058. | <urn:uuid:bf99055f-5db2-457b-97df-92e4312de081> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.prasarana.com.my/news-events/media-releases/2012/rapidkl-sends-new-batch-buses-rental-panorama-melaka | 2013-06-18T23:06:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95991 | 577 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Plastic bags are a menace to wildlife and should be banned across California. Plastic bags entangle birds, fish, and many other animals, trapping or suffocating them. At best, plastic bags brittle in the sun before breaking apart into smaller pieces that fit into smaller mouths. Many animals mistake floating plastic particles for food and starve to death after the indigestible plastic blocks their digestive tract. The bags never biodegrade: once they blow into our forests or wash into Lake Tahoe, they'll stay there for decades or even hundreds of years.
Nearly 60 cities and counties across California have already voted to ban plastic bags, including San Jose, Ukiah, and Mendocino County. Others, like Chico and the City of Los Angeles, are working to finalize ordinances before a final vote. South Lake Tahoe could be next.
Let's do the right thing for the environment. Each plastic bag ban takes lethal garbage out of the environment, saving the lives of birds and fish. Lake Tahoe is a precious resource for this community, and it deserves to be protected from garbage like throwaway plastic bags. It's time for the City Council to ban single-use plastic bags. | <urn:uuid:0f555268-a7e7-4980-ba00-c70d8f1579ff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20130128/ARCHIVES01/130129898 | 2013-06-18T23:40:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707436332/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123036-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924499 | 242 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Born in 1977, Mr Goodwrench was a marketing brand used to sell GM parts and service at franchised dealers. Now, after 33 years in service to The General, Mr Goodwrench is passing on to join Pontiac, Oldsmobile and HUMMER in GM’s crowded brand graveyard. Automotive News [sub] reports that
GM marketing chief Joel Ewanick wants the vehicle brands, not corporate, to be the stars of GM, and that includes service and repairs
In order to honor the passing of this past-its-prime symbol of GM’s decidedly mediocre service reputation, we’ve assembled a few Mr Goodwrench ads below the fold.
Once upon a time Mr Goodwrench knew that “it’s not your car, it’s your freedom.” More recently, the reality has become something more along the lines of “it’s not your car, it’s a way to inflate dealership profits.”
In the late 80s, Mr Goodwrench delivered some of its most inspirational (or vomit-inducing, depending on your perspective) advertising based on the very same message. But Reagan-campaign-ad-style shots and a strong tagline wasn’t enough to prevent the hollowing out of Mr Goodwrench’s raison d’brand. After all, by ’89, GM was having its lunch eaten on the issue of reliability, and talking about service merely served to remind consumers of GM’s deficits in this regard.
Which helps explain why “Keep That Great GM Feeling” was never going to last as Mr Goodwrench’s slogan…
This ad had it all… the myth of Mr Goodwrench’s omnipresence, his knowledge of GM cars, and his grimy-handed, blue-collar charm (and anonymity). On the other hand, if your 1986 Chevette ever actually had its engine fully stripped by Goodwrench’s “hands that care,” chances are you’d be lining up for a Toyota or Honda the next time round.
This very decent Canadian ad proves why Goodwrench will probably survive in the great white North. Everyone’s scared of independent service shops, and Mr Goodwrench plays on those fears with “hands of skill.” Meanwhile, back in the US of A…
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Seeker wrote:I want them to change the main actress.
Kristen stewart talks like a doofus and acts terribly. She doesnt seem in love AT all.
Pattinson did a great job though.
What do you guys think? did you like kristen's role?
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A griot; one of a class of musicians/storytellers of West Africa. Jelis usually accompany themselves on the kora, a type of harp/lute found in the Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Mauritania, or on the xalam, a one- to five-stringed small lutelike or banjolike plucked string instrument. The female counterpart to a jeli is called jelimuso.
Mali produces some of the best jelis in all of West Africa.
Short for Jealous.
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Oct 11 2009, 08:12 PM
Hi again UA
I had a previous question. So this is a followup.
The attached db I am having difficulty movong along the form via tabbing for the following...
-jump from volun entry to datejoin, but on the same row [it currently jumps a row below]?
-jump from last entry of DateLeft , to Cat A
-jump from Cat G to notes control.
I was wondering if there was a keyboard shortcut to make these moves instead of having to do a mouse click to do it. But it was suggested that I look at the "onexit", but what I have read up on I get confused and am stuck.
Any help would be great
Oct 11 2009, 08:30 PM
I can't look at your database but the tabbing is control by the Tab Order of the Detail Section of the Form and the Cycle Property.
Have you checked the Tab Order of the Detail Section and the Cycle Property of the Form?
Oct 11 2009, 08:58 PM
Thanks for the reply Van
I am familiar with the tab order routine as I set most of it.
I have also tried cycle, left it set to all records, because trying the other choices such as current record or page did not allow me to go to the next record after reaching the last control on the main form.The result was that I tabbed right to the first control of the same record. So ,my guess, and why I am posting, is that I believe I am at a point where I am faced with code building in a line somewhere. Not too familiar with that stuff. I attempted "onexit" but really didn't know what to do. Still trying at this point.
Oct 12 2009, 06:39 PM
The Tab Order in the Detail Section of the Form [Form_Volun](used as the Subform) is incorrect. It should be:
Combo14 (suggest a more meaningful name!)
To jump out of the Subform, you need to use the technique described in UA Thread 1516747
Oct 12 2009, 07:38 PM
I will give it a go Van
and I really appreciate direction to the past links, something I did not find in my googles!
Oct 12 2009, 09:43 PM
You're welcome... Glad to help...
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WESTON (WAOW) - With the Green Bay Packers' loss to the San Francisco 49ers, week 19 will be our last Pack Attack show.
This week we're joined by a man who trained with Brett Favre, has the mechanics of Peyton Manning and is learning from Aaron Rodgers. Quarterback BJ Coleman will join us Monday, along with Johnnie Gray, at Dale's Weston Lanes. The show airs on Tuesday.
When the Packers drafted Coleman he told reporters he worked out with Favre because they have the same agent.
Coleman started his college career at Tennessee, just like Manning, then transferred to Tennessee-Chattanooga. It was there that his offensive coordinator saw similarities to how Coleman studied film, went through pre-snap looks and dropped into a Manning-like dropback.
Another Packers connection, he was the Reggie White Player of the Year in Tennessee following his senior year of high school.
Finished his career at Chattanooga ranked either first or second in every major statistical passing category in school history after he started 29 games over three seasons and threw for 6,871 yards and 52 TDs on 579-of-1,008 passing (57.4 percent).
Improved his draft stock with a solid performance at the 2012 East-West Shrine Game, where he completed 10-of-15 passes for 170 yards and a TD as a member of the East squad.
Father, Bryon Sr., was an offensive lineman at Chattanooga from 1977-80, and his brother, Jarrod, was a tight end and a teammate of his during his recent three-year stint at the school.
Join Sports Director Lauren Magiera, Bryon Graff, BJ Coleman and Johnnie Gray at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Dale's Weston Lanes. You can also watch it Tuesday night at 6:30 on Newsline 9.
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After denied entry to West Bank, Chomsky likens Israel to 'Stalinist regime'
Linguist Noam Chomsky was scheduled to lecture at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, meet PA Prime Minister Fayyad.
The Interior Ministry refused to let linguist Noam Chomsky into Israel and the West Bank on Sunday. Chomsky, who aligns himself with the radical left, had been scheduled to lecture at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, and visit Bil'in and Hebron, as well as meet with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and various Palestinian activists.
In a telephone conversation last night from Amman, Chomsky told Haaretz that he concluded from the questions of the Israeli official that the fact that he came to lecture at a Palestinian and not an Israeli university led to the decision to deny him entry.
"I find it hard to think of a similar case, in which entry to a person is denied because he is not lecturing in Tel Aviv. Perhaps only in Stalinist regimes," Chomsky told Haaretz.
Sabine Haddad, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, confirmed to Haaretz that the officials at the border were from the ministry.
"Because he entered the Palestinian Authority territory only, his entry is the responsibility of the Office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories at the Defense Ministry. There was a misunderstanding on our side, and the matter was not brought to the attention of the COGAT."
Haddad told Haaretz that "the minute the COGAT says that they do not object, Chomsky's entry would have been permitted."
Chomsky, a Jewish professor of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had spent several months at Kibbutz Hazore'a during the 1950s and had considered a longer stay in Israel. He had been invited by the Department of Philosophy at Bir Zeit.
He planned to spend four days in the West Bank and give two lectures.
On Sunday, at about 1:30 P.M. he came to the Israeli side of the border with Jordan. After three hours of questioning, during which the border officer repeatedly called the Interior Ministry for instructions, Chomsky's passport was stamped with "Denied Entry."
With Chomsky, 81, were his daughter Aviva, and a couple of old friends of his and his late wife.
Entry was also denied to his daughter.
Their friends, one of whom is a Palestinian who grew up in Beirut, were allowed in, but they opted to return with Chomsky to Amman.
Chomsky told Haaretz that it was clear that his arrival had been known to the authorities, because the minute he entered the passport control room the official told him that he was honored to see him and that he had read his works.
The professor concluded that the officer was a student, and said he looked embarrassed at the task at hand, especially when he began reading from text the questions that had been dictated to him, and which were also told to him later by telephone.
Chomsky told Haaretz about the questions.
"The official asked me why I was lecturing only at Bir Zeit and not an Israeli university," Chomsky recalled. "I told him that I have lectured a great deal in Israel. The official read the following statement: 'Israel does not like what you say.'"
Chomsky replied: "Find one government in the world which does."
"The young man asked me whether I had ever been denied entry into other countries. I told him that once, to Czechoslovakia, after the Soviet invasion in 1968," he said, adding that he had gone to visit ousted Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek, whose reforms the Soviets crushed.
In response to the official's question, Chomsky said that the subjects of his lectures were "America and the world," and "America at home."
The official asked him whether he would speak on Israel and Chomsky said that because he would talk of U.S. policy he would also comment on Israel and its policies.
He was then told by the official: "You have spoken with [Hassan] Nasrallah."
"True," Chomsky told him. "When I was in Lebanon [prior to the war in 2006] I spoke with people from the entire political spectrum there, as in Israel I also spoke with people on the right."
"At the time I read reports of my visit in the Israeli press, and the articles in the Israeli press had no connection with reality," Chomsky told the border official.
The official asked Chomsky why he did not have an Israeli passport.
"I replied I am an American citizen," Chomsky said.
Chomsky said that he asked the man at border control for an official written explanation for the reason his entry was denied and that "it would help the Interior Ministry because this way my version will not be the only one given to the media."
The official called the ministry and then told Chomsky that he would be able to find the official statement at the U.S. Embassy.
The last time Chomsky visited Israel and the West Bank was in 1997, when he lectured on both sides of the Green Line. He had also planned a visit to the Gaza strip, but because the Palestinian Authority insisted that he be escorted by Palestinian guards, he canceled that part of the visit.
To Haaretz, Chomsky said Sunday that preventing him entry is tantamount to boycotting Bir Zeit University. Chomsky is known to oppose a general boycott on Israel. "I was against a boycott of apartheid South Africa as well. If we are going to boycott, why not the United States, whose record is even worse? I'm in favor of boycotting American companies which collaborate with the occupation," he said. "But if we are to boycott Tel Aviv University, why not MIT?"
Chomsky told Haaretz that he supports a two-state solution, but not the solution proposed by Jerusalem, "pieces of land that will be called a state."
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PlayStation 3 Hatsune Miku Looks Like This
Sega shares first screens of its expansion that magically makes Project Diva playable on PS3.
Back at March's Hatsune Miku Project Diva 2 unveiling, Sega revealed that the Hatsune Miku virtual idol would be appearing on the PS3 through a download expansion for PSP's first Project Diva game. Today, we got details and screens.
The expansion is titled Hatsune Miku Project Diva Dreamy Theater and will be released this Summer. Pricing has yet to be set.
While Dreamy Theater is a PS3 app, you'll need to have a PSP and a copy of the original Hatsune Miku Project Diva in order to use it. Connect your PSP to your PS3 via USB cable, and you'll be able to play Project Diva on your television, piped through your PS3. Along the way, everything is transformed into PS3-level visuals, complete with more detailed character models.
Dreamy Theater is compatible with your Project Diva save file, meaning you'll be able to see your original PVs in full PS3 spec.
Sega promises additional details to follow at the newly opened Dreamy Theater official site.
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By Laurie H. Rogers
I was asked recently to articulate to a legislator my thoughts and concerns about public education funding and accountability. Ah, so much to say ... about funding; accountability, the Common Core initiatives, and the McCleary Decision on education funding.
Legislators love to give more of our tax dollars to K-12 education, but they aren’t good at pursuing accountability or transparency from administrators and school boards. That’s partly because they listen too much to the Edu Mob, and not enough to We, the People.
What legislators hear from the Edu Mob is usually contrary to what actually needs to be done for the children, so we advocates have little hope of ever nailing down solutions. After six+ years of advocacy, I’m profoundly tired of hearing legislators state, year after year, “Education needs more money!”
Question #1: What basis do legislators have for saying that K-12 education is underfunded, or that funding has been cut, or that more money will produce a better education system?
Does anyone in the legislature know how much money is spent on K-12 education, including the school districts, the Educational Service Districts (ESDs), and the state education agency (OSPI)? Does anyone know how much is spent on capital costs and technology? Can anyone provide a comparison of how much was spent for all of K-12 education in 2002 vs. 2012? No? Then why are legislators so sure that districts need more money?
When we ask OSPI for the total costs of K-12 education in Washington State, the numbers we get likely won’t include capital costs or the costs to run OSPI. We might have to ask a few times for a total cost, and even then, we’ll probably have to dig out the truth ourselves. It's a pile of money, even accounting for inflation, and 40-50% of it does not go to the classroom.
Question #2: Does anyone in the legislature intend to find out where the money is going?
Do legislators plan to hold administrators accountable for expenditures, seek transparency for outcomes, or ensure that those who lied to the people about expenditures or outcomes are forced out, and that those who violated open-government laws (i.e. regarding public meetings, campaigning, and public records) are held legally accountable? I ask because I see very little legislative interest in any of this.
Question #3: Does anyone in the legislature care that the recent “McCleary Decision” on school funding was based on an undefined word?
The McCleary Decision resulted from a lawsuit filed against the State, which argued that the State is failing to live up to its obligation for “ample” funding of K-12 education. Driving this lawsuit was an organization called NEWS (Network for Excellence in Washington Schools). NEWS says it represents “students, parents, teachers, administrators and other citizens who are united in advocacy for public school funding.” (Obviously, the folks behind NEWS believe that increased public school funding will bring excellence in the schools.)
NEWS is largely made up of school districts and their unions (which would be happy financial beneficiaries of any decision for the plaintiffs). The president and former president of NEWS are, respectively, school superintendents Nick Brossoit, Edmonds; and Mike Blair, Chimacum.
In 2010, a Superior Court judge ruled for the plaintiffs, and in January 2012, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the decision. In an unusual move, the Supreme Court also retained jurisdiction over the case as a way to ensure that legislators would cough up the money.
The argument behind the lawsuit doesn’t paint an accurate picture of the funding situation, however. What does “ample” mean? School districts across the state have wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on layers of administration, academically useless “professional development,” never-ending purchases of unproved or deeply flawed instructional materials and supplementary materials, techno toys, contracts, legal advice, food for adults, travel, consultants, new systems and programs, new assessments, administrative raises, and a plethora of other things that don’t help academic learning one bit. And when we try to find out exactly where the money went, some of them don't want to tell us.
Just one legal firm, for example, has received millions of taxpayer dollars from Spokane Public Schools, and this district uses several legal firms. Those legal expenses aren't itemized in the publicly released budget. School districts also are allowed to report expenditures within the intended program, not as a line-item expense, so they can throw all sorts of things into program categories, and they do. Expenditures for "instruction," therefore, include non-instruction items such as professional development, administrator salaries, travel and food. I requested a list of expenditures by line item, and I was told they “don’t break it down that way.”
There is a huge amount of waste in public education, much of it hidden from the public.
Question #4: Has anyone in the legislature attempted to hold education administrators accountable for their decades-long failure to produce well-educated students?
In education, failure begets more money. Administrators therefore have a perverse incentive to not succeed. I'm not saying they deliberately try to fail, yet there are few consequences for failure, and there are huge financial gains resulting from failure, so they have little motivation to weed out incompetent administration, eliminate bad programs and curricula, or install products, people and programs that are PROVED to succeed. They don't have to police themselves, and there is no way for the public to police them. They seem to feel no sense of urgency to get it right. They just keep failing our children, patting themselves on the back for their "hard work," while fueled by an increasing number of taxpayer dollars.
Question #5: Are any legislators well versed on what a successful academic program looks like? Or, are they all taking as gospel what they're told by administrators, unions, policy makers, pro-money groups and the federal government?
Do legislators listen to parents? Do they listen to math advocates? Do they not realize that children are NOT coming out of the K-12 system well educated, despite all of the fake numbers produced by officials every spring and fall? Do they not see the physical and emotional toll on the children from not having enough academics to progress, graduate, go to college, get a job, join the military, or even fill out a job application? Do legislators not feel a sense of urgency to fix this problem now? If they feel the same urgency I feel, they certainly don't show it.
Question #6: Does anyone in the legislature care about district accuracy in reporting, with consequences for those who don't engage in it?
In 2012, local administrators told the public (while promoting their upcoming levy) that their operating budget had been cut over 10 years by just more than $45 million, while the truth -- easily located on the OSPI Web site -- is that the operating budget had grown by about $80 million over that decade. The difference is massive. How do they get away with it?
It's hard for citizens to know where public dollars go, when expenditures are allowed to be shoved into dark recesses of the budget or hidden in the category of "instruction," and when so much money every year is hidden, not reported or misspent.
As for academics, state and local reporting on student academic outcomes is annually preposterous. Happy numbers are reported with breathless, self-congratulatory enthusiasm each year, always on the rise, always worth celebrating -- and awards are handed out for amazing improvements -- yet little of it bears any resemblance to what we see in the children’s actual levels of academic capability.
The overall deceit is so huge, most people refuse to believe it.
Question #7: Has anyone in the legislature initiated opposition to the prospect of spending at least a billion taxpayer dollars on the Common Core initiatives -- an arguably illegal takeover of public education by the federal government?
The Common Core initiatives are unproved. There are no student data behind them to support them; they are national pilots of unknown and politically biased products. They were adopted in Washington State under a shady process, and they will cost Washington taxpayers at least a billion dollars and the nation at least a trillion dollars. They’ve already removed much local decision-making power, pushing parents farther out of the process, while promoting a biased political agenda and still not providing students with sufficient academics. They’re already leading many districts back to more math programs that lack direct instruction or standard algorithms, and to more English programs that lack sufficient grammar or classic literature.
As everyone complains about money, why are legislators spending a billion taxpayer dollars on unproved, unnecessary and politically biased products? Sorry to be blunt, but this is not bipartisan leadership; it’s bipartisan foolishness. No successful business would operate like this.
And by the way, the coming charter schools in Washington State will be using Common Core products. How does that represent academic “choice” for parents and students?
Question #8: Do legislators realize that no one involved with the McCleary lawsuit had to explain where the previous money went, or why it failed to produce well-educated students?
I can efficiently teach my daughter algebra at the kitchen table with a used textbook, a piece of paper and a pencil. Why can’t schools do the same with $12,000 per student? No one involved in the lawsuit had to itemize district, ESD and OSPI expenditures, or explain the academic failures.
No one is to be accountable for how the new money will be spent, either, or for any new failures in academic outcomes. Instead, the McCleary Decision means many of these failed administrators will get a financial windfall. Some are already counting it, preparing to spend money on things that have little or nothing to do with the classroom.
Question #9: Did anyone in the legislature question why the Supreme Court retained jurisdiction over the funding of education, essentially replacing the role of the legislature?
Legislators now must answer to the Supreme Court on funding, and they must do what the Supreme Court has decided, rather than answer to the people and do what the people have decided. As NEWS puts it, the Supreme Court ordered the State to “make annual progress reports to the court” and allowed “NEWS to respond to each of the State’s reports to inform the Court of the accuracy of the State’s claims.”
The fox now guards the henhouse – NEWS officials advised the Supreme Court on how much more money they want. You won’t be surprised to know that – on behalf of school districts and unions – NEWS decided that education requires billions more dollars, increasing each year. Legislators were ordered to pay up.
Thomas Ahearne, a lawyer for NEWS, reportedly suggested that the Court could punish legislators for not coming up with the money, by “imposing fines, cutting utility service to the legislative building or docking the pay” of legislators. What’s next? Cement shoes? An “offer they can’t refuse?” Meanwhile, We the People don’t count at all. We have nowhere to go for help or recourse.
This Supreme Court decision to retain jurisdiction over funding is a bad precedent, a vast overreach, and it must be appealed. Legislators must not allow it to stand. In Tunstall v. Bergeson (2000), the Supreme Court itself expressly warned against judicial overreach into education decision-making.
Does this country still have a Constitution and a governing system of checks and balances, or doesn’t it?
Question #10: Does anyone in the legislature know that the lawsuit resulting in the McCleary Decision was funded in part by district dollars – by taxpayer dollars?
When school districts wish to become a NEWS member, NEWS asks them to "make a public statement of support by passing a resolution" and by providing "a financial contribution to NEWS." NEWS helpfully "invoices" school districts for this "contribution."
Taxpayers therefore unknowingly helped pay for a lawsuit against the state – which is publicly funded – resulting in forcing more taxpayer dollars from taxpayers. How much money did this lawsuit cost taxpayers, not including the McCleary Decision itself? Where in district budgets are these costs? That’s a true pile-on – public agencies, their unions, their money advocates, their lawyers, and their multitude of quasi-public associations ... And now the Court... Who was there to speak up for the taxpayer?
Citizens in other states have attempted to get legislation written to outlaw being able to lobby like this with taxpayer dollars. This should happen in Washington State.
Much of the leadership in K-12 public education has repeatedly proved itself to be self-serving, unsuccessful, certain it’s brilliant, mostly deaf to the public, overpaid, overfunded, not transparent and not publicly accountable. When will the legislature stop chasing after failure, wasting gobs of taxpayer dollars on those who care mostly about money, ego and power – and who don’t even produce well-educated graduates?
This is the end of my rant. Public education, structured as it is, will never result in well-educated students. The Edu Mob’s list of priorities begins and ends with money and power, and the legislature has tended to cater to those priorities every legislative session. Things will continue this way until enough of us have a) left the broken system, and b) voted for legislators who care more about student academics and district accountability than about getting more votes and donations from the Edu Mob.
Please note: The information in this post is copyrighted. The proper citation is:
Rogers, L. (May 2013). "Legislature and lawsuit help public education go in exactly the wsrong direction. Again." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com
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Kelly was an amazingly beautiful bride. We took her to the gracious Bellasera Resort in downtown Naples to shoot a few bridal portraits before her wedding. We had such a great time playing with the window light!
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It's been a long haul for the film adaptation of the 2006 Cormac McCarthy bestseller, which producer Nick Wechsler acquired before it was published. With backing from 2929 Entertainment and distributor The Weinstein Co., he approached Australian director John Hillcoat after he had made the much-admired 2005 western The Proposition, a stylishly gritty take on the genre written by Nick Cave and starring Guy Pearce and Danny Huston as estranged brothers.
For his part, actor Viggo Mortensen was anxious at the naked exposure the movie would require: the man and his boy are on their own in a world stripped of all life but for roaming bands of violent human scavengers many of whom resort to cannibalism to survive. Mortensen was also worried about finding a child actor capable of carrying it off. But Kodi Smit-McPhee fit the bill.
After a rigorous shoot which was delayed by weather around Mt. St. Helens, the movie went through a lengthy edit. Hillcoat reluctantly submitted himself to the preview process, showed the film to many filmmakers and friends, took input and notes from the Weinsteins, and finally worked his way through to something everyone was reasonably happy with, including McCarthy. While certain things were missing--too tough for live-action reality --the writer said he liked the film and asked only that four lines from the novel be reinstated.
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Date: Saturday April 13, 2002
Through the Yards to the Field, All Paths Lead Back to Fenway
The game at Baltimore's Camden Yards was great, but nobody came. There were perhaps 15,000 fans for an inter-division contest on a crisp, sunny Saturday afternoon. The upper deck was mostly empty. For a park which was once baseball's new small gem, that was depressing. There were plenty of Sox fans - perhaps a solid fifth of those sitting near us were wearing Sox caps or jackets. Missing were the Hometown Fans, the massive Saturday game numbers of kids and dads and retired box-scorers and loose teenage girls...the people who show up to care or not care about the game itself, the kind of crowd Fenway can draw for a chilly, early season night game. Perhaps they were at the office or washing their cars or at the Mall or tuning in on radio while doing something more important. But they weren't at the game.
I live in another town a continent away where baseball is bright and friendly. On city jogs, I stride past the green steel and freshly pointed brick of Safeco Field, that proud new peacock of a park just off Elliot Bay - complete with Seattle high-tech retractable roof. Safeco hosts a wonderfully talented team, a steady "G" rating and a swelling and committed legitimate role models. Mine is a feel-good baseball town, more "The Rookie" than "The Natural." The place is still too young and smart for the Buckners and Bucky Dents, the Babe and Roger. History lies ahead for Mariner fans, malleable, unknowing, open to an uncertain destiny. There is yet no mud in this Mudville.
And that's the problem. In Seattle and, at least for one Saturday, in Baltimore -- like so many baseball cities with new money, new fans and new parks -- something is missing.
Fan-starved Camden and bright-shinny-new Safeco got me thinking about Fenway Park. The old joint is unsuited for modern, amenity-driven fans. In a sport now drenched with inning-ending high fidelity pop music and digital video displays, Fenway's narrow, swelling isles and obstructed view seats are painful anachronisms. In the new stadiums seventh inning dessert trays roll through carpeted corporate boxes. At Safeco, even cheap-seat fans can enjoy distractions like microbrews, teriyaki and a kiddie playground. But once you wander out of your seat and into the bowels of Fenway, you enter another world, a bacterium's paradise - dark, wet and unsanitary.
Seattle and Baltimore also got me thinking about the Red Sox. Nearly every year they sport a hyped April Dream Machine that degenerates into an October Heartbreak. But they fill the century-old seats. And year after disappointing year, they still manage to beat at least half the teams they play. Even the team's perennial front office/clubhouse tumult has a certain grimy predictability about it. It builds with the heat of the season and typically breaks out in time for lazy, late summer beach gossip.
By contrast, there are no baseball scandals in Baltimore - nobody cares enough to give them life. Seattle scandal is reserved for grunge bands and software monopolies. It does not come to the ballpark.
Fenway IS a wreck. But it could be Safeco, where nobody throws beer or punches beach balls, where no history haunts the field. It could be Camden, where ushers wear pasted smiles and urge fans to cheer for a cheerless team...and where nobody comes to the ballpark.
And the Sox ARE tragic. Each spring they tease us with unfulfilled talent. They prove unworthy of our prayers, but nearly every season the city still lunges from a baseball pivot between July hope and September futility.
But they could be the Mariners, a team too young for fate. They could be the Orioles, a team too diminished to care.
In Baltimore everybody gets along. They don't expect to win. Wins are cake icing. Mediocrity fails to inspire, just as it fails to outrage.
In Seattle everybody gets along. Last year, when a serious playoff team, the Yankees, came to town and chewed the place up, the previously high-flying Mariners quietly deflated - without recriminations, without firings, without collective anger, without team guilt. The team and the city just put the bats and balls away and casually said to each other, "See ya next year!" It was all terribly detached. And unimaginable in a passionate baseball city like Boston. In Bean Town, fans and sportswriter bicker all season long, by September players and coaches have entered the fray. By the end, everybody has a hand on somebody's throat. That's the way it's done.
And perhaps that's what's missing elsewhere. As the late Bart Giammatti reminded us, "The game will break your heart." For Sox fans, the fall will break your heart. That's the way it's supposed to be: Shoeless Joe disappearing into the late afternoon cornstalks, just when you need him most. You can't buy that ticket in Seattle, where fans breezily root for a trend, not a tradition. And except in New York, where history marches triumphantly onward, cloaked in glory, most baseball winning is just that: a new trend. Like its glorious big brother, Yankee Stadium, Safeco is, for now, a winning house, not the home of the game we keep coming back to to have our hearts broken.
That game is still played in a crummy park backed against the interstate in an old Boston neighborhood called Fenway.
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For the second week in a row, The Second City Saint converted a member of the WWE Universe to the Straightedge Society, shaving his new recruit’s head as a symbol of his transformation from his “past transgressions” into a new way of life. In the process, Punk pledged that he would continue his Straightedge quest by winning the Royal Rumble Match as the first step toward the salvation of society.
CM Punk & Luke Gallows went on to triumph over three other tag teams, winning the right to face Unified Tag Team Champions D-Generation X for the titles. Though JTG went for the pin on The Straightedge Superstar, he hadn’t noticed that Punk’s “Detoxified Disciple” had tagged himself in. Gallows made short work of the unsuspecting Superstar, hitting him with the Gallows Pole for the monumental victory. | <urn:uuid:f0e972d7-cc82-4e66-8c11-ce84df0b04a8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cmpunk.com/smackdown-results-locked-in-the-cage-with-a-wild-animal/346/comment-page-1 | 2013-05-19T11:17:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928777 | 378 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I am training for my first half in February and I am having a hard time with eating properly to train at my best ability. I am not trying to lose weight during this, but I also do not want to gain weight either.
I usually eat around 1400 calories and run 2-3 times a week... Now I am running 3 times week with one long run, and possibly a day or 2 weight training or doing other cardio. On days that I run I do eat extra calories, but I am not sure how much more I should be eating to keep my energy up especially for long runs. Is it ok to eat a lower amount on days that I do not run, or should I be eating a more consistent amount each day of the week?
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If you purposefully eat lots of greens in your last trimester, you will have no need for the shot. :-) Plus, it is a synthetic drug, not a nutritious vitamin as they'd like you to believe. Check out this blog:
She is right and my last baby is proof. Never needed it. We call him Super Baby!
I'm not sure if anyone will see this but I am having my first boy in August and we declined Vitamin K with my daughter but now with a boy and circumcision, I am concerned. I am so happy to have found this post and am just curious if you ended up having a boy, and if so, what happened?
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Coweta County Schools Dress Code Guidelines
Each Coweta County school is responsible for setting and enforcing a dress code for students. The school's principal or other duly authorized school official shall determine if a student's attire or grooming meets reasonable and appropriate guidelines.
Parents and students should consult their school's guide or call the principal for information regarding specific dress code requirements in their school. However, the following standards are generally common to each school:
Book Bags: Coweta County Schools no longer require clear or mesh book bags.
Coweta County Schools generally discourage or prohibit rolling book bags. Please check with your school before purchasing a book bag if you have a question about what is allowable.
Elementary School Dress Standards
Students should wear clothing that is clean and suitable for school activities, keeping in mind weather conditions and good taste. Shoes must be worn at all times. Pants are to be worn at the waist and fastened securely.
The following are not to be worn at school:
- Halter-tops, tank tops, fishnet tops and midriff blouses.
- Excessively large or baggy clothing.
- Tops and dresses with spaghetti straps.
- Muscle shirts.
- Shirts that advertise alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- Short shorts and skirts (Your index finger should touch the hem of the shorts).
- Shorts covered by a full-length shirt.
- Bicycle pants or shorts.
- Clothing with open holes above the knee.
- Clothing that is suggestive, advocates disobedience to society or causes a possible disruption to the school.
- Clothing or attire with statements or symbols which might be deemed offensive to others, violent or of a threatening nature.
- Shoes with cleats and/or wheels (heelys).
- Hardware chains.
- Caps, hats, visors, any other headgear, and sunglasses.
Middle School Dress Standards
In the interest of having a safe, orderly school, which minimizes distractions and maximizes the learning environment, a dress code has been established for all middle school students in the Coweta County School System. Every middle school student is expected to dress and be groomed in accordance with acceptable standards of cleanliness and modesty.
Students maywear dresses, blouses, shirts, or any other types of clothing appropriate to the sex of the individual that does not violate the intent of the dress code.
The dress standard is as follows:
- If a student chooses to wear shorts or a skirt, the shorts or skirt must be of appropriate length. The appropriate measurement will be determined when the student is standing erect, hands by his/her side, fingertips not extending below the hem of the clothing, maintaining modesty at all times. Biker shorts, spandex apparel, excessively form fitting shirts, shorts, pants, or skirts are not allowed.
- All shirts, blouses, and dresses must have sleeves. Shirts and blouses must not be excessively long and should not be a safety concern or a disruption. If a shirt is too long, it must be tucked. Clothing should not expose areas of stomach, side, or back. Oversized clothing is not allowed.
- Pants must be appropriately sized for width and hemmed to a safe length. Underwear should not be visible. Pant size should not hinder ability to move about easily and safely. Pants must be fastened securely at the waist. Pants may not have holes or the appearance of holes above the knees. Overalls or coveralls must be worn properly.
- No items of clothing are allowed that may be affiliated with gang activity, as defined by administration and law enforcement.
- No "hardware chains" may be worn as belts, wallet chains, or jewelry. No chains of this type are allowed on school campus or at any school function. No hats, bandanas, or headbands may be worn or displayed during the instructional day.
- No items may be worn with inappropriate pictures, symbols, or lettering. This includes but is not limited to depictions of alcohol, drugs, or weapons. Statements that might be deemed offensive to others are prohibited. No writing is allowed on the seat of pants or skirts.
- Pajamas and/or house shoes or slippers may not be worn to school.
- Shoes with wheels may not be worn to school. Other shoes that may present a safety hazard should not be worn.
- In an effort to address concerns for student safety and welfare, to create a learning environment with minimal distractions, and to reinforce the values of modesty and civility, the administration will be responsible for enforcing this dress code fairly and reasonably. Violations are determined at the discretion of the administration. If students are in violation of the dress code, they will be given the opportunity to correct the violation. If they fail to correct the violation, they may be asked to call home for appropriate clothing and/or may receive disciplinary consequences as determined by the administrative staff.
High School Dress Standards
Everyone in Coweta County high schools is expected to dress and be groomed in accordance with acceptable standards of cleanliness, good taste, and appropriateness. The established standard has been set to discourage clothing that may be a distraction to the learning environment and possible safety of students. It is not our intent to thwart self-expression or exercise unreasonable control over students; however, current trends seem to favor certain modes of dress which are inappropriate for school, causing distractions to the learning environment, and sometimes putting the students in situations not best for them.
The dress standard is as follows:
- All shirts and dresses must have sleeves. Tank tops, tube tops, and shirts without sleeves are not acceptable.
- Students will be permitted to wear shorts, dresses, and skirts, provided they reach the end of the fingertips or longer. (Splits in skirts/dresses/shorts must be below the fingertips.) Miniskirts, mini-dresses, and short shorts are not permitted.
- Overalls may be worn with both straps fastened and on the shoulders. A shirt must be worn under overalls.
- Pants must be worn properly at the hips.
- Chains or sharp objects are not permitted.
- Low cut, see through, strapless, or backless dresses/shirts may not be worn.
- No student should dress in such a way that his/her underwear is partially or totally exposed. The waist and top portions of boxer shorts and briefs, bra straps and bra sides should not show.
- No student may wear any jewelry, clothing, or carry backpacks which display or suggest alcohol, drugs, tobacco, weaponry, profanity, vulgarity, sexual innuendo, or scatological humor.
- No student may wear any jewelry, clothing, or carry backpacks which display or suggest anything inflammatory or degrading to a particular race, creed, or culture.
- No student will wear camouflage outfits.
- No student will wear trench coats.
- No student may wear clothes with holes above the knees, in the crotch, or under the buttocks.
- Hats, headbands, bandannas, sunglasses, stocking caps, hoods, picks/combs, and other headgear are not permitted.
- Blouses, dresses, or skirts which expose the areas of the stomach, side, or back are not permitted.
- Excessively form-fitting or loose-fitting clothing is not permitted.
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This most recent trip we made really solidified something for me though – I don’t like Blue Ribbon BBQ. My initial review stands true and then some. I want to like it, but there are just so many better options in my opinion. At this point in life I feel as though I’ve had so much good BBQ to compare against, I can afford to be picky.
The decor is cool, the staff is great, and they keep their prices low – I do appreciate those things.
The sauces are all vinegar and spice based. I find all of Blue Ribbon’s food to be too spicy actually. As in, melt your tongue off so you can’t enjoy the rest of your meal. I understand Carolina style but this is too much. And I like heat!
I got ribs, pulled pork, beans, and mashed potatoes. John got burnt ends, pulled pork, corn with black eyed peas, and cole slaw. The beans and mashed potatoes were delicious. Blue Ribbons definitely gets their sides right. But the meat tasted bland, gray, underseasoned, and overcooked to me.
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Q) My New Year's resolution (once again) is to finally get my small business organized.
I spend so much time dealing with mail and e-mail and paperwork that I don't have enough time to work on the business. How can I get my workplace organized so that I have it under control and can feel some sense of relief?
A) Relief is exactly what you should be striving for. Wendy Ellin, author of the book "Enough Is Enough, Get Control of Your Stuff -- One Woman's Insight Into an Organized Life," says "the most important thing to remember is that we never get it all done." She suggests these priorities:
- De-clutter your office. Get rid of everything that you don't need or use. Clutter is an enormous distraction that will take over your life if you don't get a handle on it.
- Once you are down to what you want or must keep, set up a system for the future that allows you to make organizational decisions with everything thing that comes your way -- regardless of how it comes (mail, e-mail, voice mail, etc.).
- Once you have a place for the "further action" items, those that are the most important, you will begin to see the relief.
You will have a handle on everything that comes in, all that you have to follow up on, and what you want to save for future reference.
- Be realistic about how much you schedule in a 24-hour period. Overcommitting is a sure way to set yourself (and your clients) up for failure and potentially create a reputation you don't want.
- Don't be so hard on yourself. New habits take time. Your office didn't get this way overnight, and it isn't going to be magically fixed overnight, either.
At year's end, vacation days are a source of stress to employees everywhere. Many wish they could get more time away from the office, while others watch unused vacation days go to waste.
Some employers offer a worker-friendly solution -- allowing employees to buy or sell vacation days or paid time off. For companies facing tight economic conditions, it's a way to offer a benefit that costs the company little but may help attract and retain employees.
Employers who offer it say it gives people the flexibility they need to manage their lives.
A 2010 survey of employers by consulting firm Mercer found that 14 percent of respondents allowed employees to buy or sell vacation days. | <urn:uuid:fd7eab95-2a09-4d7e-a933-cf1d858faec2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://goerie.com/article/20130106/BUSINESS05/301069984/You-Inc---A-Sunday-guide-to-the-business-of-life | 2013-05-19T11:27:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956415 | 507 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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The Right to Remain Silent
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A series of avalanches earlier today prompted the closure of Arctic Circle on Highway 18. Terri Kasinga of CalTrans tells KBHR, “We have a lot of avalanches in the Arctic Circle area, several of them 10 feet tall.” These snow slides had trapped several vehicles on the roadway this morning, though CalTrans reports that all had been attended to by 9am. The A.J. Acosta Company has, as of this afternoon, been hired by CalTrans to clear Arctic Circle of snow. This is the same Big Bear Lake-based company that CalTrans hired to clear Little Arctic Circle in December, when Highway 18 had been closed due to extreme snowfall and vehicle collisions involving large trucks. Per CalTrans, motorists should not expect the re-opening of Highway 18, west of the dam, today.
- Despite ‘Round-the-Clock Snow Removal Efforts of CalTrans and Acosta Company, Arctic Circle Portion of Highway 18 Closed Until Friday Evening
- Snow Removal Continues on Arctic Circle Today; Acosta Hopes to Have Highway 18 Cleared This Afternoon
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Stop and Smell the Locals
Stop & Smell the Locals (SASTL)
Hoboken, New Jersey - the Mile Square City. Known for being the cradle of baseball, the birth place of that Jack Daniels-addicted
maffia crooner who died earlier this year, and the legendary rock club Maxwells, where excellent bands such as the Feelies and the
Bongos performed during the late 70's/early 80's. Here's a compilation presenting 18 of the local (from the Hudson county) bands of
today. PLAY, and smell the locals!
Chander opens the ball, with a song called Fracture. Likeable. It's catchy and can maybe be compared to the
Chapel Hill-scene around Superchunk and the Merge label (Archers of Loaf, anyone?). Next band up is bob fields, who's got at
least one 7" out. Big Red Bicycle is bouncy indie-rock, like, say, a mix of Pavement and Spent. maximumjack!
plays power-pop, related to Lemonheads, or Posies. Or both.
Most of the bands presented on Stop and Smell the Locals play up-tempo, rough and punchy, melodic hard rock,
post-grunge, f.i. Liquid Spider Station (Rumor), Footstone (their Ivana is quite early-days-Nirvana-riff-like),
Friends, Romans, Countrymen (Marry me, fly free - some bandname!), threadline (Rut), Big Wow
(Nothin' to say - another "Nirvana-band", especially the vox), High Speed Chase (Do U Dare?), Staygold
(Three Wishes), and Fear of Falling (King of America - recorded live, no over-dubs.). Space-rockers Tadpoles
(Race you to the Mustard Patch) seems to be the "veterans" of this compilation, with 3 albums on their neck (on their own Bakery
Records label). the therefores (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah) plays melodic guitar-rock, while Easter Parade (Carnival)
are quicker in their power-pop-rush. Urban Woods are calmer with their regular melodic rock, and finally there's Scott E. Moore
(Oh, Nicole), who's acoustic and...passionate. The only bands that sound a bit different on S.A.S.T.L. are The Erics
(Gold Dress is, well, Throwing Muses-like), starring Eric and Erika, plus a bass-player called Jeremy (yes, there's been talk of
changing his name), and Sinde Kise (Blue Streak), a quartet sounding like...Magnapop(?). They once played in Brooklyn, and
haven't been back to Brooklyn since. Hey, at least you came back alive!
It seems like plain, straight rock is the thing to do in Hoboken these days. There aren't much innovative music or experimental rock on
this disc. But it's a honest record, presenting a lot of wannabe-rock-stars who can play, and surely enjoys exactly that. Still there are
drums along the Hudson. And Maxwells has re-opened. Maybe the Feelies will reunite again as well!?
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artist mirak jamal's experience as a displaced refugee from iran has influenced his work strongly. now living in canada, mirak continues to show in the united states, despite the fact that he and his family were asked to leave on very brief notice 5 yrs ago by the u.s. government. however not deterred, he continues to make art that tells a story of a life that often times feels displaced but by no means lost. i recently interviewed mirak by email...
your work is heavily influenced by your family's deportation from the u.s. can you talk a little bit about what happened to you and your family?
up to this point, several un-ordinary incidents in my lifetime have strongly shaped me as a person, and with it my recent body of work. the most recent event was our forced relocation five years ago. we moved to america from germany in 1994...on july 4th to be exact. after a while we gained work permits, social security, and a "permanent resident" status. our ordinary lives were interrupted in mid-december 2002, when each member of the family received a very brief letter describing in a sugar-coated and diplomatic manner that we had 30 days to leave the country, and that this was the final decision and that an appeal won't be granted. why we received this letter was not explained, since this decision was not a follow-up to any court hearing or trial.
the unexplained mystery of this letter from virginia, and its harsh statement lead me to believe that this was nothing but an ignorant display of the bush administration and its patriot act in a post-911 america to rid itself of mythical "threats". this was a very unstable time for us, not only because of our friends and possessions that were left behind, but especially since we had nowhere to go. leaving a place in a short time is one thing, figuring out where to turn to when there were no options...that was worrying.
before your most recent show "portrait of a refugee" you came to find out that you and your family had been banned and could not visit the the states for ten yrs. how did you come to find this out?
i tried to organize an appointment at the u.s. consulate for a visit, but they informed me of a warrant and a 10 year bar from entering. their reason being that we failed to report our departure from america. i thought it was obvious that we had left after receiving the letter, and all the national buzz about the incident.
is there a way to appeal this?
i got my first actual appointment coming up very soon...we'll see! i try to stay optimistic.
how does your family feel about your work?
we discuss art quite a bit, it's probably the center of our conversations. they support me for everything art related, and feedback is important. my parents are both fine artists, and are both accomplished painters i respect, and i couldn't be more thankful of growing up in a creative environment. i'd like to do another show with them. even though the styles can be drastically different, i think that it's a nice concept.
your watercolors are really very beautifully done, often words are used in your work. are you a fan of type/fonts?
i love fonts. i've been digging up old drawings with my mom very recently. i was quick to notice my interest in fonts as early as the age of 4. i remember in germany i used to have drawing books filled with logos that i would copy from sports teams, skateboard graphics, and various bands. so everything school related had "Public Enemy", "Powell Peralta", or "Miami Dolphins" drawn on it...kinda funny. but this early interest would gradually develop into my youth dominated by the graffiti subculture. i also credit graff as what kept my interest in art steady through out all these years. i think my sense of bold colors is also heavily derived from painting graffiti pieces.
you've said that most artists use their art as a way to escape struggles as opposed to confronting them. how do you see yourself confronting your struggles through your art?
through my own personal life that has become political itself, i'd like to present universal struggles through an artistic, personal, and a human perspective. my point is not simply to create depressing work, but to reflect on that kind of subject matter through a hopeful depiction. hope is very important, and without it we won't progress. maybe i'm bias, but i consider my art to be visually calm, considering the concepts. it's just my way to paint something nice to look at, while saying "if you're searching for something meaningful, hey the concept is all there". i don't wanna shove messages down people's throats.
often artists exorcise demons through their work and then move on...do you feel like you are constantly processing the same struggles? do you see a light at the end of the tunnel? or do you think your history will always play a major role in your work?
what i've visualized so far seems to be a drop in the bucket. maybe i'll speak about the same themes in a different way in the distant future, i don't really know. but i'd like to elaborate further on parallels between my history, culture, and society at present. it also helps me define my identity as a repeated immigrant.
did you go to school for art? if so, where?
i attended the ontario college of art and design. but i have mixed feelings about art school. it works for some people though.
you have another 5 yrs before you can come back to the states, when you are able, will you? where do you think you will go first and why?
first of all austin, texas! i lived important years there, and have many friends there. i miss them. but I'd like to visit new york city, it will probably do me good. i've never been.
what's the art scene like in toronto? what are some of your favorite galleries and haunts there?
i have artist friends of various backgrounds here, but i wouldn't consider it a scene. i should probably venture out more often to these gallery wine gatherings. my damn painting habit just gets in the way. there are some good galleries on queen w. like MOCA, edward day etc.
who are some of your favorite artists? who are you watching right now?
hmmm, way too many to pick a particular list really. my influences vary...as i like anything from graphic design, illustrative work, contemporary stuff, abstract things, to architecture, and graffiti. it's hard, but i try to create a hybrid between all these influences, to keep me artistically satisfied.
what is in store for 2008? any shows coming up?
the year just kicked off and I'm already pretty damn excited. so far i have one solo show coming up in new york in august...and everything else will fall into place from there i'm sure. we'll see!!"
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Posts Tagged ‘life sciences’
It shouldn’t be surprising that Entagen, which makes the semantically-enabled Big Data analytics and collaboration engine TripleMap, has had its sights set on the life sciences space. CEO Christopher Bouton has his Ph.D in molecular neurobiology and has worked at a number of bio tech firms, as well as been the head of integrative data mining at Pfizer – a company that’s using TripleMap for visualized knowledge maps of associations between domain-specific entities (see our story here).
“We see some really compelling and exciting applications of this type of technology in the life sciences space,” says Bouton. But TripleMap can be applied to any scenario where Big Data dots must be connected so that users can collaborate around the understanding of the associations between entities – health care, legal, retail and finance all come to mind.
Big Data Startup Ayasdi Launches; Machine Learning Platform Combines Computer Science And Topological Data Analysis
This week a new Big Data startup company launched, Ayasdi, co-founded by Stanford mathematics professor Gunner Carlsson and based on his DARPA-funded research in the area of applied topology, with $10+million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures and Floodgate.
The technology, dubbed the Insight Discovery platform, is explained to be the “first machine learning platform that combines computer science and a branch of mathematics known as Topological Data Analysis (TDA) that visualizes the entire dataset.” Hundreds of machine learning algorithms, it says, go to work exploring datasets to in minutes automatically discover insights that can’t be determined through query-based or ad hoc approaches.
Semantic Tech: It’s Moving Mainstream, Playing To The Data-Is-An-Asset Crowd, And Living Life Out Loud
At the recent SemTech conference in NYC, The Semantic Web Blog had an opportunity to ask some leaders in the field about where semantic technology has been, and where it’s going.
David Wood, CTO, 3RoundStones:
The short take: Hiring has been on in a big way at semantic tech players as enterprises are moving in greater numbers to buy semantic software, recognizing their traditional vendors won’t solve their interoperability issues. Sem tech vendors should have a happy 2013 as semantics continues going mainstream.
The full take:
A new paper has been published entitled “Systems Chemical Biology and the Semantic Web: What They Mean for the Future of Drug Discovery Research.” The paper was written by David Wild, Ying Ding, Amit Sheth, Lee Harland, Eric Gifford, and Michael Lajiness. It can be downloaded for a fee of $27.95. According to the abstract, “Systems chemical biology, the integration of chemistry, biology and computation to generate understanding about the way small molecules affect biological systems as a whole, as well as related fields such as chemogenomics, are central to emerging new paradigms of drug discovery such as drug repurposing and personalized medicine.” Read more
Bioinformatics software provider IO Informatics recently released its free Knowledge Explorer Personal Edition. Version 3.6 of the Personal Edition can handle most of what Knowledge Explorer Professional 3.6, launched in October, can, but it does all its work in memory without direct connectivity to a back-end database.
“In particular, a lot of the strengths of Knowledge Explorer have to do with modeling data as RDF and then testing queries, visualizing and browsing the data to see that you have the ontologies and data mappings you need for your integration and application requirements.” says Robert Stanley, IO Informatics president and CEO. The Personal version is aimed at academic experts focused on data integration and semantic data modeling, as well as personal power users in life sciences and other data-intensive industries, or anyone who wants to learn the tool in anticipation of leveraging their enterprise data sets for collaboration and integration projects.
A few months ago FeirceBiotechIT named five biotech IT firms to watch, and they haven’t been disappointed with what they’ve seen: “This report gives FierceBiotechIT a chance to feature 5 software groups that are addressing a range of different needs for biotechs and other life sciences firms. Here you’ll find a Silicon Valley upstart taking on big competitors with new technology for integrating data from disparate sources and providing developers with insights about their clinical trials. There’s a Boston-area company using advanced analytics to spot biomarkers and other tantalizing details about health with the aid of supercomputing technology. And another group based in the U.K. has been quietly growing with R&D software originally licensed from Merck.” Learn more about the five companies here. Read more
This video lecture discusses the development of OpenTox, an open source predictive toxicology framework. The description states, “A new paradigm of 21st century human-oriented safety testing approaches is now emerging based on a combination of in silico and in vitro approaches. The new predictive test systems developed from this growing ‘grand challenge’ effort will need to combine evidences from a great variety of data, protocols, and concepts. The combination of these sources of knowledge within an ontology-based mechanistic knowledge-oriented framework to produce reliable test systems demands the development of a semantic web for toxicology.” Read more
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I've been reading a lot about longevity and I came up with this Wikipedia article where it states that it might be possible for lobsters to live indefinitely.
Recent research suggests that lobsters may not slow down, weaken, or lose fertility with age. In fact, older lobsters are more fertile than younger lobsters. This longevity may be due to telomerase, an enzyme that repairs DNA sequences of the form "TTAGGG". This sequence is often referred to as the telomeres of the DNA. It has been argued that lobsters may exhibit negligible senescence and some scientists have claimed that they could effectively live indefinitely, barring injury, disease, capture, etc. Their longevity allows them to reach impressive sizes. According to the Guinness World Records, the largest lobster was caught in Nova Scotia, Canada, and weighed 20.15 kilograms (44.4 lb).
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You know, it was kind of fun cracking wise about all of those boy bands. The music was disposable (and made to be so), the hair was perfect, and so were the dance moves. They all used the same production software. They all made the young girls scream. They sold a metric buttload of records. I wasn’t particularly annoyed with any of it, mostly because it was nothing new. But people did act like this was some sort of new phenomenon. Seriously, manufactured pop music has been around a long time. The Backstreet Boys and N’Sync? They were just an extension of that tradition.
I haven’t payed a whole lot of attention to Justin Timberlake, the solo artist. At least, that is, until a few nights ago. Oh sure, I’ve heard “Sexi Back” but that’s about it. Last week Timberlake took up residence on Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night, premiering tunes from his new album. I’ve gotta say, the dude pretty much killed it. I’d been a fan of his acting for a while now — he’s a natural in sketch comedy (and if you haven’t seen the SNL digital short “Dick On A Box,” you owe it to yourself to check it out). Still, I never really knew Timberlake had the goods to bring it live. This large ensemble version of the The 20/20 Experience track “Let The Groove Get In” just burns it all down.
But…what would the record sound like? Actually, kind of amazing. Somehow all of the map stylistically, but kept from flying apart with enormous amounts of groove glue. On my second pass through the album, I found myself thinking “Uh…you’re listening (and enjoying!) a Justin Timberlake record. What the heck?!” A little while later, I checked out Facebook and a good friend — who is a fan of everything from Marvin Gaye to Peter Brotzmann — proclaimed the following:
Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience
Joins the ranks of:
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Michael Jackson – Bad
D’Angelo – Voodoo
Eryka Badu – Mama’s Gun
This, coming from a huge Michael Jackson fan. A guy who believes that Voodoo is one of the best R&B albums ever recorded.
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All the hot-tubbing in the world couldn't prepare you for these guys. Watch out!
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Students Commit to Service Work
November 02, 2012
Students like Briana Burke '13, Lauren O'Halloran '13 and Lauren Bombardier '13 take Stonehill's mission to heart. Looking to embed an element of service into their everyday lives, the three students decided to apply for special interest housing through the College's Office of Residence Life. Based in Essex House, the new Students of Service house is home to ten female students this year.
The group plans to complete 30 hours of community service each semester and schedules two volunteer events each month, one solely for house members and the other for the entire Stonehill community to take part in. Director of Community Based Learning Corey Dolgon serves as the group's faculty advisor.
In September, the group volunteered at the College's Farm and in October, they assisted the Children's Museum in Easton with its Halloween Romp. For their community-wide event, the Students of Service House collected donations for Big Brothers Big Sisters in September and in October they collected Halloween costumes for local homeless shelters. Over Columbus Day Weekend, members of the house traveled to rural Orland, Maine to work with a community called H.O.M.E. (Homeworkers Organized for More Employment). The organization provides shelter, food, child care and job and craft training to those who are in need. Accompanying them was their staff leader Janine DiLorenzo '11, an AmeriCorps VISTA.
"Aligning our work with the mission of the College to create a more just and compassionate world, we spent the weekend reflecting, doing service, engaging ourselves with the community, and learning more about the social injustices in our area," said Bombardier.
Among the many tasks the group completed included cooking for the soup kitchen, organizing and cleaning a thrift store affectionately named the "Bargain Barn," working in the child care center, and harvesting wood for wood stoves to prepare for the winter months. Each of the house members preformed over 20 hours of volunteer work, resulting in over 200 hours of service.
The special interest housing program was created to support lifestyles and educational programs that uplift residence hall living for individual student groups. Special interest housing groups enhance the connection between academic and student life at the College. As part of the spring housing selection process, groups of students may initiate projects around a common interest and request to live together for the year. In such a setting, students learn from each other and share their knowledge with the greater Stonehill community.
Much like the Students of Service house, a group of male students came together to create the Men for Others special interest house last year. The eight male students spent their final year at the College immersed in the mission of My Brother's Keeper and Stonehill by giving back. To read a reflection by one of the members of the Men for Others house, visit here.
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Traffic information for the UK BAA airports (April 2010)
This graph shows information related to the UK BAA airports for April 2010. (Click here to see last month’s graph.)
On a UK map, the six BAA airports (London Heathrow, London Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen) are indicated. For each, you can see its number of passengers in April 2010, and a comparison (down in all cases due to the Volcanic Ash Disruption) to April 2009 figure.
There is also a pie graph showing the ’share’ each airport has to the total number of passengers served in all UK BAA airports for the same period.
I have been designing maps, diagrams, information cards, plans and other graphics-related material for BAA the last 2 years, so this graph comes out of personal interest and curiosity.
It is also inspired and uses as its source the latest (April 2010) traffic figures BAA has published.
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My latest Burn Notice book -- The Bad Beat -- came out today and since it's also my last Burn Notice book, after five of 'em, it feels like a good time to put a bow on the experience by talking about it a bit. First, since I've done it for all the previous books, a little behind the scenes info about the new book:
1. I completed the book on October 7th of last year and though it's the longest of the five books by about ten thousand words, it's exactly the same number of pages as the previous books...276 pages. Which either means I used very small words in the previous books or the people at Penguin are really good with margins and white space. Anything you happen to see in the current season of the show was written after I finished the book, as usual. So that means, as usual, for the fucktards who persist in writing to tell me I'm not keeping canon, uhm, and I mean this with all due sincerity, please, eat a bowl of dicks.
2. As usual, I like to use people I know in the book. The client in the book is named Brent Grayson, which is the combined names of my two nephews. There's a character named Marci, named for a woman who won a contest on the USA Forum. She wanted to be bad ass and I feel I've done her justice. One of the villains in the book is named Mark McGregor, after a childhood friend who asked to be in the book and what better way than to make him an evil genius? One of Michael's aliases is Kurt Riebe, which is the name of a former student of mine's boyfriend. Again, he asked, so he got in. Rest assured if someone has a name in the book, they're named for someone. It turns out a lot of people want to see their name in a spy novel. Who knew?
3. The book touches on one of my current obsessions: do we need notaries? I mean, really, aren't they all just fronts for illegal actitivites? There are three businesses I do not quite understand still existing in the 21st century: notaries, piano stores and waterbed repair shops.
4. I decided, since this was going to be my last book, that it would be fun to use Sugar, who appeared in the first episode of the show. It's one of the coolest things about the show, in my opinion, in that Matt Nix and the writing staff have always recognized when they have really good secondary characters who can be reused. I've used Barry in every book because he's fun to write, but I always like it when the show reuses villains as clients or as sources. I like the idea of shifting allegiances, which seems particularly fun when dealing with criminals. And as luck would have it, Sugar appeared in last week's episode, too, so it's good I didn't kill him off or make him into a post-op trannie or something.
5. The first line of the book begins "When you're a spy..." and then you'll have to figure the rest out for yourself.
Since I finished the novel 9 months ago, I've had some time to think about what it was like to spend three years with Michael Westen rattling around in my head. I learned a few things, like I now know how to blow up a lot of shit using common household items. I know so many capers and scams and ways to illegally make money that I'm actually a pretty good person to know if you want to start a criminal enterprise. I know how to, uhm, Burn Notice anything, which is a pretty decent bar trick. So those are good things to know just generally, as a human. As a writer -- which I recognize makes me at least partly human -- writing Michael Westen taught me how to write series fiction and, beyond that, how to pace commercial crime fiction. See, previously, the crime fiction I wrote was decidedly not series and decidedly not commercial, really. (And I would argue that I never really set out to write crime, specifically, even if Living Dead Girl and Fake Liar Cheat and a bunch of my short stories are, you know, stories about crimes.) At any rate, writing the books required a completely different skill set -- the deadlines alone required that they be almost completely plot and voice driven, which is somewhat different than my other work which tends to be character and setting driven. Writing Burn Notice has changed the way I approach crime fiction, which is good since the novel I'm writing now -- more on that in a moment -- is a pretty straight crime novel.
A bit about the deadlines -- I typically had three or four months to write the books, which was truly grueling and, at times, more than a little dispiriting, because I knew if I spent more time on the books that they'd be better. I wrote the first two books right after each other, the first in 60something days, followed by a month off and then I wrote the second book in 90 days. And, I regret to say, the second book sucks. I had a terrible cold for pretty much the entire writing of the book, which is why, uhm, it doesn't make any sense. Again, sorry about that. I had much longer breaks between books after that point -- and by that I mean three months or so -- which made them better, I hope. But because the deadlines were so close, I also had to learn to not be an obsessive rewriter, which meant I had to keep a pretty tight plot, which meant I did more outlining than usual...and by that I mean I outlined anything at all, which I typically don't do. I also ended up trusting myself more. Usually when I'm working on something new, I show drafts to my wife or to my agent or trusted friends to get some feedback, but I just didn't have the time to do that with these books and the result is that I ended up needing to be honest with myself. Not an easy thing for any writer.
When I first wrote about this endeavor in the LA Times, I said that I'd come to the conclusion that "I had to start thinking of myself like a musician covering a hit song -- in order to make it my own, I had to tweak it a little, give something of myself in the process and make it fresh and new to the fans who already love the original by adding additional elements they might not be expecting. Think "Walk This Way" by Run-DMC versus Aerosmith's original. Same song, different experience." By the time I finished this final book, my feelings were unchanged. It's hard to write about a character that belongs not just to the creator of the show, Matt Nix, but also to the show's writing staff and, most importantly, to the millions of people who have an experience with that character on TV each week. So I tried to do what I could to carve out my little piece, which I was grateful Matt let me do, by adding my own flourishes here and there.
One of my other goals with the books was purely personal: I wanted to increase my profile as a crime writer, because I knew what I wanted my next novel to be and I thought having a few hundred thousand new fans wouldn't hurt that project. My plan all along was to write a novel based on the main character in my short story "Mitzvah" (which first appeared in Las Vegas Noir and then later in my collection Other Resort Cities), a hitman hiding out in Las Vegas as a rabbi. Then a funny thing happened along the way to that plan: the producers of Justified optioned the story and then sold it to FX for a potential series. Now who knows if the show will ever happen -- in my career I've sold a lot of things to Hollywood, some big deals, some small deals, some medium deals and I've learned not to get too excited until such time as I see my name on a movie or TV screen -- but what it made clear to me was that if I was going to write that novel, well, I'd be wise to get on it. So since I finished writing my last Burn Notice book, that's exactly what I have done. I hope to be done in October and then, well, we'll see what happens.
Nothing is assured for any writer, of course, so leaving the security of writing the Burn Notice books -- I was offered the chance to continue the series -- was a calculated risk. But the fact is, also, I was ready to move on to other things. I've written 11 books in the last 11 years, plus another book I couldn't sell because it wasn't very good, plus countless short stories, plus essays and book reviews and, and, and, and...which is to say I've always gone on to something new and its worked out well. The other truth is that every character I've ever written still visits my mind periodically -- you spend enough time pretending to be someone else, it's the least you can expect -- and as I've written my new novel I've had to tell Michael Westen to pipe down a few times and that, well, is actually pretty damn cool. | <urn:uuid:91a2f67a-42f0-4c92-b016-369954d0ec3e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://todgoldberg.typepad.com/tod_goldberg/2011/07/when-you-write-about-a-spy-lessons-learned-from-having-michael-westen-in-my-head-for-3-years.html | 2013-05-19T10:43:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986436 | 1,914 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Vine of the Souls
A Closer Look at Amazonia's Visionary Medicine
by Charlie Kidder
"Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that a plant has no mind. I tell them that a plant is alive and conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. I feel a great sorrow when trees are burned, when the forest is destroyed. I feel sorrow because I know that human beings are doing something very wrong. When one takes ayahuasca one can sometimes hear how the trees cry when they are going to be cut down. They know beforehand, and they cry."
- Pablo César Amaringo
retired Peruvian ayahuasquero
Deep in the heart of the Amazonian rainforest grows a sacred vine known for its magical powers. This vine is known by many names, but the most well known of them all may be ayahuasca (aye-yah-wah-skah). In the Quechua language, aya means spirit or ancestor, and huasca means vine or rope. It is reputed that those who consume this vine of the souls are bestowed with the ability to commune with spirits, diagnose illness, treat disease, and even predict the future. While the existence of this vine is certainly no big secret, it is only recently that western science has decided to study the magical properties of this sacred medicine.
Archaeological evidence may date ayahuasca use in Ecuador back five millennia. However, western knowledge of ayahuasca dates back only as far as 1851 when a group of Tukanoan Indians invited British botanist and explorer Richard Spruce to participate in a ceremony which included a visionary drink they called caapi. Spruce only drank a small amount of the "nauseous beverage," but he couldn't help noticing the profound effect it had on his new friends. The Tukanoans showed Spruce the plant from which the caapi was made, and he was able to collect good specimens of the plant in full flower. Spruce named the plant Banisteria caapi, and further research led him to conclude that caapi, yage, and ayahuasca were all Indian names for the same potion made using this one vine.
Since these early findings, indigenous use of various ayahuasca potions has been reported throughout the Amazon as far east as the R’o Negro in Brazil and as far west as the Pacific coastal areas of Colombia and Ecuador. It is also found as far north as the Panama coast, and southward into areas of Amazonian Perœ and Bolivia. At least 72 indigenous groups have been found to use similar preparations known by a total of over forty different names.
Preparation Ayahuasca potions are normally prepared by soaking or steeping lianas of Banisteriopsis caapi or related species for various lengths of time. The specific method varies from group to group, but the simplest method is a cold water infusion where pieces of the stem are first pounded and allowed to stand in cold water, after which the plant material is strained off and the remaining potion drunk. Some groups will immerse the pounded stems in hot water, cooking the plant material anywhere from an hour to all day long. The longest of these preparation methods involves repeated boiling and filtering of the plant matter and extract until only a thick concentrate remains. This process normally comprises a whole day's work, taking up to fifteen hours to prepare a single batch.
Banisteriopsis caapi is often the only plant used to make ayahuasca. However, it is not an uncommon practice to add one or more admixture plants to the brew during its preparation. Admixture plants help to flavor the experience of each specific batch of ayahuasca, and often contain stimulants or visionary compounds, like caffeine, nicotine, or DMT. In ayahuasca potions made using DMT-containing additives, it is most likely that DMT is the key visionary ingredient, responsible for most if not all of the potion's powerful entheogenic effects.
Pharmacology of Ayahuasca DMT was first synthesized in 1931, fifteen years before it was discovered to be a naturally occuring compound. DMT is found in many psychoactive Amazonian snuffs prepared from the resin of numerous species of Virola trees, and was first naturally extracted from a shamanic snuff made from the crushed seeds and pods of Anadenanthera peregrina in 1955. In 1956, Stephen I. Szara and colleagues became the first to experience the effects of the hydrochloride salt of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine via intramuscular injection at doses ranging from 0.7 to 1.1 mg per kg body weight. He found the drug to produce what he described as a "psychotic effect partially similar to that caused by mescaline or LSD-25." Szara found that after injecting 50 to 60 mg of DMT, entheogenic effects commenced within two to three minutes, lasting about 45 minutes to an hour. He described the effects thus: "Eidetic phenomena, optical illusions, pseudo-hallucinations and later real hallucinations, appeared. The hallucinations consisted of moving, brilliantly colored oriental motifs, and later I saw wonderful scenes altering very rapidly. The faces of the people seemed to be masks. My emotional state was elevated sometimes up to euphoria..."
By 1977, it was established that smoking DMT free base produces a more potent and rapid effect than does injection. Thirty mg of DMT smoked was found to produce almost instant peak effects, lasting a total of only five to ten minutes. However, DMT has been tested in doses of up to an entire gram ingested orally without producing any effects whatsoever. So the question remained: Since DMT appears to be completely inactive orally, how can the average 29 mg found in an orally ingested dose of ayahuasca produce a visionary effect?
The answer to this question lies in the enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO). This enzyme normally functions in our digestive systems to break down any monoamines present within the foods we eat so that they do not upset the balances of monoamine neurotransmitter metabolism going on in our brains. DMT, being a monoamine, is completely oxidized and decomposed by MAO in the gut when it is ingested orally. However, the §-carboline alkaloids from the Banisteriopsis liana are know to inhibit MAO to the point where the accompanying DMT from the admixture plant can survive in the digestive tract and make its way to the brain.
The structure of DMT (as well as those of other entheogenic compounds) is remarkably close to that of the important modulatory neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT). Such neurotransmitter shuffling is thought to bring about the disinhibition of normally controlled and regulated processes within the brain. The binding of serotonin-like molecules to the 5-HT receptors affects serotonergic neurons which can stimulate a wide range of things - from repressed emotions and memories to the brain's image-processing system. This unique combination of neural stimuli results in a wondrous explosion of transcendent emotion and internal kaleidoscopic imagery.
Shamanic Use of Ayahuasca The mestizo shamans of the Peruvian Amazon generally refer to themselves as vegetalistas. These plant-doctors help the people of rural areas and the urban poor who often have no other available help in critical situations requiring medical attention. Most vegetalistas tend to specialize, using just one or few plant teachers in their practices. Thus there are tabaqueros who use tobacco; toeros who use various Brugmansia species; catahueros who use the resin of catahua (Hura crepitans); paleros who use the bark of various large trees; perfumeros who use the scents of various fragrant plants; and ayahuasqueros who use ayahuasca.
The shamanic use of ayahuasca is usually within the context of healing. The shaman or ayahuasquero takes ayahuasca to better diagnose the nature of the patient's illness. Vegetalistas claim they receive their healing skills from certain plant teachers, who are believed to have a madre or spirit-mother. The role of the shaman is to mediate the transmission of medicinal knowledge from the plant teacher to the human world for use in curing.
The plant teachers are believed to teach the neophyte shaman a number of power songs or supernatural melodies called icaros, either during an ayahuasca session or in dreams following the ingestion of other plant teachers. The plant teachers give the magical songs to the vegetalista so that he or she may sing or whistle them during healing sessions. Some shamans place so much emphasis on the healing power of the icaros that once he or she has learned a good number of them, the ayahuasca is no longer necessary for healing.
Artist and Peruvian vegetalista Pablo Amaringo has painted a series of his past ayahuasca visions, depicting them in great detail. In order to do this, Amaringo will attempt to recall one of his visions, sometimes by singing the icaro he sang at the time of the vision. This brings back the image so vividly that Amaringo is able to project it onto a canvas and then simply trace it adding colors later. Images from ayahuasca visions are a predominate feature of Amazonian art. It has been suggested that this visual art along with the melodies of the icaros combine with the synaesthetic effects of the potion to produce an "aesthetic frame of mind" central to the healing process. The design the shaman paints onto his or her body is believed to represent a healthy energy pattern, and is often revealed by the ayahuasca.
When a person becomes sick, their energy pattern becomes distorted. Under the influence of ayahuasca, the shaman can see the distortion in the patient's energy pattern and attempt to restore a healthy pattern using suction, massage, medicinal plants, hydrotherapy, and restoration of the patient's soul. The similarities between these shamanic methods and techniques used in traditional Chinese chi-gong, or "energy directed" medicine, should be noted. Interestingly, a shaman usually chooses medicinal plants based on visible characteristics, like shape or color. For example, a plant which produces flowers shaped like an ear may be used to treat ear diseases. Part of the novice shaman's training involves scrutinizing nature to learn about the properties or "hidden virtues" within the surrounding plants and animals.
Modern Interest in Ayahuasca From the first written mention of ayahuasca by a Jesuit priest near the end of the 17th century to current research dealing with ayahuasca, our knowledge of this ancient Amazonian ethnomedicine has grown considerably. In just the last few decades, a fair number of publications have been written on the topic; anthropologists have begun studying how ayahuasca is used to heal; and research groups have started studying the potion's long-term physiological and psychological effects. Another interesting modern phenomenon is the growing number of Christian churches throughout South America who have opted for ayahuasca as their sacrament during communion instead of the usual symbolic bread and wine sacraments. These churches claim that the potion helps to promote intense concentration and direct contact with the spiritual plane.
The first of these ayahuasca churches were initially formed in the 1920s in Brazil, and today two groups, the Uni‹o de Vegetal (UDV or 'Herbal Union') and the Santo Daime [see related article], continue to flourish. These neo-Christian churches now mainly exist in urban areas, and represent the modern movement of ritual ayahuasca use from the primal rainforest into the big city.
In these churches mass is held once a week. The church members cultivate the plants needed to make the potion, and oversee its preparation and storage. On special occasions, ayahuasca is dispensed in small cups at communion. The dose is only a couple of ounces, but the ayahuasca they produce has been reported to be very strong. As the celebration usually lasts all night long, it is not unusual for members of the church to take several doses during the course of the evening.
In 1985, the Brazilian government added the ayahuasca liana to its list of controlled substances. The UDV soon petitioned the ban and the Brazilian government appointed a commission to investigate the issue. The commission found no evidence of social disruption associated with the sacramental use of ayahuasca (which the commission members tried themselves) and ayahuasca was removed from the Brazilian controlled substances list in August of 1987. More problems arose in 1988 when an anonymous source alleged that the churches consisted of fanatics, drug addicts, and ex-guerrillas given to smoking Cannabis and taking LSD during their rites. Yet another study of the issue was ordered by the government, this time to investigate the physiological aspects of ayahuasca's pharmacology. The conclusions of this study prompted the Brazilian government in June of 1992 to exempt Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis - as well as the ayahuasca potion - from its illicit substances list. This legal decision has opened the doors to the further expansion of these churches, which have since held ceremonies in several cities all over the world. An international scientific research team, the Hoasca Project, has recently begun studying the long term effects, both psychological and physiological, of chronic ayahuasca use by these church members.
Ayahuasca and the Future It is hard to say what the future may hold for ayahuasca. It could prove to be a useful tool in helping science better understand the biochemistry of consciousness and the genetics of pathological brain function. Pharmaceutical MAO-inhibitors are widely used in western medicine as anti-depressants, and further research into the psychotherapeutic benefits gained from the tryptamines remains to be done.
As far as religion is concerned, the potential for expansion of ayahuasca-using churches seems unlimited. Incorporation of a powerful psychoactive sacrament into religious ceremonies could have far-reaching effects on modern spiritual practices and beliefs. However, it remains to be seen whether entheogen users here in the U.S. would be attracted to the idea of psychedelic Christianity.
All in all, ayahuasca represents a unique plant-based medicine. The fact that its traditional use by Amazonian Indians has survived the continual influence of Western acculturation is testimony to the central and important role it has in their world-view. In fact, in many Amazonian tribes the first thing the parents will give a newborn baby is a drop of ayahuasca - right in the mouth. To them it is the supreme medicine, and a true gift from the gods.
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Happy New Year to you all and here we go again into 2013.
After my pitiful performance for most of last year I kicked myself into action and worked more on my writing and submissions in the last couple of months. Here's my review of what I've done so far.
November 2012. I entered three poetry competitions and one short story competition. I was runner up in the short story competition, had no luck with two of the poems so far but not expecting to hear until the end of this month, and the third poem, well, just wait and hear about that one in my next post Should You Ever Argue with Editors?. In any case, one out of three ain’t bad.
December 2012 I entered three more short story competitions, which I am still waiting to hear about.
I also found an excellent opportunity for a short radio play I wrote as part of the Open University Advanced Creative Writing course (A363). The play, Turners Never Turn, is the one loosely based on my runner up story The Pit, and while my tutor loved it, sadly there seemed to be zero market for fifteen minute plays.
So I was very excited to find this opportunity via the BBC Writers Room site with Slung Low, an award winning theatre company, in their Fifteen Minutes Live Project.
In their own words:
“Original new short plays for radio that are performed live in front of an audience with on-stage sound effects and live music … Each will be produced and performed in a different venue and location with original scores for each event played live by the band. A permanent legacy will be created online of new audio work and a body of new stories that look to speak to an audience both digitally and live.”
Each session has a theme and while my play did not fit the current submission requirements, I contacted them and they were happy to look at my play on-spec. As well as accepting themed submissions they also commission work, so fingers crossed on that (not heard a dicky bird yet, mind).
This is a fantastic opportunity for A363 students who may be sitting on something we felt could never be used. Find out more at http://dramaanddance.britishcouncil.org/artists-and-companies/profiles/slung-low/
2013. So far this year? One entry to the Flash 500 Humour poetry competition, and two brand new pieces of flash fiction written for the Darker Times website monthly competition. I’m hoping lightning can strike twice… | <urn:uuid:9cc1a2bc-a6e2-4a7f-96d5-bc9f419de390> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://writetillyourfingersbleed.blogspot.com/ | 2013-05-19T11:08:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965318 | 525 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tumblr rapper Kitty Pryde actually made the internet explode this week with her nerd-culture track “Okay Cupid.” The suburban teen’s sleepy sounding song is all about drunk dials, planning dream weddings, getting messed up and everything else teen girls think about.
She’s already been hailed as the self-aware, suburban high school version of Kreayshawn, to which Pryde responded: “I don’t think I’m following in her footsteps or anything, but the same kind of thing is happening, like ‘Oh she’s cute, this makes me laugh. It’s not good, but it’s funny.’ You send the link to your friends, and then it’s a big joke. Which is good, that’s what I wanted. But I want people to laugh with me, not laugh at me.”
Pryde raps about some of the youthful crap teens are into, like doodling your crush’s name in a binder and sexting, but she does it with self-awareness that is beyond her age and also with a sense of humour. She’s getting a mixed reaction on YouTube but received positive reviews from The New York Times and Vice.
What do you think of it?
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LONDON.- The British Museum
s major Autumn exhibition, supported by BP, will present and explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death. Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead will showcase the rich textual and visual material from the British Museums unparalleled collection of Book of the Dead papyri. The Book, used for over 1500 years between c. 1600 BC and 100 AD, is not a single text, but a compilation of spells thought to equip the dead with knowledge and power which would guide them safely through the dangers of the hereafter and ultimately ensure eternal life.
The British Museum has one of the most comprehensive collections of Book of the Dead manuscripts on papyrus in the world, and this exhibition will be the first opportunity to see so many examples displayed together. The exhibition will include the longest Book of the Dead in the world, the Greenfield Papyrus, which measures 37 metres in length and has never been shown publicly in its entirety before. Also on display will be the famous paintings from the papyri of Ani and Hunefer, together with selected masterpieces on loan from major international collections. These treasures will be exhibited alongside a dazzling array of painted coffins, gilded masks, amulets, jewellery, tomb figurines and mummy trappings. State-of-the-art visualisation technology will provide new ways of accessing and understanding this key source in the history of world religions.
The Book of the Dead opens a window onto the complex belief systems of the ancient Egyptians where death and afterlife were a central focus. Though the name may be familiar today, the wealth of magical images and texts is actually much richer than is generally known. Beautifully coloured illustrations graphically show the fields and rivers of the Netherworld, the gods and demons whom the deceased would meet, and the critical weighing of the heart ritual the judgement which would determine whether the soul was admitted into the afterlife or condemned to destruction at the hands of the monstrous Devourer. Although the earliest texts appeared on the mummy shrouds of royal families and high officials, papyrus became the texts main medium and remained so for more than 1,000 years. | <urn:uuid:5c91d2d7-6bca-4975-9877-9c8bbe75d53e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.artdaily.com/section/lastweek/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=38743&int_modo=2 | 2013-05-19T11:25:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936957 | 434 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) and Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS:VARI) today announced that they have been granted conditional antitrust clearance from the European Commission for Agilent's proposed acquisition of Varian.
As part of the European Commission's clearance decision, Agilent and Varian have committed to sell:
- Varian's laboratory gas chromatography (GC) business;
- Varian's triple quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS triple quad) business;
- Varian's inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) business; and,
- Agilent's micro gas chromatography (micro GC) business.
Agilent and Varian have initiated a process for selling these businesses, and have already engaged with a number of interested purchasers. The aggregate fiscal 2009 revenues of these four businesses were under $100 million.
"The European Commission's decision is a key milestone toward completing the transaction that will bring our two firms together," said Agilent President and CEO Bill Sullivan. "We are pleased to have received conditional clearance from the Commission. We are committed to ensuring that each of these four businesses is successfully divested as a viable, competitive business and that all customers remain fully supported during and beyond the divestiture process.
"While we would like to have retained all of the businesses of both companies, these divestitures are not material. We remain very excited about bringing these two companies together to better serve worldwide bio-analytical customers with a broader portfolio of products and services."
Clearance by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is still pending, although Agilent and Varian do not expect the FTC to seek additional remedies in markets beyond those committed to for the European Commission.
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Nicolaas Alan Myrtle (inset) faces felony DUI charges after a car accident that paralyzed one daughter and critically injured the other. (Inset: Redding Record-Searchlight)
Warning: This story is heartbreaking.
A 28-year-old father who drove after he smoked medical marijuana and took other drugs faces felony DUI charges for a car accident that critically injured his two young daughters. One of them suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury.
• A father smoked medicinal marijuana and then crashed his car with his two young daughters inside.
• The girls were not properly secured in their child safety seats.
• Both girls were critically injured. One is paralyzed from a spinal cord injury. The other had injuries to her face and may be blind in one eye.
• The father is charged with felony DUI, several grave bodily injury enhancements, and chid endangerment.
The drugged driving accident occurred at about 8:45 p.m., according to a report in the Redding Record-Searchlight.
Nicolaas Alan Myrtle of Palo Cedro said the accident happened when he reached back to buckle one of his daughter’s seat belts that had become unbuckled, according to the California Highway Patrol report.
3-year-old Ashlynn Myrtle (left) and 4-year-old Alexis Myrtle were critically injured in a drugged driving accident.
Myrtle lost control of his car and ran off Gas Point Road near the Little League Fields in Cottonwood, about 15 miles south of Redding. The car hit a concrete bridge abutment. His two daughters – 3-year-old Ashlynn and 4-year-old Alexis — suffered catastrophic injuries and remain hospitalized at Mercy Medical Center in Redding.
Ashlynn suffered a spinal cord injury and is paralyzed from the waist down, according to a report in the Mt. Shasta News. She is expected to be transferred later this week to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, where she’ll get specialized care for pediatric spinal injuries.
Alexis was on a life-support respirator until Sunday night, but is now breathing on her own. She underwent surgery to repair a deep gash in her face. It is not known whether she’ll have motor function or sight in her right eye.
CHP officer Michael Cregger said Myrtle told him that the two little girls were in their booster seats with their seat belts fastened when the crash happened. But he said the girls had a habit of taking the shoulder belts and tucking them underneath the arm rests of the booster seats.
When Cregger asked Myrtle if that is how the seat belts were positioned on the girls, he “looked down, started crying and shaking his head yes,” the CHP report stated.
Myrtle told officers he had smoked medical marijuana several hours before the accident. Officers found two prescription bottles for methadone and alprazolam (Xanax) in Myrtle’s car.
When officers interviewed Myrtle at the hospital following the accident, he said he had taken two methadone pills around 2 p.m. on the day of the crash and alprazolam about an hour after that. He told officers he takes the methadone for back pain and the other medication for anxiety.
Myrtle remains in Shasta County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. He faces felony charges for driving under the influence with numerous enhancements for grave bodily injury, and child endangerment. Read the court documents for full details about the charges.
The girls’ mother, Amanda Pevehouse, told the Mt. Shasta newspaper that she’s taking it all one step at a time and is grateful for all the support she has received.
“Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my babies,” she said. “We’re thankful they’re alive.”
A community fund to help Pevehouse and her daughters has been set up at PremierWest Bank. The account number is 68016754. Donations can be made at any PremierWest Bank branch.
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CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez survived four elections, a coup and a recall attempt as he became one of Latin America’s most charismatic, influential and controversial leaders. But on Tuesday, the socialist firebrand lost his long-running battle with cancer. He was 58.
The former tank commander died in Venezuela’s Military Hospital, just a few months after winning a fourth presidential term that would have kept him in office until 2019. His passing puts Vice President Nicolas Maduro at the helm of Latin America’s fifth-largest economy until new elections can be scheduled within 30 days.
It also leaves a power vacuum in this nation of 27 million – where Chavez had been the face and force of his administration since 1999.
Chavez had been fighting an undisclosed form of cancer since at least June 2011, and had undergone four rounds of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. His last round of treatment began Dec. 10, when he was hustled onto an airplane bound for Cuba. It was the last time he would be seen in public or heard from. The surgery was plagued with problems and led to a respiratory infection, which required a tracheotomy that made it difficult for the once-verbose leader to speak.
Using the nation’s vast oil wealth to push through socialist reforms and build a collation of like-minded leaders in Latin America, Chavez became a darling of the global left and beloved by many of the nation’s poorest. As he built homes, hospitals and schools his “21st-century socialism” dramatically reduced the income gap.
But as his power grew, so did the abuses. His administration expropriated thousands of acres of land and hundreds of companies, drawing fire from the business class and the traditional ruling elite. Corruption and impunity plagued his administration. Venezuela became one of the most dangerous countries in the hemisphere, beset by power outages and food shortages.
Despite the problems, Chavez’s popularity rarely waned, and he won the Oct. 7 presidential race with 55 percent of the vote and an 11-point margin over his nearest rival.
Born to teachers in the agricultural heartland of Barinas state, Chavez was the second of six brothers. According to his biographers Alberto Barrera Tyszka and Cristina Marcano, he joined the military academy in 1971. It was there that Chavez was exposed to the writings of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar and Venezuelan revolutionary Ezequiel Zamora that gave rise to his particular blend of nationalistic socialism that would guide his life and presidency.
A star pupil in the academy, he quickly moved up the ranks to commander in 1991, the same year he was put in charge of a paratrooper battalion in the coastal city of Maracay.
Unbeknown to his superiors, Chavez had also formed a secret society with like-minded cadets called the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement. Founded in the wake of the 1989 Caracazo riots – that left more than 400 dead by some accounts – the movement was bent on overhauling Venezuelan society.
The organization burst onto the national stage in 1992 when Chavez and other mid-ranking officials tried to oust President Carlos Andres Perez – an unpopular leader who was hounded by corruption charges and was eventually impeached in 1993. The coup attempt failed, and Chavez agreed to surrender as long as he could do it on national television.
In one of the briefest and most important speeches of his career, Chavez introduced himself to Venezuela, asked his co-conspirators to stand down and took responsibility for the uprising.
“Unfortunately, we did not meet the objectives we set for ourselves – for now,” he said.
The image of the idealistic officer in his red beret – which would become his trademark – turned him into a national phenomenon.
Popularity after prison
Chavez spent the next two years in jail, building political support and co-authoring a manifesto called “How to Get Out of the Labyrinth.” In 1994, he and his colleagues were pardoned by President Rafael Caldera.
One of his first stops after emerging from jail was Cuba, where he met leader Fidel Castro. The aging communist would become a mentor and close personal friend to Chavez, who referred to Castro as a father figure and a model for Latin America. Years later, it would be Castro who would inform Chavez that Cuban doctors had discovered his cancer.
Sensing that Venezuelans had tired of traditional political parties, Chavez founded the Fifth Republic Movement and began a national tour where he talked about the need to rewrite the 1961 Constitution.
His folksy charm and anti-establishment rhetoric struck a chord. Despite facing a unified opposition in the 1998 presidential race, he won 62 percent of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council. When he took office in February of 1999, he immediately began reshaping the country.
In April, he won a referendum to rewrite the constitution. In December, the new Magna Carta – that also changed the country’s name to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – was ratified with 72 percent of the vote.
The new constitution required new elections, and in 2000, Chavez won a six-year term with 60 percent of the vote in a process that was questioned by international observers.
Socialism in practice
In 2005, Chavez embarked on one of the most controversial aspects of his administration: expropriating land in the name of food security and wealth redistribution. While Chavez said the policy helped expand the nation’s arable land and boosted output, imports of basic food items also skyrocketed and shortages and rationing were commonplace.
“During Chavez’s reign, Venezuelans saw a marked decrease in their liberties in all categories,” Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the former chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee told The Miami Herald. “There was less freedom of expression, more press censorship, less separation of powers, more violations of human rights, more expropriation of properties and more collaboration with tyrannies such as with Cuba, Iran and Syria. By every indicator of freedom, there was less of it under Chavez’s autocratic thumb.”
When he began his six-year term in 2007, Chavez vowed to accelerate his “21st-century socialism” and began a program of nationalizing key industries, including Venezuela’s telephone company and power generators. While those moves terrified international investors, they were largely praised by some, who saw a champion in their leader.
“If one was to challenge the fates and guess how he might be ultimately judged, the doughty Venezuelan leader is likely to be seen as a man whose shortcomings were more a matter of style than substance, and who bore a genuine vision at a relatively high level of commitment to the nation’s poor,” said Larry Birns, the director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. “It could be argued that his grand design for the hemisphere far surpassed any number of contending philosophies at play at the time.”
Chavez’s persecution of foes and rising crime led to a wave of emigration. More than 70,000 Venezuelans are thought to live in South Florida, for example.
Despite his troubles at home, Chavez was able to swap the nation’s oil wealth for global influence. In 2001, Venezuela and Cuba launched the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our Americas, or ALBA, which was joined by Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador, and other left-leaning nations.
In 2004, Venezuela became a founding member of the Union of South American Nations, or UNASUR. In December 2011, Chavez played host to the hemisphere’s leaders as they formed the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. The organization included every nation in the region but the United States and Canada, and Chavez said he hoped it ultimately would replace the Organization of American States, which he accused of being a U.S. pawn.
As Chavez’s regional influence grew, he became increasingly combative with the United States, calling President George W. Bush “Mr. Danger” and railing against the “empire” of the north. The U.S. has not had an ambassador in Venezuela since 2008.
Chavez also picked fights with the U.S.’s key ally in the region, Colombia. After former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe accused Chavez of providing refuge to FARC guerrillas, and raided a FARC camp in Ecuador in 2008, Chavez broke off diplomatic ties and threatened to invade the nation. Relations between the neighbors improved when Juan Manuel Santos assumed the Colombian presidency in 2010.
Back on the home front, Chavez won another decisive victory in 2009, when he pushed through a referendum that eliminated term limits on the presidency. After the win, he taunted the opposition, vowing to stay in power until 2031.
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January 17, 2004
We had our first real count today, but we didn't
launch. Things went relatively smoothly as
we worked out a few communications issues and
discovered a broken pump. We also learned more
about how quickly/slowly the rocket will
cool down in the chill night air if we
leave it vertical on the elevated rail for
too long. Weather predictions are still
very good for tomorrow, though it seems it
may start to get cloudy on Monday. It is
clear as a bell right now.
Science-wise, we had a few small events, but
nothing that lasted long enough, was big enough
to hit, or was in the right place. I've attached
a picture of the radar data that we are using to
learn about the ion upflows we are trying to
catch. In the panel marked "ion drift velocity"
you can see lots of bright pink (ions moving
away from the radar, or upward) above altitudes
of 400m. However, the total electron density
(the first panel) is fairly low, and in general
the activity level was quite low for most of
the morning. We brought the count down to T-4 minutes,
but the arc that hung over the radars at Longyearbyen
never quite made it over the expected rocket trajectory,
so we'll try again tomorrow.
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Archibold Marowa from Harare, Zimbabwe and Sara Tucker from Clarksville, Tenn., were named Mr. and Miss Freed-Hardeman University in ceremonies March 13. FHU President Joe Wiley made the announcement.
Freed-Hardeman University faculty submitted names of senior students who best exemplify the notable character and Christian values associated with Freed-Hardeman University. The selection was not based on popularity, but rather on the person’s character, influence, involvement, leadership and academic ability.
The male finalists were Colton Shannon from Mt. Juliet, Tenn., Mauricio Yegros from Paraguay and Charles Overturf from Palatka, Fla. The female finalists were Tabitha Cebrun from Valley View, Texas, Deondra Bender from Ocala, Fla., and Brittany Peppers from Florence, Ala.
Marowa, son of Chiwaka and Appolonia Marowa, is a senior finance major. While at Freed-Hardeman he has participated in the collegiate soccer program for four seasons, serving as captain for the last three.
Tucker, daughter of Jay and Lisa Tucker, is a senior biology major. While at Freed-Hardeman, she has been involved the Biology Club and the biology research team. She was secretary of the Freshman Advisory Counsel, an admissions Intern, and a member of the Tennessee Iota chapter of Alpha Chi.
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If the EA-EC is anything to go by.. huge job.
You need to get the gearbox, flywheel, clutch etc, tailshaft, possibly the manual diff, pedal box, mounts, punch out the clutch cable hole, the manul ecu and cabling. There may be other bits needed too...
Easily enough done, but the T5 manual is quite expensive even second hand.
Anyone else already done this and can shed more light?
I have an EA S with 5 speed.. the manual is sooooooooo much fun!
88 EA Falcon S
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2008 - Earned six singles wins including victories against BIG EAST opponent Pittsburgh, Loyola at third singles and St. Joseph's and Mount St. Mary's at fourth singles ... Picked up four doubles wins, three with Michelle Brown ... Defeated BIG EAST foe Pittsburgh with Brianna Kearney.
High School: Earned varsity letter in tennis all four years at La Costa Canyon High School. Captain of the tennis team in her senior year. Reached the doubles finals twice at the USTA Lakewood National Tournament. Competed in Easter Bowl, National Clay Courts and National Hard Court Championships. | <urn:uuid:2a33b88f-3d73-4672-ba32-80e164358fe5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/harrison_jacquie00.html | 2013-05-19T10:53:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952277 | 123 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
'Top Chef Canada' Season Two: More Drama, Better Chefs
Viewers hungry for a second helping of contestants showcasing their culinary chops, wait no longer.
"Top Chef Canada" returns tonight for more cooking mayhem as 16 talented new chefs compete in various quick-fire challenges and elimination rounds. As usual, for this second season, at stake is $100,000, a Monogram kitchen and the title of Top Chef. Judge and esteemed chef Mark McEwan spoke exclusively to The Huffington Post TV Canada about food, egos and the recipe for success ... and disaster.
How would you compare the talent from season two to last year's group?
Mark McEwan: We have a wider group of talented chefs this year. I thought last year the cooking took a little while to narrow them down. This year, it narrowed down very, very quickly. It was rigorous, there were a lot of tears, there was anger, there was frustration and completely different approaches to the day, that's for sure. This year, people are going to be entertained.
In last year's finale, it could have gone either way between Rob and Dale. When it comes down to the final two, what are some of the criteria the judges use to crown the winner?
Well, I sort of established the benchmark. I said I really believe when we get down to the final three, that we have to take the rear view mirror off the car and not look at it. The day is the day. They all deserve to be here. Whoever wins the day, wins the prize. We all sort of nodded and agreed that was the fair thing to do. When the day didn't go so well, I questioned my logic for a moment. But, really, it felt natural and like the correct thing to do.
What are your thoughts on chefs who argue about their dish? Is it important to defend themselves?
As long as you have the maturity to defend yourself, but 99.9 percent of the time, if your dish is a good dish, nobody is going to complain. If the flavours are good, maybe you can disagree. I don't think you are going to have a flat-out pan on a dish unless it's a bad one. Once you start defending a bad dish or a really bad choice, it doesn't go over well with me. You should just suck it up, listen and take it to the next challenge. It makes for good television, though.
What is it about this profession that brings out the best in people, but also the worst?
You are judged as a chef on a personal level. Whatever you make on the plate, people are eating and looking at you and they form their opinion. Either they like it or they don't. It becomes very personal. The rigours of the industry are tough. Services are long and hard, so it makes cooks edgy sometimes.
Would you say there is more or less drama this time around?
I'd say there is more drama. We have some really fiery characters and a really diverse selection of chefs. They all bring something very different to the table. We have quirky this year, which is cool. We have artsy and sort of hippy-esque. We have lots of different character profiles. They are really good cooks and the ones that aren't are out fast.
Can you tease us with some of your favourite challenges or guests this year?
I can't tell you anything, but I've watched the shows now and they are highly entertaining. I can say the level of cooking is extraordinary. We had some moments last year when I thought the food was really good. This year, I had many, many moments I thought the food was excellent.
The show is such a pressure cooker. Where do most of the contestants fall apart?
They get tired. We'll throw a challenge at them and it's outside of their skill set and they just don't have the knowledge base to even fake it. You can see panic on their faces when that happens. As you get to the end of the challenge, fatigue becomes a big issue for them. As you go through the challenges, each one is ramped up. It also becomes more difficult week after week.
Why do desserts strike fear into the hearts of most chefs on these shows?
Because they never make them. [Laughs] Most chefs can maybe make a crème brulee or a flourless chocolate torte. Pastries are one of those funny, funny categories. I've spent a lot of money to have pastry chefs in my restaurants. Most restaurants have a shared counter in the pantry and one dishwasher/pastry cook, who has been doing some basic stuff for a long time because restaurants just don't make a lot of revenue from it. It's a bit of an ignored category, but a very challenging one.
In the first season, the judges didn't always agree. Was it much easier for this group?
This year, we were a little more in line. We had some funny circumstances with personalities and people's opinions on chefs. I usually tried to haul that in and say, "None of that really matters. It's not a personality contest; it's a cooking contest, so you're judging the plate." At the end of the day, that's all we did. I tried very hard to not allow any of that into the dialogue this year. We had plate differences on who liked what, and more from the guests than from the three steadies on the panel.
"Top Chef Canada" premieres on Monday, March 12 at 10 p.m. ET on Food Network Canada.
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Step 3: The code
I don't make any kind of checksum at the tags code, but it seems to work fine.
The code is really simple. I used a new library for the serial, using software emulation.
With the two white cards you can deny or allow the access of others keys.
Any doubt, please ask me.
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From the Editors
Jadaliyya is hereby presenting the first installment in a interactive (see below) series called "A Portrait of a Revolutionary," featuring interviews with an Egyptian journalist and activist who was at the forefront of the Egyptian protest movement. Hossam's vantage point is quite unique, and his broad knowledge of the Egyptian political landscape as well as history positions him to provide an unparalleled account of the the context and developments that have led to the resignation of former Egyptian President, Husni Mubarak, and the aftermath.
Below is the second part of the interview. I opted for presenting it first, however, because it is in English (the first (on the role of labor/unions) and third (on the role of elites) parts are to be posted soon). Among other issues, it deals with the role of the Egyptian Labor Unions in tipping the scale during the last days before Mubrak's resignation. It is in Arabic).
This interview deals with the role of the army (then and now) in a quite candid and courageous manner that demystifies the halo that was created around that institution. The details that are brought to bear in the interview, and he analytical context in which they are lodged, are quite valuable for any observer/researcher.
I would like to make this a somewhat interactive interview by asking readers to pose their own questions to Hossam after watching the interview. I will relay the most productive questions, so please feel free to post your (clear/concise) questions under the comments, below).
The third part will be about the role and prospects of the political and economic elite, before, during and after the revolution.
Hossam El-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist and activist who maintains the popular site www.arabawy.org
Click here for Part 1: The Role of Labor/Unions in the Egyptian Revolution
Click here for Part 3: The Egyptian Elite and the Egyptian Revolution
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International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 11 (1988), Issue 2, Pages 315-318
A variational principle for complex boundary value problems
Department of Mathematics, U.A.E.University, Al-Ain United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Received 18 November 1986
Copyright © 1988 Adnan Atef Hajj. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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It is interesting to read the comments of former Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton and the reaction to them.
According to reports, Hilton turned up at a seminar at Stanford University with a one foot tall pile of papers and told his audience this was the product of just a few days of Government announcements. Apparently, he went on to say:
“Very often you’ll wake up in the morning and hear on the radio or the news or see something in the newspapers about something the government is doing. And you think, well, hang on a second – it’s not just that we didn’t know it was happening, but we don’t even agree with it! The government can be doing things … and we don’t agree with it? How can that be?”
Hilton said he was shocked to find that only about a third of Government activity could be related directly to the implementation of the Coalition agreement.
I can guess most of what else Steve said because I heard him give what sounds like exactly the same talk at a Chatham House seminar at LSE a few months ago: he also brought the pile of paper which means that unless he lugged the whole lot across the Atlantic, it is a symbolic prop.
On the basis that he has himself broken the embargo on his comments I thought I might share some of the responses that he received from the LSE audience of academics, the substance of which he largely accepted under questioning.
Before doing so I should recognise that my former putative nemesis Damian McBride has offered his own interesting and well informed explanation for Hilton’s frustration, suggesting it is all down to Number Ten taking its eye off the infamous Downing Street grid. It sounds like Damian knows what he is talking about and when I worked in Number Ten the grid certainly was at the centre of planning and messaging. Although it was also the case, as time went on, that more and more grid meetings became collective laments about self-inflicted wounds caused by Government reports and announcements which it was simply too late to stop.
Here are three other critiques of the Hilton’s view that the problem is all to do with bureaucracy and bureaucrats (including European Union ones of course).
In truth, aren’t most decisions in most organisations only loosely related to the core mission? The RSA is an infinitely smaller and less complex beast than central Government yet if I asked for every decision that is made here to be reported to me every day I would no doubt find most had little to do directly with enhancing global human capability. Equipment and supplies must bought and maintained, junior staff appointed, detailed decisions about research projects made, external relationships managed, legal and accounting requirement fulfiled etc.
More specifically for Government, it is always the case with the Queens Speech – summarising the legislation to be tabled in the next Parliamentary session – that a high proportion of it is tidying up, amending in the light of new circumstances, honoring long standing but no longer particularly salient commitments. Nor is all of this adding extra regulatory burdens (as Hilton also implies), quite of lot is intended to simplify matters, even if this isn’t always the outcome. So, while there is bound to have been stuff in Hilton’s one foot pile which was not necessary or distracting I am willing to bet most of its was both largely irrelevant to the core mission of the Government AND necessary.
Under questioning it was also clear from Steve that many of the problems with political management were the result of coalitionary Government: On the one hand, the complexity of running parallel processes of political clearance, on the other, the required policy span of each special advisor given David Camerons commitment to employing fewer SpAds and the fact that overall complement had to be divided between the two parties.
Finally, it was suggested to Hilton and, to be fair, he didn’t strongly disagree, that Downing Street had been rather naïve at the outset of the Government’s term . When I met the first head of policy in Number Ten a few months after the election he told me that everyone was united across Whitehall and that he only needed small team of political advisors as he could rely on the good and united intentions of other departments, including the Treasury. In vain did I warn him that things would change, but after the ghastliness of the later years of Blair Brown he was keen to believe that his Government could avoid Whitehall factionalism. Within eighteen months he had resigned.
In relation to any significant policy, and even if the Coalition parties are agreed, – there will be three different perspectives: Number Ten’s which will – or should- focus on the overall strategic coherence and message of Government, the Treasury’s which will be obsessed with money and quantitative measurement, and the department which will often have sponsored the policy in question and have an eye to the stakeholders it has to deal with every day. Notwithstanding the shameful disfunctionality of internal Government relations under late Blair and Brown (something on which the aforementioned McBride will no doubt have strong views), at its best this tripartite system subjects all policy to effective and reasonably comprehensive pre-scrutiny both in the formal setting of cabinet committees (where other ministers can often act as adjudicators) and in more ad hoc communication between ministers and between officials.
But in the early stages of this Government, Number Ten – partly, I suspect as a result of the personal closeness between Cameron and Osborne – simply didn’t get that it had to be a strong voice in policy debates. As a consequence the deal making in Whitehall was overeen by the Treasury (HMT always tends to have more power in periods of austerity) and ran along the lines of ‘as long as you don’t spend more money than we are willing to give you, you can do whatever damn thing you like’.
This helps to explain why there were so many flawed policies and U-turns in the Coalition’s first two years. And also why the PM’s big and commendable idea of the Big Society was allowed to wither on the vine.
So, Steve Hilton’s insights are well worth listening to and it may indeed be – as the eminent Lord Hennessy has said – that relations between minsters and civil servants are now at an all-time low. But I suspect it is also the case that in his interpretation of what went wrong, Steve is being no less political as a commentator than he was as an insider. | <urn:uuid:6160b988-27d3-427f-ada1-766994e74ab8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/tag/steve-hilton/ | 2013-05-19T11:00:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98053 | 1,340 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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When the American League starting lineup is announced on Tuesday night, you're probably going to detect a rhythm to the proceedings.
You're going to hear "from the Rangers" and "from the Yankees" quite a bit because each team has three players in the lineup. That's fitting, since they are the two best teams in baseball at the break. The Yankees have a half-game edge on the Rangers with both teams winning more than 60 percent of their games, something that no other teams have managed to pull off this season.
It's not particularly surprising to find things lined up this way at the halfway point of the season. They've been to the last three World Series, after all. What's interesting is that both teams have gotten to this point in pretty similar fashion.
You need only look to the local media coverage and fan response for each team to see how closely things have played out. Both teams have had their flaws blown up to massive sizes while their strengths (and the fact that they have been awfully successful this season) are taken for granted after years of success.
The stories in each place should be about how the teams haven't missed a beat despite things going far differently than imagined back in March. The Rangers have lost three-fifths of their rotation to the disabled list while the Yankees lost Michael Pineda before he threw a pitch and closed the half with CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte on the injury rolls.
Look at Boston and Philadelphia to see what happens to most teams that have to play shorthanded and then look again at the two records. It's impressive that both teams have stayed the course and a testament to the job done by Brian Cashman and Jon Daniels in using the ample resources at their disposal to put together organizations deep enough to weather storms.
The bullpens tell that story. Losing Mariano Rivera to a torn ACL has no companion nightmare for the Rangers, but Alexi Ogando's absence would hurt a lot of teams. But the depth of the Yankees, who also played without David Robertson for a long stretch, and Rangers has bailed them out time after time.
Offensively, things are pretty similar. Robinson Cano and Josh Hamilton have both spent time as AL MVP of the moment, Russell Martin and Michael Young are both having horrific offensive seasons and there's a sense that both teams have higher ceilings than they've shown to this point.
No other American League teams have shown the same depth or consistency as these two have shown in the first three-plus months and teams that looked as good on paper -- the Tigers, Red Sox, Ray and Angels -- haven't proven to be in the same class.
There's a lot of baseball still to be played, of course, but there's plenty of reason to believe these two teams are going to stay on the same trajectory when regular play resumes. That would put them on a crash course with one another, something that doesn't sound like too bad an idea right about now. | <urn:uuid:fcc17d6b-5265-44cc-a884-9378d3151748> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/red-fever/Rangers-Yankees-Look-Like-Mirror-Images-at-Break-161812475.html | 2013-05-19T11:18:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977602 | 607 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Sometimes, bad luck brings good things.
So the Humane Society of Central Arizona might have lost a good chunk of its roof in the recent fierce winter storm, but the sun came out quickly in the form of an extended contract with Payson and strong community support.
Not only did the storm damage prompt “an outpouring of community support,” but last week the Payson Town Council extended its often-debated agreement to pay the shelter $7,400 monthly on through the end of the fiscal year in June.
“The repairs are being made to get us back to 100 percent, and all our discussions with the Payson Council have been very amicable,” said John Wakelin, vice chairman of the Humane Society board.
On the storm front, local contractor Mike Amon immediately dispatched crews to start repairs on the roof two weeks ago after a storm packing 70 mile per hour winds walloped Rim Country and peeled off a portion of the roof on the aging animal shelter.
“At this point in time, I don’t know what the total costs will be for for the repairs. But we’ve had a wonderful, heartfelt response from the community. Frankly, it’s been overwhelming to see the response,” said Wakelin.
The group is still working hard to raise money for a new shelter, with inside kennels to improve conditions and reduce noise from the facility, which sits just off Main Street.
The Humane Society took a calculated risk by starting construction on the new shelter without having raised enough money to finish it. Construction crews have finished “phase one,” which involved putting in roads, driveways and foundations. So far the group has raised $400,000 of the $1 million it needs to start phase two, which would put up all of the exterior walls.
“We’re a little less than halfway there,” said Wakelin.
The group applied for a federal stimulus grant, which would have covered the bulk of the construction costs. The project apparently didn’t make it through the first round of funding, but backers hope more stimulus money might eventually get fed into the system. The grant would come through the Department of Homeland Security, in a program established to care for animals in an emergency provoked by the disaster in New Orleans.
Fortunately, the shelter can at least count on its $7,400 monthly payment from Payson through the end of the fiscal year.
Six months ago, Payson Police Chief Don Engler had pushed for a cut in the contract with the shelter for taking care of stray dogs and cats from $88,000 to about $35,000. Engler based his recommendation on the cost of caring for dogs and cats brought to the shelter by the town’s animal control officer — which amounts to about 350 animals annually.
However, the Humane Society protested that the town was legally responsible for the 1,000 animals turned in by residents or captured in the town limits — even if the animal control officer didn’t nab them.
The Humane Society presented the results of a “time and motion” study, which tried to detail the costs of handling a stray dog or cat. The study said the Humane Society spends $180 on each new animal in the first 72 hours, for which the town bears legal responsibility. The Payson shelter often keeps animals longer, since it euthanizes only animals considered unadoptable due to temperament, illness or disabilities. The study would suggest the town could actually owe the shelter $180,000 annually for processing the 1,000 animals brought in from within the town limits.
The town had agreed to extend the existing contract for six months while studying the Humane Society’s numbers. Last week, the council approved another six-month extension. The action was placed on the consent calendar, which means the council didn’t publicly discuss the agreement.
Wakelin said he didn’t know whether the council’s action means the town has accepted responsibility for all 1,000 animals or even accepted the validity of the Humane Society’s $180-per-animal cost estimate.
“I honestly don’t know what they have or have not accepted. All I know is they’ve agreed to continue the contract for the remainder of the fiscal year. So far as I know, we still do not have a signed contract. The ‘time and motion’ study confirms that the expenses incurred by the Humane Society exceeded the costs that we’re being paid.”
However, he said he was glad the council had extended the contract and assumed the negotiations would continue.
“It’s open for discussion, definitely — but not in a combative way. It is what it is. We’re just happy for now that the contract was extended,” said Wakelin. | <urn:uuid:6a6950be-c536-42d9-a0c5-598fde8dff37> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2009/dec/18/good_news_lightens_humane_society_problems/ | 2013-05-19T10:43:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964247 | 1,009 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
When recommending OTC products for these common ailments, a careful patient assessment is an important first step.
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Although there is no cure for the common cold, a quick scan of pharmacy shelves reveals a host of nonprescription products formulated to manage and treat its symptoms. Pharmacists are in a pivotal position to assist patients in the selection and proper use of these OTC products, and can provide patients with updates and changes regarding the products on the market.
The common cold is often considered the leading cause of physician office visits and absences from work and school. Typically, 1 billion colds occur annually, which makes colds 1 of the top 5 illnesses diagnosed in the United States. 1,2 According to the National Center of Health Statistics, an estimated 20 million days of school and 22 million days of work are lost due to the common cold each year.2
The signs and symptoms of the common cold are often confused with those of the influenza virus or other respiratory viruses. 1,2 The Table 3-5 lists the symptoms commonly associated with each condition. Although colds may occur throughout the year, the cold season in the United States typically occurs from late August through early April.
In general, patients may present with cold symptoms within 1 to 3 days after incubation.1,2 Sore throat is typically the first symptom to manifest, followed by nasal symptoms such as sneezing, rhinorrhea, and nasal congestion. Patients may also experience cough by day 4 or 5.1,2 Patients may also experience fatigue and a low-grade fever; however, colds rarely present with a fever greater than 100ºF.1,2
The average duration of the common cold ranges from 7 to 14 days.1,2
Influenza season typically occurs between October and May, with the peak of the flu season occurring between late December and March. 6 In a typical year, approximately 5% to 20% of the general population gets the seasonal flu.2 Patients typically experience flu symptoms rapidly and often present with a fever, body aches, dry cough, and extreme fatigue.1,3
Finding OTC Relief
Decongestants, antihistamines, expectorants, cough suppressants, and antipyretics/analgesics can help patients manage their cold and flu symptoms. Cough, cold, and flu products are available in many dosage forms, including liquids; tablets; caplets and capsules; orally disintegrating tablets; soft chews; nasal swabs, strips, and sprays; topical vapor patches; and dissolvable medicated strips. Many of these formulations provide convenient administration, accurate dosing, and easy-to-use drug delivery systems.
Factors to consider when selecting products include the patient’s symptoms, medical conditions, allergy history, and current drug regimen, as well as lifestyle and personal preferences. Products formulated for the diabetic patient population are free of sugar, alcohol, dextrose, sucrose, sorbitol, sodium, fructose, glycerin, and dyes. Products for patients with hypertension, such as Coricidin HP products (Schering-Plough HealthCare), are decongestant free.
Homeopathic and alternative medications, such as echinacea, high-dose vitamin C, and zinc, are marketed as shortening the duration of and/or preventing the common cold. Patients with medical conditions and those taking any other medications should always discuss the use of these products with their primary health care provider.
Colds and Kids
The proper use of OTC cold products in pediatric patients has been a topic of debate for many years. Currently, the FDA does not recommended the use of these products in patients younger than 2 years.1,7 Manufacturers have voluntarily updated their product labels to include this statement: “Do not use this product in children under the age of 4 years.” 1,7 Warnings are also included against the use of antihistamine-containing products for sedation purposes.1,7
Due to concerns about inaccurate dosing, the FDA released new guidelines for liquid nonprescription drugs in May 2011. The key recommendations include 1,8 :
1. Dosage delivery devices should be included for all orally ingested OTC liquid drug products.
2. Measuring devices should be marked with calibrated units of liquid measurement (eg, teaspoon, tablespoon, or milliliter) that are the same as the units of liquid measure specified in the directions for the product, and there should not be any unnecessary markings on the device.
3. Manufacturers should ensure that dosage delivery devices are used only with the products with which they are packaged.
4. Liquid measure markings on dosage delivery devices should be clearly visible and not obscured when the liquid product is added to the device.
Choosing a Decongestant
Decongestants are used to treat sinus and nasal congestion and are indicated for the temporary relief of nasal and Eustachian tube congestion and cough associated with post-nasal drip. 1 Pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine are common ingredients in systemic OTC decongestants. Both pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine have short half-lives, and peak concentrations for both agents occur 0.5 to 2 hours after oral administration.1
Common adverse effects associated with the use of oral decongestants include insomnia, restlessness, anxiety, nervousness, palpitations, and tachycardia.1 The use of decongestants may exacerbate certain medical conditions that are sensitive to adrenergic stimulation (ie, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, prostatic hypertrophy, and elevated intraocular pressure). 1 Patients currently on medication or those with medical conditions should be advised to consult with their primary health care provider before using any of these products. 1
Some decongestant products are combined with an antihistamine. Because antihistamines and decongestants interact with several medications and are contraindicated in various patient populations, pharmacists should screen for possible drug interactions or contraindications prior to recommending these products. For example, decongestants and antihistamines are contraindicated in those patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors. 1
OTC intranasal decongestants include short-acting ingredients such as ephedrine, epinephrine, levmetamfetamine, naphazoline, phenyleprhine, tetrahydrozoline, and long-acting decongestants such as oxymetazoline. 1 Patients should be reminded that the overuse of topical decongestants is associated with rhinitis medicamentosa (rebound congestion), and their use should be limited to 3 to 5 days. 1
Systemic analgesics are used for relief of pain, headache, and fever associated with the common cold and the flu. Caution should be used in patients with a history of gastrointestinal (GI) upset, renal or hepatic impairment, and those taking pharmacologic agents with known interactions with these agents. 1 Because many combination products contain analgesics such as aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or naproxen, patients should be advised to always check the ingredients of cold medications to avoid therapeutic duplications, unnecessary drug use, possible drug–drug interactions, or contraindications.
An April 2011 report from the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research found that due to different concentrations of liquid acetaminophen products, there was confusion that could lead to overdosing. 9 In an effort to avoid dosing errors, manufacturers of liquid acetaminophen products voluntarily changed nonprescription liquid acetaminophen formulations to 1 concentration of 160 mg/5 mL for all children younger than 12 years. 1,9 Concentrated infant drops (80 mg/0.8 mL; 80 mg/mL) began to be phased out in mid- 2011. 1,9 The less-concentrated 160-mg/5 mL liquid acetaminophen products for infants contain new dosing instructions and new dosing devices in the boxes.
Despite their discontinuation, some of the more concentrated infant products may still be in some homes or in distribution. For this reason, the FDA issued a warning to parents/caregivers to avoid potential dosing errors. 9,10 On December 22, 2011, the FDA released a consumer update urging parents to carefully read the labels of liquid acetaminophen marketed for infants to avoid administering the incorrect dose. 8-10
Oral antitussives, expectorants, and topical antitussives are indicated for the treatment and management of cough. These products are available as syrups, capsules, tablets, granules, medicated thin strips, liquid-filled capsules, topical creams, ointments, lozenges, vapor inhalants, and patches that contain the antitussive products camphor and menthol. 11
Guaifenesin is the only FDA-approved expectorant and is indicated for the symptomatic relief of acute ineffective productive cough. 10 Although the use of guaifenesin is not associated with any drug–drug interactions and is generally well tolerated, patients may report adverse effects such as nausea, vomiting, and GI upset. 11 FDA-approved nonprescription oral antitussives include codeine, dextromethorphan, and diphenhydramine. 11 At antitussive dosages, codeine is classified as a Schedule C-V narcotic and is available without a prescription in 33 states. 11 Codeine is indicated for the suppression of nonproductive cough caused by chemical or mechanical respiratory tract irritation. 11
Codeine acts centrally on the medulla to increase the cough threshold, and when used at antitussive doses, it has low toxicity and little risk of addiction. 11
The majority of nonprescription cough suppressants contain dextromethorphan, which is indicated for the suppression of nonproductive cough caused by chemical or mechanical respiratory tract irritation. 11 Nausea, vomiting, GI discomfort, dizziness, and constipation are the most common adverse effects associated with the use of dextromethorphan. 11
Diphenhydramine is classified as a nonselective first-generation antihistamine with significant sedating and anticholinergic properties. 11 It acts centrally in the medulla to increase cough threshold. 11 Diphenhydramine is indicated for the suppression of nonproductive cough caused by chemical or mechanical respiratory tract irritation.
Camphor and menthol are the only 2 FDA-approved topical antitussives. 11
Prior to recommending any of these products, pharmacists should always screen for potential allergy sensitivities, drug– drug interactions, and possible contraindications. To prevent medication errors, patients should always be reminded to read labels prior to administration, review ingredients to avoid therapeutic duplications, and always check the expiration dates prior to administration. Patients should be reminded to adhere to the recommended dosages, administration guidelines, and duration of use.
When administering these products to pediatric patients, parents/caregivers should be reminded to always use calibrated measuring devices when administering liquids and read all labels carefully prior to administering. Parents/caregivers should only give children those products manufactured specifically for the pediatric population, and should always consult their pediatrician or pharmacist when in doubt regarding the appropriateness or dose of the medication.
Pharmacists can also stress the importance of nonpharmacologic measures when treating cough, cold, and the flu, especially among the pediatric patient population. Vaporizers or humidifiers, saline nasal sprays such as Little Noses Saline Mist for children or Ocean Nasal Spray, or nonmedicated Breathe Right strips can help relieve symptoms. Obtaining adequate hydration and rest is also important.
Patients should be encouraged to seek medical attention from their primary health care provider if symptoms appear to worsen or linger, or if they experience high fever or signs of infection.
Patients should be reminded to get their annual flu vaccine and should be prompted to take preventive measures for potentially decreasing or preventing transmission, such as routine hand-washing, use of hand sanitizers when soap and water are not available, avoiding direct contact with an individual with a cold or the flu, and always sneezing or coughing into a tissue and not into the hand. PT
1. Scolaro K. Disorders related to colds and allergy. In: Krinsky D, Berardi R, Ferreri S, et al, eds. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. 17th ed. Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2011:1710-1810.
2. Common cold. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website. www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/commonCold. Accessed December 28, 2011.
3. Flu season. FluFACTS website. www.flufacts.com/about/season.aspx. Accessed December 28, 2011.
5. Cold and flu: what’s the difference? Tylenol product website. www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/cold/subfdiff.inc. Accessed December 27, 2011.
6. Flu symptoms. Tamiflu website. www.tamiflu.com/about/pc_flu.jsp. Accessed December 28, 2011.
7. An important FDA reminder for parents: do not give infants cough and cold products designed for older children. FDA website. www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/SpecialFeatures/ucm263948.htm. Accessed December 28, 2011.
8. FDA issues final guidance for liquid OTC drug products with dispensing devices. FDA website. www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm254029.htm. Accessed December 28, 2011.
9. Know concentration before giving APAP to infants. FDA website. www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm284563.htm. Accessed December 28, 2011.
10. New infant’s liquid APAP products hit store shelves. American Academy of Family Physicians website. www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/health-of-the-public/20111223infantacetamin.html. Accessed December 28, 2011.
11. Tietze K. Cough. In: Krinsky D, Berardi R, Ferreri S, et al, eds. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. 17th ed. Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2011:205-216.
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Not according to Michael Pollan, recent author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. As he writes in this fantastic NYTimes article, most of the science aimed at getting us to eat healthier has steered us away from what really matters. With the money being invested in getting us to eat healthier, science and capitalism have steered us away from eating healthier foods to what Pollan calls “nutritionalism”. This advice seemed to be echoed in Steve Pavlina’s recent article, “Health Studies Are Worthless to Those Who Care About Their Health”.
A lot of health focus recently has been on reducing the components of a diet down to specific elements (omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, amino acids) and away from general health advice (eat less processed foods, eat more vegetables and less meat). If there is one fact that I think we can agree on about health information it is that science really doesn’t fully understand all the complex interactions nutrients make within our bodies.
Because of this ignorance of the human body by science and due to the high amount of corporate corruption that our health information is subjected to, I feel Pollan’s basic advice rings true. Eat more veggies and less meat (if you choose to eat meat at all, it should be a side dish, not the main course). Eat less processed food. Eat a greater variety of foods.
Worry less about whether you are getting the right amount of omega-3′s or carotene. Due to the almost infinite complexity of the human body, following those simplified rules makes a lot more sense.
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Role Play: Pair Wine with Desserts for Increased Sales
After-dinner drinks are great ways to bump up bar profits, but what about the guest who says, “I don’t do the hard stuff” and turns down the Irish coffees and Grasshoppers? Train your waitstaff how to suggest wine with desserts by pairing them well. An effective restaurant training program that includes role-playing on pairing wine with desserts will increase sales, improve service, and earn servers more tips. Check it out:
Server: Our specialty dessert tonight is a six-layer chocolate cake with mocha filling and fudge icing. Can I bring you a couple?
Male guest: I’ll try it with some coffee.
Server: Great! We also have a wonderful, dry cabernet that goes perfectly with chocolate and coffee. Would you like try a glass?
Server, to female guest: Can I bring you a dessert?
Female: The cake’s too much for me. Thanks, anyway.
Server: How about some fresh fruit and some sparkling wine? It tastes great together, especially with our fresh strawberries. It’s light and sweet and a perfect finish!
Female: Sounds perfect!
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This chart summarizes the safety of all results (both organic and sponsored) at the listed search engines. Analysis includes 1,394 distinct keywords obtained from top search data from Google, Yahoo, AOL, Lycos, Wordtracker, and a major US ISP.
In each chart, bars indicate the proportion of sites that were rated red or yellow using SiteAdvisor's standard rating criteria. Narrow bars indicate that most sites are safe; wider bars indicate more numerous safety risks. All data is as of April 2006. | <urn:uuid:c9409e31-0a96-41c6-bdfc-ec62ceaff86f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.siteadvisor.com/studies/c1.html | 2013-05-19T11:01:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697420704/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094340-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916702 | 104 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Monday May 13
Woman shot by her ex-boyfriend earlier this month dies from her injuries
On the afternoon of May 4, Jeanette Ochoa, 26, was shot in the head by her ex, Joshua David World, and transported to Ben Taub General Hospital in critical condition.
Sun May 12, 2013
Clear Creek ISD bond passes with 68 percent
A replacement for Clear Lake High School and other improvements won voter approval Saturday in the school district serving Clear Lake, League City and surrounding bay-area communities.
Sat May 11, 2013
League City, Texas Red Light Cameras Bagged
Red light cameras in League City, Texas were covered with bags this week, but not by vigilantes.
Thu May 09, 2013
The Family Badge
Some Information in News Story Unnessary, Dangerous
This same publication seldom, if ever, reveals the exact address of news events, publishing only the block number in which they occur.
National Weather Service: Houston could see unsually hot summer
KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Brooks Garner went to the National Weather Service office in League City to talk to the folks who track seasonal patterns, plus he got an inside preview on the upcoming hurricane season.
Wed May 08, 2013
The Daily Caller
Foreign ammo imports doubled in early 2013 to meet exploding U.S. demand
The American ammo shortage has been a boon for foreign ammo makers as ammunition imports into the U.S. doubled during the first months of 2013.
Mon May 06, 2013
The Family Badge
Fugitive Found Dead of Self Inflicted Gunshot
Officers with the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitives Task Force tried to serve an arrest warrant to Joshua World, 29, at his apartment complex in League City on Sunday.
League City suspect fires on U.S. Marshals, escapes arrest
Authorities were searching for a man who opened fire on law enforcement officers during a chase after they tried to arrest him Sunday night at his League City apartment in the shooting of his ex-girlfriend, officials said.
Residents take aim against crime
She nodded after listening to a few instructions, placed her right foot - with polished toes in a delicate gray sandal - behind her and then lifted the 20-gauge shotgun to aim down the sight.
Sun May 05, 2013
Shots fired during Galveston County chase with suspect wanted for...
A man charged with attempted homicide led authorities on a chase Sunday in Galveston County, and the suspect remains at large.
Sat May 04, 2013
PRLog US Entertainment
Just Bounce N' Around Offers Moonwalk Rentals In Alvin Tx
May 4, 2013 - ALVIN, Texas -- Just Bounce N' Around AKA Jumpyrental.com is celebrating its one year anniversary in business.
Fri May 03, 2013
League City residents complain Butler Longhorn Museum is too loud
A quiet museum tucked into a neighborhood or a rowdy party space - those are the two conflicting views of League City's Butler Longhorn Museum held by at least some of its neighbors.
Wed May 01, 2013
New Grande Collection from Taylor Morrison Debuts at Mar Bella in League City
Taylor Morrison Houston has debuted its new Grande collection of homes at Mar Bella in League City.
Nullifying Federal Gun Statutes: After League City's Precedent, Towns ...
It's been over two months since League City became the first city in the nation to instruct local officials to forgo federal arms enforcement.
Mon Apr 29, 2013
2013 Kerrville Folk Festival: Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalists Announced
The 32 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalists chosen from a field of over 700 songwriters from 48 of the 50 states, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the UK, will each perform their two winning songs on Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26 during the 42nd annual 18-day Kerrville Folk Festival in the Texas Hill Country.
Thu Apr 25, 2013
The Family Badge
Mayor's Report - League City Council Meeting
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Transylvania University Theater opens season Nov. 5 with comedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead;" cast of men and women switch roles on alternating nights
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University Theater opens its 2009-10 season of shows with Tom Stoppard’s brilliant comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” on Thursday, November 5, in the Lucille C. Little Theater at Transylvania.
The play puts Shakespeare’s two hapless losers from “Hamlet,” at the vortex of an unpredictable universe, in which reality becomes make-believe and theatrical death becomes reality. Adding to the uncertainty is a cast of men and women exchanging roles on alternating performances. One night, men will present Shakespeare’s lines while women read Stoppard’s. The following night, the two gendered casts will switch roles.
“In rehearsal, it has really been revealing regarding way the two genders differentiate motivations, nuances in line readings and character qualities, each with equally stimulating results,” said director and drama professor Tim Soulis. “I find the whole process quite exciting and challenging for all of us.”
The comedy runs Nov. 5, 6 and 11-14 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 7 and 8 at 2 p.m. in the Lucille C. Little Theater. A post-performance colloquia on the play, the production and Stoppard’s theatricality will begin immediately following the matinees on Nov. 7 and 8. Tickets are $10 and may be reserved by calling the box office at (859) 281-3621. For more information, contact the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141.
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Xorcom Astribank XR0080 - 2 PRI, 16 FXS, 8 FXO - USB Channel Bank
The Xorcom Astribank XR0080 - 2 PRI, 16 FXS, 8 FXO - USB Channel Bank is housed in a wall-mountable chassis. A single Astribank supports up to 32 analog ports, or up to 144 analog and PRI channels.
Astribank is comprised of versatile and powerful USB Based Telephony Modules that are specifically designed for the Asterisk IP-PBX. Housed in a sleek 1U 19” Chassis, Astribank extends the functionality of Asterisk-based IP-PBX systems and supports all the common telephony lines and trunks: FXS, FXO, BRI, E1/T1 PRI, T1 CAS and E1 R2.
The Astribank XR0080 connects to the Asterisk IP-PBX server via USB 2.0, thus eliminating the requirement for a PCI (E1/T1) card, and even for PCI slots.
The internal design of Astribank is modular, offering a wide variety of FXS, FXO, BRI ISDN and I/O port combinations. Multiple Xorcom Astribank units may be connected to a single Asterisk server using different USB 2.0 ports, a USB 2.0 hub or USB 2.0 PCI card.
Xorcom Astribank XR0080 - 2 PRI, 16 FXS, 8 FXO - Product Overview
The internal design of Astribank is modular, offering a wide variety of FXS, FXO, E1/T1 PRI/R2/CAS, BRI ISDN and I/O port combinations. Click here to see Xorcom’s table of available port combinations. Use the Xorcom product configurator wizard to design the best telephony system to match your requirements.
Multiple Astribank units may be connected to a single Asterisk server using different USB 2.0 ports, a USB 2.0 hub or USB 2.0 PCI card.
Modular, Flexible Channel Bank Grows with Your Telephony Needs
A single Astribank USB-connected channel bank supports various combinations of analog and/or digital telephony lines and trunks. See the Astribank models table for suggested configurations.
The Astribank design allows you to let the system grow along with your telephony needs. The digital modules support individual software activation of each port (up to four ports per PRI module, and up to eight ports per BRI module). In other words, if you purchase a single E1/T1 port, you receive hardware that can support up to four active ports. When required, the additional port(s) can be activated remotely, via a software key. Additional analog modules can also be added as needed (each chassis supports up to four modules of eight analog ports each) for a maximum of 32 analog ports per chassis.
Astribank's driver has been included as an official part of Zaptel (now DAHDI) since release 1.2.4 (Feb. 2006), making Astribank integral with Asterisk systems. Today Astribank is tested with Debian, CentOS 5 and trixbox (CentOS 4).
Astribank is the leading solution in high density Asterisk systems, as in hotels, motels, apartment buildings etc. Since most hotels are wired for analog telephony and have analog phones in their guest rooms and offices, Astribank’s advanced services provide a low cost solution that enables hotels to safely and economically migrate to a state-of-the-art VoIP solution.
The need to connect hundreds of analog phones to Asterisk has been a major obstacle in the deployment of Asterisk-based solutions in hotels. Using FXS PCI cards limits the number of ports and therefore does not suit hotel requirements. The only realistic solution is using channel banks.
Minimum Device, Maximum Lines Setup
Channel banks are designed to interface to T1 channels. For each 24-port channel bank a single T1 channel is needed. To support 192 FXS lines, eight 24-port channel banks and two quad-T1 cards are required. The Astribank channel bank provides a better solution; with six competitively priced 32-port models, it eliminates the need for a T1 card. The industry-standard 19" rack-mounted Astribanks can be connected to standard RJ11 front connectors or to a rear connector that bundles all 32 lines into one cable.
Xorcom Astribank XR0080 - 2 PRI, 16 FXS, 8 FXO - Features
Additional Reasons to use an Astribank USB Channel Bank solution:
- Easy Setup- no need to open the server box and install PCI cards.
- Easy Maintenance - front panel allows convenient maintenance.
- Message Waiting Light - indicating that a message is waiting in the guest’s mailbox.
- Support of Long Telephone Lines – for remote telephone support, up to 2,000 feet for five phones; up to 6,000 feet for a single phone.
- Input & Output Ports - the output ports can activate a door lock, intercom system, appliances, etc. The input ports can be connected to external systems, such as fire or burglar alarms, and initiate a call sequence with appropriate pre-recorded messages.
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Glancing around the internet I've found the expiration time for mascaras to be anywhere between 1 month to 4 months. Yea....not for me. I just threw out a mascara that I've had since I was in college (hint: I graduated going on 2 years ago) a couple months back. It was working fine and I couldn't bring myself to throw it out until the brand decided to have a nice sale and I picked a new one up. Mind you, like I said, I'm constantly trying out new mascaras and I don't wear makeup everyday, so the individual tubes don't get used up very quickly at all. Drugstore mascara usually costs you around $8 a pop, if you're lucky, and higher ended tubes can reach far past $20, it feels like throwing out currency.
I'm well aware of the unhygienic consequences here. And being a germaphobe in nearly all other places in my life this whole mascara ordeal puzzles even me. But I guess since I see it as my own germs it doesn't disturb me as much? If I was someone who did other people's makeup I wouldn't hesitate to throw out mascara on time, but I'm not so I don't.
I did find someone online who suggested throwing mascara out once the "popping" sound stops that occurs when you pull the wand out of the tube, and I think I'm much more comfortable with that rule. Maybe I'll start doing that, as it seems like a less wasteful option....(probs not though).
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Duckferd, is the Hyudai that expensive? Compared to an EXL CRV it is barely more and has tons more features. I won't trash Honda as I had an Accord for years and loved it. Show some class and admit the Hyundai is stepping it up and Honda better be scared. I love my new 2013 Santa Fe!
I have spotted quite a few on the road of late, and they always seem to draw the eye. Nicely porportioned, and masculine without being a blocky, square stereotype. The insides mirror the formula, with good ergonomics and great materials. Granted, $32K isn't cheap, but not bad for something with a panorama roof, Infinity sound, heated rear seats, navigation, heated steering wheel, and uncanny attention to detail. (NOTE: A FWD 2.0T Edge with the same options costs over $40K...) Keeping in mind all of that kit adds weight and Santa Fe is a bit larger than mini-utes like CRV to begin with, 21/29 is very respectable mileage. Acceleration seems to keep pace with the pack, and if more oomph is needed, step up to the nice turbo four. Overall, a nice package and good bang for the buck.
32k is a little bit dear for a 5 passenger 4cyl SUV. Especially when the new Ford Escape starts at 22k. Even the Escape Titanium is 30k. They are asking too much for his thing. At 32 grand I would step up to a CX-9 or a loaded CX-5
They made no mention of AWD or FWD in the article but in the specs, they say it was FWD....is that "as tested" at $32,000? If so, that's pricey for a 4 cyl FWD Vehicle. Why not save $6K and get a Limited Sonata ?
Why do the photos not match the specs? Which vehicle did you actually test?
Type, type, pause, type a little, wait a week, type, ehhh ok i'll submit this. The 3rd row version of this was a joke but the 5 passenger version was very roomy. The window shades for the second row are a nice touch. Plenty of cargo area. Would I buy one, no, lease I would consider. I think that 8.6 0-60 is a wee bit generous.
This SUV looks quite nice on the road. The exterior is way more attractive than that of a CRV.
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2 Meetup Groups match “Bicycle Touring” near Round Rock, TX
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Agnes Scott College has won a 2012 PACE Award for Best Overall Program for a Mid-Sized Business from The Clean Air Campaign, in partnership with the region's transportation management associations, RideSmart and the Georgia Department of Transportation.
The 2012 PACE Awards were presented in 13 categories to Georgia workplaces, schools and individual leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to improved mobility and air quality. The awards recognize the best commute options programs in Georgia, celebrating the success of employers, property managers, schools and individuals in advancing the promise of cleaner air and less traffic.
"The PACE award truly belongs to everyone at Agnes Scott," said Susan Kidd, director of sustainability at Agnes Scott. "We all work together to be sure the college's overall sustainability efforts are successful, and our Clean Air Campaign commitment is shared with all faculty and staff who arrive on campus by biking, walking, carpooling or taking public transit."
"Commute options programs are vital for effectively managing the increased demand on our roadways as our state continues to grow," said Georgia DOT Director of Planning Toby Carr. "Georgia DOT applauds the many employers, individuals and schools, especially those honored today that are making significant contributions by encouraging the use of commute options."
Agnes Scott programs targeted at improving air quality include a no-idling policy and the use of bikes, Zipcars, transit and more. The college was the first in Georgia to implement a no-idle policy that requires vans and trucks to turn off their engines when making deliveries. Agnes Scott also provides a free bike sharing program and a discount program at a local bike shop.
The college's work with The Clean Air Campaign is just one facet of Agnes Scott's commitment to "living honorably," part of its core mission for both the college and its students. In 2010, the college completed a comprehensive, long-term Climate Action Plan, part of a commitment made with about 650 other colleges and universities all over the country that signed onto the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment in order to reduce their impact on the environment. Agnes Scott's CAP outlines strategies and five-year targets designed to achieve "climate neutrality" in time for its 150th anniversary in 2039.
The Clean Air Campaign is a not-for-profit organization that works with more than 1,600 Georgia employers, tens of thousands of commuters and more than 300 K-12 schools to encourage actions that result in less traffic congestion and better air quality.
Agnes Scott College educates women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times. Students are drawn to Agnes Scott by its excellent academic reputation, exceptional faculty and metropolitan Atlanta location – offering myriad cultural and experiential learning opportunities. A diverse and growing residential community of scholars, this highly selective liberal arts and sciences college is known for its dynamic and challenging intellectual community. Encouraging students to engage the wider world through study abroad and presenting its curriculum with international context, Agnes Scott College delivers on its promise: The World. For Women. | <urn:uuid:5b7c35eb-8412-4e0d-9ac5-b910f5d50838> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://clong@agnesscott.edu/news/archive/2012/11/sustainability-efforts-at-ASC-receive-state-award.html | 2013-05-22T08:12:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949832 | 622 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I have to continue maintaining an Oracle 8i database that receives information (about 20 Inserts and Updates a day) from a 9i database. I am upgrading the 9i database to 11g which does not support database links to 8i.
The plan is to link from Oracle 11g to Oracle 10 XE and then to the 8i and hope that one day I won't have to do this.
I have already found articles noting that installing XE after any other version is not recommended.
Has anyone installed XE and another Oracle version side by side? What order was used and what problems were encountered?
Edit: @George3 some forum posts indicate that you can use JDBC drivers to connect 11g and 8i. Please add some detail and post it as answer. | <urn:uuid:5bf8cab2-b5db-4d65-8d35-183ef4a1aa36> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/24422/how-to-install-oracle-10g-express-and-11g-enterprise-on-same-machine | 2013-05-22T08:34:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970329 | 161 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Myself, in a sentence
Im Charlotte Mai
22 years old Danish Girl
Freelance Music Photographer.
My favorite tattoo and the story behind it
My Camera, it took my music photography and intire life to another level, photography had always been a passion of mine, so why not always have my camera with me.
My first tattoo and the story behind it
Red lips, i wanted to know how it felt to get a tattoo so i got something random just to try it, it will be covered up soon
My next tattoo
Getting my lip tattoo covered and finish up my so called vagina piece. and a white tattoo | <urn:uuid:da61fbad-2250-4d6a-82c1-2a0b643521a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://inkedgirlsmag.com/girls/view/charlotte-mai-jacobs/ | 2013-05-22T08:19:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891844 | 138 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |